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BOROUGH OF BARNSTAPLE.

The Earl of Livearoot. presented a Petition
from the Mayor and Corporation of the Borntsgi
of Barnstaple, praying that the Bill to suspend the
Issuing of the writ for the election of Members for
Barnstaple, Penryn, Grampound, sod Cimelforil,
sn•glit tiot be passed into a law, and that they
might be heard by their Counsel at the bar against
the Bill.
Lord CARNARVON said, the petitioners requested
to be heard by Counsel against the Bill, nut only
with respect to themselves hut to the other bo.
roughs. Their Lordships must see at the present
snomeist the inconvenience of hearing Counsel,
which would consume the remainder of the Sea.
8,91). Their Lordships had an important duty to
perform; the four boroughs in question returned
eight Members to Parliament ; those boroughs were
ruarged with acts of corruption, and their Lord-
ships would certainly not gyve them the opportu-
nity, at the approaching election, of repeating
those sets. They would respect the vital princi-
pb• of the constitution which the question involved.
.Lord LAUDERDALZ said, that two days since a
Petition had been presented to their Lordships by
an individual, praying' that Counsel might be heard
sit the bar against the present Bill; on that Petition
their Lordships made an order. What objection,
he would ark, emild thereise togsnunny, the same
privilege to the Corporation of Barii,tin:le, whose
*esti were so stitch affected The objection that
was nrged was, perfectly new to hint. lie had sat
im tbAt liollse for a number of years. sad never
belied the objection .urged before.
• Lwed OROSVENoessid that the case was different
bere from a Bill to disfranchise the borongls; hero
it ass Doh to • suspend the right for a tome. Tato
hearseg of • Counsel Mow would only tongues, their'
Lordship" ,time without promoting the 'ends of
.Inatice. Hi brooder • theirtLerglokipo turetiollact
that this' wee waif- earegies attach iavetved the iik-
-tirtrats-af theitettutey.
The 1.0111) CMANCIILLOS said, that the 13111

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LON DON.
MDAY, FEBRVARY 25, 1820.

THE
TREASONABLE CONSPIRACY.
ARREST OF THISTLE WOOD.

It is a ►emarkable circumstance that the
nation of the Duke De BERRY should have been
followed 'So soon by an attempt to perpetrate a
crime of the same class, but upon a broader scale,
in England. The one probably incited a kindred
sod depraved spirit, already p►epared for any act of
desperation, to the other. To the hastily collected
details which we gave yesterday, we have now to
odd a snore psrticular account of the operations on
the scene of action, the arrest of THISTLEWOOD,
and other circumstances connected with this bu•i.
nese, which yesterday threw the town into a state
of extreme anxiety and alarm.
The communication of this affair was only made,
we understand, on Weditesrlsy morning to the Se-
cretin), of State's Office for the Home Department
by the Earl of Ha►rowby, the Lord President or the
Council, who, it is said, was stopped by a man
when he WJI riding on horseback in St. James's-
park, who delivered to him a letter, the contents
of which were to inform the Noble Earl that a
gong of asssa•ins were funned, who were to slaw.
shone his Lordship and the rest of the Cabinet
Ministers when assembled at his house on the even-
ing of that day, at the Cabinet dinner which the
Noble Earl was to give. The Earl of Harrowby,
although he "did not . know the man, stopped to
Num to his representations in a.ltliiioss to the con-
tents of the letter, and afterwards consulted his
brother Miuiaters.upon the subject, and thesresult
of:thrir..determination io the first !Agee was to
protpette the Cabinet dinner, the residence of the
itahle-Earl 'ben well calcalaect far mope. GAM.
nuor.equare, in which ills situate, Wilt skit a

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wide open space, pith so many streets lesdiug oat
of it.

The most predeot preemption. were 'token at the
office of the Secretary of State for the Home De-
pliftlitellt, bah 'a to The slam of The sevoorocto •
be adopted, as efril as an excellently well regu-
lated plan for the discovery and apprehension of
the parties. The first intimatiou received at the
office was put .eves o'clock, wheh it gime made
known that a teetain timber of officer., constables,
and patroles would be wanted. Elba. who is a con-
ductor of • party of the patrol, was ordered to
leave his division, and to repair to the office
with the party of patrol under his direction. They
with others, to the Dumber of twelve, includ-
ing the unfortunate murdered Smithers, who wee
taken off the office duty by Ruthven the officer,
who was intrusted with the warrant, had no other
weapon except his truncheon staff. The expe-
dition upon which they were intrusted war kept •
secret until they started, which was between eight
and nine o'clock. The place of rendezvous of the
assassins was in Caton-street, John-street, Edge.
ware-road, where the neighbours had become alarm-
' ed by a oumber of strange men assembling in
stable, and a loft over it, after dark, and sacks being
hung up on the inside of the windows to conceal what
was doing within. Lr the course of the day inquiries
had beets made, and the result was, that some des-
perste ma or acts were expected to take place.
The Ministers' male servants were armed with
pistols, and two officers, or constables, appointed
to each residence. The Earl of Harrow by sod
Viscount Castlereagh dined with the Earl of Liver-
pool, and at nine o'clock they went to the Secretary
of State's Office for the Home Department, at
which time all the Cabinet Ministers assembled, to
he in readiness to give directions in cue of any des-
perate attempt.

