The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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etia74me.:4Y night four men were brought in custody to Bow.
ged guarded by a strong body of police of the F
ar,dipwn.lBUspicion with the murder of a boy whose name is
hat, gel
the Pln the appearances on the body of the deceased,
hat, gen iact that two of the prisoners are well known body.
8141.huy ;,,.,,e,,rtirnour almost instantly spread that the unfortu-
*4„,,'ld,l the }lurked" b the prisoners, and the crowds. whrh
Iner- 'at cater
office and re.psed forward to hear the examination
wt,:keaoater than we ever remember to have seen on any for.
, the Several gentlemen belonging to the King's College
1,4 leen bench.
Nee 8 the
the aitting magistrate, Mr. 1. 11 NSHU LL, had taketn
,viit'Aitie, Prisoners were placed at the bar, and answered o
taczNi as follows :—James May, Michael Shields, Thomas
ate
t. Th'oja„,,4l John Bies,shop.
^ superintendent, then charged the pri-
scion of having been concerned in the
tt. 14 years, whose name he was unable

, of No. 8, Lancaster-place, was demon.
e King's College, and had seen the body
irisoners had brought that day to the Col-
a of a boy apparently about 14 years of
-ions appearances winch it presented,.he
stdeath 'bad been produced by violence.
gold enough to state upon what
of cppclusion.
body appeared to me unusually fresh,
lies generally used for dissection. The
wed, and blood appeared to have been
id eyes. The upper part of the breast
:e as if it had been driven in, and there
temple, about an inch in length. The
, and blood was flowing from the mouth.
[ad the body in your opinion ever been
—I should say not, and I judge so from
and muscles.
.tin all you have observed, can you un-
j,. de several marks of violence on the body, or
h4,'lrY in particular, occasioned death ? • Mr. Par._
14:refore' not as yet sufficiently examined the body, and am
tt ,;kit..l,ne Prepared to answer tliat question. The pressure on
Might have caused death, but I cannot at pre-
dlt~iteo'll,,, It did, as I do not know the extent of the injury.
,I!as here observed, that a medical gentleman, named
had seen the body, stated his belief that death had
bnaithin the last l hours. That gentleman was not
41Sige.,(Mr. Thomas) could send for him.
t 409 Nit `.l-iLL would
Ruldprobably require his attendance, but
) necessar y at. present.
ern Oka alt!ed Hill, then came forward, and having been
},4,14,"' the tf!, n,e held the situation ot porter to the dissecting
bec};`,:!?g s College. Between. two and three o'clock that
Opt, th'!s brought to the dissecting-room by the four
p, h_""J. lhe prisoner Shields carried the body in a
kehlnead, and he (witness) observed to him, that he
tl/41,4(0t}i" "on lately. Shields then placed the hamper on the
e e prisoners Bishop and May assisted in unpacking it,
VtkiBl7. Which appeared to be that of a boy between four.
st„Years of age, was then taken out.
hey u LL--Did any thing particular strike you on
l4„aricl Witness—Yes, I thought it looked unusually
014 lti,,,4ed Ma what it had died of? He replied' that he
kNeh ~teet. n°l" eared; that it was no business of his, or words
14, saw 'then made an observation respecting the cut
lh i‘t'Pori the forehead, and Bishop accounted for it by
Iv ~:'ll,'Sza,:s done in getting the body out of the hamper.
Iv% tae u LL--was there any thing on the floor when the
kr en from the hamper, which could have caused such
1 }hohorti Witness—Certainly not-
ah-- 44 observed that the cut on the forehead-had
having been recently inflicted. The blood
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here said—Did not that blood proceed from
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itness Hill replied, that it certainly might

