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BRUSSELS PAPERS.

(Received this Morning.)
BRUSSELS, OCT. 21.--A traveller, who has arrived
from Holland, announces that since the 17th, in the even•
ing, the Dutch have extended their inund itions into the
folders of Bergen-op• Zoom, Steenbergen, Hassel, into the
Valley of Dentel, and the Aor, to beyond Breda, into the
country of the Moerdyk, Klundert Gertruidenberg, to the
country of Heusden, in all the environs of Bois le Due and
Grave, to the Rhine near Nimeguen.
The Memorial agrees with us to-day "that the inter-
vention of a nation in the affairs of its neighbours is always
a calamity for the latter." And after having admitted
this principle, the Memorial declares, " that it will rejoice
if France fights in our country, and without us, against
the Dutch." The Memorial asks whether we al9o would
not rejoice at such an event? We answer, no; and the
nation and the army will answer in the same manner.
Coarrier Beige.

BRussEts,Ocr. 22.—A Royal decree, dated the 20th,
accepts the resignations of M. Raikem, Minister of Jus-
tice, of M. de Theux, Minister of the Interior, and
of M. Coghen, Minister of Finance, and appoints
M. Lebeau to the Department of Justice, and M.
Charles Rogier to that of the Interior. At pre-
sent, therefore, General Evain remains Minister of War,
and General Goblet of Foreign Affairs, ad interim.
Messrs. de Theux, Muelenaere, and Count Felix Merode
are Ministers of State, and the Department of Finance
has been offered to M. Brabant. M. de Theux, retaining
the title of Minister of State, refuses, however, to sit in
the Council, and it is said that M. Brabant has not ac-
cepted the Finance Department. Messrs. Goethals, of
Courtray, and Van Innis, have resigned their seats in the
Chamber of Representatives. The Minister for Foreign
tAhfferaitro Paris. They a
Affairs yesterday despatchedretheer
acourierbearsof
London,toiostrorto
io as whichadano-
had been decided on in Council during the day.
It is thought that General Evain will not return from
Valenciennes till to-morrow.
Five expresses from Paris and Valenciennes have arrived
here since yesterday evening.
A Belgian Cabinet messenger set out yesterday evening
i atn
hege tnsh
States-General,
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eohe communicationsroafl
M. m
observes,
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utu ctrel ehi
es
ri‘lf orißori
nmeLii
syoat
en:rdpsoag nsti
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ttohladt ittoapthpeareSs'econd Chamber, that new proposals were
made only last week to the Cabinet of the Hague, which
has them now under consideration. We see that this is
very far from a serious intention of employing coercive
measures General Evain arrived here yes-
terday s against
General Desprez in the evening.
A Frenchcourier
Valenciennes
arrived yesterday,
it
o afternoon,
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and
from
23.—General
a
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and an English courier from Vienna, with despatches for
Lundon. The camp of Diest has brsken up. The King
will go to Diest on Thursday, be will review part of the
troops of the first division, and will return to Louvain,
where he will pass the night. On Friday morning he
will review the 2d regiment of the line and the regiment
of cuirassiers, and will return to Brussels in the evening.
LUXEMBURG, Ocr. 20.—Yesterday morning at 11
o'clock, M. Antoine Piscatore, of the Commission of Go-
vernment of the Grand Duchy, going on business to Gre-
venmacber, wasorilered by the gen, d'armes at Niederantven
to turn back, because he had no passport. M. P. was
on his way back to Luxemburg, when the officer of the
gene d'armes, changing his mind, arrested him, and sent him
to Grevenmacher, whence the Commissary of the district
sent him to Arlen. The Journal of Luxfnthoury attune,

liat the village at which M. P. was arrested, is within the
territory (rayon) of the fortress.

(From the Moniteur .13elge.)'
13ttussELs, OCT. 23. —The civil Governor and the mi-
litary Governor of the province of Luxemburg have
hastened to inform the Government of the arrest of M.
Picatore, which took place, not within the territory of
the fortress, but at Grevenmacher. This event was unex-
pected by the Ministry, who have accepted it as a fact
calculated to effect the release of M. Thorn, who has
been in captivity ever since the 1 th of April, in spite of
the remonstrances of the Conference of London and of
the German Diet, and notwithstanding the release of the
agents of Tornaco. The reports of the Belgian authorities
being in many particulars at variance with those of the mili-
t try authorities at Luxemburg, the Government has required
further information respecting the particulars which accom-
panied the arrest ofM.Piscatore, who will not in any case be
brought before the tribunals, but will remain in the hands
of the civil and military authorities as a hostage. Gene-
ral Tabor is already authorised to propose and effect the
exchange of M. Piscatore for M. Thorn. .

Another paper says, that M. Piscatore having arrived at
Grevenmacher, some persons informed M. Huart, the
Commissary of that place, of the circumstance. M.
Huart immediately ordered the gene d'armes to go and ar-
rest him. He was attempting to reach the frontiers by
bye-paths, hut the gent d'armes got the start of him, on
his return to Grevenmacher, where he was arrested. Be-
ing brought before M. Huart, he inquired what they meant
to do with him, to which he received for answer, that he
was taken by way of reprisal for the capture of M. Thorn.
Such was the sole object of his arrest, and he was assured
that be should be perfectly well treated.
Great joy existed at Grevenmacher and Arlon at this
event.

This effair caused great sensation in the fortress. Ge-
neral Dumoulin wrote to General Tabor a threatening
letter, demanding the release of the prisoner, who he pre-
tended was arrested at Niedranbren, within the territory
of the fortress. It will be easy for General Tabor to
prove the contrary. It is said that the Dutch General
Goedicke has written to the provincial authorities of Ar-
lon, declaring that if the prisoner is not released in twenty-
four hours, the garrison of Luxemburg will seize all the
Belgian functionaries in the environs.—Brussels Papers,
October 24.

VIENNA, OCT. 13.—The accounts from Constanti-
nople by the last mail are most unfavourable to the
Porte, which seems approaching to its overthrow. The
Turkish fleet has been obliged to retreat before the Egyp-
tian, and abandon Cyprus, which is said now to be in
possession of the Egyptians. It is thought that Mehemet
Ali, encouraged by his success, will now endeavour to de-
throne the Sultan ; and it is reported that he intends to
go to the army and take the chief command. It is really
time for the European Powers to interfere, otherwise in-
stead of a weak Government, on the eve of destruction, a
vigorous power may be established, which at least, under
Mehemet and Ibrahim, might be dangerous to Europe.--
Allyemeine Zeitung, Oct. 19.

