The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-04 00:00:00

ArrinENTS .IND OFFENCES.

Yo.ster.lav, a farmer. rti.iilinz on titi sitar of Horn-
Civil, %vent Into a shoo -tiootit at Stepney fair, entitled
the •• ‘S 'Era ti I)ereption.,- anti 'Per re-
livoinini: a .10iirt time to wi!tiess their ill•xterity. hr (onto;
ladle of .1,1.4 tl/rA as:real :vigils in s!iglit of hand
111% the ratan. fur they 1114. t 1114 dole hi, pot•ket-hand-
kerchief, hot ai,su his pocket I 1., containing It. in
Kink-note..

.Vetter, 1%110 it folMtlllitteti f..r trial for the thair.ler of
)I r. Parker and Wit lion%el.rerer at 11•imilit Id., wa% for-
merly a mierieant in the .Irlilli•ry. and %%..ot tried, when en
linty at Maita. fur gitiliv of man-
slaughter. His wife is a very reNieetahle woman, anti
keeps a chandler's shop three door*mr, trop the rosidenee
of the late Mr. Parker. Thee hate %ix eltiltlr4tt, the
eldest of whirl. is ahoy, altont.ls year% of al:e, who was
taken into custody after the appreheu‘ion of his father
at Portsmouth. this se affected hiA mother that she
attempted to hang herself, but was fortunately .acrd,
and the lad's innocence°, any knowledge of the murder
was so evident that he was immediately diarharrecl, and
a gentleman in the neighbourhood has since taken thc
tad into his service.

To the accounts of nnmeron. fatal accidents which
have happened from imprudently leaving loaded fire-
arms in exposed situations, we have to add that a me•
htescholy circumstance of the kind occurred at Herat
Casterton, near this place, on Thursday, the 23d ult.—
A servant of Mrs. Pranks having been out in the field,
with a loaded pun, on returning home incaution laid
It dome en a table In the kitchen, where, in the ahaence
of 31rs. Pranks, her son and a lad, named Oshornitboth
about eight years of age, were playing together. , 71t.
former taking up the gun and pointing it at Osherne,
said he would shoot him, and immediately discharged
the piece, the contents of which entered the face and
eves of the latter, and he lies in conseipience in a very
dangerous sate, totally deprived of sight.—(StentArd
Paper.)

FATAL r !ACTION FR ACM—Saturday evening, an in-
quest was held before iIICORML HAY aim', Esq., one of
the Coroners of Southampton, on view of the boar of
Thanias tint heridge, a young man, in the employ n(Mr.
J. P. Lloyd, of that town, tallow-chandler, who lost his
life in con•..quence of a stone being thrown (ruins the
Dolphin gateway, during a fracas which happened at
the late election. It appeared in evidence, that the de-
ceased was standing„ in company with many others, in
front of the Dolphin Inn, in the High-street, (fitting a
skirmish which occurred between the electioneering
parties, and a larsze stone striking him on the forehead;
rendered bins briiselr”. lie was immediately conveyed
to the house of Mr. Maul, surgeon; and, on examina-
tion, his skull was tound to he frartnred, and a depres-
sion of the hone, about an inch and a half above the
right eye. Ile was taken from thence to his master's
house, and went on favourably fur some days, when the
symptoms became wore alarming, which increased till
the time or deaths. Verdict—" That he catue by his
death from a stunt' thrown by a person unknown."

DREA11)11.1. DENT.—tiattirday last, a waggoner was
(Irking his team slung Isleworth, heavily holm with
gaol• ; on turning into a gateway the wheel rause in
contact with a newly-hnilt wall, and threw it down; the
waggoner thinking no other injury was done, drove on,
hut he was induced to turn back on hearing drradful
txreams from where the wall had fallen ; when it ap-
peared that fonr children had been sitting behind the
wall at the time of its falling, by which they were buried
under the ruins; assistance was immediately procured,
and they were all dug out dreadfully bruised ; a boy.
*bout six years of age, .4 n to Mr. Newson, a earpetater,
living at the above place, was so much injerettignn•ste
died shortly afterwards, but we are happy to learn that
all the rest are likely to recover.

Lint NO Rosman r.—Yesterday morning, as Mr. Bevan,
livery-stable-keeper, of 11nry-street, Bloomsbury, was
walking along the same street, he was surrounded by a
rang of thieve•, mho endeavoured to steal his watch ; in
the attempt the eh sin broke, and the villain who had it
ran off. hfr. Bevan pursued him, and the thief acci-
dentally meeting fonrzeman, the St. (iiles's officer, he
took him into cusioily with the property.

An inquisition wa. taken yesterday at the London
Ilovital, before Mr. UswiN, Coroner, on thp, body of
William Jones, aged 35; the deceased was a painter, he
wag married about five weeks ago, on which day he
went, accompanied by his wife, to the Bait London
Theatre; he went into the gallery,which, being very much
crowded, in endeavouring to get to the front, he was pre-
cipitated over the hand-rail into the pit, a height of
abont thirty feet ; by this accident some of his limbs
were broken, and be died in the hospital en Saturday
last. Verdict—" Accidental Death."

Sutctne.—Saturday, a Coroner's inquest was held be-
fore T. Srla!Asia, Esq. at the Plue Posts, Newman-
street, Oxford-street, on the body of Martha Davis, a
young woman who lived servant in the fatpittilofJohn
Bond, Es, $7, in that street, who put a d to her
existence by !Innen*. herself. The deceased was a Trey
gay young eoulAti howl of dress; the money abe re-
ceived from her osiettras le pay the tradesmen's bills
she converted to Iserogra mg; and when the tradesmen
could not be pat off say boater, the fear of detection, it
is supposed, reused temporary derangement of mind.
Verdict- —Lu nary.