The National Register. — London, England, 1817-06-23 00:00:00

.'VrNI n . levity;; he wte-a marrie d man; he did not know exaetlev his • age.; he hail heil three, and one with which hi wile tokens ried. II s wife was now in Yorkshire. I"he last died three or tour sears ago ; the eldest, it' living, would now be al t ten rears old; the mother of that child is !bine ; that mother lived es ith him us hi% with. They were meth' together at Dover-Mein church, her maiden name W. 15 Pretty-. He lived with another wetnun named Toneues. He had never 11131de•proposalm of marriage to another lo u se woman. Lord Ellenborough here interposed, and said it was hullos:4We is carry this ferther. AVitness hail told the Court and Jury that his last employment was sedlitig children' pictures and paper dull.:. Ile knew woman nam ed Mother Toe:ruts', who kept a lodging house in King -street, Soho. Witness lived with Mother Tongues as her husband. It wee not a ji hiss:of ill-fame. Ile did not lave there in the diameter of Bunters' sly. but in the charaeter of htubanit. Ire had not,- however, been ;'sere tot the bet eight or nine months. Mrs. 'Pongees iv now dead. the OW.inanning of the 2d of December. he wee; fronetlse Black Dog, Dewy-lane, to Lonslor -bridge, and from thence he went to meet the waggon. lie put the legs into the waggon. He then went back to Lemlor 'bridge, vine e waito meet the blacksmiths. Did nut bees any panic:Aar tisane of the faetory from whence the smiths were to Mule. lie did not know or understand Met the smiths had gone ta Stinnett!, on the 2 , 1 of December. He did eersee one there himself on that day, for ke did not go to the 'nesting. lEd not say that one of the Weteons end ('tenon had been to see the smiths. Finding no smiths a: London-bridge, he scent deera immediately to the Tower, len he found the 'rower-ante shin, and ell persoas quiet there. H e auelis no speech on thut occasion to the soldiers ins the Tower-wells. lie hel heels with the soldiers its the Tower, oa the •Setstriey hefote: hut on tl:e 2d of December he didnot demand if the sellers t i deliver the Tower nip. Finding all perfectly quiet ek the Tower, he teen went up the- Minories, and everything there was ale' quiet. front teener .. he went to the lloyal l'echange. Ile did *it t ink that Hooper was taken in the ltos-al Exclienge. He teen went up in the direction of Little Ittitsan, and he wen .Mr. Hunt in Cheapside, near Bow Lharch. It wanted then n'arat twenty minutes of eine o'clock. These was then ne • tie or disturbance i n the city. He asked Mr. Hunt the reason why he was so late in attending the Spa-fields meet itig. To which Mr. Hunt replied there was sotticient time to be there ov one o'clock. Did not tell 71r. Hunt that the Tower was in posseeeinii for an bolo, cur make any observation to that or the like effect.. He had porelmeeil am mere arms than two swords .owl a pistol. The whole money redivided for carmine on the Flans of the con spiretors dill not item-col en% 'Fliere was a NI. note sent at em: time. Reinembered dining with Mr. Hunt :It his hotel in thine erie-street, Fleets-sieve,. There were present, besides Mr. hunt, Preston, the two Wat sons,Thistle wood, Mr. Bryant and others. The King's health was not drunk Ater dinner, •that was left oat of tlee question. Witness told Mr. Hunt an that occasion, that he had assisted in the escepe of some From!' officers, and rt-Cl'iNt'll 500 i. for so doing. Ile did not tecollect whether he meationed this before or after dinner. Did not recollect any of the company present admonisilaing him for the impropriety of his conduct or language. Was not himself at Spa-fields on the god of December, Went rased to different polilie-hewers before the gaol of December. Went to the Stone kitchen at the Tower, an I at one time there were seven or eight soldiers tee'.ent, but did not say any thing particular to them. Did not give one sot hi a chiding three: or four Clues. Having his attention again called to the dinner its Butiverie-street, he slid the persons present were Mr. Hunt, the two Watesons, Mr. 