The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-09 00:00:00

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BULLETIN. CORONER'S INQUEST.
War Department, March 8. 1815. —../.......
Captain WTELT arrived this morning with dis-
patches from Major-General LAMBERT, detailing the Yesterday evening an Inquest was held before
operation& against the enemy in the neighbourhood mows, Gut., Esq. at the Red lion public-hi
of New Orleans. It appears that the army under in Portland-street, 'Poland-street, upon the of
the command of Major-General KEANE, was landed Edward Yyse, a midshipmen, who met his des, on
at the head of the Bayone, in the vicinity of New Tuesday night, in Burlington-street, Piccadill , in
Orleans, on the morning of the 23d of December, consequence of some' shots having been discharged
without opposition ;it was, however, attacked by from the house of Mr. Robinson. The Jury ring
the enemy in the course of the night succeeding been sworn, repaired to the St. James's Workhouse,
the landing, when, after an obstinate contest, the where they took a view of the body, after whidh they
enemy were repulsed on all points with considerable returned to the Red Lion, where the followitg evi-
loss. ,On the morning of the 25th, Sir E. PAKENIIAM deuce was given :
arrived, and assumed the command of the army. John Power deposed that he is employes( at Ib-
On the 27th, at day-light, the troops moved for- botson's Hotel, in Vere-street. On Tuesday evening,
ward, driving the enemy's picquets to within six miles about ten o'clock, he was et the corner of Burling-
of the town, when the main body of the enemy was ton-street, Clifford-street. There were then about 40
discovered strongly posted behind a breast-work, es- persons collected around him at the corner. At that
tending about 1000 yards, with the right resting on:moment all was peaceable and quiet. Witness ob-
the Mississippi, and the left on a thick wood. I served the deceased walk along the street, previous to
The interval between the 27th of December and which he heard the discharge of at least three pieces
the Bth January, was employed in preparations for an I of fire-arms. He saw the flashes previously pro-
attack upon the enemy's position. The attack which : ceed from them. Could not say whether it was
was intended to have heels made on the night of the from pistols or muskets. The deceased was upon
7th, did not, owing to the difficulties experienced in Mr. Robinson's side of the way. Upon his reaching
the house he saw a flash from the window, accompa.
the passage of the Mississippi, by a corps under I
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Lieutenant-Colonel THORNTON, which was destined nied with a report. The deceased instantly fell upon
to act on the right bank of that river, take •
i him up. Ile did not utter a. groan, but appeared to
sion, to whom the storming the ground. Witness ran towards him, and raised
place till early on the morning
of the enemy's work of the Bth. The diva. !
be quite dead. Witness, assisted by others, carried
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was entrusted moved to the attack at that time the deceased to the house of Mr. Kerrison, surgeon,
hut being too soon discovered by the enemy were , ,
in New Burlington-street, who, upon examining the
received with a galling and severe fire from all body, found it dead, and recomn:ended that it should
parts of their line. Major-General Sir EDWARD be taken to the Workhouse in Poland-street. Wit.
PARENHAM, who had placed himself at the head of, ness did not know the deceased; he was dressed in
the troops, was unfortunately killed at the head of the uniform of a midshipman, and was quietly walk-
the glacis, and Major-Generals Glees and Kumse ' ing by. There was 410 riot at the time : a brick or
were nearly at the same moment wounded. The stone had been previously thrown', which witness
effect of this upon the troops caused a hesitation in ' heard strike against the wall or window of Mr. Ro-
their advance, and though order was restored by the billion's house. There were very few persons near
advance of the reserve under Major-General LAM. the deceased. Here the witness was asked by a Ju-
BERT, to whom the command of the army had de- ror, whether at the actual moment when the shot was
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' volved, and Colonel TnonaTost had succeeded in I fired which occasioned the death of the deceased,
the operation assigned to him on the right bank of there was any riot or molestation offered to any indi-
the river: yet the Major-Gen. upon the consideration vidual in the street, or whether there was then an
of the difficulties which yet remained to be surmount. outrage committing upon the htiuse of Mr. Robinson ?
