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London, England, 1810-05-12 00:00:00

INQUEST.

An Inquest was held at eleven o'clock, yester-
4ay, at the Three Cosapesses, in Portmities• mews,
South, by G. HODGSON. Esq. Coroner for the
county of Middlesex, on the hotly of John Crowe,
a dustman, who died in coosequence of a wound
he rewired on the head, in an offniy on Monday
night, between a number of labouring men, and
several Life Guardsmen, whose stables are in Wil-
liams's-mess, Mary-la-bomue.
Lieut.-General Barton, of the 2d Regiment of
Life Guards, attended during the iiivestigation.
The first witness invent was John Veer, a car-
penter, residing in a cottage iii 114rper's-fields,
Edgewrare-road. The witness said, that on Mon-
day evening last, about eight o'clock, as he was
going up Upper George-street, Portman-square, on
his way home, he saw a great concourse of peo(de
opposite the Feathers public-house, in Upper
George-street; and perceived the deceased retreat-
ing towards the public-house, and three Life
Guardsmen following him up; one of them had a
stick w his band ; the witness thought, by the
strips on his sleeve, he was a corporal ; he
saw him strike the deceaied several tunes on
the head and shoulders. The deceased fell ;
and, after he was down, the corporal struck
him several times, and two other Life Guardsmen
came up to the deceased; one of then, struck him
with his fist in the body, and the other kicked him
in the side. The witness did nut know the de-
ceased; saw him since he died, and heard that he
was a dustman, about forty years of age. The wit-
ness heard the mob say, that the soldiers were
" Piccadilly Butckers." and saw ix stone fall at
some distance from them. That Was after the de.
ceased had been taken away.
Question by the COIONIIIL
Upon your oath, were you in the crowd
was not ; I was at some distance.
Q. Were not the men stripped ?—A. I do not
know.

A small blue cockade having dropped out of
the witness's pocket, and firing picked up by the
beadle, who observed it fdl, the witness denied
it belonged to him, cud paid, some person must
have pat it into his pocket without his knowledge.
He was ordered to withdraw, but to remain in at-
tendance.

William Pierce, a dustman, living in Cumber-
land-gardens, the bottom of Circus-street, New
Road, said, that he had known the deceased up-
wards of twenty years ; he was about 40 years of
age; had worked with him on Monday last. About
seven or eight o'clock in the evening, the witness
and the deceased were coming along Upper George-
street, with a cart-load of dust, and a man of the
name of John Stevens was coming from digging at
the foundations, and had a spade ou his shoulder ;
he asked the witness to have some beer; witness.
stopped his cart, and celled for a pot, at the Fea-
thers, arid stood at the door ; John Crowe, the de-
ceased, did not drink. The witness took holdyof
the pot. and drank ; at the,same time, two soMiiirs,
Life Guardsmen, come out of the Feathers;
one of them was a *Wort sea. with • sash,
and the other, a till Man, both in regime's.-
tale. The soldier, with the sash on, asked the
witness bow he did ? and elasdrved, he had not
seen him a long time, and invited him to drink.
The witness gave the soldier the pot, and he drank
cut of it; upon which John Stevens said, • if he,
the witness, drank with the soldier, he Weald chop
the witness's bloody arm off with the shovel ;" he
called the soldiers " bloody snots," and spit at the
soldier, blew his nose, and threw the contents at
the tall soldier's face. Then Stevens said, • he could
beat the whole regiment, one by one, such dirty
snots as them." The tall man said to Stevens,
• You had better be quiet, or else we shall quar-
rel." and went away, but returned in about a mi-
nute with nine pr ten soldiers, with sticks. which
appeared like broom-slicks. By that time, a great
number of people had collected round the door of
the Feathers public-house, and an affray commenced
with the mob and the. soldiers. The witness did
'not see any blow given on either side, and went to
his horse and cart, where he found the deceased
leaning against the tail of the cart, with his
head bleeding ; the witness asked him what
was the matter? the deceased answerd, " I
have got a terrible cut, and I shall know the man
again ;" he did not say it was • soldier that had
done it ; the witness tied a handkerchief round his
head, and advised him to go to a doctor, but he
said "I will go home, you take care of the cart ;"
the whim* did not see any person stripped, nor did
he know that John Stevens and Crowe were in the
affray.
Barosby Stevens, a coach-spring-maker,'resid-
ing at No. 19, Adam-street, West, and in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Charnberlands and Williams,
coach-manufacturers, of Adam-street. said, on
Monday last, neer II o'clock in the eveninit, after
leaving his work. he was going along Upper George-
street, there was • mob of people needy opposite
the Feathers public-house. The slimes* perceived
two blows given to the deceased by the soldier*,
anti saw the deceased fall. The witness was about
three yards off ; who gave the' blows he did not
know, hut they, came from two soldiers ; one of
them Na a eiwporal, and he bads stick in his
ban& tadther soldier came up to the deceased
and hit him with his fist in several parts of the
body, while • third weigher kicked him; the witness
observed.• For God's take don't murder the nuns,"
one of theisoldiers made two blows at the witness,
and he west away.
Witness being asked whether he saw any Life
Guardsmen knocked down, he answered • No."
Thomas Glover, of No. 40, Adam-street. Wetit,
coach-spring-maker. and employed in tiw same
•auufactory as the last winless, said, on Monday,
about eight o'clock in the evening, he observed a
great crowd at the top of Atfaris-strew, and some
in the middle of Upper Genegi•-street; the wititeas
went neat the Feathers publie-horse, and saw two
men stripped to fight ; one of them was a soldier
the deceased wee attempting to pull sate asinn away.
whom he called Stevens, having hold of his arm.
The Winn*t saw the deceased knocked down by
the Corporal with • stick, and be repeated the
blows several times while he lay co the ground,
and a second soldier hit the deceased several times
with his fist, and a third kicked his. The Wit-
ness did not know whether the soldier that had
.tripped to tight was one of the three; he did not
see the beginning of the affray ; there might at

