The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-21 00:00:00

INCENDIARIES.

A abort time since a number of Ares broke wal is the
village of F.aniog, about two silks from Newmarket ; there
wereu less than Ike Ares ie • mouth. One of likens waist
a barn attached 1 bowie lately bekaging to the Berl of
Vanessa*, to which there was wool to the valve of tollf.
• The Paraparge.boisso aid all the premises attached to it
were demancoi. Several cottages have twee destroyed; and
at all Ow Ares very little property was sewed. The (request
ireetweeted • ososidenble degree of alarm in that part of
the eueutry. and there was • very strong oespieloa that
*7 did an lops* by aceidesit, hut were dour lit sigstedly
kg sonic lairembary, mid as iisvaitigstwo took plan by
emissof the priongial gewleolen of 'het part of the country,
hat they ovoid mot wake any discovery as to the cause of the
liras; they therefore, determined en wining to the Sent.
key to the Amok Fire Olin fur a Bow-street talker. to he
nut to them bow Load**. The Secretary atteuediowly ap-
plied at the Wilke for as Water, wins Salmon was diepaklrsil,
sad on him arrival at Exiling he notised every possible ao-
Maumee end itsformatioss spas the retiree of the recent
atarinit.g less from Mr. Pere, the Awnit to the noon Fire
Itifieelti kW part of themseetry. In a short lime after belmos
dikevered seek auspicious einevistaocce against a
Wed her wife, of the stems of Weed, as to Woos hens to
take them iota asetody. A monism of the alegisnates was
called is nmeripsosice,asid Webb sod his wife Wife examised
before mein. The eXllllll6lthell looted rime boars, al the
clime of Which what woos oat against the Prisoners wee
milSeitsit to induce the Magistrates to commit them to
"oy St. Edmund% prison. le a few days after encom-
iastic** transpired which induced Salmon le apprehend Joke
Watts son of the Primmer., who upon beteg i titterer' teal, cuts.
ferseil the moistly of his guilt in the horrible transaction
to Salmon, in the presence of Mr. Fisin, a respectable far-
101T, sail kat his bawl actually did the steed by wino( Ire
to the premises with • candle, by desire of his mother. He
was detaissad in tweedy, mid was afterwards examined with
his father mu/ mother before the Magistrates, when aka sod
be, Vier of the Frissons, early 13 years of age, was produced
as an evidence, sad be cosliresod the coniesaio• of his
brother John, and said be saw his brother set Are to the pre.
ini.es, and be slid it by desire et his 11100/41. At the close
of the examinotion, N evideace appeariag spirt Webb,
senior, he was discharged, the whole of the kfamous crime
appearing to have bees perpetrated by Mrs. Webb and her
sou John. They were both committed to Bury prison for
trial, and the parties were bound over to prosecute.
As air. Heinrich, the keeper of Bury prison, was mutinying
Julio Welsh there is • Mask hone chaise, just as he
bad proceeded about a mile oe Newmarket Heath, be was
swaged with a At, sad he tell out of the chaise. whets Mr.
litirwich thought it right to retiree will him, sad a Doctor
was seat for to attend him; oa the Doctor tagalong
him, he advised that he 'Wahl set be reviewed that sight;
cud be was placed wider the care of the parish constable
at the Poor.hosoc,. when he took as opportunity of eluding
the sneaker of the constable, mid escaped. A moniker of
pars ow were diepatelied is Merest directions is pursuit of
bins, rhea it was discovered that the cover of the well in the
Fad of the Pear-beese was &pea, SS feet deep, • state which
it was very seldom in, sod the rope of it modest. mod ou
looking doom the well, be wee observed *early at the bottom,
Om Wag bat little water, he &ivies let himself dews. lie
Was wooed op set of the well, sod gives ions the custody
of
who the penmen there eugaged to couvay hies to
Bury wimn, sot coosideriug him safe is say other reilleteS
custody, lifter what had hawser*, till he was lodged is
prams, mid they are so much initialed with Salmon's cow
dint sad enemies., that they are about to liberally reward
him.
The int Are br.ske oat on Smudgy afternoon; the 17th of
Julie teat, between the hoarser atm mod two o'clock in the
ufseratani, in a baoa beleogieg to Mr. G. Brooks, a farmer,
which raged with great fury for a cousiderable time, laying
wear several eutieges. barw, stabler, and other out build-
iars, whirls limed out so less than mons families, who had
ow time hi wre.tret very little property.
The wood lee in the saw village broke out Os the
Toesday main follewisg, the 30th of Jour, between the
keen ((ewes esid.right o'clock, which was discovered whets
it was beesklag oat is SOUK stables behrigiog to Mr. Mar-
na. which areesuied several other bedding', awl besides a
large fassatity of wool, mid other peprrty to • cosasdesable
owiumit. The larks alee esuwasiakated to the persimago.
house, slid destroyed Our whole of that building, together
with the shule of the stables, awl other met-
laddiugs, to a coosiderible ansoom, although the Phalan
sail Soffulk rogiore aneadei from Newmarket with very
great promptitude.
A third fire broke net at Exiting, ea Friday minting.
the 17th of July, which was discovered at the house of Mr.
Charles Webb, a botcher; bet happily, on the alarm briug
giver us the early discovery of the Are, it was ratiegaishid
without doing much damage. That lois% the care, the in.
ersilaries were s 0 determined is their dreadful and diaboli-
cal purpose, that they actually unmusical to set lire again
to the same premises ow the rolbwirig iiight,in two diffaient
parts at the same time; so so doubt it was eakulated,
that, while osc,part was being extisgmisbed, the other would

rage I is this the villains were again 'disappointed, as botl
parts were fin liteately eittioguished withal moth damage
bring done.
This deterstieed ervadoet in the incersdiairies. to destroy
property by lire, caused considerable alarm to the inhabi-
tants of the pert of the country. several perilous suspected
of the aufariews Irassactiuo were examined before standees
Magistrate, but fur waist of seflirient centime tbry were
disclaimed. The tahabiteets still continued very winch
alarmed, sad a woad iwvestigation took pinee, but with.
oat asp better sorer., which isilloced Mr. Alberts' Parr,
ion. w Newnsiseitet, the Agee' of the Phrenia Fire Odkv,
to mud an aerosol of the whole affair to Mr Jeiskin Junes,
the Secretary to the Wrenn Fire Ohre iu London, who
applied for Salerno 19 be dispatched iota the country, and
the result her beau the detection of the guilty wretches.