The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-12 00:00:00

Mg LATE mgrs.

r • • ,
lettettiay anottier exammg‘ion took place, at
the Mat'tsion-Itonse, of the persons oppreueoded
for their
,cooduct iu the late runs, or their con-
nexion witiltite tioteirs A- c•iiiisiderubl,
of wittlesarsasykolerl Jai yentlfy tio prisoners, to
corroborate Nett already stated", or ft) gire
irrfortn'. The Coart was us Cro.v,ted
us 111eFroprr7,1144S:taiten by the LORD MAYOR,
to prevent coausion would allow, curiosity draw.
inx to ihe Mansion-hottsea number Lit persons
not much in the habit of attending poiie ex ri
tninn-
a ; mng: whom tote tiltsrrved li. IL the
,kc Sussk.x. Tbe reason for this excitement
of the public interest ws t he prospect Of obtaining'
el toiler of the plans and designs of the
troittreents,- oar ot-thE 440 t. 'organised by their
leaders. Nothing, however, either,.new fir very
important was disclosed. GaMble, carter, Sim-
mons, a black..i, llitoper„ and Preston, were all ex-
, notiped, and remanded for further examination on
' Saturday, as will be seen by our police report.
Several points that were formerly dpubtful seem
now fully iitaThilied. it is undeniable, so tar as
tb'• •
evldenee-Ot'llooper goes, that young Watson
delivered ,to-ttint.,the, 'pair Of pistols, '(tnkel) lions
him on the 'Change by Mr. Hodges), on the night
previous to the trots, in the presence of Preston,
though in what terms, or with what purpose this
fatal 'present was nottle, the prisoner refused to state.
Preston himself, although Lee denies any hostile
connection with the rioters? and scouts at the for-
mation of any conspiracy foYdisturhitig the public
peace, seems to hare rePoscarsol his memory a lit.
tie since. ha was taken into custody, and finding
' his recollections aitlethity the:evidence of several
persons tt ho witnessed lits eonduct, confesses that
he was in the waggon doling the harangue of the
‘Vaiitons ; that afterwards; on the same day, lie
was among the rioters in the Minot ies ; that he
might have passed through Cheapside while the
City was in alarm, from curiosity ; that the Com-
mittee, of which he .was Secretary., did arrange
the tlevlciev roue the colours ; and, that he used
a quantity of ribantl, given Itiin in a resew, for
making 't it.cOlOured Cockades. He-had no evil
design, bowieOtsr; in any one.of :'his, actions, ant(
the use of 444eiri•coloured badges, he declares,
was a mere suggestion of caprice—an iuttoeutnt
awl hartuless fancy 1 The conthict of this titan 40•
fore the Court indicated a strange combination of
folly, effrontery, and enthusiasm. lie "assumed a
high tone of
.deliance, ;Ind seemed more anxious
to display his ficilitietil I.*lficiples than to detend
his personal cliatj!t,te:r..,,T,he apprehension of his
compaition, the Joitoger,Watson, bas proved, as
We are itiforniek abolTi

intelligetiett,was recejired by the Lord Mayor,
'fiat a person who ve.ry; closely resembled the de-
scription giyets of Viratsoli,eion, and whose eon-
duct appeatc!l e:tirsodinary, yesterd:iy
prehentled aVlVarnwell, sittake neitr Vatobihige,
and hall I)4(lefrirse• exami.mitign, hefore the
M iiyne.‘4.,.thAt own_
•LII wae., first nbsereed in is
pithliethouse by a toilkosito, fioni *Grim he Hp.
pe,!red Very at6;ititif to learn what kiits going on
in the otetropolig. ills second 'C4%11°1041411 iont was
to have taken place yesterday. liii_Lout Mayor
immediately sent an officer to Cambridge with the
necessary instructiniis.

