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notified to them that Mr. Bailey had 
an authority which superseded the exe¬ 
cutors right ? 
If the people were not guilty of an il¬ 
legal act. there could be no riot, and 
even if there was a riot, it does not fol¬ 
low that the military, acting as part of 
the posse comitatds, had a right to 
employ carbines, pistols, and swords 
against the people, by which two men 
have been killed. 
In respect to homicide, the law is as 
follows. He who gives the death- 
wound is principal in the first degree. 
He who is present when that death- 
wound is given, aiding and abetting, 
is principal in the second degree. He 
who advised and ordered those mea¬ 
sures which lead to an homicide, is 
accessory before the fact, and he who 
has imposed impediments to the bring¬ 
ing him to justice who is guilty of an 
homicide, is accessory after the fact. 
By the evidence of Sir Robt. Baker, 
the presiding magistrate, it appears 
that Jie was conducting the funeral 
down Piccadilly, and declared he would 
take the responsibility on himself, when 
an officer and party of Life Guards sud¬ 
denly turned the heaise back into 
Hyde Park, leaving Sir Robert and the 
mourners to pursue it by cross streets 
.—that no riot act was read—and no 
civil authority present to direct the 
soldiery, who entered into an affray on 
their own palpable responsibility. 
On the 26th the public funerals of 
the unfortunate men took place with 
great decency and decorum. Their 
remains were conveyed to Hammer¬ 
smith, where they were interred. The 
Society of Provident Brothers, and 
others, attended in procession, with 
mourning banners, and a band of 
music occasionally playing “ The Dead 
March in Saul/ 1 Those who went in 
procession walked lour abreast, and 
had a very orderly appearance : the 
multitude that assembled through 
curiosity was immense. Previous to its 
reachiug the barracks at Knightsbridge, 
which were shut, Sheriff Waitliman, 
who was on horseback, accompanied 
by the Deputy Sheriff and the High 
Constable of the Division, assisted by 
two or three hundred constables in the 
neighbourhood, rode among the crowd, 
and recommended to them to obsei \ e 
silence and act with proper and neces¬ 
sary decorum. As the funeral passed 
the barracks, a brick-bat was thrown 
from a window among the crowd, 
which severely wounded a child, and 
s in August . [Sept. 1, 
two or three soldiers appearing at the 
windows, some partial disapprobation 
was heard amongst the people. The 
funeral then passed on to Hammer¬ 
smith, where it was joined by crowds, 
and the deceased were interred amidst 
the pity of 150,000 persons. After 
the procession had passed, the Sheriff 
rode towards Kensington, but on liis 
return found the gates of the barracks 
thrown open, and a number of the Life 
Guards standing in the gate-way. Their 
presence, as might be feared, created 
irritation among the people, and an 
affray being on the point of taking 
place, the Sheriff rode into the gate¬ 
way, exhorted the people to keep the 
peace, and declared that he would 
cause the first disturber to be taken 
into custody. He then conjured the 
soldiers to shut the gates, and on their 
refusing, requested to see an officer, but 
was told none were present. At length, 
however, he prevailed on them to close 
the gates, and quiet was restored. He 
then rode again towards Kensington, 
but on returning a second time, beheld 
15 or 16 soldiers chasing the people on 
the causeway towards Knightsbridge, 
and a general affray seemed about to 
take place, when pushing forward his 
horse, he leaped over the bank between 
the soldiers and the people, stopping 
the progress of the former. A corporal 
now seized his bridle, and in a few 
minutes the soldiers drew their swords, 
and a .sharp and frightful affray com¬ 
menced. Several cuts weic aimed a< 
the Sheriff, which were parried, partly 
by liis own. activity and partly by the 
constables 1 staves. At length one of 
the soldiery aimed a pistol or carbine 
at the Sheriff, but he was knocked 
down by a constable. Some superior 
officers at length made their appearance, 
and ordered the soldiers into the bar¬ 
racks, and thus the affray terminated. 
Several persons however were wounded, 
and one man received a cut in the eye ; 
but the Sheriff happily escaped unhurt. 
FRANCE. 
M. Bonavita, the priest, who left SL 
Helena in May last, has transmitted to 
the Princess Borghese, the following 
letters. 
Count $e MontliOlon to the Princess Bor¬ 
ghese at Rome. 
(c Madame. —Napoleon lias charged me 
to o-ive you an account of his health. The 
malady in his liver, which attacked him 
many years ago, and which is mortal in 
this climate, has in the course of six weeks 
made a frightful progress. The ameliora¬ 
tion 
