Star. — London, England, 1820-04-28 00:00:00

Ito _ ~,.. . e . Mier. Ice disclahqed all political idiot, but thought that the facts proved against the prisoner Mile anion* to High loreeson. Wood, and met him at the home of Ford some weeks before idr. dtoos.rout =mused the daughter of Tidd, and lame this transaction. Thistlewood wished to speak to witness, and other witnesses, in behalf of *cooner ; but their evidence -they went out of the room together. Thistlewood said, " Great . A , ti not contradict =7 of the lea din g facts.—The Court t h en events are at hand ; people are everywhere anxious for a change.' ‘" adjourned. Be said, he had been promised support by a great many men • THIRD BAT—(WRDNESDAY). who had deceived him, but now he had got men who would Mr. ADOLTNOS proceeded to address the Jury on behalf of stand by him. Asked witness if he had any arms? Witness the prisoner, and, after adverting to the importance of the task said no, and Thistlewood added, that all his men had arms,. which devolved on him, and the little time he had to prepare either a pike, Or a pistol, or a sabre ; a pistol might be bought himself, on account of the late period at which he received his for four or five shillings. Witness said, he had no money ; and in stru ctions, proceeded to comment on the situation In which Thistlewood said, he would see what could be done. • 'Thistle- the prisoner stood, one of the most awful which could be con wood then went away. On the 22d February Brunt called ceived, and one of peculiar hardskip—he said of peculiar hard upon him, accompanied by Tidd. Brunt said, that an alters- ship, for even should he be now acquitted of the charge of High tion had been made in their plans. Witness asked what the Treason, then were two ot h er indictments pending against him, plans were? and he said, that a Meeting was to take place the one for Murder, and night after, when he should hear the- plans. Brunt said, the one for Maliciously Shooting ; if, therefore, their verdict should be acquittal, the unfortunate man at the bar Meeting was to be at Tyburn-turnpike; if he saw any people will not be liberated; he will be again consigned to his dungeon there, be was to say, "B, e, r," and if they were friends, they to answer for other charges affecting his life. That he should would answer “ T, o, It." Button was the name of one of those be so, he (Mr. Adolphus) did not advance as a subject of eotn concerned. The next day, in the afternoon, Brunt called and plaint. if by his actions he had deserved it. He only mentioned asked him whether he would go to the Meeting? Witness said, it to skew that the prisoner's responsibility was indeed peculiar. " No, I have got some work in hand." At half-past six o'clock, —The Learned Counsel proceeded to comment on the nature of be went to Tidd's house at the direction of Brunt. He saw a prosecution for High Treason, in which the King himself, by Tidd, who put a large pistol into his belt, and took up some iron his Officers, was the prosecutor of an humble individual. Un pffies, and put them underneath his great coat. They then went der these circumstances, the Jury would do well to look with both together up Oxford -street, and Tidd said, he was going to the closest suspicion to the evidence adduced, and not suffer any a room in a Mews in John-street, Edgeware-road; in Holborn, but evidence the most pure, to bias their minds. it was not be he gave witness a pike-staff, and told him to take it ; witness cause a man had been charged with murder, or with an intent asked Tidd what, he was going about ? and whether he was to assassinate, that the Jury would find him guilty of High going to the House of Commons? Tidd said, " No, there are Treason. The Jury, before they could find the prisoner guilty too many soldiers near there." At last, be said, he was ping of that crime, must fist see it legally proved. The prisoner was to Grosvenor-square; these was a Cabinet Dinner there, he charged on four different counts, the first charged him with con said, that evening ; finally, they arrived at Cate-street, and after soloing, with others, to depose the King of this realm from the speaking to two men whom Tidd seemed to know, they went style, honour, and dignity of the Crown of this Kingdom.