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London, England, 1824-06-15 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
ROBBERY OT EARL Coe/rues SvitwanD.—Yesterday Mid-
field underwent a second examination, on the charge of having been
concerned in the robbery of the house of Mr. Baines of property to
the amount of upwards of 2,0001.
Mr. Jast ES RICHARDSON, of the Poultry, the Solicitor of Mr.
Haines, attended, and stated to the Lord Mayor, that amongst
the notes stolen were a numberof Cambridge notes which were pay-
able only at the bank at Cambridge. It had been ascertained that
these notes had been changed at the bank immediately after the rob-
bery for other Cambridge notes made parable in Loudon. It was
suspected that the prisoner had charged the stolen notes at Cam-
bridge, and that the Bank of England notes which it was proved he
had gut changed at the time of his apprehension, were the produce of
the second set of t'arobtidge notes, obtained in exchange for those
stolen. There had not, however, been sufficient time to obtain
I evidence of these facts, and his Lordship was requested to remand
the prisoner.
Mr. A x onEws, the prisoner's Counsel, agreed, and he was re
emended.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Yesterday two foreign gentlemen came to this office, and made
lan application to F. A. Roe, Esq. the Presiding Magistrate, for
his advice or assistance how to proceed under the following intense.,
ing eireumnanees :
Mr. Lewis Fegle, one of the gentlemen in question, who nand
himself to be a Sicilian by birth, said, that he was the father aft
extraordinary child, called the Sicilian Dwarf, that has lately been I
exhibited in London, and whose sudden and melancholy distil has
thrown himself and his wife, the child's nwther, into the greatest
grief. blr. Fogle said, that he Ina for a considerable time past re-
sided in the city of Dublin, where he holds a professional situation',
in the musical departmcnt of the Theatre Royal; and, until a short
time ago, this child voided with himself and his wife in that capi-
tal ; but. having there become acquainted with a member of the me-
dical profession, a Dr. Gilligan, that gentleman represented the
climate of that country as too cold for the child's constitution,
which was then beginning to be rather impaired, and recommended
the immediate removal of the child to England. ass more congenial
air, and, if that change did not produce the desired effect.ultinsately
to remove her to the Continent ; and the doctor profaned to take
such a peculiar interest in the health and welfare of the chili, that
he offered his services to accompany her on her travels, end peir the
necessary attentions to her health, pros ided the parents wenifewes.
sent to his exhibiting her during the short stay they were likely to
make in London. The parents, from their professional esprit.
tnents, being precluded from the possibility of accompanying their
child, and having the utmost confidence in the talents and integrity
of Dr. Gilligan,they consented to these terms, the more particularly
as the doctor represented that Ilia object in exhibiting the child was
not so much the gain likely to arise from it, but, that as a man se
science, be was anxious that such an extraordinary phenomenon
should rot be lost to the physiological world. Dr. Gilligan accord-
ingly set out with the child, and arrived in London about two
months ago, where he hired lodgings for himself and his interesting
charge in Duke-rtreet, St. James's, and resided there until
about a for.night ago, when, unhappily, the child died. This
melancholy event Dr. Gilligan never coinmunicated to :he pa.
rents ; nor indeed had they heard any thing from him since his de.
parture from Dublin, and the tidings of their interesting child's
death they only learned through the medium of the public papers
which reached Dublin. Mr. Fogle said that the sudden account
of his child's death threw the mother Moe the most melancholy end
agonizing grief, end he himself set airman* lot ji114411, with a
view to take charge of the child's remains, and hoe than
interred. Ile arrived the night before at the lilapeones Matt
Snow-hill, where he is at present stopping, and kieneilinedy win
to the house where be understood by the public papers the child
was exhibited at, in Bond.street, anti there he was referred to the
address In Duke-street, St. James's, but on hie .akin g inquiry at
this latter place for the Doctor, be was informal that the stay after
the child's death he disappeared, takir.g the reussists with him, and
has never since returned, leaving a debt of 251. dun aim house for
lodgings, &c. All his exertions. Mr. Fogle midi, have faded to
procure any intelligence of the Doctor's destination, or how he has
disposed of the remains of his child ; but he has been Informed
that Dr. Gilligan was heard to say in the lifetime of the child, end
while it was being exhibited, that some members of the Coliqn of
Surgeons had offered him, that if any misfortune *sad emir to
cause the child's death, they would give 500!. for the mashishier the
purposes of dissection and the use of the College, to put
their collection of extraordinary ir.stances of the whims and
of nature.
Under these distressing circumstances, Mr. Fogle entreated the
Magistrate's advice.
hlr. Roe, who !teemed to sympathize warmly with the Illiioll4
feelings of Mr. Fogle, who was deeply affected during his applies.
