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

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS—(Tsra D4r).
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sarrrimcg OF THISTLCWOOD AND TUB WM! tON.

S PI R•TOIS.

At an early hour this niornin_; the Court was
crowded i t every pi-atter. About nine o'clovk the
Judges entered, and took their seats upon the Rend,
These were the Lords Chief Justices of the Courts
King's Bench and Common Pleas, the Chief Bar o:
the Court of Esvhequer, and Justices Richardson and
Best. The prisoners were immediately ordered to tise
bar. They were brought up heavily ironed. Ith.
Shelton then demanded of Thistlewood, %hat be had
to sav why seti!eoce of death should not be passed
against him ": Thistlewood immediately coasaieeetsl
a most violent harangue, in which he acknowledged
that it was his intention to assassinate the Ministers,
but disclaimed any hostile intentionstowards the Kist
The same tihe,tion was then put to each of the pri-
soners separately. _

lhvitkots, Brunt, and Inca, sea. rally addressed the
Court almost in the same terms as Thistles-um! had
done. Tidd spoke very briefly.

Those prisoners who had pleaded Guilty seareely
offered any °heel cation.
Gilchrist, who Wif deeply affected, said, that be
had served his country fourteen years, aid this was
his re.ompence.

The whole of the prisoners havinz been pee
' through, silence was commanded in tourt, and thief
Justice ilanoTT proceeded to pronounce the awful sen-
tence of the law. He did this in the lid lueving Imo :
You, Arthur Thistlewood, James logs, Jae Thomas
Brunt, Richard rigid, and William Davidson, hare
been tried and convicted of the offence of high imam;
of conspiring to levy war against the King, in order
to compel him o change his measures and govern.
ment. You, Richard Bradburn, Johu Shaw Strauge,
James Gilchrist, Charles Cooper, and James Harrison,
having been charged with the sun• cerekee, bare
thought fit to withdraw your plea of Not tiullty, and
to plead Guilty to the charge. It may happen that
the law against you may not be exercised is its
full extent ; but if this should be the case, you
will recollect that you are indebte for this cle-
mency to the mercy of the Court, and to the mer-
cy of those very persons against whose lives yonr de-
signs were directed. It now only remains fer me to
pronounce the sentence of the law, which is, that you
be drawn ou a hurdle to the place of execution, sad
there be hanged by the neck until you are dead, arid
that your heads be then struck off, sad %oar bodies
divided into four quarters, to be disposed of as t►e
King shall direct.
During the whole of this painful yet interesting
scene, the utmost silence was preserved in Court, sod
each person present appeared deeply to commiserate
the situation of the unfortunate prisoners.
The prisoners were immediately removed from the bar.

MR. CLEMENT.
As soon as the above proceedings were tertoisated, the
Arroasar.lie axcat. called the attestion of theCeart
the alleged contempt committed by Mr. clement, the
proprietor of The Observer newspaper. One ',Aden's*
recollect. that. upon a previous occasion, the t4srt had
ordered that Mr. Cletargstallsoadd appear this "
Ilia name was accordingly called upon, but Iso%lte
appear. • An affidavit, proving the service of a espy of
the order of the Court, was then read.
The Judges consulted together for some time, and
Chief Justice Aaaorr pronounced the opiniva of the
Court.
lle observed, that no one conisi doubt that the publi-
cation complained of had tended to disturb the alma a
justice. It was extremely necessary that the
who came to give evidence, on either side, shoarr.
with minds uninfluenced, if possible, by the evidence
previously given. The Court had thought it right.
before the trials commenced, to prohibit, iii dm/plainest
terms, the publication of any part of them. Thie order
has been attended to by all the daily, and, ash, I am
learn. by all the weekly papers, with the single
exception of Ate Ofwerwer. The propr:etst melt.
therefore, have been stimulated by the desire of
extraordinary profits, to the prejudice of those
papers who have very properly tximplied with the
order of the Court. Being called upon to state what he
had to urge in justification of his conduct, Mr. Caumeat
has lot appeart.d. By ibis conduct he has sarakbimeelf
from the imprisonment, which, if be had appear* the
Court certainly would have awarded ; but be shall not
save himself from another species of pnnislinsmat. which
it is still in our power to indict. Under all these circum-
stances, therefore, it is the judgment of the Coati, that
Mr. Ilennell Clement dopey to the King a fine of 51111.

TRIM:TR OF RIXIFICT TO Kt* LAT( ROYAL OZONNIFM tout
MAR OF MINT.
A meeting took place this morning at tilt. Freemasons'
Tavern, consisting of several of the most di • •
persons, both male and female, in the kingdom, • order
to enter into subscriptions to erect a public statue to the
memory of his late Hovel Highness the Dube of Kest.
The Duke of Bedford took the Chair at a few ultimates
after twelve o'clock, and opeuell the nature of the busi-
ness in a most eloquent speecb. Ills Orate wet sty'
peeled by the Earl of Darks, Moo Wilbertilik Tat
Clinton, Sir 'Daunts, Clifford, Alderman Wood, Dr•
Randolph, Rev. Mr. Collyer, Ike. Tbesobscriptimst an
limited to Gee guinea reels prrsun; bet smaller eribiba-
Bons are to be received.
We are assured that the appointinent of Kt. Kirk-
land to the useless office of Comptroller of Rader
Bills bas not taken place.