The Statesman.
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dears, the following prisoners have been confuted in was that whicleMr. F. now occupies). This address,
it, uiz.:--IVltittaker, for forgery, who was there however, hadeio•influencee and it was at length-dise
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from his committal to the moment he was taken to covered, that the sodomite had corrupted a young
the scaffold for execution. Thomas Noreen, cone fellow-prisoner, with %shone there is reason to sus-
vieted of felons-, and who, during his imprisonment, pact the horrid crime was actually committed. Some
acted as common executioner. Balky, who was t days after this discovery, the 'corrupted youth was
committed for forgery, and who was allowed to take removed, and, in consequence of frequent remon.
exercise in the Castle-verd for nu hour each day, :entices with thespoler, the sodomite, of affluent
which, by-the-bi e, gas as much as the gaoler ever connections, who had in general been treated by the
voluntarily ~i-aiiii•il to Mr. Finnerty. Atkinson, w fee gaoler, with infinitely mare courtesy than either Mr.
was executed for foreery. Neelon, a earricide, sub- Finnerty 'or Mr. Drukardewas, at length, put in so-
ject to insanity—=for a considerable time. A felon, litary confinement Now, these strong, these shock-
celled Thinbouriur Jerk. 31illvr, a horse-stealer, ing proofs, of the debt:knee, of the gaol, having so
vs ho eas sentenced to transportation for Ho. Batton, lately occurred, how comes it that the gaoler did
committed for shooting with intent to kill Mr. Toolev, not represent such deficiency to the Grand Jnry at
of Iforlicastle. Bet several other felons have nein- the last Assizes ?--Did the omission lo make
pied this ward. hided, Iwo hot se-stcalers,olthe name such representation manifest any regard for that duty
of Colley, were taken out of it to make room fur Mr. which the law prescribes, or was such omission con-
i'innerty. But independently of these incontestible sistent with that humane and considerate solicitude
facts, one should suppose that a misdemeanor-ward, for the accommodation and proper treatment of his
considering the gradation of crime, ottelit to be some- prisoners, which a gaoler should feel ?—But here I
what more enlarged add commodioes than the wards dismiss this topic for the present, hoping limed have
assigned to felony. What, however, is the fact ?-see established the followingpoints from a review of the
Why, that the s aril arinexed to Mr. Finnerty's late . law and the facts,—namely, that there iselo misdea.
apartment, which is exactly the same size as those nor-ward, and that there are several other deft-
occupied by the felons, and enclosed by a wall of the , ciencies in the construction of the priien—that such
seine height, is touch the worst of any, because the deficiencies are owing to the neglect of the gaoler to
latter are free from the smell which annoys the former.; make the desired appeal to the Grand Jury, or to
Can suclia place, then, be properly regarded as a • the neglect of the letter to attend to such appeals—
misdemeanor ward ? But in truth, as I have shewn, ! that the Magistratee have no right, according to
it never was so regarded or • described, melt it was law, or general practice, to that power which
thought expedient to advance a hardy assertion, in ' they were so long permitted to exercise in this
order to palliate thesill treatment of Mr. Finnerty.— , prison—that their worships' conception of right
The want of a misdemeanor-ward in this prison, springs out of legislative provisions meant for Houses
which of course leaves it to the Sheriff to provide ac- of Correction, and not for this, the Sheriff's '.gaol.
commodatioii for that class of prisoners, in the beet This, at least, I feel to be indisputable, that admit-
manner. he can, has been felt by Mn. Draken', as ; dug the right of the Magistrates to enact rules for
m ell ac '
by Mr, Finnerty (6). at Mi. Draken", ; this prison, and to effectuate the separation or Cass-
finding that the remonstrances of Mr. Finnerty. event ling of prisoners, such rules cannot be eirectke until
