Star. — London, England, 1821-09-01 00:00:00

I think my chnractr - i im l ,l7eated by the remark of the Juryman on your right, Mr. Coroner, I would ap peal to the Gentlemen rear me, if they hare seen anything disrespectful to the Jury in my behaviour. If tlrs! - e has been I am ready to apologise for it.— But having condtrcted myself in the manner I thought r espectlOl to a British Jury, it is cruel to make such a reflection on a young man." An es )Irtira..:na then took place, which ended to the sati• faction of the witnes., who then withdrew. The rest witaess was Thomas Colson, corporal of the Life Gnarls. Exa:nineil kg a Jurrpran:—l don't know tl:e name of the trumpeter who rsa> with the detachment at Cur/Iberia: Li-gate on the 11. th of An;ust.—l He handed in a list of the men who were on duty at Cumberland- Rate : —Corr.rral Haywood, Corporal Forge; Pri• vates, Sowersby, Linderley, Keys, Richman, Barrett, Gethone, Lyster, Picker sgill, and Wettenhall.)—They all belong to the same troop. Examined Ly Mr. .AnoLPIII'S.---They are hot all well at this moment. Sowersby is in the Hospital with shouldn blade broken. lie has been there since the 11th of August. There is a trumpeter of the name 6I I.nes in our Regiment. I have not the name or the trumpeter who was in our party. I did not see bim. I only know the man that I saw. I believe Jones is about '2(l years of age. A Jmymaa.—Will you she:, the Jury how you use the back of your sword ? Witness said he was not in the habit of doing duty which required of him to use the sword in that way. The next witness was George King, who had been examined before, sworn.—l tell you what it is, Mr. Coroner, I feel very much grieved that I was not al lowed to come into the room to see the Officer. Mr. Anhurnes.—Stop, stop! Now, Mr. Coroner, is this fair or regular? E. e;r,iaetl by Mr. Plakie.—l have seen a person to-day, who I can swear to be the person that shot Honey. I saw him in this room. I was on the wall onosite the window of thi room when I saw him. I have rot seen him anywhere else to-day. 1 am quite positive that he was thexerson that discharged the pistol, the contents of which I cannot say were meant for me or for Honey. I saw him near about where I sit, or where that Gentleman sits (pointing to the Gen tleman near him). The witness occupied the chair where Lieutenant Gore had sat. Exam fled by ilr. A DOLNIUS.—Did you say any thing to any person when you saw this Officer ? Witness, to a Juryman.-1 do not know that lam bound to answer the question of any person but a Juror _ _ Mr. ADOLPIIVS repeated his question, and the wit ness refused a second rinse to answer. Mr. A eoeettus.--I now tell you that the Coroner Las ruled that I have a right to examine. Witn,:ss.—Then I'll answer you. Question repeated.— Answer—No, I did not. There was nobody with me when I saw the Officer. I have seen the Gentleman, hut I don't know his name. I have been here since two o'clock to-day. I came here of my own accord, on finding that the Officers were to attend to-day. Why did you use these expressions—" Mr. Coroner, I tell you what it is; I find myself very much erieved ?"-1 have been here since two o'clock ; 1 Lave but one arm ; I have very little to support my self but my pension and my daily labour. I can get but very little of that. I can't afford to lose my time, without some prospect of compensation. I came here voluntarily, without any person desiring me. I was not summoned. It might be about halt an hour ago since I was looking at the Gentleman in this room from the wall. It might be more. I had not a watch about me. I now live in Wild-street. I have lived there about eight months. I was, before that, down in Hampshire. I lived in Stockbridge, in Hampshire, before I came to Wild-street. I have Leen at sea five years. Question.—With whom did you live there ? Mr. Blakie.—Are you going to character, Mr. Adolphus ? Mr. AD:)LPITUS.—I am not; I am striving to get at facts. I do not found any examination upon these facts.l The examination proceeded. I lived there with Nlr. King, a brandy-merchant ; 1 he now keeps an hotel in Stockbridge ; I lived :betel about five or six months; I came from Whitchurch. I lived there about six months. Mr.Blakie.—lleally this is going too far for a Gen tleman who does not affect to implicate the character of a witness. lithe greatest vagabond on earth saw a. transaction and swore to it, he is a good witness. Mr. Aucernus.—l say so too ; but if such a cha racter swears to that which nobody else sees, I have a right to make such inquiries as I think may be of consequence hereafter. Several of the Jury objected to the examination. A Juror.