The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-04-10 00:00:00

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A. No.
Q. Did lie then make.avty Objection to he le-
gality of the warrant r. A. His only observe.
lions to me" were, as 1. before staled, that he
would write to the Speaker that evening, and that
he would be ready to receive me about It o'clock
Upon Saturday.
Q. Did you undeistand that to be an appoint.
Mont for going with hint to thoToWer, and that he
so meant it ? A. Yes.
Q. Did you understand that to be the mean.
ing of his answer to your letter also ? A. No
doubt. !
1 Q. Did you apprehend any resistance at that ,
time in the execution of your warrant ? A. No,
not from Sir F. Burdett; but from the multitude
about I did apprehend resistance.
Q. Was nut your expectitiou of Sir Francis
Burdett's compliance with the warrant your rea-
m-I-for not taking him into custody at the time
you saw him on Friday ? A. I certainly did ex.
pect that he would go with me.
Examined by a Member whose name we could not
learn.
Q. Do you recollect the terms of the letter you
addressed An Sir Francis Burdett? A. I believe I
du—l can repeat it I think-4 have a copy of it at
home—it was something to this effect : I apprised
Sir Francis Burdett that I had received a warrant
from the Speaker fur his .committal to the Tower,
which it being my duty as Serjeatit at Arms to ex-
ecute, I requested to know at what hour I should
wait upon him in order to accompany him there.
Q. Have you now the answer in your posses-
sion ? A. No—but after thanking me for what
he described as my polite letter, he stated that he
would write to the Speaker that evening, and would
be ready to receive mo about it o'clock, upon Sa-
turday.
Q. What precise amount of military force did
you conceive necessary or require to ena:ile you
to execute your warrant? A. My opinion upon
this subject at any time must depend;upon the state
of the town, and the appearance of a dispusitiou
to resist time.
Q. What precise number of military did you
require at any time, when and to whom did you
apply ? A. My first application f6r military assist.
ance was on Friday afternoon at the Secretary of
State's office.
Q. Did you make any other application for the
same purpose, when, and to what amount ? A.
Yes—last.night I required 300 infantry anti 500
cavalry.
Q. Did you at any time demand of Mr. Becket,
at the Secretary of State's office, au audience of
Mr. Ryder ? A. Never.
Examined by Mr. PERCEr AL•
Q. When you on Friday applied at the Secre-
tary of State's Office, did net Mt. Read tell you
1 that you ought to make arrangements with the
Lord Mayor as to an escort through the city ? A.
I believe it was upon Friday, and 1 answered be.
fore that I had not then niade such an arrange.
went.
Q. Did not Mr. Read then state to you that
without a City Magistrate to attend the military
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I rather thinkteam
Q. Did the Sheriffs shew any disposition to ' ebe 1
Ito execute the pede or to refuse rip any assistance in the lnh
Id be made to it, lion of the warrant? A. Nu ; they caeca, eel fir
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Amokd have any civil. hld
that you ,might Q. Did you perceive any . nce in the con.
liati
)1d SO. Joel cti the t‘t o Slierill's—tt as there any dist* t now I
a. Had you ever between them as to the °ITT of assistance "46°-
y a few words to A... There eas a couvers•ttion between
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ling ? No. .
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any, one more ready than the other to assist a
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dinner when I saw theta. As to any it' tor car. Doc
r evening, during rying deer warrant into effect,
to him in his pri- enc.:. in their diepoiition. Indeed, I asked aotete%
itnib'edm b. y.Sir CIFAIRLES PrtrCE. How
ad brought the re- particular ofat
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Sir Francis hart Q. is youe.commonication with the Lore May
rer the next morn- 4, bat answer did you receive from him ?K. 1: form
ed him (the Sr-i e deuced the utmost attention from him. 111. etch
the house of Sir sa a, I should receive any assistance in his power°
Tower before the to afford. The object of my eimallunieetion
's, return to him, ferret to the passing of the military through the ewe
tee
•rreed the Speaker city.
that
the warrant, and Q. Had you any reason whatever to doubt the woe
ild proceed in case disposition of the Lord Mayor to aid vita in the the:
rt him on the au- performance of your ditty ?A. On the COW, ry. d" ++
.nt ? lie told bins I saw every disposition to assist mu on his part': as 1
eation—" That he Examined by Admiral MARKMAN. II, f
d execute it in such Q. Do you know whether Government took Wd
.ocess of contempt any measures to make arrangements with the Lord wit,
c Speaker, was al- Mayor on the subject of which you have hem II i
every information speaking ? A. I believe the Under Secretary of
State communicated with the Lord Mayor epee sea
or directions. ,
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loubts as to execut- Q. Was it left to you alone to make then at. ult
orce ? I believe it rarigereents, and what steps did you take to lola it k
them ? I have already stated that I hada commie.
you not conceive cation with the Lord Mayor relative to the ar.
llt at
granted the military raugements alluded to, and I bad also coming.
