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FATAL AFFRAYatCUMBERLAND GAT ADJOURNED INQUEST ON RICHARD HONEY. THIRTEENTH DAY, SEPT. 11. The Jury - assembled at half-past ten, and were joined by Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. HeNSON. Previous to their adjournment for a quarter of an hour, Mr. Adolphus thought it necessary to observe, that .on a former day when he was ab sent, mention had been made of Colonel Caven dish, when Mr. Henson had stated that the Colonel had not stirred out of. the Barracks on the 14th, as that was not the case, it having been stated in the evidence, that Col. Cavendish had been at the head of his detachment, both at Cumberland gate, and at Hyde Park-corner Gate, he wished to observe that being desirous of removing from the minds of the Jury any impression which this contradiction in the evidence might make, Colo nel Cavendish was ready to appear to answer any • questions which the Jury might wish to propose. The FOREMAN having declined in the name of the Jury to put any questions to Colonel Caven dish, the Jury retired for a quarter of an hour. The Jury having re-assembled, The FOREMAN wished to observe, that the Jury during their retirement, having taken into consideration some circumstances connected with the present investigation, were very desirous that some further evidence might be called. The CORONER—I thought that all the evidence had been gone over. Mr. BLAKIE—The fact is, Mr. Coroner, that we have received several letters, stating some infor mation, which, if correct, is certainly of such mate rial importance, that we could not conscien . tionsly retire to give our verdict without hearing it. The CORONER—If you have reason to think that such evidence will be satisfactory to you, by all means have it. Mr. GALL—If it be understood that fresh evi dence may be called, it must also be understood that Mr. Adolphus may likewise bring forward fresh witnesses. George Gordon Gunn, No.lo, Charlton-street, Fitzroy-square. - --I am by trade a tailor ; I was present at the procession of the Queen's funeral; I was in front of the state carriage at Cumber land-gate, and was not absent from half-past eight in the morning till late at night ; we came from Hyde Park-corner to Cumberland-gate, passing through the Park; the first thing I saw was two of the Life Guardsmen ordered by a serjeant to go up and clear the gates, and ac cording to his orders they went to the gate ; they rode up to the gate, and knocked over se veral people ; then the cries of shame and mur der were shouted' out ; directly when the pro cession came towards the gate they were stopped for about four minutes, and then the affray began about opening the gate ; I saw two peace officers standing with their batons and endeavouring to open the gate; they succeeded in so doing, and a party of the Life Guards came riding up Park lane. Then the Life Guards were riding about to keep the crowd from the gate, which was soon thoroughly opened, and the procession came through. The procession was halted at about sixteen yards through the gate. At this time a shower of stones and brickbats came towards the procession from the top of Oxford-street. Then I saw an officer belonging to the Life Guards ride up, galloping as hard as he could, and fired ; I saw the deceased fall when the officer fired. Be. fore he came down to fire, I got off the State carriages, and saw the deceased fall. Another shower of stones then came from towards Tyburn Turnpike ; they flew about in such a manner that it was impossible for any one to .tell from what quarter they came. Then I saw. the Life- G uardsmen form a sort of circle in the street ; after which an officer came and gave them the word of command, when they all sheathed their swords ; and all the men, as far as I saw, took their pistols and loaded them, and all of them rode towards Edgeware-road, except two men and a serjeant. One of the Jury observed, that there were no sergeants in the Life Guards, the Witness re plied : The man had stripes on his arm, and it was from this that I called him a sergeant.— There were at this time more stones flying about; the three who were there loaded their pistols, and rode away towards Oxford-street ; one of them fired ; I did not see the other two fire ; then the cries were, " go on with the procession ;" ac cordingly they did so ; then part of the Life Guards that was behind, and the Oxford Blues came up; when the Blues came up they all rode down Edgware-road as fast as they could ride, - and the procession came down Edgware-road ; either at the first or second turning to the right, the Guards rode all down that street ; I never saw any more of them, nor any Life Guardsman afterwards. • The CORONER—There seems to be nothing particular in this evidence. Examined by Mr. BROWN—I do not know whether the officer whom I saw fire came through with the detachment. The pistol fired by the officer was the first which I heard. The man fell instantly ; he was very nigh the top of Edg ware-road, towards Tyburn Toll-gate. lie fell towards the Park. Mr. BROWN—I wished to ask the witness these questions, as his answers appeared -to .relate to thje death of Francis and not Honey. By a Juror—At the precise time that the pis tol was fired the mob were not throwing stones, but they had been thrown before. 