The Sun. — London, England, 1817-06-17 00:00:00

'Fief! TREASON. tRt4L OF JAMES WATSON. ITtST DAY,—N:oromit, Juni: 9. We have already made our• Readers acquainted most correctly with all the proceedings on the First flay, Oieviout 'to the Address of the kr, TORWHY-GENEnAL. It was in substance as fol- intvs . , The-AITORNEY,OENETIAL.—rGentIemen of the 4nry,. Yllll are :14 , •enitstell'in that 'box to 01w - of - the Piii,At.it portant function rt-hat , •-cith•thevols - e.to- ;riots in a s , tate of so ciety. You are assernlited to decide Imo t ;IP :milt or' limo. ernes itt one of your fellow-subjects.' stands clustlvil with the crime ct lltgh"Trettititrh , the highest crime that . eau 14: 11 1 0W111114411 by 1111th the society of which he, foiiits It port; t'or it , trihe , Ht the rOot of c;riciety--:-etrettsa total dt\- orlonizotto t of it breaks up ail the comforts cturl 'bli sAngs that wait 'yu 111011, fuller flit oil u,iiti tr,,tintt nt :11V law. Upon the one ham), you most lie desirous to protect the toni.titution wider which you live . against_ any treasonable attempts. You will act upan the pril:eiple inseparable from freedom, by which this nation is 'protected, and stand forward to assert and prove your title to the character which it supports. And on the other hand, 1 . 011 •.lilt Linisider before Tots crime to et COllOlll5lOll, Hutt guilt. has been established--yon will take care t_liat the charge is made out upon strong, probable, and convincing evidence. I think, Gentlemen, that when •I hare stated and proved the cdse which I hare to offer to your Cati - SideratiOn, there con nu Inestion arise as to the verdict yon will deliver; there will appear no-doubt as to the guilt of the pri:.oner,, not only as regards the first, second, third, and fourth counts in the in.. dictment collectively, but as regards them separately and dis tinctly.--'fbere are four charges. .The first uttrilmtes to the prisoner the - compassing and imagining the death of our vereign Lord the King.; the second attributes to hint the Crime of compassing and imagining the deposition of the King; the third, thavof Icrybig War, with the .above-men tioned objects ; and the fourth, that of !crying war her the ' purpose of ind ucing the King to change-the ineature• of Go. vernment and the principles of the Constitution. The first and third counts are fouothql upon a statute of Edward W. which slates the natiire and description of the acts wliich &mount to high treason ; second and fourth counts are treated ate: founded upan The ;nit Of his ;starlit , 7, which, tdtliougli in some respects it differs front that 'el F.tlnatd 111. does not eary open any matelial "point, and way be said to be in sulsstance the Artme. The statute of Ells ward 111. to which I in chap. 5. see. 2. " When a ruin compassrs• and imagines the death of our Sovereign' Lord the. King, or levies war against e King in hi, Were one of the Cotinsel for the prisoner said. "•provef 04-1 I read the section front the English .tratisiction.— It is trot my intention to deny th e u*a. of any phrase Where its neloption coo serve a prisoner. If tbe proof does not exist, there can hr no dispute tis to the conduct to he: adopted.. 1 say, if it is proved that the person chorged commits overt acts prevealily with the object of effecting the death of th-e Kiog, there c.in he no dispute as to the criminality. 'Compassing does not mean, in its ordinary application, effecting an ob . ject. It means th e i u t en tion to effect, and shot by overt acts and endeavouring to carry the means resorted to into execu tion ; that reeving war is an iivt;rt •,.ct to 'compass the dent esf the King,- none'ean 'deny; for whether the person wiin le vies war has in contemplation the actual death of the King or nut, if his' purpose is Si, destroy the Constitution, he is gpilty of compassing and imagining the death of the King. .:'Although he should not mean the actual death of the King, • still the act he commas is treason against the majesty of the King and if his object is to destroy the Constitution, and be suanifestelhat object try overt acts, those ;tete are 'so many evidence; that the death of the Kint is meditated. If men conspire and consult to levy war, their- conspiring and !coo , totting must he by overkacts by which they intend that their plans should be carried into efteet. Upon 'the first count, thatad compassing and imagining the death : of the King, the indictment states a great variety of overt acts, the proof cif one of which would, ateomoanierl at it is by circum• stances which point out the object in the most uneqoivocal tininner, be-itiflieient to i.stabliell tile --guilt of the prisoner. Standin alone, and wholly destitute t t ;soy support from whet cireitinitaiievs, it