No. IX. Copy of Mr. White's Letter to Messrs. Ward, Sirs, The King against Paul and others. The subpoena which you served on Mr. Dundas, requiring him to produce three letters, sent by Mr. Walker, one of the defendants, to Mr. Dundas, as Secretary of State, hath been sent to me, together with Mr. Walker's letters. I beg leave to acquaint you, that these letters shall be produced on the Trial, if called for, and I will instruct his Majesty's Counsel to admit that they were received by Mr. Dundas, in his capacity of Secretary of State, and that both subpoenas have been served. I am, your most humble servant, Messrs. Ward, Dennetts and Greaves, Solicitors, Covent Garden, No. X. Particulars of several Applications made by Mr. On Thursday July 18th 1793, I went to the Rev. John Griffith's house a little before ten in the morning, accompanied by Mr. William Seddon, but finding Mr. Griffith was gone to church, we waited in the church-yard till he came out, when Mr. Seddon told him we wanted to speak to him, on which Mr. Griffith took us into a public house in the church-yard, where Mr. Seddon informed him that as 1 as we understood he had granted a warrant against Mr, Walker, we came to let him know that Mr. Walker was in London, and where he was to be met with; that he (Mr. Griffith) might get the same served upon him there, Mr. Griffith replied, that there certainly was a warrant signed by him against Mr. Thomas Walker, for HIGH TREASON, and when he came home, it would be put in force; that there had been a person waiting in the MARKET PLACE* to apprehend him, at a time when it was reported he was returned home, that Unite, a deputy constable, had either been at Barlow or in the neighbourhood, as it was said Mr. Walker had been there, and that he had also been seen in Manchester. I told him it was perfectly untrue; that my brother had never been out of London or the neighbourhood, since he first went up; Mr. Griffith said "I do not hesitate to declare that as the matter now stands we cannot convict either Mr. Paul or any other person of high treason as we have only one witness at present." I then read him the annexed paper, and gave him my brother's address on a card, in my brother's own hand writing. Mr. Griffith said, he did not see why he should act out of his own district, and that I had better give the card to Unite, who had the warrant, and might do as he pleased; I replied, I should have nothing to do with Unite, or any such people, that he (Mr. Grif, fith) had declared he had granted a warrant for my brother's apprehension, and therefore I left the card with him. He persisted in saying, he saw no reason for his acting; Mr. Seddon replied, he thought if Mr. Walker had really been guilty of HIGH TREASON, he ought to have been taken up, or to be so immediately, wherever he was, and prosecuted at the expence of the public. Mr. Grif fith said, he did not see that; he had sent copies of the informations to government, and could not tell why they did not act, and why they seemed to wish to throw the business on a country justice. Mr. Seddon declared he thought it very strange, and a most malevolent piece of business throughout, and observed, that had a warrant been issued against any person on a charge of bastardy, he (Mr. Griffith) would have taken care to have it backed, and the person apprehended at the charge of the parish. Mr. Griffith replied, "that would be for the security of the parish." Mr. Seddon said, "true, and this being on a charge of high treason, is for the security of the kingdom, and ought to be at the expence of the publick." Mr. Griffith still said, they had on ly *The Market-place in Manchester is considered as the Exchange, where the merchants and manufacturer's meet to transact their business. ly one witness; on which I remarked, that with all the pains which it was reported he, the Rev. Mr. Griffith, had taken, it was surprizing he could not get another witness as good as the one they had, but that I thought no candid or dispassionate person was at a loss to what motive to attribute the present proceedings. I also mentioned my brother's having given notice to Mr. Dundas, of his being in London. The Rev. Mr. Griffith said, "that so far from his acting "in London, was he there, and had a sufficient acquaintance "with Mr. Thomas Walker, he should not think it unjus"tifiable or improper to call on him at his own hotel, and "dine with him." On which Mr. Seddon said, What! DINE WITH A TRAITOR! and I added, and one against whom you yourself have issued a warrant for his apprehension! he replied, "I mean as a private gentleman; we both repeated, would you dine with a TRAITOR?" Mr. Griffith then said, it was not incumbent on him to take any steps to apprehend Mr. Thomas Walker out of his own neighbourhood, on which Mr. Seddon observed, that the warrant being for conspiring or compassing the death of the King, as he (Mr. Griffith) had acknowledged, and Mr. Thomas Walker being in London so near the King's person, he might more easily have an opportunity of putting his wicked intentions into execution, but that a traitor ought to be taken into custody wherever he was, as soon as possible; and I said it shewed little regard for