The Sun. — London, England, 1816-12-05 00:00:00

FURTHER DETAILS respecting the RIOTS.: Much as tie public sympathy has been excited by the distressing case of Mr. Plan, yet there are various particnlars immediately anti collaterally Connected with it which will, petbaps, turn out tb benrore important than the wound itself. Some of thump circumstances have appeared in evidence before Sir N. Corsair, who has reported them to Government. The others which folio* we give on oar own respottsitiility Mr..Beckwith's sbnpmen state, that the ntsn alto attempted to:, assassinate Mr. Platt was in the first instance accompanied by five comrades : when he opened the dooriantidemanded arms, he Intel oat the piatotiorrcealed width he shot' Mr. Platt, but held it openly in his hand. Mr. Platt, oilto had finished his - business at Mr. Beck• witie`s, was going out of the door, when the vii. lainenteredand called oat (as we haven en a tor-1 miCOciasion stated) "Aetna, artirsl" " Mr. Pl att, lcti a conciliatory Manner, laid his hand on the Males shoulder, and reminded him that lie was ' , about to 'do a greet deal of mischief ; s and was proceediug to use further persuasion, When the assassin presented the deadly weapon, and fircd. Mr. Platt was placed in a chair, *rid 'addressing his savage assailant, observed, f‘ You have shot me, and I WAS no enemy of yhurs."' " Then," replied the man, " lam sorry lot it." Mr. Platt now desired that a surgeon akin b sent fair to Cxattline his wound, when the assassin stepped forward and. 4111tUleti him that • be vas a profeisiout malt, and , would ttillittgly attekd to hint ; and be immediately began to pre. pare for the examination of the wound in a way that left no doubt on the minds of those pres,nt that whit he had . said was perteet;y correct. Mr. nttt. hovitevvr, drelitittsl his attention., and was tb en "up stairs till a surgeon of etnittertee was sent for. And we may as well state what our Readers Will he happy to loin!, that though the 611 has taut yet been extracted, Mr. Pintt is not worse, 'Etta cosisidemd to be in immediate danger. tie, liwWertr, 'Niers ntufli pain, wifirli will easily be intachsed when it is stated, that the ball, 'which iletforatcd two coats, his waisteost, and several Folds of paper in isis waistcoat pocket, carried to leave to nm readers. Enough certainly has transpired tocreate4 strong probability, but we are anxious not to dateline, any intlividnul, except on indisputable ground* One thing, however, 'cannot have escaped the observation of even the most careless reader of this account—we meast the .'turious circumstances of the-assassin having prof fered sttrgical assistance to the man whom he bad shot ; and of his not only avowing, - but demon strating by hisconducto hat he wabaceualuted with the nature of wounds. Now,it has been:stated, and net contradicted, that young Watson Was brought up to his father's profession, which is that of a sur geon. Watson, too, was the leader andlavourite of the mob. These circumstances certainly appear to connect Watson with the murderer of Mr. Platt. But there are other points of identity. 'Those who know Watson describe him to be a person rather short th.ot othirwise, with a thin visage,' and generally dressed in a brown great- Coat : precisely such is the appearance of the man who shot Mr. Platt. But further : on Saturday' last, a'person answering the foregoing description ptirchased of Mr. Parker, gunsmith, in Holborn, a braee of large pistols, and in the mire* of the -day he called again, to inquire if he could have another pair like the former. With these also he was accommodated. It would be well to wet , • lain whether the p'stnis found on Hooper, or Watson, sett. arc those which were sold by Mr. Pat ker ; for this fact would go far towards the discovery of the actual assassin. Preston., the Secretary to the Meeting, is de. Scribed to be one of those fanatics, too common in turbulent times, who would rejoice in prose cution, and hall even conviction as the commence mentof a glorious martyrdom. Actuated by this Spirit, he, as may be supposed, disdains to dis guise any of his actions or intentions. lie as salt:tea-a bold and haughty tlemeaniittr, *rill seems already to himself to be a leading personage.— The object of himself and his party is, he de dares, to bring about a Parliamentary Reform, which alone can relieve the distresses of the country, and give the poor man bread to ear.