The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-29 00:00:00

ROBERT JONES, Printer.. sworn.

By Mr. WILLIANS.—On the 12th January, saw a
great number
,of persons Coaling shouting up Bridge-
street, three of, them on horseb,:cls.—tritnessonly
knew two of these, George Taylor and Alexander
M`Gregor:—Several of the mob had sticks or blud-
geonS (one of these was produced in Court. It was
a thick t:r end with a knotty held, and knouedi'also,
in several parts, about 20 inches long) Saw Gill.—
They appeared mostly country Men. Saw the Mayor
lay bold of the bri,lle of Taylor's horse.--Tollowed
the crowd to Northgate=street past the Theatre, and
also when they retuined. Saw John'Gotigh amongst
the mob.—Opposite the Shambles, saw them .thOia
Taylor from their shoulders. . Taylor went into the
passage of the Theatre, striking _the roof with`. his
stick ; heard hiirl ask for a bill of 'the performanee
to aseeitain the advertised hour. Saw M`Gregor
distributing tickets to people ColleCted round
.hint in
the street. Saw .7olin Gough ;oreing open, the pit
door, with a piece of irct' ebout the size of a com-
mon poke, resembling a crow.
Cross-examined by Mr. D. F. JONES.

Heard of a meeting .t;f the inhabitants of Ches.,
ter, td consider the proptiety of taking le,gal mea-
sures against the. rioters. It was held at the Royal.
Hotel Assembly :Ruoin. Colonel Bartiston was in
the chair. Did not see the Mayor, nor, any of the
tuwn Justices present. Understood the prosecution
was carried on by the citizens at large.--•--In answer
to a question, was not the Hotel an •i...-gerton-house,
witness said he did not know., Believed both Eger-
ton's and Grosvenors went there. Are not Mr Eger-
ton's 'Committees held ihe,e ? He did not know.
Did not Mr. Egerton's friends sometimes dine there?
He believed they did. •
• By Mr. IN ILLIAms.

Did you ever hjar of any.steps- Liken to bring theSe
men below the Justices at the Town-hall ? Never
heard of any notice taken of-it, nor of any mien
tion.—Who does the Town-hall belong to ? 'Be-
lieves to the Corporation.—Are the Corporation
Eaton men ? (Question objected to by the Court.)
—To whom does the Corporation belong ? Witness
hesitated, but believed Lord Grosvenor.

John Tod swore to "ha% ing scen•Tayior -ne,ir the
Feathers, and heard hip say to the Mayor Ile knew
him, but did not care a

Christopher 'Pokier (examined by • Mr., Cross)
bugleman in the North Lincoln militia—was at his
quarters in Handbridge„ about five O'clock in the
e%ening of the 12th linuary, when ten or more
men came into the house. Gill Was there. Order-
ed beer, and sajd Evans was to pay for it:- Saw
Evans -also, Who asked had. they got any thing'to
drink. Some inquired of Evans tor tickets, who
said he thought he should not, have enow. The
sixth of May was the subjeEt of discourse, and he
heard some person say, if that song was sung,- they
would have blood to 'their supper ! Evans
.was iii
the parlour at the same time.
Thomas Orme Wati -at 'the pit passage. Saw
M'Gregor at the theatre door dividing the parties.
Hart him say to John'Craven; this is your door.—
Saw John Evans in front of the pit passage. Heard
him say, " Be steady—not a word, till the word start,
and then to your duty.'
William Haswell, printer, was in the theatre
during the disturbance. Saw Arnett in the Thea-
,
tre, standing at the top of the pit, guarding a candle,
for fear of its being put out. He was knocked
down by Arnett—l-tele the evidence for the prose:-
cu cution closed.

Mr. Yates shortly addressed the Jury for the de-
fence. •He said he was riot prepared to say the de-
fendants were not guilty of riot, according to the
strict meaning of the law ; but he lamented that
every little excess, in the heat •of party feeling,
should be.. visited with extreme severity ; it ought
not to be thus watched -and noticed. For his own
part, he was friendly to the existence of party, and
considered it as the only' means by which pi inciple •
could be sustained. The song which was the cause
Of the disturbance was must certainly a party song ;
it was indeed the war whoop of the party opposedto that of Lord Grosvenor ; and he thought Miss
Holli well herselfThighly: blamable in introducing
it. AS to the disturbance itself, little or no violence
was commitied ; except at the door of the theatre,
and even that was occasioned by a refusal to open
the door. He should have entered more fully
the case, if the evidence had been open to ot,je lion ;
but lie should forbear.

Chief. Justice DALLAS addressed the Jury.. He
observed, that the question they had io decide..was
-a mew question of :fad. First, whether any riot
bad been, committed, and then, whether the de-
fendants were concerted in it. Afer the evidence'
they had heard, it would be impossible to 9y that
no riot had been committed ; and would be
equally so w deny the defendants had, been coneern-
ed. As to Taylor and Al‘Gregor the most: pointed
and direct evidence had been adduced, With regard
to the different degrees of guilt iu each of;:..; pat-
ties, or the measure of ,punishment, neither Ininst-.lf
or the Jury had any thing to do with. There_ might
appe.ir circumstances of extenuation in snine,,,qiielt
it would be his duty to represent to the Court: of
King's Bench, and which would cettaiuly be duly
considered. All that the Jury had, to decide was,
whether any or all Op •parties were guilty or ,nor
guilty. _

In a few minutes, the Jury gave their verdict--
411 Guilty.
Counsel for the prosecution, Mr..Benyon, Attor-

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