Star.
London, England, 1820-04-27 00:00:00

KIWI TRLi9ON.

OLD BAILEY.
CONrINUATIO/1 07 YEIIIIODA7'IS SUVMS.
-70intill TRW.
TIDD. AND WTELIAIII DAVIDSON.
afidaias gave his evidence In a stintlainwer tone than former 4
-which be accounted fur, by mating that be wa► rather unweil.—
Tbe enandtiation was sham
who appeared peculiarly attentive to him, asked pe,-
fstississa tut examine hits on a convenation, In which his Barr(
was Ineisdened.
"fr. Pam Osautow.—lt is proper, prisoner, that fiery n-
em:nodal= should be given you in your awful situation; but
I suggest to you, that it would be rather irregular in you row
to do it: you will have ample °Worn:Wry of doing it by and by.
I see you don't write; but your Counsel Is taking notes. Res•

assured, that when it is your turn to snake your defence, I sh:
pledge myself to refresh your memory with those parts of tht
evidence relative to you, in case they may chance to escape you:
recollection.
•
Prisoner.—l thank your Lordship.
Adams was cross-examined by Mr. Cuavroon, but nothicz
new was disclosed.

Joseph Hale stated the names of the several persons who
tended the meetings at Brunt's.

' Thomas Smart, John Bisset, Edward Gillam, J. IL Motri.
son, Edward Simpson, Aldous, John and Thomas Mone.
ment, Thomas Hiden, John Barker, Richard Munday,
Keylock, and Lord Harrowby, repeated the evidence
they had delivered upon the former trials.

Ruthven, the Police Officer, also repeated his formcr evi-
dence, as did Janie. falls.

Robert Chapman, William Lee, Benjamin Gill, J. Murray,
and Serjeant Legge, repeated their former testimony.
Lieutenant Fitzclarence repeated the evidence which he
livered on the former trials; as did William Westcott,
Wright, James Champion, William Brooks,. Samuel Tatuliw:,
and Lkailiel Bishop.
All the wiuiesses on the part of the Crown having been
examined, and mitring remaining to complete the case for tb
prosecution, but the production of the arms and animuniti,-
taken in Cate-street and other places, Mr. Baron GA&aow SU:-
geeted to the Jury, that as the trial could scarcely be finished on
that night, it would be a convenient time to adjourn.
The Jury expressed their entire concurrence with his Lord.
ship's opinion.
The prisoner Davidson.—As I am taken by surprise in beirg
put upon my trial this day, will the Court allow my wife to
have access to me, that I may send for witnesses to appear :I
-my behalf?

Boon Gwasow.—The Court cannot entertain your applic...
tion ; but this I can say, with certainty, that those to whom
your wishes will be communicated, thr.Jugh your Solicitor, w;Il
not suffer your case to be prejudiced by refusing access to acy
proper persons who may assist you in your defence.
The Court then adjourned till nine o'clock this morning.
OLD BAILEY—THIS DAY.

This being the second day's trial of Richard Tidd
and William Davidaan, the Court met at the usual
hour. Nothing can be mere uniform than the pro-
ceedings on the present and the two preceding trials.
On the first day, the Crown concludes its evidence,
with the exception of examining the munitions of
war, which it would certainly not be safe to do by
candle-light ; the business of the second day corn.
menses by producing the arms, grenades, powder,
pikes, &c. which had been captured in Cato street,
and seized by the Officers at the houses of two of the
prisoners, one of which was called the depot.

At a few minutes after nine o'clock Baron GAR-
ROW, and Mr. Justice Basr, who appears very ill,
took their seats on the Bench. There are also pre-
sent the COMMON SEEM/ANT, Sir JAMES SHAW, and
Sir WILLIAM LEIGHTON.

Proclamation being made, and the names of the
Jury called over, all the prisoners were brought in,
but on Baron GARROW suggesting that there was no
necessity for any of them remaining except these on
trial, the rest were removed from the dock. Tidd
and Davidson were accommodated with chairs.,
The former appears more composed than he did yes-
terday, and Davidson still preserves his wonted firm-
ness. He had a book, which appeared to be a Bible,
and some papers before him.
The witnesses called on the part of the Crown were
Authven and Taunton, who deposed to the arms, kc.
they had respectively taken. Hector Morrison, the
shopman of Mr. Underwood, the cutler, identified.
the sword which a prisoner, who has been tried,
brought to him with directions to make it as sharp
as a needle.

