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The j 6r% i.cri 1:ral nt r , k llr. tc.r , rn 11?' tor tin sl* trOl sail Rai and Col Si the upl Pet rce wit if . .c nil lk ar SO at ro (I ) ul ki bt cI el X d tl t. I I ii C e it b rc e, I DC et ae at • sPORTIN9 1117.ELLIGINCE; NE NNfARKET FIRST OCTOSIR FARITiIdO, Isl 3. THURSDAY, °crow j. The Dins '• Plate of 10Oss. for 4-yr-olds carrying !Oat. 41b. &}t. Ad s , l in. alb. 6-yr-016,12m and aged I tn. B.C. rr j R o w's chewed gelding Aram, 4-yra old 1 l.cra F.yrernont's bay colt, Wanderer, 4-ps old To Wb 4. n Lulea baY I kV dt um to o I on Wanderer. Genoa! Crosvenor's cheroot colt, by Popinjay, dam by Young van e, beat Lard Sullicld's brown colt, by Thunderbolt, out of Ist. 411 r. each. T.Y.C. 100 gs. b. ft..-. Even batting en eleral Grosesnorsrico colt. wih n o°% Caprn, 7st. 41b. boat Mr. Watson's Paol o . v. f.Y.C. 100 p —II to on Capricorn. ,be Town Plate of ASO. brt. Si for I DJ I•yr..old cults, ast.,llh. and Mei, b. . rAt of Grafton's bay filly Discord . . NlTWatscn's brown colt. Seagrove vv. itiot 's bay colt Sir Christopher . . vr.6.l.lnton a cheenut filly Cleopatra . 11r..Indrcw'A bay coh Carus . . i .c . r j (:. li Cavendislis b. f. by Wiadi. a;st Carus. $ w i aist Discord-6 to 4on Seagrove-4 to I N 4 VAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, OC MEER a. Arrived the Princess Elizabeth packet, from Lis w, with a Mail ; Fidelity, from Portsmouth ; and ri,;ng Fa, from Plymouth. Sailed the Pilot, Guist, , or p u teia.—Wind S. PORTSMOUTH. OCTCDER s.—Arrived the Thames and Fame trans tons, from Guadaloupe ; his Majesty's ships Mins- I ck, rota a cruice ; and Fox, from America. • DFAL, OCT6BER 4. Sailed the Mary, Argus, and Undaunted tran sports, to Deptford. Arrived the CLINKIM gun brig tron , po : tsziouth, and sailed to the River to be paid. Ocroavii s.—Came down from the River and sa iled the Robert Bruce, for Demarary. Arrived the Recovery, from St. Petersburgh.—Wind S. W. HARWICH, OCTOBER S. Arrived the Francis Freeling packet,from Holland, and Beaufoy packet, from Hanthurgh, with Mails. RAMSGATE, OCTOBER S. - Arrived from Ostend in the night, the Sir William Curtis packet, with several passengers and a carriage. Sailed for Ostend this morning the Flying Fish with upwards of 40 passengers, and a quantity of mer. chandize for continental markets. Put in with the ss nt bowsprit the ship Goodezar. LYALL, from St. l'etasburgli, bound to I'unsmouth, with hemp. THE ARmr. Wc3nesday se'Lriglit the County Limerick Regi. :tent of Nfilitia marcln..l from Limerick for Stratum.. Tuesday se'ninglit ten commissariat waggops, laden with c3mi, equipage, arrived in Limerick from Dublin. S:ln:lay and Monday se'nnight the 47th regiment, der ::.e command of the Hnn. Sir IL Turman, !C.C.S. arrived in • Limrrick from Cork. Tl:t Soutb Gicuecater Militia has replaced the 74th Saturday st'nnight upwards of 200 fine young recruits for the 2d West York Militia. passed ilough Limerick from Bradford. to join head-quar %rl at Newcastle, in that county. Tbr Tipperary Miliiia have marched from Tralee 151 Killarney for Parsonstown. DISTUR BAYCES IN IRELANP. K'tIcFNNF, STFTEAIDER ft—The movement of ...cops in this neighbourhood continues. At an earlyi 'cur en Thursday morning, notwithstanding the: "pelting," and it was very heavy, " of the pitile4 eqm," a division of the 11th regiment marched for Cashtl, and ch.: remainder followed yesterday mor. n:n , . The 34th were in the mean time consoling tleteselvts with the prospect of permanent quartets here. They had taken baggage stores, cress-house, and lodgings tfor the officers, but just as the bugle sounded for dinner on Monday evening, an express anived from Clonmel, ordering them to make a iorced march for that town, so as to be there by ten &clock in the morning, fiir which place the whole, uperaidi of SOO strong, set off in one column yester 'ry. The garrison duties of this city are, of course, left wholly to the 94th, and a small body of cavalry, but as the out-detachments of the Scotch Brigade me called in, they will be fully equal to the performance of this service. The first division of the Waterford Militia arrived here on Tuesday, on the route to Athlone, and marched yesterday morning. The re mainder marched in yesterday afternoon, and fellow the same route this morning. Llama:, Sansone 29.