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

andende two: to Partmen.strret Rerrocks; Rtotion ;ens,' tie.
eired tit celcuiete hew toilets emulous' ibies :it 7,41101 d• 131.0(... tip
fireersit.the eve,suee at the atilt!, 'laic, am, they•apr,iiireil tire
,nere ;Sunday rate ii generel nieetiog of the :Seeitnoiltee,
eleven., tir asranee the whole ;11411 t: thec owe rot the tie ‘ti
S:lthiay ; en the mean time he bed iirdereireeo telze, Used; of
• Bentley. and psid We in advarice; 'lltistir weed said he
had haltered v. here hatulles were to be gar, .41ti they might
he-obtained at .eome Race behind the Kittee • the
nexteentday meriting they all tart, auil a li.ex gas fetshrd
down StiilE6 for,a fort here were neither els irs eter.ta 11.10
Jul :he house house wile lean:Lee, to see that 00 I:l►e‘tt•;,.;
• concealed, and-they began their ttelihera; lone ;
prodaeeti a iti.witt. ',tendon : tiro trite-roatit weee.tuarked not
to the placeeto attack ; they were orreiteed where every inen
wee to tads: ltls station l (iener.el, ; the l'otteouttre %vete .a 11
Gearritlit 1)1., etVa tem, propitoel Thistlievortil to. lee (;one-,
inantter in Chief, as he fount all the Money. They were le
be armed with pikes :tail itiffereet ether weapens—wheterer.
they cool sert...Wate,el t et elder tees to set !He to the Till t-
titan-street tierrecke; the materials with which fire Was ,to Ite
cet to the liartarl.s was talked. of-epitele tar, rosin, ttupen-
li,ie; spi rite of %doe, eitlpitor, N.C. The thing was to be done
by et te, I' lie andeeitieg ere to the ltarraekt at every avetitte,
al 0410, 41 cleek iu Lilt otornitti.t. :111 the persons met ie the
streets wete tit lie stepped; gentlemen's earrieges were too he
'4'11,1,0, tilt' 1'm...v.4 Auto (row t Item rind ntoient et, by nice who
were to act tie ce ea; ry, st fter I his, witness was t o jai it the elder
Wal 511 at the top of ()lewd. road, near the Park, after having
seen dent none (escaped from the hurtling ref theft:wrecks. tear.
riettri was also to join there pieces with the wilt of artillery; it
volley was to be tired to %hew they bad got the guns.: this was
the signal of their having got the germ e Some pikemen were
to lee left at Hyde-park gate to protectthe gulls. They were
then to proceed to park•lam—to berricade the Ill'ellUeS to
• the Park—to barricade Penitent-street, and all the entrances
iu that quarter, for the purpose-of .preventing any cevaley
(runt coming in that might he tint of quarters, 'they were
thee to ge oil to. Plecadilly gate, (witness means the turn-
pike-gate at the corner of Hyde-part:, Piecadilly;) that gare
Wai to he chained and barricaded, and a• party was to be left
there to tire tin any hurt: that might. come from the country—
then to. proceed to Charingscross and the In idge (wititete
means tliestwittster-bridge), told harricetle all therrebouti,
to stop any tenpin that might come in by the way of Chelsea.
As WOO at Thistlewood end the you Watson had secured
the ;plat., which witness iiiteettly said they were ordered to
talde, they were then to attack the guns tilt he' slieps steel "ell
shops; every shop where any arms or conibtistitile materials
could be gut; Thistlewood and young Watson were tiPhlack,
up every
.place horn Gray's Inn-lane to St. Giles's,,, where
Thistlewood was to wake hisgrand stand; a gent wits to point
up Tottenham Cuurt-ruad ; Preston's business was to attatk
the 'Tower; young Watfiall was to prat.tetdiraat St. Giles'e to
Clunberland-gate, barricading all the &treaties on the right as
lie went on ; Preston, it he failed of taking the Tower, wits to
barricade London-bridge against any artillery thud
conic front Woolwich, then to barricade Whitechapti against
any troops that might come that way; Preston was after that
to join the main body at the eank, which was known by the
cant name of " the Old Lady," as the Tower washy theneme
,of the " Old Gentleman," or, the " Old Men," 'twits all the
sante; .whilst these plans 'etre forming, 'llliseleivoud asked
' the Doctor (Watson) what the combustibles would cost, and
howmauch would be wanted for each arcane to theerwrache
Thittlewootl bid the Doctor to calculate it; tie Doctor made
enicitlation that the whole would cost something short of
1001.: Thistlewood then said, "don't spare a matter of, eol.
let ut,roast them well;" the,paper ott which the ealculatiotr
had been made was destroyed when tiserl; it was usual to tle-
stroy such papers when they bad done with them t when
Thistiewund said, let 'us roast them well, Doctor Watson
(mersiting the prisoner at the 'bar) observed thrall's, com-
bustildee Weld& barn so rapidly, and the stench would be
so slrbag, as to stifle them all (meaning the soldiers in the bars.
racks), In a few minutes. . 'rhe next day, atter this plan was
settled, witness, mei the younger Watson, were desired to go
and look for a house between I he two learracke, to be near them,,
itt which the combustibles and•arias were tube lodged; they
• were to say the horse was wanted fur any trade they chute;
they %aid tie oil and colour shop, because then the combusti-
bles could be brought in therewithotit suspicion. The whole
Committee was present when this beestness was .settird.
