ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. [Mar. 



these prorredin^s was sent to the 

 Hecretiiry of Stute's office ; and ii 

 magistrate and king's messenger 

 arrived witii warrants, and four 

 jicrsoiis wei"e apiiroliended on Sun- 

 duy. The printer of the foregoing^ 

 placard was arrested, and con- 

 vpved to prison ; and at t!ie same 

 tune Orator Jolmstone was put 

 into safe enstody. A meeting, 

 however, took |dac'e at New Isling- 

 ton, SaUord, on Saturday even- 

 ing; and early on Monday there 

 •wej-e preparatoi-y meetings at Mid- 

 dleton, Oldharn, and other places, 

 ti) j)rovide the ))ecuniary means 

 UA' a march to the metropolis. 



On Monday, ahout nine in the 

 morning, a ciowd began to as- 

 &cnd)le in front of the Quakers' 

 meeting-house, INlanchester. 



Meanwhile the commander of 

 the district, Sir John Hyng, and 

 the magistrates, had taken pre- 

 catitions. 'i'he Stockport troop had 

 orders to meet ; two tioops from 

 M-uclesliehi, and thiee from 

 Ktivitsford, wore also directed to 

 he at Salemoor (the tisual spot for 

 reviews neai- Manchester), so as 

 to ije ill readiness to act in case of 

 emergency. 



.Iiolhtr Ar.connf.. — Tuesday, 

 Match Jl. — 'Ve find it was a- 

 niong the n<itilications at the 

 meeting on tiie 'M\ instant, near 

 St. Peter's clmrcii, coiroborated 

 in the course of last week liy the 

 <leclar;itions f>f individuals who 

 have been iictively engaged in pro- 

 moting the late seditious meetings, 

 that, tite espousers of their <loc- 

 ti'ines should colled ut the same 

 place the Monday following, and 

 proceed to the nu^tidpolis, at nine 

 «>'clock, to j)re,->ent a petition to 

 the I'lincc Regent, that they might 

 lie enabled to ' mideceive him.' 



Aware of these intentions, and of 

 the dangers which an immense 

 influx of strangers, irritated by 

 the inflammatory apjieais of their 

 factious leadeis (who, mider the 

 pretence of promoting pailiamen- 

 tary reform, have been for a 

 length of time past agitating the 

 minds of the labouiing (lass of 

 society), portended, the conserva- 

 tors of the pvdjlic trantpiillity took 

 every precaution adequate to the 

 occasion. 



Yesterday morning, according 

 to the expectations entertained, 

 crowds i>f people docked into town 

 from all directions, as early as 

 eight o'clock ; and, at about nine, 

 the instigators appeared on their 

 temporary stage in a cart, and con- 

 tinued to harangue the multitude, 

 till their vast increasing num- 

 bers suggested the expediency <f 

 putting into ))ractice the well- 

 formeil arrangements of theci\il 

 and military powers. According!) , 

 a party of the first regiment of 

 dragoons, under Colonel Teesdale, 

 accompanied by the magistrates 

 of the district, appeared among-t 

 them, and immediately ccmvexed 

 the entire group to tlie New Bai- 

 ley jnison : their attention was 

 next directed to the concourse of 

 auditors, who were forthwith dis- 

 persed, without the infliction of 

 any severity. 



An arrest had taken place early 

 on Sunday morning, of Johnston 

 and Ogden, who had previously 

 figured at this place ; and they ; 

 were secured in the New Bailey. 

 Ociiers were seized by the s()ldiers 

 on their way to deliver theircharge l 

 in Sal-f<>rd. I 



A considerable ntimber of peo- 

 ple set out (m their mission to 

 London, taking the route of Stock - 



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