The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-30 00:00:00

DESTmUCTIVE FIRE AT WARRINGTON.

On Saturday morning last, a fire, supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary, broke out in Mr. John Furnival's
tannery. Mersey-street, Varrington, which destroyed pro-
perty of about £BOOO value. Mr. Furnival's premises occupy
a frontage of about 40 .yards on the river side of Mersey-
street. The basement is occupied by an extensive range of
tan-pits, and the upper stories as drying rooms, sizing sheds,
and warehouses. Part of the property is underlet ; one room
to Mrs. Bethell, a glass-cutter, another to Messrs John Ed-
dleston and Co., pin-makers, and two other rooms to Samuel
Utley, a bobbin-turner, all persons using the power from the
same steam engine, attached to the tannery. The engine-
house is situated at one end of the building, and Mr. Funii-
vat's counting-house at the other. The bobt:in-turners' rooms
are situated one on either side of the engine-room. As usual,
the men employed on the premises left the works at seven
o'clock on Friday night : about eight o'clock the counting-
house was locked up, and two large mastiff dogs let louse for
protection of the 'itemises, which were at that time perfectly
sate. The engineer had raked up his fire for the night, and
by which all the premises were lighted, had been
theex g t
ingaus
ished. Formerly a watchman was employed, but
within the last two years that practice has been abandoned
as unnecessary, and-no person has been left in charge of the
premises during the night. Between twelve and one o'clock
on Saturday morning a lad, on going into the Ship yard, in
Bridge-street, smelt fire, and saw a white smoke proceeding
from the tannery. He gave the alarm to some of the Furni-
vals' work-people, living in the cottages adjoining. On open-
ing the door leading to the tan-pits, a body of flame rushed
put, and they perceived the building over-head to be on fire
in three distincialaces. One of the town engines, stationed
on the preiniseas got out with all possible expedition.
but for some time not more than six or seven persons were
got together,—a number quite insufficient to work it properly.
Mr. George Furnival, the owner of the premises, was soon in
attendance, and be, with the workmen, got the engine to
work, and vainly endeavoured to battle with the flame. In
less than half an hour other engines arrived, but owing to
the insufficient supply of water, the rapid progress of the
flames, and the combustible nature of the materials deposited
in the upper story of the premises' it was soon evident that
there was nu chance of saving the buildings. For a time the
destruction of the whole street seemed certain. The furni
tare was removed front the adjoining cottages, and deposited
in Mr. Booth's garden: care was also taken to secure the
books, and for that purpose the counting-house door bad to
be forced open.
By two o'clock the roofing had given way, and the fire
communicated to Messrs. Eddleston and Co.'s pin factory,
the property of John Clare, Esq., notwithstanding it was se-
parated from the other portion of the buildings by a strong
party wall. Floor after floor successively gave way, and so
brilliant, and yet so awful a sight as the fire, at this moment,
had nut been witnessed in Warrington since the destruction
of the Mersey Mills, an event which took place about eight
years ago. Mr. John Smith, who had charge of the No. 4
engine, took his station in Mersey-street, and, abandoning
the property then on tire, directed his efforts to prevent the
extension of the flames to Messrs. Thewlis, and Griffiths'
file manufactory-, the next buildings in the street. Mr. Thos.
Hope and Mr. Griffiths, by means of a ladder, got on the
outside of Messrs. Thewlis and Co.'s warehouse, and the hose
from another engine having been conveyed to them, they
greatly contributed to the forwarding of Mr. Smith's views,
and, aided by a better supply of water, brought by the work-
house water-cart, and in buckets by the inhabitants, at length
the progress of the flames in that direction wls put a stop to.
Three engines, under the charge of Mr. George Higham,
Mr. David Houghton, and other gentlemen, were stationed
in the yard at the back of the premises, and having. obtained
water from the public baths and a ditch at the bottom of the
yard, played upon the burning ruins. Mr. Lane, surgeon, in
attempting to convey a hose from one of the engines to the
top of the building, fell to the ground from the top of a three
story ladder. He was taken up in an insensible state, but
soon recovered sufficiently to be able to walk home with as-
sistance. lie received a severe blow on the left eye, but we
are nappy to state his sight will not be permanently affected.
! For some hours the stock of bark and valonia deposited in a
large barn, at the back of the premises, sufficiently large to
dine one thousand persons, burned with great fin v. The lire
was seen for nearly twenty miles round the adjacent couutry.
The eugines continued to play until half-past eleven o'clock,
when the fire was fairly got under.
The whole of the tannery was reduced to a complete ruin.
The steam engine is considerably injured, and the machinery,
allowed to be both extensive and complete for the various
purposes to which it was applied, entirely destroyed. A small
portion of the manufactured stock was saved, and about a
third of the leather in the pits, it is calculated, will be made
available. It is with deep .regret we state that Mr. George
Furnival, the owner of the freehold, as well as his son, Mr.
John Furnival, the tanner, are uninsured. Their loss has
been variously estimated, but all parties agree in stating that
-it cannot fall far short of £BOOO. Messrs. William and John
Booth, Mr. Wm. Eddleston, Mr. Tbewlis, Mr. Jackson,
Mr. Pierpoint, Mr. Peter Smith, and other inhabitants of
the town, used great exertions to extinguish the fire. The
fire-engines belonging to the town are very deficient in power,
but a new engine is in progress of building at Manchester.