before his (Mr. D.'s) arrival here, were utterly un- I ajlitmed by the Justices of Assize, • who are not
a veilingethogght it Useless on his part to speak upon f likely to sanction any that are vindictive or oppres-
rite sirbjeete Air. Draken' has beene and melt is, con. sive : and that such classification of the- prisoners
tined in what is undeniably a felon'scell. Undeniably, I cannot take- place until certain alterations and ime
did I say: Very likely, as I have asserted it, the . provements are made in the structure of the gaol.,
assertion will be contradicted by the gaoler and co. Such alterations and improvements being obviously
although the very painting over the door describes it necessary, I would ask, Who ought to suffer by thee
to be a felon's apartment. And there being no miss 1 existing insufficiency of the prison ?--the gaoler as '
demeanor-ward in the prison, an humane Sheriff, ' the prisoners—the prisoner who has no power but ter
will, of course, rather provide a better than a worse complain, or the gaoler whose duty it was to repree
accommodation than the law prescribes. lie will sent the insufficiency to the Grand Juries until the
execute the sentence upon every prisoner in mercy; evil was cured—the gaoler who has had some inn-
and if the MagiStretes will not furnish a suitable de- provement so frequently made in the accommodation
partment for each class of prisoners, as the law di- of his own residence, with the sanction of the Ma.
recta, he will not place any class or 'individual in ! gistracy, and at the expence of the county, while;
such a situation as humanity forbids—as prejudice; the interior.of the prison has been so much neglect. !
alone would desire (7). But the want of a misde- jed ? Shall it then be allowed that in consequence of i
meanor-ward is not the only deficiency in the struc- I an insufficiency in the prisonearising out of the gaoler's i
hire of this prison, although the gaoler is specially i dereliction of duty, a prisouer for misdemeanor must i
directed by the statute, in case the gaol shall not be I be committed to a felon's department, while the gaoler I
in a state to afford the means of separation, directed I retains thirteen apartments for his own accomtioda. 1
by the 2lth of George HI. to report the insufficiency I tion ? Shall it, -I repeat, be allowed by the Sheriff, !
thereof to the Grand Jury, at every Assize, until ! whose right and duty to govern this prison, accord-
such means of separation are effected (8). Now, ;• to -my opinion, is sanctioned by the authority of I
either the gaoler has neglected to do his duty in 1 Mr. Secretary Ryder, who, I um assured, in the 1
making this appeal, or the Grand Juries, consist- i case of Mr. Finnerty, addressed such letters of re-
ing in general, for the most part, of Magistratee, I
monstrance to Sir John Trollope, upon his paseive
.have neglected to do their duty by attendieg to such acquiescence in the conduct of the Magistrates to-
appeal. By the 21th of George 111. it is directed, :. wards Mr. Finnerty, as Sir John Trollope and Air.
chit separate departments shall be provided in every ! Robinson cannot fail to recollect.
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gaol, " for Rrieoners convicted of felony, prisonerel I cannot conclude this subject without esking,.. in
committed for or adjudged to be guilty of misde-e the name of justice and commonsense, who theMeeis-
mean ors mile." Yet here there is only one depart- I, trates arcs° anxious to interfere hi the conc ft' • erns. o ins
neat for women, hr which the convicted and tine ac- 1 prison ? Why, while the system of national education
fused, either for felony or miedemeawer,- must be in the principles of the 'Established Church, after
huddled together. The probable corruption of the ! being ushered into this county with all the eclat of a
miner offenders, by the more depraved, is naturally ' county meeting, is left to languish and lilsely to die'?
to be apprehended from such an association, as the ...._ w,
hy, while Dr. Coley Illingworth scarcely ever
Legislature by this statute manifested such an anxiety i Mounts the pulpit, unless, like Doctor O'Meara, to
to pr
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event. According to this statute also, it is di- •
