The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-13 00:00:00

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An Alphahetical List of the Stockholders of the Company,
their Officers and Servants.

'2d SCROLL.

" At Quebec, in thefrotliceot Lower Canada, in the year
of our Lord .1. eaus Christ_lB2l, and of Masonry 5821—being the
second year` of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the
Fourth of, the United Kingdom of Great britein and Ireland,
King, _Defender of the l'aith;-11 is Royal ilighness Prince
Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex, most worshipful Grand
Mastefof the United.Lodge.of ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons of lingland;--and Cm: Right Honourable George- L.rl of
Dalhousie, Uoverner-General of British North Anierica.
`"Phis chief Corner StOne of the Quebec 'Fire Office, was
laid in due form by the Right WOrshiptW Claude• Denectleati,'
Esqr.iproyiacial, Grand aster of Canada., under lh,e • authority
of the Grand Lodge afint'Said; atLudcd and t.3sisted by the
Officers; of the Provincial Grand Lodge' and - tbe. Master's,
Wardens, and Brethren of the different Lodges .held in -this
City, and in the prcst;nce of several visiting Brethren of Sts-
unction .
nctionin Masonry." -

A Brass Plate, having the following inscription, having first
been exhibited to the surrounding Spet tatOrS, was then read by
the Seuraary of the Company,

INSCRIPTION ON TIIE BRASS PLATE.
" The .calamitous consequences of frequent and destructive•
tires in various parts of -Lower Canada, induced the. innabi.
tants of this rising and flourishine, Colony, for their mutual
security and protection, as well as for the encouragethent Of 'all
useful domestic institutions, to establish the • •
QUEBEC FIRE ASSURA.,\ CE COMPANY;
whose first Policy tif Insurance was issued on the 21st day of
April, 1d16."

To Indicate the determination of the Stockholders, while
supported by a discerning and patriotic population, to continue
anti colisolidate the ample and liberal means of protection hi-
therto attbitkd by this first of native Canadian Uercannte in-
stitutions, and for the respectable accommodation of tne in-
creasing business of the Company; this building to be demo-,
initiated the: .

QUEBEC FIRE OFFICE,
situate between and-fronting Sault-au-Matelot and Saint Peter
Streets, in the Lower Town of the. City of Quebec, Wasfounaed
on the 4th day of July, in the year of our Lord Christ 11121;
and in the 2tut year or the Reign of our most Gracious Sove-
reign George the IV. during the administration of his Excel-
lency George Earl of Dalhousie, Captain General and Governor
in uniel of british North. America.

The principal officers of the Company for the time being were :

At Queixe:.

• John Nlacnider' 7 • President,
- Michel Berthelot, Vice-President,.
Charles Smith, " Treasurer.
Charlc4 Humeri Tho Mas Wilson, Anthonyl
:Inderson, Francois Blanchet, John Antler-
son, Louis mass*, James .`Callum, Louis DinEcTiplts.
bauvereau, Jostiph Jones, Jacob Pozer,
James Hunt and Benjamin bromine,
WM. IIENDER,SW,;, Junior Secretary.
At Montreal.

Thomas Andrew Turner, Chairman of the Board of Direction.
Hobert.. ArniouN icholas Benjamin Doucet,
Augustin Perrault, Louis Henry Gauvin, DIREC'FORS.•
Wuiianr Peddie,
< . •
4dara Lymburr.er Macnider, Agent. • • -•
The Commitice, for carrying 014 this Building are the Presi-
doit, Vice.:Picaident, Treasurer and Secretary, of the Colll-
-the. Board of Directors at Quebec.—The duties
of. cue superintecalant of the NVorks and Architect of
bUildina are performed by one of the Members of the Coin-

• - • • -•
- • -
The. Allister _Builder and Contractor for the Masonry, Mr.
• John Phillips.
Then followed a List of the Coins deposited with the description.
Thb Plate was then deposited in a cavity in the lower part of
the corner stone, and covered over with a sheet of parchment,
after Which' a sheet of lead was spread over the whole. The
S, Grand Warden then laid the cement on the lower part oflthe
stone, and the upper pact was lowered_ on it, the band playing
" Rule Britannia. it was then adjusted, and by command of
the R. W. Prov..6-ratid Master, tried by the Deputy Grand
Master,. end the Senior and. Junior Grand Warden, and being
found correct, the Grand .."tlasterzave it three knocks with the,
Architect's Mallet.

