The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-12 00:00:00

SiliP NEWS, &c.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNB the Metcalf,.
for Madras and Bengal, and the Miss Plata,
for.the Isle de 11116.
HARWICH JVNE 'l.—Arrived the Castlereagh
packet from Cuxhaven: Sailed the Beattfoy packet
for ditto, anti Prince at Orange packet for WI,
land—all %id'. mails.
Tottnei,JUNlS 10.—rArriveti the,American ship
Cumberland from Sunderland, for the East Indies.
Sailed the Ganges for Bengal.
DEAL, JUNE and sailed for the
River, the Numa, NAPIER, from Grenada Put.
back the Arab, .for the South Seas,.anti the Fran.
cis and Eliza,. for Fort William. •,
DOVER, JUNE ived the Enterprize and.
Integritsi ~transports frottfi London; to take in
horses or Calais.
FALIKoUTH, JUNE 0.--The following •pacitets:-
have gone -into the Roads, preparatory to .saikink p
:--Duke of Kent, for. pshon ;.(10tnitess 'of
Chichester; for tlie Met;iterraneati—,.(ibese two
ate only Waiting alair wind) ; Queen Charlotte,
for the Brazils to sail on the l'lth ; Dttke of.
Tot k , for Jamaica, on the 13th ; and the Princess
Elizabeth, for America, on the. 16tn.
Poore, ..11.1:se 11.--The Fi lends, CLEMENTi,
from -Liveipool ; Swift, KEATS, from this port ;
and the John, 'Asti, from Genoa, bound to Con •
ception• and Trinity Bay, were spoken with on the
ist Mar .off. Cape Race, but could nut proceed on
their destination on aecuunt 01 the lee. •

bbijil- t ic.IN.(I•B i3E.Cii'.. • ,

flier: •,-1::::.1.570Y.

