The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-20 00:00:00

EVENIN g EDITI N.

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nil I shall mks us,
may be ni.cessary. Cub e! Cilattertani who were the
11i. 'strafes whom you olxierved on duty on the ni,tht of
the 15th

Colonel Chatterton—l saw Dr. Booth, Mr. Walker,
and the jllayor.

Mr. DuNDAs—You saw Dr. Booth, then. Well,
Old that gentiethan exhibit any want of courage cr
perseverance, :inch as under the circumstances of the
case yon might have reasonably expected from a person
so situated ?

Colonel Chatterton—No : on the contrary,
the evening of the 15th of July, and on every other
occasion in which he (Dr. Booth) had acted with the
military, be displayed unquestionable courage, zeal, and
business. both on

Mr. DuNDAs—Dr. Booth hill prceive that his
question is not relevant to the present inquiry. •
Dr. Booth—l wish to put to Colonel Chatterton
another question. Has that gentleman, in his exP'
rience, always been of opinion, in the case of firing LIP"
a mob, that two Magistrates were necessary ?
Mr. DUNDAS—It is hardly right to ask a military
man his opinion upon such a subject. No doubt the
Colonel has his inst!uctionß, and would act accordingly
Dr. Booth—l merely wish to ask Colonel Chatter-
ton whether, under such circumstances, it would not be
expedient to have two Magistrate 3
Mr. DUNDAS—You hear. Colonel Chatterton, the
question. Is it expedient to have two Magistrates where
an order to fire upon the people may be made?
Colonel Chatterton—Undoubtedly, two Magistrates
are better than one.—(Laughter.) Considering the
awful responsibility attendaut upon firing upon a mab: ,
should say that sometimes it is as well to have two Ma-
gistrates. But, undoubtedly, I should act under the
authority of one.

Mr. Clarke—There is not the slightest intention to
cast any imputation upon the courage or firmness of Pro
Booth, or any of the Magistrates, after the time the
military were called out. All we say is, that the met'
ought not that night to have been allowed to get to such
a head.

Mr. DUNDAS—That is the real point.
Thomas Clive—l am one of the constables Of the
town of Birmingham. My impression was, that them=
had been more than usual excitement during the wee'
previous to the 15th. The impression was that a crist3
was arriving, when an effort would be made. I had
heard in the middle of the week, and also on the:Mon-
day, that something was to be done that night. I went
to the office about half-past 7. 1 know that the'Justiees-
were appointed to meet at 10 in the morning at the
Public-office, and remain until the business .ifsi
done—three or four o'clock. I understood there ivas.
an arrangetspnt for the Magistrates-to be in attendance
in the evening, after the 4th, and I expected to find theo
there, but did not. About ten minutes past eight I setit
Redfern to Dr. Booth's, and requested him to go fr'ol
there to the Mayor's. He went immediately. Pre'
viously to that evening, I think on the Friday previous to
the 15th, I heard Dr. Booth tell Mr. May he exceed'
:ugly regretted the precipitate manner in which tbe9
(the London police) were led into the Bull-ring, rAnd
he consequences that ensued, and to prevent the rei
petition of such :an unfortunate occurrence, they
come to an unanimous resolution, or opinion, tine th't
police should not go out again without an order frees
two Magistrates, and the military to conduct them;
This, I understood, was a repetition of the Magistrate's
resolution. He did not give Mr. May any orders ; h't
only told him of this. In a few minutes after Red.
,eft, the mob made an attack upon the office. 11
Police were willing to go out if they had .orders.
think they might have dispersed the mob before thal,
houses were st:t on fire if they had gone out. The:
might have had some difficulty in the first instance. 0
On cross-examination he said it was about 10 minute
to 9 when Mr. Walker came, and he wrote a note t 6
Colonel Chatterton for the troops, which was sent by
messenger instantly. Mr. Whateley bad been del 0
then. The military came in a few minutes after t
police came. I saw that evening the Mayor, Dr. Boot !0
Mr. Shaw, and others. I heard some false rumours !
the town during the week. The Magistrates' reds°
fir condemning us were, they had not
received ibat.B, h
sistance from the police connected with the office wi. 0
thy had a right to expect. I think there was no !Or
assistance referred to.

Reexamined by Mr. Clarke—We exprassed :e
willingness to give all assistance in our power, but
.old the Magistrates it was the first time we had a Co—)
inunication from them on the subject.
Mr. Charles Bache, merchant, of Moor-street, Bir;
iningham, was next re-examined. His evidence o%
not materially different, relating chiefly to the crowds vi
rt t
;he street, and to the absence of the Magistrates p
ions to eight o'clock.
Charles Coburn—l am a bookseller in the upper pal
of High-street, Birmingham. I saw the people assem
bled at Holloway-head on Sunday morning, the 14t
of July, as I returned from St. Thomas's church. Tbe!•
said they should meet the next night to discuss whetbel
they should take possession of Smithfield or the Bal
ring. They were to come prepared—when the Loogiu.,
police came before they were unprepared—bring so WI
thing, I don't tell you what. I saw the Mayor the n e.:
morning, and told him what I have stated now-
Mayor replied--" If they come I dare say we sh 3;,
prepared for them." The Mayor knew me as a
dent in Birmingham lam a special constable. Fr' or
what I heard on Sunday I was apprehensive of a r,
on Monday night the Isth. From previous meetings
attended I apprehended disturbances, and have forme!
communicated with the Magistrates upon the subject.. ;
Cross-examined by Mr. Barlow—lt was between J
and 12 o'clock on the Monday morning I spoke to tr.,,u;
Mayor. He was upon the bench in the Public-office
nu one was sitting with him.
Thomas Waddell gave evidence as to the crowd I'l I
the streets, and the impression that a disturbatce wool
take place on the 15th.

