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tions about the Sunday Trading Bill. He saw the
police notice, but that did not attract him there. He,
as a legislator, was not intimidated by the meeting, nor
did he know any member of Parliament who was.
Inspeotor M'lntosh is 38 years of age, and has been
12 years in the service. He had charge of a body of
police of the reserved A attached to the " M" division
in the Park on the Ist July. He saw a dead eel
thrown at the police, striking two sergeants in
the face. The eel was afterwards thrown into
the Serpentine. About a quarter of an hour
after the eel made a mysterious re-appearance, and was
again thrown at the police. He ordered 480 Mto take
it away, who, in doing so' was mobbed by a party of
200 or 300 men who wished to get the eel. Witness
then sent a number of policemen to the succour of 480
M. Three or four days after he was called on to make
a report, and he did so. Tho police were annoyed by
every petty means. He directed them to take no notice
of what was said to them. The crowd hooted, yelled,
and drummed on the tops of their hats when carriages
passed. He noticed one case in particular : the horse was
so frightened that the driver had difficulty in holding
him. The crowd increased their noise the more the
horses appeared frightened. He afterwards went to
Superintendent Hughes, and in consequence of what he
said he brought up his men to clear the railings. Before
doing so, he ordered them to draw their truncheons, but
in using them they only flourished them over the heads
of the people. They struck no one, and no complaint
was made to him that such had been done. There
might have been an accidental blow struck. It was
about half-past three o'clock when the rails were first
cleared by his men. The greatest noise was made about
60 yards from the lodge.
Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—He did not think
petty means were adopted by the police to irritate the
people. It was right taking away the eel, however
much the crowd might have thought it a " slippery trick."
He thought the people applying the epithet to the police
of " lazy rascals," as they were lying on the grass, was
very annoying. The eel was at last conveyed to the
barracks. He was certain it had not been stuffed and
taken to Scotland-yard. (Laughter.) Ho did not think
it would have been better for the police to have pocketed
the eel and the affront. No one had made any complaint
of the conduct of his men. The same means were used
on this day as were adopted at the recent visit of the
Emperor and Empress of the French, the opening of
Parliament, and all State occasions.
By the Commissioners—Mr. Superintendent Hughes
was perfectly cool and collected—he did not appear ex-
cited and rush about like a madman. He had a whip,
but witness did not see him strike any one with

Superintendent O'Brien, of the C division, is 40 years
of age, and has been in the service 14 years. He was
on duty on the Ist July, and had to pay attention to
Lord Robert Grosvenor's house. He made arrange-
ments accordingly. All went well up to 2 o'clock.
Soon after that time he went with a reserve to Stanhope-
gate, leaving Inspector Webb with a body of police in
Park-street. About 6 o'clock he saw a large mob cros-
sing the Park towards Grosvenor-gate, shouting wildly,
and persons were running in front and by their side, as.
as if encouraging them on. Alter that he received a
communication from two gentlemen, to the effect
that the mob were going to Lord Robert Gr(a-
verior's, and that they had stones in their pockets. He
sent an intelligent constable, 331 A, to make inquiries,
and he returned, informing him there was a large con-
course of people in front of Lord R. Grosvenor's house.
He then marched his men to Park-street, coming in by
South-street, in order that the crowd might have notice
of the approach of the police and have dispersed. The
crowd was turbulent, and shouting. He saw but one
stone thrown during the day. He separated the 50 men
into sections of 10 men, giving a front of five men to
each. It had not the desired effect ; and on the police
reaching Reeve's-mews he heard an extraordinary shout,
such as he had never before heard. He requested the
crowd to disperse, and in doing so he was
tripped up and fell on his left knee, which cut
his trousers. When the men dispersed the crowd he was
unable to accompany them in consequence of the above
accident. He was unable to say what orders he gave.
He thought the men must have inferred they were to
disperse the people from what ho said to the people. In
clearing the street he reparted three people hurt ; one
had his face or head bleeding ; another was struck on
the back of the head, and a third on the arm. The
man cut on the head he thought was Pickenpack, but
he gave then a different name and address to the above
man when he gave his evidence. There was a number
of respectable and quiet people in the street who' were
not interfered with. From inquiries he made of the
men from the dense nature of the crowd they were un-
able to say how each other acted. They appeared to
have acted independently of each other.
Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—He saw Sir R.
Mayne on Saturday, when he read an outline of the in-
structions which were subsequently issued. Sir
Richard did not tell the superintendents to act
with vigour. He did not say he anticipated a
disturbance on the Ist. No special instructions were
given besides those in writing, and stated by Sir Richard
Mayne in his evidence. He did not hear Sir Richard say
anything about the Sunday Trading Bill. Hyde-park
came into Superintendent May's division, and he dis-
charged the ordinary duties the week previous. Lord
Derby might have been one of the mob if he had been
there. He thought 4,000 people crossed the Park in the
direction of Park-street. The officers in the Park should
have sent apoliceman to watch the movements of the crowd
leaving the Park. Col. Lindsay appeared to have given
an accurate description of what occurred, but he was
wrong as to the number of the crowd and the police.
Witness heard no distinct exclamation from the
crowd. Witness took his request to some per-
sons to disperse, as an order to clear
the street, and they acted accordingly. He took the
whole responsibility on himself. The time had come
when it was necessary to remove the crowd. When
a mob was apparently bent on mischief the sooner they
were removed the better. He did not think the crowd
could have been in an amiable state of temper if they
had been subjected to such treatment as that described
by the witnesses who had given evidence against
the police. Going up Park-street, an inspec-
tor asked him to allow the men to draw
their truncheons, but he refused, saying, if necessary, he
would give the order. Some, however, did it. His
object was to avoid their coming into unpleasant colli-
sion with thepeople. On his return to Vine-street station
he directed his attention to the state of the prisoners in
the cells, it being a sultry night. He found 72 park
prisoners and thirteen ordinary prisoners. He had
them reduced to fifty-four, the others being taken
to Marlborough-street. A selection of prisoners could
hardly be made in locking the prisoners up that night.
There must have been at one time 31 prisoners more in
the cells than there was accommodation for. He had
been superintendent since 1853.

The Commissioners adjourned at half-past 4 o'clock
till to-morrow at 11 o'clock.

The inquiry is expected to close on Wednesday.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

( From, a Supplement to Friday's Gazette. )
WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 30.
Lord Panmure has this day received two despatches
and their enclosures, of which the following are copies,
addressed to his lordship by Lieutenant-General Simp-
son, commanding her Majesty's forces in the East :
Before Sebastopol, July 17, 1355.
My Lord,—l have the honour to submit for your
lordship's information the accompanying letters from
Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, 00th Regiment ; the one
referring to his personal services, and the other to those
of a party of the 55th Regiment on the occasion of the
capture of the Quarries in front of the Redan, on the
night of the 7th ultimo.

With regard to Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell's own
services I think it right to inform your Lordship that I
find, upon inquiry, that the charge of holding the
Quarries on the night in question, and of repelling the
repeated attacks of the enemy, was confided to that
officer after he had led the assault, and was in fact a
separate and detached command from that of Colonel
Shirley, who acted as General of the day in the trenches
of the right attack. The despatch of the late Field-
Marshal Lord Raglan has already shown how admirably
that duty was performed by the brave men who were
under the immediate direction of Lieutenant-Colonel
Campbell.

The Lieutenant-Colonel's letter, recording the good
conduct of the party of the 55th Regiment, speaks for
itself.

I have, &c.,
JAMES SIMPSON,
Lieutenant-General Commanding.
The Lord Panmure, &c., &c.