would be d'iticult to show the oilject whieyany p4rtaeolari a c t performed, but here is a tr...ts Of eretiti which were intimately hleittled with the acts of ,splash the prisoner stored accts edt a cuiiit ant series of °pc retioos alsd contrivances combined together in such a mariner, *its so-present the possibility. of mistaking the end, and aScribs AN; to them any other than the death of the King, t will state here the overt acts that are 'collected - from the testimony - I Khali by And bye call. They are these :—Causult•ing to de pae the 'king -_conspiring to att-ieli the Batik and the - Tower-fen:l4:ring to 'sedate the soldiers and others front their allegiance—Providing pike-heads for hostile purpose;— ' Conspiring to burn•the'llarracks, 'with the View of preveat ing the military- front resisting the nefarious efforts of trai tors=Hiringls louse fur the purpose of' preparing,:the . com bustibles by which the-Barracks were to have been burnt-- And oonSpiring to procure Meetings at Spa-fields. I will Errs take the opportunity of tualiiog a few . commeute upon 'this last accusation. I con iider th e plan that' procured the -Iteetings, of which hare spoken, and which have made so deep an imprssion upen the minds of the people, as descry.. • ing the-character of overt acts of treason ,upon this grotind. Those who . coospired to procure them; did so from an object Very eliffetent from thiet which they professed. Itavas not , their intention to se e k th e consen t o f th ose whom they RS . aembled together for the purpose elf doing what was the right opt' Kitglishosen to do. It was not their object to exercise the "tight of petitionilig Pierliaitiet t t for the redress of gt ievattas, !of applying to that eerottitutiottal music which. formed ,one of leading features in the superiority of the Government of :this country. .Theie.object was to get the passions of the peo ple open their side ; to turn those passlims into the instruments *of their execrable operations, and Upon - the pretext of ,tiunrt~g, to . clologe their dupes into a multitude armed :galosh 'the authority of the King, anti conducted to levy war against !hint.' When- acts are done expressly to answer the purpose f ..attribute to the prisoner, however indifferent they nosy he -'under other ciroomstances, certainly under those 4they are decidedly overt acts of treason; parading the.streets under a intention t attaching gonsmitine•heuses; endeavours. ,ing to persuade the soldiers to open the Tower gates, order that these who used the persnaitous might become masters,' .lire acts which, combin e d together with the great range of, 'operations in evidence against the prisoner, can leave no Itionist of the dreadful change t hetavas-contemplated. The second count, which comprehends the compassing and, 'imagining the •deposition of the ahnost the' echo of the S•rst ; for he teho compasses the deposition, certainly com passes the death of the King. Levying war is'the assembling together a etnititades• for a hostile purpose, to presenter by force at firms any general object in slew. lusurrections to 'pull down pritions or brothels, in tact all acts of this descrip-. Con, which arise fr om, a purpose hostile to the tranquillity of the'Smte, are comprehended render the denomtuation. oflevy fitg w appear that the object of those, one of whom Is non: taking his trial for life or death, was'agaiust the safe ty and the tranquillity of the State I that 'it vesti revoin tint' and the introduction of disorder and coofustien.—' It has been funnel necessary - to try the prisone.r4apprehended - : -upon- this, charge,,separately, iii, order to avoid the difficulty end confusion necessarily attendant upon the practice of cliidiengiifx the Bury- t ,. I;ut it niuSt,aot be fergotten, in the course of the trial, that that prisoner is named.as a conspire ter with others, atttl that his C0.11(1143 ins avepiy affected by that of those with rho., he conspired. Illthough,James- Watson' is alone au his trial, the particulars 'of 'the cooduet rtf Thistk.Wood, Preston, and Hooper,' : tetra stand near N its, toast not be omitted in -the consideration ,of ithe Case.' In the matter of iiutuiry *nose pameolare are not to operate against any other Mao Watson with respect to your verdict;" but their acts ere his,. and- there is nu poseibility of dis , joittiog. them. When . men hate a : plan to pat. into effect, each tunes sipart in the' operation differsust trent that Wien gay theother ; hitt if they - all act hi conjunction lind con- . 