The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-15 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.—(Tmis Dar.)

CATO-STREET CONSPIRATORS.

The Court, in the earlier part of this morning, did not
wear that appearance of eager curiosity which it was
naturally expected the commencement of the trials for
high treason would have excited in the public mind.—
At nine o'clock, when the Common-Serieant and Alder-
men took their seats, very few persons had arrived ; hut
from that hour the Court began gradually to fill, and,
before the Judges had t03.1e their appearance, was some-
what crowded; the galleries, however, were still but
thinly attentle.l.

Soon after ten o'rbirk the Jiiiirrs arrived. Thee
rem the CliiefJnative. of the Cour. of King's Benrh
and l'oninion Plea•. the lion. Karon Richard., and 3lr.
Justice RichardPon.

As soon a• they hatl taVers their seal. on the bench
the Court was ordered to ln• silent, anti the pri.uners
wrn• put to the bar.

Their naves %lerr called over in the following
order :

Arthur Thistlewood, William Puri !son. James INrs,
J.•!nt Thomas Blunt, I:ichard idol,Jallies ►Gilliam
• John Harrison. Richard Itradburn, John Shaw
StrAtlre, James I ilrbriit, and 1 harks Cooper.
The Clerk of the .%rrniers then real over the first in.
dietnn•nt, which was of Eimsi.ler.thie length. It (barged
the pris-itierst generally (conjointly with other ',erelong'
■nknowu), with an hallo,. to overthrim the liorerometit,
awl to gahsert the Constitution of this te-alto, as by law

The general appearaoce of the prisoners was better
than previous report had lei! us to expect. 'I histlewood
looked well, and was respectably dressed. lie betrayed
no marks of agitation or t'onftirion, hut listened, whilst
the indictment was read, with the g:eatest apparent
composure. The Paw remark may be applied to the
other prisoners. ItArilson especially olitplayed a de-1
gree of roolness, amounting almost to indifference, and
during the reading of the iudictutent, Was occupied in
.:;tltody surveyirg the Court. James Inv stood in the',
front of the bar with Thistlewoool. Ile was well-dressed,'
and is upon the lode a man of respectable appearance.
In short, the general demeanour of the pris ttttt •rs teas
such as could Lave given an ignorant spectator no idea
that they were now appearing to plead to a charge of
the deepest atrocity, and which, if proved, must inevi-
tably consign them to certain ignominious punishment.

The ATTORNEY Jill; S0E11.111(114 tiENER4ER. pith Mr.
LITT LEDEI.II, appeared tor the prosecution. The defence
of the prisotters was entrusted, as ►cell as we could as-
certain, to .Ir. Mr.%V.►Lroßn, Mr Ilsonatea,
and Mr. I t !I tr.l:l:r. was also in room as
Solicitor for the plisoliers.

The Clerk of the A rraiLrer having finit.heil reading the
indictment, pitt the question of guirty or not guilty ? to
each of the prisoners separately, beginning with Thistle-
wood. Each of them answered in a tiros woke, " Not
Guilty:" and upon brio! 4,1. rel how they would be tried,
each replied," By God and my Colour! !"
James ings, in answer to the latter question, replied,
" Ry hr lam of reatuft:" tat, upon being infissasad
that thr nsnal ronrse was to answer, " Hy G c.d med my
country!" lie acesirdingly adopted that reply.
The prisoners hasing pl..aded to this charge, Arthur
Thistlewood was accused, by another indictment, of the
wilful murder of Richard Smithers, on the 234 l of Fe-
brnary last; and Diehard Tidd, James Wilson, John
Harrison. Thoni.is 11:unt, and John %Mi. ran:re, were
charged with aiding and abetting the said Arthur This-
tlewooj in the commission of the said cri:ur. In an-
other connt of the same indietutent all the prisoners
were included in the charge of murder.—To this in-
dictment, also, the prisoners separately pleaded Not
A third indictment charged Thistlewond with felo-
niou,ly and unlawfully firing a loaded ;istol, on the
23.1 of Feb:lvry last, in the parish of St. Clement Danes,
at one Win. Westcott, with intent to kill.

A similar indictment was preferred against Jame,
logs, charging him with attempting. ou the ill of
February, the life of one Charles Primlts.
Richard Tithi, in another indictment, was charged
with firing a loaded pistol at 11 arm Legge, with
intent to kill.

William Wilson w* charged kith feloniously
presenting a loaded pistol at John Burrows, and with
attempting, by drawing the trigger of the pistol, to kill
she said John Burros.

To earl, of the above indictments the prisoners
pleaded Not trifty.
The ATTORMItY-4;IINORAL chest addressed the Court.
and observed, that he understood that it was the inten-
tion of the prisoners to claim the privilege of separately
challenging the Jury.
Mr. l'ortwaoci.—lt is. my Lord, the a ish of the pri-
soner!.

