Star. — London, England, 1821-08-23 00:00:00

1 0 ' --- h o g;. has seen the °Meer once sin ce, and p assed two • sight of people coming up Park-lane; his master or words with him. He told witness to pay for the beer dered him To put up tire shutters. He had a shutter the men had had, and lie would send the money in his hand, but he called to his master's son to let down the following day. This was all that passed, him in, as the people crowded so much upon him and was on the 15th. Nothing was said about to he could not do it. lle went in doors, and the rest transactions on the 14th. jof the family having goiv!. up stairs, he followed ; 13y Mr. Its Nso N.—Did not see him fire on the 11th. and the first thing that attracted his attention, as he By Mr. Sheriff WAITILMAN and Jurors.—lie is a looked over the v. indow, was the soldiers with drawn young man, with rather a healthy complexion; saw swords driving amongst the people. One horse sbl the Procession from the windows of nil own house; dier was endeavouring to ride on the pavement; he saw the first closing of the gate by several persons; spurred his horse to trample the people down, at the the mob, to the best of my belief. 1 saw the people same time the people were throwing bricks at the close the gate;; I saw the soldier; then attempt to soldiers. Witness went away from the window that force them open, before the Procession arrived at the he might not see the people cut down by the swords; gate. At this time saw the mob throwing stones at then he heard firing in about two .or three minutes. the soldiers, and hitting the horses. Saw several of He went to the window, and saw a man carried past the soldiers struck, and one knocked off his horse. dead. He was so alarmed, that he ran to' the room Saw an attempt to force the gates too a second time where his master's son (the last witness) was, and by Or: . mob. Saw the Guards come through into told him the soldiers had commenced tiring hlaa i.t.ford-street; and observed several of the soldiers cartridges, and he wished him, and a nother Lady hit with bricks, and one man was knocked off his who was with him, to keep their heads in, lest they horse. Some hundreds were thrown; they flew as should be shot, and the Lady thanked him very po thitk as hail ; they were thrown from the Park side; litely; he then went up stairs again to the second I saw none from the other side. When the leading Hoare and looked out at the window, and saw the horse of the hearse came through Cumberland-gate, soldiers close to the turnpike, on this side the way. I observed the bridles seized by several of the mob, He thought they had formed in a square. They and they were turned towards St. Giles's. All this seemed to be firing in different directions. The time the stones were flyirg, and several struck the hearse passed through the gate just at the time the hearse. There was very little, if any, intermission, horse soldier was on the pavement. Some men had I saw the ::Wards, after some difficulty, turn the laid hold of the horses' heads, as if to get it down bear , ...! round again, to go up the Edgeware-road ; Oxford-street. There was a man with colours in his recoiled seeing several of the soldiers struck; one hand just close to the house at this time. He was Juan in particuFar I saw struck by two bricks in the knocked down; witness did not see hinr knocked back ; whether it was the same man who threw both down, but saw him get up end wave the colours to bricks I cannot say. I saw the Officer who com- and fro. He saw no bricks thrown whilst they were mended, Lieutenant Gore, struck five or six times ; firing ; then the Procession passed on, and the people to tire best r.f 'my belief this was ten minutes • tore vanished away. Did not hear the Riot Act read, the firing commenced. I saw several soldiers the in nor see any Magistrates attending or expostulating the air, especially in the first round. Cannot say with the people. how many shots were fired in the first round. From fly Jurors—Did you know the Officer who ordered the-crowded state of the streets, if they had not fired the beer?—When the Officer came to give the order in tire air, there must have been morel:West; there he mentioned his name to his master's son: he said were some thousands assembled round Cumberland- his name was Gore; have not been summoned any pate and the adjoining paths; believe there were where before. His master has not made any obser twe thousand. From whit: I saw, be ore the firing rations to him; it would have been useless for him to commeuced, I believe the soldiers lives were in danger. hare done so; no man on earth could make him de- By Sheriff eVAITUMAN.