• • .. „
The Court at different times iesterilaie Was tNett
.•
With persons of rank :u tote : emOog others
sese Lord Grey,, with las boy ahotit nine
veers old.; Lw4 Holland, Luid Orieseenor, Lord
4grenono,..l.ord Firming, Lord Camden, and his
son, Lord ltreelin'tole 1,0r5l Montt-ord, Mr. Laieb-
ton, Mr. :lieroey, it nit-hard Vtrullt-t, Mr:
Lo*!, Mr. Gordon, Mr..Niacemiald, ;sir (.I'in,':‘..icott,
Sir If.s.knatehbol.i, .sir It Wilsou, Mr. Bloce; and
the l'oringuase Ambassador,
The ATTOIINEY-6E:4Eft.ti..tibOtlt 11et oftlotk iii
the 1 tCIIIOOo 'o:l,tcrVed, 1 hat he was happy to see
one or the ,`:•:heielts iistie;rt, a' fie had no emit)/
he would .ft cl it hia duty to attend to what was
passing ill Ow hl 11, At that iiionitot he under-
stood hand-hills were in circulation, which were
of a most intl iono,dory nature, aas follow :
Britons be Free.---d Feu; gSt.iIt,IGIIAMS are
yenta" • • .
it Britons arise.---\o Poterty in a plottVril
Country:" •
There were About five or six of these placards
in manuscript brought into Court, and shown to
the Judges and the Jury. Mr. Sheriff Kirby ins;
mediately withdrew, and returned soon after; but
without Making any report of what he hail done
or diseovered. The author or di3tributor of these
ahouiiiiaisly wicked placards, Was not, as far as we
could learn, discovered. At the COOCIII4iOO of the
examination in chief of Castle, Lord ELLEN-
110a000g Alddreiled 11;111seif to
.Ikle. Wetherell,
and asked ‘-eliether it was his wish then to enter
upon the crossexamination of Castle ?
Mr. Weelreikeet. replied,. that it would cer-
tainly crettpY much, time; and if it were post-
poned, as the Witness was described in the, list as
in cust4dy, it would not perhaps appear an un-
reasonable request, that no person but the guard
and gaoler should have access to hip; until the
cross-examination were' ficidied; in order that he
might not be able to see any notes of hi 4 evidence,
or to have Communication with any persons who
had been present dining his examination in chief.
• Lord filLeswisortouou said it was•ceetainly
be regretted that the cross-examination could not
be commenced to-night, but the Court could
make no rule such as was requested ; hi, Lord-
ship would rather address himself to the At torney•
General, who 110 dooht would take cat e that all
proper precantions Were used, His Lordship
trusted that Mr. Wetherell would nut understand
that the remark that hail fallen from rite Court 're-
garding postponement proceeded from any other
motive than a wish for his personal aecommodm
The Court woulff continue its sitting to any length
with pet-feet readiness and satisfaction.
Mr. WETH-EtteLl. proposed to put a few ques-
tions to the witness before the Colirt rose.
The ATTORNEY-GriNitftat considered, that if the
cross-examination were begun, it could not be di-
vided; but must be concluded that night. He was
quite indifferent what course was ptirsued; but he
would tordertake, as far as li`ts direction blot tirce,
the witness should have no communication,
either in writing or otherwise, with any person',
but his gaoler and the guard.
Lord &lAN/1011°0111,-1 have no doubt of it •
and I rather think that Mr. Attornev•Genetal
right, that if you begin, Mr. IVetherell, you must
conclude your cross-examination.
Mr. Wetttefteet, suegestel that the Sitting of
the Court Might be prolimged-as trinal, to seven
eight o'clock, and in the mean time tub Cross.
exion.ination might proceed.
Justice Observed, chit that hour
was now nearly arrived.' • _
Lord ELL:trßonouan.-;--We are ready to for-
' nisli such bodily strength as ire have : God
knows' we have Hone to spate. The n'eject being to
obtain truth, it is right td Consider also the bodily
state of the witness, and to take care that he is•
not entirely exhausted; I certainly 'lever .reersl-
- so bong 80. examination in chief iu my life.—:
You will dispose of your time as you think fit.
. Mr. IVILITLIEttRet added, that after,the fatigue
the Jury had undergone as Well as the Corm, he
would not then continence the cross-examination.
lie thought, however, that sitch questions as the
Jury was disposed to put might be :answered.
The ATToRNRY-GtiNERAL said, that this was not
the fit stage for ttse questions of the JOry. lie
again assured Mr. Wetherell that every step should
be taken to prevent any kind of ciniintunication
with the witneSs• „
Lord Et.t.eNnOttotion .recommended
Wwittrasee to accept this assurance, its the
Court could not ioterpose to lay down any rule
opou the subject.
One of tbe JorylOok this opportunity" of sk •
Mg, if they could not be allowed to take a little
fresh air, is custody of the officers appointed to
Attend thew : this Might be alone either curly in
the morning, or lare its the evening ; hut Unless
it wet e permitted, it was not imptissible that the
Court might he delayed by the uecess:ty of ntedi-
cal attendance upon some of the
• The Conn assented ; but suggested that the
direction taken by the Jury' should not be made
knoWn,
I , -
Mr. IVttrttrßttt.t. reqnesten that i'ne Officer
might be, sworn to keep the witness CaStle secore
from all communicatiim; and again ,Lord geesesi-
uottouult recottunended that the Counsel !by the
prisoner should be satisfied with What the'AttOr-
ney•Cli;rieral hail tiusdertaken.
et' -
Mr. Well] begged that some person on
the,part *of the prisomr might he allowedlo watch
the witness.
tdrd F.l.LttinOttpUGll obtleri'Vd, that if it were
ills ease he should entertain 00 doubt tie j..elleitisy,
after what bad beens;tid by the oilier
Mr, SVETtitOtEt,t. expressed 1,1,e,,, u- quite satis-
fied under the eircumStattees, and agreedjo cons-
meoce his cross-exatulnation t6-Morrow (this
, ; Mr. Justice BAYLEY ohservieg, ihet the
witness might then be interrogated as ter ateand
what commonication he head hat; %vitt) rithef pee-
sutis leau those appointed to attetol
The Coutt then. n4°11:1101 at half•pstst siX
o'cloch.
. leaving the Hall the pli t ,otter 3 were as trinfil
the,,red ley the ntoS, `l"he I-14st! Uelitos, assigned
for escorting them Were (10111461, 01,(1
l ,deice-
. yard tvaSthilMgekt t b tnultitqe,oi" 'rise lower
dour, Qu 11;0' awing the prisoners, Teti tle-

Wand iTticlltt,.llly ?rink 3 1,544 ntmi 00,..rvti to
patqirf
ceived an additironal eirtforremtot of t..voltisildiva
met) from doaA t.. ,
are- tflacol under the .c‘imift4.tot of ; Liet.fufthot,
Coliff•tl CoLlifimiE; Third
liftoff's.

