The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-18 00:00:00

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course of 'Nit or five.minules the whole build-
liras in flames.
IY Mr. ADothititist did not know the priioner
're that diti-on which the fire happened; was
'tog through the window when I saw a man
rig from thepalinas 0 • did not see 'any boy
look-
through the palings.
Ames Jackson examined—l Hire nt the White
1, King's-road. Remember the day of the fire.
)11,t two o'clock I was in an alley leading to
ie'Lloan's-hine, When I saw a person running very
„ciVvith his coat-skirts tinder his arm.. ..1. am not
~, . "le, but to the best of my belief it was the
Itlet,
en
1 Y Mr. Afoommus—Have known the prisoner for
j gth of tiMe: -
li
- 4L'oes James examined—l am eleven years of age,
have learnt to say my prayers. Ido not go to
44.01 because I live at a chemist's.—(A laugh.)'
il,ectroember the fire on Sunday. On the day be-
t I saw two little girls in my master's shop :•they
tie to buy a fire-box, which was served to them.
• 0 them leave the shop, -and go • towards Mr.
.11.1e1'ing's manufaCtory.- I afterwards saw them at
1,%1.- square Police-office, and pointed them out
qr. Downing.
ertY Hill examined—l am servant to Mr. Down-
Was in the kitchen on the morning of the fire,
4Z" is near the stable; When the dog barked I
iiat,, g.
irdiiatine9.,„, Ira, him Did not hear him on that
t

• Cr''. Graham examined--4 am gmom to Mr.
•• if,:iling• On the Friday before the fire, I saw the
,24 ; I wa4i watering my master's garden, when
' rud, " Water away, you —, you shall want
11t
Y of water soon."
4
Y Mr. Abor.etws—Had not spoken to him be-
he, said this. Was not examined at the Police-
`e' Had siibScquently told his young master
lat prisoner bad
ii the said.
t,Y Mr. BnonEitieK—The prisoner was taken up
t;,.l' say of the fire. When he made use of the
ssion about water, he addressed me by name,
1;4„41, " Graham, water away," &c. '
!dam Poole, constable of St. Luke's, Chelsea,
teed--I apprehended the prisoner in the King's-
- heLehout half-past three o'clock on the same day.
t,,;"Y Russell had given me a description of him
.',
i.°l'sly ; and after I had faken him into custody,
.- • n, said he was the same person that he had
°II Mr. Downing's premises. When I told the
4 i tier that I bad instructions from Mr. Downing
'lllPrehend him; she said; " —," or " —me,
4'(l not think so."
. . t°4-examined by Mr, ADommus—l did not see
• - ":. rsoner assisting to put out the fire. I appre-
- . ked him very near to the manufactory.
~ ti 1. Downing recalled, and in answer to a ques-
: i, fro=n one of the Jury, said the matches that
k , .ound on the floor were not phospherous
Qyn"k.
- , s'lr. Pututps—The premises were worth
fk;,L.2 to 14,000/.
es was the casc.for the prosecution.
i,t' baron litmLocK7-Prisoner this is the time
• lee to
I, , say anything in yOur defence.
1-ris • -
1 h uner—l um innocent of the charge my Lord,
',;,have got witnesses to prove it.
Veil following witnesses were then called
jthigiaris Butler I examined—The prisoner is my
rii;e.,r; he had entered into -his Majesty's service,
1.4,4 not joined the regiment at the time of the
.1; 'Was with him army father's no the night be-
' Sti; 14 afterwards went to the Sift 'Bells public-
'Atie, and staid till about ten o'clock, when we Nv-er it
, li„,
tY brotherl.:tri::law's an-d.had striper"; the prisoner
. •
~,rkt there; t siW him again about ten o'clock the
4tnorning, and we went together into St. James's
' 111) we afterwards went to Hyde;Patk, where 1
qin about o'clock. At ten minutes past
• met him at Chelsea Common, and dined with
r • , lie did -not leave' till past two o'clock, not till
•:kt'ertri of fire was given, when he got up and.
•
,4 IVly wife and brother-in-law dined with us.
ti'4Yed the. prisoner to the fire in about twenty
1,1%t,es afterwards; he was standing by,' but not
, (:111? in pUtting it out.
r)s,i-examined—l have two little sisters. Did
'w thetu.Say anything about a phosphorus-box.
•!icg,.°llse where we dined is about three minutes'
cht"tri Mr. Downing's manufactory. A person
', tun the'distance in half that time. I did not
1.-
."'
titt the clock, but think the time my brother
.tr\l'ss about ten minutes past one.
litoDETilaK—Now, young man be careful,
. ' •y„ Pe your little sisters here. Now, did not the
iOr dine at. home that day, and not at your
ez's--Witiiess—He dined with.me. The ques-
has repeated several times, and the same
• 1 er returned.—What I have sworn is true.
j Mr. ADOLPIIUS-The eldest of my sisters is
7,, s 12 Yeats...old. .I repeat that I neyer heard
Say anything about a fire.or a phosphorus

