The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-22 00:00:00

LITERARY REVIEW.

ENCHIRIDION : or, a Hand for the One-Handed.—By
GEORGE WIEBB DE RE N SY, Captain, Half Pay did Re-

giment.

The ingenious Author of this tract highly de-
serves the thanks of those who are suffering under
the mutilation to which the work refers, or pri-
vation of the power of 'self-assistance from Palsy
or other diseases. The several mechanical in-
struments, shewn by graphic delineations and il-
lustrated by clear instructions, are well devised,
and appear to be fully adequate to the in-
tended purposes.—The greyer number of them
are indeed indispensable- to enable such persons
to assist themselves in dressing and at meals,
especially during dinner, for without those
means, as the Author says, the sufferer would
otherwise be obliged to tax the politeness of
his next neighbour for assistance." The instrue-
Cons are conveyed in simple, and correct language,
and though the subject is melancholy in the ab-
stract, the Author has contrived to enliven it with
sallies of wit and humour. Altogether it is an
ingenious, amusing, benevolent, and valuable pro-
duction.

The following account of the Proceedings of
yesterday at the Knightsbridge Barracks is co_
pied from the British Prces of this day :

" A'considerable number of the witnesses who
have attended the Inquests on the bodies of
Richard Honey and George Francis, who were
unfortunately killed on the day of her late MA-
JESTY'S funeral, assembled at eleven o'clock
yesterday,' at the White Worse public-house, in
Knightsbridge-road, in order to attend the
drawing out of the Ist regiment of Life Guards,
n pursuance of the directions given by Lord
BATHURST for that purpose.—About two o'clock
Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, arrived, and the Jury
who had been sitting on. Richard Honey attend-
ed with him, and demanded admittance. They
were admitted within a small door which
adjo;ls the Officers' rooms, but shortly after-
wards they came out again, and we under-
stood they • were denied permission to attend
during the time the witnesses were viewing
the troops. The witnesses then who had tickets
from the Coroner were admitted One by one, their
tickets being previously examined. On being
admitted, they were shewn into a sort of kitchen
beneath the officers' rooms, where they mustered
about twenty in number by half-past two o'clock.
Along delay now took piece, till the witnesses
growing impatieiat, gnc or them hill:Act' on being
suffered to depart, which, after some little delay,
whilst his wishes were communicated by the soldier
at the door to his officer, was permitted, and he
departed and did not again return. When he went
awayit was communicated by the soldier that any
gentleman might go away if he pleased, but no
other Arson went. Another long interval elapsed,
and thfire being noappearance of proceeding to the
business for which they came there, one of the
witnesses requested to see Mr. Birnie, the Magis-
trate(who, with Mr.Raynsford,was in attendance),
but was informed that he was engaged. A mes-
sage was then sent to him to know for what the
witnesses were kept waiting ? a reply was sent
down that he was waiting an answer from the Se-
cretary of State's office. The room being extremely
crowded, the witnesses were informed they
might walk in the riding-school if they pleased,
of . which permission they immediately availed
themselves, and the whole adjourned to the
riding-school accordingly. A sentry was placed
at the door, and it was not till nearly five o'clock
that they were informed they must return to the
room where they at first waited,
.as the business
was going to begin. Shortly after- the troops
were drawn out in four lines, two on each side
the barrack-yard, both Officers and men fully
accoutred, and mounted as on the day of the
Queen's funeral, the Magistrates and Officers of
the Guards being in attendance on foot. The
first witness was then called, and was at-
tended by a soldier from the room where they
were .waiting to the barrack-yard. The Magis-
trates there took down the name and address of
the witnesses, who then proceeded down the
centre of the lines, attended by the Commanding
Officer, the Magistrates and other Officers fol-
lowing. The witness first examined the front line
on the right, and then proceeded down the
rear rank, and again going down the centre,
examined the men on the left, and con-
cluded by examining those in the rear. In the
same order all the witnesses in attendance fol-
lowed one by one, and as they respectively con-
cluded their inspection, were let out of the Bar-
racks at the gates leading to the Park or to
Knightsbridge-road. When a witness came to
an officer or man whom be thought he could
identify, he was ordered to fall out of the ranks,
to give the witness 'an opportunity fully to see
him.—lt 'was nearly seven 'o'clock before the
whole was concluded. Tire result of this in-
spection is noticed in our report of the proceed-
ingsOf the Coroner's Inquest reamed yesterday."

