The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-22 00:00:00

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?Rs LAT! Munnute.—Nothing has since occurred to
ellicover any of the perpetrators of the murder of Mr. Pranks
• nod family.
The Wks of Mr. and Franks and their son *ere Interred
Kildorrery, at an early hour on Friday morning, attend.
.ad by many of the respectable Gentry of that neighbonr-
.loo ; and it is worthy of remark, that scarcely any of the
isessotry, and certainly none of his own tenantry, were at
• ithe Amen!.
After the inquest was ended the clothes were taken off
Oa body of the elder Mr. Franks, when it was found to be
,perforated in innumerable places, back, belly and sides, by
abe doable prongs of hay forka or pikes, the impressions
kaf which even went into the floor where he lay.
Thelensale servant who me the evidence at the inquest,
,hough a prisoner in the first instance, was liberated
• .sbartly after, sad we must presume upon just grounds;
interest as a matter of necessAry preesorion, we think she
should have been kept in a place of safety, at least for some
timelonger, and without the reach of being tampered with;
first is idle toauppose that she could be unacquainted with
some of the persons who composed that large murderous
frg
The friends of of Mr. Franks have no hesitation in ear.
Ur, that the mordent were committed by persons of their
owl immediate neighbourhood, leagued with their tenantry,
as it was believed by them that the elder Mr. Frank* WO
• the only life is existence of the farm upon which be lived.—
Tbe soother and son, knowing the party, fell as a necessary
erneeqeence.
A rung girl, takes from • charter school by Mrs.
peaks, waa art inmate of the family for some time past, but
had left ibis few days before ; she %as particularly
leokedf gang. and if found, would have met a
aintilulate, as the ruffians repeatedly expressed their in-
. Unties of destroying her also.
A Meeting of Meeistrates was held on Saturday, at
&wen's-court, near ICillorrery, to consider of the best
means of discovering' the murderers of Mr. Franks and Ms
familyt sal also adopting such measures as the (inform.
SIN state of part of the country demands.

SH I PPINO INT E LLI DENCE.
Deas,Sept. 21.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the
&Mar. --, from Virginia; Hainblitonlan, Coal thard
from Potteedeek ; Elizabeth, Griffiths, from Sierra Leone;
4140 aid remain, the Faith, --, from St. Kitts. and
Kirsh, Karelia', from Trieste.—Came down from the
Leer and remain, the Demerara Packet, Venable', fur
jamerara.—A line of battle ship is coining in thiNittgb
Me balls.— Wind, W.S.W.
Pearemorrn, Sept. 21.—Arri red the Herald.. Phi., from
the Downs for Sierra Leone. Sailed H.M.S. Sparriate for
Smith America, and the Russian frigate, Preadpre do, for
• . Rie J.ansiro. and on-discovery, H.M.S. Sappho fur Cadiz ;
. MIAS. Olasgow sailed on the 19th, reported on a cruise
astlf.M.S. Naiad for Cadiz.—Wind, W.S.W.
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' PUNOIPCII, Sept. N.—Arrived the Marie, Croom, from
Uibraltsr, and the Briton, Davie, from Buenos Ayres.
Saito' 24th Junes Captain died on the passage.—Wind,
Smith West.

FaLsotTn, Sept. 20.—Arrived His Majesty's Brig
Patria, bearing the flag of Sir A. Cochrane, and H.M.S.
Thole; from a cruise. Sailed the Asir's, Brown, for Bib.
'altar. and Lady Mary Pelbam Packet fur Leeward Islands,.
....Wind, S.W.

