The National Register.
London, England, 1820-03-05 00:00:00

CO.II.III7'TAL OF THE CATO STREET GANG.

Friday turnout:4 at hall past ten o'clock. in coo-
s:locum- or au order from the Secretary of State. lie
pit a ipal officers of Bil,v-aureel. a.s Cell by suite if she
pa ride, went to the House of C •rreet.fili, COltinatn-
n.A.6, for the purpose or conthiciniz the Conspirators
contitted there, before the Pim y Council for eXJllll-
nation.
A body of Lie Guards, imiliir the command of a
i•aptaitt, were iu readiness at the gate of the prison,
when the officers arrived there, and four coaches being
priivided, the prisoners w. re b gilt out, hand-
cuffed together in toe hollowing order
Thistlewood Nloirumeitt—Brailloirii, Gilchrist,
and 1 lugs —Brent, Cooper, add Sao w —Day tilsois , I%dd,
and ',Vii soli.—line two first were placed in a coach
secturipanied only by Lavender and Adkins use Gover-
nor of toe Ilona,: of Correction ; Ins others were placed
in tor,:e emetics, three in eaCit coach, guarded by
B shop, Rutfiven, and Salmon, assisted by
the patrol, tile whole protected by the Lite
Gtiords, who surrounded etch coact) in considerable
numbers, four of than Iviailitig the way.
A great crowd of persona :assembled at the gate of the
prism', aid as tile etvoleade proceeded to the
Treasury, increased in numbers. Ott its arrival there,
the moo was so great as to Mock tip the eutraisee, and
it was wan mileti Ilillictilly that tile ti.lieerS, %Vito hod,
been dispatcited there 1.1001 Bow-street, to keep order,
could clear the way for the prisoiters to enter.
Tue route of site cat aicatle was down Gra:,'s Inn- •
lane, through Holborn, Little and Great titicen-stleett,
llow-streti, through Covent-Gortien and
St. Martin's-lane, and down past Coaring-Cross to
P rhament-street. The anxiety of the crown to ertzli
..Mouse of the prisoners %vas very great. a:id a great
litany well dressed persons of birth sexes were unnerved
running with all mete after tile euaelLs, endea-
vouriiig to gr. lily their curiositv.
Simmons, Hill, llorrison, Pirth, and Presioa were,
meanwhile, loam:lda up from Tiontll-fields prison,
wider a sidsilar and arrived a few 1111:1.111.• before
those from ilie H Anti of Coire.coott. Atlailb, the
private of tiie Oxiind Biuys, was not liroagin up.
The whore ;if :tic pris.).icia, on their arrival, were
placed in what is coiled else Nlagistrate's It within
Mr. Day's Office, where they remained fur mole titan
twat hours before any of theta were exinninz,l.
Privy Council were meanwhile in deliberation 'you the
subject of the Conspiracy, and the depositions and other
documents were arranged iu proper order. Several wit.
looses were aisu raruuued. We observed the following
Members of the Council present, viz :—'l'he Doke of
‘N'elli• Aims, the Lord Chancellor, Mitiquis Camden,
Earl Westmorland, Earl Powis, E rl of Liverpool, Earl
11 rtowiiy, Earl .\lll:groVe, Earl Bathurst, Viscounts
Palmerston, and Castlereagh, !tight Hon. G.
Ca ititaig, Ilie Attorney and Salmi tttt General. lire. &c.
At lenath an order was brought dowti fur the pri-
soners to he taken before use :mused in she following
ro.ati tttt I , ,2, logs; 3, Brunt; 4, l'idd ;
5, Wilson ; ti, Dr%ldguil; 7, 'Harmon ; 8, liratlburn ;
1,1, Cooper; 10, thleorist; 11, Shaw ; 12, ;Noilutuctit ;
13, Hall; 14, Firtii; 15, S ttttttt olis.—Presms war nut
examined at all. _

..... _
Alontissent and Simmons were each upwards of an
hour under examination. Tilistlewood and tie others
were each not more than five minutes before tile Coun-
cil. Every prisoner was examined separately, and
wiwn the whole was concluded they rennin-a to the
Nlaistrales-rootn, and were chained together in the
siti.e order as before. Toe C‘tuticti contittued in deli.
Iteration Wall about four o'clock, when a messeutter
came down and directed that eitz,lit of the prisoner.,
Thistlewood, Alotiumetit, Damson', logs,
Brant, I)aviiison, Told. an I %Vuitton, should be sepa-
rat, it front the rot' and chained together, it b ing the
noctitimi oi tuc Council to send Weill w L 111,! TlrWt.f.
This was immediately done, and .I.ll.idnuro,
Cuoper,Stiaw,S.llllllollS, Firth, ILI!, and Presion, were
f utilivitti placid art another room, and final)? coot eyed,
rat to the noose of Correction, and the *eat:tinder to
ot;till fields Prison, tinder a military escort.
At half past four Lavender, Taunton, litsnop, Ruin.
veil, and SJltainti were ordered to take cliarle ua Tliktie-
wood and the other seven selected for ..... itnient to
the Tower, anti soon afterwards a warrant, directed to
the Lit.uten.lit of tile 'lower, and signed by ail tiie
Members of the Privy Council, was rut into the lir lids
ul the officers, and the prisoners hein.t placed to three
coaches, 'outmoded by tO of the Lite Guards and a
party of patruile, tile cavalcade proceeded titer West-
initister and Loudon lindaes, down Great E.llSielleal),
and a" Ott to the Tower. On their arrival at the Gates
tory were received by Major Herrington, tile Deputy
Lieutenant,..nd the prisoners were conducted- into the
Muller of the tortress, attended by tile officers about
named and several Yeoman lit the Guard.