--1 had not seen Lieutenant riate from the truth. Gore for setae time below the 14th of August; but 1 By Mr. HANSON—My master was up stairs two have no doubt the Officer was Lieutenant Gore. I or three minutes before me, and might have seen am certain I - saw a soldier knocked off his horse, not something before I got up stairs. At the time the from a fall of Ole horse. I cad swear, that at the soldiers were dispersing the people, 1 saw brickbats time the soldier lea his horse did not. I cannot say thrown; I was not long at the window, and did not . whether the soldier was Bfue or lied. I cannot say see many thrown. I saw a soldier down below his whether it was before the hearse passed the gate or horse, but whether he wae ! knocked off or not, I can after. Saw a banner, but cannot say in what part not tell. If my eyes did not deceive me, I think it of the Procession; did not see a man at the corner of was one with a blue cloak. I saw some with red Park-lane, with a banner, cut down by a soldier.— cloaks struck with brickbats and stones; that was he- Heard a cry of Murder r near Cumberland-street, fore the firing; I did not see the people attempt to but did not see the man shot ; did not see the soldiers stop up the Edgeware-road ; I was on the same side brandishing their swords at the time the gates were of the way. Saw the gates shut before the Proces shut; they had their swords in their hands, but I did sion came up ; but did not see anything of theopen- . not see them cut at the -people ; I did not hear the ing of them. Mr. Sheriff WAITIIMAX.—I was not at the win-, 'not Act read. By Jurors.—Lieut. Gore's father had not lodged at dow above five minutes; did not see which corn-1 wltnese't house for the last three or four years, nor menced, the throwing of stones or the brandishing ht.. iae btee a customer. I have seen Lient. Gore's of swords ; I did not see an hundred stones thrown ;1 en:e once the I tar.. Some part of the co..- I saw about twenty ; saw more thrown after the firing vet satice to this transaction. The General commenced; I did not see anybody fire, I only heart ryzreie asled me is I saw the business of the day, the sound. If I was to consider all I saw, in all direr rind sa:d vet ;he did not ask me to withhold or to tions, in the Park, and so forth, I think there were lee my answer. I was in the Barracks yesterday ; about 100,000 persons. About Cumberland-gate there I received a printed papei about half an hour before must have been thousands. I saw the soldiers strike! I went: Yesterday; it was delivered at my house, and at the people, but did not see them strike any one. l , I was hurried away immediately; a man came fur My master was at the whitlow at the time the man me, and hurried me away ; I do not know by whom with his colours was down ; ',taw the man who was I was introducer ; I was taken to a public-house at killed, but did not see auy Officer by at that time ; Knightsbridge, and my name put on a regular wit- persons remained twenty minutes or a quarter of an Less-card; was not in the room with all the wit- hour afterwards. • tresses; I asked one of . the Guards to let me stand The examination of this witness having concluded, outside, I was so M arm ; I don't recollect that 1 was some of the Jury suggested the propriety of adjourn atked if 1 had bean examined ; I gave the ticket, and ing, it being half past nine, and one of the Jury, Mr. was ordered to pass on. I do not know the public- Moor, very unwell. house, nor did I sec any one I knew there. I was Mr. Sheriff WAITIISJAN said, he had some wit-' taken into the Barrack, I did not know why; I was messes in attendance, who were anxious to give very called in turn, after having been detained four hours important testimony, but he 'would not press any and a half, and then taken through' the line of troops. thing. He then suggested, that as Mr. Stafford had I had understood that other witne.aes went there to , not yet attended, and, perhaps, when he did, would swear to the Lien. Witness told the person at the l not sufficiently identify the persons pointed out, it publichoase he had not been exeinhied, and could would be better to summon the Adjutant again. not swear to any man. A soldier accompanied me This suggestion was adopted, and the Jury then up the lines; saw