The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-07 00:00:00

THg UNFORTUNATE MR. WILLIAMS.

About a fortnight ago; the body of Mr. Williams, who
had been for sonic lime resident at Brighton, was din,
'wed under circumstances. which Ird the tnroner's Jury
rtho were 'oppugned to hold an inquest on the oceasior,
to return a verdict Foam' Proicided. verdict
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provod unsatisfactory to the friends of the eentlemani
and to the inhabitants of Brisllton eener .11y, and in
consequence his remains were disin'eored on Wednentav
morn; ng last, and the body was subsequently np•nerl and
evsthined, in the presence of many surgeons, at tbeT„A
I fall. 'the result of the inspection has vrenathened the
suspicious enterthined. that the deceased had metoith

violent d ath. The' sharp aniles occasioned by (rachu.
ing the ribs, were found to have pierced the loop, Inv,
whether or not, while in a %dal touditiou, it Wits (lit-hit:Olt

to decide. The impression now left upon the subject;
it is understood, will induce an apolication to bc m „ti.
by the Magistrates. to the Secretary of State, that no
means which can promise to dispel the rnyatery which vet
hinge about the melancholy affair, may be neglecteil.
The following are the particulars of the l'unnest, as
git en in the Sussex Advertiser of Monday last.
" This day se'nuight, an invest was held at the
White 110 se 1,11, at Rottinedi al, on view of the ho iv
of Mi. Ed. Willi who had been missing front hi*,
lodgings here, from the preceding Thursday sernigh•,
and of whom no intelligence could be pine], until his
remains were floated to shore by the tide, near Portulse:.
to, on the Sunday, ten days after the, time ape(
Thesupposition of the friends of the deceased was, that
he bad been inerderett and robbed—nor was that Lupe,-
sion done away, by the extraordinary and unexpected si-
tuation in which the body had be u overed. Ti e
tirst witnesses proved the Anding of the holy, nearly aa•
ked, and is mnoval to Rolingdean. be twat sheaved the
manner in which thedeceaseil had passed the of ernnon
evening with them, and to a late hour of the night, its
which he had dis ippeared ; bat which'lnvo've I ro'hiu:
material, excep es:: that the deceased had had a van 1
with a female. at a triure of ill fame, and that th • latter
had thrown slit at him, on his last leaving her in the
wee', because he had negLicted to give her a pecuida
compensation far the time she had passed him. No.
thing came out In et iilence, to 'hew Oat the dere .sed
had been on the beach, or had evinced a disposition toga
there, our in any way to lead even to a surmise as
tonchinj the cause of the situ ttio • iu which his rem &jos
had been found ; and mull l•ss did it go to proo
that mental abstraet'Jn, or an ati.qt to commit
suicide had ever existed with him. The sur.:cuas woe
had examined the body, three in numher, cave testimony
to a similar elT•ct --the first, Ale. Sutton. deposed, that
lie considered 'he appearances of Cie corpse as inco np.o
tilde with the ordinary condition of bodies, after &aim-
ing, and continued immersion, inch as was suppose I to
attach to the ins•auce in nitestioa. li re the common
changes were painte i tint, and the total absentee of them
with the deceased. All the ribs, on the left side, thin coo.
tinned Mr. Su' ton were fractured ; the seals nits rea.ored
from the anterior part of the head, and throa
hack; the nose, awl s;.ter .1 of the teeth were brut'
and the Fps par•icularly injured. The arms, lsga,,. and
thighs, he concluded, appeared as if they hail been forci-
bly grasped and bruised while the tecrail bad ((Minuet
in a vital state. Mr. Tilt, uniquivozally assertel, it was
Iris fixed belief, that no accidental fall, eauld, fro.n the
elasticity of the ribs, have produced the degree of mat:-
!salon which there existed : the ribs, he said, were lite.-
ally lonikett to pieces, and which nothing but at Unitiffni
pressure, or a con inued rope:Nona farce could eo hare
effected. A cut on the breast of the deeestsid,
though not sufficient to cause death • th:e gentle-
man was also of opinion. did n gear a charac-
ter of scridet.t about it—it seemed to have Leen in-
flicted by smile sharp cutting imtrumen'. Mr. Itore,
the third surgeon's depo.ition, was in ample • acrobat's-
tion :he two former. The Coroner then summed so.
its which lie observed, that hungry, or the crime offeAs-
derte, in no wise appeared to him ra derivable* in any
part of the evidence. The Jury having retired, in a few
unnutes returned, awl gave in their verdict, " Accidere-
ally drowned!"—whit•ti verdict wes recorded! We bate
tan much respect for Juries w twonly to impugn their
findings, and we regret, us in the present intenace, that
any circumstances should occur, to apparently justify a
dissent to such decisions in any part of the 13, limb pub.
et that such dissents base existed and do exis,,
it would be useless in us to deny ; but as to their accu-
racy, or the want of it, our readers must draw theft. own
conclusions."

