The National Register.
London, England, 1816-08-12 00:00:00

AUGI7ST

CO.V.SPI RACIES.

The Cir amissioners aprointeil by the Secretary of State for
the Home licpartment, to InVC•tictie the charges of cool...racy,
are, Mr. lleckett, the tinder Si cretary of State roe the Home
Department, Sir N. Conant. Mr. Nauss atoll Mr. Baker, one
of the Magi.strates tat limiting to Ilarlborough.street. They
have sat daily since 'ruesday, at the Seri etary of State's Office.
We undei stand the case which has occni red to tile Commis-
slonero as the MOO .4erioits, is that of Ilwia Johnson, olio, it ap•
pears, prompted miff assisted young Ilsstrr In breaking open
the house of Mr. Sitowshill, iu Gray's Inn lane, on the Stochy
ofiernoon, two )'cars S:11(1. : and til? Uld(dl hauler was ttitip,-
punted. A considerable light has been thrown upon this trans-
avtion, and what will tend very materially to emitirm anything
that may have been said upon the subject by the companions of
Item Johnson iii the transaction.
An anonymous conintimiration sent to 1:ow street, and sign-
" has led to a iii,e,netV of a c..imectioll of II
Jalin,on, in no respect connee.ril with the. Pontic Bri•e, Bow.
street, or the Poiice Officer:. Toe: man turns unit to have
1* en formerly employed as a porter in the warehouse of a re•
street 'hie army-a;•contrement maker previons to
his getting employed a. a prtrole. After he hut avromplished
this enga....ineat, he was in the Whit of calling at the ware-
house, and relating to his late fellow "'errant% hi+ different ad-

ventures iu his pursuit of, and appreiteasimi of rather% and
other utlenilet s. Some of them appeared very marvellous;
but that which seemed the most so, was the breaking open
and tonbery of Mr. Smowsbill's house, in Gray's ;
wherein lie avowed his sending back into the lion.e Baxter to
procure property, and that lie actually fiiroished R.i ter with
take key to open the drawers an I to i•es, pretemlone to be a
thief till he got the property, and then told ltas.ter he was his
prisoner. This appeared to he such an extraordin try narra-
tive, that :11e.srs. Rader and Nettleton, the two foremen in
Messrs. liswke3 aaai Co's manufactory, paid particular atten-
tion to it ; awl it made such all impression upon their
that it Ss perfectly iii their recolle,•tion, and they are enabled to
relate the whole in a very pal timilar and minute manner; yet,
extravorilinary to r late. this very ease is that which gained
Bi u John sou the ap 'l4'l4e and approhation of the Court at the
Old Bailey, his conduct appearing iu a very ditlercut light
then.

EI.CAPE AND nVCAPTURE OF BRnf,t, t a Acrox piaci? will(
VAL GHAN. TDV. Oretectm.—}troek, chose HAIM' 111110 be fresh
in the recollection of omr Readers as an aceompfire with
Vangliati, the Bow-street ()nicer, made his escape from all
topper window on Thursday mwormming, in front of Giltspur-
att.wt Compter. lia. flight was otmservell by a butcher's boy.
whit immediately r.ommg the alarm tell at time pzison ol mor, and
coininunieJted mime eirconit.tanec ; on which information was
without low of lime given to the Co awl other ()dicers ; when,
fortunately, one of the former traced time fugitive to the loulg-
Ines of his wife, in Dromry-Lane, where be nprelmended liimom,
and safely conducted Mai hack to his °lli oinariers.

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fhb 1.0r.1 Mayor was on Friday se'nnight not a little surprised at a
r c w circumstance which oe-irred in the C, .Vl7/14.! of 3 private exami me ion,
1., I I at Mr. Newmaa's hot..! b 4 the Old Bailey, nixes the tollsiect of the
Coaspirazy. When the two Barrys were confronted with the three
Irishokn, Quin, lhinnelly, and Wanton, the three latter reiti..al to
4tas ma ny statement of what took place between thou and the conspira..
to . tea a retloal naturally excitA great astonishment and confa-
f•'.. s Thr Irish interpreter 1V33 4:4114.41, in or ier that his Lordship might
her put in posys,,ion of the catesa of their silence, when they were soli-
c.!•II to ei.,,e1.1, !11 they kn.'w upon oath. At length it was ascer r.Med.
that they had sworn not to rtveal ti woad of what they were dirceted to
wt upon thc.day !,• y were set to work at the pices of metal. It was
in v.t,:t that t It- ; ..v:•:.:.• a,sured of the invalidity of Hr_ oath.. They told
t'ar interpreter. t , r. it was in lilm,:k and whit- against them: and tint
t ley never would e.:.), a word about the men who e.nployed than, ex.
eapt they received akalution ho n tat: Petest. The elder Barry here
Interfer.d. :ad said, v..- wh:stficthree Irishnori were hrtroght into