some lientlemea in plain cloaths, adjourned to two o'clock on Friday. who spoke to me, and asked use my name; they went part of the way round with me. The soldiers at the door of the Barracks did not know me ; I was not admitted till my ticket was examined. When called to go up the line, I told them I had not been sworn, and could not identify any m a tt; I told them this, and that it was not necessary for me to go. Upon . my. oath I did not see Lieut. Gore. I did not go all the way up the line; I did not pass up with a view of identifyint; any one; 1 was told 1 was to identify the person woo shot the man ; and as .1 did not see him shot, I told them it was useless for enc to inspect the troops, for I should not know the man if I saw him. t did not see Lieut. Gore shoot at all. By a Juror—l did not see any ( M iicer who resem bled Lieutenant: Cove; Lieutenant Gore might have been in thc but I did not look at him. 1 looked at neither men nor offscers • I walked op the line, and out at the other end; ' I saw the soldiers riding up and blown the street ; I saw one man on the footway ; he ha d his sword in his hand, hut I don't think Ile intended to strike any one. The firing teak place after the dry..: se passed tharugh the gate. By Mr. 'lVArtial.V.: —Have you said to any one, . within the lase three hours, does Han son met me again—L ::and eao:.1311 of it yesterday . I do nut recollect iirenticaiug any name; I recollect saying something hke it, but I don't knew who sum mooed me to-day. • Mr. HA N4o::—Who summoned him to-day! have no doubt the same party summoned him yes terday. 1 knew nothing of hint till A found hint hem Ati:Trlts CaltieA—Ti ' s witness was a Sccachatan, and objected to being sworn in the English form, but desired to be sworn by the ;twin observed in tkotland, which lean ire explained, saying. he did not consi er tile .7iglish cad , . binding. After some explanation, huwever, he consented to .be sworn in the usual way. The examination then proceeded.—lle is porter at the tl t ele Valk itetel. -He corroborated the state ment tat lornier witness as to the Officer desiring hi master, the last witness, to send for some porter. r. itnete went hee it. He had been looking out all seat tot the aa4 boon after saw a terrible ADJOURNED INQUEST ON G. FRANCIS. THIRD DAY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 43 . The names of the Jury were called over shortly after three o'clock. Mr. Little was excused from at tending, in consequence of indisposition. The'CosoxEß then informed them that he had re. ceived a letter from Mr. Hobhouse yesterday, stating that the regiment of Life Guards could not be ready for inspection before two o'clock, instead of half-past eleven, the hour first appointed. Mr. HARMER said the witnesses were there before that hour, and detained until very late, and several of them were not permitted to enter the barrack-yard. One of the witnesses, he stated, had been ill-treated. lle further stated, that a person named Young, a pri vate in the Guards, could identify the person who shot the deceased. Mr. HaNSON objected to this as improper to be told the Jury, as Young was not in attendance. J. ilt:7ukesworth examined the Life Guards yester day; but he saw so many with pale faces, that it would Live been hard for him to swear to the man who fired a'. the deceased. There were a great many drawn up, four deep. Mr. BARMIER then applied for a warrant from the Coro der to bring up Young to give evidence, as he understood he was reluctant to appear, although he had stated he could identify the man who had shot the deceased. The Coroner issued the warrant. William Spratt attended yesterday to see the Life Guards, between eleven and twelve o'clock ; but it was nearly dark before he saw the Regiment. They remained in the kitchen, under ground; and, while there, he saw the Officer three times who shot Honey. He saw him again about seven o'clock; but there was another so like him, that lie could not swear to him. He could not swear to the man who shot irancis. The Magistrates and Officers were bustling about, and the men were on different horses, and some without cloaks, that he could not tell which was Wm& He was asked, if this and the other was the man ? which confused hini. He did not know the Officer's name ; and he repeated, that he saw two so much alike, that he could not then swear to him. Ile saw the Officer going into the stable, and then charged him with being the man who shot Honey. Every time he passed the room in which the \vit.