FORGERY on ,the PRUSSIAN BINK.---Gaston, a
.Jew, charged with a forgery on the Prussian
Bank, was yesterday finally committed for trial
by Mr. I‘IAINWARI,NO, the sitting Magistrate of
Marlborough-street. The prisoner offered bail,
which was refused. Mr. BA atty attended on the
part of the prisoner, and Mr. MAyNAnn for the
prosecution. Some of the notes.considered to be
forgeries were produced by a police-officer, and
proved to be forgeries by the Prefect of Police
at Berlin. Several of tli,e ft.srgeries had passed
current ip Prustia.

FAT AL A FE RA Yat GUMBE IL 1, AN JJ GAt E.

ADJOURNED INQUEST an thc I.IODY of R. HONEY.

FOURTII_DAY, AUGUST 42 1 .

The Inquest- being adjourned to the 'White
Horse, Knightsbridge, and that house not being
found sufficiently large to accommodate the Jury,
it was farther adjourned to the Rose and Crown,
and subsequently to the Old King's head, oppo-
Site the Barracks. The regiment of Life Guards
was ready to turn out at ..,two o'clock, when
several of the witnesses -who hail tickets, presented
themselves, but found' that ti:u. could not then
be admitted. At half-past iwo the Jury a -
sembled, and according to their resolution of
yesterday, they also proceed ,d to the Barracks.
They were, however, not ,iltnitted: --upon the
paradb, and in. .executing thei-C-'ordelr to prevent
all people from entering., the soldiers are said to
have treated the Jury rather unceremoniously.
One gentleman was. struck on the chin by a sol-
dier, in consequence, we suppose, of sornehesita-
tion on the part of the former to comply with
the request for retiring.—When the CottoNr:a
entered the room, a Juryman rose, to protest in
the strongest terms against the treatment which
the Jury had that day received. He-hoped they
would immediately notice this in the most pointed
manner, before they proceeded upou any other
busineSs.7---The CORONER was not aware of any
treatment, excepting that the Jury had not been
admitted, and they knew they should not be
yesterday.---A Juryman said he thought knock-
ing people down was rather harsh treatment.
The CORONER said, as to knocking down, there
had been no knocking down there, to his know-
ledge.----A Juryman affirmed, that if, it had not
been for the people, he should-have been down
upon his back. He was pushed out, and struck
violentiv:on the chin by a soldier.
The CORONER then stated to them, that he
had received a 'letter from Mr. Hobhouse, in re-
ply to the last, addressed to him by the Jury,
stating that he had laid the same before Lord
Bathurst, who saw no reason for altering the di-
rections which had been already given, relative
to the inspection of the troops by the witnesses.
His Lordship also suggested to the Jury, as the
inquiry did not appear likely to be brought to
an early close, that it might be better to post-
pone the attendance of witnesses, for the purpose
of identifying the individuals, until that period
should arrive; as it would neither be convenient
nor proper to have
.the regiment drawn out a
second time for such inspection.

The FOREMAN said he should recommend the
Jury not to attend to oisv swvsruot ;on:. Win Ch
eanie from such a quarter, which would not be
conformable to their own convenience, as there
appeared to be no disposition in that quarter to
give any consideration to the wishes expressed
by them.
Throughout the proceedings of this day
scarcely ten minutes elapsed together ‘‘ithout a
degree of confusion taking place, which defied
all attempts at taking down the observations of
the parties. it frequently happened that half a
dozen Jurors, and as many , persons who were
not Jurors, would be loudly talking at the same
time, and making various propositions, which met
with no attention from any one but the speaker,
and which appeared to be forgotten by him al-
most as soon as they were uttered. A discussion
of this nature here ensued as to the manner in
which some of the witnesses were to present
themselves for admittance to the barracks. One
stated his reluctance to go, as he might be ex-
posed to violence if unattended by the Jury to
protect him.

