Star.
London, England, 1820-03-04 00:00:00

to the rawer was brought there about two o'clock,
when orders were !given to Make, immediate prepara-
tions for the reception of several state plisonets, who
arrived at 20-ininutes past five. Their escort consisted
of twenty Dragoon Guards, under the command of
a proper Officer. The official betrer of the warrant
Was in the first hackney-coach,
Each prisoner is confined in a separate apAttment ;
two warders, armed in the usual way, with cutlasses
and halberts, are in each room ; and at each door is
stationed a sentinel armed, to whose care is intrusted
the key of the room, with strict orders not to permit
more than one warder to be absent at a time, and
that only for occasional purposes.
Thistlewood is placed in the prison known by the
name of the Bloody Tower.
Davidson is in the prison over the water-works.
lugs is in a different room of the same prig)*
Monument is in the prison at the back orthe
Horse Armoury,

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sneke.--The access to the inteitil part of the tort
tress continue, open as before. The only alterations
We observe is, that the.great gates-are fastened, n• e-
smi,ers b, iig adinitted through g wicket, at hici
two sentinels are placed.
A man, answering in every vs wet the description
of Palist or Peeling, one of the Cemspirators, and for
whoke apprehension a reward of E2OO is offered, was
seen at Eastry, in the forenoon of Tuesday laA, an I
left that village about two in the afternoon ; soon after
which the newspapers, in which his description wts
given, having reached Eastrv, immediate pursuit was
made after him, andihewas traced to Finglesham, on
the road to Deal, where his further progtess was Jost:

SUPPOSED HORRID ROBBERY AND

MURDER.

About two o'clock, this morning, As a watchman
was passing Mulgrove-place, Woolwich, he orb-
served flames issuing from the window of a home
inhabited by an old Gentleman of the name of PA It.
K ER' and his housekeeper. Ile instantly gave the
alarm, and proceeded to rouse the inmates by knocks
ing as loud as he could at the door. No answer wai
returned. The neighbours, justly alarmed, resolved
to force an • entrance, in doing which, they as-
cended to the room which was on fire. The de.
vouring element had not made great progress,
and was soon extinguished ; but horrid to re-
late, in the corner of the room, the bodies of Mr.
PARKER and his housekeeper were found, nearly ccn,
sumed by the fire! Appearances, we grieve to un-
derstand, afford too much reason to believe that the
unfortunate persons.had been previously murdered
by some midnight robbers, and the house set on fire,
to conceal the double atrocity ! The strictest inqui,
sition has been making all day into the horrid trans-
action, by the Magistrates and Police.

Drum and Harrison occupy separate apartments
in the prison over the stone-kitchen.
Tidd is secured in the Seven-gun battery prison,
and Wilson is in the prison over the parade.. •
The prisoners have, by the indulgence of the law,
what is called State allowance, for their daily main-
tenance, which, to such wretched poverty as their's,
must make even their presen►t awful situation, as
compared with their confinement in Coldbath-fields,
a change for the better.
The number of warders 'sufficient to do the ordi-
nary dut; of the Tower is ten ; but, as soon as the
command for preparing the prisons reached the pro-
per quarter, directions were given to increase the
number of warders to sixty.

