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Corrections and clarifications

Guardian

Thursday September 26, 2002

Excerpt

In our discussion of the possible effects of the Countryside Alliance march, page 2, G2, September 24, we conflated several of Francis Wheen's thoughts in the editing, giving an impression, among others, that he placed the Peterloo massacre in the mid-19th century. The Peterloo massacre - a stimulus to the foundation of the Manchester Guardian in 1821 - occurred in 1819. The Duke of Wellington had nothing to do with Peterloo (although the name was a reference to his victory at Waterloo). The duke was brought out of retirement at the time of the great Chartist demonstration at Kennington Common in 1848.

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