- , n csses were, he darted into the stable, and the door was shut. He did not know whether anything had been use; to make these two Officers look alike; but one of them, he would swear, was painted ; lie was quite a milk-white before. The Foreman of the Jury—You should have car ried a sponge in your pocket I Mr. HARMER—Why did you not ask for his face to be washed ?—(Laughter). Witness resumed—Some ofthe soldiers were muffled up in their cloaks, so that you could just see their eyes, nose, and month. The whole was a shufling con cern, to prevent the witnesses hom identifying any of them. The two Offices had small mustachios. Cross-examined—None of the soldiers of the Life Guards that he saw on the loth had their cloaks on. A Juryman wished the Adjutant and muster•roli of this Regiment ; and Mr. Ilanmpa raid, he hoped the Coroner would require his attendance. this was acceded to on the part of the Coroner, and lie issued his warrant accordin2,ly- J. Norris, is a carpenter. living at No. 11, street, Clare-market. Ile was in the Pee:, and saw the Procession of the Queen's funeral. Tke:c was contest at Cumberland-gate between the people and the soldiers, about opening and shutting the gate. There was ea strong eonteit fur some time. There was a man pointed out some blood to a Life Guardsman, and the latter desired him to move, but he would not ; and the soldier made a cut at him. This was an Officer that insisted on the man moving. Witness saw blood on the ground ; the Officer cut the man several times, an.: he bled from the head. He did not see the :ran his hand against the soldier; the man was dragged away apparently insensible on his horse, and thea t.:12 Procession passed through the gate. The people stooped and took up the stones, and used them, or anything they could get, to throw at the soldiers. He saw large stones and brickbats thrown fro;n the Park on the soldiers. They were as likely :o hit the people as the soldiers. The sol diers then in about half a minute fired on the people. One of them knocked off witness's hat with the flat side of his sword. The people were getting away in all directions. Witness saw no one order the soldiers to move or to fire; nor did he see any Magistrate or Peace Officer admonishing the people or the military. When the Life Guards went away down the Edge ware-road, all was quiet. Cross-examined.—The people shut Cumbealand gate when the soldiers opened it; the ]tome of the man who was cut was light brown, tot grey. The conduct of the soldiers seemed to irritate the penis's.. ti's hen they came to Tottenham-court-road, an inti mation was given to the people to separate. This was an hour and a half after wards. The Inquest was here adjourned for a considerable tinte; whets the Jury returned, J. of Sloane-street, baker, deposed, that he was near Cumberland-gate, in the Park, at the time of the Procession ; it was stopped there, and the people were pulling the railings up. A regiment of foo:, soldiers came up and dispersed the people. Ile saw no firing until after that, and no stones were eirown until the firing commenced. The were thrown from behind the brick wall in the Park ; he did not know whether the stones were part of the wall which had been pulled down, or not. Witness, saw the deceased lying on the ground, and taken to the Toll house. A footman was the first that came to his assistance. He saw no Peace Officer. Cross-exa:;;i:red.—He did not assist in pulling down the railings on the wall; he saw no stones thrown before the firing commenced. The deceased turned over, and groaned much. This closed the case ter the prosecution ; and Mr. l HA N YON then called R. B. '!'isle.—Lives at. Hyde Park-corner ; has no . particular settled residence. If they wanted to know where his property was, it was in Bristol. His last place of residence was at Westbury, in Gloucester shire; that was five years ago, and since then he has no settled place of residence. He had an office 1.1 Cannon's Marsh, in the parish of St. Augusta, Bristol. His clerk's name there was R. Hathaway. He was at the Hyde Park Hotel on Tuesday week, nearly opposite Park-lane ;he was in the front room of die third story, and saw all that passed at Cumberland gate. The first thing he saw was the Park-gate closed, when the hearse was half way between Grosvenor and Cumberland gates ; the people closed the gate. There were soldiers stationed in Oxford-street, but no sd diers,of the Procession had passed through the gate before it was closed. The soldiers who had been in Oxford-street made an attempt to open the Nate, and the people began to pelt them with stones and pieces of brick. By a Juryman.