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POLICE.

GUILDHALL.
ATTACK OF AN IDIOT ON HIS KEEPER.
_

On Saturd•i Thomas Notate Prior, a miserable looking
creature, about 16 years of age, war charged with b.vi.•g
desperately wounded Elisabeth Martin. Anne Shelton stated,
that for the last fortnight she akin with Elisab. th Marina in
a room occupied h) the lathe, in the house No. 10, Cork-
lane, Smithfield; the Po isioier slept in soothe► bed in the
same room; at 11 o'clock on Flidsy night they .11 went to
bed; between one and tan the witness was awoke by Elias,
both Martin's crying owl, "Trim, what are you
are you doing?" There was a lamp in the room, and shoes'
saw t►e Prisoner standing by the sear a the bed, which was
lying on the fl.mr, ■nil holding Elisabeth Martin'. arm-mihe
saw so knife i■ his hand, but was certain be swam no good,
and instantly ran (loon stairs, opened the street door mid
cried out murder, and called the watch. A wmehmatt soon
came; witness told him if he did not go up stairs itotordi-
•tely murder would be committed: he refu,erl, till he got
another watchman to go aith hilts. W,t,s.ss thee wean up
stairs with them; on entering the room she saw the Prisoner
slandior over Martin's bed with a knife in his hand; the Pri.
super did not speak; the watchman took the knife trona him
Elis.beth Martin and the bed were covered with blood—she
said to the Prisoner. " For sike, Tom, have mercy oil
me--1 know lam mwrdeied, and will die soon!' Several
persons soon came into the room : the Prisoner was taken to
the wistehliouse, and Elisabeth Mai tin to the bo•pnal.
Thomas Qninlas, the watchman who miswered the cel of
the brat wetness, corroborated her statement of the tart•
after be was e•ll.d. On going tutu the room where the Pri-
soner was, the outliers cried out to him, " You villain, put
down the knife; hut the Prisoner look no notice of it. Wit-
nen then struck him several times on the arm, boo hesitill
held the knife, which the witness at length caught bold of
and rescued from him.

B.ch, lor, the mimed watchmen, stated that whoa
the knife was taken from the Prisoner, he (the woolen) West
for a sereetio. He afterwards went to the watch-Maw,
where be asked the Prisoner what he had killed the grease
for ; he said, " The Drell told ate."

Robert Clayton, the landlord of the house in which Marlin
and the Prisoner fudged, staled that about six months ego
hr let the room they uccepod to the Pi igOlifell somber, who
was in servile. She employed Minim to take care of the
Prisoner. Wiineas had hut little opportunity of &Nerves%
the Prisoner's conduct, but considered bins foolish, and on-
&wood he hid lucid intersati, and sometimes worked. The
Prisoner litely said, be had dreamed that he would certainly
die on the 21st of the present month, and was doge it would
come to pass. Witness lived 111 the boom. adjoining that in
which Martin and the Prisoner lodged, and being awoke by
she noise of calling the watchmen he followed them into the
room, where he saw Elizabeth Marlin io such a state, that
be was calcite at the time she must soon bleed to &sib.
The. e was a cot on the bat k of her seek, into which be could
thrust his hand Mire were also sem re cuts on her arm, them,
and oilier parts of her person. When she saw the wituess,
she said to him, " My dear Mr. Clayton, why did yon not
come isomer? BOOS die." Mr. Asseabory, a surgeon, and
I other persons came into the room goon after. Eliza.
beth Martin was taken 10 the hospital, and the ;simmer to
the wambhouse. Wits'sa asked the Prisoner at the watch-
house, why he had killed Mrs. Marti• ? His cooly reply was,
" Bile put a cap on my bead."
The wretched Primmer stood at the bar while this evi-
dence was giving, apparently wholly regardless of every
thing that was passing around him—his whole appearance
csiressive of a state of melancholy idiotism. It was *laird
that he was so very deaf as not to hear the evidence, nod the
Magistrate caused him to be asked, in a manner which it
was evident he did bear, why he had cut the aromas is the
drea•lful matinee be had done! The question was repeat-
edly asked, but his answers were quite incoherint. In
reply-to the several repetitions of the question, he said—
" She pot a cap no my head—she left a mug and knife os
the table.o.ll drauk the beer—l beard a muse at the dour,
and thought they were coming up to put me to death.
dreamed I died and came to life again, and that a minister
told me I was the Son of God, and would have a crows of
glory. I have no more to say."
A certificate from Mr. Curtis, the house-surgeon of St.
Bartholomew's Hospital was read, which staled, " That
Elizabeth Martin had several severe wounds ois differest
ports of her burly, particularly one on the bark of her seek ;
sod that she must be cousidered is a very dangerous state.
lie prison belinigiog to the unfortunate Prisoner *prated
at the Othce.