REPEAL of the UNION—The RECORDER.

(From the Dublin Morning Register.)

As we anticipated, Mr. Shaw has announced his intention
of not again seeking to represent the city in Parliament. The
reason he himself assigns for this step is worthy of particular
notice at the present moment. He says :
" The question upon which my determination has turned is
that of the repeal of the Union. I find a large portion of my
old supporters now in favour of that measure, as has been
evinced in their several corporate meetings within the last
few weeks; and I believe that will be found the feeling of a
large majority of the new constituency. This causes me no
surprise; on the contrary, it is but the fulfilment of what I
myself predicted, in my place in the House of Commons,
would be the inevitable consequence of the passing of the Irish
Reform Bill, and of the general policy of the present Govern-
ment towards this country."
The admission made in the first sentence of this extract
shows the rapid progress which the national question of Re-
peal has made, even amongst those who were considered
its bitterest opponents. Mr. Shaw avows that a large portion
of the corporators, to whom he owes his late election, are now
in favour of repeal—he knows that if the several guilds were
fairly represented in the Common Council, the question, in-
stead of a minority of eighteen, would have had a triumphant
majority, on Friday last, at William street. But even twenty-
six out of seventy, in such an assembly as the Common Coun-
cil of Dublin, Mr. Shaw rightly considers a triumph in favour
of the measure. It would, however, be more complimentary
to his corporate constituents, and more creditable to his own
candour, if he had assigned the true cause of the change
wrought in the feeling of the majority of those corporator, with
respect to repeal. He covertly attributes it to the Reform
Bill. They by anticipation have disavowed the insulting im-
putation. Those members of the corporation who derive their
support from mercantile pursuits, or other habits of industry,
have opened their minds to reason and argument—they have
been convinced that the ruin of trade and the annihilation of
manufactures in Ireland are attributable to the accursed act
of 1800, and that the only hope of their resuscitation rests on
the repeal of that destructive measure. There are, we believe,
a few amongst them who have taken up the question by way of
being revenged for the inroad made upon their monopoly, and
the prospect, through the medium of the English Reform Act,
of a speedy overthrow of all corporate power and corruption ;
but we are convinced that the great majority of them have been
influenced in their conversion by the cause which we have as-
signed.

MR. SHEIL IN TIPPERARY-REPEAL OF
THE UNION.

From the Limerick Chronicle of Saturday.)

The registry sessions for the town of Tipperary opened on
Wednesday, before Mr. Fallon. Mr. Shell attended the re-
gistry, and on Thursday addressed the populace from the win-
dows of the News-room ; an immense concourse of people as-
sembled and listened to him with great attention; they cheered
him repeatedly during his address. He said he came there not
only to advocate their rights, but to offer himself to their con.
sideration, in the room of Mr. Wyse, who he said was obliged
to go to Waterford, where he had extensive connexions and
much property. Mr. Wyse, lie said, regretted leaving them,
but that his grief was somewhat ameliorated by the considera-
tion that one is offered to you to fill his place, who feels for
your interest and prosperity as he does himself. Mr. Shell con-
tinued—You have seen or heard of me in the senate house ;
and there did I regard the frowns or smiles of the Minister ? I
disregarded his powers, and I also disliked his smiles; I fought
your battles against tithes, and though a battle has been fought,
still the campaign is but in its commencement; eighteen
bishops and four archbishops, with 1,900,000/. of the public
money goes into their sanctuary ; but I will sum up the
whole in one word—we must have the Parliament in College-
green—for were only the one hundred Irish members to be
consulted, no blame could then attach itselfto England—but it
is not so. Is it by the sweat of the English the tithes are paid ?
It is out of the pockets of the English 1,900,0001. goes into the
sanctuary ? Mr. Shell then made an appeal to his auditors,
thus :—" If any of you had a farm, how would you like a
neighbour to encroach upon it? But it is not a joint farm—
the English treat us as a mean, a contemptible ally, but we
must have an extinction of tithes, and in repeal we will scourge
it over the English. And," continued he " the Barrister has
determined on staying here two days more—therefore, who-
soever has not registered, let him do so on to-morrow or Sa-
turday. Do you understand me ? I know not whether I can
be heard by all ; but my voice, I know, is strong enough, for
as little Jelin says in the play, Though I dos little lam made
of good metal.' I will now conclude with three cheers for
O'Connell. The same for our good, glorious, and (I hope will
be) happy isle." Mr. Shell retired amidst cheers. Mr. Roe, of
Roesboro', also addressed the populace at great length. The
Barrister left Tipperary yesterday for nudes.

Loss OF THE SCIENCE.—This ship left
Hobart Town on the sth of May, bound for London, Wu,
LIAM SAUNDERS, Master, and proceeded with a strong but
favourable gale until the 21st day of June, when in about
lat. 59 deg. S., and long. 59 deg. W., about five o'clock
a.m., it began to blow very strong, and continued to in-
crease so violently until about nine o'clock that they were
obliged to heave-to under a close-reefed main-topsail ; the
crew then tried to furl the fore- topsail, but before they
were on the yard the main-topsail sheets were carried
away, and they came down to clew the sail up, but before
it could he done that and all the other sails were blown
into ribands, and in a short time after a tremendous sea
boarded her and washed four hands, together with the
bulwarks fore and aft, boats, and main and wizen masts,
overboard, carried away her tiller and wheel, and left her
a complete wreck. The remainder of the crew were left
in this hopeless situation until the 26th, when, to their
unspeakable
tobe th
joy,e Warrens, asli
of London,iphoveinsight, whichANnitEwafterards
proved BLISS,
Master, homeward-bound from the South Seas; but such
was the
tempestuousimpracticable stateto
lowerof a b
the weatheroat; b
u that G
itE 0
Rw,aEs
thought
LAKE, the second mate of the Warrens, a brave, expe-
rienced seaman, and five others, volunteered their assist-
ance at the imminent risk of their lives, and they fortu-
nately succeeded in their humane undertaking of remov-
ing the remainder of the crew, 15 in number, at four
different times, in safety on board the TVarrens, when im-
mediately the boat they had conveyed them in went to
pieces. The Captain and crew were treated with the
great,?st humanity on board the Warrens, which
reached London in safety on Monday, the 15th instant,
having fallen in with another wreck off the Western
Islands, which was deserted, and supposed to have been
some mouths is that situation,

►4r

THE BRISTOL. RIOTS.

KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.)

