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

whether thee will be any objection to his being ex-
amined by the Jury ?
Mr. ADOLPHUS.—Certainly not.
Mr. Blakie expressed a wish that the evidence of
Sir R. Baker should be read. He immediately after,
however, requested that Mr. Stafford's evidence should
be previously read : it was not, however, found ne-,
cessary to read either.
George Avis was then sworn and examined by Mr.
Adolphus.—l live at No. I, Commercial Hall-place,
Skinner-street, and am a tailor by business, and a
sworn Constable of Bow-street. On the 14th August
was stationed at Tyburn-gate with a party of our
Officers; I removed from thence to Hyde Park-gate,
Piccadilly ; the hearse was then coming up towards
the Park ; when it turned into the Park, both Life
Guards and Oxford Blues were with it; at that time
the mob was hissing, and groaning, and calling out
" Murder!" and " Piccadilly butchers!" I saw no
distinction made, it applied to all the soldiers ; I
kept aside the hearse till we came to Grosvenor-gate;
a party of Life Guards were stationed there opposite
the gates in the Park; the mob was very thick at
that gate in Park-lane, and a great many stones were
thrown, which I saw hit the Life Guards on their
caps and bounce off. At this time the soldiers had
not done anything in, my sight to provoke such treat-
ment"; they were sitting quietly on their horses. They
did not charge the people, nor -do any one thing in
consequence of this. This was as I passed Grosvenor-
gate; I did not stop ; I was going up to Cumberland.
gate, and hurried on with my party before the hearse
to get there. We got there some minutes before the
hearse; there were some Life Guards there, some
outside and some inside the gate ; there were ten or
twelve soldiers there, not more. Theme were a great
number of people there, vast numbers—thousands.
I saw the soldiers doing nothing, when I came up
they were perfectly quiet. As the hearse approached
the mob forced the gates to; they were wide open be-
fore. I and my party forced the gates open again
with the assistance of the soldiers. The mob forced'
the left hand gate to again. I begged them not to
interfere but let the gate alone, and with the assist-
ance of my party forced it open again. The hearse
then approached the gates with a Magistrate (Mr.
White, of Queen-square, mounted on one of the Life
Guards' horses) at their head. When the hearse got
on the centre of the road, four or five men attempted
to turn the horses' heads down Oxford-street. At'
that time the mob began to throw stones furiously
from all directions. Mr. White, the Magistrate, with
the assistance of two or three of the Life Guards,
turned the horses' heads again towards Tyburn-gate.
After a lapse of two or three minutes they proceeded
on. Stones and brickbats at that time were thrown
more furious than ever. The mob had broken some
flag paving-stones which lay at the corner of Cum-'
berland-street. I saw them break them. A genteel
man, dressed in black, with an umbrella in his hand,
brought one of the pieces and threw at a Life Guards-
man, and knocked him off his horse. The horse went to-
wards Tyburn-gate, and the man got up and followed.
The mob cried out, " Murder him !" and others said,
" Let the b—r go." Ou turning my face towards
Tyburn-gate, to go that way, I received a violent
blow on the back of the head with a brickbat or a
stone, which left a mark on my hat. When I reco-
vered myself (1 was stunned for a moment) I pro.
ceeded towards Tyburn-gate. Before that I had taken
stones out of two or three people's hands, and begged
them to be quiet. After 1 turned to go to Tyburn-
gate, I saw no more stones thrown. From the period
of the hearse coming to Cumberland-gate to this time
(the time I was struck) might be ten minutes or a
quarter of an hour. The military rode about and
struck the people with the flat part of their swords,
after they had been pelted some time. I should sup-
pose they were in danger of their lives, as I saw them
cut about the head and temples—bleeding—all over
blood. The soldiers were cruelly used. After pro-
ceeding towards Tyburn-gate I heard some firing.—
There was an obstruction at Tyburn-gate and across
the Edgeware-road, created by an old turnpike.
gate, a waggon, and some large posts which had
been pulled up. They had been in the earth, but I
know not by whom they were pulled up. The
waggon was being removed when I came up here.
The first filing I heard proceeded from Tyburn-gate,
and when I came up I saw the Life Guards in the
Edgeware-road (they had passed the obstruction).—
They were then falling in towards the Toll-house, and
as they fell in they fired up in the air in the direction
of Bayswater. The Life Guards went a little way up
the Edgewai e-road towards Bryanstone-street, and
then returned back again. That was all I saw of the
transactions of the day. No more force was used than
necessary to open Cumberland-gate. We should never
have got it open but for the soldiers. I myself
called the soldiers to our assistance.
By a Juror.—lt was in the Park that the mob called
out," Piccadilly butchers!" It was not in Piccadilly
that they called so. I did not see the hearse turned
in Piccadilly.
By Mr. Gall (a Juror).—l did not see the Picca-
dilly-gates shut, and do not know who opened them.
We had our truncheons in our hands on that day. I
saw none of our party strike the mob ; we gave them
the best of words, and begged them to desist, for they
would endanger their own lives and other people's.
I saw several of the mob, and several of the Gentle-
men on horseback, struck with stones.
By Mr. Blakie.—l went about ten feet from the
gate in Piccadilly with the Procession ; I saw the
Procession as low down as the Duke of Wellington's,
when I saw it on the return back again towards the
Park-gate ; I did not attend the Procession, because
I was stationed elsewhere by Sir Robert aker'S or-
ders ; I was first at Tyburn-gate, and was then or-
dered to Piccadilly-gate, and to follow the Procession,
and did follow it to 'Temple-bar ; I know nothing of
any orders given to proceed through the City ; I
know nothing of who gave the orders for the Proces-
sion to pass through the Park ; I do not know who
had the command of the Procession ; I saw a Magis-
trate attending it ; the soldiers rode at a trot, and so
did the hearse, through the Park ; I saw no person
rode over by the soldiers in the Park. I was at Cum-
berland-gate about five or six minutes before the
hearse came up. I saw ten or twelve soldiers there,
and there was an Officer with them ; I did not
observe a trumpeter there; I do not recollect seeing
one. I did not hear the soldiers ask the people whe-
ther they were the gate-keepers. Mr. White (the
Magistrate) had a black coat on. He was at the
head of the hearse when it passed through Cumber-