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London, England, 1817-06-09 00:00:00

it the same time p?esentirg the pistol and holding the toil* in I
hard. Hr pat arms out at the fan light. The abetters Weft
s_ ti and the key was detnanded of witting- Hi added !Pi
i....,wiedge of it, snd said he supposed they had knocked it out
!he door, as it was in. About SO men were In the shop—So
, 11 guns were taken away, 56 or 60 pairs of bola pistols, a
ortber of swords of different sorts, and some plies. Above
21, dorm •word, were taken, besides dirks, and pikes with
loTitivea. He did not think they carried off more than four
rd, of row der. but ht lost above 200 weight of bullets. A
(Ord vas r tql in the manner of a fest de joie before the stack
corieneuced—the attack lasted about 25 minutes. The mob did
rot f:,r ::•y rum, nor at any living being ; they offered no
?coral v!"lenre, and fired altogether 12 or 14 rounds; they
,i;1 rot <eri, to know what to do vrth the arms they Indultam,
2, Iry loadcil them up to theMuszles, and put in them small
and km•e•buckles. He was of opinion half a dozen red
civc mg!.t have been sufficient to put them down, but be bad
salvo th.• rower fur a score of soldiers, or any force that the
ouiter bt think proper to send. Witness had never lost his
seed lentils.
The AT re/I N ILT•01, Pi Lint asked witness if, when he sent to
ti.e tower tor a score of red coats, be hat comidered the pro-
, ceegrss of the ,n .b to be but an ebellidim of good humour ?
Wiliest replied, that when he sent for the red coats, ht did not
deli the rioters had come in good humour; be thought they
print to sake arms—what they purposed to do with them, it
yr. not for him to say.
White's examined by Lord ELLSPaelaeivaa.—Said he toad-
ied the attack nude on his dwelling to have been a subject of
goo s aiartn, atlcl it had dour hies a very considerable injury.
Mr.R•e examined by the ATTORNlT•Galllallairlo a gun-
toil in the Allman's; his house is nearer Tower HIV than that
of Metes. Brander and Pone;
_be was at home on tie lid M-
ember ; he saw a crowd at Mr. Brander's; shot up hie shop,
arc ~w from the garret window the attack of the mob, who
broke In the dour and window disk house, and stripped the dap
to i very considerable amount, of fowling-piece., musket% pe-
p% swords, pikes, Sod every other amide in *lids he disk;
sthrr depted;tions were conunitted by Use mob wben'they broke
to; they carried off seventy muskets and fowling pieces seventy
pr of pistols, twenty pikes, and thirty swords el itirk.es sorts •
he went out of his house by a trap-door at the top of itt 111111
pissed into that of a neighbour; he did not see any thing of the
islets afterwards ; they took from his shop a small camaoa—a
tiree-pounder.
Cross examined by Mr. Serjeant Colter.—Wifeless left the
pbce immediately atter the attack of the noon; he did not
bow what was done with the arms, nor by whom they bad been
taken ; many of them *ere scattered in the streets; he saw Mel
kiroself, in about three quarters of an boor after the attack, when
lee wa. returning from his madame to bii shop; the treeps had
been there in the interim; en Isla return be found a crowd oil
people gaping round the house; a Police Officer seised a person
with a steel-mounted gnu which had Men stolen from his house,
tad conveyed the party to the Pollee 011ee; the person said be
bad picked it up; he had @Mee been transported; the soldiers
brought to the house remained there all that night nd met day.
Croorreamin• d by Mr. seek:set Conae.—No personal via
Mee was offered by the mob; the house was surrounded thajfilm
Wing night and day by persons attracted by curiosity.
Examined by the AT totes Itlr.GaN altal..—eThe mob bad takes
nay about SOO pounds weight of shot and one pond of powder,
chid was ail be had in his window; the shot bad been =Mold
abet the streets.

