The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-25 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

Information having been received that Arthur
Thistlewood, whose ordinary residence was in
Stanhope-street, Clare-market, had recently taken
a lodging at No 8, White-street, Finsbury-square,
orders were yesterday morning issued by the Bow-
street Magistrates to Lavender, Bishop, and Sal-
mon, senior officers of the establiAiment, assisted
by a body of the patrol, to proceed in search of
Lim. When they arrived in the neighbourhood,
they alighted &urn the coaches in which they
were conveyed thither, and stationed parties
round the house, so as to prevent the possibility
of any individual escaping from the premises.
On knocking, Bishop, Lavender, Salmon, and
Ruchven obtained admission without difficulty.
They proceeded to search the apartments above
stairs, where nothing suspicious was discovered.
On descending, Bishop recollected that two
79orn: au the ground floor bad not been

searched. On atternptlng to open the door "on
the right hand, be found that it was locked,
and be immediately 'proceeded .to the adjoin-
ing room, and demanded the key of that in
which be believed Thistlewood was concealed
to be delivered to him by Mrs. Harris, the woman
..who appeared to act as landlady of the. house.-7-
The demand was immediately complied with ; and
Bishop unlocked the door very softly: he • then
entered, with his staff in one hand and his pistol
in the other. He states his reason for entering
thus, " doubly armed," to be, that information
was given of the intention of Thistlewood to de-
fend himself, and he was anxious that be should
not have any excuse for doing a deed of blood, by
pleading that he was not aware of the situation
filled by the individual who apprehended him.—
The moment Bishop entered the room, Thistle-
wood raised his head from his pillow, looked
out, and immediately shrunk back. Bishop
said to him, " Mr. Thistlewood," I am an of;
facer of Bow.street. I have a warrant against
you. Surrender !" and he immediately threw
himself on the culprit, and seemed his
Bands. Thistlewood, though in bed, had got
his breeches and" aeoekings on. When Bishop
stated to him who he was, and the nature of his
basiness, he haling been at this time secured,
Thistlewood said, " I shall make no resistance,
Sir." iliblivp, having handcuffett him, pioccEdcd
to feel about the bed for arms. Finding none, he:
" Where are your pistols, Mr. Thistlewood
Thistlewood answered, " I have got none, Sir." li
'lire other officers were, of course, in close at-
' tendauce on Bishop, end, with their assistance, he
was taken out of bed. lie appeared much dis,.
spirited. The officers proceeded to search the •
r (rum, and, amongst other papers,' Lavendt r found
a copy of the bill furnished to Dr.. Watson by Mr.
Ottley, of the Crown and Anchor Tavern, for the
expences of the dinner given to Hunt, on his re-
turn from Manchester. Pet haps it is not unfortunate
for the Doctor that he was not able to liquidate
this debt. He is at present an inmate of White-
cross-street prison, and thus has been saved front
the temptation of joining his tormer associates.
On searching Thistlewood's, wickets, two ball-
cartridges were found, several musket balls, and
a number of flints. Lavender found" in one
of his coat pockets a broad black belt, similar
to that Which, it is in evidence, was worn by
the person who stabbed the unfortunate Smi-
tilers. 'lire search having been concluded, This-
• thisstood was pla'eediti'khisCkney-cottch, and con-
yeyed to Bow-street. From thence he was taken
to the Office of the Secretary of State for the
Hometielfairment. Several Members of the Privy
Council were assenibled. on the occasion. The
Lord Chancellor informek the prisoner, that he
was charged with the double crime of high treason
and murder, and asked him whether be had any
answer to make 1 Thistlewood answered; 4` No;
I decline saying any thing at..present." He was
then conducted,,o,,Coldbath-fields prison by the
Bow-street Officers.
The sword with which the murder of Smithery
was perpetrated is of foreign manufacture, and
nearly a foot longer than those which we are ordi-
narily the habit of seeing.
A Lady, of tire name of Northmore, who lives
in a street immediately adjoining that in which
tire conspirators assembled, found a sabre in her
yard yesterday morning. This also is a weapon
of foreign manufacture, and, from its appearance,
had evidently been ground within a (lay or two
It was perfectly sharp on both sides, and, in ad.
dition .to its brass bill, there was attached to
it a handkerchief,- so disposed as to afford a
sort of guard for the arm. Mrs. Northinore,
on finding the weapon, sent for a friend, who ad-
vised leer to .transmit it to Bow-street. This was
accordingly done ; and, extraordinary to relate, it
was recognised by an active member of that esta-
blishment as exactly representing one of two
sabres, of which a description had been given at
• the office, and which were known to have been
taken to a. cutler for the purpose of grinding, a
day or two since. As the person who took the
sabres to the cutler is known, important informa-
tion is likely to be elicited by the discovery of this

