The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-28 00:00:00

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CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday it Shute o'clock, an Inquisition was held
at the Horns public-holm, opposite St. Leonard's
Shoroditeh, before .1. W. Ulm's( and Thos.
Itsqrs. the County Coroners, on the body
of Charles Taylor, Ihe young man who was found dead
ruder such extraordinary circumstances, in Rhodes's
Fields, Houton.

The Learned Coroners, before commencing their
inquiry, informed the Jory that one of them (Mr. Stir-
UN) had received an anonymous letter from a gentle-
man, who ackpowiedged himself to be the person that
,tesr the deceived. In consequence of this letter, which
acntlel be laid before them,surgeins had been employed
anew during the in3rning, in examining the bully, to
look for a ball, as the anonymous writer declared in
his letter that he had shot the deceased.

After some further preliminaries, John Bird was
called, who stated that be was a printer, and lived at
:10. 3, eastle.streets Shoreditch. On Friday evening,
between eight and nine o'clock, he and live or six
of his fellow-workmen were returning from their em-
ploy at Mr. Rutt's, a printer, of Shack'ewell, and in
a field leading from Kingsland to Hoxton, which be-
Lyng'. to a cow-keeper, named Rhodes, they discovered
the deceased lying against the pathway railing; his
head was on the ground and pointed towards Kings-
land, and there was a great quantity of blued near
Mtn. They examined the body and found a deep
wound on the breast, from which blood was flowing,
and his waistcoat and shirt were cut, as if with a sharp
snstrament. Two heavy bludgeons were found near
Mm on the ground, as also his hat. Witness and Isis
tompanions conveyed him to the sign of the Whit-
more's head, in the road, where Mr. Heath, a surgeon,
examined him, and declared him to be dead. When
found, the deceased was a little warm about the
',east, but pulsation had ceased. Except the sticks,
no arms w, re found, nor did he (witness) either hear
the sound of fire-arms, nor meet any one.
Joseph Richardson stated that lie worked with the
last witness. and on Friday evening was returning
home from Mr. Butt's printing office, when he discover-
ed the deceased, whose head seemed tucked under his
body ; he thought at lest that he was drunk, and was
proceeding onwards, when four of his fellow work-
men stopped to view him. All were of opinion that
he was labouring under the effects of liquor, and
agreed to take him to a public-bonse. James Sears,
else of the men, examined his head, which was rut,
and afterwards they took him to the Whltmore's Head.
Two large sticks were found near the deceased on the
'round, one of which seemed grazed, as. if the hark
hid been knocked off by a blow against something;
the deceased had two white handkerchiefs round bit
neck, which they took off, and afterwards opened • his
waistcoat, when a wound was discovered on bis breast,
which seemed to he inflicted by a tuck stick, or some
similar square instrument. The body was taken to a
room up stain, and a surgeon was sent fur, who as►
rind in a quarter of an hoer, and made every codes'
*oar to recover the man. The sticks found were of a
peculiar shape ; one of them was rather long, and sot
unlike a quarter staff the other was short and heavy,
mid of a description well calculated for knocking
a man down, and such as is generally used by
fOot-pads.
Rickard Tete witted, that on Friday evrninT,
tWeen sestet and eight, as he was passing by Mr.
BOW fields, he met a man going in the direction
there the deceased was found, witb a stick in hie
hand. He did not know the deceased, nor whether
ht was the man he met.
Mr. Crockwell, a beadle of St. Leonard's. stated
that he had seen the deceased's brother, and the yoeng
%yenta* whom he called his wife. The later told him
'hat the deePesed was by trade a bricklayer, hut had
been several twonths out of work, during which time
Cloy had lived on property which she possessed. He
had sines discovered, that she was his own niece.
Iftr anguish ea hissing of the deceased's death, was
so great that*it cosnuritted suicide, and was new
dead.
Julia Weibuidy, a police-officer, of Worship-street,
depose. to having seen the deceased frequently. 'I his
witness was carted to identify the body. The do-
tensed was an Enelishonan, and was 34 years of are.
Juryman.—What opinion had you of the perorate
of that man ; if a footpad robbery had been committal
iv+ that neighbourhood, and you had triad of his 160-
ibg there, would von ?-
111.oner.—No. no. you cannot ask his opinion ots
`tat point.
The witness added, that the deceased was married.
Ord his wife sow resided in Old Bethlesn ; the woman
with whoa be lived was his wife's niece, sod not de-
gree's'''.
Oh stated, that he