The It:.W. -Grand Chaplain then pronounced the following
benediction,-" .May the Gand-Architect of the universe
grant a blessing on this chief Corner Stone, which we have
laid for the
.Quebec Fire Assurance Company, and by his pro-
vidence enable us to finish tjiis. and every other work, winch
may be undertaken ibr the accommodation, and embellishment
of the City of Quebec.",,

Three cheers having haeri given, the band played " God save
the King." Then the (iranu Lodge having once gone round
the huilctin, the cornuPia was-handed to the Grand haplain;
who advancing three steps sprinkled the corn on the cornerstone:
with 'the like ceremony the silver pitcher containing. the wine
was next handed to him, and in the same manner sprinkled oh
the stone ; and lastly the" oil- was thrown on the stone with the,
like fornialities.

The plans and elevationi of the intended edifice were then.
handed to the Grand-Master, who having attentively eiaiined.
them, delivered them to the'architect, desking him to see the
work conipkte&agreeably to these plans.
At the request of John Macnider, Esquire, the President of
the Company; their Secretary then-addressed the Grand-Master
as follows :
• •

" In the mime 'of the Btalin Committee of the Diteetots

and Stockholders d the Quebec Fire Assurance tortiairY, and.
at the request of their President, J return our hearty thanks td
the Right W'orshipfurClaudeDeneeheau,' Esquire, Provincial
Grand Mester, and to all his highly respectable and worthy
Masonic Brethren individually, for the honour they have con-
ferred on our institution, in haring so very handsomely and
promptly come frrward this day, to dignify by the becoming
soleinnities of Masonry, the ceremony of laying the chief corner
stone of the first public building for - mercantile purposes
.erected in the city of Quebec.
"This Company, (whom I hare the honour of being &lin=
tied to represent) founded for the express and sole object of af,
fording mutual protectiOn againSt _tarecalamities and ininous
conseqtiences resulting from the losses by fire, although Om-
posed of private individuals as yet unknown as a corporate and
public body in a legal sense, nevertheless directly, immediately,
and deeply intetefits every inhabitant of the Canadas possessed.
of any property; 'from the Gulf of Se 'Laurence, • to the shores
of the Huron, its influence has been extended, and its benefits
distributed : and that the public -do feel interested ; that they
warmly embrace this native institution as their own, and wor-
thy of every encouragement, requireS no better or further proof
than the generous and patriotic support they have given, which
has enabled it to surmount prejudices, difficulties of many
kinds, and losses by era to a considerable amount, -until it hat
now attained Chat position of steadiness and stability as offers a
fair prospect of affording reasonable interest of capital to stock-
holders, protection to the public from the evils attendingmo-
nopolies, and to the unfortunate sufferer by fire. a perrnaketit •
asylum, within the reach of all who are willing to avail them,. -
selves of its advantages.
" A concise account Of the Company, a list of its Officers,
and of the Coins this day deposited, has been engraVed on a .
plate of brass,- which, together with a list of the Stockholders, Officers, and Servants of the Company, engrossed qn
_parch-
ment and enclosed in a Glass Phial herinetically elOSed and
covered with wax, and also a box containing a series of British
Coins, from the reign ef Elizabeth, to that of our present most
Gracious-King George the Potirth, inclusive, with a few speei,
:liens of the Foreign Come at present current in this Provmeti,
have been embedded. in the chief. Corner. Stone you • have this.. -
day laid."

