The Sun.
London, England, 1811-03-27 00:00:00

street,--Ile had served shops in the neighbourhood
of MareSfield among others, he Hobbs, at
Norwich, within three miles of Marestield.''He had
server a great deal of licans's paper ip the neigh-
bourhood of Maresheld, with the water-marls ot
He had served Hobbs with that paper for
the last two yelrs, and had no doubt but he had sent
a great deal of piPier with that water-mark into that •
part of the country.
Wm. Crain p,•Keeper of the [louse of Corre&ion
at Lewes:-10 the month of January (the 12th),
Mr. Richard Joiner called upon him, and conversed
on the subject of the Hier he, said he wished to,
-have some conversation with ,a Man in custody on
charge of felooy, ot the name of Best ; he_observ-
ed, he suppoi.ed witness bad heard ot the letter.; he
replied he had ; he then said he wished the willies,
would examine Best, as he had no doubt but that
Best knew who the writer was.. There was no
doubt but it was written by:one of the Foresters;
that they %ere a 'people who had elandesiiiiely
taken possession of a part of the forest ; that they
livid upon plunder, and he had no doubt hut the
witness could grt, out of Best who the writer was.
lie added., that time was one ctrcomstar ce,-which
proved he knew about it, 1;110 old father bad said
a few days ago, '' Now my son Will is in prison
will conic out about the triter.'' rhe witness said
he ssondered they did ,not rout out those fores:ers.
Joliet replit-d, he had done all he could, but here
was a gentlemau who did not do his duty, or they
would soon be obliged to turn out, He 'added,
that he apprehended hiMseif iti•danger (rain these
foresters, but he. was determined to withstand them.
Lord Shetlielit said he had ititown Mr.ißingbarn
about five years. in doing his ,ditty, in redressiog
disorders in the county, am man had•been more di-
ikent• lie had 'a very good opiniou•of Mr. Bing 7
hatna, and he was cenvineed he had incurred a great
deAl cif rancour by his attempts to repress she disor-
ders of the Ku-ethers. •

Mi. Archtiecicuti Doyley ling knOwn, the prisoner
six or years; he was always attentive 10 the
murals of his parish, and exemplary in his comind.
I. M. Cripps, Egg. gave a most,excellent charac-
tt lu the prisoner tot. integrity and honour in every
tr.:tattoo of life._

The Bev. Mr. `ruiner, the 11ev. Mr. Bradford,
Mr. Claude Mott o Tram, and the 11ev. Sackvillo
Boyle, all/-spoke of the prisoner in terms of the
highest praise, both its a Goat:aim and u Cler-
gyman.
The Loan Cuter BARON then sunimed; up the'
evidence with great minuteness, and impressed the
Jury strongly with the neeess,ty of their being.per-
rally srititied, •as there was no mon, e in evidence
which Could induce the prisoner to send this letter.
Th 6 Jury, after considerable deliberation, found
the prisoner Nut
The' Same prisoner was then indaed for setting
lire to, his house ,with a view to defraud its metier,
the Rev. Mr. Riven, his rector, and the Union Fee
(Mice, in which he had insured furniture, &c. to
the amount of tiool, The evidence on this trial was
long and complicated ; but the only circumsrancts
.ehich appeared to make against the presoner were,
that he bad the dasr ,beforo the fire busied himself in
eOesesg to be removed from one out-lo use te
water, the snicks of wool with which the lIIJUSzt
was fired, (oi the pTitOner stated his supposiripn at
he time nesliceously), his depositing of it few
late papers and quills over therprivy, and of his be-
rying a neatuey of copy-books of tin great vAlue iii
his god tr, planting Over them a flue er for better
conceal :toot. It- was proved, however, that the
prisoner's, plate and watch, which might have beet)
inure profitably removed, were burnt, and th4t he
had' adually sent forthe iat ler or, the evening of the
fire try the, house cif a neigh-Jour where,
he I be o
visiting, mod where he ha . forgetfully lest it. fits
plisoecr had notnediatety before the fire been ip
town to,trattler an in Surance of 501. upon a cot-
lege to .a linther :security of his furniture;' but
hat cottage it was proved he had before sold, lie
theh suited to h s !fiend, the-Secretary to the InSur-
ance Qlfice, that. hie was afraid his house would be
burnt, its west:gut:ow of the incendiary spirit of
the neighboerhoed, and always stated to those to
whom he told the story of the fire a preselithrient,
which possessed bun on the evening or tht.
that the casualty Would happen. It was proVed'l4
the prisoner's brothers, the Bey. !Behar i lthigh
incumbent of (import Chapel, and INhigistriLe for
the courity •ef Hants, end Captain Joseph Binghain„
N. that' the prisoner's books-and furniture Were
worth. front 9Oot: to f 0001. and that .he 'Was in far
frorn distressed circumstances, otherwise he would
have appliectto the former brother, tis lie' had before
doue, and always been relieved ; and, that the latter
:-brotlier had lately laid down a large suns to tree
the prisontr from his embarrassments, upon the po-
sitive assurance 'that the prisoner had told his bro-
ther the extent of his debts, and was Made a free
and happy man. Melly of the prisoner's neighbours
and servants aiso spoke to the value of his furniture,
&C.

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',l'll prisoner on tbil occasion also read a ten
'dettice, and tt►e Le►srnd Chia► Baron recapitulated
and coitimeioted on. the whola of the ►evidence,
adopting the poisoner's expression, f‘ that he ►itu,t
have been mad iv have committed the crime of
.A,hich he Wel4 charged, ii the testimony of his ho.
liourdold hrotliecit acre to be rat ail credited:"

l'be Jury round the. prisoner .(u( Guilty.
tri3t of those. indoments losW4.l(4iin eight
Attie. morning dill neurly nine at night.

Letters were received from Ililboa, of the 14th
illhtiint, which relate,- that Golieral MINA, with his
diviulon of but) mei), had a severe at leii with a body
011'rcrich iii the rieigliteourbood of Coupillas, in
ho lout JO welt mid ONO officers. The 101-
low mg, day etwther unrort ac,tiort took place, in
which MINA took 161 I?reneh. prisoners; upon!
he sent to the'Vreocit Geueral to ()tier err ex.
change of ptiuoners, and offered eight Frenchmen
wr cool) officer i but the lereoch retuied, saying)
that titvy would not eNchauge with Lirigetoth anti
hext day the French shat the two Spiihigh
oport Which MINA ordered the Ku yicacti
to enperience the unto fine.

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