— into the loft, some one counted heads, and Thistlewood said, The second charged him with intending to excite war against, ' There is no occasion to count, there are twenty-five." A tall thin man spoke of the impropriety of going with so small a and to accomplish, the death of the King. .The thir d count charged him with conspiring to levy war to compel the King to number as twenty-five men to Lord Harrowby's; Thistlewood a ed, that number was enough ; they only wanted fourteen to -change his measures; and the fourth count charged h im with actually levying war. Each one of these counts charged the go into the room ; one said, there will be a crowd round the prisoner with ten or eleven overt acts, such as purchasing arms, door after we have done—how shall we get out? Thistle wo o d assembling with divers others, issuing prochunatlons, Re. &e. sail, " You know the largest body is already gone ; we are the and with conspiring to assassinate his Majesty's Ministers. — smallest." Davidson said, " that if the tall man was afraid of New, however aggravated the crime of assassination might be, hi, life, he might go away." Brunt added, " Sooner than give yet to assassinate the King's Ministers was not High Treason, up the business, I will go into the housealone, and blow them unless it was in Oiroof that the intent did not terminate there, but all up, and perish in the ruins." The tall elan said, 1 ' As they that the projectors of the crime of assassination meant to extend were all for it, be would go with them." 'I histlewood said, it to the King's person, and what proof was there of any such every one who engaged in it would have the same honour as intention in the present case, unless it was to be Mond in the himself; he proposed, that the fourteen who volunteered to go testimony of an infamous accomplice? The evidence of an &c -anto the house of fend Ilerrowby should range themselves on complice ought never to be received, except with the greatest one side of the loft ; this was done. Tidd said something to suspicion ; or unless it was corroborated by testimony of the v.itness as to what he was to do, and Thistlewood took h___.im most respect a ble kird, and to a very great extent. A slight bark, saying, " You all know your places." Thistlew ood corroboration would by no means be sufficient. The notorious w at out (Or a few moments ; when he returned, he said, that and infamous Titus Oates, who was a witness on the trials for Iti : had received intelligence that the Duke of Wellington and High Treason, in the reign of Charles IL and on wham testi- Lord Sitlmetith had arrived at Lord llarrnwby's; soon after, mony, the unfortunate persons, then the subject of prosecution, the O ffi cers came, and witness was apprehended among the ; were eutivieriet . ; , ritus Oates was corroborated in a great he was there about a quarter of an hour before the Officers part of his story. Yet, in a prosecution for perjury, instituted came; he Ne.;s enacqueitited with all the persons in the room against him, he was convicted, and his whole story proved to be excepting Todd, Bruit, and Thistlewood. Thistkevood after- false. So the witness in the present case was partly corroborated, wards told witness when, he was examined before the Privy but his story, taken on the whOle, was so improbable, that he Council, to say, that it was Edwards who brought him to the contended that no Jury could believe him ; he should as soon Meeting; witness said, `r How can I tell such a falsehood ?". attempt to deny that light was light, or that the sun ever shone Thistiewood laughed, and said, that was of no consequence. at noon-day, as attempt to deny that the prisoner intended to Thomas Monument, brother to the last witness, remembered assassinate his Majesty's Ministers, and that a person named Thistlewood calling upon his brother ; he corroborated his Smithers had been murdered, but neither of these crimes were brother's statemete in most particulars; he was present whets High Treason; the High Treason rested en Adams's testimony, Brent and Tidd celled, which testimonywas not corroborated, and those concerned for the Thomas Dwyer, examined by Mr. GURNICY.--I live in Gee's- prosecution best knew why: he contended the want of that ear- Court, Oxford-nrset. lam an Irishman ; and Thistlewood said roboration deprived it of all claim to credit. The Learned Cow ls:: bad a good many of my countrymen. Davidson told me on sel then proceeded to comment, at considerable length, on the Tuesday night he was going on sentry ; I went with Harrison evidence of Adams, and on its improbability and inconsistency. to Fox-eourt ; he had a bundle wrapped up in paper; when we Why was not Edwards caUed, who appeared to have been 'me ga to Fox court, we went to a two-p.ir hack room; the door sent at almost every Meeting, and was in the list of the wit was locked when we got there, but Harrison got the key from nesses for the Crown ? lie could certainly have given some in a woman in the front room ; when we g u t in I saw a cupboard, formation, yet he had not been put into the witness-hex. Why from which I afterwards saw a ball taken, wrapped up in rope- had not Adems's testimony been corroborated by this Mates yen,; Harrison said it Was a grenade. 