The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-10-26 00:00:00

AWKWIRD STAGE-DROP.

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Wrench, of Drury-lane Theatre, is now making
a theatrical tour. He has performed at Cheltenham
I with greet success, and was announced to perform
;..i.essag Rapid and Tristram Pickle last night, and
Rover and the Three Singles on Saturday for his
benefit. An accident occurred a week or two back,
which sent him abruptly of the stage, and had
' nearly prevented his ever appearing on it again.—:
Intending to travel by the coach across the country,
1 he found it so full that he was obliged to take his
1 seat on the roof. The vehicle was shortly after
I overturned, and the person who sat ,next to the Co.
median, had both his kgs broken; and he himself
was thrown.some yards from the road into a field.
A person dressed in mourning had with some diffi.
celty obtained permission to ascend a few moments
before the overthrow. The unfortunate actor, dis.
pleased with the drama in which he had been com-
pelled to perform a part, and the more so, as his
feelings were hurl by the cast, was ruefully ponder.
lug on the bruises he had received, as he sat on the
ground, from which he was not able to rise with-
out assistance, when he was suddenly accosted by a
figure all in white (from having been rolled over
and over in the dust), who begged to know, " 6 U
any Gentleman had seen his umbrella." This ad-
dress seemed rather mal.apropos to those who were
in pain, and who in the hurry of the moment did
not recognise in the querist, a fellow-sufferer; and 1
the only response he obtained was, " D—n your
umbrella! Who are you, Sir?" Much afflicted at 1
this answer, the stranger proceeded with much pa- 1
thetic energy :—" Do you not know me, Sir?-1 I
was the Gentleman in black." The oddity of this
explanatioh was more effective than the common run
of stage exhibitions, end a general laogh from those
who were least hurt, told him litho was the Gentle-
man in black, what, indeed he pretty well knew be-
fore, that in the twinkling of an eye ha bad been
strangely altered.

As Mr. J. Wilton, jun. of Box, was returning
from Bath to that place on horseback, about half-
past eight o'clock on Saturday night last, he was
stopped by three men on the top of Skylers's-hill,
one of whom struck the horse a violent Vow with a
large stick, and on Wilton asking them the realms of
such conduct, received himself. blow on the erns and
watsOdeoly dragged off his horse; two of the 01.
lain, then proceeded to rifle his pockets, while the
third kept a look-out, and ou Merin a coach at a
distance, alarmed his companions, and they made off
with his pocket-book ;Rd ptryse, containing 81. ls.—
The fellows proceeded towards Bath, bat turned into
a lane where they concealed themselves. About
nine o'clock Mr. W. Hooper, of Bath, returning
from Shorewick, passed the spot to which the rob-
fors had retired, wbeis one of, them ran up to him sod
knocked him down with a b(edgeon, the other two
then came up and treated him in a similar manner'
they did Mr. Wilton, taking from hie! 41. which,.
fortunately, was all the money he bad about him.---
The villains were afterwards apprehended and folly
committed to prison.

ACCIDENT.--RosEaT OspOßNs, Esq. Recorder of i
11611 sod Beverley, Yorkshire' was. twice thrown.
from a spirited horse, on which he was riding from
Hull tp Trafford, on Saturday last, and is lu conse-
quence very dangerously hurt.

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