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The Sophia, Le Briton, from Carliff to Rouen, ran on
tore off Havre 17th inst., and bilged.
The Jane and Matilda, Lane, from Liverpool to New.
finadlasd, Is totally lost off Cape Race.
CURRENTS Of THR °MIN.—A paper, of which the
following is a copy, ;vas found on the Mb inst. is a bottle
aced up on the coast of Pitten. near the Helder:—" The
brig Hannah, of Liverpool, Capt. Davey, from Buenos
Ayres, via Havannah. 'min lat. 49. N. I. 10 32. W., on
Mon Jay, Bth of July, 1823. It is desired that the same
may be published whenever picked up, as it will show the
torrent in this part, both in velocity and direction.—
(Signed) Thos. Davey.
SHIPWRICK.—BCSIAST. September 17.7—Arrived on
Monday, at this port, the brig Hope, Porter, master. On
the 27th of August, in lat. 46. long. 32. Cantaln Porter
picked op the master (Henry Brown) and nine seamen be-
longiag to the brig Marine, of Maryport, which having
sprung a leak was abandoned at sea, and went down in
40 minutes after the master and crew bad taken to their
boats.

OLD BAILEY.—(Tuts DAT )

J.JsTclterwas put to the bar on an indictment charging
him with *sling, on the Rath of Sane last,* pair of silver
sager tongs in the dwelling-house of Richard Gill, of John
street, Islington. The case was folly brought home to the
pri.oner, and the Jury found him Guilty.
Theßacoanatimusediately ordered him np for judgment,
and sentenced him to be transported for seven years.
lires. Brows was indicted for stealing a live bog, the pro-
perty of Wm. Ceffell, of Church-row, Westminster.
The Jury found him Not Guilty.
CAariette Refers was put to the bar on an indictment,
charging her with stealing from the dwelling-house of E.
Tates, her landlord, a blanket and a sheet his property.—
She prisoner rented a ready furnished room of the prose-
eatOr, and availed herself of the opportunity of purloining
sie property ; and decamped. She was taken into custody
1 few days after, but the property was never recovered-
. The Jury found her guilty.
The RECONDIta immediately sentenced her to six months
Imprisonment in the House of Correction, and to be kept to
bud labour.

Sera! Ashley stood indicted for stealing en the 15th of
isly, a plane, the property of Wm. Smith.
The prosecutor was at work in a house in which the pri-
mer lived, and baying been called out. the prisoner
wailed himself of the opportunity. and took away the
/PlPerl7.—Guilty.

We are informed that Baron Rothschild has proceeded
se to Paris to see his brother.
Hie ,Reeellency the Lord Lieutenant dines with the
Opposition on Tuesday week, and every exertion will be
aids to give brilliancy and eclat to the entertainment.
The bailey of the King's Room will be opened to tbe ad-
Woks of Ladies, and this magnificent strutters will be
lighteclup with oil gas on the occasion. All the arrange.
ants are en a grand scale, and in great forwardness—and
Ml' way worthy of tin reception of the Representative of
Gerrevered Sovereign, who will be met by ell the Menthe
oftbeCorporadon, dressed io their respective costumes.—
(Bain Months' Post.)
Mn Plunkett, Esq., eon of the Right Hon. W. C. Plun-
kett, will shortly lead to the altar Miss Beebe, daughter to
the Lerd Chief Justice.---((lbid.)
Oa Tuesday last, a proclamation was promulgated by the
laidLleutenant of Ireland, offering 5001. for the discovery
11142ppreheasion of the murderers of the Franks Family.
Ifitilesla Papers to the 20th inst. arrived last night, but
tai exception of the Duke of Sets LORIINZO at the
Ileiit Capital, their contents are entirely insignificant.
Litton from Batavia, dated to the beginning of April.
anti*. that on the 29th of the preceding month of a very
hstractive fire had broken out in that place, in the bazar,
%eh costlntied burning 'till the 30th. About 40 stone
itaidlap, HO bamboo houses, and 120 smaller buildings,
_ burnt tad destroyed. The amount of property lost
tai _ant bees ascertained, but it was supposed to be con-
sesnmis.. Great apprehensions were entertained at one
ilito that lie fire would extend to the more populous and
Illosertial pan of Batavia, but fortunately a chaage of
lox revealed that calamity.

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