The National Register. — London, England, 1815-10-08 00:00:00

NM OCT . S. FASHIONS FOR SFPTEMBER. NA' "Mnit,itrin 11ftirsa —A cambric mtAin petticoat, ornameted at the f e et • ith a Anuble flounce of French %cork, applqined with a narrow headlng f the same ; the body, from the •houlder to the neck, gathered full iota na rro w tritaming,correipondin7, with the heading of the flounce ; a saint "c roltnr ft filled Trlth the Fret.ch work ; short tief!lige, open in the front and trimmed entirety round to c o rrespond ; long loose s l eeve , Bath on-1 hit a narrow trimminr , at the wrist, with a ruffle of the same French work. A round cap, composed of white satin and quilled lace : a whit.. satin ro.e in the front. Stockings, ribbed silk. Slippers, rcd to"rocro or black silk. _ _ . . s , W %TETVG nayss. --A riuni robe of fine cambric or *mint muslin orna....tited %volt a double fi , once of French needlework at the feet, a” rm.') pelisse, composed of French grey sarsnet. lined with salmou (' ; th • upper part of the sleeve lashed with satin the cerrev"ou c,,huir, fulled nrd let in. A full ruff of need le•work, avid s •tuall French handkerchief round the neck. French hat of the !mitt st,i,v with a quinine of net rotital the rim ; three rows of grey satton rihhoti,nldiii or q lire& round the cr cwn ; and a full plume of white (ennui's, edged to correspond. Slippers, blue or red murrocco, Gloves, York tail. W1T.50 V Tin PRDFSTRTAN. PETTY SESSIONS. GREENWICH, OcT.5. TlO4 flay. at twelve o'clock, wag appointed by the Bench of KPII• tick Maeigtrateg, for the investilation of the charge upon which Wilgon. the celebrated Peileatrian, wag taken into custody. and thereby, en the Sixteenth day of hig arduous undertaking, prevented front its completion. Long before tl►e hunr fixed for meeting, Mr. Kinnaird, and Mr. Harriet. tw , s most respectable Ma!!istrates belonging to the Thames Pollee Office, and who are also Magistrates for the comity of Kent, arrived in the Justice Boom, at the Mitre Tavern, together with several -ther respectable ind►v►rluals. Mr. Constable, who as senior magi-trate for the Greenwich district, Icor nsnally presided at the bench, as Chairman, arrived at twelve, but it was nearly half-east twelve before he was joined by three other magistrates, namely— Mr. Smith. Mr. Mason. and lastly Mr. William.. The latter three gentlemen signed the warrant upon which the pedestrian was atm►mre hended. The fourth gentleman, whose name was to the instrument, Pr. Burney, did not make his appearance till the busine s nits Al aver. An invitation haying been given for the Magistrates present to re tire to an adjoining room to consult, Mr. Williams and his two co adjutors retired. Mr. Constable declined any interference in their deliberations, and remained behind. By this time the room was so crowded, that there was scarce room to stir. The absentees did not return for Italian hour, when they re-entered the room, with Mr. Bicknell, the clerk of the eounty, by whom they hail been accompanied. Having taken their seats. Mr. Williams, acting as Chairman, ealled for Mr. Smith, the High Constable, and asked him if he had Wilson in custody? Mr. Smith having answered in the affirmative, he was directed to bring forward his pri , oner, who was in an adjoining room. Mr. J. Dyer, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Ohmann, had previously arrived in a carriage, and were billowed by Wilson, and some of his other friends, in another carriage. IVilson being bronolit forward, Mt. Williams addressing himself to Wilson, said.—" I believe we have nothing to ti, hut to call upon you to enter into sureties for your appearance at the next Quarter Sessions of the Peace. to an• saver for suet' things as shall there be alleged against you. Are you prepared with hail:" Wilson- 6 6 Yes, I nm, Sir." Mr. Fills, a most respectable Solicitor residing. on Blackheath. now stood up and addressed their Worships. He said he attended there as the legal adviser of the Prisoner, and it was his duty to sul►. mit, that there was no just ground for canine upon the unfortunate man to enter into recognizance%; on the contrary, he was prepared to contend tbit he was entitled to his discharge : and this upon two grounds. The first was, that no breach of the public peace had iii a"y way been proved a_ain , t him ; and the second, that the nostril. merit upon which the Prisoner had been deprived of his liberty. was in itself illetyal. With regard to the first ground, he begged leave to observe, that the warrant on its face alleged " that upon the view of the Magistrates, whose names were contained therein, George AVilson had been walking for several days, in pursuance of a public advertisement, ou Blackheath, for a remuneration in money, and AL REGIS had thereby collected together, by night and by