The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-06 00:00:00

POLICE.

• • j3ow- etzt,-e-Xestorday Edward' Gitsoe:_4*as
brought before Jousr the,§itting Ma-
.gistiette, on suspicien of h:a/ing.set his house, in'aid
Boswell-eotirt, on fire the preCeding tight.•
, • John Stentiford -.stated), ,be.wcilpies 'the houies
No. 14, in Old. Boswell-court,.eext door to-the
Prisoner -; than he was alarmed, abotit four o'clock
in the morning, with the cry of "-Fire and,-sleeP-
ing in the back parlour,' he immediately.got•up ;
on opening the shop-door, he -perceived a 'great
deal of smoke, and a red appearance from a false
door on his staircase, 'Which parts his house
frOm the Prisoner's, • and which ba.l been cover-
ed • with latli and plaister. The Witness' itnme-
diately
,went -up stairs tk) • his garret, and brought
deWn his, two children, *We were
,sleeping there;
and having taking them to, a, neighbour's house, re-
turned, and went into histellar, and got two pails of
water, and threw them on the fire. The Witness
:then went to the
.Prisbner's house, the deoref which
had heen forced by the watchmen ; on entering the
Pis Sage, he- found the stairs leading up to the
first floor on fire,, which be cut down withein axe;
and threw water on the fire ; he was then called
by a.person of the name of Crowfoot, %oho was in
. the Cellar of the Prisoner's, houSe, and on WitneSs
going there, found a candle stuck in part of a pore,:
toe, fixed upon a coal (which was produced), ligbt-
• ed, and placed about six inches from the joists„undei:
the floor of We shop, the board's of which„.in,one
place; were burnt nearly through ; and this waseen
the opposite, side of the cellar from 'where the stair-
case was on fire; the Witness found two other pieces
of coal, with tallow.grease, and potatoe, which he
produced, near. the same spot, and .placed in the same
situation as the other- piece of coal, but which ap-
peared to have goee out, after burning the, boards
slightly.: -.The.Wifuess stated, that after he- had put .
out the fire, . and found ..the :befere-Mentioned
articles, the Prisoner came into his shop,. iirssed-ns.
he appeared before the -Magistrate ; and onfifitness
sayieg_heshonld be. taken into ciistotlythe Pri-
soner refused to leave • his house, but Was taken by
the Witeess • to the watch,hotise. L
William CrOwfoot stated, that he, lives,at. No. 4;
Old BOSwell-court,._that. be, was
.alarmed by the cry.
of " Orel" and got up and went
,into •the court,
ancifound" Mr. Stentiford and another person..en-
deavonring to force open, the street-door of the Fri-,
soner's house, from the two-pair of stairs Window
of which he saw smoke issuing. .The door -being
forced' open, the Witness Went into the passage,
and perceived the 'stairs lbading-to the first floor on
fire; that he Went dowo:stairs, but could see 4- •
thing of fire .till. he came to the. coalscellar, in the
right-hand corner of Which he found, a piece et a
lighted candle, in part of a potatoe, ah'd two 'piece's
of cbal,• with potatoe and tallow.grease on 'them, as
described by 'Mr; Stentiford.
EleatiorShepherd stated, that she was servant to
the Prisener, and had lived with him near three
menths—that he keeps a Cook-shop—that her mis-
tress
,went out
master told
evening, and after she
was gone,,ber told her she was gone a little
way into the country, but -that she would return
either this. morning, or by dinner time; that her
mistress bad never. been out hefore to stay all night
since the Witness had lived with them ; that the
Witness and her fellOw-scrVant slept up in the
lter
ordered
three-gttirheerfosc;tmai
rus n front
hrePrios a;') h; er that.master
her and her .fellow-servant to,go to bed about hall-
past' eleets o'clock at night ; • that just before she
went to bed she was down in the coal-cellar, with a
light, to talceseme dishes ; *diet shecatue up. imme-
diately,.but saw••no- appearance of fire or smoke
there;•or of any pieces of candles stuck in potatoes
and Coals, which she thinks she must have seen had
they been there at the time she was in the cellar;
that yesterday morning early', she was alarreed by
her master knocking at her door, and desiring' her to
get up,' that the'house was in flames, and that they
would all beburned ; that she immediately. got tip,
and when she came out of her room, she,saw her
'master dressed as .he.then.appeared; and 'on her at-
tempting to go down Stairs with.her clethes,.he told'
her skis could not go down,•she must get out' at the
top of the house, and tonne down,. the
.adjoining
• house ; that 'she, and her fellow-servant, got out
at•-the top of the house, and dressed themselves Insets
the leads. The Witness also stated,'that.sorne:tithe
-last N:vi.ek her master said, he mest.geL,ont: of the
..:house,'neid he did not care if it was to tumbledown,
or seCon fire, so'as he got out of it.
Martha Davies stated, that she had been servant
. to the Prisoner about 'seven months, and that sht.3-,.
neycr knew her onstressiO stay Oueall night. befere, •
and correberakd the Whole of thb statement of the
last witness. •
George Heath, a fireman belonging to the Plicenik
Fire-Office, stated, that yesterday morning be went
and exatinined., the . Prisenc;r's hquse, • with the
Churchwardens, Ana; found that tive or six, ef the
stairs -leading 'to the first floor had been burnt and,
damaged' by. tire ; that the pieces of burnt timber
which he produCed were .part • of The same. The
Witness went tw-tirthe.Prisoecr:s sleeping-room
.on
the second finer, and found the bed-Clothes tied'up
in 'a bundle, and the bed off the bedstead on the
floor; that there was no other fureitifre this room,
but an old black trunk; that there were three se-
' pavans appearances of fire ;
,one et the stairs, ano-
., ther at a part of the floor under the'shop, abOut
inches distance from ..the stairs, and another under
the floorovherithe candles were found, and the op,
posite side of the coal-cellar ;,and that aboard which
he preduced bad been taken' from 'the iloOr of the,
shop before he came: •
Several other ,persons appeared and confirmed:the
WitfiesSes'in their statement, and Mr. NARES took
infinite"painsto 'investigate the business: It ap--
peafed that the' Prisoner rented twe houses in Bus-
well-court,
the one that was on tire, and the next
door ; that he had insured the houses at-the Phoenix
Fire'Office for 9901. and -the goods at the London
FireQt-iice for 0001. and it was stated
.that-the fur-
niture in the house that was on' fire was not worth`
491. ,
.The PriSener denied any knoWledge how the
candles became placed in his Coal-cellar, and sup
-
'posed it must have been.done by some evil-disposed
persons, who' had soRILI time ago' raised a clamour.
against him, saying, 'he scouldztiet pay his 'taxes;
he affirnied that his wile went to sleep at Bow for
the.benefit of the air. The. Prisoner was committed.