'f histlewood, Hooper, Mr. Clarke, the elstiirmau of the Spa.fiehls meeting, and others. He went to dine there becalm it was the pluee weere Mr. Hunt put up at ; he slopped there that day until tete:ten C, mid 7 o'cluA ; the plan for attacking the Batik ee' I-Mgt:mil was to be effected by means of glass; bottles, or eay thieg Is that the assailants could lay hold of. One parry we:: to coat into its Itintees surrounding the . Peank, and oeother to get into the interior of the bedding ; the glass bottles were to be obtained from the !lonics, whielrehmild be broken open if tiny could be found therin. Recollected giving the following toast after dinner on that day :—" May the last of Kings be strangled by the mils of the lest of Priests." The compeny desired him not to be quite et> vine krt. lie proposed to drfeud liiincelf ; hut he was checked by the conreany. Was not reprimanded fir the violence of lauguage or the improprety of his conduct by the coot. patsy shim present. Dr. %liaison assisted them with compu tations, and in three or four hours they were to have posses. PlOll of London. They isle to say the twiny had joiued us. Witness went by the ua:nc of Jackson,• after the second Spa 'fields meeting, on the advice of Angel, who thought it pru dent, kst witness should be taken, as Heseper hail been ap- Feuendil. Had semi Watson several times, hut he did nut row his (witness's) eddress, and he Watson) consult:Mewed to Min a plan fur ikstroying Government. disclosed ehis on the. 6th or 7th of January, and was imprisoned on t h e th of Febritney. Was its the room at the first Spa-fields 7:ecting, and lie boasted of putting his fist in a mettistrate . s fere, who threatened to shove him off a table ; several police otikers were in the room. Was not near the window when Mr. Hunt epoke. `rook the name of Jackson by his own choice. Was sepported since his imprisonent in Bridewell by Mr. Stafford, who also gave him all laic pocket money, and he el . ° niece his wife five pounds in re. brualy. to go to Yorkshire; bet lie never made her his confidant, and sloes nut know that she could state what he stead, but probably she might tell Brit she was desired to Tenve the room on a curtain ronfereisee he held with Mr. Weesoa. Thistlewood promised them money to take them out of the conntry, if any thing should happen. 15 ill swear he never hail access in Hyde-street, Blooruslowy, but lie mid Watson jun. took the pikes to that house. HAS heard since of pikes being found in the pc; ry, and was told so N udder. Never was in that horsily after taking the pikes !hum, ext•ept in assisting to remove Wine thilSg3, which he did in presence °fold Watson. Dy Lord I:llcahoronch.—Was to pay the soldiers afler tretill7 ro‘m:ssion of the Blia;(. l he not" of the Bank were to be It': !toy' d. red paymer t• made in cash ; for whelk purpose the plate of .Jl the nobility and gentry. was tel... beiSld and usi&de inter natney. midi the cap of liberty cnaraven en U. The mews were to be paid fur by a cheek on Thittlewood, and if they refuted thtm, thwi they wets to seise them by force.—Somerset Hons.:was to be the head quartet:. ' 1 hey had no money in hand. Zaecheus Banniater, examined by the Attorney-General. Lived at 11, 111 c-!•trePt. in Dece:cber Iwt. 'The privy of the hote.e wag then searched, wFcn pikes were fuuntl, which he nova. had seen before. Here Mr. Wethetoll cited the objectirn t.t} , en in the cage of ilarly by Gibbs (now Chitf,ft: : !iee, Ctimcnor vins recurattl in page 133, vol. 3n41, ct tient trial-9.lbley'6 edition. ('ross•exam it rd. Th e p r emises were taken by Dr. NW..tsen, for his son. Thcl:cv produoed bore a resemblance w the key ni th• shop door—it loot like it The <trect tor had a roninwn Ite y. The p; icy su .1.4;n the czr.i. The rest of tl: hour 4.: Lipka by se e t , ra i The ',art' at (I rrtry were conaturet to the whnit ho us". To go t. tLe yard, *as threugh the rat.:ao to the strtet dour, without gioing II tr. Sl'..v :ON AT, into the silop. Witres4 had seer. ed Wateln with son. at -11 Ls }:nose, a: different