The National Register. — London, England, 1821-08-26 00:00:00

See the people try to stop tip Edgware ma. This witness was examined by Mr. \Waldman, but nothing material was elicited in addition to his previous testimony. A Juryman then suggested, that as it was late (half past nine) it would he better to adjourn. Mr. Waithinan slid, he bad witnesses in attendance who could give vet) , important testimony, but he did not wish to press their being called as it was so law. A Juror submitted that 11Ir. Stafford had not yet attended, and it ,was probable when he did, he would not be able to give the statues of the officers identified, it would be better to summon the adjutant again. This suggestion was adopted, and another summons was directed to issue. The luquest_Alten adjourned until two o'clock on Friday. [IIIIIII Dar.] On Friday at two 11% lock the Coroner took his seat, and the Humes et the jury having heen.ealicd over and answered to, the investigation was resumed. The first witness called was Mr. John Statiord, of Boa -street. Covent.gardeo ' chief clerk of the police•odiee thew, who stated only what took pines , at. the inspection. Mr. 'flamers Emans, Artjutant of the Ist Life Guards,ngain scorn.--Recollects the adorns Jones pointing out a person .-e-that person was Sub-Lieutenant Fletcher. He. did not point out any other person. He spoke tattier doubtfully, but witness did Slot take particular notice of any thiug Ise said. Mr. Pook was the next witness, he believed, who pointed out tray one. The person he fixed upon was Julia Hartley, a privet(' in the regiment, who was cloaked. Win. Cleaver pointed out Sub Lieutenant Core, nod s he had reason to believe that was the persuit''—but he seemed doubtful, and walked tinny. Witness recollects William Sprat', but does not remember his fixing first upon one officer and then upon another, He saw him point out Sub.lieutenant Lock, and he calked away. Henry Montague pointed out a pri vate. whose name was Fitiliow. He was uut cloaked:— William Alexander was present. tie wits a very young looking lad, and some people remarked upon his very hoy isli appearance, and expressed surprise at seeing such a boy theft.. Mr. Waithman —lle is as old as some of your officers, Mr. Adjutant. Be is IS years of age. Adjutant.—He seemed mach younger. A Juror.—llia age or appearance is of no importance.— He was a most intelligent and important witness, and we did not summon you to make observations, but to slate fiiels. Adjutant.-1 beg your pardon, Sir, 1 meant to niake no improper observati )))) ; and if I have done so, expunge it from your memory.—Francis Al‘Graw ran spoke to Lieut. S: 1. Cux. A Juror.—We had better have the two corporals. The Coroner then issued two SUIIIIIIOIIBOI fur the Colonel and two corporals. Robert Rayner, of 222, Oxford-street. primed that there were nu stunts thrown till after the soldiers attacked the people. The Foreman addressed the Coroner upon the ;nom iety of summoning Sir R. Baker, to have from him a Nether the riot act ails read ur nut, oil the 14th. E. Scott, of Jewiu-street, Cripplegate, stable-keeper, swurn.—He saw an officer shoot the deceased. A few of the Life Onards were stationed inside the gate. When the procession came up both the gates were fastened, but the soldiers opened them again, and began to cut away with their swords to drive the people back. He saw two or three young men at the corner of the gate hit by the soldiers with their swords. The procession passed ibro' the gate, and they still kept cutting at and driving the people from one part of the street to the other, As the procession passed through, he saw one of the. Oxford Blues' horses fall. At that time lie saw the officer riding towards Tyburu-gate, and saw him take a pistol, and hinting himself half round upon his saddle, he levelled it and tired. Witness heard the people call out, " you have shot a maw" The officer rode in among the soldiers, and soon after the tiring became goitre!. The people then began to assail the ',oldie's with stones and bricks, — The officer was a slight man ; lie saw him use his sword before he used his pistol. ie was about four or five yards front the officer when lie fired. He was a young slender man, lie should think him about 10, or two or three and 20 ; rather fall faced, and thick shout the month. His hair was rather light, and he had light co lourA whiskers. lie did not hear tine Riot Act lead. Thomas Rutherford, of Knightsbridge barracks, servant to Lieutenant Gore. He is what is called " bat-man" to Alr. Gore, and it is his duty to take care of his accoutre nients.—Mr. Cure has been flatlet:a months in the regiment. He never had curried pistols, he was such a young officer.— Ile was accoutered on the 14th of August with a sword, but uo pistols.—lle was dressed in the motel uniform of the regiment.