'The stones had ceased to be thrown about a minute, while the procession came through, and about a minute and a half before the firing commenced. 'By Mr. BROWN—I did not see any Magistrate expostulating with the soldiers or the people. By Mr. GREEN—I saw a trumpeter there on that day, I don't know his name ; he appeared a youngish sort of a man ; I think I should know him again.; I did not observe him in conversation with the officer, while he was at the gate. I saw a good many stones thrown : I neither heard of nor saw, any glass broken in the neighbourhood ; I did not see any of the multitude cut by the stones ; I came , up the Park very fast with the soldiers. By Mr. BLAKIE—Our coach was in front of the hearse till it came through. Cumberland-gate, after which the hearse took the lead. We ' stopped about Grosvenor-gate, and proceeded' very slowly. I did not see stones thrown from , Park-lane ; at that time, there were some sol diers standing at the gate (Grosvenor -gate ;) the.. pace was`a very fast trot. As near as' I can re . - 44 collect they came from Piccadilly to Grosvenor gate at a smart trot, and some galloping. By the procession I mean horses - and carriages. The stones which I first saw throvvn, were from the top of the porter's , house at - Cumberland-gate. The persons were thrown down by the soldiers before they came up to the porter's house. The sol diers were going very fast, some galloping, and some trotting. By Mr. BALL—I saw no stones thrown ‘froin Park-lane till I came to Cumberland-gate. By Mr. BROWN—When I alighted, my station was by the side of the state carriage, with the poll in my hand all the way. By Mr. ADOLPIWS—I did not at any time see any persons pull down the Park -wall. I did not see any persons endeavouring to pull down the railings, nor breaking palings for the purpose of throwing them. I did not hear the words " Piccadilly butchers" used in the whole course of the day. I heard about murdering the Queen, all the way from Knightsbridge, Piccadily, and through the Park, and as we came through Cum berland-gate. When 1 was near Grosvenor gate, I had not an opportunity of seeing what was done in Park-lane. When the Life Guards went forward towards Cumberland-gate, the carriage on which I sat was about half way be tween Grosvenor and Cumberland-gates. I could not then see what was done in Park-lane. One of the Jurors suggested that the witness, as atteraling to the course of the procession, was very unfit as an evidence on the present occasion. Mr. AnoLPflus—l never knew any two per sons agree in their accounts of what took place in such a scene of confusion. I therefore merely wish to know what the witness had seen. Cross-examination continued.—l am a lodger where I - live. I work for Mr. 'Williams, in Bond street. Henry Charles Ellesgooil, surgeon, Park-street Oxford-street. I , was in the balcony of Lord Bagot's house for an hour before the hearse came up. I saw twelve soldiers, with an officer and trumpeter, come to Cumberland-gate, where they remained some time before the hearse came up. On the procession coming up, the soldiers went and formed in the Park; the first thing I saw afterwards was one of the Life Guards having hold of the bridle of a horse, and leading him through the gate, the man on it making great re sistance; at this time I saw one of the soldiers strike the man on the back with the flat part of his sword ; having got the man through, the gates were immediately shut : at this time the throw ing of stones commenced ; I had seen the peo ple previously throwing stones in the Park ; the soldiers were leading the horsemen out of the Park; they were two in number; and owing to the gates being shut, these two men were sepa rated from their party, and remained in Oxford street ; the consternation about opening the gate was very great at this time, and several people were struck, both by the soldiers and constables ; the gates being opened, the remaining ten men passed into Oxford-street, and began to clear the street; the throwing of stones at this time was very dangerous ; I saw the greater part of the soldiers receive very severe blows from the stones, more particularly the Officer, against whom the greater part of the fury seemed di rected. The street being somewhat cleared, the first soach passed, and, ou the hearse approach ing Cumberland-gate, the right hand leading horse was seized by a stranger immediately at the gate, and when four