ed, did not think himself justified in ordering a renew. Witness replied not the least of any sort ! Witness
al of the attack. The troops, therefore, retired to the remained there altogether about a quarter of an hour,
position which they had occupied previous to the at- but did not observe any unusual conduct beyond what
tack. In that position they remained till the evening he had stated of the people, except the throwing of
of the 18th, when the whole of the wounded, with the brick or stone, a minute or two before the de-
theceased was shot. There cettainly was no riot at the
exception of 80 (whom it was considered danger-
ous to remove) the field artillery, and all the stores time. •
of every description, having been embarked, the Robert Masters Kerrison deposed, that he Is a
larmy retired to the head ofj the Bayone, where the surgeon, residing in New Burlington-street. At
landing had been originally effected, and re-embark- 10. o'clock on Tuesday evening the deceased was
ed without molestation. brought to his house.• Upon examining the body, he
The Major-General speaks in the highest terms of 1 discovered that a wtiund had been inflicted by a ball,
the conduct of the Officers and troop. employed, and in the head, perforating the brain, and penetrating
of the cordial co-operation rendered by the Navy. through the left parietal bone. He was perfectly
Names of Officers killed and w aided and the missing in the motionless and dead. His death was evidently oc-
action on the Bth of January. 1 visioned by the ball passing iota the brain, part of
KILLED.
which was attached to the hair of his head. The
General Staff—Major-General Hon. Sir E. Pakenham Com-
mander of the Forces; Captaiu llamas Wilkinson, 85th, Ma- ball was not extracted, and witness was not enabled
ur of Brigade. to say whether it proceeded from a pistol or muskey
4th Foot—Ensign Wm. Crowe.
7th Ditto—Major Geo. King. Capt. Geo. Henry. or a blunderbuss. .
41st Ditto—Major J. A. Whitaker, Capt. R. Kenny (Lieut:- William Trigg, residing in Somers-town, was pass-
Col.), Lient. Donald MlQouald.
4lth Ditto—Lieut. R. Dr., iev and Ensign Nl'Llisky. ing on his way home from Chelsea where he had
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93d Ditto—Lieut.-Colonel It. Dale, Capts. T. Machias and A. been to spend the evening. He came through' Bur.
Inairhead. lington-street about 10 o'clock. He saw three per-
sons standing in the parlour at the window of Mr.
Robinson's house. One of them appeared to
dressed in black ; another appeared to be a soldier,
and wore a foraging cap. lid held a musket in his
hand. A stone or brick was previously thrown at
the window of Mr. Robinson's house, from which re-
ports of musketry or other fire-arms had previously
home. He saw the musket levelled by the person be:
fore described. He believed the shots fired came from
that quarter, and from the situation in which he saw the
man with the foraging cap, he believed the fatal shot
was discharged by him. There was not the least
disturbance or riot at the time these shots were dis-
charged. 'When the deceased fell, the cry of " mur-
der" was raised, and instantly a few persons ran
towards him. The fear, however, of meeting a si-
milar fate, obliged them to withdraw, but one or two
persons sgaiu ventured to advance and take the body
to a suregeon.
G. Moss said that he lives at No. 12, East-street,
Lamb's Conduit-street. On• Tuesday evening, about
10 o'clock, he was passing through Old Berlisq/ton-
street, three Gentlemen passed him, one of whom
he heard say, 44 Mr. Robinson's honse,ip a little fur,
titer on." IVitness was induced from cariosity to
follow them ; he saw the deceased, whom he ootimni
as a Naval Officer, walk before him. When wit-
ness at :ived near the houset he saw some person in
the middle of the street throw something in the di-
rection of the parlour window. By this time, the
deceased had nearly got to the house of Mr. Robin-
son. Witness immediately heard the discharge of
three pieces, and looking 'round, saw the deceased
fall. At this time there was,ao riot whatever in the
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street.
At this period of the investigation, a letter was
received by the Coroner, from Mr. Baker, the Police
Magistrate. The following is an exact copy :
" Public Office, Marlborough-street, half-past five P.M.
" SIR.—Mr. Rabinson's servants have just called here to
state, that the people in the public-house (we presume in Marl-
borough-street) were so much irritated against them, that they
could not slay there in safety g lest, by their becoming known,
they should be exposed to the fury of the populace. They have,
therefore, guise home, and are ready to depose, whenever called
upon, to all the circumstances, which led to the. unfortunate
death.—l am your very obedient, &c.