—We ought to say boldly that we will not, permit it—we are men of business, and our time is not to be trifled with. A Juror.—lt is better for us at once to go into the next room and give our verdict. Mr. ADOLPH us.—Gentlemen, if you have made up your minds as to the verdict you shall give, I will not ask a single question more. The examination proceeded. With whom did you live at Whitchurch ?—I un derstand I need not answer your questions, unless the Jury think fit. The CORONER desired him to answer. Witness.—l lived with my aunt. I was five years at sea. I lived in London before I came to Wild street. I lived at Half-Moon-court, Stanhope-street, Clare-mat ket. What number ? Several Jurors.—Reafly this is too bad—we see the meaning of it. A Juror.—l think it is proper we should adjourn. Anotanius.—l object to your adjourning until I have done with the witness. A Jaryman.—l should like to know really what right Mr. Adolphus has to exemine at all. He talks of his lights. I wish he would give us chapter and verse in support of his pretethion.s. Mr. ADOLPHUS.—I certainly will do no such thing. The Court has ruled that I have a right to examine, and 1 certainly will not suffer any man to dispute it. The examination by Mr. ADOLPHUS proceeded. Witness.—llefore 1 went to Whitchurch, I lived at Plymouth -dock. Part of the time I was on board a vescrl, the reit I lived in Queen-street, Plymouth-dock. Mr. Arementis.—These are the weighty questions then that have caused this furious heat a interruption. The witness haniA in tiro certlFcates: ene from the Commander of the Nantilifs and Rochester—the other from the Master of the Peacock, on board of which he lust his arm in action with the Hornet, both testifying that he behaved himself with great honesty and propriety.—He was then further examined. By Mr. A DOLPII US.-I was at the Hone Guards at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Sunday week. I fixed in my own mini on the individual who shot Honey, but. did not disclose it to anybody. That was the same person I seen to-night in this room. Last Sun day week was the dAy, lam sure. It was the Sun . day after the Queen's funeral. The window was open when I saw the Gentleman in this chair. lam po•i;ive that the man whom I saw here is the person that shot Honey. He is the individual I saw and pointed out on Sunday week. He was in uniform on Sunday, and was relieved by the Oxford Blues. Sanzad Gicca, who had been examined, was the next witness sworn. Examined by Mr. Blakie.-.4 saw a person this even ing whom I knew was the person who shot Honey. I saw him this evening between six and seven, when he first came in. I saw him come in at the door. I saw him come out again. Did you see him in this room?—Not to discern him. lam quite positive that he is the person who shot Honey. I did not notice any person with him. One or two were after him, going in and out. Examined by the CORONER.—This was the individual I pointed out on the 21st, when I was so ill-disposed that I could not recognize him sufficiently.—(The witness •explained that he meant ill, or indisposed.) ' Examined by Mr. AD(iLPIIUS.—I was only looking at him a second or two on the 21st, at the barracks. You went there to examine?—Yes, butt was kept so long in the barracks that I was quite fatigued. I was not summoned here to-day. I was ordered to come here. I can't tell by whom. I was ordered to come. I came here about hall-past one o'clock. I came in company with two young men. Examined by Mr. lilakie.—l was kept in confine ment in the barracks from about two o'clock till seven in the evening, and had not any refreshment from nine o'clock in the morning. The next witness was William Sprott, who had been examined already— sworn. Examined by Mr. Fllakie.—l have seen the person this night who shot Honey, and I can swear to him. I saw hint between six and seven. I saw him in this Iroom. He Has sitting, I think, in the place where I now sit. I was looking in at that window (pointing i to the front window). I was not close to the window. II am sure I was near enough accurately to discern his person. I was one of the witnesses that went to inspect the soldiers at the Barracks. I did not select any person there. I stopped at two. lam positive that the Officer I saw to-night is one of the two. I select him out more than the other because I am po sitive he is the man. I saw this Officer fire; I saw the man shot dead by the discharge. I saw two men at the Barracks, either of whom I thought was the man, because the other had put some colour on his face to make him appear like the Officer who shot Honey. I would nut decide till a future time. I have decided now. Examined byaJuror.