This being the day fixed by the Judges of this Court
for the trial at bar of Charles Pinney, Esq., Mayor
of Bristol, upon an information filed ex officio by the
Attorney. General, the avenues to the Court were
crowded at a very early hour by numbers of most le'
spectable persons, who seemed to take the liveliest In-
terest in the proceedings.
The Jury; who were returned by the High Sheriff of
Berkshire, bean to arrive about itibe o'clock, and they
were the only persons admitted bp-fore the arrival of the
Judges, except the gentlemen of the Press, who received
every accommodation from the officers of the Court.
About ten o'clock, Lord TENTERDEN, Mr. Justice
LITTLEDALE, Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE, and Mr. Jug'
tic, TAUNTON, arrived in Court and took their seats or'
the Bench. The doors were then thrown open, and even,'
part of the galleries and the body of the Court was in'
.tantly crowded.
The Counsel engaged for the prosecution were the
ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Mr. Serjean:
COLERIDGE, Mr. Serjeant WILDE, Mr. SHEPHERD. 201"
Mr. WIGHTMAN; Solicitors—Mr. MAULE of the "fro'
sury, and Messrs. CROSS and JARMAN, of Bristol.
Counsel for the defence—Sir JAMES SCARLETT, Mr.
CAMPBELL, Mr. Serjeant Lunr.ow, and Mr. Fou.Evr;
Solicitors—Messrs. BRICE and BURGESS, of Bristol, and
Messrs. JENNINGS and 13ot.ToN of London.
The following freeholders of Berkshire composed the
Jury :

JOHN HOPKINS, Esq. Foreman.
JOHN BLAGRAVE, Esq.
JOHN SIVEWRIGHT, Esq.
JOHN HUGHES, Esq. •
CHARLES MEDLEY, Banker. ).")
ROBERT MANGLES, Esq.
EDMUND GARDNER, Esq. ni
GEORGE BUTLER, Esq.
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CHARLESED ARI)
PGVCIRMHI NA
GM% Esq.
•
THOMAS HARMAN,

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Mr.
wiGßufrc3HlAANitloapTenOev‘d 'tNhseffpEletiad9,ngEss.o.
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information against Charles Pinney, Esq. for that
washiaton :1;
29th of October, there being a riot in the city of Bristol'
and that the next day a riotous and tumultuous as.ser"
blage destroyed the Bishop's Palace, a number of private
(hoe:Hogs, and other buildings, the defendant, then beief
the Mayor of the said city, and a Justice of the Pease'
did not exert his authority to repress such outrage Al°
that he omitted to give such orders, and make such
rangements, as were expedient and necessary. To 0)0
information the defendant had pleaded Not Guilty. 1
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose. Gentlemen °I,
the Jury—You have learned, from the information wbie
has just been read by my Learned Friend, that you are
called from your homes to perform a most important (Wit
viz. to try an individual who has been placed in an offiecei
of high trust, but who was charged with having berg t
that trust by not exercising the authority and pet,
with which he was invested as chief magistrate of the eit;
to protect the property of those placed under his care'
This gentleman was Mayor of Bristol, and we charge hid'
that during nearly 4S hours, when that city was placed tD
a most alarming state of consternation, and in a s.tuatieli
of great danger, he neglected and abandoned his duty, 54
withdrew from being found by those who wiqa-d to di s'
cover him. lam sure, gentlemen, it is needless for Ine t,
request soar attention to all the facts which I shall hae"
o lay before you; convir c d as I am in my own mind that tse
result will leave no doubt of the truth of the charge in the
formation. The basis of the accusation is perfectly well knovltt
to you, and indeed it is sufficiently notorious. It must r
proved to you almost as a matter of form, but it is alresart
well known that the city of Bristol—a city of the fire
rank in this great empire, was, for the period I hag
mentioned, in the state of confusion I have stated to Yeet
When it is further added, that three prisons, two in the
city and one in the vicinity, were broken open by a to's
multuous and lawless mob, the priorners let loose, al,
plunder carried on to a vast extent, that three gad
were destroyed by fire, the Mansion-house, the resideae,
,
of the Chief Magistrate, destroyed, the Bishop's Pal
of
reduced almost to a heap of ruins, and the dwelling, "ft
incividuals plundered or destroyed to a number little Oleo
of forty of the best houses in the town, I think I ha
case
stated nothing which does not raise a prima facie co,
against the Magistrates who were invested with the COSIo 0
of the city, and which leads us to inquire where were too
Magistrates, what was their conduct, whether they ttbet
any and what steps to repress such scenes, and wile
they exerted the authority that was placed in the,-ni e
I am sure, gentlemen, it would be idle for ra,
to lay down to you the nature of the duties otb.
attach to the office of Magistrates ; all Magistrates are ems-
phatically the conservators of the peace ; when the Pea,
is in danger, it is their peculiar and bounden duty to Pte
serve it; and when it is broken, they are inaperatisceil,
called on by their office to endeavour by all means in et
power, by the strict exercise of their authority, to rePt‘tess
outrage by calling on all persons to aid them, ever' 10 0,
taking up arms if necessary, to protect or restore the Peatio
Such is the well known duty of every Magistrate, and bp
was the dutyimposed on all corporate Magistrates who e 0
this defendant acted under a charter, which invested two
with that authority. Instances of neglect of that duty P-0,
occurred. In the riots of 1780, which occurred in ee°o,o
quence of Parliament having relaxed the laws against ed
Roman Catholics, the Lord Mayor of London was ebargo
with a neglect of his duty, not altogether dissimilar to, of
present case ; he was brought to trial, and convicteeer
the offence, but in consequence of his dying before be Dv
brought up for judgment, we have no record of the :tos
elusion of that case. But, gentlemen, the law press, jte
moat liberal construction in the exercise of magisterivoter
ties, and most liberally affords protection to tragi9tefto
for anything they do in virtue of their office, 60,1
if the exercise of the duties is not strictly eel' lsel
to what is legal. But the law requires that ot,
should act with vigour and promptitude for the Pr or
tion of the peace, and they need nut be afraid et 04'
severe consequences to themselves, either of a civil ele`oest
minal nature. I cannot conceal from you, gent nee
that there appears throughout the whole of this goebish
man's conduct a considerable mistake in the view off
he seems to have taken of his duty ; for while & as,:
have dangerous riots were taking place, he seems toPut
ceived that if he caked in the aid of the military letbsir
down the disturbance, and required them to act °Pelle
own views and their own responsibility, he sit leper'
divested himself of authority ; and I think you wt o.oos
ceive that that unfortunate desire to shift the antYilitar.);
his own s boulders, and to transfer it to the °soil&
authorities, prevailed throughout his whole conducts t it is ao
to the unfortunate consequences which followed ;he as,
well-known rule, established as the law of the Iselv 300
laid down in the House of Lords by Lords Thlote Ishea,
Mansfield upon the occasion I have alluded to, acP
the riots of 1780 were discussed, that the soldier i71,0f
a case stood in no different situation from that„°,oo4,,
other subject of the King. It was not that a"' o'l
like martial law should be established ; the soldiers sle
only to be required in aid of the civil power ; ‘ltt
power is first to act, and if the soldiery be es"s-iy re;
they are not in the nature of a hostile force, buti bra
quired as the King's subjects to aid and assist. Totl,' I
been laid down in all times, and by the
authorities. In that very useful work, Bur° b or,
there is an opinion written by Lord Ellenbotoog 0,90,
the subject; and in Bristol, when many unfortunate PTO°,
w re tried for these riots, Lord Chief Justicee and
laid down the rules of law upon this point in th sitif
clear and perspicuous manner. Any one of the
tpi
subjects is authorized to suppress a riot, and even a r:
tar y force is invested with the same authoritY. tsatlboi
troops may act under their officers, but it was choriti.rs
desirable that they should always have the ant t tbe;
the Magistracy to conduct their proceedings; "t be:o
might be circumstances which would prevent tharato
done. In this case, however, there were Magi'ttoto
the spot, who repeatedly called on Colonel Brere t
Commander of the troops, (to whom he would 040,01,10
more than was requisite), and gave him a sort °d
oo c.
sion to go out into the streets and eXer lt
Sri
own authority ; but the Magistrates did orofetsef
to bs
company him to see that that authority was 1
executed, as they ought to have done. This seere of 1
been the leading principle acting in the mind 5
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gentleman. It appears, that on the Saturday Jet' It
Sir Charles Wetherell, in going to Bristol as Bec°l We,
open the assizes, was received with every species e,ed liTte
and contumacy by a mob, who considerably anelvado
When he went to the Mansion-house be was as"ol,o?°o,t
windows and doors of the Mansion-house were br tit ~
e,
the mob entered the house in a considerable forc .tittly,
same time bringing into the building some ~btst •co
thereby showing what their intention was. -I', alsYsot
swiohno- hno,aussenowt aeslepertoedvidferdomforthrehec roeusritdenocfeAolfriettrjre.eto rc:be
annually elected from the Common Coonc.' by Jo
Aldermen also were required to be resideottorpotoo
Charter ; and, indeed, the very use of,
_3o,ftelf:oo
magistracy is in their being ou the spot. That asse2(l,)
there was very great violence used by the ra.`aiej alit
Mayor, before I believe it was dark, renonnw...„, tbaosi
btt hheee
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k,e
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continued
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assemble,
st
furthers
eo
inl ehalvee,mtfheuaerstuphrlesere, :rat :eeapY:,:r'e to
fat (
Batedro tbd
troops and read the Riot Act. The troops tbleagre'oe'
streets, but the people did not altoget