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asked -the witness if he perceived any blood
t on the forehead ? Hill replied in the af-
:hat the greater flow of blood was from the
I from thence on the breast. He then re-
,ent and said, that on perceiving the state in
appeared, he observed to the prisoners that he
Appearance of the subject. It wastog iis, an
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not appear to pay any attention to this,
ae body, said, Is it not a fresh one ?" He,
and then prisoners asked him for the money.
4—Do you mean the price which they were
body Witness.—Yes ; but I wished to see
I should pay them, and I told the prisoners
I could not pay them there. The witness
, that he went to Mr. Partridge, who upon
d he did not like to have any thing to do with
fresh, and had a very suspicious appearance,
;s to tell the prisoners to wait until change of a
which was done for the purpose of keeping
./ were until the police should arrive.
thsee BULL asked what sum had been agreed upon for
them ititries 0 the body.
I'lit,enD,,s,said that the men came to the
_dissecting...room in
ILithr44 a ;',,eetweeri eleven and twelve o'clock, saying that
as all eorna-leet to sell, and to know whether one was wanted.
er2unieated the offer to Mr. Partridge, who came to
14,4'm 1"1,1 a s„`,,te the prisoners were. They then told him that
ih.'9*Riiihr,""leet to sell, and described it, saying that the price
11;2_ a`,,as-, Mr. Partridge replied, that he did not particu-
ei' bqee hiOoiect then, and soon after he left the room ; but
The (witness) to offer the prisoners nine guineas for
ss:st ~(4410 „"e prisoners consented to take that sum, and said
cei tit Vti .and fetch the body.
iiTtripneaic: uLL—Was no inquiry made as to how the pri-
;te it Possessed of the body, particularly after they had
* ist' a' being so fresh ? Witness—l did not ask that
41Y :e are not in the habit of doing so.
,4tsoagistrate then asked whether the prisoners had in any
i'h`t h4hoe,,,ett for their s
possession of the body.
t4r, Y.at 7 replied, thathe prisoner Bishop told him he got
rrnnY's Ho:pital, and employed the prisoner Shields
kr ttc,P4-01', hence to the King's College. As this declaration
►sQ,i Bishop appeared to be very important, he (Mr.
04,ethc, Message to Guy's Hospital with a request to
Viiigii"4„ th'e-t a a
boy answering the description of the deceased
aptaat „ire lately. He received for answer a slip of paper,
14, ein—hee the 2Etth ult. three persons had died there, that
4il the 444,), and the other two were males aged 33 and 37 ;
kst_it Otatetnent of Bishop as to where he obtained the body
L'eiy; al'Nes tree_
SINIr asked if any person had been to claim the
,tyvy,.,4 hornas replied that a gentleman wherbent whose
Or lie4jgred 14, was missing since Tuesday d been to
01.00 'Jut found it was not his son.
14'4, ttet,'tia respectable tradesman, residing at No. 356, Ox-
Q4,t10, i"," Came forward, evidently in great distress of
§Fr','qt ailswer to questions by the Magistrate, said that
si„"lne on the afternoon of Tuesday last, and was
to ,p,',Oatet.„,"ce, although he had been advertised in the news..
hct,hiht.rteait'erY passible means had been used for his recovery.
Ah that Wept bitterly while he deplored his loss, and seemed
Itilithit,lieails his son had been made away with by some abomi-
Ar'rh ?NI disposed of to the surgeons, a circumstance
Ntmeair,idered not at all unlikely, from the facility with
CbeaelTeared to be disposed
Hill in dissecting-rooms, as
tirvte4llslstirvl,9ence of the witness .
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ed told them that he
ear ally thing which th ishey wto state, but at
tt thetetittiay, felt it his duty to caution them as to what they
all Prison,
eldr Bishop had nothing to add to what he had already
ta,V4 to eon
got the body at Guy's Hospital, and employed