'Thistlewood, Davidson, testimony? What could be thought of Adams's evidence, who and a few more came in subsequently ; Davidson had a blunder- said the force with which London was to be taken possession of boss, a pair of pistols, and a bayonet in his side pocket. I saw was to consist of twenty-five men, and eight pieces of GUMP ? Bruat there. After Davidson had shewn the pistols, he said None but an insane man could have contemplated success front that he had given twelve shillings for them. Brunt said, that such a plan, though a wicked man might have invented it to he world go out and buy a pair. Thistlewood said, that some suit his own purposes and promote his own ins eats . The wit of the grenades were to be thrown into the Horse Barracks, ness next talked of forming a Provisional Government, and a d some more of them into Lord Ilarrowby's, to set fire to the issuing Proclamations. This was the only circumstance which b ruse and blow it up. Thistlewood asked use kuw many of my could be called treason, and this was to be taken on the evidence countrymen I could muster? lle said he should want them at of such a man as Adams; but these were not all the acts which h dflast eight that evening; I said 1 could muster about 26 or this overwhelming force of twenty-five men•were to perform; 27 ;be told me to assemble with them at the Horse and Groom, they were to take possession of the telegraphs; they were to aed that I was to be at the Pomfret Castle at six o'clock, at the guard all the outlets front the Metropolis ; they were to possess e dof Wigmote-street—that is a house frequented by Irishmen. themselves of Brighton, Dover, Margate, and other sea ports, W: were then to go to the Foundling Hospital, to knock at the and they in council directed that the present family were to wear porter's I dge, put a pistol to the porter'. breast, and then to turn the crown no longer; and here the Jury were let into one secret; round to the right hand, white I would see 2.5 or 26 stand of here was the first count made out. The King was to be de arms, which I was to seize ; at the same time, he said, another posed trom his style and dignity, the Crown was to be over p trty was to seize two pieces of cannon at the City Riding- turned. The next inconsistency was the proposition for firing Sebeol, Grey's Inn lane; more, he said, would make a breach Furnival's Inn, new buildings; Palin is represented as saying iu Fin:bury-equate. He s a id, Hi a tt there was to be a Cabinet din- this building would soon take fire. Now, this was contrary to CI :r at Lord klarrowhy's that d a y, an d t h at : h e y we r e to make truth, and, even if it could have been effected, would not have an attack there. After this I saw a bundle t a ken nut -of the excited so much interest, or so effectually served their cause as cupboard; it contained gunpowder, which was measured into bring a chandler's shop at Charing-Cross would have done. sense. flannel bags; Harrison did this. After that, Thistlewood The Learned Counsel next adversed to the state of the funds s i.d Jut there was a dozen of pike-haudles to be taken to Mary. possessed by the conspirators, which at no time appeared to la-lionne--ethe remainder were to go to Finsbury, and elsewhere. amouet to a greater sum than six shillings in possession, and a I was asked so take sonic, but I refused. I had not seen them. pound in expectancy. .1 saw powder and geenades first its a bag, end one of the persons The Learned Cuero- I then went through the rest of the evi present was directed by Harrison to take them to the Morse dente till the arrival of the officersin Cato-street. He (Adams) and Groom, at the eed of Cato.street. Th e person went out ; swcze that the number present was twenty—eighteen in the Harrison also went off, carrying with him some powder. I got great room, and two in the lesser, and that there was mgy one into my own place alr.o.t twelve o'clock. 