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the gate when witness came up•-•=the hearse was riot tnroagh ; two of the horses_ belonging to the hearse we're through the gate, the others were not ; saw no civil authorities endeavouring to resE • riiirs the people from acts of violence. Saw somebody, whom he was told was Sir Robert Baker; the soldier 6 on. lie was dressed in a brz::,vn-great coat, and riding up on one o f the soldiers' hores. Was only told that it. was Sir R. 13aker: does-not know him. Aleicander, lives at No. 4, Tower-street, Scho. Is a dyer, apprentic'e'd Mr. Briggs, of Brewer-street. Saw the prOcesszon at Brandenburgh House ; went quietly to Kensing ton, Wheere he saw the - . people draw a dung-waggon across the scent and next a was , ison with some soldiers ; they were placed across the lane leading up-by Kensington Church e- some blows passed on both sides between the constables and people ; saw no sticks, nothing but the constables' staffs ; the soldiers' wag gon then went away, and another was drawn-into its plate, so that nothing could pass. A Juryman interfered, and said that he considered any exit= rninaticn as to facts that occurred before the death of the de ceased was irrelevant. The CORONEIL considered that the matter embraced the whole proceedings previous to the death of the unfortunate man: It was very essential to ascertain whether the soldiers had re ceived any provocation at Kensington by the same persons who u•nended them on to Cumberland gate, where the unfortunate affair took place. TheToreman of the Jury could not consider that what took place at Kensington had any thing to do with the proceedings at Cumberland-gate. After some farther conversation, the examination was re sumed. - At the Kensington Park Gate witness heard a Gentlem a n o n horseback say, "it is altered." SaW nothing more until 'they arrived in Piccadilly ; the soldiers there turned their backs upon the Procession, and their horses heads to the.people upon the pavement, with their pistols out ; witness heard the Gentle man in the brown coat say that the Procession should go through the city ; the Gentleman was upon a horse like the soldiers, with the wool uon it ; an Officer came up to him, a nd th e y wen t back together; in five minutes time there was a cry that the hearse was gone up the Park ; the people went up a street be hind Park-lane, because that was stopped up ; witness ran to tie top as fast as he could to see the hearse come out of the Park ; when he got there, saw the soldiers driving the people, and striking them with their swords; three or four soldiers galloped to Park-lane, where witness was, and he ran down the lane, and up the first turning ; here he found no outlet, and waited until the soldiers returned, when he went out by the same way he entered, and the soldiers came galloping back ; witness got uhder a coach ; he then crossed over between Coin beriand-street and Quebec-street ; there were no stones thrown on that side of the way ; they were all thrown from the corner of Park-lane, where the soldiers tried to ride over the people ; witness was standing close beside the curb-stone. against :a stable-yard, when a young Officer, whom witness should know again, came riding up Oxford-street" • he did not turn his horse, but turned his head towards Quebec-street, and took a pistol in his hand ; the horse's head was then turned towards Tyburn-turnpike; the Officer was dose to the corner of Park- Jane, and he pointed his pistol ; directly the pistol was tired a man fell down ; saw him after he was down ; the pistol was pointed towards him ; witness saw it go off ; the man stood near the corner of Cumberland-street ; • witness was within three yards of the man ; the Officer stood to the right of wit ness in the road. The man was taken to Mr. Lightfoot's ; di rectly he was taken up, witness followed him to the Doctor's ; does not know Sir.R. Baker ; heard nobody admonishing the people from pursuing tumultuous conduct ; the Officers seemed siding about instead of b e i ng w ith th e men ; there were stones :Led bricks thrown from the corner of Park-lane before the firing ; none were thrown from where the man was standing ; only heard the peoply cry" City," on that side. (The withers then described the situation of himself, the man,autfthe Officer at the time when the latter fired, and the man was shot); heard rib riot act read ; saw no one but the soldiers ; no stones were t? town until the soldiers knocked about their swords and drove tee neople down Park-lane. Mr. Sheriff WasTHatax here observed, that, in consequence of an interview which he had with the brother and sister of the deceased, he was induced to hope that some means would be adapted by which the soldiers might be drawn up so as to give the witnesses a fair opportunity of viewing and identifying Viose who were co ncerne d i n th e d eat h o f Richard Honey.