PROVINCIAL PITT CLUI3S.

STAFFOIinSIIIRE PITT CLUB.

tite ot Mar; the Nt4frit
staffordinire litunbers of the. London Pitt Chits
etiehutteil tie V1(.11104:4 ihat,i)priglit Patriot, at
ion, C.:19 tov..u.' the Chair art
this. aC49joil tiA takeii by JOsiAll Srot)E, Esq.
gupported by l'untiAs Fintot,t,,Esti.- The Meeti.
big wits tipliolice4l by a ”timerotts iinilance
highly respectable Alembers, who vied with each
other in endeavour§ to inotnine the hat molly a
the company; and to evince their Zealous attach..
meat to the ptinciplespf our late Itninortal States:.
man.
~An excellent Band anti
of Ainsie attended,
entivened;the day br a great nurither of patriotic
and and national Hits. • The folloWing were among
the Toa.sts given
The King, with, three tittles three. Sion, " God Save this
Ring'," with fall Chorus.
The Priace Regent—three ti tt.es three.
The Queen—three tito.rs titter.
The 0.11)(e of Vork, anti the "other brittches of the Royal
family—three times three.
The Princess charlotte of Wales, and her Illustrious (nn-
suit—three time) three.

The CHAIRMAN then, after an appropriate ail..
(tress to the Meeting, proposed,'in grateful re-.
collect kin of the public services of the great than
whom they were that clay assembled to comme-
morate,. " The
,immortal Aleatory of the Right
Honourable IVILLIA:st Prri.," which was .drattit
by the company with three 6:net three, and thun-
ders of arplause. .

The Navy and Army ofOrket Britain.
The Ilonse of Brunswick, and may they never forget the
Principles that seated them un the Throne of these
Tit P iESTANT A (WEN N C Y,—( Great 4frplartsc.)
The Nlinitters of thr Prineu itegenk.
May I lie 1,1 i 'triples of Ate. Pitt at ways animate 'their eouncils.
'llieJ)tilte of Itichnhind, President ofthis (10,
Sir John Edctisor fleathcote, our worthy 1.,cal President.

Sir JonN expressed Ills thanks to lIIC eosnrstly
for the cordial manner- its which Isis health had
been drank, and Isis satisfaction at.tneeting thefts
on that occasion. Lie propoted the Iseislih of the
worthy Chairman of the. slay, Mr.'Spode.

Mr. Spode, with thank* fur his services in the Chair this
day.
The elinirroati this day presiding iu London, the Ititht
lionotirahle Robert Peel.
The Vey. Mr. llasnett, the retpected Chaplain of this Assit...
elation.
Mr. Tonslittion, the late Local Secretary, with thanks f‘ir
his 'zeal in the Cause this Clot).
Mr. Fent utt,.tho Viest-Prctident and Secretary, with thanks
for hit st.reices. .

Stone, Mr. Tositt.trtsoNt and Mr. Ns-
,eyerally addressed the Meeting. to, tetPrti
thanks for the aiinrobation with whih thry had
bren and to express the satisfactiott
the stionld eveir feel in styportinlz the great. Canso',
in which the Alev int; waa engaged.
Lk. Att:heliu.n, the rattiotiE Rouhtier of the Piti Cloh.

