The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-03 00:00:00

is franc puVic-hou id tJ public-'..wan,
lie;•orts to unite with thins in various plots to OWN
tory the &twee:newest. u: the must important e
was tocsaie4 un an as-dsraiii.e which Lel
!••• th:.t lia WIWI de 4ily take seven or eight refs insl
:nto the Ili:use of Coulawns, 31441 that it was not no-
ses.ary they shou'id go in •• C1e411,.. which usesot that
'hay No*tot go in with any thing tinder their armisti
aid he pie:Hood that they should go is with hooks or
▪ whiOr might he !Pled with gam-harrel% rut
;ivies to the !mon of three or tour inches each, sutli
sr'tar*e.l with grinpolvdcr, phosphotaC &c., to bit'
i!1.1, tile body of the Hussy, fur the de-
ut the as-embiesi leinbers! •la le coarael
ot several conversatirma which took pl.see with rsH
• the plan, and to the meant of exorcists
E.:wards deAared, that " Thistlewood was the
I. ,y to d, it It le.ts very clear, that two el )4 after
l,,stlewi.ua's liberation from Horsham ;au', Edwards
vv.; irit•ivincell to that person at Preston's, the robin.
it was al.,' clear that Edwards did get the ells. n.aoe
t, which 1.- /4,41 alluded; that be prepared tl.e
ran sr., and that he setused to be supplied'
with µwary i3r that purpose; for althouch hr bad tut
very receraly Leen compelled to lie us straw, and was
...cable to !.rin ore a put of beer, he had all at once
li.'au ttAtaCietlt to purchase those and oth.w instru
merit, 4,..1 %seaports of destruction. These %err the
parts at the deposition %tacit 'mainly affected the
114.4 e. 1.• the .stiter. parts, which were of a very
b lie *wild nut advert, unle,s re-
igeirod to J. so by the appointmeat of a Cornmittee of
Se..reey, or in any other nay in which the House
might think tit to call fur the dieelosure. All the
r...ta described in the depositioa were originally laid
• by Ethwart:s ; and the Hoene would bear in
mind that none of the persons by whom the deposition
hAi be• a made were witnesses Oil the late trials, either
to: the Crown or for the prisoners. lie had that
ir..rning received s, ceral other rionolunications of a
similar ueture,'bearing tratisnony to the character of
eilwards, and di scr:bing the %wives plots which he
lot I suegested. What he (Mr. Aliter.s.an Wood) now
reiumited was, that the House siouiti hate the indul-
ge•rce to dire.:: It;nt what course to pirogue. Perhaps
11- • • ir.l.fillatto-v, as far as he had ilio.cribed thew,
ai,4ht S.e rorisidcr,J a breach or privilege, and it
might be eepedient to order the iosiatediate attendance
so' the utfemler at the liar.—(:l laugh.)—lf, on the
• hand, it should he aought advisable to appoiut
a eriminitt,t 11l Secrecy, the whole of thr evidence
would Coen become fit matter of deliberation. Ile was
ready to adopt either proceeding. He had dime that
which in his situation he had conceived to Le his duty.
Not lowng thought it right to swear the parties to
their account of transactions which h.iil taken place in
the cour:ty of Alitid!Net, hr had only the alternative
*A sending theta to a Millslleies Alaristrate. or of
eikini them to 1.9711 Sidmoutli. tie had felt it to be
his (lute to adopt the latter branch of the alternative,
arid he aceordiugly trotit himself, sin I ordered the wit-
nesses to attend at the office of the Secretary of State
1.4 tko Home Departmi nt. It so happened, however.
Kat Lord Sidraontli had quitted the otice a few mu-
sweats before their arrival. He therefore left the (lis-
p:4.46ons with an Hon. tlentleur:n then in his eye, to
he placed in th- hands of Lord Sidrisouth, from whom
Le had received an answer, which he would nut read.
When such a than as the individual %hunt he had
stoma %eta boldy f.oui piddle house to 'public house,
and from private hour to private lonise, inciting the
people to cutter into plots and consyiracies, it Buret
became the nous! of Onarrions to inte7ti2ate, in sot t •
way or other, at least that part of the charges against
ton which was connected with them-wires. He
i•ledecii himself, if tit,- i spiry were gone into, to pro-1
:Ace such evidence as, unless the man escaped out of
Site country, would must assuredly lead to his convic-
tion. He was perfectly satisfied that the evidence
aas aniplv sufficient for that purpose. Under all the
tircumstatices to the case, and feeling doubtful as to
the exact course which it was most desirable to pur-
sue, he would either sit down without making any
precise motion.
The SPEAK RP, however, intimating the propriety
s•is the part of the Worthy Alderman, of concluding
aos observatioos wit') some motion,

Mr. Alderman WOOD moved. " 1 hat Ororgre Ed-
wards do immediately attend at the liar of this
)muse."

Mr. BATHURST observed, that the only question
for the Bon4o t determine was, whether that which
bad been Nt4te.l by the Worthy Alderman call d upon
them to %Ake Hp the matter an a breach of privilege.
the motbin cb•l 'tot require any other reference to the
eircunistslices whi..h had hero described by the Worthy
Alderman than thin—;-.olBil those circninst inces be
cona:raed into a breach of privilege? really lee
besought the House to consider what sod of precedent
they would critat.:isii, if they acquiesced in the Worthy
Alderman's motion. Here witty tnen, why. according
to the Worthy AldifiairTifisCill lefittnift/ctizi-or ra
thee, a principle!, in the conspleacy for which several
suifortunate persoss. had brffjted. their lives. Ae-
eor,:in,g to the Worthy Ald^rseen, that man Wag JOO7
Implic ted in the triteu for which those. persons had
so rered ; and if the motion were agreed to, he would
be called to the Bar to be examined on a charge of
haviag committed a breach of privilege, when, if the
al e;rationa of the Worthy Alderman were borne out
by the fact, he would! be found to Dave conuuitted as
overt act of treason I if aarother course could Da
adapted in which the case might be fliirlylnvestigatedt
be would concur in it; but if the W,orthy Alderman
really believed that the individual is question had
cjiitted the attempt against that House which had
described, he would really recommend the
Worthy Alderman to withdraw a .motion for calling
that inilividu 11 to the Bar, in the supposition that he
would there charge himself with each ma offence.
Mr. Alderman WOOD reminded the Right Honour.
able Gentleman, that he bad impreistld the (Meshy
which he felt oa the gm:oAm The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman said that be would esiii=the favestigaties
of the ease, if it were. heeeght illy.shape la
which it could with mime mtvaatagit diseassefl. Now
be (Mr. Alder.lia W had Wed anether qabtfai
to get Myer& proseetiteddifii'br*ltharter be had
mooppisiated.--(Hear. heti, 6iails-H• had al.
ready stated, that he did wt think proper to read the
Ulmer which he bad resolved when I. had felt it his
duty to carry the ',ideate which had been submitted