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my threat to shoot him. The darkness of the night
prevented my discovering what be was armed with, but
seatrats)
I felt it was something rough that struck my tombeell
and concluded he had fire-arms from his °flee
threat to blow my brains out. Finding fro*
apparently instant destruction impossible by sof other
means, I made a more sudden spring back and fired at
him from the distance (as near as I can guess) of 10 or
11 feet ; he received the charge (a bullet) in his body,
exclaimed "Oh! I am killed !" leaned against the rails
a few seconds, and then fell! Hid I not been convinced
that the wound was mortal, end that there was no hope
of his recovery, I would have procured the quickest pos-
sible assistance; hot the aim, though made in a mo-
ment of the most painful agitation, was too true! I
then left him, and from that time till I got oat of the
fields I met no human bring. The truth of this state-
ment may be corroborated by a further search fur the
bullet, which I doubt not will be found, unless it passed
through him.
" The very peculiar and conflicting. feelings of the
moment—gratitiiile for my providential escape—Anil
sorrow for the victim of his own attempted crime, ope-
rated powerfully ton my mind, and, together with the
peremptory nature of my engagements, determined me
to leave the disclosure to chance." kg.,
The writer then proceeds, at someleasith, to Justify
his carrying tire-arisis, on the ground that he had been
twice robbed on the highway, within the last few
months, of considerable property, and vonaludell by de
Glaring that the feelings of an amiable u ife and faint
were his only reasons for net coining publicly row
and avowing himself.

Mr. (')twist said, that this letter retold slot he re-
ceived in evidence, and therefore the Jury were left
to consider the case as it stoop!, with regard to the
evidence before them. h did appear that the deceased
had come to his death by violent means, and in the
absence of contradictory proof, tl►e Jury were bennd
to find it Wilful Murder against some person or per-
sons unknown.

One of the Gentlemen of the Jury commenced
arguing against the propriety of such a mode of pre%
reeding. when strangers were ordered to withdraw-
The Jury, after a consultation of a quarter of an hour,
returned Gab following verdict :--`• The deceased came
to his death by a wound from a pistol ball, indicted
on him in Kho4es's•helds, Hositon, nutlet eircansstan-
cm of %Welt this Jnry have no means of judging."
'I he Inquest on the unfortunate woman who lived
with the deceased, will be held this day.

POLICE.
Yesterday several of the officers of the Smlll-pos
Hospital applied to the Alagistrates for the naiu-s and
the addresses of the parties, who had been concerned
is a case of inoculation which had occasioned a
personal complaint at flow-street Office, in order that
they might ascertain how tar they hail used the nerea,
sary precautions in commis:skating and propagating
su dreadful a disease.
This application gave rise to some remark. Mr.,
Missitink, the Magistrate, did not appear exactly to
understand the nature or propriety of it. and topli
some pains to explaiu that the case was merely a gip-
Hon of fraud between a master and servant.
The applicants replied, they were fully aware
be nature of the case as it bad appeared before his
worship; but it had occurred to the Directors of the
Hospital that the parties in question were much io the
habit of communicating that scourge of the human
eiace, the small-pox. and they therefore thought tit to
vatets.,apeirpreceedittors. lerit quid pot be tears
M his worship, that any person exposing, in palate, a
hiW having the stuall-pos, was Held, to the visite-
*a of the law.
Mr. Mbar, LL said, that there could bare beef,
go exposition in this use, as the children had bee.
so recently inoculated; and he added that be thought
inoculation seas the best way to prevent th.• small-pox.
Here one of the gentlemen observed, Doc pruptiot-
iv time small-pox certainly could nut p, mist the small.
pox.
" No," replied Mr. MtNsneLL; " but you know.
oleo, that inoculating for the cow pock duea not always
.prevent jt. There have been many instances.l believe,
.where it has failed to prevent a recurrence of the small-
#4"-"
The gentlemen replied, that there bad alsd been
instinces in which the small-pox inoculation had fail-
,ed to prevent a recurience of that disease; and they
added the singular fart, that by the last returns that
eizty three persons had (lied of the small-pox within
the bills of mot tality during the last year—whereas for
these several preceding years, the average of death*
from the loathsome disease, had been only from ten
.to fourteen, and the dis:ressincieerease they attribute
solely to the facility with which obscure practitioners
joist themselves to the prejudices of the instar class of
parents.
The. conversation ended by the Magistrate's antler-
inir them to be furnished with all the information they
requi red.

TAR irrAIVINAN

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nourning. In his cost-pocket he foned,a 11. note.
when the prisoner observed, be prevusSod be had found
what be wanted, and need not look any farther. La-
vender, however, pursued his search, and found by the
side of the bed three other 11. notes wrapt iu a piece
of brown paper. All these four notes the Inspector
proved to be forgeries. The prisoner admitted to the
officer that he had been concerned in putting off a
number of notes, bat did not use the word forged:-
I'h. prisoner was committed for further examination.