Mr. James Taylor—l am a Magistrate for the cour it!
of Warwick, and reside at Moor-green. I was .."3/
Birmingham on the night of the .sth of July.
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left the Hen and Chickens at a little before b'
past seven, and in going down 'Worcester-street
observed a crowd, and a man carried upon a lit r
with his head apparently badly broken. I
Inquiries as to how the man had been injured, a li
immediately went and communicated what I had see" to
the Public-office. I felt it my duty to see a Magistra e,
and I went for the purpose of calling upon Mr. WI? t,
I saw him on my way home, about a quarter to eir" rj
and told him that I had been at the Public-ofnee, n t
that no Magistrate was there. I added that I thouk
he and one of his brother Magistrates ought, in;
lnt.
present excited state of the town, to be at the P" ;
office. I had heard that the Chartists had applied Ig: a
the use of the Town-ball on the Monday evening, "r! ,
that in consequence of the disappointment they ei:Pe
eneed in not b, ing able to comply with the te,:ms r .
quired, that the disturbance was expected. illy tr.r
of yeomanry were prepared to act on Moneay ,
but the) were not caled out by the Magistrates.
The Court then adjourned till to-morrow.

PROVIsIONCONTILACTS.

• t
The Government contract for supplying the navy w
yen
9,000 tierces of beet, and 17,000 tierces of pork, sv" t 8
yesterday, at Somerset-house. In consideration of the lat ape
quantity required, as compared with former years since ob.
Nag of the war, a great number of tenders ag s.
I y
mit,ed, and scarcely a provision house of any r. spectra° tbe
in the United Kingdom that was not represented °II ber
occasion. The Lords Commissioners for Victualling ?) is
Majesty's Navy assemble.i at 11 o'clock, and remaine 4,11
close deliberation until half.past five, when the sucee
candidates acre declared as follows :
; rce"
Beef. Tierces. A r"• 9
Messrs. Barnewall, of London 6.000 46' 161 4
Messrs Phillips
Messrs. Nisbett
Messrs. Barclay 3OO 6 17

Total Beef... 9 000
Pork.
Tierces. A Ile: (e()
Mr. Leslie Alexander, of London... 5,500 £6 liw 10
Mr. Barclay .. .......... 6
........... 500 6 6
Messrs. Aliens and Anderson ...... 11,000 61/

understoodA portion ofto thbaet
focontractedfoorf bmy
~...._
Total Pork— 17 000 ii 4
of Cork, by whom it will be made up; ao ',I that by NI ig °-
eMss'erss
and Anderson, for the firm of Messrs. P.usseu, of I'l% °c-
rick. That taken by Mr. Leslie Al'Jxander, it is 43' ~
lectured, will be made up in Belfast, and part of the r,'
..,'",
mainder in Glasgow and Pip-net:o'n, The quantity al r;f,
plied to the navy last year was voly 5,000 tierces of e.,,. ed
.srrs.,ooßidarannedwe(llll
and 10,000 tierces of pork, and the highest price obtai ',die
im the !;i,lding for the former was 5/. 19s. 6d., and for ce
latter 6/. Os. 4d., making a difference of nearly 11. at' r'act
in favour of the higher prites of this year. This cant tube.
is considered to regulate the export price of beef and I fhe
for the season from Ireland; so that the above ma: ;03
taken as an average, unless some unforeseen circurnstai
should arise to cause an increased demand.

Colonel Wood, M.P., and Lady Caroline Ny
arrived at their seat in Breconshire early in the week,l
cou
11'
Littleton, for the winter.
THE NORWICH FESTIVAL.—The performr.lo
in St. Andrew's Hall, under the superintendence of 5Pb:l ,0
are proceeding satisfactorily. The denunciation irolnl
pulpit hAs not diminished either the number or t'ne girt,
cation of the audience. Multitudes flock deity to the"
to indulge in one of the purest and most elevating
sures to which the human mind is su,s;:eptibto.
A -I,OC
PROTEST OF THE UNITF,ID STATES -U."— of
2lfessager gives tb:o following expissnuti " nu
the refusal of Messrs. Hottinguer to cash biAs drawst uP v
them from tic United States Du, ins.; the late End'
cial crisis several English and French bitikers either ad
vanced money or gave their signatures to bills for the relict
of certain American houses, and s'nce that time large (lumn-
tities of cotton have bees consigned to London and
to meet these obligations. It appears, however, that troll
bills were also being qrawn on account of these consign,
meets. Th.o cotton tnatket being so dull that sales con,)"
not be effected without a sacrifice, and Messrs. Hottinguer'
who had lent assistance to the United S..ate., being there-
fore unable to realize money upon, the guarantee in their'
they have, as a measure of precaution, .icrus",4"
accept in the present state of the market, to pay oz the
bills which have been drawn upon them." _Havre