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their cloaks Hum tap to their welts, so that be could by ao
wassas tell an oikse feast a private; he *weeded to tle
top of the lice, which was very long, the length of the
yard, and tuned round, and this as be .see back in-
spected the line on the other side. fie observed to
the soldier that was with blot there irks as officer whom
he knew very well, sad he thelight for the last day or
ton he moat have been in a very hot climate, his roan.
treatise was so differ'st front what he had ever seen it.
The soldier told hint is • very abrupt way, that the*
could sot be takes up, he malt go os." lie went ott
to she bottom and farmed, and proweeded to inspect that
Linder, tile; he turned again at the top, and then neat to
inspect the rear He on the usher side. He was afterwards
met by Mr. Burnie, Mr. *afford, soil some officers, nod told
then he could not jut... Airy the porsoo. He then came sway.
Br the Jury.—Did you see the soldiers ua the 14th
A 'cent
Had they their plinks on that day ?—Yes.
Br Mr. Sheriff Waitlimman.—Os that day they were
gallopping about, and their el mks were Hying open.
A haryman.—" I never in my life maw • soldier with his
cloak on, olio bad it not hollowed et the throat."
The viten, brined to state that be hail hoped every
felicity would be siren to identify the soldier; but inatesul
of that the troop. were 0111 drawn up as to reveal persona
front being able to know may Itutividwal.
Whets his demmition was resit over, in answer to SCAM
versions from the Jury soapecting his observation as to the
compleanso of the siker, be said. •• some his oath, he really
heieered that he had map sr souse other colouring over his
face."

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By Mr. 4681% knots the same of tbs lacer,
bit I know him by eight.
William Sprats, sworn —He west In the barracks sad suer
the ?runs. drawee sip in the yard. In the 'mane of the reek,
on the left he sap twootrseera, with.• eight or ten men of
elch other, sod belweeo she two they were so mach alilte,
hr could not tell which woo lbe perms oho shot the nos,
hat be is reclaim it was one of them. Moro he came to
the msoold ~,is, he thought the first had come out of
his mob and placed himself berme him. He Irmind
tit oar and was shoot to past him out, and his lope
quivered and he turned pale. He should have said
that w.. Stir mut, hat then be me the usher, avid that
created • doubt in his mind; his missal preponderated in
favour of the opinion that the farthest etas Ilse mar. He
saw an 0(6. er go past the kitchen in the ntorniag to • stable,
followed by • private moldier, to whom he could have sworn.
sod he said thee wns the man, sod he could haymows's.. to it.

The Coroner *skid how he could swear that. whew, on
veins she two tnr• thee kvaischt, he thought them so muds
alike, he maid nut slitiiagaish one from she oilier?
The witness simmered, whew he saw hint go into the Heide
in the m•wriar, he said "that's the man who Ghat Richard
ifsmey ; I ear set..ar to him " He awoke so load the officer
win I have heard him, and be limbed rowissl and hairier' into
the *table, and the private s►at the dour after ►err. He had
tin eloak on at that time, .

Rh. UMW, who hail before heeis eassisioied, now eame
forward Dud *tithe' that be roold eurruh.rate ibis poet
of the silorm's drpusition, as he was piese..t,aud beard hues
a• lbe lime.
The Coroner reproved Hr. doses. for havi•g remained in
the room, after the repeat.ti order's rt. la that no animas
a' owlet be present ita•te•f taarlikaiwia obrauutha r.
.Ihano Turkey aworse. said it *as so d...k ahem. he was
alinitteal U. view the troop*, that I.v was tumble to clearly
.!'aistitaith au officer from a private. He saw a matt about
ld yards from iloe lop who drew his alielelloll, but be mould
to of swear so him.