—Nobody outside said, in con versation to me, or in any way, that that is the man. By another Juror.—The reason why I did not men tion about the colour at the.barracks at that time was, because the Coroner said I would have sworn to the' man that passed the door, right or wrong, and I de-' dined saying a word about it. Examined by Mr. ADQLPHUS.—I was examined twice before this Jury. I was not examined since the inspection at the barracks by this Jury. It was the other Gentleman that had his face coloured, and not he 1 saw this evening ; I do not know who that person was. I looked at these two men. I stopped before the last man twice. I was positive it was he, though I would not swear to him then. I did not mention to the Adjutant at the time that the person had his cheeks painted. I was ordered to come here to-day by the Gentleman who summoned me on Wednesday. He told me I was to come here to-day. Examined by a Juror.-1 was about ten minutes ' making my examinations of the soldiers at the bar racks. I was looking at these two Officers about five minutes, both times. I went round twice. A Juror.—Mr. Adolphus is repeating to his Soli citor that he will transport two of the witnesses. I think this most improper. Mr. ADOLPHUS.—No person could hear it except one who chose to overhear it. A Juryman.—Witnesses are not to be intimidated in this way. Mr. ADOLPHUS said, that the witnesses could not hear it ; it was a communication between him and his Solicitor. " If we proceed in this way," he con tinued, ~ I ant sure it will be necessary to have the Jury empanelled." I 1 Juryman.—We are men that will not submit to be, brow-beat by Mr. Adolphus, or any other person. We have a spirit above it. Another Juryman.—We really must find another place for Mr. Adolphus besides one amongst the Jurors. Mr. Blakie intimated, that though he had a list of thirty persons in his hand, he certainly would not call them. It was his intention to call the trum peter, the two corporals, and the ten men whose names had been given in. The CORONER then declared that it was impossible for him to sit in that place another day. One of the Jurymen undertook to find out a proper place before Monday, and communicate it to his brother Jurors and the witnesses in convenient time. The Court then adjourned, at eleven o'clock, to two o'clock on Monday. SURREY SUMMER ASSIZES—CROYDON. Wednesday, the Assizes for this County finished, and here ended the Home Circuit. HUGHES V. COURTENAY. This was an action to recover the sum of £4O, the amount of a bill run up at the last Epsom Races, at the house of the plaintiff, who keeps the Spread Eagle, at Epsom. It was proved that the. defendant, a Lady going by the name of Mrs. Courtenay, put up, w►th he► carriage, four horses, and servants, at the plaintiff's house, during the Race week, and incurred a bill Of A:4O, in giving dinners, &c. to parties. She lived in a handsome, dashing style, and was a great belle on the Course. On acing away, however, she forgot the ceremony wf payii.„— the plaintiff's demand, and the present actioil was the consequence.—There being no defence, the plaintiff had a verdict for £4O. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURD 11, SEPTEMBER 1, 1821. INTERMENT OF HER LATE MAJESTY. The last saJ duties to the remains of her lamented MAJESTY have been performed, and CAROLINE of BnuNswicK, "the injured QUEEN of ENGLAND," now sleeps with her fathers. The particulars of this mournful solemnity, which we subjoin, will be read with deep interest. The conduct of the people of Brunswick, on this occasion, does honour to their sensibility; and shews that between them and the British Nation there exists but one opinion as to the fate and character of the illustrious deceased. BUXTEHUDE, AUGUST in. Leaving Stade at an early hour this morning, the Procession arrived in the course of the afternoon at Buxtehude. Great part of the main road was in so bad a condition that the carriages were obliged to proceed through lot ests and across commons, at the imminent and constant risk of being overthrown. The spectacle of an English hearse and mourning coaches, in such a situation, might naturally have been expected to excite the curiosity of persons who witnessed such objects for the first time; but a deep sensation was apparent even in the most unlettered peasants who approached the cavalcade. About a quarter of a mile without the town, the citizens and Magistrates met the funeral, and attended it bare headed to the church, where it was deposiied for the night. SOLTAU, AUGUST 22. The strong interest