The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-03-06 00:00:00

le . TUN CONSPIRATORS. =Z. fierce scronnt of Palin, or Peeling. w ho stands charged with *mishit...agent. and for whose app:clension a reward 4. 1 • We triiiired pnuails appears in the Ecniis4 f:itzelie; miss wish !I a clue. seems to Le obtained of Isis 00000 ve sectos :--`• A man. aeswerieg in every respect the de sct:piion of Patin, or Peeling, one of the conspirators.. e sr. s t for w h ose : - ; ••• re h ens i on nos-aril of two hundred p.oniels is littered; was seen at Eastrv, in the hirenuoie f Tuesday Lst, the 49th ult. and left that el!!.ige about two let the afternoon of the saute day, soon after which our newspaper, in which his person tool dress wasgiern, b. using reached Hostel., immediate pre-snit was made aurr him. std he was traced to Fitigleshaus, en the road to rea!, where his farther progress was hest. He bad bregeel f. r relief at several houses on his may from r.esetry, and when there stated that he was out of no p:or. s e was seeking a birth at scat; a sharp lookout is kept An him at Deal." Awerunt itieLsT.—On the day but one succeeding the night of the arrest of the runspirstors in t 'ato-street. one of the conductors of patrol., received infor ',when that a gun, a sword, and a pistol. had been seen hv- some hots, whilst plating near the house of a man of the 11313:f of lieorre, dose to the Nrw-road, in a sort • lose el, or outhouse. The hors ee ttttttttt nicated the circumstance to Old lieorge, and he immediately nailed tip the hov e l to Lost mere's, as well as to disguise the arms. Perry lost no their its proceeding to the spot with his pally; he broke open the hovel, and took pos se:elan of the arms, as well as some ball cartridges which he found with them. Ile carried the whole to Bow . street, and subsequent circumstances led to a suspicion Hat young I teorge had been connected with the conspi rotors. An inquire was made for him, lint he had ab ce.:nded. From that time the officers have been on the alert in pnrsuit of him. and last night Ruthren, and sons of his brother officers. traced him to the Dundee Arms. Wapping, from whence he was shoot to embark uo board a - Oraresend boat. Ile was immediately secar ed, and conveyed in a roads to St. Paul's watch-boric, ti 'oseatiardea. He will undergo an esansination this I It is said that Adams, the ex-Oxford Blue, and Sim monis, the Gentleman's sersant, are to be admitted esi s'ence for the Croon, on the approaching trials of .he s•ther prisoners. The former is in St. Martin's watch- I ease, where he will, we believe, remain until the trials. , :imuionels is in Tothill-fields prison. This , lowood declares that he knows perfectly well who it was that gave information of his retreat on the .. m int of his apprehension. There was, he says, hut one 1.1.1:1 in London %Ito I-new where he was to be found. understand tbat it is in contemplation to allow a p teNion to John Simian, the patrol*, who WWI so 'lan w's• hurt in the conflict in t'ato•strert. Her a .e•, officer, and is nearly 611 ye.irs of age. Illis !sr par is 17.. &l. per week. Simian is still at -4.11. tat by Mr. Fisher, the sarreun to the Police. w1:6I I 4.1.Wf tll u 1 le1:11li lorsel 141 1 uest! two 111 44444 ne isitto atter 11 to res e'mptr) p:tre, s is kept Asir the nil toation )1* POO the id hot cirentll t.p thr ars . with Is, he foul .street, ti-at ye IMO ft. alert is sante Arms, 4444 loin e.i, acid l'oveat. 5/ 17. 19 1110114111, hence A 1 i•ther p 1 I 4.,:tse, 4 This , it was t: tor of 1.1.1 n in I We In p teNion b • s 1,14 , 4.4.. ICI I I We b arco in point homes ;tt years 31r. moth, r etch to ttreleent, bred in trent of back tln ?sling. ' tuate at 1 e was spel7ted was Sera age, wh, at.oet t o 11..0 was fatly rrs way phse ca * ; unall which 111 le Let 1 warning itahhhita un nty st•ra ell a ese vista tees. rot lira% th Thr me SW.ls4 ell and inse 5• sneW within. ;tow, ar the win. who tier a+ wet an.' his iUtinn awl the. t o pass. front not Went per ot mare consume Wither tan int( found it eatinztti Varkt.r 1 veout On folln star rest dually e veelt al chemise] turatui, without parlour our, he eagerly a hcsp t e.l and the um 4 bawls, fotsipati which I • in the ) bodies being e suite Ali tion of ceirril I window parent more tire had A . 1 • MURDER AND .111 SON. We bare this day the melancholy task of detailing account of a murder. which has never Leen e‘rerded in point of atroeity. The persons murdered were Mr. 