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

tl wood, bet 11.14 and hi:band, w•.-ri: busy folding up in wipapers,
exeliii,log an scretint of the meeting, to r•litinekl:Manchowier,
et‘. On ti.e following Saturd:iy another meetlnp, WAS held qr
Creystrike-rear, a• which, also the Commi.tee were present. and
berg an adeortistment was nrepared, and Watsnn proposed that
This: the w itn. as, and rite rest of them should gn about
and 27xtbiattiorm for defraying the expenses of the nest
Meeting, &sail the expensesofthe last bad fallen on two or three
Individuals.- A written proposition was drawn up by DrllA'at-
win, but was destroyed inimadiately afterward. at Thistlewood's
de,ire : who said, frequently, that Dr. Watson was too fond of
writing and lieepiag papers, the only eireumeanee which could
in„iti.re or endsnger their safety, in case of any thing happening to
them. Ttir wit mots, .'d the fret of them, dfd, in-fact, go about
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every day collecting subscrlptioas. Witness, and yoting Watson
SW. betwer:t the Ant and'sestond Meeting, went to view the
gurwri:h's shops, especially thnse about the Tower; this they did
fur five or sillsys successively, to ascertain thetirantlty of arms
. in each shop ; they also examined the oil shops, and every other
shop, containing combustible matter, and having done so, they
made their report to Thistlewood when the Committee met,
which was every evening. Witness recollected going with
Tbistlewood to the Tower. they walked all round it, and then
• entered me of the taps used by the soldiers; gave them some
beer and some of the bilks, calling the second hpabelds Meeting..
The witness went to the:t 'river three or four tinter with young
Watson : on nue occasion they spewed the tri-eoloereel lisp, and
young %Vesta asked them whether• they would wont+ serve
anmiter matter for double wages, or he as they were ? Witethet
they would rather liBlit for a large loaf or a little one? They
tt•phed, they all %V a.red a hie loaf. Repot ts of the places Visited, I
art of the spirit of the people werevegutaly made. Ain:toe-of
the meetinzi of the Committee, either Thistlewood it. WM-

son purposed that If t could get teens yoling women,"elress dal
it whi!e, with cockades and snail flags, they shoblabe •placed
irshe front ; this w mid divert the soldiers' and *event their
.-rithrg ever them ; they,. the leaden of the mob, would
Aare an oppretunity of -adderssing the troops. Is the last-wetki
in lit.vernher, ions aud Thistlewood went Into the Nor-Oats
.1 lirbeth, to-Satre a waggoo-or -cage, cut of Neistch to address
the ptople in Spadeldie They were Mew/re monutebatik stage;
which the man said he would wit them for Inglewood
said, lie would give him ,es for the Lowe; thic the man refused,
.and Thistlewood sale, the woe would torhaps arrive very soon.'
when he would be halpy to wirreistier, cut only the *leggin ques-
tion, but all Lis other carriages. Witness afterwards ob-
-tattled a warpon front a man In Horst-ferry-road. On
Friday, the Stith of Novendu r, witness and young Watson
went to Exeter 'Change, to count how many guns, muds,
act' pistols were hanging up there, and in a shop in the
Strand, opposite; they -also reconnoitered a shop in the Strand,
where there were a great number of large knives and swords;
they also went anumg the .v.tiikrr.en on the Waterloo bridge.
