repaired was a village of the name of Condorret, in the county of Dumbarton; they arrived there, and met a great many other indivi duals, several of whom will be proved to be now at your bar; and having been so joined, they proceeded onward toward Falkirk, in order to join other parties, who, from the town of Camelon and its vicinity, they believed to be in arms, and with whom they were to return to Glasgow.

The next place we find them at, I think, in point of time, is Castlecary Bridge, about six o'clock in the morning of Wednesday, the 5th of April; they there stopped to breakfast, and had porter and bread, which was furnished to them by a person who will be a witness before you; and there, Gentlemen, it appears that the person who was the leader of this meeting proposed to the landlord to take a bill at six months, for payment of this breakfast, amounting in the whole to the sum of eight shillings; it appears that the landlord was not fond of this negociable security, and therefore was extremely anxious that be should receive cash for the provisions that he had furnished them, and acordingly the money was borrowed, part of it from the individual now under accusation before you, and the landlord was glad to accept of seven-and-sixpence as his reckoning. It was insisted, before that was paid, that the landlord should grant them a regular receipt, and, accordingly, it will be proved to you by him, that one of the party made out a receipt in the following extraordinary terms:-"A party called, and paid for porter and bread seven-and-sixpence." What the object of this extraordinary document was I leave you to consider; whether repayment was intended to be claimed hereafter I do not know, but such was the fact. After leaving Condorrat, the party, it appears, divided into two divisions, one under the directions or command of another prisoner, who is now at your bar, of the name of Baird, and which went by the banks of the canal; while the other party, headed by the prisoner at the bar, proceeded by the highway,-and, soon after leaving that village, proceeded forcibly to take arms from various houses on the side of the highway, so as to arm themselves, for purposes which I shall hereafter state. But I should mention, that while at Condorrat, the prisoner at your bar was procuring bullets and gunpowder for those arms with which his party was then provided; it is material to keep that fact in view. At Condorrat, the first act was to procure bullets for those pieces they had, and gunpowder. Still the greater number not having arms of that description, they proceeded to get arms, and they succeeded in procuring, in one instance, a musket, and I believe some other weapons.

This party then proceeded on by the high road towards Camelon, and they were met by a gentleman of the Kilsyth troop of cavalry, who was returning to his duty after an absence of a night. This individual was stopped by the party, who endeavoured to take his arms; but this he resisted, saying, they should not have his pistol, but they were welcome to the contents; and he was allowed to proceed, and did proceed towards Kilsyth, where the King's troops were stationed.

After having met this gentleman, they met another individual of

great importance in this case, namely, a private Hussar who was proceeding with despatches from Stirling; and this person they also stopped, and endeavoured to take possession of his arms. The circumstances connected with this will be fully detailed to you by the individual. These persons drew themselves up in battle array across the road, under the direction of Hardie, who arranged them, and who was one of the individuals who laid hold of this man by his bridle, and endeavoured to take from him his arms. The Hussar, however, contrived to convince them that his political principles were favourable to theirs, and prevailed on them not to take his arms; and they put into his possession a copy of that Treasonable Address which was posted all over Glasgow. This paper was given to the soldier in the presence of Hardie, and it was taken from among a great number of similar papers which were exhibited to this individual. Thus, in a second instance, did the prisoner at your bar connect himself with that treasonable document.

After having thus met this soldier, they proceeded on towards Camelon, and there it was found that their expectations, in regard to there being a great number of persons assembled to join them, were not likely to be realized, and that the people in that quarter were disposed to remain quietly at home. Thus disappointed, it appears that this party on the high road having joined the other party which went by the bank of the canal, they consulted together, and considering that it would be in vain to go further, they thought it wise to repair to an adjoining common, and remain there till dark, when they should again return to Glasgow. There, accordingly, they went. The common is named Bonnymuir, and is situated about four miles from Falkirk.

Gentlemen, the Hussar who had been stopped by this party, immediately proceeded to the quarters of his troop, then stationed at Kilsyth, and communicated the particulars of what had occurred to him on the road, and of this armed party having proceeded eastwards. Having mentioned this to the officer of the 10th Hussars, then stationed at Kilsyth, means were immediately adopted for pursuit. It so happened, that that troop of the 10th Hussars had marched upon the Tuesday from Perth to Stirling, being a distance, I believe, of five or six and thirty miles; and after having put up their horses at Stirling, to remain there all night, an order came for their still farther advancing, and in the course of the morning of the Wednesday they had to proceed sixteen miles farther; so that they had performed a very long and forced march, and, therefore, it will not appear surpris ing that their horses were not well calculated to proceed on a further enterprize. This was supplied in a manner highly creditable to the other soldiers, namely, this troop of Kilsyth cavalry, who agreed that: a part of their body should go on this enterprise, and that the party of the 10th Hussars who required to be mounted, should have the use of a part of the Yeomanry horses. To any individual who knows the value such men, set on their horses, this was no slight proof of the just and right feelings of these brave Yeomen.. The party was thus composed partly of troops of the line, and partly of Yeomanry, and i

