Star.
London, England, 1821-08-28 00:00:00

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28. V-21.

DESIRABLE LEASEHOLD ESTATES.
THREE ELIGIBLE DWELLING-HOUSES,
KING-STREET, PORTM A N-SQU A RE ;
Extensive Stabling for nearly One Hundred Horses, in Brad-
ley's Mews, and Coach-house in King-street, Portman-square,
and Williams's Mews, Cumberland-place ; most eligible Pre-.
mises for a Stable-keeper, Coach-maker, or any trade requiring
spacious roomy Premises.
TO BR SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Mr. ROBINS,
(Of Warwick-street, Golden-square,)
On the Premises,. No. 50, King-street, Portman-11quart, on
Tuasums, Sept. 11, 1821, at Twelve o'clock, in Four Lots,

I.OT. 1. COMPRISKS

ALEASEHOLD ESTATE ; consistiag of a spa-
cious roomy DWELLING-HOUSE, desirably situate,
No. 50, on the South aide of King-street, Portman-square.
The lhn:se is Three Storys high, two Rooms on a Floor, with
Closers and convenient Offices, Yard, &c.

LOT 2. A compact Brick-built DWELLING-HOUSE, si-
tuate No. 29, King-street, Portman square, adjoining Lot 1.
The House is Two Storys high, two Rooms on a Floor, with
Closets and convenient Offices, Yard, &c.
LOT 5. A Brick-built DLLING.IIOI.7SE, situate No.
28, King-street, Portman-square, Three Storys high, three
Rooms on a Floor, and a spacious Mews adjoining, called Brad-
ley's Mews; consisting of Stabling for Thirty-two Horses, with
large roomy Loft and Mettrooms over ; a covered Ride, fold-
ing Gates at the entrance.
Lor 4. A spacious range of STABLING, situate in Wil-
liams's Mews, Adam-street West, for Forty-seven Horses, with
a Coach-house, in which two Stalls have been put up, with
roomy Lofts, and Men's-rooms over.
To be viewed by applying on the Premises, where Particu-
lars may be had ; of Messrs. Burley, Moore, and Lake, Soli-
citors, Lincoln's-inn ; and of Mr. Robins, Warwick-street, Gol-
chn-smiare.

ADJOURNED INQUEST ON R. HONEY.

SEVENTH DAY, AUGUST 27.

The Coroner's Jury assembled put suant to adjourn-
ment, at two o'clock this day, at the New Inn, in
the Edgeware•road.
Mr. ADOLPHUS, the Barrister, and Mr. HANSOX,
jun. appeared for the Life Guards.
The Foreman intimated that it would be necessary
to bring forward the trumpeter of the II troop, to
which Lieutenant Gore belonged. His name he un-
derstood to be Farmer.

