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COORT OF KING'S BENCH, OCT. 28. THE BRISTOL RIOTS. THE KING V. PINNEY, ESQ. Sir JAMES SCARLETT'S Speech, continued from our Paper of yesterday. You have it in evidence from many of the witnesses, that although the whole mob of persons assembled did not join in plundering, yet that by their shouts and cries they encouraged those who did, so that evidently it would hava required a force not equal to that of actual plunder ers, but more nearly approaching to that of their encou ragers, to have put down the riot. That such was the apathy of the inhabitants that the Magistrates could not put down the plunderers, is proved by the shouts which proceeded from ten thousand people, of " The King and Reform," when the troops came up If 150 gentlemen, or decently dressed persons, had come forward from the mob of 10,000, perhaps the mis chief might have been prevented. But why did they not come forward, unless it was that all assembled, if they did not actually join the plunder, were willing to encourage by their presence those who did. I am now come to the evidence of Townshend, the discharged servant. Upon his evidence you are called upon to be lieve that the Mayor made a ridiculous escape. But I will prove to you by three or four respectable witnesses that there is not a word of truth in that story. Indeed, the next witness called, the servant of Mr. Lemon, who lived next door to the Mansion-house and saw the escape, contradicted him ; for he proved that Major Mack worth was with the Mayor, whilst Townshend swore that there was nobody present but himself and the ser vant maid, who, to throw a ridicule over the thine:, he had described as being assembled in a larder. Again, Townshend swore that he introduced Colonel Brereton to the .Magistrates—that he went up stairs and found the Magistrates in a bed-room, and the Sheriff behind a bed. Now I will prove to you that he did slat intro due. Colonel Brereton to the Mrgistrates, and that there were two Magistrates in the hall who re ceived that gentleman whe❑ he came in. There are other parts of this person's evidence which I shall so chirinctly contradict as to leave you no doubt of his being unworthy of belief. Another witness called was Mr. Waling, the Quaker, with whom it was much a matter of religion, not to give a direct answer on cross-examina tam, so cautious are Quakers generally, but not to take off his hat. This gentleman, however, as far as we can make out, proposed to the Magis trates as a mode of quieting the people that they sl ou!d preside at the burning of their own Recorder in effigy. Had they stood to such a mean mode of pacifying the mob the Magistrates would only have been worthy of cunt-rcpt. Perhaps Mr. Waring, nad the Recorder been in the town, would have been willing to go a step fur ther. We are told that at Constantinop'e, where mobs govern the Sultan, it sometimes obliges him to throw them out a Prime Minister to work their pleasure upon; and so, perhaps, Mr. Waring might have said to the Ma gia'rates, " Just throw out Sir Charles Wetherell to the mob. The insulted feelings of the former will be ppeased by tearing him to pieces, and all will be quiet." Indeed, one of the witnesses actually did express a wish that Sir Charles Wetherell had been thrown into the river ; but I am sure that you would not have ap proved of the Magistrates pursuing either that or Mr. Waring's plan. No allusion was made in the whole course of the proceedings for the prose cution, till we came to the Mayor's statement to Lord Melbourne, to the state of Bristol at that time, al though it must evidently have a great influence upon your decision. I wish I had the eloquence of my Learned Friend in order that I might present to your minds an adequate idea of the state of Bristol, of the activity and alacrity of the rioters, and of the apathy and indifference of the inhabitants generally. At that time troops were required in various parts of the country, and probably a greater number could not be spared in the first instance, than Al ere sent to Bristol. I am not instructed to complain, therefore, of the deficiency of force, or to blame the conduct of Colonel Brereton. That officer acted under a fearful responsibility, and if it could after wards have been shown that there were means of pre serving the town without violence, he might have been made to answer, and no doubt he acted under that im pression, for any blood that might have been shed. But it is proved that Colonel Brereton stated to the Magistrates that the force he had was not sufficient to keep the town, considering that the inhabitants would not come forward to support them, that they must gai❑ time and send in all directions for reinforcements (which was done), and that by Monday he would he strong enough to undertake to suppress the riot. The important measure, which had some time before been brought into Pa,liament, having been disposed of by the House of Lords, the country ge nerally, as you will recollect, was thrown into a state of great agitation. Do not understand me as saying a word against the Reform Bill. It is now the law of the land, and it has ever been our practice in this Court to re frain from discussing the merits of any law ; our duty being to execute it. All I will say, then, is, that I sincerely hope and earnestly pray that that important measure will accomplish the great objects which, I am quite sure, many of those who introduced it, in tended it should obtain. No man in this Court, no man i❑ this kingdom, will be more happy than myself, if I find that the result of it is to secure the authority of the Sovereign, to maintain the privileges of the Peers, and to gather into the House of Commons men of wisdom and moderation. I think, and always have thought, that the true liberty of the country can only he maintained under a constitutional Monarchy. A constitutional Monarchy can only exist with an hereditary Peerage and an hereditary Peerage cannot stand without wisdom and moderation in the House of Commons. It wants that wisdom and moderation to prevent its taking the executive Government into its own hands, destroys inos, the Crown, and becoming itself the tyrant of the peo ple, If, furthf r, foreign nations are taught to respect us, if the union with Ireland be consolidated, if the affection of the Colonies be secured, by this Bill, I shall be still more ppy. This is all I have to say with respect to it, but perhaps I maybe allowed historically to call to your atten tion to the state of the country at the time to which I allude. The state of excitement, Gentlemen, had nearly brought the Government to a dissolution, Those classes of the community which generally exercised great influence found that it was gone, and the numerical mass of the nation, with whom the Reform measure was popular, would only be influenced by those who were of the same opinion as them selves. The feelings of the people were excited against Corporations; then Magistrates were defamed, and a sys tem of persecution was carried on against them, in many pla.cet, to such an extent as it was almost incredible to believe. At last the mania for such became prevalent over the whole country. In Bristol, Gentlemen, as doubtless many of you know, there existed to a very great extent many local diffe rences. The part taken by Sir Charles Wetherell in Par liament, which is alleged, Gentlemen, as the cause of the riots in this city, involved him not only as an opponent