—Did you see this, Sir?—lf I had not seen it, I would not have said so. The soldiers got the gate partly open, but were pelted during the time from the wall adjoining the gate, with bricki torn from the wall. The hearse at this time . was on the Green, in the Park. After the gate was opened, the Life Guards passed through a-head of the Procession. They then endeavoured to clear Oxford-sire:., and the people ran one way :tad the other. They did nothing to the people that he saw, except riding their horses among them.— The Procession then passed the gate, and proceeded towards :he Edgeware-road ; but is the middy of Oxford-street the people seized the heads of the horses in the hearse, and wined the leaders up Ox ford-street. The Life Guards then came, and drove the people from the horses ; and while doing so, at the hearse and the Guards was thrown one complete shower oft)! ickbats and stones. He had seen the soldiers striking at the people with their swords. lie could not say in what direction they cut, but he saw no one cut! down. They flourished their swords about. The heave was then moved towards the Edgeware-road. Bcfoi e the flourishing of their swords he repeatedly saw Owl Life Guards struck by stones dimwit by the people. if be shutting the gate was the commencement of the affray. While the hearse stood oppo s ite the Duchess of Marl borough's house the firing commenced. he thought it was ten minutes between the first pelting with stones and the commencement of the firing. Before the sol-1 diets fired the people also pelted from the inside of thr Pak ; and antral tor 3U yards of the Pak iron-railing was taken down by t: • 4M. Tie heard - Ile crash of its fall, but he could not tell whether it was accidental or not. The people still continued pelting from that situ:ttion. Ti.e soldiers then commenced firing, and bet Ween serenor - eigh . , of the pistols were tired directe.d in the air. He saw a man fill nearly oppo , :ize the Ditches; of Marlborough\ The troops at first' behaved temperately, and aid no: seem to wish to interfere with the pet,pie ; but as the pelting with stones increaced, the actin of the troops in-. creased. He saw a soldier severely struck with a brickbat. He bad sight to give an opinion as to the temperate conduct of the military ; but he thought, that if aay in the Ingtte,t room had burn placed in the s:itne situat 7 on they ‘rottli; bare :ired before the soldiers did. The soldiers and the people were driving eac:t o.her about. • • Crosi•ex,-;‘,:::p.4.—}le did not say that all the sol diers fire.l in the air; some of them fired horizontally among vast :umbers of persons who did not certainly pelt them vita stones. The people threw stones at the backs of t.l,e col,i;ers. had never seen sol diers uttacke.: by the people before. Before the Pro. cession rot otrt of the gate he would swear that stones were thrown at the r.oldiers ; and Le SAW no one struck by A wilier beim , ' the stones were thrown ; but he would ~r;t ••A that %mi. 11.4 d Lot been the case,. _ _ !!e 01.)ula ato,ot :oil.) , or fifty shots weed ate:!. ii^ SAW 1:0 INla: N ictra!e or constables staves. trd not know Sir 11. Baker when he saw him. Vv ;Kit he saw the man fall he left the window for !Car ni the shots. Though the stones were laying in - all directions, he UM no windows 'a:often. Lie.:ter.ant and Adjuta. tT. 17 of the Ist Life Guards, was sworn; but he never `;ept a muster-roll of any but the Officers ordered on duty, and the number of men. Sir It. Bake: tent for a detachment to assist the Civil Power. The detachment was headed by Captain Oakes, and Lieutenants Story and Hall. He put in Sir R. Baker's letter, requesting the detach. meat to be turned out to assist the Civil Power at Kensington. There were .56 men besides the Officers, the Quartermaster, and the Trumpeter. He was not out at the time. This squadron was to be under the direction of Sit IL. Daher, an:: was urder his orders during the day. Hall was .ege.labout 22 or 23 years. Captain Oakes might be about forty, very tall, and Story older. He declined saying whether Hall was pale or red faced. None of theieOfficer s wore mus tachios. lie was at the Barr.:rks yesterday, and all the (Meets on duty on dint .1:•.y were out yesterday. He did not think any of the Officers would be so