Last night, the Lord At nt".lrn big received in.
.1'60463d0n Oa a serVkfritett hero SutMr ealOl►rrl
of •NirtitShn, jun. soineiAere fn the Oeighbouritood
of East Smithfield, and had the pledge of
secrecy to him in a vublie4ootse, tyhere he w»tt in
the disguise of a sailor, ordered litutvo, t he officer,
to 'go to the house mid make impAriei upon the
subjeet. We uniletitaud 'that tlitroOfteer ascer-
tained that a .report of that Itiha %vita lety veva.
lent itinotsAst,n,te people of the neighbourhood.
Ile took two costo!!y tin servant telt*, was stated
to have tatieit'flie oath, and condocted him to the
OW Baileys Where the Lord Nlayor examined it ho.
It is expected that a public examination of this
person ‘v di take place this day.
observation of considerable importance MI
fill 141 the Lord-Moyar in, the eutir6e of 11,e exit-
initiation yesterday. He said he hof reason to
believe that it utt‘sithe..ioteotiest of the leatlets of
the rioter's, after ptoetiting—all the ,temp they
could in the "City, 'to return to the Meeting its
Spa-tiehb, And put them into the bands of all
,rltak chose to join them.

Pidtt Was rasher better yesterday. The bull
t, not yet extsacted.

PtIBLIC;.,RKAMINATION OF THE RIOTERS.

Mmousu-finusc. -- Yesterday, the persona
charged ,sitit haring teen c•nicerned it) the riots
in the (ity 'weie. publicly examined before the
LORD MAYMI.

Atter the distnisstil'of two or three persons who
were itorstioned upon the anhjeet of fire.erios
which they had in thcisTossemiolk soon after the
disturbances in tits eivohtit o,,iticit there was no
evidetiv„ they had cititatitek:/to any other moiler
than hit accident, .tialticitter w s 'ere-brought to
the bar separately. .-stoo
Pi eeious to the cototoeneement of the invest'.
.get inn ~ a gentleman wined Tbotnns. Wallace stet.
tad to the Lord Mayor, that. h 6 !jaw in Corithill,
near the Exchange, on thetlay of the riots, a man
whoappeared.to he a leading character amongst
the hearing a iri.e.bintired standard,
and briindishing, 'it Alma. Mr. Wallace seized
him
,just tishe ran over to the Exthange, and be.
10111 to bey active in encouraging tbe mai) to point
their,rouslytkint
.tive Exchange : an 91licer at the;
momedlifititA up toliiiiissistimco.
Leadhet ter hereobset red, that he was the perslinft
who tolfared t statltiArd • tnerer w hen M r. Wallace
held him. tie begged that the offender should be
given up to hilt Mr. Wallote tefiticti to do
so, deelaritte that tte would mit Jet him (Ott of hit
'mods liftmen!, account. 'Fite NlitcOutittutu, under
the ittopreskitui that the staltdardAleArer wits skit h..
eieutly secured, went into the liktitattge lit tildtfr
to "4,61 the Lord Mayor. ill his cxertioo4,
Mt. IVailitca said. that no blame was impotablit
to the Mttratutituan that the statutarti.heartr
'slipped out of tits (the knells's) hands %vitro the
riot became wine formidable, when musky's wetti
iti,eirsecorytedtattlilliel,Sitexychilantglt.ee,.tudltlitlte'revr+ilviatesit
hall a
'strtilig-reiolieetion of the- st.Andard.6elitsgr, who
cells voit,:yonng and itie-,ht. The crowd *ere
gathering toood him, and ieettitd inclintski.to use

