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Your petitioner therefore most humbly prays, that your Ho-
nourable House will be picaled to institute an inquiry into the
truth of his statement, and that you will adopt such proceedings
thereupon as to your Honourable House may seem meet.
And your pcdttooer will ever pray,
MARTIN I'IONKY CANFOR.
To the Honourable the 'Commons of the United Kingdom of Great
• Britain and Ireland. in Parliament assembled.
' The humble petition of William Kenrick, of Broom, in the
Parish of Bctchworth, in the County of Surrey, Esq.
Sheweth,
That your petitioner, having perused the petition presented to
your honourable House'lty Mr. Martin Money Cantor, begs leave
to state, that your petitioner is well known to be In the habit of
seeing all persons on justice business till ten o'clock every morning,
and after that hour (If at home) on any matters of urgency ' • but that
his servant has instructions not to introduce any person after that
hour, till he has ascertained the business on which he came is
urgent.
'That your petitioner's butler, Adams, having Informed your
petitioner, that a man of she name of Cantor (whom your petitioner
bad never seen or beard of before) wanted a search-warrant, he di-
rected 111 it he should be admitted ; Adams then Introduced Canfor,
and then lett the room ; Cantor then stated, as the ground of his
'policed°, for such warrant, that he had lost several sheep from
Chariwood Common, and, amongst bthera, a ram t and that he had
heard that Mr. Beale, of Reigate, had lately taken up a ram (tom
Westwood Common, in the parish of Leigh (which parish adjoins
litigate and Charlwood); that he had been to Mr. Benle'a, and
seen the ram, which was then shorn, and claimed it as his property
and that Beale stilted, that be had taken up the rain from Or
Westrrood Common, it haring vtrayed from his pasture, and re-
futed to give it up, or produce the fleece, insisting they were big
QIN property. Upon this representation, your petitioner told
Canfor, he thought it a case for a &ell action, and not for a
criminal proceeding, and declined td give him a search-warrant I
CanfOr then became very importunate, and used some intemperate
language, saying, your petitioner did net know his business, and
he would go to another magistrate, and said he would apply to 111 r.
Burgess, tne magistrate at Reigate; upon which your petitioner
told him to do an, and that your petitioner was sure, if the same
statement was made to 111 r. Burgess, he would not issue any
search-warrant.

That still continuing to press for a search-warrant, and
stating, that unless he could compel the production of the fleece,
he should not be able to prove his property in the ram, and that
he visa apprehensive Beale would destroy it, your petitioner told'
him that Beale was the brother of your petitioner's bailiff, and that
your petitioner was unacquainted with him, but understood he was
E. respectable farmer, and a roan of good character, and not likely
to set in that way ; that yoar petitioner would give him a letter in
ihe nature of a summons, which he had no doubt would procure
the fleece; Cantor than requested your petitioner to do so, and your
petitioner accordingly proceeded to write, the summons stated In
Cantor's petition ; whilst your petitioner was so doing, his servant
(Adams) came into the room, and offered your petitioner a blank
search-warrant ; on which your petitioner said, it Was nut a case
which required a search.warrant ; Adams then retired, and your
petitioner proceeded to finish the letter or summons mentioned in
Canter's petition, which your petitioner delivered to Cantor, di-
recting him to take a constable to serve it on Mr. Beall ; but your
petitioner has no recollection thu he told him he might serve it
himself.
That when your petitioner afterwards saw the summons. he per- '
ceived he had inconsiderately described the charge as if it had been
actually preferred before your petitioner, certainly implying there-,
by, your petitioner considered a felony had been actually committed,
an idea for a moment never entertained by your petitioner ; and
the observations your petitioner made-to Csnfur, decidedly prove it
to have been must foreign to his mind, and, he trusts, as unequi-
vocally chow that he wrote the letter to assist one neighbour to
,settle a dispute with another, and for no other purpose.
That after that summons had been served, Beale, as your peti-
tioner was informed, came to his house and complained of it, and'.
' desired Adams to tell your petitioner the matter was referred to aI
neighbouring farmer; your petitioner desired him to be told there''
was no occasion for your petitioner to have any thing further to do
with it ; Cantor also afterwards came, as your petitioner heard, and
met Beale before he had left your petitioner's premise", but your
petitioner was not at home, and on that occasion he did not see
either of them.

