The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-20 00:00:00

PO LICE.

Bow-yraerr.--:--.on Saturday information was
brought to the afire that strong suspicion was enter-
tained that a murder had been committed, iu conse-
quence of a brirklayer !rein at work at the top of
ft houso in Ilungerford-market, when he observed in
the gutter of the adjoining house the head of a liu-
. man buds, placed in a state of concealment,- atie.
apparently is if the bOdy to which it belonged-had
lately diod. From the manner in-which the circum-
stance. was represented, c onsiderable alarm-was raised
, in the neighbourhood, and on a representation to
the Parish Officers, .a Cbroner's Jury was about to
be summoned to enquire into the whole of the case;
kowevei, 'on a repreient‘tion to Mr. BIRNIE, and
conseqtsentinvestigetiou, it appeared, that the house
• of Mr. 4w its, the surgeon; in Parliameithsteeet, is re-'
.pairing, and the rubbish had been thrown in the
sheet by Stewart, a fireman, who lodges in the house
' where the head was foiled in llungerford-market :
he picked the head out from among the rubbish, and
took it home with hiin, and gave it to a surgeon's
instrument-maker, who tndges hi the tame house with
• him. The instrument-maker, to prevent its fright-
: ening children, &c. had placed it in thagutter, and
it turned out that, instead of the head being from a
!body that was lately dead, it had been properly pre-
pared by a surgeon, filled, with was, &c.
rqiIGED BANK NOTEi.
I Th, W; --.4 charged

,omits , Miami was chargi with tittering two
forged Bank of England states for 1!. each.

iamei. Poor, the landlord of the Barley Mow
phblic.house, in Drury-lene, statotl, that on tire eve-
ning of the 7th inst. the Prisoner came to his house,
mod called for some liquor,-for which he tevideted p
piece orpaper, purporting to be a il. Rank-4 tng.
land note; but on his emitniuing it, he directly dk.
covered it to be a forgery, and tont the Prisoner he
could net let him go except he could give a satisfac-
tory account of himself, and how he became pos-
'messed of the forgery. The Prisoner replied be was
a boot-closer, and had taken the note of Mr. Kerr,
the boot and shoemaker in' the 'Strand, 'for wages,
and was willing that any person should go with hini
to Mr. Kerr's to ascertain the truth of it :. Etlisserlss
one of the patrol@ belonging to the Office) h2Pl'ening

to come ioto the heap at the lime, went with him to
go to Mr. Kerr's, when, just as they were entering
Wych-street, some of the Prisotser's comPanious as.
sisted him in makfng his escape. On ThorsdUy he
met him by chance in Fetter-lape, and, with the as.
sistance of a Mtn, properly secured him. On ee.
quit), being mode of Mr. Kerr, he did not know such
a mon.
The Prisoner was committed fur further amine.
lion. _ _

lIATToN-GARogN.—Saturday evening WON"
Moore, a waterman; was brought before the Silint
Magistrate in the custody of George Wood, n,
officer, charged on suspicion of having administered
poison, or some deleterious medicine, to Thomas
Phillips, of Great Warner-street, Coldbath-fields.
The deceased was a hackney coachman, was for
some time in a deep decline, and was attended by Dr.
Hancock, at the Dispensary. Thursday eveniag*
boy knocked at the door of the deceased, and handed
in a brown paper parcel, saying it was sent by the
Doctor. The parcel contained a boa of pills, with
directions, two to be taken at night and two in the
morning ;'also a small phial, containing some mixture,
and half a dozen powders, with directions how they
were to be taken. The deceased took two of the
pills as ordered, and shortly after he became so
alarmingly ill that the Doctor was sent to, to let him
know that the medicine he had sent had taken so dem.
gerous an effect ; the Doctor dewied sending any Sack
medicine; the unfortunate patient grew much worse;
he was shortly after seized With a delirium, and diesi
in about three hours. The body was opened the
next day by Messrs. Stewart and Brown, Surgeons,
in the presence of Doctors Hancock and Barrett.,
Saturday morning the wife, brother, and other
friends of the deceased made their complaint to the
Magistrates at this Office, and from the description
given of the boy, Charles Brown, the Officer, ap.
prehended him. His statement was, that a man gave
him the parcel at the Rose and Crown public.house,
in Cold-bath-fields, to leave at the deceased's house,
and to say it was sent by the Doctor. •
Richard Glover, a hackney-coacbman, who hap.
pened to he in the public-house it the time, said the
parcel was sent by William Moore, a weterman, ree
siding in Red Lion-street, Clerkesswell, who was in
consequence taken into custody.
•• The boy identified him as the person who gave him
the parcel; the Prisoner acknowledged sending the
parcel, which be said was done out of a lark ; thesis
posiders were only flour, the• mixture consisted of a
little sweet oil, peppermint. and water, and the pills
were only shoe:Maker's wax. The physicians that at-
tended the deceat.ea said that he was in the last stage
of a pulmonary consumption, and that they bad
given him up the day preceding his death. They ex.
amined the contents of the parcel, and found it con.
Lain nothing of a deleterious nature. The surgeons
examined the contents of elle stomach, and there. was
nothing in it to warrant "the suspicion that the de.
ceased was poisoned. The ['simmer was questioned
what his motive was, he said that they had frequently
sent such parcels to each other out of fun ;•he did
not consider the deceased in that dangerous state.
The Ma4ictrite severely reptithatidP4 th. • Priii
tenser for his ill-timed jests, and disehtSiird

