Three Accounts of Peterloo Part 9

[7] On entering Mosley Street at 12 o'clock I stopped to question some persons on the footway respecting the proceedings of the day. When about to proceed, I was recommended to move from the middle of the street to the path, as the mob were advancing. I declined, suspecting my advisers might be radicals, adding: "I am on the King's highway, and shall remain where I am." I mention this because I have heard it reported that I was insulted by the Ashton people, which may have originated from the above account.

[8] [In the copy of Farquharson's verbatim Report of the Trial, which is preserved at the Reference Library, Manchester, this "not" is omitted. The omission is, of course, due to a misprint, and someone has inserted "not"

in pencil. Similarly, in my own copy of Farquharson's Report, someone has inserted the "not" in ink. McDonnell, in his "State Trials," inserted the "not." Mr. McKennell's evidence, as reported in Farquharson, is as follows (pp. 169, 170; he was cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Hullock):--

By whom was the Riot Act read?

--I never heard it read.

You heard no such thing?

--I did not.

EDITOR.]

[9] [St. John Street or Byrom Street.--EDITOR.]

[10] [South-east would be more correct.--EDITOR.]

[11] [East would be more correct. The Cheshire Yeomanry filed along the south side. The arrows in Stanley's Plan make this clear.--EDITOR.]