and distributed hills among them ; they then went to the tap at
the Fiore Guards, where they entered into comet...don with
the soldiers, anti told them that z. 0,000 Russians had landed, and
that 30,000 were at Woolwich already. '1 be soldiers said they
did not believe Government bad sent fur any lituslianit. If they
bad, however, they would cut them to pieces ; they would never
miler Russians to predominate over them. The witness then
detailed other cirenmstar.ces of a similar nature. On the sOth
of Wernher, when the Committee met, Witness received in-
wenches,' to purchase a quantity of tricoloured ribband, which
lie accordingly did. Tbiwlewood asked what they Attend do fee
pistols and short ditke—Young Watson said he would go and
purchase them, and £5. was given to him by 'fhistlewood for
that turret. He was directed to boy six pair; as Ihistlewood
-raid, if tatty got the better for two hour they shop& have arms
are: ammunklon in plenty. Witness and Hooper, hi the evening
of Saturday, the 90th of November, visited the navigators at
Pactilitigtoo, and urged theme to attend the meeting on the 2tl of
becembee in as large a body as possible. On the Committee
;gain assemblin‘, the elder Watson told theM there was brave
news; his son hates bad Informed him that be could bring 15,000
turn into the field; and further, that he bad also discovered a
deposit of So,ovo s aud of arm, belonging to the east India Com-
pany. Presto!, also mated, that lie also could bring in 15,000 or
More from Syitalfields. Young Watson said, all the old soldiers
waged commissions. lhisthwoud said. they nowt do the best
they could, they must fight, and fight bard till they got the better
Of it; it was also settled that the witness should meet a party of
maths at Loudon britege, all of whom would come armed, and
proceed to meet another party at the Tower, which they were
to summon, aud if refused admission, they were to try to.foree
the gates. Souse farther interviews also took place, and were
detailed by the WitStS3. It was appointed that s Matting of the
Contolince should be held at tareyitoke-plait tan Sunday ifter-
noon, this Ist of Decentbet. On aunday moiniog As witness
having occasion to call at Dcan-strut. took tit: 100 "Shied
Aher.l. with him ; this circothsumcc offended M 'Wits*
who accused witness of Introducing a stranger with a View of
betray ing them. Inglewood, who was present, recoostrainded
witness to take away his friend as soon as possible, which he
did: arid afterwards met the Committee in Oreystoke-place,
where he was severely reprimandedlor introdecing a stranger
amongst- than, when they bad so little tints to make their al?
rengunents. At this meeting their place of oyerstion wee settled.
—Young Watson, old Wasson, and Preston. said they bad
speeches prepared. At ibis time Keats, Tbistlewood, Hooper.
the elder Watson, and witness, werl present; and 'I Wedgwood
said, if, after the .speeches had been delivered, he should and
the spirit of the people ripe, he would then jump down and head
them before Hunt came. Their pistols were loaded, and it was
settled, that should any Magistrate or cotistahles interpose to
meat their Meeting, they should shoot than, at they bad so
lean of any one bat the soldiers. On the Monday morning the
waggon mantled at the appointed place. Whom saw the Sags
wrapped ep Is blankets, sad put into it ; said also about 70 or
$0 p.m' bullets, and half a canister of ponder, Macsaled is an old
stacking. Alter this,wintees went to London bnuge to meet the
smiths.but found no one there; he then preeseeden to sho 'power,
but found the gates .bast, sad as additiad banal on duty. On
ioquirisig the reason why the gates were shut, the soldier said,
it was so account of the acting. Witness thus proceeded to
the Dank, het road the pees shut there also. He then pro.
seeded towards Little Britain, where be saw a mots, sad with
than Dr. ht anon and 'llalstlewood. Witness asked where. the
wit mt., mg Dr. Woman called out "to the Tower, Jack, to
the Towtit. as we shall be too late r-1 be mob proceodtd ten
towards the thy, sad whams woe Met sight of them. Soon
after be met Keene*, who told Lim what bad happened In Spas
Leads; said said, be feted he had lett the ammunition and Sags
In the waggon• boon alter they nits Mr. Hunt in leis tandene
Witness asked him what made him so hue, and told him young
Watson had taken a party from ,tpahelds, sod was gone to seise
the Tower. Witness and Reuses this went towards the Tower.
