The Sun. — 1846-06-02 (London, England)

THAMES.  ASSAULT BY AN AMERICAN WITH A BOWIE KNIFE."'" A man of git,,antic proportions, named John Webster, alias Crowther, an American seaman, was brought before Mr. Broderip, charrtd with chminitting a murderous assault on Edward Connor, a lame man, and attempting to stab him with a knife. The American seamen in the port of London are in the habit of wearing large knives in a sheath, have, on many occasions, used them. The practice !! attended with very great danger,a very narrow and in this case it wllle be seen that the prosecutor had escape e' his life.and they  The complainant stated that he was at the Phcen,if 0 public-house in Upper East Smithfield, near the " Katherine Dock. The prisoner was there swag and bullying, and said he weighed 9st. 41b., and gerilift fight anybody of that weight. Witness observed the' the prisoner was the biggest man he had seen for &'long time, and he must weigh a g i ood deal more Oa: he had stated. The prisoner then struck an old men s; the tap-room, and wanted to quarrel with him. Witness remonstrated with the prisoner, who asked him to take up the quarrel and fight. He told him he was a cripple' and bad lost the use of both legs, and could not fig.": The prisoner said he would take the shine out of an)* nn„'" —that he was going to spar at ono of the booths ,1": Stepney fair, and wanted to get his hand in. At last tnu brother of witness agreed to fight the prisoner, and i'br:, went out; and had one round outside the public-house doe The prisoner got the worst of it, and came into the tar room again, and called for some beer. After the prisoner_ had drunk it he threatened to do for him. After sank: further abuse from the prisoner he left the room- T,ll. prisoner was absent about an hour, and on entering 1-07 room he advanced directly towards witness, and drew knife from his sheath, which was made fast to his waist, and made a most determined arid deliberate attempt o plunge it into his body. Witness parried the b10w,.0 t. ea, the point of the knife grazed his jacket, 1 which was just under the arm-pits, on the left side, cutting ?: jacket as it slid along. The prisoner was about to another attempt to stab him, when the people in t" room pinioned his arms, and secured him until a plinied. loos sin man arrived. The witness added, that if the stab made at him had taken effect, he should have been a dead men' Gray, a police-constable, No. 204 H, produced the knife, a weapon of a formidable description, with tr. /lel sharp point, and said the prisoner threw it away, opposite Butler's-buildings, on his way to the station-house. The prisoner said he was very drunk on Satui.dal night, and his head had been affected by a wound. Mr. BRODERIP committed the prisoner, in defatilt of bail, for trial.  JOSEPH ADY IN THE COLONlES.—Yesterday Mr.. 11110: derip stated that he had received a letter front' Thomas Maddocks, a gentleman residing at Liver 00a which inclosed one of Joseph Ady's circulars, addre 9se' to Mr. William Adamson, Barbadoes, from which it BP; peared that My had not confined himself to G rea Britain in the selection of victims, and that the pe"Pi. in the colonies had been led to expect something COlt. derably to their advantage, and with the usual Feria Ady forwarded a circular to Mr. Adamson on the 14th or of December, 1843, stating that he could inform bil23 „f something considerably to his advantage on receip 20s. for his trouble. Mr. Maddocks, in his comaituiPbt. lion to the magistrate, states that his relative in -13110 badoes, never having heard of Ady's practices, Wail at fully impressed with the truth of his information, ture he sent over a power of attorney to receive 100/, ineofHoned in Ady's note ; indeed such was the credo/50T it Mr. Adamson, that he presented the money, in Cas,ehe was received, to Mrs. Maddockg, his daughter-. worthy Magistrate's correspondent, however. w;i4 sufficiently north "to send Mr. Ady the 20s. , at* 4 further trouble himself in the matter. Ady's (Arm to rtaandt varr ef,fai°;e: extended to India, China, and Africa, and he annoj ea " our countrymen yromenethining those bg yr e leading of them to expect and then disappointing them.