That evening, more then once, Colonel Brereto was rre-
quired to clear the streets, hut it appears he couldt get
act no
which
from the Magistrates those specific orders to
were necessary ; for when he was told to &ear the streets,
he asked whether he was to use violence or not ? He was
told to do it in any way he chose ; but that,nz, ,ou.
will perceive, put upon him a great rpsi)n
lity. The mob was, in fact, then dispersed ; there
was a cessation of violence, and several of the
special constables were dismissed by the Magistrates thet%-
selvee. In the course of that night, independent
of
attack on the Mansion .house in Queen square, another
act was done by the mob, which plainly indicated their
'ntentions. The Council-house was attacked by the mob.
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party of the 14th Dragoons was there by the orders of
Government. They fired a few shots, and one of the
rioters was killed, which seemed greatly to exasperate them.
The Mayor and Magistrates had a full expectation of
mischief for several days before it had been put
to the Government, whether Sir Charles Wetherell should
appear at Bristol at all, and it was decided that he should
be there, and, consequently, Government had provided a
force in case of a riot. That night, very dangerous in-
dications were made; and the man being shot, produced
the very worst feeling between the mob and some of the
troops. Now, suppose I were to admit that the Mayor
exerted his authority to the best of his power on the night
of Saturday, the question would then arise as to how far he
was justified after such appearances in not requiring
all the Magistrates to meet him early on the Sunday
morning, in order to make preparations to meet any ap-
prehended mischief? It does not appear that either on
that evening or the following morning, the Mayor sought
for any accession to the civil force. Some complaint had
been made respecting the Special Constables, and the
Mayor threw some degree of blame upon them, but there
was a total want of all organization of that force, and nothing
was done with them except calling about 300 of them out.
That was all the Magistrates did. The Mayor read the Riot
Act twice, but there was no tender of his services to ac-
company the military, and no provision was made for the
meeting of the Magistrates on the following morning. On
that morning, although as early as 7 o'clock the barricades
against the Mansion-house were pulled down by the mob,
I don't find that the Magistrates took any pains to col-
lect the civil force. That they looked to the military I
will believe, but the military might have exhausted all their
ammunition and all their force ; and if they had done
so it would have left the civil power more entirely at the
mercy of the mob. But no steps were taken. The Man-
sion-house was exposed, the cellars were emptied of the
wine, and a great part of the mob got intoxicated, until it
became necessary for the Mayor (not having sought the
protection he ought to have had) to meet the other Magis-
trates at the Council-house.--( The Learned Counsel here re-
ferred to a plan in his hand, showing the short distance from
the Mansion-house to the Councildniuse.)—At the Council-
house the Mayor summoned the citizens to attend, but he
did so, not with the voice of authority as
he wrote a sort of polite invitation to p was his duty; come
forward. There were numerous citizens in the to
anxious
hope of being employed to provide measures of security,
t 00
plan was provided by the Magistrates; on the
contrary, there was a kind of advertisement for others to
propose some plan, when nothing could be more distinctly
clear than that it was the duty of the Mayor to
exert his authority and insist on the citizens assisting him.
But instead of that, there was a debate or discussion
courted by the Magistrates, in order that some other gen-
tlemen might propose a plan. A great deal was said
about the minter y, and it appeared that the danger of em-
ploying them was the greater ; indeed Colonel Bre! et on
gave his opinion that it was so. At the Council-house, it
'rem, the
agree
a Magistrates about 11 o'clock received notice of
n evt of a moat important description. You will
. nen o
doubt, with me, that when the mob was parad-
ing the town and getting the upper band, one of the first
objects should have been to secure the gaols from attack ;
but
they heard, at eleven o'clock, that the Bridewell was
ne"
about being attacked; but although the Bridewell was so
to the Council House, they made no preparation to
were
Prevent its being stormed. Although many complaints
made against Colonel Brereton for not doing what to, be Magistrates wished, under the general order, to clear
strtets, he was not c died upon to direct his troops
against the Bridewell • nothing of that sort was done,
l
and during three hours' that the storming of the Bride-
wel took
but place by a mob insignificant in numbers,
and little exasperated, not a single effort was
rn
made
reto prev
rkabent its being destroyed. The Bridewell is
tiost maly situated,
the other of for you will see by the plan
tarn
end b that the Governor's house is on one side and the prison on
a narrow passage, the entrance to which is at
ethcy gates, and it could only be got at by forcing
th°e se gates If only a few constables, or half a doyen of
Sheriff's men had been placed there when the first no-
ble' was given of the probability of an attack, it would
TAt Vs been next to impossible for the mob to attack it.
el,r"
ns a period of three hours, during which some of the
'2emade applications to the Mayor and Magistrates,
who expressed themselves unable to do any thing, and
"nsequently the mob were left to pursue their lawless
meneu se, and the building was destroyed. Now, gentle-
itTc:You cannot but perceive the sort of encouragement
13_7iotsvas thus given to the wrong-doers, and, therefore,
, surprising that having rescued the prisoners from
Viper' Jeell, the mob should go to the gaol. No arrangement
4:ara to have been made to protect that building. The gaoler
eating what had taken place at the Bridewell, and fearing
rn°b would go to the gaol, came to the Magistrates
and told
piac..,...the.m what he apprehended was likely to take
, An instructions were then given, there was some
siesiate, and on the gaoler asking what was to be done to de-
fend th
• e gaol, he received a most remarkable answer, for, shift.
mgt
?laresponsibility from themselves, the Mayor said, if the
Were only to be appeased by releasing the prisoners, it
!'night be as well to release them, but left the gaoler to act
a'; he chose. The gaol was soon afterwards attacked.
°t even then were the military called upon to act in any
Particular manner, such as to send them with a body of
constables ; but some constablee, with two or three Alder-
'nen at their head, went at one time, and the troops at an-
°thther ; there was no concert, no unanimity, and the mob got
a ernUoPrePer hand. But there was no place which presented
walls aned°n'Plete front to an enemy than this gaol. The
float , gates were high and strong, and there was a
le it, so that if there had been a force previously
provided, mob might have been repulsed or have been
driven into thethe float. There was popper ce m. ore easy of
def •
a "cc if there had been a better understanding between
tue
—nyor. the constables, and the troops—if all
had acted together the place could have been saved. How-
ever, it 'was not saved, and many prisoners, to the
Intniber of 150 were let loose to join in the acts of
plunder, Other acts were then done, the dock gates were
d, the gaol out of town, belonging to the county of
`sloucester, Was fired, and the prisoners released ; so that
during the firing of the Bridewell no effort was made, and
dduring the firing of the gaol there was only one effort,
~Which, from being unconnected and detached, wasren-
red useless. It appears very singular that the constables fete desired not to show their staves, but to keep them
in their pockets and to persuade the people to retire; and
almost the only device used was to get a Dissenting Mi-
nister, certainly of great respectability and eloquence, to
snake a speech to the multitude to endeavour to persuade
.thetn to disperse—a very useless waste of eloquence
`rulY• I have now stated generally what was going
nnt and what was the conduct of the M and
• Tagietrates--the Mayor being the principalayor so pern,
.and naturally the leader. Well, then, it was
Ciarnged that they should separate and come again at
did— e'ne Past three o'clock. At that time many of the citizens
orders again. Still there was no plan agreed on—no
°II the given—no authority exercised, and nothing
done
mend
Part of the Mayor to show a disposition to com.
rio;:ti or to exercise any of his authority to suppress the
PaPableOne constable stated that he had about 100 men
f •
° acting, to which the Mayor replied, he was
IbliPtPhYt tionhear it. The constable then asked if the men
inform' d case of necessity, use fire arms, and the Mayor
fte e hian at first, that was a very doubtful point, but
fao rWards said that it would be improper to use fire arms,
for if anY Person were killed, the constable might be tried
Piece Murder. That was the Mayor's very singular
s"ece of law.. It really appears to me a most
Ed'Xtraordinary view which the Megistrates took of their
duty and of the situation of the town. 'lle coustabtes
caltte at half-past 5 o'clock, and put the same questions,
~
it to what they were to do, and they were all told
It t they must act on their own responsibility, the
Magistrates evidently wishing to take care of themselves.
roll posse
o'clock in the morning it was suggested that the
1-1 posse should come. If it were possible, suppose that
there even was a wish that this should be so, and that the
toree should go forward, I don't know how any thing
,_(ttould have been thought of more likely to prevent its
tations than telling respectable persons to separate,
titheile the city was in a blaze almost from one end to the
r, at four o'clock in the afternoon, to meet again in 14
ouris afterwards, when such great acts of violence had
°ten done, The whole of the Magistrates, however, did
net separate. It was soon stated to them that the Man-
Zon-hourre was set on fire, and that the Bishop's
,vtl_l.ace was about to be fired. The witnesses will
ate to you, Gentlemen, that at this moment some
!,,°fo.the most respectable persons in Bristol were desirous of
_olpg out to see what inapression could be made on the
17:n but they said the Mayor must accompany them.
.zonsented to do so—they pro and as they passed
Nit)? gen three cheere RI (heeded'Mayor, but Q locoltin