'lhomas Parker, a venerable old gentleman, upwards of ;t1 years of age, and Sarah Brown, his loovoleeper. Mr. Parker, we understand, had for7rlv been a gold. smith, residing in London, Rini ha' retired to 1t ol wtch to spend the evening of his days in coniforohle re- • tiretoent. He bad amassed a competent property, and lived in a neat house, situate in Milgrim-place, the front of which looks into Rid Lion-street ; and at the back there is a small garden, terminated by a high paling, which divides it from a narrow lane. It is si tuate at a short distance from the Artillery Barracks.- 1 e was so Inoffensive gentlemanly man, eery much re spel7ted by the whole neighhonrhood. His only servant was Sarah Brown, a steady woman, of about -10 years of age, who, previous to the terrific event which we are *boot to describe, had lived with him three years. She a.. 0 was well known by the neighbours, and was gene *ally respected. On Friday evening nothing particular was observed about the premises. 31r. Parker was tte. ca -;unally seen at the bow window of the parlour in which he usually sat, and his servant was seen engaged is her usual avocation. The day dosed without any m io r ioo being excited, and the hour of one in the warning arrived before the slumbers of the surrounding i r iihsbitants were interrupted. At that hour the centinel un my at the north arch of the Artillery Barracks °h t.-nett • dense smoke arising from Mr. Parker's house. Kr nstantly gave an alarm, and several of the artillery toes. rushed forth to give assistance. On their sr that, the flames were bursting from the parlour window. The men rapped at the door with great viol( ace ti awaken the inmates, who, it was supposed, were able. p, and inseasibll of their danger. To their humane efforts do answer was returned; a death-like silence prevailed militia. The cry of " fire" soon spread, and two en gines arrived on the spot, and commenced playing into the window. Corporal Anderson and Corporal Portia, who nett present with their men, now resolved to force tie street door, and, if proisible, to rescue Mr. Parker awl his servant from their impending fate. The reso lution was no sooner formed than carried into effec*, awl these brave men, followed by others, rushed into 4e passage. From thence they_ went up stairs into the front room on the first floor. Here the ravages of bre were perceptible. The farnitnre of the bed, which was ot maroon (a woollen manufacture), bad been partly consumed, and the embers still smoked. In the bed it self there was no vestige of a human beiug. The men tiro into the bed-room on the second flour, which was found in flames ; but the tlevnaring element was soon extinguished. The search, which was made for Mr. Parker here was also fruitless, as it was also in a bark ppoin on the first floor ; neither be nor his servant cou l d found. Rvery exertion was now turned towards sappressing the flames in the parlour, which were gra dually extending, by means of the window frame. to the rpm above. A hole was cut in the floor of the bed chamber, through which water was poured ; and by this Arran, added to the incessant playing of the engines without, the danger was subdued. In a abort time the parlour door was thrown open, and Lyons, a man of co 1011f, belonging to the artillery band, entered. He looked eagerly round in search of the hapless tenants ; perceiving a heap of something lying behind the door. he approach ed •ail attempted to lift it up, when, dreadful to slate, the upper part of a human body came away in his hands. The roan was horror-struck, and called to his companiosis, who now joined him ; and a second body, which proved to be that of a female, was found stretched in the same place, although not so much burst. The bodies were left in this situation for some time, no doubt being entertained that they were those of the unfortu nate Mr. Parker and his servant. A further investiga tion of the premises now took place, when it was per ceived that blankets bad been nailed op against every window, as if to conceal from those without the ap pearance of the dames within. This naturally led to a more minute examination, and it was ascertained that tine had boon communicated in three different and die- I' 11 F. STATESMAN. /titter places, no one place baring the slightest eon net lion %vitt, the other ; that is to say, in the isarlour, on the ground floor, in the bed chamber on the first sour, and in the hesi-chamber on the second floor. From this it was naturally concluded that