. .
'Tilt CHAIRMAN (hell 110lifIVti 10 lilt Virttepfltlys
that William Shepherd Kinnersly.. Esq. hntl lent
ontinioquily appointed to ;),I.e Chair et tilt! litkU
Antmersary, stid, after etilogiiing, that
attultalent to trite l'itt 01 hiziplei, proposetk
his _ _

Mr. KINNERSLY rettirne i his thanks far the
high honours which he had that received frnrtl
the Astociation, curd saiii the object which they
had iu view, of commemorating I lie great Si ales/.
man whoba principles and counsels lutd ,preserf.rci
this country, would ever receive his warmest 40134
port.
Flo!. ;Absent Members of the Associatlon.
The tiewty-elected
Tile Lent Lieutenant of. tins Count,.
The Gustos lintulorunt of this County.
The Representatives of this Count) P.vriiirttent.
The %millet's, for'the Borongli of NeweAsite,
The tAnderi unit ccitnitiereiai Inteeeth of Great Britain.
The Town awl Trade of NeatcaWe,

i'rotrity to the Statrordsbire Putterict.
The worthy GHAT'IMAM here ttitik Orett,,ion tri
express the pleasure it gave him to see Newcastle
and the Potteries so happily united ittsentiment on
this day, and his hopes that the sante hartuenty
might for ever exist.
Tholientienten this drty assembled at !hitstem, in eilebra-
*ion of Mr. Pit L's Memory.
Tlee Dttlie of Buccleogh and the Pitt flub of Scotland.
Lord Kenyon and the Vitt Chill of Will Pat
MI the other Pitt Clubs throughout the United Kingd9rne
who are this day assembled.
Cdptain Kitinerrly and the Newcattie and Pottery Troati of
Yeomanry Cavalry.
The Wo.nlon Walls of Old England.
Ships, Colonies, and Commerce.
The'tOtisti were interspersed with .rnany excel-
lent. 'songs trom (lac:tent Oentletho) of the party,
and. were mostly honoured with three tinges three.
The eltairtrian quitted the Toom at ten o'clock,
iittiltkt ft general tiFtunnstrat :Lin of respect, anti ref
llattli,s for the thanner !tic!' he had presided.

Pr.DESTIUAN NI:I'I'CH ON WORM WOOD SCE tTBTI S.

liA.K.r.n ',yolked till ten o'clock on Tuesday night,
having. then Completed f miles. EAToN coftti.i
totetl walking for three-qttarttrs of Ail hoorlittein
'Boot 'whdh r
cotton-need yeaterd.ly toOrning R t n ritittrter pat
toter; EATON flit twenty-three tninntes past fonr.
At (nor itt the afternoon i:Attnit brid corni.leted3fl
VAtcsi uJ. The tornter hod, from Coat
'hour to tour o'clocl, in the ifitniai.lt) of WHO'.
day itekt, bvittg the last hiyar it 'tile 4'2 thtys
itivve(l;3lq miles to tioklt trig. Evrom has
to pcfforni by the ealtie time 33f3'ntilis twit

In Order to aftoril the niliniretS or the Animal
Creation it tnoro convenient oppor“tnity est view*
log tsanle .Specirratos nov: eNhitt_itinit, at the
Royal Alei,";%;rtiO, E'Kettr to gt enter att•
vontl4,r,e, it it inteocktl (we ont!orstAnd) td 'Alter
their ditiirqt fi.oool,eloshionrtie of
„hie tilt eyening, tb t3.rn tilt oftvro
nnon.----tince the actoriddr;erit of the Lioness the
dl rict;on cou,tinnei lillrecvdenteki, anti the :!tied,
naLterie is 0111+n:zed tinily with I„,-u!:es, Nfri,44effiett,
anti petsons at ditt;itctivn, sn,d,oltt, to 11,1101,1
beantifut psniel stickling the Witt tt, Rf i 4 tioncts
nuvtlty may never again t,Ccnt, Font 'which
CAnnot tail to t,scile tl tt aitoQislnnent or every
,pectatot.

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VIE WORKING CLASSES.

LEEDS INTELLIGENCER, MONDAY, JUNE 9.