hack to their great astonishment they they found that he
had turned back, and re-entered the Council-room from
whence he had proceeded ! I was unsupported by magis-
terial presence; they also returned, or gave up their un-
dertaking as hopeless. The Bishop's Palace was fired—
the Mayor then went down to the Green, and from
thence to Colonel Brereton's Recruiting Serjent's office.
When he started he stated he was going to the Palace
to offer some resistance, but how he could have done so
Ido not know, because he had no force whatever with
him. When he got to the recruiting serjeant's office he
inquired of some of the soldiers how his own personal
safety could be effected—he wished to he protected—he
wished to escape, and he did escape from the recruiting-
office, having first beheld the destruction that was going on
at the place, and having seen that there was a personal
conflict at that very instant going on between respectable
persons and the mob, man to man—hand to hand.—
and the jury, I am sure, will consider what effect
the presence of a Magistrate must at such a junc-
ture to give sanction and effect to the efforts of those
who were endeavouring to enforce the law against
the lawless mob. Gentlemen, it is charged that the Ma-
yor withdrew, and secreted himself so, that lie was not to
be found by those who were seeking to put down the
rioters. He escaped, as I have told you, from the Palace,
and from the recruiting office. Sometime afterwards he
cilled at the Sheriff's, accompanied by another alderman,
and saw a servant. He told the servant that he was go-
ing to Mr. Phipps, 30, Barclay-square. Upon which the
servant said, " Oh, I knew what you mean, I will take
care not to betray his Worship." He went there, and
from thence sent a note to Colonel Brereton, desiring
him to put down the mob—Colonel Brereton and Captain
Codrington being at that very time in search of the
Mayor, and could not find bins. On Sunday morning
the Mayor sent another note to Colonel Brereton, but he
could not act without the Mayor. At a later period two
private gentlemen, one a medical man, feeling alarmed at
seeing the houses in Queen-square consigned to flames by
men in a state of intoxication, many of them very young,
went in search of the Mayor, and guessed (guessing
rightly) that he was at the house of Mr. Phipps.
When they arrived there they inquired if he was
there, and were some time before they could get an
an answer. At list they learnt he was there, and they
were informed by a note from him up stairs, that he was
iteirous that Colonel Brereton should quell the mob at one
particular place, where he (the Mayor) could have no
earthly idea whether the military assistance was required
at that precise time or not; that, however, was all the

