The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-23 00:00:00

FIRE IN CORNIIILL.

. The following are some further particulars respect..
jog the fire which took place at Carroll's Lottery
Office, Coinhill, on Friday night. Mr. Carroll re-
sides at Walthatustow, and no person lived in the
house in town ; an oil lamp, covered with glass, was
always left burning on the counter; the gas had bees
turned off previous to the clerks quitting the pre.
mites, and, therefore, how the fire happened it ii
impossible tosscertain. Mr. Smith's, the cutler, in
Lombard-street child was saved through the eel.
vity and perseverance of Jew, one of the Bank
Messengers ; he met Mr. Smith on the stairs, and
upon learning ha bad a child in bed in the upper
story of the how, be immediately went with MO,
snatched titp.c1014.6in50...614410. twiete*.
down sti4eal theflarnes surrousied them, and Mr.
Smith's hair was nearly burnt off ; we are sorry to
add Mr. R. received a serious injury in the leg.
—lie was insured, but not to the amount of
property lost.--Saturday aftenteon, twee after fear
o'clock, the neighbourhood of Lombard-street was
alarmed by the cries and screamoot the passengers oce
easiened by the fall of the fronts! Mr. Smith's how,
which had remained in a precathias .situation hour
.the fire before-mentioned. At the time the wall gave
way, the street was crowded wish. passengers and
persons looking at the destruction the fire had caused:
Ten or twelve persons were buried in the loins. A
very respectably dressed -female was so much injured
that she was conveyed luny apparently lifeless, bar.
ing au eye knocked oat, and her head greatly in.
jored, The son of Mr. Maekretk, grocer, iu Lom.
bud-street, aged 13, was so dreadfully bruitied that
ke was taken home untidier' in a short time; J. Au.
,-derSon, of the Phenix Fire-Office, had his ekell
shockingly hectored; a Rifle girl, about seven yeas
old, was killed; two lads and a working man were
also taken from the ruins, the latter pot upon a,
shutter and carried to the Hospital ; two of
Mr. Smart's sons, of the Eating-house in George.
street, were in company with young Mackreth,i
and were buried in the ruins ; one died the
, same night, and the other is said to be in a dangerous
state. Several other persons were taken away, and
we'fear the king they, have sustained, although not
fatal, will bcOtaiitiy serials nature. During the
whole of the night the stet-.was crowded with
serious enquiring friends; and, notlithstandlog the
fatal accident, the firemen and City police-olficers
had great difficulty in preventing theidle curiosity of
numbers from risking a ainiilar recurrence, as the re-
maining part of the braiding was expected to fall
every moment. The' street was barricadoed, neither
carriages nor foot passengers were suffered to pass.
Carriages were alto pretkoted passing though Corn.
bill, as the hont of --Mr. ,Carroll's house
_remained in
the same dgegerons staff. By the fail of Mr. Smith's
wall, the Clearing.hosseopposite hid a vast number
of windows ktekeo, bat the Bankers' Clerks, eho
attend at Atket huur, fortunately escaped any injury.
In consispence of the above melancholy event, the
mail-coaches were not allowed to enter Lombard-
street; they.drew op in Cornhill and near the Bonk ;
the bags wara.coureyed to rheb.
Yesterday' about lt o'clock, nne of
&MOE frnictowsi towards llammersrnith, was over-
'tumid on the Knightsbridge-road, with four passen.
Ors. inside and four oat. The accident was occasioned
by the near wheel flying off, and notwithstanding the
coach was laid flit down on the side, the passikttgers
escaped Witlionly a few bruises; a Lidy 'obo was
inside was taken out under great terror, and.rensain%
ed for a considerable time in a gate of itsseasibi.44o,;
buc being removed to.. house • near the spot, ahe
rectirred, and 'was able to proceed. Tkecosteinosoll
:was badly hurt by the fall, and
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turday a privete in the First•Regunant of Guards
received 300 lashes in the Tilt-yard, for disposktg of
his necessaries; this is the (north time of
went within these sit mootki; be bee only beim one
year in the itasimenti and enlisted from Melissa*,

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POLICE.
