The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-09 00:00:00

HATTON GARDEN.

Elizabeth Meredith and Sarah Fletcher were enamined out
the following charge: The former prisoner lived cook in the
family of James Armitage, lirtinswick square; the
servants were always allowed plenty of provisions; but it
reaching their master and mistress's ears that they were kept
rather on shot( allowance, suspicion telt uu the cook. Her
master caused her to be watched, and by that means aseer.
tained that it was her invariable practice every night, be—
tween 9 and le o'clock, to hand a small hand-basket over the
area-gate to the prisoner Fletcher. !n conacipience of this
discovery, Mr. Armitage employed William !teat!, jun. to
watch, whilst lie himself stood at one of the parlour-viindows
in which there was no light. A little before 11l o'clock on
Monday night, as; the poisoner Meredith was iu the act of
handing a small basket, according to her usual cuslian, over.
the area-gate to the prisoner Fletcher, the ottii i.r took the
latter into custody, and too searching the basket it *vas found
to contain a fresh lialf-quartern lust unent, the chief part of 's
boiled leg of. mutton, aud•surue cold bulled votAtima. Mr.
Armitage dill not %tisk to prosecute them criminally, but the
Magistrates over-ruled every objection he Wilde, and imisttd
on his pru•ecnting both, as an example to servaiitt..—nig,
pi isinivra welt committed to Newkate for trial.

Last week, at Durham, as the prisoners werarettrning to
gaol, alter receiving their sentences, Juhu Pratt, a patine
luau 7t years of age, (sentenced to transportation for 7
years,) suddenly threw off his handcuffs, and ran away from
the cons tittles nt whose charge hothen was, near LI vet-hri dge.
Although the alarm Wen instantly given, he ran through the
market-place, which/MIS much crowded with people, and gut
clear off. _

In Simla, one of the Orkney Island's, the JOnd bas berm
1 ttely ',town away to the ticui it of nearly Ytl feet, and has dis-
covered the remake of li;iilitiogs of vast aotitioily, enclosed
by stone wallv nearly half a mile in extent t some of the
hoissys Ric very tai ^e, and roofs ilstills dunes of a prodigious
s . Tuere are e vat AI circular tumuli, eeth containing three
gI*JVCS, finis cf iiich are • thait4 reel b inches long.
There is cot the shghtest tI !lutist that can throw any light
ou those very interesting and curious PCIIIIIIIII4 which have yet
been very slightly Investigated.

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Tuesday morning the neighbourhood of Tookes-court. Cursitor—
street, (7hanccry-buse, was thrown ituo great ilann by shrieks and
cries from the house of a Mr. rheflasll, in *Yoko's-court.. This was
upon thscovering that that glar.lawan, who is suited to bean attorney,
had precipitated himself front the gariet window t hi. owu
louse into tile back yard. this head stmt.+ against a ,woodeti rail.
which completely operml his skull. and scattered his brains and blood
about the place, causing his instant death. llis wife was, it secms.
preparing to walk out with the deceit-ed. She went down stain to
bring him a clean cravat, when he went up to the attic, and, to her
surpnse, committed the rash act. He bait lett) besides his wifes a
family of lAA of tight el ildtcn.

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