From the time you heard Mr. Hunt?—Not from the time I heard Mr. Hunt; he was speaking before I arrived.
Then from the time of the halt?—Two or three minutes.
When you saw them advance towards the hustings, with what speed did they go?—They were formed in an irregular mass. Those on the left advanced in some sort of order. They went on at first, for a few paces, at no very quick pace; but they soon increased their speed, till it became a sort of rush or race amongst them all towards the hustings.
Did you observe the effect that this had upon the people, whether it caused them to disperse or not?—They could not disperse instantly.
But on the outside of them?—On the right, in front of the hustings, they immediately began to melt away, as it were, as far as they could at the extreme.
The outward edge of the meeting?—The outward edge, in front of the hustings.
Did you observe the cavalry when they got first among the thick part of the meeting?—Their speed was diminished as soon as they came in contact with the dense mob.
Well?—But they worked their way to the hustings still, as fast, under existing circumstances, as they could.
From the place in which you were, I believe you had a very commanding view of the hustings?—I looked down upon it like a map.
I understood you, you had also been in a room below that, and looked through there?—I had.