Huskisson's piercing
shriek, not a sound was heard or a word uttered among the immediate
spectators of the catastrophe. Lord W---- was the first to raise
the poor sufferer, and calling to aid his surgical skill, which is
considerable, he tied up the severed artery, and for a time, at
least, prevented death by loss of blood. Mr. Huskisson was then
placed in a carriage with his wife and Lord W----, and the engine,
having been detached from the director's carriage, conveyed them to
Manchester. So great was the shock produced upon the whole party by
this event, that the Duke of Wellington declared his intention not
to proceed, but to return immediately to Liverpool. However, upon
its being represented to him that the whole population of
Manchester had turned out to witness the procession, and that a
disappointment might give rise to riots and disturbances, he
consented to go on, and gloomily enough the rest of the journey was
accomplished. We had intended returning to Liverpool by the
railroad, but Lady W----, who seized upon me in the midst of the
crowd, persuaded us to accompany her home, which we gladly did.
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