The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-04-03 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF NFSBET AT WOOLWICH.

At an early hour on Thursday morning the inhabitants
of Woolwich were on the alert, is the expectation that the
supposed murderer would soon arrive. Scotia, persons
went un the road to meet him, and others look their vitalism
ill douse directions where they thought it moot probable they
would have an opportunity of seeing bum. Many false
alarms were given, and much niyitification Wig in coos'_
queue. experienced. At last, about eleven o'clock, Mr.
Itidont, the high constable, and the two Mr. Jackson', came
duwu by the first {Vero itch coach. The former immediately
proceeded to the Castle Tavern, at which Ilse bench of Ma-
geotrates were expected to be assembled. These Gentkutru
had ail yet come, and Mr. Ridout went to Dr. Watsou's
house, mud reported that the Pri.ouer would nut arrive be-
fore six in the evening. Thud secre.sy which was observed
with respect to this cummunicatiou, had the effect of keep.
Mg a crowd assembled in front of the Castle 1' tLe
whole of the day, which, as the eveling approached, because
still greater. The Justice-room was crowded the whole
morning by the Gentlemen and Military Offices, of the
neighbourhood, who were anxious In he present at the exa-
mination of the Prisoner, and to these private intimation
was given of the lime at whit% he might be expected. lie
consequence of this indulgence, lung before the appointed
hour the. mum war completely thronged; indeed, %Alice a
sufficient space was Irft for the accommodation of the .la.
glottides and the flriouner.

At sit o'cl..ek the Rev. Dr. Wataine and Mr. Webb took
their seats, and in a quarter of an hour after... Aids loud
shunts annousierd the approach of the Pilsolier. 7 hey
were rather the cheers of exultation than thi.se of drsgn•t,
which the crone imputed was calculated To excite. In a few
minutes the chair wig driven up to the door with great
difficuity,and a passage was made by the constables. The
Prisoner now fumed sinking under the weight of his feel-
ings, and it became almost necessary to ca►ty him up stains.
He was conducted into a back room, to afford him an ope
portonity of collecting himself. He was siarre able to hold
up hoe head milli relieved by a Rootof team. 'He Said he
could not bear the shouts of the people. At his 011111 re-
siocat the handcuffs were then taken from big wristse and ha
was furnished with a gimes of trim and water.' •I%t Miranda
on his brad, received at Portsmouth, were msible, sod ap-
peared to have been carefully dreseetl. Heist's man abut
48 years of age, shoat five feet eight incites its height; 'bilk
complexion and eyes, 31111 his haters's, although triegeler,
not displeasing. He speaks with the letals *event, being
natives)! A►atagh. Ile said be ?tad twee 14 years in the
service.

At a quarter hi fore seven the Magistrates directed that the
Prtsuder should he brought before them. 'Tins 'ordtr, in
consequenee of the ironies/+e mom of spectators collectr.l on
the stairs, was nob difficulty obeyed, dud the Prisoner' was
led le Mt bar by Mr. Hunt and Mr: Hitt. His enuidenance
was Auvhed, but he did not venture to look ruuud. • •
Or. Watson—Who la this man ?
Mr. Hinet—Hls Name- is James ?timber; and l bring him
Weirton:ler the authuiety of Mr.• Canter, a' Magistrate of
thu drawl! of Istertsinonsh. 'spun Attipleusn df Laving lwiis
ambireediu tbe minces eX naitidtr, often', and burglary in
thlw'coontp.• - • • • • • " •
. Woman—Ma are you?
Lair. RtintassPanegantei of the-prison of the borough of