Mr. Birnie, the Magistrate, was directed by
Viscount Sidmouth to be in Caton-street to direct
the officers, and to be iu readiness to act in case of
emergency.

A linty of the Guards, under the commend of
Captriu Fitaclarence, was directed to march to
Caton-street, to be its readiness to assist the Police,
if oecessary ; but, unfoituoutely, they were not
clearly directed, as they were at the opposite end of
the street when the assassins commenced their mur-
derous attack upon the officers, and it was only by
the discharge of pistols that they found out where
the building was, and they then hastened there with
all possible speed. In the Brit onset Captain Fits-
clarence would have been shot dead on the spot, as
one of the blood-thirsty villains presented a pistol
at him, but the oetkent on duty with him at the
instant struck the fellow's arm, whose name is
Richard Tidtl, which caused the contents of the

pistol to lodge in the serjeant's cap.
The officers proceeded to the .tables as they were
directed, belonging to Mr. Firth, • cow-keeper,
which they found to be regulated similar to a mili-
tary depot or barracks, two sentinels being at ►he
door of the 'tilde, armed with fusils and swords,
who misted their admittance without the pass-word,
but the officers soon overpowered and secured
them ; however, they gave an alarm, and the offi-
cers heard by the noise in the loft that there were •
number up stairs (and there is every retool' to be-
lieve there were 45), they therefore made their way
to the loft with all due speed, proceeding up an
upright balder, such as is generally used for a
communication between stables and lofts. Ruth-
ven, the officer, wended first, he was followed
by Ellis, who entered the loft the second, and the

unfortunate Smithers the third. The villains were
armed with blunderbusses, muskets, pistols, Neils

pikes, swords, sabres, &c. dressed with belts, and
appeared in every respect ready to march upon
their murderous attack upon the Cabinet Mi-
nisters. ltutliven, the officer, informed them that
he and his companions were officers, that they
had a warrant to apprehend them, and desired them
to disarm and sorretider, which they refused to do.
—Stilithers, who hail entered the loft third, coura-
geously stepped forward, mod made himself second,
and by this act lost his life: es then Arthur Thistle-
wood stood forward tra-Caproin of the prig, and
thrust a sabre at him, which entered a short distance
below his right breast, and the thrust was given
with so much violence that the incision which it
made was of about three inches long. Smithers
exclaimed. " Oh Gad !" staggered and fell, and as
he war in theact of falling Ellis, seeing his brother
officer butchered, discharged a pistol at Thistle-
wood, the contents of which missed him, and lodged
in the wall. The villainous gang then knocktd
out the lights, when it is to be regretted most of the
villains moped out of the window, but not by a
rope-ladder as reported yesterday. The gang then
attacked tne officers most furiously, and their
numbers' far 'exceeding what was expected, being
two to one against the officers, there is every
reason to believe they would have massacred all
the police officers, bad it not been for the timely sr-
rival of the military to their assistance. Ellis re-
ceived a slight wound antler his right knee. Wil-
liam Westeute was shot at by Arthur Thistiewood,
and afterwards three other shots were fired al him,
from all of which ha had a most narrow escape of
his life ; three of tire shots passed through the
crown of his hat, and the foutth through the•thick
pert of his right thumb.
Charles Brooks was shot at three times; bat or.l

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me of them hit him, which pissed Arose' hie
clothes on his shoulder.

John IVright received a stab on his right Ale
from a sword or sabre, but owing to his braces being
gory thick, the poiot of she deadly weapon cams
in contact with them, which saved his life.
John Surman (not Salmon, as mentioned yester-
day) received a serious wound on his head.
Mr. Fisher, the Surgeon of the Police, was sent '
for with sii speed, and we ■re happy to say he
found none OT the officers' grounds *Moue, except
that of John Sermon, whom he remained with till
two o'clock yesterday morning. Yesterday at noon,
Mr. Fisher attended at the Office, and reported
that a ball had struck the temporel bone, obliquely
poised under the scalp, about three inches in length,
and had come out above his ear. lie entertained
great litipes of his recovery.
The unfortunate Smithers expired almost in.
st.intly after he was stabbed.
The first information that was received at Bow-
street 'Office of the transaction, was the arrival of
Mr. Ju.tice Birnie, about ten o'clock, who an-
nounced the murder of Sinithers, and that he nar-
rowly escaped with his life, as artful shots had
pas.ed close to his head.
Nine belonging to the gang were secured, viz.—
James Jngs, James Wilson, Richard Brndliiirn,
James Gilchrist, Charles Cooper, Richard Tidd,
John Monument. John Shale, and William David-
son. After undergoing an examination before Mr.
Birnie, they were committed to the House of Cor-
rection, Cold Bath-fields, under a military escort.

