Which, in your opinion, was the better place for a correct observation of what passed after the meeting?—Decidedly, the highest room.
Did you watch the advance of the cavalry from their place up to the hustings?—I did.
Did you see either sticks, or stones, or anything of the kind used against the cavalry in their advance up to the hustings?—Certainly not.
Did you see any resistance whatever to the cavalry, except the thickness of the meeting?—None.
Do I understand you to say you saw them surround the hustings, or not?—Surround I could not say, for the other side of the hustings, of course, was partially eclipsed by the people upon it.
But you saw them encircle part?—Encircle part.
Did you see what was done when they got there?—Yes.
Will you tell us what it was that you saw done?—I saw the swords up and down, the orators tumbled or thrown over, and the mob dispersed.
In your judgment, what length of time elapsed between the cavalry first setting off into the meeting and the time of their complete dispersion?—Starting from their halt to the complete dispersion of the meeting, I should think from three to five minutes; but I cannot speak to a minute.
In your judgment it took from three to five minutes? You did not observe it by a watch?—No.