— lie merely held it out as a suggestion to the Coroner and Ju rymen, as more becoming them, than himself or others ; sti he must observe, that a heavy responsibility would rest on tier is some steps were not taken for the purpose which lie ha rresetioned. One of the Jurymen observing that they had no right to take such a step, Mr. Wam M A added that they had no right to return a verdict r ict tin they had received all the evidence wiiich it was possible to acquire. He knew that if a leg of mutton were stolen, the Officer of the regiment charged with the theft would draw out the whole regiment that the offender !night be identified. As the subject seemed to interfere with the examination of the witnesses, he agned to postpone its consf , deration till after the business of the day had been con cluded. William Clmver, grocer and cheesemonger, No. 6, Church street, Chelsea, stated, that he joined the procession at Ken sington Gate, where he saw the Horse Guards in company with the Blues; at this time the soldiers were. trying to turn the procession into the Park. Saw a gentleman ride up to the gate and expostulate with them, and some disturbance ensued. Wit ness proceeded on as far as Down-street, understanding that the procession was about to pass through the City. He waited there about ten minutes, until hearing the people cry, " the body is gone through the Park," he ran up Down-street and South Audley-street as fast as he •could, to see the proejssion pass throu g h Cumberland Gate. Having reached Oxford-street crossed over, and had got within twelve or fourteen yards of Cumberland-street, when he heard the report of twelve or four teen pistols. When he came up he found the stones flying about in. all directions, and he heard the pistols going off at Snferent times. Casting his eyes across the road he saw the procession it confusion, and the soldiers riding abort in all directions. He likewise saw an officer of the Life Guards apparently about 22 years of age, point his pistol in the direction in which the witness stood; at the same instant he saw a flash in the pan and a person uttering-a ery of " oh !" fell partly against hiin and partly against die railings of the house near which he stood s several persons cried out " the man is shot—take him to a Doc tor ;" witness was greatly alarmed, and having forced himself out of the crowd, ran as fast as he could up to Quebecastreet, and thence got into the New Road time enough to see the pro cession pass by ; the situation of the Officer at the time of his firing the pistol was on the road opposite to the witness, but about 35 or 40 yards nearer Tyburnatimpike ; about three quarters of ea hour afterwards, returning back again, he saw the came offieere with about 12 or 14 men stationed opposite Cumberland Gate; witness went up to him and said, " You are a pretty fellow are you not to shoot a man;" the Officer looked at witness and said," I wish you were shot too ;" he then resnov tal his horse to the farther end of his company; a Gentleman came up and spoke to the same Officer, who appeased to be his friend ; they whispered together, and at the conclu sion the Gentleman said " I wish you well out of it ;" Wit was examined the horse and accoutrements- very minutely, but could not.disrover any thing by which he could recognize them ; the colour of the horse was either bay or chesnut ; is confident that he should be able to swear to the Officer if in rn'imcntals at any time ; Witness being much exasperated, thus addressed the Officer, " I shall know your face again,you're so damn'd u g ly ;" he then looked at him again fo r fi ve minutes, and reti re d home across the Park. Before he went home, he made an attempt to get into the public-house where the body lay, but without effect ; there were several persons in the crowd who said they could swear to the person of the Of ficer who shot the deceased, but he had neither seen them be fore er since ; the age of the Officer was between 20 and 22, he was slim made, rather pale, and witness believes his hair to have had a sandy cast, and his look was very dejected ; the man who was shot dropped instantaneously ; he neither saw nor heard any other pistol fired; does not know Sir Robert Baker; heard many persons say that the Riot Act had been read, but did not hear it read himself ; saw the stones flying about in all directions, but none came from the spot where he stood ; where witness stood there was a great crowd of people; saw some of the horses had passed Cumberland-gate and had got into Ox ford-street. As he came up to Cumberland-gate saw a very great crowd and the swords moving in the air; when he came up heard twelve or fourteen pistols fired. George Rogers, No.ll, Mornington-place, Hampstead-road, tobacco-manufacturer. Was one of the Committee " for ar . ranging the Procession of those individuals who might be anxi ous to shew their respect to the remains of her late Majesty ;" proceeded to BrandenL-argh House at six o'clock in the morn_ mg. In passing through Kensington perceived a number of carts. waggons, and coaches drawn up at the entrance of a lane near Kensington Church ; came back with the procession ; could. net exactly say at what spot the Horse Guards joined the pro cession ; proceeded down Piccadilly at the head of the process sion, imagining it would follow and pass through the City; when be had proceeded some way there was an alarm given that a part of the procession, with the body, was gone through the Park ; witness therefore made his way as fast as he could up some street into Park-lane on the full gallop ; the people were all run ning in the same direction. Placed himself nearly opposite Cum berland Gate, in order to take a view of what was going on, and also to rejoin the proce.ssien as som as possible. The first object which he saw was a body of Life Guards; there were