The Statesman. — 1818-02-16 (London, England)

DICER., Esq. one of the Magistrates at Worship-street. The Prisoner surrendered himself on Friday, in consequence of the statement which had appeared in the Papers that an individual .answering his description, was seen with his clothes bloody on the Greenwichroad on Sunday morning. The investigation lasted the whole of the morning, when, after the depositinns of several witnesses, each of whom was es. audited at great length, it appeared that the Prisoner had been drinking, and was beat at a house of inhale at Ratcliti, when his nose bled ; and 'being drunk he lost his way, crossed the River at Elephantstairs, and strolled down to Deptford : he returned home at one o'clock on Sunday. The Magistrate esprested himself perfectly satisfied of his innocence, and having admonished him for his imprudence, be was discharged, quite clear of ell imputation. On Saturday two officers returned from Colchester, where a nephew of the deceased Mr. Bird resided ; suspicion had fallen upon him, but the investigation which had taken place during the stay ()film officers, folly satisfied them that he had no baud in the transaction.  A circumstance took place a short time ago relative to Mr. Bird, which has not yet been made public.— Mr. Bird was walking from his brother's, at Royalhill, Greenwich, to his house, when he was soddeftly attacked by some pessortt he had just time to torn round and see who was the person that assaulted him, when he was struck •to the ground. A stran4er happened to come up, and the. man who attacked him hearing his footstepsi'merle a precipitate retreat and escaped. When Mr. Bird was taken home, and recovered, he stated that he knew silio the person was that had attacked' him, hot Mat. be never would divulge it. •On saying this he shed hers, and appeared mnch affected. It has been con.. *owed that the person who so basely attacked Mr. Birth was his murderer. On Saturday morning the coffi es in which the bodies of the above unfortunate persons were deposited,were after the relatives and the friends had taken their last view of thernocrewed down. At I o'clock it was report. ed that they were to be" buried; and vast crowds as• sembled to witness the mournful scene. Soch a sight has never before been witnessed in Greenwich. It was a considerable time before the procession could advance; from the multitude assembled to witness the melancholy ceremony of the interment. The pro. cession moved from the house of the deceased to Greenwich C'aurch. Mr. Bird was 841 and Mary Symmonds 44 years of age.  Wednesday morning the body of a young woman, apparently about twenty-one years of age, was found by • 'vermin, who 'was rowing near Lady Parsons' stairs, in the River Thames.lying in the mud near the. stairs.• The body was conveyed to the Bee-hive, Aldgate. A slight shock of an earthquake was esperiended, on Friday last, at Coningby, in Lincolnshire, which lasted some seconds. A noise, like the subterraneous firing of cannon, was heard at-the time, and the windows of the houses in the town were much shaken. SHOCKING DEATHS BY Buetaisto.---Wednesday Mrs. Mary Parker, aged. 7G, residing at Homerton, Hackney, sitting in her apartment readiag, by some accident her clothes caught fire through a spark (lying out of the grate ; she was burnt in a dreadful manner, and (lied shortly afterwards in the greatest agony.—Tuesday a fine boy, John Prudence, aged five years, was left with his brother, not much older than himself, playing in their parents' parlour, by some accident the child's linen clothes caoghtfire, and he was ahockingly burnt; he was liken to the' London llospital, where he expired in the greatest pain. • The Sessions for Middlesex commenced at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, this day. Saturday last the prisoners, committed on charges of Felony, were removed from the .several jails in London and Middleset to Newgate, preparatory to taking their trials' at VIP onsnin4 Sessions at the Old MAO gotutheaceii on IVeduesday