EXTENSIVL AND DARING Knees:KY.—On Saturday
Richard and William Baker, brothers, and John
String•er, wore examined at NYorship-street, before
Mr. Grieotto, from whose vigilance and particular
exertion the :Prisoners were .'apprehended, on a
charge of robbing the house of Captain West. The
Captain stated, that on the 3d of January, his fa-
mily were out on a visit from his house, called
Churchill-cottage, on Sydenham Common, and whoa
he returned he found the house had been tabbed of
silver spoons, silver handle knives and forks, and
other plate, 110 'flirts, wearing snare( of every de-
scription, stockings, six pistols, three suits of ad.
form, cocked hats, some money, and about 3001. in
Copenhagen and•llamburgh notes. 'The nest morn-
ing he applied to Mr. Gifford, who 'granted him a
search-warrant, and he by the assistance of some
constables searched the neighbourhood, such as were
'suspicious characters r the following night be wimitt
the back yard of laid house, a pistol was fired at
him; having seen the flash, he went towards We
i spot, and another was fired from the opposite side,
the ruffian at the same time exclaiming, " that' is
;•for the house-searcher :" he then went into thir
house,. and applied to Mr. Gifford again the follow-
: ing day, ;e ho immediately sent the two Armstrong.,
and apprehended the Prisoners on suspicion, and
1 from thtir activity since discovered and obtained a
great part of the property from the several pawn
;
,-
; brokers in Woolwich and Green's-kb :an oak box,
the Captain': property, was found- under a dunghill
; near Bakers' lodgiegs. The' two Armstrongs.•pro-
.duced all the property they hail found, which was
.sworn to by the• Captain: The paun.brokers also
attended, and identilied.the Paisoners to hare pledged
the at tides with t:;em. The• Magistrate being astir-
.lied with this evi,b,oce,,as supported by so many ri -
camstenceF, the' he wac about to commit the Pri-
sotters ; but he:egf addresieti by their Counsel, it
was agreed evy should ii.' brought op again. Stringer
-agreed to heoncle King's eriaenCe, and corrobolated
what the Whorl li;;;! sworn.

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* At Bromley. on th.P lilts inst. Tdommo, yeangest son of Leo•
part Currie. I .n.

. -
Slinrl4Vf at 11% O:Ve n'clock, I:.uct, the infant daughter of Mr.
Georg.; F0r5..t....-,9;eitor.

Oa the 1,41 n 11;0'. ;%.a; Tenperloy. relict of the late Mr. Joint
Temperte% „of t'vne.
On the io 1. Mary, the wife of Christopher Codmontf,
Esq of Lee, r.t.
On the 9th ito. at Worth, mu., Ilerts, Where he 16:19 sopecio-
tenOing an erli!• >II 1;1 the •4t.i.iittores fn. the the of the Syrian.
ChriSlittiss; the ".;•ir 34.2.1anais, the death
or this accomplkited s. whir had trul exerit'olary divine, the
Christian world i>;;.irreporable loss. To genuine
pi.•( liheralit% ii s •ii,..nent, and deep scripturatermlitton, ohs
united iii himremarkabie apostolic sinsplicity of mind nod cha-
racter. " Behold. an l.raidite indeed. in'w holt here is no guile.
H iii the of every °lie K I.a knew biro. his whole
lifeiiras a .c,iirio.ont "non those words. of oar blessed Saviour,
Wist vo. net that I ma., be abo t m. father's borsine•s."--
Deeply ..,reed in the Orielital langungec, he conceived he .h told
be, t promote the Lmaitir of hi i Gott: and the happiness of man-
kiwi, by g "every iiiii to c si'd the Holy Scriptums.' in
his own tongue. Peculiarly interested in sti:•plying a Want "f
these to a eolith. which by a gracious Providence had heti,
preserved fi um the tinsel of the:Apostles in nearly Its original
pbrit, he wits engaged in thaulaboni of love to the very last
momeats of his mortal existence.

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