The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-30 00:00:00

OUTRAGES, ROBBERIES, dre.

Last Sunday week, about eight o'clock, the laun-
dry-maid at Henry Smith's, Esq. of Hackney Wick,
was alarmed, while drinking tea, by the appearance
of a manes head at the sky-light; she ran screaming
into the kitchen, exclaiming—" He looked me in
the face;" and after having with difficulty explained
the cause of her fright, fell into strong fits. At this
period Mr. and Mrs. Smith were at home, the but-
ler, the only man-servant in the house, the coachman
and footman having gone to fetch Mr. Smith, jun. who
dined in London ;they returned about ten o'clock,
and as the coachman was preparing to go to bed,
he heard the cutting of panes of glass, as if with a
diamond, iu the laundry ; he instantly gave the
alarm to his master, who, with his son and the three
servants, well armed, proceeded to reconnoitre the
premises ; they divided, young Mr. Smith and the
coachman proceeding with extreme caution to search
the shrubbery, the park paling of which is close to a
narrow lane, for the convenience of foot-passengers
to Hackney and Homertort ; the coachman at length
.left his young master, a whistle having been fixed on
as the final of attack ; tha signal was at length
given, and soon after the coachman came running to
give the alarm, he had literally stumbled over one of
the ruffta-; (there were four), as he lay in the shrub-
bery, near the ha-ha l On his rising, the word-was
given to bolt three of the thieves sprang over the
paling, the other knocked the coachman down, who
had unsuccessfully aimed a blow at his head : on the
coachman recovering from the efft'cts of the blow,
he perceived the fellow climbing over the pales, and
running uptaught fast hold of his coat; the :Issas-.
sin, deliberefely presented a pistol close to kis 'lead,
snapped it; it luckily, however, dashed in the pan ;
but the fellow escaped ; the coachman and his young
master making their way over the narrowly
searched the lane, and at length discovered two men
armed, 'creeping softly along the hedge; on being
bailed, they proved to he the patrole. Since this
attack, the elegant mansion of Mr. Smith has been '
as closely- guarded as a garrison; the watchmen who
nightly take care of the silk-mills, have been'
doubled, and fire-arms have been liberally furnished
to all the workmen.

Late last Thursday niffit, or early the following
morning, the house of C. T. Tower, Esq. of Weald
Hall, near Brentivood, was broke open, and robbed
of a variety of articles of considerable value.
A few evenings since, as Mr, Buckly, of Clerk-
enwell, was passing the end of King-street, Holborn,
he was hustled by a gang of four street robbers, and
was knocked down with a bludgeon, which cut his
forehead, eye, and nose, and rendered him senseless
for a short time, during which the villains robbed
him of his gold watch, chain, and seals, of the value
of 501.

Yesterday another forgery was discovered in the
Bank. A clerk, who has been in the Warrant Office
for matly years, was found to have given forged re-
ceipts for sums of money to a great amount, which
had bee:a entrusted to him to purchase in the funds,
hut which it appears he never did. He absconded
immediately upon the discovery, but it is said he has
been taken.

Sunday night as John May, a servant in the em-
ploy of the Countess of Egremont, was passing along
a back lane near Parson's Green, Fulham, he was
mot by several robbers, one of whom demanded his
money, and gave him a violent blow on his head with
a stick. The servant, however, made some resistance
to being robbed, and some persons being heard ap-
proaching, the robbers ran off, and escaped.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday evening an In-
quest was held at the Golden Anchor public-house,
Leadenhall-street, before THOMAS SHELTON, Esq.
Coroner, upon the body of Mrs. May, the wife of
an ironmonger in Oxford-street, who was run over
by a waggon on Tuesday afternoon, and killed on
the spot. The circumstances of this melancholy
event were briefly as follow:--Mr. May had
stopped in his gig at the door of the house lately
occupied by the celebrated Dirty Dick, the ironmon-
' ger, to speak about ionte business with the pre-
' sent occupant. He left , Mrs. May in the vehicle,
holding the reins until his return. Before, hov. ever,
'be completed his business, a stage coach coming
quickly by caught the off wheel of the gig, over-
turned it, and threw Mrs. May into the middle of
the street, where a heavy waggon, which was passing
at the same instant, went over her head and crushed
out her brains. Her distracted husband came out of
the house just time enough to be a spectator of the
horrible scene. The lifeless body was immediately
conveyed to the Golden Anchor public-houstr, for the
inquest of a Jury. Mr.and Mrs. May were a young
married couple, the latter not yet 20, and in the
seventh month of her pregnancy. The Jury, after
a patient and minute inquiry into the circumstances
of the case, returned a verdict of--Accitlenial Death.
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