The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-08-30 00:00:00

A WOVEN ED INQUEST

ON THE BODY OF RICHARD HONEY, SHOT NEAR
CUMBERLAND GATE, ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 14.

EIGHTH DAY.

WEDNB•DAT. AUGUST 29.

The Coroner and Ju►y sat et ewe o'clock, at the New len,
Edgware-road, pursuant to adjournment.
The beadle stated, that the corporal sad trumpeter, pre.
'bawdy surntooned, hail arrived.
John Haywood, corporal of the troop letter C. Ist life
guards, swore and examined—l keow nothing of the death
of It. Houey, further thou that I was out oe the party on
that day. There were ten privates, two eueporals, an offi-
cer, and a trumpeter. Wlwu we came ID Cumberlausl-gate
we were divided into devisioes of six each; one look the
right linoll side of the gate, the other the left, the whole, of
us being on the outside of the gate in Oxford-street. After
we were stationed and divided, we were ordered to cloak,
The next 1 Meg that occurred when we came to cloak WAN
Lieutenant Gore had gut a• cloak. I rode out of the rack•
and asked Lieutenant Come If he world script my cloak.
The next thsog that ueeorred Lieotenaot Gore said it No."
He lifted up his chubraqate and said, that his persist had
sent him out without cloak and pistols. 'We sat • little
time, and then walked our horses about, backward and
forward is the street. The next thing that occurred came
forward n large crowd of people, end shut the gates. 11 e
opened them again, and pot • sentoeel oil each side of the
gate out the Winder,' the Park. Next lu that was a larger
crowd still, which shut the gates agate, and forced the two
Amounts. We opened t►e gates agate by force, and posted
two more sentinels. At that time we were saluted by a
shower of brick-backs and atones. from the mob. It was
•bout dinner time, or between twelve sod two, before the
procession came up. Next thing I was but out he temple with
• brick bat, and was deaf and blind fee a kw minutes. When
I came to myself I raw • large crowd of people blockieg up
the Edgware road. Nest thing, by the assistance °fitly com-
rades and police, 1 was to getaway too %rewire which were
stationed at the end of FA g ware-road. There were posts and
gratingrin the way designed to carry away the water; that was
•11 I saw, except being hammered with brick-bats sod stones.
There wire no horses i u the w irtgons; stowaway comrades were
busty iu tliiipetrine time people the while; we bad beets or-
dered to clear the people from the reed; the camerae was
coming through the gate; we drew swords because they
would nut obey the word to disperse without force, and we
were obliged to use violence with the flat part of the swords,.
The salute of aloha was on the seeued attempt to Ant the
gates. There 'teemed to be a confederacy between lbe
people is the Park and those at the currier of Pink-lane in
the street; before we began to disp-rse tire people there was
a peat deal of ill language; the best time we were metered
to disperse the people there were some few atones thrown,
but toot sir any consequent*. We wereurdered to disperse
She second tune.--
Mr. Spicer legged leave to remind Corporal Haywood,
that he need give sio skewer that would ',intimate himself.
The Foreman of the Jury spoke to order; the preseueltur
the Coroner prevented the Deed of any such advice.
Itesurned.—There were some people °, the inside and some
on the outside. The gale was Phut by pet sues nut soldiers.
We waked the people if they were gate keepers; they said