The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-28 00:00:00

TO TUE EDITOR OF THE ST3TES.WeI.V.

SIR-A ease which lately happened at Kentish
Town, having been greatly misrepresented in the pub-
lic papers, I beg le state that it was found by
iatrco
the Coroner's Jur hare been an accidental death
only. It was rept oted that a man unknown had
been barbarously murdered, with a great many cir-
cumstances of aggravation; but the evidence amount-
ed to the body having been found in a pond, with a
wound above the eye, without any grovni for suspicion!
of the man having been murdered. Tlr• evidence of
Mr. Bolton, the surgeon, having been very incorrectly
given in your paper, 1 have seat you the substance
thereof, that it may be corrected.
Sessions Haute, a THOS. STIRLING.
July 27. Coroner for Middlesex.
Mk George Buckley Bolton, of Great Coram•street, •I
Russakituare, surgeon, with, that he has examined 1
ttut body d the deceased, but did not find any marks
11aT violence, except on the face, and upper part of the 4
Left eye; none # these mere at all like mortal wounds,
but 'nett as might lie ociiitioned by failing on it'sfiti-
ro..l
pebble, or other thing of that kind. He opened the
head; there wan no fracture of the skull, and the
wound above the eye did not extend beyond the integw.l
mutts. It appeared to him most probable, that the
deceased bad died from suffocation by drowning.
(signed) G. B. BOLTON.
••• We feel ourselves much obliged by the manner
in which we are enabled to rectify the misrepresen-
tations r. ferred to in the preceding documents. The
statement in question had been copied from a morning
paper.—E D.

DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.
ten o'clock on Wednesday night. the

About half

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calumnies of my persecutor:: and I am, ai the UMe time, neighbonrhood of the Borough-road, St. tienrge's-fiekls.
feelingly alive to their expressions of kind condolence was thrown into** violent state of alarm, in consequence
epos the melancholy losses of those near and dear vela- of a loud explosion of gunpowder and other co, hnstibles,
tins, which I experienced while on the Continent. at the house of Mr. Junes, an assistant lire- rk menu-
ss lam sensible of the indignities with which I have facturer to Vauxhall Hardens. The shock was terrible
.boeti assailed, not so much because they are insulting to that it shook every hone within 200 yards, s littering
byselt as because they are insulting to the nation; for the windows and knocking down chimsev-pots, shelves,
the nation has been insulted in the lateontrages upou the arid cupboards. Mr. Jones occupied the Inwhr part ut
character of its lawful Queen. Though I am attacked a house in the occupation of Mr. Smith, a levier, who
by that malice, which hesitates at no falsehood, and t y was ignorant of his profession, or that he kept gummier
an assumption of power, which seems to spurn all limit- on the premises. On IVednesday night, Jones WON to
atiun, I feel a cheering contiderwe of present support, and pursue his asnal avocations at the hardens, leaving
of eventual triumph in the affections of the pouple. wife in care of the place. About the time the accident*
" I have been accused of appealing to popular clamour occurred, it is reported that she was beard striking O
—hut I appeal to nothing bat to the good sense and good light, and is an Instant the house blew up. The bath
feeling—to the reason—the morality and the patriotism froth was blown some distance from the house. The
lof the most enlightened and most respectable portion of greatest consternation immediately prevailed,and nothing
the romananity. if l am condemned without justice, and coald be heard but the screams of women and chilies*
dethroned against all law, the liberties of every individual and the springing of watchmen's rattles. Volume* sV
will receive a fatal stab ; and the character of the high- smoke arose, and as they passed oir, bright flashes com.
• est Judicature will be blasted to the latest posterity. 'eyed certain conviction that the house was on fire. bier
"My own personal welfare is of little moment ; but I sengersswere dispatch,d in all directions fur engines,
do feel as a Queen for the public welfare, which is and the constables were called out with the greatest'
deeply implicated in the vindication of my violated. prousptitode, whilst the neighbours were busily 'matted
rights, in conveying their property to a place of safety. During
" The power which the House of Lords are assuming the whole o this time, the fate of those in the house re-
in their Bill of Pains and Penalties, not only of divorcing maned a mystery ; but, at length, a female with thew
his Majesty's Royal Consort, bet of dethroning their children hanging about her neck, was descried through
lawful Queen, may prove in the result productive of an the flanges, at one of the windows. She threw the children
age of misery to the nation. The child that is now at down one after the other, and it fortunately happened.
the breast. may live to rite its consequences. that two of them were caught by the spectators ; the
" The cosiscumsness of rectitude, of which no Bill of other fell and received some contagious, but none of a
hiss and Penalties can arra deprive me, will sopport serious nature. The woman was thee about to jump oat
ma through trials; and even though the force or my herself, but was dissuaded from so doing by John Smith.
enemies should, in the end, prove couisnensnrate with a constable, who courageously ran up stairs and succeeded
their malignity, the people shall never hare occasion to in bringing her out of the ruins without either_
reproach me with neglecting their happiness, with be- awing mach injury. Mr. Holmes, a corn-merch
tracing their rights. or with relinquishing, for one me- she London-road, whose back premises were meek es-
merit, the patriotic magnanimity of the Queen." to the ire, was very active la rendering assists.**
The Queen is to take possession of Brandeaborgh posed
got into the house at the hazard of his life, and
flow es es Tuesday next. We learn that an Address is to veyed the unfortonate Mrs. Junes out ; she was dril►
tosperted to her Majesty on her arrival, by the Inks- folly scorched mid disfigored, and was conveyed to tlio
a Hammersmith. It has been signed by 3,000 hospital with but few hopes of recovery. Not i single
Mis square of glass was left throughout the whole billets.,
Yesterday being appointed by the Lord Mayor for one iodeed in many of the adjoining homes. and tbe
tides brick walls whivh were sot altogether knocked
holding a Court of Conservancy at Richmond, the
down, were cracked in various parts. The front of lens's
barge with the Holdsmith's barge, and a number
aparUneot shutters,es and a were blown into the
of boats with awnings and gay company assembled meet, ell.
a paper l
oafsh files werell, scattered like shot
Alt the river- On their arrival at Westminster bridge. amongst the crowd, doing mach injury. The beds and
'IM Lead Mayor anti enioralinn received the Prince a gnat past of the fornitare were destroyed, bat owing
Ba se-eolsoarg. Earl Oro4venor, and several other to the activity of Welfare, one of the roastaides. all the
attuipashrel persons with a large party of ladies. papers were saved. Engines arrived about eleven o'clock,
the fire was got ruder, and the neighbourhood remained
At twelve o'clock they proceeded un their voyage
tramail daring the rest of then ight. Provideatially a
there being al least twenty Wilts in the squadron; chest of drawers was blows -soda the stair% which I'l4
as excellent band of amide ; the most terminals wan- the Aired of keeping the. bp; bad it not bees Mr this
ther and every prepetatios fin comfort that the cow spetimasp elmemsa"ee, every pima. in the been mot
pany could desire, have perished.

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