The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-04 00:00:00

THE RING P. HENRY HUNT.

Mr. Searlett shewrd cause agantst 711111; obtained by
Mr. Chitty fur a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling on the
gaoler or sheriff of Ilchester gaol, to show cause why
the defendant should not have ftt:l liberty in that pot.
son, without being shut tip in a cell, and why he should
not be allowed to see his friends, and those friends have
free access to the prison at reasonable hours. This an.
pliettion was made on the allilat it of .'I r. Hoot, and
Nlr. Scarlett said he had several long affidavits made by
magistrates and others, which fully answered all that
Ir. Hunt alleged.
Nit. Ciottv hien rose and observed, 014 the affidavits
were lona, and l►e was desi of aviim the Court the
trouble of resding ahem at that late hoot, (it being six
ti lock); he slitittld therefore apply to have the rule
enlarged till next Tenn.
Mr. Scarleit said, he could have no objection to that.
The Chief Justice sail, the Court would tint have
enlarged the rule on the application of throe who h id to
answer Mr. Hunt's Ali:Lou, because Mr. Hum might
have been kept without that he had a right to have, hut
as the proposition cattle from the defendant's Connie%
the Court would not refitse.—Tne rule was accordingly
enlarged.
The business :es usual on the last day of Tenn, con.
t inued to a late hour.
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stops N. SAWYER.

This action was brou,,i,lit by the plaintiff, an attorney
at ltrading, against tie defendant, the Sheriff of Berk%
or lather the Under-Sheriff, Mr. Payne, to recover tia-
.na.tes sustained by his not making out a warrant lor the
arrest of a person named Field, residing at Old Wind-
sor. The latter being indebted to the plaintiff 23:. an
officer was sent to the Under-Sheriff, at M.iidenhead,
to get a Capias ad Satisfacienduni duly made out, but
neither the Under-Sheriff nor his clerk were in the way.
r Payne was gone out hunting; and the officer being
obligeu to return without it, the opportianny was lost of
arresting Field, ss ho was not afterwards to be found.

GANG OF HORSESTEALERS AND MURDERERS.

In the beginning of Se---"a".—ptemher last, two men were
co iiiii tilted to Maidstone gml, on a charge of horse-
steahrig, of the names of Hughes and Creenstreet. Toe
latter, though not admitted to turn evidence for the
Crown, expressed his ta illingituss to give all the iotornia •
lion he knew respd:clitig the traiisaction, which wool
lead to the apprenensidm of others concerned in that
and other robberies. His readiness to make emikssions
became known to those connected in the gangs of loose-
stealers which have untested That part of the country for
a consideraide time, and which are ilitictirally
cuw-
posed of gipsies, and vengeance was dete tied on Ly
tits gang against Oreensireet.
On Thursday afternoon, the 6th of Owober, as we
have already stated, a basket was received at Alaidsione
prig vi by the carrier fruit Tunbridge-wells, ado rested to
NV illlam Greenstreet, or (;reentrees. On opening it the
contents proved to be s,.eur clothes, some cheese, a piece
of bacon, 'lnd a boiled apples, out tilt',
&e. IL so happened that when the basket was opened
Greenstreet and all the other prisoners had just done
diluter. Greenstreet ate some of the pudding, and he
inhered some to his fellow prisoners, but they all de-
clined accepting of ally, except one, of die name of
I learn. In a very short little after they had partaken of
the pudding, Grecostreet and Hearn were both taken
extremely ill, and no doubt was entertained but that
their sodden allows proceeded Irmo poison. They con-
tinued in a most dreadful state till hotii expired. It
bring strongly suspected' thai the plum-pudding coutaiti•
ed 101501). it was analysed, when it was Mundt to contain
a large quantity of arsenic, supposed to he all ounce.
Out Ureerislreet bent; nitorined that he It id taken
poison m the puddling, he expressLd himself as hating
no doubt but that it had &ten done by a mail of the
naitie of Proudly, who was ccithected with a desperate
gang of gypsies Previous to expiring, he made all the
aitmement to society he could, by a confession of all the
robberies he knew of to a magistrate.
Great exertions were made in the country to trade out
the perpetrators of the horrible deed, bin tio trace could
etfectually be !DAC as to its planners and executors. In
conseq.milee of the applieation to the flow-street magis-
trates, on the 17th of last October, Lavender sod ashop
were despatched to Nlaolsione. They ascertained, be
you'd a doubt, that the casket and its contenis had not
oven sent by Greetistreei's wife, or any of his relations
Or Int:lids °I It,wlaticicastle, as the direction on it pdir-
ported to be, but that the arsenic was bought andlnit
in the plum-pudding at Tunbridge-wells, though there
was no direct proof of it. All the articles which were
in the basket were purchased by gypsy-women at Tun-
bridge-wells, and the direction on the basket was written
by a female serv.llll. residing there, at the particular re-
quest of a gypsy woman.
On the bus instant„Lavender learning that a number
of gipsies resorted to Itimisey lair, which was held there
on that day, he w,iit then., li,s crest on et beitiLt to
apprelteon w.. 0 is ci,ar:.ted with
horse-stealing aim tutu-der Lavender reinalied ou
the look-out in the fair during tit:: whole of die day
without success, but lie learnt that Prouuly was certainly
espected there.
I,o%i:oder, accompanied only by a constable belonging
to Itottisey, left Rousse>, between nine and ten o'clock.
As they were proceeding through a lane, two men on
horseback approached them, and fortunately, just as
they Caine up to them, they stopped their horses to speak
to a man who had called to them to ask a question;
when Lavender having nu doubt but that one of the
taco was Proudly, he seized his horse, and endeavoured
to unhorse him. Lavender proved right in his conjec-
ture as to its being Proudly, who resiated most violently
—Lavender, however, accomplished his object, and,
having once seised hold of hint, he was determined not
to let him go. When he got him ou the ground, he
resisted still more violently, in which lie was assisted
by his companion on horseback, and probably a more
desperate reneuntre never took place, except with fire-
arms and deadly weapons. Lavender threatened to shoot
him if be did hut surrender, but to no acct.; he kick-
ed and plunged, and made eve') possible resistance,
and he nearly accomplished the of he had in view
of stripping Imuselfllsked, when It is almost impossible
to hold a MAO Ile got off all his domes
except his breeches. Lavender with the greatest dull.
culty handtuilvd him. In hie conflict Lavender receat ed
*eyelid seve.c (noises.