: preach before Royalty (9), he should spend so much
rected that a separate department should be provided time in debate about the gaol?--why, while the ex-
-44 for such prisoners as are intended to be examined tensive progress of the Dissenters is attributed to the
as %illnesses on behalf of any prosecution of any in-' alleged inertness of the Established Clergy, Parson
eictenent for felony." At the very lase Assize, the 1 Holt should have come such a distance to this meet.
wretch Came, who swore against Mors, was put 1 ing, and so many clergymen, for three-fourths of
to sleep for two Mehts with a mere peasant lad, who the meeting consisted of them, should have been so
timed as turnkey in the interior of the eleson. New, i
much i on the alert upon such an occasion ?' " Would
either the gaoler has a suitable deeeuereent in tee
'Pri- 1 to God," exclaimed an ardent member of the Church
son for prisoners of this descriptiete or he Lae not—: of England to me, when I put him these questious—e
If' the former, to have ordered the turnkey to take I “ that our clergy were as attentive to their clerical
Crow to slesp w ith him, was a most reprehensible !as to their magisterial functions—te their spiritual
net on the part of the gaoler ; and if the latter, he is ! duties as. to
.. their temporal pursuits-e-that they
culpable in not hales; appealed to tire Grand Jury, i were as anxious to promote the obvious interests of
as the law directs, for the erection of such a dc. I tine Church, as some mysterious interests at the Casa
partmeut. The fact is, teat there is no such depart- . tae."—r` Strange," said I, " for we never hear of
moot, and it is for the Greed Juries and Mugis-
such Magisterial obtrusion elsewhere. At Newgate,
trates to say, whether the gaoler has been se at- i in the enetropolis of the Empire, where one should ,
tenths.. fe his duty as to make the representation suppose that the laws are best understood and admi-
prescribed Le law.—Again, as to the deficiency of ! nistered, the government of the p ,rison is left excite.
gaol.—A soiloraite, who was here some months ;go, ! seedy to the Sheriff and Gaoler.—There no mod- 1
beine confined with other male prisoners, tare •
• e -
' ;dung Magistrates interpose."—" Ay," replied my
priety of the act was represented to the gaoler at va- erier,e,e;
but in the City of London there is nut among
riot's times, but in vain—the gaoler answering—" I 1 the Magistracy any busy intriguing priest, eager for
have no other place to put .him." I understand Mr. the possssion of power, or the gratificationsof pre-
Finnerty said to him on one occasion--d• Can't
You judice." Such eagerness has, however, too gene-
put the fellow into the place I oceupy, and let mebave *ratan existed, as poets, historians,• and philosophers,
one of the 'room, vacant above stare:" (among which ;testify. 'sl can conform to any thing," said Horne
—' Tooke, " but.l cannot take poison, and therefore I
cannot conform to the power of the clergy."
Here I close :—For into airy further 'statement as
to the conduct of the prison, whether regarding the
i gaoler or the Magistracy, I do not propose to enter.
That I shall -leave to Mr. Marris, who appears to
have had such ample opportunities of observation,—
and having mentioned thiegentlemae, I cannot for-
bear to notice the malicious industry which I under..
I stand has been in action since headdressedthe Sheriff,
`to depreciate his credit arid character,—particularly
i among those too, wheewere his advocates while on
terms of intimacy with the gaoler.—But what end
' can .such industry answer ?—lt is notoriously the
common expedient of conscious guilt, where -it cane
not refute ateaccusation, to asperse the accuser ; and it
can avail nothing in defence of Mr. Merry weather to
traduce Mr. ellarris, because the cases-stated in that
Gentleman's letters do not depend stems his evis
dencealone.—An unfortunate debtor is too genemlle
abaseriby his creditors. Bet of the general charac-
ter of 'Mr. Morris I know nothing, nor do I' think
it hr this•instanee material to enquire about ite-eleor
what has tine Character of that Gentleman td'dns with
the Complaints of the debtor a to• their bedding,

