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aent.fa ;, gctt over the arra rails, and into.the
taunse, tsistiticlo teoteeaJed himself tihril the get.
viato great thliaidrtfist then Ire open .4 the door,
sod fa ids eUttgattisiiittlit ; anti :at after they hail
pluodereti the fidatior ocatlilt4 total, th• property
11311 Isiten to- lodgings, from whence he
(Frith) tormeghecmiy eiltht or ten guinea. awAy. The
other lifts in consi.luenee titian into CtiStOdy, and
hi.. 10 seirehed Latta pothiug appearing, or
lie n% found to eliminate was dnieharged..
The Joeloritionithesitvipti,:foond Frith guilty.
capitollys and kat teisttold•uut to deceive bitatelt 6y
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. MTSTEKIMS CASE.
Os Saturday an invertigamow-which excited the greatest
::.terest, and lasted till si reel/ UM hoist., came on at this of-
tice before J. E eunint4 Eire). the Sitting Magistrate.
Elizetbeth Bloats., a Oral lit'yesses of age, was brought up
in the vertorly of flask; the sneer, charged by Mr Jubs
Wright, boemdraper, of Foleptigtome; Mary le Note, on tss-
yieitiu of. haring
.111 several ii 1. set fire to his house and
•Itorniture. 4111 e was alga catripd Jrith having, by some ex-
it-40'411.er, swears set fire bane-bearing apparel of Mrs.
'Wright at mieirmirtimisi, by which bee clothes art re hunted
of bee back, and injured beret drbadfolly that her life is de-
spaired of
The office wad crowded to exerts. Mr. Wright stated,
that the orironerlindbeen servant in the house fur some time
Past, but they nevelt/Inspected her ?flywy thing wrung, mud
tin were indoced from the following must extraordinary eir.
catostaitem, la entertain an idea that she bad intentions of
Cestroliag the boner And family. Wednesday inoratiot, Ja.
t..tar:s the-s:h, sbnuit Thalf.past richt o'clock, her gather was
sitiiiicin she parlour by herself, and the-prisotier was in the
*bop Moue, his niolter,eree seriously alarmed by a fire which
Croke out iii the shop, which did considerable injury, sod it
euenmenced by some means in one of the drawers in the
roomer. Friday, the 71S of Jesuitry, shout 11 o'clock in
the morning. his mother was sitting by the fire in the kitchen,
the prisusier being the only person with her, and on rising she
Cad not gone so far as ebaskror before all her clothes were oo
ti. e, roil had it nut been foe speedy assistance in putting out
tee filmes, she would have been horned to death ; she was
horned dreadfully. The next day (Satiseday), about 12 o'clock
to she morning, on witness's return home, he bad nut been
Log in the place before he seas alarmed by the dreadful
err. ma of his mother, who was iu the kitchen; he proceed.
e.l there, and again found her eneloped in flames; he sae-
reci:eil to putting diem rust : there was scarcely any fire to
the crate at the time; the pei 4 was the only perms with
1,,r, and when her clothes caught fire his soother was more
than eight feet front the grate. No sospicios was at this
time formed on the prisoner, and she Waft ordered to protect
mothi-r; on the Sunday he was in the parlour, and his
soother tool the prisoner were in the kitchen together, but
bring alarmed by her screams, Immo down stain, and found
her again cowered with games; he put a rug over, and put
inem out; by which he saved her life. Part of her clothes
yr. rr limited to a cinder, and her flesh was materially iojur.
• lie iris..urr hind just left the kitchen at the time this hap-
pened, nod when his mother was creasing she kitchen she
ti•uo.l herself again in flames; her clothes were burned off
Pier back ; she did not know by what means she caught fire,
but was fully confident that so spark flew on bet; she
thought sioneihitig supernatural attended her. She describ-
ed when the flames touched her skin, that she fell it like
knives crosring her. The prisosser when this happened burst
snit laughing at his mother, although her life was in peril;
ti.e presumption on his mind war, that the prisoner had
ti row') somethieg on brr so cause the burning. On she
caietay his, mother was placed under the protection of his
•••Arr, lint happening to go into the kitchen, where the pd.
e,ner was, her clothes, by some uokauwo miens, .Rain
(Alight fire; her violent screams alarmed Miss Wright, who
went doves stairs and found her clothes all in flames; she
tore off her clothes as well as she could, but she was injur-
e so dreailfolly by the fire, that she was put to bed; they
left her apparently asleep, but in a short time after they
were again alarmed by her screams, and on goiaz up stairs
found her iii the bed surrounded by fire, the bed
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the ensuing being all in a blase, and rbe mtempting
to estitipiiidi them ; the house and property was much
med. The prisoner was afterwards sent up stairs, sad she
came down again, saying the room was all on fire; they went
up stairs and found one of the rooms all in flames; they
were with tench difficulty put nut : she next alarm was ou
1 ...erslay at hilt--past eight o'clock; when he return.
eJ home his sister met him, and said the place had been in
t' e utmost conforion, and again on fire; the counter (a fix.
t.•,e) was literally destroyed, sod the place was filled with
entoke arid lire. There were two drawers belonging to the
rcuater, the one marked A and the other 8; the fire corn.
oirriceJ in the drawer A, which was injured, and that molt-
ed B without the least symptoms of fire in it, was given to
ft- Pi isoin^r to take into the coal vault; she took it down,
Lot iihortly returned. saying the vault was all on fire; on pro.
reeding thither be found she coals all on fire; engines w-
orse,' and is was put out; the drawer was lying there; the
farrisly wets now in a state of alarm, and Mr. Edon, a neigh.
LJtir,prupuse4 silting up all night with Miss Wr.ght to watch
this house. The Prisoner was ordered to go to bed at eleven
o'clock, at which time she went, bet she shortly returned,
boriging them to go rip stairs, that Mr. Bannister's room
(i.e of the Inilcars) was on fire ; they went up stairs to
Bamitstres Mani and found him going to bed, and
callog out fire; they were not satisfied, as they smelt
fire, and witness opened his sister's he.l room door, when be
was heady knocked down by the flames and smoke rushing
stoma him ; the room was filled with emuke, thick aid
decree, soil she room all in a blase. He went to a mahogany
chest of discern the day after, all of which were lucked
escept one, on opening which the flames rushed out
sun him, and the drawers partly were burned to a cinder.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, another
fire broke out la the same room, although firemen were em.
',toyed to stay is the house,aud had stopped up the preceding
roght. The folleasiog meriting. about II o'clock, another fire
ltroke out in an apartment up stairs, sod did considerable
Juiory. The Prisoner, os the discovery of the fire, was seen
rtem by the disserossole; vurysuspiciosis cir a installers, soil he
ordered bee instantly to quit the bowie. He spoke to Mr.
Leckie, of the Pre Office. The officers of thes establish.
mint were employed to make every inquiry, and since the
Priamor had quilted the place they haul not ouderguue the
least almost. His mother was confined it, her bed, and was
under the care of a Surgeon, without the least hopes of
recovery.
bliss Wrjght attended in a very weak cosiditiou, and co,.
roborstest every thing her brother had silted.
['hook, the officer, here stated, that he bad made every in.
"Ailey auto the characters of the lodgers, which were very
good.
Air. Bannister, use of the lodgers, said be was porter
in the employ of Tr. Irwin, hatter, of Oaford-Greet. On
it., night of the lire he heard some person welkin is the
•oarinsent over his, and afterwards beard them mime down
god row Mimi Wright's chamber. lie thought it was the
Preaner. Shortly after he was alarmed by hearing the
chamber was an fire; it was adjoining his apartment.
Mn.llantster correborated the above.
The Primener, is her defeace, denied the charge, sod said
her mistress's fleshes estiglS tire aceideotelly, She knew
as dieing of the ether aceidest.
Mr. Comsat said, of all the eases heinit ever board of,
be never knew of one to equal the abate is atrocity, and he
had go doubt but the Prisoner was guilty of somethisig
which he was afraid could ant be brosight agaiust her, with-
eel lbe etteadaace of Mts. Wright ; the evidence was
detective Isnlese.st come &OM her own mouth. She
beteg onside to email, and takiog the Prisoner's youth
commeeratiou, he would order bee to find bail to keep the
peen towards bee void • Mrs. Wright was able is attend
Ibetlogf.
Mr. 12. moored the Magistrate that be would see every in.
treaty to =skeeter cone tut word, bet bet situation at pre.
alai was Ouse ilaogetoog

