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Mr. Adolpl.u•.-1 have c10..d my ease, and have nothialt
to say to it one way or the other.
Mr. llakie said, if it were (Ismail that the Jury wanted
Vni they twilit low him another time.
liesitenassi Hall then withdrew.

TIN Coroner thought there vas much that might be mit-
trd ; for example, that respecting the trumpeter : not much
had been made of that pow, though they had had the man
hmutclf.

Mr. Gall thought one feature of his evidamee was very
important, es it shelved how the tensult hod Iwo promoted.
Tbe Jury were then called over, awl lIIIISIIISIK4 fur Tues-
day aiwoong atm, at tea o'elock.

THE BRUI S H PRESS.

LON DON,

SATURDAY._ fismunas a, ism

We have received Dutch Papers to the sth in-
stant, from %hick the following ore extracts:—

111•31111.111011, AtIOUST 31.

Our Papers contain pretty detailed accounts of the funeral
of hrr Majesty the late Glisten of England at Brunswick. It
appears that the authorities bad intended that the funeral
should take place with as little eclat as poosible, but that the
population of the city bad desired to give a public proof
of 1104 attachment to the Howse of Brunswick, by spew.
ing all possible honours to the mortal remains of the
daughter of the revered Charles William Ferdinand. Alder-
man Wood, sad all the other English who attended the
corpse of her Majesty, were received in the most friendly maw.
oer. It was intended to give the Alderman a serenade, but
the design was abandon*; it is nut mated for what reason.
The fallowing evening 'corral hundred citizen* gave him a
viral. la this city abeam Alderman has received numerous
visits.

We have received Frankfurt Papers to the IA
imatant. It appears that the reports of successes
obtmined by the Greeks have camped s renewal of
the cruelties inflicted upon the people of that sect
rebislent in Constantinople.

The Blues do that dety alternately now. Lieut. Gore has
not been, I believe, on the King's guard sits*. On Sunday
19th, Lieut. Gore wa■ on church parade. On the
Saturday I was at the Home Guar.'s, 'ad talked to Lieut.
Gore there. I saw bins at the Church parade on Sunday.
The Officer can't change hie guard without the consent of
the Commanding Officer. I have no knowledge of Lieut.
GM(' go rag on du►y by mistake. Time Officers who mount
guard can't go Off duty without the permission of the
Silver Slick, who is the General Field Officer of the King's
guard.
By Mr. Blakie—l have never been examined before by
Illy. Adolphus.
The next witueas called was Lieut. Wm. Lock, sworn end
examined by Mr. Adolphus-1 ant a Sub•Lieutenaut in the
ist regiment of life guard.. 1 was drawn out on the 21.1
August to be inspected by the witnesses. I had used no
cuntrivonce or arrangement to
person fur Lieut. Gore, or Gate% for mine. On my oath 1
Sal used no means to disrulour my face by paint or other.
w ise ; certainly nut. I had mute colour that day than now,
vs I have been ill since Sunday ILI from a blow 1 received
by a brickbat.
By a Juror—lt was Sunday weak that 1 received the blow.
By Mr. Blakie-1 have no knowledge of Lieut. Gore
guirig on dot) by mistake.
Bethel Wairund sworn. and examined by Mr. Adolphus.-
1 ant a Sub Lieutenant' of the Ist Life Guards; 1 MIRA drawn
out on the list August for inspection; I did cot by painting
a•r any other contrivance endeavour to alter my appearance
oil that day.
By Mr. Blakie-1 have no knowledge of Lieut. Gore
going on duty by mistake since the lath August.
Mr. Adolphus said that ►e hod now closed his

Mr. Memo., said that Lien.. 11.11 was now present, if the
Jury wished to bale Wm nailed.
Mr. Illskie expressed a wish to see trim. lie accordingly
cnt.•red aloe room.

Mr. Waite wished to know whether the Jury were pre.
eluded from patting any epsilon in him.
Mr. Adolphus said, be should neither approve nor make
any objection. lie was not his witness.
A Juror observed that it had been the undemanding that
no witness should be examined after those for the defence.

41ii the question as to what day they should adjourn to—
Me. Adolphe. suggested that as Monday was the first day
ilve Ali.tarifa Sessions, it would most probably be a day
of heavy duly to the Coroner.
Afar some discussion. Tuesday was the day fixed; and as
to the Sian, oue of the Jury observed it ought to be early,
as they had got a great deal of evidence to read through;
and it was a matter that could not be hurried ; another of
the Jury doubted wheller it would be necessary to read over
the whole of the notes.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday lust, which have
*raised at our office, add nothing of much import-
ance to the intelligence which we communicated
yesterday respecting the recent disturbances in Ma-
dri►l. They mutually repeat from each other the
accounts which had appeared respectively in those
Papers of the dsy preceding, but none of them
ventures to snake any remarks upon the nature of
the occurrences, although they certainly bore a cha-
racier which could not fail of exciting • deep inte-
rest throughout Europe, but more particularly in
France, which is bound to Spain by so many rela-
tions,
political and domestic. This must not be
undelatood as marking any indifference on the part
of the people or of the public writers of Paris, bat,
on the coutrary, evinces the solicitude of the censors
of the French preset, who will not allow the affairs
of Spain to be made the channels of political re-
Sections, which might be made to bear obviously
though i►►directly upon the concerns of their own
Goverument and country. It is a proof of the in-
creasi.l strength of the social union which begins
to u,oi►e the Governments and people of the vatious
coutitrirs of Europe, that every event which occur
in one country is received iu almost every other by
the several political parties as if they felt an imme-
diate concern in the transaction. Party spirit
seems instantly to be tinned, and, by ■ kind of
mystic sympathy, a chord touched in one extre-
mity of Europe awakens kindred feelings through-
out every part of the political system. It is thus
taut we should exult in the triumph of fierdom,
whether the victory were achieved in Spain or Por-
tugs', iu Naples or in Greece ; and thus also do
we glow with indignation when we find the glo-
rious prize tarnishe►l by the presence of evil pas-
IWO, forfeited by treachery or timidity, or destroy.
"ed by the violence of Governments, or the iute►n-
-I,erance or fickleness of the multitude.
11 hatever may be the termination of the serious