M) The writ& has heard*, enifiepebsons fur misdemeanor be-
at.; coufioed-in the ettodemaill cells.
.17) fly the nth section of the 4lth Gen. 3. chap. 51. the J ustices
in tiessioas may, upon there Port of one or more .1 ma ices, order
any sum. not evreeding2gyp lt. inane year, to he laid out in the
repair of any gaol, withonteten the presetitment of the Grand
Jury. Now, with, about 21)31.1 aavossnred, float a misdemeanor-
ward ibizlit tse emistteried aver the winr„ which terminates with
the chapel, to open au thelnp of the (tont stair-ease;and to that
ward an infirmary illight he annexed. • The want of sleh an in-
firmary for debtors, nod Misdemeanors. is quite evident, as there
is anise in the prison, and indeed there is not now even a proper
infirmary 'nations—a plai-eaSaignfd for such purpose-being °e-
rn oiett by Afr. 1/rakard. What, then, must become of the pri-
i-tie..rs, should any rontagintis disease:isc. or should any. num-
toel of the {Pi:need he serion.stie indistiesed ? The prescription
of the law for orehlte event i., here tinattiMded to. The Ma..
gistrates pr •len, humanity. In the name of humanity, then,
.'.ill upon theufto prove theicsiacerity, by taking this subject
into immediate constileratten. (Obviously. this would be a more
rwpri.opristte ohject fat: the expenditure of the ctiont,y mooey
than on the emistruttiop 9( a bath fur the gaoler, or in any elhell
dee•iration of the ottotiratta of the prison. the kesoefal a ppeasell4
of which is usealetßastel to deceive cursory observers as So.
aetnal state afttho
" And . blt farther cmaeted, that in case the commas
,aril shallow.* in a state to istientlie meal* of iteparation,' Rea
eording.to the direetlons of the suitt Aet of the '2.101 year of die'
reign bh6llceseat Majesty, intiluted...-' An Act to expiate aad
ruorod as 4stipAde iu the alma, eleventh, and tivelfsh yeers eC
eeid-i:eeke abaft, and h ix aveclY
r...potrtetthttottlicherteo of sorh crino.tt, gee; to tto-Gealtrittem,
at the next assize', great se.4iont. orgeneral goof delivery=
tp he haldek afteellse pariskg of ties Act, and at 'every
tpient assizes, great sess.inis, or general gaol delivery, *eel
to lee hnkien, atter; the poto,ing this 'Aet, and at gvegy
*Olivia:44n afoire4, weattes.stoes, or general gaol delivery, till
• ',scant of.,4arttlion seat( be taii4441.".. Sibl G. c. 46,
s.
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• (9) the Archdeacon Preached betake the Duke of tilancf steet.
upon his jastallatioa as Cliaatelier 41- ihe, Vnivcrtiti et Cagy.
I bridge, and aas dubbediD. aeon that UtWASIOn•
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&c. or with the.eases of De Rippe, or Barlow, or
Dyson,- of Nicholson, or -Green, or 'largess, 'dr
Allen, or Forgq, all of which can, 1 understand, be
fully proved,, independently of the testimony of Mr.
Mardi ? But the fact is, that on an occasion of
this nature, the general character -or Conner conduct
of the complainant is not to be dwelt upon. For
what is the case under consideration ?. A Prisoner
complaining of a Gaoler,-----ancl is it an instirtneunt-
able objection or sufficient answer to such complaint,
that some imprudence or mhconduct was attributable
tb such Prisoner before his conuniital ? If, indeed,
such an objection were admissible, a Gaoler might
be as tyrannical as he pleased with impunity. For
as one seldom becomes a Prisoner without some ire-
prudence or misconduct, if imprudence or miwon-,
duct were held to invalidate a hi:miter's tes-
timony,- every Gaoler would be 'secure against
accusation. But supposing an -Actually cutiviet-
ed felon were to complain of a gaoler's oppress
Sion, does it follow that no attention should be paid
to his complaint in consequence of his former guilt
need not, however, proceed further in illustration
of this point. The common sense of the public must
spurn at the attempts of the. pekes partizans to,
vindicate him, only by slandering his accuser.—lf,
indeed, that accuser required implicit credence, it
would he fair to scrtitinize his character and credi-
bility. But Mr. Marris dOes not appear to desire -
that the public, or the Sheriff, should believe him ex-
clusively.—Ml he asks is enquiry, and -I should ,
think, from what I hear of Mr. Lister's character,
that were such cases as Mr. Marris has laid before
the public, communicated to him even by an anony-
mous writer—nay, had they reached hint as mere ru-
mour, that gentlentan would have felt it due to com-
mon humanity and official duty to institute an enquiry.
—That such enquiry may take place is my wi,l► and
hope.