of them were out of the Park, their heads were turned towards St. Giles's ; I at this time particularly noticed a man with a flag, who seemed highly delighted at hiving the course of the procession changed ; this he expressed by shouting and waving his flag in triumph. The soldiers being at this time at Tyburn-gate, returned down Oxford-street to the hearse and turned the horses' heads in the direction of Tyburn-gate, the soldiers falling off under Lord Bagot's window ; the pelting of stones at this time became extremely great, one man having his hat knocked off by a considerable portion of a brick; I saw the men at this time receive many blow s,as well as the borses of the hearse, and the people attending it. The hearse having passed through the gate, and a body of soldiers, I believe the Blues, the Life Guards retired from under Lord Bagot's window to Tyburn-gate. = There was at this time a cessation from throwing stones, I don't mean entirely, but comparatively so. After this state of quietude, I saw a flash, and heard a firing in the Park, on the other side of Tyburn-gate, succeeded by several others in the same direction. I particularly noticed three shots down Oxford-street. On seeing these three shots fired, I endeavoured to trace them down Oxford-street, to ascertain if any body fell.— Seeing no effect, I concluded that they were firing with blank cartridges. One of the soldiers I particularly noticed fired twice down Oxford street, and on his reloading the party moved toward4.Edgware-road. In the space of five or, ten minutes, the party of soldiers who had been before stationed at Cumberland-gate, returned to the same place ; I at this time saw a man brought through into the Park, wounded ; another party of soldiers at the same time having returned to Cumberland-street. By Mr. Ball.—l saw no officer fire ; I did not see Honey shot, indeed was not aware that they had fired ball, till I arrivo ed home. There were fourteen men, as I counted the saddles at Cumberland-gate ; 1 saw a trumpeter who rode after an officer, but did not enter into conversation with him ; I observ ed the officer, who was a gentlemanly-looking young man, about twenty-three years of age. By Mr. Spicer.—Did not take notice when the soldiers re tired towards Tyburn-gate, a soldier turn round on his horse and fire ; but must have seen it if such an occurrence had taken place. By a Juror—l saw a man three or four times make efforts to break the paving stones, by taking up some stones and dashing them down repeatedly with all his force. Don't know whether he succeeded. This was right under Lord Bagot's window. At that time I did not remark any person in particular who was throwing stones, as they were flying in all directions. By Mr. Green—There were ten stones flying in the air at the time the firing commenced, hut,previous there were five hundred. I do not conceive that. tireralas a necessity for firing at that moment, 'as there was a comparative cessation of throwing. , Coroner L-4 have 'not inserted this as evidence. Mr. hate no Objectien to its being inserted, as ► it is a justification of the soldiers. Mr. Blakie—l have all along objected to matters of opinion 'being received as evidence.' . By, Mr. Brown—The man was making great resistance to the soldiers. I.did not see any .. Magistrate there. Coroner—There was a Magistrate; • bnt you did not see him. Of that we have already had evidence: Mr. Blakie—l believe we have not had satisfactory evidence on that head. Examination continued .by Mr. Blakie—When the soldiers returiied to Cumberland gate the conduct of the people towards thenci was friendly. and peaceable in the extreme. They ex pressed this friendly conduct to them by patting their horses and - adjusting -their cloaks. There were about two or three hundred, or more people around them at this time. The shots fired down Oxford street were not directed against any one in particular ; the shots must have struck upon the pavement from the direction in which they were fired. The men that were fir ing were between the -first coach and the hearse; but the three shots which I saw fired down Oxford-street were from between Edgewore-road and the hearse. The hearse was standing, as near as I can recollect, opiosite Lord Huntingtower's door, which is at the corner of Edgware-road and Oxford-street. — Before the firing began I cannot say that it was a matte ;of sur prise to me that the firing commenced. The Coroner—l should not have been surprised if it had commenced sooner. Mr. Blakie—Were you not'surprised by _the firing, at- the-pe riod when it did take place ?