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APitt. 8.

IIIIIIDE!4EANOR AT THE INSTIGATION OF A
• FoRTuMeMELLER.

'Sarah. F7tosti a wiry inter Ming girl, 17 years of ace, seas
irdictrot fur maliciously Mewling in set Ere in, and cuu.
some, the eartsinit and bodiless? Mr. Geo. in Charles.
street, St Limes:owner, on the 19th %finch last.
A capital indietment had, been preferred agAinst the Pri-
mmer for this offence, bat it seas subsequently abiridonril,
owe.( to the humanity of the Prosecutor, and the Prisoner
was bronchi hp habeas corpus before these Sew:iron in he
teiert foe a misslenseatior Want. She pleadeJ Nut Guilty to
this inthrtmesit.

•
Mr. Iluteastla stated the cane tir the previrenthen. The
P• r, 'he said, was taken in as servant in the I er of
-. Webb. the Kiwg's Messenger, in Chart. s•.tree :, Saint
%MOON where she had been kindly provided to, during *rye_
cal littlittlate It was doe to her to state, that she was limiest
from the country with an excellent character, which she
maintained iu the house trp to the period when the eitiftertu-
hate oecnrrence took plate, that formed the ground work of
thy present prosecution. A lltalf-past three O'clor k in the after-
main of the 17th March last Mr. and Mrs. Walsh were sitting
in their pal lour, wbieh was iw the Wenr part of the house,
=hen Mr. Walsh beard a piece of glass fall shove stairs :
this was immediately followed by • cry of " Fire!" from
out of doors, as well as from the Prisoner, who was
above. The drawing-room was occupied by General Vies.
Our, who was not at borne at the lime, and to it Mr.
Wale% immediately ran. On entering he found the window
curtains in filmes, bat he succeeded with some assistance,
and not without much effort and tronhle, to extinguish
the tarots, and tel the alarm at nee' fur that time. The Ge-
seral came home soon after, but finding the 'place in such
se state he quitted the lodgings and went to an hotel.—
At half-past six o'clock on the same miming, the family
were again alarmed by the Poisoner rushing into the mum
whichin Mr. and Mrs. Walsh were sitting, and eeclaimiug
that the heal-room un the second floor was on fire. Sire
peered quite wild when she gave this alarm, and almost an-
t °medium of what she was doing. The alarm hail coll. Orel
a great crowd around the door, the firemen came, and the
fiemes in the second floor were extinguished afte r the lied.Ger-
pursue and curtains hail suffered considerably from the blase.
This slid nut terminate the anxiety of the family on iloir ex-
tesurdinary evening, for in about half an I after the
s. cued alarm of fire was given, the Prisoner came again
tutu the room where the family were, and said she smelt
tire up stairs. On going into the drawing-ruom, it was
Wood full of smoke; but no fire whatever timid he Chi.
covered. The uneasiness of the family being thus far re-
moved, the children were put to bed at the usual boor, and
the family were themselves preparing for rest, when, shunt
half past leo o'clock on the same night, the Prisoner ran
hits. Mrs. Walsh's room, and again alarmed her by saying
that the house was on fire. Mrs. W. immediately rushed up
'dams to save her children, a hula she itnniedintely took out
el and hail removed by the nu y.matel into the next
Souse but one, in the same street. After she had taker
this natural precaution, she a ith her Unearths' begets to ex-
plore where the fire broke out, and un enterierg the drawing
Imam, they furred the sofa in dames. 'linnets there had
been no fire or candle lighted in that room during
the evening. Penns the general propriety of the Pri-
soner's condeet whilst living with the family, no sus-
picion whatever was attached to her during the Ke-
elung alarms of the evening; but un this last similar
her manner war so very agitated, and she hetrard such
unusual pertnibation. that Mr. Walsh those& it his duty to
loing osier OR the following day before • magistrate, rtill
le•ieg will t soy proof whatever which could implicate her
in this foul traherielieni. White, however, before the magis-
trate, the .. i er herself voluntarily furnished the necessary
proof to Plank, the officer, and of her own accord, without
rOMIRC or solicitation, confessed that it was she who bad
c •used the fire; that she had dune it with a red hot poker,
which she fonnel in the drawing room fire. She admitted the
hoiden of her master and mistress, who had always treated
her well, and assigned as the unly reason which induced her
to act as she hail done, the recommendation of a rollout:-
teller, who bud called about • week before to sell flowers,
eluaiuedeserimission into the passage, and fur doing se
turn d ilimalisplessure of her mistress. The latter, uedwitlt-
etanilineseedered a 61. to this flower-woman, when she re-
tired, and as the maw tunsie Peisone r gave her this charitable
donation, the nefeeling wretch acknowleged it by telling
her that she should sisver have an hour's happiness in life,
sinless she attempted to burn the hussar, which she enjoiesed
to take an early opportunity of doing. Ihe wretched
Prisoner entire used that under this injunction she bail acted,
eqd that it alone had tensed her to commit so shocking au
•outragr. Tier Learned Council cenichided by enforeiue upon
the J iiry the dreadful emisequeuei that might have rimed
from, the roma iiin dim) of the Prisoner's plats, and the ue-
e-aci,y of making ass example to prevent the rectirrecuce of
stick incendiary projects.
This case was fully made out in'evielence.
Mr. Ananig, on the part of the Prisoner, denied that this
was any thing like the case edam incendiary. There was au
. woe:wept to. plmider, no contrivance, or appearance of ma-
t re, and the alai mof fire was in each case gives by the on.
t ornate Prisoner herself. The defence, is fact, which he
I sal to urge was, that the unfortunate woman at the time
I z!sourrel wide r a disease of the mind strongly bordering
van idiocy, in rousrquence of a peculiar bodily ind.spu-
s. ion, and Olt while iu this slate she was duped, deluded,
reed winked upon by the fortutie.teller to commit the inde-
f-esib:e act is kith mow brought her to that bar. The Leagu-
ed Counsel then called wit uses.

