258 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



called in, to maintain peace, when 

 a life-guardsman was shot through 

 the cheek by one of the mob. 



9. By virtue of the speaker's 

 warrant, the serjeant at arms (sup- 

 ported by the military) forcibly 

 entered sir F. Burdett's house, 

 arrested him, and conveyed him 

 along the road, skirting the town 

 on the north to the Towtr. On the 

 return of the escort tlirougii the 

 city of London, the militaiy were 

 repeatedly assaulted, fired at, and 

 at length were compelled to fire in 

 return upon the mob ; by which 

 several lives were lost. 



10. Tiie coroner's jury returned 

 a verdict of justijiable homicide, in 

 the case of Thomas Bryant, an 

 old man shot by the military which 

 had formed the escort of sir F. 

 Burdett on the preceding daj'. 



11. A proclamation issued, call- 

 ing on all justices of the peace, 

 &c. to aid and assist in suppressing 

 all tumultuous meetings; and 

 offering a reward of 500/. for the 

 apprehension of any person who 

 had been concerned in firing at, 

 or wounding the military, in the 

 discharge of their duty. 



12. Another proclamation is- 

 sued, offering a reward of 500/. for 

 the api)rehension of the person 

 who had fired at Ensign Cowell 

 while on duty, on the night of 

 the 9lh instant. 



13. The coroner's jury return a 

 verdict of rvilful munler, in the 

 case of Thomas Ebrall, a young 

 man shot by the military in Fen- 

 church-stieet, on returning from 

 the Tower on the 9th instant. A 

 Stone, with the following inscrip- 

 tion, has since been erected to his 

 memory : — 



Sacred 



To the memory of 



THOMAS EBRALL, 



Who was shot by a Life-guardsman, 



on the 9th of April, 1810, 



In the shop of Mr. Goodere, 



Fenchurch-street, 



And died on the loth of the said 



Month. 



Thecoroner's inquest brought ina verdict, 



Murdered by a Life-guardsman, 



Unknown . 



"Thus saith the Lord God, My right 



hand shall not spare the sinners, and my 



sword shall not cease over them that 



shed innocent blood upon the earth." 



2 Esdras, chap, xv, ver. 21, 22. 



Capture of the East India Com- 

 pany's settlement of Tappanoolly, 

 bj- the French. 



14. The sword, buckles, and 

 straps, fell from tho equestrian sta- 

 tue of Charles I. at Charing Cross. 



15. A grand military inspection 

 in Hyde Park. 



Ifi. General review, in Hyde 

 Park, of all the cavalry in and near 

 London. 



17. Meeting of the inhabitants 

 of Westminster; the conduct of sir 

 F. Burdett approved, and the fol- 

 lowing petition was prepared and 

 agreed to. 



To the Honourable the Commons of 

 the Uinied Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, in Parlia- 

 ment assembled. 



The petition and remonstrance 

 of the inhabitant householders of 

 the city and liberties of Westmin- 

 ster, assembled in New Palace 

 Yard, the 17th day of April, 1810, 

 by the appointment of Arthur 

 Morris, esq. the high bailiff, in pur- 

 suance of a requisition forthatpur- 

 pose. We, the inhabitant house- 

 holders, electors of the city and 

 liberties of Westminster, feel, 

 mostsensibly, the indignity offered 

 to this city in the person of our be- 

 loved representative, whose letter 

 to us has fallen under the censure 

 of your honourable house; but 

 which, so far from deserving that 

 censure, ought, in our opinion, to 