— He admits his intimacy with the two Watsons, and his knowledge that many of his party were secretly armed with pistols ; bat this, he says, was only with a view of protecting themselves against any attacks of the military. The soldiers, however, he asserts, , are well ts spored towards hint and his . friends ; and. to Oa sailors, many of them volunteered ser- Viejo in the cause. lie great'oflicial eon 'sequence as secretary'tf the assOciaiion, and,talks of oaring received thousands bf letters from all parts -of the country, but says he ilestrnyed them all as `bout, as read.. lie declares that young Wat son was intoxicated on Monday morning, which, if true, is another circumstance tending to identify the tatter as the assassin of Mr. Platt, the same remark having been made in the person who com muted that crime. On its being inquired of Preston whether they intended to meet again after what had passed, he replied pertly in the affirmative, anti that they would never cease doing so until their object was attained. Preston appears to be one of those utterly des titute anti wretched beings, whom the,extinction orall hope of prosperity makes either tools for the purposes of the profligate, or dupes to their own bewildered imaginations. He declares, in deed, that no misfortune can make his condition worse than k is. His abode certainly denotes extreme poverty and distress. Preston s o hi s associates have long been in the practice of at• tending the different clubs and smoking-houses In and round London, in the manner of Lime Corres ponding Society, with a view of spreading their pernicious doctrines amongst the unwary, - and of gaining converts to their MUM If this man had always attended as closely to his business (shoe maker) as he has done to the cause, which he has taken on hand, liewould not now have to contend against the misfortune, and distress, and peril, whieb l on all sides assail hint. A letter was received by the Lord Mayor from the Misgiatrates of Union-Ilan Police-office, scat . ing, that May and tiliff, the Officers,. had appre hended one of the rimots in the liorough, on Monday, and that they conceived the case should be investigated by his Lordship. Richard Gamble a young man, *boot 17 years of age, was accordingly brought in and put to the bar. John Goff deposed, that he was au ofr,eer,, and on Mostday last, about two o'clock in the after noon, he' was passing through QuAn-street, in the parish of St. Saviour's, Stintiewailt, when-he saw the prisoner walkink alonkwith a musket. The sight of the latter did not so much attract his attention as the appearance of the prisoner's face, which was evidently blackened and disfigured. Wituess stopped him, and inquired where he 14(1 got the musket, when the poisoner replied, lie had brought it from Skinner-street. It MIS pcif re dy new, loaded powder only, hot there was a considerable wadding found beneath the charge, From the appearance of the pan it scented tOhave iltti it att these substantes into his body. The stoptuen lost no time in seizing the mar &re, wire made no resistance. liia comrades lead fte4 at the first report of the pistol, tinder the impression, as it is supposed, that their 'ceder ltiniwif had heels shot. A beadle of the name of Warrels was at hand, and the i trisoiter was committed into his custody. His pocket-hook isn' it various papers were take' is from liicn. Aniongst tile latter was a copy of a meular letter, calling for subscriptions. Thrre were other scraps of paper, with the names Of the Treasurer and Se cretary of the Spa-fields Society. While the situp. men were thin employed in this useful itivestigs- don, the constable was not equally prudent in the execution of his duty : instead of confining the assassin to some close apartment, he suffered hint to range frOm one roost* to another. Meantime that portion of the mob which surrounded the nag caste up, mid having been apprised of the deten tion of their leader on account of shooting Mr. Pion, they loudly demanded his liberation. One of the *liftmen ausweted, that in the scuffle the Mall had escaped, and WAS not On the premises. lids well-intentioned answer pacified the rioters far the moment, and they had actually turned away and were proceeding' to the Royal Exchange, when the beadle allowed his prisoner to ap ,proftelt thee window,atut present himself to the view of his friends ; the mob became furious, the house and its contents were denounced for destruction, land the murderer was immediately and of Beets sity restored to his liberty. The mob, however, wire not contented with this triumph, Out listen ed, with greedy attention, to the suggestions of* *ghat), in the garb of a brewer's servant, who entied ,on them to destroy the property around them, The windows were instantly demolished, and all the fire-arms in the windows and shop were carried off. The assassin, feeling himself secure among these desperate plunderers, thooglut proper to give a proud of his coolness and courage be , fore he left this scene of murder and detestation: lie accordingly took up a brste of pistols (about ten inches long in the barrel), and loaded them with great care and deliberation. Ills comrades w ovv . t a this heroic example, and loaded their feces with powder, and with whatever materials suited their purpose. Our of the shaman, tired with this disgu st i n g exhibition, and wishing to rid his master's premises of such dangerous nil. flans, mixed among the, rabble, awl 'lmmediately ca ll e d out, unknown CO them, " Now, my