three in front; the centre one appeared to be an officer, by hia dress; e besides that he was thinner, and less manly in his apliearaite than the others. The party seemed in a state of violent irrita tion as they approached the gete from the interior, brandishing their swords at the people as if they had no command of them selves ; the people were hissing at them. As soon as they had come out through the gatta, which they did in an irregular manner, they attacked the people ; the soldiers never once formed till after the affray was over. When they got out of the Park, the soldiers began galloping in all directions, and using their swords; whether the side or edge, the witness was not prepared to say • at that time he had seen no stones thrown, but after the soldiers had attacked the people, per haps two, three, or four minutes after, the people retaliated by throwing stones, and then the soldiers began to draw their pistols, and fire them in an irregular manner : saw no damage arise from the firing ; the people called out " murder ;" could not state whether the soldiers had their pistols out at Hyde Park Corner, as lie was at the head of the procession; it did not appear to him that the people attempted to keep possession of the gates. Examined by Mr. WAITIIMAN—You have said that you were a member of the Committee for regulating part of the pro cession. Do you know whether there was any concerted plan for obstructing the public ways ? H ere the COnONE a objected to Mr. Waithman's question, as being irrelevant to the object for which they were there then assembled. Mr. WarrIIMAN, in return replied e that ha conceived he h a d a right to take adv a nt age o f th e witness,. being on oath, and be fore the Jury, to propose such a question to the witness as they had just heard. He asserted, that the Coroner and the Jury were charged, with a conspiracy to admit persons in evidence whose depo.ltions should bias the public opinion, and he contended, that being himself charged with having been a part of that con spiracy, he hada right to put upon.hia oath and examine hint touching his knowledge of theanatter. lie maintained, that the Coroner ought, in justice to the Committee, to charge the Jury to investigate the truth of this public - danger. The C0110:NE it—l am not here to charge nor to discharge a Jury, nor to answer the charges of the public -- press. I place myself above their attacks, and when I submit to be tried, it will be by other jurisdiction than the public Papers. The wit ness could only answer for himself, and to ask with respect to any other was irrelevant: , If Mr. Sheriff' iVaithman wished to repel any charge which he conceived to be injurious to him, he might have recourse to the law. Mr. 'WA: TII re maintained, that the cognizance of such matter did not militate against the public duties of.an Inquest like the present. The Jury might be prejudiced by the false reports to which he alluded. He believed the present Juxy was a very honest one. The COP.ONER—I hope the Jury do not read the Newspa pers on this subj ec t. , Indeed I have my doubts as to the pro priety of its going. forward to the public in the progress of the inquiry. lam not sure that the Gentlemen of the Press ought to be in this room, because I think this Court partakes of the nature of a Grand Jury, and they would not permit it. Mr. WarrHataer.—This is a public Court. The CORONEn—Ves, but not for the purpose of conferring on it the additional task of announcing all that the papers choose to say. - Mr. WAITIIMAN said, he did not wish to prolong the dis cussion, and he would therefore merely ask if the witness knew of any concerted plan for blocking up the public avenues on the day in question. Witness—,No ;. I know nothing about it. Coa.oa - E it—Now you have got as much as you can. Mr. Warritmaar—As much as I want. Elizabeth Parker lives in Stingo-lane, Marylebone, and is a . widow ; saw the procession from the steps of the house at the corner of Cumberland-street, in Oxford-street; was there when the gates were first shut against the Queen coming through ; cannot say who shut the gates—it was not the soldiers, but the people collected about them. The first thing she saw through the mob of people before her was the Queen coming through the gates. She saw the soldiers waving their naked swords opposite the Park gates betbre that; saw this before the procession came through ; did not see them strike any one with their swords before the procession came through. Her idea was that they were riding about to stop the procession. The Ox ford Blues were the only soldiers she saw come out of the Park; saw no stones thrown at that time. When the hearse came through the people turned the horses' heads downOxfordtreet towards St. Giles'e, and the soldiers (the Life Guards) resisted them. When the hearse was gone they began to fire ; that was when the hearse Was turned out of her sight—she then heard 1 the report of guns ; saw no stones thrown till after the person was shot ; did not see any one fire—she stood looking over 1 the left shoulder of the deceased all the time—he might have died in her arms if she had had spirit enough to hold him; he stood on the first step and she stood on the second above him. He fell against her, and she cried out " Oh ! that man is, shot." He tried to catch the railings with his left hand to save his fall ing; she saw no one tire; her agitation was so great she'could not say if there was a horse soldier within seven or eight yards ; she saw the blood flow from his breast, but did not go to the Doctor with him. His face was to the street, and she looked over his shoulders ; she did not see the soldiers at that time rid ing betwixt the Park-gates and Park-lane. Mr. WArmaiaar—Was the man throwing stones, or any one near him ? Witness--No, he was not. In answer to a Juryman—Thinks it was the first shot that was fired, but her agitation was so great that she could not re mark. To another Juryman—She knew that the gates were shut to prevent the procession coming through, because the people cried out" shut the gat.!