A Porse containing money foi'the workmen, was then hand-
ed by Charics Srnith, Esq., TreaSnier of the Compariy,:to Joliii'
D'Estimau vine, the• Grand Treasurer, and .by hini.at the re;.,
quit of the Grand Alaster placed on the Chief Corner Stonei,
together with a Slier Dish, containing the collection made for
the same purpose from the persons present.
The ceremony having thus ended, the Mesolife Brethren 7.6:-
turned to the Union Hotel; in the same order In which ihey.left
it, iz-entering by the same evolution as at the building - the
Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form and with. &ileum
prayer, and thus terminated the LABOUR of the day.

The ceremony was conducted with the greatest regularity and
order, although the streets and adjoining houses, and even the
sheds hanging over the building, were crowded to excess. No
accidents occurred, none of the spectators ascended-the Bnild-
ing.or in-the least crowded or interrupted the Procession or Cr.:-
lemony, notwithstanding neither Guards nor Constables were
employed. The day was remarkably fine, and afforded an
opportunity-of shelving off the splendid decorations. dresses,
flags, jewels, and other Masonic insigna, to the best advantage ;
every window near the building Was filled with Ladies in thetr
gayest attire. -
. .
In the evening a Dinner at the Lauton Had, Point Levi,
was given to the Grand Master, and Officers of the Grand
Lodge. The Chair was very ably filled by Mr. acniderolip.7.
ported by Mr. Berthelot, and it is needless to observe, that thez
evening was •passed with great gaiety and cordialityovhith,.
were not a little heightened by the politeness of- Col: -Ottleyi.-
who permitted the Band of the 70th Regiment to attend.
Many very loyal and patriotic toasts were given'and drank with
great :fervour, and accompanied with appropriate music,
Amongst them were the following
1. The King, with three times three.
2. The Royal Family, three times three.
3. The Duke of York-and the Army, three times three.
4. The Duke of Clarence and the Navy, three times three.
5. The Duke of Susseic, M. W. Grand Master-of the Craft,
three times three.

6. Our Noble Governor the Earl of Dalhouiiethe,
guished and gallant Soldier in War—in peace the muhificent
and zealous patron of Agriculture and Comtherce, three times
three. Music, " Scots wha hae -wi' Wallace bled."'—(Thia
toast was drank with great enthusiasm.) -
7. The It. W. Prov. Grand Master, Claude Denecheau,Eso.
and his worthy Brethren the Masters and Craftsfnen of the
Quebec Lodges, three times three. .

Mr. DoteChcau returned his thanks to the Company for she
honour conferred on him and his brethren.

8. Sir Peregrine Maitland and our Sister Province Vpp-e-r,
Canada.
9. Sir James, Kerirpt and. the Province of Nova Scotia: • -
10. The Memory of the late Duke of Richmond:
11. The Quebec Fire A9sUratice,Ce3mpany, ma 'thtir spi,
rited and patriotic exertions be crovined with ?success, and load
may the Quebec Fire Office contintie a.monumcnt of the iibezuk
views, and an ornament to the City of Quebec, ffitee times.
three.

12. The Garrisonof Quebec.
.•
13. The Agricultural societies, may their never ceasing ef+
forts be crowned with success, three tin; s. three. - ,
14. The Countess of Dalhousie and the Canadian Fair, three
times three.
After which the fallowing toasts were proposed and givens
15. The Building Committee.
r.H enderson, on the part of the Cr.itnittee, returned 'thanks.
Di. The Architect of the Building. • • • ••-•
Mr. Henderson felt the compliment paid him by the present
Company as an ample recompense for the trifling assistance he
had rendered as an amateur ; (much more anxiotislo serve the
Company, than apprehensive of the criticisms such an under-
taking would perhaps expose him to ;. whatever.portion of his
time could be spared from the duties of hiS -situation, would
most cheerfully be tendered (should occasions•Oflia) as his Mite'
towards the advancement of such- undertakings as were-con*
nected with the improvement, embellishment,. or advantage of
. •
• .

