Star.
London, England, 1801-10-23 00:00:00

PoucE.

Ataxia of MURDER.— In confeemence of the en-
quiries direfted to be made relpeaing the blood
difcovered on and about one of the benches in St.
James's-park, on Monday evening Taft, and which,
from the various falfe reports in circulation, has
excited fo much anxiety in the public mind, it ap-
Kars from the following llatement, taken en oath
(aft night before Mr. Foal), at the Pablie-Office,
Bow-ftreet, that the whole matter originated from
a molt trifling accident.
Jofeph NPI-ntire laid, that he was a maker of
hog's puddings, commonly called black puddings,
and refided in Avery-place, Avery Farm-row,
Chelfea ; that on Monday afternoon he went to
Newport-market to get a pail-full of hogs' blood; a
quantity of fat, guts, &c. and returning home
through St. James's:park, he flopped to reft his'
load on one of the benches juft beyond the Stable-
yard gate, having entered the Park that way,
when in putting the pail down he rather turned it
on one fide, and fpilt about three pints of the blood;
being afkcd why he did not come forward fooncr,
on hearing what an alarm it had created, Paid that
he had told the circumtlance to a perfon belonging
to the Queen's-houfe, who had promifed to make
it known, and which indeed appeared to be the
fa6t, but the idea of a murder having been cons-'
mitred, it met with very little credit.
William Crow, the keeper of the (table-yard
gate, and the perfon who brought *lntim to the
Office, declared that he had before told him the
fame (tory. Crow alfo laid that the report of a
quantity of bad meat having been found on draw- ,
ing the canal, was wholly untrue, they obtaining
nothing but a few fmall
Martin and y. Niebella were
brought up yeflerday to be re-examined at Green-
wich, before PHILIP GOODHSW, J. Huess, and J.
Doit N FORD, Efqrs. three of the Magifirates of the
County of Kent, on a charge of robbing the vaults
tinder the Church of St. Paul,Deptford, of a num-
ber
of leaden coffins, the furniture of the outer
coffins, and 1111)&1 other articles. The prifoner,
Giles Martin, it appears, is the gracelefs fon of a
very worthy woman, whole hufband was Sexton
of the Parill, and on her hufband's deceafe, the
Gentlemen of the Para, confidering her fair cha-
rafter, and having a young family to rear, appoint-
ed her to fucceed her late hufband, and futr:rcd
her to employ her fon Gilt: as a deputy as far as
relpefted the funeral buinefs. He being unfortu-
nately conneCted with a number of ring Parlez,
fhipwrights' apprentices, &c. was fo tar milled as
to fall into the views of a notorious fens in the
neighbourhood of the Broadway, Deptford. fince
abiconded, and to perpetrate, with the aftiflance
of his diffolute companions, the horrid crime of
which he Rands accufed. The Magiltrates, in
confidcration that fuch a conneCtion ought to be
crufhed, as well as the crime already committed
be punifhed, admitted Martia an evidence. Seve-
ral accomplices, on his information, were brought
up yellerday, and their perfons identified. len
more, alfo on his information, are wanting, and
the receiver particularly ; in confequence the fur-
ther )tearing was pollpcned till Thurfday next, to
give time for their apprehenfion, and to farther
develope the bulinefs. In the mean time Deptford
is in an uproar, there being fcarcely a perfon in
the parifh who has not had a relative interred
there, and who is not doubtful of their remains
being difturbed.

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iireviiiiq in the bearing the shove hofinef, Nn
Excife information came on to be hearc4 before iht,
Nlagiftrates, agaitilt an eminent Brewer in the 1,,,
rah. of Greenwich, for reporting in the charge Grr
as finall ken, when on the trial it appeared to i.e
node at as ale th ferve publicans. Mr. jAcirsom at-
tended for the Excite, and Mr. LAWS' for the
Brewer. The arguments, it being a nice point,
went to fome length: On difficulty being flailed
as to the proof on a ceilain point, the Counfel for
the Brewer propofed a further hearing, which be-
ing acceded to by Mr. Jackson, it Rands over 611
Thurfday next, when on the hearing we fhall give
the detail at length.