WOUNDED.

General Stag—lStajor-Gen.Eibiss,;;Verely, since dead ; Major-
General Keane. severely; Captains ii. E. Shaw, 4th toot
(British Infantry). slightly. and L. Delacy Evans, ;id Dra-
goons, D.A.Q.9LG. severely.
4th Foot—Lieut.-Col. F. Brooke, slightly ; Major A.D. France,
severely ; Captains J. W ill iamsons, J. Jones, J. W.
Fletcher, R. Emkine severely, and I). S. Craig, slightly ;
Lieutenants W. 11. lirnoke, B. Martin, G. Richardson, W.
Squire, C. 11. Farringhata, J. Marshal. H. Andrews, severe-
ly, and F.. P. Hopkins, J. Salvia, P. Baulby, G. H. Hearne,
slightly ; Ensigns Thos. Burrell. severely, 'and A. Gerrard, J.
Fernandez, E. Ness ton, slightly; Adjutant W. Richardson,

slightly. - -
7th Find—Capts. W. E. Page, severely. J. J. A. Mullein,
slightly ; Ltews. M. Higgins, eeeeee ly, B. Lorentz, slightly.
214—Lieut.-Col. W. Poter.soi (Col.), severely, not dangerous-
ly; Major A. J. Russ; Liruts. J. Waters, and A. Geddes,
severely.
13d—Lieuts. J. Meyrick (left leg amputated), D. Campbell
severely.
41th—['apt. 11. Dehbigg (Lieut.-Col.), slightly ; Lieut. R.
Smith, H. Hu.h. R. Phelisn. W. Jones, severely ; W. Mac-
lean, slightly; Ensigns J. White, B. Haydon, nod J. Do-
naldson, sevesely.
B.ith—Lient.-Col. W. Thornton, Lieut. B. C. Urquhart, se-
verely, not stangeron-ly.
934- capt*. It. RI an. Bnuirer. Mackenzie. and Ellis, se-
verely; Lieats. Maclean, Spark, and M•Pherson, slightly ;
C. Gordon, and J. !lay, severely 4 Volunteer J. Wilson.
93th—Copt. J. Travers. severely: Capt. N. T . slightly;
Licuts. J. Reynold*, Sir J. Ilsbtou, J. Gusset, J. W. Black-
horse. and R. Barker. severely.
Ro7al Marines—Capt. Gilbert Lliiott, slightly : Lieutenants H.
I.lltott and C. Morgan, slightly.
lst West India Regiment—Captain Isles, severely; Lieutenants
WlN:maid and Morgan, severely; Ensign Pilkington, severe-
ly t and Mellar,
Royal Navy—Captain Honey, his Majesty's ship Trave. se-
verely ; Midshipman Woolcombe, his Majesty's ship Tounant,
ditto.

" R. BAKER."

Immediately after this letter was read, a Gentleman
of respectability entered the room, and stated% that
there were three most respectable persons who were
present when the melancholy event took place ; and
whose evidence, he stet. d, from all be knew, to be
most material. These persons were
wholly
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quanted with the time and place of the Inquest.—
One of them, be said, had been with Lord Darnley
in the course of the day, and his relation of the cir-
cumstance was of such a nature as to induce his
Lordship to say, that if the Inquest were adjourned
be himself would attend it. Ile further stated, that
upon the issue of the Inquest, and the event itself,
his Lordship meant to make a motion in the House
of Peers.
The CORONER then addressed the Jury, and sum-
mitted .to them, whether under sugh circumstances,
aameli. the &keep) of Mr. Ftebieseal servants, cud