there had been some foul play. hot by whom yet remained a mystery. Cen tinels were placed round the house, and atbreait of day the investigation, was renewed. The dreadful truth then burst upon the horror-struck spectators. The bodies of Mr. Parker and his servant were examined. The for mer was burnt nearly to a cinder, the left leg and foot, on which there were a black silk stocking and a shoe, only remained entire. The skull, however, although the Aesh was burnt off, remained whole, and afforded convincing testimony of the commission of a most foul and horrid murder, On the left side, towards the hack, there was a terrific fracture, which seemed to have been reserved by Providence as the means of bringing to justice the atrocious perpetrator of so horrible a crime. The Italy of the woman was next examined, and here, if doubt existed before, it was completely removed. The unfortunate creature lay stretched upon her face; her apparel was rtl consumd, and her hair, which was long, was spr ea d i n dishevelled locks about her. A horrible wound, indicted apparently with a blunt instru ment, appeared over her eye, and at the hack ef her head were three deep fractures, which some imagined might have been Hoduced by a bayonet, or some such weapon. I all these circumstances the conclusion was pain. It was clear that some miscreants had obtained admission to the house for the purpose of plunder, and commence.' their operations by murdering the inmates. They then proceeded to search for the most portable va luables, money in all probability being their principal object, as it was reported that Air. Pieter had that day received Isis dividend front the Bank. flaring thas ac complished their labours, they determined to leave no trace of their crimes behind, and therefore having taken every precantion which they thought necessary, to .se cure the complete deetraction of the premises by fire, they made their escape. The housekeeper bad been to the Bed Lion at nine o'clock, as was her usual custom, for porter, an.l it is pobable that the murderers had rushed iu after her on her return. The town of 'Woolwich was in the greatest it. of consternation throughout the whole of Satutday, in con selnenre of this dreadful occurreno e, and the holies of the ',warm?' victinis were seen by several, who fully agreed in the opinion which had already been funned. sent to hint by his housekeeper, three or four months before, a shoe to be stretched. lit the stretebine, a part of the upper leather was burst. He repairer[ the breach, and under the particular circumstance• in which the shoe was presented to him, he hail no doubt it was the saint shoe he then had in his possession, and I.e was equally well satisfied, that the remains he SAW were those of Mr. Parker. lie examined the body of the fe male who was found in the parlour, and was -nre it was Mr. Parker's housekeeper. Ridout, the High ('unstable, proved that the shoe produced had been taken from the foot of the body found in Mr. Parker's house. W. Heaven, a shopkeeper, in Mulgrave-placc. deposed, that be had seen the body of the female found in Mr. Parker's house, and was sure that it ti as that of Sarah Brown. He could not speak to the Whet body. Isabella Jointure lives opposite to Mr. Parker's house. Site knew Mr. Packer and his housekeeper very well. She saw the latter about tine o'clock on Friday. and spoke to her. She saw Mr. Parker shout four. ile was standing at the window, with his spectacles on. Wit ness's window conrnnandrd a view into Mr. Parker's parlour; and, if there a as a light in the room, she could see him sit down to all his meals. Other neighbours could do the same. She made no observation after four o'clock. She freiluently saw the old gentleman standing at his window. She did nut know his age. Mr. Wm. Patten, a surgeon, was next examined; he saw the remains of two dead bodies in alehouse to nhich the other witnesses ha.l alluded. One of them -.lasninch disfigured ; co much so, that it was impossible to recog nise it. Ile knew that Air. Parker hail lived in that house. The other body was that of a female. Ile did mat know Sarah Brown, and could not swear to whether it was her hotly or lint. He examined the bodies, and discovered an extensity fracture on the bark part of the bead of the woman. There was another frartere ahove the right eye, and the face was much distiKored, as if from violent blows. Either of the fractures which be saw would have been suffirient to produce death t and therefore lie believed the t ausr• of her (heath was sue or other of these blows, and not the lire which Lad sur rounded her. The other corpse was in the most dreadful state—the skull etas still preserved; he examined it, anti found a piece of the pa, frig/ bone completely broken and drpressrsl. There was also a ti.ieture on the temporal hone. Either of these fractures was sufficient to have oc casioned the death of a human being. 