-Tii;ll.v. Mr. Dillyard, rector of Curley, is Middlesex,
rove the pi isnot,- and her parents, who were Immo, and to-
do,trious noikinz people, the very lint character.
Doctor 'MAPS Wardrobe proved, that the pri.uner WAS
rhirld of his fur an affection of the head, arising out of a
b.ol habit of the body, which often led to fits and mental rte.
roemonent, if not speedily removed.
h 1,.. Watch sent the prisoner had bad fits while iu her
LOOM, but out for mime day. before the fire took place.
• The CHAIRMAN summed up the evidence with his usual
impartiality to the Jury, and heft it to the in to say, whether
they thought, from the evidence, the Privoner was capable
of distinguiebing right from wrung at the SIMS she commit-
ted the act.

Oise of the Jurors, after the Jury had consulted logetber
for b cuusiderable time, nddr.P9Clll the Chairmso, suit asked,
whether they could 6ud a millet of "Guilty, but without
'notice?"
The CHAIRINIAN replied in the negative; for malice was
the jet of the offroce, and the law always implied make
whatever was erafrias in se.
The Jury tben, after acme further consultation, returned
a vtrihrt of pailry ; but unanimously and earnestly recoup.
mended the Prisoner to mercy uu accuuut of her previous
good character.
The Umlaut-ism, after expatiating upon the heirloom us.
tote of she prisoner's offetice, warmed her how she suffered
for mind to be deluded on any future occasion. The P.M.
fence she Gourd was, that she be imprisoucd iu the House
. _

at Cum etion fur use year.
• • Tlie Prowacr appeared greatly affected during site trial,
and Nailed more them pace.

A sr, of pickpeckels titre. then I. ircl fur remaining drpre.
in Corrnl.uararn. during /Ist late elrcliou, &ad the
$: mous cknal so four o'clock

TAUSTOS.—The scrutiny terminated on Thurs.
ilsy morning. The triumph of the plitilsr party
was complete; the result of the set mid day's scru-
tiny added four to Mr. WAitite's !whinny. It was.
evident that this would have gone on inctessing.—
Nr. on Thursday morning, es 10011 es
the Court opened, odd r d the returning officers,
And stated that it was not the intention of Mr. SST-
IIIOUS to give them soy further trouble. The num
bers at the clipse of the scrutiny were declared to be—
Far A. Sselag, Esp. e 404
J. A.Warte, Esq. 4 an
H.Sormeraft, Sol. .... •
~+.•,• ti) d• :pi 4. •
01•1440/4 ;•,. •
Mit 100 foe ordelitmoi Naps .
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46.40

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