The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-08 00:00:00

' CORONERS INQUEST.

SHOCKING AFFRAY AT KENIIINGTON.-011 Thursday even.
ing an adjourned inquisition was taken, before Tstostas HIGGS,
Esq., at the Triumphant Chariot, in Pembroke-mews, tipper
Ornsvettor-place, on the body of David Oarratt, who was killed
under the following afflicting circumstances :
Francis From, of No. 63. Strutton-ground, Westminster, stated
that the deceased was about 40 years of age, and was carter to Mr. T.
Grundy, a mason in the flonteferry-road. On Tuesday afternoon,
as he was coming along the Kensington-road, saw an errand.cart,
and also a one-horse cart driven by the deceased. They were in
the road, and about 100 yards before nim. This was between the
Halfway-house and the Horse Barracks. It was on the Park side
of the way. The deceased was sitting at the head of his cart,
which was laden with grit. He did nut give any. provocation. On
the one-horse cart passing the errand-carter, he jumped out of his
cart, went up alongside that of the deceased, said something to him
which witness did not hear, and immediately struck hitu four or
live times with a whip before the latter returned a blow. The de-
ceased got on the off-shaft and hooked the reins. He then struck
at the errand.ratter with his whip; and they whipped each other
for three or four minutes, until they got entangled. The one-horse
cart continued to go on with the deceased standing on the shaft:
but he was at length pulled off by the other man, by means of the
entanglement of the whips. The deceased then held by the reins
till they broke, when the off-wheel went over his breast. The car-
rier looked audaciously with rather a smile on his face at what had
occurred. until he was reproved for his conduct ; and after he had
been scolden he assisted the decettleil a little, who said " 1 am a
dead man ; lay me straight." The carrier directly after went,to his
cart and galloped away towards London.
William Goddard, of Pembroke-square, Kensington. wheel-
wright, corroborated the evidence of the preceding witness, and
stated that on the cart was written the words '• Thomas Webb,
Twickenham." . .

Mr. W. Cowell, house surgeon at St. George's Hospital, de.
posed to the deceased being brought there about three o'clock in the
afternoon of Tuesday last Ile was in a dying state. i;verytiiiiig
that his situation required was dune for him, but without effect.
He expired the same evening The injuries which the deceased re.
eeived were fractured ribs and a fractured breast bone. They were
the natation of death.
The Coroner then addressed the Jury ; who. arter some consulta-
tion, returned a verdict of " itlanslaughier" against William
II 11 hbard, the carrier.
The Coroner nom issued his warrant for the apprehension of the
offender, who has betn taken into custody.

It is stated in a Morning Paper, that the commitments
to prison under the Game Laws alone, in this country,
amount to more than three times the number of commit-
tals for any kind of criminal offence in the whole kingdom
of France. _

On Tuesday, a very old woman, named Stocker, was
burnt to death in St. 'llotnas's, Exeter, in the absence of
a female appointed to administer to the wants of her second
childhood, and to guard her from dangers incident to that
state of helplessness; neglectful of her trust, she was at-
tracted to the fair, and on her return found the poor old
woman near the tire, consumed almost to a cinder, together
with the chair on which she had been bitting.