Lord Chief Justice AlinoTT—(aghlresting the pri-
soners).—Several of you are jointly indicted on the
charge of high treason. Is the Court to understand that
yon wish to be tried separately, or together?
Thiatlewood.—lt is my w:sh, my Lord, to have a se-
parate trial.
The trial of Arthur Thistlerroorl was then appointed
to begin precisely at ten o'clock on Monday next ; after
which the prisoners retired from the bar.
The Limn Cuter AMICK now jogai' ed of Mr. Har-
mer. who were the Counsel whom he wi!rheri to have ap-
pointed ler the defence of the prisoner ?
Ur. 'hum replied. that Mr. Adolphus and Mr.
earwawd were retained for the first six tit the defendants,
and Mr. Walford and Mr. Brudrick for the remainder.

His Lordship iinuoidiabely directed in order to Me
to that effect.

In all the indictmetats James Wilson had been de-
, scribed as Jame Nil hew Wilson, and when called upon
to plead, he had continually answered that nos not his
same. In consequence sir :his mistake be remained at
the bar after the ether prisoners had retired. is outer
to verify his statement.
A plea in ahatement W 34 areordintrl7 drawn up. and
an affidavit, in which the mistake as to the mime ivies
set forth. As soon as the prison .r Ita,l sworn to these
he was removed from the har.
The whale of he abore prereedings did rot ocettpt
the Curt more than din her.

CIRI,ISLR, APRIL 12.
---•.--

The irritation that is so general in Scotlaqd, and
which is noticed in the public prints, is not confined to
that country. The flame of iliaaffection appeass to ex-
tend over the f‘hole of the North of England ; and
though no explosion has broken out here, the ex-
citement, 1 Arlie'', is very strong, and possibly may, at
no distant period, involve consequences of a serions na-
ture. Situated, as Carlisle is, in the very centre of the
empire, it might he expected that it would he consider-
ably agitated by any movement made either in the
north or south of it. I understand, that on Funday
evening last, a large body of the Radicals (softie esti-
watt. the :lumber from Nil to IP* men, great part of
whom were armed) were assembled on the et ening of
Sonilay last in the neighbourhood of Carlisle; though
it is not in :fly power to state what was the result of the
meeting. The (oral antliorities here are muili alarmed;
they appear, indeed, aimost paralyzed. AN you perhaps
nosy not have seen the hand-hill which has spiead con-,
aternation atinoidst the hlagistrates, and %filch was
Renrr.dk pos;;-.1 up on the walls of ihe city, and di.-
perseil in tie streets on Saturday night or Sunday
corning last, I a ropy:—

" III'GVNER %EMS AND LIBERTY!

" The liefortitera of Scotland, animatrd with the no-
tuneable spirit of their forefathers, have just exlithited
theusselves iw an arsenous strit:%yde against their oppres-
sors, and in a manly %indication of their usnrped
The time has arrived when I.togrr oeiptiescence its
borsooTlintongerins, tyranny is High Tress.on ngainet
the principles of a Constitution that antliorizill resist-
ance to the despotic !quarts, and transferred the scep-
tre of these realms to worthier hands. The Patriots of
the North censure the apathy of their brethren of the
South, in not making with then, common rause in one
common and glorious object. Shall this stigrisa
main? Forbid it, shades of our immortal fore-cldenl
Union is strength irresistible; and de nut let us desert
ourselves. If we do, and stand aloof, when the oppor-
tunity is atteded of emancipation, then, indeed, should
we deserve to be boom! with ten-fold chains, and to be
crit.heil with still mere intolerable hardens.

row, April 3. 183.0."
•• Printed at the Constitatinnal Press.'

On Sunday Inortsiag the Ahsgistratts, escorted by a
patty of military, wrrr ;wisely employes, in tearing
down these pitta's-I.: they did nut, however, yet rfertly
anes-reti, fur in I art of the onhorhs there was a iirtermi-
natisit to protect th •ut, and no attempt was made for
their 14111()% al. Ali is hitherto testn artily tranquil; but
there is no trusting to appeararives.
I MD'S t•incerely.
-Um'. *Knott'

BRIGHTON. Atilt. It

Sir B. Bloomfield left the Palace for London on
Fritfay, but returned tl.is nin•ht.
It is expected t!:at the Linke of York will visit
his Majesty this day.
It does not appear that the day fixed for the
h _NIP Palace I. nal rand. It.
is anderston Oawever, that his Majesty will be in
town by the 24th instant, the elv appointed for
the cAelsration of his birth-day, instead of the 12th
oftnes t , as heretofore.
A singular phevoincnon took place on the
Elwyn() it short time ago. Tlik•iin had been strong
on the' ground for a day or two preceding; this
was followed he a little rain; and on the morning
of the 28th of Alareli, a tight
.fug was seen over
every part of the Mtcyne where the grass had been
worn away; and none &tater& ultere grass was
lip. Br 08os:tier vegetable instinct (as it should
seem) the growinv grass, which had long wanted
rain, put avirporticle of the moisture which had
fallen to ila *Aural and richest use; assuming all
into its owa asatenance, end suffering not an atom
to escape. Whereas, on the other parts of the
Steyne, Sittith were wholly bare and fallow, and
thereby not within the power of making any such
vegetable demand, the moisture ascended, and vi-
sibly went oft, aptire perie, in idle mist.