The National Register.
London, England, 1820-04-24 00:00:00

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MONDAY, APRIL 24, IS2O.

finished. It is cxpectcd that all persona, therefore, will attend
to this admonition.'
Mr. Shelton then read the indictment.

Mr. Bolland, as junior Counsel for the Crown, having shortly
opened the indictment, the Attorney General, at ha'S past one,
proceeded to address the Jury.
The Learned Gentleman commenced his speech by adverting
to the painful, but important, duty which the Jury had to per-
form; and by calling upon them in the most solemn manner to
discharge from their minds any impressions which they had
revived, from any thing which they had heard, read, or under-
stood, before they came into that Court. Their judgment wus to
be founded upon the facts which would be adduced in evidence,
and lie had no doubt it would be coolly and dispassionately
formed.

Further than this we are at present precluded from giving to
our readers, in consequence of the intcrdictiva of the Cow t. I
The Court adjourned, after hearing evidence, at half past seven.

TUESDAY. APIIIL IN.

The Court met this morning at nine o'clock • and the names
of the Jury having been called over. Thistiewood, accompa-
nied by the other prisoners, was put to the bar. Shortly oetore
the proceedings commenced, Tlustlewood, in a very mild tune,
requested the Court to indulge him with a chair. The Lord
Chief-Justice ordered a few chairs to be brought. that the pri-
soners might in turns, as they were tired. The same cool
a..d collected manner which marked 'fltistlewood's conduct yes-
terday was also observable to-day. The other prisoners con.
ducted themselves with &calmness bordering, one would imagine,
on an utter unconsciousness of their awful situation. The prin.

cipal witnesses examined to-day were—Hall, an apprentice Co the
prisoner Brunt ; Iliden, who was connected with the party ; the
Earl of Harrowby ; John Monument. one of the gang seized
in Cato-street, admitted as King's evidence; his brother.
Thomas Monument; Thomas Dwyer, who gave information of
the plot to Lord Sidmouth, a little after one o'clock on the day
on which it is alleged that it was to have been carried into exe-
cution ; George Kaylock, Richard Monday, and Elizabeth West-
all—the three last inhabitants of Cato Street ; and Ruthven, the
police officer.
Mr. Ruthven was cross-examined as to his sarveWarsce of This-
tlewood since Watson's trial. James Ellis, William Westcott,
Hugh Nixon, John Wright, William Charles Brooks, Giles
May, and Hubert Chapman, police officers, as to the events of
the 23d in February, in Cato Street, Capt. Fitaclarence gave
evidence of his pan of the proceedings. Samuel 'Taunton stated
ids discoveries in the lodgings of Brunt and Todd on the 24th.—
Daniel Bishop gave evidence of the apprebension of Thistlawood•
Lavender and Ituthven produced all the anicles taken in Cato
street, on the persons of the prisoners, or in their lodtinGs.—
Sergeant Harrison, of the Royal Arti/lery, opened and explained
the contents of a grenade, and a fire-ball.
The Attorney General said that was the ease fer the prosecution.
Mr. Curwood then rose, and, in an able speech, advocated
the cause of the prisoner; against whom, he contended, neither
the charge of imagining the death of the King. or of conspiring
to levy star, or of having actually levied war, had been proved.
The following witnesses were then called on the part of the
prisonersary :
MBarker. the daughter of the prisoner Tidd Edward
Ilucklestone, an acquaintance of the informer Dwyer, to whose
character he spoke ; Jo eph Doane, the Court reporter ; Andrew
Chell, printer; anti John Whitaker.
Thecase for the prisoner being closed
Mr. Adolphus said, that, considering the solemn duty he had to
perform, he felt it necessary_ to make a request to the Court.
which lie was confident would be complied with, if' unisistently
with the convenience of their proceeding's it were possible. lie
requested that their Lordships would now adjourn the Court. in
order to give him an opportunity of considering the multifarious
points connected with this important case.
Chief-Baron Richards—You wish, I suppose, to postpone your
addres. to the Jury until to-morrow
Mr. Adolphus—Yes. my Lord. There is almost a total want
of preparation on my part, in consequence of the shortness of nine
since I was retained. I therefore labour under considerable
difficulty.
Lonl Chief-Justice Abbott—lt must be the anxious wish of
the Court that every indulgence should be granted to the unfor-
tunate man at the bar; and, if we even go on now, it is very
doubtful whether we cm conclude the whole of tile business.—
My wish, however, isto study the convenience of the gentlemen
of the Jury as much as possible. At the same time, I do nut
think that we ought to proceed hastily with a case which con-
cerns the life of an individual.

A Juror—Aly Lord. uur convenience is not to be considcrd
at all.

Lord Chief-Justice Abbott.—That expre,sion is exactly what
I i.xpeeted front you. We are not, however, ware to that hour
when, under other circumstances, we oagin to stop. I think,
however, that the administration of justice will better con-
sulted by allowing Mr. Adolphus time till to. morrow.
A Juror—My Lord, as some doubt has been thrown on the
evidence of the witness I)wyer, I and my btutlier Jurors would
be better satisfied if Col..latnes, or stow person from the Secre-
tary of Staie's Office, were called to corroborate the truth of the
statement which the witness has made, relative to his communi-
cating the designs of the parties.
Lord Chief- iostice Abbott-1f this trial be adjounted, tt,e At-
torney-G‘netal will have an uoportunity of consitlerm,: mat
Point ; but I am not sure whether such a course ca❑
AI,. Gurney—Certainly it cannot. '1111.: case for the pro•een.
tion it closed, and it renniii.s for the other side to contradict the
testimony of Dwyer.
The .1 tity man reiterated his suggestion.
Lord Cluef-Justice Abbott—Perhaps it would he better for the
present to forbear sat ing any thing more on that subject. An
opportunity will be attbrded to all the parties., at SI Bowe titre,
to make their observations to it.

The Court then adjoin nut. Ist a quarter pant Lix o'clexh, until
nine o'clock on Wcilne.Alay morning,

Iyr:l)st:stoat'. :,cot I").
The Court opened again this morning at nine o'clock. Sir
Walter Scott took his seat un the bench a few minute, before the
arrival of the Judgcs, mod appeared to attend with iiittrimii In
terest to all that was passing. After the names of the Jury had
been cacti u\ ,r, htatlewtKrl, wht, looked more pale and haggard
than on citiicr tw the preceding days, requestAl that Ills I cottaltip
would allow lino the indulgence oh a chair. which had Leen
granted liiin on a tinnier day. Their Lordship. immediately
accedoil to his took st.
The Attointy-t.tocral then rose and •aid, that in conseqiicncc
of a sugl,•estloll which had fallen last ni fht from one of the
of the jury, a pawn, who had been alludeti to, and whore