The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-23 00:00:00

INCEVDIAIZIES.

A short time since a of fires bruin out in the
.:,;• of ['suing, about two miles N-wmai ket ; there rest
than flee tires in a month. lilies of I hem was ;it a Mien
attached to a house lately belonging to the I.'„,ei nt' yi,,,noinh,
in whirls there was wool to Ilse settee of toal, 'roe in,"„r.
:„ge house, and all the premkesattitelted to it, o ere di stroyed„
teeveral cottages have been destroyed ; and at all the fire, very
The Irequent tares cleated a coo.
little 'nolo-Hy was saved.
siderable de .ree of alarm Ili that part of the country, and
thou uas „try Arcing sospiciou that the fires did out
by accident. Au iiivestieation took place by teone of this
principal gentlemen of that pact of the cnitivry, but without
e let ; -they therefore applied to Raw Street for an officer,
.;1,0 salmon was dirmitched. On his arrival at Evaing, he
‘,.cetwed ...cry possible assistance and information upon the '
,ohjeer or the recent alarming tires from p,,,r; the agent
to the linomie Fire 'Ace in that part of the emit:try ; in a
time he I,,,erved sue h sitspieions circumstances ag Mist
a man and lI'S wife of the 'same of Webb, as (0 hill !I Cl' kiln
to lak.! 011111 into _custody; it merlin:; of ntaeistn,its was
called in consequence, and Webb and his wife were examin-
ed before them. The examination lasted nine hours, at the
close of whirls, this circumstances which came out against the
.piisoners were sufficient toil/dace the magistrates to cuminit
them to Billy St. prison. lc ale w drys after, ch.-
. ramstaiices transjiii eft which induced s.tlmun to apprehend
John Welsh, the soil of the prisoners, who, ripon being inter.
wisLottell, confessed his guilt to Salmon, in the presence el
Mr. Fisin, a resvrtable farmer, and fiat his hand actually
set fire to the premises v. a nautili:, by desire of his mother.
At the close of die csaamind thin, nu evidence appearing
4415in4t sell., lie sv:ls dischaeged, the whole of the
ilifammis crime appearing to have beim perpetrated by Nits.
Wow, and her sun J dm, who were both committed to Bore
prism' for trisi, and the panics were beiind over td prose-
cute. John Webb WAS committed into the custody of Mr.
1-lorwieli, the keeper of Bury prison, who was about colliery-
tag him there;in 4 sillgle horse share, when jest as he had
proceeded about r. mile out Newmarket Heath, John We!di
alas seized with at tit, and fell out of the chaise. Alr. il,o-
wich thinight it right to rehire with him, had a doctor was
scut for, who advised that lie should not he rennet% eti on that
night, and the prisoner 11%13 placed under the care of the
parish roost:dile at the poor house; hem be took an opportu-
nity of... Meting the attention of the constable and escaped out
°filo, poor house. A Illliober of persons were dispatched io
elitteresit directions in pti rmit (Whim, and it WAS discovered
fleet the ruler of the well in the yard (GO feet deep) 01' the
pour house was oden, and the rope of it iitavime ; slat lookkg
down the well, he was observed neailr at the bottom', tiles e
b-ing bet v.:tier in it. *He was drawn op out of the well,
land given into the custedy of Salmsit, whom the geotholieui
there engaged to convey the cn'prit to Bury pi ison, not con-
sidering him s Ile in any oilier p.•lssfne3 enstahly. The gentle_
men were so lunch satisfied with Salmon's conliiet and
eNertions, that they are about tot ew aril him liberally.
