The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-10 00:00:00

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THE COMMHIMON INTELLIGENCE.
TEIBIDAT, Nov. S.
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MYSTERIOUS AND .EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
.Mary Arthurian was indicted for feloniosaly stesi-.1,
ing money and pilaw valeables, to a cousiderablel
amount, oh the 10th of Jone last, out of the d ' .1
ing.hoose of Margaret Flood; and, In a
count, for stealing said' property eat of the dwell
house of Moses COMM. • i
Mary Anne Flood, sworn sad examined.—sll
°slaughter to Margaret Flood ; lived in Jane last ev*
liteincrther in Thomas-street ; reviettibers 'her' bilk
red at that time of about 751., • silver watch, shill
MOM gold rings, sottish were deposited in her mother's
bog. The Prisoner then lived servant with bee ale.'
ther; witness has not seen her POW *Um i -she
missed her mother at about a quarter OW dm,
o'clock ; she (witness) went from holiiii at abilllV
nine o'clock, immediately after fiewskfast, and dill ndt
retorts until past three o'closer; asked Prisoner 1
where per mother was ; she said she wept eat with,
tailor. This tailor had lodged with her mother some
time before, and came the night previous from the
country; witness went out again, and returned some
time after; Prisoner -then said her mothec.hid come
in with the tailor, another min .i.d a women, and
then went out min ; her mother occupied a cellar,-
Moses Connor occupied the boost over it, and lived'
in the shop; the only entrance to the cellar was from
the street ; there was a way backward, bet it was
over the wall ; 'there werlEttireii &penitents iii the
cellar, its eiltkcls her urnelept a Leak-shop and
six lodginitbidst iir fathea !been dead some time,
there were but berfitothetierself, and a little sister;
saw a watch that belonged Leber mother, and was in
the box with Corporal Altialk since the time of the
robbery ' - about a fortnight after kt, saw &gold ring,
part of her mother's property, with Serjiant Casson,
in about two or three days after the watch was found ;
[here the watch and ring were produced, and .witaess
identified them as the same that had been stolen; an
ear-ring was also produced ;] one of the apartments
In the cellar was very dark ; found that ear-riopte-
tweeo two bids that lay in this i spartnitip get o
the other eie-ring in the possession of lir 'S.
sens',. a pew:swat:et ;. her mother always w these
rims ; did not sot* her weaving them the day ale
the robbery ; is pleilles dk bad them on the &Ow.
:fore ; beard thi Prisoner eiry at the Police-office, tbit
'she took the watch-moot eveatleman down on Nt
quays; meant she picked his pocket ; did not my
what was bit name, or where he lived; she sibl
Captiin Whelan, albs Lancers, gave her the rim;
saw Captain Whets's-at:the Police.ofice aftetwards ;
he ' giving it:
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ued
atened :by Baron Gaintas.—Wben witness
cattle back, Prisoner was io the cellar with her little
sister, *bout six years old; asked sister where Ins.
Cher was; the said she was out, playing with little
girls; nest day, when she found her mother was not
coming home, she went to her cousin's to enquire af.
ter her; when she came back, she found the house
on .fires and the engines there to pat out the fire, the
cellar ins overflown with water; believes Prisoner
set fire to the chimney by lighting some dirty strew
in it; Prisoner would not suffer that night soy per.
son to sleep in
.the place, though several persons
called for lodgings ; said that her mother ordered no
person should sleep there; witness asked her why
she lit straw in the chimiky ; she said it was dirty,
and she wanted it out of the ways in case-her mo.
ther should be married, as she was sere she would
be, to the tailor ; this straw, however, was fresh,
not foul; besides, it was not customary to burn
straw at all; she remembered burning it but once,
and that was in winters but in summer they would
not do any such thing • had net seen the tailor at
her mother's then, nor for six months before; her mo-
ther was about 40 years old, quite fat and helpless ;one
of the ear:rings was found between the beds, and was
marked with blood, is positive it was blood, being
very red and clotted ; her mother kept her money
and other valuables in a boa ; it was opened, the
landlady, Mrs. Connor, had a bunch of keys, OM
of which fitted, and was well known to fit the bow.
Prisoner went for this bunch of keys to open th.
box ; Mrs. Condor's maid went with her to see whit
was ih it, and that she should take nothitts bet all
was gone before they opened the boa; mother was al-
ways accustomed to keep the watch-in the boa. Mrs.