Mr. Sheriff WAITIBLIN exclaimedl that there
was shameful obstruction, and that the witnesses
and the Jury were grossly outraged,

The CoLLONER• then went over , the barracks
with the witnesses. Some of the latter shortly
afterwards returned, and stated that they had
been refused admittance with great rudeness.—
The Coroner had been admitted alone.

After some further time had elapsed, the Co-
RONER returned and informed the Jury that tie
bad seen the Magistrates, and they had said that
the witnesses should he admitted, but they con-;
sidered none to be witnesses who had not been
sworn and examined before the Jury. These
were their instructions; and those who had been
examined, and thought they could identify the
troops, would be accordingly admittal.

The FOREMAN wished to state to the Coroner
that the witnesses who accompanied hi►ri had
been treated ►n a most improper manner, and bad
the doors shut in their faces.

A JURYMAN said, that was before. the instrue--
tions Qf the Magistrates had been received by
the Cordner, and that the witnesses 'consequently
could not be admitted.

The f oItEMAN said, that the instructions were
nothing more than what had been agreed to yes-
terday, and that every body was pl'eviously ac-
quainted with them.
Mr.. Sheriff WArritmAx then' addressing the
Jury in a very authoritative tone and manner,
declared that the present proceedings were as
great a violation and obstruction of justice aS ever'
was witnessed in this country. The conduct of
the members of the G overnment, after the letter
whiCh had been 'received from Mr. Hobhouse,
was air open violation of . their own soleffm..etH
gagement, and
,an,insult to every-one concerned
in the proceedings. Wils, there to be such s
faculty to get at the soldiers for a; ptirpoe like
that which they had in view ? Why, in such :a
country as this, it ought to:he claimed as
,amattei
of right that the regimen t should bell raw n up and
examined in the eyes 13. f the whole world. lie
hardly knew whether he was staujing
.upen his
head or Ills heels Wkiie such proceedings wete

going On ; he knew not thae he was on British
ground, but should rather suppose he was in
Turkey or Algiers. It remained for the Jury to
summon the Adjutant of the Regiment before
them; and see if he would obey them.
The FOREMAN.—" Yes, and that we will do."
• Mr.SheritTWArrlimAN proceeded.—They were
acting in defiance of the orders of Government in
thus treating the witnesses: The J ury. ecuil, if
they liked, call for the Muster Roll, or they
might swear all their witnesses on the point of
identity, and thtis.brinfi. them under the descrip-
tion contained in the Magistrates instructions.
There would be no doubt or difficulty as to re-
cognizing the soldiers ; the Officer was recqgniz-
ed that day by several, in an instant. After
again stating that he aid not appear as a prose-;,
cutor, and repeating the alleged objects of his
being present, the Sheriff concluthd ;. and it was
agreed to call witnesses, and examine them as to
the firing, and their being able to identify the
persons who fired.
Jam_ es Denyer was then Called. Saw the man
shot; saw a person fire, and thinks he should
know him again. Stood at the corner of Cum-
berland-gate; saw the man drop, and saw the
soldier fire ; the person who fired was art officer;
the man fell eight or ten feet from Cumberland-
street ; the officer stood two or three • feet from
the kennel.

W. Pinkerton, of Bayswater, Grocer, was at
the left hand corner of Cumberland-gate : saw
the officer fire : did not see the man fall, but
heard that a man was dead, and afterwards saw
the body,. •
A confused discussion here took place,. upon
the admissibility of this witness. It was arranged
that he should have a ticket.

