Star.
London, England, 1803-02-10 00:00:00

I• R. Terntiefee. e foldhe ht the Ottirthp—ii &no*. theilank
and Windmill. I wis there oh a Sunday night, it was the fecmid
Sunday after we returned from Windfor : there were feveral
fokNers and two men In coloured clothes : I do not know therm
They alked one to be fworn In of their lociety : they told me it
was a Free and Eafy Suckay to overturn the prefent Govern-
ment, and to have the Wind the fame as France : they alke4
me U 1 would e. me on the Wctlitcfday following? I laid I
could not, for I mould beat duty."
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John it:Alerts, a foldier in the Guards.—" I was at the HAM
and : it was on a Sunday ; Tontlinfon and I went to•
gether." The witnds then gave the fame account as the latt
wlttiefs had dune, but could not identify the prifouer as having
been there.

Peter Pollard, a foldicr in the Guards.—" Dan. Tyne.:ll, one
1 of the prifonars, alked nit to go to the Oakley Arms . I work-
'ed with him as a c-rpentcr. I want with him: it was on the
z6th of November, when the painters were apprehended."—
The witticfs did not add any thing materlaL
John Leiblra was then called. This was by far the molt im-
portant witnefs, both as to detail of Leis, and fur bang of fu-
perior underitanding to thole who preceded him. He &paled
as follows:-.." 1 am a watchmaker, and was one of thole ap-
prehended at the Oakley Arms on the t6th of November lett,
where the prifontrs were taken up. Lander, one of the other
I painters, was the Grft who intimated to me that focieties of
that defcription were on foot. It was about four weeks before
I was apprehended. I met him one day, and he alked me if I
heard any news ? I anfwered no! He replied, that there was
fomething very particular on the earpet.—Had 1 beard of any
focieties forming? I told him that I had not, I thought they
were all done with. He Lid, no, they were not, a party was
forming ftronger than had ever been yet, and that they looked
up to Colon .1 Dcfpard as their head. After this 1 faw a perion
of the name of Broughton : when I firft law hint I and Lander
were talking. I objeCted to their plans, but Broughton laid
font, dung mutt be done before the Man Eater: met. He called
the Parliament the Man Eaters. Broughton (poke with a con-
fident certainty of fuccef.. Broughton frequently invited me
to attend the meetings of their Society I told him I had my
family to attend to. He produced tome pieces of badly printed
paper. (The witnefs was (hewn the form of the oath, and Paid
it was the fame). He laid it was a focicty for them to know
their friends by, at the faint he told me, that all thofe who
were not of their principles were to be put to death when the
grand attempt was made. I remember ',wing at the Qiieen's
Arms, Vauxhall, on Friday the rath of Novkmber: Graham
was there, and Broughton came there He (poke to Graham
and me. He anted nu-to go down with him to the Hying horfc.
He laid there would be fuch a nice nun there, he was lure
fhould like his company. At brit I alit not agree, and aked
who it was ? He laid it was Col. Defpard. Before we went, he
laid the day was fixed for the attack to be made. The King,
laid be, will be !topped as he goes to the Hoare, and the beaters
wilt be fettled. I think he Paid alto that the Tower was to be
taken. Broughton then laid, he mutt go, fur the Colonelwas a
very punctual man, and he (Broughton) was then behind his
time. He went out, and took Graham with him. I overheard
him perfuading Graham to go they (caned as if they were
turning back delved out and laid, if you, Graham, will go,
I will go. Graham (aid, we would be there in an hour, and
Broughton went away. Graham Maid to me, I did not know
you were of thcfe fentiments : I anfwered, I am not, but I
have a mind to go to fee the humour of it. I afterwards went
to the Flying Hoeft : I found there Colonel Defpard, Brough
ton, Windfur. and Smith: they were fitting in a final! back
room. Windfor was there before 1 came. Brdughton de.
