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London, England, 1809-05-24 00:00:00

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about 24, of them: sambe, John had a pair of liouge, where. be saw him will tha cow-4)orna 3114
tots in his han,a, and Peter Watkins
,V3'3 Ak)'til,tl 4 POWder, and saw Satnbo Jahn givehini five swords.
exercising with a stick. They had also two poVecier ;;. Witness
.Was told by the Duke hirriself that In. was
horn 4, one foil, the niher not 3' John gave obit; of tit !head matt, and that lie would! nit e (wit.
pistols tn Thnmas; witness took It in his hand, aed an Officer. &nribo'• John's party consisted-of
observed, that it had got no ramrod ar sight; ern about 200, .which he called by a rattle. Sunday
whach ,Sambo 'John aaid to Thomas, that a piece of ; evenings were days of meetitig; .denied _that he had
• stink would do for a ramrod, wanted one.— been gratik. Witness- heard. Smith° Joan
Satoh() John had a large piece of paper cut into the s hr, " the' he hoped Jamaica would soon hi. lihc St.
shape of a kite, which lie told Thomas to stick up as repeated it' twice. Other officers
a mark to fire at, to see who was the beat mitrks- !-•Wereappeinted, and regular returns were made to
man ; SaMbo John fired at and hit it. Witness met t the Duke -after the musters:. Samba John once
Slinbo• John and Thomas ne%t morning on the pa- threaten-ed witness that, if he did nut ic)in, he would
rade,- the former having three cutlasses, the latter raise a party to give him a beating. \'.Vittless joined
two.;, Thomas asked witness to go with thefry.ivhich tie patty about two months before Christmas.; :he
he said he would do in about an hour ; accordingjii met them at the bottom at the old read-near .a Mr.
went en to the Old Road, found Thomas :theree Sinclair's. The Duke's house was at the back of the
but nut John; inquired of Thomas what had i workhouse. He made him elf Duke.
become of the cetiasses, who informed that t This witness nrevaiicated a great deal in his
John had put them tip ; upon which John came examination, but which wits evidently occasioned fiy
out from among the bushes; and asked_ Ttto- ; the erica of fear, being interrogated in a threatening
ITI3S• if any oue •liad come up, to whit:h he re. ; manner. We have therefere, briefly relatedilto fa&s,
plied, no ene but witness. Sambo John then said, f which he fully proved. •
thaa witness was too inquisitive; Thomas returned The Jury, utter being addressed at some length
that lie would tell- him any thing, as he knew he by the Solicitors for the prisoners, retired for
could be trusted, and was not a man that would few minutes, and returned with a verdict
carry it about. John struck witness, when witness Guilly. -
told him to desist, that he was no newsmonger ; •The JuDos then passed the 'awful sentence of
`Thomas interfered, and told John that he ought not the Law—That the) were to be taken front the
to have struck witness. About the middle of the place from whence they came, and rhea to the
day after the muster, witness saw Sambo John and place of execution, and hung until they were dead:
Peter Watkilts together on the parade, ;hey were a --awhycii wits accordingly carried into execution
eloec conversation, but on witness going up, about five o'clock. • . .
John blustered out something, as it suddenly chang- !The prisoners aeknetwltalged the justice of their
tog the conversation, and asked 'Watkins, if he Was sentence, and tiattabe Jelin tirade further dlicevet .tea
going into the country, to which latter replied, m be aganows, informing
.ot several more of the
that he wits not. When at Maiward's Corner, John riag•leadms if this Woody plot. As the writer of
observed, that " that is theiplace where the fire is this quitte,l Eingston the same be was
to begin." Witness asked if they thought that a howoltr, learn the particulars of their
proper place, and told titem, if tate, did begin these confessions.
it Would not burn the mail, as streets itnmediatelya Duriug the above trial Mjar-General Carmichael
interse6ted. &turbo Jelin said it was no matter, addressed a letter to one of the Jildipis, by whom it
•fhat when the rest saw that on tire, it woutd be a, was shess ito the wriier,of this, an which he said,
signal for them to begin ; end addressing himself to ' that it any. taitig transpires in the coulee of the
Thomas, said; there was a great deal uteri: to do— triel'ot a serious nature, I Valli immediately reinforce
-there was ihe own squadron which he did not this Wand with 500
,inen otibe 18thregiment. from
know of, and that there were a great many.oilier Curacoa ;" whiele it is tale sincerely hopeat the Ge.
pat:ties that he (stunho.k;ht, had not the charge. of. neral. titi done, there not being at the time above-
: mimed more than i.to epee:live white rt hula s
of Francis, and understood that they weut by leigita
Witness heard SaroboJohu Thomal by the name
tti.it valuable island, for its proiedi:ni.
•
ed names, than they might not he known. The
strengest muster Witness saw was from 24 to 26;
they wet at the iron emelt) the old road, and wetsi
in two's and three's 4teri five to six o'ciuck in the
evening. No chaises or ho-ses pass that way on ac-
remit of gulleys, elle road. Heard SaMbo
Jean himself a Captain, and also tell' Ihomas
thiskhe was an- officer, but did not mane his ritik:
Samto John had a rattle and ; heard hint
shake the former., which he said wasahe signal ter
his people to assemble. • Witoesa knew that ,they
had arms and attenunitiop deposited with a Spaniard
near the wherry wharf. Saw
,SaitibO John with a
lbr casting musket bUllets, who told theist
that there was plenty of leadaon his mastet'swhatf,
and Ail about that Would do to make slugs ; witness
observed it was not for making ,sluga but' ;
John replied " It would do for both." Heard &MIDI)
John gay they were to , have met to begin .in Wed-
nesday minion, which was about a week and a half
before avimess was apprehended. S:lmbo John sail
it , was a disapeoitioneot, alit they would .defer it
till the niki tie of Matea ; Thoims it was not
his Inuit, And Jelin .told him to tell all :he. rest
where to meet, that they might• bevel.° diatenoint-
ment.

