The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-17 00:00:00

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wit to Taetii.); h Nvt•!,e to ens Wei the
hail in view? They emceed and pillage:eel Mr. licereeetti'. shoe
of ail the arm; tier., could find ; atol .trisint he libeit lied aver>
taken from it, which. were traced to their hands, to the iasteet
they were :Jeseplityiuge them inepurpu-re and overt nets. of
I reasonend 'rethellitin, the ohjeCt. wain clear. That objet .was
expressly deel.teed be theaddies:e of Meg iVetetiet, weer, it
Would he proved; neat to liitytheiee Very pistols tlbFt t, lw took
ft Ifie peeket, and with tehieliehe shot at that youngpein le-
maw, Alte Platt, thee in the oct of expostulating with
thoogle fortunetely, he did nut kill Juno. Whet; thin treile-
:Action took ,place, eltvielned ii - emitter ;Accomplished this
bliiily-teinded purpose, of plusiderieg Iteelo.vit shop, tilt
of in urderi such upposed them, than they Prereeeed With
those arms, welds' they joile:ed favourable for their designs,
toward. the Itneel Eeettenge. .11eing there met by the Lure
Meyer and the wen by Magistrate site Mader their Lord-
Ships' (Sic deShaeri, whom they HO setiner saw than they re,
vision ettemot which was made to secure them. In the
interieediate thee' City had cUlleeted an additiaeal nob,
AN/eat:like thenteeltes„ :with/4;We; pistols, tind every Wive!'
they tout,' possibly lay their heedsuhou,thas trampling von
the pewee:me coastil'tiedt attthoiiriti ht state of reeolettio
nary riot and open rrhrllinu, for I teal sey so from the
deliberate di .ice, p.o•poie, arid eeeeetiim, which ',vet math-
feet teem the aye...they coluatiltetl lIUPUgii4UIII4I WO*
nffhir. They i.err running some one Way, twee atiothee,'When
met by the Lord Mayor, /OA or Sir ...lames Shaw. . Two guns
were at that instant discharged At the Lord Mayort though.
heitherelid execution; avid one, of theist petsons st)ctritytag
and using these arms, was now charged as a prisoner with
Mr. Wattan. The person Alluded try was" Hooper, who bad
these very fire-arms in his hands, which would be proved tit
haeo been purchased by young Watson just before the pro-
ceedingeef that teturnittgl and in consequence of those von.
sultetions hod between them for the express purpose of ar-
ranging what was intended to be, and actually was so carried
into t•secittion ou the Monday. The gunsmith would be
callted,uftvhcon these pistols Wire purchased by young Watson,
and line of which would be proved to be the very pistol which
was found upon Hooper. Some broke oil' in the direction of
the west, °thins proceeded in the 'direction of Surrey, and
limit: who were taken :with 'arms in their Lauds, to the Royal
Exchange, anti eastward in the direction of the Tower of
London. After having concerted their neerisures according
to the written plan, which tees foiled tipon the pervert of the •
prioieer Watson (with other doeunients which' would be pro•
decede, stoat was the meet object ?—to attack the gunstuiths'i
skulls. The shop of Mr. Ray, in the vets ;Mint.
diately attacked in the same way as that of Mr. Bechteith's
41:lhettgls Ray had. actually then shut up his situp. They
went over to the other side of the way anti attacked the steeps
of Brandon
.and of Potti, end took ell the arms that could
lie (auto' there, tdgether with a field-piece. When they had
thus proceeded to the Mieuties they were nut far oil the
Tower. Here a person advanced front the rest of the mob,
and Who, I 'where, will be shown to Lave been Thistiewoud.
He got upon the railing which surround the ramparts, and
raising his. voice, made a treasiMaele address to the soldiers.
He represented to them that they .Work to te‘Vilir our bun.
tired guineas a-piece, and wit ha sword in hit hand, he invited
them to ensue over to the mob. He solicited his Majesty's
troops to join in there theissuree fur which, they had armed
therueelvee.. Carrany buneen being doubt What their object
was in thoyseeking to settee,: the solcheit from their ditty to
join them with their amts? If this Was not to ,-acittre gee
to rag inserrectiOn, for what other object?. Why were they
'armed at first, and why did they.resurt to plunder for.artos ?
Why attempt to seduce the oddiery from their allegiance,
bat to obtain all the reletoreenient that could be prounred
Wby the mounting up into a weegon, furnished with mime.
-nititne? :Why 'limit tutienimatory speeches to excite the pas-
'sloes- of the limb, except for the purpose of bringing over
-otheri to joie them, fur the purposes of open and avowed
Tebellion and Heaton? The question is, whether this was a
conspiracy to orerturn. the
_legitimate tiovernment of the
C'eietty,er with inteat ion to petition tor redress of erieeanee I,
'or Perltententar Reform I Noe:, Ido 'say this --1 don't care.
how tar they go towards this object. of contemplaeion, pro-.
wided they go ;;.• far only ite to sliew..whet their object yvaseeie
should be glad to hear. Irons the pitsoner of his eeenset
what in reality their object was. What was the purpose of
all these contuttaftons or apearene acts of treasun ? . What
in reality was intended Then I say, from what was dotty.
(or what could be ki.oWn but front what was done), that their
ehject was resent!, war•ag nest the sovereigety of the State,.
and against the Conetitution, of the Country as by law. tate.,
blished.. I ,ay, that What tees:dune we; notnieg short of all
this, though, as 1 have already Wig you, I should hot phreue
the saute course of proof Oct I halt laid dotve su opeenig this
presteattion. After :they bad wade the attempt upon. the
Tower, and =tires were daring the afterouon of elenday
in a very alerreing state, ttanquillity being by the interte.
lettee•ot the military and of other *loyal subjects so far re-
stored, and the moo .disperetele..l say,-alter. thia dispersion,
tine evidence traces Widgets (the elder), Thtstlewuud, and
flooper, prisoners at the bar, back to the lodgings of the
elder Wietsim, in New-street. There it Was found Thistle.
wood heti .Watsent clout and peeked tip some both and ap-
parel;. anti Troia there they were traced-,to etwther ledgipg'in
the house of ts porbull mimed Williams, in Shoe-Wit- lielv
they left the witteessovhem I shall Celt, awl' also left Pre-sten,
and departed fruit Lunden that night. It happened they
were diecovelteet, in thadead of the night, iu th, neighbour-
hood of iiighgate, by one of the petioles there, who bad
received tarot-mettle:A of twee robberies .eunintitted in the
county of Essex.' lie happened to see two people, sculking•
along to the dark, tete with a bundle under lue.arm, when lie
advanced, iteal desired theto to stop. The prisoner said he
had On objection tin sinew him his bundle, when at the settle
time patrote aceideetplly discovered that Mr. Wittson hod
a pocket _pistel emteeeledeibunt„ his person. This 44iiCiiiyelry
increitSt.d his tinqpiCiollS; he hod' no. doubt . their ilitentious
wine nut awl he imutedlarely'steeed Watson, the pri-
soner, when the other t ' persons both fired their piatuls
et theipetrole; Weisel) wets first secured tilte made considerae
ble resistance, by striking the ;itride; Out ill toe settle •
the patrele drew his da,zger, end the 'peistmer Was secured,:—,
It'heu • searched he was round twitted' with- pistols. • Now,
Gentlemen, -Aosta }hen there was nothing aettiteet
,Me. dames
Watson ieliateeer, except what transpired et a subsequent
time, and whatever they state they Slid. during that tvaneae-
thin, goes to the rvidetice of one Una all;. not as to anything •
done by other persons, wilt not excuse or Resist:these persont
in the outrages which they 'leer committed. In going into
evidence, I shall begin With this transactiOns of l'eToveluber'.
the loth ttOwa to the ed of Deem:het% I shall calla great
• wily %%guesses, but only to. the • must intportent tact'
,apperteiniog to the various transactions. tt. witness,.
who was pricy tte the conspiracy, is subject to this. •Hu niust
be considered to hare been an accomplice. So he was buyout!:
all doubt, but the toy admits his testimony; and beyond till:
doubt he is a competent witness, if confirmed by
.uthert.--
But perhaps, though uneeittirmed;-the luw, in teeny cases,
though it doe%
..uot•declitreliet incompeteete yet it wenid.he
too touch to say a reliance should be put upon his testimony
in capital east-111ke this, where. the life of n fellowesubjeet is •
at, stake.- Out say,- neverthriesS; tout without tin'„ evidence
of an accomplice being allowed Lett, as 'cogent eiet ieteett
evidence against the prisoner, you wilt say there is cigent
and strung evid:iice againet the prisoner of overt acts of
treason upon this itidictmenL But I know I shalt Confirm
this witness upon many citeunntances of the foundation for
which there is no doubt. The other persons Who were ;lc-
couttificeo -with him in:What be did would be ooStrongte ewe.
roborated by other evidence, t live would hardly be any point
in which he 'Would nut be einitirmed by pen sons -Wile were
r not accoplieeseand who were-ignorant seittivieit'inOse eitettuniie
stances led, until we came iteptire later them, and they
confirmed this man in all that was necessary to case.
doubt will tiow be removed, by' which. Tahiti lave Made out
a case from these transaction* in support of the indictmente
;mutely, conspiring end irtiaginitig .the death of doe
intending to depose 0;6 Kb*, and also let ying war fur the -•
purpote of deposime his Mejesty. •
Geaflerttens I out sorry for bating take:rt.. tio". so much of
your time, and perhaps I smy have given
.you it groat amity.
aontueed-dates and titles; for which I hope 1 shall he -cleated.