Mr. Birnie having reported to the Cabinet Conn-
cil the result of the proceedings, and the regretted
escape of Thistlewood, Ministers adopted the mo►t
vigorous measures for hi' apprehension. Mr.
Itu!lrston, the writer of 'flu Ga:elle, was sent
for to publish the Proclamation agreed upon,
offering 1,0001. reward for his apprehension in an
Extraordinary Gazette, which was accordingly
done. The Earl of Liverpool sent for the Com-
mander of the Life Guards no duty, who was call-
ed up out of bed to hold himself in readiness to act
with his gourd, if called upon.
'Viscount Melville sent off two Messengers to
dose the ports of Dover and Harwich.
Ministers continued sitting till three o'clock yes-
tindery morning.
In addition to the fire-arms, swords, sabres, cut-
lasses. &c. found in the stable and loft where the
conspirators were assembled, there were found up-
wards of 100 ball cartridges, a great number of
new manufactured pikes of three sides, with a worm
at the end, and japanned with black—a colour best
suited to their dark and black ,surpose.

In the place where the conspirators met there were
never any choirs or seats, and they generally stood
to conduct their business. Davidson, the black.
was an active person amongst them, and resided in
the neighbourhood ; he was formerly a man in re-
spectable circumstances, and an extensive way of
business as a cabinet-maker, but in cons. (pence
of his political principles his cu%tomers deprived
him of their support, and from repeated losses lie
was driven to extreme poverty. Smithery has left
a wife and three children.

The horrible 1111111 was, it is said, to have been
executed in the following almoner :—Thistlewood
ova to have knocked at Lo►d Harrowby's door, with
a letter, purporting to be a dispatch, or with ■ red
box, as is used in all the public offices, desiring it
to be delivered immediately to the Cabinet Ministers
at dinner, without delay. The servant, it was sup-
posed, would immediately proceed with the dispatch,
while Thistlewood, with another of the couspirittor,
entered the ball us if to wait—they were immediately
to open the street door—others were to come iu
with hand-grenader, which were to be thrown into
the house, sod in the confusion produced by ►hem,
all the rest of the conspirators were to rush into the
dining-room, where the Ministers were at dinner,
and the work of . assasaination was to have been in-
stantly begun.
The following is the relation of their proceeding,
as detailed by one of the soldiers:—
" The military consisted of the picket guard of
the 2.1 Coldstream regiment, which was stationed
in Portman-street barracks. It consisted of thirty
men iticlisdiog • oedema and corporal, and com-
manded by Captain Frederick Fiteclarence, who
happened to be oo duty at the time. They were
called out about • quarter to eight o'clock,
each man provided with twenty rounds of ball
cartridge. The detachment immediately pro-
ceeded in the direction of the Edgeware-road.
The men were not acquainted with the business on
which they were called out. They supposed a fire
had taken place, and they had been sent for to pro.
tect the property. On their arrival within about 60
yards of the house in Ceton.street, John-street, the
place of the meeting. they were halted for a few tni-
siutes,durisig which they were ordered by Capt. Fitz-
clarence to fix bayonets and shoulder arms. They
were also enjoined to observe the strictest silence.
The det,tchment then marched on, but bad not
proceeded mote than a few ye/de-when they heard
the noise of fire-arms. They were then ordered
to advance in double quirk time. and instantly
same in junction with the civil officers. who had
arrived previously on 'the ground, and were en-
gorged with the party in the Insist. The place of
meeting was a long low waste building, that bad
been word as a stable. with a easseb-bustassolliain.
ing. One of the first objects that rameated itself

