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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
TREASONABLE CORRESPONDENCE . ON Thursday the zid . of . February , Binns , amember of the London Corresponding Society , went to the coast of Kent , to provide a conveyance for certain persons desirous of going to France . He agreed with a fisherman , at Whitstable , to take over a gentleman and his servants to Holland . The bargain being settled , O'Connor had advice of it , and embarked on Sunday following from London in the Whitstable hoy , in company with Favey , Allen , and his servant Leary . Favey
passed for Captain Jones , and the others for his servants . But when they landed at Whitstable , Favey gave himself out as Colonel Morris , and all their luggage , of which there was a considerable quantity , was marked ' Colonel Morris . ' The parties were not , however , very eager to give themselves out forany thing ; but at Whitstable , enquiries being made , they with some reluctance gave out themselves as Colonel Morns and servants ; and they did this , notwithstanding their previous account that they were Captain Jones and servants . This led to a suspicion at Whitstable . Another circumstance ieadingto suspicion was , their anxiety to
depart for France . Early on Monday morning the custom-house officers . examined their goods . They allowed them to inspect some packages of hams , biscuits , and sea-stores , trunks of clothes , & c . but certain mahogany boxes they would not open , pretending the servant had not come forward with the keys . This was another circumstance that excited suspicion , and the oflicers refused to allow them to depart till those boxes were examined . They now found that they were suspected , and resolved to seek for a more easy place of embarkation . For this purpose , theyon Monday nihthired a cart to their trunks next morning
, g , convey away . The carrier knew not whither he was bound ; but he travelled along the sands , oii Tuesday forenoon , from Whitstable to Margate . O'Connor , Favey , & c . walked all the way by the side of the cart ; the distance is 25 miles . Binns had a map of the coast , and seemed to know the roads as if he had lived in the country many years .
The party entered Margate on Tuesday afternoon , soon after day-light . They desired to be conducted , not to one of the best inns , but to some small publichouse . They were accordingly taken to the King ' s-Head , close to the waterside . Here they took up their abode on Tuesday night , and made some enquiries about a fishing-boat to France ; but the result not appearing to be very favourable to their views , they resolved to go to Deal next day , where there was a friend upon whom they could rely for providing them with a conveyance to France . Qf this Binns assured them , and he seemed to be the guide in all respects . On Tuesday night they slept at Margate , with the determination of setting off for Deal early next morning .
On Wednesday morning , about five o ' clock , the Bow-street officers proceeded to the King's Head , at Margate , to arrest the parties . The officers had previously consulted some Custom-house oflicers , whom they engaged in their caiue , together with a party of military . Favey was in the parlour at breakfast . They pounced upon him , and took him by surprize . Binns they apprehended coming down stairs , and O'Connor and Allen they took in their bed-rooms . On Binds were found a pair of pistols , and all the others were provided with arms . From Favey ' s person was taken a large , strong , sharp , serpentine-shaped dagthe
ger . As parties were taken separately , they were easily secured . Favey submitted quietly , but Arthur O'Connor was in a great rage . When they were examined at Bow-street , O'Connor and Binns refused to answer all questions , and in this conduct they respectively persisted before the Afag / strates . O'Connor avowed who he was , and Binns was easily identified . On being taken , they owner ! such trunks as contained clothes , and packages as contained provisions ; but . they denied all knowledge of certain small mahogany boxes ; said to have been in their possession . Favcv is suoposed to be a lietitiods name , and they ate all Irishmen . " . . ' ' VOL . X . A a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
TREASONABLE CORRESPONDENCE . ON Thursday the zid . of . February , Binns , amember of the London Corresponding Society , went to the coast of Kent , to provide a conveyance for certain persons desirous of going to France . He agreed with a fisherman , at Whitstable , to take over a gentleman and his servants to Holland . The bargain being settled , O'Connor had advice of it , and embarked on Sunday following from London in the Whitstable hoy , in company with Favey , Allen , and his servant Leary . Favey
passed for Captain Jones , and the others for his servants . But when they landed at Whitstable , Favey gave himself out as Colonel Morris , and all their luggage , of which there was a considerable quantity , was marked ' Colonel Morris . ' The parties were not , however , very eager to give themselves out forany thing ; but at Whitstable , enquiries being made , they with some reluctance gave out themselves as Colonel Morns and servants ; and they did this , notwithstanding their previous account that they were Captain Jones and servants . This led to a suspicion at Whitstable . Another circumstance ieadingto suspicion was , their anxiety to
depart for France . Early on Monday morning the custom-house officers . examined their goods . They allowed them to inspect some packages of hams , biscuits , and sea-stores , trunks of clothes , & c . but certain mahogany boxes they would not open , pretending the servant had not come forward with the keys . This was another circumstance that excited suspicion , and the oflicers refused to allow them to depart till those boxes were examined . They now found that they were suspected , and resolved to seek for a more easy place of embarkation . For this purpose , theyon Monday nihthired a cart to their trunks next morning
, g , convey away . The carrier knew not whither he was bound ; but he travelled along the sands , oii Tuesday forenoon , from Whitstable to Margate . O'Connor , Favey , & c . walked all the way by the side of the cart ; the distance is 25 miles . Binns had a map of the coast , and seemed to know the roads as if he had lived in the country many years .
The party entered Margate on Tuesday afternoon , soon after day-light . They desired to be conducted , not to one of the best inns , but to some small publichouse . They were accordingly taken to the King ' s-Head , close to the waterside . Here they took up their abode on Tuesday night , and made some enquiries about a fishing-boat to France ; but the result not appearing to be very favourable to their views , they resolved to go to Deal next day , where there was a friend upon whom they could rely for providing them with a conveyance to France . Qf this Binns assured them , and he seemed to be the guide in all respects . On Tuesday night they slept at Margate , with the determination of setting off for Deal early next morning .
On Wednesday morning , about five o ' clock , the Bow-street officers proceeded to the King's Head , at Margate , to arrest the parties . The officers had previously consulted some Custom-house oflicers , whom they engaged in their caiue , together with a party of military . Favey was in the parlour at breakfast . They pounced upon him , and took him by surprize . Binns they apprehended coming down stairs , and O'Connor and Allen they took in their bed-rooms . On Binds were found a pair of pistols , and all the others were provided with arms . From Favey ' s person was taken a large , strong , sharp , serpentine-shaped dagthe
ger . As parties were taken separately , they were easily secured . Favey submitted quietly , but Arthur O'Connor was in a great rage . When they were examined at Bow-street , O'Connor and Binns refused to answer all questions , and in this conduct they respectively persisted before the Afag / strates . O'Connor avowed who he was , and Binns was easily identified . On being taken , they owner ! such trunks as contained clothes , and packages as contained provisions ; but . they denied all knowledge of certain small mahogany boxes ; said to have been in their possession . Favcv is suoposed to be a lietitiods name , and they ate all Irishmen . " . . ' ' VOL . X . A a