which the people of this coun try take in the fate of the late Queen becomes every day more apparent. Persons come from immense distances merely to see the coffin and depart. The Procession was met on its coming to Soltau by the citizens and Authorities of the place, in the same manner as at Buxtehude ; and twenty young girls, habited in white, strewed flowers before the hearse. The Lancers, who had accompanied the funeral from Stade, were here relieved by a detachment-of Hussars. CELLE, AUGUST 23. An affecting incident has occurred upon the passage from Soltau to this town. Halting in the middle of the day at the town of Bergen, the mourners entered a house for the purpose of reposing themselves. The Commandant of the place, Colonel Friegen, waited upon them, to bid them welcome ; but was for some time absolutely unable to speak from emotion. At length, in a few words, which sufficiently, however, expressed the nature of his feelings, he told them that in the very room which they then occupied, he had, in the same month seven years before, received the Queen of England when she came to meet her bro ther, the late Duke of Brunswick. A vast number of persons who were collected inside the house re membered the fact as well as the worthy Comman dant, and bore testimony to it with their tears. Some of the most respectable inhabitants of the place re quested, as a favour to the multitude, that the hearse might be opened for a moment : their desire was complied with. At Bergen the Hussars who accompanied the fune ral were relieved by a guard of Cuirassiers; and the entrance of the cavalcade into Celle was marked by demonstrations of the highest regard and attention. The Authorities came out to meet the Procession.— The bells were tolled ; the streets were lined with soldiers ; girls again strewed flowers before the hearse; and the coffin being carried into the great Church of the city, was placed (by a singular coincidence) upon the tomb of the unfortunate sister of George 111. Matilda, Queen of Denmark. OFFAU, AUGUST 24. About noon this day the Procession, on its way to Brunswick, was met at Offau by the Count Alden slaben, Grand Chamberlain of the Court. That Offi cer intimated to Lord Hood and Dr. Lushington, that he wished to make arrangements for the inter ment—which was to take place upon the same even- ing. Lord Hood and Dr. Lushington resisted a pro posal which appeared to them inconsistent with the respect due to the illustrious remains placed under their charge. They wished that the body should at least lie in state during the ensuing day. The Grand Chamberlain, who evidently wished to shew all possible respect to the memory of the Queen, and who spoke of her with the deepest regret and af fection, declared, that under the arrangements made (upon which he was bound to act), the interment was to take place without any previous ceremonial in the way of lying in state : he farther stated, that it had been the invariable custom in the family of the Dukes of Brunswick to bury at midnight. Dr. Lushington still refused to acquiesce, on the ground that the mourners attending the Funeral, many of whom were Ladies, could not prepare themselves so early for the ceremony : it would be impossible that they should enter Brunss?ick with the Procession, and pro ceed at once to the place of interment. Count Al denslaben stated, that an immense concourse of per sons, who were collected in Brunswick to witness the Funeral, would be disappointed if it did not take place on that night; and that, by the regulation laid down, the body, if not buried that night, could not be permitted to enter the walls of the city. It was they agreed that Lord Hood, with Dr. Lushington, Lady Hood, Lady A. Hamiltoe, Mrs. Lushington, and the remainder of the mourners, should at once go forward to Brunswick; that the Funeral Pmcesr sion should follow, so as to arrive at ten at night at the gates of the city; and that, at that time, the pet sonages attending and officiating should go out to meet it. This arrangement was decided upon. The Mourners went forward ; and the hearse, with the mourning- coaches, continuing its slow and solemn course, arrived about ten o'clock at the outer bar Kier, BRUNSWICK. The people of Brunswick had received no intima- tion that her Majesty was to be buried in the tomb of her ancestors till the Thursday evening, when it was announced that on the ver) next night the funeral was to take place. The Authorities, and the general population, equally expressed disgust at this precipi- tate interment of their illustrious and beloved Prin- cess ; but it was understood that the order was pe remptory, and could not he disputed. Much mystery seemed to exist as to tliesource whence order emanated; but the scheme, from what. ever source, utterly failed of its intended effect. The enthusiastic regard of the Brunswickers for their So vereign's Family, and their particular affection for the deceased Queen, were too deeply rooted and ge nuine to require any formal notice of preparation.