Star.
London, England, 1817-05-27 00:00:00

AT/ITE Plll3 MEAS.

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Since the 13, isoners 'were arraigned, the cru el'
rats+n,on h halt of himself din,l the other defendants,
Addressed ti r 101 l .wing letter to Lord titnsmurit
rut.-te, toita• 0,11117.
" Mr Loa n-1 am tl•!drotir to inform yoi.r Intilshir, 'that I
h!%v.• MC.I4 OH Its s dipexita several whitesses to beiii stadia
:leo to le: call. d 'spun as eft !recce on my trap, but not having
etc pectimtoty n estt to .!.flay the ekpen,es rtiiinqtrefir upas
their a s.,nen, and us up three or (Our a rivialikrable
(”rettre from London. I letce--h yniiel.nrthliip will lay the saute
Ireture 4, lionAttu-Ale the, Privy efitilteli. arat they may take the
MOW into he,r coseidera•hin, uteasa d to sturd
inc each rel:ve as Is cousomilit ul Is the true whit of justice end
the Wall i I is, the With% Gnarl-pint:lt I your I,orteilp
will alb, I,y twlore the I lunuerable P!tilrehualcil toy total ins-
' Lldy el• ,r.w he `.throw: ~tcothog eg Couw.el and paya•
ing my Sol,e, ur'e eh,rFe4; the they may also take:his graciously
in .• 1111* the mane purpose; hut I could with
your will coli•te•Caid or Inform the I luiloarable the
Privy • 0, I do Ent ifit.Od 19 place ml the extremity
of pie d•. a nu forma faut,rit, and hope they svi:l no: v. Os to re-
doer me tu il.ut etie..ittan. I twit levee tuttlief to trl•pa,4 upon
your t in dahp. to imorits piur loardahtp; that any feller priso-
ners ritpresa 41 the if tiessre to nos to Court, at num.:day, that
Wt.a• ilftk of the Hottnealas- the Pnsy (;Jusseit that we may,
t sr our own preservation, be persetts-d to hol.l gat ottaiionat toe-
h iennal coosanuMea ton, how that we Lary been arreidoud, and
tai. cute °Arc-it° artaktot PrNoict/ of Ih'e Pr've;rie
fear wilt no: uses, d., COIIOIfI4IICO of the Honourable the Privy
Council, hut h.oth.g pawed my word to make tlti: a Iraq', I meat
leavC. it for the I soitourehie the Privy CourCill Ti) iterrillillol,-.
under the isopostion that all the indulgence viU bt granted that
the hatale to our cause %till admit, I azn,
(msned) " d.otie wocesu.'"
The next day Mr. J. If. AnntNo-r,ri s:nt a iett?r
to the Ds put y Lieutenant (4 the 'tower, directing
him to acqua,lit Mr. Watson, that- Lord i-IONIOUTII
had cson•nui:icated Isis retitle:a to the ierivy C•nincol,
who were s:t opinion, that they would not be justi-
fied in advising a gtaut o: pecuniary aisiitacce, to
petsocs charged wits ensues against the Slate, to en-
able than to rrovide for their defence, except retort.)•
mein:mg. that they should be furnished with 6ubi.m.
nab for tt,eir eitnestes = and that, at to the wish ex-
pressed by J. Watson. nu hia own behalf, and that of
Lis follow prisoners, to !cave private confidential corn-
tounication with each other, it could not be coui•

plo'd with."
The Counsel who ate at present nominated to de-
fend some of the prisoners, arc Mr. and
Setjeant Cori,ar.