.411 AI? 1.6 t),
On Saturday, 'last, it'quist Chtirch,•Middleseit, 13111-
tStoearraeres,vEisltLmtorTe3isasZ..ei.zstiD,esoato.tglitasit
veladrei:th:d.
4i Tuesday, at Tottenham Church, Mr. Joseph Fiet d
of,Sharlweil Doviz,..to Miss ILichael Tlicmpson, daughc- ter
john Thompson,. Esq. of Tottenham. 134 • rt.;
•Tbe Sasaneday,' at Is.ensington, Sir fames I nnes Ker,
to Miss liarriet charlewourl, second daughter of thi: late 80..
jamin Charlewood, iisq. of Wiraite4liant, SurleY•
te
Oa the.24th tilt. at t)ban, "oho Thomson. Eq. f• '
°: • '
ton, Dumfries,shirei rr Miss -Isabella Critupbell.
Yesterday, ;it HamtnersinitirChurch, Mr. lames Lyon, -
Queenhithe, to Miss Clark, trt. Tlicresa Terrace,
smith. 4
On Tuesday the 2.Stli tilt. Thomas- lacorrh.l.3no,slC,,
Esq. of the Oittlewry, to Miss Mitchell, daugtitcr
late Alexander. Miteheil, al Belfast.

I.ately, at his house in Ilronk-street, after a long and vaitl•
ful illness, f;ener.il Richard Wltite, Colonef of the 24" 14'.
giment of Foot. - • .
. .
A few days ago, at Edinontonl in
the Gatti year of his 30
George Talent, Esq.
On Sunday last, Mr. Lyon. Praeger, in his. aparttnegt
'
-9 iTltislpetstra-nsiterreevte.n.
ing, .
ter attending divine seryice, suddenly drbpped down and cl"
aired at his own door. • • '
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