He was rernaoded, to be brevet. op train whey further
evidewce could be produced respectitig the stem of his wsied,
and she femur the pour 'drumlin should be kanwe.-11 was
evidently the opiiiiou of ell those who bad sects her, that she
could out et cover.

Barley
Beans
Indian
°ale
Pease
Rye
Wbeat

Cars & Grain
Wheat. Meal )
and Flour (
(stated in
Quintets) 3

Lood..u.

'Quart. Rm.
10,674 7
i 10,372 6

lOui Puri.

Qatar:. Bit
25.280 4
14,514 5
U 6 0
47.178 0
7,753 3
90011
411,482 2
•
515,548 L 1

M. 918 1.1
2,310 4

Tvsel.

267,127 5

Quars. Bs.
3.5 05.5 3
24,697 $
?N 1.
100,196
10,063 7
9,0111
678,609 7

343,403

858,V49

4,379 11

77,587 I
2,097 t

33,447 2!

Total . 348,142 I

38,186

(tsars. Br.
12.8111 0
10,233 0

448,993 2

4'0,027 •

380,371 0

1,035 0

351,4060

'97,136
WILI.IA 11
laspeelor Genrrai of Ihr Import, Mid
Exports of Great D. arm.
lawetor-Germars Office, Curium-
House, LoatioN, April 1, 1622.

(A►pendix, No. I )
CASE AT BRIDLINGTON.

In consrpleiree of as applie anon Goon Messrs. Greed°.
and Watson, solicitors tolls' insigne,' of Al . Antismog
(dated 301 b Jinn. last) re:iimesting In he nth.," d to inspeet the
books at the Custom-benne al Bridlington, to ascertain lbs
quantity of wheat imported it. the vessel Flora, lewd Minn
the said wheat leas exported, and in what quaiiiities, it ap-
peared that the books kepi by the lamliNg.mineyor, Mr.
Mason, were is so irregular a state, slat ihe icformation re-
quired could out be obtained. Upon which the Board
directed Collin of all the entries made at that port of foreign
curs imp°, urri and exported, me liorineCli el with the cane, tea
be transmitted, and it appearing that • considerable de-
ficieney bad taken place, they ordered Mr. Pal crave, the
collector at Yarmouth, to proceed to Bridlington, to make an
investigation Into the circumstances, and frum the report
made by that officer, it appeared, that a large p•ntity of
fora had been taken tool of the warehouse by Mr B. Sawrlew,
through the negligesice and instieutios of Mr. Alasuse. The
Connaissioners directed him to be (barged by the culltelor
at Yarmouth with the nouseuuduct impaled to him, slid
cunsidesed ibe whole of the papers, with the gnawer
of the accused, directed liars to be suspended from duty for
three sionihs, with lois eat pay, and desired an officer from
Hull to entree"' to Li idiirocuun to act donut Mr. Mason's
suspeniner, and to correct the irregularities •hicb bad ex-
isted is his department.
It further appears=, from the result of this investigation,
that Mr. Fennings, rho • 11, smug as collector at the period
to question, was Impliesioei in the proceeding; the Board
have called upon him to ace now for Ms conduct.

(COPY.)
Hr idlington, *member 8, 1821.
Honourable Sirs—la obedience to the eutuniands contented
in your Hollows' order to lbet port of Yarmouth, dated the
let iretaatedieeetiag nie to rake a full investigation into tio
irregularity of kering the accounts of cure Irani/wised at

