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any of the others. I saw him fur eight or ten seconds, but I can:
not speak to his dress : it was a dark dress, but I cannot speak
to it distinctly. I heard y,:, :day that Thistlewood was the
person who struck the blow. btu that did nut alleet my Opinion.
I would have sworn to h to. If lie had not been mentioned.
Them were several persons %%minded. Whim I ten down the
ladder. I tell on some of the othee.s who were comitig up. I
shovkl have been shut if 1 had nut so fallen. There were several
shots fired in the stable. I had a cutlaa by my side, but could
not use it.

Mr. Stirling, Jim. who assisted his father, observed, that it
was necessary that the svarrantshould be produced.
The witness.—The warrant was in my possess.,n; it author-
ized us to apprehend Arthur Thistle..ood and thirteen other
persons named in it, for unlawfully assettibliog together, but for
what specific purpose I cannot soy, and to bring them before the
bitting magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.
I'yall the Beadle was despatched to Mr. Baker to bring the
warrant._ . .

Several otther of the officers were examined, whose evidence
as to the same effect.

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Sergeant l.egge, of the 2d battalion of Coldstream Guards was
next examined.—On Wednesday evening last i was called up
about eight o'clock, and received orders to march to John Street
Edgeware lto.A. I was then quartered in Wittman Street
barracks. A picket usually employed on occasions when the
military is required in aid of the civil power, was ordered out.
It was commanded by Capt. Fitzelarence. Upon arriving at
John Street, we were unable to ascertain the spot whither we
ought to proceed, and the Captain advanced to know what we
ought to do. When he returned the Captain ordered the picket
to advance at double quick time. Upon reaching the stable in
Cam Street, I observed a man standing with a pistol in his hand.
He pre:mired it at Capt. Fit zeltrence, and I knocked it aside
with my pike. I then seized the niuza:e-end of the pistol with
my hand, and a scuffle ensued between the man and myself
about the pistol. I kept firm hold of it till it went off, and the
ball passing by my arm tore the cloth trd' my sleeve. (Witness
here exhibited the sleeve of his coat, which appeared to be very
much torn.) In wrestling with the prisoner I held my face down
to the lock of the pistol, and as it went off the ball grazed any
right eyebrow. As soon as the pistol was diseltarged, the priso-
ner let go his hold. I secured and delivered him over to
the police. I believe the person's name is Tidd. After this
skirmish I folliwed my officer and part of the picket up the
steps into the loft. Tie: greater part of the picket had reached
the loft before I was disengaged from the prisoner. When I
reached the loft I discovered a table in the centre of it, nearly
covered with pistols, blunderbusses, ammunition, and other
anus of various descriptions. Three men had then surrendered;
I think their names were Monument. Cooper, and Gilchrist.
I do not recollect what police officers were present at Idle time.
Upon looking on the door, I saw the deceusesl lying dead at my
feet. His body was examined by the picket, and 1 perceived the
wound on his light breast. I %as ordered back to the barracks
for a reinforcement, and wnen I returned, the whole of the pri-
soners taken at that moment were collected in the loft. Upon
the arrival of the reialorennent, the prisoners were conveyed to
Bow Street.
llerc the examination was interrupted by the arrival of a
messenger, with a letter from Mr. Raker. the Magistrate, to the
Coroner. It was read aloud, and was to the following ttfixt
" I beg to inborn you, that t granted a warrant on Wednesday
the 25d instant, lin the apprehension of Arthur Thistlewood,
and several other., on a charge of felony, and that I afterwards
received front Mr. Ellis an order to lay it before the Patty
cif on the examination uf the prisoners when in custody. It leis
not yet been returned to one, nor do I think that 1 Audi be able
to' obtain it at the present inoment. Perhaps it would be
better to adjourn the inquest for the present, and I will endea-
vour to get it our you to-morrow, or send you the Liformation on
which it was issued."
William Sarnion.—l live in Edgeware Rood, and am a Tailor
by trade. On Wednesday night, about eight o'clock, I was
passing through Cato Street, and when oppo,ite to the stable I
heard Westcott say that Smithers had been stabbed. In Itwo or
three minutes afterwards two men rushal out of the stable.—
One of the two cut me with a sabre on the hat. He was • tall
man dressed in a dark coat. He struck at use tw lee. and hit my
thigh, but fortunately did not wound we. I was so trigli.ened
at the moment that I could not tell which way he ran, and I did
1 did nut stop to look.
Here the examination of the witnesses terminated, and the
Coroner expressed a wish to know whether any of the Jury
required an adjournment of the inquest; if they did, he would
willingly attend to their request. The Jury unanimously (de-
clared that they were satisfied, and the Coroner, in a tarnish
manner, asked," Is Arthur Th.stlewood guilty or not guilty of
murder _

Foreman—Guilty.
Coroner—ls Witham Davidson guilty of murder or man-
slaughter ?
Guilty murder.
One of the Jury wished to ask a question, which he thought
of some importance, before the verdict was pronounced upon all
the pristine's. Ile wished to know whether those who urtght
have met tor a different purpose were equally guilty of the
murder with Thistlewood
The Coroner replied, that there could be no doubt that they
were lowliest d in the murder as much as 'lllistiewood himself,
fur whatever Ilegal purpose they might have met. They had
impeded the officer in die execution of 1... duty, and one of them
had killed him.
A Juryman.—lf any of the pi ismers had been put in the same
situation as Tilistlcwool, they would probably have acted an the
same manner.
Another Juryman.—But a:e those who surrendered themselves
equally guilty ?
Coroner.—There can be no doubt of it. They were all astern•
bled for one common purpo e, and the act of one is the act of
them all. If a man intends to do a mischief to another, and.
instead of killing him, happens to kill a second, it is equaily
muid,r, as if he had killed the man lie intended.
A Juryman—Another doubt arises in my mind. Had not
these men a right to defend themselves, after the pistol hail been
fired by the officer Ellis?
Coroner—Certainly not: there cannot be a doubt upon it.
The Jury, by their foreman, then pronounced a verdict of
Guilty of Murder" against the following priso..ers :—Jarii, s
Ings, Charles Cooper. Richard T it'd, John Monument, Jahn
Charles Strange. Richard Blackburn, James N ikon, Julut
Gilt hrist, and others unknown.
In toe course of the day, the afflicted parents of the deceased
visited the body, and showed much feeling upon the occasion.--
Tire old couple were so decrepit as scarcely to be able to get up
stairs. Smithery was a stout handsome man, 53 years 0141.

THE SAVAGE OF JAV.t.It is stated in a letter
from a traveller in Batavia, that a savage has been
tinind in the woods of the island ; it is thought that
he must have lost himself in the early part of his
youth, and he now seems to be alsmt thirty years
old. He speaks no articulate language, but bellows
like an animal, or rather barks, tin his voice is like
that of a dog. He runs on all fours, and as soon as
he perceives any human being, he climbs up a tree.
like a monkey, and springs from one brunch to
another. When he sees uny bird or game, lie
cinches at it, and very seldom misses his Fey.