In the indictment of the 'Rev. Val Douglas, of
Glasgow, whom we notices to have beets appieliend-
ed lately, be is charged, awn% other things, with
41 wickedly, slanderously, falsely, and seditiously, in
the course of the prayers, sermons, or declamations
uttered by him, asserting and drawing a parallel be-
between. his Majesty and Nebucbadnezzar, King 4,1
babying:—remarking and insinuating that, like the
WC. K,ng of Dahylon, his Majesty was driven from
the society of men for ii.fi.tenty and corruption :
Ain: lie, then and tl:ere, did iurtlitr wickedly, aim-
dercusly,. falsely. and seditiously, assert that his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent was a poor infa-
tuated wretch, cr a pour infatuated devotee of Bac-
chus, or we expressions of a similar import. And
be, then and there, did wickedly; slanderously, falsely
end eenciousiy, lowa and draw- a parallel betwien
his Royal Hisimess the Prince Re,;ent and Belshaz-
t Env, of Babylon; remarking and insinuating
that his Kopek Highores the Prince Regent, like the
said King of Babylon, had not taken warning from
toe to ample of his father ; and that a fate similar to
that of the said King of Babylon awaited his Royal
Highness the Pripet 42.cgron, if he did not amend his
ways, and listen s the voice of his people."-oThe
Reverend Gentleman is also accused of caliing the
Hoaninable Members of the House of Commons
thieves and robbers.
The following is a copy of the indictment against
William Edgar :
Midiam Edjar, present prisoner in the Castle of
)ins are indicted and accused, at tie in.
stance in Au:Lumen Meconoontra of Mcgdowbank,
his Majesty's Advocate, for his Majesty's interest:
That albeit, by an Act passed in the fifty-eveand
year of his present Majesty's reign, entitled, 46 An
Act to render more effectual ,an Act passed in the,
thirty-seventh year of his present Majesty, for preeen•
sing the administering or taking unlawful Oaths," it
iattiefie.enacted, 66 That every person who shall,
in any manner or form whatsoever, administer, Or,
came to be administered, or be aiding or assisting at
the administering of any. oath or engagement, pin%
potting or intending to bind the person taring the
same to commit any treason or murder, or any felo-
ny punishable by law with death, shall on conviction
thereof by due course of law, be adjudged guilty of
felony, and suffer death as a felon, without benefit of
clergy." And, further, by section fourth of the said
Act, it is enacted, " That persons aiding and assist.
, ieg at the administering of any such oath or engage-
ment as aforesaid, and persons causing any such oath
or engagement to bradministered, though not pre-
sent at the administering thereof, shall be deemed'
piaci* offenders, and shall be tried as such; and
on conviction thereof by due course of law, shall be
. adjudged guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as
felnne, without bent fit of clergy ; although the per-
sons er petsoo who actually administered such oath
or engagement, if any such there shall be, shall not
have been tried or convicted." And luither.ly sec-
tion sixth of the said Act, it is enacted, 66 That any
engagement or obligation whatsoever, in the nature
of an oath, purporting or intending to bind the per-
son taking the same to commit any treason or mur-
der, or any felony punishable by hier with death,
s'iall be deemed an nath within the intent and mean-
ing of ibis Act, in whatever form or manner the
sable ',had be administered or taken, and whether the
mine shad be actually administered by any person lir
persons to any onier person or persons, or taken by
any other person or persons, without any Administra-
tion thereot by any other person or persons." Yet
tette it is and of verity, that you the sntd William Ed-
gar are guilty of the said ;rimes, or of one or snore
_ of diem, actor, or art abd parts in so far as you the
said William Edgar did, at secret meetings, and on
other Occasions, at Glasgow or in the immediate
vicinity thereof, in the Course of the months of No
ameba- and December. 1816. and of January and
Bennuary, 1817, wickedly, maliciously, and traitor-
" ously -admisiister, Or k ause to be administered, or did
aid or assist at the administering, to a great number
of persons, to the amount of several hundreds, an
girth or engagement, or an obligation in the nature
of an oath. binding. or purporting er intending tc
bind, tainnemons lashing the idiom OFomaut treason,,

which wit, engagement, or obligation, was in ‘ll,
following terms, or to the fifillowing purpnrt :
" la the awful presence of Goo, I, A. B. do voluntarily swear,
that I will persevere in my endeavouriiy 10 form a brotherhood
of affection amongst Britons of every dkat ,dims, who are coo
sidered worthy of confidence; and that:l I PCT.4.•Vere on my
mile *Tours to obtain fur all the people at GI it Britain anti Iry
land not .d.qu ilified by crimes or insanity, the silct,ve franchi.e
at the age oft senty-one. wide free an•l equal represaniation, and
annual i'arliameAts; an' support the same to the to.
.most of my power, either by Iowa! or physical strength, as the
race testy rctluir... An lids norther swrar, that nei tier hopes,
tilts, rewards, or punishment, shall 'white me to ir.torm on, or
I give cvijeoce against, any member or members, so: eel/rely or
lietiveluany, lir any act or espres.ion dine or oracle, in or out
In this nrsnu:lar Sarietieq, toil:, the puni.hment of death, to he
;affieted On me by any member or inembas of such Socienas..—
Su helr n.e Gun, and keep me stedfast "
Wh eh oath, cr engagement, or ()Wigat mh, to the le e-
s:(o:ng purport, did bind, or did purport or intend to
mild. the persons taking the same to commit treasm), by
=fleeting, by physical strength, the subversion of thr
established government, laws, and constitution,
this kingdom, and especially by obtaining annual
Parliaments and universal suffrage, by unlawful and
violent mean*. And mole patticularly you, the said
Witliara Edgar, did, upon the Ist day of January,
1817, or on one t-r other of the days of that month,
or of December immediately preceding, or of Febru-
ary immediately following, at a secret meting, held
in the house of IVilli tm Leggatt, change keeper, in
'King-strcet, Tradestoe, in the vicinity of Glasgow,
or elsewhere at Glasgow, or in the immediate vici
city thereof, wickedly, maliciously, and traitorously,
administer, or cause to be administered, or did aid or
assist at the administering, an oath or obligation,

