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where he resided, working at his 

 trade of a blacksmith, when depo- 

 nent saw him last. 



"John Dennis. 

 " Sworn before me, at Corunna, 

 19th May, 1810. 



"J. L. Manjac, vice-con. 

 " Done in tlie presence of George 

 Digby, captain of his majesty's 

 shipCossack, andGeorgeWhite, 

 assistant-commissary. 



" ( A true copy.) 



"Geo. Digby.'' 



20. Orders issued by the Swed- 

 ish government, for cessation of 

 intercourse with lingland. 



21. Prorogation of parliament, 

 and consequent liberation of sir F. 

 Burdett, who evaded appearing in 

 the procession ; and Gale Jones. 

 Thefollowingaretheprincipal cir- 

 cumstances connected with this 

 affair : The prorogation being ex- 

 pected to take place this day, 

 great interest was excited on ac- 

 count of the procession, which it 

 was intended should have taken 

 place for the purpose of conduct- 

 ing sir Francis Burdett from the 

 Tower. The town was all in a 

 bustle during the whole of the 

 forenoon. Due precautions for 

 preserving the peace were taken 

 by the civil magistrates, and the 

 number of military assembled in 

 and about the metropolis was verj' 

 considerable. The 12th light dra- 

 goons arrived from Woolwich. A 

 park of arlillery was stationed on 

 the parade in St. James's park. A 

 regiment of horse was stationed in 

 Somerset-House, The volunteers 

 mustered strong in their respective 

 parishes, in consequence of circu- 

 lar letters having been sent to the 

 whole of the volunteer corps, re- 

 quiring each volunteer to appear 

 with arms, in full uniform on their 

 respective stations, for the purpose 



of assisting the civil power in the 

 preservation of peace, should their 

 services be required. A detach- 

 ment of the queen's dragoons was 

 stationed near the Asylum. 



The fineness of the day afforded 

 a favourable opportunity for the 

 populace to assemble on Tower- 

 hill, which they did at a very early 

 hour. Crowds were collected there 

 at eight in the morning, and all 

 along the line of streets from the 

 Tower to sir F. Burdett's house, 

 in Piccadilly, every point was 

 thickly planted with people to- 

 wards the afternoon. Every win- 

 dow and elevated station was oc- 

 cupied, and all eyes were eagerly 

 turned toward the east, whence 

 the spectacle so much desired was 

 expected to come. The display 

 of beautiful females could not 

 have been equalled in any other 

 city in the world. 



Most of the ladies wore the gar- 

 ter blue ribbon. From many 

 houses rods with ribbons of the 

 same colour were suspended. In 

 every convenient situation, wag- 

 gons, carts, and chairs, were filled 

 with well-dressed females. In Pic- 

 cadilly, &c. scaffoldings were 

 erected. A severe disappointment 

 was, however,experienced,ia con- 

 sequence of sir Francis Burdett 

 having declined to join the pro- 

 cession. Numerous bodies of the 

 Westminster electors began to re- 

 pair to the Tower about one 

 o'clock. A party of about 500, 

 from Solio, with blue cockades 

 and colours flying, proceeded 

 down Catherine-street and the 

 Strand, for the city. They march- 

 ed two and two, and invited every 

 passenger whom they met to join 

 them. They were met in the 

 Strand by the 12th light dragoons, 

 on their way to Hyde-Park corner. 