'ae;iitatertogether, tei accomplish their plan, the act of one is the ;tad all ; and if you believe that %Voisin! conspired With Thistlew94l -and. the others' .to eatry Into effect that with which the vises:et is charged, it is impossible to separate the OM of the aid front that of the others.' I shalt, few the purpose malting ti-y view as compechensible as possible, put no in Janet.: suppose it to bp inferred front those Oreum stances thata oonspicacy to take the Tower of Lansilots exist intl if one of thuseasho Noe - liked came tut one day, 'and per- Atrind S , IKSC:Ict c.o.itirmat,.ll of such intention, and another d3Y, iind also made his 404 clOrre ,, pplitielit vatr the Merest sicking- Open the Tower, and so 00, tluise r.4 ! ..,ai•iite anti apparently disteisct salts Constderittl us the . aas itf one esaispiring min.:. , . Bees the Letar,.'a ti.aitlea. r , N, .1t.i1,11 detailed his tory the, sire am:stool:es 'eft:Troy/I with the couspleaey, , Alllll.l wort asik . ivireloi itthlutedilt the Vyidence delivered by Si, =overall wit oases-calk/ea - or theairotacatlttn , Cac Astotaivy-t3eneral, is the eantelto!isorpart Obis speech, tl aio. .—For what prihinsewiassail tit inlnsigusie of war, but to put Vitimselres ltr battle-array, atilt to turnisittlierrseleis With re mews and iye4polir. of de.nr,ticlion ? Why' was, the gunantitlN shop attacked, and h'o pavinbrokers t a except • wit to Taetii.); h Nvt•! , e to ens Wei the hail in view? They emceed and pillage : eel Mr. licereeetti'. shoe of ail the arm; tier., could find ; atol .trisint he libeit lied aver> taken from it, which. were traced to their hands, to the iasteet they were :Jeseplityiuge them inepurpu-re and overt nets. of I reasonend 'rethellitin, the ohjeCt. wain clear. That objet . was expressly deel.teed be theaddies:e of Meg iVetetiet, weer, it Would he proved; neat to liitytheiee Very pistols tlbFt t, lw took ft Ifie peeket, and with tehieliehe shot at that youngpein le maw, Alte Platt, thee in the oct of expostulating with thoogle fortunetely, he did nut kill Juno. Whet; thin treile :Action took ,place, eltvielned ii - emitter ;Accomplished this bliiily-teinded purpose, of plusiderieg Iteelo.vit shop, tilt of in urderi such upposed them, than they Prereeeed With those arms, welds' they joile:ed favourable for their designs, toward. the Itneel Eeettenge. .11eing there met by the Lure Meyer and the wen by Magistrate site Mader their Lord- Ships' (Sic deShaeri, whom they HO setiner saw than they re , vision ettemot which was made to secure them. In the interieediate thee' City had cUlleeted an additiaeal nob, AN/eat : like thenteeltes„ :with/4;We; pistols, tind every Wive!' they tout,' possibly lay their heedsuhou,thas trampling von the pewee:me coastil'tiedt attthoiiriti ht state of reeolettio nary riot and open rrhrllinu , for I teal sey so from the deliberate di .i c e, p.o•poie, arid eeeeetiim, which ',vet math feet teem the aye...they coluatiltetl lIUPUgii4UIII4I WO* nffhir. They i.err running some one Way, twee atiothee,'When met by the Lord Mayor, /OA or Sir ...lames Shaw. . Two guns were at that instant discharged At the Lord Mayor t though . heitherelid execution; avid one, of theist petsons st)ctritytag and using these arms, was now charged as a prisoner with Mr. Wattan. The person Alluded try was" Hooper, who bad these very fire-arms in his hands, which would be proved tit haeo been purchased by young Watson just before the pro ceedingeef that teturnittgl and in consequence of those von. sultetions hod between them for the express purpose of ar ranging what was intended to be, and actually was so carried into t•secittion ou the Monday. The gunsmith would be callted,uftvhcon these pistols Wire purchased by young Watson, and line of which would be proved to be the very pistol which was found upon Hooper. Some broke oil' in the direction of the west, °thins proceeded in the 'direction of Surrey, and limit: who were taken :with 'arms in their Lauds, to the Royal Exchange, anti eastward in the direction of the Tower of London. After having concerted their neerisures according to the written plan, which tees foiled tipon the pervert of the • prioieer Watson (with other doeunients which' would be pro• decede, stoat was the meet object ?—to attack the gunstuiths'i skulls. The shop of Mr. Ray, in the vets ;Mint. diately attacked in the same way as that of Mr. Bechteith's 41:lhettgls Ray had. actually then shut up his situp. They went over to the other side of the way a n ti attacked the steeps of Brandon .and of Potti, end took ell the arms that could lie (auto' there, tdgether with a field-piece. When they had thus proceeded to the Mieuties they were nut far oil the Tower. Here a person advanced front the rest of the mob, and Who, I 'where, will be shown to Lave been Thistiewoud. He got upon the railing which surround the ramparts, and raising his. voice, made a treasiMaele address to the soldiers. He represented to them that they .Work to te‘Vilir our bun. tired