—I was not surprised at that time. I thought the Riot Act was bein read. Mr. Green—The impression being on the witness's mind that peace prevailed, it seems .to have been a very odd time for the soldiers to have fired. ' TheCoroner—The fact is, that the soldiers would have fired sooner, but were not charged. By. Mr. Spicer—The conduct of the soldiers while under Lord Bagot's house was extremely . peaceable ; their horses were quite still and quiet, without moving, for the space of four minutes. Mr. Green—On turning the head of the hearse towards Edg ware-road, the soldiers fell off under Lord Bagot's window. Mr. Green—l, saw no glass broken. Mr. Green— The people, it would seem, were Very. bad marksmen. The Cormier—You have been told that the stones struck the soldiers' heads ; they could not therefore strike the windows too. A Jifror—J saw some stones thrown from Park-lane, when the procession was half-way between Grosvenor-gate and Cum berland-gate, but trifling in quantity, compared with what fol lowed afterwards. By Mr. Blakie—The procession was coming at a very slow steady pace through the Park. The Coroner-The prOcession went at a slow pace, but it appears that we go much slower at the rate of our present pro ceedings. By Mr. Henson—l saw a number of stones -thrown from Cumberland-street; I could not see, frpm the situation in which 1 was placed in Lord Bagot's balcony, any part of Edgware road, or even the turnpike house. - By a Juror—l did not see any of the soldiers actually cut any of the people ; I should not know again the 'soldier who fired and reloaded.- William Bishop—By Mr. Blakie-4 am the same person who attended some time ago, and said that I was the trumpeter employed upon Lieutenant Gore's detachment on the 14th. The witness was then desired to sit in one corner of the room, and the officer was desired to call the next witness. John Watts, No. 1, Osnaburgh street, Pimlico. Of the musical profession'. By Mr. Blakie—l was at Cumberland Gate on the morning of the 14th, at the time of the Queen's procession passing; I saw some soldiers drawn up there ' • at that time their number was twelve or fourteen • they were drawn up in Oxford-street, with their horses' head; towards Cumberland-street _ ; there was an officer with them ; I did not particularly notice his age, but he seemed to the best of my recollection rather young than old ; a person whom I took to be the trumpeter sat next to me ; his countenance struck me particularly he seemed to me a re markable handsome young man ; 1 think 1 should know him again if I were to see him. The witness was desired to stand up, and see whether among those present he could recollect the person whom he described. Having looked around him for the space of about a minute, he was asked whether the prisoner Bishop was the man ? atts said he thought that was not the man. By a juror —Will you swear that is not the man ?—I believe that is not the man; I walked slowly by the detachment, and did not remain a moment. By Mr. Henson—Will you undertake to swear that this is not the man ?--I will not. By Mr. Green—The impression on my mind is that this is not the man. Mr. Spicer—Bishop, is the dress which you have on the same which you wore on the 14th. • Bishop—No, it is not the same uniform. Witness—l thought that was not the same dress. • COroner—Do you know whether he had a cloak on or not ? Witness—l cannot tell. Mr. Spicer-1 think that dress might make a difference. Mr. Blakie—Do you think that you should be able to swear to the Trumpeter if you saw him ? The Witness having answered in the affirmative, withdrew. Mr. Slakie,-4 understand that three or four witnesses who had been summoned, and kept waiting all the morning, are gone away. 1 therefore propose that we do adjourn, as we have not the same means of keeping the witnesses as Mr. Hanson, who can atford two or three Gentlemen to dance upon them. Mr. Brown—l propose that our witnesses be sent to the Ho tel, in the same manner as M. Benson's witnesses. At the Foreman's request the Jury were permitted to retire for an hour. The Jury having returned, The Foreman begged respectfully to inform the Coroner that it was not the intention of the Jury to call any more witnesses. --They had more whom they could produce, but under all the circumstances of the case they were of opinion that it would not be necessary. The Coroner said, as he now understood it was not intended to call any more witnesses either, on the one side or on the other, it became his duty .to read the evidence. It might be proper at the outset that some variations would be observed in the de positions, as the individuals from whom they had been obtained had come up . at different periods, and had consequently seen the proceedings in a different point ofi view.. He then procwded to read the minutes of the evidence. When the Coroner came to the evidence of Mr. Ex-Sheriff Parkins, some of the Jury expressed a wish that it might be passed over, as they considered it unimportant. One of the Jurors, however, thought a part of it was important, and it therefore was thought better to read the whole. The reading of the Evidence was ,stopped at about seven o'clock