The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-06 00:00:00

THE LATE RIUTS.

REPORTED APPRE(IENSION OF YOUNG WATSON.
Advices from Bourdeaux state, that the younger
Watson, the supposed assasSill Ot Mr. PLATT, has
been apprehended a: ilavillae, a town on the ri-
ver tiironde, about 20 miles belo..v tiourdenux,
to which city tic was carried, and securely lodged
in the Fort du Ha, The letter simply mentions
"4,..imizinnce Hs a fact, but. enters into no
particulars or details teittling to prove that trie
appreheu,!ed person is really ‘Vatson. He was
without a passport, anti, it is supposed, answered
the deveription given of Watson ju the English
twwspapei. The vessel Iro) which he 'was
7,1k1!1i wits lieAlhion. The intormatiou received
been laid before the Lori:)tt MAYO, who has
fflade the necessaty comtnnoicatmus 0,, (I-- s _
ii.ct to thsvernment. Atiorher conflunuicatt7.
from the same quarter states, that thy rhotila!
prehend,ul At l'avillac lotst"1""I ont.. not to he
rrellt
young IVatson, but sonic mII
an W" 11""
811SpiCi011 (10111 his yi ant of Intor r passpot R, It
is known that any perstil travci.n lieo L
i yes
g r ranee
.
without passports iv detained till
mulaitoteitiou
factory explatiat ions.
yrehended lo-
is silent to the !MOO Of the el
-This lOW e(
(11Vitittal.

.. .
MANsInN-Troutet.—On Saturdsy John Carpenter
and Eliza Owen , were brought b. fore tt.e I.OFD
M.avott, chided, intler the tollowiutv cireum-
I ile hurt Officer,
stancer:—'lhontas Frend,
u thAnreios;sotteri,li
'I
lie 2.d tt)lf" Ifieac!tcr:bv:rl6,YtsliettiftebniZtir, 11:1:09"
a valuable pistol fur sale at a respectable shop in
lligh..street, where, being called upon to He-
she stated that she re•
ecetiitivieltilfit'tfclX t34ll7lpitni%ner Carpenter, wills told
her he had picked it op in the neighbourhood-of
the Mansion-house. '1 he account not appearing
satisfactory, e s!as detained, and it s disco-
vered that she lour previously -offered it fur pawn
Or sale et several other (lutist's, but was refused.—
The information given by her respecting Carpen-
I er led to an immediate and vigilant- search for
ilvit. person, hut it was discovered by Frend that
he hail made good his retreat iuto the country.—
:1 strict watch, however, being preserved, it was
1 ;ascertained that he had returned to town, and be
was in consequence apprehended by the Officer in
question.
The prisoner was now called upon by the Lord
Mayor to accaunt,for:the pistol being in his poi-
session on therlay of, the riots, and for what cause
he had tied from town ? The plisotter snit), that
r on the 2il of December .lie was in Cheapside,
standing on the eurb, close to the Mansion-house,
when a mob approached, halted, and gave three
cheers. instantly a man, Upon whom he never
" clapped eyes On" before, carne up to him, put
the pistol into his band, and asked him to take a
supply of powder asd shot, and to join " the
people." To this proposal he made no reply, and
the stranger left him merely itt possession of the
pistol, which, instead of using in the riots, be
carried home; and. gave away for the purpose of
having it sold. As to his " being out of the way,"
as stated by the officer, he denied the imputation,
'and said.he was merely upon-a visit to his Jatlier
at Pembridge, in %Vales. . '
Trend denied than this was'the fact, and said
that,he had traced 'the departure of- the prisoner
to a very different part of the country, for he had
discovered that the prisoner and another had taken
their passage in a Gravesend boat, a day or two
after the riots, and gone' to Strand, in Kett..
The Lord Mayor inquired if there was:any per-
-1 son in the Office Who retuenthered seeing the pri..

saner In the mots en alit of Deremter i Being
answered in the negative, his Lordship ordered
hint to be remanded, to afford time for future
in-
vestigation.

Elizabeth Owen having received an excellent
character, and promising to appearpas a witness
in the case when called upon, was set at liberty.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Performed bri Saturday Night.
DRURY-LANE.—The Will : Howard, Mr. Rae; Alhina Man-
deville. Mrs. Mardyn, kfter which, Harlequin Horner.
COVENT-GARPEN.—The Stranger : The stranger, Mr. Young'
Mrs. Haller, Mis. O'Neill. After which, klurlequin and
the Sylph of the Ouk.