APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
gad others conspired to seduce’ se- 
veral soldiers, tor the purpose of 
‘subverting the government, and with 
intent to destroy the king. 
The second set forth the adminis- 
tration of ilicgal oaths, in order ta 
bind certain persons to effect the 
aforesaid purpose. 
The third charged the possession 
of printed forms of an oath, binding 
the conspirators nat to give evidence 
of each other. 
The fourth charged the adminis- 
tration of the said oath to ‘Thomas 
Blades, &c. 
The fifth eharged the prisoners 
with meeting to concert on a plan 
to assassinate the king, &c. 
The sixth charged them with a 
conspiracy to seize on the bank, the 
tower, &c. 
The seventh charged the prisoners 
with meeting, the better to effect the 
murder of the king. 
The eighth and last, charged them, 
generally, with the intent of shooting 
the king on the day he should meet 
his parliament, &c. &c. 
On Monday, Feb. 7, 1803, the 
court met, and proceeded to try E. 
M. Despard. The attorney-gene- 
ral addressed them, observing, that 
there were three counts in the in- 
dictment, charging the different acts 
to have been done with three several 
intentions :—that the prisoner, in 
conjunction with others, had estab- 
lished a society professedly for the 
extension of liberty, had frequently 
attempted to seduce soldiers into the 
association, and that he had printed 
_ gopies of an oath to be administer- 
ed to their proselytes, and had 
formed a plan to destroy his majes- 
ty on the 16th of. November: to 
prove which, he called the following 
witnesses. 
Ist. John Stafford.—He, together 
595 
with a number of police officers, 
went, on the 16th November, to the 
Oakley Arms, Lambeth, where they 
found col. Despard and several 
others. On the floor of the room in 
which they were, three printed pa- 
pers were found—they were as 
follow: 
‘© Constitution! The indepen- 
dence of Great Britain and Ire. 
land—an equalization of civil, poli- 
tical and religious rights—an ample 
provision for the wives of the HE- 
rors who shall fall in the contest-— 
a liberal reward for distinguished 
merits. These are the objects for 
which we contend ; and to obtain 
these objects, we swear to be united 
in the awful presence of Almighty 
God!” 
Form of the Oath. 
** J, A. B. do voluntarily declare, 
that I will endeavour, to the ut- 
most of my power, to obtain the 
objects of this union, namely, to 
recover those rights which the Su- 
preme Being, in his infinite bounty, 
has given to all men: that neither 
hopes, fears, rewards, nor punish 
ments, shall ever induce me to give 
any information, direétly, or indi- 
rectly, concerning the business, or 
of any member of this, or any simi- 
lar society. So help me God.” 
These faéts other police officers 
attested. ‘Thomas Windsor, a pri- 
vate in the guards, was called, and 
swore, that he received printed pa- 
pers from John Francis, who told 
him that the object of those con- 
cerned with him was to unite in 
overturning the present tyrannical 
system of government, to unite in 
different companies, and to get 
arms ; that they met frequently, and, 
to avoid deteétion, at different pub- 
lic houses. The objeét of the mem- 
bers was to unite, to raise subscrip- 
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