AN OBSERVER.

To the EDITOR of the STATESMAN.

beg leave to point out to public notice,
the reprehensible practice of compelling Servant
!this to clean the outside of windows in lofty situ-
:r ations. A young woman was yesterday evening ob-
I served (With he most painful sensations of those who
witnessed the disgraceful scene), in a street leading
from Blickfriars'-road, standing on the narrow ridge
beneath one of the second floor windows, for the
purpoie of cleaning it; where, from her confined
position,and the unavoidable necessity of straining to
the utmost the extent of her arm to reach the top
of the window, she was every moment in danger of
si falling, and consequently fracturing her ..cull on the
pavement ; or experiencing the still more dreadful
death of being transfixed by the spikes of the railing
beneath. Being assured of the extensive circulation
of your Paper, t have been induced to transmit to
you these observations, in hopes of their reaching the
notice of the tenant of the house in question, who
may, perhaps, be actuated by the same of public
exposure, to prevent the repetition of such a sceue.
Should it again occur, the name of the housekeeper,
and every particular, shall be disclosed.
I am, Sir, yeur's, &c.
A FRIEND TO HUMANITY.

June 5.

Friday, at Marlborough-street once, Ann De-
:art was committed • foi• a larceny, in stealing two
silver tea-spoons from the house of a Gentleman in.
Itathbone-place, whither she had gone with toys.--
She is known about the town as vending these arti-
cles to obtain access to the kitchens of Gentlemen's
houses, as well as under preteuce of fortune-telling.
Wedue'sday the company of flying artillery, under
the command of Captain SMITII,• passed through
Brighton, from Lewes, for Hive, for the purpose of
practising with shot and shells, at a target, on the
beach,. nearly fronting that place. Several of the
Shrapnel' shella Waded with musket bullets, which
were not inteided for use that day, had been fixed,
in boxes, to the carriages of the field-pieces, for
Ole .inspection of the General; and to one of these
boxes, containing four f:hells,. a spark, by some
51940fi.founO,its way';- when three of the four shells
Wllfe,Preseutly exploded, and their destructive con-
.divetsed iy ell directions.." Major-General
104 N./ .44 his. 1.4 cut throughtLieutenant .1%
3.1.4.4N,1ef the Local :Militia, was stautied by
_a
cf-o)f,ut of the. gunfcarriage• striking him on the
2. part:4 the ; and.two of the artillery-men
w4TAsev.arely,hurt,.. though tieltker • had any bona*
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.A respectable: young man v-as brrnight briarsSitting Ma!„,i-irate GlMinon, chn.i.c4ed with fs
totts troattvi.our at the Surrey Theitre,'ainl-
Mr. Bolnit:a performing on the singe. 'Yr
appeared that witilmt Mr. B. MAN thestsY:
meter of t.in.on, a fev.•
and of her tAthstattees were thrown at him from
part of the Theatre, hut from Witte he.coull
discover. ..-onw of them having struck him, he-ernbp
forward, and after declaring himself unconscious—of
basing given any reason for being thus greeted,hi;g.....
ged perini,sion to threw himself on the proieciton
the audience. • The audience imniediairly espotrett
his cause, and in order that any future attempt tniht
more easily be detected, every om ns requested to.
sit.(.luw,•. This request was complied 'with, and soots
after (:lention deteeted the Defendant in the act 61.
throwing a large prattge at Mr. B. He immediateli'
took him into custody.
The 1)-..fendant pleaded intoxication as an etenSe
for his conduct, and offered to mr.1,0 public apelogv.
to Mr. Bologna, which offer was accepted, and ha
was (Rs:it:aged.

!: Saturday night lal()Hlllats;r%lttarsLlCharged at this
fice,• With committing a must (luring rob,,rety
at the Lyceum on that melte!. John 13ein,f a
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babr, iuockel ?Pehreglaotmr.ote, ,Itit tt
onuo slttihe (
,ltlteur tl ied
ore rho 4' c„ming irny ofilletfattlh;f:e •
gparlicieerywctToe admitted: Ile found a number of per.
sons waiiitng to he adinittv.l, and it was iith con.
tddernble difficulty he could ]vas Inlween them; one
.man in particular pressing very hard againEt
mach, and .he conceiving it to-be nnitecesl-arils', ask.
red him.the cause; at-the same instant he mis..ed-hii
watch, awl -observed it hanging by the ribbon in the
man: so bandond he let it drop. The witness Said, is
his liurry he could not tell whether he picked it up,
or any other person.
A young man who was present sifore that he saw -
- the Prisoner ,take the watch out of the Prosecutor's
pocket, saw. it in his hand, and that he let it fall.
Donaldson, the ecustable, belonging to Covent
Garden Theatre stated, that three dating robberies
• had been coamitted'at that Theatre within these few
nights. A gentleman had beets robbed of his Watch;
another had his seals cut from a ribbon; atl.a Licit
had her pocket picked of her pocket-book, and olitir •
property, and he recollected seeing the Prisoner la-
the Theatre, on the nights the robberieS' Were corp:.
mated, but he did not know he was a thief then, or
he should have taken him into custody: The Pri- •
soner gave the nazie of John Booth, and stated (hitt
he lived at 17, Primrose-street, Bishopigate-street.
Ile was committed for trial..

Saturday morning, an appre:itice to a shoe-maker.
attended, and motlea complaint against Mr.
comb, a medical gentleman, whom he had• Met with
on Friday• afternoon, at the window of a pawn-
broker's shop in Pickett-street, and
began his conversation with him, by obserriug the • .
articles. in the window looked better than- when ttfiy
were taken. out. lie continued his conversat►on to
him, and enticed him into a public-house in Vere-
street. Clare-market, for purposes: the most detest
able.--Ila was committed for trial for want of Willi

APPREIIILYSION OF BOT,"LER.

