The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-05-01 00:00:00

ili , 0,1 was firm, and his look, though pal., wan :WA- 1 oLtain a sight of the conspirators in their - last sno- rou e Ile I.•oked round upon the immerse multitude merits. The greatest precaution appeared to have been fe tish was assembler!, but he did not bow to them. taken by Government, in connection with the Sheriffs, s o w o f the persoue en the roof of an oppietite howl to prevent even in attempt at clot . The City Mir wve i their bats. and some of the person; a t the win• shais. on horseback, were parading up and down; but doe , m e t nut '• God Almighty hies, you." T 1 istie- toe greatest order prevailed. I tiring the ceremony of os . 1 then letcd,turning himself toward% that quarter. deeeeitatioo, th e shouts an d execrat i ons of the public e ete etc: aecenaled the platform He was dressed ' Weed now territiz---lhe snreetm was assailed with i & teamed, with yellow waisteo fit and velvet breerbes. ! hisses and groan ! —snd " weere is flast rowel. Le. lt: milled eel looked well. Upon hie firer enteence I reard.—!.rit •. g Alward the jpe ; yew hatchet." ate. live. k w !, n ee Ito the poeulace, who returnee it by a wont . issued front various par= of the multitude. The tar tereenaioas cheering. . geon immediately retreated. The executioner now N O came up the steps welt equal firmness. He ! held up the head of '1 histlewood by his hair ; three w inced his hands 'wind thrice, and each time the : times exclaiming, " this is the head of a traitor 1" ~,, el reseoirled with loud tra72ll. Whilst the exe. i and showing it al: round to the crowd. [The groans , etioeer irJS fastening the rope round his neck, he , and hiseines were again dreealfal.] Ihe face of ihis ten., " 0 ,i , -e me death or lib,' ••1! •' ; devotel was ghastly pel«, but his countenance looked liavidion the man of coLeer, then appeared. He • placid. The sensation of horror excited feelings we Rat deemed in a blue cote hu f f wai=teuet anal keraey. I cannot describe. His ealiiit was to., short and his elerliss. Pc looked round toeon the crowd anal bowed I heed was pat at the bottom of it. The same proceeding sliehtly. lYlilist the executioner was axing the cord , was a !opted towards I Mal, Ines, Davidson, and Brunt ; le 'da ne:k, Mr. Cotton approached him, and the un- i and the surgeon and the exeeistiuner, at the different L ees e man appeared ferreetly to engage in prayer. I periods, were frightfully assailed by the topulace: Pr.i.e. ascended the ladder lest, pr pared to die with • aid even mislay strong expressions of disgust a srapeo :hit reeolutluu which on his trial he declared he should from persons of a better des:ription, from toe windows aid. lie was demised ill abrowa coat, a cu'oared weitt• i ut the houses. cost and eorilurov pantelouns ffe hewed to the i An simile:4os was made by Mts. Thietlewood for c owd, and was loudly cheered. Ile hill an orange in 1 the body of her husband; but as a per: of the sentence hi= Land, which he eon'ieued to sack almost till the : was. " that it belonged to the king," the Sh - riirs could , Let aliment ; not give an answer till the evening, üben orders Item When his seek henditerehlef was :Amalfi!, he threw , the Secretary of Ntste would le given neon the subject. a •ay the sti•teer eiviag, " I shall weak, it no more." • During tlitliarting between Mrs. Thistlewood and ti. tare he eel tante:4 off, he also kiceec/havey his sh-es. : her laustieed last night, at six o'clock, he cll.:played 't he whele of the prisoners were new present, and 1 great tienetess and composure. One hoar was allowed an awed stillness pervaded the crowd. An expecte- :to her, which was precisely kep . . airs. T. wished to ties Std been cherished that they would make long take leave of the other prisoners, bat it was d-nied r. . i weal s, but na display of this kind took place. .. to 6 'Phi:eke - tad slid," I have but a few moments to live. , Pr'nted hills are in eirenlatisn. soliciting aesistance and I hope you will tell all. that I die a sincere friend , for the widows aid children of the above unfortunate te likely." At another time be said," We shall soon "nen leer: the grand secret." i WARRANT FOR THE: EXECUTION OF THE STATE male lags at ditierent periods m several remarks, but PRIsONERS. never said any thing in the fortu of a speech. He first i —eme--- es mestid his ceekhandkerebief to be tiel over his ! Retardate evening, at eight o'clock, the warrant for eyes. hat took it off immediately after. saying, " 11l ; the execution of Ave of the conspirators, namely, Arthur s ee as lone as I can ; here we go, my lads; see the' Theettewood, Wu!. Ditriisa e, Ri-l.e: d TidJ, AAR 124, of daisies Ines- •' Seeing a person opposite taking Those. Brunt, and Janes lave, this day, was received eeter, he saifla as if addressing him," I Ole an enemy from Lord Sidmouth, by Mr. Brown, the Governor of to all tyrants; recollect. put that down.•' When Mr Neweate. Accompanying the wiersnt was the siraill- Comm nth-meted to coin= rse with lain% lugs said, " I cation of his Majes , y's pleasure that the other prison se sot afraid to to before God or MAD: . 'then ad- its, vie. Ilarrinst. Dradhera, Gilt-heir,. (*wiper, WW &rill himself to the executioner, he said. " Now son, rill S:riags. shos'd be respited duress% pleasure. ski Stele:a-en, finish me tidy—that will do, put the . The arrival of the warrant wet anxionely looked for liter a little higher, it may slip." ea f g i trenghout the day, and as it was generally known Davidson said nothing; he appeared chie l' oense at it was likely to be sent down on Saturday night, pied in prayer, and warmly shook the hand of Mr. a eonsiderelile ember of persons colleetel about the Cotton. l prison and neighbourhood in the hoe of learnirg the Brent said nothing after he first came up. !ware of the order. This painful scene non approached its termination. Aa soon as the warrant arriectl, it wit opened by 'The caps were shown over the it feces, and Mr. Cotton Mr. Under Sheriff Pullen, anti its cola ants made :.non's iinnordiateiy coonnenced a prayer, which he had nut to Mr. Brown, and in a short time the fortiier g et:e l-Atria let when the drop fell, and ail the prisonera . man , accompanied by Mr. Prown, and tiro of the were launches, ie.te eternity. 'l'histlewood and Davis!' tairniteme proceeded to the cells of the utifieeey male. NM er,i 11l Almost withnut a stros7gle. Tidd appear- factors, for the purpose of corumunicatiue to them the ed to suffer little ; but ISiunt am! I egs t ispecially the te eeeeneeee t, ° 'ldttler, - wera 'terribly emtaillaiii; fur triWral indflitf'tte , weld first to Thistlewasie to Mimi Mr. Put. they centietted to move. ahe drop fell precis• ly at lea, with that delicacy ant feeling which en much (He wn Initiate% pest eight. tingaiah him on such occasions, communicated the In tether less than half an hour the bodies were tnelaaeltoly intelligence, prefseing it with a frw %rotas t:;..iin ii wn. 'I his levoncl'ilas first clarei in a co;fite, by way o f p re pa r ation, lbe wretched man received it the Lea I; was bared, and the head placed epen a blosk. with perfect composure, olme.ving, th it " the sooner A men, with a mask over his face, advanced, aid with it wee over the better!" Mr. Pullen asked him it he u sharp knife severed the bead fr,,ta the body. This had sny favour to request ? and he said with great dente he instantly retired. 't he executioner then Lehi assyfrisid, that he wished the Oeterbor would take np the blee ling herd towards the crowd, and exclaitu. ' care that there was less noise in the prison at night, as ed, " This is the head of Arthur 1 histlewootl, a , he hat been unable t o sleep well, and h: did not like 'filthier," He rreected Ws three times, holding the •to have his rest disturbed. bead in d:fferent directions. 