The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-09 00:00:00

tilt. PLATT.

Though the accounts ofyesterdAy are more fa-
vourable than those of Saturday, yet up to• the
latest period of our information, the hull not
having been extracted,• this unfortunate Gentle.,
man's situation must he considered to be very lire-
carioni. , A curious kind minute account of the cir-
cumstances attesuling the assasttinatinn, iS eon-
. , .
(aspect none following dt ppsition by NI r. Plitt
" On the 24 of December, at 11411-past tt 4100(14 Mr. Platt
went to the shop of Mr. Beckwith, a gun-smith, in
street, to speak about the repair of the lock of his gun, -
he was quitting the shop, a ruing man appeared at the door
with a pistol in his hand. lie entered the soap, crying out,
" Arms I- ,erns ! t want-arms!" He cocked his seisms, and
presiitedit to Mr. Plan, who attempted to seise his arm,
hut failed, and 6 presented his pistol at Mr. Platt% hellY.fived
it, and the hall entered near the nivel. He then attempted
to strike her. t'iatt with the hint-end °tate pistol, but Mr.:
Platt seized.hini, and the pittol, either fell tothe grimad, or
was taken front 'him by Mr. Brelskith's ruin. Mr. Platt ex-
qed, "Phis wan must. hr secured !" and pining -himself
'near the-door, &sired thy persormho had fired t he pistol to
retire into the hack Shar,,or counting-house, into which Mr.
Platt followed him. Mr. Platt said to him, " Yon have shot
me."—" Oh !"' exclaimed he, " 1 mu a misled young man,
have heel, at spa-fields. Send for a surgeon—l ant a sur-
go, myself." And he desired a constable, who had now
arrived,
,and emptied his pockets, to show his Winos.
" These," said he, " will convince you I are a surgeon." (I)
He Wrung bis hinds' bit bis hat, and frequently exclaimed,
" Oh ! I ant a •nsisled young mutt!" Mr. Platt asked him,
whether the pistol, was loaded with a hall or slug He an-.
swered, " Ido not know." A person' said hi an angry tone,
" You teittst know which it' was loaded with--was it not a
.ball ?" He "I believe „it was," Mr: Platt, the man
who tired the pistoL and several other persons,•remained in
the ounting-house for nearly a quarter of an hour, whets the
mob broke Into the shop, and Mr. Platt. was obliged to make'
his escape over a wall at the hack of th'e.hoo;e. He went to
the himse of a Mr. Barnard, a printer, where Mr. Ben-tide,
sargeatt iu Newgate-stre,r, firict.saw bins, mid he unlit bins
to his country-house, rut MOO."
(11 The lancets, howevev, were not shown to Mr. Plitt.

Orator Hunt has, we understand, left London
lot some farm -he ll. Olds in the country :.with
what reflections, after all the
,anxirty and mis-
chief which his daring, inlidnimatory, and.delii-
-sive proceedings have occasioned, we inquire not.
The Gazette of Saturday contains the following
Proclamation :

fg Whitelialt,pe,. G, told.

" Whereas it has been humbly represented to _his Itoyat
Ilighness the Prince Itegent,that James Watson the younger,
late of lirde.street, Bloomsbury, • Ore-eon, stands chug-.
ed upon oath, on a violent cuspicion of having wilt:tllf
and feloniously attempted to hill and murder Richard Platt,
on Monday, the 2d day of this instant December, by firing a
loaded pistol at, and desperately wounding, the said Richard.
Platt ;
‘, And that the said- James Watson also stands charged on
vehement suspicion with having committed divers other high
and atrocious oft`enees _ _ ,

" Hts Royal Highness, for the better and more Speedy ap
pretending and bringing t., justice the: aid Jaates _Watson
for the felonies and offences aforesaid, is hereby pleased,
acting. in the minie and on 'Nasal( of his Majesty, to promise
to any person or :persons who shall discover and apprehend,
or cause to be discovered and apprehended, the said James
Watson, the sum of Rite ilu,,tdrrrt Pound,, to be paid by the
Lontill Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasure, !Too the
said James Watson being apprehended and lodged in any one
of his Niajesty'S gaols. . 1`.1t;;i0t1'11-1.
" 'the , above-named James Watson is a surgeon by pro-
fession, and has bred eruployed in that capacity on board a
Greenland ship. He is a youngitian, ap.parentlyahout, in or
ea yeas of i,ge, but is Duly 20; ,dark Itair,tatber pale com-
plexion, 5 feet 4 incites bigli,iathe slender tuade, has a scar
Of Vitale under his right eye ; had on a brutal) great coat, blue
under coat, black svaisteoat,drati breeches, and long gaiters t
appeariitteo shalltlY genterl. He has lately lodged in Hyde-
street, Ulootusbory ; and was in the habit of wearing a hiacli
coat buttoned, herseyruere breeobes, ant long gaiters."