fired me to fit down. I made my obdfance to the Colonel,
and fat down. Graham fat next to Colonel Defpard, and 1
fat next to Graham. It was the fint time I entered that
haute. When I tot there, they were [peaking of the form
ufed at the Tower in pairing the keys. When the Cooltable
palled the keys, it was dual to fay, GOD bids the King and
Queen Charlotte, to which the fentinel ufed to reply, Amen ,
bat that of late it had been difetheinsied, except in one balance,
when the man was (meted. 1 anted Broughton who Defpard
was? He told me it was Colonel Defpard; I turned to the Co-
lonel, and laid, Sir, I beg your pardon, 1 bad not the &afore
of k. owing you before; but I have read of you in the CUD-
bridge Paper. The converfation turned on the Wet Decks.—
It was fomething relative to employing fiddlers at the Wet
Docks. After a little time, I anted Col. Defpard whether there
was any particular Winds in hand, and what he thought of
it ? He Lad, there was nothing particular, only it feasted the
widt of a great many people that au duet druid be mdse on
Tuefday week nein to endeavour to mower Tonic of theft li
berries which we have lad. I aka If he bad any ground or
funcient force to aft upon ? He laid, Yes, a very cooliderable
farce indeed ; at lead, I can only fay, if the people come for-
ward
in the way I have been given to landediand, we have
great numbers of the army ; and there are great numbers In all
parts of the kingdom, partietharly Birsaiagbam, Leeds, Man-
chciter,Shedeld, and other great towns. Ido not knew taut
I enumerate the towns in the order in ethic! Col. Ddpard I
named them, but I am fore he mentioned sL thole towne,-
He added, that in London, and about town, the people are
every where ripe. He Laid, that he had been engaged in this
burin& for two years, and added, I have travelled so mike
to-day; everyplace where I have been, the people are ripe, and
anxious far the moment of attack. In the fame coeverfadon I
shed, If he had any regular plan of organisation? He fald,
No! a regular orrthadon would be a moral impoillbility, as
it was fo near, nod tinder the eye of Government ; bet in the
oziottrY i would be Mori general- 1 skis! hies if the attack
viasio bemailsfa Leaden and the country so ens and the
rinse day ? tiltaid, No! by no means, that would be
improper; but that it would be a egnel so the country the
ping the mail and Ragetheches. During the concerfaclost he
.denehed the of his right band, and (wore with an astlis,
You will do no gond ankh you feeurethe whole family. Breves-
ton at this Meek his iseici in a lowswirg way, and kid. Ilse I.
eafily done. Some one raid, Howl He replied, Shoot the two brit
holies, and then the teenage .n.ni- Raj, then frith' bins (the
Klieg) dirally. This was t 0 be time' relent
froth the Parliament Hoak. f fad, Do y)sait confider that.'
there are borfemen riding deftheithe cerrieth with the bodes
heads aloud in at the wisSoto; and that any perfoo attempt-
ing would be cut to idethirtbis who would do it? The,
Colonel replied, I would do it with ter own' hand. I recoiled
that In fame part of the cenererfkiiihe Odd, have weighed this
Matter well, and my heart butheeit Lava poddve beefed dick
an eepreffs.in, anal think kith pfter dd. part or the renthefa-
tion Amu Mein: the King. There was a ecoverfaties them
faxing the Bank. It witageeld Olathe Bank Itheild be kited
and the Tower taken. f rthethif MU they fail tit the inns
at the Hook had been vendee,* eklefs trefoils* pert being taken
from them. and that they amehated to Cob in number. I think
It was the Colonel who faid it. The enaneddion twat, for the
mod part, have been bawd by the Cahouet. I recolleet their
plan was Snack matter of confident Ikeda. Windlor fald,_glve
ors too mut, and nu take the Tower ntefelf. TheCel.
went away audit* oti sad Ilkw nis meth of kin until I law•
him et the Oakley Arms oe the tfith of
.flovanher. Lender,'
in the methane of that der, had beep talking to me of the at-
tork main the Tower. *reamed to !door whether it would
nut be wedeln to bath a evil The surds froniiith Tower to
Nfftalreet, Bthopfgate-dreet; and alt forme thrums of' the
EA 'Adis Company, winch were &poked Is their yrerehothes
there, and tests from theme to the Artillery Oremod, where
they would get more arms, and'fietat the glens' of artillery,
then to go forward end add at the attack epee th. James's.