lads, trey h ave p l en ty o f ruts, let us to the Tower." This device succeeded, 3tid this Woe:ions rabble went 'in quest of further plunder, and breathing other massacres. - - For the correctness of these facts we can pledv ourselves : the inferences we would at present wish bccti reccrai.r'i It bad It Cut. name of Mr. Beckwith. The prisoner now acknowledged being inSkin tier-street, but said he had picked up the musket Abraham Samuel, a person who had vaunt 4- rily enrolled himself as a constable on Mtinda#, stated, that he had seen the prisoner pass the Mansion-House with the party who carried the flag. At the Exchange witness Made an attempt to seize the musket which the prisoner held, but was prevented by about six of his companions ; he, however, disarmed one, and lodged the piece in an adjoining Cuffee-honse. The prisoner aiSd his companions tied. He was positive as to his person. . . The prisoner being called upon to account for his conduct said, that he was in Skinner-street on the day in question, when he saw three•or four. pieces of musketry lie upon the grotmd—one •of these he picked up, _upon seeing which one of the mob exclaimed " You ought to be shot !" lire; eeisoner also acknowledged that he paned the Exchange. The Loan MAvott observed, he wtjuld not . swear to his person, but he had little doubt of having seen him among those who had tired upon him and the officers in Sweet inn's alley on Monday last. The prisoner now denied having been there, and said he had gone home over Blackfriers Bridge. " I went, it is true, my Lord," conti nued the prisoner, " to Spa-fields in the morn ing, to hear a speech, and I was not long there until a tall young man, dressed in a light great coat, got into a cart, and addressed the people. Soon after the speaker jumped down, colours were hoisted, and I followed the crowd." " Young man," said his . Lordship, " con stand in a very perilous situation—you state that you picked up the musket found in your posses sion---and, though it is evidently new and luirinot been used, it was found loaded in your possession, while the pan also bears evident marks of recent use. The We of an individual, it is (eared, will be sacrificed to the abominable outrage which de curred in the quarter where you confess you had been, and it is for you to account satisfactorily for your possession of the mischievous piece found in your possession." The pi isoner, who stated himself to be a dine maker, was then remanded for a father eAarui- natiou. Numerous weapons of nll descriptions are hourly brought into the Mansion-house, found lying in remote corners, or seized by spirited individuals from the rioters on Monday. F. KinnerAley, the officer of Aldgate, has lodged about forty stand of arms, taken from the mob in the Minories, 104 re so much depredation was unfortunately conimitted. Yesterday morning a number of guns, pistols,, swords, and other weapons, were found in a dung hill in the neighbourhood of Houndsditch 'and tire Lord Mayor has received private itiformation of the conveyance of a large quantity in the direction of Whitechapel, Mile-end, &c. Many at those found and taken hear the mark of Mr. Beckwith, and some are of the most costly description. Three of the misguided men who joined in „the riots in the City on Monday last, were brought to the London Hospital, each tiesperately wound ed in the hand. The first that arrived was brought in a hackney-coach, and was immediately taken into the surgery, where, on examination, his baud was found dreadfully lacerated, and it was thought it would be necessary he should undergo ampu tation. The wound being dressed be was tines tioned respecting the manner he received it,. when be answered, that on Monday morning he pr o vided himself with a pistol, which he loaded, conceiving it proper for every person to bt armed in.his own defence, from the peculiar .cia-com stances of the times ; that he joined the mar' iq, Spa-fields, and afterwards proceeded with a wt.- tion of them through the city, where be found It necessary to discharge his pistol. which burst, and injured his hand to that degree. Before fur ther inquiry could be made, he contrived' to escape, and has nor since been heard of. The next brought in gave his moue John Roberts: on being questioned as to how he received his wound, he replied that he was in the mob, not thinking any harm could possibly result to bite, but when they came to Tower-hill, a fellow de sired him to push forward and he should be pro- vided with a musket ; he did so, being influenced by the impulse of the moment, hut reflecting on the impropriety of taking arms in such a martyr, he flinched backwards ; at this moment itea.ecti rat a cut of ilAnbre across the paint of his.band,ihe could not say whether from a so(lier froth4ne of the rabble. This man was icutuediately i pat, to bed, and is ecutsidered in a dangerous state. The third prrson brought in gave his - .name , John Reify. The account he gave was, that .'l re