Star.
London, England, 1817-06-09 00:00:00

FIFTH DAY—FaloAr

W. 7111 was an °Beet in the Tower; be was principal Clerk
at Work. In the °Mame, Department. Knew the 'lower and
all parts of it. The paper now produced was a rough hand
I sketch of WOW parts of the Tower.
Mau Klima, in the month of November last lived at No. 1.
Dean-wen, Feuer-lane. Mr. Watson the elder took loilsin3,:t
her hoes. on the Wednesday before the first Span& Meeting.
Re took the lodging for isimselt and his son. '1 hey took a par-
lour' which was parlour mid sleeping-roods both. '1 he bed was
generally made towards the evening. It was made every day.
they bad each a key to the street door. On the Monday bef,we
Mr. Watson went away, when she took in dinner, quire were
several persons in the room. She thought she had seen !ODIC of
the persons who were there in the sperm of. the:week. She
thought .he kaevr Mr. Hooper. She cook jest—wear that the j
1 Gentleman standing up was Mr. Hooper, • Ho thrlegkt he was
f at ditaer, and in the coarse of the with. precut:pg. • She remern-
bossed Mr. 'I higleusead, who wawa/tend to hiss dreas Ann she
saw hint, but she thought be was the mew Ueetltansti. Ve had
beta dressed in lealtt Fey pantaloon, a dark g: can or Moo
cost. end white fteckeloth. When the persons earaere the booze, •
she had seen pens and ink en the. tabk, bet had opt cocked what
wee these pertinderly. About plus &tied, at. the n.ornitsg of
1 the ed of .Deceaster, they went out. About candle light the
eider Wotan returned. When be • tame he ealiwif u.ey lad
open his son f Tiny told hint they had not. lie saw kraut, had
got tiss keys of the parlour, teed he could tint get tw tier bur
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Land glee Mr. Watson s key, sad she seypessti he tot
I..afier that he watt out, and the saw him swag (Id 1.145, t
moment. He std nothing on that eight of any triitionr, t.,.
of lenelog his totlghig. Than wire some greet s i tie
but GU the 3d she did net see them. A young it brotick,
ene of the keys on the Tuesday to get In, butt %.13,1 twit
It from her, and she went aid brought ber lath • ..„kr.
She had never seen young Watson after the day of the rietl.
J. Gillis:, a soldier In the id Regiment if Fos . . sok,
to Castle and another person resembling Thb,
to him at a public house, with a view to eedu: •as tis
gleam:et.

J. Beetess, a soldier in the Coldstream Ragmen, gt it a imp
lar testimony as to a persen like Hooter. Knee,
Kitchen public house.
W. Harris' a soldier, had been it the Tower, in Novetnter.—
He rememberedbeing at the Stone KiMbelt, perhaps a week, PT
not so much, before the rime. He rein:.nber.d two pee,„‘
coming in and (online for beer. The first prisoner (Hooper.; was
nee of the people. There were di event soldiers in therm:li he,
sides himself at that time. The Oenileman (not Hooper),ekei
to them. There was half a gallon of beer called for, which de
soldiers and the Gentleman drank. There were teats papas,
dropped by one of the two Gentlemen slot; :he table ; he who
dropped them raid—'4 Hand these about to your eor.tr ides attar
we ate cone." they asked the ;soldiers it tbr/ wadi! Ilia
loaf ? Some of them said they woold. 'I hey at'aed Veke
would do I! the :nob vete to come to the Tower 7 The suld:ett
said they would do their They weed it they "void ;lg..*
go out of the reg;ment ? Some sulker, replei, we shoald ! e
starved to death If we v.-etc to do that. Th,: Gentle:la° ti,!—
' Nu, no, you will not." I hat was all he in the row,.
C. Nasfor had been in the Coldstream Curds in Nosesc,,,
last. He was in the lower shortly be.ore the rots. Ile 4.4
been at the Gulden Chain before the riots. He tveta in otte de?,
and two Gentlemen came in and called for a pot of sorts.
Hooper was one of the persons who came in Witness &ail% tae
potter. The Persons rolled tip s ens hand-bit s and put tit .n
slily into his hand, telling bins to look at then:atter they vr re
gone. The taller man put tits hills into his band. They Sa
if they would be ruled by them, they w laki make then Ge.:4
men in a Very short time. Nothing mere passed that be of.*
recolect. As lt.e could ant read, hr gave the bilk to his entnratts.
A Inass.of the name of Buchanan, read the bills la the men
kitchen. He read them to she other soldit rs in the mess Bleb-
.a.
Hillier kept the Power-tap. Several met avo ken were
accustomed to w.tend his house. He remembered Presteu arc
Castle coming to his !muse. Some printed boll had lora
brought to kis hGuse. l'rett to and Castle were se:nett:nes in the
house whilst the men wore thrle. Pre,tor. C.stie, iesl
some other men, five or six In tilt '•114i1 were there one., and
went out altogether. About the Meeting, utie of them said, pee
will be there ? The men replied, they certainly shout]. Castle
used always to come to his house at the dinner hour of those
R. If othato W. Meteors:, and 7. P.obtrtson, old soldiers, sioie
to the visits of Hooper, and a Gontlemaii, to them at the Tout:.
14!Irnbrus.de, who supplied she waggon used in
spoke to that tact,