The first flee broke out on Sunday afternoon, June ge, between the
friars of one and two, in a barn belonging to Air. G. llrooko, a
fanner, and raged with great fury for a considerable time, laying
v-a-te several cottager, harm, stables, and other uutbaililiogs, and
burnt out no le,s film) Sc een funili..s. who had thee to was a but
very little property. The second fire in the sittue village brisk: out
the Tuesday evening following the 30th of June, between the
bran; of seven and eight; it wa; discovered when it was breaking
o'n in sonic stables belonging to Mr. Martin, which consumed seve-
ral other buildings, and, besides .a large quantity a weal, other
property to a ciniaderable aluotint. The flamer also communicated
to the Parsoitage-hoube, end destroyed the whole of that building,
together wish the whole of the stables, coach house, and other out-
buildiogs, to a considerable a 'wont. A third fire broke out at
Exiting, on Friday evening, the t7th of July, which was discovered
at the limo: of 'jr. Charles %Vel), a butcher, but happily, an early
al :rill being given, the fire was soon extinguished ; but the loco:-
saaries were so de:ermined in their diabolical purpose, that they ac-
tually attempted to set lire again to the same
.premises on the follow-.
Mg ought, in t t parts at the same time.

The Kentish GazcUe gives the following additional particu-
lars respecting a man whom we !,stely inenri:nitil as having-
been ispprelicitled at ftlaidstotie on his own confession of
mortleritig a young woman:--" We lately mentioned that
de.,,iee of seikation was experienced in Maid-
stone on Sunday' evening last, doing to a mail itektiowledg.
ing himself to be the miird.."rer of the young woman foand in
the Ili vat Medway, at Harming. in March !apt. name of
this young woman was Mary N./iIt,PS Sands she came from
;•;trood to this town by Burch's coach, mid was proceeding
on her journey to 'needn'tat, s% here Iter la instils resided, and
she had a bundle containing tirtieles of wearing apparel.—
When'f d,she was supposed to have been in the water a
fortnight, and exhibited a most shocking spectacle, having
a severe wound Ott the right temple, apparently it.flicted with
a hammer, :roil also %eves al other contusion,: on different parts
of her body. Tite Coroner's !ugliest retllefled a %ertliet of
**lfni mitriler agairret acme person or persons unknown. No-'
thing ha. since transpired to discover the perpetrator of this
I.mritt deed till Sunday last, when, as a soldier of the 9th
regiment was passing by the Kitigsley's Head,
Lc was called in by the man above allotted to, whom he
knew, having enlisted hint on the preceding Fiiday to serve
in Marines-. they asked for a pot of porter, and while
.lainking it, the soldier observed that the man looked very
ticleeted, and asked him what was the matter? if he repented
trmg cithated? if so, he might easily get oat of it : to which
be replied, s V.., don't know I)ick—l deserve hanging more
than Hussey:. • Uit4.ll iris saying this, the soldier was witch
astonished, and said,' Good Goal! what have you dotty ?. Ile
answered, ' I knew Huasev, and I might to be confined in
the Same dungeon that be was in-11; it isiiiSt come out some
time or other, I may as well tell you—l am the murderer of
the young found in the River Nlel way.' The soldier
then asked hint it' he would voluntarily give himself into the
h of Justice? He said, ' Yes, and let me he confined
where Hussey was, for I violated her person, and that tam'
'bled her— l a's'st die tor it, and should Ire Oita if it was to-
The liorsholder was then scut for, oho took him
'4O ctistod, , anil conveyed filmtn Ills M.iyor's prison on
1-s way thither he made itse mi the 'wine expressions: he op.
t"'al ed to lie in liquor, and had been dunking the best part of
toe tidy. Ile was un 11011.1ily 411.1111111 g t tken to the. Town
t_lerk's Offiee, diid underwent a short examination, which was
postponed fill Wednesday, sat order that the itoesses. who
live at a distauce, might Ire able 10 attend. He now &rid& vs
his tniturehee of the crime, arid says, that ooing to his
drank 1..5 much out Sunday, lie knew not what be said. Such
1' the istformation we have hero able to etilteci of this mys-
truisms ca.e, which at present creates nisi haul est. We
ahstant front giving the name of the suppose I murderer, till
out tiler evideuee this fravn produced of ins gad ."

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MANSION-HOUSE.
J. Roberts was brought up net the fullowing charge of
forgery:—ale. Robots, landlord of the Bell puldie-house, in
Noldiastreet, said, the prisoner contracted a debt of about
;i guinea at his Louise, and on Saturday night lie gave hint a
bill f" ,r 41.125. Gil. saying he mould call fur the hale:tee on
Monday. The bill, upon being presented at a banking house,
Was discovered to be a forget y. The prisimer decamped, and
Was not seen until Wednesday, a hen witness met hiw in the
street and stopped him. lie denied any knowledge of the
hid being forged.—Rensanded.
