The National Register.
London, England, 1820-03-06 00:00:00

COMMITTAL OF THE CATO STREET GANG.

Friday rooming, at halt past ten o'clock, in con-
sequence of an order from the Secretary of State, the
principal officers of Bow-street, assisied by sortie of the
pairule, went to the House of Correction, Coldbatil-
fields, for the purpose of conducting the Conspirators
confined there, before the Privy Council for exami-
nation.
A body of Life Guards, under the commarid of
captain, were im reatlitress at the gate of the prison,
whet' the officers arrived there, and four coaches beina
provided, the prisoners were brought out, hand-
cuffed together in the itillowlog order.
ritistlewood and Nioutorreirt—firailburn, Gtlchrtst,
and lugs—Brent, Cooper, amid Shaw—Davidson, Fuld,
and IVirstai.—Toe too first were placed iii a coact'
accompanied only by Lavender and Adkins tile Gover•
our of tile House 01 Correction ; itse milerS were placed
in u►ree coaches, three cam' coach, guarded by
Taunton, B shop, Runnel, and Salinoo, assisted by
the patrol, the whole mm;; protected by the Lire
Guards, who surrounded tact' coact' in considerable
numbers, four of them leading the way.
A great crowd 01 persons assembled at the gate of the
prison, and as toe cavalcade proceeded to the
Treasury, increased ►n n 1111 l tiers. On its arrival there,
the mum was so great as to block up the entraisee, and
it wjs 1111 l Cis difficulty that the officers, who had
been dtspatenrd there Irmo Bow-street, to keep order,
could clear the way fur the prisoners to enter
The route of Ille cara.cade was down Grat's
line, tii ph Doloorit, Little and Great Qtee:t-sitet IS,
Long-Acre, Bow-street, thromm Covent-G !r.ten duo
St. Niartin's-lane, and down past Citamig-Cross to
P rlianieot-street. liar anxiety of the crowd to eaten -1
g limo,: of the prisoners was very great, and a gre.:i
many wed dressed persons UI bob' sexes were observed
runiiiiig with art 111011* 111i411i .titer the coaches, ended
vouriii u, to: tify tacit' curiosity.
St 11111 l ons, flail, Harrison, Firth, and PreSql.i were.
toolagut tip Irian Totitill-fields
Iletiler a stunlar e•curl, .ru.l Jrrlved a feW 111111dICS bet•ure
chose from the name of Cui reci um. Adams, the
;iris ate of trie ()xiord Biu s, wt' not brought up.
•I'he witote if .11., pros niers, oil Melt arrival, were
placed in wool is called the lagistrate's Itoont, within
Mr. Day's Oliic •, where they remained for 1111 l :e 111511
1W Hours beorre any of Illetil were exauuueJ. Tlle
Pr.vy Couileil were uieauwmile 111 deliberation upon 141,
Subject of tile Conspiracy, and the depositions will other
documents were arranged in proper order. Several wit •
trea.srs were also examined. We observed the following
eittocra of the Council present, viz t- roe I)iske of
Welli-a uu, the Lord Ch,theelior. Al,suqu,s Caladeir,
Earl Wes'lllOrialld, Earl Pawls, E .r 1 oi Liverpool, L.il
if noway, Earl Millrace, Earl Bathurst. Viscounts
S.dtitoittli, Palinerstoti, and Casticrea4ll, Welt 11011. G.
Ca tiittog, ate Attorney aid So:scour General, &c. itc.
At lett tita jll ender was brought down for the pri-
soners to or taken bebue the in the following
(ma ion Thistle wood ,2, Ices; 3, Brunt; 4, Tidd;
Wllson ; 6. Da% idson ; 7, liarrisoii ; 8, Bradburn ;
y, Cooper ; 10, (idealist; it, Snaw ; 14 NJ 'ist i.
13, Hall; 14, Firm; 15, Sainitions.—Prerwri was riot
examined at all. _

