The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-27 00:00:00

ARREST OF STREET RUFFLINS.

It will be recollected that Marsden, the turnkey at
the Marlhurough-strert Office, was attacked by a gang
of ruffians a few evenings ago in lireat Ilussell•street,
as he was conducting some prisoners to Cold Bath
Fields, and the wto.lr of the prisoners rescued from
him, he himself bring dreadfully maltreated. For
the discovery of the perpetrators of this outrage, Ott-
remittent subsequently offered a reward of 1(101. In
consequence of some information received on Satur-
day asorning, the officers of Marlborongh-street suc-
ceeded in re-apprehending (two of the rescued pri-
soners at a house in Newman's Mews, OKford-street.

In the course of the (lay such further information
was received as itulneed the Magistrates to issue " a
privy search warrant." This warr.int WAS put into
the hands of Ruthven ; and at about nine o'clock at
night he and his party, consisting of Ellis, the two
Smiths, Peter Ferry. and ten or twelve ethers, all
well armed with cutlasses and pistols, and headcti by
J. 13 Con nt, Fsq. pro ee led to " St. George's Coffee-
house," a low public house in Great Suffolk street in
the Borough, long known to the Police as a notorious
flash house, the headinarters of the most abandoned
viilains in the metropolis. From the infamous cha-
racter of this house, anti great part of its immediate
neighbourhood, the officers airticipved a gala, or,
in plain English terms, a determined resistance, and
they accordingly took their measures with the ut-
most precaution. In the first place. they divided
their whole force into three parties; the first of these
took their station immediately in front of the house
on the opposite side of the street; the second posted
themselves at the back of the premises in order to pre-
vent escape that w.iy, and the others, with Mr. CONA N T
and Itutheen at their head, entered the house, leaving
the door well guarded. They found the lower part
entirely filled with known thieves and abandoned pro-
stitutes ; and having declared their business, and sig-
nified the uselessness of resistance, they singled out
four men, who had tp•en described to them as leaders
of the !fang who hail-attacked Marsden. • These were,
John Watts, William Jones, John Barris. and George
Harris, alias Keylock ; and they having been properly
secured, a party of the officers proceeded np stairs.
Ilene they found Samuel Jones (one of the burglars
rescued from Marsden) in bed, where, it appears he had
remained ever since the rescue. Ile at first denied
that he was the man ; hnt Ittithreu having examined
his wrists, and found them much lacerated, lie made
a full confession of the whole affair, and submitted
I • self quietly. These live prisoners were then all
lodged safely in Horsentonger-lane jail, and they will
be examined at Marlborough-street Police Office this
morning..
Whilst the officers were in the house, there was a
girl who made repeated attempts to elude their notice
and get out, but she did not succeed; and as they
were leaving, sire assailed them with the bitterest in-
vertices, declaring, with horrible imprecations, that
if she had got out of the house, she would, in a few
minutes, have braught such a party about their ears
as should have beat thew all to is-11, and prevented
them from reaching home alive.

FIRE AT CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD.

Extract of a letter, dated Oxford, Friday night, 11l
o'eloek :—" I have to inform you, that the rooms of
Mr. Salu•ey (on liuder•ttraduate of Christ Church)
were discovered to be on lire, this evening at a pi:liter
past seven. The devouring element soon made a rapid
progress, and would unquestionably have led to the
snot perniris•us consequences, had it nut been for the
prompt arrival of the Christ Church eneine, and the
indefatigable exertions of the members of that society,
amongst whom we noticed Messrs. Ilook, Longley,
Sympson, and Calcraft, to whom great praise is due
for their well-timed assistance. 'I he eaves have now
entirely subsided, and we are happy to add, that the
damage was confined to the suite of rooms occupied by
Mr. Salwey."
Extract of another private letter :--" Ahosst seven
o'clock this evening the inhaltitants of oxford
were alarmed by a cry of are, proceeding from Christ
Church. Upon examination, it was found that a fire
had broken out in that magnificent nfag,• of building
called the Chaplain's Quadrangle, which would have
fallen a prey to the devouring element, but for the
p pt arrival of the engines. Oiling to the failure
1 of the pumps in Christ Church, a doable line of
I lieu nstoten was formed from Ilse river Isis, so that the
engines were plentifully supplied. After raging for
three hours, the lire was happily got under. Four sets
of apartments are entirely consumed, and u e are sorry
t.t add, a voidable collection of books b.-lunging to
Mr. Borough.—Oreat praise is doe to Messrs. Bull and
Short, the Censors of the College, for their are ea-
I anions on the a'i'ming Lecasion : as also to Mr. Hod.