The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-01 00:00:00

Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—He wrote mostly
on sporting subjects. He had written a work on
Archery. Although he stated in his evidence that the
tree was covered with meu arid boys, thicker than with
leaves in its best days, his thoughts did not take a ro-
mantic turn. Witness said there were at least 50 men
and boys in the tree. (Derisive laughter.)
Noah Perking, private of the Grenadier Guards,
proved the police called at the barracks to request that
some soldiers in the crowd should be sent for, in doing
which they were surrounded by the crowd, and stones
thrown. One struck him in the neck, for which the
man was apprehended, taken before a magistrate, and
fined.

Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—The mob which
surrounded the barracks were throwing stones in all di-
rections for a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes.
The soldiers were cheering with the people. The soldiers
so offending were subjected to extra drill. They were
all young soldiers.

George Busby, private of the Guards, with an Alma
medal on his brea.t, gave similar evidence. He could
not say whether ii was the crowd or the policemen who
were throwing stones. No stones were thrown until
the arrival of the police.

The porter at the Westminster Hospital proved that
Samuel Daymond, 593 A, spoken to by one of the corn-
plainant, was an inmate of that establishment, and in a
dangerous state.

Sergeant Smith (plain clothes man) has been in the
farce about nineteen years, during which time he has
been engaged fourteen years as a detective. He was in
the Park on the Ist. He apprehended a man named
Dalton, near the elm tree spoken of, for stealing a watch.
He was rescued twice, and witness was assaulted by the
crowd, amongst whom were many respectable persons.
The prisoner bit him in the arm. When he first appre-
hended Dalton he cried out " I'm taken for speaking."
He know Dalton well. At the Middlesex Sessions 12
previous convictions were proved against him, and he
was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. Witness saw
a female struck in the face with a stone. A large num-
ber of police and people surrounded him when tak;ng
Dalton from the park. He struck Dalton in the face
with his fist in self-defence. Dalton was very violent,
and had to be carried with his face downwards, to pre-
vent his injuring the police. Witness was in plain
clothes.

Cross-examined by Mr. Mitcbell—Witness was held
back by the hair of the head, and he had his coat torn
off his back ; there was a larger number of suspicions
characters in the park than he bad ever seen before ; he
saw many badly-dressed Persons behaving well. He
did not think either of the detectives in the park saw a
man put a stick up his arm, and make use of an extra-
ordinary expression against the police as had been stated
by a previ ,lli witness.

Charles Parker, porter at the National Club, White-
hall•gardens, assisted the last witness in securing his
prisoner. He saw several persons struggling with him.
Witness was lit and kicked by Dalton. They were sur-
rounded by a large crowd.

Smith was recalled, and said there was a large number
of better-class thieves in the Park, who assumed the dress
of respectable people.

Mr. Ellice said he had a large number of witnesses
who could speak to individual cases of stone throwing,
but he should decline calling them.
Mr. Heartwell, who gave evidence on Friday, 20th
July, explained that the hurdles spoken to as being
broken on the north side, and thrown into the air and
at the police, were broken byaccident from people stand-
ing on them. He saw some boys with pieces of the
wooden hurdles on their shoulders, who, on being told
the police were coming, threw them away over the heads
of the people as the readiest way of getting rid of them,
and ran off ; in so doing one piece fell in the drive, and
he heard a policeman was struck.

Mr. Ellice called the attention of the commissioners
to the fact that pieces of hurdles were thrown at the
police from other directions than that spoken to by the
last witness.

Sir Richard Mayne was recalled, and stated that
Captain Hay, his brother commissioner, was not con-
cerned or responsible for the arrangements of the Ist
July. There is a regulation for the distribution of the
duties of the commissioners of police, under which wit-
ness was solely responsible for the arrangements made
on such occasions as the Ist of July. The acting in-
spector had nothing to do with the proceedings of that
day.

Mr. Mitchell handed in the evidence taken by the
magistrate's clerk, in the case of Mr. Mair, to show the
constables had given different evidence before the com-
missioners to teat before the magistrates.
The Chief Commissioner said they could not receive
them as facts, but as pointing out the discrepancy alluded
to• by Mr. Mitchell.

Mr. Ellice having no further witnesses to call,
The Chief Commissioner inquired if there we any
other persons having complaints to make against the
conduct of the police; but no one appearing, the court
was adjourned till to-morrow, when Mr. Ellice and Mr.
Mitchell will be heard on the evidence taken, and the
inquiry closed.