_Each prisoner W3ll placed in a separate room, and
and two Yeoman of the Girard stationed at the door,
weer: they are constailly to rentaiii,until funkier orders
shall he recoved- The warrant for their cmaiiiiituient
charged the Lieutenant of the Tower to keep the pri-
soners safely in cusiu.iy for trial, for the crimes of High
Treason, Murder, and Conspiracy to Murder. They
will therefore, of course, remain titer: until the day tip
pointed for their teal, which is udderstotkl wilt be as
early a• possible.
eight men sent to ihe'rower conducted themselves
with sin:yufir effrontery, huh during their examination
before lilt Privy Council and on their p ',sage to the
Fusser. log., in particular, while at the Treasury,
es incur] a degree of hardened auslaeity that excised a
-hong feeling of iiisausi and abhorrence in the si:Veia.
tors. He apf-eared eager to enter into Colo ersation with
several persons, and was heard to • le mole thin Uliee
" that if lie had fifty necks he would hate them iw Wed
sooner than see hi, children starve.- Lie oie,eit ed to
Mr. Adkins, the Ginernor of the !Lowe of Correctimf,
that if all men to the office were Itl.e luth, they (the

colispirators) would not have been there at all. This•
tlewisod seemed perfectly cool and unconcerned, but
said minting.
Preston was observed to be very uneasy on account
of not being examined. He observed that he was
the only man able to cope with the ))))) cil. lie was
most anxious, he said, to know his fate, and if it was
the will of the Almighty that he should perish in the
cause of freedom, lie was perfectly ready to do so. It
would be a triumph to hitu in fact, to die iu the

While the prisoners were waiting in the Magistrate's
room at Whitehall, a great number of resit-cum!.
pt r.ints were admitted to look at them.
'filistlewood and Brunt were chained together in the
first coach on the jouritev to the tower, and accont-
it.inted by Mr. RA; the Messenger, and Lavco-
der and Bishop, the officers. Mr. Ruff %V• 113 the bearer
of the warrant.

::,teatrei•

I)IZUttY I.XNE.

On Thursday night a new drama in five acts,
Called The Hebrew, %yip, produced at this 'flu:atm.
It is founded upon a principal incident in the last
new Novel, called Ivanhoe anti closely resembles
the pieces which have ticen broogia out, with less
merit as to scenery, and acting at sonic of the minor
Theatres.

The principal character, that of the Ilebretv,
was sustained by Mr. Kean. The drainatizer of
the novel takes several liberties with this character,
for the purpose of adapting it to the well known
peculiarities o. the great actor, but the effort Ivo
not quite successful. la some scenes, however,
there was now and then a glimpse of the powers of
Kean, who entered upon the character with as
much energy as if every line had undergone his
own revision. Mrs. West played the Jew's• Daugh-
ter, and was much apidauded. The other per-
formers did their utmost.

The piece improves as it advances to a close, and
will, we trust, prove profitable to the manager ; hut
it struck•, us, that the beautiful scenery, which
called faith most of the applause that was given,
might have been bestowed upon some more worthy
production. A number of persons are to be seems
frequently upon the stage without having any
business there, and of course when they leave it
they cannot help doing so in the shabbiest manner
possible. There are two or three songs by Miss
Carew and others in the commencement.

The pwce was given out for repetition amidst
general applause.
COVENT-GARDEN.

Thursday night a new musical drains, called
Iminhoe ; or, The Knight Templar was performed
the first time at this Theatre, f►►unded on the
Novel of that name. The author of the latter has
left the dramatist little to do, as it full of interest,
and the plot is so regularly developed, that by
closely following the original, there could have
been no doubt of success The character of the
Jew is drawn with a masterly hand and was very
ably performed by Mr. W. Farrell, who received
very flattering and deserved applause. NE C.
Kemble, as Ivanhoe, and Mr. Nlacready, as the
Knight Templar, were both a powerful support to
the piece; ►he exertions of these two gentlemen
mainly contributed to the great success of the ploy,
and we should do less than justix if we did nut
pronounce their performance of the two characters
allotted to thou peculiarly happy specimens of the
histrionic art. Liston was irresitably comical in
Iramba, the Jester. Miss Stevens imparted a con-
siderable degree of interest to the character of
Rowena, and sang with great sweetness, feeling and
eflect. The drama, throughout,.was exceedingly
well performed ; anti the music, chiefly .elected
from the works of Storace, could nut tail to please.
—The scenery is uncommonly beautiful and
picturesque, and the whole was brought to a very
effective climax by the destruction of the Castle of
Sir Reginald. The Piece, which was most favour-
ably received,. promises to be very productive to
this Theatre..