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to to altmona affseb, la %shirk-tin' Inii; tart were wildcat,/ In.&
*ails d with elipains sad oilier 'missiles, Sir It. Beim
the •iulence mbieb was enciftils.did nut Dirk WV" tat
page that passage, sod 'proceeded on to Piccadilly. Oh t.
•erivaldiseer. a Geatlesies, who felt apprehensive that dimes
Moss etteiorqsmanes mould ease, upon the attempt Is ken'
hit • InStiesalmer aknogb• the Park, spoke to Sir lifiriesed
Saber me ibis subject,. who mos knows to be by all was
had airy koossledge of bias, a mild sad peaceable war, who,
havint• Tamil, of hie own, flek-- for the situation of others.
Hews, yea that occasion only as atidliftry. He hail not the
change or direction of the fusers', he am 004 called is
keep the peace; but bevies( been epokris to, he was Willing.
to v.ty the line marked out fur the procession is far as he
rook!. to prevent those evil consepseners which hail been
rusted out to him. He thereArre acquiesced in the sugges-
tion of proceediag along theesdilly, and the thyme. ket be-
ing Welted np, as it was market slay,. to pass doses St.
Jarors'aditreet and by Paltara.ll. One of the Undertaker's
men, sawed Tetteadah however, 'meet the hearse, yob
a part of the pesemoloo, into the Park ; and the people.
who naturally felt thereby mach disappointment, made
their way tlirtiogli the different siieetli, and up Park-lane to
t'emberlaod-gate, sod rinsed Me gales, which the soldiers
won the civil power stationed Hier tried to force up-n. The
Peek was as unnels the King'i as his (the Coroner's) house
nue biro own, sod no person hadiany right to pass through it
a-wept by sufferarice. He said so for this 'Anson : that it
was oceadosally shot op ; it hail been so leniently nu a Sun-
day, sad was closed nightly, areurdlne to the order. which
were given... No person, therefore, had any right either to
OMB or to close the gates without orders from the proper au-
thority. To attempt In close thews was equally as illegal as hr
attempt to prevent any permits from passion (rely in ur out
of 11:e horse. When the soldiers attentiled to open the
• gate, the mob assailed them with viokinee. It wns
Bible list those soldiers who were lying iu their b marks,
sod seat out from tbrace on duty without any Freeingn
knowledge or repetition, mold be said to have ham
floored ft. estereninel any prenieditatedior preconceived
will or malice against the iodividsals by whom she; were
Akan assailed. By way of esplaionen to the Joey the stature
Is the intesonts of the law, he 11P4.1•14

and wiessise d opolice iw the _
read them ow eilkiket frees the work of Ihs!frerille

