A drawing of this event shows one participant shouting "EXTINGUISH THE LIGHTS!" while daintily impaling Richard Smithers with a sword.
A drawing of this event shows one participant shouting "EXTINGUISH THE LIGHTS!" while daintily impaling Richard Smithers with a sword. Conversations about this event were overheard at the Horse and Groom. The trial of Richard Carlile led Jamaican-born William Davidson and other Spenceans to become involved in this event, which saw a fake ad run in the New Times by turncoat George Edwards. Lord Sidmouth's head was to have been paraded around on a stick and then mounted on Westminster Bridge after this event, which targeted a fabricated dinner at Lord Harrowby's house. Arthur Thistlewood planned this event in response to the Six Acts. For 10 points, name this foiled 1820 plot that sought to slaughter Liverpool's cabinet, named for its conspirators' meeting spot in London.
A drawing of this event shows one participant shouting "EXTINGUISH THE LIGHTS!" while daintily impaling Richard Smithers with a sword.
Cato Street Conspiracy