'these wousel: appeared fo have been given with a blnnt instrumen such as a hammer. The wound, on the woman to gi. have been given with the claw of a hammer. Mr. Patten said, that the wounds might have lwen iu dieted with one or both of these instruments, A cooper's hammer, and a claw hammer of a smaller description, were then pruilurefl. These %tree found in the cella►, under the parlour, the door of winds bad been burnt through. There was no means of accounting fur the tenn•i• r ie whirh these hammers had gut join the cellar: •Ii might hare fallen through the parlour door. •f er a little rusty, but it could not be ascertained by t eillt dle light whether they were stained with blotaii or nit. Tins was the whole of the eviderce taken. Mr. CAwrca, the Coroner, then summed np the whole of the farts, dwelling upon all the suspicions cir cumstances, and leaving the Jnrc to draw their town con clusion as to the cause of the death of the parties upon whose ease they were to deride. TheJtary.afier a short constiltation. formd a verdict of trilfil into (It r avrimai Douse pesos or prren.es The inquiry u•as not brought to a conclusion till twelve •'clock at night. Two men are in custody on suspi. ion ; the one had worked as an occasional gardener with Mr. P. The gpaignliles in the neighboUrhood were upon the alert. Er. Champion, the high constable of Woolwich, took charge of the premises; 14eimett, the Row-street pat role, and Tucker, an officer of Deptford. were likewise npnn the spot, in order to gain such particulars as might en able them to go in pursuit of the offewlers. From the hack doer being found fastened, it is con jectured that the miscreants by whom this horrid of fence was perpetrated escaped by the front entrance, which was secnred by a spring-loeic ; and as Mr. Parker and his servant were in the habit of retiring early to rest, it is supposed the murder must have been committed before nice o clock. There were marks of footsteps in the garden ; but these, on examination, did not appear to have been recently made. One hundred guineas reward has been offered for the apprehension of the offender or offenders. Mr. Parker had lived 20 years in Woolwich. He has an only daughter, who is married to a person of the name of Jackson, at Waltherustow, in Essex. _ Mr. Jackson was on the premises the whole of the day yesterday. LAW LVTRLLIGENCE. (:01"ItT OF KING'S BENCH, Ahern 4. The LORD CHI.* Jt'sTtcl caine down to the Court at the usual hoer (tralf-past nine) this morning, having yesterday declared his intention of sitting for a short time, to dispose of some undefended causes which re main on the paper, previous to the Court adjourning over the circuits. His Lordship, is ho has been extremely unwell with a violent cold during the last week, found himself so much worse, however, this morning, that he was not able to take his seat nn the Bench, and the Court, without any business being done, adjourned over to the 10th of April next. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—'WINCRESTER, Aimem 2. IREMONGER r. HUNT. This cause, which Mr. Hunt, of bliiidleton-cottage, saved yesterday to postpone, was this day brought on to be tried. It appeared that Col. lremonger, the plain tiff, had used every possible means, by persuasion and notice, to prevent Mr. Hunt from committing depreda tions on the game, or, as it was said, of slaughtering the game within thew oods of the plaintiff, which were close adjoining Middle. )n-cottage, and which were termed the preserves. l'he fit cts of Col. I remonger's repeated visits to Mr. Hunt as a gentleman, and of repeated notices in a legal form, were fully proved by the servants of the plaintiff. The cause, under the circumstances stated yesterday, was undefended ; and the Jnr7, under the di rection of the Learned Judge, who held the trespass to he clearly proved, returned a verdict for the plaintiff.