Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Words printed in italics are marked with underlines: _italics_. The cover of this ebook was created by the transcriber and is hereby placed in the public domain. THE MANCHESTER REBELS OF THE FATAL '45. [Illustration: Faithful unto Death Page 246.] THE MANCHESTER REBELS OF THE FATAL '45 BY WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH With faltering voice, she weeping said, "O, Dawson, monarch of my heart! Think not thy death shall end our loves, For thou and I will never part!" SHENSTONE. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY FREDERICK GILBERT LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL NEW YORK: 416 BROOME STREET 1880 BY W. HARRISON AINSWORTH. _Uniform with this Volume, each with Six Illustrations._ THE TOWER OF LONDON. WINDSOR CASTLE. ROOKWOOD. THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES. GUY FAWKES. SAINT JAMES'S; OR, THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE. OLD SAINT PAUL'S; A TALE OF THE PLAGUE AND THE FIRE. CRICHTON. THE FLITCH OF BACON; OR, THE CUSTOM OF DUNMOW. MERVYN CLITHEROE. THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. JACK SHEPPARD. BOSCOBEL; OR, THE ROYAL OAK. OVINGDEAN GRANGE; A TALE OF THE SOUTH DOWNS. THE SPENDTHRIFT; A TALE. THE STAR-CHAMBER. PRESTON FIGHT; OR, THE INSURRECTION OF 1715. INSCRIBED TO THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, K. G., WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF RESPECT AND ADMIRATION. PREFACE. All my early life being spent in Manchester, where I was born, bred, and schooled, I am naturally familiar with the scenes I have attempted to depict in this Tale.