was commanded by an Officer of the 10th Hussars, whom you will see, and whose conduct on that occasion, I am confident, will appear to have been such as will leave the most favourable impression upon the mind of every individual who shall hear his evidence. Under the command of this individual, assisted by the Officers of the Yeomanry, this party set forward in pursuit of these armed individuals, and having been informed that they had proceeded to the moor I have mentioned, they followed them there. It appears that the soldiers were not discovered for a considerable period, but when they were observed, they were received by the people on the moor with a cheer. It will be proved, that on the nearer approach of the soldiers, the party, consisting of thirty or forty, rose at once and gave three cheers, and ran down the hill towards a wall there situated, about five feet in height, across the line in which the King's troops were then advancing; and having placed themselves in line behind that wall, so soon as the King's troops came within reach of them they fired on them, before any attempt of the kind had been made by the troops. These troops marched up, and the commanding officer endeavoured to prevail on the insurgents to surrender, while he was yet on the opposite side of the wall, but all remonstrance was in vain; and though he exposed himself in a manner hardly prudent, and was in danger of being shot on the spot, and was wounded severely, yet his advice and efforts were entirely thrown away; and it was only by discovering that there was an opening in the wall that they were able to approach these persons, and by making a sort of irregular charge, to effectuate the defeat and discomfiture of this body. It did not, however, end without those infatuated persons making every possible resistance, by firing at the troops, and using the pikes; and among those thus engaged it will be proved that the unhappy individual at your bar was most conspicuously active. These individuals were at last overpowered by the cavalry, and nineteen of them were taken prisoners. One of them was so much wounded that he was left on the field, and afterwards escaped; but the other eighteen were taken prisoners by the soldiers, and marched to the Castle of Stirling, and have been kept in custody from that time to the present, so that there cannot be a doubt of those being the self-same individuals who were engaged in this gross and traitorous, outrage, which I have now taken the liberty of detailing to you.

Gentlemen, I omitted to notice, that along with these individuals there were taken a quantity of arms-the arms with which they were provided. There were taken five muskets, two pistols, sixteen pikes, one hay-fork, one shaft, and a bag of ammunition, containing a quantity of ball cartridges. It will be proved to you that most of the prisoners were provided with ball cartridges; that their pieces were loaded, and that they used them when so loaded; it will be proved that the sergeant and various others were wounded by the shot fired at them, and one horse was killed and others wounded by shot; and when the muskets were taken to Stirling and drawn, several had balls in them, besides this bag of ammunition, to be used in case of any deficiency.

Gentlemen, having stated these things to you, I apprehend that, without any commentary, you will be completely satisfied that this case, if proved-because that remains yet to be done-does amount to an act of levying war against the King, for which I am entitled to ask a verdict at your hands against the prisoner. That there was a levying of war no man can doubt; the troops were attacked; and though the party failed, it matters not: if we were to judge in such a question by the adequacy of the means, it is impossible to say in what case Treason could be proved. Every one must be satisfied that no means that could have been raised at that time, could have been adequate to such an end. If the whole inhabitants of Glasgow and the four surrounding counties had all risen to a man, my opinion is, that the true valour and loyalty of Scotland is such, that every one of them would have instantly been put down, and the ringleaders brought to punishment for the offence. I say, that no means that could be devised would have been adequate to accomplish the end; but you are not to inquire into these particluars-you will look to the views and intent of the individuals. These persons had a most mistaken view of their means, but that cannot benefit them in the present case; they believed the whole country was in arms; they went out under the conviction of victory, and that their means were sufficient; and they attacked the troops under the belief that they were in condition to accomplish the object they had in view. I therefore submit to your sound judgment, that there was here a levying of war, and that the intent was one connected with the overthrow of the government of the country, and of no private nature. If a different object shall be stated, it will be for the other side to prove it, and for them to show for what purpose these persons came twenty miles in the night, and then engaged with a party of cavalry they never saw before. That the real object in view was the public purpose which I have stated to you, I believe, and trust I shall be able to prove, not only by the acts of these persons, but by their own acknowledgments. For there will be exhibited in evidence a declaration of this individual himself; not one declaration, indeed, but three successive delarations, taken before three different magistrates, and in one and all of which he acknowledges that he was in arms; that he resisted the King's troops; and that his object in so doing was to overturn the government of the country. He thus excludes himself from the only plea that could possibly now avail him.

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John Rennie, of Smithy Hill, in the parish of Kilsyth, was then called and sworn. He stated that he was a private in the Kilsyth troop of Yeomanry, a party of which he accompanied along with a party of the 10th Hussars, on the 5th of April to Bonnymuir, where they were fired at by a body of armed men from behind a dyke, one of whom was the prisoner at the bar, who was armed with a pike; witness indentified four others among the prisoners as being present, who, he said, were armed with guns and pikes: The cavalry passed to the attack through a gap in the dyke: The prisoner Baird was there; two horses were wounded, one of which died, and a Hussar was wounded: He afterwards accompanied the prisoners to Stirling Castle. Bonnymuir is in Stirlingshire.

To a question from the Court, the witness replied, that several shots were fired before the prisoners were taken.

[It may not be amiss here to state, that Bonnymuir is situated in the parish of Falkirk, and lies about four miles west of that town. It is a piece of heathy ground, slanting from south to north, and may be seen from either the road from Glasgow to Stirling, or from the north road from Glasgow to Edinburgh. It lies a little distance to the southward of the Forth and Clyde canal, and may be reached from the north by a passage below the canal. It is a short distance from the ground where the memorable battle of Falkirk was fought in the rebellion of 1745.] James Hardie, Esq. one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Lanark, deponed that he was in Duke-Street, Glasgow, on Sunday norning, April 2, where a crowd attracted his attention, among whom he saw the prisoner; the people were looking at a placard, which the prisoner was reading aloud, and witness was so No. X.] [Price 2d.

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