times. Ha ,;id nut know the elder WaLson ever pt ti.crc. nor ever. ii his ou did. _ _ Jahn Vickery, ofH„,r of 114 w-street, deposed, that on the sth De cember he went to S.s. 30, Ilyil,:-stscet, Itlooutsbury, belonging to Bannister. lie went to e area the shop or resin' on:npied by young War en. 6. loge quantity oz pieces of iron woe found, eight or ten in:he; hog, raercol at each end,to the number of 19$, They have been all to his ppoosses sate two, ever since: they have bet n locked up, wrapt in bags with his nALL They wcte never out of his sight, until 11-? sealed them. At Ti minutes, past 12. Attorney-Co:oral stared to their Lord slips, that he had call-xl all the witoe,...c: , thowht proper, a::1 Inel for the present finished his case for the prosecution. A palls:: of about ten minittertriek placc, when Mr. NV etherall addressed the Jury in behalf of Dr. Wat:nr. Ile began his spe..elt by oloservin?, that they had now arrived at the the fifth day In the trial of an individual for treason of ti ,e most extraordinary des:ription ever witnessed in this country, and shish he sincerely hoped would r.,:ver apin be witnenedLa trial the record of which lied no precedent is his Majesty's Crown-office, and which ought not to he pre: oa the files of the Court. The c.:.happy man at the bar was charged with four treasons. The hardihood and villany of Castle, and the manner in which he had ailed troni first to last, left in his mind no do:ibt what• ever but this scheme had originally been formed !,v :inn, and that the ft, . inifortmiate p:iseners hail become 1,;:. The rains snare had hes a laid for Mr. Hunt, as lie was re line:A to abase, anal it was only by accident that he was- not now placed at that bar, but fortunately, Isstrever, f,sr lidos se!f. tae had escaped it. On this, however, he should at pre sent decline saving more. Wicked, scandalous and detesta ble as the evidence of Castle was, Le had not thrown out a single hint respecting the Spenceans or ally similar society.— Anil when the character of that individual—Of:it perjured, in ratnotim inshvidaal, was considered, was there a person who could doubt that lie would not, in his evidence, have brotvglit forward every thing which the blackest malignity could in vent ; for the whole of his evidence obviously emanated from is mind corrupted with every species of malignity and wicked ness ? lie had been asked on his cress-esaniiiiation, if he could produce the name of a single person who was to go to Spa-fields? lint that infamous perjured fellow found it Im possible to tiling one :lame, nor could he describe one specific thing they niennt to accomplish. If the July credited this account of Mr. Dow line, the slawfliand writer, there was at war of words, but nothing else. But it was rather Iturortit sate for Mr. Dowling, that he hal been confirmed by not a single witness, and lie (Mr. Werherall) denied utterly that such alines had been said as were alleged... The Attorney-General Raid. he deadd not sit stilt and hear such an menial, without denying it. The lea was not asserted by the !warned Counsel. He (send endure to have hit arcerments wasrepresentod, and his mesning perivrted. but he could not :lifter any - Ong ao los fuended to be Qledged as true. „Mr. Wetherall resumed --Every thing must stand or fall upon the testimony of Castle ; and, in almost every character of the alphabet von can trace to bin a double alliteration of crime. lie btandb before you the confessed bully or a bawdy house, and acknowledged by himself to be guilty of bigamy. Will you. gentlemen, believe hint ? Can yeti credit this forger asset Won, who, at the moment he , toot? before you, had con fessed himself to have worked out his own safety—to have owed his very existence to the sacrifice lie made of a confede rate in a capital crime? In your presence he was forced, by examination, to ecinfe3s himself guilty of larceny, even on one of the unhapy prisoners at the bar s 'There title, following him Irons his; early life, where Ire lived - in site of those h 0111123 of I.ldlal depravity, in a