lie.iities the above, .* reward of lOW. is ptered
by the 14-111 Mayor awl 414rituen of London,- for

the apprehension and ennyktion of the otrvntley
who' shirt :Mr, Platt ; and a ret6rd of 501 for the
apprehension :oftl conviction of any,o(thoie who
broke inky. thi.t.preMises.of Mr. Ileekviith, or of
Mi'.'Brander and 'Mr. Rea, in the Minories,. and
stole rhereout fire-arms awl other property'.. The
palish of St.' Sepulchre, in ,whieli Beekwith's
shop is situated, has :also offered a'reward Of "the
Arnount as that offerNl by the Lard Mayor
for the apprehension of the-44;854n. We refire!
to soy, that the 4cconnts fit Mr, Platt were not so
-df, could he wished. - He was
no -#4lq 4;e- them i,n Friday, but he W:tS far front
being,hetter. The contents of the pktol had not
been extracted. Onereportstates, that the younger
Abitsim :was seen Aunt halt past IQ aegaturd.,ty
mllrning BlijCl9,kloor•tOrtati Drury-lane, by a
Nirs. Cltiarni6, who knew Watson's fintily. tit
wl4.s aressed according the description in the
cards, with the 'exception of a piiir• of gkey
instead of long gaiters: Mrs. Quartile ran to
inform Mr. Clark, a:cotistalite, of the, fact, who
went down Newcaitle, and tilyeli-streets in .Pur-
suit of hint, but without sueee-s. lie was sup-
posed to have niAtte his escipe through New.4ro
and Clettient's=inu.—Tht re Was wlso a itunOttr that
~been appreliendt d at Northampton, but
all the others to the same effect: tarns
ant to hefilse 4. and It one ht to be observed, that
perS'Ons interested in the Cause of the otiendet•
will probably invent and circulate a number of.
stories to distract the pursuit, and favour the
etcAie oftheir friend. •
Preston stated, that be had kept a shoemaker's
stnio in Holborn and in Sw 41(8i-street., 'He fur-
tiler said, that lie had io;it±ril two letters to, and
recrived t evo from, Mr; Hunt, regarding the re-
y test to the latter to attend the meeting.
'Watson, the elder, is' itt Coldhatb-fields Prison.

•
A publican at the cast end of the town ha,
stated, that a person, an,iwerink (in almost every
nt- of view) the description of young! WatSoll,
came to his house oil Vritlay night, and
drank freely. The company's couversiii jog tnrnud
own' yo.ung Watson, and Abe person who re-
s.t.intilk'd hint appeared— very enthusiastic in his
c4uxe„, , . .

The last acct►unts from the Mansion-Unose,
tines-sti vet, and ocher Offices,lte, thitt nu ac-
count bad been received,. of young %%raison.—
Viekvry and Laveutlet were dispa►ched vesterd,ty,
distance of 140 miles, in pursuit of a person
answering his debeliption.

• •
Mittisto,44l4wits...-On Saturday Kinnertley, one of the:
City officers, complained tu the•LonnlSlAvott elf the conduct
of a dlty-copstable, named • Stith, in bating sufered some:
of the rioters, 'who bad been given inttehis charge, to escape.'
The, tt(Ttliltit which Kinnersley gaye Was, that having -heard
that soair of the rioters *re hiditiicrbrir lrout behind a butt
in Golden +levee-court, he instantlY Itiptitted to 00 Spot, and
three WO7e apprehended, who were lufructed to' the, me of
Smith, and tint into the watch-boitse..' He then conveyed the
arms that had been seized to his own house, where the of-
ficer who hail this'comniand of the•trodps was, and, ,while he
was.writing his dispatches, Smith brought in one or thejlitil,
whom Kiunersley had observed wilt` the first that calm:front
the i lace whine the arms were hidden on his entering, the
court. Smith ttild the officer that iltiititin'was certainly in.
Docent, tad aware by Cilnd that he had nothing to do with the
riotersi. and the officer, after some persuasion, kt the man
go, at the same tittle telling Ishii he had a narrow escape, and
that Oa rtectr-tutd been in jeopardy. After, this, Kiimertiley
was told that the persons of the three men could be identi-
fied ; on which he returned tip the watcl-hopse, and found the'
other two were. also gone,
Smith, oft !Icing asked, jo give an account of this, did not,
deny the tact, but stated that sonic were kAlitin who
were i inneent, and who hail, iii fact, assisted inin in collect-
ing the arms. That this marti whom Kontersley tirstnlluded
to, to him, crying in the watch-house, ruirl,asked'
latmworther he had not asststrd him: fie, Smith, could not.
tlenYthat fact, and therettne tool: biui to the officer, and he
swore by God that he was innocent, and the unicer suffered
the watt to depart.' •