Margaret Meredith. far advanced in pregnancy, was eltarg-
eat with swindling. Prestiett, au officer, deposed that he met
the prisoner in London-wall, with two large parcels of tea
concealed under her apron, which, upon enquiry, he dim.
covered belonged to Smith and Son, of Cheepsitle. A young
man in the employ of the above firm stated, that two women
came to the warehouse, and ordered twenty eight pounds
of tea to lie sent to iS house in Fell-street, with a bill and
receipt. 'file porter accompanied them with the goods, and
when arrived iu Fell-street, lie was persuaded to leave them
with ore woman, while lie west with the oilier to a public-
house, as she said, to find her husband, who was to pay the
money. Time woman gave him the slip by the way, and on
his return to Fell.streer, he found the other had also gone
away with the tea. The house had been hired the day before
by a 111,111 Who bas nut since made his appear nee.—The pri-
soner was mammies!. •
'Thursday, Mr. Benjensin Smart, jeweller and dealer in
rein., at 53. Prince's-street, Leicester-equator, applied to the
Lord M iyor for advice under the folloa iaa cia eninstaiwes :
La the comae of husiness,liis son had taken a Batik Post
Bill for 531. in payment for coins. He neglected to ask the
'name or address of the persoo who paid the hill, and upon
presen ing it at the Batik for payment, it oat declared to
be one %hick bad 64441 lon or stolen souse time before,
and of which payment had been stopped. 'flue original
owner of the bill was .llr Norris, 31'r:tem), in the Old
Jewry ; and wheu the loss of it was discovered, application
was made to the Bank, and the a.mmint of the bill was
paid by the latter to the owner, noels his giving a band of
indemnification. The clerk of the Bank,afies slating these
eiectunatinves, took the bill from Mr. Stuart, and refused
to give it up. These were the facts which had gisen rise
to the appliration,and lie (Mr. Stuart) wisheato know whe
ther the Lord Mayor had power to emunimel the Bank to
give tip the Bill, or what other remedy. be had
The Lord Mayor.—l cannot take suck a view of the pre.
sent case. I certainly do not think We Bank have acted
eri 11l inally, and it appears to me that you have smoother reme-
dy than to Winer enaction against the Batik for the recovery
of the bill, unless yott can find the person of whom your
son received it. He should not have !eke,' a bill for such
an amount without knowing the nettle maid address of the per-
son who paid it.
Mr.Sina rt.—The idea of contending at law with so power.
rush a bade as the Bank of England is so appalliog to am
humble iddividuel like myself, that I would sooner submit to
the loss than commence an actiou. I do think, however,
that my case iscue of excessive hardship, and that the con-
duct of the Bank is oppressive and unjust.
The Load Mayor.—l agree with you perfectly that the
case is a hard one.; but for my own part I think that the
conduct of the Bank quite justifiable, the amount of the bill.
having been paid by the Bank to the owner. I cannel iu
any way interfere. •
Mr. Smart withdrew.
BOW STREET.
Wednesday, Edward Jackson, who although merely.a lad, is
well known to the officers as a thief, was brought to the office
and underwent an examination before Mr. Birsiir, charged
with raking the shop of Mr. %Vali:Aim, a linendraper, in the
Strand, of a valuable shawl. He was conunitted for trial.
James Bray, of Harefield, Aliddlesex, was charged with
selling hay short of weight. it appeared that W.Barilest,
a man iu the employ of Mr. Benjamin Thomas„ who keeps
wine vaults in the Haymarket, purchased half a load of
Jay on the 3atli July last, in the Haymarket, for aim mcli he
paid 31. his. It being suepected that the trusses were under
weight, Mr. Jaines To was, the assistant clerk of the mat km,
was employed to %%eight them, when he found three trusses
overweight, and IT underweight, for which lie was convicted
25..6d. a truss, aniumiting to 41. 2a. dd. and 15s. costs.