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London, England, 1817-06-18 00:00:00

eiNimcd, "fur God's sake, let that feilow alone." Some of the
parry proposing to go, I desired that, Castles might be taken
away with them. They attempted to woke Inm, nut could one
succeed. Ile himself gut up, and used ate gentle toraint.t foe
by that tints he was folk, convinced his site, was 64 a Awn ;
he struck him a hard blow under the ribs, and, the party
goiirg, gut up, and in a ntoment was as wide awake its any
of them." Oo the day of the urxt hpa-fields Meeting he
againmiet Castles in Cheapside, near 1:sow-Church, he had
been in Essex, where he had never been before in order to
avoid any communication with any person whatever; it want-
ed about twenty minutes to one, and he was driving a tandem
very slowly, wishing to know the cause of the crowd that he.
saw; Castles stepped up towards hint, but he hatf.no rvcollec-
Gin of beckoning hitu, or indeed of seeing hint. before he
stepped forward. He said to the witness, .why art ion so
late ?—Witness replied, the Meeting was not until one t, dock,
and it wonted 80 whittles, and lie shouid be in goad titer;
Castles said the meeting had broken up fur these two hours,
adding, We are going to the Tower, which has been ut
our possession above two hours—come along!" The wit nest
exclaimed—" d—d rascal," and struck his horses; he pro-
ceeded to Spa-fields, and there found the large.t meeting he
ever saw; his 'servant. was also in the chaise when Castles
spoke to him.
Mr. William Bryant, an Attorney, and formerly Clerk of
the Papers in this Court, was nest called, and examined by
Mr. Serjeatit COP4EY. lEr confirmed Mr. Hunt's account of
what had passed at the dinner in Bouverie-street, in every
particolar.
George Philpot has known Castles since June 181 1; anti
front the general character of th-.t Individual, he does not
thin!; him worthy of credit on oarh. *
James Lawson hits khown Haywood, one Of 'the witnesses,
hr may say from his infancy, mid he considered hint a pirsOn
nut to he believed at any time on oath.
William Hayden gave similar eodtmee. •
Robert Curtis has known Haywood by the name of .1. W.
Haywood, and found hini'a man who seltlon Initiiiej his pay'
tarots, and who was not a g.oid dealer iu business.
George Spnrrct has known 114wOod, who is a complete
route, as witness will prove, it the Court see cause.
Mr. J: Scott, Reporter of a Morning Newspaeer, war pre-
sent at the Meeting on the 2d of December. The toolusiois
was so great, he could not lake a note of the proceedings,
He was very near the waggon at the time young Watson was
speaking, but could not collect what he said with any 'legless
of accoracv. He believed Watson was saying something
about the Prince Regent.
Mr. S. Steer had heard Mr. Dowling say, in conversatimi,
that owing to Isis connection with these proceedings, 1w had
been introduced at the Home Department, and that himself
and his brother had been employed; and tlie produce of their
labour amounted tn'3ool.
The evidence fern the Prisoner being closed,
Mr. Serjcant COPLEY rose to address the Jury on behalf
if the prisoner. The Learned Counsel look an historical re-
view of the statutes of treason, precisel,, in the same ordek
pursued by Mr. Wethei ;• be also pursued the seine coarse
io arguing the fot•in of the indiettnent against the prisoner,
the leugth of wh:ch be declared to be unexampled iu Ole
history of this country: Ha alto re-argued,' at soma length,
the point of the offence, being, if proved, only a riots;
and not.treason—a character which it only assumed ois
the discovery of Castles. The ',rented Couosrl, af, er
quoting the words of the Act of Edward`Vl. for the sup:?res-
siud of slots, asked what'proof'was there of previous collet rt
and' conspiracy for the objects set lath in this imlict ment
He forgot, there was proof; but it was the proof of Lasth s,
Whose testimony he first meant to call upon theni to ex-
punge, but which he now wished them to retain, " as the
pillar of fire by night, and the cloud by day," to guide them
through this long and complicated ease. He agreed with the
Attorney-fienerel, that an accomplice may be on evidence, so
far as his testimony was corroborated; but did not the se-
quel Shew that it would be all impious mockery of justice td
plaCe reliance upon his evidence. in no part of a case
which had occupied a week (a strange length of time fur r,
.plain inquiry to take) was the plot attempted to be sustained
except by Castles.
Lord ELLENB ROUGH asked ,Mr. Watson, if it was his,

