The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-26 00:00:00

2ifft. STEEL's .11,s L ;R.

The faaWring 'aiiannistatice 'excited on Tuesday'
no inconsiderable degree of curiosity. It relates tO
an idea; most probably erroneous, that Hantield,
the accomplice, whose testimony occasioned the
Execution of Holloway and Haggerty for the Mur-
der of Mr. Strict., has not been precisely correa
in his evidence.. It is said that a Mr. HAllmouli, a
Solicitor, who was employed for the sufferers, hal.
been doWn to Cold-Bath-Fields Prison ; and, from
a man confined there, has taken the follos.vin4 De
position's which. were entrusted to him by Hadfield
On Sunday Hanfield appeared particularly de=
jeaed ; upon which the person alluded to inquired
the reason. He replied, " that Holloway and Hag=
gerty ought not to suffer; that he thought his evidence
would not hang them; 'but that they might probably
have six months iniprionment,w hich vas better than
his being sent to th'e hulks ; and that he would
rather hang all the men who were killed in Lord
Nelson's anion at Copenhagen, than go on board the
hulks again."—Upon this his confidant retorted
Why, if this be true, how can you expect any quiet
in your conscience afterwards ?' Hanfield replied—
0h,.1 intend to grow religious, and if I sincerely re-
pent, all• will be well."
That such a deposition has been made, we have
no doubt, on the authority of a Gentleman who has
seen it ; bat to what portion of credit it is entitled,
our readers must determine—we merely state the
fit&.

We are happy to state, that none of the unfor-
tunate persons hurt at the late execution,.and tak,2ll

alive to St. Baitholomew's Hospital, have died. Se-
veral have ,6ince been sufficiently recovere,l to be re-
move:l; and not the most distant apprehension is

entertained for the safety of the pc,..rso—ns remain-mg-

in this noble institution.

It is aaid that the dreadful catastrophe which oc-
curred at the execution, last Mond morning, was,
in a very considerable degree, prorneei by the
brntal Violence of several gatis of pick .potketi and

hustlers ; these unfeelitig74:ri.;,t,,:hes, furrne:i into se-

veral su tiler parties, embr,iced every opvornanity of
increasing the co fusion, au t persiited in their de-
-predations, notwithstanding the shcicks and groans
of the dying who were-falling around them.,
Some private Letters have been received in town,
by some mercantile houses of :Dutch connexion.
The state of Holland is here. represented as very dif-
ferent from what has been reported. The whole
form.o(Administration, :as wolf as of .Government,..
has,been new-modelled., 'Frenchmen are put at the
head of the Police, and the.systern itself nis been
modelled, after that of France. The Central
as it is called, is established at Amsterdam ; and
every town in. the Provinces has a Police-Office
of its own, which has a direa correspondence
with the above-Mentioned General Office at Am-
sterdam.- The name and description of. every tra-
veller, in every town, is taken at' these several Of-
fices, and transmitted to the General Office. The
warehouses of the merchants are likewise put under
.the inspeaion of these miscreants, who have it in
general order to prevent the introduction and coo,
sutnption of English goods. The place from which`
any. colonial produce has.been received, must be ve-
rified by oath of the merchant importer. The re-
tailer of the smallest quantities must give in, on de-
mand, the name of the wholesale,dealer who supplies
him ; and the wholesale dealer must satisfy the
Officers of Police, as well as those of the Excise,
that the article in question was of French, Dutch,' or
Neutral produce or mantilla:Mc..
Thus trade in Holland is suoje&ed at once to two
modes of oppression—the Police and the Excise.
it is a subject of surprise, how, under such a system,
even .the most inconsiderahle dealings can maintain
their existence. The tyranny of the Police in the
small towns is described as beyond all tolerance op-
pressive. They are responsible to no anthority but
that of the General Office ;- which, as above said,
is compoied of Frenchmen, whose salaries are pro-
. portionate to their success in plunder. Amongst
the new taxes, is one of five per cent. On the esti-
mated value of houses ; and which is not exempted
even though the house should be untenanted. Those
who are acquainted with Holland, must well under-.
stand the weight of such a tax, in a country so cir-
cumstanced. In England, the rent of a hocise sel-
dom exceeds seven per cent. on its estimated value—
a tax ,of five per cent. therefore, even in England,
would take from the landlord five pounds out of
seven. in Holland, where rents are lower, the
I. saute sax must be, in proportion, more oppressive.

character of the Parisians is most wonder•
fay changed since the-days of the Emperor JULIA
who declared that " he loved to reside in that city,
on acemant of Me grave character of its inha-
bitants,"-
.Wednesday morning the 13th inst. between seven
and eight o'clock; a fire broke out in the parish of
Turistall, Kent, in a large cott4ge, inhabited by
several families, which raged with such violence as
to preclude all hope of saving it. When the fire
began, the wind, which was very. violept, blew di-
redly towards a large depot of gunpowder and other
.combustibles, the principal part of which is thatched,
and certainly is not distant. from it more than one
hundred yards. Providentially the wind changed
almost immediately, or the whole neighbourhood,
most probably, would have been involved in one
tremendous ruin. By the change of the wind,
which still continued. very violent, the barns and
stable, and the•house, belonging to the Rector, were
in the most imminent danger; but by the cxertionl
• and vigilance .of the inhabitants of the neighbour-
hood, and still more by the snow, ‘vhieli was pro-
videntially falling, the lire was extinguished with-
out doing any farther damage. This is the second
fire which has happened within the year in the
parish, and within a very small distance of the de-
pot ; which has occasioned the most lively alarms
,for the safety of the inhabitants and 'its vicinity.
Ayoung man, clerk in the Bapk of England,
whos.f name we forbear to mention, on Sunday int
a perioj to his existence, by shouting
through the head. He had applied to izis mot
for pecuniary assistance, and requested 3al. having
got into embarrassment : she said she could not
give it, having done so much for him already,
that she really Could not spare it ; upon which tic,
retired abruptly into the next room and shot hLtu•
pelf.