of the Reform Bill, hut as an advocate for Corporations, and Corporations were the subject greatly of attack. Hardly a printer existed in any provincial towns who had not someteing to publish against him, and in many instances lee was held up to ridicule. These and other circumstances tiara the effect of raising a great excitement against bias un Bristol. The day arrived, Gentlemen, when it was proper to deliver the gaol at Bristol. This cannot be effected without the presence of the R. corder, as he is an essential peroon to he present at the trial of the prisoners. Formerly it had been the practice at Bristol, to deliver the prisoners only once a year ; hut the Magistrates, thinking this too long, the Corporation had adopted of late years the practice of hold ing the assizes twice a-year. At this period there were 16 prisoners charged with capital offences in the gaol, Mr. Penny, I beg you to recollect, Gentlemen, at this time bad been Mayor only two months, and was, of course, but little aware of the duties of his office. Knowing, however, the feeling that existed against the Reorder, a consultation was had by him with his brother Magistrates, as to the manner in which Sir Charles should be escorted into Bristol. The Mayor, however, was not at the time in the least aware of the extent to which the feelings aeainst the Recorder would be carried ; and little did the Magistrates think, that in Bristol, where the feeling fur Reform was so universal, angry feelings would be carried so far as almost to devastate the city, leaving it a heap of smoking ruins. However, Gentlemen, they thought it their duty to consi der the propriety of escorting the Recorder into the city to open the gaol delivery. They at first consulted whether that delivery should then be held, but determined that it would be improperly detain ing the prisoners if it were not. On the other hand, they thought if it was held, Bristol would be exposed to a state of confusion. Not knowing well what course to pursue, they sent a deputation to town, Gentlemen, ac companied by one of the Sheriffs, to consult Sir Charles We therell as to the course they ought to pursue, and to as certain whether, in point of law, it was necessary to hold the gaol delivery. Sir Charles gave it as his decided opinion that it was, but advised them to take the opinion of the Secretary of State. The deputation accordingly waited on Viscount Melbourne, who agreed in the opinion given by Sir Charles Wetherell that it ought to he held. When the deputation returned, the Magistrates, as it became them, were anxious to do all in their power to insure the safe reception of Sir Charles Wetherell into Bristol. They thought, Gentlemen, if they landed him safely at the Mansion-house the popular ebullition would pass away and all would be quiet; they thought if they defended Sir Charles from the insults which he might meet with in his approach, that would be sufficient; but, Gentlemen, as you are all aware, not only by re port, but by your being called here to-day, the re sults which have taken place have proved the contrary. The Magistrates, however, did all which lay in their power ; and is it to be said after they have done so that they are to ire found guilty by a Jury of their country with a dereliction of duty ? I hope you will say they are not. Things being as I have stated to you, the Magistrates ap plied to Mr. Under Sheriff Hare, stating that it was his business to see the Recorder safe into the city, and in quired of him what number of constables it would re quire. The Under Sheriff stated that 300 would he sufficient, and as all the constables in the different wards only amounted to about one hundred, the special constables at the bead were ordered to triple their force. The Under Sheriff was to see theirs organized, and if he could not get a sufficient number of volunteers, be was to hire the quantity he wanted ; in consequence of this, upwards of 119 were hired to make rip the number. This force, Gentlemen, met Sir Charles Wetherell a short distance from the city, ir.stead of going, as was usual, upwards of two miles out of town. To elude any persons that might be evilly disposed, the Recorder had been re quested to arrive there a few hours earlier than usual. The Recorder was assailed with some hisses; and on his arrival at Guildhall some demonstration of riot taking place, Sir Charles Wetherell, as is usual, desired the constables to bring any persons before him who attempted to interrupt the proceedings, and he would in stantly commit them. Gentlemen, I forgot to state to you, and I may as well do it now, that on the morning the Recorder was to enter Bristol, the Mayor was up as early as 7 o'clock, and himself assisted in the marshalling of the constables, and exhorted them to do all in their power to keep the peace. He afterwards dressed himself, and waited the corning of the Recorder. After finishing the opening of the Sessions the Mayor and Magistrates present, accompanied by the Recorder, went to the Mansion•house, where it is usual, Gentlemen, for those Magistrates who have not been present at the Guildhall, to meet the Re corder. There, Gentlemen, there were demonstrations of riotous conduct; boys in the street had thrown stones at the carriage of the Recorder, and some severe struggles had taken place between them and the special constables. No serious demonstration, however, of feeling had as yet taken pl ice. Hootings and hissings against Sir Charles Wetherell, and cries of " The King and Reform," re sounded from different parts of the multitude. The Ma gistrates, however, had no idea of popular feeling being carried to the extent that it was. In consequence of the multitude continuing to increase, the Magistrates held another deliberation, as to whether they should go to church on the following day, as was usual, with the Re corder. After some considerable consultations it was thought expedient that the Recorder should not go to ct urch on the Sunday in state, as that was a d ry on which the populace were idle. It was, therefore, proposed that they should not go in state till the Monday, and immediately from thence the Recorder should proceed to the Guildhall. Gentlemen, as the day advanced, the multitude increased. Stones were thrown at the Mansion-house windows, which were broken in all directions. Some of the mob got into the interior of the building, and began their work of mischief, but were ultimately expelled by the constables. At this time there were between 200 and 300 constables at the Mansion-house, who had been out since seven o'clock in the morning. From this statement, I think it will be apparent, Gentlemen, that all was done that could be to quell any disturbance. One of the witnesses for the pro secution has stated to you, in a mariner which I think you will not easily forget, that Sir Charles Wetherell, with his hands in his pockets, and with a peculiarity of gesticulation, said to him—" Sir, I do not consider that a sufficient case has been made out for call ing out the military." The mob, however, in creased ; the Mayor, Gentlemen, went out and addressed them, impressing upon them the impropriety of their con duct, and entreating them to disperse, stating at the same time, that he should be very sorry to take any measures to repress them, but that he should be obliged to do so if they persisted in remaining. The Mayor being unable to persuade them to retire, another deliberation took place, the result of which was, the