— Ihmeaus 455. CORONER'S INQUEST. At One o'clo: k, Mr. CAUTSIt, 'ormitrir for the county of Kent, arrived, and under his dire t;on a Jury of the most reppectabl.. inlishitststs was viinimoned, who as sembled at the lied L and went from thence to view the 1i044e and the They were adjourned till vetting. At six o'clock they according ly net. The tint witness called way Thomas West, one of the Woolwich watchmen, who stated, that at about half-past two o'clock on Saturday as lie inissell 31r. Parker's, in Sitilgrave-place, his attention was at•racteil by a smoke as Bich he saw issuing . f the top of the house. lie thought it pro caviled from the chimney being on fire, and immediately began rapping at the door to alarm the inmates. neer was no indiction that lie was beard. He listened at tentively, and thought lie heard a cracking within, as if wood was hunting. Hr then rapped still hinder, and sprang his rattle. fbe neighbours were alarmed, and rose front their beds, and he soon saw several soldiers come from the barracks. They were joined by some of the siirr Handing inhabitants, and it was observed that a fire nas raging in the parlour. The Iraklion then re solved on breaking open the deer, and to se isionalisstelv. nicy entered the aW, ► partied went up stairs. Wilms* the street to irk, care of some of the furniture, which was brought out. lie did not patrol. Mulgrave-place the who'e night. John Both and Thomas Ring had been there before him. Ile spoke to these men, but they had seen nothing of the tire as they went their rounds. John Hay, the barrack-master of Woolwich-barracks, deposed, that he arrived at the house of Mr. Parker, with an engine, soon after the alarm was given. He assisted in playing the engine and in extinguishing the flames. Ile atlerwarls entered the house and strut up , stairs. In the bed-e&in on the first door he saw there had been a tire, hut it had gone out. The curtains of the bed were much burnt. Ile then went up stairs to to the room over, and found that the bed there bad also been in Caries. I The feathers were strewed about, and there was a substance among them which looked like pitch. (The Jury hail examined this substance, but I thought it was produced solely by the burning of the feathers.) The brit-metalss and the greater part of the bedding were destroyed. He saw several drawers stand ing, open, and articles of linen strewed shout the floor. Ile did nut think this could have happened after he had gained admission to the house. eft half-past two the tire in the parlour was got under. The door of the parlour was at length forced open, and, after the smoke subsided, he, with others, entered. fie Bow a heap ly ing behind the door, which proved to be two human bodies, the one stretched across the other. He saw a man attempt to lift one of them up, but the body came asunder. Ile afterwards saw them laid upon a table.— One proved to be a female; and, on examining her head, he discovered two dreadful wounds over the eyes. She bled at the month and nose, but was quite dead. He was satialietl that she had come to her death by violence previous to the tire. The other body was so much burnt that he could scarce distinguish it to be a human figure, except from the leg and foot, which remained perfect. David Mocks, a bombardier, deposed, that be was one of the persons who broke in the door in qnestion.— lie was sure the door was not bolted, but was en the spring-lock. This witness confirmed the tut as to the state of the premises. He saw several boxes open, sod wearing-apparel lying about the doors. Stephen Hennaed, an apprentire to Mr. Hudson, a carpenter, in Woolwich, deposed, that be resided with his mother, in Mulgrave-place. Ile was alarmed by the cries of •• Fire," and got up. On reaching Mr. Parker's house, he found some soldiers breaking open the door. He went and hocks! an adze, with which he knocked the parlour door off the binges. He then broke the window from the outside, and knocked in the shutters. He afterwards went up stairs, and found blankets nailed against the windows. The back door was fastened on the inside with a piece of timber. Wm. Champion, a con Stable, proved that he was milled op and went to the house after the lire had been ex tinguished. lie found the drawers and boxes in the dif ferent rooms open, and several articles strewed about the floor. In the kitchen he found a pair of silver sugar tongs, and in a cupboard, also in the kitchen, he dis covered a silver table-spoon. He also found near the spot where the bodies lay, a bunch of keys. He had since remained in charge of the property. William Raven, a shoe-maker, was called then, to speak to the identity of the bodies. He had knew.. Me. Parker and his housekeeper for several years. He had made shoes for the former. He went to see the remains of two human bodies in Mr. Parker's house. It was im possible to recognise their persons. One was burnt nearly to a cinder. There was a black silk stocking and a shoe on the foot of one of the bodies. He ex 'mined the shoe ; and although he could not swear he i bad made it, yet he could speak aids certainty to its being Mr. Parker's. Ile remembered Mr. Parker had , POLICE. ilow-Sraaer.