The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-20 00:00:00

POLICE-OFFICE, HATTON.GARMIV,

MURDER.

YESTERDAY lames Briscoe,
_lames Baker, and
- Smith, the three lads now in custody on sus-
picion of being concerned in the murder of Richard
Pamphlin, on Monday se'nnight, in Compton street,
Clerkenwell, were brought up for re-examination ;
the. only new evidence produced, was. that of Samuel
Wormlington'and Mary Earl.
Wormlington, who is a chair-maker, lives at
No. 58, Compton-street, the next door to the
Arrow Public-house : he deposed, that about ten
on the above evening, being at work in his room,
he heard some mati in the street give an obscene
toast, and immediately afterwards heard some al-
tercation, and a woman say, " I'll go in and call,
Jem." He then opened his window, and saw two
men, apparently brewer's servants, and .a woman,
in the street direaly under his window, and saw
another woman go into the Arrow Public-houSe,
from out of which, almost immediately came seve-
ral young men; one of whom had a pipe in his
mouth, which with his hat he threw on the ground,
and then in a fighting attitude attacked one of the
Brewers, as did also several of the others, but he
could not say how many ; nor could he speak to
the person of either of the Prisoners.
Mary Earl, daughter to the landlord of the Arrow
public-houSe, 'said, that on that evening she recol-
letted there were some people in the house dancing,
singing, &c. amongst whom she veiledly remember-
ed the Prisoner Briscoe ; had seen the others several
times at the house, but could not say•whether they
were there on the above evening or not.
The man who is supposed. to have been most
aaive in the murder of the deceased, is not yet in
custody ; though, as his person is perfealy well
known, it is not supposed he can long keep out of
the way. Hand-bills describing his person, name,
profession, &c. which is Denham (but nick-damed
the Coppersmith), are printed and ordered to be
publishied.Each of the three lads in custody, the
eldest of whom has not seen his eighteenth year,
have expressed a desire to be admitted evidence for
the Crown, and we believe as soon as Denham
can be apprehended, one of them will be so. They
were reimuded for further examination.

The following curious account is extraled from
a Laiitaster Paper :—" On Monday the zo►h
a; two young gentlemen were riding from Sedbergh
to Burton-in-Kendal, on their way through Kil-
lington, Mr. H. inforthed his friend, that, about
three week:: before, he dreamt he lost himself
in that very place, which he seemed perfeliy
to know, though he had never been there before ;
and, after enumerating many of his imaginary dif-
ficulties and dangers, C. the other Gentleman,
observed, it was well that it was not likely to be
then verified. It was at that time about six o'clock
in the evening. They jointly agreed to pass Killing-
ton Moor, to curtail their journey. Accordingly
they entered upon their pathless and but imperfeet-
ly known route. Night came on apace, and the
swampy, soft ground causing them to make many
circles and angles, they soon found themselves to-
tally bewildered. Yet, unwilling to cast anchor in
so uncouth a situation, they kept moving till twelve
o'clock, but not without very many dangerous ad-
ventures. Many times they pursued the fancied
barking of dogs ; and, as oft, called in vain for as-
sistance. At last they determine) to remain for the
night, upon the side of a hill, where, to prevent
cold, they kept moving about. At length, in this
their dreary walk, fetching a longer stretch than
usual, most unexpectedly they found a good hard
road. Upon this, after mutual congratulations, they
mounted, and direeted their course, as they thought,
to Kirkby Lonsdale ; but, suddegly descending into
an inclosed country, to their great astonishment,
found themselves near the place where Mr. H. re-
lated his dream, which a farmer, whom they roused
out of bed, had Some difficulty in convincing them
of."

The attempting to make gold or silver by al-
chemical processes, was prohibited by a Constitu-
tion of POPE JOHN, the XXII. who was elevated
to the Pontificate in the year 1316 ; and within
about one hundred and twenty years from the death
of Friar BAcoN, the Nobility and Gentry of Eng-
land had become so infatuated with the notions of
alchemy, and wasted so much of their substance in
search of the Philosopher's stone, as to render the
interposition of Government necessary, to restrain
their. folly. The following Mt of Parliament,
which Lord COKE calls the shortest he ever met
with, was passed nth HENRY IV. " None from
henceforth shall use to multiply gold, or silver, or
use the craft of multiplication, and if any do, .he
hall incur the pain of felony."
M. AKERBLAD, one of die Swedish Literati,
has discovered the means of 'retracing the ancient
Egyptian Alphabet ; and in a Letter, full of erti_
dition, has analysed the Egyptian Inscription of
Rosetta. M. AKERBLAD has already interpreted
several Phccnician Inscriptions, and given a key to
the running writing of the Copts, which, until now,
remained unknown.

On Thursday jaws Damn, a journeyman shoe-
maker, was convicted before CHARLES FREEMAN,
Mayor, and CHARLES SMITH, ES9S. IWO Of his Ma-
jesty's Justices of the Peace for Northampton, of
having fraudulently purloined arid disposed of a
quantity of leather, with' which he was entrusted to
work up. This being his second offence, he was
ordered to be confined in the house ofcorreaion for
three month's, kept to hard labour, and once pub-
licly whipped. A person was also convkted before.
the same Magistrates, in the penalty of twenty
pounds, for having bought part of such materials,
knowing-them to he embezzled.—We hope this will
operate as aleaution against similar pradices, which
have of late been too prevalent. • .
On Saturday morning, about four o'clock, Mr.
Burdon coming to town from Epping, with poultry
and other goods, was accosted, near Loughton, by
five villains, all of whom were dressed as labouring
men. They demanded his money, and having no.
person with him he gave them his watch and what
money he had about him, with which the villains
made their escape.