The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-20 00:00:00

UNION HALL.

Result/items MEN.—On Saturday' morning,
about four o'clock, as the Constable of Bermondsey
parish was going his rounds, he ohcerved a man in
Snow's-fields driving a horse and cart ; he went up
to him, stopped the horse, and inquired what he had
got ; the man replied goods which he had brought
from the country; this answer, however, not satis-
fying the Otlicer, he proceeded to search the cart,
which he soon discovered contained no less than four
dead bodies, two male and two females, quite naked,
and apparently just taken from the ground ; he se-
cured the mast, and conveyed the bodies to the work-
house, and in the course of the morning, the man
was taken before G. Hicas, Esq. by whom he was
held to bail to answer for the misdemeanour at the
Sessions.

OUTRAGE AT MR. PRIOR'S.
Halton and Clark, the men in custody on suspi-
cion of being concerned in this transaction, were
again examined, as was a man named Sam. Allen,
who was apprehehended by Goff and Clarke on Fri-
day last ; when taken into custody, Allen had a
piece of black silk concealed in the crown of his
hat, and was dressed in a corderoy jacket. lle an-
swers the description given by Sarah Wilkins of the
man seen loitering about the door of the shop in the
evening before she was wounded. The Prisoners un-
derwent a long private examination before Mr.
CnAsinens and Mr. lltcas, and were all remanded
for another examination.

BOW-STREET.
On Saturday the bloody knife and jacket belong-
ing to the late murderous wretch Williumg, was
brought to the above Office. The Officer below,ing
to Shadwell Police Oflice, who found them, under-
went a private investigation before Mr. GRAHAM.
The landlord of the Duke of Kent public-house has
also given evidence upon the subject before the same
Magistrate.

TaAnonous CoknEgroancvcc.—lt was a gentle-
man belonging to the Transport Office who disco-
vered the traitorous correspomlence of General Simon
and Surgeon Boysen nith the French Government.
The object was is land a considerable number of
troops on the coast of Cornwall, and General Simon
undertook to arrange with the prisoners here to join
them. The gentleman belonging to the Transport
Office who made the discovery, has used great exer-
tions, and has been particularly active, in conjunc-
tion with Lavender, Vickery, and Adkins, in trac-
ing and apprehending the General and his compa-
nion. On Wednesday morning having received in-
formation that two foreigners answering their de-
scription had been seen at Richmond, they went
,there, and on inquiry found two foreign gentlemen
had been travelling through there in a post-chaise,
but were satisfied that they were dot the men they
wanted. They proceeded across the country to
Hounslow, supposing the persons they were in search
of would cross the country from Oilihant to the coast
of Kent. At Hounslow they received information
of Frenchmen who answered the description in every
respect, and who travelled in a post-chaise to Lon-
don, they traced them to be set down at the corner
of Dover-street, Piccadilly, where all trace of them
was lost. It then occurred to the official gentleman
and the officers that these persons had gone to a
French Doctor's in Dover-street, who had been
suspected of corresponding with General Simon. It
was ascertained that they called there, but remained
only a short time. The officers, after some inquiries,
proceeded to the residence of Madame Gion, the
proprietor of the Diligence which run to Paris, in
Great Pultney-street, where they found three French-
men, and they concluded one of them was General
Simon ; however, on inquiry, they ascertained that
neither of them were, but discovered that they were
all officers who had broke their parole, and in con-
sequence took them into custody, and lodged them
in Tothill-fields Bridewell. _ _ .

After same other inquiries, the officers went to a,
house in Pratt-street, Camden Town. They gave a
single knock at the door, and were answered by a
female servant in the area. The ollicer who knocked
at the door told her he wanted to speak to the gen-
tleman who lodged there, she denied any being there,
but refused to open the door. From the manner of
her answer no doubt was entertained but the General
was there. The officers having surrounded the house,
they got upon the wall of the garden at the back,
and by the light of some candles sao/ some men in
the back parlour; they disappeared, and the candles
were put out. Lavender soon afterwards knocked at
I the door, the girl answered him from the area, he
told her he had got a letter for the lady of the house,
' which he must deliver to her, the girl refused to open
the door ; Lavender then threatened to shoot her if
she did not, but she was not to be intimidated; dared
him to do it, and put him at defiance; in the mean
time the other officers gained admittance at the back
part Over a wall, and found the General and his corn-
, panion, Boysen, in a 'dark kitchen. On Saturday
the mistress of the house, who is a French woman,
and the servant girl, underwent an examination be-
fore Mr. NAREs. In consequence of the above dis-
I covery, a number of Frenchmen, who corresponded
Iswith General Simon, have been lodged in Tothill-
fields Bridewell, and were on Saturday removed from
there to a prison ship at Chatham.

Last week, at Yaxley barracks, as a eentinel belongin to the
picket guard, was on his punt at one of the inner gates, a trench
prisoner, with a bucket full of water, asked leave to go through,
and on the soldier's hesitating, threw the whole contents in his
face, which made him drop ins firelock, when the Frenchman
unfixed the bayonet. and ran of with it. soldier however
quickly recovered his recollection, and snatching up his piece,
discharged it at the Prisoner ; the b4ll entered below the should-
er, and came out at the breast, but we understand be is still
alive.
A female impostor, aged about 4t, stout made, and wearing
no gown, is travelling about the country, with a child about
live years old. tier practice, on entering a town or village, is
to drop down apparently lifeless; by which artifice she has not
only been fed, and lodged, and clothed, but she has also ob-
tained a considerable sum of money from the ensuspiciens,
w. ich she carries in a purse. Her story is, that she is on her re-
turn home into Dorsetsbire, from Liverpool, where sbe has been
to burrber husband.
A boy and a girl, the eldest of whom did not exceed the age
of twelve years, were poisoned, in Lotighrea, Ireland, on
Christmas eve, in consequence of a compound prepared for the
destruction of rats, being placed in a press, where also was
some flour, a part of which the children took, for the purpose of
preparing what they themselves termed " a feast," and meeting
with the fatal compound, which had the appearance of a lamp
of dough, the girl worked it with the flour and some treacle into
a cake, which, when baked, they both partook of with apparent
oolidahioa---but alas ! It was their last meal l

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