BOXERB.—SPEING AND NEsre.—The Sporting We, hi
is at the zenith of experation and anxiety relaive
match for the Championship of England. A ',living of
the porties and their friend's took place on Monday
but nothing was don... Spring, in person, teat ready to.
stake .fifty sovereigns, to fight in May, from two to fike
hundred, claiming a rightful forfeit of 25 sovereigns due
to him, and upon which touch %kits said. Ne tie, when
first matched against Spring, broke his arm in training.,
and the 501. deposit beeame forleitta to Stiri 11, but the
Bristolnnicats brought it tea wrangle, and SI ring %kik..
locky in himself to get 251. of the money. In the second
and very recent match Spring's hacker for'eited 1501
which was not immediately f•rtlico.oing, but it has tiiice
been paid to Neste, uith an understanding and the pro-
mise of Tom Belcher, that Spring should rec.-tyre the 251.
justly due to hint upon Neate's forfeit. This moitay, how-
ever, was not forthcoming, and Mr. Jackson was appointed
to give his opinion upon the subject, an I match-teak ug
was deferred till next Mouthy.
TROTTING 141A.TCHES.-77►e match for Mr. Maberlv's
mare to trot sixteen miles in an boor, and to carry leo
stone,for two hundred sovereign.,was decided on Wednes-
day over a tour mile piece of ground, tro:n Witt towards
Croxton, on Epping Forest. It 'n as do• eas follows:—
SON: SEC.

First four miles in. 124 40
Second do 14 44
'l'hird do.
Fourth do 14 14

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The mare broke front the trig twice iu the t>s.t and fifth
mites.—Ano•her match to trot two utiles in seven
minutes for fifty sovereigns, took place. It wan with a
Galloway belonging 4tu Captain Price, to carry eight
stone. The match was Litt by four seconds, through
twice breaking.

MARRIED.
On Thursday, the 6th inst. at Nlary-la-houne church.
George Jackson, Esq. to E.izsbeth ltlatin, third dsushter
•f Thomas Lodington, Esq. of Park crescent, Portlmul-
place-
Ott i'harsday. at 111Ary-la•bonne church, 11. IL Reusoldp,
jun. Esq. son of H. R. Reynolds, Esq. Chit f Comndssioner
of the Coon for the Relief of Insedvent Debtors. to Mare
Anne, fourth daughter of the Isle Sir Eduard Anat.:lo,mi.
Bart.

• DIED.
Suddenly. on Thursday, the 47th ultimo, George 1.4 r
Itendey, Esq_ late of Parson's-street, Rah:lit-highway, bu-
gar-refi /ler.
On N ednesday evening. at his house at Kennington, T.
iluzites. Esq. of St. Nlil red's-court. Poultry.
Thursday, at his house. No. et , Dorer.pl lee. Krnt-rord,
Mr. T. Iliuton, many years clerk to Messrs. Itothschtltht.
Ou Saturday. the let inst. Mary, *ife of S. Mabreey.
Esq. of Readmg, egeol
lOn Thursday, the 6th lost. at its house is Aldermanbery,
Mr. J. Badger, aged SI.

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