Contents.
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | [vii] |
| Bishop Stanley | [1] |
| Stanley’s Account of Peterloo | [10] |
| Stanley’s Evidence at the Trial in 1822 | [24] |
| Sir William Jolliffe, afterwards Lord Hylton | [45] |
| Lieutenant Jolliffe’s Account of Peterloo | [48] |
| John Benjamin Smith | [59] |
| Mr. J. B. Smith’s Account of Peterloo | [62] |
| APPENDIX A | [75] |
| Some Relics of Peterloo:— | |
| 1. A Banner carried at Peterloo. | |
| 2. Bamford’s Cottage at Middleton. | |
| 3. Constables’ Staves. | |
| 4. Head of Flagstaff. | |
| 5. Hussar’s Plume. | |
| 6. Account-Book of the Relief Committee. | |
| 7. Account-Book recording amounts raised for the relief of Special Constables and their families. | |
| APPENDIX B | [81] |
| 1. Note on the Casualties at Peterloo. | |
| 2. Presence of women and children at Peterloo. | |
| 3. Some gleanings from the Scrap-Books. | |
| 4. Explanation of the Contemporary Plan and Picture of Peterloo. |
Illustrations.
| PAGE | ||
| Portrait of Bishop Stanley | [Frontispiece] | |
| Stanley’s Plan of Peterloo | [8] | |
| Nadin, the Deputy Constable | Facing | [21] |
| “Orator Hunt” | " | [27] |
| Plan of Peterloo, compiled from the contemporary Plans and modern Street Maps | [44] | |
| Portrait of Mr. John Benjamin Smith | Facing | [59] |
| The Hunt Memorial at the Manchester Reform Club | " | [69] |
| The Peterloo Medal | " | [71] |
| The Banner carried at Peterloo by the Middleton Contingent | " | [75] |
| Samuel Bamford’s Cottage at Middleton | " | [76] |
| Three Relics picked up on the Field of Peterloo | " | [77] |
| A Page of the Relief Committee’s Account Book | [79] | |
| Plan of Peterloo published with the Report of the Trial in 1822 | [89] | |
| Wroe’s Picture of Peterloo, showing the Manchester Yeomanry riding for the Hustings | Facing | [90] |
Introduction.
Of the three accounts of the Tragedy of Peterloo given here, two (the first and third) have never been published before. The second appeared in the “Life of Lord Sidmouth” in 1847. All three, written with care and judgment, by men who afterwards rose to eminence, form a valuable contribution to the understanding of an event, the accounts of which have been for the most part distorted and misleading. Moreover, as each of the three writers deals with a different phase of the day’s happenings, the accounts complement one another.