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

THE STATF.SI

given to Colonel Butler ; the Spanish officers and i
troops will evacuate the said territory, on the day
above mentioned. It is oar duty to inform you of this
important 'change, and the stiptlation to secure you the
free exercise of the Catholic Religion, and the pos-
session of your property. Those desirous of removing
to the Savannah will always find me ready to render
them all the assistance which lies in my power.
Floridians !—You are now going to give a signal
proof of your victories by obeying his Majesty's em-
mends. With this change may all the vicissi it es
that circumstances have main yea suffer with h
heroic resignation, cease. • Asa witness of my desire,
and a proof of the mane* post have made to your
Country, I shall, as I have always done, bear testi-
mony of alVhose I am apprised of who may require it.
Jolters Commits, Colonel.
St. Augustine, July 7. _ _

The Paris papers which have arrived this morn-
ing, quote the Funds the same as stated in oar paper
yesterday.
RECEPTION AND TREATMENT or rag WIT-
NESSES IT KNIGHTSBRIDGE BARRACKS.

(NT ONZ OF THE WITNZIISZP.)
Betvreen 12 and 2 o'clock yesterday, most of the
wituleises were admitted, though some of them arrived
as early as 10 o'clock in the morning. They were
received by Mr. Birnie, of Bow-street, Mr. Rainsford,
of Hatton-garden, and Stafford, the Chief Clerk of Bow-
street, at a little door, the private entrance to the
Officers house. On the arrival of a witness, several
soldiers let him in, where he gave his admission
card. " 1," (says the writer,) " was admitted about
one o'clock, when a Juror was asking to see Mr.
Birnie, and was pushed from the door by a private
Guardsman. Oa my entrance, Mr. Birnie asktd my
name, then Mr. Stafford, and then Mr. Rainiford. 1

answered the two former, and told Mr. Rainsford that
I had given my name to Mr. Birnie and Stafford, for

it appeared as if the Magistrates only asked the ques-
tion so repeatedly to confuse the witness; but it after-
wards appeared that they had another object in
view, i. e. the detention of the witnesses at the
gate to allow an opportunity to some of the
Crown witnesses (Soldiers and others present at the
firing) to identify the witnesses, who had given evi-
dence before the Juries, in being concerned in thiowing
stones and rioting on that occasion. This I saw
with my own eyes, and remarked that they (the crown
witnesses) bad pencil and paper in their
hands and eyed the witnesses e• their arrival
from bead to foot. One of the private Guardsmen,
in particular, 1 noticed, from the marks of some injury
on his face, which he received, no doubt, on the day
of the funeral. After I (the writer) had passed the
Magiatutse, t wow movie* by • private tls a ItlMs•
wash-house, about 12 feet square, which was below
the ground floor, and there 1 found that about 20 or
more witnesses, some atheist ready to faint front the
heat of the room, and complaining that they were fas
tened in this confined place. The heat certainly wag
excessive. A serjeant major was kind enough to sup-
ply the witnesses with water; hut said that be could
not give way to the intreaties of the witnesses to be al-
lowed to walk in the yard, or in some place where they
could breath the air freely Respiration at last became

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so difficult, that at 4 o'clock some of the witnesses forced
themselves oat of the place, and two of them were
seized by the collar of their coats and dragged into
the room again. Here one of the witnesses with a cane
in Isis hand rushed into the yard and told the soldiers
that be would not be confined in such a hole, like a
felon. The soldier allowed this person to breath the
air near the door for a short time, and then insisted
upon closing the door again."