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FOR S.F:111TIOW 4)14:410.111011l,

CHESTER, JAIIIVART

The trial of Joseph Suntan came oh this morn.
ing, He WWI convicted' on two indietinentr. • The,
first charged him with having publishied, on the
47th of November, a libel, intended to blaspheme
Almighty God. and disparage the Christian Re-
ligion. The libel .consisted of a litter in one of
Cnrhle's publication., Signed J. IF!..Sinith, which
inculcated the doctrine; that •' before the • people
coo br blest with and cordially receive a perfect
government, and a pure anal equitable code of
laws, they must reject the Bible as being the word
of God, anal also totally disbelieve the divinity of
Christ." The second intlitt meat charged I • with
sedition in publishing, on the day above-mentioned";
the third unlit tier of The- Crisis, containing the
• iIeF.CSI forming the acrostic •6 Britetir-to Aram"
Jos-pia swots was then tried., slung with Robert
'Swindells. Joseph &erten:how, John Stu66s,Joks
Itichurds, turd Joseph Maims, On an indictment for
n seditious •rniispirsev at the Macclesfield reform
meeting on the Slat of July last.
Mr. Wir.t.tams conducted the prosecution for
the Crown, mid the Priroitets defended themselves
Kith c,,tt.i.ler4l.le ability.
The .Ittry found all the Defendants Gwilty.
The tri.iii ortopied the Court from about eleven
o'clock in the morning till site iu the evening.
On Tuesday 'light last 11.1•Inseis, now in custody
in our Castle, on a charge of shooting Birch the
gonstAle, of Stockport, attempted to make his
rsie3pr, and actually so far succeeded in eluding
the vigilance of the turnkeys as to get into the
outer yard. Ile was, however, secured.

JANUARY IS.

The Prisoners fuund guilty yesterday, were this
day brolight up for judgment, when the COURT
senteticrd ,Swindells, Burtenshaw, Stubbs. and
Richards. to be imprisoned to the castle of Chester
each for the period of two years ; to find securities
at the expiration of that time, themselves in 50/.
and two sureties in 251. each, to keep the peace for
filbe year. Joseph Swann, as a participator in the
utslitious conspiracy at Macclesfield, was sentenced
to imprisonment of equal duration, and under the
like securities; also to two years' additional impri-
sonment, for publishing a blasphemous libel, and
six months more for a seditious libel ; making the
t0,...11 period of his imprisonment Ayr years and a
hay. When sentence was passed, Swann, with
much sang froid, held up his white hat bound
with crape, and exclaimed, "Flan ye done? is that
all ? why I thowt ye'd a got s bit of a hemp for.
me. and hung me."
They were immediately taken out of Conn.—.
When near the door, Richards observed to Birch.
the constable, who had him in custody, " Mark -!
you will shortly have to meet me ite another place ;"
to which Birch replied. " Aye, in Heaven, I hope !"