The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-28 00:00:00

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TUE MURDEROUS CONSPIRACY.

As early as ten o'clock yesierday morning all
the great thoroughfares at the west end of the
town leading to Cato-street, were lined with per-
sons of ev.•ry rank and description, pressing for-
wald with the utmost eagerness to take a view of
the stable and lott whet cln the conspirators as-
sembled. John•sttect looked like a fair; but

Cato street was crowded the extreme. The
st Able. &c. was sliewn at so much n head, anti the
(lours tit a theatre %lege never mote anxiously be-

siuged tor adult taittce. It wAs i4id that tirvorch
of 501. I:id been luken bt+ite tour o'clock its the

attechoott by those p,rs,,nb who had vos,-essed
thetioeives.a the stable. The J(lj4.ittihgSei
bait also little boys statidiog outride of Hie doors,
invitiog the passeog4ll to sfep itt nod take a look
at the place throtegit «bich the cott,pirdtors ti,Rl
escaped. The witid,,t•s of the b3ck pat tof the
houses itt Johu-street, which command disoa view

et the,prertlit,es, Hi persons of rail
ttttd Lidies tlegAtitly (I,vss‘d. Lirtle groups of

pervms in valious pelts of the i:vighiwuritood

Were teen converting top-ther, and a 11 ousand

unties ‘iete told rt se( ctiog the escape of Thi.stle-
flie greottest conftision previiied

wood.

the w11,71e (Ly.

The Horse end Groom pot:lic-

bout* %vac crawined to excess to a Lite hour, acid
the c;o0 d it► Cato-street con►tnued fora It.ngtl►

On this occasion, as %cell as
others, were observed characters of the worst de-
scription, for whom excellent vcope was afforded
for depredation, especially in the evening. Seve-
ral constables attended near the spot.
The Cabinet Council assembled yesterday, at
one o'clock, at the Secretary of State's Office for
the Home Department, to proceed with the inves-
tigation of the .charges acainst the assassins.—
Their Lordships were assisted by the Law Offi-
cers. flobert Adams, latex private in the Royal
Horse Guards, was examined before their Lord.
ships. His examination lasted till half-past two,
which was too late an hour to proceed with the
examination of Abel flail, a tailor, who bad been
apprehended on Saturday morning in Seward-
street, Chiswell-street. Thtir Lordships being
engaged to attend the King in Council, at three
o'clock, at his Palace in Pall-mall, Hall's ex-
i'minati,m was nut gone into. it was the

time after datk.

examination iif some of the witnesses that led
to the discovery of John Symnunids, the footman
of Miss STRATFIELD, in Upper Seymour-street.
On their being interrogated how they knew a Ca-
binet Dinner was to be given by the Earl of HAR-
RowBY on Wednesday, they answered, John
Sytumonds, the footman, gave the information ;
but it has not transpired how he possessed that
knowledge, or what connexion he had with offi-
cial gentlemen's servants. lie has lived eight
years in the service of Miss STRATFIRLD ; she
gives him a most unexceptionable character for
integrity, honesty, and sobriety. ‘Vhen Laven-
der and Bishop apprehended him on Thursday,
he was in the act of laying the cloth for dinner,
and his mistress took great interest in his wel-
fare.

The Cabinet Dinner intended to have been given
by the Earl of HARRO*BY last Wednesday, would
have beets the first this year, all of them having
been sospended in consequence of the demise of
the late King, till after the funeral ; and it being
customary for the Lord President of the Council to
give a dialler annually abort the time of pricking
for the Sheriffs, the dinner was appointed to
take place last Wednesday, instead of the regular
Sheriffs' tlay, which annual dinner is not strictly
a Cabinet Dinner, as the great Officers of State,
the Clerks of the Council, &c. are invited
.to it.
Therefore the information of the assassins could
Dot have been better for their diabolical and mur-
derous scheme, as there is scarcely any occasion
upon which there are more high official cha-
racters assembled in one private house at' the
same time. The man who gave information of
the assembly of the villains in Cato-street, which
happily led to their apprehension,.persevered so
much, and was so prudent in giving his informa-
tion, that he would not entrust it to a third per-
son, and actually called three times at the Earl of
liattaowav's house, in Grosvenot -sqaare, perse-
vering against the refusal of the porter to see the
Noble Eiri, unless he would say who he was, or
what business he had with the Earl : lie ex-
pressed himself with so much anger a' the refusal,
that the porter considered him a madman. We
hope this man will be liberally rewarded, and
even provided for. The Lold Chamberlain,
through indisposition, not being able to attend
the dinner party intended to have been given last
Wednesday, sent an apology.

ADDITIONAL PA RTIetTLA RS.
The reward of one thousand pounds offered for
the apprehension of Thistlewood, it seems, is due
to a private individual, who gave information of
the place of his retreat.
Perty's party of patrol have seized a quantity
of ball-eaiiiidgef,, a tnu'ktt, and a cavalry s‘vuld,
which th, y found concealed in a ruinous abed at
the back of a small house near the Regent's Park.
The woman occupying the house was also brought
up, but atter a short examination she was dis•
cltargrd. I did not appear that she had pt y
kw/a:ledge of these things being on her rormises.
These articles appear to have been deposited in

