Star.
London, England, 1816-09-03 00:00:00

,ICE.

.--Since the Ihi

MANSION HOUSE.—THE CONSPIRACY.,
eppreltension df Brock, Pelham. and the two Burrs
every exertion has been made by the LORD MAYOR,
COI telly
_in employing officers in all directions to
secure Michael Power, charged by the persons already
mentioned as the great actor in their iniquitous pro-
ceedings, but by offering a reward for his apprehenWas
-
ran. in the conrse of last week, information
seceived that Power was in the neighbourhood of
Bow's Farm, near Edm..nton ; in consequence of
which Mr. Burgess, who has already taken so ac-
tive a part wr trie developement of the consp:in that
racies,
' accompanied by White the officer, pinceeded
direction. Here they 'learned that lie had been at
woi k six days, but had slept there for one night only.
From thence they traced him to Windill m" Hill,
where he stopped two or three slays ; but learning.
that-he was pursued, he made his way to town, and
then' towards Paddington. His hiding Flace here
was also discovered, and he fled in the direction of
Tanner's-end ; but being again traced, he once more
set forward for London, and endeavoured to .conceal
himself by assuming the garb of a labourer. Infor-
mation, however, of his retreat being received by
Harrison and Leadhetter, the. officers, on Saturday
night, these two persons repaired to a public house,.
called the Rising Sun, about ten o'clock on Sunday
morning, when they found the conspirator, and se-
cured him. Being brought before the LORD MAYOR
'yesterday for examination, the two Barry: (who have
been admitted as evidence for the Crown) appeared
against him. Mrs. Purkiss also, the woman, who in
the former examinations, deposed to the purehase of
a hammer, files, &c. found in the room when the
three poor Irishmen were; detected at work, atten-
ded ; but although she stated that one of the parties
:who had obtained these instruments was an elderly.
perr.n. she could not swear to the identity of Power.
The evidence, as given by the Barrys, on the several
former examinations, was then gone into, and briefly
recapitulated by the elder Barry. He said he had
known Power for the last eighteen years, and could
not, of course, be mistaken as to his person. He was
the man who, on the day when Quin, Reardon, and
Connel, were employed to coin the money, had gone
with himself, Pelham, and others, for that purpose,
to the Market (as it is called) for Irish labourers ;
had thence accompanied all the parties from house
to house, arranging their plans, and to one in parti-
cular. the French Barbican, where Power him-
self, having first sworn an oath, tendered the same
to the three Irishmen, enjoining them to secrecy.—
This dreadtul part of the " Blood System" was foun-
ded upon ati appeal to the Virgin Mary, and was
sealed by signing themselves with a token of the
Cross; an obligation the most imperative upon the
uninformed and superstitions minds of his wretched
victim,. Barry also described him as being one of
the party who took the room for the execution of
their purpose, as having produced the hammers, files,
liquid composition, Soc. and with having not only set
to work the Irishmen, bet having actively joined in
it himself, and finished some of the money. The two
Barrys had escaped from the room before the arrival
of Brock and Pelham (two of the conspirators al-
ready committed). who had obtained the assistance
of an officer, under the direction of Power, to look
fir a table ; and the prisoner himself escaped upon
the pretence of going to procure sonic dinner for the
men. Being asked by the Lotto MAYOR what he
had to say why he should not be committed for trials
the prisoner denied ever having gone to the market-
place in search of t:se Irishmen, but said he had met
the party in Beech-stteet, Barbican. He admitted,
however, that he was with the three Irishmen, the
Barrys, Brock, Pelham, Ike. on the day the former
were apprehended, but declared he had neither pur-,
'chased nor procured the hammers, files, or intruments
used in coining. Barry, senior, he dinged with ad-
-ministering the " oath of secrecy" alluded to, mid
not himself ; and he also accused him of having
brought two persons from Margate, whom he was
about to employ in a certain project 'like that now
under consideration, but that be (Power) dissuaded
him from it. 'Phis Barry denied to be true ; and as
to the oath, he reminded Power that he had ever
told him (Barry) that he had.himself been sworn to
secrecy .by several persons of his gang, in the neigh-
bourhood of East Smithfield. Power then said—,,
emit, my Lord, Reardoo and Quin may be permitted
to give evidence, should Ibe sent to trial ; for they
will prove I was not 'the person who employed
them." His Lordship said they have already
proved that you were the person who swore them to
secrecy, but. I have little doubt that you will have
advantage of their evidence, if advantage you
expect to derive from it, upon your trial, the unhappy
men will be enabled to was by receiving a free
pardon."—The prismuw then fully committed
for trial."
Yesterday, John Townsend was brought up and un-
derwent a final examination. charged with stealing a
trunk, containing a quantity of valuable property,
belonging to a Mrs. Roberts. The circumstance of
the crank being found in the possession of ' the. visa-
ner was detailed in our paper of Saturday last, the
publicity of which led to a discovery o'f the owner,
and Mrs. Roberts now came forward to state the
manner in which she had lost it. She deposed that.
about half past nine o'clock on Thursday evening,
slre was proceeding in a hackney coach to Islington,
,when passing slowly through Moorfields (the longest'
way the coachrtlan could have taken her) she sod..
denly-felt the coach give way, and the body at once.
fell forward. An alarm was soon created, but she
was speedily assisted out of the coach. At this mo-
ment the coachman was standing by the door. and
elle immediately inquired for her trunk. This, how-
ever, upon esaminaticat, was not to be found, and the
coachman professed his entire ignoraace of the affair.
The witness observed that the spring leathers of the;
coach had been cut, and much mangled with ap.'
parently some blunt knife, and therewas no doubt of
their being cut for the purpose of effecting the rob.
beryl: Shepperd, the officer, deposed, that a few
minutes before ten o'clock he observed the prisoner,
come out of Old Bethlem, with a large trunk, and
suspecting all was 'trot right, he watched him for
some time; the prisoner at length Catching his eye;
endeavoured to avoid him by taking his flight behind
- a-range of hackney coaches, and escaping to Worm
wood-meet. Bishopsgate. Here being closely pur-
sued by the witness, he threw dolls the trunk and
fled. The witted,isovreveri, as quickly piokeikup,