.41,1pICATION OF TUE KIM; OF STI'EDEN.

,5-rooKtform,.lNDLY I I.—Qtt Tuesday the 9th, hi.
,Royal the Regent opened the Diet with a
speech address:Al to the Suites, in which the Lord
chancellor -(Lagerhjelke) of lIIV Court .131ron, read,
att audible voice, a detailed aebitnit (lithe ereati
And circumstances .‘ inch had Tendered the Convo-
catien 01 the States'indispensahly necessary for inn
salvation of the countiy. 'The Marshal of the Diet,
and !he ri:spect is e Speakers Of the Clerk;y, Burghers,
and Peasants, addresed his 'Royal in ap-
ptopriate speeches..
On Wednesday the l Oth, an the Members of the
States inefatan early hour in one Assembly„ which
will ever bet-en:imitable in the annals of Sweden.. 7-",
His Royal Highness having ordered the Lord, Chan-
cellar to read-aloud the Act at Abdication, volun-
tarily. made by the riing On :ho 29th day of :d arch,
Iry t ZlPll:.iontrtrtreiro rtoe and addressed the
Baron,• in,a oipeeeli of consiclerable length,
drew: a lic.st 44 picture of the situation to
which dal Was reduced by the ..iog'sitrest,tible
passion for war,. renutuxed all allegiance and °be-,
thence to the person and I) Lad) tit us IV.
and dedifud him and tli, is,,nc, now and tor, Lver,
srl the. Ca o 0 :Ind (..4.,% croon. tit or S‘A etien.
Thri 11,irt11, with tUrieli fitillacsS illltl innin atiott,
'then ti'd;.t.i act, alt, y.i!eitin
01 . t i, iji lel iltda it lh ;Wit tollgate couCtuted,:.
ino \Lith the apprvii,tton of 01,2 Men:bets coittpovt
iug ASstalllAy ? and reiterat4'..d
of Yes, ! Yes ! re4ouihkti
, ,
troal pints, and Bari t 1 .. uectara-
, ,
tiou was auopit,..l by the cOnititutiott-ii ItepreNenia.
lives 10l [he Swcdolt nation, without 4 sing'lC
SetitieliA
I fiahness was then condueted'lo the
chair, whicb he.itddressed the Assembly,. Ito
proceede,d to retnarl 'upon:the' Stahl of the litttion,
111)&44d thesbuses .%vincit hail crept into eCery dcp.irr-
nretit.kil the St.lte, and Lite inadequacy of
flit: resiruin or s.lplire.,s those abuses. ft
theretore,becartio, in his oplincqi, itroisiu:ll:.;.,bly tic
cessary to hew 'model the Constitution, and enact
such laws. as should secure the coontry from are.
currence of the L,.its winch hr0tt..2,1,t It to r',".
titink.-of ruin., The Cy;c.ctatio:a e sQ
portant to toe vital 4114:tests tl Swt.dett, Itt, confided
to the united wi;idom anti.counseii ofthe State*, arid
hoped they would discharge their ditty wiilt creditto themselves and %do *: nna to their couotrY. In
the melt) time he would take upon hirn3.,ll, nod
ante to the orhis ahilltyJ the to.to.tgemern of
publie,.zitfAtirs .trs the en2aCitlT at ilegtut, and wii.hect
mat .Itottin2, sip.roLl be reA.nNed Upon
111X.3:',',11 than rive OWN Coliit:tntion &41v, u
audimsented tor tits'
ties, It....stired from Itai-ASsetuhly antisti load anti re-
iter4ed zcciamatiNts.
4).tuorrow a Committee for drawing up Cll.! new
Constitution U. ill tie chosen, ittid wlkltcll they shall
bate terminated their ltibouys,.,it 'sopposva that
•the States will dectorr themsel‘es in savour of his
Royal Highness ; ntid, innee,l, it would appear 'to
ilie general wish of the ttitti.disto see the crown
uic head, and the hen pre in the hand,•ot 0
wit. of loch• cohstuiunate wisdom and trittd pa-
trtoti4;n.