weapon.
Five warrants were yesterday issued for the ap-
prehension of petsons said to be concerned in this
horrible business. One individual was appre-
hended in the afternoon. He is a servant, of the
name of Simmons, living with a respectable fami-
ly in Seymour-street. Lie last night underwent
an examinakion before the Secretary of State fur
the Home Department, and another before the
Magistra►es at Bow-street. He was ultimately
committed to Tothill-fields.prison.
Amongst those against whom warrants are is-
sued, there is, we understand, a native of France.
Two other persons implicated in this transac-
tion are now in custody, who lived in some dirty
courts leading out of Baldwin's-gardens. Their
names ate T add and Brunt, and both have earned
their livelihood in the shoemaking trade. Wi‘b
respect to Tadd we have collected Ike tollowiog
particulars :—lle is a man of the age of 49, and
lived with his wife and family in a small and mi-
serable dwelling situated in the Hole-in-the-Wall-
passage, leading from Baldwin's•gardens to Tor-
rington-street.
His family consists of one daughter and two
orphan children, whom be had taken under his
care. Tadd has been esteemed among his neigh-
bours, and by those who have employed him in
his trade, as an industrious sober man, and an
excellent workman. He has earned by his own
hands 40s. a week, and very often a greater sum.
During the whole course of his life he was never
known to neglect his work, or become inebriated ;
but within the labt week he has been in a drun-
ken state, and his family have been at a loss to
account for the extraordinary change in his con-
duct. Ott Wednesday night, between the hours
of S and 9, three men came to,Taild while in such
a state of drunkenness as scarcely to be able to
keep his legs, avid forced him away, notwithstand-
ing the earnest entreaties and remonstrances of
his wife and family. Nothing was said by the
men who took him away, as to their object,
either to the wife or any pne in the house ; and
during the whole night, and the greater part of the
next day, they were in total ignorance of the cir-
cumstances,since disclosed;and were at a loss to
account for the absence of Tadd. In the morning

(Thursday) between 7 and 8 o'clock, two men
came to the house laden with a box of a consider-
able size, and, putting it down on the fluor, said,
" they would call in a few minutes for it." The
men refused to answer the interrogatories put to

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them as to •their object in leaving the hox, and
onlylekeated that they Would call in a shot time,
and takensturay*.NVvy soortlvitthow& 2-41,011inva
came with a large bundle of sticks, some of them of
the thickness of a man's wrist. These were lett

in a similar manner, and the men also refused to
answer any questions, saying only that they would
call again for them in a few minutes. Ten mi-
nutes had not elapsed before two Police officers
entered the house, and seized the box and the
sticks. When the box was opened, it was diseo•
vered to contain a great number of pike-heads,
sharpened ready for use. The sticks were also
seized, and carried away by the officers. It nosy
appears that Todd was taken , by the three men
whom we have described, to the stable in Cato-
street, where he was subsequently apprehended,
and cart ied to Bow-street, together with several
others.
The next person suspected of being connected
in this transaction, who has been apprehended, is
Brunt. He is a shoemaker, living in Fox-court,
leading out of Baldwin's Gardens. He was an ex-
cellent workman, and earned between 40s. and
50s: .a Week. He was, we understand, taken in
bed cal iy yesterday mot ning. We learn that he
had previously provided himself with a sword and
a brace of pistols, in case of need, but he did not
make use of them on this occasion. One of the
other prisoners taken' on AVednesday night is
Cooper, also a shoemaker, living in Garden-court,
Baldwin's Gardens, and was apprehended, we un-
deis tend, in the middle of the day.
FURTHER PARTICULAR,: REcPEtTU'G THE mtm-