the trans Above set birt!,, or to the same
.purport, usi
Peter Gibson, J..hn bl‘Lauctilane, Joon Carrybell,
and Hi.tl► Drckson, all present prisoners lu the Cas.
tl: of .l.u►gh; as also to James *Ewan, now or
lately carding master At Humphries •sill. Gimbals of
Glasgow ; and bl,llowal Pare, or Peat, now or lately
weavtr in Piccadilly-street, Anderstnn, On tl►e vicinity
Glssow, who, conscious of their guilt in the pre-
noses, hive absconded And fled Isom justice ; as alto
to John Connehun, or Conglejor, now or lately cot-
ton-spinner in Calton of Glasgow, or to one or tither
of them, and to other persons, whose names are to
the prosecutor unknown, the said oath or engage.
mem, or obligation, to the said purport, binkting,
purporting to bind, the persons taking the same to
commit treason, as said is.

• (2.) And, Further, you the said William Edgar
did, upon the 4th day of January, 1817, or on one Or
other ut the days of that month, or of December im-
mediately preceding, or of February immediately
following, at a secret meeting, held at the house of
Neill Munn, innkeeper and stabler in Ingrain-street,
GI isgow, or elsewhere at Glasgow, or in the imme-
diate vicinity thereof, wickedly, m iliciously, and
traitorously administer, or cause to he adminiitered,
or did aid or assist at the administering, an oath or
obligation, t.► the terms above set forth, or to the
same purport, tb the said Peter Gibson, Jahn
M'Lauchlane, John Campbell, Hugh ackson,
M'Dowaf Pate, or Peat, and James, M‘Ewan ; as
also to James Hood, present prisoner in the Castle of
Edinburgh, Andrew Sornmeiville, John Buchanan,
and Jones Robertson, all now or lately prirmers in
the Tolbootl of Glasgow, or to one or other of them,,
and to other persons, whose names are to the Prose-
cutor Inknowii, the said oath, or engagement, or
obligation, to the said purport, binding, or purporting
Ito bind, the persons taking the same to commit ire*.
son, as said is. Arid you the said William Edgar
having been apprehended ard taken before Daniel
Hamitton, Esquire, one of the Sheriff's-substitute of
Lanarkshire, did, in his presence, at Glasgow, on the
tith day it March, 1817, emit aid subscribe a decla-
ration; and hasinf• been taken before Robert Hamil-
ton, Esquire, Sheriff-1 put. of Lanarkshire, you did,•
. _ .

in his presence, at Giasgow, upon the 7th and 8111
Jays of March, 1817, emit and subscribe two several
declarations; which declarations, being to be used in
evidence against you at )our trial, wilt be lodged in
due t me in the handy of the Clerk of the High Court
of Justaciaty, before which you ate to be tried, that
you may have an opportunity of seeing the same.—
At least, times and places foresaid, the said oath, or
engagement, or obligations, to the same purport,
binding, or purporting to bind, the persons taking
the same to commit treason, as said is, was wickedly,
maliciously, and traitorously administered, or cau.ed
to be athimistered ; and some persons did aid or
assist at tie administering thereof ; and you the said
William Edgar are guilty thereof, actor, or art and
part. All which, or part thereof, being fonnd proven
by the verdict of an Assize, before the Lord Justice
General, the Lord Justice Clerk, and Lords Com-

missioners of Justiciary, you the said William EJg it
ought to be punished with the pains of law, to deter
others from committing the like ctimes in all time
coming. rt. stout DRUMMOND, A. D.
Nota Lent.—What the intention of the person who
administered the oath was, or What obligation he un-
derstood the taker to come under, is nothing to the
purposes the question to be submitted to'the Conti
and Jury is mrrely whether the oath. in its terms,
hound; or purported to bind, the taker to commit
treason or felony ? And there may be ;amber quas.
tion with the-Lawyers, whether an engagement or
promise to effect by physical strength, the subversion
of the established Guntur:lent, Laws, and Constitu-
tion, especially by obtaining Annual Parliaments and
Universal Suffrage, by unlawful and violent means,
not followed by any overt act be treason ?

Last week information was received at the Head
Police-office, Dublin, that a man of the name of
Liam lienbnw, a shoe maker, from Manchester,
against whom diem was a warrant from Lord Stri.
LIOUTII, for high treason, was in Doblin, under the
name of Melas ; the Magistrate gave directions to
Mr. Farrell, Chief Peace Officer, to lock alter him,
and in a short tirrie after he returned with lienbow in
custody.. Mr. Farrell arrested him at Rutland-place,
off Cavendish-row. at work. Tuesday last Mr. Kaye,
a King's Messenger. arrived at the officer and pro-
ceeded in the packet with &allow to Holyhead, on
their way to London.

Tie Corporation of Bristol !save now a plan before
them for forming a new rcad•from that city to Lon•
don, by which the distance will be reduced full six.
teen miles. _ _

The Poor-rates of the parish of Plynntock. in De-
vonshire. which three, yews ago did not emceed sixty
poughil per anuom,now exceed fawn hundOcl founds
the URIC period.