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examined and cross-examined about it. Not being able
to collect his thoughts for pain, the prisoner asked for a
day’s respite, vowing at the same time that qn the next
day he would confess all about the £100,000 and the
machinations of bringing about the overthrow of the
French party. When the day appeared, Blackwell, though
confined to his bed, was interrogated by the prosecuting
counsel, and declared that Titley had only inquired about
the relative strength of the party, and had mentioned
certain sums which were circulating for party purposes.
Pressed to say whether the £100,000 were destined
for the king or meant for a political party, he again gave
an evasive answer, and only when he was threatened with
the second stage of the torture, the so-called
“Rosen-kammer,” he confessed amidst tears that the money was
or would be sent from England to certain persons to buy
votes.
On the 15th of April a division took place. Tessin
declared the votes to be so equal that an appeal to the
king was advisable. In reality only four of the
members of the Court had directly voted for the application
of the new torture, five against, and one had advocated
delay.1
On the 6th of May Blackwell, after the king had given
his decision in favour of Tessin, was removed to the
Rosenkammer. This was an oblong room through which
there ran a cold well; under the ceiling irons were fastened
in which the prisoner was hung up by the hands at a
height allowing him just to touch the ground with one
foot. Some had been known to stand this torture for
six hours, others again for two hours only. Then at last
the strength of Blackwell broke down. He confessed
that the letter which he was said to have received never
1 Blackwellska R. in “ Frey,” p. 426.
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