The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-05-07 00:00:00

'ATE SMAN.

persisted in going, and said 1 would go that way.
turnbnil and the other then came nearer, bet they did
not come quite up to us. 1 weld on the bridge again,
and got to the other side, and went to the gate to pass
through it. On this Wallis put his arms round me,
and forced me from the gate ; and brandishing a
large stick over me, swore, if I did not go back, or
come that way again, he would lay my bead open.
My brother, who had been ill, said his feet were wet,
and he must go home some way or other. I then
went to my brother, and we went up the brook side
together. When we had got a little way, Wallis cried
out, " Here, d—n you, I'll take pity on you. and let
you go over the bridge." I sold, "I despise your
pity, but 1 do not wish to get wet ; you shall hear
from me another day." We then passed over the
bridge, after being stopped about twenty minutes.
My brother had a flag basket hanging upon a thin
walking stick over his shoulder ; when Wallis collared
him, he took the basket off his shoulder, anal sat
down, but be did not offer to strike with the stick,
nor did either of them make any resistance.
Thomas Doughty corroborated the evidence of his
brother.
Richard Baplis, aged 76, said, be hail known the 2.
bridge all his life ; he never knew any person inter- 3.
rup(ed in going that road. 3.
Mr. Bowmen made a very able speech for the de-
fendants.
The Chairman summed up the evidence to the Jury,
who in a very short time returned a verdict of
hs Gal/iv—Turnbull, .Not (batty.
The Chairman then said, " Edward Wallis. the
Jury have very properly found you guilty of this
assault. There is not the least doubt but you might
have settled this business, if you had been disposed
to have made any reparation to the plaintiffs fur the
violenre you had offered them. Yam are entrusted to
protect the game, but you are not to attack men who
mac happen to be out of their way, because they had,
bring strangers, mistaken the roaml. The Court are
detromineil to mark, very strongly, their sense of your
conduct. The tentence of this Cecil is that for this
*offence you pay a fine to the King of 101. . nd that
you he imprisoned till that fine be psoid.
Wallis o as then taken into custody, lint on the fine
being paid, to the Under Sheriff, by Mr. Tibhits,
big
solicitor, he was fiber lied a few minutes afterwards.

linsv-STaerr.--Saturday William Dark nndervrent
an examination before O. MINSIIVI.L,F.sq. charged with
maliciously shooting at, with an intent to murder, Wm.
Wright.—lt appeared that the prisoner and prosecutor
were both sawyers, and worked at Liverpool, where
souse months since they and a number of co Iser sawyers
entered into a combination, and struck for an advent-,
of wages. Wright soon bream,• disgusted with the sit)•
Tent proceedings of those concerne.l in the c hination ;
wes content to work at Slessrs. Eilmoits.on'a cabinet-
tuattufac.ory in Oldham-street, Liverpool, where the
prisoner went one evening while Wright was at his
work about three months since. and discharged a pistol
at him. Wright was %swooned in the leg, anti was
obliged to undergo amputation. It is yet very %nicer-
tain whether he will live. The pistol burst, and there
wal int doubt it had nounded Davis in the fleshy part
of his ti h ; the blood was traced for some distance.
but he contrived to make his escape out of Liverpool.
It being suspected that he had reached London, infor-
mation was sent to the above office, and Vickery, the
officer. discovered him on Saturday at work as a sawyer
at a timber-yard in Paul-street, Pinabury-scrare.—Do
was cotateitted for a week to give the witnesses against
him in Liverpool an opportunity to arrive in London to
identify hits.
SHOCKING AND SISIOCLAR CtarrOSTANCE.--aoo Sa-
turtlav last, James Warner, of Pulbotough, Sussex,
was found dead in a little-kiln, pear that place, by his
mother, who was attracted to the spot by tl.e steel of
burning clothes. The remains of the unfortunate luau
presented a dreadful spectacle, front the destroying
effects of the calcareous owner. A Coroner's Jury,
after bearing evidence, returned a verdict, that the
deceased fell into the kiln in a fit. The above James
Warner was convicted of a httrglary at the llorshatti
Assires of 16211, and received sen'ence of de .th ; but,
in consequence of the good character given him by
his ma-ter, the punishment was mitigated to two
years' imprisonment and hard labour in Petworth
Horse of Correctioa. He was, however, discharged
at the last Asiiars, and immediately got employment
in the service of his former master, with whom he
lived up to the period of his death. It is somewhat
remarkable that the accident occurred on the very
spot where he was Jpprebentled for the burglary.
SOOCIIINO CIRCUMSTANCE.—About ten o'clock on
Thursday morning. as a gentleman, who was accom•
rtnied by a large Newfoundland dir;;, was wsiking by
the side of the basin of the Regent's Canal, Mantel.-
lane, Battle•hridge, the dog, who was amusing him
self I y diving in the water, brought to the ban!:
the dead body of a young woman ; she had light
hair, and appeared to have died of a cancer in the
breast ; the limbs were all attached to the body,
dissected ; on further search, part of the body of
man, also dissected and in a very putrid state, was
discovered by the dog, and afterwards several legs,
arms, and the entrails of persons. were found by the
same animal. It is supposed they were bodies stolen
from some churchyard, and, after being dissected by
seine surgeon, were Ottawa into the Canal for cog-
cealment. This disgusing spectacle was sinfered to
remain on the bank of the Canal for several hours,
and a great crowd collected in consequence, and the
most absurd rumours were in circulation. The bodies
and limits were afterwards put into a shell, and removed
to Islington church-yard for interment.
Cortoxta's Imp:um—Saturday night an Itupteltl
was held at the Barley Mow, Moult...street, leroavanote-
square, before Mr. Higgs, Coroner, on the body Of a
man, name unknown, found drowned iu the Set penti ne
River, Hyde Park, on that morning.
Richard Eztlestone, the boatman, deposed. that lie
got the body out ; he seemed to be a tutu about forte
years of age; wore a good blue coat closely buttoned
up, a black waistcoat, dark grey trowsers, white stork.
ings. and shoes, * fine frilled shirt, marked IL C. No.
1 and No. 2, a shirt pin ; he had a pocket handker-
chief, marked " B. Family" in red silk, a pncket-book.
two small keys, a glee, watch, with a chain, and two
Anal' seals and a key attaciied, maker's name, 4. Cripps,
af Bath ;" he wore a pair of gloves, and his hat was
very tight on his brad ; k.. had no n anti or papers
shout him. There were no 'marks of violence on the
body, hut when taken out of the water, he bled
freely front the mogth and nose. Verdict—Found
iroo Le I.