—He Ws reputed that another dreilleo *meth earth
through the Borough to Join the oast at St. James's. He
laid tho it would be proper to have couriers who theold go,
backward and forward, end carry seaman of the diem& and I
Smoke et the different bodes of the etteckleg army. I
underlies... 4 that be had both to fame a hear ethere he this
to fat and receive thde reports, lid that lenweitibe Sp at the
Aird, in Cecil-court, St. bdarthesthah !Lemke then earth
me to write this plan down; width 1 refilled. He !mond
to look Mange at me. I had net been fwefm, and therefore I
was rather an °Wed of fufpkion. I then fall if the phafe
I will go along with you to the Colonel, mid fee what he Jaye
about it. I told Lander a ethvetfatkm I hod with OsiMaa
aq kfung!sy. He fald he vivid introduee teeth the Cedthel
in the evening. That evalne. es I was IC4g home with •
dark, I met Broughton ; be Lido magrAked Tok ass mm-
ing
down h?'"?fht MY do, bat do We ho bet I deg,
Dula pat thy clock up fiat. Going thong I 'few Lender
dotting up his Ihnlt He eked me if I was ready? I fall
No! I was going to put op a clock. Re 44d be was la
halts, but if f would return faun In. woad Wait for
pea—
N bete 1 ret union I found him gen.% and I wan by nalfdf to
the Oakley Anna, I irk went bees a rattle parlour. aid kels-
se S. .und nu ;twee sled whom 1 wonted? J fad prolitheell

*et. RSIIEI. They told medley weoeup *Art, and !was "hewn
up. When 1 got up, the parnee were e.ngigel. in core. rfa-
tion. Colonci Dcfpard was handing up, and fpeaking m the
prifonerjohn Francis. I lived mvfelf, and nab,' Ink; been
fo, when Broughton fail to nee, M hoy, my buck, w, have
got the complcieft plan in the wofid, it will do the bulbul's
without any trouble. I 3&:d what vat that f He faul, to load
the great gun in the Park with four ball. or chin thole, anti'
fire it at the King's coach as be returned humth,: Wolk:, and

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he would hr dif it would not knd him fo hetl Thi,
(hocked mr much. and I etclaimat Gond t:on! do you con.

fider how many people will he in the Park th it day, and hot
many lives you may take away. He fall d—n them, let them
get out of the way. He added, that it would pay hell with
the bourn about the Treafury. Some p.-rfon f.tid, the cannon
might be too low; another laid, it shiest he curtly railed an
inch : lonic other perfon laid, but if it ntifila his Majelty ?
Broughton replied, then in.-el him, we mull manhandle him.
I am not certain whether I hada eunverfation with the Colonel
before this paired ; the Colonel wis very near, but I cannot fay
he heard it : I anted Broughton whether I misfit fp.uk to the.
Colonel, and be told me to do in I accordingly addreffol him,
and laid, Sir, you was (peaking of taking the Tower (alluding
to the converfation at the Flying Hale). Lander raid, would
it not be proper to have a divifion to march from the Tower ?
and fo I went on, and repeated the whole of Landr is
He objeacd to it ; for why—be believed one half of the India
Company's men to be our friends already; but, my good Sir,
laid he, we are not lure that we can have the Tower, but if
we have, we have every thing; for there are arms (or ;
I know not how many men he Paid, but I know It was a great
number; and he added, to go to the Artillery Ground would
be ulelefa—what purpofc would it anfwcr ? It wa, to annoy
the afrociations, I replied, by forming a fort of gated-0,, He
laid No; St. Paul's would be a better fort of place. li.