it c mot fatal- ViUlence'fur the•itsent of their-
tetd*rs;
,
boyy, • Panted irttller Vincent,son-ia-law to
a man named Breacher',' Who is kit-Own to the offi-
ter, ai a very turbulent fellow, was chargrtl by a
P,lwillimker, named Saddler,-Vtrith, having °tiered
at hi; shop.a pistol as a _pledge.
The boy's mother appeared, and said that her
husband brought the pistOl to her lodgings ott.Sa-
Nobly morning,' Where, after some quarrelsome
expressions, he dies" it upon the table, and de-
slr her to send it to the pawnbroker's if she
ae.g ed any thlng to eat. Her 'necessities 'cost.%
polled 'her to do so, mid the messenger; was her
Son. •
The Loren MAVon said,J the state of this case
was very'awkward, as upon the apprehension of
u'acher,, leis wile and' sun were the evidewle
to be brought .against him.-7-Vineent tivas re-
Itimded
oumbet/ Was then pu.(to the bar.
Cort'is stated, that he saw Gambell 'at the
x h..gc, itl Threadneedle-street , antottpt the
tool), but without tire. arni s.
Abriliato Samosek stated,. that Gambell had a
goo on the Fiot day, near the Mansion-house,
and that 'you being questioned as. to the place
where obtained it, Ile Said he.gol ittVbere he
thight it: Army wire as he ireasetl. The.
itist saw hini approach'the Exchange with the
gun, 'Whit hwas 'double-barrelled, and with which
he seemed to lie very birsy. He was near 'the'
,Lord Mayor at the time, and made 4 rush at the
door of tlie"Exchange, when the witness took
bold of 11:m. l'he comrades of Gambill. welt',
ItOwever, too many to be resisted by an iodivi-
Ottal, and rescue was made.
the 0110,4, apprehended Garrtbk 11. in the.,
flo,rnigh, oh the, Hat day, when he had a musket-
in his.possession.
'1 he Musket was prodticvd, and identified by
Who :odd it War, in the wiodow of
his shop at' eli ven o'clock on that day.
let was next exeirained,
Mr. Janies Prince, who resides iii
,Girl, ihat at hall rail 011'. Weloclkoo the riut-day
be saw: Cat ter opposite the liault. of England; with,
his bosom open, and to all Appthiriitieellit'il state
OrrinroNici.kri,,n. The within was induced to Call
consequence of The inflammatory
ttiu
used by Carter, ivho cried' omit frerpiciuly,
" toy h•—y eyes,
.you May ds 'yell shoot me•
Inc ! Ni,,W jot your time, Britons ; now is.
the time, my bOyi !" ' Carter swaggered about
very moat !titer this ; there were crowds of pea..
pie about Into, but he had no arms. The witness
put him Han the hands sit John Brady, an officer.
Mr. James Ervart, who was with Mr. Prince
daring this transaction, confirmed the evidence,
',iveo by that Gentleman. „
Joint Brady saw Carter under the 'alive-Men-
dotted eirennviariet.,s., and thOngla hint either
drotik mad. :Whet) the two last witnesses gave'
Caller into his cinitiuly„ a crowd came doWn up-
on him, hat he, (Brady) presented a pistol at them,.
and swore that he. wOuld blow the bt'ains out of
any man nho would attenipi .4 res.ctie• Garter
quilt quietly :ilong With him. Nothing ViiiS found
vision his person. • . •
Cal ter said, he Was eery. t)iuch.inliquor„on• ate
dry of h.q. appreli.eilaion, had tro,,thongtie.ot
3uitt. ,
• - The, Loßn rtjo-ort reminded him that be .had,
M. one of the private ex.,aminations, 00145,ed hos-
in carried thellag.•