Kinikrsity al;:►in insisted that that particnlar man- was the
first %situ came from the place where the arm* were.coneeated;'
awl! that the other two came from the same place.

The Lonu MAYOR highly reprobated the condnet of Smith
at so critical a Moment.. He had presumptuously taken upon
himself the thtee offices of Police-Otlicer, Magistrate, and:
Jude. Captain Terry had Written, to him complaining of his
conduct,
conduct, and be might assuiedly expect to lee discharged.
kir*SrlIZED.--00 Saturday a person, very respectably-
dre,4s4l4-Miplied to Mr. Biritie, the sitting Magistrate fur an
ordeto 'See Mr. Watson the elder. Mt. !simile asited"hitteroe
what islace he wanted an order of admission to Mr. Watson?
The applicant =aid he did net knows but ht waoted it for, the'.
place in' which. Mr. W. was tenfitied, ISor," said the.
Worthy Magi:trate, t. do I know;- but 'I know this much, that
whereveehe may be, no person will be adoiitted to him Smon
anY condition." With this nut Wee the young Gentleman loft
the Mice, not, however,' without displaying a litratigu Mix-
ture of %lank!' and disapprobation.
information was received on Saturday at this office; tome
of which is new. It' was known before that the assa,sitv
esaped from the cwitody of 'Worrall, 'the constable, to 'whoid
he was consigned in Mr. Beckwith', shop; but the extent of
this man's cowardice has not yet appeared. When the mob
broke in fur the purliose of rescuing their lender, Wurrall not
only made no effort ti detain hit prisoner, but ran at, once out
of the way with all speed. di4,not think himself sate even'
in the second door, and jumped mit of 4 back window upon
:in outbuilding, tints riiilang his lite from' fear 'of death,. He'
got over some walls of the rani, ot' adjoining houses, and
made his escape lowa court..,-

After the mob -had lett Mr. Beckwith's shop, it was-disco-
vercd thatthe pocket-book, which was taken teen, the assassin;
and left on the stool', hail been token away, and es cry thin
else.. except the three he, s, which Ns Cre found on the ground
close tj the stool j aqd uu application at the rooms occupiv4-
by the Watson', the largest hey proved to be the sfrect-doOr.
key, and a drop key opened the drop lock of the shop. The-
-
landlord says, the shop was taken for young Watson for the
avowed purpose 'of selling a quack medicine in it, which
was tetrad in the shop, and printed hills recontmendingit.
Old %Xittson was frequerrtly ins the-s,hop,', as well ailds sop.
It is not known, nor can it he discovered where their private
residence was. There has been a considerable mystery about
the elder Watiiint for above six mouths past, pat tictila;ly after
he was turned out of the house in Catheritie•strret, he re-
tusing to let his . know Where his residence:
was; this was attributed by them to: On account of great
distress. fle lately attempted .ttrtake a haute in Holborn,
for which 901. a year Wits asked; and art-account of his ~bser..
.'eatton that lie thought it very cheap, and should _not mind
giving 10iti. a year for it, the landlord refused .to receive hint
he a tenant. He has only been examined once at the Scope
tarn of Slate's Mice, aird from thence Was sent to the House
of Correction' where he.has been con4ned_sinee list Tuesday.
As to the third key found upon young Watson, no place has'
.boon found which it unlocks.

VAUOrlAtij Tliti CONSPIRATOR.--It was on Saft
turtlay morning expreied 'that -this person would
have been brought before Mr. %lustier I3AYI.IIY
sod,Mr. I3AIOII 11.161ARDS, to receive the opinion
of all the Judges of Bngland neon his chnsiction
of '3 Cailiititi olirettCe for haring counselled, aided
nod aliened, 1)onhelly and others in the conithis-
skin .of- stealing to the amount of 4th. n the
dwelliug.house of Mr. ; and ft w h,obmir-
ing-anti concealing the said Donnelly, aftrv't he
etillltlitSStoll of tile said offence. The opiohin,
however, iind judgment, were postpoued until
-
neat Setolus..