The Sun.
London, England, 1815-09-27 00:00:00

WARRANT.

KkicT TO WIT.—To the' High Constable of the'Vprier Half.
Hundred of Black-heath, in the County Of Kent, and to all
other 011icers of the• Peace for; the said county of Kent.
Forasmuch as it appeared to the Justices -(to wit). the Rev.
Dr. Watson, the Rev. Dr: Barney, the Rev. John Messiter,
the Rev. ArthurOns:ow, Cul. JOllO,, Jas. Rice .Wil Geo.
Trenchard Goml enough, John Mason, and Rich. Smith, Esqrs.
this day' in Putty Sessions assembled at ttie Mitre Tartrn, in
Grevnwich, in the county of Kent, upon the view of said
IVi.4istratot, -that George Wilson, who hat been fur several
days, pussuant, public.advertisement, walking upon Black
.heath and in the vicinity, fora remuneration in money, hath
thereby drawn together by day and night a very tumultuous
,assemblage of people_ froni,the:surioundiac and other pa-
rishes, and occasions a considerable interruption to the.peace
of the inhabitants, we have therefore to require you, and
every of you," in his Majesty's name,_ to apprehend the said
George. Wilson, and bring him before us, whose names are
bereunt& subscribed, being Justices of the Peace for the said
County, in order to his being called upon for his security for.
his ;Appearance at the next General Quarter Sessions of the
Peace to be holdeb for the said County, then and there to
answer the premises, and also for his being of good behaviour
in the mean time towards Isis Majesty and all his liege peo-
ple: Given under our hands and seals the 21st day of Sep-
tember; 1815.
JOHN MASON, R. SMITH,
J. It. WILLIAMS,. CHAS. BURNEY.

The production of the instrument was of course
decisive ; .and upon its being read to WlLsort, he
iustautly shed tears, and said, if he could he remov-
ed out of the county, he would stake his life upon
the completion. of the performance. A petition
was resolved upon, of which the following is a
Copy

• PETITION OF WILSON.
To the NLicisninv,:s of the COUNTY of KENT.

GENTLEMEN,
Having from vlrious quarters heard that it is intended to
prevent my:walking the remainder of the distance I have un-
dertaken to perform, with your. consent, say one thousand
miles, in twenty days, 1 most humbly Leg, (having already
done seven hundred and fifty miles, without interruption, and
in compliance with, your. oish, without wallsing on Black-
heath am Sundays), that you will prinect Inc whilst proceed-
ing on My undertaking, wiiieh I nosstrespectfolly state has no
object but to enable me to obtain a little money iv discharge
debts, which I have no other means of repaying, and, as the
perfOrmance of my task tins been hitherto unattended by riot,
or improper conduct on the part of my friends, the spectators,
or myself, I am in great hopes to meet your indulgence,_ hav-
ing Otkly five days remaining to finish my task.
(Signed) 6$OltGE 'WILSON:
One Of these was transmitted to the Bench of
Magistrates, and one to eacts'indivislually, all of
whiCh '%ere ineffectual:. Having tried every means
to recOUcile the Magistrates to the proCeeding,
Mrs. DYErt, with great humanity, consented that
Ls,ow. Should go before the Magistrates, pro-
vided they would accept bail, and not send bins to a
prison, or put hits into a strange bed, which, after
such great exertion, might prove fatal to him.
Although the Constables did not positively as.
sent to this (for it was above their 'sower), they
hinted that every accommodation would, in all
probabillty, •he afforded him. WILsoN tend Mrs.
DYER'S friends' accordingly repaired to the Mitre
Tavern at Greenwich, where they expected to filed
3 Bench of Magistrates ; but instead, however,
of finding a Beira), or even a quorum, one only
remained, who did not act upon the occasion.—
From thence they proceeded to Mr. WILLIAms's,
at and upon inquiry being made for him, one
said he was at home, and-another as flatly contest-
dicfed it, the warrant having been personally exe-
cuted. WIL3ON, after having performed 751 miles
a quartet., under the most disadvantageous
ci6lr( a
cuMstances, was compelled to 'relinquish his
design, and he retired to bed ; but so deStrons Wag
be to resume his kitirdey, that be offered' to do
the distance in time if things could be managed for
his Starting at three o'clock. This, however, was
found impossible. All bets are considered null
null void. A subscription is expected to be en.
tered into for the poor man.