'the same ceremony was • The communication was m :de to the other bar in a then gone t ltrongh with the seat of the bodies, the man similar manner, and they received it with very little who est off the head always a lvancitie when the nenk mare indication of feeline than was erinced lay Thistle wet hared, alai instantly retiring as soon as the head • wood. Mr. Pollen assured them all that every awn was eat off. , tion shonki be paid to their comforts during the short 'I he: closed this mnernfnl and tinfortnnate exhibi- ' time they had to live, and added, that any reasonable Lion. el e rennet steel mentioning that every time' request they bad to make would be grunted. They the Moody heal was held up, er:es of horror and ills- I all seemed thankful fir his attention, and they request. approbation broke from every one erevent. It is hinh •el that their families might have access to them. This tine that this barberons punishment shuttle be eat an ' they were told would be complied with, 'I he Under end to. For the sake of lintitanity, for the eakeof our na- ! Shelf then assured them that every religieus comfit,- liens% honour, we hope the law upon which it is fened- tion that they might with for would be must readi'y rd will be repealed. The loot o f tile is sa lti ly a suf. ; afforded them; but on this subject they maintained &lent expletion, and why should decency and hu- 1 the en ot perfect indifference, observing that their maaite tar .1 10; ; L ee by a sieht revolting to the best minds were made ne on rsieeieus nattier. 'they were , t'elitiL ! t,t uzr n.itnre ? ; 1 pr. pared to .!ie and wece not afraid, and the 'D e nt e —...ere— • the catastrophe took 'place the Letter. This was the ANOTHER ACCOUNT. e i language of the whole five. MCIVTION AND VIC A PITATION or TIIIITLTINOOD, : When this melancholy bat imperative duty had been TiDD, LAM DATIMION, AND a tNT, 10 ' 1 Men performed, the pleasing task of making known to the yeteson, accuse Tar !MOTORS' Door, NINVGAIC, I Cher prisoners that the Royal clemency had been ex- Teal MOANINO. tended to them, devolved upon the messengers. 1 hey proceedel on this business with aiacrity. The intelligence was received by Strange, Bredloirn, Oilehriet, and Cooper, with a degree of joy almost approaching to phreurv. They exp;essed themselves in the liveliest terms of gratitude for the mercy that had been extended to them. '1 he conduct of Harrison and Wilson was different. Harrison maintained 1 sul len widener, as did U'il:.on, until Mr. Pullen addressed him, in forcible terms, upon his conduct, observing, that he hail been as it were on the very threshold of eternity; and that had he been put upon his trial con viction and capital punishment must inevitably have followed ; and that he ought to recollect that he owed his life to the merciful dispositions of those he intended to artist in depriving of theirs. To this he replied, sullenly, that he did nut ears for himself, hie only anxiety was for the pour unfortunate Mali who were to suffer. The Cntler•Sheriff and Mr. Brown having perforated their duty thus far, left the cells, and proceeded to Venue the orders for the preparations tieressery to be Imade on such an occasion in and about the prison I In order to prevent the possibility of a re. urrenee of the dreadful seines that took plate at the execu tion of Haggerty and Holloway, some years ago, bar riers had been erected around the scaffold, and the dif ferent avenues lea:ting to ties Old Bailey, so as to pre• tent a rash of the crowd. or say larvae* inteseemites of the owfal pmenemlinis. 1 he warrant for the elleeillieet Of the five erimiasls essionmaded. that they were to undergo the parliament lacsording to the forms peeserieod by law, in tugs o f High Tresses. 1 bay weft .14 - Wog for a short time The death-warrant cf the shove conspiratan having c rt.e down rather late and unexpectedly on Saturday ; nie,ht, it operated on the public feeling with such coo-1 siderable surprise yesterday morning*, that thualaltdo of pee*ons Mere, throughout the whole of the day, visiting the Old Bailey, in order to satisfy their minds that the information wit correct; more especially es it had been cnrrrntly reported, a few days since, that • to w platform for the execution of these unfortunate leo was to be erected upon the top of wgate. he aw i 1 apparatus of death, which had been drawn out early the morning, and placed before the Debtors' door,! t.;:.ti convinced the acxioua visitors of the t ruth of the as %-:rtion, and also that no alteiation was to take place as to the situation of the drop ; but numerous carpenters t.