The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-16 00:00:00

GRAND PEDESTRIAN AtATCH,

WORMWOOD SCRI/Da...-13ARAR and r.A.Tog completed each
40 milts on Wednesday nitTlit.,, but the fernier left ulf at eight
o'clock, the latter not till a quarter past nine. Yesterday
morning alio oth day) both commenced at a quarter glur
four; and at four in the afternoon BAKEII bad completed 42
macs and EATON 40.

'Tlie Son of Dr. THORNToN, of %Those thefltri•
cal powers and Clsslical attainments, report speaks
so highly, is, it seems, to make his debut on no,
day.

We feel proud in announcing the rapid advance,-
ment ot our felloal.citizen, Mr. Graroan,
who mai sowrn into the office of his Ma.
jetty's Solicitor-General, and a King's Conn*
sel, by the Lord Chancellor, on Friday Inst.—.
This appointMent does honour to Government,
and cannot fail to give general satisfaction, as
merit, and not interest, must have dictated the
ehoice.—Mr. Gireotto is most eminently diotinis
guished for talents and priefesaional knowledge,
which has raised him to this high situation, per.
haps at an earlier period of life than any ot his
predeeekalrs.—Et,eter has produced several enti•
nent Law Cbaractos, amongst them, the present
Chief Justice nit Ate Common Pleas, and the late
Judge HRATIi ; the great Lord KING, who, in the
reign of Grottos the FIRST, was Chief.] tist ice of the
Common Pleas, and afterwards Lord High -Chan-
cellor, teas son of JEROSIS KING, a grocer, of
this city, and, it is ‘vort by of remark, drew his
first breath in the.very same house in which Mr.
Chrroxv was barn,—(4ztier Paper)

TICE INDICTMENT
AGAINST sx r; WOOL", THE 'I'WO•WATSONS,
PRESTON, AO HOOPER,

Thii indictment, as we before stated, consists
of four counts.

FIRST COCNT.

The first is for compossiag, and itnagining to put
the King to death, After xiving the namciand de-
seriptirin of the persons charged, and'the usual
technical introduction, it proceeds to state,• that
on the first day of Noventher last, and ott divers.
other 'days' a!al times before and after, tit the
partils of 'St. James, Clerken‘vell, these persons,
together With others unknown, " did compas4,
i nagine, and intend to Move and.excite inittrrec..
tion, rebellion, and war, against the King, within
the kingdom ; and to subvert and alter the leg's•
la, ore, rule, and government, now duly and hap,
ply established within the kingdom ; and to hi ing
and put our said Lord the king to death." After
this general averment of the traitorous intention, •
the indictment goes on to specify fontteen,diffe•
trot overt acts, ,as indicative of that intention.
We have already mentioned them ; but we shall
bow, to gratify the curiosity of our readerS On so
important a subject, give them in a more technical
shape.,
1. Trie first is as follows "To fulfil, perfect,
- and bring to effect, their most evil and wicked
trotstin, and treasonable compassing
nation aforeviid, they the said, &e: [naming them
all] as such-false traitors as aforesaid, on the salt!
Ist thy of .Novernher, in -the 57th year 'of the
reign aforesaid..• and on divers other days anti
times', as 'Well before as after, with Torre' and.,
arms, at the stivl parish of James, Clerken- '
well, in the said county ofiNlkldlesex, maliciously
and traitorously did assehible, meet, conspire, and
rouHt anion;;
.thentSelVes;- and together with,
divers other fate, traittos, whose names are ,to
the Jurors unknown, to devise arrange, and Ma-
ture planS and means to subvert the Constitution,

