The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-15 00:00:00

EDITION AND BLASMEMY.

Yesterday stated that five men had been
at the Chester Sessions of a Seditious
rra4Y► and one for Blasphemy and Seditious
4ti'nts, and that our Letters came away
Sentence was pronounced. We now sub-
he names of the offenders, •ud state the
riees which were passed on them on Mao-
ist,

SENTENCES
V,AINN'ts for SEDITION and BLASPHEMY; and on
'Q),ELLs, BußmNsuiw, STUBBS, RICHARDS,
"uTTON, for SEDITION.
i,"Y (Thursday) at eleven o'clock, the Defendants were
el) I • .4 • • Sessions Court. On living
.4- orytk.ginent, m our
l'4t they had to sty, why the Court should not pr0!)11555
!)11555 sentence,
r`"‘ implored clemency; on the ground of having a large
dependent on him for sustenance.
particularly Richards, and Burtenshaw, were
r4"l in their declarations of having acted constitution-
:"lll rrpeatedly expressed their satisfaction with what
hod done lit the cause of public virtue
ieef. ''l-"ltstax then pronounced the judgment of the Court
d
Li. eedents in an animated, eloquent, and truly
hi:tuner. Ho expatiated on the wickedness of their
f'I)" clearly defined by their conduct—and the tie-
? that offences like theirs should ho visited with the
lost Imuishment of the law.—The sentences were—
tStebuielts, Burtenthaw, Stubbs, and Richards, be
;41"ed it; the Castle of Chester each fur the period of Two,
14
t;that tlicY find securities at the expiration ut that pe-
t' -"ewstlves in 501. and two sureties in 251. each, to keep
.I)t!ace fur "e Year; and be further imprisoned tilt such
1:',64:1,1.
luundt—This fur the Sedition and Conspiracy at
ce
,42 kvana fur the same offence, be bap-ism/red
ihkt jr4 i" Chester Castle, and find the like sureties.
itur (13e1
'h `Swann, for publishing a Blasphemous Libel,
' ;'"ed Two Years for that offence, in Chester Castle,
tic:l the like sureties—and that he he also further int-
rti for the space of Six Calendar Months, in the same
rce) 8":. for publishing a Seditious Libel—Making the total
turiuf S%vann's imprisonment Four Years and a Hag.
k4'tt the sentence was passed, Swann, with a vast deal of
)aroit
saugfroirt, held up his Radical emblem—a white
und with crape—and exclaimed, " flats ye dune
5 all! „
why I tkowt ye'd a got a bit of hewp fur PIC, and
tc•k rue It*
r~s
Y were irumediatoly taken out of Court ; when near the
!ilichards observed to Birch, the Constable, who had
4,4'4 cu5t0dy......." Mark: you will shortly have to trieet me in
aapet,„ - place to which Birch replied, " Aye, in Heaven,

lf "", Richards, and Sutton, 'were decently dressed, and
etheritii genteel appearance ; Swann is a low, villgar looking
Burtenshaw is a decrepid wan of short stature, appa-
t.l
44uut GO years old.
j'mrther particular 3 are given it& our Fourth Pagel

0
1;•,Y.11 Flanders Mail we have received Brussels
(ii.'etrs to the .10th instant. On the nth, M.
1.44-I`tr Baron tie REAUREGARD, Knight of St.
at ;13,itikin. the title of Inspector-General of the
A " New Grenada, was tried before the
i14,:4e Court of Ghent, on an indictment " for
et rttg bY hostile actions incited a declaration
froM.Spaiii, one of the Allied Powers."—
►tli3„1":"1. ML ToucktAnD, stated, that his
"" Out assumed a false title, inasmuch as
been appointed by General MActtioNz,
1411)Jc:tor-General of the Artillery of the Army
kt:" Grenada, anti contended, that " a State
.
t,11) within the bounds of neutrality, when it
kter'"vs 'lll favour of one nation, what it does
fa.o Prohibit to the nation against which it carries
sib war ; and that a Government is nese! respon-
-144, for the acts of a single citizen, still less for
•tisist of a foreigner." The Court, by its de-
by acquiesced in this principle as laid down
iletl►C Counsel and the accused was acquitted.
4et„w". however, taken back to prison, as it
fottl'will's th"be che is to 'quit the kingdom, and will
onveyed ►
beyond the frontiers.

-w are b -wee are to state that the intercourse be-
%lichn Spain and Gibraltar, which has been for
11,e fp length of time interrupted, on account of
the 3-4ver at Cadiz, was agaiu to be resumed on
Jaih bet:ember. The following is an extract
:
Sca letter received on Thursday
tw„(3lltRALTaa, 23.—The intercourse be-
ll, SPabt and this Garrison, so long inter-
°f tl►e will re-opened to-morrow, 'by order
%.1 ernur."

ar1r.“313"" THRATuu.—BooTn has quitted this
Aitl. ire for a short time, and his part in the grand
!fi,r,:iTc,ll:ithelioratii and Curiaiii, is assigned to
, a respectable Performer of the same
1-1".14"' "" BliPpOrES it with great success.—
jver railed his reputation considerably
:be ite succe,setjc .of the
performance of one of the Curiatii.
piece is likely to indemnify
of iP"P ri"r'r, even for the very heavy expence
" preparation.

rhe Will of the late FREDERICA LOUISA WlL-
tiu".l4"B, Hereditary Princess Dowager of Brous-
Litnebtirgli (morn Princess ot Orange), was
rved the Prerogative Court in Doctors'
A1'14110113. on the 12th instant, by the oath of his
„4.17 Y, WiLLIANS, King of the Netherlands (for-
Iti,et'Y WILLIAM FREDERICK, Prince ot Orange)
e brother and sole executor. It is dated at
.840.
i the of September, 1808: his Majesty
ti
nniversal legatee. 'Fite probate is limited to
Pro
PertY in this country, and the amount is stated
) h‘e 45.000/.
111 friend, 00 whose integrity we have the ot-
°st reliance assures 05, that on his journey from
1,1 y (iris place, on Thursday evening, and
be the neighbourhood ot Chapeltown, he "'lt'
1"
"ed an assemblage of persons, amounting front
to, •
three
notturert, in the act of marching, and,
,
number of having guns, he "IP-
Pose, drin•
mg flit thtft* States, that two ot
Came hoot ti:e fetch' in which they were as-
-1,11:141"1, to within a short distance of his gig,
did trot tutempt to interrupt his
/' aper.)