-,re employed in making an addition to it, so a'' arfottl sufficient room for the decapitation conveni- I ently to be performed. In the course of yesterday a very large detachment of the Foot tivards marched into the Old Bailey, and were distributed in various pans of Neirgate. The windows of the houses in the Old Bailey were e welled almost to saltation, containing malty per s of rank. Bills were stuck up at the doors, with '• tiats to let :" many of which were paid for at I/. ss. ta•th: ten shillings was quite common for a peep out of a garret ; sad even of the outside of several of the louses, where considerable danger might be appre hended, nothing less than Eve shillings was asked at b eery early part of the morning ; and at a few minutes before the sstains**, men made their appearance on the scaffold, the above sums were advanced, and paid without ballads% es great was the public curiosity to THE AT7F:I=.% Sr. Pms“.., ays C Riat COnlan • " l'•.. ,TAT/Li/A 4?.." if INCOSPOIIIiTILD WITH " TN! ! ATICTIMAN. I v.. J),). IMUNPAT EVE:4II::G, Ml, MO. Tie evidence proclu:ed on the late trials is at last before the world, and tie juilement of the public will sow be passed upon the verdict of the Jura- and the sentence of the Judees. After a careful dis paelionate examination of thee. hole, no doubt can re make, in any sensible wind- that a con-piracy had been formed to destroy h s 31.1:es re's 31inisters, and that means were taken to carry it into effect on the :mod of Fehneary. 1i ith respect to the other bra ches of the plot, the capture of artillery, the setting fire to London, and the seirure of nay-1 ports, there are scheme.; t•fer imereditile in their nature, and t o line praeririble he their execution, to have been seriously rietteained. This part way, therefore, be considered as considerably exaggerated hy the imagination of a witness, who, as Lis life was the price of his nee- I lstiors, u-,:s willing tn . mak.. those revelations sr pear e ;Ili in va;ue to e boon conceded to h:m. But corn discarding the wto:lsof there unsupported ascr - quail, sufficient remains to jostify she decition cf the • I J_ery„,ondjti si n i ttuce leW.kka g e been iminasitalske I atilt. A 'lien is, Mralt times, a crime of the deer est dye. It derives its perpetrator, a.al even its pla..uer, of the --in-pithy with which leare.,:n leeings see every other kind of uflenze visited on a iellow Creature It i man and dastardly. It has all the brarkness of guilt, without any of that gram I dear which sometimes atten:is and disguises daring len •riniiy. An assassin is justly c ansid.cred as a coat i non enemy: fa who ran be secure that he may est prove the next victim The band once imbued in blood will scarcely s'iren's from a second stain • the ties of nature have Leen rent asunder the relortence of the spirit is subdued, raid the solitary act, which the Imo of ecrriting inspired, wail be repeated with increasing ease and irditier - nee as often as the trees sity of +en/reins shall be felt. Lte.:pised and abhorred as is the assassin, there is one still more curet than hinself—one, who ferns the last deerse of human inftay, and whose very exist ence e-onld be doubted, it it were not unfartuteeely hut teld'fr tjuently revealed by the ravai , ts which it coin des. We mean the ;roes? end the SET, for those thiract:rs can at-smelt - cets be divided. That a m:4l rho or tnananee murder shoutl forfeit life for life, satisfies all our nations of jecite. We may not pity him, but we thint-, at Last, that his puni.hment has been gloat to Lit trine!. But what infliction can he defamed sufficient ter the wretch, who, ft.t. hut rested purigeeee, inflame: the ardent, perverts the sm .., tortunatc-ontaints crime as virtue to the one, as reli .f to the other —ins: ires them by his example, attache, them hyOirrintuises, intexicates them with hope, and then plaellgthe dagger and the ttrch in their hands, flies to betray them and to receive the ransom of those lives which Le caused them to threaten, and ..vhich le I pretends to save Is there a sf:;' le being iu the unt il verse, who is rode :p5 , and a arl.en I, or the employer of Inch, who kill say that he ku• n ; of any established puni<hirest adequate to lath enton.ous guilt Yet 1 1 until all the 6(mm:tenet- connetted with the reeela i dons, the diem pretence, and the still MUM extreor./1- ! nary protiatien ranted to the betrayer Edwards, shall have been ch..irly and satisfictori4 terhiined, the whole country must reic-in in deute ulitther such !guilt has ant been rcica• Jeri. ir. , :tesi of Lein! punielt• !eel. 