The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-13 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Thomas Stevens, William 111-Donnell, Ann Plum-
mer, and Catherine Hilts, all suspected characters,
were finally examined before Mc. Elliott, and fully
committed for trial, on a charge of drugging and
robbing a gentleman, named Stone, of a valuable
gold watch, chain, and seal, and about 141. in gold
and silver.

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF LOUIS
HENRY SHAD WELL, ESQ.
The localities of Barnes, Putney, Alortlake, and
Richmond have been thrown into a state of great
sensation by the discovery of the body of Mr. Louis
Henry Shadwell, barrister-at-law, and second son of
Sir Launcelot Shadwell, the Vice-Chancellor of
England, in a ditch dividing Barnes Elms park, the
residence of the Vice-Chancellor, from a farm in the
occupation of a Mrs. Sharpe. The circumstances
attending this most melancholy affair are at present
enveloped in much mystery, but it may be as well to
state at once that there is not the slightest ground for
the supposition that the death was otherwise than
accidental. The deceased had for a long time past
used as his dormitory a room in the lodge at Barnes
Elms-park, which opens into the lower road leading
to Putney ; and to reach this from the mansion it
was necessary to traverse, the park a distance of a
quarter of a mile. The last time the deceased was
seen alive was at half-past nine o'clock on Sunday
night, when the butler opened the wicket-gate, and
saw Mr. Louis Shadwell on the path which led
direCt across the path to the Gothic-lodge. The
night was not only dark, but there was a dense fog.
The deceased was, however, so accustomed to the
route, that he declined the aid of a lantern, and as
nothing more was heard of him by the family that
night, it was presumed that he had reached the lodge
in safety. On the following (Monday) morning the
woman who has charge of the lodge, finding that Mr.
Shadwell did not make his appearance at the cus-
tomary time, went up to his sleeping apartment and
knocked several times; receiving no answer she
became alarmed, and communicated with the butler,
who procured a ladder, and, obtaining admittance to
the room, the appearance of the bed, &c., convinced
the butler that Mr. Shadwell ha I not occupied the
room the previous night. Upon the family becoming
acquainted with that &et, a messenger was dispatched to
Mr. Shad well's chambers, in King's Bunch-walk, Tem-
ple; and it having been ascertained that deceased had
not been there, the worst fears began to be entertained.
la consequence of the inquiries that were set on
foot by the po:ice, it appeared that the landlord of the
Crabtree, at Hammersmith, which is exactly opposite
the Vice-Chancellor's seat, and a bargeman, heard on
Sunday night, from about a quarter to eleven o'clock
till a quarter past, shrieks from the Surrey shore as
from a woman, and the words " Oa, Lord! oh,
Lord I" repeated several times. These parties pro-
ceeded to Hammersmith- bridge, obtained a boat and
lights, and on reaching the spot from whence the cries
proceeded, :plainly perceived the mark of a naked hu-
man-foot; particularlyinall, on the towing path ; and
this fact strengthened their previous opinion that it
was a woman, but they were unable to discover any-
thing further. On the landlord and bargeman being
taken to the same place, at noon on Tuesday, they
pointed out where they had traced the footmarks to,
and in a ditch on the inner side of what is termed
a cotter bank, made to prevent the influx of the tide,
police-constable Line, 282 V., and Boyce, the
Vice-Chancellor's gardener, found the body of Mr.
Louis Shadwell; the water was not more than two
feet six inches deep, but the deposit of mud was still
deeper. One glance showed that the unfortunate
gentleman had lain there many hours. Dr. Willis
was sent for, and made an external examination of the
body, which it should be stated was dressed, with the
exception of the feet, which were naked ; there was
no trace of the shoes, but deceased's socks were found
in his pockets; his trowsers and other portions of his
dress had been much torn, apparently by the brambles
at the side of the ditch, which the deceased had
evidently caught at to save himself, if possible, in his
downward descent. A ring and other valuable
property were on his person, showing that the
deceased had not been the victim of robbery. The
general supposition is, that the deceased on leaving
the mansion diverged out of the right path, owing to
the heavy fog, and fell into the sluice connecting the
lake with the river. The tide being then up, and
Mr. Shadwell, being a most noted and fearless
swimmer, it is presumed he swam out into the river,
and then landed on the towing-path; and that in
endeavouring to regain the park he inadvertently fell
into the ditch; where it was evident his struggles had
been most terrific to extricate himself. The cries
heard by the landlord of the Crabtree and the barge-
man were, doubtless, those of the unfortunate gen•
tleman.

ST. MART • LE. STRAND PAROCHIAL SCHOOL—The
friends and supporters of this invaluable institution
dined together on Tuesday, at the Piizzt Coffee-house,
Covent-gsrden, John Glenny, Esq., treasurer, in the
chair. Sixty-five gentlemen sat down to dinner. The
amount of subscriptions announced was 601. Thy festi-
vities wer, kQpt up till a very late hour.
THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE S
WEDNESDAY.—The first public exhibition to-day was
attended by au immense concourse of persons, many of
whom came from a great distance. Colonel Wemys,
one of the equerries to Prince Alb,.rt, was present, and
his Royal Highness remitted 50/. towards the expenses
of the show. The stock exhibited is fast selling, at
good if not extravagant prices. The dinner to-morrow
at the Town-hall bids lair to conclude the prcz:eedings
of the third day with eclat, and, as far as can at pres-
sent be judged, the success of the exhibition will be
• mnplete.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last a serious
accident occurred at the Caledonian Rillvvay station at
Coatbridge, by which a person named John M'Neil, who
is a spirit-dealer in New Wyaii, was seriously injured.
It appears that M'Neil had been at Coatbridge on some
business, and, after his taking his ticket in the evening
to return to Glasgow, instead of going into the station-
house, be crossed the line to the down side. It being
very dark at the station at the time, he did not observe
that the 81 train from Glasgow was approaching; and,
while in the ant of crossing the line, be was caught by
the engine and dragged forward. He bad both his legs
broken, and was otherwise severely injured. He was
after wards r, moved to the Glasgow station, v.hence he
was carri-d home on a stretcher in a very weak condi-
tion. It is feared that amputation of one or both his
limbs will be necessary- to save his life.—Glasgenv Paper.
NARROW ESCAPE.—On Wednesday afternoon a
man considerably more than half-tip,y, made his *p-
re /ranee at the I3arrhead Railway station, asd endea-
voured to get a place on the locomotive beside the engine-
driver. 'This, of course, was denied; but the hair-brained
fellow, under the influence of his potations, contrived to
get himself perched in the middle of the train, with his
feet resting upon the buffers of one of the passenger
carriages, where he was not discovered till after the train
was in motion. It is almos,t marvellous that the man
was n .t killed on the spot; but the engine was fortunately
stopped in time, and the infatuated individual removed
to more secure quarters in the Gorbal's Police-office.
He was examined before Baillie Bryson, on a charge of
disorderly conduct, and fined in the sum of 55., with a
suitable warning from the bench of the narrow escape
ho had made with his life.--Glasgow paper.