sending for the mili tary. When the military were sent for, the mob increased in violence, and I would ask any of you, Gentlemen, whe ther this was a time for the 'Magistrates to go out and assist in quelling the disturbance, when every man's life was in danger. The mob, as I have before told you, Gen tlemen, hail broken the windows of the Mansion house, had forced open the cellars and take❑ out the liquors, the effects of which had produced the ut most excitement among them. Sir Charles Wetherell was advised to quit the place; and, as I shall show most clearly to you, the Mayor was never backward in putting himself in personal danger. He received Colonel Brere ton at the risk of his life. Is it, therefore, Gentlemen, I would ask, seriously to he argued, that the Ma gistrates are to he prosecuted, because, in conse quence of an infuriated mob having broken into the dr rwing.room, they had taken refuge in the bed-room? I know ne law that calls upon Magistrates to go cut and play at fisty-cuffs with a mob. I call upon, nay, I defy, my Learned Friend, to point out to you and to me any law that renders it imperative upon Magistrates to put themselves at the head of a party of constables, and charge a mob, or, failing in so doing, render themselves liable to the heavy punishment of a criminal information. Thc duty of a Magistrate was undoubtedly to make arrange ments for the safe keeping of the peace; it was his duty to collect and summon constables, and so to organize them as to render them capable of doing that fur which they were called out; but in no instance was it his duty either to head them himself or put himself in personal danger. Well, then, the military arrived. Colonel Brereton, accompanied by a party of the 3d Dragoons now came up. It is as well that I should now state that Colonel Brereton was not an officer in active service; he was an officer on half-pay; but hav ing received an appointment in the recruiting service. by some arrangement of the army, that gave him the com mand of the district. Well, the 3tl Dragoons arrived, and by some means they had contrived to conciliate the good will of the people, for they were cheered by the mob on their arrival, and were received with gene• ral cries of " The King and Reform," in which many of the soldiers joined. A squadron of the 14th Light Dragoons then came in, but their reception was a very different one from that which the 3d had received—they were not such favourites with the mob. I will prove must distinctly that the 3d Dragoons came in amidst great cheering, cries of " The King anti Reform," in which, as I said before, the soldiers joined, and also that the mob, shaking hands with the military, said, " You are for the King, and we are for the King ; you won't hurt us." Was not that enough to make Colonel Brereton either distrust his troops, or justify him in thinking that as the mob were in such good humour, it would be enough to keep them in order by merely parading the military till such times as he could collect more force? Well, Colonel Brewton was going out and in, between the root, and the Mansion•house. He was seen to shake hands with the mob, and, on being remonstrated with by the Magistrates, he said " 'What would you have me do, must I fire upon them ?" What was the answer ? " If it lie necessary to clear the streets, you must." He was told, emphatically, that the streets must he cleared, but he refused to employ force fir that purpose, alleging, that Iris force was not strong enough for the purpose, and stating that it was un necessary, as the mob were in such good humour. My friend Serjeant Ludlow remarked to him that it was very strange that a peaceable and good-humoured mob, such as he described it to be, should wound so many of the const Odes, as well as some of his own soldiers. Colonel Brereton was then further urged to em ploy that force which he had at his immediate comm ind, in order that the mob might be put down. His answer to these remonstrances was, that he would be responsible for the peace of the city. My Learned Friend save, it was the duty of the Alagis. crates imperatively to order Colonel Brereton to fire. But I emphatically say that it was not. What ! when Colonel Brereton, the commander of the military, had taken the responsibility upon his own shoulders, had be come responsible for the peace of the town, after refusing to obey the orders given him by the Alagistrates, were they to say to him, " We order you to fire upon the people, and insist upon your obeying those orders.' Why, Gen tlemen, if they had act d thus, they would have been guilty of murder, and would have been tried far it. Nay, even Colonel Brereton would have been guilty of murder if he bad ordered the troops to fire, when it was his de liberate conviction that such a measure was unnecessary in consequence of the good humour evinced by the mob, arid that the riot could be stopped without the loss of his. It is perfectly char that the conduct of the Mayor had not been such as was represented by the witnesses for the pro secution, and I will prove it to demonstration. It is now my duty ten enter a little into the details of Mr. Pinney's conduct. It was reported to him by Colonel Brereton that the town was quiet, and that, the mob had retired. The Mayor and two Aldermen sat up the whole night. It had been arranged that the others of the Magistracy should arrive to n,eet them in the Mansion-house early in the morning, and durin4 the night Sir Charles Wetherell, who had been advised to escape, bad followed that advice. Well, the Mayor and two Aldermen sat up all night in the Mansion-house, where thi were joined by a gentleman, an officer in his Majesty's service, Major Mackworth, who came to tender his services. I will call that gentleman before you, and he will prove, that during that night, the Mayor, with his assistance, actually marshalled the constables, and appointed divisions of them to different points. Two of the witnesses had claimed that idea as one of their own suggestion, hut, unfortunately for them, it would be proved, in fact, it was already proved by one of the witness,s already examined, I believe a Mr. Cossens, that be fore that advice was tendered, it had been acted upon. Mr. Cossens says that he was placed at the head. of twenty-five men, and appointed to a par ticular part of the square—true, he also says that he had not been long out when, on looking round, he found he had lost twenty of his men, and had only five remaining; hut was the Mayor to he charged with a neglect of duty because men were either cowards or something worse ? He had clone all that his duty required of him so far as they were concerned. Ile cou'd ❑ot possi- bly be in every place to keep them to their duty, nor was it required of him. Major Mackwoi th again arrived at the Mansion-house early in the morning ; the military who had paraded in front of the Mansion-house had been withdrawn, and the mob taking advantage of that circum stance, again atticked the Mansion-house; and I‘Ljor Mack word) would tell them that so furious was the attack, that not only was the life of the Mayor in jeopardy, but that of every man present. The Mayor was urged to escape, but he refused, till Major Mackworth said to him, " Sir, I as a military man tell you that the house is untenable, and that your duty calls upon you to make your escape." You have been told an amusing tale by one of the witnesses, the servant who dismissed himself from Mr. Sheriff Lax's service, about the escape of the Mayor. Gentlemen, in that evidence there is not one word of truth. 