The Sun. — 1820-02-28 (London, England)

PUBLIC OFFICE, BOW-SITU: V.  On Saturday the Magistrate sat in the public office to hear the nightcharges. Duringthe sittinga letter was hatvitd to Mr. Fartant, which was directed to Mr. Birnie, the sitting Magistrate. The letter being pealed with an Ear►'s coronet, Le inquired if Mr. Biruie was in the Officer and till be ing informed that be was in the front °dice proceeding  with an investigation retperting the gang of assassins, the letter was forwarded to him. It proved to be from Earl Grosvenor, enclosing a ten pound note for the widow of the unfortunate Smithers. The example of the noble and benevolent Earl was followed by several gentlemen calling in the course of the day to leave their subscriptions, and ❑ot only fur the widow of Sruithers, but also for the brave officers whose lives were in such imminent danger at the apprehension of the gang in Cato-street, and also the different Officers who have, since the escape of so many of the villains,, txerted themselves night and day to discover and apprehend them. John Firth, who was discharged on Thursday evening by the Committee of the Privy Council, was again apprehended on Saturday morning, by Taunton and Nicholls, at his resi• Bence in Bryanstou-street, where he carries on the business of a cow-keeper. He is owner of the premises in Cato-street, where the diabolical gang of wretches assembled ; and when he was examined on Thursday before the Committee of the Privy Council, his statement was, he believed that he did not know fur what purpose he had let the stable and loft, except for Jeremiah Harrison to keep a cart and horse in it, whereas it has since been proved that he was connected with the gang, and he bad been frequently scenic' the company of Davidson. Upon this discovery a warrant was issued,and he was apprehended on a charge of high treason. after undergoing a short examination, he was committed to Tothill-fields Bridewell. The said Jeremiah Harrison, upon the first ir.formation that was given against him, was supposed to be the person commonly called Parson Harrison, of Stockport. It turns out, however, that this was a mistake; for this man was formerly in•the 2d Regiment of Life-Guards. In addition to his being included in the verdict of the Coroner's Jury, as guilty of the wilful murder of the late Sruithers, he acknowledges being in the loft, and standing close to Thistlewood when he.murderrd Smithers.  Abel Hall, a tailor, of Seward-street, Chiswell-street, was apprehended at an early hour ou Saturday morning, by Lavender, Bishop, and Salmon, at his residence, on a charge of  high treason. The evidence against hint was not gone into. Mrs. Thistlewood, the wife of Arthur Thistlewood, applied to Mr. Birnie for an order to see her husband in Coldbathfields House of Correction. The worthy Magistrate informed her it was not in his power to grant her request, but referred her to the Secretary of State's Office for the Home Depart meat. It is a remarkable circumstance, that Thistlewood, ready for marching his gang of assassins from the loft when the IBow-street Officer and his assistants entered It, was armed with two pistols, and carried his sword in a black cloth belt, tied round his waist; arni although Ellis's view of hint was instantaneous in the loft, yet he must correctly described him as soon as Lavender produced the black cloth belt, which he found in Thistlewood's coat pocket at Harris's house, in White-street, Chiswcll-street. The account given by Mrs. Harris, the landlady of the house in White-street where Thistlewood was found, is not believed to be correct. The fact was, he was completely concealed; for not only was the door locked, hut there were shutters and curtains to the window of the room, which is a ground-floor parlour; and on Lavender throwing open the curtain and shutters to let in light, after Bishop had first seized Thistlewood, Ellis, the conductor of the patrol, who, wtth others,were surrounding the ont4ide of the house, to guard against an escape, looked in at the parlour-window, and on Thistlewood raising himself up in bed, Ellis exclaimed in a loud voice, " By G—, this is the man who murdered Smithers." This so elated the persons assembled round the house, that they gave aloud three cheers to express their satisfaction that the murderer was discovered in his conceal went. Notwithstanding Lavender bad given directions to his bro, ther-officers nut to let any person leave the house, yet Mrs. Harris eluded their vigilance, slipped out, and went to her husband at Caslon's letter-foundry, and returned again without any loss of time.