i&i. Milldam called in and itemised by Mr. Tornso..-.1
the in Stioner.streete opposite Mr. Beckwith's, within twelve
door ot ho bassoon the other aids of the street ; on the hi of
&umber, about soak, o'clock, I saw two or three Medved
sans pass by lea soh, most of them were woman and don.
dim; there were shoot eo men; John Hooper was among them,
wiring a cockade", two or three colours; a flag was also can
ad by some out, unsilar to that exhibited in Cart, and I have
re doubt k is 'beam; the mob passed our base to go so Mr.
Beckwith's; they then returned, and stationed themselves for
tee 10. three minutes opposite our house, and appeared to be is
essakauon; Weeper carried either a Nick era sward, aid ap.
Feared se have she direction of the mob, a be waved Ms stick,
and mimed to Mr. Beckwith's, where there was a vat shoot;
the pasty then before our house went back to Eackerides, sod
tie asuuk contmencest ; bear+ they got to Ileakeritbse. 1 beard
the crab of the windows ' • Hooper was cessehlow eritli the pa
ileitarros
son who carried the lag, and I think he took the farfara oldr
ease; the mob then went along Newgatourese, sad
inst their pieces in such a disc manner that we lt
right to 14,11101 t from the balsony ray ROW id r k S iit
Ntiteessoll the ortieeedinie. . .
Crairesunined by Mr. Wienalatc.:r4 did. see trait the
d the way back 4 hit. Beckwith's. bat I Yam ea doubt that
Kiefer was Present the whole doles hot 1 ithitec Wain that
le carried the See.
liar/ fridge enareleed.—Ott the 114 K. fleetimbet I was tit
tie Monsoon House with the Lord Mayer end Sie ham spew,
vice the messengen arrived with the news of . the MN; we Si
mot to meet the mob in Shanetatreat by a beds way, inn
wire met by an Oflcet, who told us they were thee ens the
Isthange; we went theft; I made my trey through. the Is.
diem and seised the Bag aid the man who carried it &SWAM
sued to get Win Ms the Esehange, lest a reuse almoM tails
plies ; I did not meow/ ether person taken, thenghlendaetefed
es wrath it doubleberrebed gas hem a man he ate or=
mate
me resew into arms, bus they viva all. I ;Malt.
ON"; while the Lord Mayer was foreleg deem Vs .4 dm
tettierge pm With his feet, sane one or Odle% ostler he
oath, Catena passed beterech our legs. but wits were 1
is sat knew; I volunteered is fetch the esiMiTh
. Chelhatelidlled by Mr. Serjeant Constr.-4 west to Gray%
we lellevb the Light Hone Stables, for sedan whams ; I
wet td embleatreet Sow, by direction of, the Lard Mayor,
oat living es medeodels, I weld ebale ms-aseisesoce. I then
Mira hoes. mid peeped off to Bray'sleedene. miff brmight
sete nigher,; I Sew no Mama cernmicted, user ie tbe
see of the sine with the deobimisarreihrd pest whom II at.
Massa to strike with the wan after I bed wrested it from him,
a sables Was. 1 wood with the lord Mayor, that it would
Is boar is cal Is the military and settle the babas at sale;
iiien I returned, 1 was Is no alarm as to the rash ; the nab was
Sitisamet!.
exasnlnede-11. was at the lisedisege *bent ewe
*Vick Z"Stolid at December; there were Uwe shoot one ben.
dig persons together on the spot where I stood, and several 1.
woe st a Mile ance ; I had seen the mob before then at the
Madan House; I teas alarmed at the firing before the Bulimic
leans seixed.Hooper, and took Mot into the Inchant's ; I eza•
word him, and found two pistols conceeled between his coat and
waincoat ; they were of the kind called kenos pistols; I delivered
tiew to the person in Court (Daniel Cartwright) ; I ascertained
?milady that one of them was loaded with ball.