this port, T report, that after Making !My inquiry in my
power, inspecting all the wgrehusses, and examining the oils-
dooPolKees at ibis port, Ole eltaininntiunt ofirbdtn are here-
with transmitted, she Atilt appears so be, That Mr. B. S. Saw.
deo, the importer and proprietor, has heels guilty of taking the
whist himself from the warehouses, and it Is more Ibis phrba.
hie the wheat so take, has been shipped coastwise, mixed with
British wbeat. Mr. B. S. S•wdes has left this place, kis pro-
p. rty has been seised, and 551.1 at the suit of Messrs. Todd
and Co. of Hull, by the Sheriff ofthis maul, and it is stated,
that lie is now in the King's Bench, or marled is London,
for the purpose of avoiding other creditors.
It is necessary at the same time, to report, that a facility
has been afforded to the merchant to commit this extensive
fraud by she negligence of the landing surveyor, in approving
of warehouses nos sullicieutly secure, and also, by omitting
to take 'hose means of securing the doors and windows, sad
of retrial ly inspecting them, whirh in the execution of hie
duty a. (coding-surveyor, devolved on him.
I beg to aisle, that the wheat imported by Mr. B S. Sew.
den, -as deposited is two warehouses, although flambe, ed
1,2, 3, and 4. I refer, in explanation to the enclosed plan of
No. I and 2, marked, in red ink (A) situated in Qseen.ssrert;
upon the dour of the room, Nu. I, opening into the street, the
surveyor placed staples and a luck, there was also moth. r
door in No. I, upon which staples and a luck were put on
the outside, opening iota oilier warehouses is the ocespat too
of the merchant, and t so remained, until rhea►rival of the
Flora, oo the 9th September 1820, when a slight boarded par.
Hies woe put ep, so as to separate the room, No. 2, Coos
she back rooms of she warehouse, mod so form a p , lead-
ing between Nos. I and 2, to them. On a dour in Olio par-
tition, staples and a luck were also placed. There was shin •
door oat of Queeu.street leading throngh the passage to the
back rooms, to t►e warehonae of which the merelsat (Saw-
des) bad the key. It is Mentor es Oen*, that the merchaut
could have access to the two rooms, Nos. 1 and 2, in the
p onage made to separate them, slid by closing the dour of
the passage opening into she street, be perfectly secure from
interruption. It is also iseumlsent on me to observe, that
the bark rooms of this warehouse joined she dwelling of
the said Sawden, with windows opening into his yards ; it
was therefore easy for him to remove soy quantity of wheat,
without the fear of being detected to the Sri. The loss,
however, in these rooms was not very considerable, although
more th.o ears be accounted for by kila-rlraing, turning, and
screening ; the quantity in No. I fell short 315 qrs. 2 bs., and
the quantity in Nu 2 fell short 34 Ts. 5 ha. To,' warehouse,
if it had been properly secured, was well adapted to the ware.
housing of wheat. .

It does nut appear that the yor made any report of
the deficiency which occurred io these two rooms.
The oilier wsrehoutie in which two rooms wire •pproprist-
ed In the lodfneent of foreign wheat, war situated in a sums
leading out of Garrisoss•street (•ud 1 beg to refer to the en.
• closed plan of 3 and 4, in explatiatioar, maker' B. in red
ink), and was totally unfit for the reeeption of wheat, not
only as to the losildiog itself, which was old, nrl in a dila.
pidaled state, but also from its situation, being approached
through • private yard belonging to the said %video, mod
could not he made sufficiently secure against depredation..
In additiois to this, the surveyor placed staples and a lurk
on the do,.r only of No. 3, °patting into this private yard;
the two other doors were fastened only by a nail ilitough a
wooden bar, and the kiln door was left unfastened; it is
therefore more than probable that a portion of t►► wheat
was taken away by means of the kiln-door being 141 un-
fastened. The whole quantity deposited in this room, row-
waling of the cargoes of four vessels. and anissitting to
917 quarters 6 ha., was mixed together; on the 11114 of
April, 1821, 267 quarters 8 be. of this wheat was
shipped to Oporto, and as the surveyor then suspected
some depeedsi ions to have been committed, he, by the ad.
vice of Hr. Fennings, Oleo acting coll. etor, had the re.
mainder measured over, which amounted to 478 qrs. 3 bs.
and was removed into No. 4, mthissi • deficiency of 171 qrs.
b bs. which the surveyor states was dammed by ram and
MOW beating in between the tiles. It app►ars ,xtraurdinary
that no memos were taken by the swiss yor to a.eertairs (al-
though he suspected some of the wheat hid been latest
away) the quantity said to he damaged, and still mare so,
that be shoold have permitted Ole removal of any, without
sanction or auth y hest obtained for that purpose. 1 sot
at the same lime induced to believe that the quantity taken
away, whatever it might b•, ass totally spoiled, and the
whole or part of it oas thrown on a muckhesp; the surveyor •
hawing seen a part of it on the muckheap, Atboogh ►e did
hot see the whole actualiy destru)ed.
Tire room N 0.4, to the same warehouse, was separated
only by a alight boarded partition fium Nu 3, sod in the
partition was a door, fasiessed on the was of No. 3, with
staples and a lock. In this room the req.'s of three tres•
gel', anmenting to 1.039 rpm. were deposit.d, as well as the
quan:ity removed out of No 3, ansithistiog to 478'.. 3 ht.
making together 1,517qr5. 3 bs. ;of this To tiyum •y 877g,5.
3 ha. were shipped, making a deficiency 640 qrs.