Portsmouth, and r am the bearer of a letter to Mr. Stare,
Magistrate a this town, explatiatury of the carcuoistaorr•
under which I appear before you.
Dr. Watson—Mr. Mace is out present, but we are stoic-
ribed in his absence to open say teller connected wiiii to.
Magisterial duties. Produce the letter.
Plr. Hunt boosted hi the letter, and it was read hp I.
Watson. It simply stated, that tbe Prisoner J0e..., rgyaiset,
baring been apprehended lb thy bornugli of Portionsiiiiii,
Span suspicion of inurdrr sad arum, committed is. oh,-
county of Kent, be underwent animal essonlualliti..s, sail
serest depositioas were taker, winch roahritred tha *omie.
don spitball him. Under tlntseeircuinstances the Maoism*,
before whom he bad been brought (Mr. Carter), felt it his
duly to stud him to the local asilkuritim wheredlia oriel..
bad been committed, to be droll with us iliry might mint;
At : be had ides. intrusted In his officers, Messrs Hain and
Hill, copies of lie depositions which had been token Wm,
blow.

Dr. Watson—Have you pt the depositions to which ibis
Inter Wen'?
*r. have! they are herr.
The depositions were handed to Mr. Moore, lbe clerk of
the Magistrates, to he read. Mr Moore immediately slid
them. They were in •nb+tance as follows
DEPOSITIONS TAKLIS AT RORTSMOVTIi REFORM
EDWARD CARTER, EMI.
Lune Kirby iirposid, that about the begioniof of the
niOalh *4' December last, ►l, 6ret became largos:int. el wish
James Nissbet , be istruduced himself to Lee by Ike-same
Watson.

The substaute of the evidence of ilia ditties, is already
before the public. She is a woman of the tuaii with vtun
the Prisoner cohabited at Puritanicalh. He remsiocil with
her until the Monday following, whet, he kfl, as lo said, tier
France. She did not Pee him agar until about seven wireks
ago; it was at the but she had nu rime. ebutio.,
with him. In shunt a fortnight after he called on her He
laid he etpected a letter, requiring him to go 1.. London to
receive some cash, and he went away frotr. Purismeuth f
that purpose. • Witness believed he was •bseist at Halo
shoat three weekr. The nett lime she saw ham was on S.I 1.. -
day the 4th Mirth, abutit eight o'clock in theta renieschavliat,
as he said, arrived at Portsmonth by the coach from LIM:
duo. He was dreamed nearly the same as before, only wear-
ing a hat instead of a cap. She went to drink walla bin, sal
he then said he was going to see his nephew William. He;
joined her in half au hour afterwards, and they went together
to the Red Lion public-lionise, where they slept. The neat
Moruhig au old bsriow.man C•f11111, whom witness knew Nei.
bet to have employed before. Nests, t look out a 101. ante,
and desired him to take it to Mr. Cok'., un the Point (where
he had before lodged), and pay ham 4/. ISs. which Restart
said be owed him: be also desired him to fetch his Iron%
from thence; the harrow-man went away aceoritoiey,
ing his absence Neststes nephew came. The bat row.mai
came bath With lie trttok, which was a large liar une-, and
Nesbel desired him to carry it up to his room. This he did,
and witness, Nesbet, and his nephew followed him. Aft* the
berrow.aion had gone down, Nesbi t al. sired citneas to follow
him and bring up two glasses of grog fur him and la nephew,
and to fetch also a pen and ink. She complied with this re-
quest, and by Neshees desire left him and his nephew alone.
lu half an hour Nisbet and his nephew came down, sent al.e
law the latter put a letter in the croon of hii has, whict)
Nebel desired him to make haste and put in the 1.4114-01ECC.
Witting slept with Nesbet the three !Ulla. log nights, hut
did not continue with him in the day lime. lie did rut
appear to be so appreheiseive of being seen as he slid on tine
former occasion to which she alluded. During the four nights
she slept with him at the Red Linn, he appeared restless, and
was scarcely aide to sleep. Whew be did go off to •14(vv,
he appeared to be much alarmed by dreams, and several
times suddenly awoke, and hastily rising in the bed,
caught hold of her, cr)ing oust, Whit's ? what's
that ?" as if slanethiug dreadful appeared to him. J..
consequence of this behaviour of Nestle', she declisied
sleepiiiie with him soy more, and left bon fOr thiee or feu.-
eights. Noy however, 'afterwards prevailed un her to sleep
with him again; he entreated her to comply with his in-
quest, fur he could not sleep alone, and made her %recital
presents by way of indocemint. the at length comphed,*./
slept with him 1 nights afterwards, but But terry night.
His 'conduct and alarms were just the same as before de-
scribed, and on one ocebsion he said he could tell her a secret,
but he did sot dare, for that he had trusted tier with too
winch already. She was therefore iuquisitive, and (haired
to know the secret he alluded to; upon which, after task--
jog her promise not to divulge it, lie stated that Le had
killed two men and a wootass--but that themes, lie had kaki!.
in duels. Witness asked him how he bad killed the was
men? But be refused to tell the particulars, observing
only, that he 'troth her, and eujoined her not to ask say
swore shout her. When dreaming he after called out some
ertionsan's name, either Betsy or Lilly. In the wane of
conversation in his last rant to Purtsmoolls, keshet told her
that the Friday bigot be cane sway hum • ghee I' mild
the other side of Loudon to conic to Purismaitta; he eat
up all night with a lot of his acipsaiataisre, .trisk ing and
carousing at sums public there. That is the morn.
lug when he looked at his watch, lie found it was six o'clock,
when lie and another maw took a horse sack, and lode tis
MonselialL where they took toad' and Cattle down to eorts_
mouth. lie denied to Wilittba that lie had a wife, but said
he kept a woman at Wouiwieli, try whom hr hint a.: child.
tell.