1"‘• This very day, it is now known beyond a
rhuht, was fixed foe the execution, at length, of
I host revolutionary scenes, the commencement of
svhieh WAS so lately averted at Manchester, by a
happy discovery of the atrocious designs there
prepared for the destruction of your country: This
eery day, on which the triahrof the wretched men,
now charged with High Treason, are proceeding
in London, was, it appears, to have been
also, distinguished by the beginning of a Civil
VV,yr in this County, and all over the Kingdom !
Kit, you perceive, the vigilance of Government
ant of the Magistracy (to wham be the everlast-
i!ir; gratitude of. their country,) is too unceasing
colnniversal, for the Disturbers of Public Trim-
to have any chance of success, in 'their
desperate and wicked courses. All their motions
are observed and known—All their fancied secrets
llme discoveredall their dark machinations and
monstrous designs are penetrated, prepared for,
And frustrated, just at the moment when, they
Cal ter themselves, the accomplishment is at hand—
when their greedy eyes arc fixed upon their prey,
'nod they are justJeAdy to spring upon their coun-
try, and to tear her vitals with unhallowed strife.
The eye of Government; ever awake, is, as it
were, constantly directed towards every gamier of
the. Empire ; and while Conspiracy and Treason,
prowling abroad in the darkness of night, imagine
that they are enveloped in the safety of its shades,
anti screened, by- the very gloom and mystery of
their own iniquity, from detection, they are in
fact ender the constant superintendence and
rower of that Guardianship, which, sleeps not
• upon its post. All is watched, and all is
known ! At the very instant fixed for execution,
therefore, in each quarter of incipient rebellion,
the Traitors suddenly find themselves, to their
consternation and dismay, not heading the rebel
rout, but seized in the inflexible gripe of indig-
nant Justice. Thus will they find all their pro-
jects terminate; for the spirit which is abroad
Las called into action u system of jealous obser.
6tion, which, with the blessing of Providence,
no art can deceive, and regainst which neither
open force, not skulking fraud, nor devilish hate,
can prevail.

Yon, yourselves, must now be sensible, then,
than Insurrection, even only in meditation, is a
desperate game. And it is a game, too, which a'
few cold-blooded cautious scoundrels tvish to play,
vot for your own but their exclusive advantage.—
Not one of the men, whose detestable doctrines
have created so many thousands of discontented
minds, and dk affected hearts, is to be caught in
treasonable practices himself, No, no t--they
want power and plunder ; but they will not - pur-
chase them at the risk of a halter. They rare not
bow many of your mangled hodits may form the
ladder of their ambition ; but they will not ascend
a step at the expence of a broken bone to them.
seiva,'; You are Englishmen !--and_ yet you de-
base yourselves by becoming the voluntary tools of
a set of despicable poltroons, unworthy of any en•
tetprise, whether honourable or not, which re-
quires any portion either of constancy or courage ;
whose.wickedness is only exceeded by their das.
t4rdly coWardiee,—and whose character at once
comprises all that is base, and treacherous, and
rapacious, and blood-thirsty, and pusillanimous,
and vile.

" It has,been one of their treacherous expe.
dieuts, to assure the country, and, in the face o
facts, to assert, and re-assert, the falsehood, again
and again, that no plots whatever had any ex.
istence.

If they could have thus lulled the People and
the Government into a false security, then, in-
deed, their work would have been of easy accom-
plishment.
" They, themselves, are now forced to confess
that which can no longer be denied; and to admit
that the disposition to Rebellion in the country
is no sinister invention of Ministers, for the put*•
pose of affording a pretext to abridge the liberties
of the People.
,1 But—What do we say ?-one of the Scribes
who has devoted himself to promoting the cause
of discontent, in the very paper in which he, for
the first titne, announces the discovery of a formi-
dable conspiracy in this district—one of these
.wretched panders to the worst passions of human
nature,, in one and the same paper proves the ex-
istence of It (mum, and yet slanders the Govern-
ment for resorting to salutary legislative provisions
for its suppression ! In one column there is a long
find laboured ,attempt to deny the existence of
any design to overtlitow the State, and a slander-

oils tisstie of declamation on the insolently pre:
stirred disposition of Alinisters to encroach npon
the Constitiition, Jn
,the very next column, there
a brief and simple detail of the " apprehension
" Of ten persons in this neighbourhood on sitspi-
" cion of.tretison.7til:C prjetideS3"_ atl4l of
terided:GENEgfrr, 1i14,,1N0 OF TnX FORTO.P.
" rl.7laraslt Ot'F:tti VitNINO GOVEANMENT,
" By AP +1 pEsuL4lolst, WAS TU nhVZ
" cotIMINCLO lust night or to-night;!!
" We erinfet.,e, thisextravrdinary.conduct—this
hot and (told kind of dorible-dealing speculations,
t 0, us nitcrly ittex plicable, -on Ally aeknowledg-
ed principle of human action ! We havobeen of-
ten itiing to heli'Se'., that the frequenf•deni,it, of
tltet ni. tenve of dangerous conipirricies originat ,
not an'y .:noire of wickedness, -.bot,in tincon-
queratife ptid presnmptuotts hiiarkess. tut
it was impossible, even it, the ,th,-.criee of the most,
recent and conclusive facts, to acquit 'the trio.:
ii4sII.Y.III-Tected of con, irmed efforts at wilful Mt-