Cross-examitied..--13ecstne acquainted tvi; h Sambo
Johu abnut three weeks before he %vas ap:lehended. •
Thomas fit-4 fold Mutt of the purpose of their meet-.
ings. When he saw J hrr he had a 'COW-horn fait
of powder in Iris-hand; and told witness that
were assembling to burn, the toWit, and to ;.,et rid of
the rolsters. John hod z white lint, and witness
unde4stood that all hiS party %ere to been hits of ths.
sortie deseripti.on: Witness was interrogated by the So
-
"tenon for the prisopers, the cljnyrrsation• to
French, ai inentioned;abnve : he said, that he con-
ceived what John W"." arcs
thedi noes al ions a Green?, :cti pour..savoir st nous
iron is la Tooth.r.t';'.l which. he ,tepeAtc,tl to Thomas,
who told la,ti inYmglish that thew were big words.
%mess never said that he wouLLI be re% kmgeci up
Sambo,r,,lm for haviiir cirack pion ; tint, 14Ad h;ut
the momon that if he had he.,t) <i inatch tor hint he
would have struck bhp avain. In his cross-exami-
nation he did not in the ''lea,t d,vre ary from his
first statement to the Court And 'Jury. lie was appre-
bended on the '27 to January.

' Thomez,s• 'Odin wits. cones,rngd in the plot, but
perwittei to kcotrics' evidcnce), 1,11101 next
eatleil. • • ,

Here Mr. IVPDouglad appl.wd to the Court for
leave to 111011/111e one; of the presiding Judges,
Molony; Ist') who wag ,nut,l! of lite Miigistrates he-
lore whoop the ex:to:in:lo6os were taken, and, after
consideratile'legil Ir4urnenti, it was granted. Mr.
M`Douglad -then Mr. Alo!any it- he had not
promised the s, it he told ail he knew, he ;
would by pardone, ; which he express!), denied,
but candidly declary:l !hat he told witness it would
be his best policy to tell ah truth and all he knew.
Mr. WI). wished to make this appear to bee pro-
mise to Thomas, and that, Jheretore, from the au-
thorities he quoted, he wai not kcompetent Witness.
Mr. Whyte, howevet, in the wait cleat and
.fa:.(017 111;%1MOr refuted all his obif!t_tions.
• Thomas then proevded: he bas-known both pri-
soners a long ritne; used to tocet them elery
ing at Solas's corner to go up to the,old road to mos.;
ter, .where they were exercised like soldiers;' John.
acted as an officer; the Duhe '(the usher prisoner
within) told him (witness) ttilit he was an_ officer,
but did riot tell bhn What °Aker he was; met them
at the new road. Ahn hadl rum. in a cocoasmat and
drank—" Liberty is sweet, and liberty we'll have."
George Buttess• thank atter him, and said, that'll-
berty was good, but that'wal, not the way to get it,
and that he had. known pewit: taken up at Trinidad,,
and hung for 'such expressions. Heard George
Burgess tell John, that Cirdenwleh
.1•35 lop swot
guarded. Jdlin told witness 'that Millward's houSe
was' the place first ,to begin with the fire, and then
to slaughter all the white people as they came up).
the Duke also told bun so ; they were divided into
parties; was, present when they fired..at a target ;
Sambo John bit it, w hid' i neon; named Hussej,
said wits a good shot, When ,the muster etkivd,
Sambo John carried the piguls bollie to the Doke's.

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INCI4E-DON i$ DOW' 11 erfortolog at Edinburgh,
wtaart be made bis tirst twpearatrwe qn Wudiles'ikAY
)40 Aturtwath.
A man lios, been cotnn-litt.A to Warwick Gaol,
forunniercitully beta itig bisAnaiter'i borle•

Nalibi-E%0447.4014, MAY 24.---Th 5 clay there
lityplioit of 'Wheat, the sait,tpici chietti
ittitntitt 113 d orditinry, owing tl) thc late advices AlO
ogpected sppphes holt) Athetic.t, taws I,l4yottilott
btavy sslei, at lower pro:vs; 1i) eat leSS; I,lltritly its
I:lrge stipply, and ak;ain tilteapor; likewise ;
I'va4d a:141 lieoaivf the way i4l prices;
the n! are large itippiteg or alts, inany More
at frotu 714 tiGrt toles thoroof are
tairitt this wok is si, pt.r t'ack
cheaper, arid expo:lod at
.furil,p_r reAttiou.