Edward tient, the gaoler of Portsmouth, a..p.,rd to the
circunintauce of the apprehension of the Pt mutter, and the
violent resistwice he made. He then tient by the name of
Watson. Witness was imitated by 'Winnows Huh, a cquemble.
After they had overcome the Prisouer he was handcuffed
and searched. Hall took some keys out of his wicket and
handed theta over to wititnss; there were three in mas-
her, small keys; %skins. afterwards wept to the Pi:goner's
room, and found there a large hair trunk, which he opened
with one of the keys round In the Pris wicket ; tbe.
hair trunk he found a smeared hox, which. Ire opened ielib
the sma deal of the keys found in the Pel*atilei. Afsrr
having viewed the cuuteuts, withers shut sital liieked tiffs*
boxes awl carried them away wills bins. The Wagoner was
afterwards tasked before 4r. Carter, and aof rottouisted, sad
bad since declared the hair trunk, the fed hue, .attil• their
contents, to be his (withuatihreat or pumas.). lie oleo se_
quested to be furnished with as inventory uf :he mine. •
examining the trunk and the red box, slue eQuireit• of the
latter WIT.' found to be one pair of tidhfashostied sitter an-
gar tongs, masked M. IL; out silver sauce lailles two table,
sad six tea spuous, whirls appehred Wit* *Watt ors new ;
o gold watch, with a tut tomr.stirll.cam wisahheh name lOW.
Vick, Loudon), and.vartotts geld rine, thearlaeitha tacorsagai
brooches, pins, and untaaschts of ailing/1A dtadr4ithaus mid
several knewhuck!ca. In the hair Irish% them aloha tlit/4*Y.
silver rural, Kith the mark filet/ oat $ *meal 1114 Which. 11,P•
pelited in have been used in.filing silver, and mine...panding
with the gawks made with the file ots the vra 4.1 ;aims
of bootagand other aiticles of nearing tophroli Tire. Pri-
mmer sold die bad bottgiit the real nom ha Ilighalleasti, Forts.
mouth..
Thomas Hill corroborated the testimony of the last wit.
nese, and added, that b. bad taken from ripe Pristine'', pee-
sou one metal Watch, maker's name "Jas. Ilitespsua, Leo.
don, Nu. 598," sith a gold chain, a gold meat, ands meant
key attached to at ; one gold sat, with. T. P. tagearei is..
it; one gold ring, with a (Lomond io the centre; out gahl
breast.pm, stud two plain nuts, out of whirls appcars tie be
gold, the other metal; ime paa of silver rpeci.u.les ; !iau
silk 'mem., with steal springs; one pnattler Mu,4, esidatu.ng
gunpowder and karst bullets; seven !Shah of kit/gland
notes for H. each; and ohm bankers notes for ii. each,„pCshe
firm of Grant and CO. Portsmouth. Witness fllrtte r said. kW
on the evening of the Promotes amnelsehlsnei fse ethelied
him with being curcerned in the warder tit Mr. Pother, of
Woolwich, and lira housekeeper; to which be mlthed, q Sir,
you ksow but fault ~bout that yet,, bat yon crib know a
great drat more" Witness was also preiteot wheat A/4, Ni.
goner clannid the property is ibe SflinA 1414 red,,tws as toss.
Joseph hash, of Poriatoustie, ateboolleerolepowitlibot bet
. er.
the wt.--
•