• Sonic 'reißeetahle persons gave i bigh•eharac-
ter of Carter, .tool mentioned' th;it drink- had the
effect of nia!,ing bun delirious. (The of thew Isaid
that Cartet4 teas limrt when mo4licr Was out of,
her SenSes, as, a teltimOnrof what was to be Cx-
peeted front hint upon any occasion off; intemperate
ivui• :1 ,
The Lotto MAvox asked Garter whether helm()
'Pot beol7lwhire 4) hi) upon some fornier complaint
C.!rter availed that he never had ; hut said,
tutu he was lodged in the Coirpter one night; io
cole,eiptence of the *refilled suite in which he
Av;iii Irmo the inOnotleriste use of liquor.
tsirTetigtie saidi Ihe -accoink given by Caller,
,
as to his nronicert.fiesl,/waslrae,
The Lonit MAYOU observed, that the charaefer
of Carter';' aiad the eircutnstances just Mentioned,
;night operate to his advantage in another place:
Richard Silllill0113) a black tutu, was then put to
the liar. • ,
'Mr. John Hall, of the Circus, iodic' Minories,
said, that he it tot amongst the rioter's Ott Ikeda)!
of their exertions.. Ale Honked •alttiut for scion-
body to act with hint in preventing the, work that
wtu going forware.,, but,nobody would act. The
Ninories was one scene of yetnendotts confosiOn.
Simmons %V 0 in thCillidlit of the crowd, and was
udlshintr x sword which he knew very will
bow (An-Indic., ,There was another person in the
%%Ito gave. the signal for breaking open
tiewsgn's (farm The witness would know
. • hint- at once, for he marked- the activity with.
which be was employed in the mob. Witness
tooic three blooderlinsses and. •a .sabre ,:from the
rioters, and -watt of opinion, that if 'be' bad re-
, ceivrd tiny assistance he could have taken ittilf
the 400411de. •

nimoos-bere thathc was passing thronoh
the Minories for the purpose of going to Sl►n-
ticltt~, }twirl
Was 'net by a boy who•had ra sword.,
which, he, offered Jo him,- telling blip fit the sante
tune that if he did not take it -he would be kttleci
by,,,Op soldiers, who were gallt/ping through the
,streets. Sinn-nook sAI on this account he took
the sword, but won alter ggic' it up to a- solti;er,
who .401 e Op
,hint, and tat, him if he did not
joy AoWil his arias be should be killed.,
1411SWer to seYcral tpiestiOns pot by the Lord
WayOr,,Sitnnion4,sahl, ,thaC lt, w' ao,gujogio spa,
hulas hve4tose every one wasgoing there r•that. be
was, mkt at the Meeting on the riot dayi but that
he hail beeti tit .Abat.whieh sas held-before in the
same place v,that, wanted to hear the news
Bh4Sot. what they wen! going td:.tlt.s', wbether they
were, gulag to acnd•hini alid.iti!Lcoturadetin
tress home, and also to hear the spercb,9f
fjoht its their t'avout,
The Lulu) M,t oa here observed, that-he-bat!
pout ialorta al ion that it Ipfl 'the hiletaina of
those p:s7fi'vlos, and adertneeth into. the
• ,
Cif m
yin so 'enacing' a DOOF, s o'proaare all -tltearms
they -could.;..,aud,oipply those ,vehn reutainettin,the
place of wetting with the greatest dispatch, in

, .
ortier to rsrry into execution pl3ns of the most
fOrmidable tratitte.
Mr.; Hall proeteded'in his evidence. .Simmons.,
bail the sword in his possesbioobetoreAr.
Flew
.son's door was brokeo.opon. . Mr. 1-lewstm oceu,
pied the apartment above Mr. Rae's itrtheMinories,
and the time at which that and other houses were
broken ,open stastripind *as between two and
hall.past two. Simmons did ncrthing while-the
witnrs; wits present but brandish bi,..awortt:
Mr. V. C. Dowling stated, that he kvatt Inthe
Minot ics subsequently to the breaking open ot Mr.
Rae's house, anckihat he saw the riotous conduct
of several perso”s itt ,the mob, amongst whom was