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Marrarow-roust.—James Riley was on Saturday
broeght before the Loneitivrox under the follow-
ing circumstances:—
Charles Francis, Egg. WI iraathall, a Member of
the Board of the Society for the Suppression of Men.
dicity, stated, that the Prisoner accosted him on
Friday evening in the neighbourhood of Mark-lane,
asking alms, on which he gave him one of the So-
ciety's tickets • Riley declared it was too late to ob-
tain relief there, and was •tery inspoetunate. for the
price of a night's lodging, promising to wait upon the
Society hi the morning. Mr. Francis gate him six-
pence, bet shortly afterwards found hint begging
from door to door in Crutcbed-friars ; he therefore
took him into Custody, and baring delivered him to
a constable, be was :..iarched, and 21. 15s. Gd. found
upon him. ,
These facts Wing been proved, the 1...0RW MAlroa'
called upon the Prisoner to state his place of resi-
dence and condition, when he readily acknowledged
that tie lived by street-beggingftet urgently request-
ed that be might be liberated.
The Loan MAYOR stated, that he was determined
to esercise his influence and aotbority, in preventing
such depredations on the henueolence of the Public;,
be should, therefore, commit the Prisoner to Bride-
well for one month.
Mr. Blundell *ere presented himself on behalf of
the Society, and requested that Riley might stand
committed to the nest Quarter Sessions; as, in far.
Iherence of their object, he pledged himself the 94;.
ciety would appear against him for further punish..
ment, agreeably to the Act of Parliament. He like-
wise moved, that the 21. 15s. 6d. might be detained,
as especially directed by the said Act, to be espended
is the vagrant's conveyance to Ireland.
la Ibis arrangement the Lord Mayor readily die-
quieseed, and the parties were bound over to prose-
cute accordingly.
GUILDWALL.—M. Sheen was charged with felony.
—R. Campion, 15 years old, in the employ of Mr.
Chard; jeweller, Fleet-street, stated, that he•was ,
sweeping the pavement before his master's door, early
on Saturday morning, when the Prisoner asked him
if he could tell where Mr. Phillips lived; he replied
in the negative, and on looking towards the shop,
perceived a stranger at the glass-case behind the
counter; he ran into the shop, shut the door, and
gave an alarm. While be was asking the man what
business lie had there, some one knocked at the door,
and on his opening it, the Prisoner rushed in and
held him, while the other made his escape. His
master came to his assistance, and secured the Pri-
soner. A gold- seal, a gold mounted eye-glass, and
several other articles, were missing from the case.—
Remanded.
yr. Allen was examined under the following cif.
.cumstances :---Mr. •Forrester, a salesman, stated,
that the Prisoner was in his *imp*. Having reason
to suspect he was acting fraudiilently he sent some
persons to purchase goods, with a view to detect
him. Several articles so purchased were produced,
els. st skew!, a time-piece, brass lamp, waistcoat,
Ike; •Sotiii.of persons oho had made the put-
ehtlireVollulteg Watteodance, the Prisoner was se-
t matied.t.ic,Earnest application was made by the Pro-
leSsiktArSir Charles Flower to gaant a private
beettlleirtlit tht Worthy Alderman said he did not
like justliaradministered in private, and sew nothing
in this ease that, was necessary to be concealed from
the public eye. ‘
Bow-sTankt*-00. Saturday, Taylor, a porter at
the Whit Hart Inn, St. John.streel, was summoned
to answer the complaint of Charles Musgrave, Esq.
of Pertiatul-place, for an overcharge in the carriage
and postage of a parcel. , The overcharge, which
was a very gross one, was clearly proved ; but the
Defendant brought forward the book-keeper to prove,
that the parcel weighed 621 b. and, by the Statute,
Magistrates moot take cognizance of any over-
charge upon any parcel weighing more than 541 b.—
It-was proved, however, that the Defendant, upon
delivering the parcel, had obtained en extra shilling
from the son of Mr. Musgrave, who was et home ill,
anti alone, under the representation that it was
a wit day. This shilling was in addition to the
retereharge. The Magistrate told the Defendant,
that, to use hingoage most easily understood by him-
self, he ind " jumped from the frying-pan into
the lire," in the present case. To avoid a trivial
penalty, he bad broo&ht a witness, whose testi-
mony had the effect of taking away the- jurisdiction of
a Magistrate; but by this Act 'he had rendered himself
indictable at Common Lew for a fraud, and he sin-
cerely hoped that Mr. Musgrave would not allow so
gross an imposition to go unpunished. Mr. Mug-
grave was exceedingly indignant at the imposition,
and expressed his fall determination to indict the De-
feedlot at she 'nett Sessions fur freed.