knew the peu sod of tbe I mutter; be estw hirrittos the lattleof
Match, whets 0. ItQ wish him a remsasiag wasebviissettkpass
embossed ouisalt [SINN!. fie ele:inest suit sepairmt. The fro-
logic, said, 1 tin spin to Ersace,usid aloallsava its* *Ra-
shly ;" witness isksitrei die wslol, t!1144.141 itsttfelpsor.siodift• •
PI iwgicr tall. d uo the Moods; .sienififfs ismiAl4,llol:44*
watch back, sod paid witsesqui pfsgasiai HA iiiffegoits4
%attest die email( of It Wittatt .tit $341 rli •
mit Ittittit =bet boil In Famish is its lists slate. Fri.

rove riirremd his ',arise, and said," is it ant cola, then?"
'atom,. moneerrol, " No ; I thought it was gold when you
10.1Fra WI it with me." "r he Poisoner replied, "I thought it
t,% ..ass go!ol: it has been in my fsinily upwards of 100 years ;"
a
. 4 .....1 ft, added, "it M4llglet 11 tis me by my aerie, or kit me
. by Ivy node." lie then left the tl.up. the called alpha
'le .:save day, mai said the Will :I It Ali tiollrel, and he would
. : .
.. i wire it with Witness ilirteur four Jays. Ile left it, but call.
. .J ae,..in nett arrived it. iViitifq. had soce sera ill the
. pnis.....utpf.iritard Sultimmi, of :it. Mary-street, Posts.
, ..•virevoih, riniuridch.
• for d toolomOrrairpiraerl, that he also knew the Prisoner.
0
4iyt
•1 W *lnlay the tioi eif March, he called at his shop, and
•;....J.a...4 A A- peatiag watch, winch be said was...gold one, and
Jo .r..,.ral so sell it. Ilillae.l I kanonont the ...itch, and found
. . . tit. :...t..1.1.? raw to be silver gull, and tic ..i..01e hoc he con-
.ter-••1 to be gold. Ihe Prisoner ask en ten contras fort,
- . 11:•ot .4.tess laid be would out tae more limit live pounds,
.• sehich tie considered the almost value of it. The P. isomer per-
stored t was gold, and said it brimmed Is him deceased fa-
.t t• r, and hail been a great many years iss the family, and
that ha (4111,f was righly.fillif years old whets he died ; that
he lii;isself tivcd at Paris and had sou use for it, and therefore
shio .•1 sell it. lie /41.1 he ha.' man mane old plate stud silver
ypouo4 at home (the George (nu), and then took the watch
nut went away with it. lie rctarneol the next day and
4ornsed Ike *Melt, together with art or seven silver table
• spoons, and about as many siivcr tca.spoons. several having
no so Ys .Dots them; Willielle purchased the whole for Pl. 0..61
.‘kiteses• sold the spoons to out Ezekiel Entaition, lint lie gut
hack thus of the table spoons, two of tbcrn marked U'. M. P.
must the other T. P. M. and also four of the Ira-apoulta, emit
o.f them marked T. P. M. which were then in wituess's pea-
. :•e*Sinn. The Prisoner afierernala acktisivelrolged in wit-
liessis presence that he had mild the articles in question ;
whitens also had the watch in his possession. The Prisouce
said when he sold tlie 'puma and watch, that lois fatiter's
name was James Page, which induced witness to Wien the
s ,
plate was family plate.