the room where :lie; were epprehemled. one of his co-upanions-oiamed
Power, prod:real a Ramat Cetholie Peoyerfweik, and administered an
ea.eti to omit of them, by te;Och they were pledged to keep secret the
4 ;reenlist:ace of their resployntere, are! Leery thing Connected with it.—
II e thet they said that tfe . tat (lowa to woe( without appearing
To have the slightere knowledge e any-thing criniin it 'acing attached to
their labour ; they beefeu to rub sway with as much titian. but as little
.apprehoision, at, if they had been et thee: usual occupation of paving.—
Tower obliged them to put their meek to a piece of paper. which. he
"aid, we, their atlitlavit before the Vrein Mary. Ai zoon as the cere-
mony of tile oatheva., over, Barry an i is son went for tome Ceft::C o!ld.
j.T the three ;we fellows tromends cemplained of ininger and thirst.
brought then two twopenny loaves. and live (meets of coffee, which
they dispos:d of in a very shore time.-ellarry's son tee:robot-seed most of
this sten:meet, having been pree.nt when the oath was administered,
and olserved the activity with hicit the Irirdenen set to work when
they were into that their bellies shoutd be tilled. The Loefl Mayor
vetlered the :erre-Caner of the Rieman Catholic Priest en a tueure flay.
The !tee. Mr. Deveroix next day attended; *hen, accoeding iu the
forms of the 'tarnish Church, they were absolved. So eager were they
then to clear themselves from any criminal intention, that they all
~-oke at once. His Lordship patiently heard them for four or five
ecturs. a:ei thee ordered the ten Barrys to be brought in. This excited
cor.sidereble alarm in the Irishmen, who inn wined they were again to
Le heeled w oh the heavy convict-how ; but this edam totally subsided
en the two Barrer. being removed. We learn they made atull
discla-
•tir •ei leenlshil of many interesting particulars in this nefarious
leisiness.
NIL. Neereaw informed the Lord Mayor, that lie had received many
settee containiegintiosstres to defray the exp.:twee of the p-otetution
again .t tlu corepirators, and direetions Batt the tterplus of tacit share
ebould be given to the three Irishmeat.
The following is the final examineitaan of Brock and l'elham.
The two Berry.; were admitted as King's evidence. Brock w::s
eskcil wh,t'ar bia solicitor was ready, to whieft an answer in the.nega-
tive wee ei . en. lie wished much toe the presence of the oolicitor of
the Mint; bat when hie object was irmiretl, it amounted to nutiitme.
i The I .ord Meyer express ell a wieb Mot he would have some advice..
fit was for no teller purpose than that of preventing his asking quee.
tie ea- and making admieeicns calculated to injure hum. lie then In-.
-formed the two prisoners, that the charge against them was that of
aiding and I:betting in coining:"
Mr. Hobltet, Chief Clerk. read the depositions of ail the witnesses
wiin had Len oabliely and privately examined upon this case:front
which it eppeared that the two !tarry, were induced by the original
eonspir dor; to give their feeistanee in the plan against the Irishmen.
Tile elder Barry was in the deepest poverty, when he met a men called
rower. who told him there was a way of making money that would do
fur thou bed, raider die impreeeion of gettint something to satisfy
nature. harry wee! with the parties to a nohlic-hease, where eleY
drank gin peepuraiory to the divulgement of the secret. It was then
proposed to Barry to try to find any reie who could be prey:tiled upon
to break a pane of glad. B wry 'aid that he would here melting to do
with that kind of profit. Not diecottifited by this refusal, they asked
Bury whether he csauldnot get somebody to flash sa. piece,. VA.:.
some prev.iling argumente. Barry heteaue an aeeomplice in the ~let.
They immediately set to work ,antlfoLtatl at the corner ofa street two 1 cr-
oons wile twertied juet fit for th..ir operation,. Quin and Rairdon wer
lookine about for a '1(0.; Power and 'tarry were *elected to hire them
foi the job. The poor Iriehtnen instantly bonneed at the invitation to
smelt, and fiellowed their employers to a public-hoitee, by, their cool-
men 1, where Ito ter was given them to keep up their .ionts newer
then administered an meth, which lie wit II trey would be binding
mean Ciea. Ile ma l: then: kit: a eeinnel paper, and 170:s 'hon.
arleet. and then deelaev that they woulu never say a wool of what they