sion and pernicions misrepresentation,' Thr tits•
fortunate Caslonao felt, and the scarce less
wretched individuals who have still, too probably,
to pay the forfeit of their beads to public justice,
anti who are at this moment labouring under the
agonizing anxiety of a trial for their lives—Cash-
man felt, and the others, we suspect,.dread, that
the evidence of Treason is too fatally strong for
them ; while his melancholy fate, and their awful
situation, are alone greater proofs of the reality of
wicked designs, and of the sad consequences which
attend them, than Ilumanity can behold without
a sigh, or, could bear to see increased, without in-
creasing pity and pain.
It is true that each particular plot is known
Only to Government, to the immediate Actors in
the conspiracies, and to a few other individuals.
Even you, whom we now address, and so many
of whom are expected to engage in the; work of
devastation, are of-course ignorant of the precise
objects of the Conspirators, and of the period at
which you were to have. been called on to aCCOM.,
Flish them. You have; generally speaking, been
so well prepared for Revolution, that it is neces-
sary for a few only to conspire as to the means,
and to fix the time and place, the manner and me-
thud of the insurrection, under the confident ex-
pectation, that, so soon as they raise the curtain, '
and plant the standatd of revolt, their stage will
he crowded with actors. When the time they fix
for an explosion has arrived, they calculate, it is
to he feared with too much accuracy, that many
of you will at Mice rise at their call. They have
'only to give the word—to apply the torch to the
comlnistible materials which have so industriously
been fortned—satid the times of Civil War, rising
at once from the point of contact ion, would ra-
pidly spread themselves on all sides, till the con-
flagration wasamiveral.
Let its see what has been the real progress of
events, amidst so many endeavours, on the part
of your Seducers, to conceal awl deny them.
Hired Missionaries of Sedition have for years beet,
sowing the seeds of disaffection, till the rank sorb
was fully charged with tie revolutionary orioci-
ple, and quickly covered with its deai.lly plants.
A few chief Orators then stilt( forth, and by the
heat of their inflammatory. harangues endeavour
to ripen the harvest of blood, and to render it fit
for its ulterior operations. Seditious assemblies,
under the extravagant pretence of petitioning for
an impracticable Reform, are every where culled
together at their instigation. The rioters of Spa-
fields assume boldly the characters of open Rebel-
lion—hoisting the tri-coloured standarn ; fOrcibly
seizing fire arms ; breakiog open the shops and
dwellings, carrying off the property, and outraging
the persons, of their peaceable felloW subjects;
resistitig, with arms in their hands, the COnsti-
toted Authorities : and endeavouring to seduce the
Military from their allegiance. The premature
breaking out of that Insurrection, in the middle of
the day, instead of the dead of night, as had been
originally intended, probably saved the shedding
of torrents of blood. Societies of a seditious Cha-
racter are formed all over the kingdoni, and main-
tain an active correspondence with each other.
The Press teems with Seditious and Blasphemous
Libels, The Public Orators and Writers for Dis-
affection; daringly utter the Most insolent threats
of what is to follow the rejection of their demands.
And, 'that nothing might be• wanting to complete
the monstrouy climax, a murderous and treason-
able attack is made, in open day-, and in the Me-
tropolis, upon the Sacred Pe►son of the Prince
Regent himself, while he was. engaged in one of
the most important public fintetions of the Sore-
reign ! ! !