17. The Builler, Mr. John PhiMO. • •
18. After the President had retired 7 his-health was proptrui
and drank with three cheers. -

Several other toasts followed. The company broke up at ten
o'clock, and returned to town in the Steam Ferry Boat
stillness of a most lovely night was agreeably Interrupted by the
Music, which played while the boat was-crossing, and the lartii.
ness of the day was closed in the most agreeable manner.

SIR BENJAMINBLOOMFI zi.n,-.We feel extremely"
happy to announce the arrival of our distin-
guished countryman, Sir BENJAMIN 1:3f.00Nf7 •
FIELD, and his son, a very fine young man, at
Newport, the residence of his brother-in-law,
county of Tipperary, on Wednesday last, His
reception in his native place, after an absence ,
of nearly twenty years was truly gratifying. All
classes of people in that and the adjacentaeigh-
bonthood poured forth in thousands to welcome
him.. They were received in the most kind and,
conciliating manner by Sir BENJAMIN, whose con-
duct-. attracted universal admiration. . He. ad-
dressed all his old acquaintance, poth rich and
poor, without distinction, and freqnently,. shook
hands with them in the most endearing' manner-=..
thus following the noble-example 'ke,eto.him by.
his; Royal' Master."- Several," (whose circuin-
stances the trying hand of "time,had reduced to
condition "below mediOcrity,)" were 'plentifully
supplied with various pecuniary favours. In fact,
'few, if any, whose aspect exhibited a want of the..
ordinary comforts of life, but shared in li)s bene,
factions. Newport enjoyed a perfect* jubilee
.whie honoured with his presence." Mr. FLOYD,
,
agent to. his brother-in-law, Sir I,OI3EI.ITAN ALLER,
received directions to give the inhabitants of th.,
country a public dinner on yesterday : a large
ox and one dozen of sheep were killed for the
purpose, and an order was given for 20' tierces
of porter,' and,all other requisites; with which
they were plentifully regaled.. His long absence
from his native country did not appear in the
least to obliterate old recollections, for he re-'
membered in the most perfect manner all•his old '
friends, and so far justified the observoion of
the Poet,"" Pawn non•animum mutant, qui iralq
mare currant." Unfortnnately his, arrangements
to attend his MAJESTY precluded his remaining.
longer in that part of the country; Whichhe left
yesterday morning (Thursday,. 6th instant) for
Dublin, carrying with hirdthe individtial regretti
of All ranks.--(Limerick Adveiiiser.)

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY, EXTRACTS FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS,

September 13.