for a short time, iu order to_ give the Jury an opportu nity to obtain some refreshment,—The reading was then re sumed, and was finished at about half-past nine. THE CORONER'S CHARGE. _ _ The CORONER. said that the evidence being now gone through, it became proper for the Jury to consider their verdict, in order to which it would be necessary for them to ascertain the na ture of the transaction which terminated in the death of the deceased. It appeared to him (the Coroner) from the evidence generally, and par- 1 ticularly from that of Sir R. Baker, that the Pro cession in question came as far as Kensington without interruption, and that there it was ob structed. By whom that obstruction was caused it did not appear, nor in the present case was it very material to inquire, though there could be no doubt that those who caused it were guilty of an illegal act, as no one had a right to obstruct the King's public highway. In point of fact, how ever, the obstruction caused a delay of two hours and a half. Sir Robert Baker then took upon himself to direct the procession to go along Kensington and through Hyde Park. On its arrival at the Park the Civil Power at tempted to open the gate, and this the people wished and endeavoured to prevent. Wrang ling followed; and stones were thrown by the people. A man was "Inrrt ; but nothing very im portant to the present inquiry occurred there. —The procession went through the Park, and in the course of its passage some one spoke to Sit Robert Baker on the serious aspect of the proceedings. Every one who knew Sir Robert Baker, knew that he was a man of a kind and amiable disposition, and anxious to preserve quiet at any sacrifice which could be made with propriety. He,•however, had not the direction of the procession. He was there merely to pre serve the public peace; if otherwise ; he of course would.have joined the procession earlier. It ap peared that he was inclined to vary the line.; but the Officer commanding the Guards had been directed to take a particular route, and hesitated until he should receive further orders. Chitteuden, however, who had the direction of the proceedings 'under Mr. Bailey, turned the procession. When it got into the Park, the peo ple were disappointed. They went down the streets parallel with the Park, came round in front of the gate, and attempted to shut it.; upon this the_ soldiers, with the assistance of the civil power, attempted to force open the gate, and then the mischief ensued. The people had no right whatever to shut the gate. The Park was as much the King's, ashis (the Coroner's) house was his. The gates were occasionally shut, at night for instance, by his Majesty's servants ; and there could be no question that those who were acting under the orders of his Majesty's Government, had a right to remove those who obstructed the opening or shutting of the gates. The right, however, must certainly be exer cised as gently as possible. In the first in stance - the smallest possible degree of force was to be used, and if that should prove unavailing, the force might lawfully increase progressively, until the object could be ac complished. That appeared to be the course taken in the present case. The soldiers at first called out. Indeed it was altogether im possible to suppose that they had in their hearts any preconcerted malice against any individual in the crowd. , If then there was no express malice, the question appeared to be, was there that conduct from which malice would be implied in law ? Upon this subject, he would beg to re fer them to a work, written by one of his prede cessors in office, Mr. Umfreville, a Gentleman of considerable legal learning, who had written upon the duties of the office of Coroner. In the course of that work he treated of malice, as it was understood by the law, in order to constitute the crime of murder. [Tile Learned Coroner here read the follow ing passage from Mr. Umfreville's work :—] " Envy, hatred, and malice, Are distinct pas sions of the mind, the first of which is properly a pining or being grieved at the happiness of another; c invidus alterius rebus macrescit optimis.' The second is an ira inveterate, a settled fixed rancour of the mind in one against the other, and may arrive at such a degree as to carry a man so far as to wish the hurt of another but not perpetrate it. And thirdly, he who designs and useth the means to do ill, is guilty of a malicious act, which is a design formed and executed of doing mis chief to another. " Malice (saith Lord Chief Justice Raymond in Oneby's case) in the common acceptation of the word, is taken to be a settled anger in one person against the other, and a desire only of re venge ; but in the legal acceptation, it imparts wickedness, and includes a circumstance attend ing an act, that cuts off all excuse ; and in this legal acceptation it is understood in the statute of