Yesterday a Court of Dire...
The Times, 1824-02-28T00:00:00

Yesterday a Colut of Directors wAs he)a at the East India-house, when the ship Thaes, taken ul on the 24th instint, .for China direct,was thus timed, v iz.to be afoat the 28th instmnt. sail to Gravesend the 14th of'. )ltarckstathere 30 days and be 6 the Downs thc 18th of Apr- 1. he ,.i:t~Lwas consign-t BerBl FIRE AT PrCXcOsRD'S WVRARPS.Oli ThursdaSy "e"'r ing the City-road and places adjacent presezted a dreadlfo appea r. ance, in consequence of a fire which broke out in the exellaive wharfs and warehouses of Ilessrs. Pickford and Company, on the banks of the City-road Basin. The fire was first observed. itt tt interior of the middle row of' warehouses, and so rapid wa its . gress as to defy every effort to prevent it spreadin destrusrtt, aroundl, and in a short time communicate to thc buildutg. I A th' time vast crowds of persons thronged the exterior of the -uild- inm, while as many more were observed bastening from all parts of London, guided by the column of fiame, which was Vihlbe naDy miles, the persons employed in the interior, observingthe immene mass press upon them, very prudently closed all thWcateq to tp. vent the egrcss of any individuals. Ihe Royal Exclange, Countvy Beacon, Sun, and Globe, were the first engunes that arrived on tfte spot, and coming rourd the back premises entterd the gates in Ra_ cliffe-row, which sere immediatelv qlOSed upon tben,. The pvn. lerous beams stretching across tbe builWlus long continued harna inz, whlile the bales of various comntodities burnetd below, rweem bling a heap of coals. At length the fdlrnes were somewhat abased i', tltc first quarter, and then begr& its ravages in the left hand rAnge of wsarelousa., principally occupied by crates of china, &c., wrhch were almot totally consumed. At half-past 11 ollock at Tiight~ te flames weretotally subsided,but vast coltimns of smokewsere still rising from all parts of the ruins, The total amountof whatia destruyed by this destructive fi,re has not been ascettained. alr, Pickford's pr,r. Petty, it is said, is itsured to an amount sufficieat to cover his totlW loss: but such is not the case writh a greatqaantityofimerchants'.op erty. The damage done to the warehouses is estinnated at 30,W01, Much property was stolen by a set of thieves, who rushed into the, yard. an ; cut open several valuable packages, which they plux4jed Two persons were taken into custody, but were rescued by the ganr An immense number of persons had assembled on the bliX?e over tite canal in the City-road, so dense w as it that thtsassage swa stoppeEl for carriagcs, &c., till ani opening was forced by a ttrvs party ot police. During this time several persons were forced over the parapet, and -ot a thorough duckinag in the water ; tortnlttel's however, they a!l got out safe. This conflagratIon originateO In th, hurstitg of a bottle of inflammable liquid, and conmmenW ' in tbeh first warehouse tin the Islington-stde of the basin, after passv kh entrance arch to the dock nearest RhtMiff.row. It was first dis_ covered by one of the bargemien. The body of Mr. Vals, the col- lecting clerk, has neen dug from the 7uins, together with the mangled remains of a boy, named Thomas, and taken awav in a shell to St. Luke's bone-house. None of the firemen received ma- terial injury. James l'ogo% of the Royal Exchanye, and Richair.. Simpson. tell into the canal, but succeeded in gaining the wharf. Two labourers were much burned, and taken home in a dangeroua, state. AIANSION-IrOUsE.-Yesterday a young mnan, named Gc,l lWalJien, was brought before the LoxnD IUAYort, chnrged wit having stolen Bank-notes to the amount of newrly 5,0WI., te vro. perty of Jones, Lloyd, and Co., of Lothbury. On the 4tb of Jaituary, 1821, asonre of the cashiers vwas ocrup ed in counting notes, a young mnan suddenly ran into the office, snatched a bundle of notes, an(d as suddenly disappeasd. The activity of the firm, wlio offered immendiately a rowared of 1,0001. to accomiplish thTe ends of justice, wvas wholly unavailing, un- til about ten d-ays ago, when they lea-med titat one of the- atolens, notes hadl been tracedI to the prisoner, who resided at Dilaston, ;wiiJ his mother. John Forrester, jun., and Fostrr, the two city officmrs were theni employed to apprehend the prisoner, and nmakettne neces. sary inquit jie wrth respect to the evidence The officers, by the exr- cise of some of their well.knosen ingenuity, succeeded in auprehtndd ing the suspected persou, who very boldly denied any knowkgBe of Messrs Jones and Lloyd, or their notes, and expostulsted WitK the LORD iuIAYOR uIpon the unwor-antable attack made upes.i h per- sonel liberty. ffis tone, however, wws a little Uig sublmissive' afterwards. It was stated that a 50'. stoleni note of the abovet pacl bad fen changed at the Gravesend bank for four 101- and ten 1L naote of that bank, zand that two of those 101. notes were changed at Sir- John Pcrrtitg's bank for a 201. Bank of England note, N4 1l,e94 date Nov. 22, which 201. niote was traced to the prisoner, whosetgv. ther got cash for it at Sykes's. MT. Bloxaun, clerk at Perriug's, 's'tetl that on the 24th of ibo two Gravesend notes, each for 101, were changed.-.at the brAkizij house for a p4rson whom he did not now recoletesffe thq 'V-' or. tineland note 11,054. Wiliianit Boudain, wvatclntakcr, of No. l4R, Great 36wIstrUt, stated that he had, between two and three yeara ago, sold awitehl'tlse sale ot'vhich he hiatlnot entered, to a person who, he had ro dbi,btil.. theprioner, Meitness wvas paid with a 101. Uank.note,and/;12rSaoa' tuarkied it with biis owtt writing, and receivedi tie ' Sha: k $ii- months af'erwards, the %autc vernott caine to %itmess%'sb and haut(ed hi the wateb, saving sotething about inmcodifiogot . it. Witness havitgjbeen alcshual to stop the man W li l4r thetore, walked',iickly iound the counter, it order to'li ..., door, but the prisorer rushed out, lavimt-gt te wateI ebil'i5'ilF and escayesl, although thel cry ofj" stop thi&e' -a hill]. itness rway quite certain ti e prison!r -was the mn.J . i The 101. tnote *zs produced and identified bv Url,'-as 'viu of the stolen butndle.- * -' ... - George Udlatly, one of th c rhicrs at Mle&srn L.ioi, L tatod' that hc vas pr'ent wYhen tlte rober ,was cotimmitted,ant e a' the person *hox.coimitted it was tn prisoner. ~ ~'"i'5 -' The ease"was- rcxir4ded' at the icquost' of^htkessrs,4^'iJ4)1' Jones, inor e,cesodino to their solh;ttor't stateentet,- thit-t thr other witnlesses nsigltt he brought forwvarri and justice deactoth public. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ E.