Pkt,,
uel Dickens, father-in-law to the Prisoner,
cgated the evidence of the last witness, as to
Ping to the Parks together on the Sunday
ge fire took place, and afterwards dining to-
e Lat Chlsea-common; at the house of the last

il;e4Y Butler, %vile of William Butler, the first
k:s exama'l tett--The prisoner - dined with us on
10-f the fire. lie remained at our house un-
:,4lrtn of fire was given, when he and his
i r left together. He came to our house about
ttli
. Itih flutes after one o'clock ; we had not been
41;14 dinner for him.
Ai°,,41118 Butler, another of the prisoner's brothers
"ed--The prisoner was never out of my sight
k, o'clock in the morning until the fire
It out. -
--, 4.tY Butler (a child about twelve year's of age)
I,
:4d--I am sister of the prisoner. I
,went
hero. Monday night for the first time since my
i i\, was sent to prison; had before been kept at
4,tional School, - I knew the shop cf
h'lers,: the chemist, in King's-road. I have
1, ''ream of tartar there for my father ; but
I):,,tiiher.there.or any *here else, purchased a
.ta,::' I Avas not in Mr. Sellers' shop at all on
:ty), "IrdaY before the fire.
fiNl4r. BRODERICK—Never told my school-
:'4 that I went to the chemist's for a fire-box for
, tt/tber.
t 150 Y James was here confronted with the
i4s. and he positively swore that she was one
.', - -girls that -came to his master's shop for a
.•
lII' -
;..1,
k_kl,ttln:Butler, thlde fatehertha:
intoined.m
the
prisonerd,. was
.
they waited inner
likiik‘!as the isoner's defence.
„"th Perry examined by Mr. BRQDERICK.—
, I;: school-mistress at Chelsea. Mary Butler,
I,'
t' ul:
"Itteesa
it
'today for the prisoner ten minutes. Another
Ath°l. the prisoner's said she had bought a box at
It ,etnist's for her brother, and that her sister Mary
iylth her to buy it.
Aftt 'll. AnotPnus—These children were put
to nIY care by the Magistrates. When the
14 of them said that her sister Mary went
itiqt r to buy the box, Mary replied that
7AI h titW; 1 did not. Witness had instrue-
'ittl'elt to let the children see any of their
teed Mr. Downing told me, I should be
14,4 to state the conversation I had with the
y Ii °n the prisoner's trial.
5 ,17.-13RontsRicti—Tlie children were given
he'"eir father last Monday, since which tine,
It, tresent, I have not seen them.
,11).1,,,t4011 litmLocx—At ten minutes before
!It' "c", legal] to sum up the evidence.
itt. ill, 17
.1 at-half-past three o'clock returned a
Guilty."

wi'ke LtoroLD honoured the Earl of LON S-
itge,this company to dinner yesterday, at his its. -
pert'l4les-street, Berkeley-square. There was a
/' to meet his Royal Highness,
eb.
t0„..-ANcELLort of the EXCHEQUER ar-
t 40:4 Yesterday after Loon from Cambridge. The
Gentleman had, after his arrival, a conference
-"ilto Of WZLIINIIION at the Treasury.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

Ftlf LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JUNE 17.-,,Winkl .W.S.W.—Arrived- the
Thomas Cow I ie, from - China ; .Ctstle
Huntley, Drunonbii,l, torn China ;.-Generid Harris,
Stanton, from Chno ; Troughton, from Jamaica;
Fairy, \Vilbon, from the Mauritius; James, Patter-
son, froth Calcutta; Prince-Regent, Hosenar, from
Calcutta; Wellington, Evans, from- Madras ;* Colo-
ni3t, from-Barbadoes; Arundel; from Jamaica; and
George Canning, from Grenada. •
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 17.—Wind W.—Pa=sed the
Duke of Bronti, Harris, from-Jamaica. Sailed the
Helen, Robinson, for New York.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 16.--Wind
the Sr. Andrews, Deeper; Norval, O'Brien ; and
Woodbridge, Dunstan, from Sierra Leone.
FALMOUTH, JUNE Ig.—Wind W.—Arrived the
Tyrian packet, from the Mediterranean, sailed from
Corfu the 19th of -April; Malta the 23d, Gibraltar-
the 23d of May, and • Cadiz' the 25th; also the
Flora, Fatrant,' from SMyrna.
GREENOCK, JUNE 15.—Arrived the Isabella,
Cochrane, from Trinidad ; Alpha, Lowden, from
ditto; •and Bon Accord, Gordon, from Tobago.
Dumas, JUNE 16;—Arrived the I lannah, Holmes,
from Antigua; Odium; Small, from Barbadoes ;-
Dublin packet, Newcombe, from New York ; and
Shamrock, Wolacori, from Oporto.
DARTMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Arrived the Anna Maria,
Grant, from the Mauritius. •
GUERNSEY, JUNE 15.—Arrived the Union, Mal-
lard, from-Rio Janeiro. .

BRISTOL, JUNE 17.--Arrived the Meredith,
Brand, from OportO; and Henry, Memkin, from
Memel. •

DOVER, JUNE 17.—Arrived the Courier, Stow,
from Valparaiso; Antwerp, Nolvaron, from Rio
Janeiro; Betsey and Sophia, and Edgar, Mann,
from Dominica ; Lynx, Thoma-, from St. Thomas's ;
Lusitania, Gibbons, from Oporto; and Augustus,
Caesar, from Jamaica.

The Hector, Sadler, from Jamaica, has arrived
off Easthourn.
The Emma, frost Jamaica, has arrived off
Brighton.