—Tuesday night a num ber of armed ruffians visited the town of Shanagol deo, in this county, and broke into the house of Mr. Morgan ' a Tithe Proctor, and Mr. Watson, clerk of the church ; from the former they took, without any resistance, a case of pistols and a blunderbuss, and ton iris book of tithe valuation ; from the poor clerk they took upwards of as ; he had no fire-arms. hTarz OF TIPYaRARY..••Tha Baronies included in tl'e late Proclamation compile nearly two-third parts of that fertile and beautiful- county, its best towns, and most splendid seats ; the well known GI Golden Vale," of 40.000 acres ; the romantic scenery along the river Suir ; the nutritious past ..rage ; the well dreved sheep -walks •' the productive corn-fields, for elitch the county has long been celebrated. The ' 5 l of Cashel, the Assize town of Mantel ; Carrick- Ge-Soir, Thuile.. Tipperary, Killenaule. Fethard. lurtieilvigh, all ire conspriied within the disturbed principal proprietors of the estates are, the Eari of Lardaff", Lady Caroline Darner, Mean. hith Barry, and Heisry d' Brien, Earls of Derby and Mountcashel, Colonel Pennefather, Sir William Barker, Messrs. Barton, Massey Dawson, Perry, Bag ?Ili, Scully, Langley, Butler, Hunt, Moore, l .;:geraid, Palliser ; Lords dawarden,Norbury, &c.' 6fATZ OW WAITAPORD.—Let the inhabitants of the county of Waterford rouse themselves as one 31 aessed enter into an uninimons combination to re .ir.t that system, which is so criminal in its character, rid so terrible in its effects. Their safety is still in - .how own hands. The evil has not spread tar among them, and i t may be speedily extinguished. But a peat effort must lie made, and that instantly. Those can rte, longer carry on their nefarious schemes •rt the cinulty of Tipperary, will resort to the adjoin :llv, counties; and there become the leaden of insubor ""lte. Against such a system, every possible pre atitit:n ought i mme di ate l y to b e taken. Tbe arri ,at of such in the county of Waterford cannot be un 75wn to the peasantry, and it is, at once, their g!lest duty and them best interest to denounce than Magistrases. CORRRCTiIf.ES4 OP 01041511FILSON; THE 14,4CICHEATH PRDWILlifir. PETTY SESSIONS, GREENWICH, ocr. s. Thin day, at twelve o'clock, was appointed by the Bench of Kentish Magistrates for the investigation of the charge upon which Wilson, the celebrated Pe destrian, was taken into custody, and thereby, on the sixteenth day of his arduous undertaking, prevented from its completion. Long before the hour fixed for meeting, Mr. KIN NAIRD and Mr. HARRIET, two most respectable Ma gistrates belonging to the Thames Police Office, and who are also Magistrates fur the county of Kent, ar rived in the Justice Room, at the Mitre Tavern, to gether with several other respectable individuals. Mr. CONSTABLE, who. as Senior Magistrate for the Green. wich district, has usually presided at the Bench as Chairman, arrived at twelve,. but it was nearly halt past twelve biliare lie was joined by three other Ma. gistrates, ninnely—.Mr. Smut, Mr. MASON, and lastly Mr. Witstatu. The latter three Gen tlemen signed the warrant upon which the Pedestrian was appi eliended. The fourth Gentleman,: whose name wac to the instrument, Dr. BURNEY did not make his appearance till the business was all over. An invitation having been given for the Magis trates present to retire to SO adjoining room to con salt, Mr. WlLuaus and his two coadjutors retired. Mr. CONSTABLE declined any intelletence in their de liberAtions, and remained behind. By this time the room was so crowded that there was mice room to stir. The absentees did not return tor have an hour, when they re-entered the room with Mr. Bicknell. the Clerk of the County, by whom they had been accompanied. Having taken their Seals, Mr. W141.141M, acting as Chairman, called for Mr. Smith, the High Consta ble, and asked him it he had Wilson in custody ? Mr. Smith having answered in the affirmative, he was directed to bring forward his prisoner, who was in an adjoining room. Mr. J. Dyer, Mr. El lis, and Mr. Oi.o;:inn. had previously arrived