tha ms got
it to the King's College.
hella Shields declared their innocence, and the latter
iii,s.if„tisoeet,e,i3r acted in the matter as porter to Bishop.
1,11A*,",, appe;,."l.aY, who was dressed in a countryman's frock,
th 44, th`r to the
perfectly careless during the examination,
Oh question if he wished to say any thing, re-
hst,to h'aerel; Dante 'hiew nothing at all about the matter, and said
to the college to get some money that was
4talltlzttii'w`ase
uortit'irs., was not my subject," he added and I know'
ttl',ree constables, who were in the body of the office,.
eie Old' the, knew May to be a noted resurrectionist,"
*ace rein said that he had him in custody at Worship-
trksc:,ar stealing a dead body.
ate,,,r turned furiously round from whence the voice
tit isle" a dared the constable to produce his proof.
1,,0t I.of said, that May's left hand was tied up, and it
-'ll,e-s7,Tortalice to know whether it was owing to a cut.
It iskrt,aticji:'l-1.1.1, requested Mr. Partridge to examine the
filariit,t,4,rtiiiaenop,,.,.,.avliiigeddone so, he said, the top of the fore-finger of.
""tri as slightly injured, either from a cut or a
irtst ailliesetrays
ago, and the wound might have been inflicted
104, 'tid • "LT LL shouldremand the prisoners until Tuesday
hie In
ttilk'dy °the he r mean time, he requested that Mr. Partridge,
tha eon ,„f th Professional gentleman, would closely examin.e
to,l46leio,se deceased, so as to be enabled to come to a posi-
V,rret"!,ers 'as to the cause of death. He then directed that
0. i't_leatslould be confined in separate cel and that no
ooroa_ ' should be allowed to take place bettyeen them.
the trow, said, that it would be necessary to watch them
se !}, as they were all desperate characters, and made
kult_ scefgr_ e before they were secured.
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they ee— .moyed to the cells at the back of
NC% at bi Pass, from the bay, they were groaned
some persons in the office.
VS an Italian image-maker, residing in Great Rus
ti leo j__d, tlise to the office just as the prisoners were removed,
L;tees,'dge of ,cl, seen the body of the boy, and from what he
etlic",, was aPpearance he was induced to believe that the
' ;It ire" "ehoese by birth, and had obtained his livelihood
ftht Leee:eages
liekaait 4sed was the street.
st,a arid gr about four feet six inches high, and had
'"R th eY eyes. He had a scar on his left hand. It is
kklathedth"oattothaedteetb were removed for the double purposs of
th •dentist and preventing the body from being
eNrs
tht2o Nee e,of yesterday several applications were made at the
et per tee unfortunate boy who was recognized by two
04 eets 1,„ t's as the
ais ,ggin ~ Poor little 'fellow who. used. to go about..
ei_est
_pee, in a live tortoise,
and soliciting; a smiling
biinseist! °ken
.English and Italian, a few coppers tor
th 4 Iva,"l were strand, Ins dumb friend. We saw the body last
t harteoe.et
_,with its fine healthy appearance: Ths
with
eeetiotted blood, and the
11/4.41 ,aith of its ba2? ?rubbed.with clay to g v
arms
back,
bold' and
ts,,t pugh been disinterred. The cut. on. theyfore-
/ inst"'" in ize, appears to have been inflicted with
-,e ob.ruMent, Which beat in about half an inch of the
4 terved also some black spots on the left wrist
stn as o The' been occasioned by
,the death grasp of a
itht as if .•• breast bon •
as ehan it bad be -e, descria by the witnesses,
Niee ee of the b en forced In by arldlent pregitfr.e. an?
Bears does not exhibit the least contortion,bilt.
the repose of sleep, and the same opus
dTsni_d expression which marked the features in
it ,!jolutliWaans.o,ill
;,;(ti.te"ltiol, Linz:ll)le. The body was to have undergone an
zsedurgeons in the course of the day, but the
to be suspended until the Coroner's war-
" which was expected late last night.