Cotrwr-Manrrin.—On Tuesday last• a court-
Martial was held on board his Majesty's ship Raison- I
~able, iri Shee. ruess Harbour,. whereof Captain Wu-.
toms, of the Gloucesler, was President. The /DowlerWas apprehended on Saturday at his Oin
Court-proceeded to the trial of Mr. JAMES RAWLINS, I:house; It appears that he. rode hishorse,"lifter.sltool..
Carpenter of the Rifleman sloop of war, .en charges fug at Mr. Burro Wes, to Waddesdon, five miles Irvin
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exhibited against, him by JOSEPH PEAnce, Esq. Cap- i lesbury, where he arrived at three o'clock in alp
tam of the said sloop, for repeated drunkenness,-, eftertiden, and remained until six; ne,st inorrilegf •
more particularly on the 4th of March last, whin sifter having given'a man Of the name of CriTittiiiPia:•-
, the sloop was in a gale of wind off the enemy's coast. one-pound- note to take his horse haCk tp Hariew.
The Court, were of opinion that the charges were Foy and Craig, officers of Mass Iboroughzstreet",hai",..,.
proved) and did therefore adjudge him to be tug traced him durinethe last Week, aluoit the fess,.
missed from his situation of Carpenter of the said roads betwixt Aylesbury and Baiihary,,enfi
sloop, end to serve in the capacity. of foremast•man ily back to Prince Risborough, the plaoe
lon board •of such ship as the Commander-in-Chief him birth ; he went to a female. relation etthis,pilamo
might think fit to direct. and made known to tier his' situatrot,
NEw Yonx APRIL .-400 the night of the Bth ~diopped to neighbour, and th'e'' sc.,citsf .
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inst. the Essex. Mills, near Tappahannock, in Vir- ; talk of .the village. Bawler haalidinjedl72'74;.
creased
were discovered to be on .firet The flames in- , his relattori's thdt night, but thghueind'gry rftle) -
creased with such rapidity that the whole pile was in .ed it. Men, woriten, arid Child'reniallikitfitHyiat , .
ashes before the least assistance could be had to stay , scoured the woods hi pursuit, but to ho
their progress. This afflicting calamity is supposed! Bowler, finding himself .so closely pursue,(l', Mcrae(' .
to have been the work of some incendiary, and a per- to his residence at Appletin, where lie..;vas.takie by
on, charged with being the perpetrator, is now iu his neighbours. Tire 'officers, Fiy•aeff cen-
jail ; butt he evidence is not strong .enough to con- 'eyed the Prisoner to Landoll at ten ecioik on
rict him. The value of these mills •
we understand, turday night, aad be no:detector ad examination
was estimated at 10,000 dollars ; they were the pro- before Mr. CONANT. "lle ocknowledged'lming (Hs-
perty of Lawrence Muse, Esq. charged the blunderbuss at MI: Burrows, but 'Aid
Dicw-Yonx, MAY 4.—A Frenchman was appre-
that he -.as mad at the time; and he entered into ssome
win
betided on Friday night, and committed to the watch- •
o reasons to prove none but a madman weal(' do
house, on suspicion of setting fire to the Panorama
such an act.
anxious 'to return home, and -offered to deposit
in Broadway. On his entrance, perceiving thatHe pressed strongly for bait, was very
.the key of thff watch-house was on the outside the .
Clerkenwell ken for re-examination this day. -
door, he took the opportunity of slipping out during 10,0001. for his appearance. He wait committed to
the momentary absence of his guard ; and locking
the door, incarcerated about 30 Watchmen, and ef-
fectually made his escape, vociferating, as he went
along, " Well !"

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The town of Sistow,. in Austria, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire in April last. About sixty inha-
bitants, iu attempting to save their goods, perished
in the flames.
'Monday, a threatening letter, signed 46 N.
Ludd," was received lry Mr: Henry Wood, hosief,
of Leicester, acquainting hint that " orders" had
been issued for his being shot on or before the Roth
instant, and begging him to settle- his worldly affairs.
A reward of 4001. has been offered for the discovery
of the author. •
•
Letters from the French departments of the North
state, (hat never its, the memory of man, was the-
grain of liner promise in May, and that there was
every appearance of more than an average crop. •
• A Sussex paper says, " There is prospect of an
abundant harvest in this country ; the meadow lain:a
promise, to yield an immense crop of hay, and thn
corn fields never had a more promising appearance at
so early a period of the seuson. .Of fruit there
ie
likely to be a profusion.

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