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The arrest of the Cato Street conspirators
In 1816, Arthur Thistlewood, a member of the revolutionary Spencean Society in London, organized a public meeting at Spa Fields, at which a revolution was to be started. However, the meeting was easily dispersed, and Thistlewood was arrested and narrowly escaped conviction for treason. Undeterred, Thistlewood later plotted the assassination of cabinet members. The government, apprised of the conspiracy, surprised the plotters at their arsenal in a Cato Street loft. What became of Thistlewood? Discuss...
Source: Cato Street Conspiracy: Plot to Kill British Cabinet Ministers Foiled (1820) (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Cato+Street+Conspiracy)