guineas a-piece, and wit ha sword in hit hand, he invited them to ensue over to the mob. He solicited his Majesty's troops to join in there theissuree fur which, they had armed therueelvee.. Carrany buneen being doubt What their object was in thoyseeking to settee,: the solcheit from their ditty to join them with their amts? If this Was not to ,- acittre gee to rag inserrectiOn, for what other object?. Why were they 'armed at first, and why did they.resurt to plunder for.artos ? Why attempt to seduce the oddiery from their allegiance, bat to obtain all the reletoreenient that could be prounred Wby the mounti ng up i nto a weegon, furnished with mime. - nititne? :Why 'limit tutienimatory speeches to excite the pas 'sloes- of the limb, except for the purpose of bringing over - otheri to joie them, fur the purposes of open and avowed Tebellion and Heaton? The question is , whether this was a conspiracy to orerturn. the _legitimate tiovernment of the C'eietty,er with inteat ion to petition tor redress of erieeanee I, 'or Perltententar Reform I Noe:, Ido 'say this --1 don't care. how tar they go towards this object. of contemplaeion, pro-. wided they go ;;.• far only ite to sliew..whet their object yvaseeie should be glad to hear. Irons the pitsoner of his eeenset what in reality their object was. What was the purpose of all these contuttaftons or apearene acts of treasun ? . What in reality was intended Then I say, from what was dotty . (or what could be ki.oWn but front what was done), that their ehject was resent ! , war•ag nest the sovereigety of the State,. and against the Conetitution, of the Country as by law. tate., blished.. I ,ay, that What tees:dune we; notnieg short of all this, though, as 1 have already Wig you, I should hot phreue the saute course of proof Oct I halt laid dotve su opeenig this presteattion. After :they bad wade the attempt upon . the Tower, and =tires were daring the afterouon of elenday in a very alerreing state, ttanquillity being by the interte. lettee•ot the military and of other *loyal subjects so far re stored, and the moo .disperetele..l say,-alter. thia dispersion, tine evidence traces Widgets (the elder), Thtstlewuud, and flooper, prisoners at the bar, back to the lodgings of the elder Wietsim, in New -street. There it Was found Thistle. wood heti .Watsent clout and peeked tip some both and ap parel;. anti Troia there they were traced-,to etwther ledgipg'in the house of ts porbull mimed Williams, in Shoe - Wit- lielv they left the witteessovhem I shall Celt, awl' also left Pre-sten, and departed fruit Lunden that night. It happened they were diecovelteet, in thadead of the night, iu th, neighbour hood of iiighgate, by one of the petioles there, who bad received tarot - mettle:A of twee robberies .eunintitted in the county of Essex.' lie happened to see two people , sculking• along to the dark, tete with a bundle under lue.arm, when lie advanced, iteal desired theto to stop. The prisoner said he had On objection tin sinew him his bundle, when at th e s ettle time patrote aceideetplly discovered that Mr. Wittson hod a pocket _pistel emteeeledeibunt„ his person. This 44iiCiiiyelry increitSt.d his tinqpiCiollS; he hod' no. doubt . their ilitentious wine nut awl he imutedlarely's t eeed Watson, the pri soner, when the other t ' persons both fired their piatuls et the i petrole; Weisel) wets first secured tilte made considerae ble resistance, by striking the ;itride; Out ill toe settle • the patrele drew his da,zger, end the 'peistmer Was secured,:—, It'heu • searched he was round twitted' with- pistols. • Now, Gentlemen, -Aosta }hen there was nothing aettiteet ,Me. dames Watson ieliateeer, except what transpired et a subsequent time, and whatever they state they Slid. during that tvaneae thin, goes to the rvidetice of one Una all;. not as to anything • done by other persons, wilt not excuse or Resist:these persont in the outrages which they 'leer committed. In going into evidence, I shall begin With this transactiOns of l'eToveluber'. the loth ttOwa to the ed of Deem:het% I shall calla great • wily %%guesses, but only to. the • must intportent tact' ,apperteiniog to the various transactions. tt. witness,. who was pricy tte the conspiracy, is subject to this. •Hu niust be considered to hare been an accomplice. So he was buyout!: all doubt, but the toy admits his testimony; and beyond till: doubt he is a competent witness, if confirmed by .uthert.-- But perhaps, though uneeittirmed;-the luw, in teeny cases, though it doe% ..uot•declitreliet incompeteet e yet it wenid.he too touch to say a reliance should be put upon his testimony in capital east-111ke this, where. the life of n fellowesubjeet is • at, stake.