Whams thee proceeded tato a detail of the data and &pan-
to, trmsastiwas which took place in the ?Atomics. where he saw
both rice Waimea, Thistkwood, sod Prestos. Your( Watson
was ascots:aging the mob, he Lad at this time a card-stick
dream io his hand; Thistiewood bad a pistol. He soma stir
saw young Watson come out of Mr. Potts' shop, with a sword
iu his baud, sad a bah beltithelded read ham Dr. *amok
was alto encouraging the mob. They all went to another shop,
Mr. RNA t here Thistlewood, both the Watson., and Preston,
were,end continued to ercourage thwinobs There were several
slilais 3wallist the mob, who were loading their poems and
firing in the air. hods Dr. Watson and his son advised them
rot to do that, but to save nude anununitien "or abetter per:
• paw Seat atter, witouti saw T histlewood and the eider Wat-
son go towards the Tower; when they got close to the rails,
they addressed' tie soldiers, but witness was too far off to
bear what was said. He was 40 yards front them, and
about Yu yards from the poweith's. 'they atter/wards cans*
bath to the Minor es, and said they would go back to Spafields
for *strew force, as the soldiers did not seem to attend to them.
Teey marched sip the Minortes, and at the top were met by
shout 40 horst-soldiers, when a great many of the Mob threw
dawn their arnis and ran sway. Witness walked on as if an
tneocentd spectator, and went into a small public house,
where be continued till nearly dark, and then he went to Dean-
,Avet. Here he found '1 histlewood, Pram, and bath the
soussou. The elder Watson was peeking op. Witness was
wig they were golog out of town, but they would writs Ina few
daps, 'odor a name which they mentioned. Wane asked what
asheeoeire of Hooper t 'fbitalewood said, be was taken with
riot colours; some of than must expect to be taken. They in-
gaited whether witness !sad discharged his pistols, and witness
Ir mum, asked whether they had bred (*theirs t Yoei Wat-
st„, said he bad discharvd his, bat he did not know whether be
had shot any one. Mulder Watson raid, he saw the spirit of
ttepeople was not yet ripe.
'Dos timed the eaaminationn chief of this caftans, which on.
copied full'elekt boars sad a half, whin the Court Adjostroeg.
FOURTH DAY---Tavitatter, Jose If.
.r, ocen.elsouaticm commenced.—He said, that be
was lull a prisouer Oa TtklUll- firlde rrtsva, and that au pardon was

remised him ; nor had be ear done err thine which required
a pardon. Ile aentittee that his moteer.efter he wet everepaed.
went to Mr eeefliefil, of Bow-street. berituf he feel tier to eo so,
for it would be to his advehtage. •He belt went roved welt Mr.
Stafford, and 'hewed him the homes where they met the sohliers,
Sec. He had not worked at his badness (a white-smite; for 14
years. Since that time, he bed done nothing but merdiee a lock I
or any thing for female He bad tint wade a pike-heed. He
had been last in the figure making way: paper- festers fdr dolls
he meant. He bad bad the business wiree helamere retreinted
with the rrisoners. He had been contented twice. 'Once at
Abergaveroy, and once at Guildferd. He was tontrefited at
Geildterd for rotting off limed notes. He Was net tried at
Guild !rd, but he bast been admktei 1111 evidence. 11'e same
accident had happened at Guildford, as bad happened or there-
cent occasion. He had been witness against a per en who had
committed the sante crime as himself. The person he witnessed
against had been hailed. His mime was Davie.' The charts
was by the Bank. He bad made re bargain with the Bank;
Was between eight sled nine and twenty yew., of age. Hee es: own
a person of the name of Greenaway, who was taken when he war.'
*that perst,n had pleaded guilty, and had been tesesported. He
had worked at the place at which he was brought ep 14 or 15
years. His birth-place was called South Kielty, Ir. Yorkshire.'
He had been committed at Abergevenny on the charge of teking
away& French prisoner. Two letters had beer given to hint by'
one Warner, to be sent to Bonaparte. He Informed ens officers
one Deakin, and be and another went to the Transpurt heard
with him; end he gam the letters to one Sugden, a Clerk there.
Deakin went down with hiti to Abergerenne, to bring oce Col.