The CORONER immediately issued his summons
for that purpose.
The Foreman next pointed out the propriety of
summoning Captain Oakes, and Lieutenants Hall,
Story, Terry, and Gore.
Mr. Blakie, a Juror.—l should be glad to know
for whom you attend, Mr. Adolphus?
Mr. ADOLPHUS.—I appear for the First Regiment
of Life Guards, or any portion of them who may be
implicated in this affair.
Mr. Blakie said, if solicitors and lawyers were suf-
fered to attend this Court on the part of persons who
might he implicated, the Inquest would probably be
procrastinated to a most unreasonable length. In his
opinion, the Coroner alone had a right to shape the
examination of the witnesses ; and if anything-were
asked, the answer to which was likely to criminate
the party under examination, it was the duty of the
presiding officer to interfere. Bat hen a professional
gentleman interfered with the Jury, he arrogated to
himself a power which he did not legally possess.
Mr. ADOLPHIJS said, when he did anything irre-
gular, the Coroner would, of course, set him right,
without the interference of any other individual. He
would, however, maintain, that he had a right to act
as Counsel in that Court; but since the subject had
been broached, he would take leave to say that he
protested, on the part of the persons for whom he
appeared, against the interference of a Magistrate of
the County—an officer of rank superior to that of
the Coroner—who acted, day after day, as an avowed
advocate; who, if the papers placed in his hands
were correct, examined the witnesses out of doors, and
who made surmises and observations which were cal-
culated to lead the Jury to come to a particular ver-
dict, when it was notorious to all persons that if a
verdict of the description to which he had alluded
were returned, it would be the duty of that officer to
,strike the. Jury who were afterwards to determine
whether the verdict of the Inquest was well or ill
founded. It was, perhaps, late in the day for him
to state this. As the evil had already been done, it
would be as well to let it go on to the end. He did
not mean to suggest any alteration in the course of
proceeding ; bat, as anticipatory of what might
occur in another place hereafter, he protested against
the observations of Mr. Waithman, the Sheriff of the
county of Middlesex, on this occasion.
Mr. WArrnsfasr said, the state of his health would
not allow him now to enter into any competition with
the worthy Gentleman who had just addressed the
Court, even if he could do so on other occasions; but
he would say, that this was one of the most unwar-
ranted and uncalled for attacks that had been ever
made on him before a body of respectable Gentle-
men. He felt this the more particularly, when he
recollected that the worthy Gentleman was not pre-
sent on any former day, and could, in fact, know
nothing of what had taken place. What he had
been pleased to say was an imputation on him (Mr.
W.), on the Coroner, and on an enlightened Jury.
Mr. Brown.—lt is an imputation on the whole .of
us. It is a gross insult.
Mr. WAITHNIAN.—If he had conducted himself
improperly, it would have been for the Coroner to
have corrected him. He knew that on certain occa-
sions, when he conceived the Jury to have been in-
sulted—when, for instance, they were refused ad-
mission to the Barracks—he had expressed himself
warmly. But that was momentary; and he would
appeal to the Coroner and to the Jury, whether he
had conducted himself like an advocate, whether he
had shewn an improper spirit, or had, in any respect,
behaved himself in an ungentlemanlike manner?
With respect to what the worthy Gentleman had
said relative to his (Mr. Waithman's) situation else-
where, he was wrong. The worthy Gentleman ap-
peared here for nobody. He (Mr. Waithman) knew
not of two parties in this case. This was an inqui-
sition. They were sitting in a court of inquiry, and
it was the duty of every man who knew anything of
the transaction to come forward in aid of the inves-
tigation. He knew nothing whatsoever of the par-
ties ; and it might be proper for him to observe, that
this was the seventh day of the sitting of the Jury,
and that on the third day he declared he would not
call another witness, which promise he had strictly
adhered to. lie had not kept even a single memo-
randum, or note, or a bit of paper, relative to the
proceedings. He had not conducted himself like an
advocate ; and he would presently state to the Coro-
ner how he became connected with the business. As
to the objection founded on his being Sheriff of Mid-
dlesex, it appeared to him that the worthy Gentleman
was mistaken in the natu• e of the office, when he ob-
served that, as Sheriff, he was a Magistrate. The
worthy Gentleman ought to know that being Sheriff
he could not act as a Magistrate.
Mr. ADOLPHus here interrupted Mr. Waithman,,
for the purpose of explanation.
Mr. WAITHMAN.—You must not interrupt me, Sir.
Brown.-1 pretest against this interruption.
You, Mr. Adolphus, have had a fair hearing. •
Mr. WAITIIMAN—If the doctrine which the wll.-
thy Gentleman broached were valid—a doctrine, by
the way, which he appeared to have picked up from
a Learned Doctor, the Editor of a Newspaper (for !
.no other person would be foolish enough to assert it),
it would go to this, that if a Sheriff had a brother or
a son killed, he could not come forward to assist in
the inquity as. to the cause of his relatives death.
According to his doctrine, a Sheriff could bring no
action, neither could any action be maintain-Lai against