—lt am usual for UthCA - 19 on such duty, to curry pistols; but Mr. Cure never had a pistol since he joined the regiment. Witness could swear that he had no pistol, either tit tits own or ur any other person's, is his holster, either a hen he went away from the ban acks or alien he returned. Ile had known DifiCCflk go °trilogy without pistols. Thai was on the King's duty. lle did not know whether dune ens any limited time betore an ollicer carried pistols alter he entered the regiment. Mr. Cole sometimes wore a cloak, but lie had no cloak no, an that (la). He saw the detachments mustered in the barracks,and he thinks that no per. •oulil have lent Min state. lie nabs Nib master there, but lie did out notice any of the other officers who %mit out with the de tachments. There were lire detarlitueuts out on that day.— Lieut. Cure was sent to tu whet Mail-gate by the Captain. Coroner.-1)u yeu know he was there to your own Isauswiedge only heard so. That part of his testinsuny was therefore expistsged. A Juryman.—Was Mt. Gore un the parade ou Tuesday at Knightsbridge barracks l—Wititess. Jurur.—%4 ill you *weal that e—Witste►,. I do not know whether he was there ur nut ! duror.—Do nut know I Remember, sir, you are upon your oath. Nas he these ur nut r—Witness. Mr. (ore was 'lsere. . ~'l A murmur of surprise ran through the r , and soy( ral Jill iii v ruse, and indignatilly declared that the evidence ul tins luau ought to be expunged altogether. The Fo.ensais said, that he never lit•as 41 such euntradiettuus iu the evi dence of as.y man in Isis life. Another Juror.—" He lias told deliberate falsehood " Another J.lllll . said " the ss dot... IS a pes juied man;" and a ilind tit elated "he ssas %sell off it lir vs as not com mitted fur perjury." The Furuniau said he shcs d nut du 1113 duty if he suffered THE NATIONAL REGISTER altogether. The motion was seconded. One Juror (Alr. Spices) objected to it, and said it ought to remain. Some discussion arose as to the precise nature of the contradictions of the witness, and Mr. Gurney was re quested to refer to his short-band notes, as the Coroner had not taken them down. The Foreman then asked what was to be done with Isis motion, and a Juror said it would be better to let the evi dence go forth, and they could act upon it as they chose. This was adopted. A Jaryman.—Did you ever shave your master?—He never was shaved ?--(A laugh.) Does he wear whiskers ?—I do not know ! It hat colour is his hair 1-1 do not know ! Has be any hair at all 1--Yes, he has hair, I know. Do you not know whether it is light or dark i—l cannot say; I never took particular notice 1 A Juryinan.—l asked him whether his master's hair was light or dark. _ _ _ 'Witness.—No, 1 beg your pardon ; you asked me the 31our of my master's hair ; it is dark ! Several Jurors. —Shocking indeed! Juror.—Do you know how old your master is ?—No. Juror.•—ls he 1.5 or 2i ?-1 can't say. Juror.—ls he 16?-1 can't say. Juror.—ls he 60?-1 can't say. Juror.—Then you can't say whether your master is 16 or 60 years of age ?—No, 1 cannot say ! When the Coroner was reading over the evidence of this witness, a Juror (Mr. Blakey) observed, that he bad omitted to take down his answer to the question as to whether he had ever shaved his master. The Coroner.—What has that to do with the murder of this man ? Mr. Waithman.—lt has to do with it. lie said his master had never been shaved, and that goes to prove that unfledged boys are sent out in the command of armed men when the lives of his Majesty's subjects are in danger. At eleven o'clock the inquest adjourned until two o'clock on Monday. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON TILE BODYOF GEORGE FiLINCIS. On Monday Mr. Higgs, the Deputy Coroner for the City of Westminster, gemmed the adjourned, inquest, on the body of George Francis, shot at Cumberland Gate on Tuesday week.—The Jury suet sit three o'clur k, at the Goat, Arabella place, Pimlico, where the inquest was held on Friday last. Mr, Harmer, ou this occasion, attended fur the friends of the deceased. The Coroner addressed the Jury before the witnesses were selainined, trod stated, that he had received a communication front the Secretary of State. Ile then read a letter similar to the one addressed to the Coroner on the other inquest. — The witnesses were then called in. Charles Boyd being sworn said, he lived at Shatiton-court, Covent-garden He was a boot•maker. Ilejained the pro cession at the Queen's funeral, us a spectator, between Knightsbridge and Hyde Park Corner. Ile observed the people going out through Cumberland Gate to Oxford-street. The Ciumlis were at the head of the process' . The w mess was about fifteen yards within the Park. The 'people ap peared quiet. The soldiers made confusion by galloping amou,g the crowd with their swords drawn. After they had succeeded hi getting the street clear, the soldiers rode up to the persons on the Park wall and cut at them, to make them get down. lie saw no stones thrown: It appeared to him the soldiers at that time wished to intimidate. They cleared every our from the Park Wall. The witness was one that was driven down, and he retired by the railing which sepa• rates the road front the green. Ile removed, and returued soon after to his former situation on the wall.