Pgweettie to London. 'the 'Colonel could not come till tie next
conch. Witness communlested that to Vets: and he wae.l
sent back again by b::-b::-'sit,.:if, le- the Bristol M ,te bring Colonel
p-Proyethe to London. Sugden gave hien as order to City, in case
he obese" be stopped. Wetness was eomtelited for Midi's the
Oslo* from his parole of honour. He got a 'cart from Brand
by Eteireof Colour! Provettle' and was etoppedetheut eight oohs
,imies
Abergavetiny. He had been told that the Colonel was a
.mml of ameiderableemloence as one/decry offleiteh) Bonaparte's
'wolf- PeodesedSvgden'a letter to the Mostar*, sod ape:sew
. et the cameo( Jones, peter(' It was Sugden's Moll-irrid . 0
itotunteted because be bed no regular.order. Welk, tie
fields to .tee one Kennett, who had been since hinged. He vs
fared him to one Warner. The letter he took &t °film risen
to give to Warner's sister. A Omen of the nal* of Deakins wai
withkine. [Mr. We-enplane—ls Mr. Drafts ea Diekitterl I
He slid not know that that person was the same Drama or
-Dickens who had been concerned with the constelrelly, nrwins
bad been contacted with Vaughan the officer, erbo wait tried at
the Old Bailey. Did not know his wife's age. 'He kadkihree.ft '
leer children by her. Three aad one newarriage. Hisbrile was
As the teuntre, Yorkshire. His children were all that '*'illy
Auld three or tour years ago. The Welt would-bare been ten
1 re of age. The woman try whom be had them passed. for his
idle; he was married fil her at Dover Court Cherch. lied no
particular reason for saying she passed for his soak. ;Had lived
da atio..her reran since, whose name was Thomas; The per.
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sec in the room when Mr. Weeno Mad wee Ida rel wife. He ,
f eobabited with co versus:sew but his wife. Was neverbiatelbd,
I before he married his flit wife (Mrs. Prieken). MM. Thitaes
was dead. He.hed formerly lived at apiece called Mother llio •
mass. Mother Thomas was a person who Imo a 'eagles Louse.
It was fur female lodgers. 'The lodgings were let for the week.,
Upon his oath the house was not a house or 311 fame. It was a
piece where young women lived. He lived as Mrs/Alm/as**
histisben.l. 'there was no person called a protector to women or a
bully in that house. Mrs. Thomas had three foots, Math she
in out to three different women. There was no by-rooin for
chance diameters. He never took any particular nonce of What
person. came backwardsor ferwerds, nr *better they were even-
ing visitors or morning visitors. He believed that the house was
for purposes Of prostitutioni but he had rotten at all to de with
it. Mrs. Thomas received the rent of the lodgings; a pace was
on the doer with kis name upon it; his name was not cowered;
it had been there a year and a half. He sent Ids wile doeri into
Yes kthire to ere his friends. He k tiew a young woman, about
IT years of age, a baker's daughter, at Brighton; her ear* was
Surather. [The witness then proceeded to report whittle did
on die Sd V December.] He bet Mr. Hunt a fewpaces front
Bow Church; slopped Mr. Hunt, and asked him why be hatenae
been at Spadelds? Told him that young Watson had gorreeethe
Tower with a party re she it, on which Mr. Hoot lookeltatend
at the clock, end said, one o'clock wee die time of the Meeting ;
it wasted Su minutes, and be should be there in rime. fie bad
no °tam conversmion with Mr. Hoot; tad never said is the
Tower has beets in our posession two hems* to Mr. Heat; or
an; (bins to that alba I he bad M no way even Mr. Hula to
understand that the people had got the 'tower. Mr. Huoieras
coming from the btailad Hot* in the &vedettes( Si. rairi;
IPA bad net .7119•41i1td •Mr.- Hunt to turn beet its gotd'ilte
Twig bud Inver asked hint tee turnhaek and go with hint.