---the city." The deceased cried, " the City, the City, the i;tty," putting his umbrella between his legs, and clapping his hands as loud as he could, and he said no•more than for King or Country; she does not know whether it was a private or an officer that fired • she does not know one from another tr- never SAW the man before ; his eyes turned up in his head when his hat was taken off • In answer to-Min Slieriff WA!•ruMtAN—When she saw the soldiers, she was for going away, but the deceased said, she was best where she was—to remain behind him, and she would re ceive no harm. Henry Montague lives at No. 48, Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square, wnere he is a servant to Mr. Hodson. Met the procession first at Hammersmith ; went from that place round by Bayswater to Cumberland-gate ; stood close by the soldiers stationed outside the gateway, which they were guarding; he was on horseback amongst the soldiers ; the first thing he saw was the people coming round the soldiers ; then he saw one of the officers point his pistol towards Cumberland-street, and fire, and he heard the cry of - 4 murder." This was before the hearse came through ; several.shots had been tired before that ; after the man had fired the people began to throw stones ; the soldiers kept rifting round the gates to disperse the mob, in which they partially succeeded before the shot was fired ; he himself received a blow on the head, which nearly stunned him, from a stone, which induced him to get away as fast as he could; does not know the Officer ; he was a young thin man mounted on a brown horse, with a short tail. Previous to this the people had cried out, "The City, the City, the City ;" the soldiers made a clear ring, and then the officer turned his horse and fired, and then he (Witness) was hit with a stone ; he saw the officer afterwards, but the stones were coming so thick that he could scarcely take notice of him, and was afraid to go near the place; he was near the Park-wall in the road when he fired, near the Parkgate.; the soldiers had made a clear ring about them, with the exception of himself and a few others. Saw the soldiers cut at the people through the gates. In answer to Mr. Sherif? WAITHMAN—Did ngt hear the of ficer say any thing—but the mob said, as he rode along_.“ This is he who snot the man," at which he gave a Significant nod of the head, as though he were proud of it. To a Juryman—Thinks he would know the officer again, if he saw him in regimentals ; did not hear the riot act read ; did not see the man fall; but saw a crowd round him. To Mr. Sheriff WArriEvraN—Did not see Et stone thrown from the place where the man fell, before he fell ; but saw them afterwards ; they came then from nearly the middle of the road. The first time the mob shut the gates there were only a dozen ; the second time there were a great many more ; they attempted several times to shut, but succeeded only twice; no violence was offered to him personally, further than the soldiers waving their swords, and telling him to get out of the way. If the people had not retired rapidly, they would have been cut by the swords. Joseph Ridout lives at No 3, Little Surrey-street, Black . friars-road :is a glazic-r; attended the procession, and joined it first at Hammtrsmith ; was present with it at the toll-bar, where the soldiers joined it, the Life Guards ; he was behind the procession, and does not know what passed then, further`than that there was some confusion ; was with the procession when it went as far'as Park-lane, in Piccadilly ; did not go through the Park farther than the Stanhope Gate ; when he got to the end of Park-lane, saw the hearse pass through Cumberland Gate, with a mourning coach before ; he was then stand ing nearly opposite the gate s saw the soldiers there at that time. The first thing he observed was the deceased fall ; saw ncthing before that, though he was a near spectator. Saw no violence passing betwixt the people and the 'soldiers before than shot; did not hear the shot; heard a number of shots after that, but none before. On the side where he was, things were very quiet before th a t. Aft er t h e s h ot was fired he had enough to do to look after the man : thought of nothing else. Saw no stones thrown at all. After he had attended to the man, went down Cumberland -street, and did not go back there again.