1 that day told a candle—he always mentioned candle in the singular nuniffer—as Major James of what I had heard and seen. In consequence ,uoti as the first 051cor appeared in the loft, he said, " There is of what he said to me, I went to the Secretary of State's, about a pretty rest of you—Gentlemen, we are all officers, come to •'e ur half-past one. apprehend you, and hope you will surrender peaceably." G. T. J. Ruthven, a Bow-street Officer, gave exactly the The candle was put out, he did not know how ;-Ise was then same account of the murder of Sinithers, and the seizure of the very near the door, and walked down and went away, as sir:- conspirators, in the loft at Cato-street, as was published at the concerned as if nothing had happened. If he did so then, he time iu our Police Report. was there with the knowledge of the Officers, but he would be James Ellis, William Westeatt, Luke Nixon, John Wright, contradicted in all the other testimony on this subject; and his W. C. Brooks, Joseph Chiphion, Samuel Taunton, and Daniel (Mr. Adolphus's) opinion was, that he was not present at Cato- Bishop, all Police Officers, likewise gave evidence precisely to street at all, and that his whole story, as regarded the transae-' the same effect, with reap. c to t h e se i zure of the conspirators, tions at Cato-street, was manufactured from the public report. the whole of which we het e .11.-eady published. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to view the testimony of Lieut. Fitzclarwsce, who headed the military who aided in other witnesses, and to shew in what parts Adams was con seising the,prisoners, corroborated his original evidence, without firmed, and in what contradicted. The Learned Counsel con adding anything to it. J eluded by again declaring, that if the Jury should think the Stephen Lavender produced the belt found in Thistlewood's case on the part of the Crown made out, they would pronounce pocket. a verdict accordingly, and he would bow submissively to it— The various articles found in Oato-street, the belt found on but, if topics of doubt should present themselves, he intrcatcd Tidd, together with all the other arms and ammunition found them to give the prisoner the benefit of them. He would ta on the persons of the prisoners, and at their lodgings, were then tieue them with no further observations, but finish his appeal to produced, and identified by the witnesses. The fire-arms were them, by intreating that Goa, by whom Kings reign and Princes I loaded till yesterday, when the charges were drawn ; they were decree justice, to amplify their minds, to touch their hearts, and hassled with ball. One of the grenades had been given to a per- enable them to come to a right decision on this solemn occasion. s on, by an order of Colonel Congreve, to be examined. The Ile Learned Counsel's speech occupied three hours and a half production of Ings's knife excited an involuntary shudder: it in the delivery. was a broad desperate-looking weapon. The Setecrroa-Gasernee replied to Mr. Anotwrs, and clearly 't lie Jury inspected the arms separately, and particularly the elucidated all the facts of guilt as adduced in evidence. pikes, the construction and formation of which have already The Lotto Cuter Jounce then stated to the Jury, in a clear been minutely described. The whole had a most formidable and perspicuous manner, the law of High Treason, as it existed appearance--{Jame other witnesses were examined , but their both in the statute of dward lIL and in the more recent sta. evidence was not material.] cute of the 36th of the lam King. He recapitulated the four Serjeant Edward Harrison, of the Royal Artillery, examined charges contained in the indictment against the prisoner, and by Mr. Guisere —I examined one of the grenades produced to the several overt acts alleged to have been committed'in fur in,: at Bow-street. It is composed of a tin case, in the form of therance thereof. His Lordship then read over the material a barrel, in which a tube is soldered. The case contains tbree points of the evidence, upon which he commented as he pro ounces and a half of gunpowder; the primieg in the tube is a eroded, declaring that if the Jury were satisfied with the ere composition of ealmette, powder, and brimstong ; the tin was dibility of the witnesses who had been examined, that the crime pitched and wrapped round with rope-yarn, which was cemented of Nigh Treason had been completely established. Upon the with rosin and tar. Round the tin and in the rope-yarn twelve evidence alone they were to form their conclusion ; and be was pieces .of iron were planted. From the lighting of the fuse to sure, whatever that conclusion might be, it would be justified the explosion misfit take about half a minute. If one of them b y a earitekat i mis sense of the important trust repose d i n t h an , were to be exploded in a room where there were a number of b oth as it regarded the unhappy an at the bar, an d the into ., persons, it would produce great destruction. The elects of iron rests of the country at large. would fly about like bullets.