The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-02 00:00:00

dea,vouring to push a coachman from his seat. Witness
being in livery, they took him, he supposed, for a fel-
low-servant of the coachman, and he received a blow
from the prisoner. Fearing that he should be attacked
with greater violence, he lay down in the street, but
the mob kicked him in the face most desperately, while
several cried out, " Give it him."
Policeman, No. 533, stated, that upon hearing there
was a mob in Gracechurch-street, he went up and saw
the prisoner, who seemed to be a ringleader, and several
others, striking at persons about them. Witness went
in to prevent further violence, and was knocked down
by the prisoner. Witness, who had his truncheon, then
struck several, but he was knocked down again, and his
head was stamped upon. He, however, persevered,
and, with the assistance of a brother officer, after re-
peated attacks upon him, succeeded in securing the pri-
goner near the bridge, and conveying him through a
tradesman's house out of the way of rescue.
Policeman No. 591 was also severely maltreated. He
was knocked down and kicked into a state of insensibility,
so that it became necessary to take him to St. Thomas's
Hospital. He lost his hat, and handkerchief, and trun-
cheon. He now felt great soreness about the body and
head.
The prisoner said, that he was quiet in the crowd, when
the policeman took hold of him, and wrongfully accused
and dragged him through the house.,
The next prisoners put to the bar were John Desmond
and John Donovan.
Alderman PIRIE asked who seemed to be the leaders
of the extraordinary procession, some of the members of
which had app eared before him ?
Inspector B rake said, that Mr. Daniel O'Connelj, with
cap and gold band, appeared in the barouche, and he was
given to understand that the other principal persons were
the Reverend Doctor Kirwan, the Catholic clergyman of
Moorfields Chapel, Mr. Brown, a cabinet-maker, Mr.
Hennessey, a shoe-maker, and the Rev. Mr. M`Davila, a
Catholic clergyman.
- Policeman, No. 572, stated, that he observed Mr.
O'Connell's carriage near Fenchurch-street, where an
omnibus stopped. The mob unbuckled the reins of the
horses in the omnibus, and when witness interposed, he
was struck violently with sticks by the mob, and disabled.
Policeman No. 526, saw the last witness attacked, and
dragged him from amongst the crowd by the hair of the
head. He knocked down four of the mob, who were
punching the man. Afterwards he saw one of the two
persons behind the carriage, and he and another appre-
hended them both.
Alderman PIRIE—Was Mr. O'Connell in the carriage?
Policeman No. 526, replied that Mr. O'Connell and Doc-
tor Kirwan were in the carriage.
Alderman PIRIE—And could Mr. O'Connell see what
was going on ? The witness replied that Mr. O'Con-
nell could see what was doing. There was an immense
number of people hurraing. Mr. O'Connell waved his
hand, and they hurraed. Witness was going to appre-
hend the man whom he had seen strike his brother
policeman, when Dr. Kirwan said to the man, " Stand to
your post." Witness followed till the procession reached
the Bridge Hotel, and then he insisted upon knowing
Doctor Kirwan's address. Mr. O'Connell at length came
out and said to him "Go away fellow, get out of this."
Witness declared that he would not go except he had
either the address or the person, and Mr. O'Connell then
mentioned that the gentleman was Doctor Kirwan, of the
Roman Catholic Chapel, Moorfields, and at the same
time stated that he would complain of witness's conduct
to Mr. Harvey, the City Police Commissioner, with
whom he was acquainted.
James Giles, the driver of an omnibus, which had been
stopped, stated that the mob beat his horses, snatched
his whip, and covered him with mud, but he received no
hurt.
Henry Radcliffe, an officer of the Animals' Friend
Society, stated that, having been informed by a gentle-
man that two fellows were beating a policeman, he ran
to the spot and saw the prisoner Donovan on the
back of the carriage, kicking a policeman most
violently. Mr. O'Connell was, at the time, standing at a
window at the Bridge Hotel waving his handkerchief
and cheering the mob on. The staffs the mob carried
were much bigger than those carrried by the police.
Policeman No. 594, stated that he was called to
take the prisoners from. the back of the carriage
and was kicked most desperately by them, somebody in
the carriage having held them firmly.
The driver of No. 164 omnibus stated that his vehicle
was stopped by the mob, who unbuckled the reins of one
of the horses, and covered him (the driver) with mud.
The witness Radcliffe said that several of the persons
in the procession wore green sashes, with medals at-
tached.
The prisoners both solemnly declared that they never
left the back of.the carriage from the moment they left
Moorfields till the policeman apprehended them.
Alderman PIRIE said that all the prisoners must each
of them find two sureties for the sum of 501., and give
twenty-four hours' notice of the bail to the City Soli-
citor, who should have instructions to prosecute them.
A man named John Hanby was then put to the bar
charged with having seriously assaulted a person named
Butt, who was not able to attend in consequence of the
injuries he received in the row in Gracechurch-street.
Alderman PIRIE told the prisoner that if Mr. Butt
should 'die on account of the ill treatment he received,
he (prisoner) could be tried for his life.
The prisoner, who appeared to be a raw Irishman,
said that he was an innocent man, and had been treated
most scandalously ; nobody could say he had anything
in his hand in the crowd.
Policeman No. 515, said that he went up to
the place in which Mr. O'Connell's carriage was
standing still, and endeavoured to clear the way to
let the carriage pass. Witness heard Mr. O'Con-
nell say "Don't be afraid of him," and suspected that he
(witness) was meant. Subsequently, at the Bridge-hotel,
a gentleman, who belonged to Mr. O'Connell's company,
came out, and threatened to put the city police into the
custody of the metropolitan police.
Inspector Brette said that the city police had acted
with very great propriety and spirit throughout, and
numbers of the inhabitants were ready to bear testimony
to that fact.
Alderman PIRIE said he had every reason to suppose
that they deserved the approbation of the inhabitants.
Several men with black eyes and bound up heads who
stated that they were attacked by the mob, attended, but
could not clearly identify their assailants.