That the second time that your petitioner saw Cantor was, he be-
lieves, on the 17th of June ; Adams introduced him, and then left,
the room; and Cantor then produced the fleece, and two samples of
wool, and two notes signed by Mr. Joseph Nash and Mr. Ede,
stating that the samples were like the wool produced, with the view,
as your petitioner understood, of satisfying your petitioner the fleece
belonged to him (Canton; but your petitioner was by no means
convinced thereof; and from something that was said by him,
which your petitioner does not distinctly recollect, he was induced
to question him, if he had obtained it by means of your petitioner's
summons; when he said. " Vas;" yoi petitioner asked what ha
meant to do with it; he said, to take it home and keep it: your
petitioner then asked If Mr. Beale consented to his so doing; he
said he did not; your petitioner then desired him to leave the fleece
with him for the purpose for which it had been obtained, vie. to
secure the production of it as evidence, when wanted for that pur-
pose; this he (Canfor) 'peremptorily and repeatedly refused to do;
and thereupon your petitioner told him your petitioner must detain
him (Cantor); for which detention the action mentioned in Can-
for's petition was brought; and turned the key in the eoor, and
rang the bell, which Adams answered, and your petitioner desired
him to detain Mr. Cantor until he gave up the fleece, and the letter
or summons; but your petitioner does not recollect, and thinks he
did not order him to search him (Cantor) for the summons or
letter ; and your petitioner sent another servant for Batchelor, the
Constable.

That your petitioner cannot recollect, and flnrly believes he did
not, at any time during his first or this Interview with Cantor,
speak in high, menacing, or commanding tone, or that he was any
way agitated, or in a passion ; when Batchelor arrived, which he
did in a few minutes, Canfor held out his pocket for Batchelor to
take out the summons, and quietly gave up the fleece, and went
away ; your petitioner saw no violence used, and the constable
kept possession of the fleece and summons until the trial.
That your petitioner thought that if any question was to be settled
as to the property in the ram, that the fleece ought not to remain in
the custody of Canfor ; it never was your petitioner's intention to
take it out of the possession of one party to put it into the posses-
sion of the other; all that your petitioner desired was, that it
should be in the custody of some indifferent person, or of the con.
stable, in order to be forthcoming if any trial should take place ;
and your petitioner also thought that his summons to Beale ought
to have been returned to your petitioner.
That your petitioner w.,4 not at the Assizes, and the compromise
then made was directly in opposition to your petitioner's wishes
and express directions, and kr.own to be so by his Solicitor and
Counsel.

That your petitioner has paid the fit damages agreed on, and
1311. more for Canfor's costa in such action, taxed u between
Attorney and Client.
That your petitioner was a perfect stranger to every thing that
passed between the parties. or between them and any other person.
except as above stated, until a few days before the Assizes ; and
your petitioner protests against being in any manner affected
thereby.
That your petitioner had no knowledge of Canfor before he
called the first time, as before stated; your petitioner knew Wm.
Beale; had never spoken to him, nor did afterwards, until a
few days before the trial of Canfor's action.

That your petitioner could have had no motive for partiality,
or for denial of justice.

That your petitioner does not presume to say that he may nit
have erred in judgment, but if he did, he with the fullest confi-
dence submits his conduct to the favourable consideration of this
Honourable House ; and prays that justice may be dune him in the
premises.
And your petioner will evil. pray. &e.
Wlll. KENRICK.

On Monday, Marshal Macdonald visited the College and
its Museum, ileriot's Hospital, the Gaol and Bridewell, and
Mr. Trotter's warerooms in Prince's-street. On Tuesday
he drove round the city, and afterwards visited Leith
Docks, and the Chain Pier at Newhaven, returning by the
Botanic Gardens, and surveying the new buildings in Lord
Moray's grounds, of the admirable situation and architec-
ture of which he expressed the highest admiration. Yes-
terday the Field Marshal spent the day in his hotel, an-
swering despatches he had received from Paris, and in the
evening he dined with Mr. Macdonald Buchanan, who had a
large body of the clansmen to meet him, along with Sir Wal-
ter Scott, Mr. Jeffrey, Mr. Cockburn, &c. Theofficial duties
of the Marshal in France oblige him to limit his stay in Scot-
land to a very few weeks. This morning he left Edin-
burgh, and is to breakfast at Hopetoun Ilouse, on his way
to Stirling, by Linlithgow and Falkirk. At the latter
place he will survey the ground of the battle. The Marshal
intends visiting the field of Bannockburn on Friday, which
happens to be the anniversary of the ever memorable bat-
tle, fought five hundred and twelve years since. On Sa-
turday he proceeds to Inverness, by Crieff, Perth, Dun-
keld, Blair, &c., and from Inverness, by Fort Augustus
and Fort William to Arisaig, where a sloop of war has been
ordered round to convey him to the islands of South Gist,
Staffk, lona, and to Oban ; from thence he wi;l proceed to
Invcrary, Loch Lomond, and while there, will pay visits
at Buchanan House, to his Grace the Duke of Montrose,
Mr. Macdonald Buchanan st Ross Abbey, and proceed
from thence to Glasgow, and to Ireland, by Hamilton,
Lanark, Ayr, and Port Patrick. We understand that
Mr. Macdonald, of Staffs, intends to accompany his gal-
lant and noble clansman in his •iait through Scotland and
the him—Caledonian Mercury.