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NENVGA'IE AND LEADENIIALL MARKETS.
At per stone, by the Carcass.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s.
Beet 8 4 8
Mutton 2 2 3 4 Veal .
210 4 4 Pork '3
38 5 0

A The two angles burnt down, ex. 1 B Mansion-house.
cepting two houses at Nos. 48 C Custom-house.
and 49. .E
Warehouses in Princes. street, filled
At Warehouses burnt dOwn. with West It die produce

TO THE EDITOR OF THE'SUN.

SIR,-1. have herewith sent you a sketch of the
square, by which your readers may judge how very
daring-the mob were in destroying the buildings. This
property belongs to the Corporation, they having
granted leases for it on lives, which are renewable
on paying a certain fine, according to its value. The
square is one of the finest and largest in the king-
dom ; the houses were formerly occupied by the
first merchants in Bristol. The interior -of-them
were built in a superior style, the doors, pannels, and
'taircases being fitted up with mahogany. Underi
the houses were large vaults which lately were let
out for stowing of goods. These were generally
filled with wines and spirits, and made into bonding
warehouses. Many of the houses were let out for
offices for the merchants. You will notice that one
of them was occupied by Mr. Miles, one of tits
richest men of Bristol; consequently many valua-
ble papers and books are destroyed. A friend of
mine occupied one of the houses, Mr. Beverley, an
architect; he had filled his pockets with his cash
and other articles, and was about to remove an iron

SCENE OF DEVASTATION IN B

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D Excise-office. •
F Fl iating liarboorovitla Shipping.
G Faggots on The Back.
H Mr. Miles's Counting-house.

repository with his papers and plate, when three or
four fellows rtished in and stripped him of every
thing excepting his watch, which they would also
have taken, had not two sailors, who perceived.Whar
was going on, rescued him by the collar, and dragged
him out of the house, and saved him. His house
'was burnt. to the ground, .and the repository lost.
The two houses adjoining were saved ,by a mere
s.ratagem. Two•men went to the door of one of
them and waited until the rioters came, told them
to go on, and they would go in and set the house on
fire. The other house .was saved by giving the
rioters money. You will observe those are the only
two houses saved. It would be folly to repeat again
what you have already shown, that the whole might
have been saved, but for want of a co-operation be-
tween the Magistrates and the inhabitants. I myself
arended with several friends on Sunday morning
early and offered our services, but there was no Ma-
gistrate to take or give directions what was to be
done. It was true some of them were shut up in
a room debating what 'was to be done, but they caine
to no decision. Bristol, Nov. 3.