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intention to avail hinir.elf of the iodolgence the Court had
granted to.hini, of addressing the Court, and, if he did, now
was his time?
Mr. Watson said, after the very able and eloquent manner
in which lie had been defended by his Learned COunsel, he
would trouble the Cant only to declare, that he never had any
other wish but to seethe country governed in the wet) pointed
out by the Cnn ion—by King, Lords, and Confmons.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then rose and said, that at

length the time had arrived when it.becaine his duty to address
the Jury. At any time he would feel himself incompetent to the
task, but particularly oow, after the eloquence they hail beard.
He had, however, the consolation to know he was addressing'
ao F.nglith Jury. - The nature of thicoffenee was perfect' y use
certained by the Court, in the Apprentices' case in the reign
of Elizabeth, -when certain apprentices, to the amount of 4 or
WO persons assembled, broke open gunsmith's shops to preol
cure arms, and having devised labels to induce Others to toil;
them, prheeeded with a trumpet and Itag.to compel' the I,ord
Mayor to release horn prison some of their own butly. T 144
case was ruled to be treason, so Wog since as ()oven Eli4a-
boles reign, and yet his Learned Friend, the Attorney.
Gerierel, was censored, al having now introduced a ITw.
fangled treason, requiting the Jury to legislate, ri,t- to gi+ e
their verdicts Upon faits est:et-mined and established:'
Ag similar priliciple vets laid down by Judge Foster, .whig
declared that-every 'rising to compel by violence 'the King
to change his measures, although such rising was not
attended with the p imp and eircifraltanee of wi,s, to ha
treason within the Statute. The tidy question then tor Ihett
Jury to ascertain was, the introit, and purpose with which tliv
prisoners proceeded to Spa-fields, with which they diitrihuted
their plac;,rds, awl broke open ill, gunsmiths! shops to pros
cure arms, The Learned Getitlertutn; after commeitting
upon the evirlerice at great length,' said, " before I con-
clude, let ott; remind, you, that if it be WU impqrtant case,
as It effects the prisoner at the bar, it is of infinitely greeter
importeke as it rev( cis the 'British Public. Your 'feel-
ings may be worked on by sentiments of compassion for tits,
individual placed. in such -circuoistances—but .yon hive; nit
imperative duty to perform. ' You have bud addressed to. '
you various itilonnvots in support of the prit:irser's
ceuee. If you can, as honest men, teeoneile the facts which
have been stated with his innueence, you iwill.then ;toques-.
tionahly be' bound to aquit bleu But it, as honest and fir
men (for as Englishmen I know you time firm men;—it on a
r calor inquiry into the subject—it, with feelings unbiassed by
ally thing that has occurred without or within doors—il, 'lov-
ing divested Your minds of every. thing but the evidence, yolk
are of opiniorr, that designs have been meditated agaiost the
safety of the state, yon will express your opinion by a 'verdict!
of %You will, Gentlemen, give all due weight to the
arguments of my Learned Friends, as.welt as to the (Au rva-
thou which I most feelily (for I say unfeignedly, I feel my
titter incompetence to the task imposed on me) halo:addressed
to you which I hope you will nut distnissfrum your minds more
than those offered tip he prisoner's Counsel. But Ido opperilio
you as men and.hirorii, latrine due regard for the partyacetts-
od without any dispoitiou to draw anystrainedor forced conclu.
shun for time purpose cif his incul...atiop, if looking to his con-
duct you see it Inivhed with traitorous designs to uvrtturn th•g,
Govecntnclit—then I appeal to you for his cinvictioil‘ I state
to sou, however inefficient the weans mere to the t0,,t,—,h0w.,
ever small a part of the plan had twen Ctketed—hoWerec
rte-
gtigent the police were hi not putting the parties down, if
any-such negligence can be imputed to them—these circtillt.,
stances do riot alter the case---us couseientious men, if such'
affesign were harboured, I call *you, tu you estimate the.
rights of the public-, as , you regard, your own peace and quiet
in future, as you respect the duo adtuinistrafion of the law
(and, thank God 1. whatever other evils may murk ti xt s,
it is still purely administered), to do thatjustiet «hiwit the

British ilpects, by coniictiug h:a) ufthu crillic a icgctl
tigalott him."

SE V E NTH DAY.-11104 MY, Ju

Lord ELLENIIOROUGH began his Address to the 3ory
this mortlimf, Which, as it recapitulated the 'evidence of six,
days}, tan only he given in it veil-brief thiscriptitin.. He began
by telling the Jury, that now all the evidence veiny
both on the part of the proseention and the priioner, their
duty would commence, to jtulgc of the effect of that evidenco,
its establishing tbc charge imputed to the prisoner at the bar.
They must calmly and dispassionately consider over it, iota,
pronounce that sel cOct which jostice and the law would war-
The Treasons charged hy the indictment against the',
'inosoncrs were—Asti Twoef them Mt the ancient Statute of 26
Ed. lit. and two ton a inetlein statille of 117 Geo.
Thclir:t wets that of eftipassing and imagining thedeath of
the Kituci and under this branch Of Treason, it had alwitye
been ittleds thattany attempt upon the Kingly Olfice, es to deo
pose and imprison hiro, was tc compassing his death, because it
w,a alwiivs considered that such violence led to the death of the
King. 'the second Treason charged, was a compassing to de...
pose the King; this was made now a substantive 't reast n.
though it was aivnyis held a civil act decisircof the other
proceeding, of 'imagining the death of the King. 'rhe third
, wa4 a levying war against the King And the fourth treason,
e.nipiracy to levy war. With respect to the treason of •
levying, war, it must' he levying war against the King, that
is, against the Royal ..authority. • Any tumult tg Cal ry into
Atc.-4 a private ohjetl, in whi4b tits rioters might be Ina-