The National Register. — London, England, 1821-08-27 00:00:00

• 268 • 'vfl k • 46 ; . nE NATIONAL !!!'6 TER F at him, not knowing it would be right to speak. A sol dier asked him what lie meant by?, and he reidied, •• Tnat is the man who aimed and tired at the man al Comberland G te. " Agi utlenim in white trowsers (he Is hoed Mr. Hirnie) came tilt, and asked him what he It id to say about Witness answered lie had said all he had to say, upon ivlneu Mr. Burnie said he wished bun to repeat it, us he was a Nlagistrate, and he Mil so. Mr. Haute then desired hint to go jtid put his 11.11111 011 the horse's head, and he did so lie was positively stir , ' that officer was the same he saw near Cumberladil Gate. He was dressed the sone, but he knew him al so by his face. When w mss pointed at him he turned white, and when he touched the horse ' s head he turned red and lanahed out. 'File soldiers asked him if he go round again, an I use declined, saying he was vire satisfied, and dial not wish to eat round any more. The soldiers particularly wisderl Min to go round a second tunic They went very lan, so that he could nut keep up with them. Mr. Dean was recalleil.—lle had insitect(d the regi ment. He saw the °dicers and soldiers, but they were wrapped up in their cloaks, and their ems drawn mei' their eyes in such a manner that he found it impossible to identify any one man. C. Spratt recalled.—lie inspected the regiment, and on the left hand side in the centre lie saw two officers, within ten or twelve men of each other. lie could nut tell which of these two alas the 111311 who tired at Cum berland G ite, but lie was sure one of them was. They Were Ullel/111111011Iy altke. Wh , li he arnr.l.l at the second olheer lie thought it must be the first one, who had re moved hiniseli trout his place before him again. lie was about to say the second 011 e was the OLIO, ihsti he S,lty him turn pale. and Isis lips quivered. \Viten he w.t s at.utit to say, " you arc the in in," he sl w the officers, and he then felt a doubt wne. her lie was or nut, and would not speak. By Nlr. ‘Vaithitiam—Sle saw a gentleman get nit of a gig this morning, atel go into toe barricks in plain clothes.—The moment lie saw uitu, hr exclaimed " that is the man who shut Otley," auJ the gentleman turned round and looked at hut, but sut: nothing. ‘Vitness believes lie must hive heard him. A, warm discussion here arose upon the obstructions whim, it was said, had been offered to the course of justice, and Mr it aithatan suggested that the Adjutant should be Sllllllllolleti to produce tile muster moli. The Foreman spoke in strong. terms of the obstructions which they had met v% lilt, and expressed all opinion that the whole of the proceedings at the barracks were a farce a mere trick, tir hwart theill ill I heir entiv,i yours to arrive at the truth. lie thelefore would more " that the Ail jotant be sirtiiiiitued to produce the roastar ordeily book, woo the itaines of offici:rs and meit emp:oyed the 14111 of Attglis., and their different studios on that day.“— Tots 1110;11111 was carried, and a summons V:.13 issued. A discussion look place as to whether Mr. Biritie and Alt. S.:llford ,tittimiiiied or clot. It was finally decided that those gentlemen should be summoned this day. roe Court then adjourned until two o'clock the fol lowing day, at the New Intl, in the Edgware-road. I 'turn Dar.] On NV (Au estlay at tiro o ' clock the Coroner's Jury met pursuant to adjournment at the New l on, in the Edg twa re. road . Toutitas Einitis, Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Ist regiment of hie-guards, was then called. Witness knows nothing touching or concerning the death of the deceased. lie had brought the roaster and order:y books of the regiment, of the 14th and list of the present month.— He had no objection to produce these nooks. They did 1101 colitain the different stations of the different detach ments out out the 14th of August. A Juryitiam—Have you any document with the names of Me officers and men oil duty with the Queen futieral ou i;tat day? Wttness—l have ; they are in the toaster. It also the order from Sir Robert Riker, for the at tendance of troops to assist hint at Kensington on that Jay t A Juryman —Are the names there ?—Yes. How many otlicers and men were there ?