which they also threatened to burn, but they could not effect an
entrance. A fellow who appeared the leader in this detachment,
said that his orders were to fire the Palace, then to proceed to
the other houses of persons whom he named ; this they would
have attempted, and perhaps accomplished, but for their dimi-
nished numbers from drunkenness, and the departure of others
laden with bottles of wine, &c., to their own houses. The wine
Was publicly sold for a penny and twopence per bottle' in Lime-
kiln-lane and Berkley-place.
We must now return to Queen's-square, where the feeble body
of military, and these without orders to act, were mere objects
of derision. Even these had soon orders to retire, and thus was
removed the last faint feature of prevention. The mob instantly
rushed into the defenseless Mansion-house,and in a few minutes
the whole was one immense volcano of fire. The dwelling part
—the superb banquetting-hall, and all that it contained, were de-
livered over to the devouring flames. If any thing in the shape
of consolation can be entertained, it is a knowledge that the
pictures were saved. One of the Duke of Portland, a Lord High
Steward, by Vandyke, for the possession of which the family
offered the Corporation asmany guineas as would cover it , Dun.
ning, Lord Ashburnham ; Sir Vicary Gibbs; George the Third ;
an admirable portrait of Edmund Burke and others :—these were
fortunately removed from the frames and rolled up ; but all that
remained in and of this building, after an endurance of,Only
tory-eight years, is now become a stuoaking rum -
The- incendiaries who were engaged in setting fire to the houses
were composed of men and boys : some of the men went about
their hellish work with all the composure of a mechanic at his
usual occupation. In Queen-square the articles of furniture
were deliberately brought out of the houses and offered for sale :
one fellow had a great many china dishes, which he was urgent
to sell, saying that he had worked hard for them, and would part
with them cheap. A man, in making his way home with about
half a sack of flour, was obliged to put it down to rest awhile, and
on seeing a gentleman pass, asked his assistance to raise it on his
shoulders; on being refused, he said—" I spose then you arn't
for Reform." Another man passed up Clare-street with a bracket
clock, and was so exceedingly drunk that he could scarcely stag-
ger along : when he arrived at the Post-office, he uttered an oath
and threw down the clock, saying—" Now, I've reformed thee."
Those wretches who had stolen liquor would stop passengers and
make them drink, and then demand payment for it.
A man on leaving the Mansion-house with some bacon on his
shoulder and a roasting pig in his hand, demanded the crowd to
make way for him in the most daring manner. A boy who ran
away with a joint of meant, not knowing where to place it for se-
curity whilst he went for snore plunder, actually ascended one of
the opposite trees, put it on a branch, and then returned to the
house. Carts, cars, and trucks, were ;sassing to and from Queen.
square during the night laden with stolen property. The cars
were not only full inside, but articles of furniture were piled upon
the top.
The east corner of the square had likewise been attacked, but
there, too, the villains were repulsed. Two houses on the west
side are also unpillaged ; one was saved by the resistance of its in-
habitants: theother, that ofa female, was actually redeemed for ss.
The following is a list of the unfortunate persons whose houses
and property were consumed. In addition to those are a great
many families, lodgers in the premises, and who, in common
with the householders, lost the whole of their property :
Charles Pinney, Esq., Mayor; Messrs. Leman, solicitors; James
'osq., merchant; the Misses Vizor, ladies' board-
ing-school; Cunningham,Ar. Sheppard, corn-merchant; Messrs. Barnard and
Bradley, acccuntants ; J. Adderson, Esq., Town Due-office;
-Mrs. Phillips, ladies' boarding.school ; Miss Brickdale, at the
Custom-house • Mr. Strong, bookseller t- Mr. Broad, accountant;
Bartlett and Custom-house;
wine-merchants; Messrs. J. Lax and Co.,
wine-merchants ; Messrs. Miles and Kington, merchants ; Mr. J.
B. Room, accountant; Mr. Moxham, accountant; Mr. W. B.
Smith, linen-merchant; Mr. Cross, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Bull, lodg-
ing-house ; Mrs. Harfisrd ; Mr. Nightingale, Excise-office ;
Mrs. Barbay, lodging-house; Messrs. Whitwill and King,
ship_ brokers; Messrs. Bickley and Co., merchants ; Mr. Charles
Stephens, landing waiter ; Mr. Croker, lodging-house ; Mrs.
Hansard ; Mr. Richard Jenkins,latt.s of the Custom-house : Rev.
Mr. Buck, rector of St. Stephen ; Miss James ; Miss Daveys,
lodging_house ; Mr. Burnley, architect ; Mr. Richardson ; Cap..
tabs Stuart; Mrs. White, lodging_house; Miss Giroux, dancing
academy ; Messrs. Cook, Hatcher, and Co., sail-makers ; Mr.
Weaver, commission agent ; Mr. Waring ; Mr. Smith, provision
warehouse ; the Palace of the Lord Bishop of the diocess ; Mr.
Humphries, New Gaol ; Mr. Evans, Bridewell ; Mr. Orridge,
Gloucester-prison ; Mr. Webb, wine merchant; Messrs. Ber-
nard, merchants ; Mrs. Roberts, lodging_house; and the Keepers
of the toll-houses.

(From the Bristol Liberal pf Saturday.)
MISCELLANEOUS OCCURRENCES.

One boy in the square took a bottle of wine from the Man-
sion-house cellar, and striking off the top of the bottle, drank
.‘ success to us." Another boy who had escaped with the
greatest difficulty from the roof of a burning house, immediately
proceeded to the next house, and tired a bedstead.
Early on Monday morning a countryman was brought into the
Cat and Wheel, Castle-green, in a most brutal state of intoxica-
tion, and died in a few minutes after. On opening the body, a
quantity of port wine was found in the stomach, whilst by the
extravasation of blood which had taken place on the brain, it
was evident that his death had been occasioned by apoplexy pro,
direct' by excessive drinking.
A man of the name of Thomas, a mason, in the employ of Mr.
Broad, Redcliffistreet, was killed on Monday morning at the top
of Marsh-street, by one of the 14th Dragoons. Ills head was
nearly severed from his body, and of course his death was in-
stantaneous.

To show the utter heedlessness of the snob as to the conme,
quences with which they might probably be visited, we may state
that many articles of furniture, &c., ag soon as torn from the
dwellings in the square, were immediately offered for the smallest
sums in different parts of the city. For a table worth seven
guineas ed. was asked. Wine might be had fur 3d. a bottle, and
ultimately for Id. Blankets 2d. per pair.
We are credibly informed that not more than twenty or thirty
miscreants set fire to the Bishop's Palace.

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