The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-16 00:00:00

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TUE LATE MURDERS.

A most important discovery- has been made within
the,,e Iwo days, which completely removes every sha-
dom of doubt respecting the guilt of th 3 late suicide,
W

It was proved before the Magistrates of Shadwell
Office, that three weeks before the murder of Mr.
Williamson and his family, Williams had been seen
to have a long French knife, with an ivory handle.- •
That knife could never be found in Williams's trunk,
or amongst any of the clothes ite left behind him at
the Pear-tree public-house. The subsequent search
to find that deadly instrument, has been crowned
with success. On Tuesday, Harrison, one of' th 3
lodgers at the Pear-tree public-house, in searching
amongst some old clothes found a blue jacket,. which
he immediately recognized as part of Williams's ap-
pai*l.; Be prociskiedtp examine ii ciosoly, and upon
looking at the inside pocket he found it quite stiff
with coagulated blood, as if a blood-stained hand
had been thrust into it. lie brought it down to Mrs.
Vermilloe, who immediately sent for Hope, sad an-
other of the Shadwell Police Officers, to make fur-
ther search in the house. Every apartment then un-
derwent the most rigid examination, and after a
search of about an hour and a half, the officers
came at last to a small clo,ot, the nee in which they
discovered the object of thrii-pursait. In one corder
of it there was a heap of dirty stockings and other
clothes, which being removed, they observed a bit
of wood protruding from a mouse-hole in the wall,
which they immediately drew ont, and at the same
instant they discolored the handle of a clasp knifes
apparently dyed with blood, which upon beity,
brought forth proved to be the identical French knife
seen in Williams's possession before the murders.—
The handle and blade of it were smeared all over
with blood. This important fact completes the chain
of strang circumstantial evidence already adduced
against the suicide. The bloody jacket is also a new
and no less powerful circumstance to confirm the
guilt, and it is pretty clear, that that part of his ap-
parel must have been stained with the blood of the
unfortunate Williamsons, when the suicide was
returning the knife with his bloody hand to his
pocket. •
It was yesterday reported that a clue had been ob-
tained to the discovery of two of Williams's mar-
, derous associates. Most happy shall we be%te find
this statement correct.

His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT has been
graciously pleased, itrthe name and on. behalf of his
-MAJESTY, to grant unto PENDOCIL NEALE, of Tot.
lei ton Hall, in the county of Nottingham, his M
JESTY.B Royal Licence and Authority, to take and
use the surname of BARK v, of 'Fullerton, only.—
(London Gazette, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1812.)
From the extreme.density of the Atmosphere oa
Friday last, which involved the Metropolis in almost
total darkness, many fortunate !►stakes arose in the
course of the Day,—from the Clerk►, in the Lot.
tc:v Offices delivering Quarters and Eights, instead
of. Sixteenths, iwtbe present State Lottery, of two
Prizes of 20,0001. Izc. Sc. &c. all of v.ohicb
begin Drawing at Nine o'Clock ou Tuesday Morn.
ing, and finish iu 12 hours.

Only 12,000 Tickets, and Two Prizes of 200001 •
is so strong an inducement to adventurers in the Lot-
tery, that Huensav and Co. cannot refrain from
advising their friends to participate in the chance of
obtainining such Capital Prizes. In Lotteries of
old, those rxre chances alone would bare formed sub.
scribers sufficient to have purchased the few remain.
ing Ti9liets at three times the price they are now to
be bblight at Iloaissay sad Co.'s old established Of.
lice, No. 116, Cornhill, where the very .first Prize ot,
20)001. was seld.—The Drawing bogies at Nl**
o'Cloalc 011 Tuesday niorn,lsg.
Si: Frenchmen, confined on board Ihe &own
vem-shis at ..)Orteebenthll eostrived to 'mak4 their
nicepecessLimesfay evening hit, taking with tlimiks,
ilikribbst, feu award two arch.