—[The witness here opened another At three quarters of an hour after four o'clock, the Jury ro of the grenades for the satisfaction of the Jury :it was composed tired to consider of their verdict. They returned, however, in the manner already described. The piece s o f i ron p rin cipally in ten minutes, for the parpose of requesting thee Lord Chief conaged of old cart nails, such as the tyres of wheels are nailed Justice to read to them the precise terms of the statute of the on with. The carcase or tin case was wrapped in an old stock. 36th of the late King. His Lordship having complied with their log, and the powder which it contained was pronounced very wish, and made some• explanatory observations, they again re god.]--Witness, in continuation-1 examined one of the fire- tired. At a quarter past Ave they returned once more, with balls • consisted of oakum, tar, rosin, and stone brimstone pound it ed. If one of these via thrown into a house alto alighted their final determination, and announced their verdict to be — Guilty, on the third and fourth collets of the indictment. That on wood, it would be sure to set it on ire. The effect would be is to say. on those counts which cheesed the prisoner with con sult more certain on straw or hay. epiring to levy war, and with the actual levying of war against The A re moar-Getzenai—P Th at is the case,. my Lead, the Kin ed, on I the part of the Crown." The verdict, wbJcit was anticipated, by all, *is received by Mr. Cuswooe then addressed the Jury infoshalf of the Pei" 1 the Court in perfect silence. . TRIAL OF ING/1. raisin , LID SATURDAY, APRIL 21 MID 22. The same forms were gale througfi as In the case of Wade- , wood. The Soucizor.-Gsorstaas explained the grounds of the charge in a manner perfectly ilmilar to that of the Azzomme- Odiresaa en the preceding trial. The same witnesses were ex amined, and substantiated die same facts. The guns pistols, swords, pikes, grenades, ammusition, and ether materials of war, seized in ant street, were brought into Court, and placed on the table. The Arroantv-Gemeaz, Mr. Cuftwoos, and Mr. Asotruns addressed the Jury, the same as before. The prisoner Inge then addressed the Jury, explaining the manner in which he became acquainted with the other prisoners, through a man of the name of Edwards, to whom he imputed the cause of his misfortune. He (Ings) had left Portsea in May, 1819,much distressed, and had thought Edwards was his friend. " I am (said he) like a bullock drove into Smithfield Market to be sold. (Here the prisoner burst into tears]. I say lam like a bullock drove into Smithfield to be sold. [This be repeated with great energy]. The Attorney General knows the man. lle knew all their plans for two months before I was acquainted with it—[Still crying]. When I was before Lord Sidmouth, a Gentleman said Lord Sidmouth knew all about this for two months-{Still in tears). I sonsider myself murdered if this man is not brought forward-1A more violent gush of tears]. lam willing to die on the scaffold with him. Ile told of every thing which he did himself. I don't value my life if I can't get a living for my family—[ln still greater grief]. My life is of no use to me, if I want bread for my wife and family. I have a wife and four children. This is all I have to say." Lord Chief Justice DA Luks then summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after twenty-five minutes consultation, resumed a verdict of Guilty, upon the first and third counts. TRIAL OF BRUNT. MONDAY AND TUESDAY, APRIL 24 AND 25. All the forms and proceedings-io this case were, with only a few slight variations, the same as on both the former trials. Brunt, In his defence, inveighed with much animation against the witnesses for t►s prosecution, whom he charged with taking advantage of his indigent circumstances, and betraying bun into the unfortunate situation in which he then stood. lie con cluded with saying, " I wish to state