You have said that you presented a description of what you saw at the meeting, to some of your friends?--I did. How soon was that written after the meeting?--I can scarcely say; I should think perhaps two months, but I cannot speak accurately. It was when the impression was clear on my mind. Clear and fresh in your recollection. Will you have the goodness to tell me whether you heard or saw any person read the Riot Act?--I neither heard it read nor saw it read. Mr. SERJEANT HULLOCK: If it was read you did not hear it?--I did not hear it. If it should turn out to have been read, and read loudly, there might have been something else done--but that is conclusion--that is reason. Mr. EVANS: Your Lordship has on your note that McKennell said that he did not[8] hear the Riot Act read. Mr. SERJEANT CROSS: He said so. Mr. JUSTICE HOLROYD: Yes, I have. Mr. SERJEANT BLACKBURNE: Then that is my case, my Lord. [Illustration: Plan of Peterloo. (_F. A. B._) Compiled from a number of Contemporary Plans, and showing (in dotted outline) the position of modern blocks of buildings. _By permission of Mr. H. Guppy._] Sir William Jolliffe _afterwards_ LORD HYLTON William George Hylton Jolliffe (1800-1876), the first Baron Hylton, was the son of the Rev. W. J. Jolliffe. At the date of Peterloo he was not quite nineteen years of age, and was serving as a Lieutenant in the 15th Hussars, then quartered at the Cavalry Barracks at Manchester. He retired from the Hussars with the rank of Captain. He was created a Baronet in 1821, and sat as member for Petersfield for about thirty years, acting for a short time as Under Secretary for Home Affairs, and afterwards as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury. He was exceedingly popular as a Conservative Whip, and when he was raised to the Peerage in 1866, he took the title of Baron Hylton from the family's connection with the Hyltons of Hylton Castle. The letter which follows appeared in Dean Pellew's _Life of Lord Sidmouth_, published in 1847. It will be seen that it is addressed to T. G. B. Estcourt, Esq.; presumably he obtained the information for Dean Pellew. The letter is approved and annotated by "E. Smyth, Esq., of Norwich, who commanded a troop of the Cheshire Yeomanry at Peterloo." Unfortunately, the Notes to the letter are somewhat confusing: some are signed by Captain Smyth, others are not signed, and it is not easy to determine their authorship. Moreover, Captain Smyth's contributions are not on a level with the letter itself. It has therefore been thought better to omit the Notes altogether, and allow Lieut. Jolliffe's very clear and well-balanced report to speak for itself. A few explanatory words have been inserted in square brackets.