The Sun. — 1802-10-20 (London, England)

POLICE-OFFICE, HATTON.GARMIV,  MURDER.  YESTERDAY lames Briscoe, _lames Baker, and - Smith, the three lads now in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Richard Pamphlin, on Monday se'nnight, in Compton street, Clerkenwell, were brought up for re-examination ; the. only new evidence produced, was. that of Samuel Wormlington'and Mary Earl. Wormlington, who is a chair-maker, lives at No. 58, Compton-street, the next door to the Arrow Public-house : he deposed, that about ten on the above evening, being at work in his room, he heard some mati in the street give an obscene toast, and immediately afterwards heard some altercation, and a woman say, " I'll go in and call, Jem." He then opened his window, and saw two men, apparently brewer's servants, and .a woman, in the street direaly under his window, and saw another woman go into the Arrow Public-houSe, from out of which, almost immediately came several young men; one of whom had a pipe in his mouth, which with his hat he threw on the ground, and then in a fighting attitude attacked one of the Brewers, as did also several of the others, but he could not say how many ; nor could he speak to the person of either of the Prisoners. Mary Earl, daughter to the landlord of the Arrow public-houSe, 'said, that on that evening she recolletted there were some people in the house dancing, singing, &c. amongst whom she veiledly remembered the Prisoner Briscoe ; had seen the others several times at the house, but could not say•whether they were there on the above evening or not. The man who is supposed. to have been most aaive in the murder of the deceased, is not yet in custody ; though, as his person is perfealy well known, it is not supposed he can long keep out of the way. Hand-bills describing his person, name, profession, &c. which is Denham (but nick-damed the Coppersmith), are printed and ordered to be publishied.Each of the three lads in custody, the eldest of whom has not seen his eighteenth year, have expressed a desire to be admitted evidence for the Crown, and we believe as soon as Denham can be apprehended, one of them will be so. They were reimuded for further examination.  The following curious account is extraled from a Laiitaster Paper :—" On Monday the zo►h a; two young gentlemen were riding from Sedbergh to Burton-in-Kendal, on their way through Killington, Mr. H. inforthed his friend, that, about three week:: before, he dreamt he lost himself in that very place, which he seemed perfeliy to know, though he had never been there before ; and, after enumerating many of his imaginary difficulties and dangers, C. the other Gentleman, observed, it was well that it was not likely to be then verified. It was at that time about six o'clock in the evening. They jointly agreed to pass Killington Moor, to curtail their journey. Accordingly they entered upon their pathless and but imperfeetly known route. Night came on apace, and the swampy, soft ground causing them to make many circles and angles, they soon found themselves totally bewildered. Yet, unwilling to cast anchor in so uncouth a situation, they kept moving till twelve o'clock, but not without very many dangerous adventures. Many times they pursued the fancied barking of dogs ; and, as oft, called in vain for assistance. At last they determine) to remain for the night, upon the side of a hill, where, to prevent cold, they kept moving about. At length, in this their dreary walk, fetching a longer stretch than usual, most unexpectedly they found a good hard road. Upon this, after mutual congratulations, they mounted, and direeted their course, as they thought, to Kirkby Lonsdale ; but, suddegly descending into an inclosed country, to their great astonishment, found themselves near the place where Mr. H. related his dream, which a farmer, whom they roused out of bed, had Some difficulty in convincing them of."  The attempting to make gold or silver by alchemical processes, was prohibited by a Constitution of POPE JOHN, the