MAIRLSOROTJOIFATREET.--• Ann Harvey was
cha►ged by M. Crawley, green.grocer, of Bird-street,
Grosvenor-square, with having broken.
-open a chest,
and taken thereout a bag, containing 61. Plaintiff
'deposed, that about ten days since be Dist the Pri-
*nor in -the street, in great apparent distress, and
ntook her into his service. That on Wednesday he
opened his chest, and took out the bag for the per-
,pose of sepplying himself with money for the mot-
h-COW% market. The bag then contained 111. in ail-
lu,siet The Prisoner and his son were present at the
civet►: Crawley took 51..0ut of the,bag,.and his son
deposited the remaining 61. in the cbest, and put the
key -hi his mother's pocket. On Friday night his
wife;sliscovered the box was broken open cod the
property gone; and whilst apprising him of the cir-
camatance, she saw the Prisoner repair, with some•
thing in her-hand, to the bed-sick, and throat it un-
der the mattsass, which he discovered to be the bag
in question.— Remoruied.
Mara Smith was fully committed for picking the
pocket olJobn Bates, of four 11. notes on Friday
UNVIN-11A1.1..—Application was on Saturday made
'by the. Overseers of the Parish of Christchurch,
Surrey, lariat orders to 'tinny. Mary Silk a *Wow,
and her istrpof, 'lO bee..mottement st
;Airs& stater:ll by.one 'of the Parish Officers, that
11,411111 t svlbtateathe• ago, Mrs.. Silk and her. husband
.tmildeflinVistuditster. In consequence of tha death
al her husband. Ile was, compelled to apply for pa:
!Wel PllilikeSet-stben it appearing, that her legal
%sus at, Bridgewater, money was given to
I she 1,113 desired to go to that pltce.—lllion
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her arrival, herself and Child were received into tie
workhouse, where mot reepieed five weeks; frost
thence they were take* io the How of Correcooft
at Bridgewater, locked ep as eaoroote for half so
hour, and afterwards sent off *ha a vagrant's 141
'to the parish of Christchurch. It was antteudedo
that she had committed no wet of vagrancy; that her
confinement was merely nobtinel ; sod that the whole
tranisction was composed of a series of frauds, fee
the purpose of relieving the parish from the eapeses
of supporting the woman and infant. • The M.
gistrates condemned the mode adapted by the Othceis
at Ltsidgewater, as illegal, tad psalmd an order for
her removal to that place.
Oo Friday teeming, J. Codd, of Untoo-rowi
baker, for having in his possemioa a qoautity nj
American ashes and foul salt ; and Ann George, of
Bermondsey-street, for hoeing a gawky of Mediae
her premises, were seerraily fissed hat.
MR. HORSLEY'S GUILD.
Taunton, the Bow-street officer, was to Failed
whence Rennett, who is supposed to hate stolen the
child, crossed the Channel ; bet Taunton did unt
hear of the circumstance until he hid atti,,a iq
England, when it was cornmunicated to hits 104
Magistrates of Bow-street Police Ogee. Irolaie
diately returned to Calais, having previously triarool
that a man of the description of the main ;AGM
name was stated to he Faulkner, bat whose NA
name was Charles Bennett, had set of from the Lao;
don Ina at Dover, with a child visioning the .
scription of the stolen child, to Colitis 1w a boat; aad
that he had obtained passports in the name of Georg
Reynolds. When Taentnt, arrived at Calais, lip
found that the delinquent had left there on the 10th
just. He had been at a talent kept by a person
named Meurice, and .had taken refreshments sod
also given some to the child,who Was in good health.
Bennett, it appears, applied ioninisdiately to the Po.
Ike, on his arrival in Calais, to get his passport en.