Simmons. ,
Solomon Hart said, lie saw the prisoner rrearThe
Mansion-Hoiyse on the riot-day with a inusket,
and that he appeared very active.
Sinimous here said, that Hart had declared a
falsehood, in consequence of his (Simmons). hav-
ing refused to accept of the witness's assiMance
in procuring a Chip for him. •
Hart said, he could not he mistaken in the per-
.son of the man. He took no bather .notice of
him at that time, than that at observing to him,
that he knew how to handle a musket well;. but
having heard that a black an had been\ very riot-
ous, rind was wanted by the Lord Mayor, it oc-
Carrtil to him that Simaiono was the wan.-
in
:answer to a questiOn from the Lord Mayor,.
Simmons said he did, not recollect a tall mulatto
with large wiskers.
Cashman was put to the
Mr. Griffin was still of opinion that Cashman
was the person who entered Mr. BerkwitKs
and -kid hold of: him under the . impression,
supposed, that he was the waster of the honse.
A meri, 'Munn he believed to' .he Watson.
,juir.
followed. Cashman, who, upon entering the Opp,
drew a- pistol (ruin underneath his coat. -.
John Roberts, apprentice to Air, Beckwith, de-
posed that he saw Mr„Piatt. toot ;, that .the. man
who .hot him was find of small 'st attire,
and that upon gob-tie-limo the shop he cried lint,
" Arius, arms!" Mr. Platt said, 0. For God's
sake send for a surgeon, I ,am wounded ;" upon,
which the person who fired the .pistol said, 4,'
am a surgeon," and laid down the pistol. Wit•
ness took up the. pistol. 'While- t. 11!, trapsactioa
was taking.place, there were about six persons hi
the shop ;. they retreated, but soon reitirned with
a great mob, who entered the shop. Cashman
Was at the head of the et owsl. •He wens through
the premises, ,opened the drawers, and examiutql
every thing ;. hut the witness did- oritititowmhe"
their he took any property away. Cashman,. _was
about to take.away ipiantjty, of , steel enrages,
hot the witness having.told hint they could he of
no use to,them, lie laid them asitle, Witnetssaw'
him in the counting,..hopse with muskets on his
shoulders, i,
The.Loan,Mallott desired that the circumstance
relating to Mr. Platt should not be-repeated in the
depositions,- • : . -- • -
•
I,;',dward Hone, foreman to Mr. Beek with, saw
a sailor very active in carrying out„tntOets,but
could not swear that.cusliman was the person...
• Air. Lidyard, -of Newgate-street, was in Mr;
Beckwith's. house at the timeof thellin in :ilt6iiter,
street, Caslinian wits ti eseCond man that collared
Der Griffin, Tire- witness, went -.ice: rescue: Mr.
Griffin, whersaid .to, the mob, fr.om N prudent nu):
rive, that he wits one'or them, and-that he letteo
nothing .of the •matter..; Mr...-Gritfio:said to the
witness, thi!it he . hail:- ot three,pairs-Of bandcnifi;
which be hoped. to '.'ustrwith'some, OF the
ne.sl found it necessarylo tire* he
mob, one-off' whom Was wounded in the 141ohilder
by the discharge: •: The wounded -man &tipped,'
but wits taken .up by his conirades,,,;i: .
Abe liwsliAlman, 4prelniarteil,tashirian
at the Exchange, Where It'd appetdert4itli.aiiiti
on his shoulder. '
The 'LOAD. MAYOR recollected Cashman in, die
croWd.,
Cashman said, it_was his intention to ioin the
mob that morning, because .he was starving, He
had tried every, thing : was sent from police.of,
fice tO,polke-office, without. reeeiylog relief: the
preservatfon otitis life, and. not riot, ryas his, aim.
goofier was put to the tar. .
Mr. John Hoilgens, of-Paternoster-row,- seized
him in the act of stooping, ntoar the north-east
gate of the Exchange.,. He expressed a wisli to
speak, with tha Lord Ittryor; and, the witness
brought him under the Piaiza, having first taken
a.brace of pistols from underneath his coat : they
were primed arid loaded; the one contained sings,
the other a bullet. ►