what may be useful to my. self or to my fellow-prisoners. Edwards went about supplying money, and buying swords, pistols, and other things. I declare, before that awful Beuto before whose tribunal I may soon ap pear, that this is true. He had the mloney from the Govern ment ; for if not, he could not have so much money. If I die, I shall die not an unworthy descendant of the Ancient Britons, and I would rather die a thousand deaths than betray my fel low men." The prisoner delivered the last pad of his speech with great energy, sttiking his clinched fist on the board before him. lle then wok his seat with perfect composure. Verdict—Guilty, ea the third and fourth counts. TRIAL OF TIDD AND DAVIDSON. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, APRIL 23 AND 27. All the same witnesses were produced on this as on the whole of the preceding trials. After the Counsel on both sides had spoken, the same as before, Davidson rose, much agitated :—lle said, he had not a friend in England ; that from his youth he had been anxious to live by honest industry. lie bad a large family ; this alone gave him pain, for he cared not for himself. He declared solemnly to Gen, on whose Word he had his band (laying his hand on the Bible), that he was innocent of the charge brought against him. He begged that, because be was a man of colour, the Jury woul not think him either so ignorant, or such a monster, as to har bour a thought to massacre any human being. Baron Gsaeow assured the prisoner that his colour should not operate against him; and, as a man of colour, hr was as much entitled to British justice as the fairest of the British fair. Davidson resumed—lie entered into a long explanation with respect to the manner in which he became acquainted with the prisoners and potsessed of the blunderbuifi. He then quoted the following lines from Pope's Universal Prayer, illustrative of his own sentiments : " Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me!" These he delivered with good emphasis and pronunciation. He could bring fifty witnesses whqm he had worked for to speak to his character. He had worked at Lord Harrowby's country ' residence, and had too high an esteem for that Nobles a• to join in any plot to injure him.—He they read the following passage from the Bible : " If a false witness rise up against any man, to testify against him that which is wrong, then shall you do to him as be had thought to have done unto his brother, so chit ye mall put away innocent blood from among you." 11th these words he left the case in their hands. He concluded an harangue of twenty minutes, in which he displayed much ingenuity and ta lent, by declaring he was not that guilty monster be had been painted to them, but that if he could not wipe away that im pression from their minds , he conjured them to find him guilty, and he would readily submit'tot his fate. Tidd was next called upon for his defence. He had been in duced to attend some Radical Meetings by Brunt and Edwards, and he confessed that he had been present at some of those Meetings which had been alluded to. The moment, however, he discovered the dangerous tendency of these Ileetings, he de-, .fisted from attending them. On the Wednesday evening in question, he was told by Edwards to meet him at the Horse and tiro= public-house; when he arrived there, a man introduced him into the stable, and in ten minutes afterwards the officers Came. He professed his innocence of the charge of which he was accused. The ArmaNsr-Goisitat. replied, and Mr. Baron G*aaow summed up the evidence, occuAidg the space of more than tour hours. The Jury retired at eight o'clock for more than half an hour; tag on their return pronounced the ♦erdict against both the pri soners--Gui/ty upon the third count, excepting the eighth and tenth overt acts. Davidson, who had evinced much anxiety while -the Jury were absent, when the verdict WAS pronounced appeared to be much dejected. No alteration was evident in the appearance of Tidd. Mr. Cuawoue then addressed the Bench on the part of the prisoner Wilson. It would be recollected that Wilson, when arraigned, had pleaded a misnomer. His application was, that the prisoner might be allowed to withdraw his plea. The Artoetiev-Gaxelat. expressed his assent to the motion. James William Wilson was then called to the Bar by the Clerk of the Arraigns, and being instructed by Mr. Hamm the Solicitor fur the prisoners, he stated that he wished to with draw his former plea, and plead guilty to the indictment. Mr. Baron Gatiww.