The iron gates at the east end of the Tower were
closed this morning, as is usual upon such occasions.
It will, of course, occupy a considerable time to
make the necessary arrangements for the trial of these
men ; and the important proceeding will not, in all
probability, take place for two or three weeks. It i;
understood that they will be tiled by a Special Com-
mission. We are sorry to add, that they conducted
themselves with singular effrontery, both during
their examination before the Privy Council, and on
their passage to the Tower. Ings, in particular,
while at the Treasury, appeared eager to enter into
a conversation with several persons, and was heard
to say, more than once, " that if he had fifty necks,
he would have them all twisted, rather than see his
children starve."—He observed to Mr. Adkins, the
Governor:of the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields,
that if all men in office were like him (Adkins), they
(the conspirators) would not have been there at all.
—Thistlewood seemed perfectly cool and uncon-
cerned, but said nothing. Cobbler Preston was very
talkative and lofty. lle seemed bursting with im-
patience to go before the Council ; raising himself
from his chair every time the door opened, in hope
of being the next culled; then sinking back into
his seat with vexation and disappointment; and
exclaiming, " Oh ! how I long to go up ! I don't think
that there is any man alive has so great a genus
as mine is at this moment." Then he would pore
upon the ground for a minute or two in deep cogi-
tation ; and at length break out in the following
soliloquy : " If it is the will of the. Author of the
World that I should perish in the cause of freedom
—his will, and not mine, be done! It would be a
triumph to me!" at the same time throwing his arms
about in a manner which savoured strongly of in-
sanity. It was not, however, his fate to be called
before the Council at all ; though when Thistlewood
and some others expressed regret that they had not
applied to have their families admitted to see them, The dreadful gale of Wednesday night and Thurs.
he desired them very pompously to make themselves day morning has done infinite mischief, by blowing
quite easy upon that head, for he would take care to down walls, and spreading general devastation in the
mention it in his speech to their Lordships. gardens, and in every part of our vicinity. 'These
Mrs. Courts, yesterday, sent £lOO to Mr. BIRNIE, losses to individuals are not to he compared, how-
to be appropriated to the subscription for the Officers, ever, to those of which we have already heard from
and the worthy Magistrate received in the whole our csast, where the wife has lost an affectionate and'
£172 in the course of the day. tender husband, the child an indulgent parent, the
The manner in which 'ihistlewood fled from the necessitous a sincere friend, and the public a worthy
officers of justice, immediately atter the murder, has member of society. We should gladly flatter our-
not been noticed in the Papers, though it was in no selves that such was not the extent of the loss, but .
small degree curious. Having escaped from the loft we fear greatly that even here the picture is .too fa-
by a trap-door at the top, he jumped into the yard vourably drawn.— Chelmsford Chronicle.
of one of the hcuses in John-street. The height that At Whitstable, in Kent, the gale was so heavy,
he jumped was so considerable, that few men would that pearly all the boats drove from their moorings;
have ventured on the experiment made by Thistle- two were entirely destroyed, and most of the others,
wood, but in circumstances as desperate as his were by running foul of each other, were very much da-
at that moment. Descending into the yard of the maged. The tide was unusually high, having ove:.
second house from the corner of Cato-street, he at- run the wall at some places : we regret to add, thitt
tempted to burst in at the back entrance, with a the hoy of Messrs. Piercy and Co. filled with water.
view of passing through to John-street ; but here he Report says that two brigs are ashore at Herne Bay,
was foiled, as the back door was fastened. In this
with considerable damage.
situation he manifested considerable presence of mind. Yesterday, an Inquest was held at the Three Crowns,
Having knocked loudly at the door, when he was Upper East Smithfield, on the body of Isaac Trig-
answered
by the people from within, he demanded get, aged fifty. The deceased was a shoemaker, re-
admittance. Those to whom he addressed himself, siding in Brown' Bear-alley. Wednesday last, he
alarmed perhaps by the firing which had just been went home with a pair of shoes to a customer in the
heard in the loft, hesitated to open the door, when East India Dock-yard, when he dropped down dead.
he called to them that he was an officer in pursuit of Verdict—Died in a fit.
the villains who had just quitted the loft, and if the Another Inquest was held at the Weaver's Arms,
door were not instantly opened, he would break it Lower Church-lane, Whitechapel, on the body of
ddwn, as on such an occasion he had authority to do Christiana Barry, aged fifty-six. The deceased was
•so. His audacity vanquished-their scruples, and be- a. widow. Wednesday evening, the deceased went
lieving him to be the person that he represented him- out to a neighbouring public-house for a pint of por-
self to be, they no longer refused to permit him to ter for her supper, and, on her return, she dropped
enter. The door was opened, and he passed in. He down dead. Verdict—Died by ;he visitation of Gon.
had previously said his business was to search the Yesterday !yarning, a respectable tradesman of
house, but on finding himself' in a fair way of getting Westminster, for a wager, walked over the six bridges
to the front door, he remarked, in a complimentary within one hour; performing it in 57 minutes.- The
'manner, that that was " a decent house," hastily in- time allowed was an hour and a halt.
quired if they had any person concealed in any of A Coursing Club has just been established at Ne-
their apartments ? and, being answered in the nega- reford, the Members of which held their first Mret-
tive, he observed, " he could take their word ; and a ing lust week, in :he extensive meadows belonging to
satisfied with the assurance that he had received,' E. T. for.ev, Esq. when the silver cup was won by
%%amid give them no farther trouble." lie then made I F. B. THOMAS, Esq.'s black dug frump, and the se-
his exit by the front door, and the people to whom I cond rand course by Captain 13Lara's Ilosa, heath g
he hall addressed himself had no doubt that he was I
really a Police Officer. It was not till they sax in I Mr. 1110 M AS'S Daphne.
The ne:ghtiourhood of Norwood, B:ixton, Dul-
the Newspapers of the following day the description: with, &c. has lately been infested with a desperate
of the murderer, that they knew the person they had gang of cattle and poultry stealers ; the property of
allowed to pass through their premises was rtp other : almost every Gentleman and farmer has been carried
than the notorious Arthur Thistlewood. loff by these nocturnal depredators. Several persons
On the arrival of the Conspirators, last night, at . have each lost between fifty and sixty sheep within
the Tower, Thistlewood spoke with great apparent the last year. Wednesday night last, some thieves
freedom to one of the Warders, whom he recognized broke open the premises of Mr. GLOVER, of Nor.
as having had the charge of him on his former con- wood, and carried off consider able property ; tl-ey
finement for lligh Treason. They are all lodged in also broke open the fowl-house, and took ten fouls
separate apartments. Thistlewood occupies the same five ducks, one peacock, and a peahen. The I'. rc
room as before ; he requested this as a favour,
it was grintcd. They all shook hands with each
and •of Lord THURLOW, at Dalwich, was entered by
sonic robbers on Sunday night last, who killed and
other on parting. On being awoke this morning, Hayed four sheep, carried off the carcases, an 4 left
they breakfasted heartily, but all preset ved a sullen the skins and entrails behind them.