,
BIM Government of this realm, as by law esta-
blished ; and to deprive and depose our said I.ird.
the King, of and from the style, honour, anti
kingly name of the Imperial Crown of this realm:
2: [And farther to fulfil, &c, &c.' s befOrc,] ,
the said traitors, &c. on, &c. aforesaid, at, &c.
aftiresaid, maliciously and traitorously did ..ts-
sernble, meet, conspire, consult, &c. to stir tip,
r,aise, make, and levy insurreetion,.rebeltiOn,, and.
war, against our said Lord the King, within this
realm, and to subvert and destroy the
,Constitn-
, 60,11 and Government of this realm, as,by law csta,:-
Wished:,
S. (And further, in fulfil, &c. as before) the
sald,traitors, &c.,&e. did asseibble, meet, conspire,
cop;ult, atitl agree, (&c. belore) `to attack and
seize: upon the .13ank of England,and the King'S
Tower of London, anti to seize and take possess
bion of divers ordnance, weapons, arms, auditm..
munition, to arm themselves and other false trait,
tors ; and to attack, fight with, kill, and destroy,
the soldiers, tioops, and forces of our said Lord
the King, and Other his liege anti faithful subjects,
and to raise, 161, and Make insurrection, rebel-
lion, and war, against our said Lord the King
within this realm, and to subvert and destroy the
GoVerntnent: and Constitution of this realm, as by
law established.
4. (Avid hither to fulfil, &c.) the said traitors ,
&c Ste, did eonspire, consult, agree, attempt, and
endeavour, to seduce divers soldiers serving in
the land forcei of our said Lord the King, and
also divers other liege subjects of the King, (rum'
their duty and allegiance to the King, and to
move, persuade, and procure t,be saute, and outer
soldiers and Subjects of the King, to associate and
join themselves with, and be aiding and assisting
to them the said prisoners,. and divers other falsti,
traitors, in a wicked and traitorous 'attempt 1.41
them,, the said prisoners, to he made to subverq
and destroy the Government and Constittitimi of
the realm, as by laW established.
5. (And farther to fulfil, &c.) they, the said rai.
. tors, &c. &c. did, give orders to a certain person,'
to wit, one iSarte. Bentley, to manufacture and
pro Side divers., to Wit, 250 iron pike-headi ; and
did purchase: and receive of and front the said last-,
Mentioned person, the said iron pike-heatls, with'
intent therewith to form anti with such
'pikes to arm themselrves, and, diveri other false
trAtors, iii 'order to attack, fight with,, kill, and:
"tiestrOy tie soldiers, troops, and forces of the
• King, ;41' other his liege ,and faithful subjects,
and to raise, Make, and levy; insurieetion; rebel-
lion, and War, against the King, within this realm;
lind.to subvert and destroy rive Constittitiowand
'Government of this: realm, as by law established.
G. (Anti farther to ,fulfil, Nt.) they, the said
&e. &c, did pureba4,' proCitre, provide,
and have divers large iptantities at arms, to wit,
4wOrdi told pbtols, Anil. divers large quantities- of
.istattrunitioa,-tU•wit, gunpowder, leaden' bullets,
.and slugs ; and al's divers flags, banners, and en-,
signs with. intent therewith to ;ann.:awl array
themselves, and divers other false traitors, in or-
attack, fight with, kill, and,destraY, 'the
t roops, and forees King,' and other
it is liege andiaitliftdaubjet,ts j airtirtb raise, make,
4ttiti,levy insurreethau,', reDellion,,.:**Pavar against
.the: ult.lafthis realm ; mull° subvert and
.
.destrojvtlie:Const, m itution and of this
Train], as by lam:established,
7. (A.oi forint'. tololfit, etc ) they, the' said
4raitors,&..'did .conspire andiagree aMong them-
selves;',andlOgethee with 'divers other false trai;o
-ton unknown; to set fire to, burn, and 'destroy
tttiiecrs bjrrarks of the' King, used for the 'recep-
tion and '*`evidence of the -soldiers, --trdops, and
'forces of the King,' in 'this realm, and 'to provide
and prepare, co4thoitiblts and Materials-, to wit,
tar, pitch,,.sulplier, spirits of wine tallow,
and tarpentins4,lvir the l'itirpose of setting tile to;
40-nittg, andotlestroying flib'sgictlfirritcks.
Attotheritylow; they, the said
traitors, tke.fitsflitionsly and traitorously did make
a proptteal- to, and treaty with,- and cause and pro-
cure a proposal and treaty to' be Made, and find,
to and with a certain person, to wit, one Walter