—Fifty-six • mem a C.iptaiii„ 11111.1 two subalurns. Witness turned out !hat 'lumber fr.tit the baroo-ks, and they won to join Ig. Robert Baker. flue officers of this detachment were Captain Oakes, Lieutenants George Soucy, and -- A Juryman asked ii ho wit, present at the inspection of the tettnnelit ycilertioy t lie said IL! vv,s, .111:1 that lie went rout I with the witness..s. There were wavy' more officers then present than were on duly Oil the 14,11 of August. Soma of the witnesses pointed ton some mlieers, and mew mmies wire bitten down by toe magistrates, and handed wer to the commanding nlfirer. A Joryinan asked the witness whether any of the offi cers who were pouted ott were tot dtity at inc funeral on the 14th. The wit its oliiveied to answer the question wait the impression, as he stand, that lie would i!t: obliged to the mimes of the olliceis p•Mhely, and lie did 110 t Ie I authar.aed to du su Wllllo'll the lease Of tile commanding Wheel'. Ile fiiially, however, answ, red ist the allit ;native. Ile state, that the Mlle, rs all kept their staliotis, aid Ilescr reitiOVed their for a 1110111 CM. , r: obig to ask yon a ritie:tion upin a siihj whe:h peril Ip you ale not aeirtihntli with, but it is very iitc...ssars pit he. 1) , , ,utt know 111;1 :.evvirat of the Jiiiy were insulted by the sul tiler>, and that one teas even struck in Lite month by one ? SS.---I k110{1: D 011 1 .1 1 4; Of IL, and 1 hope no such think took place. Nlr. !I atthwan retitte,ttd that the gentleman nhu WalS assaulted would state the circumstances of the assault. IBlakev (a Juiyinan) stated, that he was the person ass lolled. Ile went, ill pursuance of what he conceived to be li,s duty, with his brother Jurors, to request ail tnissioa, and while at the (1,}..r aH ()the( r iu plant rlothcs d.d ate suldets " tom those fellows out," (putt wincit is . one soldier struck him on the shoulder, and another hit him a blow in the mouth. He conceived that this W 33 a gross insult offer, d to A jury assembled to perform a very solemn and Important duty, and it ought to be re presented to the Adjutant's superiors, and he hoped he would take upon himself to do it. Ile mentioned it in the hope that that gentleman would convey a to the commanding officer. Vie Adjutant said, it would he better for the jury to make a representation upon the subject to the proper quarter themselves. Mr. Spicer (another . jurytnall) —I think that we have nothing to do ‘‘ lilt that subject here; and I will add, that whatever insidts we met with we brought upon ourselves, by not making a plover application on Mon day night for admission. lhe Foreman warmly observed, he was surnriscd to hear such an observation. Th.e worthy gentleman then asked the Adjutant if he knew of any di-guise being adopted by any of the officer , at the inspection. oast.—No. I will venture to say no such dis hotiouralde pr..ctice trait alltytt d. I di ti not .ee any man laugh at the permms who viewed the regiment.— Toe men went out on the I 4tlt, tinder the orders of the civil power. I cautioned them of that fact. It is the coustant rule to inform the men, when they go out tinder the civil power, to act by the direction ul that power, and by its orders alone. . a.fre, Richard 13irnie, Esq. the imgistrate, was then sworn. Ile %%mild state what he presumed he was bron-tht here to state, namely, what he saw yesterday at the barracks at Knightsbridge. He received instructions trout the Under Steietary ol State to mired Mere at eleven o'clock, and to see that the witnesses a !mined there by tickets from the coroner, and Nit. Ili_;. (the coroner on the outer inquest). had tree access to examine the officers and soldiers to answer the ends of public justice. Toe order was countermanded in the course of the morning by another letter, stating, that it would he inconvenient for the regiment to be drawn nut before two. He went !here a little before two, accompanied by It. Raynsford, a magistrate ut Quern's-Fmtare. He then found, from a gentlem - 111, Who was called tile Silver Stick, he believed Col. Hill, that the regiment was nut to be drawn out until further orders were received from the Commander in Chief, and that was the sole cause of delay, he assured the coroner. They waited very elis.greeably until half past tour o'clock, at which time Sir Henry Torrens, the Adjutant Gentral,a aired. who expressed his surprise that no report had been made, and said he thought there most be saute mistake. A conversation took place, and Sir 11. Torrens said the delay had taken place in consequence of his not receiving an answer from the Coroner. The then were then ordered out. The commanding officer assured 111111 that the officers and men were drawn out in the same accoutrements and on the same horses as on the 14th. He was called Col. Cavendish. Observing some of the men cloaked, he asked the Colonel the reason, and he said they were men who were cloaked on the 14th. lie would now explain why some witnesses