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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



[Feb. 



body, and lie was dreadfully man- 

 gled, cut, and stabbed in various 

 parts of the body. His body was 

 cut open, and in Ins lieart were 

 no less -than five stabs, sn})posed to 

 have been inflicted by a bayonet: 

 this circumstance, it is hoped, will 

 lead to the detection of the per- 

 petrators. It does not apj)ear that 

 the unfortunate gentleman had 

 much property aljout liim. Tlie 

 magistrates in the neighbourhood 

 hn\(t been very active in publish- 

 ing handbills of the circumstances, 

 and in offering rewards for the a])- 

 prehension of the inhuman delin- 

 quents. 



14. Commitments to the Tower 

 for the crime of high tieason 

 against Watson, senior, Preston, 

 Hooper, and Keen, alias Keains, 

 were drawn up and signed by 

 twelve Cabinet Ministers and 

 I'livy-Counsellors, and they were 

 accoidingly sent to the place of 

 confinement. 



Fro)ii the London Gazelle, Tuesday, 

 February 18. 



By his Royal Highness the Prince 

 of Wales, Regent of the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, in the Name and on 

 the Behalf His Majesty. 



A PROCLAMATION. 



George, P. R. 

 Wheieas on the 6th day of De- 

 cember last, a reward of 500/. 

 was, by and under our authority, 

 offered for tlie apprehension of 

 James AVatson the younger, late 

 of Hyde-street, Bloomsbuiy, sur- 

 geon, who then stood charged 

 upon oath on a violent sus])icion 

 of having wilfully and feloniously 

 attempted to kill and murder 

 Richard Piatt, on Monday the 2d 

 day of December last, by firing a 

 loaded pistol at^ and desperjitely 



wounding the said Richard Piatt : 

 and whereas a bill of indictment has 

 since been preferred and found by 

 the grand jury of the city of Lon- 

 don, against tlie said James Wat- 

 son the younger, for the said 

 offence : and whereas the promise 

 of the said reward of oOO/. for the 

 apprehension of the said James 

 Watson the younger, was, by and 

 under our authority renewed, on 

 the 22d day of January last j but 

 the said James W^atson has not 

 yet been apprehended : and where- 

 as the said James Watson the 

 younger, and Arthur Thistlewood, 

 late of No. , Southanij)ton- 

 buildings, Chancery-lane, stand 

 charged upon oath with high 

 treason, committed by them and 

 sundry other persons, now in cus- 

 tody in the Tower of London : 

 ^Ve, therefore, in the name and 

 on the behalf of his Majesty, and 

 by and with the advice of his Ma- 

 jesty's privy council, do hereby 

 enjoin all magistrates, and all 

 other his Majesty's loving sub- 

 jects, to use their utmost endea- 

 vours to discover and cause to be 

 apprehended the said James \Vat- 

 son and Arthur Thistlewood, in 

 order that they may be dealt with 

 according to law. And we are 

 hereby pleased to renew the said 

 jiromise of a reward of five hun- 

 dred pounds, so made on the said 

 6th day of December, and renewed 

 on the said 22d day of January 

 last, to be paid upon the said 

 James Watson the younger being 

 apprehended and lodged in any 

 one of his Majesty's gaols. And 

 we do hereby promise to any per- 

 son or persons who shall discover 

 and apprehend, or cause to be 

 discovei'ed and apprehended, the 

 said Arthur Thistlewood, the like 

 sum of five hundred pounds, to be 



paid 



