The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-24 00:00:00

THE sTATESMA%

go to pot." Finding I did not like their language, Le
went away. About a fortnight before the rani-street
business, Edwards called on me, and said to me, " the
tyrants st fall ;" and added, " all must come toge-
ther armed, and you must come with your sword and
pistol, as I suppose on have got them." I told him
I hail nothing of the kiutl ; he then said that I
should not want for them. Some short time after
this he came to my lodgings quite down in spirits,
:Aid said he coul•l not tint' any one to have cou-
rage to join, and he had a great mind to cut his
throat. A short time after this, Edwards came again
with two men, and in good spirits, and said, " I sup-
pose you will go with us; you know what I mean ;"
I answered I do not ; he said, " you art. not such a
fool as not to know there is something on foot, ne
mean to destroy 31iniste.s." 1 answered, that I would
nut be in such a Deapard's business. lie then clapped
his hand on the wall of the house, and said, " this
is all lath awl plaster, and you slia'nt he safe; we'll
blow you out of your bed." I did not see Edwards
after this till Monday; the 31st of rehruurv, when
he caws. in company with a very tail man, rho had
a cast in his eye, soil Edwards had a large bag
with him, which lie requested me to allow Wm to
leave in me room. I asht.d hint what it contained ; he
replied, " Oh, only u ti•ty sit, I
instantly hid hint take Clem away, that 1 would have
malting to ilt. with !Weil thillK% i►l my place. Ile urged
mu• very much to permit the bag 111 remain, hut I
would not. I azain told him I would int 110 acrunut
have any thing to do with such thin;; s, and insoledi.
ately made him take the bag away, assisted by the per-
sons who ratite with hint. Since then I have seen no-
thing of F:dwards. (Sigel%) .1 %.%1 EA tIiAMKERQ.
Further deposition says, the tail man was Adams ;
that Edwards threatened I.llaicbrrs, that all such
cowards should be blown out of their bads.

I, William Tunbridge, laTathe acquainted with
George Edwards some- time in the ttttt sells of bereenlicr
last, anal was Invited by him to attend a nereti:sg, to
be holden at the Seidel% .Irons, Bound-court, Strand,
when a Committee w•as appointed, anal in) self was pro-
loused as one, by the same Edwards, but refused to
art, as, at the sauu• I di•l not know for wloat
they were forenril ; saes the following rvenisez I Brain
went, when Edwards told ess lie hail something of iut-
port:uu•e to routlll einicaic ; Ise was asked what ? lie re-
plied, that the Earl of ll'estusoorland intended giving
a Cabinet ll' •r teo-usiorriow, Si hen we might take oti
all the -- thieves at loner, as be had a friend of his
who rusilil use the sword, Ali that if the -- butcher
was there be would he aisle to tackle hilts. I asked
him oh:, he meant Ism• the --- hestrber ? he ►aid the
Irish linke. I three said, that if im•lined so to dea, we
we ball not the meats. .1s fur them, he said, he
tumid soon provide, producing, at the same Shur, a
pair of pistols, une lof whirl' he offered to me, saying,
this will do for yeast to blow out tier b---y --'a
brains with ; he then oifered the other to liradhu►n,
whirls we both refused. fine of the persons present
then asked him who his friend was? Ile said, he hail
been an old soldier, and that his -.ante was Adams;
on whirl; lee threw a sword from a stick, saying, this
will du fur him to rut off the - thieves' heads with;
then said, Mr. Edwards, if this is your islisse you
may tell your employers that them• will not raids lire iu
their trap ; I tie le went away, the rest followed, leav-
ing Eduard* by himself.
(•igued) Wm. TIN

PAURI.VG.

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George Pickard, of Ilare-street, IletlonJl-green, sate,
I know Edwards. I first saw loim I•efore the first Smith-
field meeting. I server much associated with him, I
considered him so much of a blackguard. I knew his
brother also, who was Secretary to the Spenrrato So•
ciety. I met I • some e • about July, at the IVllite
Lion. in Wyo.lo-street ; there were two nr three whore
there. I. knew me better ran I did him. Hr asked
me how I did, and said, " What a pity it is, Pickard,
that we can't do 'troy these -- vermin." A trilling
conversation took plate; at last, " tell you what
it is," said he, " any hooey can get into the House of
l'umunons with an order, nor does it require that they
should go clean. Suppose wr have an iron case made
in the shape of a book (for any person is allowed to
car. y in a hook), and have some• old gun or pistol bar-
ro•ls, which may he got cheap, cut into pieces about
three or flour inches long ; let them he plugged up at
each ens with leas), and the centre filled with powder,
All a t •h•hole male; half a dozen of cases mac be
male full of then, fur a similar number of men to
t.
carry into the House. One 111311 might bare a bottle
of phosphorous, and a lighted match might iw taken
with a piece of rope, it ithout giving► any alarm to the
persons present, and applied to the fuse, which womb!
communicate with the contents of the cases,—.they
should be thrown it hen the Howse was full, tsson the .
gallery. The opportunity shonld be taken when some
important business was going forward. What
destruction it would make," said he, seemingly quite
pleased, and laughing at the idea. He next said, that
Thistlewood would soon lie out, and hr was the boy fur
doing business. When he comes we will set all things
too rights. After some fur►her talk, he drew ant a
grenade, saying, " What de you thiak el' this ?I'
4, What do you call it ?" said I. "Olt! you are a
d—d fool, you know nothing ;" and then lie told me
it was a hand-grenade. Ile asked me if I would make
one of 30 or 35 town for some desperate purpose,
which he dial not explain ; but such things, he added,
should not be entered into without having a guard
against the police. Upon which he drew forth
a curious instrument from his waistcoat pocket, and
said, it too'glot be put into a common walking cane by'
having a hole bored in the bottom, and be instantly fit
for use. I told him I must ;mow him better before I
would have any thing to do with him. He replied,
that Thistlewood knew him well, and that that would
be a sufficient recommendation. I met Edwards and

