The Statesman. — 1823-07-22 (London, England)

BETTING AT TATSRSALLII.—Juvr 21. Sr. Lassa.--4 to i agst Tinker-9 to 2 agst Sherwood— ?to I apt Taucred-9 to 1 agst Mlu Fanny-22 to 1 apt Abron—l6 to eget Claude Lorraine-33 to I agst Barefoot-40 to 1 opt Otscoigne's filly--80 to 1 apt Prosody. Danny, 1824.-9 to 1 agst Reformer-13 to 1 apt Corinsa-18 to 1 agst Pantlna—l7 to 1 agst Cressida-19 to 1 apt Arnes-26t0 1 apt Radicals. Ma. Almanacs y's Pstcuas.—This Pedestrian from Bcotlpd, after having done some lengths hi dose never before tried at, has at length found oat what the powers of man, wobbling strength, agility, and perseverance, at 23 years of age, An accomplish. Ills object has been that alone, having backed himself to perform his tasks for • nominal sdm, and this time he overrated himself. For 201. as It has bon: already stated, be started on Thursday morning from Pimlico, after the clock had struck twelve, to go on foot 162 miles in 48 hours, to the 70 mile-stone, between OUerborne and Southampton. He bad done half the distance at ten o'clock on Thursday night, and returned a few miles back to rest, tolerably fresh. On Friday, in the progress of his travels, he was often obliged to change apparel, and, the rains made the roads unusually heavy. On the other side Alton he became somewhat feverish, having then to do 47 miles in II hours. He travelled the next nine miles in two howl, and when within a mile of Frisky. Hants, 38 miles from home, he resigned. and got into a postehaise, and conveyed to Reading. having performed I miles in 41 boars. The failure, it is the general opinion, was oatslosed by the weather. Ramiro ATCll.—Yesterday the Fifth Anniverany of the Wand Aquatic Regatta, given by the inhabitants of Qeeenhithe, took place, when a handsome wherry and other minor prizes, were contended for by six free watermen beionpor to the above stairs. and decided in time Mats.—The Prize was won by W. Smith.  I.  • ,  •.•  . ,  SUICIDE Oil MR: WILLIAMS, Cd3IEDIA See t • • iii,rr, (Front the Leeds Merearfr • 1.. y Os tpohitraday laska strong sensation was prinlnceil ;i1 this place by the report that this ill-fated Gentientarnbrd cut Ma throat; and on inquiry it was found thst.thii wound had been inflicted with such desperate resoletion; that It hid instantly termina:cd his life. In the evening, an inquest was hell on the body, before Mr. Atkinson:. the Coroner; the first witness called, was Henry Conrail, at whose house, situated in LowerlseadRow, the deceased had lodged ever since the Company came .to Leeds for the season. The witness said, that on the day preceding Mr. Williams' death, he bad refustd to take his breakfast as usual, and appeared in a sety distressed state of mind. About rleVen o'clock in ,lin forenoon the family heard a loud imise as if a hook I ad been thrown violently on the floor, on which .the witn•ss went to Me. W.'s room, and found him dreailfully.agi:a, • ed. Witness inquired the cause of his distress; on which Mr. Williams replied —" I find there is no hope for rue— I be d—d." In a short time he became more . composed, and the witness left him. About one o'clock 'witness again visited him in his room ; his language was still will and incoherent—he was then in the attitude of acting, but he soon set down, and told the witness that he bad been in a trancethat be had seen both devils and angels, end that he had also seen his wife. a ha had been dead many years. He also showed him a book. " Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary,"in which he had just written an inscription, and that bis son (who was in reality at Hull) would call for iris ten minotes. .The inscription, whith was written in a good legible hand, was this—" A gift of Lis poor father to Henry James Williams." This strange conduct alarmed the family, and they took away his razchs, from an apprehension that he-might use them improperly. lo ,the course, of the afternoon he asked for his razors to shave, and having used them for that purpose, he went to the 'Theatre to pack his boxes. After an absence of sonic time, he returned write sober and rather more collectet. Nothing occurred during the night that aitraired any particular observation, but on Thursday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, while witness and his wife were at breakfast, they heard a noise in Mr. Williams' room.— Having finished his breakfast, witness went nrstair s to inquire if any thing was wanted. On ent• ring the room, he found the curtains drawn, and the deceit/ed stretchei on the bed with his throat cut, almost from ear to ear— bleeding profusely, and the wind-pipe completely severed. His left hand was also nearly cut off from the wrist, and two bloody razors were found in the room.— Witness then gave the alarm,'and medical assistance aas sent for, hut it was too late.  Thomas Smith, the door-keeper at the Theatre, sal& that Mr. Williams came to his house on W:.lnes.lay afternoon, for the k 1 of the Theatre, alleging that he was going to leave the town, and wished to pack his boxes. His behaviour was so strange, and he appeared so much agitated, that witness thought him insane, and sent his son with him to the Theatre with a charge that he should see that he did himself no harm. Hiving packed his boles and given orders that they should he sent to hitt lodgings, he quitted the Th•stre. Thi4 nitnen said that Mr. Williams had been flighty befnre, once at Hall, and another time at York, and that ite had himself seen NW " sit studying in a melancholy posture at Leeds." On this evidence the Jory, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Lunacy. The deceased was, it appars, very well connected and leas a brother a Lieutenant Colonel in the army.— Of late, his habits bad been very irregular, And Mr. Mansell had discharged him from the Th. atre ahem a fortnight ago. Want of an engagement had reduced him to penury, and his distress and irregularity acting upon art infirm mind, and a disturbed conscience, hat driven him to desperation. Mr. Williams was not a tirA Irate actor, but he was respectable in his line, and his person was tall, well-formed, and majestic. His age must be about fifty, and he had spent the greater part of a long theatrical life in the York Company.