[Here the evidence for the Crtnen dosed.]
WertizzeLL then rose to address the Jere, and in a
speech which occupied silt hours in the delivery, which 1:bur..,11.:1
In forcible argument's, commented on the evidence bioeght fur-
ward in support of the prosecution; tepee-tally on that of Castle,
an indescribable villain, the portrait ut whose mind no lesseeey,
could draw. The Learned Carmel contended, though a I the cite
eunntances &tried In evidence ter/re tree, yet the ulfeuce of
which the pr:saatr had been guilty, did not amount to hlgis
treaeon; It wan at the utmost, only rioting; and under the nut
act shlauld the prisoners have been tried. Ir support ef ibis
opinion, the Learned Counsel cited the casts of the isircruegLarn
rioter, In 1193, and of the riots in London In 111,0. In the first
of which houses had been Moot and destroyed; and in the rims
of retro, Lcrd G. Gordon, at the heed of 40,000, had aerniediel
even to tie cheer/sold of the House of Commons. Pelotas were
broken neer ; I.nndou was on fire in let 5 different plates ft
once; and in Net the metropolis wet in the rewelsksu e the
rioters for more than a week. Several eersers eftewitrit miasma
as rioters, but not one was eonylcied of high :yeasty. In the ere.
sent came, to convict the prisoner of high treason, would be to
repeal the itku Act altogether. It would be to introduce anew
construction and interpretation of the Statute of trea.on; a c e.
struction and interpretation, dangerous to the subject, and rucem•
petit:de with the liberties anti free azeney of Reglishnten.
• its speech of the Learned Counsel del nut conclude till haq.
frestsit l'eleich, at which period the proceedings of the fina
oiettebeded, and the Court Adjourned to the weal hour au aust-
dmr enosidng.'
SIXTH DAY—cat URDAT 14.
Afv.ii. Hie live at Middlesten Cottage, In Ilaetsti;re;
Wee not Item sotopeenaed by the emir, though I expected it;
bet have been subpeenaed by the prisoners; was peseta at tLe
first Spaghettis Meeting, and made a speech, but not that reported
in the Tiffin and other Newspapers, tom any thing like it. I V;it-
1111Sb then went oil to detail the occurrences of that Meetiog.l
The elder Watson endeavoured to prevail on- his SOU SIX to ?re-
pose his moikin for nteesing again that day fortnight. He utzel
that it was too early a day, and that such a meeting would he
unnecessary. He not ooly opposed his son by words, but en-
deavoured to keep him bads, by ezertiug a gentle fore:. On the
day of the Sr.' Spafieles Meeting witness dined at Cooper's He-
tet, Bouverre-street ; knows Mr: Bryant; has done so for Lea
years; he had engaged to artier dinner fee himself and tut.
wanted to see him on r 'irate business. I had sot Invited :uy
per Son, or did I expect any one. When I arrived At the lortel,l
found Mr. Bryant and his son already there, and the cloth rail
fur ti:ree. Soon after Castle and several other perldos ezierel
the room, which was a private our, amongst whom weenie two
War sous,"l htstlewuotl, Castle, inSa young man named Clark,
who that day presided as Chairman of the Meeting. I had to
knowledge of Castle till that day. He was not serpnsed ta see
'thatch wood and lite two Watson', as ft wls usual for those so a
had talus a part in a public meeting .0 meet in the everlin,t;
