Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewitnesses: Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith; with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the Trial — John Shaqi
Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewitnesses: Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith; with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the TrialStanley, Edward
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Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewitnesses: Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith; with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the Trial
Stanley, Edward
Manchester (England) -- History; Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 1819
In your judgment, what length of time elapsed between the cavalry first
setting off into the meeting and the time of their complete
dispersion?--Starting from their halt to the complete dispersion of the
meeting, I should think from three to five minutes; but I cannot speak to
a minute.
In your judgment it took from three to five minutes? You did not observe
it by a watch?--No.
Did you see any other troops come into the field?--I did.
What were they?--
Mr. JUSTICE HOLROYD: He says he saw what?--
Mr. SERJEANT BLACKBURNE: Other troops come into the field.
When was it that you saw them come into the field?--When the mob around
the hustings were dispersing rapidly, and I think Mr. Hunt was taken off.
What were those troops that you saw come into the ground then?--First came
in, on the left of Mr. Buxton's row of houses, the Cheshire Yeomanry, who
filed to the left.
Mr. JUSTICE HOLROYD: You mean to the left, looking from the house,
then?--From the house.
Mr. SERJEANT BLACKBURNE: Where did the Cheshire Yeomanry take up their
position when they came on the ground?--They took up their position in the
rear of the hustings, rather in advance, I think, of some mounds of earth.
Do you know Windmill Street?--I know no street.
You don't know its name?--I know no name.
You say near a rising ground?--There is a sort of little elevated bank or
ground.
Had the multitude from that part been dispersed?--The multitude in the
rear were pretty much as they had been at first. I think they were
dispersing, but not so rapidly.
Do you mean in the rear of the cavalry?--In the rear of the hustings.
The Cheshire Yeomanry's position was in the rear of the hustings?--Part
near amongst these people.
What other troops beside the Cheshire Yeomanry did you see come on to the
ground?--Soon after the Cheshire Yeomanry had come in and taken their
position, a troop of Dragoons, I think the 15th, came in under the windows
of Mr. Buxton's house.
You say you think they were the 15th Hussars?--They were called the 15th
Dragoons; they had Waterloo medals.
Where did they take up their position?--
Mr. JUSTICE HOLROYD: "Near Mr. Buxton's house," he said.
Mr. SERJEANT BLACKBURNE: Did they continue there?--They halted or paused
for a moment or so, a little to the left of Mr. Buxton's house, a very
little to the left, almost in front, inclining to the left.
What others did you see come on the ground, besides them and the Cheshire
Yeomanry?--At the close of the business I saw some artillery driving
through the place.
Was there any other besides those that you saw take up any position on the
ground?--None, on the ground.
At this time, was the whole of the multitude dispersed?--It was dispersing
most rapidly; I may say dispersed, except in partial spots.
After leaving the hustings, to which part of the field did the Manchester
Yeomanry go?--To all parts. I think more behind the hustings, and on the
right; they did not come back to me so much.
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