—They were only a few who resumed their former situations. They had not remained more than two minutes when two or three of the Life Guards came round that way, with swords in their hands. Those who were on the wall neater to the Tyburn Gate than himself dropped down; the soldiers cut at them, but they were down before the swords could reach them. —They came to the witness nest, mid the foremost made n stroke at his head ; lie avoided it by stooping below the rails, and it cut a young man's hat near him. He had thrown no stones at the military. The men cut at, as weU as himself could not have thrown stones; they were obliged to hold by the railing. So soon as he got down he went behind the wall, nearer Hyde Park Otte. He remained there a few minutes, and heard several sheds go elf.— The sound was heard lower titian, towards Cumberland Gate. Ile did pint imagine there was any shot, and lie went hack again to his old position. He had been up a short time when he saw the deceased coming along the foot-way towards Tyburn-tormoke. The man that ass shot found a few of the Guards in his passage, a hick prevented him from making his way to Cumberland Gate. The witness saw him snake a step or two hack, finding his ally aas blocked, and ad taticheg towards the wall where the witness was, he received u shot and fell. The man npiwared running away from the soldiery. He saw It soldier a ith a pistol in his hand when the man fell. Ile turned round in his saddle and tired the Question by a Juror.—llid he appear to take a deliberate aim A. Yes, he did, or he would not have turned half round on kit saddle. Tile man who tired was ;thou, 211 years of age —there a as,no distal bane, at that time. The soldier fired not the deceased fell. There were but few persons near him at the time. He was of opinion the e hot esone from the man is his turned round on his saddle. Ile could ma say a Nether he was au officer or private. lie then went behind the wall stud heard several discharges alter Ilea. He saw oue man fire three different shots. We yr ese in the Park retreating fur safety, and three of the life ~tesads were standing sit the eerner of the gate. One of theta pointed his pistol and fired in the direction where the a ttnrss and or semi others acre smutting. He did not see a peace officer. No police officers were active. After the life-guards had proceeded to the Edgewareeread tan parties came back. It was one of the first pity that shot the man. lie said us they passed, that is the man who shot the deceased. The soldier was a young man, about a, with a ruddy long face. The Coroner.—They are to lie culled out at halferst eleven toemeirrow iu Hyde Paik. Should you know him ttitness.-1. do ant think I should know him again. fie was recommended by the Jury attend. Joseph Han kesivin th, of No. I, Woburn-place, 11 " 5 "' 111- square, tAk orn —I um in We beririce of Mr. Borstal, o ho I esides in IV oburn•place, I went to Ils de Park Col nor liertator on the day of the Queen' , foot lid. l Whined among the crowd through the Pick. Tne procewitiii MOS I d at a quick e atid the people followed. I nos hefore tile procession.— 1 came to the gate I -..01 the bo!eliers OP kneekiag short their swords to prevent the people coming through. They were life guards. I, with a great pub, gut through the right-hand side of the gate late Ortford street. I turned round to the left to get out of the way, and weal towards Tyburn-turnpike. M hen I was proceeding that way I heard pistols firing behind me. Hearing the cry of murder! Shame! &c. I looked round, and a soldier mai ked with a wale on the left cheek, inapt a pistol at are which missed fire. Whether the mat k was a mule or mud I cannot say. It was a muddy day. I saw a man who had been shot supported by two men. He was dressed in a fus tian jacket. I saw him before the pistol was snapped of me. The pistol missed fire. He took deliberate aim at me, and I was standing perfectly quiet with an umbrella in my hand. No stones were thrown- No insult was given to the soldiers except the cry of shame ! after the deceased was ;hot. I did not see any magistrate or civil officer. When the pistol was pointed a woman was near. William Sprint, of Russell street, Bloomsbury, shoe maker, sworn. I went to see the procession. I went through Cumberland Gate, and gut into Oxford Street, and fixed myself against the brick wall, as close as I contd. The Guards came through, with drawn Swords, and began to drive the people in all directions. One of them struck me. They drove at the people with all the force they could. The people were calling " the City: the City! " One of the Life Guards, a farrier, made a cut at me. I held up my umbrella, which saved my head. [Here lie produced the umbrella, which was cut through.] did not mean to tight the soldier. I ran away, he rail after me, and fired a pistol—the ball whizzed by me. I heard firing all around me. Each soldier appeared to act ' for himself. I heard as many as twenty-five shots. I did not see a single police-officer. I saw one of the Guards draw his pistol and shoot a man dead When he had done it he laughed. Examined by Mr. Hanson.