FURTHER EXAMINATION OF DESIRE ROU-
SELLE,

FOR THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE ASSUMED

DUKE OF NORMANDY.

( From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.)

Yesterday having been appointed by the magistrates of
Union Hall for the purpose of making a strict and further
investigation into the circumstances of the late attempt upon
the life of Charles Louis, the assumed Duke of Normandy,
and son of Louis XVI., and it being known, in the early
part of the morning, that the assumed duke, as well as the
prisoner, would be at the office, a crowd of persons collected
in- Union-street, and the interior of the office was filled with
persons anxious to witness the proceedings.- Those, how-
ever, who obtained admission to the office were disappointed,
as the examination was taken in the pirate room. About
ten o'clock Charles Louis arrived in_aroluz,h,--arLd----was-
d-inti—i -a-private room; he was accompanied by several
of his friends and domestics ; he appeared to be about five
feet seven inches in height, corpulent, and has grey hair and
mustachios; he wore a figured satin surtout and a large
circular blue coat; in his manners he is lofty and his general
appearance strongly resembles the Bourbon family; his left
arm, from which two bullets were recently extracted, was
tied up in a sling, and he seemed occasionally to feel the
effects of the injuries he had received. The soi &sant duke's
son sat next to him during the examination of the accused,
also Count Thierry, and a number of English and foreign
ladies and gentlemen were anxious lookers on during the
four hours the investigation lasted.

The prisoner, who does not appear to have undergone any
change since his imprisonment, was brought from the county
gaol by Blythman the gaoler, with the other prisoners, and
immediately after bis arrival he was taken into the magis-
trates' private room.
An interpreter attended for the purpose of communicating
to the prisoner, in his native language, the nature of the
evidence against him.
The prosecutor having been accommodated with a seat at
the magistrates' table, and the usual oath ad►ninistered to
him, he said—" My name is Charles Louis, and I have been
residing for the last four months at Camberwell. The pri-
soner came to my house, No. 8, Clarence-place, to ask for
assistance of me, on the 'Wednesday previous to the attempt
upon my life, tle nlver saw me that lam aware of at my
house in Clarence-place but once, unless be is the person
saw in the garden.
M. JEREMY—Had you then any opportunity of seeing his
features?

The prosecutor replied at some length in broken English.
• Mr. JEREMY—Now, see if you understand me, and whe-
ther what I have taken down as your supposed answer is what
you meant (reading from his notes)—" The person I saw in
the garden had the personal appearance, but not the features
of the prisoner. The eyes were protruding and staring like
a ferocious dog's, and I thick the person had purposely dis-
guised his face. The evening was foggy, and front the agi-
tation which followed the act, 1 could make no observation
so as to speak positively to the identity of the person who
committed it." (To the Duke)—ls that what you intended
to say ?
Duke—lt is.

Mr. JEREEY Can you say if the person stood upon the
grass plat ?,

Duke—l was about three steps from the water closet corn-
ing towards my house, when he arrested me.

