The National Register. — London, England, 1811-12-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTtna could sustain no injury even had they fallen. From the waste ground in question there was no difficulty whatever in escaping, as it communicated with several bye streets. John Turner, the man who escaped from the window, and who was a lodger in the house, deposed aefollows:—" I went to bed about five minutes before eleven o'clock ;'I had not been in bed more than five or ten minutes before 1 heard the cry of ' We shall all be yourdered; which, I suppose, was the cry of the woman set vant. 1 went down stairs, and I saw one of the villains rifling Mrs. Williamson's pockets, and .1 immedi ately ran up stairs ; I took up the sheet s from my bed and fas tened them together, and lashed them to the bed-Fosts; I called to the watchman to give the alarm, I was hanging out of the front win low by the sheets ; the watchman received me in his arms, naked as I was; a great mob had then assembled oppo site the door : as soon as I got upon my legs, the door was forced open ; I entered, and found the bodies lying as described. There was nobody lodged in the house but myself, except a grand-daughter of Mrs. Williamson. I have lived in the house about eight months, and during that time I have found them to he the most peaceable people that could keep a public house. The man whom I saw rifling Mrs. Williamson's pocket, as tar as I could see by the light in the room, was about six feet in height, dressed in a genteel style, with a long dark loose coat on. I said nothing to him; but, terrified, I ran up stairs and made my escape as already mentioned. When I was down stairs, I heard two or three very great sighs, and when 1 was first alarmed, I heard distinctly the words, ' We shall all be murdered.'" Turner further deposed, that, at the time he went to bed, Mrs. Williamson was on the stairs taking up a silver punch-ladle and watch, which was to be raffled for on Mon day nett, into her bedroom for security. The grand-daughter of Mr. Williamson, Mr. Fox, Mr. Mil liner, Mr. (;laugh, and several other witnesses, underwent a long investigation. As they were persons who came up to the spot when the alarm was first given, it is needless to enter into their depositions. The report of the surgeon, Mr. Salter, was read to the Jury. The description of the wounds nearly corre spond with the account given by Anderson. The Coroner addressed the Jury in language of feeling sym pathy for the fate of the unfortunate families of Mr. Willtanison and Mr. Marr. After the Jury beard the judicious remarks of the respected Coroner, they retired, and from the state of facts before their consideration, brought in a verdict of Wilful Mur der against some pr rson or persons unknown. . ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS RECRIVED LAST. NR;IIT. Several persons were examined at Shadwell-street Office yes• terday, on suspicion of being concerned in the _abuse murders. Nothini of importance in the several examinations occurred up to ten o clock last night. The invalid boatswain has been discharged, having proved an alibi. Mr. Graham, Mr. Read, Sir Richard Phillips, and a vast number of Gentlemen of the first respectability attended at the Offices The two Portuguese in custody at Whitechapel have not re , ceived their final examination. The Magistrates are of opinion that strong suspicious exist against these men being concerned iii the murder of Mares RUMOURED MURDERS! The folldwing horrid communications were circulated pester , day—.we hope they are incorrect : " Another murder was committed last night about eight o'clock, in the Commercial-road. The person so said to be murdered kept a public•house; but we have not learnt his name; nor have we heard further particulars, than that it was effected under similar circumstances to those of Marr's and Williamson's, and that the publican had in his pocket about 201. " The Gentlemen who arrived at Change from the east end of the town, had all heard of it; and further state, that two Police-officers, in attempting to secure a party of men last night. have also been most barbarously murdered ; one of them was foond, at day-light this morning, laying in the Commercial-road, with the upper part of his head actually cut off. " We have likewise hoard that a watchman. was shot dead last night in the neighbourhood of Clarendon-square, Soma's Town." FURTHER PARTICULARS. From another person who saw the bodies, we learn that the servant girl's brains are also knocked out, which it is supposed was done by a bar of iron found on the premises. Mr. Williamson's niece, named Kitty Stillwell, aged 14, who escaped the fatal cat.tstrophe, was removed from the plaCe im mediately on the discovery being made. The bodies were, at the suggestion of Mr. Lancaster, the head keeper of