to the rigid of the military *as One of the ;Arty
running out of the stable, apparently with listen..
lion to make his escape. Fie was seised by atie
of the soldiers, and finding himself taken, he in.
stonily levelled a pistol at Captain Fit:dames,
but Serjesnt Legge dashed ft ■ride. The pistol
went off, and the ball from it wounded the seq.:sat
in the right arm. A black main was The nest vtr3t
bolted; be was armed with a cutlass. He also mused
a blow at Captain Fituclarence, but was wined and
secured by one of the soldiers, James Bury, with'
out any injury to the latter but • slight cut ors thn
finger. Theo addressing himself to his friends ot
the house, lie est:Wined, "Fight on while you have
a drop of blond in you—yaw may as well die mow
se at another time." The deltic-brow was tbeo
ordered to rush into the home, which they did,
headed by their Captain, who on entering, darted
into a stall, and seised by the collar a fellow who
attending in it, awl who grappled with hint will, cure
hand, while he attempted to fire a pistol at him,
with the other, which did not go off, the powder
Mashing in the pan. The miscreant still luddiog
firmly by the coat, the Captain called out to Ins
men to disengage him. Two of them, James
Revel and James Bailey, immediately seised
and he surrendered himself, saying, " Do nut kill
me, and tell you all."—This scene tco k
place in the stable on the ground floor. It
was a three-stalled stable, with a hay-loft ever
it, with which it coinnsuiricated by a ladder
placed at one end. The detachment then imb-
ed up the ladder, led by Captain Fitacles-
rence. ‘Ve should have observed that on the ar-
rival of the military, the constables, at the desire
of Captain Fit:clarence, held back for the pur-
pose of surrounding the house and preventing
escape, while he and his men went forward.
On entering the hayloft, they discovered that the
constables had been there before them. The hist
object that pre►ented itself was the dead lad, of
Sandier., the constable, and a roman l3ing at lIIa
side all covered with the blood of the dead
The fellow rose, and did trot Hppeor to have
sustained any hurt or Hwy. Addressing him-
self to the soldiers, lie said, " I hope they will
make a difference between the innocent sod the
guilty." Three others were next Wren together ;
they were huddled to a corner 11M1)11K MUM! ►hrv-
ings. One of them jumping out, said, " I resign
myself; there is iso harm ; 1 was brought iu
here innocent this afternoon." Three four were
all of them found by the stddiers in ►he rosin),
making, with the man taken below iii the
stall and the two outside, seven remitters.—
The constables had previously taken two, one
of whom made his escape down the street, but
was pursued and retaken. The momeot lie was
caught lie fired a pistol, which he hail concealed no
his person. It went off, but did tio injury. He
is a butcher, and supposed to lie the nuts who with-
bra SMITIIERS; he had a desperate black eye,
and his hands were much cut.

The military, on searching the loft, found a great
quantity of pistols, blunderbusses, swords, awd.pik es,
shout 16 inches long, made to screw into a handle.
They alms found a great many com.non tills. sharp-
ened to a point at the roils, sod made to he us.sl
as pikes. They also found 11 large- trtaintiry of
ammunition, consisting of 11.111 cartrittles, powder
flasks, slugs wrapped up in piper, and .. sack full
of haml.grapades The niiit:e,y, accompanied try
the constables, then wit!tdr.w, nod ilinerrikil to
Bow-street (Ace with tluir Nnllrrr, siol the
arms and ammunition which they Iwd taken
The primmers were divided iota. to n rirsies, and
handcuffed together. They were held by the con-
stables and escorted by the soldhlrs. The soldiers
were laden with the arms and ammunition whicls
they found in the stable. Having then delivered
their prisoners and booty, four of the soldiers were
examiued briefly by the Alagistnites, viz. .1 is. Re-
vel, Jas. Bailey, Wm. Curtis, and John Muttock.
They iJentified the Prisoners who were then 'taint-
ing at the bar, as the persona whom they hail taken
ill the stable. The fire arms and ammunition were
then 'hewn to them, which they Awn identified.
Captain Fitzclsrence, with his detachment, then
marched beck to Portman barracks, to which also
they conveyed the arms and ammunition taken, and
deposited them in Captain Fitzclaretice's room.
Another detachment of the satne regiment in the
mean time arrived at Bow-street, to escort the Pri-
soners to Coldbash•fields Prison."

APPREHENSION OF THISTLEWOOO.
Snort sifter ten o'clock lam tuorititig Arthir
Thiellesoiod was apprehended in a small house
Chiswell-street. Finsbury. Information of tOr
place in which he was concealed having heel)
obtained in the course of the morning at Now-
street. 'Lavender and StMIMI, accompinied I.y
Ralhaen and [tramp, impaired to Chievrellpsrprvi,
entered the house where they had information tie
object of their 61141,01 was concealed. went .directly
to the room in which they understood he lay
in bed. The officers gave no intimation cif'
their objeet to the people of the boast, but
ran to the room ibor, which was locked.; 'they
iustantly knocked it in, and seised Thietievarepst.
who was seated in a chair ; he ILtil no IiON Satisake

reeistaNcevaor.doesiteip.mart4at Fee wsieeep•red 10
offer •ny, except • *tic► whielrisy in the ream wee