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him, because he was supposed to have the striking of
the Jury. But, in fact, he had no more to do with
the striking of the Jury than the Coroner had. If it
were otherwise, the people of this country would be
in a most lamentable situation, for they would be
placed at the mercy of the Sheriff. That Officer had
nothing to do with the Jury hut to procure from the
Headboroughs and Constables lists of persons who
were eligible to serve, which he laid before the Ma-
gistrates, by whom the Jury were struck. The wor-
thy Gentleman, had gone on to make another most
unqualified, and, he would add, most unfounded as-
sertion. lie did not think that his conduct would
have been improper even if he had examined wit-
nesses before they came into that room ; but the fact
was, that he had not three minutes conversation with
any of the witnesses who had been examined. When
he had a list consisting of 100 witnesses, he found
that many of them could only speak to the death of
the other man, and therefore he sent them away, be-
cause he would not unnecessarily consume the time
of the Jury. All he had done was to inquire who
were the criminal parties--to examine whether the
man came by Iris death fairly or unfairly; and in the
progress of the investigation, he had endeavoured to
chew that the individual whose life had been taken
away was a quiet and peaceable man; but whenever
the examination took another turn, when it pointed
at the identification of parties, he took no step what.,
ever. Having said thus much, he hoped his conduct
would stand fair with the Jury and with the Public.
He owed this explanation to himself, as filling a high
situation ; for it was more important that the charac-
ter of the office to which his fellow-citizens had
elected him should be preserved inviolate, than that
he, as an individual, should notice what had been said.
Mr. ADOLPHUS said, when he used the word -4 Ma-
' gistrate," he could not be supposed to be so ignorant
as to confound it with "Justice of the Peace:" every
person who held a situation similar to that of Sheriff,
was a Magistrate, though not a Justice of the Peace.
As to his deriving his information from the Editors
of Newspapers, it was the mere assertion, of the Gen-
tleman who made it, and demanded no observation.
The Foreman.—l again suggest the necessity of
directing summonses to Captain Oakes and the four
Lieutenants whom I have mentioned.
Mr. Brown.—lt is very proper. Whatever other
Gentlemen's opinions may be, they are nothing at all
to us. However skilled in the law they may be, it is
not for them, but for us, to decide.
The Foreman.—We are not to be alarmed by such
interference.
Mr. ADOLPHUS.—Do I look alarming?
The Foreman.—l do not understand why Mr.
Adolphus should take notice of a conversation be-
tween Jurymen.
.Mr. ADOLPHUS.—If observations are so made that
I cannot be mistaken in their application, I must-no-
tice them. I will appeal to the Gentleman himself,
whether I was not alluded to. Gentlemen cannot
suppose that Ihave left my understanding at home.
Mr. Spicer.--I am sure the Learned Gentleman
does not mean to offend any person. Mr. Adolphus
can have no desire to insult us.
Mr. Brown.—Neither do we mean to insult any
person ; but we must perform our duty.
Mr. WAITHMAN said he had forgotten one point.
He wished to state how he happened to conic before
the Jury at all, and it was material that Gentlemen
should knew it. As he was walking westward with
a friend on the evening after the funeral, he saw two
or three persons talking together. Some of the ex-
pressions that were used attracted the notice of his
friend, who, being more curious than he was, went
to the parties, arid asked some explanation. He
found that a statement was made by an individual,
who was one of the most material witnesses eramined
before the Coroner. Ile and his friend immediately
took a coach and proceeded to the house where the
body lay, for the purpose of giving the mari's name
to the summoning officer. He (Mr. Waithman) went
the next day, to see whether the evidence of the in-
dividual was in reality so important as it at first ap-
peared to be, and then the brother of the deceased
requested him (Mr. Waithman) to put such questions
to the witnesses as were necessary. With that re-
quest he complied, and such was the history of the
whole affair.
The Foreman.--Perhaps it would be inconvenient
for the Gentlemen I have named to attend, if sum-
moned to come forward this day. It would there-
fore be better to summon them for to-morrow; the
Court could, for that purpose, adjourn at its rising
till to-morrow.
The CORONER.—Sir Robert Baker is in attendance.
He wishes to be examined first. Let him therefore
be called in.
Sir Robert Baker having been sworn, deposed as
follows :—I reside in Beiners-strect. I joined the
Procession on the 14th instant at Kensington. It was
proposed that the Procession should move along
Church-lane to the Gravel-pits, thence by the Ty-.
burn-road, the Edgewarc-road, and the Neworoad.
It did not pursue that line. The c4.via:ion was oc-
casioned by obstructions which were placed at the
end of Church-lane, Kensington. I proceeded on to
the Park-gate at Kensington, considering myself at
liberty to take the nearest route to that which I have
described; in case of any turnip s, that were in-
tended to be taken, being obstructed. •W hen we got
to the Park-gate, at Kensington, a party of the Life
Guards came out a f Cie Park, in aid of the Civil
Power. I rode into the Par k, with the intention that
the Procession sh,uld follow me, and the gates were
immediately closed by the mob. A few Constables
who were there endeavoured to open them, but they
were immediately overpowered, and the gates were
amain shirt. Some of the Life Guards then attempted
to open them, and the mob instantly began to pelt
then with stones and mud. After a conflict which
Listed for a considerable time, I succeeded in getting
back through the gate with my horse. Considering
that it wonld be very dangerous to the attendants its
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