capacity which , even the very dissolute, with one spark of manly feeling:left, would retolt—tracing hint from the bawdy !muse in which he was the abandoned bully, three ii ascending progre4s of his turpited, — a ft e r saeritieed to the earnings of his !demi money one nits ereble man, and committed every description of guilt, he now presents himself in a cause of high treason as the witness of the Crown—pardon me, not the witness of the Crown, in its ordinary :me epta lion, but the fed clothed witnese of the c l own, wearing on his body the apparel which Mr. Stafford, of Bow. street, had provided for hint. Yes, gentlemen, the very clothes on his hack were the insipient wages of that bleed money—of that rctnuueration which, as a wile!, he ha:; set orr the lives of the unfortunate prisoners at the bar, and which he did not deity that on OVA' sari itice he did expect to receive. The Learued tient lemen having aihrerted to the eel-silence of Castle as to meeting Me. Hain iu Cbeapside ; but whatever might be the warmth and indiscretion of his polities., 110 oat had attempted to east an imputotiOn on his moral character or Iris claim to voracity. And front his lips the Jury should hem., that though Castle said, (feelings full the tendenty of the question,) that he only told Mr. Hunt the meeting at Spatields was over, yet that gentleman wunld tell them, that Castle told him the Tower was in their possession an hour before. -- Had not Providence, or Mr. Kent' , own circumspection, pro- tected him front s tch ao attempt-4; e but turned hie cur riele—s-ectild this detestable reptiic e mixed him uneonsei entionsly far it single moment ii, i n 'lb, i!istead of being here attrauling as it witness, he would men t retie:duly hal e stood at the bar, to mnltiply the victims of that indescribable villain. Had Sir Francis Bnrdett (lie meutitmed the came with re spect! for he-tuner, net prudeutly abstained from accepting the invitation of attending the Spafields meeting, it not possible that be might he mixed hit this ennspirite by the oath of such a cm to be coutirtned by this paper oft'. 1'.:;. Mr. Henry Huut, examined by Mr. Wether P..esitles at n place callt.:l Middle►on Cottage, in If ampshire. Has not been :.iihpumaed ON a nitne-:, for the Crown iu Otis pro , eciition, but did expect it. Mod a bublinma i•erved upon him Sir the primmer. Was at the first Spatield:. meeting, held rm the Vriti No% ember. Mark a t eireedi to thie persons ehn were niseuilitcd, but not that sptet'll reported an in the Times and other news-papers., nor any thing like it- Lord Ellenhttrongh--Answer tie opestion—don't wander. After the v.-et:hes urn( finished, a motiou watt made to all. intuit the niketing to a Adore day. 'to the !se,t of his recol lection- but he was nut positive--thc atki ament wag pro. posed for the 'Eues.hty after the in...tile: of l'arlitiment. Did not think he had - Keen Castle ktet'ore that day. Might bare qeen him before, but did not recollect seeing him until hr saw him with a flair in tipalields on that 'Die fir s t ti me l ie recollected to have semi him, W:IS When he was iu the act of unfurling a flag,. and fixing it on a pole, a Nell he afterwards brought to the Mei Cave, and fattened it to the side of the %inflow. Saw nothing more of Castle till he Caine into the rltUill at Cooper's ifoutl in the evening. Not one of the party appeared in the lewd intoxicated; Witness expostulated with the elder Walton for having brought stich a fellow into the room. Watson said," that Castle was a good fellow--a little indiscreet and violent. hut he wet an extellent reflux% , nod that be had the greatest ear Cdente.. in hint." l'omt which the 'abide party got up to go a A.ll, and ou a sudden. Castle mal. as aide awake as witness was at this momeut. The chair re, taken trout under tutu ; but without stOubling he 'loud up .is,tl au. $. A.E.