Did you approach him ?—No; he came near to me as I
moved towards the house.

Mr. JEKEM Y—NOW describe slowly what took place.
Duke—l had a lighted candle in my left hand, and hearing
footsteps I turned round to see if it was any of my friends,
when I saw pistols in his hand.
Mr. JE REM Y—Frotu the sound of the footsteps can you say
in what direction he approached?
Duke—No, I cannot.
Were the footsteps quick or slow ?—lt is footsteps were such
as made me believe it was a friend coining to the closet.

Wag anything said before the pistols were fired?—No, no-
thing was said. 1 saw the pistols, and at the same moment
he shot at the 1 turned a little away and fell down directly.
I thought I had been hit in two parts, the concussion was so
dreadful.

And you recollect nothing after that, I suppose ?—I cried
out as well as I could, " De la Barre, De la Barre."
Did observe if the person fled or escaped in any par-
lar direction ?—He " dyed" across the garden—across the
garden.
. . _

- Is that towards the fosse or ditch ?—Yes, it is.
Air. JEREMY now read over the duke's deposition, and it
was interpreted to the prisoner sentence by sentence, in
order that 'se might ask any questions that he might think
proper, but at the couculsion liouselle declined putting any.
Mr. Wyche, of No. 4(1, Alooregate-street, who attended as
solicitor for the prosecution, said it had been suggested, and
very properly as he thought, as the night was foggy on which
the act was committed, to darken the room, and allow the
prince to have a light, and see if he could recognise the fea-
tures of the prisoner.

Mr. JEREMY.—Of what use could that be? You don't
mean to say a person's features can be seen better in the
dark than in the Light?
Mr. Wyche—No; but the shade materially alters the effect
upon the countenance. •
_ _ _

Mr. JEREMY-But be says he cannot speak positively to
the roan's identity, as it appeared as if he had disguised him-
self. (To the duke)—There are other circumstances I wish
to question you about. Do you recollect any time previous
to this seeing any person in the garden ?
Duke—Yes, about six months ago I was in the water-
closet, and about half-past eight o'clock I saw a man in the
garden.
More than one ?—No. I was going into my house, and I
mentioned it to my friends, and said
hear any communication that took place with them.
1 want to know if you had any opportunity of seeing that
person so as to be able to speak to his identity ?—No ; I told
my servant that I would shoot the person if he came there
again.
-Then you believed he came after your servant?—Yes. •
Did you see in what direction that person withdrew from
the garden ? Yes; from towards the bottom.
Mr. JEREMY—Was that the same direction as the man
who shot at you withdrew in ?
The Duke replied in the affirmative.
Mr. JEREMY said that the interpreter might tell the pri-
soner that the latter questions and answers did not at present
implicate him; and, therefore, unless he liked, he need not
V. ',ay.. •
Mr. JEREMY (to Mr. W yche)—ls there anv other topic
that you may wish to question the witness upon.?
Mr. Wyche requested permission to put some questions to
the prisoner.
Mr. JEREMY—Oh, no, I cannot allow that, most. certainly
not. Nu prisoner in this country is allowed to be cross-exa-
mined.

The duke here produced a letter left by the prisoner at
No. 9, Holland-place, l3rixtou-road, where the prince for-
merly lived.

The prisoner stoutly denied, in French, that he had left it
there.

The duke said that he had witnesses in attendance to speak
to the fact, and called

Mrs. Mary Ann Brook, who deposed—l live at No. 9,
Elolland-place, Brixton-road. The prince has lived at my
house, but he had gone a few days before the prisoner came
and left a letter for him. The prisoner called about the 21
week in August. Ile said he very much wished to see the
Duke of Normandy.

Mr. JEREMY—Are you sure he is the person?
Witness—l am quite positive of it, he came three times,
but I opened the door to him but once, although I saw him
on the other two occasions coming up to the house. When
I spoke to him it was on the first time of his calling.
Did you say anything to him about the letter?—Yes, he
said he very much wished to see the duke to give him the
letter, and I told the prisoner that if he would leave the
letter I would send it to the duke.

What did you do with the letter ?—I gave it to my Sister.
The interpreter having translated the depositions to the
prisoner, the latter said he did not know the witness, and that
he was in Ireland in August last.
The Magistrate again examined the witness as to the
ith!ritity, and she repeated her assurance that the prisoner
was the man.

Itouselle here laughed and shook his head.
Esther Birch examined-1 received the letter from my
sister, the last witness. I believe the letter now produced to
be the same, because, it has no superscription. I took the
letter to the duke's house, and gave ►t to Mr. De la Barre.
The prisoner came the next day for an answer, and I told
him there was none. He said there were some papers of
consequence in his letter, and I replied that they were per-
fectly safe, and if he would call on the following day he
should have them. lie told me that his passport was in the
letter, and I went to the duke's the next day, and Mr. De la
Barre gave me a letter, with an enclosure, for the prisoner,
who called soon after my return home, and I gave him the
letter which I received for him, at the same time telling him,
pursuant to Mr. De la Barre's request, that the prince was
in the country, and Mr. De la Bane says, " You must not
trouble him with any further letters." The prisoner asked
me when the duke would return, and I said I did not know.
Mr. JEREMY—Was that all the conversation that passed
between you ?
Witness—lt was.

Ilave you the slightest doubt that the prisoner is the per-
son who called at your sister's house ?—Not the slightest.
Indeed, I believe he has got the very saute coat on now that
he had then.

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The prisoner, upon hearing this evidence, said he was in
Dublin, and was differently dressed at the time.
Mr. John Brown, the surgeon who attended the duke, here
observed that, as his medical adviser, and anxious forlhis safe
recovery•, he should recommend that the duke be now per-
mitted to retire. But a short time had elapsed since the in-
juries had been inflicted, and the duke was now complaining
of pain. He (Mr. B.) therefore suggested that the duke
should be allowed to proced home.
Mr. JEREMY said that the duke tnigbt withdraw. He be-
lieved he should not require his attendance any more that
day, and if it should Win out to be necessary to have his
deposition against the prisoner signed, he (Mr. Jeremy)
would let him know when it would be requisite for him to
attend fur that purpose. He did cot wish to put the duke to
any inconvenience.
rite duke observed that the prisoner had said to many of
his friends that he was condemned to death.

Mr. JEREMY—That was in the presence of Mr. De la
Barre, 1 believe?
The duke—lt was.
Mr. JEREMY—Oh, never mind that, as Mr. De la Barre
has already stated it.
The duke then ruse, and after making some observations
to the prisoner as he rassed him, which was'replied to by the
latter, he pronounced "adieu" as he quitted the room. •
Mr. De la Barre stated that he received the letter addressed
to the duke from Mrs. Birch, and that it had been in-his
possession ever since. Witness returned a passport which
the prisoner had enclosed in the letter in an envelope.
Mr. JEREMY—Do you recollect the name in the passport?
Witness—No it was not a passport, but a liberation from
the French military service. I do not recollect the Hanle
that was in it. [The letter, which was written in French,
was here read, and its contents, which could not be fully
heard from the crowded state of the room and the rapidity
with which it was read, were understood to be, that the writer
described himself as belonging tothe province of Normandy,
and supplicating alms from the duke, in consequence of his
destitute condition.]
The prisoner declared that he knew nothing of the letter,
and that it bore the signature of a different name from his.
Mr. De la Barre said he begged to call the attention of
the magistrate to the papers bearing different signatures and
names, which were found upon the prisoner when he was
taken into custody.

Mr. JEILEM Y.-1 am aware of that; there is uo doubt the
prisoner has gone under different names.
Frederick Gurrel!, linen-draper, of Camberwell-green,
said the prisoner called at his shop and asked if there was a
French prince living in the neighbourhood.
Mr. JEREMY —Du you recollect how many days that was
before this affair happened?
Witness—lt was either on the day itself, or the day before.
I told bins that I had been given to understand that the Duke
of Normandy lived opposite, and I pointed out to him the
house upon the green. He said it was a very small house,
and I told him there were 14 or 15 domestics in it,.at which
he seemed surprised, and said that he was a French refugee,
and bad been a captain. He wished particularly to know
to a certainty what prince it was, and I referred him to the
post-office next door, and he went there accotdiugly.
Did he speak English ?-0h ! yea, but not very good Eng-
lish. _

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Did you see him afterwards ?—Yes, he returned in about
two minutes, and said he had not got the information he
wished for, he wanted the name accurately, but seeing that I
was engaged he went away. 1 particularly observed as he
went out of the door that one of the waist buttons of his coat
was off.

The prisoner was here desired to turn round, when a button
was discovered to be uff the back part of his coat.

The witness concluded by saying that the prisoner had the
same camlet coat he then wore.

The prisoner, through the interpreter, denied that he had
represented that he had been a captain.
Sophia Upton examined.—l am cook to the Duke of Nor-
mandy. The family reside on Camberwell-green, and the
duke and Mr. De la Barre went to the house in Clarence-
place to sleep on the night the duke was shot. I recoileettlic'
prisoner perfectly well. I have seen him about four times at
the house. The first time he came I think was on a Tuesday.
The footman brought him into the kitchen, and he had din-
ner on that occasion. The prisoner had dined there altogether
four times.

Mr. J It*E 1' —Do you recollect him coming on the Friday ?
Witness—Yes, he came about a quarfer before seven o'clock
in the evening; he had dinner, and went away about half-
past seven o'clock. I let him out and did not see him again.
Did he not ; now recollec. yam:.
1.611712-oEryes, sir, that was the day atter the duke was shot;
he came and was taken away by the police. I got some soup
for him, but he did not have it. The duke's family dined on
Friday about live or a quarter-past live o'clock. The duke
and Mr. De la Barre went out on Friday while the prisoner
was in the house. The prisoner left about a quarter of an
hour afterwards.

Tell me as far as you can all the conversation you had with
him?—l asked him where he lived, and he said at Greenwich,
but he did not like it. He-inquired if the gardener (as the
witness was understood to say by the reporter) lived. in the
house, and whether he was my husband ; 1 told the prisoner
he was not. The prisoner said he should like to sleep in the
house, and I told him he could not, as there was no room. I
believe this took place the second tune he came.
Did you ever say anything to him about the duke?—Yes, I
asked him if he knew the duke, and the prisoner's reply was,
" 011 yes, quite well."
Mr. Wyche, the solicitor, said that Mr. De la Barre was
anxious that the witness should have an opportunity of cor-
recting herself, as she had made a mistake in her evidence.
The prisoner did not stay and dine at the duke's on Friday,
the night of the attempted assassination, but he put some
bread and meat into his pocket and left the house.
Mr. JERRAIY observed that there was little or no doubt that
the prisoner had been to the house al Camberwell-green ou
the evening in question, bat he wished fur further evidence to
connect the prisoner more particularly with- the house in
Clarence-place.
Mary Ann Bridges was then sworn, and said— I keep the
Crown Inn, at Peckham. The prisoner lodged at my house
on Thursday night, the 15th. and Friday night, the 16th inst.,
when the duke was shot. I do nut know where he came
from before. On the Thursday evening he came to my house
about eight or a quarter past. He remained up until a quar-
ter or half-past nine, but did not take any refreshment, and
then went to bed. I. had another foreigner in my house at
the time. He had lodged with we seven or eight mouths.
lie is not an acquaintance of the prisoner. They did not
associate together until Saturday morning, when they held
considerable conversation.
• Mr. JEREMY Did they breakfast or dine?

-Witness—No; the prisoner did not. On Friday night he
had some supper and half a pint of beer. He left that even.'
ing at six o'clock. and he was out and in several times, but I
can't state the exact tines. He came home for the last
time that evening at ten, or half-past ten o'clock, and went
to bed directly.

Did you see him do anything to his dress ?—Not till the
next morning, when I saw• hint scrape some dirt from his
shoes.

• Did you pay any attention to whether it was of the upper
or lower part of the shoes ?—lt was lions the edge of the
shoes. He scraped it off with his stick, and was sitting in
tha tap-room at tne time.
Did you observe whether it was mud or clay ?—lt looked
a light sort of clay.
Did you pay sufficient attention to notice it ?—Yes, I did;
and my reason for doing so was, that I thought he was about
to ask fur the shoe-brushes.