Preston was next brought to the bar. He ft

vanced with greut boidiiess
,And intrepidity, Km
from the difficulty of procuring his tis'ilat tibatioi
of gin, owing to his confinement, seemed in mood
better health than when, We saw hint in spa-fields
Mr. Khmerslev deposed, that he saw the jr
•

sorer in the- Minoriett,•me the; day of tite,,riott,
the Midst of 'the. m0b.,." He saw him thrice, an,
remembered his teatureiwith therlreetest dist Ina.
The mob in h&was, was shouting
and hooting at the. Life Guards. This witness
wacproceediog with his evidence .when the:pii-
snoer, apparently more anxious to make st speech
than confession, interrupted Wint,by saring, that
he acknoWledgett every tbit.g now charged againitt-
would anticiptiteevery thing therenuld
in truth be subsequently stated. Ile began by
complimentiug the, Lord Mayor on the meritori»
ansness of his conduct, end thanking hint for the in-
dulgence, with .whieb be had been r treated by hint.
He would enter into,no-defenCe of bimself—he
lied on the pnrityof his Motives:, and the rectitude of
his actions. Ileacknowledgedbc.Wfts
,
on 'the Monday of the riots, end .bad uti- doubt he
was seen. therehy,the Getit 1e411,11 VllO i.eposta.
that effect-. ' hit( be was not there for any end that
deserved blarno,. or justified suspicion : Irnsiness
drew'him to that (planter ;: and'he.had the gratiß=
cation, while
,there, of discharging one of the-
must important duties of .0 citizen.:- tie. dive two
misguided men with—Mins in their hatitiS, who
iiiigltt liaee become the Yirtims- of. the military
force; '-he took the weapons frotts them, threw
them- away, and tittis,saved the men,. nt whose es-
"'cape he rejoiced, It was no nuOitimon thitig.rolo
hiitt'to be in the l‘linories; independent of lite in-
kterest excited by what was going forward.aysliat-
['time, as he bast relations there, had lived theft:

rnseit, stud there earned litany thouiaild

pounds.
The Loan MAYOR, aftet' this speech, reminded
the prisoner, that Jr was in evidence against hint,
that he tint only was in the Minories: with the
but in the waggon Ili Spa-fields along with
its acknowledge(' le4ders.
Mr. Bradtool, who saw him there, deposed
this faeL •

'Preston did not dispute or deny this evidence
,Lle was secretary to the committee that managed
the. business of the., Spa-fields meeting. If his
conduct while acting in that capacitywas a crittle,,
rt was a crh'ne which he would be
pr.ud to commit
treed to-morrow from the charges
now, preferred against Mini, he would never
hold his tongue or alter the line of his, be-
haviour till the grievances nt his country
were redressed. His duty, however, he Would
execute temperately• and constitutionally, as
he had hitherto done.plot 'There wasi.no to dis-
turb the pithlic peace—.there was no conspiracy but
ill the imaginations ,of those .whose con.;
sciences accused theM of destroying the liberties or
fattening on the spOils'bt their country. lle ac-
knowledged he was in the waggon from which the
pretendedconspirators„ descended, but he %vast here
exertirrg his influence to prevent riot ,and giving his
advice to behave orderly and peaceably. Thib was
likewise the wish andahe endeavour of that great
'and good man, that patriotic, and, worthy clot-
ructk.r; H Mr. unt, who, he Was sore, had no k.,ow-
le‘Le ui winit was goingiorward in the city at the
time . he was addressing his countrymen in Spa-
ids. That great main ivas exerting all' his en
-
ours to restore the rights and, to reduce the
iii.tresses of coui,try—to reform public abuses,
,and to weaken the influence of those %rho de-;
strayed the constitution of their Country, and de-
graded the royal dignity.
Here the prisoner was asked if he was in the
room at Spa-fields when Mr. Hunt was sneaking,
.and what were the topics of discussion.' lie an-
swered, he Was in the room one `part of the day,
but there Was Such 'a crowd and confusion that lie
did not know, or could not recollect, %Oita wus
going for Ward.
Mr. Kinnersley repeated his deposition that. lie
sew eston among the mob in the 11finories,
while 'they were hooting • and insulting the Life
asked' by the prisoner in what
mess .he was at the time the witness statcd the
marks tit identification, and it become necessary