Amid Cartwijkl examined.-1 received a brace dpistels frees
the witness, which I afterwards delivered to Stephens. 1 Ist
amend the pistols, and Mons of these kfouod the three dip
predated, and it was also primed.
illaliarianehens examined.—l readvadthe braes of plaids pro.
diced tromliattiel Cartwright.
faig listens cresireamined by Mr. WiTneetl.l.-.-Heepre
Wide no resistance when I sized him ; be thee asked me to let
Ihe go, promising not to run away ; I held him by the collar till
the door was closed, and the °Ler took him into custody. The
Pas and pistols were not levelled at any body ; I saw the flashes
to the air, and retreated, dreading some mischief. I identified
Moyer at the Maeda House and the Old Dailey, and stated**
sate evidence there as I have new stated.
licher 1 .Hapend examined.—l saw the mob going towards
tic Bank ; I followed them to the Minoan, and sew the shows
touched; I was on Tower Hill at the time ; ooe of die rya '
twith's shops is near power Hill;. I Swerved a. person wish a
cask belt and a sward or cutlass comae Orem ansimg the nteir to
Tower Hill; 1 believe It to bevels's° Thlstlaresedi he had dna
* great coat on and top boots; kr amp to the railing that NV
heeds the 'tower and there liourialted his sword aed addressed
blew( to the soldiers on the anapests; be offered to make the
Moues Captains, and double their pay U they would came mid
lain them; be did not stay long, as the mem I suppose, whit
*la were coming, alarmed him; he cesankd Ida hanger under
W ws, sad then went or towards Merfaars.
ilaaahmed by Mr. ser)sent Cos.' T.—l ass a Stock-jobber; 1
one maim; to do with the Courier Newspaper now ; it Memo
Teats sacs 1 bad any thing to do with that Paper; I wasiminati
te le to 'I ewer HSI to kook atter the mob merely hoe
1 saw the mob arse to Newpte•atreeti I no to apprise.=
led tell Mr. Dawes there GI the dangers to prepare them le
raw it; I wootwood what I saw an the maw aft* to his. Bass
d &Newt i I do nut think there was say madam to Mole"
'rod When be addressed the soldiers; so mob; they were et the
,swith's on the Hill; I did not give inforasadoe rif this to soy
/Amite till last Tuesday week, when I reserved a sekreme
,1 Mr. Lkeilleid. I never mentioned It to awl Magellan le
ley coonated with Goverunuot se the Pelee before. I

!Meer sow Tldstleweati Ikon Asy diuftiVett,alla I.oe
tals Mee djlest I want dews to dr. • AS IlMarday
yeah: W 55 aid that. sleet& see " there, wheal
they suspected abbe the we I had heard speak to the Soldists
oft *Tower; be was In a roan aline wink I recognized him.
except of* the Warden, who was distingeished by his dress. I
t new that the Lord Mayor was sitting from day to day to col-
le" intoratelleas, after tie sd of December, but t never wens to
"ate any thing ea the subject; I Wa• not anzietu to appear as a
witness ; Mr. Rees shop is a cower home, I think.
Tema Samna taantioede-1 am a prints in the Coldstreans
Owe 1 wee in the Tower on the Id of December; I looked
towards the rails frees the parapet, and these beard a man say
" Soldiers, open the gates. and I will give you 100 guineas."—
wee then ordered to the parade, and heard no mere.
Crees•egambsed by Mr. Warn eastg.—l was walking be•
%
tween the two bastions on theparapet ; the Tower ditch may be
about fifty yards wide, and the wall where I wood, I think, may
he Shy yards high ; my comrade was `some distance from one ;
the man did not address me, but said, " Soldiers!' In walking
on the parapet, about a feet ands half might be seen 0111116 above
the wall front the outside ; ergies ea as fast as I could when
the man spoke,aod my comrade atm ; I mentioned the circuns•
stance teethe parade to those about me directly atterwards ; there
might be twenty or thirty persons running about on lower-hill
while the man spoke; 1 did not listen to the man at all; I do not
rerollect any one condos down to the FOWLer to ask for assistance
to 101 l the rioters.