The negligence of the surveyor was great. r is this case
than in the former, for un the removal of the 478 q.s. 3 ha.
into N 0.4, he souk the luck off the door of Nu. 3, uprising
into the pirate yard of she said Sawden, glad this roe in was
then (recopied by fiewden, and into which he put British
wheat ; your Honours will here °hie's?. s hat t he duo. of No 4
opened into Nu. 3, owl the facility afforded by ibis steno,
the surveyor tie removing ...heat ow of N 0.3 Oohs No. 4, and
mixistg it wish British wheat is evideld ; besides this, when
the outer dimwit( No 3 was closed, is would be impossible so
&seiner any fraud committed re ; in addition to this, slue
landing surveyor dud nut inspect tilos warehouse again till
the month of May ; lie then suspected that wheat had Mem
taken through she door way, by drawing the staples ; these
he gut properly secured, but did not inspect ibis vrmehouse
WWII for more than a taunt h ; he their noticed a farther dea-
conry, but took no tither means to
nor ,h.) he again inspect it sill the month of Argust, -lieu
the last shipment was made, maltose a deficiency, as before
stated, of 640 quarters.
F.om the best inquiry I am enabled to make, there is not
any conuesiou by marriage or otherwise, to loamy the stir-
vryur to have rumored at this depreda ; and upon the
report of she collector and comootruller (the latter en old
officer at this port), I state that the surveyor is a steady
sober man; the us•gligrare and Inatteidion to his duty can
only be accounted fur by his want of foresight, and 1.7 his
bring; of a dismattion ca..oly imposed on. The oily comm.
sluice that appears iu his favour is, the having slated his
suspicions to Mr. Framing., late 'clime collector, mid to Mr.
Steward, the present collector, to the latter who has lately
been admitted to late to prevent the evil.
1 beg to state also, that blame attaches to Mr. Fensings fear
•ot harnor tatted on the surveyor to stale the dr fitirrocy is
the room No. 3, after he load recommeadeal .Ils befog nese.
mired over, and also the suspicions of the yor, cummoos
eat .1 lo bun in the month of May last, as to wheat hating
haviog bent taken out of No. 4; and also that it was the
duty of Mr. Fennisogs to have astredird io person to see that
the warehouses were swede soffit-rosily and fully sec.'', stud
•1
ell even .s to have represented tba master so your Honours.
It is also soy duty to state that Mr. Howard she present Col.
lector, ought, on the representation made to him by the sur-
veyor in June last, to have lakes immediate and active Merl
to detect this hand, and to have law-toed your Holmium ter
the suspicious of the sus veyor.
There has beets alas an omission in not requiriar the
bond from the proprietor or occupier of a reimburse lw
which wheat was deposited simile, lurk, agreeably to the
41st sect. of the Ist and 2.1 of his present Majesty, c. 87.
The Act isi questitm was received at this port ea the flub
July last; the form of bonds requited by the 41.1 and eld
sect. of the said Art, were traosmisted by your fleeretrery's
!cuter of the 2d August, and wise received here.. the 4th
August.
The shipment of the wheat out of the room No. 3, for
account of Mr. S,urks, of Hull, wader the anatomy of your
H re order of the 31st July last, No. Sb, did not take
place till the 7th August.
One other cargo of wheat was imported here on the 31st
• July 1820 by Mrs. Hobby and Cowden; the gentleman of the
urine of Sweden iu this firm, is father to Mr. B S. Sawdeu.
This cargo, consisting of 085 qrs. 2 bs. of wheat, was depo-
sited its two warehouses, numbered 5 and 6, out of which
480 quarters were exported on the 511 s May 1821, to ;
via 320 qrs. 4 ha, from N 0.5, and Ibtkpv. 4 bs. room N0..8,
leaving in N 0.5, 84 qrs. 4 be. and to N 0.6, 120 qrs. Iltbs.
There appears to be 20 quarters leasainitog its N 0.6, sad the
sot veyur has in this installer agais permitted, without authos.
cabala rrsouval of 44 qrs. to Bridlengteu Wwo,a mile distaat

from the quay, where it new remaies; and in No. f [Lere
peers lobe about ItO quarters, sto fraud therefore spear. la
brie beer committed on this cargo. The three wirrhoitus
which the quantity remaining of this cargo are depositk,
are well adauird to the lodgment of wheat, and are secured
by staples mid larks.
Having. tS. obedience to your Honnurs' dirvrtions.maa,
full investigation of the Irregularity in keeping Stir arrows
of warehoused eons at this port, sod am your Noisome order
does mot direct what further steps I ant to she, I trust I Mill
be deemed to have judged rightly in rrrnsining hers, mita
shall receive your Honours commands for my gavernmeaL
I am, Hosioilvalile Sirs,
Your most obedient kissable Servant.
(Signed) W. PALGRAVE, las.