The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-04-11
FOREIGN NEWS.
Conspiracy 10 Assassinoie The BRITISH
Ministry.
From the London Courier CT Feb. 2itl

n,,,ior OF gang of daholical ruffians 70 m ke
an ate m D, on the lives OF his Mallssy's Minis
,ers, whilst assembled q, the house OF Earl Il :
ihurs,, IN M nsheld street, yesterday evening,
Rchai 4 Brne, Esq w, party OF twe!ve OF
the Ii w street patfole, proceeded sbou; Gig h
o'clock 10 he place which had been described
as the reude zyons ofthese des peradoes, in C4to-
street, Of the Edgeware rad. They were In
loft de,i1era,lng.
The only approach to this P.nd smonium was
by a marrow ladder Rulhyen, one II h pr,n-
cipal Bow.s,reet office.s, led tho way, AID WAS
followed by Ellis. Smtners. Su'm-n lad othe
Of the pa,rule i, on the door being open.d, about
u or so men were seen Wi'hin. most OF VIII IN
were apparently engaged either IN charging fire
arms or g .liag themselves with belts similar
10 those won by he military.
There were tables Ab II. The room, on which
lay nurnoer Of cutsssct, bayone,s, Dis OILS,
swords, belts, pistol balls IN lag Sc quantities, ball
cartridges, &c.--As tue cthcers eme,ed The
room, ihe consprs.ors ell s,sr>,d Up, wien
Ru,hven who had been furnished ~ h w.sr.Gt
from the magi,tra,es. exclaimed, = We are Ill
peace officers, lay down your arms IA mt
men, 80 All was confusion. man, whom Ruth
ven describes as tue no ofious Asthur Ahistie-
wood. opposed himself TO the Off err, armed
with Gu. and tn asst sword, Ut UNUSUAL Icing II /;
Ru,hgen at empted to secu tue door, and Ellis.
VIII had followed him into tLe room, advanced
claimed - drop your sword, or III fire Instantly
The man brandshed h,s sword with isrr-s,ed
Violence, when Smlther, he othgr patrol
rushed fltward To seizs hinl, md On .he ias
the rnfIi n s,s,bed him 20 the heart. S.n,ahers
fell into he arms OF l.! md ne nexl instant
a corpse.
Whilst rhis deed was doing, the lights were e.
tinguished. aod q desperate 1rugg'e eufued, 10
which macy of the officers vers fevere Won aded.
af 10 u,u. ksf hall
on the temple but fortunately il only glanced =.
long the side Of his head, tearing up the scalp in
il. way. Inc COMP rators kept up an iuces ant
fire willis, it was ev.eent to the officers thar
many of them were escaping by some back way
Mr. Briue exposed himself every where and CO.
cou-a aged the ohcsrs TO do their duy, whist The
ba.ls were whzz'og round HE hsad-At This mo-
ment Capt. Fitzc areIce Zone of the con. Of he
Duke of Ciatence) arrived at the head of de-
Ia hmeLt of The Coldstream Guard,. They sur
rounded The building, aud capt. fiizclarsncc with
Setgsan Leege and three 6ss If Rreasders,
mount the adder and entered he room, now
filed with smoke, aud oaiy r;uminaied by the &C.
casionai fahes OF the fSs Of the coz. pira ors
A rufiiAn inaantly approached The gallant
captain, and presen,e' pistol at his breast, bu
., he va 10 he ac Of pulling trigger, Sergeant
Legxe RI he'd for wArd, and whii.t attempting to
put aside the destructive weapon, received the
FIRE upon hi, arm.
I, is impos.ible to give miru'e detail of the
desperate conf c which followed or he umerou,
in.taotea Of personal d4riug unaffected by the
peace officers aud the military, ,hn. biou, hf 10,
ind!en contract with baud OF asa,sns IN their
obscure ecu, and IN utter da kne.. Unfortunate
", ,his darkoe.s f4v1ured the efcayc of many OF
the wretche,, and the dreadful skirm,fh ended IN
the capture of @ n,ne Of hem. They were IN
s,an,iy hand cufsd together, placed in hackney
coaches, add brought down to The police fire in
BoS-nreet under froDg military escort aud
Mr.. Brne having arrived AZ the anne moment
1fiantly took his scar upon the Bench. and pre-
pared to enter into the examination of lhe prison
ers.
Here follow the names Of the persons taken
who after haviog been eSsmiIed were commit ed
tor further Interrogation.
Capt. Fi,xcareace ~as very much bruised, and
had his uuiform amof torn TO pieces N he At
tempts to .eze The conspira'or'.
The iditor OF the Courier thus announces the
event This indeed as a tremendous annuncia-
ton, but il is not more tremendous than true.
The diabolical principle which has been inculcat-
cd in revolutionary pamphlets and by inoendiary
writers, has found wretohes wicked emo gh to act
upon it-both ere and at Paris. Scarcely had
we finished communicating the details Of the
murder Of hi. Royal Hiehuei5 ,he Duke de perri
nay ia The MIDI of The horror universally fel, for
hi, unlimely a'e. our attention has been directed
TO another plot, equally helfh ia its rage and
embracing greaser number of diningu'shcd per
fonages The intention a. we have already Ra'ed.
wa. TO have taken away the lives Of AL his M
efy's Miuiier,, az a Cabinet dinper ~ the Ia II
Harrobys, in Grosvepor-square. The time 6sed
upon was last night, aud but for the timely dii
covery of the plot, II is probable we ,hou'd
have had this day 10 have recorded such fce,e
OF blood aud murder as 10 MOI to be found in the
annals of ,his G. uutry, or of any other'
Il Appears that the plot has been known for
fome time to his Ms-ny's Minifler' and that Ar.
thur Thi.flewood was at the head of the ccniprs-
cy.-The Earl of iiarrowby's was feecied as be
inp nearer the ou''et from London han The resi-
deuce Of asy o'her Cabinet Min ners and OF
eourfe rendering !, more eaiy IN eicape
A London Gazette was immedat hlued, Of
ferinp q reward OF 1oooi foe Thin ewc,d, who
f.ods charged with the crime OF ueaton, and al
90 with the wilfu murder of Richard smithers
rhi, horrible pan vas il l. sad, TO have been
e seufed in the follow ing manner :-Th,t'ewood
Wa 10 have Knocked a Lord tlzrrowbys door.
with ieuer purporiing o he dispatch, or with
ed boz a. is ufed in al the cubic fices desir-
ing it to he delivered Immediately TO the cabinet
ministers a, dinner withCu delay. The iervant
il il fupposed, would Immediately pro esd with
the difpatob, while Thrnlewood with another OF
the confpirafors, entered the hall as # 10 wait
They were Immediately 10 open the ftrea door
Others were TO come in with hand-grenadN, which