in a catringe, and weir followed by Wils.'n, an.. some of his other friends, in :mother Carriage. Wilson being broUght forw ird, Mr. Wir.tt.esis, addressing himself to Wilson, said believe we have nothing to do but to c Jl upon you to ester into sureties fur your appearance at the nest Quitter Sessions of the Peace, to answer (or such 'things as .11411 there be alleged against you. Are you prepared with bail ?" Wilson—" Yes, I am, Sir." Mr. tia.is, a most respectable Solicitor residing on Blackheath, now stood up and addressed their Whrships. He said he attended there as the legal adviser of the prisoner, and it was his duty to submit, that there was no just ground for calling upon the us 'fortunate man to enter into recogn:zances ; on the contrary, be was prepared to coutend that he wu entitled to his discharge : and this upon two grounds —the first was, that no breach of the public peace bed in any way been proved against him; and the second. that thelustrument upon which the primes' had been deprived of his liberty, was in itself illegal. With regard to the first ground he begged leave to observe, dial the warrant on its face alleged " that upon the view of the Magistrates. whose names were contained therein, Geo. Wilson bad been walking foe several days, in pursuance of a public advertisement.' on Blackheath, for a remuneration in money, and had thereby collected together, by night and by day, a tumultuous assemblage of people." From this he must inter that the burden of the charge against the Prisoner was his having collected together a teassil-• oa.er alum ate of people. Now, if this had been the case, it was surely capable of proof ; but he would ask, where that proof was—and. without the pi coif by what authority were the Magistrates empowered to deptive a subject of his liberty ? It was apt even stated in the warrant that the Magistrates them:lees had attended, but simply, i, on vitw"—whether that view was ideal or substantial, or had taken place at all, did not appear. Upon these points he submit ted, on the First head, that there was no sufficient ground upon which the warrant could be justified.— With respect to the second head of his ohjlction, he begged to state, that the warrant was alleged to have been issued upon the view of the Magistrates whose names it contained. Naw he would take leave to state, that kVtral of the. Magistrates, whose names were so stirreptitiously used, distinctly and positively denied that they had taken any view upon the subject at all, or had given their sanction to the cruel and oppiessive act by which the his liberty; and hence, prisoner was deprived of from the falsehood, it con tained, it was adept. Upon these two rounds, first, the absence of all evidence. and second ly, the illega. lity of the warrant, he confidently demanded the an . charge of his unfortunate client. As a proof that the statement which he had made, of certain Magistrates having denied all participation in the proceeding which led to Wilson's arrest. lie requested to read a letter from Mr. Goodenough. one of the Gentlemen whose names were included in die %moot, directed, George the fol- 'mown to, you, tkle to the following . • " let the warrant fee appreimmling Wilson with five more !Magistrates who did not slept It, are unequivneally stated as not eel? approving; but that it was upon our view that the warrant was grained. Now, Sir, what follows Is the exam truth t " On Thursday, the Slat of September, ten Magistrates met Ist the Mitre to finish the Alehouse I.lcences for the year. That done, by the orders of Mr. Williams, the Clerk prepared a blank warrant for those gentlemeo to sign, who were about to depart before Mr. Wiltiams had prepared it. This extraordinary mea sure was in an instant sent to the ' tooth of all the LLipulets r Gentkmen then began to consider and open their eye+, Anil, heheve, six cut of the ten, with the Chairman, souk their depar ture, one after the other, except that two or three accompanied me, after a most pointed declaration front most of us, that we would have notblog to do with it—l particularly stathig, that the snipping the selling liquor: in the booties was as far as, in my jteigmeut, we could go, according to law. " It