- Out say,- neverthriesS; tout without tin'„ evidence of an accomplice being allowed Lett, as 'cogent e iet ie teet t evidence against the prisoner, you wilt say there is cigent and strung evid:iice againet the prisoner of overt acts of treason upon this itidictmenL But I know I shalt Confirm this witness upon many citeunntances of the foundation for which there is no doubt. The other persons Who were ;lc couttificeo - with him in:What be did would be ooStrongte ewe. roborated by other evidence, t live would hardly be any point in which he 'Would nut be einitirmed by pen sons - Wile were r not accoplieeseand who were-ignorant seittivieit'inOse eitettunii e stances led, until we came iteptire later them, and they confirmed this man in all that was necessary to case. doubt will tiow be removed, by' which . Tahiti lave Made out a case from these transaction* in support of the indictmente ;mutely, conspiring end irtiaginitig .the death of doe intending to depose 0;6 Kb*, and also let ying war fur the -• purpote of deposime his Mejesty. • Geaflerttens I out sorry for bating take:rt . . tio" . so much of your time, and perhaps I smy have given .you it groat ami t y. aontueed-dates and titles; for which I hope 1 shall he -cleated. 'IIOI4AS STORER examined by the Soticrroa . GENERAL. Deposed that he was.a Printer.. 'Witness lived in Fetter lane ; knew the prisoner at the bar ; saw !Ina on the fith.of tart November, when. he- tailed On witness,- w'auted ness to print a paper, which was a Petition or Memorial to he presented to the Prince Regent, copisi:i'u'f which Were itt• tended-to he slistrihnted at the Meeting all to Ouce.. Witness sant there Would not be time. He (the prisoner) rend part of it; it recommended a general illviiron of 'the. land, which it propp Fd tv let or ii parochl3l partiteriliiy B , fur the broAt of the people ; the waste lailds, mines, Mol /parri e s,. by this were to 'be appropriated,tii,eover t h e ekpences of the thi.,ein.oitot; the ret,t.it of di:fee - eat To rislivs,wits to be, divided , to: ing thit '11441- retulletted Ito more of ihr contents of the pap. r. Mr. WittsOn said a meeting' ;,vas to take phice - ris:xt dile, -'at the' Carlisle, iu ; he added, tliete would 1;!: it bill wanted to Public aletting,''which-he'svotild lithg to witness 'to lit' printed, tie did not print the Memorial. Hu next saw Mr. Watson on the Siinday following, the 10th of Nov:l6l)er, ,when he elilled I bringing tlist,niatinseript copy of Et 101 l t o toe printed. The printing of it WWI ttgrrrd .for : by lteliered,2o9o sus tll , hod 400.targe'imes aerie seder ed. • %Titu es s computed if, a:A ?ranted off ma 4U the 4via. ~.,,, II ! 1 ; ' I' e ILO 111 " '!‘"r fi g O i . ''' , r, 0 , 41 1,.. :1:,....,,,, it, the pr*,,,•,r,,-;• i-,' tl; ere ! ,7,-,:. o: '.:t..i 1 : , :ig been Pr"L"'ic''' "r"' " . 14 , 10e ur i.ailr-r (° day, Th.- fickoner much eipvrtned of it, ....:.1 ;,..:,-.1 i. In. 1 .-1 41 !,‘" ""' P r `P u .,‘.77,f,,,.. Y i. h 4i t . ttoil io n il ' ~ ,,h ";"' could lei him hare some of tio,,,s : 1;0, 4 s u r,,! ; .„-, ;, r c „,,!,; coaseuzierict or :Ds' .....--- _ hii . ) .o,,,,urasso-- ° rib's 4. 'I" 1 . 10 .. hill "lie lirniiii:ed to let him have :ortie on the rrtted P•Ayloctit 4-freil j tu' an ; wan t o r el I I: "" i ".c 410 " 4 10r. ne lir;?bller brutight a ;CA. no!t• h.. - he "rYer said hc e e .,„ lP4 „; e l, lC y e d Y the paymnt' `"'"' ts ,. t4lie JectiTeisit out of it, to indemnify hi., tor expetices Garr nu" 7u r, " - " -- I ", e . .e l'ad ri dant' "'" ' ilie..Thal till-700 ;tiler shonld ue ennipleted. Ile•tu.;'.. oat `l.6rt*b3nd writer; -- 4,, c fore be i' muld °tr. tat tbeltil• note, Ist least' his wife slid. On the for Goietwuru't :tilt) ' ; un tn - ;Ail. t I K 4 Aimidae onirnitirthe prisoner Came int:tiln On the preccd- than the mere . reoritzier.: l l in pr mumm y ing lV;clitestiay and the Suntlav-he had come ;biotic, ti0t...1 4 n 81'17"I'Y' alert he "; : re ll Ir tioti for 'P lutl ' the Monday be wira ocCUMP.lllicil 1 4 14) 1 son anal another por. 'nu he 0,, "'"" ',!".) 7 1 ''' •"- kg 4 0 1 the reiouor salt, Ile Cotner iiii Alinithiy lot the printed bills, butt witness- '-t:line: 01 C. ll-45 ''''"' """"tEi-r- 'meting of ills 1; lieciiricd girinic them :it ;fiat ; the prisouer asked why lie h ' hot ohje c i e ,ll 9 .•, c. : the wit ,ostamte : witness answered, tint* to.t s first be did not see any harm in the hill. but hut otiose . t I " ent wa "" 4 t A ij i.,.„ th c a t i t bIcEtE3" ' ' cc: .t- go tl*-- - ly thouizht it 'lnii:l.l. he ilanvrinis to Imre :anything to oo r 4 o.ro't v " : "C ur ---; ' 7t n ,:: - plit , toll with it•-.r-A 1,1:i w 34 here handill to •the witness, whir:it hr 1 4.4 e "g4"l cu , I t l ',' r' - :„ r e - u .,' ../i,o) In 'lSipv..