—Within these few nights, a number of ntlenien have been robbed at Covent-liarden and ry-Lane Theatres, and also at the En g li s h Op era oose, in the Strand. As Mr. John T a yl or , so li citor , te ro of Wallseeok, was leaving Drury-Lane Theatre, at the elute of the performance, he was followed by two vil lains till be got opposite Exeter -street, when they, taking advantage of no person passing at the time, one of them I I gave him a violent blow on his back, the other robber gave him a Wow also, and at the same time robbed him of his watch and seals, ran off with them through White Hart-yard, and made his escape with the property; the other robber Mr. Taylor seised, and held ham tiU as sistance came up, when be was brought to the Office, and committed to Newgate for trial. Mr. Palmer. auctioneer, of Wimpole-street, was robbed la the pit-of CoventAlarden Theatre, near o.e of the side doors, of his silk handkerchief. o ne :77 4 % Akers ruining into the pit near th e d oor, h, IM. f o rmed is hat had happened, when the chetk-tsk: t. plied, that a number of depredatio ns had late' „ L: committed in the pit, without their b e i ng ahle'vt•-" cover the rolrbers ; he, iu cousequence, went o ut 4 44 , pit, and fetched Donaldson, the con.tahl.. k ei„egi the Theatre, when the o ffi cer askol M r . P a h or l thought lie should know the man again, k m scribed as having noticed to he unnecessarile p e „, i 4 " against him previous to his having been roklie l i 0 1 handkerchief, and on his discovering that he had robbed, the man was gone. He being of opi n i,„: be should know the rubber, Donaldson to the hack of the pit, where he, without 6. 1 447 p rioted out the man, who was then in the art p h ,. trig against a gentleman as he had 'lone h, bik seeing Mr. Palmer lie appeared much confuted. nal Ison, who knew him well, called him oat, asi searched him, but no stolen property was foasd tlut him. It was ascertained that he had gone oat sta r nonce, as recollected by the door-keep ers , sad conclusion eus, that when he had aureeeded ie ring a rubbery, he left the Theatre to get rid o f 4, stolen property. He was brought to the itg iee, Donaldson recollected that he bad him in ens*, considerable time since tor a similar OirtUl e. ti e* his 'same was JuaepA Barnett. Ile was coalmine,. I t further examination. In one or two evenings after this roliberF, on the a rt ing of the doors on the first company going in, r.Tli ta , son, of Henrietta-street, was robbed in the pit R an i of a gold watch, of the value of 31; guineas; and a Hessian of the name of Younghusbands was rubbed 4, silver watch at the same time, and in the same pl ate An alarm was given, and in a few minutes ebts:lawa repaired to the spot and used every possible run's, but without success. He was of opinion the robb er y had been committed by a female, or a man diso li i as such, or by a thief tWat was not known at Ih mitrie Office. On the suite evening, ea the opening of the dolm a ; the English Opera-house, for Mr. Matthea o ' s Home," Mr. John Harden, of Aniblrside, in Weo lb ,,. laud, going into the pit, just as he was approachiscs s pay-tuber, he opened his great coat to get to hi a s a fid for &stoney to pay for his admission, when his h o wn in contact with that of a thief, with his watch ink; Is Greed his watch fnias the thief s hand, and the eiPsis wade off. Mr. Harden gave an alarm, avid Needha m aml Nettleton, the constables in attendance, Mow, cattle up to his assistance. Mr. Harden pointed Out to toreo the way the villain had ran; they pnr,ued anil cline up with a suspicious character of the saao John - Wilson, whom they stopped, and on Mr. Ifo r d r , coining up, be identified him as the man who was ag s d. hag near bhn at the time hr was attacked in the sage. The prisoner was secured and brou`„Tlit to no Other. lle nas ordered to he detained. H trrem-liA ittouPt.