[MO R.NING CIIRONICI.I3.]
The jury delivered yesterday an unanimous
verdict of " Manslaughter against the Officers
and Men of the First Regiment of Life Guards,
'who were on duty between Tyburn Turnpike
and Park-lane on the day on which Richard
Honey was shot, namely, Tuesday the 4th day of
August, 1821." The views of the Jury will, we
have no doubt, be generally recognized as sounder
than those of the Coroner, who recommended a
verdict of Justifiable Homicide. The defence
set up for the soldiers by the Coroner, that their
lives were in danger,_ and they were acting only
in self-defence, was rather at variance with
the suggestion thrown out by him, that during
.the interval of calm which preceded the firing,
they were leisurely employed in loading their
fire-arms. But such a defence as this for mili-
tary in array ought at all times to be viewed
with great distrust, as withdrawing the military
from all dependence on the Civil Authorities.—
To allow soldiers to act against the people with-
out orders from a Magistrate, and on a supposition
"of the people's hdving no legal right to the posi=
tion they may chance. to occupy, to 'drive them
from it, and, if resisted, to fire on them, on the
pretext of self-defence, would be to relieve sol-
diers from all civil controul. The Jury, how-
ever, have adopted sounder views, and have not
made themselves accessary to the establishment
of practices which are directly at variance with
the principles of our Constitution.—While we
consider ourselves bound to give " expression to
these opinions, we are -far from entertaining
any hostility against the unhappy instruments
of Ministerial obstinacy and improvidence.—
We are anxious to expose a system gra-
dually invading the Constitution, the baneful
effects of which must be analysed and traced
in their destructive progress. In mercy then, to
individuals, we cannot spare principles of action
pregnant with mischief to the community. The
rash folly of a self-willed man may give motion
to a piece,of dangerous machinery, the operation
of which it is not in his wisdom to foresee, nor
in his power to controul ; but lie is no less an-
swerable for "having given the impulse, and the
primitive wisdom of the law would withdraw
from him the opportunity of ever again employ-
ing the engine of mischief ; the passive instru-
ment of death is forfeited with us, and was ab-
horred by antiquity. There is no law, in the case
now before us, unhappily, that reaches the cause of
disaster, the unfortunate agent must bear the pu-
nishment, his employer only the disgrace. Mili-
tary interference, the root of the'evil, is even
now -in this country in its infancy, but it is the
,
infancy of a giant whose clumsy strength is not
the less formidable beEause guided by little
reason; and exerted on frivolous occasions to as-
certain the extent and measure of its powers.—
it behoves us to watch the growth of the monster.

[MORNING
,POST.]
The protracted labours, of the Coroner's Jury
are at last terminated. After having retired and
deliberated' amongst themselves 'for about six
hours, they brought last night a verdict of
" Manslaughter against the Officers and Men of
the First. Regiment of Life Guards, who were
on duty between Tyburn-gate and Park-lane, on
Tuesday, the 14th of August, at the time when
Richard Honey was shot.' On this verdict we
congratulate them, the'. Life Guards, and the
community. We congratulate the Jury, be-.
cause with the ,propensities which they had dis-
played in the course of the investigation, and the
strong excitements constantly administered to
them by'a seditious and blood-thirsty portion of
the Press, they have, to a very considerable ex-
. tent, redeemed their character for good, sense and
impartiality. We congratulate the Life Guards,
because they now stand completely acquitted from
the charge of haVing wantonly shed the blood of
their assailants. And we congratulate the com-
munity, .because all the arts, and efforts of the
enemies of order have failed in perverting and dis-
gracing-the noble and valuable institution of the
Jury. :The present verdict being general in its ,
nature, !eaves no room for individual prosecu-
tion, or indeed for prosecution of any kind.—
The character of the offence, cleared of all the
dark colouring thrown upon it by calumnia-
tors, is *reduced, if not to its natural hue, at
least to one less removed from that of truth. To
declare that manslaughter has been committed, is
to proclaim that provocation had been given for
the act; for had there been no provocation it
would have been wilful murder. The great ques-
tion of aggression is thus settled and the charge
fixed upon the mob. And hoW is it settled ? Not
by the arbitration of parties who might be sus-
pected (however unjustly) of a secret leaning to
the military—not by the decision of Judges
against whose honour and integrity no other
charge can ,be brought by Radicals themselves
except that of being paid by their country—not
by placemen or sinecurists—but by a Jury, who
till they brought in their verdict we-re extolled
by every writer and preacher of sedition
as the quintessence of independence and pa-
triotism—by . a Jury trained up by Mr. sheriff
Waithrnan himself in the way they were intended
to go, but which they had, after all, too much
honesty not to abandon—by a Jury who did not
conceal their strong bias against the military, hut
acted in many, instances as prosecutors, not as
Judges, and were applauded for it by*the Times'
and the Chronicle—by a Jury who admitted all
kind of evidence, provided it had a tendency to
criminate the milisary ! By such a Jury, after a
most laborious, open, and inquisitorial investiga-
tion, with advantages allowed them which no
other Jury ever possessed—by such a Jury
has the mob been virtually declared to have
been-Abe aggressor,_ and the Life Guards to
have. shed blood only in self-defence! And
.Ahis-too at a time when every radical had regis-
, tered beforehand a verdict of wilful murder, and
•the Times had presumed to tell the Jury against
which individual it was• to be directed. We
have neither room nor time at this moment to