for thepristmer. to account for hit motives 'for
akeariog in' the 'll4inpries :so soon after his being
iu c'otnpany, with the waggon-oratori in Spa..fields.
The reason why he left the. fir3t scene of action
tvivk that fie heard there vas iniscbiet going on
in the city, and, as his attendance was' not re-
(tithed at Spa-tividsi he went to learn its.extent,.
‘voich.be heard'- was more alarming then it after-
PM prOved to be.:
The LOTtii-Mayott told be had only one
-thing more to ask him, and he Would hear his
'ennfessiom Militia point, if lie.-chose to make. it•
voinntarily:—lt was in• evidence before him, 'that
tic (thaprisoner) %vati in the Waggon sit Spa-fields
hat be.,Was -seen passinto,' Cheapsidr; that be
iiiined the moh•thvre—thiltile walked with it past
the Nlinsion-Imuse----tand that he was with it when
.cdonitang'actS of violence in the Minoties., He
would now.'ask what he had to sny about the co-
lony; and thr:eockh'ites used on the occasion ?

The prisoner answereillhat there ‘rere many nf.
'these colours made,- that he cotweive4 there arras
no. harm itv.therti, that they 'vere made mulct the
inspecTioent the CoMmittee; thai he heat got se•
•veral yards of-rihand in a present, which he used
'for making.coekades, thinking it suite innocent.
•.Withlragard to his passing. Chcapsult., he Was. not
sure but he might go that way troth 'Newgate.
street tar well- AS by any other road., •
.The Loan MAVOIC remanded the prisoner till
Saturday,. telling him that in the Mean- time he
-might prepare' for his defence, or call his friends
or advisers to hii assistance.

The prooner replied, 'that be required no de-
fence. He had already made' up his Miro! ; be
hail only to 44,'tbat he had acted conseieutions.
ly;-:--be had no connection with had men. The
'crime that was perpetrated Wasedone through in,
toxicutioll There was -no plottio conspiracy
no cottqalikelteme of treason or hloOdshed ; all
was•done openly, and ail was'already known.
Wilson, a Lite-gnards-man, who Was stationed
at the Minories, wasAtteitioned as' to' the con-
'duct of Simmons. The witness took the sword
'which`Simmoni was brandishing; but befOre lie
ciiutd do-so, he received a bloW front him, which
cut .through his coat iind waisteoat. Witness
struck Simmons with- the Hat of his sword, .upon
which the latter gaye tip his weapon.,
The pistols fount upon Hooper were piodirced-;
acid William Mills, shopman to Mr. Parker, 1101-
born, Stated, that he s 6 1d them ort Saturday Week,
to 11 person typo said his name was
Hooper said, Watson gavethe pistols to him on
the saturday Keviotts to the meeting.
they were loaded, but *did not 'try, and never flied
them •
Said,. ttiat,the'person who bought
the pistols returned in 'an Hour dud a half : iiiput!.
chased another brace.' The witness itintifietl the
fotinif ipOn WaisOnt senior, as one of
!them ; and that found in Mr. BeckwitV.s.
aittt with 'which Mr, Platt was wounded.; as the
other. He 'traced the antes given in paynient tor'
their, iltb the Milne' of Watson on them, 1,44;0
the witness had Minkel( written.
'fitioyer said' he received the, litols
froM young AVatsou : Preston
was present at the time. The prisoner here gtqe
an ineonaistent account of the Mauna in witteb
he became posstssctl of 'the pist6ls. Ile denied
thAf-Waftfori said a word to him ttbont them, or
oirvred.ilien-(0 hint, }hit mentioned that he un-
derstond he was pistols into his poi•
•
Al! the pilsimeta wt re remanded till
_Saturday.