The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-25 00:00:00

HIGH TREASON.

.t CORONETS iNfreEST ON SSirrims.

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*steeds, an inquisition was taken at the Doke of York
pogie-honsc.guremsereet„Rtigeware-road.before'frossAll
S 7at.tra, Esq. Coroner for the eoenty of Iliddleseit, en
Ott body of filcher., Suilibies, Who was killed on Wed-
veil lay night. He observed, that, it was a matter of vast
i• t ortance, and wouhi take np a great length of time;
no; although he had not issued his warrant expressly
for the purpose of proceeding now with the case, as the
('dirt had already assembled, it would be advisable to
Mar whatever evidence could be brought before them.
The Jury assented, and they immediately went to view
the body, which was at the Horse and Groans, at the
cornet of John-street and Cate-street. They were shewn
into a room on the first door, where the body was laid
upon the floor. The upper part from the stomach was
nskeJ, with the ee'eption of being covered over with a
sheet; the fatal wound appeared on the right side of the
chest, within h.elf an inch of the hre.ust, directly oppo-
site the heart. It appeared on the surface to be about
three quarters of an inch long, and half an inch wide.
They then proceeded to view the premises where the
murder was committed. The lower part of the buitling
was completely closed up, and a great quantity of blood
still remained in the street.

The Coroner and Jury having satisfied themselves in
examining the place, returned to the Jury room at the
Men of the Duke of York, in Queen-street, to hear the
evidence.

Prat!, the summoning officer in 31err•k-bone. said, he
came just at the °lenient the oleceased fell ; he saw him
►heeding profusely, anti he expired instantly. He assisted
in carrying him into the Horse and Groom, but he had
rot seen him struck. The firing in the street was so
rapid, that it was dangerous for the inhabitants to gn
out. They could only speak to the firing, and those
who were immediately upon the spot were not in attend-
ahre, as he hall no time to summon them.

The Cormier asl.:rd whom the premises where the
murder was committed belonged to, and whether the
proprietor was in attendance.

A gentlemen of the Jars said they belonged to Oen.
ratson, who is now abroad, but lately they were in the
occupation of a man who had formerly been his servant,
and who has hail the care of his town house since he left
England.
Pyall said the individual alluded to was a milkman,
that he bad them for a cow-honer, and lately let them
to a mita who had belonged to the linards, who was to
use them for a horse and cart ; that the Radicals had
them only two days, awl as far as he could learn, no one
knew they had them at all till they were disci:mere
accidentally, as they exercised the greatest precaution.
The Coroner asked in what manner they had been
discovered? A gentleman present, who did not give his
name, said he was informed that one of them, he under-
stood, named Ihr.idson, of Radical meeting notoriety,
mppentd to come down about eight o'clock on Wedgies-
day siamitt.for a light, when a cutlass was observed ins-
poritled from a belt round his body, inslerneatti his top
coat, the point of whiels was eneeedingly sharp, and it
appeared to be fresh ground. Ile ale* had a brace of
pirtols hanging from another belt. Several others being
obtierved under very suspicious eirenmastances, and all of
them with arms concealed about their persons, created
suspicion, and information was sent to the Police, who
arrived in ahont an hoar afterwards. When the
others heard them at the door, a pistol was fired
oot at the window; at this moment the deceased as-
cended the loft where they were aswnsbled, and
was immediately stabbed, it is supposed by a stick-
aworti, and he fell backwards, uttered a groan, and in-
stantly expired. The military came in a few minutes,
and it was a matter of suspiritoo how the others escaped,
as there was a range of honaes at the hack of the pre,
.',uses through n hich they must have been admitted. If
.1 few soldiers had been planted on the roofs of the
I mars, they most have been all taken. The tiring con-
tinned about half an hoar, and it is suspected that many
of those who escaped were wounded, as tracks of blood
.care traced a g real distance.
The Coroner apologise., to the Jnry for the trouble
I‘.• had given them, add said, as no more evidence was
p.v.cnt, be mast postpone the Inquest till to-morrow
eveling.
The alarm in the nelghlronrhootl, on hearing the re-
roil of tire•arnem and the noise of contest on premises
which they considered untenanted, may he more easily
sjneciert, than described. It was heightened by every
c•reumstance of terror that the imagination could form
to itself. The house was surronisded with soldiers and
rolier-offieepo--lighting was heard within—officers were
mdsscorrly sera scaling a haler and entering the scene
of batik, while their fate and the cause of the com-
bat were entir.ly unknown. Some of the persons
belonging to the pnhlic-house adjoining, after running
to the spot, fled an 'lima), when they beard the balls
whistling about their ears. Several of the inhabitants
of Cato4trert observed since Monday last, strange-look-
itry moo mole, shoot the empty premises. On the
morning of Wednesday, they saw Davidson, the inan of
colour, snit three others, watching at different ends of
the street, while some of their assoeiates were heard
nailing up the windows within the loft. Before dusk,
liavidima *gain made his appearance, with a sack on
his back, which the neighbonrs at the time supposed to
contain carpenters' took for repairng or new-modelling
the interior of the building, but whirls hail in fact con-
veyed the arms with which they were to them.
solves for their daring enterprise. After the arsenal
was formed, the basil arrived, and the people in time
house were surprised, if not alarmed, to see about 211
personal entire strangers to the place, hovering about
their premises, and at last entering the den. Still they
haul no suspicion of what was going forward, and no
rreaentinseot of what was in a short time to occur. The
police soon arrived, and the murderous struggle took
piers. Sositbers must have died instantly, and without
convulsion. He received only one 'retina, about an inch
below his right breast, and about as inch in width.

His breast and nerk are revered with blood, bet his
ronntenance is as placid, and his restates u rotnposedi
me if their expressien had been arrested, asd life enlis-
wished, danng a tranqnil sleep. He han left a wife,
but we rhildren, Lord
deplore his foss. On his death be-
ing mentiesed to Lord Sidirmadt, his Lordship express-
el great regret at the event, and sympathy for his stir-
smug sayi •- with grikst liamasity; that, as he
could sot restage to her her husband, be woahl take taro
that she alsoald wet went his amdatawee in a peenalary
point of view. The tinfortemate man's sister rime last
sight from Primary, to pc the dead body of her brother,