Gill selected a iword and a Carbine from the
arms on the table, which he bad taken from the per-
sons of some of the prisoners, in Catomstreet.
Aldous, a pawnbroker, deposed to a blunderbuss
which had been taken out of pledge by Davidson ;
on this Davidson rose, and begged leave to ask the
witness if, when he pawned the blunderbuss, he did
not say that it was not his own ? but that Aldous
said he would lend 7s. on it, as he knew him.
Mr. Aldous did not recollect having said so, but
would not speak positively.
Serjeant Harrison, of the Royal Artillery, examined
the powder;, and the fire-balls, called illuminatio•:-
ball, which he said were made of oakum, tar, pitch,
and brimstone. He also went through the accus-
tomed process of opening a grenade, as on the pre-
ceding trials. These instruments of destruction are
formed of a tin cannister, containing three and a halt
ounces of gunpowder, with a fuse, pieces of iron va-
rying in number, from four to five and twenty, ac-
cording to their size, cemented with pieces of cloth,
and firmly bound by strong yarn.
All the witnesses for the Crown were examined by
Mr. Goattavi, but Baron GARItOW frequently ques-
tioned them on such points as might afford farther
elucidation. The case for, the Crown being closed,
Mr. Cortwoon rise at ten o'clock, and went over
the same grounds of defence as on the former trial;,
viz. the bad charaCter of one of the witnesses, who,

• 'vat anavowed accomplice ; he eatenstott of the law
of Treason, theromantic and extravagant nature of
the project with which the prisoners were charged,
and a de:SIM that the conspiracy amounted to High
Treason. He contended that there was not the
slighte,t proof of the plot hiving other ramifications;
as had been asserted, since, on the evening in which
the prisoners were arrested in Cato-street, there was
not the least demonstration in ant other part of the
Metropolis. •

On the conclusion or Mr. CUnwoop's speech, which
lasted an hour, Mr. GURNEt suggested that the com-
bastibles should be removed out of Court, which *as
done by the proper Officers. This necessarily occa-
sions some delay.
The Court is very thinly attended—a strong proof
bov; much the interest in the Trials has subsided.—
?n artist is iu Court, sketching portraits of the Pri-
soners. This has been the case on all the Trials.

The following witnesses were then called on be-
half of the Prisoners :

Maty Barker, daughter of the prisoner Tidd, exa-
mined by Mr. ADOLPHUS. She appeared much af-
fected during her examination, as did her unfoitu-
nate father, the prisoner at the bar.
Thomas Chambers, of Heathcock-court, was exa-
mined by Mr. ADOLPHUS, and severely cross-exa-
mined by Mr. GURNEY. He concluded his exami-
nation, which was of a less serious character than
that of the other witnesses, by saying—" I reads
nothing but Cobbett's Works ;" upon which Mr.
GURNEY replied—" You can read nothing worse."
John Bennet, of 4, Park-lane, Mary-la-bonne, who
said he had never attended any Radical Meeting,
public or private, deposed that the witness Hiden
had often endeavoured to get him to go to them.
The following witnesses were called as to the cha-
racter of the Prisoners
Isaac Cook, of 21, Charlotte•street, Blackfriars-
road ; and Robert Wood, of 5, Elliot's-row, Mary-
la-bonne, tinman, spoke to the general character of
Davidson for honesty and industry.
Stephen Hale, 17, Bell's-court, Gray's Inn-lane,
had known Tidd fifteen months; William French,
carver, living in some court in Holborn, had known
him three years; and Samuel Lands, of 11, Charles-
street), Hatton-garden, boot-maker, whom Tidd had
Worked for, spoke to his general good conduct.

