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pf)rt ; Imt abont 40 of tlieni were 

 re coiulucted to Alanchester, and 

 added to their other unfortunate 

 ci>nipanini:s: otliers were furiiisli- 

 ed witli secure accoiiiaiodatious in 

 ."^tockport. Most of them were 

 ])rovi(led with knapsacks, i\c. con- 

 taining blankets and other ai- 

 ticies. l/pon the exaitiinalion of 

 sonic of these travellinjieijiiipaiies, 

 two unusually large knives were 

 discovered. 



We siiall desist from enterinj? 

 furtlier at jiresent into the ca^es 

 of these chaiacters, as they will 

 probably iiereafter be the subject 

 of hiirh judicial inipiiry. 



The military preparations were 

 under the direction of Sir John 

 Hyng-, the conunander of the dis- 

 trict, who arrived in JManchester 

 «.n i^unday. A party of tiie 54th 

 regiment of foot were present, to 

 render their assistance. 



No particular act of outrage or 

 intemperance has yet reached otir 

 ears ; and we cannot help feeling 

 highly indebted to the judicious 

 and salutary interposition of the 

 respective authorities, for the sa- 

 tisfactory result of this day's trans- 

 actions. 



Macclesfield Courier -Office, March 

 1(). — On Sunday morningthe ma- 

 gistrates of Manchester deeming 

 it necessary to strengthen the mi- 

 litary force in tliat neighbour- 

 hood, in conse(|ucnce of the de- 

 dared intent of some thousands 

 of the population to proceed in 

 person to Carlton House with a 

 petition to tlie Regent, forwarded 

 pxpri's>*es to the several troops of 

 the Prince Ilegenl's Regiment of 

 < heshire yeoniimry cavalry, re- 

 •piiring their innuediate aid. 'I'he 

 ftunie evening H\e troops marclted 

 into Manchester J and the remaining 



three troops were disposed in 

 >tockport and Alacclesheld, to 

 prevent the suspected progress at 

 tiie petitioners in that diiectiou. 



Early on Mcmday morning the 

 stieets of Man;hester were crowd- 

 ed by tlicu^ands, of whom a great 

 part weie piepared with blankets 

 and bunille> for (he marcii to Lon- 

 don : by the actixity of the ma- 

 gistrat<-'S, lnjvvever, and the mili- 

 tary at th( ii' disposal, e\ery one 

 most active in haranguing the 

 multitude, all who )iad the ap- 

 p"arance and cliaraeter qi' rijiw- 

 leadeiN, were arrested and imprjr 

 soned on the spot. 'J liis cautiour 

 aiy measure, for the (jossibiliiy of 

 which v.e aie indebted to the siis- 

 pensio:. t)f tlie Habeas C'orjius act, 

 disorgani'/ed the p'ans of the pe- 

 titionee to such an extent, that a 

 few thousands only, who eluded 

 by obscure pnssages the vigilance 

 of the soldier s, succeeded in pe- 

 jietiating to the bridge of Stock- 

 port, and here they were encoun- 

 tered by a troDpof the lifeguards, 

 and a troop of the Macclesfield 

 squadron of the Prince Regent'^ 

 yeomanry. No attempt was matfe 

 to force the bridge, but many 

 threw tluMDselves into the river, 

 aiul crossed it wherever it was 

 fordable This circumstance, addl- 

 ed to another, that the streets 

 of Stockport were literally wedgetl 

 full »ji the inhabitants of the vi- 

 cmity, constrained the troops to 

 withdraw from the bridge, over 

 which of course the petitioners 

 had afterwards a free pa'^sage. In 

 the tlioroughfare of the town, 

 however, all those who had pre- 

 pared themselves with the neces- 

 saries of a march (commonl) com- 

 prising a blanket and a few days' 

 pio\ision) were arrcBlel^-paiily 