• % 11i-oa:taw:the. Recollected co 'ling ht town nn tote 2i.ifslews c quitter, to attend the Spatields meeting, whirl. was to fan . place at mac o'clock. He hail come riot of 14st k that motor tug. and Willi going towards Newgate street in his w.iy from the Allusion house. ll'hile par' ins along he observed a con vitlerable crowd of people on melt side of the steel t upon the cotiscwayst. Mr. Castle, who WA% ill the crowd, left it and MO op to witness's cat riage—a iand.mt. Witness was then oboe: t rive yards on the west side of flow Chinch. Ile was drivir rather slew, and was looking out fur information au to what was the cause of the crowd. Castle VAMP np and stopped hie., and said, . 4 For God's, sake. host 134111 C 11:0011 IS/ 61. , I11:11C to Oily' at the meeting," n, "so 11111111 after your lime i"—ntsontetem; to that elkcl. ‘Vitliess said." Alter my lime by, it waive twenty teimites to taut o'clock," ' , Mifflin.; to Row Chin elt eir•ch, and at the same time !militia out his nail watch, Or whirl/ it isamcd, about tt quarter to one, rod trebled." I'll gt t there iii.very good time." "0'!" bailfra,lle,`• the nit, tim.• has been broken op these two hours. •-tre are going mu tLr I over, which had burn in our posscstion for inure than. 10 1 heap— Come atom: --mane Moog !" Witness work his Maser, mitt said to Castle," Ihiametl heonoth el.' owl drone aft fin Spa fields. li' Ga•tlc hail not got speedily cut of the Way, cite of the a heels a mild have knocked hint down. • George Philpot has known Castle store :time Ittl I t and from the general chatacter of that ia.lividaal, he does not think lora worthy of credit on oath. Jainc.s. L.aa holl. of hie the Times newspaper. has known ITaywood, one of the a ittiesscs, lit ntay ray trout his int . :lacyp and he considers linn a pet son nut to be believed at any taut on oath. I:ayrlen gave similar evidence. Robert Curtis has hilows Ilayw,rof by the tame cif Haywood, nod found hilt. al3ll Wi't, .1•1 1, 101i1 flilNit'd his I,a -trews, cid who was not a gootttleality in bii,initss. George Spureel has known Haywood, who is a complete rogue, as witness te ill prof e, if the Court see cause. John Scott, reporter of the Morning Advertiser, attended the second meeting at Spafields, and get sometimes near the waggon, but from the immense pressnre, and his beinat ptistied front place to place, he was nnahlg mire a singso note. Old Watson was speaking, and, as witness, unelerstoods was complaiaing of the conduct of the Prince. Samuel Steels, reporter to the Morning Herald Otliec, was told by Mr. Dowling, that in consequence of Isis connective with these prosecutions, lie had been introduced into the Honni,' Department, and it had led to his emplos ment as a short hand writer, to the valite of ti or 3001 This closed the evidence fur the prisoner. • Me. See:plant Copley then rose, and addressed the Jury to the following effect : Tic began by (Asserting, that lie wioke most unfeignedly when law assured them, that words were inadeiratc to expressitin, feclingt e 7 th a S ititercting occasion. The cause which lie was now called to echo:ant was one of die most hnportant, in every point of view, that had et elf occurred in the jurisprudence of the country. It was particularly cry to the nnhappy man at the bar, affecting as it did his character as man landl a.; a member oriel% il society. Aware of this, hr owned that be felt the strongest 'Trifle:Mc:is that his powers were We of doing justice to the cause r• but he was animated when he am. template(' the character of those whom he had the honour to edits-sae lie was animated by considering that he addressed an English Junk • elected from an independent ela-s in -ocicry--an assembly of gentle. men, who, from the attention they had paid to the cave. tl.e vigaanctr" they had exercised, and the penetration they had Iniutifested. lied !hewn, to his satisfaction, that they were the very best tribunal thee could have been constituted on this important ocusaisio. 'the indict-, mein, as they well knew, consisted of four treasons, and as 1, is Learnt. 