that time be about tr:t soldiers
stones thrown at them, bun '
out Who shot the Cobh
many other opprobrious tr
he-house was about 100
mews, where the men's stet
The Surgeons' evidence,
ceased, wus given in tarn
Clerk, as follows :

" We, Edward Leese, of Dnitv.
and Richard Hardliant, of l'itprr
square, Hargeons, having examined
John Crow; found a wound, two in
left pisi-tion of the frontal bones; ant,
seven or eight ounces of extravassted
in the bones • vie ore decidedly
vaisattd blood was the cause of

(Sigurd)
Thomas Pitcher, Quarter,-
Regiment of Life Guards, and
street, Montague-square, said,
the Regiment had !nobles in
the men slept over the stables. The witness's duty
was to go .about a quarter past Bevel in the evebin4
to inspect the horses in Wilhums's-mews, Qn h!:
return.from the stables, which sae about In 1,11/I„tc,
afterwards, lie mist Corporal Tottey, who told
he was going to the stables in King-street, ler
orders, as there was to be a review the next niurie
lug. They stopped at the Feathers, and called fur
giass of tale, but did not go into the bons-. Tlip,,,,
were three or four men. like dustmen, standing out.
side of the house; two of the men abused them; one
of them blew his nose, and threw the contents at the
Corporal, and said—.." You are not in Piccadilly,
on horseback ; yon are a fool; we should inert sub
men who would serve us out ;" (meaning tight us
out).—The Landlord of the Feathers public-nouns
came out, mod asked the men what they meant
by abusing the soldiers? adding, " Cannot yon
leave them alone, they have nothing to say to you."
The wituess went away, and he received a blow from
a brick-hat on Ins thick. Twenty or thirty of the
mob collected, and threw their hats up into the air.
In the mean time, several soldiery belonging to the
regiment came to the spot; two men stripped to
fight, one appeared like a dooming, the other was
Johu Stevens, now in custody, who challenged Cor.
pond Tottey. The witness went sway to make his
report to his Officer. His men, when Ise went at
a quarter-past seven; to Williams's-mews, were in
their stables, perfectly sober and orderly.
TIMMY Cook, a private in the -Id regiment of
Life Guards. said, that, on Monday, about eight
o'clock in she evening, he was in Upper Georue.
street, Portman-square, going to the barracks for
orders; he saw a mob, amounting to upward. of
2.)0 personae collected in George-street, and about
five or six toddlers among them ; they were omiu.
site the Feathers: the witness went amongst then,
and a dustman, who was stripped, challenged the
witness to fight him; to which he an.wered, he had no
,inchnation to fight then ; he told him they were not
"itli Piccadilly ; they had got men to de4l with ; the
Corporal desired his men to return to their stables,
*iota they obeyed ; they were assailad by the mob
with briek-liate. one of which hit the witness on
the left thigh. and the Corporal received three
blows with bricks on the .back ; the soldiers re.
turned and faced the mob, who puraus d them every
time they were going away; at the third face about
the witless was seised by the legs, end thrown
down the Corporal, who came to his aseistance,
wee also knocked down. When the witness got op,
thi mob had nearly dispersed. The witness did
not see the deceased, and is sure, had it not beet
• for Corporal Tottey, he would have been murdered
by the mob. The witness said, that, sauce the riots
•in Piccadilly, their regiment had been vary much
insulted, particularly b
i manufactory.me
Chainherland's and n
thatworked at
Williams