was surprised to see Castle. 1 and ,Nolr. Brian, 7ave the intr.ders
a built that titer Were to a priests! too a...A quit dinner v,as on.
nvsliately connog up. One uf tht ;eel-pi Migrate, !, pro-
posed to dine with us. [said, dinner wet o.lly oedered fur three ;
opus whirl, one of them, I tit nk Castle, rung the bell,
ordered stale. anti 11.4 to be ridded to the dinner already
Castle wa., tau :raid sod .da:tous, bast not at all an liver. I
think Area tin ur a dozes sat down t ctineer, amongst whet. ,
were '1 itidlewood, the two Viateene,and Castle, The Kiri',
health was drank after dinner-- Mr. 13tyz.:,t gave It.
you had better trot see arty toasts. 7Le teibli peened, hoftseet,
till it got to Castle, who began In a• very lord tune—a:Q:ly :'5
last ut Kings be stringled.” 1 Isere rote from my wet, a..., -
pees him, saying " No such Icrieuage as that shoild be eeed it c e
company." Castle fellotved on, Lowtver, by saying sene.to4•l7,
Winn( the guts of the last 't lest—this was reprobated
byelte whole petty, paid :c12.r17 II Bryant, icystlt,atal Lex eci„r
Watson, on a latch. L.A. tit 110 Je a sort cif apoicgy. :wens tit •t..t
,the eve r afterward!, he bun: .40, '611•4 au, ti:e roleiersr-e
our Irientlo." I sail," Pray, dr. what hare we to ea wilt e-!..
Mere twee r' lie intinentei hr had had tree..wet coneers.teees
with them; to v.l.Leh f rell.cd, 6' More toot yoi..* Cl*.,
two uccaekuee during the- eveamc he w is !"!
th.• Otter la'atten for h:s v:rmtice. tie ais,./ •••3
instrumental in takirg two }'tenth prisent rs net of he etr,""Tip
liar which he had been ir.lprisone..: for t.i.eu years In
Gaol, and that Lr ha,l reeeisel or tak;rll c :
court re. I said to the riler Watson, '• en-
introduced es to, Mr. V. anon ;0 and air. I:,ya.•! •• ••• en
pretty rotop.:l.iuLs indeed." Atter some ''ort!,ereo•lee szt.tri
the part of Castle, of a similar :41-7!: Lad f'vse.:
inti:l'aled L 0 1:1:. elder ‘V.tson 'he ero. t tai' ez, le,
out of the company as soma at potsible. tie c•:fetest me a tt:.
coloured teckade at one tir.te daring the earring, ::se 'el
taking it, .4eVier. :*ou hank !titer tole at 'wet her:,
Ipia then mitre: it to Mr. llrean!, itv.ro te-k it 4- I
into his pocket, saying, "0 eel, I'll take it 17.'• ".1
pretty little tr.aet. —Ater the story of .he 'fee* :st 1- " •
mere, I got ep, Led taid, either mewl( or Cast't revel e'.l
the room. i was about to turn lens oat es• the erei erase
Bryant interposed and advised that eo beetle st field he
then declared, that if he ((:esti.) uttered another se.aTute
ei
the description alluded to, nor of us should resit the 51.4.11.
this be expressed contrition, and to a *Sur nose neteriva..'e see
hies rolled up Its his chair esker. error cater there was a
sition.on the part of some of tire cempauy to ;0, awi :.:6-I.tel;
that the firet who went shoutl take ins friend with nun. Some cf
them accurelinuly attertiptcd too wake hies, (Caettel hut shoo-. 4
elltet. lay this tune, !kite; cornett:ell if, sleep was a shays,
tip traastaat its wakieg hats, and used no retitle !none, I pre 'tl.
a blow as hard as 1 C 0414 with my fist under the rah., so ilmie st big
kui.t.k any common wan down, stall it made no istopseetietisoc.
my simekautra of the deep being shun. because eotert.ti -I, and 1
tel 1.1

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