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about ‘three o’clock on Tuesday- 
morning, when, with the as- 
sistance of the peace-oflicers, they 
were secured. Various sums of 
silver were then found on their 
persons, and more have since been 
discovered on further search in 
their caps, in the whole between 
6 and 7/. The person of Nolan, 
and that of anothernamed Michael 
Bourke, being unequivocally iden- 
tified, they have been fully com- 
mitted to Westgate gaol for trial: 
and the four others, viz. James 
Dwyer, John M‘Analtie, Michael 
Lessiser, and Thomas Blake, for 
further examination. The French- 
men entered into recognizance to 
appear on the trial, and having 
lost the whole of their property, 
have been furnished with the 
means to return to their native 
homes. 
19.—Fire in St. Paul’s Church- 
yard.—The large house recently 
occupied by Mrs. Tilt, in the con- 
fectionary line, in St. Paul’s 
Church-yard, has lately been di- 
vided into two shops; one of 
which was fitting up by Messrs. 
Gaimes and Co. for the sale of 
writing-desks, pocket-books, &c. 
in contemplation of their present 
premises coming down to make 
room for the new Post-office, and 
into which they had removed a 
considerable part of their stock ; 
the other shop was occupied by 
Mr. Biggs, in the straw hat line, 
who had the whole upper part of 
the premises, and in whose house 
about a quarter past six o’clock 
yesterday morning, a fire was dis- 
covered by the foot passengers in 
St. Paul’s Church-yard, who 
knocked violently for a consider- 
able time, but none of the family 
of Mr. Biggs were made to hear. 
At length the door was forced, 
when the flames burst out with 
such fury, as to prevent any one 
from alarming the family up stairs, 
but which was at length done by 
the ringing of the bells, and crying 
out “fire, fire.’ Mrs. Biggs, 
with an infant in her arms, and a 
servant maid, got first out of the 
house, as they had arisen from 
their bed, and were taken to Mr. 
Butler’s, who by this time had 
been called up, where she was 
covered with shawls, and such 
other light apparel as was near at 
hand. Mr. Butler intreated her 
to go up stairs, but the feelings 
of the mother were too much 
alive for the safety of her other 
five children, to admit of a mo- 
ment’s delay, and it is supposed, 
she would have returned, and 
rushed into the flames in search 
of them, had she not fainted away; 
as soon as she recovered, she left 
Mr. Butler’s almost in a state of 
nakedness, but was prevailed on, 
or rather forced by those who 
attended her, to go to another 
friend’s house in cheapside; the 
servant and infant remained at 
Mr. Butler’s. So rapid were the 
flames on this unfortunate occa- 
sion, that no other person except 
a servant, with another of Mrs. 
Biggs’s children, succeeded in get- 
ting out by the door; the rest 
took to the roof of the house, and 
got away unhurt, among whom 
was an elderly woman, who was 
attending as a nurse on one of 
Mrs. Biggs’s lodgers, who we 
hear, made his escape by getting 
from one roof to another. We 
have only accounted for two out of 
Mrs. Biggs’s six children, the 
eldest of whom, a son, was only 
nine years of age. We wish we 
