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

FATAL. at CUMBERLAND 6ATE.

ADJOURNED INQUEST ON TIIE BODY OF
RICHARD HONEY.
11101:ItTII DAT.

The Inquest being adjourned to the White Horse,
Knightsbridge. and that house not being found suMel-

eDhly large to

the Jurv,it was farther ad-

journed to the Rose and Crown, and subsequently to
the Old King's head, opposite the Barracks. The
regiment of Life °nerds were ready to turn out at 2
o'clock. when several of the witnesses n•ho had tickets
presented themselves, but found they could not be ad-
mitted. At half-past Y the Jury assembled, and ac-
cording to their resolution of yesterday, they Lee
proceeded to the barracks. They were, however, not
admitted upon the parade, and in executing their orders
to prevent all people from entering, the soldiers are
said to have treated the Jury very unceremoniously.
One gentleman was sttuck on the chin by a soldier. in
consequence, we suppose. of some hesitation on the
part of the former to comply with the Nitwit for 'retir-
ing.
What'll, Coroner entered the ream, a Juryman rose,
to protesl is the sweetest seviimargastthe treatnaitat
which the Jury bad that day received. He hoped
they would immediately notice this In the most
pointed manner, before they proceeded ern any other
basines.
The Conn:van wAs not aware of any treatment. ex-
cepting that the Jury had not been admitted; tied
they knew they should sot be yeiterday.
A JUryman said, he thought knocking peopli down
was rather harsh treatment.

The CORONtR said; as to knocking dein, there
had been no knocking down there, to his knowledge.
A Juryman aflirme.l. that if it had not been for the
people, he should have been down ttptin his back.
Ile was pushed out, and struck thilently on the chin
by a soldier.
The Coroner then stated to them, Oat tie had re-
ceived a letter from Mr. Hobhouse. In reply to the
las., addressed to hiM by the Jury, stating that he
had laid the same before Lord Bathurst. who saw
no reason for altering the directions which had been
already given, relative to the inspection of the troops
by the witnesses. His Lordship also smelted to the
Jury, as the inquiry did nut appear likely to hi brought
to an early close, that it might be better to postpone
the attendance of witnesses, for the purpose of iden-
tifying the individuals, nail that period should ar-
rive: as it neither could be convenient nor proper to
have the reglinent drawn out a second time for such
intrection.
The Foreman said he should recommend the Jury
not to attend to anlr suggestions which came from
such a quarter, which wodld not be comformable to
their own convenience. as there appearild to be no dhe
position in that quarter to give any etteeideration to
the wishes etpressed by them.
Throughout the proceedings of this day scarcely ten
minutes elapsed together without a degree of confusion
taking place, which defied all attempts at taking
down the observations of the parties. It freqnently
happened that half a dofen Jurors, and as many
persons who *ere not Jurors, would be loudly
talking at the same time, and making various pro-
positions; which met with no attention from any one
but the speaker, and which appeared to be forgotten
by him almost as soon as they were uttered. A
discussion of this nature here ensued as to the man-
ner 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 exposed
to violence if unattended by the Jury to protect him
Mr. Skeriff Waithemn exclaimed, that there was
shameful obstructioaa, and that the witnesses and the
Jury were grossly outraged.
The Coroner then went over the barracks with the
witnesses. Some of the latter shortly afterwarols re-
turned, and stated that they bad been refused admit-
tance mitts great rudeness. The Coroner had been
admitted alone.
After some further tim, had elapsed, the Coroner
returned and informed theAtury, that he had seen the
Magistrates, add they hatriald that the witnesses
shunts! be admitted, fiat they considered nose to he
witnesses who had no' t been sworn and examined before
the Jury. The'ise Witte their instractioita; and Alio
who had been examined, sod thought they
c:tuhfl es-
dry the trop. w4iiid be areOidinely admitted. •
1 The FJretuan wished to state to toe Coroner that