instantly grasped him by each inn,

hint at the lame moment. they immediately
brought him off in a hackney coach which stood
iu the neighbourhood, accordiog ars a reviews ar-
raogement, Awl drove direct a Bew.street. Col.
Burroughs, Mr. Conant, and other gentlemen, were
on duty as Magistrates upon die Bench. They
withdrew with the Prisoner and the officers who bad
him in custody, to a private room, where ba was
briefly interrogated at to his name and peeve of re-
sidence. These interrogatories whk4i we under-
stand were merely of • formal nature, lasted
but a few minutes, and Thistlewood, accompanied
as before, was conveyed lit the r•rae liackney-coach
to Whitehall, where ■ Privy Commit was summon-
ed to attend with all possible dispatch. Thistle-
wood was seated in the porter's 'hall, immediately
inside the folding Joors at Whitehall ; the hand-
cuffs still remained Fastened. Lavender was seated
at one side of him, and Sunman at the meter;
Bishop and Ruthven were also near him, and about
a dozen constables were stationed in the hull. No
persons were suffered to have access except those on
business to the public offices at Whitehall, nor
was any individual allowed to hold communication
with the Prisoner. About a dozen soldiers were
in the ball and edjoicing lodge; they formed a part
of the military escort that accompanied the police
officers on Wednesday night to the spot where This-
ilewood and his companions were first discovered.
The soldiers had with them the different articles and
weapons found upon the party on that night. We
saw on ttlie seat in the hall, two small pistols, one
of which was said to be loaded ; and a bundle of
files, similar to those used in small brass work.—
The points of such files are always sharp, and the
part of the file which goes into the handle is neces-
sarily pointed, to penetrate the hole made in the
wood for its reception; some of the files appeared,
however, to hate had the handle points brighten-
ed, and the ends made more fine, as if by being
whetted upon a stone. There were also in the hall
two or three bags, said to contain three bayonets
and someammuuition made up in both small and large
cartridges. The soldiers who had seized those articles
were in waiting o:ith them for examination before
the Privy Council. Thistlewood and the officers
were of course there for the some purpose. The
appearance of this man is wretched in the ex-
treme. When in custody with Watson, Preston,
and Hooper, on the charge for High Treason,
he was a stout, active, cheerful•looking mate,
with something of a fearless and determined
cast of features. His deportment at that time
free and unembarrassed with much of the air of
a seafaring man. Within the last six mouths
his appearance has in every respect undergone a
total chatikr ; he has been seen constantly in the
streets dressed in a shabby manner, his countenance
squalid and emaciated, and his whole dress
and the expression of his features denoting a
man who was reduced to a state of extreme
indigence. He was generally observed walk-
ing or running through the streets with eager
impetuosity, and' his shoes and an old
brown surtout coat, which he generally wore,
bearing alt the marks of the poverty and distress-
ed circumstances of the wearer. Ilis stress last
murnieg was •n old black coat and waistcoat,
which are threadbare, a corderoy breeches very
much worn, and old worsted stockings. Dis-
tressed as was his general appearance when seen
but lately in the streets, he seemed to-day, if pos-
sible, in a still more reduced state; his features
had a sallow and squalid aspect, the bones
seemed nut only to be darting through ins cheeks,
but his limbs seemed equally bare of flesh.
He was brought to Whitehall soon after twelve
o'clock. There was nothing of agitation in his
manner. He sat with his eyes chiefly fixed on the
ground, except when he occasionally raised them to
survey Members of the Privy Council as they passed
through the hall on their way to the Council Room.
The following Privy Counsellors had arrived at
Whitehall at half-past one o'clock :—The Duke of
Welliugton, the Fails of firrrossby, Liverpool,
and IVestonorland, Lords Sideman!), Castlereagh,
and Melville, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Mr. Canning, Mr. Wellesley Pole, Sir William
Scott, the Chief Baron of Scotland (the Ex-Attor-
tory-General, Sir S. Shepherd), Mr. Bragge
Bathurst, and nearly the whole of the Mem-
bers of the Cabinet.

The perm' who actually killed the constable,
Smithery, is described by sonar of the officers as
• tall, corpulent, and gross looking mom, ,s de.
scription which doer not accord aif t hat of Thistle.
woml, who is, neverthelers, by others represented
se the man who committed the act.

Thistlewood, after a short examination before the
Privy Council, was committed to the Colilbatli-
fields Prison for further examination this day.—
fie appeared in his usual manner—daring and
ferocious; and asked questions and mad• observa-
tions in the Council-room, such as, ,1 Who was the
That is Lord CAsTLEREAGU
The other the Vici-CHANCELLOR 1"

EXAMINATION ,AT BOW-STREET.
The officers were in pursuit of Thisolowood till
o'clock last morning; they searched the house
where he resides in Stanhope-street, Clare-markei.
At half-pas! ten o'clock Lavender. Bishop, Roth-
"ii, Ellis, and Slaidment, left the office tolneke
bundler attempt to find.hisn. Ahem tweiross'inlack
Lavender and &sloop brought hen to .Bow.aiteset
In a hackney-coach. He was conveyed ,into .the
kola office when he underwent an examin.ition
before Mr. ,Birisie. It appeared fsout. the evuleuce
of the officers that they found luso .10 .the • Wu".
No. 8, White-street, rabaceoofter
*arching the whale of the mpper.pert,of.doolorose
in vain, they &God hirain bed io r liattritiatektur.
"'whop unshed forward and spring trpowfirra teethe

hod, bring armed with a pistol. Thistlewood
hik-
ed up and exclaimed. " Is it you, Bishop ? 1 will
make no resistance; sad also said, " I hops the
person wouudrd last night was Mr. --, meassiug
a ceding wfkial Gentleman. whose name, from
prodence, we omit.

Bothwell identified Thistlewood as the man who
mobile-4 *Smithey*. &thing this time Thistlewtrod
mood with ■ very miles. countenance.
At the caociutiort of the esamioation, he was
taken to the Secretary of Stait'a Office ; Mr. Bir-
nie also went there.