,
pursue the subject any farther, although the
field- is wide, and the harvest is abundant : but
we cannot help thinking that we shall speedily.
perceive a great falling off in the respect pro-
fessed by Radicals of all classes for that " bul-
wark of the Constitution," the institution of
Jdries.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The Inquest upon the death of Richard Honey
closed yesterday evening about six o'clock, when
the Jury, after a very protracted deliberation,
returned a verdict of Manslaughter against all the
officers and privates of the Life Guards who were
on duty at Cumberland-gate on the dey of
Honey's death. We are glad that this inquiry
has at length terminated, even though the judg-
ment pronounced by the Coroner's Jury be such
as will probably raise the necessity of having
the evidence repeated before another Jury and
a higher tribunal. It will be observed that the
opinion of the Jury differed very considerably from
that which was expressed on the day before by the
Coroner upon the manner of Honey's death, The
Coroner, after reviewing all the circumstances
of the ease, as they were detailed by the va-
rious witnesses examined upon the inquest, con-
cluded by emphatically declaring ,that the Jury
ought to return a verdict of " Justifiable Homi-
cide." This opinion the Coroner formed from the
belief that the troops were assailed violently by the
populace at Cumberland-gate, before they used any
force to disperse the crowd, and consequently long
before the fatal shot was fired by which Honey
lost his life. In this belief the Jury seem not to
have concurred with the Coroner, and undoubtedly
the evidence upon this important point was sur-
prisingly contradictory, and leaves ample scope
for entertaining doubts respecting it. There can,
however, be no doubt that the soldiers abstained
from firing for a considerable space of time, dur-
ing which they were assailed in a manner that very
seriously endangered their lives, and that they
resented the showers of stones and brickbats in
no other way than by "occasional charges among
the people and the flourishing of their swords.
There is, however, sufficient evidence to shew
that the affray at Cumberland-gate was not
the first evidence of the angry and hostile feel-
ing which actuated the contending parties
upon the day of the Queen's funeral. Upon
the indiscretion of the Ministers of the Crown in
issuing commands which were known to be dis-
tasteful tolhe great body of the people,and must,
therefore have necessarily led to quarrels and
the shedding of human blood, we have already ex-
pressed otir decided sentiments ; but we must
confess that we think it unfair and cruel in the
extreme to•censure _the troops who were em-
ployed by • the. Government upon that occasion
to enforce their unwise commands, or to attribute
to them the moral guilt of whatever accidents
might arise from their being placed in collision
with the people. We are firmly persuaded
that no troops in the world _could, under
the ,paiWul circumstances that marked the
day of the Queen's funeral, have displayed
greater forbearance, temper, or humanity, than
was evinced by the Life Guards. It is quite evi-
dent to common sense, that had they used the
means of attack which they had in their power
with all the effect that necessarily belongs to the
use of them, the'consequences to the people must,
have been tremendously destructive. There
were however, in fact, but few casualties among
the crowd, while on the part of the soldiers the
accidents were very numerous. A- soldier is .I
often placed in very.painful and difficult circum-
stances, in which he is entitled .to a large por-
tion of indulgence. The soldier must lie consi.
dered merely as the instrument of another's will,
and if when'acting under the commands of his
officer, or in a •supposed obedience to the civil
power of the Government, he should not nicely
calculate the precise operation of a penal law,
his- involuntary- crime ought not to be visited
with a disproportionate severity..

