The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-07 00:00:00

POI.* E.

stj N I ON.II AIL L. -14;; yesterday mentioned the
circumstance of a young Geetlentan attempting to
shout himself and a young body who was with him
in a kiekney-coach, in., Bigtialere-place. The
Getitlfintin is a son of Mr. Vl:iitun, of Belvidere-
' place, and the young Lady a Miss Colson, a re-
' spectable young woman, st hose friends reside art
the Borough. Several persons who had some
' knowledge of the tritissetion were examined yes.
terday before the Magistrates at Union-hall.
Hulston, driver of the hackney-coach
No. 278, stated that he was called °tithe stand in
the Minerals' on Monday night, about 11 o'clock,
by a gentleman nnJ two ladies ; he was dotted
to drive to Crouked.latie, where the ladies got
out; one of them however returned, and again
got into the coach with the gentleman, who de-
sired him to drive to Belvidere-plac.e,it. George's..
fields ; %hen he arrived within two or three doers
of the house where he was ordered to set them
down, he was alarmed by the report of a pistol in
the coach, and immediately after of a second, and
heard the gentleman eaclaiin " Oh, can you for-
give me in your dying momentsl." the lady answer-
ed " Yes, yes, yes ;" lie stopped his horses, and
getting off his box, ran to look for a watchman;
un his return he found his coach empty, and •
person informsd him that the lady and gentleman
were i t the house, and that no harm was done;
in surd:Ws amongst the straw of his coach after.
wards, he found a pair of pistol-bags.
Mr. John Taylor, who' lives at 42, Belvidere..
place, was sitting with his family, a little before
twelve o'clock, on Monday evening, is hen he
was alarmed by the report of two pistols ; he ran
out to see what was the matter, when he per..
coived a coach standing near the door, without
any person on the box ; he went to the coach and
opened the door, when, by the light of a candle,
be perceived Mr. }Allston and Miss Colson, the
latter apparently fainting ;he shut-to the door
again, and going to the horses, drew the coach
close up to Mr. Elliston's door; the family were
by this time alarmed, and he assisted io getting
them out of the coach ; Mr. Elliston was begging
to be forgiven, saying, he had no intention to
hurt her ; she ans*ered—Yes, yes ; she forgave
him. Mr. Taylor went for the surgeon, and on
his return, ou suarchiug the coach, he found a
pistol bullet in the back part of the seat, he saw
nu appearance of blood ; but saw the mark of the
powder on the woman's dress.
Mr. Wagstaff, a surgeon, said, he was called
on bleedsy night about twelve o'clock, to go to
Mr. Ellistun's house to examine two persons who
were supposed to be seriously hurt ; he went and
found Miss Colson sitting on the bed partly on.
dressed ; on examining her person, he found she
had received a contused wound on the right side,
which was very much inflamed and swelled ; her
cloaths were perforated in several places, and
from their appearance. and from the appearance
of the wound, he had no doubt it was inflicted
with some sort of fire-arms. After having dressed
her wound, he was desired to attend Mr. Elliston ;
lie found him lying on the bed ; he had a wound in.
dieted by a ball in his right side; the ball had struck
upon his ribs just below the breast, and gone off
slanting, without having penetrated the abdomen.
The wound was very much inflamed and swelled,
but the witness did not apprehend any immediate
danger; from sonic expressions which fell front
Mr. Ellison), however, the witness was fearful
he had taken something of a poisonous nature ;
and after being repeatedly pressed on the subject,
he acknowledged, that finding the ball had not
taken effect, NO had contrived, uhobsei red, to
swallow &quantity of opium. 11lt1 Wagstaff had
questioned Miss Cullom respecting the firing of the
pistol ; she said that Mr. Ellistun had desired her
to look out at the window to see if the coach.
man was not gone past the house ; whilst her
head was out at the window she heard the report
of the pistol, but did not at first know that she
wounded ; nor was she much alarmed till she
heard the second report, and saw the dash in the
coach, when she screamed out. The witness did
nut consider either of the parties to be in imme-
diate danger. The pistols were delivered to Mr.
Wagstaff on Tuesday morning, by a younger bro-
ther of Mr. Ellistou.

Gutt.nnst.t., SEPT. 6.—Walter Smith was
brought up on a curious charge, that of going
into an eating house in Saiisbnry.square, Fleet-
street, yesterday, and regaling himself with what
he chose, to the amount of two shillings ; after
which he walked off without remembering to dia.
charge his reckoning. Upon being brought back,
he had no money, and was therefore detained.
The Magistrate declared ho could afford no relief.
It appeared from one of the Officers, that the
Prisoner is in the habit of practising this cheap
mode of living, as ho bad been lately brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor upon a similar charge. Up.
on that occasion, however, his appetite was more
delicate, as he had gone to one of the taverns in
the city, where he fed on turtle, and drank in
prol.ortion. Ile was ordered to be detained, in
order to be passed to his parish in the country.
Joseph Whyte, was committed for trial, for
picking the pocket of Mr. Crofton of his pocket.
hook,. yesterday evening, in Bartholomew Fair.
The Prooncr was seen by a Gentleman conveying
the theft iii to his pocket ; ho was instantly seised,
arid the article found on him.
Robert Tucker was in like manner seised in the
act of conveying a silk handkerchief from the
pocket of a gentleman. He was committed tot
trial.

John Leary, a lamplighter, wu charged with
%tabbing a child in the head with his scissors, this
day, ationt 12 o'clock. It appeared from the
evidence of a boy, that ns the Prisoner was trim.
ming his lamp to Cum-y(1-mi, Finshury..qaari.,
lunge children Were pis) ins, and one nt the.ti, a
female, spit through the ladder upon tipe Pei un.
cr's shoe, when tat instantly struck her with the
:Assort in his hand* by *hich he cut her despe-
•rasely Whim' the ear. The child %Sas taken to a
*.wrgeon. The Privorirr was ordered to be brought
up again to.tnorrow, mod the child to