The Sun. — 1828-02-25 (London, England)

HATTON-GARDEN.—Bridget Rock was on Saturday brought up for re-examination, charged with the murder of her child.  Mr. Peregrine Fernandez, surgeon, opened the body of the child on Sunday last; it was a full size child. He took out the heart and•liver and put them in. water, and they floated. The child was in his opinion horn alive, but for bow long it existed it was impossible to state. Frederick Arguil corroborated Mr.. Fernandez's evidence. John Gleeson, landlord of the house No. 11, Bell-court, Gray's Inn-lane, deposed to finding' the child ; inquired what had become of Bridget. Rock, the alleged mother, and was informed that she bad gone to look for a lodging in King's Head-court.--He brought her back and gave her in charge to the watchman. After a•good deal more evidence, the same in purport as had been given before the Coroner, had been gone into, The prisoner stated that she wished to speak to the Ma.. gistrate, and, on being supported to the bench by Waddington and Lee, she made the following confession : That she had been greatly distressed for the last six or seven months, and had not had a place to put her head in ; sometimes lying in one room, sometimes in, another, and often, for nights together, lying upon the stairs of the house, No. 11, Bell-court. She was aware that she was pregnant, but always denied it, for fear of being entirely turned, out in the streets. She liad never before had a child, and the present unfortunate occurrence she attributedto her ignorance. She felt very ill after, and when she was seen walking up and down the front of the door, she was ruminating whether she should ask Mrs. Gleeson's advice what io do with herself, but was afraid to do it, lest she should discover her situation.,She was not then aware that she had been delivered of the child. She was going to ask the advice of a friend what she should do, when she was stepped, and brought to the office. Mr. Sergeant SELLON said, that, under these circumstances, he should remand her until Monday, at the same time binding. the whole of the witnesses over to prosecute. The bill will he laid before the Grand Jury nn Monday evening.  The miserable woman appeared very ill during the ex. amination, and was obliged to be supported in her chair.  ALARMING Ft RE.---Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, the watchman in Denmark-street, St. Giles's, perceived that the house, No. 21, occupied by Mr. FROST, goldsmith, was on fire. He instantly sprung his rattle, and alarmed the inmates by knocking at the door, but before the whole of the inmates were aroused; the staircase was on fire, and descent in that way was impossible. Several females now appeared at the windows in a dreadful state of agony. Fortunately a numberof persons asernbled, by whose as.sistance, a lady named WINKTIELD, and her trio daughters, were safely taken from the first floor window. Mr. 101141 t FIELD and two or three other other male lodgers effected their escape by getting on the roof of the, adjoining house. The flames spread so fast, that notwithstanding several engines speedily arrived, the premises 'were reduced to ashes but the firemen sneceeded in preservin&theadjoiting houses.  Hoiutim