'L.....
. , NEIV TIMES.] •
At length the Inquest on Honey is tat an end,
and it has ended in the disappointment of every an-
ticipation which had been formed with respect to
the decision of the Jury. The verdict is one of
" Manslaughter against the officers and soldiers of
the Ist Regt. of Life Guards, who were on duty
between Tyburn-gate and Park-lane, on Tuesday
the 14th of Aug., at.the time when Richard Honey
was shot." We shall not at present enter into any
inquiry respecting the effect of this verdict, nor
by whom and by what means the officers and
privates on duty at. the particular time when
Honey was shot are to be ascertained. Leaving
out of our view questions of law whiCh may arise
upon such a verdict as this, it is clear that unless
the ascertainment legally devolve on some public
authority, the verdict must be a mere brutum
falmen. To this subject we may return ; but at
this moment it is particularly desirable that the
public
,should recollect a few leading facts of
importance connected with the circumstance
which 'unfortunately- tendered a Coroner's In-
quest— 'necessary. Persevering and often re-
peated misrepresentations should not cause
it to he forgotten that the lawful orders of Go-
vernment were resisted by a lawless mob—that
the riot commenced in Church-street, Kensing-
ton, where the road was blocked up, the fu-
neral procession turned out of its described line,
and the police officers were pelted by the popu-
lace—that the riot continued at Kensington-gates,
where the procession was again prevented from
pursuing its intended route, te police fope was
overpowered and the soldiers were pelted with
brick-bats on corning to its assistance—and this be-
fore they used their sabres—that the procession
thus interrupted moved on to Knightsbridge amidst
shouts of 44 victory" from the mob and occasional
throwing of stones, which became more violent at
the entrance into Hyde Park, at Grosvenor-gate,
and on the approach to Cumberland7gate, that be-
fore the arrival of the procession at that gate, the
rioters there had shut it two or three times, and
pelted the military detachment stationed to keep
the way clear; that the procession entered Oxford-
street" under a shower of brick-bats from every
direction," which placed the lives of the soldiers in
great peril, and to procure which, part of a wall
had been pulled down—that an attempt was im-
mediately made forcibly to turn the horses of

the hearse tOWai.ds the City, instead of allow-
ing it to proceed by the Edgware-road—that the
soldiers " on duty exerted themselves to prevent
this illegal and outrageous act—that they were
pelted by the rioters with the utmost violence—
that they did
.not fire in their own defence until
thirty-se'en of them had been wounded by the
mob. By this firing Honey lost his life. These are
a few of the facts which dwell on the mind of
every man who has impartially read the evidence.
The legal right of the soldiers, as well as of any
other citizens, to interfere to appease a riot; even
when.not specially on any particular duty, we
have repeatedly, shewn from the highest legal
authorities. Tills then is a very brief and gene-
ral sketch of the matter which the Coroner's In-
quest had to investigate, and on which the above
verdict has been given.. It is to be regretted that
that verdict is not accordant with the very clear,
precise, and satisfactory explanation of the law,
contained in the Coroner's Charge to the Jury.

