The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-11 00:00:00

ARREST OF' SUSPECTED PERSONS.

In the account sent to all the Papers on Sunday
night of the circumstances attending the arrest of
Preston, Watson, and the other inspecte►l persons,
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tl►cre were some very Material inaccuracies.
The Secret Committees of the two Houses of
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Variiatnent, we are authorized to state, bad nu-

thing at an ►o, do With the proceedings in this CR3e,
nor did eit:,er of the CommirteeS hold•any Meet-
ing on Sundiy, as has been erroneously state".
The facts are simply and correctly as follow :

In consequence of privaie informati,m that had
been received since Wednesday At the Home Mire,
a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office
on Saturday, when the measure which has so
ju-
dteuOutsly been resorted to wit fully determined
upon by Government. 11'arrants were come_
quently prepared at the Home Office at six o'clock
that evening; and Mr. STAPPORD was ordered

o carry them into effect early the next morn

ing. As we stated in our Paper of yesterday, the
warrants were all promptly executed, and the sip,.
pectedpersons taken Intl custody. A communi-
cation of this • event was duly made by Mr.
Sr*rrono to the Right Honour dile IL ADDING.
1.91.1 on Sunddy morning, and Lord SIDNIOUTH in
consequence lost no time in SfialtD011111:: all the
Cabinet Ministers to attend at the flo.he Offi'e,
I.vliielt they. accordingly did about two o'cloCk.
The prisoners underwent separate examinations"
before the Cabinet Ministers, which lasted till
near six o'clock, when they were sent under pro-
pee escorts to different prisons. Upon the perlrct
aoeuracy of this statement the public may impli-
ly rely.---(Morning Port.)
The following statement is from the ordinary
general Police Reporter :

The apprehinsion of Niessrs. Watson,. Preston,'
-the ;causes, Keene alias Kearne, Castles otitis Jack-
son, was arranged and conducted in the best pos..
sihle manner; they were all apprehended at the-
same time. although some of them .reside a a con-
siderable distance' from each other, and were ail
at Bow-street Office in less than hour and a half of
each other, so that it was impossible for any alarm
-to be created among their connection. They were
kept separate from each other during the day as
much as possible, from the time of their being re-
moved from Bow-street Office to the Secretary of
State's Office, to be examined before the:Cabinet
Ministers. The Officers expected to find tVatstin
with Preston et enreeting. of the Spa-fields Society,
which was held at the Duke's
.Head
in Stangate-street, Lambeth, where Preston acted
as President, which was numerously, attended.
Some officers were in waiting o the curiae of the
house, who knew Dr. Watson'S person, an.d they
being observed by same person, gave information
to Mr. President Preston, who treated it with his
usual coolness and firmness, and harangued his
'auditors upon-the subject, telling them of the In-
formation he bad received, and that for any thing
he knew there might he spies,. of Government in
the room, 'which certainly was open for any one.
It was star n 1 yesterday by mistake, that Dr. Wa-
t was in the 53111 e bed with Preston he was
on a bed on the floor in the same apartmeqt ;
Preston was On a half-tester bed.
Watson and Preston exonerate the Evans's-from
Mving any connection with them;. however there
is no donbt.of their being of the same sentiments,
•fiorn the Writings they propagate. The cum-
. .
mencement of Watsbn and Evans se ot. s ac-
quaintance was about three years since, when
they were on a coroner's Jury together. Evans
then gave hit ,Amnhlet, containing his improved

In an

Fairs. tenni, senior, kis h i a snspicions

cal character these twenty years past ; he was one
of the Secretaries to the Corresponding So?iety,
we believe, after Hardy. 'Banns, one o! the-cele-
brated orators of that day, lodged in -his Louse.
O'Quigley and others left London from his house
to go to France, but were stopped and detected,
and tried at Maidstouc for Iligtc Treason. Evans,
however, denies his connexion with these parties,
and says it was all an act of Binus,,notwitlis*and-
ing he wits taken into custody at that time, and
impriSon'ed two yearslandleleven months; and it
•happened that he was taken to the same prison
on Sunday night. It was strongly .susmtel that
the Evans's family knew where young Watson
was concealed ; but Mrs. Evans declares she has.
not seen him for the last two years, The man
named Collins resided in Newport-market,• and
nut Carnaby-market,• as stated yesterday by tins.
take.

I M P It 0 M P rr u

ON A YOUNG LADY lIAVING LOST A II RILLIANT
• • HEART BROOCH, PRESENTED EY HER LOVER.

" You gave Me your HEART t'otloa day,"
All! where has the tiuttefer flown
I have LOST it—yet truly mai say
Yowl. Heart is still safely my own !
TARTAR,

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