" Under these alarming circumstances (and the
fidelity of the detail carmen be denied)—under
these circumstances, and possessed, besides of
vastmass of information, the publication (if which
was deemed impolitic or improper, the Executive
Government, justly alarmed for the tranquillity of
the State, and truly auxiints tolireserve it front
the horrors of internal distractions, tome forivard,
with expressions of gild at the painful necessity
which influences their conduct, and call the atten-
tion of btith Houses of Parliament to the dan-
gerous state of thenation, too evidently on the
eve of plunging into a Civil War. In each House,
Secret Committees are formed, before whom the
documentary evidence of Tteason, &c. is laid.
Both CoMmittees, though containing Memberi of
the Opposition, as well as of the Supporters of
Ministers, come unanimously '(mind they were
unanimous) to Resolutions, declaratory of the
great danger of the country, and expressive Of
their conviction that the existing laws were in-
sufficient for the preservation,ortranquillity. Some
of the most distinguished
,notitleaKOpponents
Ministers, therefore, ‘Veee-perfectly Btitisfied, by
evidence, which, in such a caw must have been
indisputable evidence' indeed, not 'only that Sedi-
tious Plots had existence, • but that those 'plots
were so dangerous, as to .demand the arming of
their own political adversarie with extraordinary
power, in order that they might be strong enough
for their suppression,
" Surely, even if no public symptoms of-disaf.
fection had previonsly nianifesttid lit:twelves; these
results ought to have convinced every unpreju.
diced Mind, that the information snbmitted by
Government to the Committees most have been
of a highly important and conclusive character
decd. If the proceedings of the COlntnittees had
been the only grontids tiir our relief, it is Impos-
sible that any unprejudiced mind, after their Re.
-ports, could have rejected the conviction that the
situation of the Empire wasextremely dangeroolc
'fire Contents of the famous Green Bag, as the
documents haVe ironically beco called, are utterly'
unknown to every man iii the kingdont,-except to
Government and the COmmittc.es. kVirat. those
contents were, therefore, or what was their in
formation,.- it is impOssible to divine, but of this
We may be certain, that, if 'they -Were of such a
nature at; to' satisfy the Opposition Members of the
Comtnittees, they would, if published, be found
sufficient to satisfy the minds Of all others. 'li is
impossible to be otherwise. And, it a doubt po3-
sibly could exist, that doubt moit vanish before
what was every man's own knowledge of ok; ince
of 'the Coitntry, previous to onyParliamentary pro
ceedings upon it whatever.
"But what motives-,- then,' you may ask, cold&
induce so many persons to assert that the Commit.
tees bad. no sufficient grotini4s for their. Reports
We will tell you:—The sole business of too many

unfortunately, is to " agitate your pat-
sioos," and to raise you up against your Governors.
Livery act of Govet nusent, therefore, is incessantly
represented to you as odious, unnecessary, vexa-
tious, and tyrannical. You yourselves, as we have
before observed, are ignorant of the existence of
any treasonable Conspiraciel. You are only the
prepared tools of the real Plotters, ready to cut
away in any or all directions, so soon as they think
a fit moment has arrived for your services. By
assuring you„ therefore, that no plots have any
existence, and that the measures of Government
arc founded upon mere pretexts, for your oppres-
sion, they set a keener edge upon their instruments,
and inspire you with a degree of hatred, and a
thirst for vengeance, still more implacable than
had actuated you before. The system is extreme-
ly artful. No wonder it should succeed with
you ; tince numbers who would shed their blood
in defence of their King and Cotintty, and Reli-
gion and Laws, have fallen into the snare, and
have believed, that, though there is a great deal
of discontent in. the State, there is no settled
design, on the part of any one, to attempt its
destruction.
" But to resume. Not only do the Committees
recommend extraordinary legislative measures
Both Houses of the Legislature immediately enact,
by majorities uoprecedently great, all the salu-
tary provisions which- their deliberative wisdom
suggested. As if to prove, however, that the sal-
vation of the Empire depends, not on Acts of
Parliament, 'but on the Spirit of • the penple, the
indications of Rebellion become stronger titan
ever, though the uplifted arm of the law, nerved
with tenfold strength, is held over the heads of
the guilt v. It is discovered, that in one quarter
of the Empire (Scoil,toll) the most hottid oaths
are administered to the Seditious,, binding them,
under penalty of death, to secresy. lit Manches-
ter, a•ter the proper preliminary steps, an im-
mense ho;ly of men are put in motion, for a march
to the Metropolis, in imitation of that of the
Marselh.is, in the French Revolution ; and these
are to be joined, on their route, by aectimulAing
crowds, till they should become a sufficiently
powerfal " reiulurcement fOr the London Demo-
cracy." Arrests of many individuals, and some
of the pending trials for treason, in consequence
take place. The march to London is wisely pre-
vented.; and the deluded multitude compassion-
ately suffered to return to their homes. But so
far front the spirit of the Conspiracy being broken,
we find, a few weeks afterwards, that Delegates
have assembled in the very same town—that
they have determined on the destruction of it by
fire—that they are to appear, simultaneously
with the Disaffected in other large towns and
populous Districts, in arms ; and that, in the
dead of night, plunder, and, death, and devasta-
tion, are to be let loose upon the affrighted inha-
bitants

