The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-07 00:00:00

GERN.IN P.IPRUS.

Artmnenn. Pen. 4O.—\ntwith•tanding the vielattee
and ar;ivity the polies., the attacks and wonn ling of
women who appear alone in the streets in the evening..
still continue. As the perpetrator does not eunsbler
himself safe in the public streets, on 'retinae of the pa-
Jr is set to watch hint, be now hlcisia to steal into
ones, and there to grafi& his wicked inclinations, be
•
stahhibg women wlnnit he ii?s,is More.
_'Y.—The inhaldtan►s still lire in the greatest ter-
ror. 'lle boldness of the 'nowhere or piddle securi►y
goes so tar, that otowilbstantliiig the inerrand umber
of the guard• set by the pollee, a girl wit :reminded in the
street the evening hrfnre yesterday, and another ru-
stled, and yr•terlay evening, at seven o'clock, an at-
tempt was made to as•assin.ste II 0/1 kW: lie WAS /rid-
&lily attacked hr an unknown /person, armed with a
stiletto, and only his stichien toirtainz r.ittini parried the
hlow from the heart, at whirl, it was.iiiiied, •o that it
struck the breast. an•t did nor p7IIVP 141; hut the
rooting man, in defending himself, was, besides, severely
wounded in the hand. The assasut fled. We most
praise the general indignation and tumult among the
people, who run together in crowds, in order to seize
the wretches who have so ling carried on these wicked
proceedings unii;seoveregi. This afternoon a notice has
' been issued by the police, and this afternoon all the
streets and squares are occupied by soldiers of the police,
gene (rarities and military patrols.
Fin. YS.—Last night all was quiet, only that a fir•
broke out as it did in the prrrrdin•: night, hut it was
merely accidental, and soon extinguished. police
cirenlar saes, •• roe some time past excesses have been
committed- here, which excite the indignation of the Ma-
gistrates, and of every honest citizen; the Magistrates
of the city have adopted the measures necessary for the
maintenance of personal safety and order. The notice
forbids all disturbance of tranquillity by noise and cries
in the streets, especially at night, the stealing into
houses, and pressing against individuals ; also all wear-
in` of arms by persons whose vocation tins not entitle
them so to do. The roving of idle females about the

The Maristrate. and constahles continue esteem
active. Yesterday, the Rey. Dr. Watson, 11r. 1t et,
Mr. Davies, and Mr. Williams, attended at the Real I..mi
public-house, to hold examinations.
There are two wretched looking 01.1 men in cits...folo
who, we have informed our readers, were apprehend .1
on Saturday ; one of them, boo, Skate, was re-examir.e.!
yesterday. Ile is the person represented as having
easionally worked in Mr. Parker's garden. It appe,r-
that he is a man of had character, amt that he has been
well acquainted with the deceased and his premises. lie
'l-selgeoff4a-weres reefs in the attic of a house, neat 1.4,t
.roe to Mr. Parker's, and orcupied by one Evans, a sta.:-
keeper. He is known as " the beggar." His mods- of
living has been by collecting hones and rags, anal rasa: -
log them to the Condon market. When Parlor'' house
was discovered to he on fire, Evans went up to Shaw'‘
room, and found him sitting by a tire which he had
hefted at two in the morning. Evans told him that his
floaster'v lionise was on fire. "So I hear," coolly re-
plied Shaw. He remained quiet In his room, and look
no part in what was going on. It appeared that he had
gone on Friday morning to Parker's horse fur a ginthlet,
which lie had previously got from Evans. On Friday
night, between right and eleven, he had been drinkioi
:is sevens) pohlir-lionsea. The other oh! man, Tham,•
Pope, had been in leis company, and two marines. 'I h.
two marines noire examined, blot nothing like a groux.)
of charge appeared against them. Shaw exhibited mnelo
eonfesion and contradiction as to the money he bad im
his possession during the Friday night. Re had got
sonptirltets for his dinner: yet he borrowed 6.1. from
Evans to buy herr, at the same time that he had ts
his pocket. Toe AI grimes., have remanded this mail
far further examination. Ile is amazingly unmoved h
all the iatriries and examinations to whirls he has beru
exposed.
Several persons we're also exaniitietl who lire in the
n eighbonring lotuses, as to any noises or si.•pirious of. -
contemn-. that mirlft hare fallen under t, fit obsersa-
tion. One girl observed two ur three persons rame oftt
of a house. stand in earnest conversation together, atol
return again. She described their dress anti appear-
ance, but none loss been identified as suiting the de-
.eription. Another girl stated, that after she had gone
to lord about half-past eleven, she heard a violent
• r.r'-arls (crash) of Mr. Parker's (the deceased) door.—
l'his is believed to have-been the noise be the murderers
41 they hit the loons..
Mr. Jackson, who is married to Mr..Parkey's o'do•
rhilfl, canoe into the room in the coarse of the day, and
rw.lained fur a lung 'joie. during wh;ch he was a
deal examined: lie hail not seen the deceased sinrr
Christmas, anal positively denied what all his neigic
hours affirmed, that hr had become very der( befur,
hi‘ death. lie'mentioned that his el lest son, about Pt
years of age, ha I hail occasion to mark particularly a
;fold r.pea'er belonging to Mr. Parker. He also turn-
tionr.l that Mr. Parker hail had some metal watch'-..
with the name of Sampson. Mrs. Jackson was soy.
loisol to able to tell what initials and arms were
woo, silver spoons and other articles of plate, but her
husband peremptorily resisted her appearance to rice
e, hien. e, for fr. r of unpleasant coftscrences. She is
told simply that her father bas died. 'I tie youth on •
ever is forthcoming..
At the time of Mr. Parker's home; loeinz fore /*nen,
it was found to have been shut only by the spring-duel..
Noi bolts had been on. A chain, whit+ apneareol to
lio or been slightly fastened to the side-wall, had beets
found at a distiller Irons the door. From this cirefon-
stance it has been supposed that the housekeeper had
answered the knock at the door, and nened it so far a.
the chain p.irmitted, when the mnrderers force.' the
chain, and effected their horrid purpose. Of Park, r
little remains but his hones. Nothing can he more
ghastly than the l.r tiled tie 411 of his face, and the half.
burnt tragiments of his neckcloth, all mixed together. --
ffoe of his shoes is the only article al..ant him that can
he fully identified. The housekeeper is entire, except
the extremity of her nose, and her crossed elbows, labials
are burnt to the bone. They areboth thrown fintotuclbitel
into their coffins, and are to-be buried to-morrow.

Daring. the gala on Monday, Sergeant Tierney and six
soldiers left Bellow's Island in a boat, to pick op some
property, and have not since Leen heard of, as the LOA:
has been found hill of water, it is (eared the acres
hate perished.