The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-18 00:00:00

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pike toter couple te 1,4 taa.purpc,s of trtiV.
son: Conletwrialiing 'be, more preposterims, more infamous
than the story of .the villain ? W hat a strengt civil war was
this had before laid down propositions of law frmu
which fie would. but recede either as a lawyer or historian.
He would stand or fait upon what he bad stated t be readily
placed the little reputation he had:acquired by his industry
and, his talents, such as they were, in Westminster Hall,
upon this issue. He knew that wliat he had stated would
be subjected to the Most rigid er;tieisin in private, anti the
cleriet animadversioas there. He had laid down what be con.
sidereal to be the law ; and if from the Solicitor-General, or
front any one else, the Jury were induced - to disagree
with him, he wont(' say again, as he siways would say, there
and every where else, as an honest man and a lawyer, that
if the-transactions of the 2d of December should be declared
by then: a treason, they would obliterate the Riot Act and
spew' an otter disregarri ot every pi ecedent upon the case. It
was his duty to give his opinion fully and truly; he had done
sy, however it might not conciliate the opinions of others.
He had the concurrence of alt the laws to that opinion, he
had the Riot Act with • him, and he should be glad to hear
what wits not if this was not. He was aware that he
had not pursued the most lucid order in his address,
hut the Gentlemen of the Jury had honoured him with
the deepest attention ;., they had exercised their free
and enlightened, understandings upon the evidence ; he
knew they had attended to hint, and he also knew that they
would pause before they gave their verdict, It' opportunity
had perMitted, he-should have been glad to have examined
the corroborative testiturmy' but that Would be much better
done by his Learned Friend, after the evidence which they
intended to call on behalf of the prisoner. lie rrinitgled
them that he bad quoted a passage from Judge Foster's pre-
face; he would tell them why. •It was from tbe • manner in •
which Mr. Hunt had been connected in these transactions.
He thought the speech of that Gentleman extremely indis-
erect, and calculated, as he had before said, tv do much ruts-•
chief. Now, be Would tell the Jury, that it was by mere ac-
cident aloue-that Mr. Hunt was not involved. with the pri-
soners, rind then standing at the bar awaiting their hat far
life or death, They Would recollect that he had asketWastles
about Che.apside, who, knowing the point he Was coming Is,
answered Tkis man knew that Mr. Hunt was to be
in the Meeting luSpa-fields at one o'clock , be met h 1", in
Chrapside sonic time before that hour; be should call him ty
prove to them what this villain said to Mr. Hunt when hr met
him. The Crown ought to have called hint, for he was on the
record, ,and if the dig was treason he was guilty of treason.
He would prove to them, on the testimony of Mr. Herat against
whose credibility he did not believe a single objection could
be urged—he would prove that this indescribable villain
met him. and told him that the Tower had been in the hand,
of the rioters two hours, adding, " Go with us, my boy.".
Now, if Me. Nut had orsfortunattly turned his curia:le and •
gone to the Minories as a spectator merely, 11. e would by this
artifice have been made a co-conspirater. Let it be to-;
cullected too, that his name is uh.tbat paper marked With the
letters c. P. S., which has been put into the hands of the
man for this special purpose, and this it would at once
have been said, that he was leader in -their plots, and had
consented to become a head of the new goverament to be set
up. There was another circumstance in which lie *mild

firm Castles, not as the Croton Lawyers confirm hint, for tiny
did it where it was,not wanted. The Jury would recollect what
passed about the slimier. in liouverie-street. He shotiled.
long time .but at last, he admitted, that he intruded hiniseit
upon the party; they would also recollect what passed about
fox-.slurp. Well, this villain, whom he hoped the Attoroey-
General would prosecute, or that he would lie prosecuted by
an order of the State, as a man against. whom the lives,of his
Majesty's subjects are never sate; he would prove, on the
oaths of two witnesses, that he went into his fox-sleep in the
hope that Mr. Hunt might say somethicg which he. could con-
vert to a ebarge•of treason. es;this indescribable villain was
seeking to entrap more lives, fur the sake of the adiantages
which lie has admitted were to follow the present business.—
Ile was Oa leading man in all the transactions with the sol-
diers; 99 words out of every hundred that he spoke, .were
falieboods. He had not, however, said that Watson was ever
with bins and the soldiers together—indeed the whole amount
of what had been proved on this part of the case, was ndt
more then what might, have beets said very innocently to any
man not a soldier, and without offence to One that was. He
agaiu.thanked the Jury for time ,great patience with which
they had listened to him. They would have to listen to the
evidence which would prove the facts lie had stated, and then
his Learned Friend, with whom he had the honour of being
associated on this occasion, would address them upon the
whole case as it stood before them. And now, Gentlemen;
(said Ise), I shall sit down with an assertion,. which I have so
often made, in the course of my address to you ; it is, that if
these transactions are to be Interpretated by any construction
W4ataVer into tje#6o,ll. it -Win lie luc,aipettilde with-the Ire*
ageticy of British subjects.—The Court then adjourned.