--Saturdisy four Italian home, brought in a Itackney-coach to this office. io the'revoll of two constables employed by the AlendicitySoneti. Three of them they apprehended that morning, ia WM. street, just as they were preparing to start on their day's entitle} anent ; one had two white mice ins ear, another had a squirrel in a cage, and the third bail s monkey, which he sometimes carried in his arms, sad at others led with a string. The fourth boy weenies in liingsgateotreet, Holborn, beating a small dram* too dolls, which he caused to dance on a board by de action of his leg, in moving the string from which thee were sitspendrd. The poor little tenons (wider of whom *peaks a word of English) were pot nate bar, one with Lis white mice, another with lon scisinel, a third with his dancing dolls, and the fourtk noting his monkey. Five gentlemen of the Committee of Ma nagement of the Mendieity Society &Watt awe of whom stated to the Magistrates, that this +Pecos of her ging was of late become a most insufferable nuisance. they went round the town exhibiting these kind of eni• %%hick caused crowds to assemble round them, is as to interrupt the passengers, and many pet-masks! their pockets picked. There was another very series era attending this sort of begging. Ladies in a mat of pregnancy, in walking along the streets, or in met ping in or out of their carriages, were so frighten/4[y a monkey, a mouse, or a squirrel, brought suddenly be fore their eyes, that the consequence was to he dreaded, an.l celled fur the interference of the police. is ess. tui uitti some of the boys before the Committee, through the medium of an interpreter, they learned the following circtimatance:—Six Italians, residing in the neighbutt hood of the office, brought thirty of these poor bon with them from their own country. being articled to them for thirteen months by their parents, and these were employed by them going round the streets with this kind of exhibition, and the money they were to re ceive each day, they were to pay their masters at night. When they had served their time, they were to become their own masters, and set up on their own newest'', their masters being bound to furnish them with a non key, squirrel, or white mice, bye. The gentleman wished to have the Magistrate's advice how this nuisance could be removed, or by %list means they could come at the principals, who were never seen personally to art ; and solicited a warrant for their sit prehension. The Magistrate stated, that they were all justified in granting a warrant, hut they granted yaw usonses for their personal attendance, to answer any complaint which might be brought against them. The only niode that suggested itself to them, was to apple to Lord Sidmouth to have them removed under the Alia Act, out of the country, committing them for a few days under the Vagrant Art would answer no pnrpose, as they would thus be discharged and follow their usual avocation. The four prisoners were committed to the House of Correction for ten days, each taking their ani mals with them. On the morning of yesterday sennight, the corn ea flour mills at Harewood-bridge, near Leeds, the property of the Earl of Harris-nod, a ere discovered to be on tire notwithstanding the most prompt and actke exertiem, the progress oithe flames could not be arrested WI the whole interior of the buildings, together with a large quantity of grain, fell a prey to the devouring elemeat. It has not been ascertained in what manner the confla gration originated.—(Coert Amman.) ft 1 RM. On the 4th inst. the Lady of (apt. W. F. Amid, of a daughter. DIED. On the Ist in't., at Peckham. aged 60. Mr. Wm. Stuart. late of the Cwdbear Company. Westminster. On Friday last, Mr. R. Hoby, silversmith, of N 0.31, High Holborn. Early on Friday morning last. in Piccadilly. Martha, wit of Tboutas Moore, Esq.. in the 63d year of her age. Oa the 4th inst.. at Putney, after • long and severs ill ness, Elisabeth, wife of Heneage Legge, Esq. and daughter of the late Sir Pliilip Musgrave, Bart., of Eden-Hail. Car berland. On the 3th inst., at her brother's house, in Piccadilly, Elisabeth Forrest. daughter of the Rev. W. Hammertoe. et Tong, near Leeds. On the 29th ult., at his honse in Lanstlown-place, Brous' wlak-aq•are, after a abort illness, Elisabeth, the vile Of Thomas Lowteo, Esq. of the Inner Temple. - - Londe, t Printed and Published by the Peoratrilar R. WARDELL. Jun. at the Wise, No. 194. etreedierro" site St. Clement's Church ; when. all Comenapieatialss den, and Adeertiseemeete are requested to he adenegoir r .l dil .ii um .18 iii be