livered examined again by the Coort.—When I mentioned
what 1 bad seen in Mr. Beat, there were several other persons
present who might recollect it; It was at the house of Mr. Bent,
iis big parlour; I mentioned it to many persons, at various times;
=wag than was Mr. lower, of the Bank of England. •
Mass Darlistera ant a private in the ad Coldstream
Curds, and was on duty in the Tower • I beard the mob on the
2d of December ; haw the man with the sword against the rail.
lag. he said, " Open the gates, soldiers, and every man shall have
a behdred and double pay;" he said further,
" that they ellanOstatakbeeer 'slims to be this enemies, but their
friends ; that the soldiers bad been Officials for the rights of their
cowry, and could not get them. I was then proceeding to
parade, and beard no More.

- Cresiaizambed by Mr. Serjeant Comer -.4slmettis was not
With me at the dine, ow do I kaiser when be was • the emery
was on the ramparts, bat I did no notice who he ohs. Ido not
know him. I was sent boo the Tower. ea the sith of February
teal. Captain Reattach was the Adjutant on the parade. I
don't know that anymore troops came into the Tower about the'
dote at the riot. I mentiosolthe circumstance to the Non am-
mionosed Akers and the Serjeant.major on parade; and, in coo
sequence, I was akorwards examined by a Magistrate. I this'',
there might be also= so or co boys about the person who spoke
from the railing Mere was a rob of boys; l don't know whet
number, but 1 &Ripest about SO or 40.
The Court then rose for the popese of attauding to soma pees-
sing bestow et the Tom, frees which greet insenvenisisso and',
stischief would arise, if &opiate&
THIRD DAY—Wiusossaav, Jona I I.
C. Wog, the Horse Patrol*, was the not witness examthed.
Apprehended the prisoner Watson at Highgate, en the slight of
the Mof December. Os searcitinghlin, found two papers new
produced (the game as referred to by the Attorogy•(ieneral),
Nothing farther came out in his evidence.
J. Ciao semained by Mr. Guairr. Knows the psisseer
Watson perfectly weft Knows Thietlewood,, Preston, sod
Hue; cr. Knew Hoofer first : has known him about two years.
Became acquelothd with Watson about three weeks before the
ins Meeting in SpaSeitle, the lath of November. Saw him at
the Cock, in Graftoootrict. Had boa there frequently.—
Ulm was a Society held there called the Spencsans,itiad seen
primmer there before he became squabbled with him. Mr.
Waists istrodocod himself by saying, that it would be an east
thing to upset the Government. if kunted in a proper manner.
He appointed to meet witness the following night at the Mid-
lbersyl'ires, near Moorfields, where soother Society of Spats-
cans was Mid. Saw Proton at the Cook, the semi night that
he met Watson. Had wen Preston there before. Preston
idled witness down stairs, sad wished him to go to a house in
*sot assitsci where there was another Sp.ocean Society. coin •
I Wed of tradesinem Witness asked Preston for what purpose
'So Oas wo no. Proton said. that the object was to Petition
lailifikilleei the we of siashinity. Preston asked wit-
!Illos mow It the Mulberry Tree. Wisest* old he bad
lam* es moo Wong there. He eau them the neat
!Illi.f.at No - Trust it was about three woke before
I.BoBBlddliMa The two Slam e, NomenyTedesio-.
msr4ttg two jeans's, and J. Hankie!, were present at the
as as well odors whom he did not know. Witness
I.llHed away with the elder Watson. Watson, -repeated what
bri had before 8s they were leaving the Mulberry
Tree.—
asked Wanes which way all this was to he done h .
it there were a few pod fellows it would be mall
• He ffatsos) had pleased an instrument which wuukl
Mont thee:yak, coating too the mob. He had got, be said,
Al Committee *dog, and moral people whom they bad solicited,
lad aired to loin then with all the force that they could fol-
k= segjether. •Ihs Cmomittie were censideriag upon the most
drilaillakell• , Wane& asked witness whore he lived ? He re.
at We. tf, Newten•street, Holborn. Watson said he would
neu mending, and slew witness the pis& Ebere was more
IMMMestleo, bet sorbing prticular beyond what was already
Waintu called three times, bet witness was out. Wit.
