The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-09 00:00:00

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the importance of the evidence now promised, it
would not be advisable •to adjourn the Inquest until
to-morrow.—The Jury instantly agreed to the sug;
gestioo. The Inquest was therefore adjourned to
this day.

POLICE.

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RIOTS.

Bow-murr.—Yesterday, Mr. NAM and Mr.
Br ItNIE attended at the Office, when a further km,
tigation of the charges preferred against Joseph par.
raft and Henry Wales, took place respecting their
being found, by a constable, in the parlour of t`t
Lord Chancellor's house, in Bedford-square, between
ten and eleven o'clock' on Monday night, in the
custody of a Serjeant in the Guards. Yesterday the
Serjeant attended, and his evidence threw considers.
ble light on the whole of the transaction at the Lord
Chancellor's house. He said his name wale Frederick
Burt, a serjeant io the third regiment of Foot Guards,
On Monday, he was on duty at the British hlusern,
with a party of men under his command. About ten
o'clock at night, he was in the gardens of the Alu.
seum, when he heard a great noise, wl.ch he had no
doubt proceeded from a mob in the streets. A short
time after he heard some voices calling out in great
distress, which proceeded' from the back part of a
house in Bedford-square; abd recollecting that the
Lord Chancellor lived there, he understood the voices
I to be those of the Lord Chancellor and lady Eldon,
i calling to him for assistance as the serjeant of the
guard on duty at the Musem. In consequence of
! this, he lost no time in conducting his men over the
yards and gardens of some houses, and entered the
back part of the Lord Chancellor's house with
bayonets fixed. There was none but his Lordship's
family in the house when he entered if, at least there
was none of the mob in it. He found the patenels of
the street door had been broken, and several of the
windows also. A mob was then in front of the house,
shouting and making a great noise, &c.; he went
nut with his men with fixed bayonets, to diapers,
them, which they accomplished with the exception
• of the Prisoners, who, refusing to remove from the
spot were driven into his Lordship's house at the
point of the bayonet. They were tied together with
a pocket handkerchief, and remained in the parlour
till a constable took them away to a. watch-house.
The Prisoner Parrott stated, that he had a wife
and four children. That he was a stone sawyer,
and worked for. Mr. Heather, a stonemason of
Golden-square; that he left work soon after six
o'clock on Monday evening, and he his way home to
Somers-town he met with an old friend, whets they
went to drink together. He drank three pints of
porter, which was two more than be was in the
habit of drinking, or he should not have given'
Serjeantflurt a rude answer. lie had but just coma
up as the mob had been dispersed by the soldiers,
and being conscious that'he had not done any thing
wrong he refused to go away. His master attended,
and gave him a good character.
The Prisoner Wales, who is an infirm, lame old
man, stated, that* cleaned shoes, knives, Jac. in
the neighbourhood of Bedford-square : that he had
nothing to do with the mob, and that he had fallen
off the curb stone, and being lame, he had come
difficulty in getting up. This was the cause of bit
not going away when ordered by the soldiers.

Serjeaut Burt admitted that the account the Pd.
soners gave of their conduct wag correct.
The Magistrate-agreed that the Serjeant's ceeduct
bad been meritorious ; but as there was net any proof
that the Prisoclere had been seen among the mob,
they were discharged. Some of the mob said they
bad mistakes the Chancellor's house for the Chancel.
ler of the Exchequer's.
' John Burlowe, a young man of respectable appearanee, was
brought tasthe.olice, charged with being coaceraed with the
mob assembled,ropp9site Mr. Robinson's 110010 in Burlington-
street, oh Tuesday night.
Daniel Herron, an assistant constable belonging to Unitas.
bail. stated. he was stationed with a number of other constablm
opposite Mr. Robinson's house on Tuesday night. Soon after
nine o'clock, a large mob *came into the street, and took their
stand opposite Mr. Robinson's house, calling oat " No Noble-
son," "No Cora Bill 1" they:then proceeded-to acts of violesm.
throwing stones, bricks, &c. lie saw the Prisoner pick upa
stone, and throw it' with each force at the house, that it split
the window shatters, and forced them open. He thco followed
the Prisoner, and with the assistance of another constable took
him into custody. About that time several fire-arms were dis-
charged out of Mr. Robinson's house, not by any of the mili-
tary, but by persons stationed by Mr. Robinsoa in it to protect
his property.
Ed ward Popham, another constable, corroborated the above
testimony.
The notes were both of opinion the mob intended to burn
demolished Mr. Robinson's house. .
The Prisoner most positively denied the charge.
Mr. Croft, of Osferd-street, attended, and gave the Presomm
a good character.—Committed fur further etuminatica.

A Requisition has been sent to the LORD MAYOR,
to convene a Common Council, for the purpose of
petitioning his Royal Highness the Paitica REoss?
against the Corn Law, provided the same should pass
both Houses. • . _ _

• A number of shop windows, in the Stratid, and
other public ,paets; bad yisteediy written papers
INA In them wltb-" No Corn Bill"—" No Corn
Live-4' Cheap Bread, and a good Trade."
A division of the East Middlesex Militia, which
was on its march to town, to be disembodied, has
been ordered to halt at Stafford until further orders.
The Petitions to both Houses of Parliament fro
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, against any alteration of
Corn Laws, were on Saturday afternoon finally clos
and on the following morning transmitted to town
for presentation. Each Petition was signed by
25,550 persons, and measured 60 yards in length,
and both occupied 148 skins of parchment. The
columns of signatures of the Petitions, which were
closely written, extended in length 2160 feet, which
Is nearly twelve times the height V St. Nicholas'
church steeple, and these were signed in about 24
hoop.—(Tyne Mercury.)
We are sorry to hear, that Cobham Park, the seat,
of Lord DARNLEY, has been burnt down. The fire
is attributed purely to accident.
The Duke of YORK has, within these few
ills
undergone an operation, in consequence of his ilk z ,
been severely afflicted for some time past with)i,'.
',ere nervous rheumatic pain in his head -end
His Hitness is completely recovered is coos ,

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