—lle saw no stones thrown until after the soldiers fired. Cumberland Gate was open during the time he saw the transactions. The hearse did not stop till be gut up. There was no annoyance of the soldiers until after they fired. The soldiers were cowards —they fired at those who had done nothing. The wit ness was ordered to inspect the troops on Wednesday. Brook Page (rather hard of hearing) sworn.—l ava a French publisher, residing at No. 9, Warwick Street. I was at Cumberland Gate on the day of the Queen's fu neral, and was at the end of Cumberland Street, opposite Cumberland Gate. I saw it arrive. The Blues were guarding the hearse. The Life Guards were clearing away the ground to tens the hearse into the Edgeware Road. The crowd was great, and the Guards cleared the street by chopping, ridding, and nutting. The peo ple then began to throw at the soldiers from both sides of the way. 1 cannot say where they got the stones from. Diem had been no firing at that time.— The people kept throwing stones until the soldiers got to Tyburn Gate, then they began firing. The stones were gravel stones. The first filing I heard near Lord Huntley's house near Tyburn Gate. Was pushed along with the crowd to the corner of Edgware-roads The people were much pressed getting away from the soldiers. The first I saw tire a pistol was the officer of the Life Guards. He levelled Iris pistol down the street towards St. Giles's. There were many people in the street who could not get out of the way. There might have been &ink at the time at Cumberland Gate. I received two shots through my hat, and one through my coat.--(The witness exhibited his hat and coat with the shot lioles.)-d- The holes were on the upper part of the crown of his hat. lie did not know in the crowd that the shot had struck him. Ido not know the precise situation I was in when i the shot struck me. J first discovered the holes n the ' Edgware-road. Before and after the hearse passed through Cumberland Gate, the soldiers cleared the people ' by cutting and chopping away with their swords. At this part of the examination, Mr. Harmer stated that lie had many witnesses to examine, and suggested that it might be as well for the Jury to adjourn. After the wit nesses had an opportunity of seeing the soldiers drawn out, the Jury might resume their investigation with more regularity and advantage. The Jury approved of Mr. Harreees suggestion, and the Coroner adjourned the inquest till Wednesday, at three o'clock. [THIRD DaT i j The inquiry touching the death of George Francis, killed on Tuesday, the 14th inst. at Cumberland-gate, by the soldiers, w.. 5 on Wednesday continued pursuant to adjournmeta at :lie Goat, Pimlico. Sprats sworn.-1 was examined on Monday last. I attended on Tuesday about eleven o'clock, in order to inspect the soldiers. I did not see them till near dark. I remained in a sari of kitchen till about five o'clock. %Vitae there I saw the ollicer who shot Honey pass two or three times. Tile witnesses were kept to gether, and at last were out of patience waiting. One insisted up.m going away, and was let out. When the olfi er passed the window, whom I could then have sworn to, was the person who shot the deceased. I called out, " There is the officer who shot the Man."— It was dusk whets I saw the soldiers drawn out. They were so arranged, that it was almost iutpossible to Weil- My any one. I could not recognise the officer who shot George Francis. It seas almost dusk when I saw the soldiers. The officer I saw go into the stable lam po sitive WAS the man who shot Richard Honey. i saw him take a deliberate aim at hum. When I said that is the man who shot Honey, he turned round, but said no thing. When the soldiers were drawn up, there were two met so notch alike that I could not distinguish one from the other. One of lite two men I can swear was painted. It was all ileceptioll throughout. I told sir Robert Baker that I could tint swear to the man.— I had a doubt, and therelore could not point hiur out ; they were disguised, I sin sure. 'lucre was only a titian portion Of their faces vno'ule—they were inn i'eri its tin:ir cloaks—every seventh or eight Matt his cloak. A number of other witnesses were examined, bin no new fact was elicited. A sitonnons having been sent to the Adjutant of the first regiment of Life Guards to attend with its 'lower roll, that accordinly attended, and was called : 11;11 esiikiice, however, wis precisely the same as that given by him before the tuber Coronet's inquest. 'Eno Jury, niter some di4cmsion, aererii In on ad journment until o.) '1 mniday. atl j )..nned tm: