The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-10 00:00:00

Tice HORRID NURDEILS at GREENWICH.

Monday a Coroner's [knot INN held at the White Hart 'h.
vent. Greenwich, before Me. CARTER, the Coroner, on the mur-
dered bodies of Mr. Hint (aged 88), nod his housekeeper. After
taking a view of the bodies, the Jury proceeded to inspect the
house, gardeu. &c. to ascertain by what means the murderers
bail gained admittance. There is a brick Wall about eleven fret
high divides the dreeased's garden (lam another in the rear,
called Pow is's garden; in Pow is's garden the marks or mass
footsteps were traced, the tile of a summer-hovae lay os the
ground, and appeared to be newly broken by some person is
climbing over the wall, as the marks of footstepsoppeared
quite plain on the mould in the deceased 'o garden. Is this
garden the old Gentleman chiefly passed the day, and took morn
delight in beautifying it. Two bottles, which appeared to have
been recently emptied ands, tobacco-pipe, lay un the padatu-
table, having the marks of blood on them, from whence it is
conjectured that the instrelerer or murderers must have regaled
themselves. Nothing in the house being disturbed, it is Ai-
pii,ed that the crime inust have been committed by some penis
or persons Who were not strangerq to the family.
It 'appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, that, no
Saturday night. about ten o'clock, Mr. Bird's door was oh-
( served to be open, and a woman standing nearly uppwite to 4„
t and nearly at the -amo time three ill-looking fellows were see*
lurking alsoitt that part of the street. On Sunday morning, the
Wither of the deceased, Mr. Bird. called on his brother's twit
door iwighbour, in consequence of his not receiving any as.
swer to his repeatet knocks at the door; they got over the wag,
and found the place mi.-1y shut tip; they suspected till was sa
right, and repaired to the front of the gate, and forced it open,
their endeavours proving *aim in tiling to open the street door,•
the key being at tile inside. They then forced open a bark
window. and on opening the door -beheld the horrid spectacle.
The Surgeous attended, and described the attire of the wound..
which were unmerous. and said they were sallieleut to cause
death.
The CORON FM said, that so evidence had been adduced to k
the murder fill any particular person, and if the Jary thought
proper, as it was late (eleven o'clock last night), hf would ad-
journ the Inquest to a future day. The Jury were of opinion
such a proceeding would be best, and it was adjourned accord-
ingly. The .Jury entered into recognizances in the sum oflol.
oath, to appear at the time appointed to renew the investigatium.
The Jury Room was crowded to excess, and the street was
thronged throughout the day with persons of all deocriptiois
horrified in the coutemplation of the dreadful event.

On Saturday last, Mr. WARING JAMES, eldtll SOB
of .10SFPIL JAMES, Esq. of Esher, Surrey, left King-
ston about six o'clock in the evening, to return to
his father's house. Ills servant drove him in a gig:
at the end of the town, near the Ewell road, be tut-
fortunately mistook a light in a barge on the river
for one in the houses ; and, in consequence of this
dreadful error, the vehicle was precipitated over the
wharf into the deep river. The servant was saved by
the people in the barge; but Mr. JAMES being in-
cambered with a thick boa-coat, could not swim,
and before assistance could be obtained, sunk to
rise no more. This afflicting accident is the more
painful, as it would trot have occurred, had the Cor•
poration of Kingston taken proper care to fence dm
side of a wharf, which has before this been proved to
be most dangerous. A short time after the above
catastrophe, a Gentleman's carriage. with the family
hi it,'was within_ a yard of being driven down the
same precipice. Me. JAmEs's servant watt driving
footpace, and the-gig had lights.
We should like to know by what process% of
form, or by what right, a Magistrate, with a certain
number of prisoners before him, all alike suspected
of, or charged with Iliglr Treason, :an, upon secret
intelligence that some of them are spies. dismiss
'these, and'erimmit the rest to prison. Our law nei-
ther acknowledges nor makes any exemption in fa-
vour of spies; Kell are concerned in the same overt
acts, the treatment of alt ought to be similar.
Yesterday the whole town of Greenwich eshibited
signs of the consternation excited by the late dreads
ful murders. The inhabitants bad a meeting, at
which a reward of 5001. was voted for the discovery
of the perpetrators. Four persons have been aPlue"
hended on suspicion.
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At a late hoar on Saturday night, or early oe
Sunday morning, the premises of Messrs. Bentley
and Jones, of John-street. Paddington, 'vas privately
entered and rubbed of valuable property to en es-
tensive amount.

On Sunday evening the house of Mr. Wm. Stocks,
hat-maker, in 11'01)014-street, during the absence Of
the family, was broken open and robbed of tauh►
notes, &c. to a large amount.
FORGED BANK-NOTES —Sonnet Forte*. .filweir
Low, James Shand, .Icdsn Stephens, att4 Maul
!Vetter, five youths, from 16 to '2O years of age, 111
very respectable appearance, were charged with beim,
common utterer of forged Bank of Englaw; note.
Weller was rlischargeil ; the other four Pi-miners
mere committed for trial.

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