Mr. ii. E. Conant, the Magistrate, proceeded
with the examination of the evidence ; they COO.
*toted of the landlord of the house, Mrs. Hill (a
lodger), and emu° named Lewis Casper.
Elizabeth Harris, the landlady, stated, that her
husband works at Carton's letter-foundry. On
Wednesday she had a bill in her window to let her
lodgings, when, in the mousing, between ten and
eleven o'clock, Thistlewood came into her house
and inquired about the lodging. She told him it
was only half • bed with her nephew. Tl►istlewood
■greed fur the half bed, for which he was to pay
two shillings and sixpences week. and was to take
possession of it that night. It was supposed
she kept a common nightly lodging-house, by
her taking a man in she did not know, with-
out any reference, ■nd the only explanation she
gave to this wee, that she thought he looked re-
spectable, and she had as merry as eight people
lodging in her house. She said she had a slight
knowledge of Thist ',wood, but denied it afterwards,
saying she was mistaken. It was supposed she was
concealing Thisilewood, as he was locked in the
ruom.—This she explained ; the door flew open
mud she could not keep it shut without locking
it. She said Thistlewood arrived at her house be-
toren ten and eleven o'clock on ‘Vednesday night ;
lie oh-creed that lie was late. She replied, he was
so, and she had almost given him up. He went to
bed. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, her
husband came home to his breakfast, and went into
the room where Thistlewood was in bed, when
Thistlevrood asked him for some coffee, and she
took him a basiu full and wine toast in bed.
Her street door being only fastened by • latch, the
officers entered and searched the upper part of the
house before she knew they were there; when they
asked her to unlock the dour of the room where
Thistlewood was is bed, she instantly did so.
She did not know Lewis Casper was in her house
till they met in the couch on beiog brought away.
Lewis Casper stated himself to be a watch-
finisher, residing in Union-street, Bishopegate, and
accounted for his being in the house by saying he
was with Mrs. Hill, the lodger, who worked for him,
and he appointed his little boy to call for a key.
This man was detained till it was ascertained if
be was the man he represeered himself lo be.
Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Hill were discharged.
John Firth, a cow-keeper, of Bryanstone-street,
Mary-le-bone,the owner of the stable and loft, where
the assassins were assembled, attended, and stated,
that he let the premises to a man horned
John Marie, who was a discharged soldier, who
hired it hut a few days since, for 'Web lie
was to pay him five shillings a week for six months
certain. Harris stated his object to be in hiring
the premi►e', was to keep a horse and cart in the
stable, which his brother was to buy for him, but
neither cart nor horse hail been brought there yet.
After Thistlewood had been examined before the
Lords of the Council, they sent for the other nine
prisoners to be taken before them, sod a special
messenger was dispatched to the House of Correc-
tion, and they were conveyed forthwith from thence
to the Secretary of State's Office, and examined
before the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Harrowby,
the Earl of Westmorland, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Viscount Melville, the Duke of Wel-
liugtun, Viscount Sidmouth, Viscount Castlereagh,
Earl Bathurst, Mr. Canning, Mr. B. Bathurst,
Mr. W. W. Pole, Mr. F. Robinson, and Earl
M ulgrove.
In addition to the Cabinet Ministers there were
prevent Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chief Ba-
ron of the Exchequer of Scotland, Sir William
Scott, Mr. Sturges Bourne, the Attorney and Soli-
citor-General, ,Sir John Nichol, &r. They conti-
nued in examiaat►ou of the Prisoners till past six
o'clock, when the Prisoners, who had been kept in
separate rooms, were removed in hackney-coaches
toihe House of COIIIOIOII, escorted by a party of
the Life Guards, amidst the execretious of the po-
pulace.
MORE ARRESTS.

A man was apprrliendril by Taunton and Maid-
mesa. cliargarl with making handler for the pikes
which were seized at the litablee.—ile was cotn-
milted for further eza iii ill all 111 l .

John S)mnionds, a footman, at No. to, Upper
Seyntour-street, was apprehended by Lavender and
Bishop, charged on suspicion of bring concert:mei
with the assassins. He is suspected of giving thew
iolwrin. ' specting tLe trantactsuns of the higher
orders.—lie was detained.
CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterdwpan inquisition was taken at the Doke
of York, Quern-sr reet, Edgewsre-road, before Th.-
isms Sterling.. Esq. Coroner for the county of Mid-
dlesex. on the body of Richard Smithers, who was
killed by Thistlewooll's gang, on Wednesday night.
Ile observed, that it was a (hatter of vest int portanee,
end would take up a great length of titne ; and
sidsongli he had nat issued his warrant expressly
for the puspose of proceeding new with ght
ease, •ors the court loss already assembled it.would
be edsioshle to hear whatever evidence could be
brought before- them. •The Jury tosented. and

