The National Register.
London, England, 1816-12-09 00:00:00

EXAMINATION OF RIOTERS.

'Flie three persons secured by the Lord Major, in the Royal
Exchange, are named James Carter. John Cashman, and John
Hooper. 'lite latter, who wa siczed by Sir James Shaw, up-
,eel to he the leader of the mob ; lie carried the Hag, and
ears lett ati i-coloured cockade in his hat. lie was extremely
'Licit when secured, sitoke high of his own character and
authority, and th.ratened the Lord Mayor.• Lyon searching
bins there ere le found in his possessien a number of papers,
chiefly relating to the Spa Fields meeting, the expence of
erecting a iMstingS. &C. Sooty of these were signed by l'res-
ton, nitwit. name its aireisely appeared to the advertisements
of the meeting. A ease of pistids was also found iu his pocket
loaded, a bleb, upon examination. did not appear to have been
very recently escharged. Being asked by the officer i‘lio
had him in ru.ty at Lloyds, what WAS the motive of himself'
and ;Ili companions/ lie replied, " that they came into the
city in as der to obtain the assistance of the Lord aleyor, to
hater fete, if possible, with the Prince Regent, with regard
to their petition."
The Lord Mayor, on Tuesday, held two several examine-
ticus nom thin subject, when be put a buinzocr of inlet roga-
to. ies to the three poisoners.
Julie Hooper said he was the treason( r to the Spa Fields
roce•iag, but had very little money to hold. lie knew the
two Mr. *arsons, who had addressed the meeting on Mon-
day, and was the. c Waist If, fro.a whence lie set oft, with se-
veral towards the city. White at the meeting, some
indtvid•eai put a case of pistols into his hand, butt lie was
unable to say whom. These be put in his ponkrt, but did
not intaa to rse t .e•n. He also aeknowlriliteil having carried
the culottes, and worn the cockade, and staled the reason he
1 for coining ado the city.
John tashinan said, be was a discharged seaman, and had
come oat from Drptford to town on .'.Malay alumina. He
gas Mania. eg close by "a large church anti castle" (meaning
St. P,adi s t v nen he WV4 accostcd by another, a stranger,
-wino a‘lsed titan if he u :rhea to take a walk for a short time?
He recited yea. and the stranger put into his hands a musket,
and they proceeded tnelliei, and joined a noinber ot• others
who ,acre mercbing. He had no conception of what it
umant.—The last pi:saner, when taken at the Exchange, had
e ir.asket in his posse:..si•au.
James, et:, ter, w lee had :ono the ap,seeranee of a seaman,
said Ile %else shoemaker. Ile meta number of persona march-
log through th.• city on slunday, and *led them, but was
ribt aware of their proceedings, nor did Ile conunit the slights
est act of violence. 'the prisaners confessed being with the
mob when the outrap molt place at but denied
saving the slieldest done in that horrid to-mist:client. They
also expressed-their reatintess to tell all they knew.—The
prisoner Hooiter joining uo the above &duration, and being
cvidt ;.tly acqauinted with some of the unkuown proceedings
at the S,ia Erlds Mee ring, the Lord Mayor deemed it right
to hold a private examillation. Little, however, was gone.
into at tit'''. inve•stigaekon, but Hooper confessed that lie had
been incited to juia :mil lead site mob is consegnence of the
iellaisimatory language he had heard (torn Mr. Watson at the
♦arly part of the !Meeting on Monday.—The prisoners were
all romaialed for examination on a future day.
BO W•STR ZET.—'f uegday Patrick Sullivan. a boy about
twelve years of age, underwent an examination before Mr.
n:e, charged with being concerned with a mob in riotously
as a cndin2 rattail a bakeils shop, on Monday night, in Great
Earl Street, Seven Dials, breaking open and entering the
shop, and stealing the bread therein. He was couintitted fur
trial.
William Astell was charged by Clarke, a constable of St.
Clements, with exciting the mob to tumult, in Holywell Street,
Ty exclaiming," Bread or blood!"—Several other rioters have
been examitied aiad remanded at the different police officern.

The Lord Mayor, properly attended, proceeded to Pres-
to:ln.* lodgings at Oreystuhe-place, Fetter-taut, late on Tues-
day evening, with the double purpose of searching fur papers
belonging to Hooper, who is an itnuate with Prestou, and of
seeing Preston himself. His Lordship found no papers which
could operate against the parties, except so far as they con-
ne,ted them with the Spa fit-Ids' assentlily. The Lord Mayor
did not hold blotto:1* jitstittett in taking him into custody.
Yreaton, who is a shoemaker, assnmes a bold and haughty
elemeailoor, and seems already to himself to be a leading
personage. The object of himself and his party is, he de-
clares, to bring oboist a Parliamentary R.lforin, which alone
ran I elicv c the ilistie.ses of the count' y, and give the poor
maii !stead to eat. the admits Ins intimacy wi h the t .ve
Watson., and his knowledge that many of his patty were
secretly arrnvil with pistols ; but this, he says, was only with
a view of protecting themselves against arty attailo i.f the,
military. The soldiel s how eve', he asserts, arc w cif diaposeil
towarifs Min and his ; nd as to die sailors, many of
them volamocred their services io the cause. He declares
that ynnng Watson was intoxicated on Monday morning. Ou
its beim: enquired of Prestma whether they intended to meet
avain, what had passed, lie replied partly in the affirma-
t ve, anti what they would never ccese doing so until their
attic( t was attained.
'i'hree of the inisenbled men who joined in the riots, were
brought to the London hospital on Monday, cavil desperately
wounded in the hand. One of them, after haying his wounds
dtes.c.l, 0111 ti IVell to escape, and has not since heon heard of.
The 1,. at btought in gave his 'same John Roberts; this man
was immediately pnt to bed, amid is considered in a dangerolo
slate. The thus) permit hrought in gave his name drilla
kit ly. Several of the Po:ice Officers have intended to see
the two last remboro, win arc iottuded to Lc examined befoi