POLICE.

Thistlewood previous to the Cato-street business, on
the Saturday. Thistkwuod asked ow various gars-
tions respecting business; and, after shaking hands,
Le bid tue good day. Then Edwards turned quite
round, awl, after looking fur some niinntet, held his,
hand out to shake hands. I do not recollect the first
few sentences that passed, but un parting be said,
" You -- Pickard, you mast fight before lone
On the following Monday two persons called at swy
lodgings whilst I was absent, and' inquired for mi.
One of them answered the description o( Edwards.
hey left no message, but called again ois Tuesday,

hilt I was away ; I never heard of him since then. Pre-
vious to the List time of my seeing Edwards, I went to
the scotch Arms, in Round-court, Strand, and saw
Adams and Elwards there. They both talked about
destroying the Ministers, and invited me to go to a
meeting; and Adams gave me a grenade, and Ed-
wards gave me a small pike. I told Whinlanan of the
circumstance ; he and% ised me to have nothing to do
with the business. Adams and Edwards called at my
lodgings the day before the Cato-street 'mines', but I
had left.

Ldif' INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KING% BENCH, Dv 'Lax, MAT 18.

IMPORTANT LIBEL. CASE.
ALERANDIR STIIWART, t$Q. P. SUMP/ PARKINS.

This cause was tried before Mr. Justice Jana and a
Special Jury, anal lasted from eleven o'clock in the fore-
noon until eight in the evening. Previous to the trial
being proceeded in, 31r. ll'A LLA El proposed, on the part
of the defendant, that any apology %%hid, the plaintiff
might think proper to dictate, should be made. his,
however, was not thoiight prudent on the part of the
plaintiff, in the then stage of the business, to accept—
and the rase %vas proceeded in.
3lr. opened the pleadings. The declaration
eontaineil liver s: the dansages were laid at 10,10//.
Thr evidence w•rot tail:rove the publication of a paper
by 3lr. Parkins, retircting on the plaintiff, wl he had
retpiested to assist in discovering and arresting a servant
who had rubbed him, but ahu had made his escape, raid
the libel insinuated collusion iu the plaintiff.
Air. Wat.Lvcr, tOr the defendant, with that force of
argument, anal strength of reasoning, for a hick lie is I
ILO remarkable, urged, that .11r. P.:o:in' had nu mali-
cious intent, which alone could merit the iiitliction of
brace damages.
lir Learned JEEttilt, in a perspicuous anal comprehen-
sive charge, adverted to the Hamar particulars of the
evidence, rollout:ming on each circumstance, so as to
give a rompiete anal clear view of the case. In conclu-
sion, he reminded the Jury, that the defendant was a
stranger in this country; and that the damages they
were to give were not to punish him, but to compensate
the plaintiff for whatever injury lie had sustained.
The Jury, after deliberating abont ten minutes, re-
turned a verdict fur the plaintiff of 1,000/. damages, and
6d. costs. —(hablia Put.

These Benefits are fo often repeated, that floe amateurs
begin to get tireel of putting their bands iu their pockets;
but spots This occesiuo ;ill übjersiiins were waived, as it
was for an attire fighting sun of the day—siste tvbo has
fought many gallant battles, and is always really to fight
again at a few I s notice—Neil Turner is the sums;
and she rives Court was yesterday crowded.
After Lennox hail consommes' tile play with something
he had picked np, the following tierr the arts to:-
11arnn and Sampson turned to spiritedly, and al-
though the tomer hall best fr practice, lirassaligram
win out to be shook ofr em%ily ; he returns-I:visor good hits
with judgment, and lie should that hr Itad trained MI.
Holt and Parish *rented at first to be tOr showing ele-
gance in attitadllg /aid to adopt the tapping system;
after a hit, however, Holt turned and Parish. neces-
sarily oblige.l to bear up acainst it, got the worst of it.
There were souse manly rallies, but Parish was ton slow
for Hull's action.