now appears, however, that Mr. Williams persevered. and, with three miser Magiurates, signed the instrument, upon which a British subject has been deprived of his liberty without any information upon oath, and, in my poor opinion, withmit a crime. " Thus, Sir, have I lost (I hope. only, however, until the public are better informed) a reputation which I have been en deavouring to establish, fur hear lorry years, as a Magistrate,ty the false statement of my brother Is tagestrates—some of the four, however, I am willing to believe, have been led array by too confident a belief in the knowledge and ability of Mr. Williams, and from his having heels so many yetis an attorney. " I have been now summoned by Mr. %) Ilisnis's autho rity to attend the reruns of the warrant to-non row ; but I humbly think I cannot do so with propriety. as the WAS nit , it it be wor thy-of that same, is only returnable be-tore the ftn.r Gent:eitten .who signed it ; L;11 other' having been excluded, for reasons which Mr:Wuhan:a probably can explain ; last, inasmuch as such ex clusion being unusual, and such a majority of the Magistrates having disapproved the measure, the public may out be lung at a loss to account for it. " As this transaction bat appeared in the Prints with my name is k, without my knowledge, or any title whatever to any ho nour that may be derived from it, I should nut do justice either I. your humanity or my own anxiety to vindicate my conduct, so unj isily aspersed, if I did not allow you to snake any use of this letter you though' proper. " Wits' great respect, Sir, I have the honour to be " Your faithful and humble Servant, (Signed) " G. T. GOODINOUGU. " Shooter's hill, Oct. 4, 1515. " P.S. skis rather an addition to the many singular circum stances that have attended the whole of this business, that Mr. Constable (the Chairman's name), has slime been unineinioned 1 in the Warrant, nor is he stunmuned to attend the return 10.13101T0W. Dyer, Esq. Blackheath." Mr. ELLIS, in conelusion, said he would not make any continent upon this letter t it was impossible to add to its strength—it was confirmatory of all he had ventured to offer to their Worships. Mr. WILMS'S said he should not follow the ex ample of Mr. Gendenoug!i, in entering into a perso. nal contention. If he were so inclined, he could, without difficulty, prove that a part of Mr. Good. enough's letter was got consistent with truth; and it he proved that, he apprehended he should be jnstitied in pronouncing the whole equally undeserving of credit. He WAS not disposed at that pet iod, however, to enter into the subject ; at present he should con fine himself to calling upon Wilson to produce his sureties. Mr. KINKAIRD now stepped forward. He said. when Grst he came into that room he had no inten tion to offer one word upon the proceedings of the Bench, relative to the melancholy transaction which fanned - the subj.= of theirtetinetathms. aad whtth had excited such sensations in the public mind.— He came there merely fer his own information, and with the view of ascettaining whether the idea which he had foimed of the duty of a Magistrate hitherto, was incorrect ur not? The course which the worthy Chairman seemed determined to pursue, however, induced him reluctantly to step forward in his cha racter of a Magistrate tor that county, to request he would furnish him with the grounds, in point of law, upon which he was proceeding ? It was stated that a breach of the peace had been committed— he apprehended it such had been the case, there was good and substantial evidence to prove it.— Where was that evidence ? and without it, could it be intended to hold the Prisoner to bail ? At best the offence imputed to the Prisoner was but an indictable offence, and if so, that was not the place to try it. Mr. WILLIAMS said, he was not acting from himself alone, but merely acted in the name of others, as the Senior Magistrate, and he believed his determination was in conformity with that of his brother Magistrates. Mr. SMITH and Mr. MASON assented. Mr. KINNAIIU) had no desire to offer offence to one or any of the Magistrates present, but he would wish some one of them to point out the Statute to which the Prisoner, in the