▪ Thomas Jarkson,of Walthanestow, in the county of Essex,
mateh-makee, deposed, that about twenty-sie years ago he
intermarried with his present wife, Mary, daughter of Thos.
Parker,jeweller, who thee lived is, Wilderuess-new, Goswell-
itreet, London. He bad then been argosainietl with Mr.
Parker about nine months, and Guns that time till his death
in March last, he had been on intimate and (tinnily terms
with him. That about twenty-four years ago the said
Thomas Parker retired (ruin business, and went to Wool-
oirh, and took up his residMice in a house situate iu
grave-plare, iu which lie coutiuned to reside up to the time
• f his death; (hat witness sad his family were in the habit
iff visiting Mr. Parker, at Woolwich, three or four time, a
•ear ; the lest visit witness paid to hill, was •1 Christmas
hat ; that about seven years merino., tip his death, Mr.
Parker kept a sesvant mimed Sarah Brown, anal she was
the filly person who inhabited the honer besides Mr.
Parker; that from fiequent visits sad habits of confidence,
stitnees became acquaiated wills some of the articles
%thick belonged to him; that Mr. Parker more than
had inn asted to his,, to repair a metal watch, maker's
came Simpson. That witness that day had seen the same
at-iich in the IptlitAllioU of Thwarts Hill, the constable,
and that he was positive it was the same he haul go re-
paired, and that the sin .• was the property of the deceased.
I t ness bad 111130 SITU ill the possession of the said 'fbumas
1!.!t. a pair of silver mouritual sprciaeles, is a red case, which
11.1•1 no doubt was also the property of Mr. Parker. That
iturss Ind also seen iu the po ion of Edward Hum, a
plie of silver segar-tongs, marked M. H. a sitter saucedadle,
ard a quantity of jewellery ; that he can speak positively to
tae gugardolitts, which lie bad repeatedly sere, mad which
aria remarkable frum its uld-fashioned form, and that he
'Mee believes the other articles were also the property of .
Mu. Parker. He hid also seen, in the possession of Barnard
Salomon. three table spoons, marked T. M. P. which he was
Vaeirise quite sure were the property of Mr. Parker. lie
knew them is well by using them, as by the marks. That
veil the suorainz of the 4th of March, lie was apprised by •
11/I.fsSenter that Mr. Parker and his housekeeper were 111111 r.
tiered at Woolwich, and he immediately proceeded to that
place. On catering Mr. Parker's house, he found that the
bairn(' had hero set oat fire in three different places • that the
d• awers had been draws out and searched, and the remains
of Mr. Parker and his sermon were laid on a table, and
sewed with a sheet, which circuinstauces led witness to
liel•ere that they had been murdered. and that the house had
been robbed sad *et fire to by the perpetrator or perpetra-
tors of sorb murdew and robbery.

John !ultimo, the son of the last witness, deposed that lie
4,1 frequently been at his grandmother's, and that .13y
pan in the possession of Barnard Solutrom, • gold repratioe
watch and Coo silver tea spoon-, the latirr 'molted T.M.P.
that belied also seen in the possemiou of T. Hill, a metal
watch, maker's name Sampson, and bad likewise seen in the
paaressiou of E. lima, a pair of silver sugar-tunes, marked
M II which sea trill artifice were the proper*, nf his said deceas-
ed grandfather. lie bad often bad the said articles iu his
possession in the idle-fame of his grandfather—sad (nom
thrir peculiarity and the atteution he paid to their make,
and the watts uu them, he was enabled po r ively to ident►fy

It further appear., soil es idenee to that effect is ready to
be produced, that on the 19th uf February the Prisoner
bummed of Cute. his landluril, the means uf carrying hum
to London, sod that MI the bth of Maid* be returned ■tth
pigmy of money.
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Viie nephew of the Prisoner will also prove, that his uncle
told biro, on threat. or March, that he had just come from
Wuulniels--althouals, when apprehended, lie told Hill, the
odicer,, he bad not been there for four uatintlis.

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