Wmehen going himself towards the Thwer, fur be lead met old
Watson, 'I histlewood, and Keene., and they told him that young
Watson had gone with a body to the Tower; after that be went
down to Mark-age and bad sometking to dr.nk with Keenes; he
then came back Inwards the Beek, and heard a great woos in
front of it; went through an alley there, sod saw people bring in
the air He bought two pair of &oil and three swords. Be.
fore In tried to get the waggon he triad to get a stage; the man
to whom be Went Mid be had a stage which he would °Ai for
AS. Thialftrood was with him when hewent to seek the stage,
eaddirceted Lim what to do respeedng It. There were amoog
the company an old sabre, and a dirk stied that theekkrWatiod
bad, besides the arms which be had mentioned. 1 hey invited_ .
every person they could find to join their Meetings- he invited
the two Crime to the Meeting, but never aiked them to the pd.
cite Meetings. He invited a good menrpeople to attend the
Meetings, but never said he would get arms for thaw. There
were about SOO smiths to attend. Before the lid ot December he
badges@ to homes with a tri-Coloared rabband; he had shewn
that to soldiers in the stone kitchen tap-room at the Tone?'
*bowed it to diem in the open room. It wan WWII Ma hat:
The soldiers said the ribband was of a eery pretty colour; some
of them asked for the loan of 6d. and he gave them is. He
then went to Drury-lane and saw some soldiers. He ressene.
leered dining at the Bouverie-street Hotel. There were there
'llestlewood, the two Watoone,Hunt, and Clarke, who had hens
the Chains:au of a Meeting. They staid till neat serer o'clock. He
remembered Mr. Hunt saytog at Bouveritestreet that he had not
men the colour or the en otto t est *aeon oneof thens.'lliey spread It
out and he read it. Wttc ma drank a toast at Bouverie.stre et i * May
the last of Kings be wrangled with the last of the setae/ Priests."
Mr. 'Hunt stopped him, and clewed him not to be so 'violeut.
He did not remember any thing abet. corning out of the room;
never gave any more toasts. That was the oily time he was
stopped for being 'leant. Mr. Hunt might say, that if he was
so violent, he (Mr. Hunt) would gd out et the room. He did not
recollect shamming a little bit of sleep. Knew what was meant
by what was tailed a fox's sleep. Hr toted not possibly say
toss be pretended to be 'deep. Mr. Hunt did not invite him to
Bouvene-street to dine. Had gone with thi eider Watson and
Hooper to the room. Had dined at the same table with Mr.
Heat; but be had not said to Mr. Hum that he iv cold dine
deem Maim he or some person with him told Mr. Hunt that
they would dine with him. He did not remember saying cry
thing about the soldiers to Mr. Hunt. Mr. Ht.nt gm; him no
intimation of violence he had used on that subject. The Kites
health was not drank at the Meeting, es he Could remember.
He was, on the day Automaton, the worse for liquor, but net
drunk. The liquor be bad had before eeemr had made Hui Le-
to:fretted. Harrison was to command the two tied-pieces, being
an artilleryman. All the North side of Oxford street acd Hot-
bons were to be barricadoed with carriages Hoiseer had noththe
to do with It. Prescott had told whines lie could not ride; but
he said, that upon such an occasion as that be could walk fast
enough. 'I be turnpike at Piccadilly was to be !blockaded and
chained. All the walls with spikes round Genie:nitres g...rdena
were to :se pulled down to make blockades If coaches could not
be got. They were to get possession of London In thee or tour
boors. The soldiers were to be smothered like rats in a ship.
Nothing could be doer at Knightsbridge, as those barracks wocid
take too muck combustibles having so many avenues. 1 here
was to have Wm a fieldpiece, ore mums If they could be spared,
placed In the Green Parke to play upon the soldiers if they came'
from the Horse Guards. The foot barracks at Knish:theses,
were also to tie let alone, as the sabers Meld get oat bah:ed. 1
Ymeg Watson and wituess went along the wharfs to see what
esnemnithan bars was. They proposed to form a navy, and to
ss>Ml'a to the ships at seam say there was a new Government
and that they must come home for fresh orders.
The That., was to be blockaded as well as the roads. Witrees
lelenedy went by the same of Jackson. He thought it more
=to change his name after the first Spellelds Meeting.
never lived neer Carnaby market. There might be so
or /sfesitreede, pistols; and dirk-sticks at Exeter 'Cbange. One
of the reasons fur abandoning the blockade plat was, that they
could not get sufficient numbers without callings public 'Meet-
ing. He fret dleckeed the bulimia about the ebb Or 7th of la._

nnary. Tie was f !It imprisoned lis the beginning of Poskruaty.