— . Does not know who fi re d th e s h o t, and did not know the M a n before. The man was doing nothing before he was shot ; did not see the person who fired. In answn to a .T.:ryman—Heard twenty, thirty, or forty shots fired in all. Did not notice whether there was -one or ten shots fired at the same tithe as the one by which the man was killed. The Foreman here addressed the Coroner, previous to the Jury adjourning, on the subject of an observation he had made at the last sitting, as to the propriety of the troops being drawn up, to be inspected by.the witnesses. He had prepared a mo tion to that abet, which he thought there would be no impro priety in laying before the jury. Some discussion arose as to the fonn of carrying the motion into effoet. Mr. Sheriff WAITHMAN observed, that the requ est that the Coroner should use his influence in the matter, would come with propriety through the Jury. The Coroner would knowwhat was the best quarter to apuly to, and he thought there could be no doubt on the question itself. The Jury; if not liatisti:ll with the evidence before them, were at liberty to call for other in formation. He (Mr. 11,'.) made the request, in justice to the re lations of the deceased. The CORONER—There is a Gentleman here who represents the Life Guards. Mr. lIANsoN said he thought the Jury were premature in making such a request. After they should have heard some of his evidence, .they would be convinced it wo u ld n o t b e necessary . Mr. Sheriff-Warr inNtax said, that if they were to act upon this assurance, the witnesses would stiffer great inconvenience in having to wait till the evidence of that gentleman should be commenced. Mr. HANSOM—I am ready to go on, if Mr. Sheriff Waith. man has done. Mr. WAITIIMAN said he did not know when he should end. 'From the nun,ber of persons who had tendered" him their evi dence, he had no doubt he could bring 150 witnesses. After some furthef conversation amongst the Jury, the fol lowing request to the Coroner was agreed to : " We, the Undersigned, being Jurymen sitting on the kn 4quisi ti on assembled to determine from what cause Richard' Honey came by his death, respectfully -reqttest 11r. Stifling, the Coroner, to make :Indication to the proper Authorities, in order that the troop of Life Guards or that part of it which at tended du the occasion of the Queen's funeral, be drawn up in the same dresses and on the same horses that they used on that day, the 14th of August, 1821, in order that the several tvitacses may have an opportunity to identify the individual who slit tha,cleceased." The Inquest was then adjourned to two o'clock precisely on Monday. CORONER'S INQUEST ON THE BODY OF GEO. FRANCIS. Yesterday an Inquest was taken before Mr. thoos, Deputy Coroner for Westminster, at the Triumphant Chariot, G rosvenor-mew s,G rosvenor place, on a view of the body of George Francis, who was• unfortunately shot during the distur bance which happened on T ues d a y last at Cum berland-gate, Hyde Park.—The Jury were call ed over four o'clock. Mr. Massey was chosen foreman,. and the Jury were sworn in the usual , wanner.—Two professional gentlemen gave notice to the Coroner that they attended, one of them , (Nr. Butler, an assistant of Mr. Harmer's) on the part of the deceased's relatives, the other on the part of the Ist Life Guards.--The Coroner expressed a hope that they had arranged as to the evidence they would produce.—Mr. Butler assented.—The gentleman on behalf of the Life Guards stated that he was not prepared with any evidence that day. The CoaoNEtt---- , lt is not likely that we shall get through the case to-day. The first thing is to view the body. The Coroner, the Jury, and others, then pro ceeded to view the body.—The wound was on the right side of the breast, just below the shoul• der : the neck was much discoloured. The body had been opened, and had been sewed up again. In consequence of the smallness of the room at the Triumphant Chariot, the Jury adjourned to the Goat Inn, Pimlico. First Witness—James Burton, No. G, Lisson place, Mary-le-bone, carpenter, was then called and sworn. He was not acquainted with the deceased. He saw the deceased shot on Tuesday morning, near, as he thought, twelve o'clock at noon ; he was standing by the deceased on the foot pavement near to Hyde Park wall, .near Tyburn turnpike, almost close to it. The de ceased was within a yard of him ; he would not say too near ; deceased was also on the foot pavement ; he had no one with him ; he had neither stick nor stone that witness could per ceive ; he was quietly looking on ; there was a great many people near, but few on the causeway where deceased and witness stood.—Q. What happened I—A. His death happened, and I feared for mine.—Witness saw the young man, he knew not whether Officer or soldier, who shot the de ceased ; he was on horseback. Witness did not know exactly how far off the young man was ; he was in the crowd ; he was dressed as a soldier ; whether an Officer or private soldier he could not say; he did not understand them. Witness did not know whether he should know him again ; perhaps he might. Witness saw him fire ; it was all in confusion ; he could not say that he took direct aim or not. Was he a Life Guardsman of an Oxford Blue ?