'the idea is nitnust too to entertain, but !since the publication of the ; idence it is daily gain. lag groual. The prominent part pertorasei by Ed wards is the plot. which, het it Le recollected, had assumed no decisive shape till he gave it oar—the ex elusive intimation wl : Lb he brought, and by the aid i of whisk he prevailed opal his acoompticee, or his Tic kers, to fix the day and place of action—the unite countable change which. sudierly occurred in his sea ltiments, after all the frqiVikions which he bad olives birth bad bee: &loped, tad Ike haste with and then Lieenblls. and their Lead: lowed frees thrii bodies ; the execution. r, holding forth the held of earls .in succession to the view of the spe‘tators, with the usnal extlatuation of " Lei.ul.l the bead of (uantiag the ctilprt ) reitor :" Those who were eonilmoired to d.e were then put into separate cells, and were kft alone for the ).•g . !,. Yesterday morning Mr. Cotton visited them ein.;iy, bat was not able to make any inipresiicn on !ilea Mill& Mr. Brown bad judged it prud nt not .0 bring them together to public wot-ship in the ehapri, bons a t apprehension that hey might disturb :he se lective ceremunies of re:igion by a tiisiley of their in fidel oi.iniuns. In tit,. toursc ut the day '1116.4'3'01J Wll3 Huard by Lis *lie an I roe, Brunt by his wife, thicidson by hi: wife and ci.iLvn, and IWI by Lis daughter. lip to a late hunt last n!glat no alteration was ri sible in the manner of any one of the prisoners, except Dualson, whose mind was evidently suf:ened after the interview with is family. it ld has from the va:y baginning preserved an uaifo.m and consistent steadi 'seas anl soietnaitF, bat free from dejection or f:ar.i Jamaica Papeis -rrived this morning to the 15:h logs has toren se generally tkjected t the r• st per- ' fee , iy indifferent. .tn t even hardened. xn she. eneept .of March. 't he folloTring information was proront. r ated vest•Tilay in liinttstou.—Thedivision 4. i Npaniala their fanilly. has been allowed to see the*. Alder- - • „ • troops unit, r Lemuel . swartetts.. coniiting . of man Wood lied for admirtion, bet ticilkowo tilt defeated at tan Loam de 11/mom , . by the it to be his duty to refuse, haring heels instructed to from anti- min t I/VW end of last admit none who hat! out received a spe:tal order trom ' 115 roont the loss of 300 we n tatted, tai.. I pit y Ct.:med. prieone and it was with ditfi:•ulty the Coloriei es caved, with 50 in number, in a very sickly condition; he wes on his way to Mompcx. he expedition which proceeded from Carthagena in the month of Becereet, destined to rec .pture the province of Choco, had re tuned to that port, after an unsaceessfel • mins 311 the fort Vigia; a numlfer of men, supposed to be le sta gent!, bad effected a landing at Concho• r. day's perney to Santa Martha, where they excited some alarm. By the Perseverance we lent, that the head-quart:;rs of Moritlo, who was joined by Morales, were at Cala bosa : their united forces were 4,000 turn ; they ex pected to be attacked by the Irsurgents, s hose ad vanced posts were ander I'aes. Letters trom St. h?roes's, of t . e bath of Jan., in forms us, that Bolivar took Calabesa on ti-e sth of February, by surprising Morales, who retired to Oster, where the former follsowed him, and, after bard fighting, took the place. By the Bailieur we learn, that a Spanish frigate had arrived at Puerto Cabello, from the l'avannah, and that another is shortly expected there : these ves sels are, no e'eubt, intended to cope with Brioa's iwtdron.—Ueneral Pardo is arrived st et:nacos in a small sestet, with 1,000,0E0 dollars on bc•nr.i. he reveal d those r!ans, the propriet, .ni eS. car/ of wnii h he had scar:cly inished impressing In pa the minds of the conspirators—all these eircums:are,s are of a most snspicirns nature, and emend c.xplana . ..on. Pie friends of the Ministers hope for it—tlie rtnn try at large cape: s it. We trust 02.: it CiS he given. We are nnwlllins to iehl too .