"The providential discovery of the plot averted
this awful 'calamity; and the Conspiracy, ren-
dered only more furious by disappointment, re-
news its meetings and its designs. In this. Dis-
trict was it to have commenced this day, had not
another providential discovery again frustrated it.
" We are not at liberty; nor would it be pru-
dent, to divulge all the circumstances that have
been ascertained. But the most perfect infarunt-
tion of the state and disposition of all the Sedi-
tious in this District, is in the hands of the Ma-
gistrates ; and .woe to them who shall hazard
another attempt to disturb it: The Wretches who
have just been frustrated, have held secret meet-
ings (as they thought) in -the character of Dele-
gates, in various parts 'of- this County, as well as
in other quarters of -the kingdom ; and had deter-
mined, in the madness of their hearts, on 'hoist-
ing the signal for &general rebellion. Foals that
they are ! They saw not that they were drawing
down inevitable destruction upon none but them-
selves ! Of their supposed number (for we shall
not say more till they have been put upon their
trial), six have been apprehended at.Sheflield,and
ten others were taken on Friday last, while they
were assembled together, in a public-house at
Thornhill Lees, near Dewsbury. Amongst these
are James Mann, cloth-dresser, the Chairman of
your late Leeds Union Club, for obtaining Par-
liamentary Reform, 'according to the Constitu-
tion ; Thomas Murray, of Leeds,- linen-weaver,
and John Smaller, Of Mnrbury. They and their
seven companions were immediately escorted to
Wakefield by a detachment of eavalry,where they
were examined before Sir Francis Lindley Wood,
Bart. Benjamin Dealtry, Usq., and. other Magis-
trates. After re-committing the prisoners for a
second •examination, a dispatch • was sent, off to
the, Secretary of State ; from', whom, probably,
instructions will be received as to their present
disposal..

" In the mean time the .Magistrates, and Sir
John Byng, 'the General Commanding the Dis-
trict, have adopted the most effectual precautions
for the preservation (Attie peace, in every-gnat-
ter of, the District, ptudent arrangements have
been entered into. hi Leeds a number of Special
Constables have been sworn in. Two Troops of
the 'l3t" Light DraOnona have' been marched in
from York, as an addition to the Military Force
previnasly stationed here; anti an increased force
can be had at the shortest notice. Patroles of
horse and of constables vigilantly traverse the
streets during the night. That fine corps; which
has received such distinguished praise from Sir
John Byng, for its spirit, appearance, and ►lit►-
t:ipline, the Northern Regiment of West Riding
Yeomanry, •'assembled yesterday afternoon, at
llarewnod, and other places, and are ready to act
in any direction.

As the plot is discovered, its explosion is for
the present,
no doubt, subdued. But vigilance and
activity are not the less indispensable. Those who
are well affected will now of course be more and
Snore strongly impressed with the necessity of en-
rolling themselves in Volunteer Corps—not for
the defence of Government, which is far beyond
the reach of any danger,—but for the protection of
themselves and their families and homes—the pre-
servation of local tranquillity,—and the salvation
of the deluded Men themselves, who would rush
into excesses, the end of which could be nothing
but their own wretchedness Find destruction. We
have every reason to believe that the Magistrates
could readily obtain, in this town and neighbour-
hood, the services of a sufficient number of indivi-
duals to form a corps of Volunteer Infantry."_