The Sun.
London, England, 1807-12-16 00:00:00

MURDER. OF MR. PARKER.

consequence of the Coroner's Inquest deliver-
,ing their verdict against William Hawkeswood, is the
:.truspeefed murderer of Mr. Parker, of Swindon, (as
-Mentioned in a former Paper), be immediately ab-.
Allitonded, and was traced to Worcester, whence he
proceeded onwards by the Bristol mail. Two She
-
• tiff's Officers instantly pursued him,,, and 'soon.
gained information. of Mr. Townshend, of the Bush
Tavern, Bristol, that a young man, answering the.
description they gave, did arrive by the mail-coach ;:
fbat the first inquiry he made was for. a house of
ndezvous to enter into the Navy; .and. that he li-
berally rewarded the man who had taken 'him .there.'
Akitb three guineas out of ten, .which he,received:
his4pOunty. . Mr. Townshend then, accompanied
Ahem On board the Tender, and ,poitited out the
Young man, who acknowledged tbat his. battle was
liawkeswood, but said, although. he had. -.fled on
fearing the verdictof the Coroner's Jury, tit4tin
iknew .nothing about the poison; hew
aMmediattely taken into custody): and crinvt*ed to
tafford' Gaol-, after undergoing a strict exarnina,
ton; in the course of which,' he -acknowledged
Vying his toaster his usual cup Of camomile tea,
'Which he was in theitabit of drinkini every morn-
thg: and in which arsenic had been infused; but that
e did not put it in.
appeared, on the examination beforethe !Corp-
ittri that' Mr. Parker, the moment he tasted the tea,
camplained•-tinti it, had a. very uurrteasinvtlavolw,
stitt clid not; consequence,, drink the whole- of it
notwithsianding which he was scan after taken ill,
land began to shape}' he was poisoned ; a surgeon
• vas immediately sent thr, but . Mr. Parker dietfin
laboUt an bout after. On examining the ettp,, the
• Surgeon found the dregs of arsenic at the bottortt.
liawkeswoodi being closely questioned, ltrecari
• cited in his answer, and at length made his escape,
and concealed himself in his Mtber's house till the
'Coroner's inquest declared him to be the madeyet.

Ametaake Douoeis.—During the last disgra6o-
- m the .Navy, the Admiral , commanded
•• the Staid?), of Cet guns, and being on shore, dining
• with Governor 131t00e.,, at St. Helena., his sirltt
Officer told Mtn., flirt a-Ship had arrived from England
,bud told the Stately of the mutiny, and that his men
illeteottle anti detranded the command of. .the Ship,
and were. thettln mutiny. . The Admiral received
abeintelligence %cry cnolly, and as the Ship was tin-
der the guns of the fort, and the.sails unbent, he said
the Governor, " I will go immediately on. board,
and if in fifteen minutes after I am in Iht' Ship they
d'o not return ti, their duty, you will fire on hers for
better that I go down with the Ship than the Men
command her. 'l'his spirited determination be tnade
knoWn to tile men, and added, it' the ringlearlerit
'were not given up unconditionally, they knew'
'What they were to expett. The fifteen athletes
,expiied,' and the fort
-began to fire; and thus ended
the mutiny in those seas, by the intrepid conduit of.
`trot man. The ringleaders were given up and two
or three of them hanged. ;
•ArrA 1197 yesterday morning a
relating took place in a field adjoining Chalk Farm,
between the Hon. Mr, B— and Captain
lie coMbatants, quarrelled at a .coffee-houhe in
Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, where a pugilistic
contest ensued. Captain beat. two ant:4o,
eists in a very severe manner. .-A thallenge having
ensued, the parties before • mentioned met, accom-
panied,
by their seconds, when,the.dispute was aini,=.
.eahly adjusted, and the, patties returned home good
friends, the greet satiSfa(tion Of their respectiverelativesi who had entertained' the most serious ati-
prehern,ione front this Meeting. ,
There ,is such* spirit of gambling existing arming-
the Frimeb Pi isoners'iately arrived at.Chatham from
Norman Cross, that many of them Iwo been almost
entirely! naked during the late severe weather, having
fast theh• dotheS,•net excepting even 'their shirts and
striall=clothes,. to 'sine of their fellow prisoners;
insey cif them .are also reduced to the chance of
saucing:_
,by fiv, same means', -having lost seven or
eight days provisions to their, more fortunate corn.-
rades, who never fail to exact their winnings. The
effervescence of mind thst thii diabolical pursuit
gives rise to, is often exemplified in the condnt of
these infatugted captises, rendering them remarkably
tnrhuletit and'uttruly. Saturday a quarrel arose be-
hsreen two of them in the course ot pLty.,,,.‘vbenors
ef them who had lost his clothes and food, •.F.eceived
it were 4.t.abin the-back --

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Pull or the New Prisons, on DiirtmnOr,
Ported fit to receive prisoners of war i.;109...1 ?114,•
tjgs),prisc)t,tri opfAv ar,..,41 en it Ply otit i, „y,
twitch to the .Levt lrisons About the latter end- of
ittelt month.