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I sty filler, Kmiec Atkins:
Maio, Davis faid to Mr. Day, 61 Pray, what do
rottgoot Mr. Atkins for making this agreement ; is
w not joined with you its this Witter' ?"-oNo,
lir," replied Mr. Day, " on my oath, I believe he
lid it ,fee the good of Government "—" Do you
:now that use bell of the barns in the ifland are to
se givers op from this agreement of your's ?"--." Sir,
hat is nothing to me, I mull reeve myfelf."—" Arc
,on aware of the many enemies it will rails over
pour head r—" I muff do the beet for myfelf, Sir."
But, Sir, I do not WWI your barrack to be of this
:onftrultion ; it would be much better if it contained
ewer men. Pray arelou not concerned is the can-
ten of Sandmen r.--o Yes, Sir, my lijn.indaw
:ceps it."—" You have not paid the money, and I
rave a number of kohl's from the Barrack Matter
"...leneral on that fubjee."—" Well, Sir, I will pay
•ou now for it," and he took a parcel of notes out of
i. pocket for that putrpok. " What. then, have
o* not paid Mr. Atkins r —" No, Sir, Mr. Atkins
las not yet demanded it of met but I !hall pay you
F you kave a sight to receive it."—" No. no, pay it to
dr. Atkins." Mr. Day, in repeating this converfa-
ion to me. obferved, that Major Davis and WM-
Clesk of the Works, bad frightened the archi-
eft. Mr. Atkey, fo much, that lo (aid he was lorry
le had any thing to do with the buffitels. From what
suit. Mr. Day declined from his 'engagement, he
pelt can fay.. 1 declare,. that in about a fortnight
her thi', Mr. Day, in the prefence of Mr. Kemp,
Brading, begged me to notify to the Barrack
faller General, that he gonad build chimnies to his
Wrack, if they would agree to giro him 'two floo-
red and fifty pounds a year from the time fpecified;
ut no communication having been made to me
hrough the office, I waited the report of Major
*Avis, and did pot tranfinit this lee propofal. And
further declare, that my verbal agreement with
fr. Day was for a regular brick Barrack of four nr
ye detached buildings, with intervals between, ac-
ording to the prefent mode of building Barracks—
hat Mr. Day and Mr. Kemp allured me, the ground
ras a gravelly foil, with a never-tearing fpring of
,ure water winning near it, and dole to the high
oad, and Mr. Day laimfelf, as he informed me, the
rerfeer cf the road. I declare, that all the following
slides were provided. and fitted up in the feveral
maws. at the experwe of the Barrack Department
satequently, Government might order them to be
salsrewl at any time, and no vapkofe could be in•
wade but that ' attending their removal and re-
write** sois
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MOM, Jokers, melt mass, claming died', rt.
Ow eauraphaudr, owspral wen. Hens to soy et disbars" is
Is Sal
TO the heft of my recollation, no guard houfe to
awe than one or two barns, and theft, I under-
lead, Wilt at the expenfe of Government. All the
rater was from the wells or pumps in the farm yards.
There was neither hofpital, officers' barracks.
lore-hooks, coal yards. or ieclufures, to any barns
111 my diviloa t parade round, none, to any ono,
On Monday, the toil* of jaanary, tBo6, I was
ordered on cadet beftnefoto Major Davis's lodg
iags.to which place my Mier Harriet Atkins mono
peaied me, mad where I found Captain Brgrave and
hip. Page. with Major Davis, on catering whcie
apartment I was immediately welled for debt, ern
which I turned ;mind, and whittled, " This as a
teethed bufmefs." Major Davis prefeady defired my
Altar to into the adjoining room. as be waked to
fps& with bee. On her return in again, Ihe fait
addreling me, " Major Davis has gee charges againa
yoo."---° „Agatha me I" Said I ; "What are they?"
turning so Major Davis t I cannot tell yon, Mr.
Atkins," faid te. u Who has given them the I
added. u Some of thole farmers," replied Captain
Swayer a we all know what fellows they are, and
that they hate every one in our department."—" I
RIO fethflOri of the charges," faid I. " and (Call call
For a Court Martial whenever they are forwarded to
DiriCe." This cotiverfation over, I was token to a
fpunging honk, accompanied by my lifter, and Mr.
Anflea, Oak of the Works, at the &fire of Major
Davis. u There are, indeed, charges given in
again you," faid Mr. Auks, as we entered the
fleece. " Dn you know what they are" faid
• Farmer Ward (wears you took money from him,"
lid he. I laughed, and turned to my filler, fhe err-
ilaimed, " Good God ! how fortunate it was that I
au Minas to Ward's of ertion in September," and
ponediately related to him the fubllance of her' in-
:haled affidavit, fo far as relates to Ward's converfa-
ion ; when he laid it was an infamous bufinefs, and
leferved to be puniffied. I then laid I tbould let it
:o forward to office, and then call for a Court-mar-
ts], but I allure you it !hall be on more than one
perfon, Anflen. Mr. Antler* then.faid, I adore you,
iir, the general with is peace. My filter laid, it is
'merely mine.; and he rejoined, "1 allure you, Mifs
*thins, it is the with of all." A gentleman who had
ntcred the fpungingloufe, then :Wailed me to make
pplication for a copy of Ward's oath, that I might
rotted againft him in a court of taw.