Arthurton always knew where her mother kept her
valuables ; she lived nine months with her; mother
could not read nor write, witness kept her accounts;
a Quaker had 351. of the money ; believes it. was
given op to the Police. The Prisoner never appear.
ed to have any money ; a few days after mother dig.
appeared, she bought two or three little things for
witness and her little sister, and a number of things
for herself ; witness was bound an apprentice to a
mautua- maker in South King-street ; went there in
the morning and returned its the evening : mother
disappeared on a Tuesday. .
Richard Allard, sworn and aserained.—lt corporal
in the 16th Lancers; knows the Prisoner at the bar;
had known her for about wine months • saw her iu
the month of June last; watch produced—had that
watch once in his possession for about a week ; got
it on Saturday the 13th of Atte from Mary Arthur.
tan ; she first gave him we/etch-ribbon, he said he
did not want that, as he had no watch to pet it on ;
she said she would lend him one, then gave him this,
and bade hire be sure to return it isle back again;
on the Friday following, 'the 19th of June, Mary
Ann Flood dime I*Or ther iiifcb, and said it was her
father's watch; he said it wait wet his, and that he
would give it op; he did so to. borstal( and cousin ;
ueaer i..iw Prisoner since, ontlheu the Police-office ;
she owned that she was the panto" who hall lent the
watch to biro ; she said then she took it Item a man.

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thelgelly, but told his when she was tending it
to bins, that it was a present she had a long time;
thertrwasednable brass chain with two seals and
tee toys to it whoa she gave it to him.
Mary Lan Flood being recoiled. said, that her
father's egad had a doable brake chain, two seals,
and two keys.
The Corporal, in continuation, said, he bad taken
of thee* and pot ow -the ribbon; the chain, keys,
and seals were in Ids own possession, safe, until he
gave them op to the Police-office; knew Margaret
Flood, had lona several times at the cellar before,
end three times after this affair; asked Mary Ar-
thorton what become of Mrs. Fiood ; 'she said she
went'oat with the tailor.
Mary 'Artmalond was again called, and being asked
respecting Ilse teitch-pa per, she described it all soiled
ited somitched;aretaithite person who last repaired
it, bad written' her father's moo on the back of it,
4ie7Stale "Fittod."4—[o6 examining the paper, this
was foetid perfectly correct.]
%Villiers Casson worn and esamined—ls Serjeant
in the .Ixtecers ; knows the woman it the bar; re-
nmembers.gettinga valuable article from her the 11th
of July last, in the evening; a gold ring;. she came
that day to the Royal Hospital, sent one of the Dra-
goons for him ; when became, she had a child in her
arms; she asked.him if be would take a tumbler of
punch with her; he said he would ; they went into
'a public-house with two dragoons; she gave them
ball-a-galion of porter, and they bad some puoch.-1;-
.When they sat down together, ehe took oat a large
,beedle of Bank-notes ; she then tuck a gold ring
from her finger and gave it to him ; the had a silver
watch at the same time; site said the ring was given
to her by Captain Whelan, .of their regiment ; after;
she gave him the ring, she said she must burry home
with the child. She had a great Nutty notes, but the-
witness could not say how many ; he kept the ring
until enquiry was made after it by Mary Ann Flood
trod peace-officer Stevens (ring produced); swears it
is the same be got from Prisoner ' • had not seen her
before for better than a month ; heart her say she
came from England; alwa'ye said she was an English.
girl. Captain Whelan belongs to their regimeut;,
he is new quartered at Kilkenny.
Mary Ann Flood was hors called again, and said,
that she heard the Prisoner always declare, that the
tame from the county of Kildare. She said her
husband wits eats of the Lancer', William Wain-
right, waif that shit had been turned not of the regi-
ment fvr year and a day, for beating one of the
waihetr.T.'