—lie was not a Blue ; he was dressed as a Life Guardsman ; witness was glad to get away as fast as he could; witness did not see a single stone or brickbat thrown before the deceased dropped; many afterwards; he did not know where they came from ; it was a minute after wards; he saw the young man fire and the de ceased fall ; the pistol was pointed towards the deceased ; witness left' the crowd as fast as pos sible. No tumult had taken place nor stone had been thrown from that quarter where witness and deceased stood. lie saw several soldiers, but only one fire at the time the deceased fell ; did not hear the Riot Act read, nor did he be lieve it was. Before the shot was fired, they had no order to disperse from the troops or Ma gistrate. Saw no assault made -upon the man who fired the pistol ; witness had not been two minutes in the crowd before the man was shot ; did not see any stones or brickbats till after the firing ; he then saw many stones and brickbats thrown out.of the Park ; but he did not see the persons who threw them; none were thrown from the place where witness stood. Which way were the horses turned at the time ?—Towards Tyburn -gate ; the soldiers were standing between Tyburn -gate and the Edg ware;•road ; he saw the Oxford Blues behave well; they never troubled themselves with any body. Second Witness.—James Pilkinton, No. 19, Gray's-buildings, Manchester-square, bricklayer, sworn.—Did not know the deceased ; he was standing at the Park gate on Tuesday last ; be had. been waiting there for some hours ; it was perhaps about 12 o'clock; be was near Tyburn Turnpike-gate. The Guards came galloping up the road from Cumberland-gate to the Edgware road to take away some boards which a mob had put there ; they drew their swords or scabbards and flourished them over their heads, and drove the people back. The witness got up upo❑ the small curb of the railings, and then ran away to cross over -towards the Turnpike-gate ; the de ceased was close to him ; he then observed the soldiers running to and fro; there was firing ; the man was shot ; he saw the deCeased fall ; he touched him ; he saw no stones thrown from where he was. He saw no stones thrown before the shots were fired ; deceased was. carried to the Toll-house ; a shutter was got from a coach maker's, and the deceased was carried across the Park to St. George's Hospital. Ile could not tell who shot the deceased. Ile had got in the corner where he was, because he thought it was peaceable. lle heard nothing of the Riot Act read, nor did he hear it said that it was read. Every thing was peaceable where he stood till the soldiers came up. The soldiers then drew the scabbards or swords ; he could not say which. Several of the Jurymen wished the witness to state whethsr it was swords or scabbards that were wielded by the soldiers in driving away the people. He said he was so confused that he did not observe whether it was swords or scabbards. A dragoon's sword, with the iron scabbard, was produced, that the witness might explain whe ther it was the swords or the scabbards that he had seen. The Jurymen seemed satisfied that it was the swords. Tlva witness said he was sa tisfied it must have been the swords, because they had handles to,them. Third Witness.—Mr. French, No. 11, Fisher street, Red, Lion-squa're,'swOrn.—l was in a house opposite'theScOse of action, on Tuesday, abdat half past eleven or twelve, near Tyburn Turnpike, the very end of Oxford-street ; I was sitting in the parlour; I was invited to the win dow to see the funeral ; I saw it come, I can hardly say with exactness, either through the Park or round the Park—it stopped opposite the house I was in. The first thing that attract ed my notice was a person, I imagined him to be an officer from his dress, riding, sword drawn, after a man, making several ineffectual blows et him. The man, who was on foot, eluded the blows with great dexterity. This was previous to any confusion or tumult on the part of the multitude ; the blows missed the man, each blow was sufficient to have severed his head from his body. The man escaped, and mingled with the crowd ; I lost sight of the horseman, nor was I able to ascertain exactly whether he was an officer or no. That scene terminated ; soon after there was a violent cry of shame, shame ; I do not know whether it alluded to what I had seen or not ; I saw all eyes directed towards the Edgeware-road. There seemed to be an obstruction there, but from the situation in which I was, it was impossible to see. There was then a violent cry from all quarters of shame, shame ; on which I saw the soldiers extremely in dignant and very passionate; those in front of the window where I was, threatened with sword and pistol every person who cried shame, especially some who ss ere cooped up in front of the house. Whenever the people cried shame, there was a threat, by motion of the sword, followed it. About this time a person on horseback, with a staff ; a stout man, who appeared to belong to the pro cession, cause up apparently to expostulate with the soldiers ; I judge by his action, without hearing what he said. The soldiers threatened him with their swords; he shook his head and went off. There was a soldier pointed a pistol at a man in front of the house who seemed par ticularly harmless, and was at a loss what to do to obey the order; he seemed at a loss whether to go to the right or the left ; in consequence of this, as the pistol was directed towards the win dow, and must have shot me if it had missed the man , it was directed at, I went to the top of the house ; I saw, before I went up, the soldiers loading pistols; when I got to the top of the house, the first thing I remarked was, the dis charge of a pistol ; a servant near me said a man was shot, and point e d to hi m , b u t I cou ld not, in the