they immealiately went to view tha 'ally, which
was at the How sod Gelinal, at the carrier of 1411 m•
ahmet and Caine. street. They sure shawls Wu a
guess toe the Snit law, where the body was laid
upon the beck on the door; the upper part from
the stomach was naked, with the euaeption of
being covered over with a sheet. The land waned
appeared on air tight side of the cheat. within half
au inch of the breast, directly opposite the heart.
it appeared on the surface to he about three-quarters
of en loch long, and half an tech wide. There was
an immeuse crowd around the house during the
whole day, sad many Gentlemen of respectability
and rank came to view the premises where the
murder was committed, which is situated in the
curlier of the gate-way on the south-west end of
Colon-street: it is a building two stories high, sud
many of the panes of glaas in the upper stury were
broken by the firing.. The lower part was com-
pletely closed up, and a great quantity of blood
still remained in the street.

I.

The Coroner and Jury haring satisfied themselves
in examining the place, returned to the Jury-room
at the Duke of York, in Queen-street, to hear the
evidence.
the summoning of in St. Mary-le-
bone, said, be came just at lie moment the de-
ceased fell; he saw him bleeding profusely, and he
expired instantly. He assisted iu carrying him into
the Horse mid Groom, but he had Dot seen him
struck ; the firing in the street was so rapid, that
it was dangerous for the inhabitants to go out; they
could only speak to the firing, and those who were
immediately upon the spot were not iu attendance,
as be had no time to summon them.

The Coroner asked who the premises where the
murder was committed belooged to, or if the pro-
prietor was in attendance ?
A gentleman of the Jury said they belonged to
General Watson, who is now abroad ; but lately
they were in the occupation of a man who had for-
merly been hii servant, awl who hiss had the care
of his town house since he left England.
Firth, the person alluded to, is under exami-
nation. Ils says he let the premises to a Mr.
FLlrria, a few days ago.
Pyall said the individual alluded to was • milk-
man, that he had them for a cow-house, and lately
let them to • man who had belonged to the Guards,
who was to use them for • horse and cart ; that the
conspirators had them only two days, cud as far as
he could learn, no one knew they had them at all
till discovered accidentally, as they used the greatest
precaution.
The Coroner asked in what manner they had
been discovered ? A Gentleman present, who did
aot give his name, said he seas informed that one of
them, he understood named Davidson, of radical-
meeting notoriety, happened to come down about
eight o'clock on Wednesday night, for a light,
when a cutlass was observed suspended from a belt
round his body, underneath his top-coat, the point
of which was exceedingly sharp, and it appeared
to be fresh ground ; he had also a brace of pis-
tols hanging from another belt. Several others
being observed under very suspicious arcuinatances,
and all of them with arms concealed about their
litmus, crested suspicion, and information was
sent to the police, who arrived in about au hour
afterwards. IVlien the others heard them at the
door, a pistol was fired out at the window ; at this
moment the deceased ascended the loft where they
were assembled, and was immediately stabbed,
it is supposed by a stick-sword, and he fell back-
wards, uttered a groan, and instantly expired. The
military came in a few minutes, and it was • matter
of surprise how the'others escaped, as there is a range
of houses sit the back of the premises, through
which they must have been admitted. If ■ few
soldiers had been planted on the roofs of the houses,
which could have been easily effected, they must
have been all taken. The firing continued about
half an hour, and it is suspected that many of those
who escaped were wounded, as tracks of blood were
traced a great distance.
At this moment a gentleman arrived in a chaise,
and stated that Thistlewood had been taken Dear
Finsbury-square, and conveyed to the Secretary of
State's office; lie said he had remained there a few
minutes; that during his stay he saw three others
brought iii ; that the sentries were doubled, and
the greatest alarm prevailed in that part ; no less
thou 500 people were collected at Whitehall, and
they were increasing every minute.
The Coroner apologised to the Jury for the trou-
ble lie had given them, and said, as no more evi-
dence was present, he must postpone the inquest
till to-morrow evening, when the result of the ex-
aminations of those in custody shall be known.

Last night, in the House of Lords, the Earl of
LAUDERDALE submitted a series of Resolutions
to the House, for the purpose of marking the die-
sent of their Lordships from the mode of pro-
ceeding adopted by the House of Commons with
regard to the mode of voting the supplies in the
present instance, to meet the exigencies of the
State during the interval until the meeting of the
sew Parliament. The Earl of LITIRPOOL moved
an Amendment, iu which the privileges of the
[-louse of Lords were inspliedly, but fully recog-
nised by the &china*, that the Lolls were Adis-
fifcl to acquiesce in the proceedings of the House
of 'Cernatous in the present instance, on account
of the peculiar circumstances that rendered such

tosibect sgpsilies3. This Aikesilaseat, sties •
skeet it bets, yes Lally odepted.