Spring and Cribb next set to, but they were too friendly
to atinrsl anenseuwnt.
Larki‘ Dd a Birmingham man. The latter was de-
sirous of a test► of London tightinc, and lie got it. lie
was altogether au kwartl, aml could not reach Larkin,
who kept gi►iug him smelle►, on the head, aorta he was
tired and wild. Ile was twice floored withalt mud Lar-
kin. by gestures, wished to skip Mr the 'lakes, but the
countryman would not until hr had more.
The °nosey, who brat West Country Dick on the
16th, got the best of the elder Abbot, and *honed sonic
good milling
Bales NOW Ilarnier male a scientific set to.

liantlal and Turner closed the sports in a uusst srien-
sill flintily set to, in nhith, with the exception of
r..tlest, all the sparrers etoild hare learned something. It
thew down great applause, and it was a good da)'s piny.

A VIMT fISG11:1,All CARP.
411.11.1111 ALL.—An 0141 lady, named Hannah Smart,
whu said she was 61; years of age, wa% charged as dis-
orderly, by a respectable shopkeeper, rrintril -Wright.
Mr. Wrigh: said, that in January last lie received a
letter f Mrs. Smart, informing hint that she hail
lean married to him in 1774 i soots after wli.ch he
disappeared, leaving her and her son without a pro-
tector. Ile ettosidered the letter as a hoax, and took
no notice of it. Yesterday morning, !tones or, the tie- . --- --- ----
fentlant called at his shop, arcompatsied by her fun," What slight neglects. what
' The hardiest frame I"
who appears to be forty years of age, anti formally m . • . , •
Ess HS. I. I.•
RIIIE and CO
claimed him as her husband. She state.l that she had selves to the study of, and '
been mar. jell to him in Nottingham, anti prol.need a i considerable practice in those
certificate of her marriage with one li•lwerd II right which the% thought proper to select.
at that time. 1 hat Ei!ward Wright she declared ran lenns.nr"anitTeririnrethpuiLreiwtir:fr'4oiiiq; '
away, and she never heard of him until a s!uort time . lugs is requisite for tlseir deviation
before .lie wrote to liiltptir•strert. F'oarteen years practice. It may he proper to state,
she waited for him, and torn married! a Mr. Smart, by
the Royal Waal tbeelr' of
toke„tirsotdotatssnd th
whom she had another son. Mr. Wright said his
factoroyyevid:ucegeseOf the truth of thi
name was John Deacon Wright. lie never was at ma, and testimonials may be seesl
Nottingham. Ile was but 5 years of age, mud of Hatton-garden, wherethey may be
rue was hut six years of age when he was said to eat seerest and honour by patients
have been marrite by the defendant.
say of the followiug complaints :
' for which they have discovered a
Mrs. Smart said she was confident of the truth of aeadaplete substitute for memory li
1 her statement, and asked if there was not a strong re- but has also the advantage of eradicating
1-semblance between the father and the son. out debilitating the constitution.
Debility sad Vascular Relaxation..
1 The sun of the old lady said he had no claim upon tit ial excesses, by the Immoderate
the gentleman hit mother said she was entitled to. It pleasures, or by solitary sensuality,
was merely his wish to hare the matter cleared up. " The vigour sinks, the t'
The cheerful, pure, and
Aldermen Al gigs advised the parties tie refer to the , Dies from the face, with 14--
register, and said, that if Mr. Wright was but .six Decoyed. In sallow melancholy
years old when the lady thought she had married him, Messrs. Currie and Co. are la pesos
it was probable that Mr. Wvight, jos. had no right to that stands unrivalled for its superior et
to every muscular fibre of the pstleat,
call him father. spirits. and re-establishing his vigour,
The son of the old lady said, that the registers constitution, and thus exposing him '
should he consulted, and if the statementof Mr. 11 right Ispas.-3.1a Strictures oftlipUrethea,?n,
should prove co rect, no farther tremble would be taken trawl than they ilVe'excifatredsatrtrimed
in the niatter.—The cue was accordingly dismissed• heti" of the moat di.,tiegelebed ,
Bow-Svarar.—Yesterday Ase Guild, a woman three weeks, ewes which defied ,
about thirty years of age, and of a very respectable skwilt be le tbete7wrekhorthaelly of "Nies
appearance, was examined before R. BURNIE, Esq. the nis required is the same es the; of i
Sitting Magistrate, on the following circumstances:— ' tattiest, la the reentry are reerevted
'I he prisoner, about three weeks ago, went to live us a we',. *els ease, elle. cad 0•419 of living!
servant at Mr. blogfortra,Cravuodtroat,l4trand; Mrs. ;ails" 14°w' whoa dm' seeerarYid '—
mot to any pert ad)* am .
kle.egford delivered to the primmer, the lest day she
woo, seven spoons to be oesasiosolly, lased; the nest Lourdes : Paused and Published
meriting it was discovered that the pi:Jammer had pee :.T, 5........1111 Cwentunsle,,.......i. :°l/.. 4
away and three of the spoons were missed,—PrisonerFunesieseises.—""'"""'s 'orders' "'y 7ase--
rentanded. I gimbal" be addressed. -

Science is placed, and he mid lu►iolsi
thtt. the terms are rlnini) gisted at tt
answe► to letters minntel) detailing
closing a remittance for medicine
forwarded to an) part of the world.
BOSH end Co., Itti. R. V. Surgeons.

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