The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-23 00:00:00

PUBLIC-OFFICE, BOW STREET.

Is consequence of the inquiries direeted to be
made resp-e.aing the blood found on and about one of
the Benches, in St. James's Park, on Monday night,
and which has excited so much anxiety and terror in
the Public mind, it -appears from the following
statement, taken on oath before Mr. FORD, that
this alarming circumstance originated from a most
trifling accident.
Joseph M'lntire stated, that he was a maker of
hogs puddings, commonly called black puddings,
and resided in Avery Place, Avery Farm Row,
Chelsea ; that on Monday afternoon last he went to
get a pail-full of hugs blood at Newport Market,
guts, grits, &c. to make his puddings with ; and
returning hone through St. James's Park he stop-
ped to rest his load on one of the benches near
the Stable-yard. gate, having ,entered the Park
that way ;' he, in putting the pail down, spilt about
three pints of blood.—Asked why he did not come
forward sooner on hearing what an alarm it
had created—Said, that he. had mentioned the
circumstance to a person belonging to ,the Queen's
house, and which appeared to be the filet, hut the
idea of a Murder having been committed, it met
with very little credit—Wm. Crow, the keeper of
the stable-yard gate, and the person who brought
311'Intire to the 'Office, declared that he had before
told him the same story ; Crow also said, that the
report of a quantity of bad meat having.been found
on drawing the Canal, was .wholly untrue, they
ending nothing hut a few small fish.

COUNTRY NEWS.

DERBY, OCT. 14..

The Ratification of the Preliminaries of Peace
arrived at this place soon after nine o'clock on Sun-
day morning by the Telegraph Coach, and the in-
telligence was confirmed by the arrival of the Mail
in th afternoon, which was met at the end of the
town, and drawn through it by the populace. It
was joyfully announced to the inhabitants by the
ringing of bells, which continued to ring almost in-
cessantly during that and the following day. On
Monday the Derby VoluntCers fired three excellent
v allies in the Market-place ; sheep were roasted
whole in many parts of the town, and large quan.
tities of ale were distributed. The Officers of the
Volunteers, and many other Gentlemen of the
town, dined together at the Bell Inn, where they,
spent a loyal and conviial afternoon. The even-
ing, Which was a remarkable fine one, was conclud-
ed with the most brilliant illumination we ever re.
member to have witnessed here, in which many
appropriate transparencies were displayed, particu-
larly one prepared and exhibited by Mr. Rawlin-
son. The lights.at our County Hall were splendid
in the extreme.
On Wednesday morning last the Gentlemen,
Farmers, and other' inhabitants of Eggington, in
in this County, assembled at that place in order to
celebrate returning Peace, when they formed a
grand Procession,accompanied by an excellent Band
of Music, to attend divine service. The Gentle-
men, Farmers, &c. afterwards partook of an excel-
lent dinner prepared for the occasion ; 'after which
many well appropriikted Toasts were given, and the
evening concluded with the utmost loyalty and con-
viviaiity. Two fine fat sheep were roasted whole,
which, with a large quantity of strong ale, were li-
berally distributed amongst the poor inhabitants by
Sir Henry Every, Bart.
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The inhabitants of Darley (near this town), to
the nornber of Bzo, were on Monday regaled with
a handsonie feast,• and plenty of good ale, by the
liberality of R. Holden, Esq. and Messrs. Walter
Evans and Co. of that place. -

On Thursday last (on return of the blesSings of
Peace), a Subscription was raised ,by the -inha-
bitants of Shardlow and Wiln, from, which an ox
was provided, dressed .at the different Inns, with
suitable vegetables, and served to .about 450 of
the poor inhabitants, in tents ereaed .for the pur_
rose, after which they had zoo gallons of ale to re-
gale themselves, and the day was concluded. with
'the greatest festiiity.
On Saturday sc'nnight, about half.past six o'clock
in the morning, Aaron Gee and Thomas Gibson
were taken from Chester Castle, in the usual way,
to the Northgate Gaol, where they were executed
at noon upon. the drop ereaed. to front there-
of ; a black curtain was drawn round• the apparatus,
which entirely prpented them from being seen,
until the dreadful moment when the curtain was
drawn up, and they were launched into eternity.

PUB Llc -OFricc, UNION-BALL.,—Wednesday
Joseph Barkers a smart, genteel lad, between six.
teen and seventeen years of age, had a second pri.
rate examination, .being charged with uttering a
draft, purporting to be drawn by Captain Robert
Polhill, of Parliament street, on Messrs. Wilkinson,
Bloxham, and Bulcock, of the Borough Bank, for
sal. 135. which check was compared •with, the
usual checks drawn by that Gentleman on the above
firm. There was a palpable variation in the writing
and in the .mode of tilling up the draft.
Being taken into • a back room and .intersogated
he told the Clerks that- he had the check, from Cap..
,tain.Polhill. During this conversation he pulled
out a de,uble-barrelled pistol, which one' of' the clerks
conceiving was aimed at him, he ran out of the
room. Howevz.r, the prisoner was prevented from
doing any mischief. Two of the Police ,Officers
being sent for, they soon disarmed him ; he declared
to them that he meant no harm to any person, but•
that he intended to shoot himself.
At the lodging of a young woman with whom
he was intimate, the. officers found in his trunk a
three-barrelled pistol, two pound's of gunpowder,
awl thirty leaden bullets to fit it. - The above par-
ticulars being sworn to, and Captain Polhill deny-
ing it to be his draft, the Prisoner was full'y com-
Mitted to take his trial at the next Spring Assizes
for the county of Surrey. He appeared to 'be
extremely composed

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to say.
in corroboration of her statement, the Watch-
man deposed, that he searched the yonbg woman,

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