Are you then enabled to swear positively that it was a
light kind of clay ?—Yes, t am.
the magistrate here ordered police-constable 58 to show
the witness some clay, uioich had been taken from near the
bank and the hedge across the ditch over which the guilty
party was traced to have made his escape.
The officer accordingly pulled out some clay of a light
colour.

Mr. JEREMY (to the witness Bridges)—Does that corres-
pond in colour and substance with the clay which the pri-
soner scraped off his shoes?

Witness.—lt does.

In answer to some questions from •the magistrate,
Police-constable Johnson, P 16, stated that he searched
the prisoner when he was apprehended, but did not find any
wadding or paper about his coat, or any part of his person.
Benjamin Biidges examined—l am landlord of the Crown,
at Peckham. I remember the prisoner coining to my house
on Friday night, the 16th instant: He told my wife he was
on the "tramp," and could not afford to pay more than six-
pence per night for his lodging.
Mr. Jscaxmf—Do you recollect his coming home at six
o'clock on Friday evening?
Witness—l do; he remained about half an hour or so, and
then went out again.
Did he go up to his room 7—Not that lam aware of. •
How far is your house from Clarence-place ?—About a
mile. •

When did the prisoner return?—About twenty minutes
after seven o'clock, as near as I can recollect. He then ate
some bread and meat, which he pulled, out of his pocket, and
had half a pint of porter with it. He stayed until twenty
minutes after eight, as near as 1 can recollect, and then went
out again. During the time he was in my houie that evening
he had some conversation with three men, who were also
" trampers," and who came in to sleep on the same night as
the prisoner.

Were they foreigners ?—No ; but one of them understood
French, and papers were produced in the course of. conver-
sation.

You say one of the men understood French; is that the
man who lodged at your house for six or seven months ?
No, he is a different party altogether. - -
What was the nature of the papers produced ?—One of the
papers I observed was a kind of petition addressed to the
Chamber of Deputies, urging the claims of the . Duke of
Normandy; another of them was a petition addressed to the
humane and benevolent. The man who spoke French, after
-reading the papers, put them into his pocket. The prisoner
came in the third time about nine o'clock, and remained up
about a quarter of an hour or. twenty minutes; he sat by the
tire in the tap-room until he went to bed. • -
Bid youaoo Vi‘arnslitoper the following morning?— did.
'"J-k any nart
Yes, I saw him scrape some light moo his shoes. -
Has your wife or anybody else said anything to you on
this subject

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The witness was here shown the clay taken from the bank
of the ditch where the assassin's footmarks were visible, and
he said it resembled the clay upon the prisoner's shoes on
the Saturday morning. The witness continued—The pri-
soner told me his'namewas Rochelle, and that he came from
the province of Normandy. The prisoner also, in the course
of conversation with the tramper who spoke French, alluded
to Louis Philip and the Duke of Normandy, although I did
not hear the latter's name mentioned. They spoke to each
other partly in English and partly in French,. and I gathered
from theirobseryations that the prisoner was strongly opposed
to the Bourbon dynasty.

Mr. JEREMY—How do you know that the prisoner was so.
opposed : give me, if you can, some idea of what actually
passed ?
Witness—he said that the per Son they were speaking of was
a pretended son of Louis XVI.; he also flourished
.his stick
about, and appeared to treat with much disdain and contempt
the claims of the son of Louis XVI.

By Mr. Wyche—l did not observe that the prisoner had a
parcel in his hand when he went out on Friday evening. He
had a small bag with, him when he came to my house on
Thursday night, which I handed to the officers.
Mr. JEREMY—Has his room and the bed in it been tho-
roughly searched?
Witness—lt has, and upon the sheet on which he slept, as
well as upon the chamber utensil. I found marks of blood. I
think, however, they might have been caused, as he states,
from his nose bleeding, as the stains on the sheets were
"spots," and ten in number.
Mr. Wyche said that the next witness he had to present
before the magistrate was the foreigner who lodged at the
Crown, and who conversed with the prisoner on the morning
after the duke was shut.

postpone fot the present hearing
an
of that nature; the evidence already
adduced is quite strong enough to justify a further remand.
i‘ylfr. rjthEeßru E
eviYi;l—en I
evidence shall
Two or three points which require strict investigation; and
which appear to be very material to this inquiry, have arisen,
and I shall therefore remand the prisoner until a future day,
and I shall take care that the' necessary witnesses have no-
tice to attend.