—Are you apprised of the consequences of the step which you have taken? The Court will be under the necessity, if you persist in your plea, of passing upon you the sentence of death. It is enough for me to know at present that you act advisedly. Prisoner.—That is my wish. Mr. Summon, the Clerk of Arraigns, then put the usual goes tions—" Are you desirous of withdrawing yourpleas of misno mer, and not guilty r—Prisoner.—l am. Mr. Sansesi.—James William Wilson, are you guilty or not guilty U—Prisoner.—Guilty. Mr. Baron Galsow.—Let the plea be recorded. Mewl Brailiarn, John Skase &rear, James Cikkrist, Charles (borer, and John Harrison, were then put to the bar. Mr. WaLIOIID wished to draw the attention of the Court to the five unfortunate men at the bar. The fate a their fellow-prison ers had acted as a warning to them, and they were now most anxious to throw themselves upon he mercy of the Court. —. They pleaded for mercy, and hoped they might not plead in vain. By pursuing this course it had been considered that the Interests of the prisoners would be best consulted. Mr. Bannaaacx, as Counsel also for the prisoners, begged to add. that he fully concurred in, and approved of, this application to the Court. The prisoners were desirous of pleading Chilly, considering, most properly, that it was the only reparation they could make to the outraged laws of their country. They con fessed that they deserve the heaviest punishment, but eater- Mined, in the depth of their emitrition, a faint hdpe that, con detently with justice, the arra of mercy might be extended to • them. Baron GAsnow.—Prisoners at the Bar—The two limed Counsel, who have.iddressed. the Court in your behalf., ' have paid their best attention to your cases; and they have stated, that you desire now to withdraw your pleas of Not Guilty, and to plead Guilty. I must be persuaded that you adopt this course as your own act, and exercising your own •judgment with a knowledge of the soasequences which musk !w o w this step. There is no engagement entered Into with' you, but your Counsel seek that you may submit yourselves to the mere/ of the Cr•wit. If "xi &dile that that plea sbouldbe recorded. tkat will be dune accordingly. Mr. Snaccox.—Jobe Harrison, us you desirous of 'Mir. drawing your plea of Not Guilty; Prisoner.—l an. Mr. Bnwros.—Are you guilty or not guilty? . - - Prisoner.—Guilty. The same course was pursued with respect to tie other pri soners Richard Brodburn, Jahn MUM Strange, James Giklirig, sad dhoti. Coapar. They all retracted their former pleas , and pleaded Guilty. They were then all taken down from the dock, and placed in their different cells. An awful silence pervaded the Court, which was crowded in every corner. Mr. Nron Ganef:ow thanked the Jury tar their perseverance and attention upon this and the former trials, and finally disc missed them. The Court wai adjourned till to-morrow morning (this clay) at nine o'Clock, when the sentences wilt probably be passed. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 27. At ten granules before two o'clock this day his .14Asseyirafil rind in mate at the House of Lords, agd immediattly aftrrx wards took his seat on the Throne. TIC Imperial Crown of the Reahn was not carried ; and the Principality of Wales km. lag now merged in the Croon, that distinct ' symbol of ruyidty no longer has place. His Kamen' wore his large military hat; with a lofty please. 'the Usher of the Black Rod was then sett to command•the attendance of the House of Cos unous in the House of Peers. The Stestra Instantly obeyed the summons, and •presessa himself at the tut, attended by about leo Members. At two o'clock precisely the Kuio oonunenced the folioed* Speech : My Zonis end Gentkrnins " I have taken the earliest occasion of assembling you here, after having recurred to the sense of my people. a In meeting you personally for the first time since the death of my beloved father, I am anxious to assure you, that I 'bail always continue to imitate his great example in unceasing atsea• don to the public interests, and in paternal solicitude for the welfare and happiness of all claws of my subjects. " I have received from Foreign Powers renewed assurances of their friendly disposition, and of their earnest desire so si.iti vate with me, the relations of peace and amity. 1 . 