day, a toemoiltnone assemblage of people." From this he most inter that the buriten of the charge :leanest the Prisoner was his leaving collected together a tumultuous assemblage 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 proof, by what authority were the Magi% trates empowered to deprive a subject of leis liberty? It was not even stated in the warrant that the Magistrates themselves had at tended, but simply," on view"—whether that view was idea; or substantial, or had taken place at all, did not appear. Upon these points lie submitted, on the first head, that there was no sufficient ground npon %Odell the warrant could be justified. With ee•pect tO the second head of his objection, lie begged to state, that the war rant was alleged to have been issued upon the view of the Magi& trates whose names it contained. Now lie would take leave to state that several of the Magistrates, whose Daniels were en stirrePtitinuelY used, distinctly and positively denied that they had token any view upon the snbject at all, or had given their sanction to the cruel and _ oppressive act by which the prisoner was deprived of hi• liberty, and hence, from the falsehood it contained, it was illegal. Upon these two gromula, first, the absence of all evidence. and seemed's-, the illegality of the warrant, he confidently demanded the discharge of his unfortunate client. As a proof that the statement st Inch he had made, of certain Magistrates having denied all Partly teation its the proceeding which led to Wilfoll'A arrest. he reque•ted to read a letter from Mr. Goodenough, rale of the Gentlemen whose names were included ip the warrant, directed, " To Dyer, Esq. Ike humane friend of George Wilson, Blackheath."—Mr. Ellis then read the following letter : Stet—Although I have not the honour to he known to you, your hitmanity to a poor unoflending man, gives von a title to the infor. 'nation this letter is intended to convey, in the following. narrative of facts : " In the Warrant for apprehending Wilson. I with five more Magistrates who did net sign it, are unequivocally stated as not only approring, but that it was upon our view that the Warrant was granted.—lS ow, Sir. what follows is the exact truth :— " Ott 'Thursday. the 21t of September. ten Magistrates met at the Mitie to (midi the Alehouse Licenses for the year. 1' at done. by the (eiders of Mr. Williams. the Cletk prepared a Blank Warrant for those gentleman to sign, who were about to depart before Mr. Williams had prepared it. 'This extraordinary measure wits in ars imtant sent to the 'Tomb' of all the r a/ t u leig began to eonsider and open their eve. believe, six out 01 the tcn, with the chairman, took their denartii , e, •'O•' ,feet except that two or three accompanied me, after a most pointed declaration, from most of us, that we would have nothing to do With it—l particularly stating. that the stopping the sell ng liquors in the boths was as far as, in my judgment, we could co, acroe ding to law. " It now appears, however, that Mr. W ! lams persevered, and, with three other Magistrates, siuned the lest' men!. mom which a British subject has been deprived of his liberty. without any int i m.. Illation upon oath, and, in my poor opinion, without a crime. "Thus, Sir, have I lost--1 hope only, however, until the public are better informed--a reputation which, i have been endenvonring to establish, for near 40 years ; as a Magistrate, by the false state ment of my brother magistrates--some of the four, however, i am willing to believe, have been led astray by two confident a lii•tief in the know ledge and ability of Mr. Williams, and his having been so many years an attorney. " have been now summoned by Mr. Williams's single to attend the return of the warrant to-mou row ; but I limebly think I cannot do so with propriety, as the wal rant, if' it be worths that name, is only retternable before the four gentlemen who • ,t d it; all others have been excluded. for reasons which Mr. pro. Irately can explain ; beet, inasmuch, as such exclusion bestir and suede a Majority of the Magistrates hash'g disapproved the measure, the Public may not be lone at a loss to account for it. "As this transaction hiss appeared in the Prints. with my name in it, without ms knowledge, or any title whatesiT to any honour that may be delived from it, i should not do ja•tiee, either to your humanity, or my own anxiety to vindicate my contlitet, so netjustly aspersed, if I did not allow you to make any use of this letter you thought proper. - - - " With respect, Sir, have the hononr to be, " Your faithful awl humble Servant, " G. T. GOODENOUGH. " Shooters Hill, Oct. 4, 1815. " P. S.—lt is rather an addition to the the many singnlar eir eunwtaocea that hare atteaded tke whole of thin bualuese, that Mr. CBI sioht ■nd by day_ si toantialtnArta