Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewitnesses / Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith; with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the Trial

by 1st Baron Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe Hylton; J. B. Smith; Edward Stanley

The Rev. Edward Stanley examined by
Mr. Serjeant Blackburne (Counsel for the Plaintiff).

You, I believe, are the Rector of Alderley, in Cheshire?—I am.

Brother to Sir Thomas Stanley?—Brother to Sir John Stanley.

On the 16th of August, 1819, had you any business with Mr. Buxton?—I had.

How far do you live from Manchester?—Between fifteen and sixteen miles.

You came into Manchester on the morning; about what time?—As near twelve o’clock as possible I entered Mosley Street.

In your passage up Mosley Street, did you meet with any number of people?—I did.

Walking?—Walking.

In what manner?—They were coming down the street, walking in a procession, six, or seven, or eight abreast, and arm in arm.

Were you on horseback?—I was.