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London, England, 1821-09-06 00:00:00

he hearse as far as Grosvenor-gate.

A • party

of Life Guards was, then stationed opposite
the gate in the Park ; the mob was very
thick in Park-lane, and a great number
of stones were throwing, which I saw hit
the. helmets of the-Life Guards and
_bound off;

at this time the soldiers had done nothing, by ac

or gesture, in my sight, to give them cause to
treat them so. The soldiers did not at Grosvenor-

gate, in my sight or hearing, charge the people,
fire, or move from their ranks, in cuUsequence of
their treatment. I witnessed all this in passing
by u p to Cumberland-gate. I and my party then
hastened on. We got to Cumberland-gute'some
minutes before the,hearse. When we got there,

here were ten or twelve Life Guards on the two

sides of the gates. The' people ‘Vere there i
vast numbers coming,in from all quarters. The
military were 'perfectly quiet...Oen I came up.
As the hearse approached, I observed the mob
shut the gates, which were open befo're, to pre-
vent the hearse coming through. I and my party
with the assistance of. the soldiers, foreed the
'gates open again. The mob then forced the left
hand gate-to again ; I remonstrated, desiring them
the leave the gate alone, and again -opened- the
gate ; the hearse then approached the gate with
a Magistrate at the head of the horse ; the Mavis-
trate was Mr. White, of Queen-square Office ;
the hearse got through and crossed into the road ;
four or five men attempted to -turn the horses
heads down Oxford-street; at that period the
mob began to throw stones upon us• from all di-
rections ; Mr. White, with the assistance of two
or three of the Life Guards, turned the horsesl
heads back towards Tyburn Turnpike ; after a
lapse of two or three minutes Jhey proceeded on,
and the stones and brickbats at that time were
thrown more furiously than ever ; I saw the mob
break some flag pavement stones Which atthe
corner of Cumberland-street. A genteel looking
man, dressed in blaCk, with umbrella in his
hand, threW one Of ,these pieces, and knocked a
Life . Guardsman off—his= horse - with it.• The
horse went towards-Vylidfn-'7gate,' and the
• man got up to folloW it. Some- of the mob
'cried .out, Murder 'him ';" and others said,
".No, let the b--;---go;" I turned my face to-
wards TyburitigatO, and I 'received ti violent
.blow on the. back part of my head. The mark
still remains on my hat. I 'Was stunned for .the
moment, and' -When I recovered myself, I 'pio-
cee&d towards Tyburn-gate. Before that I
took stones out of the hands of several persons,
and begged them to be quiet: After I turne=d
towards Tyburu-gate, I did not see any more
stones thrown, nor-did I take any from any per-
sons. From the period of the hearse coming
from Cumberland,gate to Tyburn-gate, it might
be about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour.---
Durinft that time the military struck the people
with the flat parts of their swords, after they had
been pelted for some time... I think the lives of
the soldiers were in danger, because I saw them.
cut about the head and temples with Stones and
brickbats, and bleeding, and all over blood.—
They were cruelly used. After I. had received;
my bloW I heard firing. There was an obstruc-
tion at Tyburn-gate, across Edgeware-road,
made by an old turnpike-gate„ a wagon, and
some posts which had been pulled up. I knew
they were pulled up, because the dirt was at the
bottOm-ef them. The first firing. f heard' was
from Tyburn-gate; at that time I saw the Life
Guards in Edg,eware-road, who had cell-toyed, the
obstruction ; they had got over the obstruction .;
they were filing off towards the toll-house and
firing as they in ; they fired in the- air 'in the
direction of Bayswater ; the 'Life Guards went
up Edgeware-road as far as Bayswater, and. then.
returned. No more force was used to get open
the gates than was necessary. I myself called' a
soldier to assist in the opening. •
Cross-examined by time Jurors.----I cannot say
the mob called out " Piccadilly Butchers", at the
time the Guards were in Piccadilly, it was in the
Park ; I did not see the hearse turned in Picca-•
dilly; I was not near Hamilton-place; I do
not know who opened tire -gates at Piccadilly.;
we had our truncheons that day ; I did not see
any of our party strike the mob ; we gave them
the best of words and begged them to desist, as
they would otherwise endanger their 'own lives
and other 'people also ; no doubt some of the
mob were struck by stones ; 1 saw some of the
people on horseback struck as well as those- tan
foot ; I attended the-procession as far as about
ten feet from the. Piccadilly gate ; tine proces-
sion then went on; I saw it myself close by the
Duke Of Wellington's" house ; I did not attend
the
.procession further, because I was sta-
tioned elsewhere under the orders of Sir It.
Baker ; we were to-fall in with the -procession
at Piccadilly ; we followed the procession .as
far as Temple-bar ;I do not know by whose or--
ders the procession went through the Park;. I
saw a Magistrate who 'apparently had the corn,
mend; but I do not know his name ; the soldiers
went as fast as the' hearse ; at about a trot ; as I

