The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-16 00:00:00

IN TERM.

MIDDLESEX. LONDON. -
Friday, January 27 Saturday, lautiary 28
Thursday,, February 2 Saturday, February 4
Friday, to Saturday, t

T u e,day,

AFTER TERN!.
14 W e.incsday,

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• Tks stoiy of the appearance 'of an ::71ccf-t th fskre,
in St. jairies's-Park, in the dead of the night, had
oocaSioned much conversation amongst the Guards
for some time Past., and so generally was the fait
belie:yeti, that, at a late Lour on Saturday
_slight, a
Clergyman entered the Bird Cage Walk,and patroled
it for several hours, in the hTe that he might meet
the f: are, when, he tru:ited, he should deteCt some
person, who, through wantonness, was endeavour
ing tb alarm the neighbourhood ; the whole night,
however, passed aw,gi iwitlkut his being able to
make" any discovery. 'lndeeiJoit would appear, that
the result of the tfial'of'Srm. tth, arising from the me-
lancholy, affair of the: Hammersmith Ghost,, had
reached the ears of. the beadles (woman in the Park,
and that she had, in7tonsequence, bade adieu to her
'nightly visits in that quarter.
The last time, it is said, that this phantOM was
;was upwards of a week ago, when it was ob-
served, ;16001 one o'clock in the morning, to walk
with solemn gait, from the Cockpit door to the Ca_
nal ; but whether it afterwards vanished in the air,
or sunkinto the water, the Informant Cannot say,
The Officers of the Onards did not think it worth
while to investigate this tale of horror, till they had
reason to believe that the story had made some tin;
pression on the minds of some of the soldiers. Ac-
cordingly, yesterday at one o'clock, the Adjutant of
the-Coldstream Regiment went to the Orderly room,
at the Horse 'Guards, and sent for George Jones,
of the I.6Ji Company, for the purpose of interro-
gating him relietting the Ghost, as it was said that
he was one of the men who had seen it, and had been
considerably affeeted by the sight. The man ac-
curdingly attended, and declared- his readi;less•to
make oath of the truth of what he had itready
stated.

The following is a Copy of a Declaration which
he afterwards made and signed before an OtE.:er :

" I do solen,nly declare, that whilst on guard at the
Recruit House, on or about the 3d inst. about halt past one
o'clock in the morning, I perceived the figure cola woman,
without a head, rise from the earth; at the distance of about
three feet before me. ‘vs.so alarmed at the circumstance,
that I had not power to speak to it, which was my wish to
have done; but I distinedy observcd that the figure, was
elresaayl in •a red stripe&gowd.wirlt' red spots between each
stripe, and that paik of the dress and #gure appeared to me to
he enveloped in atltrtid:'
." In about the space of two seconds, whilst trw eyes were
fixed on the object,it vanished from my sight. I was perfectly
sober and collected at the time, aad being in great trepidation,
'called to the next sentinel, who met me about halfway,
and to whom I communicated the strange sight I had seen.
(Signed) " GEORGE JONES,
ea " of Lieutenant-Colonel TAYLOR'S Company
of Coldstreath Guards.
" Westminster, Jan. 15, 1804."

To the Declaration of romEs we have to•achl ano-
tlitr, 'ecnileeted with 'thr.: subject, and which is
equally genuine-:
" I do hereby declare, that whilst oh guard behind the
Armoury-house (to the beat of my recollection about three
weeks ago), I heard, at twelve s'dock at night, a tremen-
dous noise, which proceeded from the window of an uninha-
bited house, near to the spot where I was upon duly. At
the same time,: I
heard a voice cry out, Bring me a light
bring me a light l"f he last sentence was uttered in so
feeble and so changeable a tone of voice, that I concluded
some person was ill, and consequently offered them my
-ray assistance to prcui.e a light. I could, however, ob-
tain nn answer, to my proposal, atthouglt 1. repeated it
.7everai times, and as often heard the voice use the same
terms. endeavoured to see the person who. called out,
but in vain. On a sudden the violent noise was renewed,
which appeared to me to resemble sasticS of windows lifted
hastily up and down, but then they were moved in such
quick succession, and at ditrerent parts of the house nearly at
the same time, that it seemed impossible to-me that one per-
son could acconaplish the whole business. I heard several
of the R,:•,,irnent say they heard similar noises and proceed-
ings, but f have never heard the !:use accounted for.
(Signed) " RICHARD DONKIN,
" .1 ails Company of Coldstream Guards..
" Whitehall, lan. is, 1801."