were not admitted. It was that the tickets tht:y brought had not the name entered. None Vt ere refused that he knew of alter their names were inserted. Ile would now state the manner in which the inspection took place. Tne witnesses were placed io a room together, and a com plaint being made to him by one of them of the heat, he procured them a larger and cooler place, where they could walk about. When the regiment was drawn up, they were called out one by one. The soldiers were formed into two ranks, in what they termed " open order and he (witness) accompanied them, and so did Mr. Rayiesford. There was no other magistrate present. Ile had seen something in the newspapers, about a joke of the witnesses having been told to keep their eyes to the right. Ile would explain that. ‘Vhen they were going along the line, he saw some of them hooking dif ferent ways, and lie advised them to look first at one line througltont, and then the other, and they would nut miss any. Two or three of the witnesses wished to take a second txatnitsation, but the commanding officer said that was contrary to his instructions; hot witness and Mr. Ravens fsil insisted upon it, and the Adjutant General was of their opinion, and it was comulted wi h. The witnesses, vhcut to they pointed at, or identified any person, stopped, and the commanding officer directed tile Ad jutant to take down the name of tilt 1)03011 So identified, which lie believed was done. Alter the witnesses had they went awry. itness asked the commanding officer, in the presence of all the witnesses, tf every MAI and e‘ery officer who was on ditty oil the 14th of August was now present and si the saute order, and mounted lit the saute horse as on that day, and lie was answered that they were, with the txcepuon of one, tilto was iu We 11031M:4i-1W was a private. he would be happy to attend them at ten minutes' notice. lij ittryinen.--11e did not Like the name:, of the per sons identified down, for he thoil : mt he would he cm tiodulg upon the province of the gentlenieit 01 tlk Jury If to hail asked the mums, the answers would not hate been evidence, tor how could he tell that they would answer truly; they might give a wrung mune. Adjutant was ordered to take tile names, and he sup posed he did so, in he would he answerable for his con duct. Two of the WillieSbeS IlXeti upon nice OffiCer. Sl;lfforil the chief clerk was present, he believed, for the purpose of taking clown the names of the witnesses, and uta ole-etvatimis they no,;lit make. Ile ( \lr. litrine) an l the other ma4istrate were there as he understood expressly to protect the %finesses, that they might not consider themselves smiler military commit Tile boy xander (as winless was told) hxeu 111,0.1 Lieutenant Gore. Mr. Waithman intimated that he had heard there was a person in waiting who could prove that one of the tale Guards was at his house the whole of Tues,lay. Ile (U WO had no wish to call him, but the Jury tnialit if they pleased. The witness was then called. He said his name was Thomas Austin, and that he lived at No. 6, Dorset street, Portman-square. All he knew was, that on Tues. day, he saw a soldier who said he belonged to the first regiment of Life Guards, and that he was on duty at Kensington on the day of the funeral. This man was drinking in his house the whole day, and could not therefore be present at the inspection on Tuesday. uness could not tell the man's name, nor where he was to be found. He had merely came here to state this cacusnstance, because he thought it was his duty to do so. The Foreman thanked him for his good intention; but told Min his evidence could not he received. T. Cole Humbert, of the Hyde Park Hotel, Oxford street, (opposite Park-lane), Wald neat called and sworn. Ile was a Rival Military Surveyor and Draftsman, on halqay. He saw a detachment of dragoons drawn up near Cumberland gate, on that day. Ile saw an officer commanding that detatchment. He knows that officer peisonallv, and he came up to witness, and requested hfin seed for some beer for his men, who were %cry wet. Witness believes the name of that officer to be Gore. 1:c has known him long enough .43 be quite cer fain of Ms person, and he is sure his name is Gore.-- Mr. Gore was a young man, apparently about 20 or ill years of age. He did not see Mr. Gore lire on that day. NVitness continued.—He did not see any mall bearing a standard cut down by the military, nor did lie see any man carried away. He could not say whether soca an occurrence could take place without his seeing it. He did not notice the soldiers brandishing their swords at the time the gates 55 ere sliut. Mr. Waittiman.