Henry VIII." He found a note upon the same point written by his immediate predecessor, who observed that -the law supposed the mali cious act in question to shew a total disregard of every social duty. Now, it would be necessary to see how the facts of the present case applied to these maxims. It was clear that the law al lowed much for human frailty, in extenuation of acts committed by one in consequence of the sudden provocation of another. To suppose that men of known bravery like the Guards could wantonly array themselves against their unarmed fellow-countrymen, was impossible. They were upon - duty for the preservation, and not the vio lation, of the public peace. it appeared by the most respectable evidence, especially that of a Gentleman, who was a Captain in the Navy, that in the exercise of this duty they were attacked by the people, and that they with drew as much as they possibly could, rather than retaliate. When could men do . more ? —At length two of their party advanced. —lf mischief was the real object in view, would not more than two have advanced in the first instance ? Yet under these circumstances, and at this moment, they were assailed by stones and brickbats. These persons, it was true, were soldiers, but they were men, and they had their feelings in common with all other men. It was natural' that an attempt should then be made to disperse the multitude. This was attempted without success ; and indeed it appeared that one man who had experienced the forbearance of the soldiery had gone under a coach and concealed himself. It certainly appeared that the unfor tunate deceased had not taken any active part in the disorder, except in his encouraging the peo ple by shouting out" the City, the City." But looking at all the circumstances, he would repeat that it was impossible to believe the military in tended serious injury. Until they fired nothing appeared to be the consequence of their action, but a cut hat, a cut umbrella, and one or two casualties scarcely of greater importance. But at length they fired; and how stood the evidence to bear them - out in their justification ? Why, it was proved that thirty-six of them had been wounded by the people, and that they did not charge their pistols until they were attacked. He now came to the consideration of a question which had been unnecessarily mixed up in the case. He meant the Riot Act an Act which has been greatly misunderstood. The Act did not authorize the firing upon the people at the end of an hour, any more than it authorised the pelting of the soldiers until the expiration of that hour. The object of the Act was the more effectual dispersion of unlawful assemblies. The Riot Act declared that if any persons, to the number of twelve, were unlawfully assembled, to the disturbance of the peace, and any Justice of the Peace, Sheriff (the Sheriff, by the bye, was present), Under Sheriff, or Mayor of a town, should think proper to command them by pro clamation to disperse, if they contemned his or ders, and continued together for one hour after wards, such Contempt would be felony without benefit Of clergy. It then went on to authorize the' apprehension of any such person ; but of course it gave no right to tire. It left the law of self-defence as it stood before ; and the soldiers, like all other men, had a right to stand upon their self-defence. They were not bound to Welt an hour and to .be pelted at during that period/ when they were in the discharge of their duty• The same indulgence for the-feelings-of a soldier must be allowed as for the feelings of any other man.. I t was to be remembered that the soldier had always to perform an. arduous duty,and one which was often against his inclination. The firs t question for their consideration was whether the evidence pointed out with sufficient certainty the person who fired at and killed the deceased..ENe° if they believed it did, they would have to coo' cider whether the soldiers had nor fired in self defence, or whether it could *be supposed that they fired under the influence of malicious feel ings. It was indeed most unfortunate, and mqcb to be lamented, that persons had lost - their live; in this affair, but it would be worse if innocent persons were to be condetnned in consequence' Much of ill-blood bad been raised in the course . of these proceedings ; but he trusted the Jul' would discharge their duty without being in fluenced by any consideration's extraneous to the evidence. In particular, he trusted that 64 would dismiss from their minds any opinion they might have formed • upon the treatment they had experienced at the Baracks. In conclusion, he would tell them to take all the circumstanc es ` into their serious consideration, to lay their hands upon their hearts, and say whether the firing' could have originated in any motive but that he had mentioned---self-defence. If there was ' l° other motive, their verdict must necessarily " Justifiable homicide." When the Coroner had concluded; some of the Jury expressed a. wish to adjourn, as they an ; ticipated some discussion and some argument among themselves. The CaRONER said, it would be more desirab le if they could proceed at once to a decision. Th e case,. be thought, lay in a nutshell. A Juror said, he might depend upon it there would be much diversity of opinion. The CORONER said, he was very sorry for 1 " t A - majority of the Jury being of opinion the the question could be discussed- to more Adieu' tage at - an adjourned meeting, the proposal sv g o agreed to, and the Inquest was adjourned 'an t this morning at eleven o'clock. TUE FIRE IN PRINCES-STREET.