proceeded through the Park with the soldiers
1 did not see any persOn: 'rode over by therr;_ I -
might 'be 'at Cumberland-gate about five or six
minutes before the hearse came. up ; I saw an •
Officer commanding the detachment which was
then there ; there was about 'ten
.or twelve sot= •
Biers ; I do not recollect- seeing a trumpeter
there: 1 did- not hear the soldiers ask the people
whether they were the gatekeepers. Mr. White,
of Queen-square, who headed: the procession,
'was in plain clothes, mounted on . a Life Guards-
man's horse; 1-443 was at the fore horse of the
hearse when it passed,through CumberlandZgate;
at that time_ no firing had taken place. After
'the hearse had been turned and stones had been
thrown, the soldiers began to use. their swords ;
1 did not hear Mr. White tell them to desist ; I
did not hear the Riot Act read. The stones were
principally •thrown at that part of Oxford-street,
between Park-lane and Cumberland-street. The
'stones I saw were flag stones, they were broken
by the people ; the stones were.there for the pur-
pose of paving the Streets. When I saw the per-
son throwinc& the stones at the soldiers, I con-
ceived it tohe my duty to.apprehend him, but
__l
think I shOUld have got murdered- had I attempt-
ed it. I saw a hoi-se bleeding at Cumberland-
gate, but I did not see his throat cut ; he was
certainly bleeding -it the throat. I saw- no, per-
son but the soldiers with any sharp instru---
Mew. The hearse was standing when the
soldiers fired into the air. The hearse had not
then passed the blockade. I will swear that I
have not
.undergene any examination touching
this bqsiness before to-night.
By Mr. AdOlplkus.-1 ha.ve been with Mr.
Henson, to communicate with him. I was ordered
to come here.
By Jiirois.—lt was, upon the second attempt
to open the gate, that we called in the soldiers
to assist us. I broke my truncheon in the at'
tempt to Wrench open- the gate ; I saw no man
shot ; I did not see any officer fire. At the time
I asked the soldier to assist in opening the gate,
no stones had been thrown at Cumberland-gate.
He caught hold' of the gate with his hand wbilF
he was on horseback.
A Juror said, perhaps the mob had a right to
shut the gate.
Adolphus.—Surely, Sir, you do not ad-
vance that as a serious proposition ; I think it
shameful that a housekeeper should make such
an' observation.
Juror.—l •am so used to be bespattered with
dirt, that Ido not regard it now. •
Examination resutned.-L-I did not see stone
throwing at the time of the commencement of the,
firing ; they had been thrown before : I do net
know that.they had ceased to throw ; I did not
see any thrown just then.; I cannot say whether
the lives of the soldiers were in danger at the
time of the firing: There were four parties of v
rns
In my party at the gate there were four or ne
persons ; it was Mr. Birnie that sent me to 'Mr'
Henson's ; 1 was not examined by Mr. Birnie'
he desired me to. go to Mr. Hensou, and tell hip`
what I knew about it. 1 went to Mr. Birnie
voluntarily ; I had seen a man taking an active part
in the riot, and I wished to have
him apprehended'
Mr. Adolphus objected to-this line of exams''
ation, which he said tended to criminate per Flo
not before the Court, upon a subject not writ"
Ina
the scope -of the present inquiry "
The objection was• allowed, and the-exarn -
tion proceeded upon another point.
1 went to Mr. Henson's office ; I was note':
mined at the barracks ; I have not been in ill`t:
these 12 months; I was not examined. at
George's Hospital ; I have been two years resia
my situation at Bow-street ; in my present volt.
'deuce at Commertial Hall-lace I have 'Li pi
about four years ;lam a lodger; have lived
;..
time parish 1,4 years; I lived in Kino's 0
a
yard about, or more than four years, am 1.0. e,
years at a hair-dresser's, the corner of Ge°fore
yard, Snow-hill. The firing commenced be,..
I got to the gate—,l mean here, Tyburn-gate
.a 3
,The former part of the witness's evidence the
next referred .to, when it appeared that Orybich
word " gate,".•he meant Tyburn-gate, at
the firing had commenced before his arrival
,
ark
By Mr. Hayward.—l went through the
roof.
by the side of the procession. There Were to;
persons in the Park. Notwithstandingi to
crowd, 1.-arrived at the, gate-five or six- intqtio•olf
before the hearse. The hearse went at a tr`:s- the
part of die time. When it 'came towar(Lreat
Riding School, it ceased trotting. It wenttrit'nuer..
a- Walking pace. We ran very fast to L'ure the
land-gate„ and therefore got there bell'
hearse.
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The witness;signed hiS deposition and w'
t
• A Juror now observed, that as it was no w
a 1-•
past nine, it would he better to ad.l°,u id 'be
the. examination of another witness 5"
tOauJe"
commenced, they would, not be able
until eleven or twelve o'clock. ursel°li
.Y
Mr. Adolphus—Settle it among "
my gentle, cousins, I have no wishes upeil
subject ; and am perfectly willing •to g°
Another Juror said, the question of aLli
.vas
_thaealli:u7r,l.l?le
r of
°lent • might depend •.Upon - the 'number
Adolphus's witnesSes.
• to onlY
to examine, but they were to speak .iese
.Mr. Adolphus said, he had:five more Witne:;e
part of his case. He might examine 60 ►wt
ed
altogether, if he pleased. re-.
The question of adjournment
to ; and the Inquest was accordingly
until to=morrow (Friday)-it eleven oclo.a-ord afi
hour was fixed thus early, in order t°y to I' he
opportunity for the Coroner and •j- r
day.
some refreshment in the 'course of th'

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