The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-28 00:00:00

PUBLIC OFFICE, BOW-SITU: V.

On Saturday the Magistrate sat in the public office to hear
the nightcharges. Duringthe sittinga letter was hatvitd to Mr.
Fartant, which was directed to Mr. Birnie, the sitting Ma-
gistrate. The letter being pealed with an Ear►'s coronet,
Le inquired if Mr. Biruie was in the Officer and till be
ing informed that be was in the front °dice proceeding

with an investigation retperting the gang of assassins, the -
letter was forwarded to him. It proved to be from Earl
Grosvenor, enclosing a ten pound note for the widow of the
unfortunate Smithers. The example of the noble and bene-
volent Earl was followed by several gentlemen calling in the
course of the day to leave their subscriptions, and ❑ot only
fur the widow of Sruithers, but also for the brave officers
whose lives were in such imminent danger at the apprehen-
sion of the gang in Cato-street, and also the different Officers
who have, since the escape of so many of the villains,, txerted
themselves night and day to discover and apprehend them.
John Firth, who was discharged on Thursday evening by
the Committee of the Privy Council, was again apprehended
on Saturday morning, by Taunton and Nicholls, at his resi•
Bence in Bryanstou-street, where he carries on the business
of a cow-keeper. He is owner of the premises in Cato-street,
where the diabolical gang of wretches assembled ; and
when he was examined on Thursday before the Committee
of the Privy Council, his statement was, he believed
that he did not know fur what purpose he had let
the stable and loft, except for Jeremiah Harrison to keep
a cart and horse in it, whereas it has since been proved that
he was connected with the gang, and he bad been frequently
scenic' the company of Davidson. Upon this discovery a warrant
was issued,and he was apprehended on a charge of high treason.
after undergoing a short examination, he was committed to
Tothill-fields Bridewell. The said Jeremiah Harrison, upon
the first ir.formation that was given against him, was sup-
posed to be the person commonly called Parson Harrison, of
Stockport. It turns out, however, that this was a mistake;
for this man was formerly in•the 2d Regiment of Life-Guards.
In addition to his being included in the verdict of the Coro-
ner's Jury, as guilty of the wilful murder of the late Sruithers,
he acknowledges being in the loft, and standing close to This-
tlewood when he.murderrd Smithers.

Abel Hall, a tailor, of Seward-street, Chiswell-street, was
apprehended at an early hour ou Saturday morning, by La-
vender, Bishop, and Salmon, at his residence, on a charge of

high treason.
The evidence against hint was not gone into.
Mrs. Thistlewood, the wife of Arthur Thistlewood, applied
to Mr. Birnie for an order to see her husband in Coldbath-
fields House of Correction. The worthy Magistrate inform-
ed her it was not in his power to grant her request, but re-
ferred her to the Secretary of State's Office for the Home
Depart meat.
It is a remarkable circumstance, that Thistlewood,
ready for marching his gang of assassins from the loft
when the IBow-street Officer and his assistants entered
It, was armed with two pistols, and carried his sword
in a black cloth belt, tied round his waist; arni although
Ellis's view of hint was instantaneous in the loft, yet he
must correctly described him as soon as Lavender produced
the black cloth belt, which he found in Thistlewood's coat
pocket at Harris's house, in White-street, Chiswcll-street.
The account given by Mrs. Harris, the landlady of the house
in White-street where Thistlewood was found, is not be-
lieved to be correct. The fact was, he was completely con-
cealed; for not only was the door locked, hut there were
shutters and curtains to the window of the room, which is a
ground-floor parlour; and on Lavender throwing open the
curtain and shutters to let in light, after Bishop had first
seized Thistlewood, Ellis, the conductor of the patrol,
who, wtth others,were surrounding the ont4ide of the house, to
guard against an escape, looked in at the parlour-window,
and on Thistlewood raising himself up in bed, Ellis exclaimed
in a loud voice, " By G—, this is the man who murdered
Smithers." This so elated the persons assembled round the
house, that they gave aloud three cheers to express their
satisfaction that the murderer was discovered in his conceal-

went.
Notwithstanding Lavender bad given directions to his bro,
ther-officers nut to let any person leave the house, yet Mrs.
Harris eluded their vigilance, slipped out, and went to her
husband at Caslon's letter-foundry, and returned again with-
out any loss of time.