The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-28 00:00:00

for witness's story, Furnival's-Inn is the worst place
in the world for sue') a purpose. It is a new stone
building, audio all respects artieularly guarded again t
the danger of fire. But the witness, who most likely re-
collected Old Furnivars-Inn (a building tery likely to
take fire) has invented his story without colaidering the
change, and has, therefore, increased the doubtful
character of the whole of the evi.ienee. We now,
Gentlentea, come to the business of the Excheque:
Mighty plans require mighty dishatrsentents, and Ira;
could not be levied against the king it ithout an an.
ple treasury. Besides, they who %sulk must eat, and
we are nat, therefore, surprised at hearing one of the
conspirators inquire respecting the state of the fund.
31ark, Gentlemen, what then passes; Adams has told
you that six shillings at one time, and seven-pence at
another, was all the money that he ever saw amongst
them. But ea this occasion, Brunt is made to say.
da an my eyes. (pardon me, gent!. men, fur using this
expression, hut I have a particular reason for wishing
you to °fasciae that Brunt is made to swear as often
as he speaks) d—n my eyes, I have a one ptotrol
mite, and I will drink my men with it." Ile still
drink his men, Gentlemen, does not such seem tit pre-
paration fur a plundering expedition ? 11'01, let as
e that :he party are furnished n ith bread and
chat..r and beer, and the pound is exhausted, and no: a
shillii g reloaitis in treasury. Pursuing the evidence
of Adams, us learn that same alarm was excited MI
the 2 lst, in consequence of inti;lirrorilittfoit sthicb
the landlord of the White Hart gave them. Flom this
it appeared tha: some communication respecting'their
meetings had been wade to the Mice Office. By
whom that communication was rustle does not 'appear.
but it would have appeared, had Edwards beim
brought forward as a witness. 't he next day Edwards
miters the room and informs them of the cabinet dinner.
This int.•lliaenee he said lie derived from The Nero
rows. Mark this, gentlemen. The Near nmet
aloe this intelligence, and the Court re-
porter has sworn that he did not furnish it. ton will
best be able to judge for what purpose it was inserted,
Well, is hat follows. I will now call upon you to di--
miss Itrunt's execrations, ur imputed execrati-
ons, aid mend to the expression whirls witness
has put into his mouth. The Attorney-General "
co tttttt totted itiain its impiety, and if it were true,
it would netl deserve reprobation. But take it as
the witness has put it, and I contend that it
is impossible that Brunt could have uttered it. He
is made to say, " Now, I'll be d—d if I have not
hitherto disbelieved the existence of a (hod, but I now
believe it. I have often prayed to the Almighty that
these thieves might all meet together, and he has caw,
IA this dinner to deliver them into our hands." That
is, " I have prayed to God when 1 did not believe there
was a God, and now that I do believe in him, the first
proof I give of nay belief is by blaspheming him."
Gentlemen, I did nut believe, before this, that any
man possessed power of eountenan .e sufficient to get
up into a witness-box. and gravely tell us such a story.
But let us go on. a Committee then is formed,
and witness takes the chair. Thistlewood proposes
sannebing which witness objects to, and witness is
kicked oat of the chair. Witness now gets back
ansseriais. • Mat agnia.bogiam to talk
tlilibaget4t74.6.ll Ite Mansioishouse, about cannon, and about
that unseen. unknown, mysterious nonentity, the Pro-
visional Government. '1 he whole plot is now laid
open anew. Thistlewood is to take Grosvenor-square ;
Cooke is to take Buy's-inn-lane; another person is
ti take the Artillery-ground ; and Mr. Paling is to sal-
ly tint with his box of combustibles on his back, and
to amuse himself by setting fire to all parts of the use-
trop ilk, and by sticking upon the blazing rafters
proelaaiation., calling upon the citizens to repair to
. the Provisional Government, composed of nobody
• knows who, and sitting nobody knows where. Real-
' ly, Gentlemen, this is too incredible. Had it pro-
, seeded from the lips of an expiring martyr I would
s,aireely believe it; but coming from the lips of Mr.
Adams, it must be rejected altogether. Is human
life to be sacrificed to these absurdities ? Are eleve
men to lie put to death on the strength of so wild, a,
inytoliable a story ? I will not follow the witness Oa
his walk to Catoatreet ; but I will notice one part ..t
his story when speaking of the manner in which In,
I was equipped. In addition to his common dress, and
besides his pistols, his pike, alai butcher's knife, he
is made to take two bags with hint, for the purpose
(so the witless says) of bringing away the heads
!Lauda Castlereagh and Sidinouth. Gentlemen, you
I saw the bags alluded to, and I will ask you if any mail
in his senses would have thought them large enough
to contain a head. The natural explanation of this is,
!( aid this sappositian agrees with my general arra-
' mem) that he intended these bags to carry away tl.si
plate from Lord Harr•twby's sideboard, and that he
would never have thought of encumbering himself
milk an carless head, whilst silver spoons, castors, lac.
glittered before him. 'I his, then, tonal be regarded
as anoth r fiction of this fictiononakieg witness. tell,
•at list he gets to Cato-street. How do we find his
s.ory confirmed here ? The witness says that he court-
ed the persons, and hound twenty —e:ghteen
and two below stairs. Monument, who is brought
forward to support him, says that there were 25 peo-
ple present ; and he, also, accurately divides them,
giving 21 to the room up stairs, and four to the stable
below. Witness has also repeatedly told you, that
there way but one candle. Ellis, the officer, positively
swears that there were eight. Wits. as has made the
ufficen commence by saying, " Here's a pretty neat of
you." You heard the evidence of the officer on this
point, and he said that he never used sachem expression.
Perhaps, Gentlemen, you were astonished that my Learn-
,ed Friend contented hitnaeli with so short a crimasea-
• arnination. Gentlemen, the witness had evidently g-t
his story off by heart : and, therefore, the only effect
'of a truss-examination would have been to make h:rn
repe.tt, perhaps in the same words, what he had stated
before. But, Gentlemen, you saw the manner ..t
ithe "time's. You saw how he elle kcal his Cot.:,-
eel, instead of the Counsel checking him.; and that.
Iwhen asked a question respecting any thisia,
whichthheathadhe nothadnutyet reached,
tome
he constantly not-
so that, and took
ye
'his own time and pleasure in narrating has. ah:re.
!Nothing, therefore, came out on his crues.exaseutstain,
e
1 ea,fata his doclarAion that he had made aid tires this
, caitiff ace from aornpuortioils feelings alone. bin I le-
jump, I Live Lees is Court freqeently when infer acia