,Thittlewooil said to witness, " don't mind the price of the
house) as ire don't intend to pay for it," and then ()Merest
witness ;Hui youne NVatson to go übutit the house-twee more-
log, anti the Doctor to bringethe combustittlees. lit agreeing
for the house;loong Watson was- to pass for the master who
wanted it, -and witness for his servant. Witness held the
fourth-place in the committee; •Dr. Watson !Pivoted him tor
it. ThiStlewootl war -to-be the-nest, Dr..Wateon tit.. second,
Harriette the third, witness the fourth; Peeettel prepeseel
yentne Watson the fifth, and himself the last, on account of
his lameness. It was theu settled thud they should appoiiit,
a committee, to be called the Committee elf Piddle Safer y ; it,.,
wai•Thistlewoott Seim pruposed it. This committee wee 10.
be seelledeitgether after.. they Iwitness tenc hit party) had got
the better ef the soldiers, ter been joined by them. Twenty-
four names were mentioned 'tie twin the eerarnit tee ; witness
remeinbere the tollawirtg names—els Itureeett, 1114 Liu d
Mavor, LortlCochretne, Eleury Hue:, Issn. Major Cartwright,
Oriceeenes, Mr. Roger ()'Concur, Sqoire Folkes or Fawkes of
Torkultire, Sara. Brookes, 14fi. Thumpaen -of tfolhorti-hill,
.Watson the elder, end Thistieteued. -As seen as they got.
the better of, the seildierS, that is, as soon Its they heti suc-
ceeded, a proclamation was ,to be issued, telling that a new
Guvernment was to -be establiehed, and a bounty of 100,
.guittees ()tiered to any soldier 'who o°ol4l join them; or, if
the soldiers liked it better, -they' we're to have double pay for.
life, instead elthe 100 guineae. Thottlewthet. asked Watson
bow snitch it would amount to if all the soldiers! prefer
100 gs. anal the Doetoranewered, about 3,000,0001.. which was
nothing compared - with- the national drib that was to eke
wiped off; Harrison. made an obserection, thee he was afraid
the people, when called together, 'would lute be as many as
'lllistlewoed expected: Thistlewooll replied, he did mot care,
and Would not wait after the following Saturday night, if Ile
got even an many as 500 invit : the meeting at which this
passed took place on the Sunday (as witness thinka), Novem-
ber ed the?' continued at this meeting from eleven o'clock
in the morning 'to-five or six in the evening; it was agreed
that they should go severally tu see what _men they could get,
and report to Thistlewood; all the six menthere of the cons-
ntittee accordingly went off; they took different ways
Thistlessood and witness went to public-houses in Padding-
ton—the value where wallets hail been before ; they found
some navigators there,' and had conversation with 'theta as
before; they told the navigators they shoutd soon be wanted
for a job, but did not may what the job would be; there was
one of the navigators more violent than the rest, and Thrstlee
wood desired him to hare a stick with a spike nail et the enul
of it, " or any thing that would rue into a fellow'e guts;"
they went into three pilitVc-houses at Paddington t witness.
dots not remember the names of there or who kept theist, but
one is at the corner of Lisson-gt reit; they were to meettlite
fidlowing Monday (as witness thinks) at Greyetoke-place
witness end the two Vl'atsons next met at the house of one
Randall, or Ranedall, in Long-sere; the elder Watson parted
from them, and witness and the younger Welton went to
look out fur an empty house ; they found one near Sey-
mour place; a woman strewed theta the hurtle, saying
she Wel left in care of it, nod referred them to a timber
inerchent .near that (the Court) tewitness does sot resume-
her the. thober merchant's nansee but it may be (Alger;
• tie. required 141-or 131. for fixtures, and asked fora reference;
.wittiest geve.Thistiewood's address itt Southampton•build-
ingse .witnewend. young ,Watson then went to Greystoke-
place, No. 9, and fotrud the.whnle centtnittee sitting-there,
and reported what they had dotty; !Khieelewood said, very
well, and that he, should be at Innucfor Mr. CII3Ser, Recto d
ing_ the reference, to witieu they observed, that Mr. Caster
said he could not go before Awn clays; yering Watseiti was to
give It draft on 'lshietleweed if elite:tired; Preston reported the_
number of men be could get in Spit altielde, and the six mem-
bers olthe committee then,weitt to Spitalfields, with Hooper
(not t hen ea 'the committee), to a public-house, where they
found a great number of.Prople, euore titan the room could
well hole,. sixty or seventy persons; .1. 1.)011 wits there as
Chairman ; Watson, the elder, read to the people there a pe-
tition to the Moth' t,f Commons, or HOOP: of Lords, or the
Prince Regent; witeess cannot tell which; witness came
away With Thistlieseied, ,who ,ssitl to witness es they•were
coming along, thet the otriyootcry of the .people was, that
User Wattled al 0i 's, acid lie then ivittteSs to get efet
pikes more ; Went two eights after to aeother-pithlice•
house in Spitaltielde , the Lamer vies nut large enough, .and
iewas settled float there 51W.11141 If: five !where named where
copies of the petit ifla Slit/aid he kit vt=ss
to Wreathe cere•of thent ; they next bad a level log in one of
those houses; I d or lel people weTe there; Itsall Wits in the
chair; the petition was lint printed, and Doctor Watsen
ployetlet person named Crisp to write copies of it itt wittiOtt'S
.prestemse; only threteuf, the Conimitteawere there; only two
(witttese correctieg aslittoperwae tun then of- the
Committee; the others html gone ta Alert:rent houseei.witeese
joined Thistlewood at the house where they 1:0J rue ferince
meetiug.
find
Lord ELLKNIIOItOUGET—" new did p=ii: your way
to this, house ; you hart: said jots did nue hues tie; strtet in
tiihich it 44' . )11
Witness went there with Harrison, who tnew the. way;
Thistlesvood said be found fewer tie:eepeeted ; ~13,trets-
on olsetrreed; thee-mum was) their want of looney totpay. for ,
heir; that he (liarrisen) knew' it would be
.sa, 'tied elettejf
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they, hal usueey to 4ive drink) „ofr might heye Lea. sinter