Cosser, concerning and tor the hire of a cer•
tail! house ; and did then anti there, by such
proposal' and treaty,' endeavour to obtain and
hire tha said lonise, for the pull:tote ut depositing,
and Iteeping the said cotiibustlides
tinned, with intent to use the sarne in and for the
m
setting fire to, horning, and tiestroyomg of aertaiim
barracks of the King, as aforesaid.
9. (And farther to fulfil, &c.) they, the said
traitors, &e. did conspire to pocure, and did, by_
advertisements in the public newspapers, and by
placards and handbills, and by (livers ()ties ways
and means, invite divers and very large'inimbers
of the liege subjects of the King. to.assethble.and
meet, together on:divers days and tines; in a bet.-
rain place Commonly called Spa-ll:ids, with hieent
that divers of them, time said pri n iners, and other
fake traitors, might Make and niter, in the pre-
.
seimee and hearing of.the snbrects of time King, to
be. so there assembled, .seditious, inflammatory,
and treasonable speeches and harangues,. and. .
theteby move, excite, cause;and procnre tha said
subjects to raise, make, and levyinsurrection, re-
bellion, and war, againit. the King, within.. this
realm. • -
10. (And farther to fulfil, &c.), they, the said
traitors, &e. did make applications and proposals
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to, and treat With, and cause and procure-appli-
cations, •proposals,, and treaties to be .made and
had to and with divers persons, to wit, one Wil-
liam Duke, one John Richardson, and one
Frederick Windermude,, concerning, and for the
• hire of certain waggons, stages, platfornms,'aud
otherAfachines, to be conveyed to •the aforeiaid
place, commonly called-Spa-fields', and there to
be used for the purpose that divers of them (the
said prisoners,) and other false traitors, should
thereupon and :therefrom, make and titter sedi-
tious, infiamtnatory, and treasonable speeches
and harangues, tO divers subjects of the :King,
then to be assembled, iu older thereby to move,
excite; cause, and procure, the same subjects to
raise, tnake,and levy .insurrection and svaragainst
the King. • .
. (And farther to fulfil, &c.) they, the said traitors, &c.
did treat, for hire; and engage a certain waggon, and drivers,
tb wit, two horses; and afterwards, on the 2d of December,
did provide, and cause 'to be placeil in the same waggon,
divers large goantities of aronionition, to wit, gunpowder,
that, leaden linnets, and ;WO, and divers hags, banners,
,atid ensigns; and, did cause the stime waggon,
,svitlit he said
ainmUnition;and the laid tliga, banners, and ensigns, to be
!drawn to thelforesaid calletbtipastiehls, and did provide
Aivers ribands and cockades, and ,did ascend and get into the
same waggois,•and did exhibit and display to-great numbers,
to wit, &re thousand, and more, of the subjects ut the King
there then being, the said banners, rihands' -altil'coeltrides;
and the said ;lams Watson the elder, unit the • said Jiiities
Watson, the puiniztr, with force mind arums, nmaliciuusly
and traititrously did then and there, rripictivety, mate,
and with loud voices atter to and in the presence and
'heating of the Said'iubjeOs of the Ring,' sit 'then there •
being, seditious, inflammatory, anti trea.spnithle:specebes,
and harangues; and the said James Watson the 'younger,
with force end antasirnalicionsly end.traitoromly 4141.- then
and these seize and take into his hands one oh the tab! flags.
And. did call upon' mid invite the Said ''sutije'dts of un►*l eta
the King, then there being, to folloe him the said James
Wittstm the yotinger ; they the said prisader, (all of (trem)
then and there meaning amid intending by means of the se-
veral pretniArs arm esaid, to move, excite, cause, and pructirsi,
the.said.subjects,of tits: King,.so there then being, to saiSe,
make, and levy insurrection, roLellion, 'and war agains the
King 'within this realm, and to:subvert antddestroy-the•eint,
stit mini) and Government of this realm, as by law established.
12. (And filsther to fulfil Sec.). 64, the said' traitorsdkc,
on mite 2d of .1t :o;u:ilia tfum remit!, tit the place aloreiv,,id, *cc.
oar thousand Ond'atore unknown subjects of ti e'lCftig,
whit flags, itannersrand ensigns,
ribands and cockades, anti also with divers offensive weapons,
to wit, kwords, isms; pistntri. sticks, and staffs, Aid:parade
and March with great noise and Ninlence through divers public
.struts and' liighways; said publicistreets atubbigh,
eyay did,brauslish and; exhildt the said4words, and othcr
-ofritosive se,tiitions; 'awl fire oir and tfisasero the
and yiolkla, 1114 attack and beset theihottses antbsimiS
of 'divers gunsmiths and dealer; in aboas, and did seize and
take divers large qua:ail its . swOrds, r
and pistols,, with intent, by and with the saidlast-tnentioned
arrusPlnitliee to 'teetirtheitiselve,t'arid'arbee falie•traitora, iii
order to -attach,,.4,l4 and,dotroy thersoldiers,
titiops' and fitrces of time g:in& andotheihii tier aiid inithfnl
subjects, and to raise, make, and levy insurrection)
and war against the Ring, within this realm, and thereby tit
subvert pod destroy theConstitut ion and (duvet mesa of this
realm; As Wi'llsWeatalithitheit.' ' •
u. (Aadfaxtitin) W 44141,141;) they, thet,aid traitors, Oici
last
inenthiniti, &c. with force and arms, Std. did
preco, „wit:1,4%6 14140 r talse traitors unkndwa, ,to the
King's Tower of T.ontlon, and did with loud voice
certain iohlierw.serving in' time land t,ire'es" of Oar lotiiktlie'
King, then ben), st itioned in the said Tower, and slid invite
bud erideit'our.tr, seduce thEi slimuC giddies-I'T.° open the 'gates
thoi said Tower, adtuit,divers of the said talsttrai-
toil into mme—said- 'rower in eider that. the
:tionltl,fose; ,tiraitrtra uiibht enter .into the said ;Tower, 'and
take possession thereof, and of the ordnance, stores, arms,
and ammunition, therein deposited, antiaassciciate and Join,
themselves,
,the said suldiertr,Vith, ,and be aiding and assist 4
in); to'them'theitftid`prisoti"its, in a-wieked and trattorbits at 4
tempt. to subvert and, destroy tlse (.ioverittnent and C0m414 t
ion of this realm, as by law established.
la. (And fartli.ct to fulfil; &c.) they; the said traitors, 54,1
on the day'lmitime`titititicd,•&c,, tagetlier with it great-Mut.;
tithile falae trailatrvonknoSen, :to the.antoont of out-thUip.i
sand and moreortnnil and a,rr#yetl thee
is to, say, Kith ilags,laithers, easi,gtis, swards, instobi;'elidts,•
bludgeons, end (Mier weitptini; tialichnittlyrisid.traitortitislsK
did ordain, •preoarev levy, and make „piddle -war against on ti
said, King, within this realm, in, eontenipt,ul Ibe*R.ing amid:his laws to the evil' ex'aniple of, all others, contrary to tl.
duty and the allegiance of them; the'said
the ferhvol the Statute in such onistfitatle'ainl
against the, peace of
,o,ur Lord. the King, , his
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