having joined the nosh, not dreaming of any tian ger, but merely .out of curiosity, proceeded with them as far as the East India l - lonse, where some of them fired many shots, and one fellow's mus ket, which was close to him burst, and i'splinter struck him in the wrist ; that he was not at nil • implicated in any tumult, but merely a specta tor. The conjecture, however, is, that it was his gum which horst. -Several of the , Police Ofil eers 'mended to see the two last persons, who are intended to be examined before the Maeistrate when their Iteelth will permit, and stricolvacti making after the man who escaped. „,. . In the accounts hitherto published the ofeur-, rences in the Minories were too hastily pasiod over, About half-past five on Monday, the mob proceeded along Leadenhall-street, into Airteate, where a party of the Ist Life Guards, limier Lieu tenant Terry, came op, upon which the mob, many of whom were armed, itoppeti, tool the titst line of them presenting their pieces, fired at the troops. Noise, however, were wounded—a hail struck one horse. Lieut. Terry then charged the mob, one of xvitom had hie head cot by a. chop front the sword of a Guardsman. The mob re tired into the cattle-pens in Whitechapel, and were preparing to fire musketry, &c. on the sol diers, when Lieut. Terry immediately dismounted several of his men, and porsmed them into the pens. The soldiers had their carbines, which they loaded, am! o►r the word " present . ' being given, the mots iled, leaving about one hundred muskets behind. Twenty of the mob were stcured by the m,iitary, and tho, whole Were completely put t o the rout. Lieut. Tuo `Terry, tho I a very you n g man,. cootlucted hintselt in h is ' difficult situatiou e, !with, esttaordinury presen ce of mind, courag itntlfirniness. One Of the mob maile a dash at hi o s bridle, but he spurred on his horse, dragged n the man, and delivered hint to a city Officer, front whotu he escaped. Ma. PLAT ._Accounts received from Bristotit at lilt o'clock last night, give try pnfav,ogible hopes of this Gentleman survving The ball has not yet been extraCtedr- and it much feared it cannot be. Mr. Asitt.ey'Voo egg had a consultation on the case in the course:Of the (lay, but be is, not in a state to be disturbaje. (Public Ledger) • The following Notification was issued froth. Lord SIDNIOUTH'S Office on 'Monday. eYenin,g; and circulated widely through the 0000 means of the POst-Office "London, December 2, 1 816. M Exag,rculta c ounts will pryhably reach 'the Conntrl P 4 ,1 - 1 is going on here. The most effectual ntei;ns. t and military, are taken by Govern ment to prevent mischief ; and the same vigilance and activityr. ll there should be any appearance of disturbrg . ,l e the Cnnntry, will doubtless prod uce. the-oe'; good effects." We were glad to join our humbl e ends• 0111 ''..: in circulating this prudent and salutary ontic,:aH i f iserting a paragraph to the- same effect loser 1° t hundreds of the latest Editions of TO' which, tram being the latest, were at cantos. most entirely sent to our Provincial SubseOtets. THEATRICAL REGISTER.. Performed Last Nirit. Datitty-LAx E.—The Revenge ; Zang a, M. Kean; 1."'" 4 4 _ Mn. Bartley. kfter which, The Bridal of Flora, *a CIT 4 To-Day mid Laugh To-niorruw. Covvve-GARDEN.--The Slave; Gambia, Mr, :Macreafi tiuda, Miss Stephens. 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DISTIMBANCES AT SIIEFFIELP• that We aresorry to have to state, ' l" tet t tutbance of the Public Pe ace has not t il i 5 been confined to the Capital. At Sheftieltl,darino the forenoon rat T ues day, some alarming sl""Pt of Riot were manifested , and g rait-ig i act*ti()° ! a d 13y the prompt, earty, an d, e ,,,, ic e trfo m ea s u res adopted by the Alagistrates, a ° " tia kola 0 010 14 4 tires rejoice to be able to add, which we can rely, that the threaten Prevented. 'lite Cavalry stationed in th e b4 L l' a r t i l is e d natrolles47o were called out, and by 12 o'clock populous place was res tored to its 00 0 tria "i t etS lity, no mischief worthy of notice bavla perpetrated. h As it is probable the Incendiaries', W'l7 te accustomed regard to truth, wil l esallgeil s t 0 rttl' nr eof stimu l ating o 6ts ther te 4 low the example, we rep eat thA ss;e the ukmost extent of the conirnotiolV tiinttietrsi;ocation, __,-.....--,........, The Saeobinical part of our Press , I°6l-14.1 :9 conviction, that the outrages of Mond a Y os , fields, or, in has almost proved to RI ° re .11 other words, that the 0 0 111 0 nnected with the Meeting in oti would have taken plac e had there been /I° ., s at Meeting I ! Wh ether there be most effro o, e wickedness in this attemp t to imp "nt '' the " t° e the derstanding of the Country, we l" los Country to determine. And shall content ninspihe will glancing at a few of the stro ng lick s no wn to the l ''' ° b p cbain of conspiracy already k o f Nov. l Our Readers, n o doubt, remember the tresl4ll" able l hal ( Sec S titt fieCret'i •,~,.,..