'IIOI4AS STORER examined by the Soticrroa-
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GENERAL.

Deposed that he was.a Printer.. 'Witness lived in Fetter-
lane ; knew the prisoner at the bar ; saw !Ina on the fith.of
tart November, when. he- tailed On witness,- w'auted
ness to print a paper, which was a Petition or Memorial to
he presented to the Prince Regent, copisi:i'u'f which Were itt•
tended-to he slistrihnted at the Meeting all to Ouce..
Witness sant there Would not be time. He (the prisoner)
rend part of it; it recommended a general illviiron of 'the.
land, which it propp Fd tv let or ii parochl3l partiteriliiyB,
fur the broAt of the people ; the waste lailds, mines, Mol
/parries,. by this were to 'be appropriated,tii,eoverthe
ekpences of the thi.,ein.oitot; the ret,t.it of di:fee-eat To-
rislivs,wits to be, divided ,to: ing thit '11441- retulletted
Ito more of ihr contents of the pap. r. Mr. WittsOn said a
meeting' ;,vas to take phice -ris:xt dile, -'at the' Carlisle, iu
; he added, tliete would 1;!: it bill wanted to
Public aletting,''which-he'svotild lithg to witness 'to lit'
printed, tie did not print the Memorial. Hu next saw Mr.
Watson on the Siinday following, the 10th of Nov:l6l)er,
,when he elilled I bringing tlist,niatinseript
copy of Et 101 l to toe printed. The printing of it WWI ttgrrrd
.for : by lteliered,2o9o sus tll, hod 400.targe'imes aerie seder-
ed. • %Tituess computed if, a:A ?ranted off ma 4U the 4via.