the place where they were found by some of the
conspira►ors in their retreat.
Davidson, who on his apprehension exhibited
the strongest marks of hardihood, is said now to •
he as much depressed. lie, as well as all his as-
sociates, excepting Thiitlewond, seems anxious
to betray their companions to save themselves
harmless.
tin Saturday morning, at 7 o'clock, Lavender,
Ri-hop, and S3lnton, having been furnished with
►v.,rrant on the preceding night, set off to ap-
prchend a man, who, it is known, was actively
co-operating in the designs of the conspirators,.
at the name of Abel Hall. They found him in
Seward.street, Goswed-street. On his being se-
cured, he stated himselt to be a ciilor out of cm-
ployment. His appearance was most wretched.
Ike kvas conveyed to Ilow-street, and placed in
the ir►►nt office till the arrival of Ht. Adams, al-
rea►iy n►cntioned, with whom, at 11 o'clock, he
seas sent down to the office at the Secretary of

tit rt' C.
Upon the body of :tnithers having been taken
home to the lodgings of his wife, on le'riday night,
it ices ftlllnd that a pistol bullet had penetrated
his sbouldet uearly six inches. It was extracted
by Benuett. and was toned to have been cast from
pewter. A second sabre wound was also found
~tact his Itlade bone. In what manner these
wounds weme inflicted, ( here are no means of
knowing, but it is supposed they occurred alter
his fall..
Simmonds, Mrs. Stratfielirs footman, was on
Saturday morning taken before Mr. Birnie and
Mr. Hicks, for the purrise of undergoing a private
examination. This proceeding took place in con-
sequence of his having expressed a desire to make
some voluntary disclosures. Consideration, bow-
evO, seemed to have induced him to forego his
intention ; and be stated nothing which was of
the slightest importance respecting the offence
with which he stands charged.
Firth, the cow keeper, by whom the stable was
let to Harrison, and who had been permitted to
go at large, was again arrested on Saturday, by
Samuel Taunton and Nicholls, at his house in
Bryanstone-street. The warrant upon which •be
was apprehended charged him with the crime of
high treason—he underwent an examination be-
lote Mr. Birnie.
it appears that Chapman, the officer, was the
first who seized Davidson in Cato-street, at the
moment he struck at him with his sword. After
be wits handcuffed, Chapman searched his pockets,
and found a written list of several Noblemen and
others, with their names and addresses subjoined.
It was much worn, as if it had been a long time
in his pocket. Two gun-flints, a winch, a knife,
and: three nutmegs, were likewise found in his
,pockets. He made a most desperate resistance;
his sword was knocked from his hand by Gill, at
whom he discharged his carbine, and Ellis seized
him behind. Time officers not being apprised of
the nature of the duty they were to undertake,
were not all sufficiently armed.
ings was at the rendezvous on ‘Veduesday
evening, es early as six o'clock. lie is a reso-
lute ruffian, and next to Thistlewood, made a
most desperate resistance on being surprised.
When brought to Bow-street office, wi'h his con-
federates, he appeared the most cool and collected
amongst 'them. He is apparently about thirty, a
atom, brawny, rough-headed fellow, of a very
dark complexion and ferocious aspect. When put
to time bar, he exhibited a most terrific appearance
—flushed and heated from the struggle ; his
hands, face, and clothes were besmeared with
blood. The beholders turned aside with horror ;
a feeling which was aggravated when, •in an•
swer to the question of the Magistrate, " What
are you, Sir ?" he replied, in a strong harsh
voice, " Me ? I was bred to the butchering

siness."
Those now in custody are the ten mentioned
at the Coronet's Inquest, together with Robe►t
Adams,-Abel Hall, John Harrison, John Firth,
‘ViMain SiMmonds, and Brunt, in all 16. They
all stand committed :—Robert Adams to St. Mar-
tin's watch-house; Simmonds, Harrison, Flag,
and Firth, to Tothill fields ; and the others to the
House of Conectimt. On Sin:mantis, Harrison,
Hall, and Firth being delivered to Tothill-fltids,
they shook hands wi,h each other, and seemed to
be old acquaintances.
Some person, not an officer of Bow-street, nor
otherwise authorized, on Saturday took posses-
sion of the premises, in Cato street, and received
a considerable sum from curious spectators, whom
he admitted to see the place at Is. each.
The following is a correct statement of the
small hand of police-officers who accompanied
Mr. ilirnie on the desperate service of Wednesda y
night :—George Ruthsen, one of tl►e principal
officers of the Bow-street establisbn►ent ; l►e came
out of the conflict without injury, though he led
the party, and was in the midst of the affray fron►
the beginning to the end. Richard .-Itnithets,
stabbed to the heart, and killed at the first onset.
Charles Ellis, stabbed in the calf of the leg at the
moment when he received the mnsdeted body of
Smithcrs in his arms. W. WeSICOU, sabre Cut
on his head, numerous contusions, nod his hat
perforated with pistol-balls in fire different places.
J. Wright, many contusions, and the thrust of a
sword on his left side, through his coat, waist-
coat, shirt, and flannel waistcoat, entering t't►der
the short ribs, anti passing out behind his hip;
no personal injury except a slight scar front the
said thrust. Surman, wounded on the head by a
pistol-bail, which, striking the tempt►ral hope,
passed bet wren the scalp and the shill to the
length of 3 inches; he is an old man, -who has
been 25 years in the service, and he now lies dan-
gerously ill. And Charles Brookes, a pistol or
musket-hall passed through the neckcloth, shirt,
waistcoat, and triple-caged watch-coat of this
roan, with►►ut doing him any other injury than
slight excoriation of the skin on the left side of
his neck. Gill, Woodbury, Gibbs, and two others,
, all of whom were inure or less wounded.