1 Gent/ewe e Me Mouse of Commons, • " The Estimates for the present yr will be bid before you. • They have been framed upon pr i acipks of strict econoosy but it is to me matter of the deepest regret, that the state of the country has not allowed me to dispense with those additions to our military force, which I announced at the commencement of the last Session of Parliament. 1, The first object to which your attention will be directed !s the provision to be made for the support of the Civil Govern anent, and of the honour and dignity of the Crown. " I leave entirely at your disposal my interest in the Heredi tary Revenues; and I cannot deny myself the gratification of declaring, that so fir from desiring any arrangement, which might lead to the imposition of new burthens upon my people, .r even might diminish, on my account, the amount of the re ductions incident to my Acoession to the Throne, I can have no wish, under circumstances like the present, that any addition whatever should be made to the settlement adopted 'by Parlia ment in the year 1816. m My Lords rind Cesaksana, " Deeply as I regret that the inachisations and designs of the disaffected should have led, in some parts of the Countty, to ! acts of open violence and insurrection, I cannot but express my satisfaction at the promptitude with which those attempts have been suppressed by the vigilance and activity of the Magistrates, and by the zealous cooperation of all those of my subjects, whose exertions have been called forth to support the authority of the laws. M The wisdom and 'imam manifested by the late Parifa. mast, and the due execution ef the laws, have greatly con•ri butedlo restore confidence throughout the kingdom; and to dis. countenance those principles of sedition and irreligion which had been disseminated with such _malignant perseverance, and had poisoned the minds of the ignorant and unwary. " I rely upon the continued support s( Parliament in my de termination to maintain, by all the means entrusted to my hands, the public safety and tranquillity. " Deploring, as we all must, the distress which stilt unkail pily prevails among many of the labouring aisles of the com munity, and anxiously looking forward to its removal or laid-. gation, it is in the meantime our common duty, effectually to protect the loyal, the peaceable, and the industrious, against those practices of turbulence and intimidation, by which the pe riod of relief can only be deferred, and by which the pressure of the distress has been incalculably aggravated. " I uust that an awakened sense of the dangers which they have incurred, and of the arts which have been employed to se duce them, will bring back by fir the greater part of those who have been unhappily led astray ? and will revive M then that spirit of loyalty, that due submission to the laws, and that attachment to the Constitution, which subsist unabated in the hearts of the great body of the People, and which, under the blessing of Div= Pumas:lsm have secured to the British Na tion the enjoyment of a larger share of practical freedom, as will as of prolperity and happiness, than have fallen to the lot of any nation in the world." The SpeEch occupied Exactly seven minutes in the delivery. The House was crowded with Peers and Peeresses in every part, and presented a most 4nte resting and brilliant spectacle. . Immediately after the delivery of the Speech, the Ktxa retired, and the House adjourned during pleasure. His MAJESTY looked cheerful, and was dressed in the Windsor uniform ; he wore also a black sash. The people frequently cheered him, and the Ladies from the windows waved their handkerchiefs. At five o'clock the House resumed, when Lord LIVERPOOL moved, pro forma, the first reading of the Bill for the better Regulation of Vestries. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read the Speech from the Throne, which was afterwards read by the Clerk at the table—upon which Lord GRANVILLE rose to move the Address.-- He stated that there were other Noble Lords better qualified than himself, from their greater rank and influence, to move the Address ; he expressed his satisfaction -that the Speech which they had just heard from the Throne, was o framed as to allow of no ground for hostile debate. His Lordship then observed, that there never was a moment when it was more important to the nation at large, that both Houses of Parliament, in expressing their devotion to the King, and attachment to the Constitution, and in tendering those sentiments at the fi.ot of the Throne, should abstain from all political discussion. 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