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London, England, 1820-11-25 00:00:00

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ru aas sallied forth from George sareet, St.
Giles, and the Oppo.ite side, and knocked Marsden
down by a blow on the batk with bludgeon, and
they continued beating him until he was senseless,
when on the &quid. We scarcely need state, that
the prisoners escaped: Marsden was taken into an
apothecakyikshop, and his head, which Wait dread-
fully cut in four different places, was dressed. He
is alto much bruised about the b:tck, and btit faint
hopes are entertained of his recovery..
About half-past ten o'clock at night, Paddock, one
of the prisoners rescued, and who was a stranger to
the four burglars, gave himself up at the Kariba.-
rough Head, opposite the Police•office, to Valentine
the Officer, who was there, and he was conveyed to
St. Anne's watch-house. He was yesterday examinea
before Messrs. CONANT and ITARkANT, and his de-
position was as follows t
He was not aware of the rescue until it happened.
There were more than twenty persons came upon
them, and suddenly hurried them on, and in turning
round he saw Marsden was not with them. They ran
down Museum-street into Charles-street, Drury-lane,
when the party who restned them attempted in vain
to get the irons off. They proceeded to Lincoln's
Inn-fields, where they again were attempted to be
set at liberty, but it could not be done. Here witness
was exhausted with running, and being one of the
two foremost on the chain, he was lifted on by the
collar of his coat and the breech. They proceeded
through Clare-market and the Temple, over Black-
friars-bridge; other attempts having been made to
get off the irons. They were led down the first street
on the left in Blackfi iars-road, and proceeded by the
back streets to the Obelisk, and from thence into the
Kent-road, where a supply of files, chisels, ham-
mers, &c. was obtained, and the prisoners were let
loose. But previously to this, some of the gang
asked witness if he knew eithet of the other fours?
and on his answering in the negative, they took the
handkerchief from his neck, and placed it over his
eyes, while they released the whole of them, and
the fellow who untied the handkerchief kept it. On
separating, the burglars said, " You all know where
we are to meet." Witness went into the first public-
house he came to, and related the whole fact, and
then returned and gave himself up. He was re-
committed to Cold Bath-fields as a witness, with an
order to be leniently treated. He would be able to
identify some of the gang.
John Hitchen, a porter in the Inner Temple, stated
that he was struck by the gang as they passed
through the Temple ; and several persons were seri-
ously injured, but particularly a:lamp-lighter, who
was in their way. They were too strong to be re-
sisted, and the manner in which they flourished their
bludgeons was very intimidating. Witness would
be able to identify one of them, and he came to the
Office to see if any were apprehended.
Mr. CONANT, at the close of the business, went to
the Secretary of State's Office to report the affair,
and no doubt a Proclamation will be issued.
Marsden is worse, and is not likely to survive.
Bow-sTnerr.—Within the last two or three days
numerous complaints have been made at this Office,
by persons who have been robbed of their watches,
and other property, in the public streets, in the open
day. Yesterday no less than ten Gentlemen lodged
complaints of a similar nature. One of them, an
attorney, was hustled in the most daring manner in
the Strand, and robbed of his watch, by a gang of
fellowi, who absolutely laughed in his face. He had
£6OO in Bank-notes in his breeches pocket, and the
thieves seeing him place his hand anxiously there,
they made a violent effort to get at the pocket, but
failed. During the time that the processions with
Addresses to the Queen, were passing along the
Strand, gangs of from twelve to thirty or forty ruf-
fians, were seen rushing about amongst the erne/44
robb:n..; ev ry passenger who had anything to losei,
and treating several persons with the most wantoit
cruelty. An elderly Gentleman informed the Ma.
gistrate, that as be was passing along the Strand a
few evenings sinc• , he received a blow on the head
from some heavy blunt instrument, which brought
him senseless to the ground. On recovering, he found
he had been robbed of his watch and pocket-book;
and a few yards from the spot where he fell, he found
a short bludgeon, one end of which was cased with
iron, and was a little spotted with fresh blood.
QUEEN-SQUARE.--J. Hill was charged with desert.
ing from the London Militia, and enlisting . into
another Regiment. He bad only received Is. and he
deserted before he was attested. The Maistrate, as
he had not committed perjury, commuted the punish-
meat to six months confinement in Coldbath-fields.

• The Turf Club of Ireland have most fully and ha.
nourably acquitted Lord ItossMoßs of the cllarges pre.
ferred against his Lordship by his late training-growls
DA any, respecting the ages of a chesnut colt, by Sir
Walter, out of Josephine, and a brown filly, by the
same horse, out of Oriana, which I)ARWr alleged
were foaled in the year 1817, and not in 1818, as
stated by his Lordship.
A field of seven acres, situated in the county of
Surrey, was last year prepared for barley by the
spade. The labourers employed during the winter
earned fifteen shillings per week—twopence per rod
being given for digging ; and the proprietor consi•
ders that it would have cost him double the expense
if he had had it ploughed. The circumstances at.
tending this fact are valuable.
Ft ea.—Thursday night, about half-past ten &cloak,
a fire broke-out in a closet under the first floor stair-
case of the house of Mr. TaLTMAR, a grocer, in
Upper East Smithfield. In a short time the first
floor, and a considerable quantity of very valuable
furniture were destroyed ; but the further progress of
the fire was arrested, and the remaining part of the
house and property preserved.
Yesterday evening, between the hours of six and
seven, a fire broke out in the Chaplains' Quadrangle,
Christ Church, Oxford. Assistance was immediately
procured, and the are, in a short time, completely
extinguished.
Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Monmouth's
Head, in Castle-street, Leicester-square, on the body
of William 1-Lorrige, a child, five years Old, who:*
pin-a-fore, caught fire accidentally, and before as-
sistance arrived, his neck, arms, and -breast, were so
dreadfully burnt that he died in the Middlesex Hos-
pital a few minutes after. Verdict—Accidental Del..
During the last week three Inquests were held in
Birmingham, on children who were burnt to death by
their clothes taking tire—verdicist Accidental Death},