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sit the Pear-Tree public-house. 

 The subsequent search to find it 

 has been successful. On Tuesday, 

 Harrison, one of the lodgers of the 

 Pear-Tree public-house, in search- 

 ing amongstsomeold clothes, found 

 a blue jacket, which he immediately 

 recognized as part of Williams's 

 apparel, He proceeded to exa- 

 mine it closely, and upon looking 

 at the inside pocket, he found it 

 quite stiff with coagulated blood, 

 as if a blood-stained hand had been 

 thrust into it. He brought it down 

 to Mrs. Vermillye, who instantly 

 sent for Hope and another of the 

 Shadwell police officers, to make 

 further search in the house. Every 

 apartment then underwent the 

 most rigid examination, for about 

 an hour and a half, when the offi- 

 cers came at last to a small closet, 

 where they discovered the object of 

 their pursuit. In one corner of the 

 closet there wasa heap ofdirtystock- 

 ingsand other clothes, which being 

 removed, they observed a bit of 

 wood protruding from a mouse- 

 hole in the wall, which they imme- 

 diately drew out, and at the 

 same instant they discovered the 

 handle of a clasp-knife, apparently 

 dyed with blood ; which upon be- 

 ing brought forth, proved to be 

 tlie identical French knife seen in 

 Williams's posses:^ion before the 

 murders ; the handle and blade of 

 wliich were smeared all over with 

 blood. This fact completes that 

 chain of strong circumstantial evi- 

 dence already adduced against the 

 suicide. The bloody jacket also 

 tends to confirm his guilt. It is 

 l»»etty clear, that that part of his 

 appat"! must have been stained 

 witli theUood of the unfortunate 

 Mrs. Williamson, when the suicide 

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was transferring her monoy with 

 his bloody hand, to his pocket. 



18. An uncommon circumstance 

 in the annals of juries occurred 

 on Thursday- The case of the 

 ship Anna Maria came on to be 

 tried at Guildhall; after which, 

 the jury retired to consider of their 

 verdict ; Mr. G.« Barclay being 

 their foreman. When the court 

 closed, the jury had not made up 

 their minds on the subject. Tlsey 

 continued in the Iri^h chamber all 

 night, and yesterday morning they 

 were as undecided as ever. To- 

 wards the afternoon, Mr. 13. Hut- 

 ton, one of the jurymen, petitioned 

 the court to be released, which 

 was attended to. We understand 

 that a new trial will be necessary, 

 and of course a fresh jury. 



Nuttin'^ham, Jan. 19.— On Sa- 

 turday night week a number of 

 men, supposed not less than forty, 

 disguised in various ways, and 

 armed with pistols, &c. proceeded 

 to the house of Mr. Benson ; and, 

 after sentinels had been placed at 

 all the neighbours' doors, and the 

 avenues leading to it, about eight 

 entered ; and some of them drove 

 the family into the pantry, with 

 threats of immediate death, if they 

 created the least alarm with the 

 exception of one woman, who 

 was expected every hour to fall in 

 travail, and she was permitted to 

 remain in the parlour; the rest 

 proceeded into the work-shop, and 

 demolished the eight frames in 

 about as many minutes They 

 escaped without detection. On 

 Monday evening.aboutsix o'clock, 

 eight men entered the house of 

 Mr. Noble, at New Radford, in 

 various disguises, and armed with 

 different instruments; while ons 



remained 