The man who was riding on horseback in company
with proudly proved to be the brot,,er of Ilaghes, witu
was first taken into custody or the g 4411;!. citarged wait
horse-stealing. Proudly was taken I,cioic tae ,Nlayor Ili
konisey, who ordered nun to bee-lA.lllyd in prison that
Light. On the hiliowing morning Lavender cant eyed
ham trout y, and pruterded on tits way in
Ito .e. On his arrival there Proudlv lyMeill all usa-
wination before the wig's rates, wait lie denied his
name tieing "'tinnily, and said it was Pearce; lie (Stilly,
all knowlege tot Hughes ; he wa.., howeter, Co
Another very alai.. oat actor in the tl4OXllleal 1,11.1 Was
wanted, via. tote women who nia.;e the piowl.oddlttg,
and put the poison in n; Mill, suspecting nlat sue was
with a gang in gopstes who were encamped, and re-
sorted to Bitekingisainshire and Hertfordshire, the of-
ficer, since the 17th Inst. has beet) id pursnlt of all the
gipstes he could heal of. Oil Nlttuday night lie Was 50
fortunate as 10 wrct with the WOlikail, itylv.:ll
Alary baker, encaitipett ss ilh all Oki mato and woniaL,
and Solite girl Cllll.llcll, uLoul three lei Cs Illy %Vett-
dover road, lion& Cileallaiii ; the 041 Ulan Mull wOIII.III
are supposed to We tile tallier .11111 n.o.urr of Hughes.
Lavender took t.ie wt./4114111 Lome toe bench of ma-
gistrates at Berkhautpstcad,nb;) ordered ater to tie Liken
bYlsOle the magistrate, at Maidstone; and \Vtditestlay
I.avender atibmtd per hum Lonedni, and cokveyed tier
to Nlaidstsite.

The Lady 1J ellinglom, packet, arrived at F..lmouth
from Gibraltar on the I:2th ult. in company with
nearly 100 sail of vessels.