Robe. Gilbert, Peace Officer.—Recollects going
on the2llth of Jane last, to I person of theruvese of
r Webb, in Nicbotas.strxet, who ifterwards went with
,Ms ttelble Beeddedice ofFelice. A young lad, a
clerk of *he °Op, Aletne4aftee, and op pines,.
about 351.1 a the nese of William Webb, a Quitter ;
those 'wore produced before the Prisoner at
the Office, in the presence of the witness, and
she acknowledged she 'had given them in care
to him, till she could call for them ; she had
laid oat in the strop some money for articles she
had purchased; took down in writing all she said at
the time.—[Here witness read a paper, as follows:-
66 Mary Arthorton is married to Richard Arthorton,
a whitesatith, in Manchester ; she has been in Ireland
for the two last yeersiand came from England to lee her
friends; her father's name is Lewinee and lies at Castle-
easter'', in thecoantyol Kildare, near Edenderry ;
Prf-
sener tether father three years back, came to town and
lodged at N 0.2-1, Portland-street ; her Sister supported ,
ter .at that time; she went to live awkward, at Mrs.
Gorman's, No. 5, Corn-market,where she staid for Gil
weeks,. then went to Mrs. Flood's, of 77, Thomas-
:beet, end Oahe lived ever since, tilt apprehended in
Barrack-set says that Mr*. Flood went out of
the cellar', a man called the Long Tailor; they
.returned asta drank some spirits; Mrs. Flood sent
Prisoner to the Quays of a message ; she afterwards
went oat with the Long Tailor, another tailor and
his wife, elicit five o'clock, and desired the Prisoner
Cot to take it. any lodger* until she came back;
luster saw Mrs. Flood sitar*, or any of the party
that went out with her; told Mrs. Connor, the
♦landlady, of the circumstances, and sent Mrs.
Flood's daughter to Great Charles-street, to tell
William Fined of it; Prisoner bad no support bat
what Mrs. Flood-gate her; MraiFlbod left all her
property behind her. &divot Oilstone and Corporal
Allard, of the 16th Lehceit, tame to see the Pri-
soner at the cellar •, she took the money (produced
by the peace officer) from a Gentleman on Welling-
ton-gamy, en last night fortnight; she stained it to
the Serjeost, and gave him five tenpenny pieces ; the
notes were in a letter, which she did nit read, or
know the direction or. the beck of it; all the money
taken froth the Gentleman she left at Mrs. Webb's,
of Nicholas-street ; the watch she Oak to Corporal
Allard she took front another Gentleman about two
:months before, sod the ring from another Gentle-
, man. Prisoner is married about nine years ; deed
in Manchester two years previous to hit Marriage ;
worked at Mr. Haughton's factory ; slept between
Mrs. Ftood's two daughters the night she was missed
says that Mrs. Flood had no ear:rings in her ears the
day she went away. Patens OW in a hbuse of ill-
fame the night before !be vies apprehended"]
Ann Flood again beint Called„ said, her mother
had ahost 7bl. In Boni naafi sbe folded a+
parately, in a papicolar matter; they Here all Of'
a very old date. • •
Mr. Gilbert cortdbotaied this statinierit, and stir
they were so long in Mk parliettlir fold, that shoo
operifid•and left free on ththatid or table, they re-
sumed that fold without airy trouble.
The Prisoner sande no defense. •
Baron GrOnGE charged- tile hey, ahri, without
leering their bas, instantly gear in a verdict et &tilts.
The 13.1e0,5 then adtfrested the Prisoner with great
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feeliog end stiletnaity. He told her she was ion. .
vietedi on the clearest and most satisfeCteryirvidenee,
of one capital crime that led to the et roongetit and most
convincing presumption she must have beets geittrof
a more heinous one in its aecolsplishment. Thera
.could be no reasonable doubt, after the evidence they
had beard on this trial, but that she wastieHty tot
the murder of the poor and' uofortutiew *emus
whose property she had plundered. He 'conjured
her to endeavour, as some atonement- Areal the
short time she had to live, by making a full confes-
sion of her crime, and the manner In Which-she had
disposed of the body, reminding her, that this wit
one instance more, to millions 'that tier* beitt
known, of the watchful care of Almighty Prot',
deace, in bringing to light the darkest end soot( bid-
den murders. His Lordship then part solid tih
awful sentence of the law. .
• The Prisoner, At dome. sad IT O••
women, about 35 or Seraltes of ertittbotte 1441(
up with great . eamposeveitad figisOette,
_unfit so2lPet.
-beard the dreadful se.aititiCe ordieth; Allen Asia •••"
overpowered °tribe raised floor of the dock; front •
which she was lifted by some of. the Jellor'seasic
slits, who conducted her immediately to her eelf;in,
the prison.