-MileSfel (stionte: " Envy, hatredderA
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to - •
wufof the Inman mind._ is, be grit yr.! st
. ....toner. The second Is, Ira 'archivolt's, Pi
Jt"glitreel of use individual against another' and to midi
. 14.14VVeli as to carry main to attempt the life of that other.
I /bird ie a feeling, he who harboOrs which may be sap-
-X pared to design to do ill to some individual, and is gully of
•-•':•11 grad crime, as hi the case of settled anger 'gait's! anurner,
• ands desire of revenge" Me would also read a detiiiit ion of it,
which he received from a very worthy man, his own predeces-
sor:—" The law by the terns malice, supposes a crime ilr be at-
leaded with such a disposition, as in ordinary cireumataticesi
would be eousiderril as proof of a depraved, wicked, and
malignant spirit, or • heart lost to mural Julies, and. tin.
lent!y bent on mischief" That may of these men, who
see known to be brave men, and perhaps the bravest men
in the world, should be actuated in the dnrtul,oo of
an irksome duly which they 'are called on to to perform, lay
any such feeling or malice as has beet. described, and as the
law supposes, in the cereal' trio', it was impossible to sop-
pose. A captain in the navy had told them in his et itlettee
that he saw the soldiers. when attacked wittiest any pro-
vueatios, conducting themselves is she most mild, tempt r-
ate, and forbearing manlier, and that they were removed
from Grosverwar•gate to the opposite sidle of the road to avoid
the attack. As the processiou approachrok the gale two men
were ordered to ride forward; and wasit posaihie io sup-
pose that if adeeltief or violence were intended,. only
two men would hive been seat oa! Soldiers were nieu,
wad hail the &Aimee of other sea, and it was not to
be *opposed that they could stand to be pelted at and
violently assailed without defending themselves. And what
appeared to have been their conduct on this °cesium
One of the witnesses, Homed Alexander, on being pursued,
ruin away and made his escape into a cud de sac, or a
court stopped up at the end, and so far from sustainiag any
vielenre, he was not even corrected, fur he returned again,
and afterwards ran wader a coach fur shelter, and finally
tressed over to the place where the deceased fell. With re-
"Peet to the brandishing of the swords, it was impossible to
suppose that if any attempt had beets made, or soy iutentioir
harboured to 110 mischief, that the damage should bare been
e.intined to owe umbreti slid one hat cut. Evros after they
were obliged finally, for their own safety, to resort to their
roots', only the two persons who were unfortunately killer!
appear to have been hurt. Aud under what circumstances dial
they make use of those arms? With thirty seven of their own
comrades wounded ; and eves then, it bad been proved in
'widest, that they were sot prepared at first to fire, for
their piolbls were not even charged. A great deal had been
void &howl the Riot Act, which was evidently much misun-
derstood. That Act was *ever intended to aottiorise or em-
power soldiers to fire or use their arms in self-defence it
was passed for a very differeut paiposir. The Act was
familiar to him, for be was obliged to read it twice a year.
The worthy Coroner the.. proceeded to read the Art
as passed its 1715, aatborisine Magistrates, where 12 or more
persons were assembled together tinder circumstances there.
ha set forth, to order them by proctansatioe to disperse, and
renderingit felony without bearefit of clergy for mach persona
to remittal one hour after being su warned by proclamation.
Even after flue expiration of the hour after the proclanistioa,
the Art did not give authority to the soldiers to Are, bat
only to apprehend each as should remain. But here the
ease was altogether differeed ; they were attacked, and they
acted in self defence. It was not to be supposed that because
the Riot Art gave- the web so hour to disperse, therefore
they were to be permitted to remain assembled, and during
that hour to commit all kinds of outrage, and that the soli.
dire, who might be called out on such an occasion were to
stand to be thrown at like cocks at Shrovetide. Soldiers,
like other people, were allowed to defend themselves in the
best manner in which they were able. It was impossible, un-
der sueb circumstances, to say that soy injury •Irieli might be
store was an set of premeditation or metier, aforethought, as
the law required, coder to routed a charge of wilful murder.
)f they would lay. this up in their minds, Le was persuaded
tbey would feel thai, however much they most regret that
these two poor men should unfortunately have lust their
lives, yet there wee nut that sort of malice which the law con.
templated is the crime of mottles. Much ill-blood lied
been elicited devise these occurrences, but they would &s-
-wum all previoni impressions Guns their minds, and look
coolly into the case, and, laying their bands on their hearts,
say, if they thought this bad not been done self-ilefroce;
it it bad, they would refers a verdict of justifiable homicide.
The Coroner haviag concluded his charge, some of the
Jury suggested the proprieta of adjourning the consideration
of their verdict till to morrow, as it was now late, stud they
would probably be better prepared to discuss the question
swung themselves in the morning.
After some digression. it was at length agreed to adjourn
till eleven o'clock to•morrow (ibis day).

An unlucky circumstance occurred off Kerry
Mad on Friday evening last. His Majesty's sloop
of war Redwing, fell in with the Harriet revenue
raiser, Captain TA DT, and, supposing it to be a
smuggler. fired several shots into her, and conti-
nued to do so tor a considerable time : it win not
until the boos of the Redwing were preparing to
board the Harriet that the mistake was discovered.
One of the crew was ki:led. The Ifarriet has been
but very lately commissionril, only on her first
cruise, and WWI fonnetly a Freildi lugger, in which
craft she is roamed, and which confirmed the Cap.
rain of the Redwing eta Ins belief of her being a
smuggler. having never before seen her on the coast.
The firing was heard distinctly for a considerable
time off the liallyheige shore. and upward. of fusty
shuts were fired, accompanied by repeated cheers
born each vessel. On the Kerry coast, it was re-
ported to have been a running engagement between
the Vandelenr revenue cruiser and a smuggling
lugger, as the latter was tit/served retiring from the
shwa.