1 will prove most satisfactorily to you that the Mayor and Major Mackwor'h got through the drawing-room window on to a sort of leads ; that from there they got to Mr. Lemon's premises by a ladder, and that by that same ladder they got into Mr. Lemon's house. It would further be proved, that in place of the Mayor escaping alone, as was sworn by that witness, he escaped in company with three gentlemen, at all events, if not five. Well, was he wrong in not insisting on Colonel Brereton to fire? I think I have convinced you that neither in justice nor in mercy could he do so. What, then, was the course for him to pursue? Assemble more constables! He had got every man who was willing to serve, and had even hired others, yet he was deserted. What then was he to do ? Was be to face an infuriated mob, and be torn to pieces? Gentle men, I feel convinced you will say that that was no part of his duty. Well, then, escape was the only plan left him, and I say that in so doing lie was fully justified. It appeared that the Mayor, having got away, went to Colonel Brereton, told him that the Mansion-house was again attacked, and required his immediate assistance. lie met Mr. Alderman Hillhouse on the road and took him with him, anti that morning he actually brought the troops with hint. Mr. Hillhouse read the Riot Act, and the troops for a time managed to quell the mob. The Mayor had made arrangements for a meeting of the Ma. gistrates, and had ordered handbills to be circulated, stating that Sir Charles Wetherell had left the town (one of which the Learned Counsel read). That bill was dated at the Mansion-house, and published early in the morning. Large placards were also posted, with the words, " Sir Charles Wetherell left Bristol at 12 o'clock last night." Now all the acts that had been done proved that it was the belief of the Magistrates that Sir C. Wetherell was the main object of attack, and, therefore, they thought if he was known to have left the town, the riot at ould have been quelled. The renewal of Vie riot at the Mansion-house that morning also contri buted to that belief. But will you believe it when I tell you that many of those bills were torn down by the mob? The Mayor went to a meeting of the Magistrates that morn ing at 10 o'clock when the state of the town was agitated, and it was agreed to issue notices, calling upon the inhabi tants to attend upon and aid the Magistrates. I beg to call your particular attention to this, as in my conscience I be lieve it will show the utter inability to support the present charge against the Mayor. The Riot Act had been read three times the night before; then in the morning the bills were issued calling for the assistance of the citizens, and requiring them to assemble at the Guild hall. Those bills were carried and left at every door at half past 10 o'clock. Now it is extraordinary that only one person has been called who got one of those notices, and that one was from the Church of England. The bill requested the atten tion of the parishioners to the necessity of forming in bodies as constables, and then to proceed to the Guildhall imme diately. I beg to ask, what was the Mayor to be expected to do? Was he to be expected to go to all the houses, and deliver the notices himself? But what was the result ? Only one churchwarden, Mr. Quentin, has been called, who got the notice. Mr. Quentin said that on receiving a note (which, by-the-bye, was not produced, and real to you before, but which I have just now read) he assembled his parishioners, and ascertained that he could muster 70 persons. Did that 70 form and proceed in a body to the Guildhall ? No ! but he went to the Magistrates alone, stated he could muster 70 con stables. but added that they required to hive fire-arms; on which the Mayor or Town Clerk said they could not authorize any man to have arms, but that every man was justified i❑ using them in his own defence. My Learned Friend thought that by arms were meant staves, and therefore the witness was asked if he meant staves; but he said, " No, as they had plenty of staves in the parish." I say that the Mayor had no right to order them to use fire-arms, and even if he had the right it would have been indiscreet to do it. Mr. Quentin was asked by the Mayor how many of the 70 men he could lie sure would not assist the mob, or whether many of them, in a moment of panic, might not fire and kill some of their own body, or that from a want of discipline, and their being un able to obey orders, their ranks might not be broken, and thereby enable the mob to rush among them and take away the fire-arms. It was extremely dangerous to allow the indiscriminate use of fire-arms. There might be occasions for persons using arms. I do not know that if 'Westminster Hall or Abbey were fired— I don't know but that if I could use one of the Park guns I might fire it, and I should hope I might be justi fied in so doing, even although a little patriots' blood might be spilt on the occasion. But it was very dange rous to put arras in the hands of an undisciplined crowd to fire on a mob indiscriminately. The answer of Mr. Quen• tin was, that his seventy men would not act as constables without fire-arms. Now, my Learned Friend did not inquire what effect the notices had upon the other parishes. Is it to be endured that a prosecution by the Attorney- General against the Magistrates, whose protection ought to be the object of every wise Government—is it credit able to bring such a charge without making the most ample inquiry as to the effect of this notice on the other parishes. But with all the evidence that has been brought, you have not found that all the pains the Magistrates took produced a meeting of more than 200 persons. Good God ! only the offer of 200 persons out of a population like Bristol ! What is the amount of the population ? I am sure there could have been as many as 30,000 able-bodied men at least who could have rendered assistance, and yet 200 men were all that were stated as the result of this painstaking, of leaving notices at every man's door, requiring them to form in bodies, and proceed to the Guildhall. Why, if there had been but '7O or 80 formed in every parish tinder a constable, or other officer, you would have had some thousands. However, it appears there was only one churchwarden and abinit 200 other persons, who all went to propose plans. It appeared, then, that Colonel Brereton ordered away the 14th Dragoon Guards. Co lonel Brereton said, the conduct of the 14th Dragoons had greatly irritated the mob, and m tde it dangerous for them to stay, aid he told the Magistrates he must send them away. The Magistrates begged of hi m no t to do so, but the Colone insisted on sending them off; he had previously sent them to their quarters, where they were compelled to barric tile themselves in, and to which they had been pursued, and assailed with stones, by the mob. This was on the 30th of October. Now, I find about the 30th of the October preceding, this book which 1 hold in my hand was published ; it is called the Edin burgh Review, and is a work of extraordinary merit and of high patronage. It professes to give an account of a book which is much read by mechanics as well as by the army and navy. I will read you this merely to show you how Magistrates and military officers were put upon their guard. It professes to give an account of the three days of July in Paris. LThe