--tient:ti;s:irt::tlwattilit t an l y u dnce:ii"" 4 l: : ; b 4 i c a , / e,' 1 sl'atrtd to be zie,oly t he smii e •;1 1 hat which it id lit i.toc-d to 1 4s: is eolitlPlcu•" : '`''"::',, l ...i lint el " 1 ilictl 4 • l '4 44f Nimint . l4.l ;nets. niriners, Artiratut and illt'ln "r lle ii l ii ►"`",- ' - e-Titr, 4 " 41- • ; "It" . r , .. -in Si , 4-Calils, on t!ie 15th ot Noviolice.l —On liiit " 1451 1,1 c"oer00 1 " t ` tc . ; • 4 , 33 alba di'd:it!Pit lii print tine bill, the copy was ?alien from liini, :Ind e ne rfcgt "S et " serve thei L t . vi' il r . s et ' r di n l t' Y.''Ll'i4 %V.itsvri s aid h e , I nj u ld go '; ‘ , A',,,4, 11 1, am (:jars-rued, lon Ins view e. the Inin,;,nr . 4 , .t ~:',,,, the Sewspaper t‘ith .Meseta he 11 , 7:; .„, 1!):f Deb tht.: billy pritn'eti there. Cr43,exa'niiiied by Nlr. AVRTit r. 11,11-:t.. .he id of December I he recent,. n . ... rn; Ito . • 1146 been led to keep Ono •..)f the bills.4:t ii. ' ' , 1 ,„ 1 "," . .. '' ' z irecious c 4°113 curt° a; U 4,1 ISO ' , CUM lit 1.1 ii4C.ILI Ain ; lily, to see it the niectim; 4)64 mace. 'fhe 1....:1 which 1:e tue cret Al., its, ilp:in arrit i ff' h:vt:prese-fred would hare been burnt with tbe rest,.but by the t'liz-houo:, wess was . 4. l igd "7' accident be found it in his pocket, and on tne advice of an' i' s i s ootet , and writer, to assist 1 144 old printer had carried it to -the (Mice' of lite: Seeretary"-of ~,,,,. ii , ~,: wi t „ ro l c.:ordi:tglY 3 3 of what State ;he had subsequently laid it before the Gram/ dare - t ine- " A '' -• ' taking 114,14. • 4 Guruel's clerk) in te P' 01; Hicks's Holt, '‘ trairse-rtbed the short-hand •130 elite "‘,. ARra UR SENVE , eratnined by Nir. 1 0PPING. in S;sasfisills tits tloit day, and r,, ~- lik ail , : pet ta,,,t I...,Orltutfi.e.,ttilt, ii,, Wag a printer, residing in Tottenham Court-road; be bad Mr. Beekett, the Under SecfctAil ' resided there for 17 Veers,' and had been applied to to print •ot • hills for calling rt meeting in Spa-fields on orabout the 1 nth of November.; it was about the. 1 Ith, on a,Tilesilar,•h .... he -e. nata l r ot any atenther of the Otirct Pere , d, that an application was made to hits b a Mr% Pres' whom informatiOn hail breii Oren' ton, who said he would introduce sonic Gentl s htcn to wit Mr. WI.TIIEI(.tLL said., tit" ' nevi, who bad a little business fur hirn to do : Mr. Preston in tire case of I-tartly was, this " had then frills or five Gentlemen with him ; "'less had be subjected to disclosure- . known .Mr, Preston for two Years, and tiow reco "nixed him dtr..lnsticis .11iliOT read a mai. to Court, Of the persons Who crone with bias, I'. thought th e trial ; 13 - •If front cb ty mac , r-t' T je COtliti* observed, that it he shoold know unit; he' reenicni-,ted him in tire prisomer as laid dews in the King c•• 111 ::, 11 at the bar, f4e Was One of them that Caine to wittivoi should take place in ere ',,,t 3jAe :).., not the. 1 ith of Novemb e r ; Mr. Preston spOl t e 'to him on or intermediate zlient a ty.verniti the subject of the bills* in the presence of Mr. Watson: tires wiz , information may hare beet said they wanted some hills to calla public meeting ;he be- Witness Cid etititintmli" of 1- I "'•,,,' firmed th e meeting was called fur the Rid of Noventher a tai , i fy did g i eo *rhe traiii er ipt or ) bill handed' to hint he recognized tube one that lie had print. • firekett the follownig irliAni'lg • It'. et! from a manuscript which woe produced to him, but her of his short-hand nuts: as that 5... could not say. which of th e party gave the manuscript : he, ra-aurt ; the former "" e " isl:' however, did not think it was Mr. 'Watson ; of the bil l there li4 nut certakiloo;ive his itotest t% , had heen printed 3,hoo—there might hare been COr more; tints. Witness dues nut ' W I %iv these bills, when printed, were delivered to a great number titers," were the ,softls tlpsoil WI of different persons, who came fur them; lie had hart no di- them down: 't be siteeche 4 `' i " rectiens where to send thcm ;he printed the hills culli the heard with nitentiou ; there w 4l '' ,l tneetion of the oal of December ; was iippliA to a week or 4 Witness was ilk the cttisid ! at , " t 4",, days before-hand by Mr. eqstifi; lie had refttscit to execute as carefully as his lituation v:00 5 " the order unless he were paid- for the former bills; -Mr> one speok bat Stir tAe ,, W at ": 1 1 , ; 1, 0 Castles said, if a bill were made omit its his name he would past twelve; the peiTie ""th - ,.„ 41 I), , itY it t some of the bills, be thouebt, were sent to 1-I,3oper, ill , he was in trout of tiro woe;olt , 7 A , tireystoke-plant; they had not bet!) carried by himself, but mord intervened: wittiest Sibier ro• Iry an apprentice ; the rest were fetched away by individuals ; , it was not there be said he said he Wat•Ki had fetched some--about (..'