Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-09-27

many hundred men and boys in the order
above described, with colors flying. They
marched through Densgate, in which, and
IN all the other streets through which they
passed, the shops were all shut up.
On arriving at the hastings, Mr.. Hunt
and his friends assembled it, amidst the
, shouts OF The greatest assemblage of people
ever collected at one point in Manchester
We understand the Travelling Orator had
began to address the Reiormers, when, a.,
hour having expired after the reading of
the f'o' Act, the warrants Of the aiagis.
trates we're Carried into effect. The yeo-
many cavalry, in support of the police
officers armed with warrants from the ma.
gistrates, dashed through the crowd, sur.
rounded the hustings, and arrested Henry
Hunt, joseph Johnston, John Tyas, Geo.
Swift, John Thacker Sexton, Robert P.lc,
Thomas Taylor, Mary Wateru orth, Sarah
Harsreaves, and Eliza Grant who were
carried off the field, and sent immediately,
under escort, to the New Bailey Prison,
whilst the caps ofliberty and the banners
OF rebellion were destroyed and tranpled
in the dirt along with many hundreds of
persons, who were thrown down in the
consequent confusion. At the nome Mt
the seizure was made by the Yeomanry,
the 18th Hussars, and the 3.st and 88tb
regiments of foot, brigade Of artillery, and
the Cheshire Yeomanry, made their ap.
pearance on the ground, which was soon
cleared OF the immense body of people
who had so lately occupied it with shouts
Of triumph. In carrying this into effect,
we are concerned TO state, that seve al
persons were killed, trampied to death
upon the spot, and many others wounded,
some by the sabres OF the cavalry, and o.
theirs BY the trampling OF the horses.
AT the moment OF surrounding the hus-
tings, shower of brick bats and paving
stones were hurled at the yeomanry, seve-
raj OF whom were struck. one so severely,
that he dropped the reins and his horse
tell, by which he was pitched off, and bis
scull was fractured. He was carried TO
the lnhrmary, and al 4 O'Clock all hopes
OF his recovery was fed. Besides this
gentleman, there were seventeen other pa
tents brought in from the scene of action.
Zone Of whom is since dead, and 80 other
persons, whose wounds being slight, they
were dressed and Sent home. Besides the
above, we understand that six other per-
sons were killed, one Of whom was Mr..
Ashworth, of the Market-pIace, who was
on duty as special constable.
In the course OF the afternoon, the fol-
lowing persons were taken into custody.
in addition TO those taken up in the field,
viz Valentine Faulkner, James John
son, VIM. Billinge, VIM. Bolton, Edward
Feerins, keaugh, James Moorehouse, Jno.
Knight, Isaac Murray, Thomas Ashton,
Thomas Worthington, A. Whitaker, Hin
Ashworth, Moses O'Hara, Jamer Maxim,
Thomas Johnson, John Wild, Anthony
Jefferson, &c. &c. A great number of
rioters, from various parts of The town,
were escorted in the evening. by the Ca
vaIry, to New Baily.
The people, who had marched in town
by thousands, seemed unwilling to depart
home for several hours but with a view
to the preservation of the peace, the ma
gistrates ordered all the public to
b. cleared at very early hour in the
evening. This had a tendency to abate
the storm of confusion but, at 8 O'Clock.
the mob was SO outrageous in the vicinity,
of the New Cross, that the Riot Act was
read, alter the constables had exercised
the greatest possible patience in the en-
deavor TO dispense the tumultuous multi
lude.
There is every reason TO fear that the
military will be obliged TO act in way
which every friend of humanity will de-
p|ore, for the torbearsnce they have shown
has been tried 10 the extreme AT half
past nlne O'Clock, when this paper went to
press, We were in possession Of little more
than rumor-The result can only be given
in second edition.
A second edition Of the same paper men,
tiOns
Excepting the riot at the New Cross be-
fore mentioned. al which two men were