The prisoner was then removed in custody to the lock-up,
and the magistrate proceeded to the public office to dispose
of the usual charges.
The prisoner throughout this lengthy examination treated
the matter very lightly, and repeatedly laughed at the wit-
nesses when they spoke of any circumstance in any way
casting a suspicion upon his being connected with the
offence with which he stands charge&

WANTS IN AMERICA.

I Extracted from the last papers per Great WesteTn.)

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WANTED—A man, to lay out crockery. lie must be
sprack and handy, and balance his own. breakage.
WANTED—A hardware lad to yo South.
WANTED—Part of a house in the region of East Broad-
way, by a family without the least disposition to meddle with
other folks' affitirs.
WANTED—Some bricklayers to go West.

WANTED—A satisfactory journeyman in the rush-bottom-
inggelding that can go straight. To save
to go South.
WANTED—A gray
trouble a hundred dollars will be the figure.
WANTED—A good place for a respectable woman, now
living at 93, Nineteenth-street;—either as seamstress, laun-
dress, nurse, pastry-cook, confectioner, or companion after
the English fashion. cri. This is comprehensive, and merits
attention.

WaNtED—A young-woman—(thm plainer the better) to
help a small genteel family in their domestic matters. One
without ringlets would be preferred.
WANTED--.A clerk in a soft store. One who will make
business his pleasure, and not pleasure his business, may
dron into a good place by applying, &c.
WANTED—Twenty-five well-seasoned hands fur whaling.
Ask for Seth Turner. North Wail.
WANTED.—A coloured girl who has been used to waiting
Such a one need not wait long for a good place,—provided
six hours' sleep per night will satisfy her, and she brings
character.

WANTED.—A situation for a youth, very genteel, whose
education has been neglected, but who is stout and of good
address. will expect a comfortable salary and de-
cent treatment; and he can walk twenty miles a-day with
ease.

WA NTE Sotnebody to do as they would be done brain the
care of .a house and furniture during a forthcoming six weeks'
absence of the proprietor,—Sex no object.
WANTED.--Board and lodging for a lone gentleman,
where there are no children nor dogs. N.B.—His appetite
is moderate, and the terms must be moderate also.
WANTED.—A great number of customers.—At Dr. Lewis
Teuchtwanger's establishment, in Courtlandt-street, any
number of customers may be instantly accommodated with
any quantity of spoons, knives, ladles, forks, figures, cups,
speaking trumpets, thimbles, knobs, locks, ventilators, coffin
plates, door ditto, pitchers, combs, tobacco boxes, communion
services, snuff mulls, muddlers, napkin-rings, strainers, and
mugs of all sorts; all manufactured of American silver, and
of the very best quality, for cash.
WANTED.—Five or six smart girls, to show off millinery
and make themselves agreeable at a store of soft goods. Tus-
cans and Dunstables are the great staple.
WANTED.—A lad to go West in the boot-polishing line.
If handy, he will have chances of getting- on.
NTE D.—Several plaisteters, at houses now rapidly go-
ing p. Apply, &e.'

SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Tuesday morning week,
about day-break, the mate of a vessel lying in the Old Dock,
Hull, had his attention attracted by an extraordinary noise,
like repeated thumps upon the decl. On looking to ascer-
tain the cause, be found no less than half a dozen partridges
prostrate on the deck, four of which he succeeded in catching
with his hand ; but the other two, having recovered suf-
ficiently froin their shocks, made their escape. He deposited
his booty alive with some food in a basket, where they re
mained until evening, when, on looking to see how they
were, they arose in an, instant from a perfect stillness, and
flew out of the basket. One of them put out the cabin light,
and the whole were much more difficult to take in the cabin
than they had previously been in the open air. The sailor,
determined to haire no furthey trouble, twisted each of their
necks as he secured them again.