-(Furtherrar ticulars.),---lt is now ascertained thaf four • P er : sons perished on this melancholy occasion, —Mr. Myers, jun., and• a man, and his two dren, whose name we understand to be Pt, The poor fellow had rescued his wife aul t - a children from the dreadful conflagration, 3 1 :.1.. made a second effort to save the other two e dren, which cost him , his life, for a lthough . 6 succeeded_ in getting safely up to the ro ril : 0 which they were, in the interim the stai rc- 4 took fire, and finding himself unable to tles ceii t - he that way, he made an effort to get toward s , front window with a view of jumping out into t• 5 street ; but the room was all on fire. SC3 l .. r observed from the street hanging by the bo rn `, / ; ': rafters, with the two children clasped ill other arm, and soon afterwards the floor g 3 ,', / way, and he was precipitated into the 1)1 10 ; 1 n 3 abyss _below! The fir e men yesterday du theg: deep rübbish was so v t ohav ey era hot, yiel they o w ftheebroeu but able to dig them out before the evening. ' Li 5 scription will be set on foot for the s urvivo r r : who are all poor lodgers, and have lost their Wye niture by the fire. The fire is supposed to 11 to O so ll in g e ill m at t e th d o f g r a o n m y • __........ a sha sp v a in r g k s Mmynenil•su'is'icce4ltle:r. ....--- —.- COURSE OF EXCHANGE, September 11 ' ,- l'. A m stet dam Ditto, at Sight ...••• 12 13 Rotterdam t2 17 Antwerp l2 9 a L's Hatuburgh 3B "/, Cs. ',llona 0 5. Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 70 i Us. Ditto 0 i ' n Bourdeaz, ditto - o 1 ., oi " O is Vrankfort on the M ex ain . ... 158 ' g fri c tfr Madrid Cadiz . 36 ' tw ill. Bilhoa 353 " . . Barcelona erille Gibraltat Leghorn Gli lua 433—;—Venice, Ital. Lir. 27 6 a Malta 45 —Naples B9, Palermo , 1164. Lisbon 0 btk Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin .... 91 Cork 9 per Ceut. - - - - BULLION. n Der° . Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 10 New Doubloons •• • 0 0 0 9J New Dollar,: 0 4 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 U___.l BIRTHS. Ai of On the 29th ult. the - Lady of the Rev. E. Ti leiv"-4 Efenechfyd, Denbighshire, of a son.. ~,, Egl' On Tuesday se'nnight, the Lady of Edmund Pt' L libter• Professor of Chemistry to the Cork Institution, of a "2:.** MARRIED. d i e fL et ' ) l i 6 ' On .Monday, the 10thinst., at. Wingfield, bY t° Boyce, Mr. William Harris, of. Aylesbury, .13°- Thomas Smith, of the Rectory, -Winkficht, Berks. i‘jr. f of. Yesterday, the I Ith inst. at St. John's, llackneY' ‘ ,„hfer Kingsbury, of Leadenhall-street, to 'Martha, 63 " c late Joseph Luck, Esq., of Clapton. a 6 1 *, :ige DIED On the Bth inst., at his house, Camberwell er rnl 'StiO 111° Edward Griffin, Esq., .many years Secretary to the Office. irig hant, i n lit' On the 9th inst., at Ilagley-row; near l'Arrn - ‘; a s; 29th year, Ann,•the wife of Mr.- Westley Ricit 4r ,ll;lg,e, tr• t o : On the 7th inst., in her 80th year, at Springrgf''' margac e. berwell, the residence of her son-in-law, 21.rion'"" • 11 01 '' widow of the late Colonel halmers. Brig On Friday, the 7th inst., Mrs. Dick, of East Cliff, • e t aged 35. On Thursday, the 7th. John Johnson, -usq. Soughton, in the County of Flint. ett' is! On Friday last, at Saighton, Mr. Joseph i',ellers, i.,,ct‘ 0 AIVP'I/ L INSTANCE OF SUDDEN 1)"111--i 1 1 1 ` 11 , 1 00 morning, between four and five o'clock, the tvif! te n _office' Bates, an officer belonging to Lambeth-street Poitt awaking, was thrown into the greatest al i ar n3 l s urgeO n cold, and apparently dead, lying by het* si "%ns- torcatore s In immediately called in, who used n?cessarY 111 ,, e i, r ved to b :od mation, but to no pm-po se. was never „li n g claY , 'llO better health or spirits than he was the Pree g a ge. when he went to bed. 1-1 e was about thirtY Yea r 4 s - ibss.' has left a wife and four small children to lament u Wet' LONDON : Printed by J. R. CARST.AIRS, of "°' Ormond-street, Queen -square ; and published bY • ; i4tiP l SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molten -street, at f r OFFICE, No 112, Strand ;, h ADV ORDERS, LETTERS &C. (POst-paid)lllUSt be Sadre Att.