—W ere you within the barracks yes terday ?—1 was. How did yon get in there?—l went in consequence of a summons served upon time. I was in a room with other witnesses, but I got permission to go outside of the door, for the sake of air. I do not know who summoned me there, or for what purpose. I was at length taken out to view the troops, and I said 1 had not been eita. mined, but they said that did not signify. 1 had learned from the other witnesses that I was brought there to swear to a titan. I went. up the line of troops, accom panied by a soldier; I saw two gentlemen to coloured clothes, and one of theist asked me my nalllC and some other questions. I was not known when I presented myself at the barracks. I told them again, when my name was called over, that I could not swear to any man. 1 was asked winther I could identify any °film, and I said 1 could not. 1 had not been oworn. I did not see Lieut. Gate there, upon my oath I did not. I did not see the whole of the troops, nor find I look at those I did see particularly, because I understood I was brought these to swear, if I could, to the officer who shot the man, acid as I could not do that I did not think it neces sary to look at them. I did not see any officer at Cum berland Gate that 1 knew besides Mr. Gore. I do not know any of the magistrates. I did not see more than one soldier with Ins sword in a menacing attitude at Cumberland Gate, and I believe that was more to frighten the people than any thing else. I did not hear the Riot Act read. Juryman iisktd Mr. Biroie, if the soldiers Irtigheil it all Mr. Wan!imam—Have you not said to some person, within these thr.•e hours, " What! does Mr. Hanson (the Guaids' solicitor) want me again? I had enough of it yesterday—l bad six hours at it." Witness.-1 believe I did say something of that kind, but I cannot say that it was Mr. Ilehson's name 1 mentioned. Alarcus Calder, porter at the Hyde Park Hotel, was next called.—He proved the porter being ordered for the soldiers, and that ne took it to Mem there were IS puns, a pint to each in in. lie saw a `• terrible sight" of peo ple assembled at Cumberland Gate. He went up stairs at the Hotel, and looked front one of the windows, and the first thing lie saw was the horse soldiers driving fu riously ainolig the people with drawn swords. One of them in particular rode among the people, and tried to tram i de them down. At the same time the people were &Mowing bricks at the soldiers. Then he went away from the window, " that he might not see the people cut down with their swords." In a animate or two after he heard firing, and he went again to the window, and saw a man eat ried past in a lifdess state. lie then ran down stairs into the room where his master's son was, and de sired him to keep his head in leSI he should be shot He went again to his former window, and saw the soldiers close by the Turnpike, and, as near as he could judge, they had formed ineinselies into a square, and were firing nt ditli , rent directions. Tie hearse and procession came into Ox ord-street from Cumberland Gate just about the time that the soldiers were riding od the pavement among the people. Souse men at that time laid hold of the horses' heads, as if to get them (fowl' Oxford -street, and at the same instant a man, with enlours in his hand, was knocked down. He saw no bricks thrown at the time of the tiring. 'The procession at length moved on, anti the people were doting away in various directions. His master was looking out of the wilolow at the same tone that he was ; he Sae. , lnin. Ile did not see any peace officers expostulating with the pelyk or the troops. The officer mentioned Its name when he cause to order die beer. His 11:1111C was Gore. iti:r. tht re was some sneering, I be here, as there alw tyb %%ill berm such occJt,totts. fly the Foreman.—lie hAI not hail ;.ny particular comersation with his master's son upon this business since the 14th, and if he had it would he of no use, for no man on earth could induce hint to give a wrong statement. The worthy Alagistrate then ..eicirted , and at the TC (IIIVSl of the Jury, said be uuuld hew! Mr. S withal word mat his pre:enee was required here, alid be bad 110 doubt he would COWL' immediately. If the Jury should Aquae any further txplJuatiun hum hint Oh. 1.3.) Foreinan.—You mistake me; I did not inean that. lly Mr. I lensom—He did not see num . bricks thrown. Ile was not constantly at the window. Ile saw a soldier down below his horse, but whether he was struck of not he could not tell, lle thinks, if his eyes did not de• ceirc him, it wa► one of the blues. lie sa'v sonic of the