Learned Counsel then read a passag e in it respecting the conduct of toe military and the people in Paris on that oc casion.] This book is read by every body, and what impression it might make on military men it is not for me to say. Cal. Brereton thought the 14th Dragoons were in danger; it was plain the 3 , 1 Dragoons had learnt their lesson ; how did be know when the troops came in that the citizens bad not taken their lesson ? He certainly thought they had, for he stated h;s opinion that the troops would be killed to a man. He thought so of course from the force and violence of the mob. He came to the Ma gistrates when the 200 persons were there, and when the mob were not dispersed, and yet he said he. must send the 11th Dragoons out of the town. The Town Clerk said be was surely nut going to send them away, and leave the town to be sacrificed, and the Colonel was told that if he did, he only was respon sible. He, however, persisted, and asked where he should send them to. Ile was informed that the village of Keyns ham was the nearest, but that, in naming a place to send the men to, the Magistrates would not divide the respon sibility with him. The 200 persons were then told by the Magistrates that they were wholly insuffi cient, and they were advised to go home and to come again at 1 o'clock, and bring as many of their friends and neighbours as they could get. The Magistrates had stated what plan was to he adopted, viz., they were to come to the Guildhall formed in bodies. Many of the constables who had been employed the night previous were wounded, and the rest were with the Ma gistrates, but they were too few to repress the mob. Well, what then happened? At half-past three o'clock, instead of assistance coming, in increased numbers, only about 150 came. Consider, Gentlemen, in what a desti tute situation these Magistrates were placed_ The Ma gistrates asked those persons if they could suggest any plan to obtain a sufficient force to save the city. At that time no danger was apprehended but to the Mansion house, Council-house, and Guildhall, which were all cor porate property. It was said some persons went to t'oe Guildhall but could get no admittance. Be it known that the Guildhall was never opened but when official business was being transacted there. I will next go to another point. After the first meeting at half-past ten o'clock, some of the Magistrates, observing that the Mayor had not been in bed all night, nor even spared time to wash his hands, requested him to take some repose. He refused, and wished to wait and see what would take place at 3 o'clock. However, he was again advised to take but an hour's rest, and he consented. Only see how this fact has been twisted. The City Solicitor, Mr. Burgess, went over the way to the White Lion and got a room prepared for him. It was during the time that the Mayor was there, about 1 or 2 o'clock (though it was, by mistake, in the Mayor's statement to the Secretary of State said to be eleven o'clock) that the intelligence of the Bridewel I being in danger reached the Magistrates. Mr. Burgess went immediately over to the Mayor, who had not been there more than an hour, and who had his coat off and had just been shaved. He immediately put on his coat and accompanied Mr. Burgess hack to the Magistrates. In telligence was brought that the mob were going to the Bride well in considerable numbers. The witnesses for the prose cution do not state that there was any great number ; but it was very easy for persons to be mistaken in their estimation of numbers. Col. Brereton was sent for, and he was asked what was to he done, as they were ready to go with him any where ; but he said it was in vain to bring out his troops, for the horses were so fatigued they could not raise one heel after another. They asked bun if he would consent that they should furnish him with other horses. Mr. Protheroe, whom youhave examined, stated that he went to the Repository and the Bazaar, and could not obtain any horses. But I will produce to you a gentleman who went to a coach proprietor, who offered the use of 40 horses. Colonel Brereton, however, when he heard this, said they were not trained horses, and there fore they were of no use. They then asked hirer for a party of dismounted dragoons, and they would go with them. But Colonel Brereton refused to let any of his troops act dismounted. During that period of time the Bridewell was destroyed ; the mob carried sledge hammers and broke down the gates. They went, it is proved, in a compact body, and apparently organized, and a dense multitude followed them. Perhaps that mul titude did not join the mob, but by their presence they countenanced them. The next object was the gaol, the Magistrates being still at the Guildhall. Colonel Brereton was again despatched for. It is in evidence that two Ma gistrates, and about 30 or 40 persons went there ; it seems the gaoler came, and that something was said about leaving the liberation of the prisoners to his discre tion. Two Magistrates went to the gaol at all events, and Colonel 13rereton was sent for, and it was insisted that he should come. They forced their way through the mob, hut several were attacked and wounded severely; the mob entirely overpowered them, and they had the mortification to see the troops then come to the gaol, upon which the mob began to fly, but then the troops were seen to turn back and quit the ground. The military it seems were hailed by the mul titude, the troops cheered in return, and waved their gloves, the cry was, " The King and Reform," and the officer marched his troops back again. What were the Magistrates to do? What parish officer with his forces, what priest, what clergyman, was ready to assist? None. Their ca lamities took place in almost as short a period as I have taken in relating them. Tee mob burnt the gaoler's house, but not the goal ; the prisoners were, however, liberated. Tine next place was the Bishop's Palace. Mr. Isaac Cooke went to the Magistrates, and it seems made an attack upon them for not employing the military to put down the mob. He said that he was quite ready to go out and take 50 persons to suppress the mob, if he could but get 10 or 12 of the military to go with him, for he says he knew from former experience of a Bristol mob, that they could not he put down without the military. The Magistrates could not give him any military, and he turned back to go home and take care of his own property. Mr. Cooke was a man of rank in the town—a solici tor of eminence, but he and his fifty friends had re fused to render any assistance unless the Magistrates would give him that which they had not to give. On that very point the whole of this case rested. What were the Magistrates to do ? They could not get the military, and were unable to get the civil power. You have heard by one of the Sergeants that the men got into the cellars—the cellars, I suppose, open outside; and when a man got into the cellar he had no objection, I suppose, to find that there was wine there ; indeed one of the witnesses has said that when he got there and found that there was wine there he thought it not wrong to help himself to it. However no particular conflagration had taken place then except the burning of the Bridewell and the gaol. The Mayor was advised that it would be proper to send off expresses. I should here tell you that in the morning the mob had been breaking in in all direc tions, and they sent to Gloucester and in all directions for troops. Wherever the Mayor heard there was a corps, thither he sent an express. I believe there was considerable expense incurred for expresses at that time. He determined to send one also to the Se cretary of State for the Home Department, through the Post-office. The Magistrates, however, thought it right to l e t C o l o n e l Brereton know what they wrote. They w e r e not prepared to say that their jude oswft they ve h t ehy e tne d ht et to r iho ) op, unacg ot:lcts Colonel consult na_eti e of it b(rie:oglt,:trni to ment was th e b es t as t o w hether the 14th Dragoon s s h ou ld no ü ß p r i t e lo r f o ffi, e )T r t r c o n„ Lot,;ivfpo whirls hreiN i therefore i t A , i, baogus ci because t sir li tonr e sae y e te Brereton's office, of a i w )o r u i t t t n i g l e th ,i i i s o l , e , e t te o r f , p a n r i e n y g tv i a o i r ted th t e o s d e i e ffe C r e o n ! . t Palace— the windows looked i n t o the Pal ace - gar d ens, f ur the B pu re p re o t s o e n troops that had been sent for, if any came in in the course of tire evening. When the two Magistrates went there the Colonel was not there, but two drunken ser geants ; one of them, I will prove to you beyond all doubt, was drunk at the time. Now I beg you to remember that it was not the Mayor who went to Colonel Brereton's office at this time. The Sergeant said the Colonel was at dinner ; the Alderman observed the letter they had to write would take some little time, and they would not at that moment disturb him. Whilst they were there, Mr. Burgess, the solicitor, and the Mayor came up to them. The object of the whole was the same—it was to know what was to be done. The letter was written by Alder man Fripp, signed by the Mayor, and read over to Colonel Brereton, who by this time hail come in. But the immediate cause that took the Mayor to Colonel Bre reton's office was this—A Report had come to the Guild hall that the mob intended to go and set fire to the ships in the Quay. Now you have seen the map of Bristol, and you are aware that the Harbour is so situated that if the ships were set fire to the whole town must he in a confl ignition. They went then to consult with Colonel Brereton how that was to be prevented. Alderman Fripp then read the letter to Colonel Brereton, which, having been approved of by him, was sign-al by the Mnyor, and sent off by an express , t h ro ugh the Post - offi c e; and the whole history of the A pttohl.eayy-ocTr'sheerseeawPainsgnio confusion con found a later period at night f or t h e per i od I re f er false. They confound t wo periods— sion then—there was no alarm— there wa s no cause to escape. True it is that C u l. Br e r e t o n n sent inel to ascertain what directi on t h e mo b were taping , e t a I believe it did happen that j us t b e f ore , or im mediately after, a report cantle that the mob was going to move for the Palace, b ut t h e M ayor went away a, per feet calmness, w ii ; withprove to you. Now, w h e n Mr. Burgess carried out tine letter to the Post offic e e , one of the Sergeants went w i t h hi m , an d he saw sent a some of the mob corning towards where he was, and cry i ng , " anwn with the Bishops ;" " Down with the Now I em told that that was after wards. He saw some of them ; he asked them who they were, and he was told they were only some of the mob. I am much obliged to the gentleman who sits below me for correcting me. In the mass of facts which are here, it is not to be wondered at, that slight mistakes should be made. I understand that that was at a later hour at n ight ; hut, however, the Mayor went away in perfect calmness to the counting-house. I beg pardon, I ought to have mentioned here that the adjournment to the Council- 1 house was made as a matter of last resort. They found that the civil force would not come, nor yet the military power; and then the speech made by Serjeant Ludlow, as stated by Mr. Roberts, was a speech which, I am sure, Mr. Roberts himself would not wish to put the construction upon which has been attempted to be forced upon it, Mr. Serjeant Ludlow expressed no fear. What he said was this, " As we find we can do nothing, as we can receive no assistance, it will soon grow dark, and it is true we should consider what is to be done for our own safety—that was, the safety of the Mayor and the Magistrates—which is the best fortress from which to defend ourselves—shall it he the Guildhall or the Council-house ? The Council-house contained Corpora tion muniments, and there was a cry, " To the Council house." They adjourned, therefore, to the Council. house, and it was to the Council-house the Mayor went. Upon his return there he went up stairs ; whilst he was there Alderman Camplin came there— he had been ill and had not been able to go out for some time, but on this occasion he came there ; he is the brother-in-law of Dr. Grey, the Bishop of Bristol. Al lerman Camplin being there, and hearing a report that the Palace was likely to be attacked, and that the Man sion-house was in fl imes, proposed that a party should go to the rescue of the one or the other. You have heard it was a question whether they should go to the Palace, that was about to be attacked, or to the Mansion-house, that was on fire ; and the cry was " To the Palace." There were 30 or 40 Gentlemen ready to go to the Palace. The Mayor was at this moment coming down stairs, and some of the gen tlemen said to him " We are going to the Palace, will you go with us ?" He said "I will go," but he turned and went up stairs for his hat. Afterwards he did go—they know it —and yet they have it upon the evidence that has hero given you to suppose that be skulked away, and never afterwards made his appearance. He asked Mr. Sergeant Ludlow if he would go with him ; and I will prove to you that as the Mayor passed along he called upon every individual he met to assist, and that Mr. Sergeant Ludlow also demanded them to do so. Alderman Camplin's party had arrived, happily for them, at the moment the troops had driven at lerst some of the mob from the Palace-yard. Aiderinan Camplin had a desire to protect a part of the Palace, whieh he could not do without lights. He went and got lights, and some of the mob were taken prisoners. The military were in the Palace-yard at the time ; and I will prove to you that one of the Bishop's own servants had taken hold of a man who was plundering his master of his prop,rty, and the soldiers forced him to let him go. He took a second man. The soldiers desired him to let that man go also; lie said, " Sir, it's my master's property which the man has got." Let it go, Sir," said the soldier to the servant; " if you hold the property, I will cut you down with the sabre." That was the language ; the sol diers had taken their degrees in the University of Paris. I do assure you that the persons who went to subdue the mob were as much afraid of the dragoons as of the persons comprising the mob. The immediate plunderers who had got into the house, some of whom had been taken prisoners, the military actually forced the people to let go. A party of persons staid, however, for 20 minutes or half an hour in the Palace, rummaging about to see if there were any rioters there; and I will prove to you that the Palace was set on fire in several places, which they put out. When they came down stairs, they heard a cry of, " The mob is coming, and the troops are gone." Just before that period the Mayor arrived with his party. When he came to the Palace-gate, a gentleman of the name of Bulwer, a clergyman, joined him and went with him, the party who had run off in the first instance having found their way there first. When the Mayor got there with his party of about fifteen, he was informed that the troops had got possession of the mob, anti that he could not get into the Palace without passing through the troops and through the mob. The troops having got possession of the mole there appeared to him no reason why he should go in, but thought, upon consultation with Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, that the best thing to be done was to go to Colonel Brereton's office. That office consists of two rooms ; the back room has a bow window that ac tually opens into the very place where the troops were assembled, so that if they had thrown the sash of that window open, they could have laid hold of a horse's tail. They went into this office; there were Mr. Sergeant Lud low and two or three others, who could not get admittance into the Palace-yard. When they entered the office the very Sergeant who was examined yesterday said, " Oh, Gentlemen, they are all caught, if you come in here I will shew them to you." One of the gentlemen went into that room, and from it he saw a number of military apparently formed in a circle, inside of which there were some per sons. In a few minutes an immense noise of the mob was heard, end then a cry that the mob was coming. Upon hearing this, anti ascertaining that the numbers of dia mob were increasing, the gentlemen who had gone up stairs, the Mayor being one of them, descended to ascertain what was to be done. They then found that the military had deserted the pri soners and the Palace, and had gone past the door in very good order. The crowd was thus left increasing in numbers, to do just what it liked. What then was to become of the Mayor? You will find that eight or ten persons with him were obliged to run for their lives. One of them received a violent contusion, and some of his teeth were knocked out of his jaw. The Mayor made his way alone towards the Council-house, and Mr. Serjeant Ludlow knew not what had become of him—he had got to another place. They all came out from where they were, one after another, as rapioly as possible, finding that the troops and all pro tection had been withdrawn from them. The Mayor soon afterwards found himself on College-green. Alderman Daniel saw him there, and begged of him to take his arm. The Mayor was much fat gued ; he had had no sleep, and no fond since the Saturday morning. Alderman Daniel persuaded him to go with him, but the Mayor said he thought that he had much better go to the Sheriffs, and he was informed that unless he received the assistance of the military the town was gone. Aldermen Fripp then came forward and said to him, " You had better go to Clifton ; " " No," said the Mayor, "I will not leave the town." And yet 12 months alter this the reproach is thrown into his teeth that he was out of town. He went then to Mr. Lax's anti saw Townsliend there, but it will be positively proved to you that no mention was made either by Mr. Daniel or the Mayor of their going to Mr. Fripp's ; so far from it that Mr. Daniel said that his partner, Mr. Grainger, would, he had no doubt, receive hon. The Mayor and Mr. Daniel accor dingly went to Mr. Grainger, who took them in ; but whilst the AI ryor was in the act of writing a note to the Council House to let the other M igistrates know where he was, Mr. Grainger came to Mr. Daniel and repre sented to him that his wife was in so delicate a state that she would be obliged to leave the house if the Mayor remained in it ; and lie therefore begged him to ask his Worship to go, for that if the mob disco vered where he was, they would pull the house down.— Mr. Daniel accordingly went to the Mayor, and told him the state of the case, upon which both the Mayor and Mr. Daniel went into the street, without knowing where they should lay their heads. After a time the Mayor said that pro -ably Mr. Alderman Fripp would be at his brother's house in Berkeley-square, and that he would go there. Mr. Daniel and the Mayor went to Mr. D. Fripp's, who received them, and the Mayor, as he expected, found his brother, the Alderman, there. On his way to Mr. Fripp's house, he met two persons, whom he charged to go to the Council-house, to tell them at whose house he was to he found. The first thing that he did, too, on his ar rival at Mr. Fripp's, was to send to the Council house, and apprise them of where he was. The charge of his concealing himself from those who ought to know where he was to be found must therefore fill to the ground. I now come to another event. The Mayor bad sent a letter to Captain Codrington, the son of Sir B. Codring ton, who had the command of a corps of yeomanry in the neighbourhood, desi r i ng hi m to come to Bristol. Captai n Codrington, having despatched to Tethury the messenger who brought him the note for the purpose of getting another troop of yeomanry stationed there also to come to the town, Jet out f or Bristol. On his arrival he saw M r . Ald erman Ili (house, who, having , as I before stated, received notice of where the Mayor was, sent to Mr. Fripp's to get billets from the Mayor for the yeomanry. This was at the late hour of 12 at night, and the Mayor forwarded the blank billets to Colonel Brereton, to whom also he had sent a particular description of where he was. Colonel Brereton knew per fectly well that quarters were to be provided for troops who were expected in, and I shad prove by Fisher, who kept the stables where the troops were first stationed, that Colonel Brereton came and told him that troops were coming. Fisher actually proceeded to light up his stables, and only stopped upon being in formed that Colonel Brereton told Captain Codrington lie might go away. Now the Mayor had given f u ll with authority to Colonel Brereton to make u se o f any troops that might arrive to pres e rv e t h e peace. I do not wish to reflect upon Colon e l B rereton . imagineuon m so that motive which hilookedel i a appeared pleasureto him upon Queen-square in a blaze : an d I doubt not ffor t l he can t:c n t o acted p tha sufficient, and that he thought that, even with Captain Codrington's troop, it would lie of no use to employ mili tary. All I want to establish is, that the Mayor did all that was required of him at this moment. I have now brought you down to 12 o'clock. Did the Mayor then go to bed ? No, he remained sitting up with Alderman Fripp, ready to receive any communication which might be made to him. Some actually were made to him, and at 3 in the morning he addressed another letter to Col. Biereton, or whoever might be in command of the troops, calling upon them to take decisive means to suppress the riot. What else could be required of him? Would my Learned Friend have had him have a horse at the door ready to mount upon the arrival of every troop of yeomanry? A Military Officer may require a written authority from a Cavil Magistrate to raise military force, but the Civil Magistrate is not required to head the military, or run himself into every danger that may cross his path. Having made known to the military and civil authorities where he was to be found, and authorised the first to act, it did not matter whether he was at the Cauncil-house or elsewhere. Indeed, he could not have gene to the Council-house without the probable sa crifir•e of his life. He was obliged to leave Mr. Grainger's house, because that gentlemen apprehended the violence of the mob ; and even when he was received at Mr. Fripp's, I shall prove to you that Mrs. Fripp fainted away with terror. Never theless, having received information that fatigue and drunkenness had rendered the mob no longer formidable, he repaired between five and six o'clock in the morning to the Council-house, and immediately sent to Col. Brereton, desiring him to clear Queen .square with his troops. 13t ereton and Major Mackworth accordingly did so, although even then Colonel Brereton was unwilling to charge the mob, and it was Major Mick worth who said, " I corn-. !nand you to charge ; Colonel Brereton will not object to it." The Attorney-General has been pleased to refer to the prosecution of the Lord Mayor of London, in March 1781, on account of his conduct during the riots in 1780. But what was that case ? It was in short this :—.The Lord Mayor was informed that the mob was burning the houses of the Catholics in Moor fields, and military was sent to him. After some press ing he agreed to accompany them to the conflagration. Before starting, he asked the messenger whether he WAS not a Catholic, and upon an affirmative answer being given, he said, " I thought so." Having arrived on the spot he witnessed the conflagration, but being requested by several persons to read the Riot Act, he refused to do so, assigning as a reason that the mob was only burning the property of persons it thought enemies, and that when that was done it would be satisfied. Lord Beauchamp, who bad the command of the Tower, and who had sent the military, was amongst those who urged him to read the Riot Act, arid even threatened to report him to the House of Commons; but still he refused to do so. Now see the difference between this case and that. The Lord Mayor of London was charged with the specific act of refusing to read the Riot Act, and his offence was confined to one hour; but in this case we have a sweeping charge of neglect of duty, extending over the space of 48 hours. It may happen, Gentlemen, that each one of you separately may think the Mayor wrong upon a particular point, while the other 11 of you may be ready to acquit him upon the point selected by the 12th. if ever a net was spread for innocence, this is it; and although the Attorney- General may think you will let the defendant he entangled in one or the other of its meshes, I trust you will not so suffer yourselves to be deluded. What I complain of is, that the Mayor is obliged to defend his conduct for a space of 18 hours, embracing, perhaps, 48 different events, without being made aware of what he ought to have done, and what he was charged with not doing. What is the par ticular point, I would ask, which my Learned Friend fixes on to say that the Mayor is guilty ? 19 it from being absent from his post? If so, I would ask him where that post he considered ought to be ? Was he bound to stay at the Mansion-house or at the Guildhall, or was it criminal in him to go for an hour or so to wash his hands ? Does my Learned Friend mean to say that the Mayor was criminal, because he obeyed the request of his brother Magistrates, and went to lay down for an hour? If he does, let him state so, and we shall then know what the law is to be. But it was said, " Oh, he was not afterwards to be found," and Mr. Goss thought he was not in town. Is the law, I would ask, so severe, that a person who holds the high office of Mayor of any city is bound to hold his sittings at the Guildhall or at the Mansion-house? Or is it ne cessary that he should be always accessible to every officious person who chooses to go and state to him his own tittle-tattle ? The law would be extremely absurd, Gentlemen, if it were so. I want to know, Gen tlemen, where my Learned Friend means to put his finger, and on what particular point he means to charge the Mayor and Magistrates with a neglect of their duty ; and I beg of you, Gentlemen, not to be satisfied unless he lays his hand upon some par teular point, and convinces you that the Mayor and Magistrates in that respect did not do their duty. Does the Learned Attorney• General mean to state that it consists in not ordering out the military? If so, I think his own witnesses have withdrawn that ground from under him. Does he mean to state that it consists in calling out the posse corn mitatus ? If so, I think you will have no doubt that that is a work not to be accomplished in a moment. To do so, it is necessary that the Mayor should issue his precept to the She riff ; that has to he given to the Under- Sheriff, and from him to the different officers under his control, who have to call out those who are under them. The Magistrate gave the necessary orders to the Sheriff, who was employed pert of Sunday evening in issuing his precepts, and on the Monday morning, as soon as it was possible, there were multitudes assembled who had been induced to come forward, because it had been stated to them that their, as well as the Corpora tion property was in danger. Under such circumstances I will leave it to the sanction of an enlightened Jury to say whether the Mayor and Magistrates have been guilty of the crime laid to their charge. I ask you, Gen tlemen, whether you can for one moment hesitate in sup posing that both the Mayor and Magistrates had the greatest interest at stake ? Their property was in danger, and, inde pendent of every other circuinstance,tbat would have induced them to have done all in their power. Let be said what will of them, this at least cannot be laid to their charge, that they have degraded the cha racter of British Magistrates, or have inflamed the minds of the people to attack those who lived on the public funds, or public malefactors. They have never said that they would never pay taxes, unless they had public men' sures of which they approved. Ne meeting has b e en held at Bristol, at which any Magistrate has stated that the people should not pay taxes unless a particular measure area carried. If the people of Bristol had derived satisfaction from burning a Bishop's Palace, or in the destructio n of Corporation property, that was not a charge against the Magistrates who did not advise persons to " put their houses in order." Gentlemen, I blame nobody for these severe proceedings, but if Magistrates are to be con victed upon evidence like that which has been offered to you, I declare before God and Heaven , that justice can no longer exist in this country. I bi your pardon, Gentlemen, for having troubled you at ,f sti t c h tl e Msubjecalengthgistrates, a l tb L e i , i e d aub so because I felt the great importance cured men when they ought to have , bee ll u ve PP exposed their tlemen, they have done their duty—'they have their lives ; and wives, their familie., their fortunes, a I, that it is h time to sentiments which prevail in s e e ca l u s e thought I fe felt that at y duty to vi.,rett n .e e e f d e e . e al l, d Gr t : h ne_ e_ put an end to Corporateons.. a is only the firs tomorrow morning, a ocher informations. I shall n adjourned you.till ow pre step, there are nine h _ I have before you, and I shall sent the evidence whit' much surprised Indeed if that evidence does not be very what is their reward ? Why G t ß lr e e rni y stt a joe r m e t e o n be th s i t s crific zg ed to some ten o'clock. I theniv have s d t j a o t u e exceed Te Cwohuattt BIRTH son' On the 28th inst. the lady of Robert Hawthorn, Esq., MARRIED. 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