He had boasted Aix be put Lie tia lit a Ailag.straer'sk fare at ;lc
Mreellig. 'the flag was within si‘t of the reifie Ofbnen, and
alight have been teen by the Gentleman into ivisose farce he had
put his Get; was not at the same whitlow with Mi.tiont ; could
nee Mr. Hum when he spoke. Wilma, Las bred litillaadae4 lu
Coldbath-Eels Prison. Mr. Stafford 'paid tor the whisk of his
dress, and had given him the pocket Money width be had since
his street. Mr. Stafford paid for witness's wite going ono York-
shire. He never conununleated his affairs to his wire. Thistle-
wood ahvays protnised, in cane any tit* happened, to let him
have sufficient money to take them out of the toeing'. Itt an-
swer to a goer:ion from Lord Efienborough. he said that the
soldiers were to be paid as soon as they could get pousei.ion of
the Bank ; there W 74 to be no hank-notes; every thing wag
be paid in cash, and they were to take away the plate from the
Noblemen and coin it into money. The gunsmiths were to be
Fail hy a check on Thinlewood, the bead General; and If they
refused, then the guns were to he taken by force. Somme'.
house was to be the head-quarters. Nobody had mousy but,
Thisth vroott.

/far kept the King's Arms and golden Anchor, in East
Sntitidleld. Watson, the Osier, came to her house ou the itti of
Deeercher. Heard him say, " Cume on, 'my brave boys; it
you had bat followed me, the 'rower would have Wen in our
possession before non
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Aliliee, a seaman, confirmed her testimony.
Be/meter, win kept the house in Hyde-street In which Wat-
son had a shop, deposed to the pikes being found in the privy.
J. Vithry, (examined by the Attorney General) is one of the
Police-officers belonging to Bow street; went to naimister's house
on the sth of December; went into the ream called young Wat-
son's. The key could not be found, and nu other key being able
to open ft, the door was forced; searched the shop, and found
some papers scattered about the place. Ile marked them ; the
papers now produced were the 6111 x; went again on the sth in
March, first in the morning, when Le saw Mr. BanniJatr.
There was then a partial search in the privy, and sg night she
privy was cleared hi the witness's presence. "'lsere were several
pieces of iron Win the battens, eight or ten inches lon. These
were kept in witness's possession, crags( two, which Mr. Litch-
Weld had the morning after they were found—The witness here
produced the pikes.—There were, he believed, 2QO all but two.
Cross examined by Mr. Waxiselts.st..—Could not say, ex •
actlt, when the papers were found; the place vas In cuutusion ;
some of the papers were In boxes and bona• if them in drawers.
The Al TOSS:LT Orntewt. uttered to put In the papers as
evidence.

Mr. Wyllie' Est objected to their being received, unless it
coeld, be sheen] that they were written by Watoon the riser, or
positively adopted by him, as they were not found in his pos-
ds)lon:
lord Et tenaoainson ruled, that the boding the papers on
ehe 9th of December was as good a, finding them on the std;
'they might be evidence against the son, although not against the
father, unless in the furtherance of an object common to both.
The ATTORNICT Ott;111AL said, that one of the papers was
like a plan of the Tower, and the other of a machine to act
splint the cavalry. There was a copy of the Bill calling the first
Spafirlds Meetbni; a plan of military operations, and.' List of
blames, but not stating what those names were for.
Mr. Justice &titre said, that as Watson had not been there
dace the Sidra froveniber, the papers though found slake must
be considered as very antecedently in his posee4loa." On the
back of one of the paperuwas written " Wklham 13eauloy and
Thinner Moore, 11, Slaighter-strert : —Question. Arc alt men
entitled to equal shouts of the wave end and l Answer—Yet,
it is etas Meyers, beanie ad 0 wa reptire the produce of water
sad land for their sopport."