[THE TIMESI

After fourteendays of laborious attendance,
the Coroner's Jury, at a quarter before six yes-
terday evening, brought in the verdict which had
been under their consideration between six and"
seven hours—" illanslazighter against the officers
and men of the Ist regiment of Life Guards,
" who were on duty between Tyburn-turnpike
" and Park-lane, on the day when Rich. Honey
cc was shot, namely, 14th of Aug. 1821." This,
we doubt not, is, on the part of the Jury, a con-
scientious verdict. The impression which was left
upon our _own minds by the whole of the evi-
dence taken together, and more especially by
certain portions of it which were the most positive,
uncontradicted, and unsuspicious, might perhaps
have induced us, had we been Jurymen, to lean
towards a judgment less qualified in the degree
of guilt which it ascribed to the destroyers of
Honey. But though, on fair and manly grounds,
we dissent from the exact terms of the verdict,
we respect the motives by which it was go-
verned ; nor shall we follow the modern example
of intimidating Jurors,- or vilifying their deci-
sions, when they happen to be at variance with
our own. Much as, in our opinion, it would
be desirable, that so far as was consistent
with the sworn facts of each case, the sense of
every tribunal throughout the land, from the
Coroner's Inquest to the final array of the Petty
Jury, should be declared against the agents
of military speculation, and should stand in the
breach to protect our free constitution, no hu-
mane or reasonable being could entertain such a
sentiment from vindictive feelings towards the
unfortunate soldiers. Where the soldier betrays
no peculiar and malignant ferocity, but acts, al-
though strictly speaking, in contravention of the
law, yet, speaking morally, under the pressure
of painful and• perplexing circumstances, arising
of necessity out of the situation in which his supe-
riors have unjustly placed him, a Jury, it is true,
may be compelled by their oaths to find such a man
guilty of the crime of murder ; yet the Ministers
who have exposed him to the risk would be un-
pardonable for suffering him to undergo the pu-
nishment. Why, then, we shall be asked, call
for the trial of a criminal, only that he may
escape the gallows ? We answer, that it is of
inestimable importance that an arbitrary Minister
should be forced to screen from punishment a
crime which has been perpetrated in obedience
to his own orders. It would be such an expo-
sure of the -real criminal—it would be such a
signal condemnation of that kind of Government
under• which crimes bbcome inevitable and
punishrnent impossible,—that after a very few
public instances of subjects shot, and soldiers after
conviction pardoned, little more would be heard
of peace-officers in helmets, of constables' staves
represented. by drawn sabres, or • magistrates re-1
ceiving orders from a Captain of the Guards. It is
from our constitutional anxiety to .see the end of
this terrible system, that we are disposed to lean in
every case of-military violence against the principle
from whiCh the ,violeace emanates, though not
against the persons (more to be pitied than con-'
demned) who have been its unwilling agents. Itis
therefore that we feel disapponted, in some degree,
when we find, or think we find, a Jury entrapped
by their own•moderation and tenderness into a judg-
ment which militates against a great -reform in
our state policy, but which saves no culprit. from
legal punishment.; because, as we said before,
none is in danger of his life. At the same time,
let it be well borne in mind, that a bill of indict-
ment may yet be found for a crime more serious
than that which the present Jury have recorded,
and that a conviction, even to the extent of man-
slaughter, would not be without advantage to
society.

FATAL MISTAKE.-An unlucky circumstance
occurred off Kerry Head, on Friday evening last.
His Majesty's sloop of war Redwing fell in with
the Harriet revenue cruizee, Capt. TANDY, and
supposing it to be a smuggler, fired several shoes
into her, and continued to do so for a consider-
able time ; it was not until the boats of the Red-
wing were preparing to board the Harriet, that
the mistake was discovered. One of the crew
was killed. The Harriet has been but very lately
commissioned, only on her first cruize, and was
formerly a French lugger, in which craft shd is
retained, and which confirmed the Captain of the
Redwing in his belief of her being a smuggler,
having never before seen her on the coast. The
firing was heard distinctly for a considerable
time off the Ballyheige shore, and upwards of
forty shots were fired, accompanied by repeated
cheers from each vessel.—(Dublin Correspondent.)
On Friday se'nnight, Mr. LAVENDER appre-
hended one Thomas Dutton, in Bradshaw-street,
Shade-hill, on a Coroner's warrant, charging him
with the murder of Susannah Jenkins, of 'Nor-
thenbury, Flintshire. It appears that Dutton
lived next door to. the deceased ; that he kept
hens, which entered her garden and did conside-
rable mischief ; that she had driven them out by
throwing stones at them : and in revenge the pri-
soner threatened to kill her, which he effected
by beating her on the head with a flail, so as to
occasion her death four days afterwards. The
murderer, who immediately absconded, is about
25 years of age, is a shoe-maker, and was at work
when he was arrested.—(Manchester liet ald.)