SIXTH DAY.---Savuantv, Jura 13.
PntiONEß's WITNESSES.
Mr. H. Hunt said, lie resided at the Cottage in Hamp-
shire ; he had not received any so/nutria on the part of
the Cs owo, though be hail expected one; but he had received
one osi the part of the prisoner : he Was present at the first
Spa-fields Meeting, and made a speech, but he begged to
add, it was not such a speech as was reported in a Morning
picwspaper,„ nor Any thiiar Wye It.; he proposed to adjourn
that meeting •tintil after the meeting of Porliatuent ; the
younger Watson wished to move another and au earlier day ;
the elder Watson enifeaveur to prevent his son- Inuring it,
not only by persaasiow, but as the young mats was passing
forward to get to the window, he put his hand before him,
and endeavoured by a friendly' violenge to keit) bias buck ;
this passed at the window of the Merlin's Cave public-
house; there was a general cry of Adjourn, adjourn l He
then,proposed to adjourn. until the first or second day, or
week rater (lie did riot recollect whether it was d 4 or
week) the Meeting of Parliament ; on that day he dined
at Cooper's Hotel, in liouserie,street ; he bud an asp-
Pointment with Mr. Bryant, on private business, and Mr.
Bryant had bespoke the dinner at five o'clock; three whit-
ings and mutton clipt,. for the witness, Bryant, and his
son, a little lads. he went to Cooper's aitteethe meeting, and
found Mr. Breast there; before the dinner was ready, Cos,
ties, the two lifalsons, and several others carat. into the rooia',
without iuritation; it W3ll in .a pris rite room, and ;iltheugh
they came wholly ueineited, he was not roach surprised, be.
cause it. is no unusual thing to, thoss who have taken a part
in public meeting. afterwards In dine together. 'To the hest
of his reeinteciion, he had never seen Castles hefiiee that .day;
be first saw bins in ,Spo-fields carrying a da4,--he was very
intrusive and odieines, hut not in the, least degree affected
by liquor. The withers gave them a hint that they could not
dine with P. yaut and him, by saying they hail only ordered
a mutton chop for their three selves. Castles said they
would order an addition to the dinner, sad rang the ben,
and dud' so. They' sat down to (limier, and Bryant took the
Chair. After dinner Bryant give the King's health. it went
round, hot the witness said, he 'thought. they had better. sot
drink any toasts; then it come to Castles,_tie got, " May
the last of Kings be strangled With the bowels of the fait of
Priests," and unon which the witness jumped up and said,
no sach language should be used in his company. Ile was
also repeobat ed. by all, partitadarly by the -elder Watson and
Bryant. Fineiiig himself unsuppmted, he made a sea of an
apology. Some time after but not at dinner, he
said; the soldiers ate our friends: The witness acid, pray,
Sir, what have we to do with the soldiers? He intimated
that he had bad, frequent conversations with them; to which
the witness replied, " More fool yen 1" lie related a
story of his having ;tided the escape of sonic French prisoners
of war, for which be trial he had been confined two years in
Maidstone ,4aol. The witness said tea Bryant, low, " Pretty
company we hare got into here ;" Bryant replied, " very
pretty." Ile said be had received_ bOOl. for carrying these
persons out of the country, and that he bad engaetal to carry,
another from Wales, bat that he had been disappoii!ted, for
that the prisoner either could not or would test ride on
borsch ick • upon which he said he drew a pistol nut of his
pocket,, and hesitated some moments whether be should .not
Wow out the bloody villain's brains—end had a good mind
to do it; but as he could not get him off, he gore him "up
Therelder Watson again reproved him fur sueireoncluets and
he was the more certain of it, !itemise the Young,er Watson
justified the aiding the prisoner to escape, llel also pitoluced
a flag from his pocket, which, he said, Was his tlag, met that
he would hare his heart cut out before it. should be taken
from bias, He said the Spittiltields weavers had made,the
silk, and that he had prepaied it. The witness said, pray,
who do you suppose-would attempt to take it: from you! He
spread it out, and the witness read the mottoo--- •
" Nature to feed the Hungry.
CO Truth' to protect the Oppreised.
" Justice to punish Crimes."
The witness said, I see no harm in the motto, and therefore
why should yot ~ suppose any one wants to take it foul you?
Healstos used some more violent 'language; upon which the
witness told hiio, one of them should quit theerowa. Find-
ing himself aniuppOrtert by any one, lee rolled himself np,in
his chair, and apparently fell last asleep. The witness naked
wawa why br,brottacht stude a 0910 into tbe gout patsy ?, Wato,
son said, he was a very good fellOw whias he was known; thet,
he hod beets ill used by Goverement, which made bine foolish-
out eageokii seirnAltuti'il his langinnist:.•itt ',observed one