if we had the Tower, we had every thing• for if he had that,
he could from it burn down the town if neeetTary, and hatter
It to pieces. 1 told him Graham had fuggefted refpea-
lag the Bank, and anted him, do you think it right to meddle
with the Bank ? He laid, yes, Neely, the Bank ought to be the
eonfideration. I recoiled hearing tonic perfoh fay, that
the telegraph mutt he dettroyed. I looked at the Colonel, and
raid, do you ruppofe that would be neceffary ? He replied,
finely, for it would be of no fervice to us, but of van. impui-
tance to our enemies. Soon aft* this converfation the officers
came in; and the whole party was fecured. Wlndfor 1,13 a
'anger to me before I law him at !h•• Plying Horfe, Nee Ing•
ton I recuHcet I gave the girl at the houfe come halfpence,
with an obfervation, that I would kilt her the mat time I
came." (The witnefs here apologised that he (!could fife Nei
light difeourfe to the girl). The C/111111111i,kn in chief of the
%vim& doled here. The Counfel of the priNner afked him
where he came from ; he Paid he was in cultody, he was taken
at the Oakley Arm, with the others.
Mrs. Mary Plowman, the landlady or the Flying Horfe at
Newington..— Two or three days before the people were ap-
prehended at the Oakley Arms, tame Genttcnuti came to my
houfe; there were fix of them, they came a little before eight,
one of them had a brown coat and a fink umbrella: two [AMC.
together, and four others came aft,iwards: They were in a
little back parlour, the door was Ihut, the curtains drawn, and
they teemed very private. As I was leaning over the bar, I beard
one of them fay, that he had weighed the matter well, and his
heart was callous. I know lAriudfor, he was one of them ;
there were two oth. ra who came before Windier, one went
away fir& The fervant.maid took the reckoning; they had a
dais of rum each as they paffed the bar, it came to pd. I gave
the change to a little man, who turned round and gave it to the
err
Sir R. Ford fail, he took the examination of Windier, and
in co/Oki:pence of it (eyeful foldiers were fent fur and csan4ried.
Mr. ATTOINST My Lord, this b our cafe on
the pert of the Crown."
Mr. Serjeant herr then addreffed the Jury, in a fpeech re-
plete with moft Ingenious argument, clothed in elegant die•
don, and delivered with midi perfuafive energy, Of which
we than attempt the outline. It Was as follows :—" Gentle-
men of the Jury, it noir becomes my duty to iddrefs you 011
belialfordie Gentleman who itands secured at your bar. You
will edgy conceive it is one of the molt painful dudes that a
man tan have erdt upon him to execute ; for, Gentlemen,
however favourable the cafe of my client may be, When it is
eoofidered that it is my duty to bring forward to ob(ervation
thole preeminent &condi:maces of favour, 'purge them with for-
. ilhie argroyentsoind to prefent to your Bodge add obfervation
link vorrudswitich ought to entitle hint to be relieved from his
charge ; did when your recoiled ado, that lib Feraly;hisfoltune,
its life Wen% all that Make* &tarp! had alined fad all that can
viiiiablein a time nate, depend now upon the able' caeca-
din army duty, you whi feel hOW mach I mu' opptered
With the majtfti&ind importatice of that duty. I do fay.Gen-
tiessen, that if I Wire not add:ding myfelf to a Briditt Geed
of lattice ; a Court where else judge who Frail" Upon
Batch is kinttelf,by law, of sftunfd for the prifener, mid Whew
the Jury are to adminifter jerkier with mercy, if 1 wee not ad-
diethng a *not fo •K I fed I Omuta be unahle to sa.