assistance or advice the gentlemen could get from the
Mayor. Colonel Beckwith likewise received a note from
the Mayor, and though he was most desirous of
putting down such a mob, he was very anxious
to have the presence of the magistrates, or a magistrate,
and he proceeded to the Mayor and Aldermen for their
presence. This was at the time Queen square was burn-
ing. He wished them to ride along with him, but they
declined to do so—some of them said they could not
ride—others that they had not been on horseback for 18
years(—laughter)—and thus he was left to his own dis-
cretion, all the Aldermen having declined to accompany
him. Colonel Beckwith then, of his own accord, rode
through one side of Queen-square, and in a quarter of an
hour put an entire stop to the destruction going on there.
This showed with what effect a vigorous effort alight have

been attemled to have put down the whole at any early
period. It was to be remembered, too, that nine-tenths
of the persons assembled on such occasions are always
ready to join the force sent forth against such mobs. In
this way, however, the thing at last wis put an end to,
but not without great loss of property, and I am sorry to
say great loss of life. These, Gentlemen, then are the charges
which you will have to try. What we charge is sh ,rtly this,
that the Mayor did not exercise the powers of his office,
as he was bound to have done. That he exercised no au-
thority which he had for the purpose of protecting his fel-
low citizens, but with full knowledge that the mob were
likely to pursue their violence ; with full notice on the
Saturday that the acts of destruction would be repeated ;
with full knowledge of the violence going on, this gen-
tleman, having full power to require the attendance and
assistance of all his fellow citizens, instead of demanding
that assistance, and going forth against the mob with such
a force, threw himself upon them for his personal
protection which they had no right to consider; and all
this at a time when the military and civil force (which be
had a right to command), were likely to have put a de-
cisive stop to the destruction threatening and going on !
In a riot like this, us yon all know gentlemen, there are
some places more than others likely to he attacked. There
are the gaols, the bank, and so on. Fortunately it did
not appear that the mob bad any intention of proceeding
to the banks. But one gentleman, from a bank, attended
at the Council-office, to requset assistance—in reply he was
told the magistrates could do nothing, and that he must do
the best he could for himself. Nosy even if it appeared to
the Magistrates at this time that there was no chance of
their making any head against the mob with any force
they could collect, still I should submit to you that it was
the duty of the Nlagistrates to have had together the best
force they could, even if they could only have had the
sheriff's officers as a nucleus for others to rally round, to
have done all they could in time of need, instead of desir-
ing them to go home as they did. Some of the Chelsea pen-
sioners came and offered their services against the rioters.
The Magistrates said,they had no means of employing them.
They said we should wish to exert ourselves against these
acts of violence, but we must have arms. " Oh," said the
Magistrates, " we can give you no arms," and something
was added about injury having been done by arms. Then
the gun-smith's shops are places likely to be resorted to on
such occasiosions as these—and I mention this to show

the great neglect of duty of these Magistrates. Gen-
tlemen came to them and said they bad been
making an estimate of the number of guns.
that were in Bristol, and found there were about 800 ;
they added that something ought to be done with those
guns. "Oh (said one of the Magistrates), you had better
throw them into the Float ?—(Much laughter)—but one
of the gentlemen observed, you bad better arm SOO men
with them, who will be ready to afford their assistance,
and would that not have been the reasonable, the rational,
and proper way of proceeding by persons competent to
hold situations of such power? On one side of the square
were the Custom-house and Excise-office. A great many
persons are employed there. It was, indeed, Sunday ; but
suppose notice had been given to the heads of those offices
there was likely to be an attack made on their premises,
would they not have got together every person employed
in those buildings, who would have prepared themselves to
defend them? You will find, gentlemen, that two re-
spectable Catholic Priests came to the Magistrates, and said
they could produce from one to two hundred sober
Irishmen—(Much laughter)—who would immediately
join in support of the law and to put down the rioters,
but they would not except of that offer. In every
instance where suggestions of this sort were made, constant
answers were given that there was no power to do it ; that
they must lie by till military force came, and without
them the civil force was not even to be organised for the
purpose of making a defence, or assisting in making a de-
fence, when it became prudent to act even in the eyes of
these Magistrates themselves. This, gentlemen, being a
case of negligence—a case in which something was
to be done that was not done—when all the cir-

cumstances which took place shall have been de-
tailed to you, you will have to consider whether it was
not the duty of Magistrates, particularly of the Chief Ma-
gistrate, to have done every thing that could possibly have
been done for the purpose of suppressing such outrageous
acts. These two gentlemen, you will recollect, are ex-
clusive Magistrates—the county Magistrates could not act
in the city at all ;—these Magistrates were the men alone
who could act, and who ought to have acted. Gentle-
men, I shall call various witnesses before you. I shall also
lay before you the statement which the Mayor himself
made aftewards, viz. on the 4th of November, to the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, and it may
be convenient now to show you how he shapes that state-
ment. It is a statement of circumstances, and, in all
probability, you will find the circumstances stated as
strongly as possible against others, and in order to find
an excuse fur the magistrates. Taking it even in that
way of viewing it, I feel confident it will leave such
grounds of neglect apparent to your minds as will f sat' Is y
you that the Mayor is guilty of the misdemeanour
with which we charge him. I shall read a few
parts of the statement to you now, and you shall have the
whole of it laid before you hereafter. The Learned Counsel
then detailed some parts of the statement, and concluded
by comments on it, by saying, t hat had the Magistrates
been at their posts, and dole their duty, the whole of the
mischief having been done by small parties, many compos-
ing them being intoxicated, and many others young, the
outrages might easily and soon have been suppressed by a
common civil force, if there had only been resolution and
vigour. The Hon. Gentleman then concluded by saying,
that he thought, therefore, that he should be able to prove
the Mayor guilty of the misdemeanour laid to his charge.
John Walker Newcomb was then called and examined
by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, as follows : —He is a printer,
residing in John-street, Bristol. lie remembered the 29th
of October last year. He was not present at the entry
of the Recorder into Bristol. He went to the Mansion-
house at 4 o'clock that afternoon. There were some civil
officers outside of the Mansion-house : there were lull
fifty of theta. The persons collected were some thousands.
The rioters were not fifty. He went into the Mansion-
house between Elia and seven, but did not see any of the