Joseph Bank., another private in the same regi.
went, said, on Monday, about seven or eight in
the evening, as he was going to his stables, in King-
street,Montague-square, he saw a mob near the
Feathers, and several men stripped to tight; he
found that the Quarter-Master and Corporal Toney
were there; he walked gently up towards them; the
mob at that time were very riotous. One man, who
was stripped, challenged Corporal Tottey to tight,
and also challenged the witness, who declined. In a
few minutes the mob increased, and there were
ten or eleven of their men amongst the mob. Thn
Quarter-Master attempted to draw his men away
upon which the mob exclaimed. " Turn out—a
riag—bring your forces forward—sod we will
you." The witness did not oisserve any tighit"g
at that time ; but they being pelted with atones.
hncks, and pieces of slates, returned three
times. and seeing one of their men on tie
grounisl, the witness being irritated, said. "sal r
should we be insulted because we are .oldiers? ae
are not to be driven away by a parcel of peop!e."—
The witness and the rest of the men turned round
and faced the mob, who met them with sticks, and
they also resisted the mob with sticks, and released
their companion who was lying on the groned.
The witness did not know who struck the decanted.
The Jury, after half an hour's consultation.',-
turned a verdict of Illansloughter, against some per-
son or persons stnitnnirn.
Tn. Inquest lasted five hours. A great enornorse
of people were collected iis and outside of the
house.

Yisterday morning, Their 1111AJIATtr4 and the
Pats left town, for .Windsor.
Thursday, the Dukes Of K
and CAmeittuut. and Princess Senors of Gi...u-
Lissrvit, dined with Their MAJitolikS and Puts-
ttssks. las the evening, Their Ma.tit•Tiii tpul e
select party to t.a rad cards, at which weir trirroeor,.
beside; the above, the Princes+ CiAattirro•
%VALs.e. the Duchess of LitEDS. Earl HAauowll.
the Countess of Aitalln, Lord ST. HELLIO'S, Lady
Ammo. &c. &c.

PIOCII OF STOCIIR TEXTBRDAY.
Bask toe
per Cent Reduced
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4 per Celli
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C rolsrur
T. NOM Stork er..4rr,
4. Cocaina, mod 9, Cl4.riag.C,oso

LONDON .—Priated by C. SMITH, No, 1, Clcranot's too.
sod publi.laed et the Once, No tr., Bark of St. C1e10r,...
eh"rb. Strand, by J. t‘HITE..4 sow platen
7,e for Skl. Porn, won to the Other, (rot pool), gull 14
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bilootted t•.

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hilt be 6eanl tli. y
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filer? Liee lun,her sq
'eons. The Fee ht•rs
yards from Willnain.•..
stables are. '
one. who attended the d..
'writing. and reed by tat
Lure-street, Manehester-sout
"pper Gearre-.treat e,
, Purtisim-
wined the body of the datt",,
two inches' nlig, t over the
nes; and, Mill.lll the eraniun‘,
'rusted blond, hut Do (rictus 11y of Opinion, that the extra,
of his death.
EDWARD LEESE.
RICHARD 11AltDHA/d "
rter.master in the Serail('
Is. and quartered in King.
said. that about fifty of
,s in Williams's-mews, and
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