Subscriptions were also got up for the relief of such wounded and disabled persons as had crept into holes and corners to hide themselves and their wounds from Nadin and his constabulary; and here, too, William Ashton and William Clough worked hand-in-hand to bring relief to sufferers not in the Infirmary; and Parson Brookes, to the disgust of some of his clerical brethren, lent his aid in ferreting out the miserables, if he did not ostentatiously flourish his subscription in their service; and I rather think a certain “J.S.” in the subscription-list represented the mite of the Grammar School head-master, but I could not take an affidavit on the subject. But when the wounded, as far as ascertained, amounted to six-hundred irrespective of the killed, subscriptions had need to be many and ample. Another token of the change in public sentiment was shown in the satires and pasquinades which appeared on the walls, or were distributed from hand to hand. Previously to Peterloo a set of anonymous verses in ridicule of the popular leader had been distributed. They began and were headed as follows:— ORATOR HUNT. I. Blithe Harry Hunt was an orator bold— Talked away bravely and blunt; And Rome in her glory, and Athens of old, With all their loud talkers, of whom we are told, Couldn’t match Orator Hunt! II. Blithe Harry Hunt was a sightly man— Something ’twixt giant and runt: His paunch was a large one, his visage was wan, And to hear his long speeches vast multitudes ran. O rare Orator Hunt! * * * * * VI. Orator Hunt was the man for a riot— Bully in language and front— And thought when a nation had troubles to sigh at, ’Twas quite unbecoming to sit cool and quiet. O rare Orator Hunt! * * * * * VIII. How Orator Hunt’s many speeches will close— Tedious, bombastic, and blunt— In a _halter_ or _diadem_, God only knows: The sequel might well an arch-conjurer pose. O rare Orator Hunt! Sufficient has been given to show the nature of the lampoon without repeating its scurrility. The following, of which we only quote the two first stanzas, is of pretty much the same order, though emanating from the other side, and after terrible provocation had been given:— THE RENOWNED ACHIEVEMENTS OF PETERLOO, ON THE GLORIOUS 16TH OF AUGUST, 1819. BY SIR HUGO BURLO FURIOSO DI MULO SPINNISSIMO, BART., M.Y.C. AND A.S.S. _The music by the celebrated_ DR. HORSEFOOD; _to be had at the “Cat and Bagpipes,” St. Mary’s Gate, Manchester_. RECITATIVE. When fell sedition’s stalking through the land, It then behoves each patriotic band OF NOBLE-MINDED YEOMAN CAVALIERS To sally forth and rush upon the mob, And execute the MAGISTERIAL JOB Of cutting off the ragamuffins’ ears. ARIA BRAVURA. =_Forte._=