Magistrates. The military soon after arrived. He then raw
the Magistrates. He told the constables there were very
few actual rioters, and he was sure that if a dozen of them
were to go out they could disperse them. One of them
answered by saying, that if they went out they were
sure to have their heads broken. This was when
he first went into the Mansion-house. Previous to
the arrival of the military, he did not hear any orders
given to the constables. He heard Colonel Brereton ask
the Mayor for directions. He did not hear them, as all
strangers were desired to retire.—The constables were
drawn up by Major Mackworth. They sallied out and
cleared the streets two or three times, but the rioters re-
turned soon after. He assisted the civic officers in clear-
ing away the mob. The gas lights had been put out by
the rioters. The military said that th, y could not see
where they were riding, and a torch w is given him by the
Mayor to carry before the soldiers. He left the Mansion-
house about 1 o'clock. The number of the civil officers in
the Mansion-house had diminished when he left. They
had no direct orders to remain. When a dozen made a
charge, perhaps only seven or eight of them returned.--
He went away because he was very much fatigued
with running before the soldiers with the light.--
When witness left he was not desired to stay. Could not
speak to any thing of his own knowledge of what occurred
at the Mansion-house after he left. Returned on Sunday
morning to the Mansion-house about half•past 9 o'clock.
The windows were then completely demolished, the furni-
ture broken, and it was in possession of the mob, whom
the officers were unable to drive out. The mob were in
the rooms, hall, and cellars, in which possession no one
molested them till after witness arrived. Witness supposed
there must have been 20 rioters in the house at the time,
and no officers outside, nor any military force. The
mob appeared to be intoxicated, at least the major
part of them. Witness and a few persons drove the
mob out without any difficulty. Afterwards a number
of inhabitants came to the Mansion-house. After the
house was cleared, witness saw Alderman Hillhouse, who
went with witness to the side-door of the Mansion-house
and read the Riot Act. Witness did not know from what
part Alderman Hillhouse came. There was no impedi-
ment to his reading the Riot Act. At this period there
were about 200 rioters assembled, who immediately after
the reading of the Act began to throw stones and glass
bottles, which caused witness and the Alderman to
retire within the Mansion-house. No attempt was
made to repress the conduct of the rioters. Witness re-
marked to Alderman Hillhouse, that a small force acting
judiciously would find little difficulty in dispersing the
mob. This was witness' decided opinion at the time.
Witness remained at the Alansion-house till about half
past 12 o'clock; during which period the Mansion•house
was almost filled with respectable residents of the city.
The Mayor was also there, but witness did not perceive
him till after the Riot Act:was read. The persons as-
sembled offered to do all in their power to quell
the disturbance. The Mayor anti Alderman Hill-
house directed no force to be used towards the
mob, and enjoined the officers not to take any of them
into castody. Recollected the Mayor stating no staves
were to be used, and the mob were, if possible, to be
persuaded to go home quietly. No attempt during this
period was made by witness or any other person to dis-
perse the mob. Did not see the Mayor after he had
given the directions witness had spoken of, to the best of
his recollection. Saw Mr. Alderman Hillhouse and Mr.
Alderman Frith after that period, but they did not take
any active part in quelling the disturbance. Witness
went to Guildhall at half-past three o'clock in consequence
of a gentleman calling on him and saying, he was directed
to call out the posse committatus. Many persons had
assembled there when witness arrived. Saw the Mayor, one
or two of the Aldermen, and Mr. Serjeant Ludlow soon
after his arrival. The Mayor remarked on the dreadful
state of the city, and called on the citizens to assist him to
put an end to the disturbance. The citizens wished to be

authorized to use fire-arms, but the Mayor and Aldermen
refused to give them any such authority, saying they must
use their own discretion. A Mr. Johnson, a solicitor,
asked Sergeant Ludlow if they might not be permitted to
use arms? The Sergeant said he could give no authority,
hut he thought they would be justified in using them. No
directions were given to the inhabitants on the subject.
The Lord Mayor and Magistrates then went to the Coun-
cil House, where they called uponthe citizens to join them.
Witness should think at one time there were a hundred
persons present at the Guildhall, where the meeting broke
up without any plan being settled. Witness went home,
and remained there till 7or 8 o'clock. Went to Queen-

square about 11 o'clock, and remained there till half-past
12. Saw the mob firing the houses ; from two to 300
were engaged in this scene of demolition. Did not see the
Mayor or any Magistrate there; saw some of the civil
officers pass backwards and forwards, but they were
merely looking on When witness first went to the square
saw the Custom-house on fire; two or three other houses
were set fire to afterwards. The direction the fire took
was from the Custom to the Mansion-honse ; the houses
between which were fired in succession, beginning at the
Mansion-house. Was present at the firing of the Bishop's
palace about 9 o'clock, before which period it had com-
menced. There were from 50 to 100 persons actually
engaged in setting it on fire. Witness saw no civil force
there, nor did he observe either the Mayor or any of the
Magistrates there. Witness stopped at the palace about
an hour, endeavouring to preserve the books which had
been taken from the Chapter-house, which the mob were
proceeding to burn. Witness, without being wounded,
saved a great quantity of valuable parchments. Several
of the inhabitants were similarly engaged. The fire was
going on at the Mansion-house at the same time the
Bishop's Palace was burning. Witness then went home.
He afterwards went to the Bridewell ; at that time there
were about 150 persons present. No military or civil
force was there. He was there for a considerable time,
attempting to prevent the fire from extending to the
neighbouring houses. The people were some armed with
sticks, and he saw one with a sword, but many had
nothing in their hands. There was a passage about four
feet wide run along the Bridewell, which had no gates at
the ends of it.