conduct he pursued, was amenable? Was it an offence 14 common law, or, in fact, what was the character or the offence ? Mr. Mamas:a- 4 4 Are we to consider you as asking these questions as a Magistrate or as an in dividual r' Mr. gtswatats—fi As a Magistrate, most certainly, for it bas excited the surpiise both of myself and of a brother Magistrate, who is here with me, that such a proceeding as that which has taken place should meet the sanction of this Bench." Mr. HARRIS? being thus alluded to, stepped for ward, and said, he cunfes:ed the motives by which he had been induced to attend there that day arose in a great measure from curiosity ; and he would not have ventured to say a word in a point of such deli cacy, if he had net been called forward by his col league ; nor would be even then give an opinion on the vet y novel proceeding which had taken place, unless called upon so to do by those whom he con. ceived to be the presiding Magistrates. He had an opinion certainly, and it called upon to•stine it, he would speak witli candour. Mr. KINNAIIIII" This business has excited and demands the attention of the Magistracy of the king dom at large." Mr. IiAMILT wished to add, that he certainly was desirous of information, and should be glad to leant any thing from the Magistrates there assem bled, which might throw a light upon his public duty. In his situation as Magistrate of the Thames Police, be had often beard of rowing matches and regattas upon the river Thames—some for wagers, some for remuneration in money, which collected upon the liver and on its banks very considerable crowds. He had no: hitherto interfered in these, what he had conceived to be Itudable exercises— but he might have been wrong in not so doing, and r with the view ef.enlightening his titifid e lebad MIS • to Greenwich. Mr. Smiatt said, he was but A young Magistrate, and would not be vain enough to put his judgment in competition with that 'ot those who Jaad - been longer in the commission—but, on the contrary, should feel gratetul for any information which he might receive through their superior experience,— There were modes, however, of conveying that in. formation, different from that chosen by the two Gentlemen who had that day honoured them with their attendance ; and as those modes had not been resorted to, he cc.uld not but think those Gentlemen had been actuated by wine other motives, nor so candid or so well intended as they professed. He was still happy, however, to hear their sentiments.— With relereace to the subject before them, he begged to state, that he had no persona.) knowledge whatever of Wilson, and in the steps he had taken, was , only desirous of putting a atop to that which he conceived to be a very great nuisance. The Imenes which some exhibited on Blackheath were very different from a boat rue on the river Thames ; and those who wit. nes%ed, as he did, the •ices which were there exhibit- ed. be wis sure would agree with him iu deprecating theif continuance. As it was probable his vinduct, a. ikell as that of his brother Magistrates, !night become a subject of examination elsewhere, hereak:r, be by no means meant to shrink horn the :avowal of that which he had done—and he then, in the face of the respectable persons by whom be was surrounded, desired to state, that what he bad d , le was from hie owo judgment, unbiassed by the opinions of others. And with the best intentions. Mr. Wiwittes said he shoilld have expected from the characters of the two Geniis men by whom they were addressed, that if in friendship, as brother Ma. gistrates, they had any advice to offer, that they woul.d have conveyed it in a nr‘re private and less mntti fying manner that tbat which they had chosen. His motives for declining entering into the minutia of 11.1 business then, WAS founded upon the undeisialidiit which had gone forth, that his conduct would be made the subject of a future inquiry in a Cuurr of Justice. He bad been maligned in A variety of ways --his character had been aspersed, and the great' st falsehoods had been detailed of him in the put.lic prints. Those, perhaps, would be brought against him at a future period, and he wished to reserve his justification till that period