crowd, distinguish the man That had fallen ; I saw him afterwards borne away on shoulders, and I recognised him as a man who lived in my street, but I did not know his name ; when I saw the soldiers loading their pistols, I could not be positive that I saw them with ball, they , were ramming down something; I saw no assault on the military ; the cries were tre mendous, but no attack was made on the soldiery, quite the contrary ; I heard no Riot Act read I cannot say that I saw a pistol particularly di rected towards the place ; after I was on the top of the house, as many as ten pistols were fired after the first pistol was fired there was com parative quiet. Then to my utter astonishment pistols were discharged, pistol after pistol in succession; from the first to the last I saw no resistance ; some of the pistols were fired off after a solemn pause, as if in remembrance, as it appeared to him, of something that had happened during the confusion ; there was no visible or audible cause at the time ; I have nothing more to state ; that was the whole of the scene ; I did not see a single stone thrown at all ; I state it o❑ my oath in the most sacred, solemn manner ; there was nothing in the way of violence or at tack that I witnessed, except the cry of shame ! shame! to what that applied I did not know. The deposition was read over to the witness.— He said he would swear to the person of the horseman who followed the man, cutting at him ; he cut very violently at the man, so that one blow would have severed his head. He should be able to speak to the person of the horseman, who was , a military man ; hut whether he was an Officer or no, he could not positively say, nor con►,d he speak to the particular dress he had on ; it was red, and the soldiers who were firing were in red ; both were Life Guards; that he could take on himself to swear. The witness was asked as to the Riot Act, whether he had heard it read, or seen a Magis trate with a paper in his hand, as if reading it?— The witness said he had not. If the Riot Act had been read while he was in the room below, it must have been read in front of the window for him to have seen or heard it. But when he was above he had a commanding view, and could state that it was .not then read. He repeated, that many of the pistols were discharged after the people had been completely appalled. Dur. ing a general scene . of still ness an d h orror a f ter _ _ tli - e'fltst shot, there was pistol fired after pistol . • at the People at int erva l s b y t h e soldier s. answer to a question by the coroner, he said that whether the pistols were awed at people or no, he could not observe. The . Solicitor for the Guards asked how long witness was going from the lower part of the house to the top ?—Witness said; as fist as a good pair of legs could carry him ; he went up as fast as possible. The witness stated that the deceased, when he saw him borne a way, had 1)n-a dirty fustian dress ; he should be able to know him. He thoughtalso he could point out the soldier who was taking' aim at a man before the window. The Coroner wished the witness to go to the Hospital to recognise the body. The witness then went with an officer accordingly. Fourth Witness. —Robert Walker, House. Surgeon to St. George's Hospital, sworn.—The deceased was brought into the Hospital about half past one on Tuesday last ; he was perfectly sen sible ; was put to bed after being examined He was shot through the right shoulder; it appeared to be a gun shot ; he was bled ; his was' - considered a hopeless case ; the man himself thought so; the Chaplain said he had told him so ; he remained in the same state the whole night without getting better or worse, but re- . mained sensible until two hours before death, . which took place at twenty minutes after eight; deceased died from suffocation ; When . he exa- , mined the case, thought it hopeless ; deceased made no statement to witness ; his death was occasioned by the shot ; the ball passed directly through the body; could not tell whether a pistol or a gun ball ; the ball was taken out at the left shoulder ; it passed through the lungs ; that ball was the cause of his death; three of his ribs were broken on each side ; the ball, p a ssed through the spine; supposed the person who fired . • was rather on a level with the deceased, although •he might be above !din. The Rev. Mr. Hughes, the Chaplain of St. George's ,—Had a conversation with the decvls . • ed for the first time at two o'clock on Tuesday fie asked him his name, business, and place of residence; he told him he was a journeyman bricklayer. Mr.FaExcn returned from the hospital, having examined the deceased, si'd he should recognise him among a million, as the person carried Von the shoulders of the people on Tuesday, and whom he had frequently seen before. Witness resumed.