the safety of the King's person, to suffer those who were accused of conspiring against his life, to be at large so near him without interruption. The Rev. Mr. Griffith also declared, that Unite had followed Mrs. Jackson's Funeral to have apprehended Mr. Jackson, had he followed her to the grave; that he wished Unite not to interrupt the ceremony, as he thought it would be rather indelicate, but to follow Mr. Jackson, and take him up as he returned home, or at his own house. Mr. Griffith also said, he was persuaded that treason had been actually committed at Mr. Walker's house, but that Mr. Walker was not present at the time. I replied, that was not the fact, for neither my brother, nor I, had any connection with people guilty of treason. Mr. Griffith said, it had been reported he had an indemnity from government for what he had done, but that was not the case. Mr. Seddon mentioned Mr. Paul's treatment, and Mr. Griffith's having refused a copy of the information, and the reports which had been so shamefully spread, respecting different people being apprehended here for high treason, and that the matter ought certainly to be brought to a conclu sion, After repeating the general purport of the paper alluded alluded to, and Mr. Griffith again declaring that he should give the card to Unite, who might act as he thought proper, we left him. I again went on the 31st of July, with Mr. Birch and Mr. Sanderson, to Mr. Griffith and gave him notice in their presence that my brother would be at Lancaster at the ensuing assizes. On the 5th of August I again informed Mr. Griffith, that my brother would be in Manchester on the Thursday, or Friday following; Mr. Griffith asked where he would be, to which I replied, that I could not tell precisely where he would be, but that he would be in Manchester; Mr. Griffith said, "WILL HE BE UPON CHANGE?” I said, "Why should he be upon change? he will be in "Manchester." Mr. Griffith further asked, "Will your "brother pledge himself to take his trial FOR SEDITION "at the ensuing assizes? for I have two charges against him, one for HIGH TREASON, and another for SE. "DITION." I replied, "he will be in Manchester at the "time I mention, on Thursday or Friday next." On Thursday my brother returned from London to Barlow, and on Friday morning he came to Manchester, of which I gave Mr. Griffith immediate notice. RICHARD WALKER. No. XI. Copy of the Paper read by Mr. Richard Walker, to the Rev. John Griffith, upon the 18th of July 1793, in the Presence of Mr. William Seddon. I understand from the information of several respectable persons, that there is a warrant out against my brother Mr. Thomas Walker, signed by you, on a criminal charge of some kind or other; my brother has received the same information: as this report is now generally current in Man. chester, I think it right to acquaint you, that my brother Mr. Thomas Walker, resides at present at Bate's Hotel, in the Adelphi, London; that his business will detain him. in London some time; that he wishes himself, and I wish on his account, that no uncertainty respecting the place of his abode, may delay the course of justice; and therefore if there be any warrant against him, you may have the op portunity of getting it properly backed, and served upon him without delay, as he will certainly remain in London a sufficient length of time to enable this to be done. He is generally upon the Royal Exchange every day at the usual hours. If there be no charge against my brother, I think I have a right to call upon you to say so, as my commercial reputation is involved, as well as his, in the present reports against him. That you may not possibly make any mistake, I give you this card, with his address in his own hand-writing. * 18 July, 17932 about 11 o'clock. A. M. (Copy of the Card). of Manchester, Adelphi, No. XII. Copy of the Paper referred to in the Evidence of George Clark, page 61. To the Reforming Societies in Sheffield, and other persons who concur with them in sentiment. Allow a sincere well-wisher to the liberties of mankind, and particularly to the happiness and freedom of this country, most earnestly to exhort you, his fellow-townsmen to continue to testify, by the whole of your behaviour, that 'the true spirit of liberty is a spirit of order,' as your Society for Constitutional Information has well expressed it. Be this your invariable method of refuting and defeating the numerous calumnies of those who, from mistaking your views, or other motives, misrepresent your real designs. You may be assured that nothing will chagrin such as are indeed your enemies, so much as to find that you keep steadily, on all occasions, to a strict observance of the laws, and a peaceable conduct; nor would any thing gratify them more, or be so essentially injurious to the cause of that Reform which you wish to obtain, than for you to be so far misled as to com mit any act of riot or tumult. Promote with firmness, by all just, legal and peaceable means, a Reform in the Representation of the People, maintain the Freedom of the Press-that indispensable safeguard your liberties and assert, in the like calm and peaceable way, your right to free discussion on political subjects. But to at |