Arrived. He was aware if he and his brother Magistrates had acted errine ously, that they could come to no harm ; they might have been guilty of an error in judgment, but they had acted from the best intentions, and with the sole view of preserving the public peace. As to the tales which were afloat, respecting him, he regarded them with the conten.pt they nierized. He despised the paltry threats, spnit eve:, threatening his lite, by whic h he was hourly assailed. Mr. Elaumer begged to reply to what had f.ilkn from the two Gentlemen who had last spoken, by ap. pealin to a most tesp..ctable Nlagimate present, whom he had not the to know ( Mr. C incia ble) whether he had not &dated, on enuring the mom, that he had come tL hit isea. I tc. hide's called upon to give his opinim), and he was still ready to give that opinion, if desired. Mr. Saitrit—A. You tni,;ht have given us your advice pi ivately, and not in the public wanner yi.o have chosen." Mr. Kturiditao...•"l only require that one, two, or more of you, Gentlemen, •iu.uld point uitt the grounds of the harsh proceeding yuu are .Lout to take," Mr. Wat.tasts......" The grounds may be discussed by Magistrates in ptivate, but are not to be I Jade t:te topic of debate thus publicly. Such a discussion, under the circumstances in which we stand, would be premature." Mr. CONSTABLE -•-" Mr. Kinnaird has asked a plain question, and deserves to receive a gentletnah4tke answer." Mr. KINNAMD—I again ask, is the offence impu ted to the prisoner an offence at n nmon LAW, or against the statute, and what statute ?" Mr. WILLIAMS—', I refuse to aziswer your ques• lions." Mr. SMITH —" I consider it extraordinary, after what has Fasted, that this business should be pressed further. We have formed our determination, anal will abide by it. Ido not see why Gentlemen, who so seldom appear at our Bench, should in this particu lar instance render themselves so conspicuous." Mr. KINMAIRD—" Mr. Harriet and I do more business for the county of Kent than one-hall of the Magistrates put together, and I see no indelicacy in our requiring information on this occasion." Mr. SMITH—If such had been your determination, I should have felt no reluctance in giving you All the information you require. As I before said, I acted in my own view of the case, and considering the 'scenes en Blackheath highly reprehensible, I agreed ' to sign the warraet." Mr. Bicknell, the Clerk, now said he held in his hand two letters from Magistr.:tes who had not atten ded, in pursuance of the summons sent. He wished to know if he might read them ? Mr. Wiwasts—g , If Magistrates do not choose to attend, I am at a lose to know upon what ground their opinions are to be received." Mr. CONSTABLE-46 Du you object to receiving the official letter of a Magistrate of this i" Mr. WILLIAMS—gs Do you know that is an elfi eial letter r 4 , Mr. CONSTABLZ—g I do—l was the bearer of it." The first letter was then read—it was from Mr. Goodenough, and directed to the Bench. It was in substance similar to that sent by him to Mr. J. Dyer--declaring he had no connection with the war rant upon which Wilson was taken into custody, and which he declared to be illegal and unconstitution.sl. Mr. CONSTABLS now begged to lnnk at the v. , .r -rant, and, after inspecting it, declared that there had evidently been an alteration in it, subsequent to its being made out, and upon that ground alone, it w.is illegal. For his awn part, he had protested against stopping the unfortunate man. He never coull con sent to lay the iron hand of the law upon the poor fellow, after he had toiled through 750 miles. It was a cruel and despotic act. Mr. WILLIAMS—" I have no answer to make to such remarks" Mr. Coerramt—. 44 Yon cannot answer it." Mr. Sums—" We can, but in my mind this is not the tine for doing so." The second letter was then read, it was from J thn . . 4 .- 118 ,1 4 ,, /--- . • S , • • •-r ~ , A pp e I --- • I . ; . ......._.S. • , r . r - --, . • - f , , „. • 6 0)1. .11 „I •,, .., -.• : 10 , . _..............._ ..... . ... 7 .- / - ._ . . 1 41 / 4 ` ---- . ------ - • - ,_ _ .4.' "": -.. -''' - - _ •..... 1 , • ..7• :,. ?•--s -.... - ' -.E- • - '-' '.` ~. . 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