Mr. ADOLPHUS commenced his address to the
Jury at a quarter before twelve o'clock, and although
it would be difficult to give much novelty to a sub-
ject on which he has so frequently spoken, yet his
speech was marked by an acute examination of
the whole of the evidence, a just and forcible repro-
bation of the atrocity of a betraying accomplice, and
an energetic and powerful appeal to the Jury, not to
condemn men on the evidence of an avowed conspi-
iator, who had broken the bonds of society, forfeited
his allegiance to his Sovereign, and his duty to his
GOD. The Learned Gentleman, in the course of a
very eloquent speech of an hour and a half, said it
would bt the last time that he should appear on these
Trials.
Baron Gmutow.—William Davidson, the law of
England, in its excessive tenderness to persons in-
dicted for High Treason, has allowed them privileges
bf defence not extended to other cases. If therefore,
in addition to the able defence a your Counsel, you
wish tb ray anything, now is the time. Do it delibe-
rately, and the Court will hear you attentively.

Davidsbn then rose, much agitated : lie said he
had not a friend in England ; that from his youth
he had bean anxious to live by honest industry.—
He had a large family; this alone gave him pain,
for he cared not for himself. He declared solemnly
to Gon, on whose word he had his hand (laying
his hand on a Bible) that he was innocent of the
charge brought against him. He begged that, be-
cause he was a man of colour, the Jury would not
think him either so ignorant or such a moniter, as to
harbour a thought to massacre any human being.

Baron GARRow assured the Prisoner that his co-'
lour should not operate against him ; and, as a man
bf colour, was as much entitled to British Justice as
the fairest of the British fair.
Davidson resumed his defence.

The tom CHANCILLOn came to his private room,
ht Westminster Hall, at ten o'clock yesterday morn-
ing-, tb preside in the Court of Chancery ; but before
he had time to robe, he received an official letter, on
which he sent one of his Officers into the Court to
inform the Bar, that he should not be able to come
into Court, as he would be engaged with other busi-
ress the remainder of the day. -His Lordship after-
wards had an interview with the SPEAKER of the
House of Commons, in his Lordship's room in the
House of Lordsa

The Anniversary Grand Dinner of the United
Tree and Accepted Masons, was• held yesterday
evening, in Freemasons' Hall, his Royal Highness
the Duke of Sussex, Grand Master, in the Chair,
si:pported by several Masons of eminence. The room
had a splendid appearance from the grand style in
which the company were habited. On the cloth being
removed, the usual toasts were drant-and the illus-
trious Chairmanaddressed the company present, who

enjoyed the conviviality of the evening to- a late hour.
Monday evening, as Mr. CRAY, of Windmill-street,
was returning home from Foot's Cray, Kent, be had
occasion to call at Blackheath, and in the lane lead-
ing from the turnpike-road to the Heath, he was
stopped by two fellows aimed, and robbed of 1.:27,
besides his watch and some silver: The robbers ran-
sacked the pockets of Mr. CRAY'S son, who was with
him in the chaise, of simience and some halfpence,
and made off, after cutting the traces.

ATROCIOUS MILITARY OUTRAGE

We hs.vericeived an account of an outrage of n'
very aggravated description, which occurred at a
town of spme note in a Northern County, on Tctetrity
last. It is written from the spot, by a Gentleman of
respectability, who has been at the pains of person-
ally ascertaining the facts, from the sufferers and a
number of other persons who witnessed the whole

TUESDAY NIGHT, 12 o'cLoct.

" This place has just been the scene of a most abo-
minable outrage: it appears that yesterday, the day
appointed for the celebration of his MAJESTY'S Birth-,
day, the Military first manifested a- disposition to
inflict violence on the inhabitants. At the —,
a public-house in the Market-place, without provo-
cation, they turned out all the people who were
drinking in their company ; and it was expected,
from what then took place, that further excesses were
meditating. On Tuesday, at the in ----
street, a party, consisting of inhabitants and soldiers,
were sitting together, when a young man, named
J— W , sung a political song, at which
some of the Military thought proper to take offence.
One of them seized W—'s hat and threw it on
the fire, where he held it until it was consumed. No
desire to retaliate this outrage was shewn, but some
person observed, that 6 It was a shame such a thing
should be suffered r A soldier, named G—, then
with a fire-shovel, struck a man named J— B--
on the forehead, and inflicted a deep wound over'
his left eye. A scene of violence then followed be-
yond description. The soldiers, who were inflamed
with liquor, attacked every one present—one young
man was struck twice on the head with a red-hot
poker, taken from the kitchen fire. The landlady
was knocked down, and after glutting their fury on
the other persons, who never offered any resistance,
the soldiers flung them out of the windows! No
language can depict the uncontroulable violence
from this time manifestbd by the Military. They
sallied forth into the street, and attacked the pas-
sengers, 'and being augmented by a body of their
comrades from the barracks (two of whom came with
their muskets), they allowed no one to go b) the house,
without suffering from the effects of their mad fury.
A table in the kitchen was broken to pieces, and the
legs used as weapons : their swords and bayonets
were also the indiscriminate ministers of their savage
and murderous designs. The Deputy Constable and
some assistants, who were attracted to the spotalty the
cries of the sufferers, were driven away ; and even
the inhabitants residing in the street were threatened.
when they ventured to appear at their doors or win-
doors. A poor old man, who was returning from
his labour, was beaten until life had to all appear-
ance deserted him.