A long and animated eviiversatios the. ensued, io the
nurse of which Mr. Sheriff Waishistan, the Foreman of the
flirt,, sod several of the Jurors aninsadireited with ovine
wirinth ion the manner in •hirh the Jury had Weis cleated,
nul slwir eutlesetiors to forward the rods of just ice frii%trat.

el. Every penman* mean■ of proerastiratino had re-
sorted to, sad the inspection delayed until night over-
took them, and defeated the object which they bad in
view. The Notice of the immeetimi had also, it was
said, been seandelously *hen, se as to have the effect
of nitlndiug many of the witnesses who lived as • consider-
able distant?, and whom the stoniness of the time between
the notice of the order for the inspection, and the hour st
which it was appointed to take place, readtrcd it inspussible
to move with aummo•ses.
Mr Ste riff Weidman said the proceedings of that daybed
been marked by 'below.' scandalous sod vagrant stir opts to
impede the course of justice that he had ever heard of.
'Floe •saucer in which the Jury had been etcludr d from
witnessing the inspection of the troops by the wiluesaes,
was one of the grossest itself* that could he offered to the
most valuable iustitutions of the C044161U. The examination
of she witnesses by other regains in the alnieuce of the
Jury was • proeeediog, the like of which he had •ever
befuse Ward of. lie knew of no good purpose which
it could possibly be intended to misw. e; and as to
the identilleatiou of the party who fired the pistol, how
v.•re the Jolty to be or that polo' They
might have the evidence of Mr. Bernie, boot that could never
cumin, them with the cepoviction that they would have de-
rived from oheertiog the looks sr.d ntsumers both of Woe
witoevaea who identifiid, nod of the in.lovidual whom they

ipmuttd out. They were atoll without a clue to the
name of the individual. 1 hey lute cumpleiely set
• •t thfiaure, at far as the idessiotieuiron of the party sou
cuborractl. They had it, however, in t►eir power to sum-
vales the Adjulaut, o► the Officers of the regitneat, or the
Adjutant-General, or any other persem whom they thought
proper. and wito animist be able Itt afford them the informs'.
114/11 they wanted, fur none of those persona were above
*tbe reach of the law.

The Forentau of the Jury then rose sad proposed a rem-
tut on, that the Adjuttust of the regimes, should be sum-
moned to attend before the toques', sod rammed to being
with him hi. esustcr•rall, the roaster of the 14th and of the
Ills. of August, sod the reginsertal us derty-hook.
A Ju►or wished to kaow bow they were to get at the in-
ideottlied in the evidence of the witness Alesattrier,
sod wheth. r they ought oot to nmmon Mr. Bernie cad Mk.
Stafford ? _ _ _

The Foreman said, the Jury so doubt woold wials to set
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with becoming respect to ever; person is ••ttwrity; •ad if
they thought those geolleme• would readily attend, they
weuid pribaps be ',dirtied with seeding them • simple re-
limit to came before them; otherwise it wstild be necessary
to hive them summoned.

resolution seas then pot, that Thomas &mutat the Adja-
4aut of the first regiment of Life Gsardt, be asimenotted to
attend before this Ingoest, sod be ritereatod ID bring sieillt
' him the matter-roll, the roaster of the 11th and that of the
'214 of August, and the tniterly-hook of the said rediniesit.
Foe/it...ea of the Jury held up their Mods in support of
41.1.1 resolution, sod the fifteenth did out bold up his
bend iidainst it. . . _

Another rtsolutioa was thee proposed, and carried, Mat
it'.e Co/truer ►bould be revisited ass procure the attendance
of the said Adjutant at the New inn, in the Edgwarsooad,
10-TII.IO*, at two o'clock.
Similar resolutions were thee passed respecting the attead-
once 4 Mr Ronk and Mr. Stafford with their mites of the
•uecsrrrn.•es of this day at the barracks of she life guards.
The imoest then atijoaraeet at sett i,'clock till tomorrow
(Wes slay) at two ti'clutl, thou to meet al the New luu iu
abe E.liirare road.

Thraudiston, in Suffolk, was, the morning idler
the hoe fair, visited by a whirlwiud, by which a great
vivito:pent of china, Rhea, and earthenware was sod.
.wept away from a large stall, cvirird to •
ni height in the ait, mid to a Considerahle• dis.
tvi r.. The owner of theiltall and three other per.
roil% were blown down, sod a boy who was plactpg
ooss! r goods on a waggon was blown off. Some of
the broken crockery waa afterwards picked up at
more than a mile from Thiandiston.
Two boys fell off the new g,olllld at Dartmouth
Jam week into the river Dort, and would have been

ititowtirol 6411 wit Lieut. LAMPIER. R.N. mid Mr.
Stosear CREED, whu were ou board a vessel,
im,caved auJ rescued them flow s Ire-•
.4111.0.4• fr skatti.