...i or i ts, sonic two or three : sni w 'NI :t - 1 err-r tint I°l MI ... az', 114 t - , days after tie had recived the order,. be could not recollect believes,: In a bou4e about thre e haring any conversation with Mr. Watson aboitt the mann- there were two orbit Mog st,,t'' ls ;,. script; h e Was never piled for th e l as t hill s lie printloi, hut know them ; ::nuts palter 0 "" 1:r 54 ,44.: was for the first, by different individuals ; Mr. Castles did out g,i op to the- top .of the brought him money for some of them : lie could not r:collrct were soli.: ~biters; saw no ikr4 ( "l d . . - trim whom besides lie had received:Du:al. 1 ;orate bf . s i . A ..titds •prisors I v", ~. Cross- exaritined by Mr. Seileant Con.R . Y. armed as he had already deicrorti:, Did not home what had becoMe of the mann,erivt..; read ' t h e fi ' r at , s,,, i _ti e r,h; as the ttio:o ft over when he received it, and believed, oft I,i, oath, that ' b' ,:l k v . ;;: " l e s l e :d ea h :e ‘ di y t e a ; I w ti t c:: :: : eic: Mr. Wei sell host hate !ward hint do se,—erhe hand-bill c° ' 1 ' ' colour was gree t ' was read, which announced the result of the meeting of Or said one evidel , " "" i L lic , -111:S 7th of November at Ow Carlisle, and' called that of At ISO: 6 re , ii t : v r d' vd t v z ik u a: b i r be ‘,.•77 41 1tti ' 1 1 1:`,. - :,Tr i :, l at Spa-fields.)—» wito'ess'ttioaglit the nirtriuseriPt bad been city frotsi Spa-tin ids, ont nat if W V , i stork golog j r oot ;00 given back, but did not know to whom. j •cf the:tower vhe Mrt toe c• i tu t 0 , ,jls _ , i• • , J O ,lll Cols!) was called in. as his residence bad' not been correctlescilbed, us was re- uot i'cutsuul":" . "'` e b Mr. Wilt Emma. objected to the witness being examined, i • w vL it l e " :l4l s riswil.Bzerdlrlirrit‘wwde bowlivitle.eali4';',l4:ls..,3hli,tati:l4l37/71,':' quired by the Statute of tditeen Anne- Ohjection allowed. ' GP:01438'63%15, a hackney-caachrmon • 1 i ant. ...itim ' i' ni the. tbreg c l ` i• .1 lloNßitousx, keeper of the Pulilie-house crilli;4l the Merlin's 1 1, Cave, proved the meeting of the I:ith of Noveastier, is, S ' 1 , " Eelds. , tro.—Adjouristd at 1:n tit o'Clock. Mr. V. G. DGSVtI3Q czainined - bu the SOLIC/TOR SEMND PAT , = Jotru SrArrorav, the 1 (itENERAL. Was presttit at the Spa-fiekts Meeting on the 15th Nor. • Lord ELLItSI36ItOUGI-1 here took' occesiim to say, he wished it Loins understood that theicOurt CXVectrtt r,D part of t o proceeding's would be Onhlisted pentitog the mat. Should any publication take place, the Court *battik:el it to be necessaly to noimadvert on the some. 41/r. DowLisn's examination bri _44.; rtsantrff, he recounted 'the Olen:in:11 occurrences of 00 15th of Not - ember, and also :of the idol December ' ; he identified the nineerds which had been Polled on that nevation, The Cr:ll4'st] lor the defendant Objeteted tei these being received as evidence, hut the ohjection . • was'filtally ever-rifled by the Court.' The examination pro- - eriedeit, and Mr. DOwling described the flags and banners dis plged by the. crowd, and, th e pa r t t a k en by the Walser's, Hooper, and Preston, nt the enil of ttget , fi elds,ne it Cold Bath sgnart,itt us 0,1 the weggonorhich was there stationerh—i'The ;details ere &reedy, hvfore the tvullie..)--t-He was proceeding to read, from abort-hand notes taken nu the spilt, the speeches of the Wetimis on that occasidn, WltiM Mr. WETl•ll 7 .l+,.ltllitlijecte t he this 'evidence being reeeir ed: tat the treasutiallle speeches ought to 'have .!beest charged !,i s.overt arts if; ilnli;:t1111;11ta it it Were nitetidett to prove them rigitinst the prisoner. Mr. Serjeant COPLAY supported this Objection, *Melt, however. niter much learttrd argument, was cover-ruled br the dodges. ' The ex:ollination 'was resuMed, and Mr. V. 14owling pro 'slaved from' itis short-hand notes the speetites'i4 the two Watkons. Witness saw Watson the younger, immediately upon finish ing his speech, catch one of the toys in his hand and jump cried 'out to the caused to follow hint. They ac cordingly did follow him towards Conpiee-row. Those who ware in the waggon with young Watson jumped clown With liini. The elder Watson omits by the side of the younger on Ihe waggon; witness' did nut particularly distitiguieh coining off with the crowd. tut all 'Cose on the Waggon jampeil ,down,. as fa r as w i tness observed., Watson the younger, and ilooper, had ct , ekades iu their,hats. Witness did not observe the elder Watitini • wear One. Preston was' near the waggon: during; this time. 1-le took one of the lugs'' in his grind.. The crowd went in the direction of Coppice row, about 20 yards from the waggon. After the crowd went in this direction, witness ob.:Teed' %fr. Statfard, 'clerk of the llow-street office. Witness saw Mr. fit all'Ord try to impede the crowd in titeir, progress, trod eotlearimred to seize one of the Bags. The larger flag clanged hands : wit netts did 1140f:serve who - totik. it. Wetion 'the elder did nut run on, with rthe crowd; that is, with - the saute rapidity. Witness saw him stand near a wall whilst the mob were rtil vaocing towards Coppice-row. Wit from what he 'hetird ft - 019'11w mob, - to`se e and ewe ta hint the cries he heat d. • Ile heslt.l perrons ell' : out. "To the Toss-e t --To the Lord Mayor," Wallets observed some of the !noir armed. oile had t, sworl. Witness ohs:et-j -et! In the hogino of anothi)r, part e spo , e4, i; bat he sup posed a pistol.'