&rod, which being done, he set oil with the child
in the diligence towards Brussels. Prior ZW.taati.
ton's second arrival in France, the nephew of itvw
Horsley and Gooding the officer tad arrived; andioi
pursued the fugitivo,•so-that tte affair was tiftnftwißy •
known, and told to him on his landing. 1111 MOW
that the pursuers had discovered the route telt**
Bennett, and were at least three stages on theater
after him, anti it was therefore useless in him toms:
(intro the pursuit ' • for the persons, who ware beim
him having received every assistance from the French
Police, would be equally abk to obtain thae te.
ject as if he were to follow. He thesefor*
returned to England with the so far satisfactory ia-
telligence to the affirmed relatives Or the child. Such
is the system of the French Polio* department, that
the pursuers were informed that they might rest as.
surred that both child and thief would be ultimately
tti custody.
On Saturday morning a conssimicatine is. ow**
was received by Mts. Horsier leaf. Mr. Biro* apt
.which the following is a copy r•--
" Mr. Birgie losa reason to balm (bet llonoWt
bad the child are at Dunkirk."
By which it appears almost oortotai. tliat they Met
'be on their way to 14sudou by this time. le.* -111••
opinion of the distressed family, from- infoomotion
they have received, that the parties will Weil*
town this day.
CO RON ERA' INQUESTS 4;
An Inquest was taken at tight garret.
'night, before T. tinr.LToll, Esq. Cortorsito4
ComMi!tPo-roolft; on the tattrihrikti;le
'Slurs, for the purpose of inettatigariog t irse of
his death, which was commonly mated to have been
accelerated by his being removed by Parish
_Olficeie
and others from one place to another when in a stare
approacl.ing dissolution.
The COKONCR said, it was onferionattly :that the
deceased was removed when so very newell, but hi
might not have lived any longer had he not been 're-
moved ; there, however, was evidence to prey*
that by such removal his death was accelerated.
Verdict-. Died by the visitation of Gad.
ISLE or WIWI; Nov. 21'.—On Saturday last, an
Inquest was taken, at the Guildhall of Newport,
before THOMAS Salmi,, Esq. Coroner of this Isle.
end a most respectable Jury, on the body of Edward
Saunders who was shot, In a field, at Standen, on
the preceding night. It appeared in *eidetic', thet
Mr. Hardley, who is occupier of West Slanders
Farm, basing been night after night plundered if
turnips, directed three of his servants to .watcbt.tal
endeavour to detect the depredators. Mr. inn •
Hardiey, a young man shout 18 years of age, Seatcrio
ed with them, and unfortunately took with lama
gun; about twelve o'clock two men entered 111* -11'
with sacks, which they placed under the isirditteiied •
-deliberately proceeded to pull turnips; aftit
had taken a considerable quantity, the partiee,wotr..
ing discovered themselves, and called pit, tiretilartella
'tors to stop • the depredators ran &IV" nth(? •
permed, repeatedly requiring the poriis: tr*iitikp.
This not being attended to, and as it mooned prow
NM, they would escape, Mr. Henry flordley fitadw
and the contents of his gen lodged in one of themes,
'who proved to be the deceased, Edward Saunders, a
labourer, residing in Newport. Mr. Medley ism-
diately proceeded for medical aid, bat this was in
vain ; the deceased breathed his last in a few hours,
at his own house, to which be was removed. After •
patient and Waite investigation, the Jury returned's
verdict of—Mmuloughter against Henry
Saturday morning a little sweep boy, who was ea.
played in sweeping the chimneys of Mr. Ilaydoes •
'the Three Nests' Tongue*, Pearl-street, Spisal-Aeidss
met with the following accident:- Whets Jui had jolt
finished sweeping the last chimney, aad whilst at lb*
lop, he got into the chimney pot, and hemp rattling
with his brush to apprise the people that he was at
the top, when unfortonetely the pot gave way, roiled
down the roof and over the.parapet, aird was precj-
hintatrd ioto the street, a fall of not less then forty feet;
the chimney-pot was broken into a thousand piece'.
,On a Gentleman cunning to his assistance, he jumped
up, andehlaimed, 46 I am not an the least hurt. kto
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