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Monument and Simmons were each upwards of an
hour tinder exit ... i.. alloll. mid and tile others
were each not more that; five minute* before the C
cif. Every prisoner was examined separately, and
worn ihe whole was concluded they returind to the
Ala.istrates-room, and were chained together in the
rute order as betore. '1 is C used columned in deli-
beration until about four o'clock, when a messenaer
came down and directed that tion of the prironers,
namely, Thisilewood, Nloisnment, Harrison, logs,
Brant, Davidson, Todd, and Wihsun, should be *elm-
rat, d f he rest and chained together, it bring the
intention of the Council to send them to the Tower.
This was immediately dune, and Brafibures, Gulch....,
Cooper,Sitaw,Situtiums, Firth, H 411,81111 Preston, were
f placed ut another room, and finally conveyed,
part to the House of Correctiost, and the tentainder to
'rot:till-fields Prison, tinder a military escort.
At half past four Lavender, Tainiton, Bishop, Hnn-
vcio and Salmon were ordered to take citarae of l'lnstle-
wood anti the other seven selected for cm..... to
the Tower, and stunt afterwards a warrant, directed to
the Li-..rtettaitt of the Tower, and bawled by all the
11eutbcrs of the Privy Council, was rut into the hands
of tile tilli.!ers, and the prisoners beina placed in three
coaches, surrounded by VO of the
LAC Guards
anti a
party of it datale, the cavalcade proceeded (her West-
tttttt stcr dint London Wider'. down Great Eastcheap,
and a•I on U, the Tower. On their arrival at toe Gates
tarry Will. IrtTeo% ill by Alajor Herr.ngton, me Deputy
Lieutenant, ml the prisonera were c dieted into the
introit: of the hours., attended toy the officers slime
ii3lilCll alt.- sevetal Yieolll3ll ts the Guard.
Each prisoner was placed in a separate room, and
awl two YrtEttail of the Gis•trd stationed at the door,
where the) are enh,taii ly to rematio,until further orders
shall be rveri‘e4l. warrant tor their coottnituirost
citaraed tile Lieuteisaut of the Tower to keep the pots-
Sinters ttately iu etnautll for trial, fur the crimes 01 High
'Treason,aii Conspiracy to Murii.r. They
wnl welehiore, 0 course, woman' tisere until tile day ap
pointed fur tityAr trial, witted is understood will be as
a• posaide.
Tit, tarot awn ten' to t IniTower rood acted eltrs
.Vllll iNnil dui sir I.llrlr
Wltore tile linty C 1111(*11 and nit iiteir p usatat• to tile
rower. 1100, in 14011011LO'. (chile at the Treasury,
,tied a d• tree of mime. tit JoiPlaclly that eXelieti
terling ill tiisau•l all.l all.WrlCl.er 11l the 'ecru-

torn. He dl,l tared e:uer to egslcr
and %Ai 10 11.111 Wies.
" tha. 11 he 11.1 1 fifty Reeks Ile Would 11.1%r 111Ciii
k".tdie. 1114111On' Ili• I. 414,4.1.1: • .a 1
Mr. A.9;111), the (jot 'awl,. 410. ilowe of Conceit°
Ilia II aII liii:11 in the whet: were Ills 111th, the) (• hr

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conspirators) would not have Leen there at all. This-
tlewood seemed perfectly cool and unconcerned, bat
said limning.
Preston was observed to be very uneasy oil account
of
the only man able to cope with the Council. • Ile was
most anxious, he said, to know his fate, Jll,l a it was
the wilt of tne Almighty that he should perish the
cause of freedpm, he was perfectly ready to do so. It
would be a triumph to hint in fact, to die in the
Cause.

While the prisoners were waiting in the Maaistrate's
room at Whitehall, a great number of reap ctable
persons were admitted to look at them.
'lttisileworel and Brunt were chained tog quer in the
first coach 011 the journey in the tower, and JCC111111•
panted by Mr. Haiti, the Rine, Messenger, and Laven-
der and Bishop, we officers. Mr lila W.IS the heaves
of the warrant.