John Curtis lives in the Almonry of Westmin-
ster; was at Cumberland-gate. This was all
the matter-of-fact evidence that could be got
from the witness, who in spite of all that was
said to him, persisted in telling what others had
told him.

Mr. Sheriff WAITIIMAN cried out to the man,,
C 4 I don't want you to come here to talk non-
sense, I won't trifle with the Jury, if you will.
You may go about your business."
A JURYMIN complained of the time wasted by
the introduction of such witnesses.

Mr. Sheriff Nti.irrumAN said, if witnesses told
him one story out of doors and another there, he
could not help it. He was determined not to
trifle with the Jury himself, and therefore the
witness had been withdrawn.

At this periods a it
w__Hess named Doan entered
ihe rOom, and desired to state to the Jury, as
tenacious ai he could, what he had met with at
the Barracks. When he was admitted, he was
shewn with other witnesses down some steps
under ground, where he was made to wait, and
not allowed to go away. He had been afraid to
go, because he suspected this violence : and
when he saw that the witnesses were in this room
he did not go in, but went along the passage, and
came out by another door.
The CORONER.-Well, we know all this. The
witnesses are detained until they are all ready.
Mr. Sheriff WAITHMAN Said, that the conduct
pursued towards the witnesses was most abomi-
nable, and ought to be protested against by the
Jury.
The FOREMAN stated that, for his own part,
he would resent it to .the uttermost.

Mr. Sheriff NVAITIIMIN proceeded to inveigh
against what he was pleased to term this com-
plete subversion of justice. The Coroner Oqght
to interfere, and he must say he did not do his
duty.
The Cono'NFß—" Sir, I desire you fo pursue
a different line of conduct, 'or I shall resort to
means for preventing its repetition. I will not al-
low you, Sir, to speak to me in that manner."
A Juryman said that 'the thanks of the-Jury
were due to their Coroner for what he had just
spoken. The language previously used was
highly improper.
The greatest confusion now took place, and
several persons were speaking Most vociferously
at the, same time. A person in the room who
,vas interfering with an apparent air of authority,
was qtlestioned by a Juryman as to his name And
quality. Ile said his name was Haydon, and that
he was there by request as the assistant of Mr.
NVaithman.

- A -witness named John Young was now brought
forward, who with great emphasis began to de-
scribe to the dury that he had been turned out
of the Barracks like a dog. It was discovered,
howei-er, tint he had nothing to do with this In-
'qne'st, and that his evidence referred to that sit-
ting upon the body of Francis. He was , accord-
ingTy.sent about his business.

A Ju RYNAN rose amidst the confusion which. so frequently
marked tile proceedings, and having with'some difficulty ob-
tained &hearing, said that they had heard many obsarvations
which he thought it would have been more to their credit not to
have heard ; under all the circumstances,. be thought the best
course they could adopt was that of sending to the f:ommand-
ing Officer, requesting.that the witnesses already there might
proceed to inspect tht troops, and that they' would be sufficient
to number, for the purpose of justice.
Mr. Aheriff NlTArrit.stait again addressed die Court, with'
very ortl'A warmth, and declared he was informal, and that
frem utinisferial autiroritY too, that the witnesses had been de-
tained, and eontined in a place under-ground, a kind of dun-
geon, where the:y were kept without refreshments, and almost
without air_ .lle had likewise heard that a Ito:ad was there
sitting-ftir the purpose of examining them previous to their see-
Zig the troops. .
Sottic.of the Jurors loudly expressed their disapprobation of
any such plan, and seemed to adopt the opinion of TNtr. Waith-
Mail; That would he usurping the power of the Jury, to exa-
mine their, v(itugsses in any °titer }dam Many were of opinion
that the Jury ottht to accompany the Coroner to inquire into
the witiet the witnesses were placed ; it *as, however,
at host decided,- that the Foreinsn should attend the Cormier for
that purpose.—Att,r a few minutes absence, those Gentlemen
rettArned, and the Coroner stated that he had to communicate
to the Arty, frern thi Cutratuu.ding Officer, that the reginaett