4 Friend, Mr. Wetherell, hail very properly &mired, was unexampled in the country. He had taken great pains to examine the charge sad he would ask, how were they to be made nut by evidence ? They had read the speeches et:livered tin the oc.a:ion, copi-v of th.. 14 speeches being delivered to them by Mr. Dowling, the Oleic hand writer. They were filly acquainted with all the pmceed. inte , in Spatields, the 'loyal Exchange, and ashes parts of the City.... Ail this being known, whet was their conduct? How dife cjev po t...eel in conseptenee of this discovery ? Did wry that ehow that weir opinions were that it was a levying of war? Quite the reverse. Well. to what was all this citing? Did it arise from the negligence and in. attention of the Law-Officers to their duty ? That could not be the CALM; thr he spoke sincerely when he said that unperson could dis• charge their duty with mow fidelity a n d integrity than the personserhO at that time were his Majesty's Law °dicers. The obvious undoubted eonclmion of the whole WAS. that they did not in the tlightc;t degree consider the transaction as a levying of war, or they would never have instituted two prosecutions for felony and misdemeanour. But at the end of four mouths, they came forward, and gravely said it was levy: ing war. Where WAS the evidence of any conspiracy? In the testimo ny of Castle, and Castle alone. Let that evidence be Wetted cut from, the notes of the Jury, and then no evidence whatever nmaineduport the subject. It was said, how , .ver, that an accompli,T might be &wit. IIeSS. Drat he did not diTute. He might be a witnt :4, though um:en tireties!. The greatest villain that ever existed, if not cent scud of cer tain crimes, and !ken:cord of diet conviction put in, %night Ira witne s s. It there be no evidence to uphold the charge. of a couspitaoy to levy nor, all the. other counts must full; beoause in refuse Mg that charge you refute the others. The question for your consideration is, first, w better the re was a deliberate design to subvert the State, and slid these violent measures take place with that jut elation ? Nothing remains for me to add, but to thank you the your attention ; and may that Pros i. , (fence, w Ito in extreme and difficult eases so frequently et.. lightens the minds of men, shed his influence on yours, and ' ntertain uodonbt that you will pronounce the deliverance of the pii,utier at the her. Lord lillenborongh called spun Watson for his defence; and Watson expressed himself m these terms :-- *. A t r the addiers which has been so ably and eloquently delis vered to the Joey by the gentlemen who appear in my belfa:;. tit would be presio.iptionts for me to 'ay more, Own Ciat I e. , •:‘.'a . rl ir‘v intention to overthrow the Gocernment es.atilhhed Ku g, 1.9111:, turt:oll!muns." The Solicitor General next rose, and said, the period- hail at length arrived %%lien the whole of the case iu es titmice tens before (bean, and it became his duty to address tlomi —a el ty hick at an% time he telt incompetent to eltschorge, brit till,. h a wearied a , he WAN by a tom; ci oss examination, and a here there were so many topics, her knew himself dame/Mil to sit jtestice. Ile had the connnLttinn of 1h:t.;.;1 4 . t . that in the in. tensity and tanlerstmuling of the Jtirx iie could best that they knew their emu &tics, and that the% %soul(' tin• s t conscientiously discharge them. Ills Leartia Fi tends whq conducted the defence. had called upon them to dist - 116s front their panels all prejudices which might has e reached then, from without.--He bogged of them to go no further, and miss all prejudices that might have been addressed to the a within. The Learned Counsel for the priaime r Ns e . thercll) had called upon the Jury not to take the taw on that occa•ion from his Learned Friend the Attorney t encr.4l, ansi he the Solicitor Gone,ali also eallcit upon the J iir‘ not to take the law from that Learned Owntlentan himself. It %%cold, not, itulecd, become the Jury to take the last from r.tbee aide. To heal the' arguments of COIMSCI nu 110111 Silks- • :Le determine upon their definition of the lan, sueneet to the eorreetloW of the hildgeSy as well as to derides the important regastons to which the evidence helots them riiilaatett, war • •