On Tuesday last the first stone of a new building in
Peter-atreet, Sursastreet, for tile 13ishopsgate Charity
Schools, was hid by Sir %%in. Rawiins, in the presence
of a numerous and rsepectable assemblage of ladies awl
gentlemen. commenced by an appropriate
address loon Sir followed by 'Dr. IS field,
rector of the parish, who, in a %cry impressive discourse,
described the peculiar advalitaitcs to society by the early
inculcation of morality and industrious habits, and
earnestly exhorted a c(oltinnattion of itios.! efforts which
haul fur noire than a century been diffusing the blessnigs
of instructirm, aad wine.' had e,tabled the manager% of
the institution to raise it to its present degree of excel-
lence. 'I he Rev. 1)oetor colichided a very animated
address by a prayer and benediction. Sir W. Rawlins
then proceeded to the mirth east cnroer of the ground,
followed by M.-. Icretlitti, die architect, well the plans
and inscription plate; Mr. Grimsulell, the master builder,
with a trowel; and Mr. Iticliarti, the litmeer mason,
with a bottle, coo:di:ling a varie,y of go;.1 anti silver
which was let 1310 the :401W ; the ',tone was then
lowered and fixed in tine tout. The chittlien sii a
by prepared IM the occasion, and the ceremony con-
cluded by hearty shouts of conograollatio•i from the
spectators. The untidily.; will contaiti, besisles other
conveniences, two sciiandroonis, capable of aCCOIIIIIIO-
- 6 or 700 chilclicti, awl will also be appropriated
to the purooses of the parochial and ward meetings.
CALAMITOUS Fl.(E.—iiholit three o'clock on 'Wed-
nesday afteriloon, a distressing and melancholy catas-
torpor took place at die ionise of Mr.Fallortl,bookaeller
and stationer, in Little Ilell-alley, Nloorlields; Mr. and
Mrs. Fulford, about nine o'clock in toe morning, wrist
to see the procession if the Queen to St. Paul's, leaving
the house and family, coasisting of four childreit, 11l the
care of their servant About tiirct: the iseighbour•
hood was thrown ill o the greatest alarm by the servant
molting out of the house, and in a state of madness,
calling aloud " fire, murder, Itc." scarcely a moment
elapsed before the fire burst out at the lint deur svitarlow
with the greatest fury; die bervaut exclaiming, " For
God's sale save the citildren." Mr. Hughes, an oilman,
procured a ladder, and endeavoured to get in at tne
windretv to save the little still:refs, but all his effirrts
were in vain, as the flames had gained such an deceit-
dancy, that every attempt was found to be useless. The
devouring element raged for a considerable dine before
the least assistance could oe obtained ; at length the
various fire engines arrived, and a pleould supply of
water hetiog, outained, the Names we're impeded iis their
provess, but not till they had coital iiiii scaled to the
adjoining houseoccupied by Mr. Williams, 000tinaker.
lb this lime Mr. and Mrs. Frilloril returned, and on
the afflicting news reactiing the ear of Mrs. F. she
swooned, whilst her husband fall about in a state of
frenzy, endeavouring to find his untorimiate children,
iwo of whom, to the great joy of the afflicted parents,
were timid at a neighbour's house, where they had urea
the virile of the t'ay. All starch our the remaiiiiiig
two 111:^ about two years old, aitd a !11l le boy,
abmtll ail: 111011111 s to be of 110 avail. Tile
oi iglu of tin! :aticholy circumstance IS al pieseut illl-
- Not an moot of furniture beloogitig to the oil-
fortunate Mr. Ful!iird was saved front the conflagration.
The house is entirely in ruins, and the house of Mr.
IVillian.s has suffered seta rely.
ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—About half
past one o'clock ou'lVerhiesilay nicaiiing the neighbour-
hood of Wartlour-street, Soho, was thrown into the
utmost confusion by the springing of the
rattles, with the alarm of fire bursting forth Irons the
shop windous of the house of Mr. Urine, tallow welter
and chandler. It originated in the cellar, lit conacqueoce
of one of the pans boiling over part of ris contents. In
a short time the whole of the lower part 0: the house
was one body of condensed lire. The lomat 5, who
were all this dine bulled in sleep, were it length roused,
and exhibited a most distressing se, ne : they appeared
in a state of nudity at the second H..ur windows, from
one of which a female servant jumped into the street,
and was fortunately prevented from experiencing any
injur6, by the persons underneath receiviiig her in their
arms. The flames Were LE:Sluing such abcenclaticy that
the remai oiler of die hillsides were oblteed io desert their
former positions, and were next seen and heard to rend
die skies by their screams from the attic story. Scaltna
ladders and fire escapes were fortunately by: this tune
procured, and the humane and very great oda Lions UI
the populace, City wire all COTIVI:y111 s Ile list./ the 31fCCI,
roil took shelter id at, opposite limo,. pf.:llllSrb
were soon couldetely tuned, anal the whole of tile
sleek in trade and very vakiabie furniture
therein tlestriieti. The hue next ra,cu,st l ,is r.R.i4t.'S to
tae two ajiiiiu tia. ieuis‘s, the vile occupied by AI v. .1.
Little, a iiiasicr cooper; and 11,e 'Ala. r Spy Mr.
appraiser and iiiidereaker, bra.' toaetoer wait
their bowie in trade Ana furniture, soared tile fate of the
droner. The houses and property of Air. llesueittria, chair
111:111ii:JCIllret, alit! Mr. iliskett, eiteest iiiii oger, stiff. red
iiiaieriailv, not by the fire. but by 1141111 S tileshul, 1(01111
dild stn et witultio a torn out, 111 or ,Cf to throw lire
tur-
ulcure &C. olio toe sir:et, the glean:, part of Which was
either shatiertd oy the tall. or carried oti try tile thieves,
wino are liter nn ,11.•11 oreasain,

Noble Munilieence.—Ail the labeurers on the
estates of Earl forteseue, the Lord Lieutenant of
Devon, when past their labour. receive from his
Lordship 3s. 6d. or 4s. per week, together with a
good dinner of roast beet and plum-pudding, and
plenty of strong b:er every Sunday. Besides this,
his Countess clothes and educates 180 poor child-
ren, and gives them an excellent dinner on the
same day, utter their return from divine service.
It has Leen suggested Ly some of the nunteroLe
persons who were disappointed of hearing the worthy
Archdeacon Bathurst's Sermon On Wednesday, 29;11
instant, at .it. that if die same w.re printed,
it would alliird a peculiar gratification to the many
thousands who severely feel and lament that dis-
aveuintui wt.