an-sir which was in suspense when the latest ac-
counts left Madrid, there seems no difficulty, ac-
cording to the present state of our information, in
imputing the origin of the disturbance to the popu-
lace of Madrid. The success of their desperate
attack upon the prison in which VENUESA was con-

fined, and the tots! impunity which funowed the
barbarous massacre of this obnoxious prisoner, seem
to have inspired the populace of Madrid with
great confidence and ferocity. That event was an
evidence of miserable imbecility on the part of the
Spanish Government, and from the circumstances
connected with it threw a suspicion equally on the
soundness of their hearts and heads. It appears
not improbable that some such project was con-
templated on the evening of the 40th August, with
respect to the obnoxious soldiers confined at the
post of San Martino ; but whether this were so or
riot, there yet is evidence of a riotous disposition
on the part of the people previous to any military

interference, in their baring assembled in front of
the post San Martino, singing the insulting song
7'roga la Pero. MontiAo seems to have acted

in. a very justifiable manner in the assistance which
he afforded to the Political Chief of Madrid in
dispersing the people ; but we see no marks of an
energetic or Dottie mind in the wretched excuses
subsequently offered to the mob by the Political
Chiel, and also by Aloalta.o. The Proclamation
issued by the latter was particularly contemptible.
Our readers had it in this Paper yesterday. It
undertook to draw a distinction in the avowed exer-
cise of military force between the drawing of the
General's sabre and its remaining in its scabbard !
—What mattered it whether Moatu.o struck
with has sabre, or commanded others to strike?—
The excuse was like that of a schoolboy, alto,
when charged with robbing an orchard, dechires
that he did not climb the trees, he only picked up
the apples sud tarried them away. It is not the
use of his sabre that gives weight to the presence
tut an officer. In manual exertion an officer is
Ktterally inferior to a common 'soldier. But what
molt be the effect of such condescension upon the
minds of an enraged multitude ? We are told in
• private letter from Madrid, that the appearance
of Moatt.Lo's Proclamation, instead of allaying
the people, exasperated them still further, and the
writer procseds to explain that this effect was pro-
duced by an evident purpose in the letter to pre-
varicate upon the .übject. But not to this ought the
effect lobe attributed. The people saw in this ex-
cost an acknowledgmeut of the weakness of their
a•laguaists, and they naturally pressed their advan-
tage. They exclaimed, " Death to MORILLO t."-
" The head of Mosul.° !" louder than before;
and the event justified their estimate of the strength
of their voices ■nd the weakness of the Govern-
ment. MoatLi.o resigned, and the Kits° was
then required to appear and confirm this popular
triumph.

There is wisdom in yielding to circumstances,
and no principle of Government is more judicious
or salutary thou to concede on all proper occasioos
to public opinion. But the clamour of • mob
must not be mistaken for public opinion, especially
when we find it obviously exposed to every ordinary
notion of justice and humanity. The Kiug of
SPAIN saw the weakness of his Ministers, and
wisely refused to concede to an infuriated rabble
the punishment of a valuable public Minister.
The KING has granted just so much as he ought to
grant. Moftn.Lo was accused of a public o&nce,
the Kt NG, therefore, commanded that he should be
put upon his trial, and left the continuance of his
office to depend upon the result of the trial. MO.
RILLO may be it good officer in the field, but he is
not • Minister suited for the present critical cir-
cum.tances of the Spanish monarchy. He wants
cisil courage and firmness. Circumstances may
require him to use his sword, and if he acts in the
fair exercise of his judgment, he ought not to shrink
from his responsibility.

An account or the Kitsn's visit to the County
of Wicklow, and of his einbarkat. at Dunk:try
on Monday, is Rivets io our preceding columns.
His MAJESTY remained wind-Lnutid in that lbir-
boor at 7 o'clock on Tuesday 'light. Previous to
his MAJESTY'S departure. Lord SIDMOUTEI ofEci-
ally communicated to the LORD LIEUTENANT his
MAJESTY'S Sstiarelion at hi, reception iu behind,
and intimated his gracious introit')))) of a future
visit. It will be alto seen in our account, that the
conduct of Alderman altarsir has receivtd a dig-
nified. rebuke.

The Inquest upon RICHARD HONEY vies re.
sumed yesterd►►y, and again adjourned to ten
o'clock on Tuesday, ors which day it i• expected to
conclude.

A latter from Plymouth. dated Sept. 5, says that
his Ms.miTtr was expected them last Thursday, to
inspect the Bresktvater.

The East India Company's ship Kent, outward-
bound, was in lat. 20. 43. S. long. 33. 1. W. no
the lath April.
Passengers by the various coaches that arrived in
London yestatday morning iepott the teurpe,t of
Thursday bight to have been the moat awful and ter-
rific ever remembered in this country : it appears to
have been at its greatest height between one and
two o'clock on that morning. The thunder was so
loud, and the lightning so strong, that the inhabi-
tants un almost all the road. had quitted their bed..
A tremendous fire was seen from llockliffe and
DuEstuble, which there was no doubt had been
caused by the elemetvary fluid. We fear we shall
hive dreadful new, to follow, when our accounts are
mum: how t;.e diticrtnt ruts of the country.

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