" The whole town became alarmed, but during
the continuance of the excesses no person dared to
interfere. The wife of a Corporal threw herself on
her knees before one of the desperadoes, and begged
him to come to the barracks. His reply was—a
thrust with a sabre One man's ear was cut off!
—Wounds of every variety were dealt out on all
these who were unfortunate enough to come within
the reach of these infuriated ruffians. At length
the Officers arrived, and required the soldiers to
return to their quarters, whither they went, actually
covered with the blood of their victims

At eight o'clock, when the ;unitary patrole is-
sues, the passions of the soldiery were so far from
being allayed, that they began to break the windows,
and indulge in other excesses against the peace of
the town. The Commanding Officer, however,
shortly after arrived from a neighbouring town, where
he had been celebrating the KIN 's Birth-day, and
ordered them back to their quarters. The following
are the names of some of the persons wounded : the.
whole number is supposed to amount to eighteen—.
(Here follows, in air account, a list of the names—
two of the *sans are said to be not expected to live.]
A Petition to Parliament, for inquiry and redress, is
signing, and will be forwarded immediately::

Wednesday, the Bth instant, a party consisting of
eight men of the Woodhall Troop of was
seta, under the orders of Serjeant MURDOCH, to escort
a quantity of ammunition from Glasgow to Airdrie,
for the use of the Volunteers in that district. On
leaving the barracks at Glasgow, they were followed
by a mob of many hundreds, who, as..the party pro-
ceeded along Duke-street, attacked them with staves
and brick-bats, with such violence that it became
necessary for a part of the Yeomanry to charge.—
This had the effect of repelling the mob until they
reached the coalworks, about a mile and a half from
Glasgow, when they were joined by the colliers, and
with their assistance renewed the attack upon the
Yeomanry,, which was continued until they reached
Baillieston Toll-bar, about six miles from Glasgow.
During their progress, the Yeomanry continued at
intervals to charge the mob, who ran in every direc-
tion, leaping the fences upon either side of the road.
and thus rendering further pursuit' impossible. On
their arrival at Airdrie, the party received the thanks
of their Commanding Officer, Captain CAMPBELL,
for their conduct on the occasion, and much praise
is due to Serjeant Muaisoon, for his cool and spirited
conduct through the whole of this unpleasant affair.
We are happy to add, that only one man and one
horse belonging to the party were seriously injured.
Dutt..—A meeting took place yesterday morning,
on Hounslow Heath, between a Major D. and a
Gentleman named PEARSON, in consequence of a
dispute about a courtezan of the first• clas4 named
Sims. Shots were exchanged without effect, but in
the second fire the Major was wounded on the left
siJe, but the ball did not lodge.

OF
• I •
This day, at two a'clock, MkrEsti the Kik°
proceeded in a splendid new, State Cartiege from
Carlton Palace to the House of Lotds, to open the
first Parliament of his MAJESTY'S reign. .His MA-
SEITY was attended by the usual State • Officers,
bearing the Sword of State, 'Cap of Maintenance,
Imperial Crown, &c.

The streets through which the Royal Procession
passed were crowded with people, who greeted the
appearance of their Sovereign with the most joyful
acclamations. His MAJESTY seemed in excellent
health and spirits.
The KING having taken his seat on the Throne,
the usual Officers were ordered to summon the
attendance of the Commons, who immediately ap-
peared et the Bar, with the SPEAKER at their head.
His MAJESTY then proceeded to address the two
Houses.