Five news-venders, WATLING, Halltif.Seoarsa, ,
WainguoiN, BarNsiessav, were yesterday
tried 'separately in Om Court of Birig'o Bench,
charged by i►rformation fried is ryficio with having
published a number el • periodical Paper, entitled
The Republica,, containing a letter addressed to
the PILINCS RSGgNT, tin the thanks of the Govern-
wets( having bee. given to the Magistrates and }et:t-
wenty of Mauchester " for the murders committed
on the 10th of August." Tl►ese unfortunate men
Undertook, probably in consequence of their utter
inability to a fee • Barrister, to defend themselves,
and thus threw away their chance of escape, ■nd
an excellent opportunity of fairly determining •
question of law and policy, which in its decision i•.
wolves matters of the utmost importance to the free.
dom of trade, and the most valuable rights and
privileges of the people. It is to be regretted that
the ArroarruY-Guncitui, did not seek a nobler
quarry than these unfortunate news-venders, or at
less one whose dert►uction might be more justly
regarded as the appropriate consequence of actual
crime ; why did he not rather pounce upon the
actual writer of the libel, instead of selecting some
few creatures, who in the way of their trade sought
by the sale of the Paper to glean the means of ex-
istence, and who in their capacity of news-venders
must be presumed to be wholly innocent of any
libellous intent. Had the same paper, instead of
containing seditious sentiment., extolled the mea-
sures of the Government, and promised a ready
sale, these unfortt►u•te men had with equal willing.
rse•s given it a place to their stalls or shops; and if
with perfect impartiality the same hand distributes
the various political writings of the day, without,
as is most probable, reading or knowing the con.
tents of any one of them, it doer nut savour much
of strict justice, whatever might be the strict law of
the case, to punish such tradespeople for the faults
of the author, who alone can be considered as mo-
rally guilty.
The principles avowed in the Republican are,
we admit, as wicked as it is possible to imagine,
and we should sincerely rejoice if the writer of that
Paper were punished ; but it appears strange to the
public eye that these few venders should be exposed
to the ruinous severity of a crown prosecution, and
that the author of the same work. though publicly
known, should never have been tried for the offence.
If, indeed, it could be shewn that these venders had
sold the work, bring perfectly aware of its feel
character and injurious import, there might be,
some pretence for this severity ; but the act
of sale alone was proved against them, and of this.
offence, if indeed it deserve that name, the most
respectable and wealthiest news-vender in the me-
tropolis might, without any libellous or seditious in•
teution, have been equally guilty.

The Paris Papers of Monday last ha►e arri►ed
at our Office in due course, the material contents
of which, however, were published in our Paper of
yesterday. In another part of this Paper will be
found copies of the Ordinances published by the
King of FRANCE, intimating his MAJESTY'S ae-
ceptance of the Count DECAZES' resignation,
elevating the Count to the rank of a Duke of
France, and nominating the Duke of RICHELIEU
to the Presidency of the Council. of which we
yesterday stated the substance. It does not as
yet appear that any further changes a►e contem-
plated in the Ministry. The Ordinances respecting
the Duke DECAZES are signed by PAHICIER. Mi-
nister.for Foreign Affairs; and notice is made in
the Moldkyr that M. De SERER. the keeper of
the seals, is rapidly recovering his health, which
would seem to imply the expectation that this
Minister would shortly resume the duties of his
office.

These papers contain news from Madrid of the
10th, and from Cadiz of the 4th February. No
change had then been effected in the relative poei-
tion of the Royal forces and the Insurgents. With
the regular papers from Cadiz and Madrid,
arrived also in Paris private letters, containing the
usual mixture of truth and falsehood. One account
stated that the insurrection was nearly extinct;
another, that General FRILTRE'II army had suffer•
ed considerable desertion, and that he was afraid to
attack the enemy. It seems that numerous arrests
have been made in Cadiz, and that the Governor has
found it expedient to adopt measures of increased
severity. It is stated in the Cadiz Journal that
Gen. C4steana,commanding the garrison of Cadiz,
marched out of the city on the 3d February, to
the Corta-durs, with a body of 3,000 men, to notify
to the Insurgents the amnesty which the Kula has
granted to them, and that the Chief of the Irwin.
gents had demanded three days to give his answer.
A private account affirms that the Insurgents push-
ed forward arstrong division of their army, with
artillery, in the direction of Tarifa ; but the public
Journals enure its. that the Royal forces continue
to blockade the Isla de Leon in the strictest manner.
An inconsiderable engagement took place in the
Bay of Cadiz, on the 31st of January, between a
few gun-boats armed by the Insurgents, and r large
force of the Royalists, in which the former lust one
gun-boat. This achievement, which seems to
have cost the Royalists several lives, loses none of
its importance in the account published by their
authority. This account will be fouud in our
extracts.

Yesterday the Dukes of YORK and Ciaiastict
and the beefless of Gtoucarrca visited his
MAJESTY. •
Yesterday Prince Estattnazirt tim.Apstritin Am-
bassador, liras iutroduced to 09.4.1preY. at h s
Palace in Pull-mall, upon his. return to Etnilaud
from Vienna. His lEarYlleney. had thyhenour of
• private audience or the Kula.