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on yourself, and cations with hint through my Deputy. N'l
sight be liable to an Examined by General Lem vii
,new I was respell. Q. Was not your delicacy towards Sir Penis of
an of the warrant. Burdett the consequence of your recollection, froa
th
responsibility might being so bug an officer in the army, of the deli. se
aacy with which officers are treated when ordered ha
In your interview under an arrest ? A
f State, did he not The Serjeant at Arms hesitlted, and upon the /61
on very backward in stiggestion of the Speaker to the Hon. Generall
h
, and thereby en- he thought proper to withdraw his question,
cPu'in:eivrszau-tioti with Sir
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Q. Its yoEuxraintaitenreedobtilseMurr.
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Francis Burdett on Friday, did he tell you that tI
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rands Burdett,. had he would yield to your warrant on Friday with. I
hat he bad any In. out any resistance ? A. No ;he said merely u I
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la 4 the Warrant ? have before mentioned, that he would write to the
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Secaker, and be ready to receive ale abouttielve 1
Objection to the le- o'clock on Saturday... i
. His only observe. Examined by4ir Gnonos HILL; ' I
fore stated, that he Q. I ask you, whe 40er from the conduct of Sir
hat evening, and that Francis Burdett when, you saw him on Friday,
me about 12 o'clock coupled with his answer to your note, you did nut
expect that he would on Saturday ge to the Tower
at to be an appoint- with you without any resistance ? A. 1 thought
beToiver, and that he so certainly.
Hire the Serjeant was ordered to withdraw.
bat to be the mean- Mr. WHITBREAD wished to asi the Atter.
letter also ? A. No nu-General, whether any comMunicationlied both
had with him ? Whether he had been cossetted
ny resistance at that upon the subject of the Speaker's warrant, nay
sr warrant ? A. No, time, and by whom, before the case wee sahaaitted
mt from the multitude to him on the part of the Serie:set-at Arms ?
e. . The AT said, that le
tanc
:tatiou of Sir Francis had no objection whatever to answer, i( do
the warrant your rea- House desired it. He was, as Attorney.Geaeral,
s custody at the time ordered to attend, arid consulted by his Majestcey's
A. I certainly did ex. Council, upon Saturday evening, and his
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me. and kis answers to the questions put to him lea
lose name me could not such as he thought it his duty to give. - What d
substance of his advice cud atiswers was he ea
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rms of the letter you ready to state, if the house were of Opinion thd
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irdett? A. I believe II he ought to do so. •
—4 have a copy of it at Mr. WHTTBREAD could see no ground for
this effect : I apprised declining to answer his question as to the needed
had received a warrant hen Learned Gentleman's advice. Indeed it IP
ummittal to the Toner, red to him perfectly proper that the 0011_10
"ierjeant at Aries to ex- should be put in posseseion of it, and particular!
' at what hour I should of the questions put to the Learne
an .d Gentleman b
tecompany him there. the Cabinet, together with his :
answer in your posses- The SPEAKER observed, that the Lear
thanking me for what Gentleman having declined to anit would be Wlwer, and defer:
letter, be stated that he to the judgment of the Hoesee
r that evening, and would House to decide, whether he should be c.alled el
out it o'clock, upon Sa- to give any answer, if the
Iluo. Member Pie'
his question.
nt of military force did Mr. WHITBREAD thought the qto Teattr
;eenou„.
• require to enable you importance, and therefore begged leave _
A. My opinion upon The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHECV,,.
est depend;upon the state I doubted whether the House ought twat'res,te:
rearance of a disposition question. • The Attorney-General r I,r_ ,
pears, called upon in his official capaciii, 74.
ler of military dill yuu I consulted by the Cabinet, and the.objeet e"
n and to whom did you question was to obtain from him the rastert.eels
ication f6r military assist. les advice; but such an inquiry must be I„cm ,
noon at the Secretary of feet, unless the whole of whatpaped aethe_.."!, .
cal was gone into. He submitted that the Tale
other application for the der cousideration was nut of a grave-n°(11:0'31
id to what amount ? A. veiling the conduct of Ministers, es.te,u,
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ed 300 infantry anti 500 such proceeding, arising as it did quite incitact
out of the examination of the Serjeahtee s'.a.
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ne demand of Mr. Becket, —Although the House might en'
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,'s office, ale audience of occasions enter in its inquisitorial caPaeu
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r. the examination of ewe Cabinet Counsellor!'
Mr. PERCEVA t•
day applied at the Secre- frosted sctededeni it wfourouldgmbeecevsesrayrictya upt.i.o us o f
netralthesdttahb!lis:filerigncl
lid not Mt. Read tell -you of Cabinet *deliberations, ands issolvin 1." l'th.
SSldera
:e arrangements with the deuce which was so often reqsite to g
ivetions
'curt through the city ? A. deliberations effect. Front these co 0 eloio
✓iday, and I answered be- was that the House was generally
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a niade such an arrange. about examining a Cabinet Cow"e", t'eeeti.
trusted the motive which
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then state to you that *ould operate in this case. hhtsia. r
rate to attend the militery that the lion...Gentletnatt should not
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the city.—that without a .uarti.c.ohOr obiecuchich kii . (motion bad'
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