-asy cr di: :a the exonerated clinions expressed on this subjce: scme of thsin are at lost premature; we sash rcjoi-e to tiul thc:n proved erroneous. But tb. y must b: put :o the tee:. Minister. owe :t to themse Teo. th .y will not condescend to raise the yell whith sill ion:eaia the most important part of these transit :ions, what in terenee can be drawn ? One, en.l one done, whose nature Ire nerd not describe. Let them redoct u,•oa the consequences of such obstinacy ; and if it be in their power, let them at once clear the doubts of the pubiic, ani place this inorneztous question on its real basis. From Vienna. the 15th ult , it is stated, that Om Supplementary Federal Act of the Congress was ter• petted to be finally arranged in a fe:v days; it wee then to be transmitted to the respectiec Cnnrts, who were to be requested to sea.', withuut delay, that( ratificsaiona to Vienna. whir:. they sere to be et changed in the ueaal f'rm, r the Coopers it to I/oldies:Arad ; the bun evolt la repettaill ti tali place about the Bth or 10th instant. Bancstosta, Aram lb.—Things h-re go on with great order and regularity, and that enthuriastic ardoar displayed by the people on the =mentor.' change that hat takrn place, has settled down into a strong feeling of patriotism, and into a firm ;cereal , nati;.in not to be attain thwarted in one of the grasi objects that animated Spaniards in 'he late defence of ; their ccantry. We are determined to be on oar guard, and prepared for the worst, and for this purport 4,000 I young men have been put under arts, pe:fectly well clothed and disciplined. They constitute a kind of civic guard. tad are allowed to me: their muslati and thirty retinas of ball-cartridge to their own homes, to be ready on all emergeu..ier. The same °tier is observed with the other militia mitring in every part of the country, so that we may laugh at the eccrit enemies who in silence may rail against the new order . of thing'. or any vain efforts they may have the hardi hood to stir up against us from without. The towrs around this city are sending tip to us for arms, for the same purpoae: : and within a month, I make tortoni:it, we !hall have an army capable of amply watching t oyer our safety, and contribitting our provincial con , tinrent for American pacification, which now amounts I to little more than putting down a few interested and too deeply implicated Chiefs, is order that the people at large may hare an opportunity of minifesting their real sentiments and wishes. Brim 'teem sad character are here mast remarkable. We are all ready to make every sacrifice, rather than again he trampled apes, ! Military and Civilians are all united, and the universal cry is, " Our Constitution and King." We have seen a pirate letter, from which we halo ; extracted the following par:killers relative to the per ; son who has become so unhappily notorious antler tha name of . iltistlewood. His reel name, it appears, is not Thistlew.iod. but Barnett. Ile has a Lrother aow living at Wispington, sod a sister, who, at well as himself, were barn out of wedlock. His father was 41 land-rarvevor, and a sot of under-steward, as Me. Wiener, of and resided, doting the latter part of Lis life at Tupholme. Thistlewood, ghee Burnett, was horn, not at Iforecaltle, bat fforsintton, a village ! about five miler west of the iventer. He received the ! rudiments, if not the whole of bis education, at the Free Grimmer School at }forecastle, and,at that time be went by the name of Burcett. It is pot ascertained at what time or for what realise he assumed the mune et Thistlewooi. His fiat wife was a lady of fortune, an orphan. who. abititlls years ago, resided in Lincoln. at the time when n held a coastaisaiso in the Lta ' colnehire militia, und iris quartered ift Lincoln. Magi anrcdo:es of die way in which he besi•ged tbo halms lof the Grp-bill, acs familiar to the eitillens. Milo j ley a: length, surrendered; and after marriege they ,; went to reside at Bastry, where they lived Mt some I splendour for a year, when the lady died in giviag ' birth to a son. Thiatiewood then went abroad lee several years, and by taming dissipated propallip he had aquire(i. On his return to Ragland he nw . tied his pewee wife, a Miss hasty! 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