HanOutott, Dec. 19..-.-The severe frost still esti-
finites with the wind at S. H. and the Navigation of
the Mb. is Hill obstrneted.
MiNeSTON. J•811LICA, OCT. 14.--a-The brig Henry
Lovett, Corning, (toot this ivirt to Aunapolis !Jaya:,
N.S. was wrecked on the Isle of 'ache shoot two
weeks since; the master and crew took to thott• hoar,
and reached Aux Cayes in safety.
OCT. 21.—The schooner Victory has been lost off
the port of Charges.
Nov. 4..—The brig Amity, Vaughan, from Liver-
pool to Savanna-le-filar, out 41 days, passed by Port
Royal on Saturday. The brig Nottis had an engage:
went with the Indians on the 31st ult. by which she
lost her rudder, end several of her crew wounded, and
was compelled to cut her cable, and proceeded to sea
with only half of her cargo. The brig Hunter, lion-
te.-, which sailed from this port on the 23d ult. foe
Cuba, sprung a leak of Lutes on the 25th, by which
she was compelled to run aground iu Davis's Cove, to
save her from foundering.
M•RANII/1111. Nov. 4.—The George, Kendall after
being ready to sail front hence fur Liverpool, is
obliged to discharge. to take in more ballast.
P 141.111:. Dec. 6.—1 he Hope, of Ming, Knoche,
and the Char!otte, of Koningsivergh, oiler, are still
lying in these roads, mud as they draw too munch water
to tome over the bar, they must discharge part of
their cargoes ioto lighters ; owing to the frost being
severe (seven ii:grees Ile.lumitr) a great deal of float-
ing ice is drifting about, which renders the situation
of the above ship, rather unsafe.
Sr. Alicusitt.'s, Nov. 3U.—A large Insurgent
schooner privateer has been cruising off this island for
some days past. The Rustler, Midge, which arrived
here 23d inst. from Topsham, was plundered by her
of provisions.
V•iimocvm, Dec. 23.—The Mary. Roach, from the
North, sunk just after she got into this harbour,
having revived damage on the her. Several other
ships were Ilasnaged, a gale at east coming oo very
soddenly. The Saxony, of London, Johnson, trout
Hansbnr.th for Lmilon, with woul, rags, and silk, beat
over the Home Sand last night, and was obliged to
cou- on to Lowesto:Te reach, bilged. Crew saved, and
her cargo likely to be save,l.

From the fitlitswlng aracraph in the ed, we
learn that a tirailte Rail Road has been in 'lse in De-
vonshire before it was introduced into the streets of
Edinburgh bear that Mr. Stereos, who laid
the 11..r0f Granite Road for t;. Templer,
nay., (and now of licaritrre) has tlikliseled for making
the new line of road, nearly three mites, -and building
the too b ;ages whirls are to he reinposed of grasite,
leading front Breast to Bittaferd &R.
INIOLTRNT T.—lsa..c WWI-. a bankrupt of
notoriety, from Ossett, near Leeds, who was sent to
prison by the cot 1111 l issioners tinder hi s bankruptcy for
not accounting satisfartoilly for a deficiency of near
60001. in his efforts, was brought up en the 7th hat.
ander the insolvent let, but was remanded by she
Court, until be giros a satisfactory account of sack
.ieficiency.
APPRSMINsION Or CAPTAIN ALIAS THR Rey. MR.
SWAN, roe SWINDLINO.—Th4 enterprising adventurer,
assuming at env thine dm character of a Captain la
the army, sod smother times that of a clergyusaati
had, with his silica, who pease* for his wife, deframded
semerous trade'-people, by various atratagenac of
pine, goods, jewellery, &c. &e. The said Mr. Aria
was taken into custody on Tursdalv, at an inn on the
Brlgliton-read, he haring bete iilmeisieg himself ihe
last few days in Kest under .4 sew travelling naive,
Jilt of Mich/lees, a marolaast in the city, and be bad
/Actually exchanged qns of his new purchases, a family
mansion at Dorn, with a gentleman 111tued Smith, (or
a doticeur of 30111., which he received on condition
that he should g;re posseision at Lady-day. it seen s
that he took this country excnrsion it.ebout his female
partner in 'pall, and, le a stay of two days at Brighton,
be got possession of watches, jattellery, &c., and ot
Maidstone hr turned timber-merchant. 'nod realised I
40!. in the sale of on; bargain, which fte bought •
few miles from the town, and sold 'Moab% the tremble
of carriage, to the new parchesegrik
ATTeMPT AT ASIASSINAIION.-011 swhy after-
noon, as Alexander lioshios. Esq., of the Castle of
Nevrcaspr, county of Limeric::, agent to Lord Cootie-
nay's estate, was walking in his pleasure grounds, he
observed a man at a short distance, in a ohrnhbery,
who presented a blunderbuss at hint, which mimed lire:
the assassin, very deliberoloty shodik the powder in the
pan, and snapped a second time, with allihe result ; ami
then, throwing the blunderhttes down, drew from his
Wilton. a large pistol, which hi. wheal aid bred at Ur.
Hoskins—moat forienatrly, the ball only grased his
shoulder. '1 he villain, boding that his shut bad not