—Deceased said he resid'd • at Kingsgate-street, Holborn, and that he had a' wife and family. He said "he wished his wife to be sent for, as he considered himself a dying ma "• Witness then dire c t e d a person to go for the wile' Nothing particular then occurred; but witness en', deavoured to console him'as his spirits droop.eu very much ; returned to him at 6 o'clock, and found his wife with him ; read prayers to him, asking whether he had any malice or ill will against anY man ? He answered in the negative, saying, the t he bore no ill will : for he considered ~he 10 ' ) . shot him had done nothing more than his duty, ; for, if a soldier, he was only acting in I ' s own defence. H e cons id ere d hi m dying. W fit ness asked him w h e th er h e t h rew any t hi ng 'at the soldiers 2 and he said, no , not at a ll . But he • stated that he had b een i n th e crow d ; he we' s the however a little retired froth the crowd at - time he was shot ; he was then on the PR'e meat. fitness said he was not aware of hay; ing heard any thing further from the deceased in the way of evidence. He had had We ll conversation with the deceased ; the wife o f t. 10% deceased was present at the time ; she was abott the bed 7 sobbing • he believed th a t s h e heard th e , n greater part o f th e conversat i on ; the decea s ed did not describe the person by whom he wa s shot, to be a Lif e G uar d sman ; but h e had no doubt that the d ecease d t h oug h t him to b e so, as he had heard so muc h ta lk a b out the Life G u ards' when he spoke of self-defence, he said that brick bats were flung at the soldiery. A JUROR asked, w h e th er t he d eceased said whoever snot ?nn him was doing his duty ; did h e k now who that mat' s r a ssd The witness repli e d, th a t hi s ev id ence was, that t h e des' tba , said to him when he considered himself in a dying G s whoever shot him was doing his duty, for as a soldier It never said, • evidently acting in his sell-defence. The deceased had said, that he had thrown any stones or brickbats at the soldle_Vt,, A JUROR observed, that the witness - had• said, that the e vg a ' a i of the deceased was present at the conversation _which 11 m an mentioned, in which he deposed that the deceased said an i L nt ii who shot hint vas doing his duty, and if a soldier, ev son acting in self-defence. Now if the wife should be brough nu m ward, anti that she contra dieted the words of the witness , ru to , the witness say that she'svas perjured ? Witness but, he could not swear to the precise words of the decease'' , • only to the substance of what he said. ted to Mr. PHILIPS, the advocate for the Prostcution ob jet ~e d in the acceptation of 'the dying declaration of the ' don,. that evidence, unless his precise words were quoted ; and r tnsis•• objection he quoted tile authority of Philips on the Ls"' dence. But after a short observation from Mr. 113 0 1 - ' this, maintained that the objection was not applicah,le. tlPrfaS"' case ; it was overruled, and the evidence of the Rev. tre ll v; I:s as to the substance of the dying declaration of the deCeas allowed to stand. , ce' s • Sixth Witness—Mary Francis, the wife of the deceav ! o s next examined.—Shedeposed, that her husband left lanne, , !";, o. ten o'clock on Tuesday morning in excellent health. "% ban d . about 43 years of as re. , The next time she saw her hu. afterwards, was in St. George's Hospital . ; it was about 7 o'clock in the day ; she was sent for and found him in bed the , e ,; s tatt . n e there was some conversation between them at the time, isnto,,, did not say that he did not expect to ; and said that he'd" .the mob flinging brickbats at the soldiers. s of Here 111 r. * Hanson interposed, an d was ca ll e d u p on b)r!t t se the Jury to state upon wnat authority he interfered ',.fir read proceedings. Mr. H. produced his authority, which wa s a A n by the Coroner and by the Foreman of the Jury. It authority, we understood, from Colonel Cavendish, of tile Guards, which was deemed satisfactory. it si" Witness resumed—She W as w i t h h er husband o °l. , r ii o'clock on Tuesd a y, w h en th e minister was there. She "Volt - conversation between thorn, but her mind w as so agitateus,`l she could not say what the whole of it was. The minister v her husband wheth e r h e had been. at the gate making %in a /- e before he was s h o t ; t o w hi c h h er , husband replied, was as innocent as the boy who then stood before. theroVic minister enjoining hi m t o spea k t h e trut h , asked him he bore ill will or malice to any one, and her bushls re tA v swered in the neg a ti ve . Sh e could not' say that her . I ' s said any thing e l se ; b u t h e did not 'say that the sold er doing their duty wh e n th e y s h o t hi m ; s h e must lu!s;e1. b that bs. him if he did say so to the Minister ; her husband said e to l ' s did not know wao shot him. She was asked whether " e band had used these words, that " whoever shot him his duty, for if a soldier, he was evidently acting in defence," - she declared that he did not ; but she reirld Ir e that the Minister said her husband made no answer ; he „ of assent to what the Minister so said, or mention the harn . '", ern ° soldiers at all. Here the poor woman manifested su c 4 , s tior l ' tions affected the whole Court ; throughout her exam'" indeed, she was suffused in tears. ,s th e A JURYMAN, expressing his reluctance to prolne Lt , of al, urination of Mrs. Francis. _especial] in her present s i n ci statt . diction, begged to ask whether the Jury that, after - the deceased disclaimed to the Minister s not malice against any one, the declaration that " whhtv i ef s osvo de was doifig his duty, for if a soldier he was acting in " 5eP 1 4 1 :,.. ' were not to 0 i1i... ,„411 fence," were words which he never used. in the affirmative, and was then ishout to w ithdraw,,.,; s ' re ksPe Hanson was obse rve d t o p u t a paps!: into her Lana.