•He Iselieveti;,initstill believes rt, to have-been 1.; pistol; hot cannot tsai pos:tively. Witness did not follow the mob, but went inti aotherdireetion; :torts went into the city. • Wit'ness did go into the city to see what Was wing on there•-•-tshat the with were tlitibg , thine. The eider' Watson went in the , sante direciion as the rink, oith:others; but b e wear et a slower pace thrin the multitude. IVitnesslirst saw the multitude regain in the Minbries; he m'ent into•the 1•1:- miries by Skinner street. 'lie ' , saw, in pasting, the shop' e Mr.J•leckwitli, the gulistiti:l), Math dauteged, ' , and in gittai illsorder. T he damage had been done at the Inczi , liase:l'ore shop. 'lie mob' I. ad left the'shop : the shap Tri s brnkein open. Vititrit !WA+ the shops of Mestis; Brand., and flay, also demolished: tke mint were pitirced-in toeet her. egainht the window on the out s id e: th e u : n 'dote Isasintoletrat quite nPert. • Ititnessited . aniciag,the'efer- Noggin) ;as witness supposes, one '4lt - ttivise for ; Attest were also pikes. The snob were,at this time artni:d„ Witneis saw many of them armed Kilt) guot, LuThkiel, dirks; and a 391;111 itt : l it'reCe of iirilliery ; the !:it ter was,dritwiv along 'them:M." I W i lrr c.r . oar .L tvevelippart:9l.ly s.aitira,i they ; were ol the root:. fitiatel.,l rite Ilttl Wit wit., tired their pieces in the ail ; not kith any intentien ifilichiectli f ilpftitt v ii he savellie Mob tlispeiseti''by thellorsit-gnerds; fras Acted in about-tell South of lot mobs, ied - nutt dust n't( the ) 11 terval, To Spe•fietts." 1, 1 :pop heating this cry, witbesti svent'hock'to: hull first Sv,v" Ott niuh disprtSerthrth e Guards; th ey -wire rho 1 01 g-in ottiereut sections. :Tha'svititeSl, alt guiqz tnlat, fi•und their , was stills tt thin:aVrOGS ineetilig :it Spa-fields. Witness trot know. 'Whai 'Plirtittilait•tiersoui in the nob' Cried "'f n - 1 ' d''• 4 au was tanntri yco , the try Cil t.e sr veral nersons . • Said he It:tint - 4A' ;he [nett ;It S l io-ftelds set's% non:ft.:al it ; be h;ot been . NOt ember. *4.ott thoo.seid a..: iltlated. and I , neartho Crtapel cet the IMO w: Trott there, ;,•;111, two , (1.14 1146 the fulloo - rig 4. " Ni.tote to iet" , 31;stite to pt • * 4 Truth loom Besides the Slags there u tion• *I he prisoner 'lVattfot close tu the yoting tnun who did not hear tire purport of other. part of the &.14, yeti noise, he turned rattail, arm. the waggon; Ur saw the 40 Coppice-row ; lie followed , att.icLed had. u_strug4 , fro re vatiar tieid the tri . .w3 , part of the fr,gruenti. • (pro( brick, theOfteer, cmie•to the 'nob wat ‘irivrt) for" .4 ' bl•getting-on ~:;e si , `.e. c. He- underwent s lone which was, flint the ureete tonk fihtee; th:it ail the P,.' 'noire to -rittrOti. One olthe Joey a 404 bias , the forme( inertias? . they %vete not so turbulent, itupuiin of the rucroicill. JOHN LIMBRI S;iici. that on th.- 41.1 at the Co hrni'e lfra4. atN in u vailAn's airs , , holding tuatt.) ~110,0p,r tba. wiser the ultila get :lilt!) COI etling• for help, anti 11;,11Jitil rail to bit attispiive, and , V , tore final the fame.--(f-1' trxt- •"The brave SuWiers are 0. lie sate in front of .tie stra.,:glr fdr the tiag, Hwy , 7 . i;pds-exnioiodiidti could not tivar the sior"i"g" rob A'. Gotib,Futtp; a CO Andret l Was t►reserat at the Pit Ofti Lc - mum, and Prest,,t9 I hr t4ikutsitt Coppier-ruw, wit tivas. • JOHN Liu-dm:4s. exit/nit?' hr Wits in Spa-11044 c3n, t pit nctn Nit• PrcAli4l ict it. Mosrs est:mind I wa,f,a . (~ • •- --...!..4,fit5,c,r0a,0n , ,so a VtrlUil di trYlVci .1, i rr proatteed; witich 't‘as %i, hat Witt.) ‘ Mr. StaLt;:e. was cal:eß ag* 1 ... O RA VEi ..vo ua.trii 10 _aiceti ill nrcemiter la .t at a u „i t. t (%-p.Lefr..,.e to Sal,' t..fi a:7i.titt.o.aob ra.perstmerassit . , 4.1,,,,: ~erestort, awl ....sl.r 0.1,' „,,14r)., r Ur toAct tar to take itt the tiliir,:, ‘''' 1)0 "tmiti he a-end l '- 'I I ollY "41' .00 ; . tu wars, or Jcl %AO tilt Mall. f,Tro t tint I:11- II ,Ise -Cr.-a:N:4I4! by Air., tvoli. 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