— In an instant a population of 40,000 persons, though without the possibility of concert, seemed actuated by one resolution to show how much sincere respect exceeds the official sorrow demanded by a Govern ment Gazette; and determined by « t!leir swift un bespoken pomp," to put to shame all the elaborate preparations of a College of Heralds. Ten o'Clock, Friday Night, August 24. At this hour Lord and Lady HooJ, Lady Anne Hamilton, Dr. and Mrs. Lushington, and Mr. and Mrs. Wild; and the other mourners who had pre viously arrived at Brunswick, were informed that the hearse with the mortal remains of the Queen had arrived at the outer barrier, about a mile distant from the inner barrier, or entrance into the town. They immediately ordered their carriages, and pro- ceeded to the place provided for their reception, which was a large room on the ground floor of an Inn. In the middle of the road, opposite the door of the Inn, stood the hearse, guarded by an escort of the black regiment of Brunswickers, at the head of whom the late Duke, the brother of the Queen, fell gallantly fighting at the battle of Waterloo. It was now eleven o'clock, and Sir George Nayler was preparing to marshal the Procession, when the Grand Chamberlain and the Commandant of the town presented themselves, and desired a few minutes' conversation with Sir George and Mr. Calvert before the Procession should begin to move. They stated that they had an urgent request to make on behalf of the people of Brunswick : it was, that a deputa tion of respectable citizens might be permitted to draw the funeral car. Mr. Calvert, who from the beginning of the voyage had behaved in a manner at once characteristic of good sense and gentlemanly feeling, immediately assented to what he considered a most reasonable request; but Sir George Nayler began to express his disapprobation, though without assigning any reason. Captain Hesse here inter posed, and with an apology for his intrusion, asked, whether the request of the Citizens of Brunswick was to be considered as a mai k of respect or other wise? To this it was instantly answered, that it was certainly intended as a mark of the profoundest re• spect for the illustrious deceased. Sir George Nayler still maintained the appearance of opposition, but as he offered no remark, he was supposed to assent, especially when it was added, by the Chamberlain and Commandant, that they could not be answerable for the peace of the city unless this reasonable request was complied with. The horses were then removed from ,he hearq., and the coffin deposited in a magnificent open car, while about a hundred Brunswickers, well dressed, and having all the appearance of the respectable classes of society, placed themselves in tiont. in the most regular and tranquil order. The various mourners now ascended their carriages, and an order was given for the Procession to move. The scene that now presented itself, at once solemn and magnificent, baffles all description : no tainting could do justice to its striking effect on the eye, no poetry could ex press the pathos and sublimity of its moral eflect on the heart. The whole way from the outer to the inner barrier, a space cf little less than a mile in length, and about the breadth of Bl.taltiar s-road, was lined with a dense mass of people, not merely from Brunswick, but from the neighbouring towns and villages: some families had followed the funeral cortege from Celle, and others even front liamburgh. The front line of this immense assemblage cart led torches; and from the double rows of willows on each side of the road were suspended lamps of various colours, green, i-ed, and yellow. In the di , tance were seen the illuminated houses of Brunswick, ad ding, by the fantastic variety of their architectme, to the picturesque beauty of the scene, and by their un decayed antiquity reminding man ot the nothingness of his existence, in comparison even with the durabi lity of the commonest works of his own Innis. The solemn tolling of the bells, the suppressed sobs of the womor, and the deep silence of the men, added an awful and almost painful interest ; there w:3 room, however, for one pleasurable sensation, and that ot s the purest kit', and that wa , , that this homage paid