di honourable as to urea: paint. He saw Sprint look at an Officer, but he said he was not the man, and would not say what the Officer's name was. If the witnesses had pointed out an Officer, he was to put down the name ; but Spratt did not desire his name to be put down. The Officer hi looked at was neither Oakos Story, nor Hall; nor did he think that there was ar.y other Officer in the Regiment like :he one Sprats looked at. The Officer w;:s not ou. in the de-. taviiment of that day. lie was tired going round with twenty-flair witr.e:ses, one rz. a time; he had never such a fri.iguing day's y a Lis life. Spratt and the teller witnesses were allowcd I,? Birnie ' every indulgence to see the men. Some of the • sol diers were cloaked, and others uncleaked, as they were on the 14th. Their orders were, that their men should not act on such occasions but ander the Civil Power's directions. D. L'oa:nau, of Harley-street, Cavendish-square, a Student at St. George's Hospital. was at Cumber land-gate when the Processioa of the ',,tueen's Funeral arrived, and passed thiough the g ate from the Park before it. lie looked bac - k, and saw half the gate shut, afal the Gualds endeavouring to open it, while a man stood against it and resi,.ted them. There were several people about, but he remarked this man in paziticular. An Officer came up and spoke to him, and struck him several times; d.e man was on foot; he bad looked up in the Officei's .ace ; he had his arms fulded ar.d waist lea nincr ar , abw. he gate. He could not say whetter the Officer snuck the man with the list l part of his sword or not; b,zt lie saw no blood follow. Witness passed on an•.! crossed the way to the corner of Great Cnri:berlaad-s:iect, where he taw a man a hiraT. pa-tng-stone : I I told him not to throw is; but he went and broke it on a 2 ,as-:;crit, and threw a piece as big as a man's land, cloee by the body of Officer. He did rot think the he.kre was through Cuniberland-atc.— When he told the man to desist, he catered ar. impre cation against the soldiers, and said be would throw it. A person on horseback cried, " Close the gates! close the gates!" and vaned very active. Cro:s exennidee...—The man did not appear to be severely strnek, as he remained a'. the gate. He heard a cry of " Shame!" and *the ii: at stone he saw thrown was by the man who broke the paving-stone. lie heard no shots, nor any cry of Mulder:. lie saw a man go up and speak to the person at the gate, bat he did not see him have a stall: Ile did not see the soldiers riding about dispersing the people ; he FAW no blood from the man at the gate, but be would not swear that the blows would not produce blood; they appeared to be merely slaps. Here Mr. HaNsos applied for an adjournment, as lie had not any more witneises is attendance; and the Inquest was adjourned till to-morrow at five 0'4:10a. REPAIRS IC EA CUMEIERLAND-G AT IL—'fhe wall near Cumberland-gate, which was pulled down by the people on the - I -:411 inst. when attacked- by the military, was very low, and supported some iron rail ings, which were also pulled down with it. Several . men have been employed fur days past rebuilding the wall and fixing railings thereon, and yesterday the whole was iompleted, :pal the place assumed its original appearance. Several other repairs were also gone through. • 1.7 IN,TOS-Itx:.:—Ycqerday 11"4!!;(..2 /:evee. *pont miserable. loolkiog aIV W vp (on a net grazaki at the hl.t;;;.:Lion _to .11! IS . i.:;2-tt!CCt A k:CC..- c'ez-.;ed with vend- Lt Cat 11.,... :hap, it t-slrcet, a rmclil...olzs libel. The pi-L -SO:1c. W 7.; no: and w:!,tll::erfvre, committed the .13. n. of tat w... ovvi top o.::ute. - _ _ Extl.:ict of a letter, dated I)ublin, August 18 : . I. ...i.t.:y. Wil`..:l ME M .1J L•il li a - , - t 'veil it the citi b..rrier, on his t:ltert:rt..l Liar:: into DviiHn, ' Lor; live (to L: tit.? Fourth' i . G .- .. - ...1 ....a.c.:.3.y a - ircvailile, part (drat! cherw. Vce vary Co. Cii.:. 4, .7* t;tit of ..illeses, LoWt.ver, per.P:tzd in lkaw:!nt i , to the :a p:AS i.t.lt cf lab LEA ' Lon: iivt the Ki:,;; Ccurz,re ti.c First r &Bridle, wiitt a hamlet, who chaos! Lia:sei;into the office of d, tuast-ru,.;;;;r, Lt - enteted zo rectify the inaccuracy. He was, haweve,c, Lic.,nicaily cut slim/ by au e..clawatlon of ' By J—,, iyou may gall the Khig by witecver number youlii i:e, but, Mr. Bc•ttlt, Fit still call him Georze the First, for uuld Inland Lai a right to cal Lint the brit ut the (;:(VZCIi lit good carntst." o.