The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-07 00:00:00

DISTURBANCE AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE.

The following is the substance of the Report of the
Committee of General Purposes, respecting the affray
which took place between the Life Guards and the popu-
lace on the day •f the funeral of Honey and Francis :

The Report in substance stated, that the Committee
had examined several witnesses relative to the occur-
rences at Knightsbridge on the 26th of August; dial
their opinion, founded upon the testimony of such wit-
nesses, was, that the statement made by Mr. Waithman,
in his letter to the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst, was fully
borne out, and that no steps having been taken by Go-
vernment to prevent the probable disorder of that day,
Mr. Walthnian's active, spirited, and humane exertions
were highly commendable. The Report concluded by
stating, that in the opinion of the Committee a violent
personal outrage bad been committed against him,
which his Majesty's Government ought to have inquired
into, but that notwithstanding the promise of Earl
Bathurst that it should be investigated, they had not
been able to discover from any of the witnesses that any
steps had been taken for that purpose.

Mr. eLARICK thought it was not possible, that in a
question of such importance, the Court could think of
coming to a rash conclusion. They were bound to con-
sider the nature of the whole evidence, to ascertain whe.
ther it was exparte or not, before they could, with any
propriety, come to any determination upon a Report,
which was professedly founded on that evidence. With
a view to enable the Court to come at the necessary in-
telligence, lie should conclude with moving that the
evidence be printed.
Mr. ORIIPPITRB expressed his conviction, that the +trot.•
inquiry took place the more honourable would the con-
duct of the Gentleman appear, to whom, in a great mea-
sure, this question referred. It would appear from the,
evidence, that their late Sheriff had saved a great deal
of bloodshed by his spirited and humane interference
and for that reason he was anxious that the evidence
should be placed before them in the most regular shape.
Mr. Alderman► BROWN disclaimed any thing like per.
sonal feeling upon an occasion so important, but in the
discharge of a great public duty, he should not decline
what, in a free country, he felt that he was entitled to
discuss. An assault committed on the person of a She-
riff of London in the discharge of his duty, was an
outrage on the rights and privileges of the City of Lon-
don; but on the other hand, a disgraceful act committed
by a sheriff of London, was a disgrace to the City of
London itself. He could not avoid regretting that tl►e
reference to the Committee had been, what he might
be permitted to call a garbled reference. The whole
of the proceedings at the Inquest which sat upon
Honey ought to have been referred to the same Com-
mittee, as a part of the general question. upon which
they were bound to report. Ile acquitted the late
Sheriff of any intentional misconduct, but he could
not help thinking that his feelings had carried him
too far, and however honourable it might have been

in a private individual to have acted as he had dose
at the Inquest of Money, a Sheriff was bound—
Mr. lIVRCO3IBE called the Worthy Alderman to or-
der, observing, that the inquest of honey had nothing
to do with the question before the Court.
Mr. WALTUMAN said, tiWt he had not flme slightest
objection to the fullest eAmination of his conduct
either now or at any other time. if the Court should be
of opinion that it %ratio order to enter upon it now',
all he had to claim on his own part, was a fill oppor-
tunity of answering whatever charge might be wade.
At the same time, he could not help remarting, that
it would have been more becoming in the Worthy
Gentleman to have made a distinct motion on the
subject he had iotcoduced, than to have attempted to
mix it up with another question, and without any pre-
vious notice.

Mr. S. DIXON wished to know whether it was in-
tended to consply with the request of printing the
evidence before the Report should be disposed of ?

He was ans ered in the affirmative.
'Pie question was then put and agreed to unani-
mously, tbat the Report, with the Evidence, should
be printed, and referred to the consideration of the
next Court.
31r. Alderman &low,/ then gave n ,tice, that be
would move for the appointment of a Committee to
inquire into the conduct of Mr. Weidman, at the in-
quest on Richard Honey. and in doing so, he again
disclaimed being actuated by any personal feeling.
After transacting some further business of no public
interest, the Court adjourned.

Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's. at
Deal. dated sth instant :

Maay of the Deal boatmen have been off to day to
the ships in the Downs, and we consider, from the
measures which hare been adopted. in order to resist
the late attempt to withhold requisite assistance to the
numerous and valuable shipping I. the Downs, that the
whole are returning to their usual avocations.

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LONDON:
FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1821.

STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
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price of Consols the same as yesterday.

Charlestown papers arrived this morning to the
16th of November, from which we extract the fol-
lowing :

HAVANNA Ili Nov. 3.—By the arrival of the schooner
Margaretta, in four days from Campeachy, news has
been received in this city as late as the 25th ult. from
the Mexican Capital, and to the 4th instant from Vera
Crux. Tl.ese accounts m..-ntion the approaching
entry of nubile into the metropolis of New
Spain, and the nomination of the individuals who
were to compose the Supreme Junta of Govern-
. meat. until the convocation of the Cortes. We
have also received a file of the neateco, a paper pub-
lished at Morida, and from it we collect that that Pro.
since declared itself independint on the 15th of Sept.
last, and was determined to follow the fortunes of the
Imperial Leader of the Army of the three guarantees.
There is no longer doubt, that the Imperial cause,
which has already reached the banks of the Sabine,
would extend through vast and rich provinces to the
Isthmus of Darien, the boundary of the Spanish domi-
nions, in North America, which in the career or race of

independence, has, through tl►e cunning of lturbide
and inquistorial Priest•, far ontstripped the southern
dominions of the same power in the new world.
Captain Couthony, late of the brig Aristides, states
it was reported, that the Pirates had captured a French
ship, off St. Antonio, and murdered all on board, in-
cluding a Lady passenger; and the fact of a Lady's
clothes being found on board of that vessel, stained
with blood, is a strong confirmation of the report.