Cross-examined by Sir JAMESSCARLETT—Went to

the Mansion-house on the day of Sir Charles Wetherell's
entry, abouti o'clock, when he found some of the windows
broken. Heard the Mayor read the Riot Act between
5 and 6. There were thousands assembled outside, but
only a few were engaged in the breaking of the windows
—no one interfered to prevent them from the violent con-
duct they were pursuing. Thinks that a few resolute
men might have prevented all the mischief at that time.
Some stones were thrown when the Mayor was reading
the Riot Act, and also
much noise, as shouts of appro-
bations d istti hnegtvtiisohleelidce. from T
appro-
bation, apparently to encourage the rioters. Saw no
disposition to apprehend the riotors by the multi-
tude a
Atl
theyay or
dhiddd
notretired,
disperse an d
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he
would
lrtlo at
aten thtactually
committingeet
i
crowdsssehewho t w
nid form ocofntehtnie mentuhreriedleiafterry—
did so, and when they came lie went up to the Magis-
trates with the officer, but did not bear what passed, as
strangers were ordered to withdraw. The 3d Dragoons,
which came first, were received with great cheering by the
people, many crying out, " The King and Reform," which
was repeated by some of the soldiers. Many
of the people were busy shaking hands with the
soldiers. Heard the populace say, " You are for
the King, and we are for the King ;" but never
heard any one say, "Yon won't hurt us." The military
sometimes went round the square, but more generally
stood still. He took one of the officers of the 14th Dra-
goons into the Mansion-house, who was wounded by his
horse falling over the broken buildings. He supposed
there were from 30 to 40 of the 3d Dragoons. The 14th

did not come till after the V. He believed it was some-
where about nine o'clock, and he hail heard that

the people groaned at them on their entry. He
left about one o'clock to go home, when every
thing was quiet in that part of the town. On the

road, however, he heard a shot from the 14th Dragoons,
about a quarter of a mile from the Mansion-house. Could
not tell what the occasion for the shot was. As far as he

could judge, the dispositionin the town was as touch against
assisting as constables on that day as the day before.
Many would not go out as constables, not from a disposi.
tion to embarrass the Magistrates, but from their dislike to
Sir Charles Wetherell's Parliamentary character. Next
day he went to the Mansion-house, at nine o'clock, when
be found every window smashed, and not one piece of fur-
niture was left entire. Saw the Mayor and Alderman
Hillhouse; the latter read the Riot Act; at that time
did not see the Mayor. Soon after the military ar-
rived and drove away the people, who were throwing
stones. At 3 o'clock, in his own house, he received a
requisition to meet the Mayor. He went to the Guild-
hall, and at that time there were about 100 persons pre-
sent. Heard one party declare that they would not act
as constables, unless supported by the military. Did not
hear any one say they would not act unless the military
was sent away. Did not see Mr. Taunton there. Col.
Brereton was there at the time. The 14th Dragoons
had before this been sent out of the town. Sergeant
Ludlow asked Colonel Brereton where they were,
and be said they were about a mile out of the
city. The sergeant then said, "In the King's
name I command you to order them instantly into the
town." Colonel Brereton persisted in his refusal, and
then requested to have a private interview with the Ma-

gistrate;. They then retired, and Sergeant Ludlow re-
turned in about ten minutes. Heard the sergemat aay he

Would report him for his refusal. Sergeant Ludlow,
when be returned, said the Colonel had given such rea-
sons to the Magistrates that they were satisfied it
would be imorudent to bring in the 14th. Heard
Colonel Brereton say, that if they were brought in
not a man of them would be left before the evening,
and that his own troops, the 3d Dragoons, were so fa-
tigued, having been 48 hours on duty, that they were in-
capable of doing further duty. Did not hear of any offer
made to him of fresh horses for his men, nor any request
made to him to dismount his men and send them to guard
the Bridewell. At this time news was brought that the
Bridewell was on fire. It was his opinion that 100 men,
acting in concert, would have quelled the mob. Went
home, and about four o'clock went down to Bridewell ;
from what he had heard in the early part of the day, was
not surprised to see no military there. Was present when
the Custom-house was burning ; there were many thou-
sands present, and no ono interfered to prevent destruction ;
did nut hear any one say " We do not care much for the
burning of the Custom House," nor any one say so of the
Bishop's Palace. Never heard any one say, " the Re-
colder ought to he led to a lamp-post," nor that it would
have been better had he been thrown over the bridge. He
knew how that origin ited. After the riots, he himself
said, before such a scene of destruction had taken place,
it would have been better that Sir C. Wetherell had been

thrown over the bridge. Was sure that he did not say so
before the riots. Knew the Bunch of Grapes, but never said
so in that house before the riots. Was applied to to serve asa
special constable to protect Sir Charles, but refused. He
said he would not go out to protect him, neither would
he go out to insult or molest him in any way. Was quite
sure he had not made use of the words now imputed to
him before the riots, nor on the day they took place.
Knew a Mr. —, a turner, but bad never seen him in
the Bunch of Grapes.
Examined by by Mr. Serjeant WILDE.
John Cossins—ls a straw-hat manufacturer, at Bristol.
Was chief constable of Castle Ward. Attended to esc)rt
the Recorder. That about 200 constables were in the
Exchange. It is usual for the Recorder to go to the
Guildhall to open the Commission. There was a great
deal of hissing, hooting, and some stones thrown in Tem-
ple-street, before we got to the Guildhall. When we had
got to the Guildhall there were a number of stones thrown.
After the commission was opened at the Guildhall, the
procession went on to the Mansion-house. I remained at
the Mansion-house till 12 o'clock at night. The mob
was throwing stones and breaking the windows all the
time. The constables were surrounding the Mansion-
house. At 4 o'clock the mob was very riotous. The con-
stables assembled together in the Mansion-house to consult
together, and they told the Mayor that if he did not send for
the military the house would be about their ears. Sir
Charles Wetherell came up to witness and said that there
was not sufficient reason for the military to be sent for.
He recollected the Mayor coming out to the snob. He
said if they did not disperse he would send for the military.
He remembers the soldiers coming soon after. Mijor
Mackworth, with the Mayor, marshalled the constables at
about nine o'clock. 'Witness was stationed in front of the
Mansion House. He remained there till 12 o'clock, when
as the square was all quiet, he left it. At about 12, all
the constables were going home in various directions. At
about 9 o'clock, the Sheriff called upon him, and asked
whether he had any influence with the Political Union,
and asked him whether he could get them to assist.
(The Trial was going on when we went to Press.)

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