The -daughter of the deceased Mary, Ann irinots
who was examined, is a very interesting, lealting%4lll
of about 17.

Ft{LYCli PAPERS.
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ORDONNANCE OF TIIg *Aria
PARiS, Nov. s.—. Upon the Report made ur opt.
Minister, Secretary of State for the Dep'artaisettpf
the Interior, we have ordeted sod do order, .ite
follows :
" The Chamber of Peers and the 'dentin_ j.`ok
Deputies of Departments are convoked for the 3Qtla
of the month of November, of the preaent yeas.
(Signed) " 1.001 s."
Yesterday, ds the King its going to Chapel; s
a young female, dressed in ateetning,..end
parried by two ecciesiasticsi titter/ herself at the feet
of his Majesty, and implored pardon for an Wiwi-
dual lately condemned at Orleps, as author,of the
infernal machine.
A phenomenon, not without example in the jeer.
nets of medicine, has lately omitted. Two twia
sisters fell ill, on the same day, at the same hoer, of
the same disorder. One is dead ; the other is ith
great danger. The first was not in France., .
It is only until the arrival of French truer*, that
a part of a regiment of English foot-guards and ot
the 62d idealist of English infantry resetia
tison, at Celebrity and Valencimesek•
- TA* sewn of Sem has lastlt.l.L.Ayibei
heiliviy MatollevAl. the Lejiielatite Hotly end One
,I.l*-44111Peltmts iffiligd. it( C2..y,ent-is., ie gmimer
withrichegro and teakftelevity:
The young lady, wile addressed tire KilOrd
day, on his going to chapel, begged the life of bee
father. She bathed the King's knees with hpr tears.
His Majesty spoke to her, fur several minutes, wltta
great kindness.
This day, the posts for the maintenance of order,
daring the drseiug fur rectuitss, have been dblibled.
The King had a telegraphic communication, this
morning, irom the Duke d'Angouleme.
Hitherto, the Grand Functionaries and their 'db.
ordinate officers, composing • the household at the
King, have had no filed costume, but have appeared
either in military uniforms, or In the French dress ;,
it appears certain, that from the Ist of Jaeuary nest
there will be a distinct uniform for each class did.
ficers, and that those who hold them, will be obliged
to wear it.
VIENNA, OCT. 26.—The preparations for the
journey of the Empress are finished, and her Ma.
jesty waits only for the arrival of a courier from Ala.
la-Chapelle to set out for Muoich. The Emperor
is (directed to leave Ai:art-Chapelle on the 4th of
November.
STUTOARD, OCT. 31.—The Dowager Eatiiress of
Russia, before setting out, addressed to the Queen.
her daughter, a letter, by which she expressed the
lively interest and the emotion she felt, on inspect-
ing the different benevolent establithmehts testi-
feted by the Queen. The Empress adds, that, with,
the consent of the Emperor, her august son, she en.
treats the Qeeeen to accept for these eatablishineots
en annual contribution of 2000 francs.
Atx.t.A.CHAisrx.t, Nov. I.—The gusts sc&
vity prevails here in the diplomatic circle. I. it.
tributed to the return of the Emperor of Reifilf.
a few days the negotiations are espected to be yin-
elude& The Emperor of Russia will set out, ie.
morrow, with the Grand Duke Michael to meet the
Empress, his mother. They will dine together at
the Emperor's coontry.house, and, after dinner, the
Empress will continue her journey In Maestricht.—
Sbe is to arrive at Brussels, on the day after to..
morrow. About the 16th, the Emperor will go'therra
also to pass a few days en famille; thence he Will
return to Petersborgh by Stutgard, Muoich, asid
Vienna.
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RAILS.

HAMBURGII AND _
CONSTANTINOPLEISEPT.2S..—TheSiIikaar(swotIf.
Wirer to the Sultan) has lost, his pest, in EOGillbi
ponce of an accident. He had the misfoutosse, on
his May to the Mosque, to knock the turban from the
11,Ittl of the Sultan, and this accidents caused his to
be hattighed.
• COPENHAGEN, OCT, 23.--The Asiutie Company is
now ti,ting out an expedition for the East Indies.—
Our frigate, the Nymph, Captain Hopper, arrived
' here, yesterday, from the Mediterraneatt.
Some fishermen who were engaged is the horrinc.
fishery, caught aadlithed a stark, stitch kad

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