drefs you at ad. Gentlemen, the Learned Attorney General
has told yen; that the greater the crime that Is charged, *
greater osOt die caution of Juries to be before they delivered
over a perfon needed to the avenging am of the law. Gen-
tlemen, &Whine nevi principle of the la*, it has "Log been
laid down by Learner Judges, and not only by4illen, but alto
Ileathea 'writers, who were not profetied Lkleyers It
he In cafes whine the public arc no othenvire Wen:ft-
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dithi Iftrcrime than at they tap the morals of theeottimunky,
lintb.abore tenni* It be to a cafe where the public id&
la
.ffie profeentor Gentlemen, What fa treJfue ? It is
tit}
that attachithe foundation of the laws which afford
Ma 'lb all; therefore, If jades ought- to-be candour=
Ifjggeoldfdt Ica tiehmon cafes, how much more fo ought
the, ye berbiedkt of Make Gentlemen, the Learned At-
ta to you the advantages which are af-
try our* to a peer= an:tired of the crime of disfun ;
and be hated this as one of the redoes, that from the cafe
with Which the dime could by impend, the greater was the De-
lal:hew it Medd be dearly proved. Thole who plumed
the the [chew of liberty Oldeh charadterifes this country,
felt bligetely neceffary to thrill a greater degree of feeurity
round di Iliblea upon ads; than was neceffary in ordinary
Safes. Oedema, 1 cannot help thinking that this is one of
the mod brigand parts of pUr Conitleation, and pretests it
kg' one of ale nalltUimifnl ?diem of a Coaftitutiori which
the hmeglinallen elan eemeelve. One which places it in excel-
lence bared cell Comithstioms that tan be hewn by any na-
den at Canny ender Marco—Teaching even their who
wend deity, that they are allowed advantages belonging to
ho other Offends whatever. lithe Gentleman Rending ac-
cured ht the Bar hr thole advantages (one of which is, that he
east be defended by Counfel, If indeed 4t be any adveillatc to I
be defended by nee fo very feeble as myfelf), why do I make
thefe obfervationer It la to thew you that the founders of our
laWs have, In the* widamt, declared, that any one handing In
the &motion of the milder it the bee, is entitled to peculiar
favour. Ottogkines, having hated that. obferrations, I hum-
blydeffse You to dlbelt yourkltes of an prejudice; I reevelt you
* dr; that which the littokoey General has declared the Law
itfeff does, namdy, to prelim* the Prifoner iimocaat until his
guilt be denstinflratiid ; that Medlin+ guilt be made oat, anti by
ISO evidence, It is yet Unladen duty to perfume him an no-
forename, and not a guilty ern.
Okedemen, pent* me hew to call your attention to fend fter
nibs al evidence, chit I forget to nwetkoi. The goeftion you
hintatodecide is limply • gisate offs& It 6 impollbk to argue
that if the tads Oinked b tbe Wieder:at be proved. that they
dome sinews to tendon tteddeeneyy that die oVert sell Mae ha-
Ottl.ere not ibillereet evideoce of that trpifon. But the gridiron
wlllire, whether the Fat% are made set. by dear and fatisfac-
mire teltimoay, whether the neaten be proved by the bell ed.
deice that the fubjed matter could slim/ Ooe rule *flaw Is
dal Mks Meet be made out by words only, but it mull be
Wank,or has, or writing.' Thedirsecolthe King, upon
reheat hidiebnent is portly regoiees.in eon.
Neddy reitli the Old Wes of taw, tron to
b:
tit 'eat by prindng or wild* or feint tuber overt ad or
dmill. Ido net igen tolay ;hit the tdihnoo yof wimdfes as to
Wilt Is Said Is tsdtdy lobe ittleitled. but I Wilt that ft is not,
tritertisteof shale* weds Opiken, that the guilt of the aefea-
firth es he made Get, het k is by prod offione deed tie od cons-
matted. Why ahem does the law slew teftituemy of words
fetches I tell you wlry, Gentlemen, it is for die prepole of
rig eke nature deny on looe, and oat fee the potpie a
's deritierate ineestiosi of the mind. Gpadaten, I
aim about on advert re the opinion di learned wastoottraufe
of Oh mnburity thlstsonft. betade it wed pet ac-
eerie tinily one ciatinida, did le esgweliod mindi Maietprge•