Son, said that lie regretted extremely that he had nut, he feared,
any power to render -him assistance in recoveries the remains °lbis
I child, particularly as Dr. Gilligan was not forthcoming. The
great probability was, that if the child's remains were disposed of
tor the purposes of the College of Surgeons, that dissection had
taken place before this time ; but he (Mr. Roc) would advise Mr.
Fogle to apply to the parish authorities where the child died, whose
duty it was to lee that a Coroner's Inquest was held upon any per-
son meeting with a sudden death, as this child was repreeented to
have done.
Mr. Fogle said that he understood the child died in a mach on
its way from the exhibition-room in Bond-stmt, to Duke.street,
in consequence of cold which it caught. The child was newer
suffered by her parents to go at all into the air, unless well
wrapped up.
Sir. ROE said he should be very glad to hear that Mr. Fogle had
recovered the restrains of kis child, and that his fears about its din.
scents were unfounded.
Mr. Fojtle thanked the Magistrate, endeavored him, that be be.
fierce' if it should turn out that the child's remains were thus dia.
posed of, It would have a most serion effect upon Abe mother,
whose last injunction to him was to let her have one look at her
dear child, before it was consigned to the smith; and be intended to
have takcu the remains to Ireland fur that purpose. The mother
was doatingly fond of this child, which was as intelligent, inter.
eating and affectionate in hr'x disposition and manner, as she
was beautiful in her person and form, and diminutive In her
stature. . .

Mr. FaFie then left the office with his to the
pariah off' s, whose address Mr. lioeCOMlnfrittiCitedto 1""Attll.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

DREADFUL SUlClDl....—Yroterdsy an inquest was held et the
Horse Shoe public-house, Clerkenwell-close, before Thos. Stirling,
Esq. Coroner, on the body of Wm. blorrison, aged 60, who came
by his death under the following dreadful circumatenceir-
31r. Jas. Bannister being urorn, deposed, that he is a watch. I
manufacturer, and resides at No. 13, tlerkenwell.close. He had i
been acquainted with the deceased Mr usual years; be was ap 1
unmarried man, and had formerly been in the employ of Damn.
House and Carter, watch-mamtfacturers, of lietkeley-square
where lie had frequently exhibited symptoms of mental derange!
went, and was in the habit of drinking rather freely when he was
in their employment. The deceased, while be was in their service
(as journeyman watchmaker), happened to break a window, and a
glazier was sent fee so put in a bah pane clear ; whittle was
played in this way, the deceased entered into conversation with
him, and high words same on shish the deceased took a 0114
from his pocket and threatened to blow out his trains, which se
alarmed the 41ssies that be made a pruipitate retreat. The dr
ceased was ultimately prosecuted at Marlborough-street office, and
committed to Tothill-Selds prison, but he was afterwuds received
into the parish of St. George, l'istorer-square, to which he belonged,
and soon afterwards was removed to Betinud-gran Madhouse, in
consequence of his alined state of mind. Witness had placed,
some watches in the poresaion of the deceased for alteration, as be
was very clever in his business; but although lie had made many
applications for them, be could never get them back again, and he
bed not seen him since Christmas until Friday morninglast, at
eleven o'clock, when the deceased called into witness's shop, and
uttered into conversation with him in hisusual manner. lie then
said that he had been liberated from Bethnal-green about a fort.
night, and rejoiced to think that he had left oft drinking, and had
become steady in hie conduct, and asked witness whether he had
any objection to become surety for him to the overseers of the parish,
to enable him to get back some property ol his, which they bad in
their possession' consisting of clothes, watches, and 351. in money,
and lie wanted a lodging to put them in ; Ind he could not let
witness have his watches until he got his property from the work.
house. During the conversation witness was called from the ahop,
and on his return he found the deceased ab . t, and on inquiry, he
ascertained that he had gone into the mu, but remaining there a
considerable time, witness, together with his son, proceeded to look
after hint, and on entering the yard, they observed: blood towing
from under the water-closet door, which was fastened at the inside.
Witness had the door broken open, on which they discovered the
deceased, with his throat cut in a dreadful manner. He had a pen-
knife grasped in his hand, which had previously been layingon his
counter, and with which he was paring his nails when witness left
the shop. The deceased was deluged in blood, which flowed ao ex-
cessively from the wound, that Isis mouth was stopped with the
gore, and the deceased, with one of his hands, was endeavouring to
release his throat from the blood. Assistance was immediatel;
procured, but it was of no avail, be died soon after.
lifr. Bannister, jun. deposed, that he was present when the de-
ceased called into the shop to speak to his father. Witness visited
the deceased when he was in the madhouse. On one occasion the
deceased was conversing with the witness, and be made p snatch at
his watch-chain, and drew his watch from his fob. Witness re- ,
quested to have it back again, when the deceased drew a pistol,
from his pocket, and presenting it at witness, threatened to shoot
him ; but he could not say that the pistol was loaded. Witness
had no doubt of his insanity.
The Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased cut his throat
in a state of tempontry deransuacut."