Welklose-square watch-house, removed from the shocking position in which they lay, undressed, washed, and laid out on hoards, in the hack parlour, in which the old couple used to sleep, and the little girl, who was found asleep above stairs, was removed to a place of safety. All Wapping was immediately in an uproar. The drums of the Volunteers beat to arms, the fire-bells w, re rung, and every person flew in consternation to the spot. The police searched every house around, and every boat in the river, with every cart, waggon, and carriage was stopped. A great number of suspicious characters have, of course, been stopped; and the Magistrates are actively employed in examin ing evidence. '['he activity of the Magistrates and Officers of the Shadwell Police has, upon this occasion, been exerted with a degree of energy, - which entitles thew' to the highest commendation ; but, although persons are hourly brought to the Oflice on suspicion, we lament to say, that at a late hour' last night, no clue had been given by which this dreadful and mysterious atrocity can be reasonably expected to be developed. When Turner, the carpenter, came home to go to bed, the house door was, as uslial, open. The landlord and landlady, together with their servant maid, were at supper, after the company had left the house, the door of which was left open, atter fastening the shutters, as well for the accommodation of the neighbourhood as of the lodgers. It is conjectured that the villains canoe in without force, and then, fastening the door, perpetrated their bloody work. Finding the house door fasten ed, Ludgate and Hawse broke in at the cellar door, as being most accessible. Au iron crow was found on the premises, and this is the only trace the villains left behind them. Mr. Wil liamson'; body was found at the bottom df the cellar stairs, dov n which it is supposed he was thrown, from his leg being broken. He-was a remarkably powerful, and very peaceable good sort of man. MR. MARR AND FAMILY. Nothing of Importance has yet transpired, either at Shadwell o Thames Police, or Bow-street, to satisfy the public on this tin. happy and now mysterious massacre. A number of persons, ote whom slight suspicion rested, have been taken before the Magis trates and examined, but as the result has invariably been the discharge of the parties, it would be idle. to relate the particular circumstances which caused their apprehension. Mr. Marr's brother has undergone an examination before Mr, Graham ; but we are happy to hear that the general tenour of his testimony was highly satisfactory to the Magistrate, whose suspicions only arose from the error he committed, in retaining a letter, addressed to him to attend an examination of a person in custody at Shadwell-office, on charges of uttering wicked language against his character, and failing to appear. The prin cipal question put to Mr. Marr related to where he was on the night of the murder ; and whether any familiarity existed be tween him and the servant girl ? To the first Mr. Mara- brought respectable witnesses from Hackney, who dearly proved an alibi. To tile latter it was shewn, that nothing exited to war rant the least insinuation. PAROCHIAL IVA7'CIL TO 'I - HE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER.' SlR—The atrocious murders which have recently been com mitted, though shocking in the extreme to every feeling of na ture and humanity, will not, I hope, be unproductive of ulti mate benefit, if they shall only draw the attention of the Ma gistrates and the public to the very def,:ctive and grossly neg lected state of the nocturnal Police of this great metropolis. Scarcely a night now passes without the pec.etration of some dreadful murder, or the execution of some aggravated bur glary. Either the whole subject of the nocturnal watch is inef ficient, or the whole body of watchmen is corrupt and criminal. The evil has ari en to such a height, that no man can retire to rest secure against the murderous designs of the assas.in, or the plundering rapacity of the robber. The next step of the villains wilt be, the perpetration of their horrid and bloody purposes in (open day. Indeed, they do all but that at present. On Friday night, about eleven o'clock, a gang of miscreants/at tempted to break into the house of a Mr. Bailey, in Cray's Inn-lane. This house had been robbed some time since, and the shock so affected the occupier, that his health was impaired, and lie is now absent from home for its recovery. It is probably the same gang that again attempted to rob the premuies, which they would have done had they not been discovered in time and disturbed. Not a watchman, however, could be found within any reasonable time, and the robbers consequently es caped. Now, Sir, is this as it should be Is this the way to detect murders and robbers wesiiii4lllol