Paper without a strie—m feb Borden, Thos. Ranh, SamL
Brooks, Charles Puffer, Thos. Lins, senior, G. Darns, "la.
Joon Roscoe, Waker Fawkes, Thompson, Ist Waith-
koala, L 1., Thous Evans, jou. by.",
The next was a diesel:le of the tel coloured Bap, with the In-
scription of Nalute, Ttuth. and Justice, Ike.
'1 he meat was heads of a speech to be made: also manuscript
notes of questions to be asked co the 5141 December.

Aker ; short conversation the Coon decided that the above
payers should nut be received.
r. Naar:swag :errant to Mr. Limbs. et the Chancery Bar,
was at a puu.ic.house in Long-acre, on the kb of November last.
Witness read been a nobleinaoi servant and had on his button a
coronet. A person asked him who made his master% Lae&
Witness endeavoured to unpins co them. Ihe youngest 441thir
strangers, the witness behaved young Watson, asked bowie
about that his Lor4sfsgi NMI di gestilAnniodpinpestwit M j slid
the serest hodassialootaigtit melt the Lord, mat lbat Mr
was fan approaching wisest ne limpid hove as mach money and
load .'his semen 01,4111111111,40stithitit Owls*
new whether ho MeV V thin Was a /sib laird piked at
Carlton Nouse! Witness mid so. He. replied, a double guard
would be of no use to the Prince Began. The soldivni would
not aght for each a Government as this.

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J. Dial kr.ew Watson the eider, Homer, setPresson ; he had
seen 'llletiewood. He was on one occastou at die Sun-public
house, in Slaughter-stress, Spiral-fields, he thinks on Monday,
she 94 of November; oboe ten mitnitesalter Preston came in ;
witness said be had flatware; Preston Observed that it was no
censequence, he did not like to see a poor man in distress. 'l he
witness Lad some beer, and soon after Watson ant his son came
in, and proceeded to business. *I he object of the meeting was
lo petition Parliament for a reform. An advertisement Lad ap-
peared, calling a Meeting at the Spatields, with the witueses
time prefix. d to it, as Chairman, without the witness's know-
ledge; this made it necessary the witness should go to No. 9,
Creystake-place; where be saw Thistkwoud, who Was dressed
very much Like a gentleman.
amined.—He was not in the habit of lending out hti
name; and it was with difficulty be was prevailed on to lend his
name pa this occasion, bet at kngth considering the Meeting as
held fur a constituitonal purpose, be would not di,appoira
Mr. Carer is a dauber uierehant. in Milbank-street ; tact:l-
ints a young man named James Watson, coining to hinrin No.
lumber last, and stating that be wished to take the house In Sey-
mour place, which had a shop attached to it. Witness asked her
a reference. Watson gave a reference to a Mr. Thief Icorood, us
Southampton building., Chancery lane. Witness wens, atria&
ing to the reference, where he saw a tithileoll3ll, wit:), he sup-
;posed, was Mr. Thistkwood. In re ply to witness's inqu:ries
respecting Mr. Watson. Thistles/rood saki he was a mna repet t-
able young man ; that his father was a tardier of propetty ; and
that beThlatiewood, would be answerable foe hits in any thine.
[ ths witness was desired to kook at Thiukwootl,•bot on doing
so, he said the difference of dies. rendered it impossible for hint
to speak poddirely to his person 1 Young We; son afterwards
called again, but the witness then declined letting him the
Allowing for the difference of deem, witness, to the hest of his
judgment, believed Thistlewood was the Mall hr saw at South-
ampton-budding%
I:kager Ci6oll keeps the house in Southampton.huildings, where
Thistlewood lodged. Witness identifi:d 'I hisdrwitod, who leit
her house on the Wel December. Mrs. Thistlewnoti and her
child remained till seat evening, *hen they also quitted the
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Isar: itewersi, a blacksmith who made the pike., confirmed that
past of the evidence.
The examination of this witness concluded this (the fourth)
day's proceedings, and at half-past sue the Court adjourned tsli
eine o'clock neat morning.

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