The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-16 00:00:00

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On Saturday a tumid's*, character, who stated his
name to.be Joseph White, was -brought Ultra the
Magistrates at Vision-hall Office, • charged on
eeepicion of the robbery and murders-at Greenwich;
And with divers other robberies in the copo.4y of
Surrey and Kent. The officers stated .that the .Pri•
sonar was a very bad cheekier. ,He had teen a re-
,puted thief for Fears, and belonged to the Kent-
,street gang. He answered the description (in the
Newspapers) of a (Ran who was seen near Deptford
on Sunday, the arid therefore they took him into
custody. had but two fingers an his left heed,
his dress exactly accorded with the account alluded
to; and from his being in custody a few weeks ego
upon a charge of entering the house, f a Mn. Jones,
gt Greenwich, aqd stealing money •and ,goods to a
large amount, they more strongly suspected him.—
When he was examined upon the charge of burglary,
Mrs. Jones said, that *the believed White was the
person who robbed her; .butshe would not swear to
the fact, for she was in such an agitated .state 'at the
time that she could not undertake to do so. White
was interrogated as to his being at Greenwich on
Sunday ; but he did not give a satisfactory acconet
of himself, and he was therefore committed for ra.
examination.
A man named Barret was apprehended on Satur-
day,. and examined upon suspicion of being concern
ed in the murders and robbery at.Geeennicb. It ap-
peared that Banat was a desolate character; that he
had no'settled place of residence; and that Un-Suo-
day eight (by his own account) he slept at Green-
wich, in a court., uhich is infested by bad characters.
The house in which he slept wet searched in the
course of last week in consequence. Barret was in
the llalf Moon, ie the Borough, on Friday, sod
stated that he had seen the dead bodies of Mr. Bird
and his servant, and that he could tell who were the
persons that committed the murders. but he did nut
choose to receive blood-money. lie could give on
satisfactory account of himself, and being a bad dia.
racier, end having slept at Greenwich on the night
the murders were committed, the -Magistrates thought
proper to commit him for re-examittatiou.
Ott Saturday J.llfrnslicid was brought up from
the house of Correction, and examined before H. M.
DICER., Esq. one of the Magistrates at Worship-street.
The Prisoner surrendered himself on Friday, in con-
sequence of the statement which had appeared in the
Papers that an individual .answering his description,
was seen with his clothes bloody on the Greenwich-
road on Sunday morning. The investigation lasted
the whole of the morning, when, after the deposi-
tinns of several witnesses, each of whom was es.
audited at great length, it appeared that the Prisoner
had been drinking, and was beat at a house of in-
hale at Ratcliti, when his nose bled ; and 'being
drunk he lost his way, crossed the River at Elephant-
stairs, and strolled down to Deptford : he returned
home at one o'clock on Sunday. The Magistrate
esprested himself perfectly satisfied of his innocence,
and having admonished him for his imprudence, be
was discharged, quite clear of ell imputation.
On Saturday two officers returned from Colches-
ter, where a nephew of the deceased Mr. Bird re-
sided ; suspicion had fallen upon him, but the inves-
tigation which had taken place during the stay ()film
officers, folly satisfied them that he had no baud in
the transaction.

A circumstance took place a short time ago relative
to Mr. Bird, which has not yet been made public.—
Mr. Bird was walking from his brother's, at Royal-
hill, Greenwich, to his house, when he was sod-
deftly attacked by some pessortt he had just time to
torn round and see who was the person that assault-
ed him, when he was struck •to the ground. A
stran4er happened to come up, and the. man who
attacked him hearing his footstepsi'merle a precipi-
tate retreat and escaped. When Mr. Bird was taken
home, and recovered, he stated that he knew silio
the person was that had attacked' him, hot Mat. be
never would divulge it. •On saying this he shed
hers, and appeared mnch affected. It has been con..
*owed that the person who so basely attacked Mr.
Birth was his murderer.
On Saturday morning the coffi es in which the bodies
of the above unfortunate persons were deposited,were
after the relatives and the friends had taken their last
view of thernocrewed down. At I o'clock it was report.
ed that they were to be" buried; and vast crowds as•
sembled to witness the mournful scene. Soch a sight
has never before been witnessed in Greenwich.
It
was a considerable time before the procession could
advance; from the multitude assembled to witness
the melancholy ceremony of the interment. The pro.
cession moved from the house of the deceased to
Greenwich C'aurch. Mr. Bird was 841 and Mary
Symmonds 44 years of age.

Wednesday morning the body of a young woman,
apparently about twenty-one years of age, was found
by • 'vermin, who 'was rowing near Lady Parsons'
stairs, in the River Thames.lying in the mud near the.
stairs.• The body was conveyed to the Bee-hive,
Aldgate.
A slight shock of an earthquake was esperiended,
on Friday last, at Coningby, in Lincolnshire, which
lasted some seconds. A noise, like the subterra-
neous firing of cannon, was heard at-the time, and
the windows of the houses in the town were much
shaken.
SHOCKING DEATHS BY Buetaisto.---Wednesday
Mrs. Mary Parker, aged. 7G, residing at Homerton,
Hackney, sitting in her apartment readiag, by some
accident her clothes caught fire through a spark (ly-
ing out of the grate ; she was burnt in a dreadful
manner, and (lied shortly afterwards in the greatest
agony.—Tuesday a fine boy, John Prudence, aged
five years, was left with his brother, not much older
than himself, playing in their parents' parlour, by
some accident the child's linen clothes caoghtfire,
and he was ahockingly burnt; he was liken to the'
London llospital, where he expired in the greatest
pain.
• The Sessions for Middlesex commenced at the
Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, this day.
Saturday last the prisoners, committed on charges
of Felony, were removed from the .several jails in
London and Middleset to Newgate, preparatory to
taking their trials' at VIP onsnin4 Sessions at the Old
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