0111140 w hiss se the Setersky. Witness was a married sus,
mil when be was with Watson ha desired his Wife to go on.—
Watson was there about an hour. He took out several papers ;
Ed.
was a plan of the Tower; anetherit plea of the machine for
ajoirucdsg the cavalry. It was on War wheels, with knives on
ma side. awl would prevent the cavalry from advancisg. He
wished witness to net himself as much as be could, and get u
many people se liss could together. There ware drawings of the
and the Meseta avenues to the Tower. Wigwam said
a peat many men,' but did tux know whether they
wield am or not when put to the test. Watson od they had
got Sulkiest mosey for every thiug. Witness was a snob by
trade, and Watson said they would do better for him than that.
Was net sure-they met at the Cock that evening, but believed
they did. Nast morning witness met the elder Watson at the
mew of Dresd.courc ; and who they were coming :lowa
Dinorkse, Watson said they bad a Committee of fivei
n which
were Harrison, Preston, Thistlewued, his sari, and liiiselt.
Watson also said, that wham should be a General and bead a
nem OMNI, and might consider himself from that time ear
of the Cominktee, and they should take is us more besides the
dm Wham appointed to meet that evening at the Nag's Head,
Ciamsbp.market. John Karnes, and the two Watson., Preston,
and the two Runes ware it the Nat's Head.—
MPllpsad.rtkular passed there. Met Watson again on the
Timiday morning. They went so Portals...street barracks, to
Barracks, and passed by the small Powder Magazine
bi
'l4igtraltdo-parit. One Skinner was with them ail the dam Saw
Wooer once or twice at .the brooms Mambos, Wald not
Mow him before. They went to see which would be the best
Seas so set ere to the Barracks. Skin= left them is the Park.
Watson said, that Sklinter was not half so clover as he thought
him; be bad intended to have made him an Meer, but found
he had no ideas whatever. Met Wats* sad his son at Juba
newton's. but did not know it was his son OR afterwards.—
This was on Wednesday morning. 'Thought it was Wed-
nesday, because of the Meetings at the t:ock, which were
bdd on that day. Was introduced to Thistiewood that day
or the day following, by LHarrion. There were two or three
losses whom he did not how. They °mooed the strangers.
As mho as there was opportunity, ThistlevroA asked what it
"Mid take to make a few hundred pikes, and how sham a time
edam could make them in. Witness said it impeded es their
des, weigh; and materials. Witness asked what MM. Thistle.
wood said about nine or ten inches, and marked the else an Peter
' with his pencil Whims said they might iseme es forpesce or
' fourpesce Itallpeany . per peso& Tbiedsommth. asked him to
ash.. now ass patters, winds be promised is do. Witness said
he bad no place to mobs them la but Harden said, be thought
he knew a penes who would laid him his forge to make a pas-
ta*. They met at Novas% in the storming. Newton's wee a
1 poblio.limme * Linvocres Whams was to bring the pike so
itaedalfe, a hones appalls $. was'*. Thistiewood, the two
Watson', Reaper, sad flanieres, wen at 'tinders. Ha had
get apes hams mm Cl drama al liondoy, who eroded in
a cellar is thereweet. Saws antlirrehms Mint lel* winless
a linialey's. Whom embed isaday for Yam to maims a pike.
I hennas was am eeraillia be add Wader it wee it. ambits
' mom gin $ Milled. MOM Mined mit a Oslo of WO, Mai
Dervisyji!llW me MIMI Maim it, Mt made I NNW& NM.
'*item all. Nola Mid whiiiiMa gibetella malim M. Women 1
mid diet it "Ma farams btiontmeit. Washasmas siege ailed
Dectorby time. Dr. Moen mime es • paw) lie. ify °rep
maiMplaar, wino Ma C mut. • '1 kg nMn lialem, wit.
new bad been with TliMawood so Paddingane, tos see how
many arrigatere they mid gm togetber, and the spirit of skein.