Having been liberated the next day, I waited oti
dajor Davis, Aced him for a copy of Ward's afro
lavit, and received for :rawer, that, if I would fend
o him in the comic of the week, he would let me
lave it. I then (aid, " Pray, Major Davis, have I
row perthiffion.ro freak freely to you Certain.
y," laid be. " Pray," raid f, " did you user jet
sir:lures from Captain Dickfun, for railing his rent?"
he immediately turned pale, remairfed Merit a (trot
ime, and then hcGtatingly athwered, " Why, At-
ins, if I have a fault, it is that of being unfortu-
ately fond of riPtires. It is the only extravagance
am guilty of: I know the (cow:chef who told you
a," (the perfon who told the he had taken piaures
man Captain Dickfon, was Mr. Wilkins, ironmon-
er
and banker, of Newport.) 6' It is not many days
ncr yeti dined at his houfe," faid I. He then afked
se if I bald breakfafled ? to which I replied, I had,
ud immediately wilted him good morning : nor
are I ever hen him fioce, or at any time been re-
tired bpf him, by reuse or otherwile, to enter into
• .
ly ex Amnon of my eondua with refpe.t to
'ard's affidavit, or soy charge whatever. In a
y or two after this, I begged Captain Carey,
ho lodged in the fame ?mute with Major Davis,
who was going into Newport from my lir ufe, to
II on loin for a eery of the affidavit, which lie
; when Moj•Pr Mars raids he a ilhed to fee Mils
,kiss on the tralloWipg Friday ; that be Ilsould Slay

,akhollurfor her till sleet% eMoekt and give bet. the
Roper Mildred. On Captain, Carey''s delivering this
maga, my filler Paid, " I think it bell not to go,
he is an artful man, and may hereafter fay that I
went to him for the purpofe of entreating him to
keep back the charges ; ' and Ibe advifed me to wait
for the aftdavit till I fhruld receive it through the
Barrack Matter General. I agreed, and few it in
the fame point with my filler. On the following
Sunday, I went into Newport to wait on Colonel
Kamfay, of the 6rh regiment, at the Bugle Inn,
when I met Captain Bygrave ordering a chaife to be
got ready. " Atkins, (laid he) I was Set going
oat to your houfe to (peak with you," and counter-
manded the chaife ; laying to the mailer.- of the inn,
" I hope yob will not charge me any thing. as' this
is the gentleman I was going to fee." He then 'lik-
ed me to aetompw him to his of ice. I told him
I fhould follow him, after I had feen Colonel Ramfiuy.
On my entering his office, he took out a parcel from
his pocket, and laid, I have got thofe charges and I
want you to come to Davis with me, as he withes to
fupprefs them, is I do. He added, that Davis was
my friend ; and I replied, " D—n fuch friends ;
was he my friend when he clandeflinely made a
fate report of me at the former period ? I will not
go to him ; and tell him, if he keeps back thole
charges, I Will report him to the Barrack Mallet Ge-
neral, as not having done his duty." I then begged
Captain Bygrave to let me take a copy of Ward's-af.
fidavit, when he raid he was in hake, but wouldhave
it written out for me ; however, I did not obtain it.
Previous to this, on Friday, the MA, Major Davis
came to Sandown, to make infpeetionof the barracks,
and I was afterwards informed by Farmer Kent,
jun. that he took up his refidence at Farmer Smith's,
proprietor of four of the barns, for that and the fol-
lowing day, together with Mr. Page, Deputy Bar.
rack ?Asfler, to which place the different farmers,
proprietors of the barns, ware fummoaed : that his
fathers was eked by one of thofe two gentlemen,
whether he had not fomething to fat sigma me ?
when he anfwered, No, indeed he had nothing to fay
againft the gentleman. I than abed the young far-
mer, " Whether they had not lowered the rents to
half " " Pretty nearly,, Sir, (laid he) it is agreed
& that Mr. Smith mild not fall to low as the refl."—
Ceorge Sperring alfo declared, in the pretence of my
mother, my fitter, and myfelf, that Major Davin and
Mr. Page dined and lay on the night of the 16th, at
Farmer Smith's, and that Barrack Serjeant Wool.
ridge, (*OA whom I had, on Tuefday, the 19th
of November, tBos, in pretence of the Serjeant and
Mr. Page, given in a charge to Captain Bygrave, of
robbery of coals, which he had fold out of the King's
(tores to Mr. John Medley, late Contractor for Coals,
and for the deficiency of which, the late Chrillopher
Wollock's. Barrack Mailer of Sandown, executors
were charged one hundred pounds or upwards) fat
up molt part of the night ; was very bury in affem.
bling the farmers and that the next day, when he,
by my order, called on him with a mettage from me,
the Serjeant, who was very bufy writing, told him
he had bufinefs enough on his hands already. Ihave
ro declare here, from my own knowledge, that Ma-
ior Davis and Mr. Page left the hook of Farmer
Smith for Newport, on the 17th, and that Farmers
Smith and Ward are near neighbours, and in habit.
of great intimacy. It will be ob(erved, that the affi.
davit of Farmer Ward it ppeats to have been made
on the day following ; and from all the'concurring
drew:Whom, I am led to believe that the fulullance
of Ward's affidavit waa not folely his,' but the joint
fabrication of Tome of the perfons named ;drat ; and
I firmly believe, that &fluid the hand writing be in
tuired into, it will be f and to be that of one tie
perfons who 'tallied in dilating it.
I pnderlland from Farmer Kent, that the rents
were lowered on Saturday, the filth of January, or
the following Sunday, and that the farmers affembled
at Newport, for that purpofe. Since I have been in
town, I have given in to the Barrack Officer the
charge againa the Barrack Serjeant, which Captain
Bygrave had neglefted to give ha. In refutation of
Ward's affidavit, I declare, that, in returning to my
houfe, from the Barracks of Sandown, I almoll al-
ways pelted through his grounds, as cutting off a
confiderable angle of the road, and my moll direß
way'; and one day in particular, but the year or day
' I cannot remember, gaffing.thrtugh his farm yard,
expoaulated with his wile on the fate it was in, as
1 had frequently done before, being almoll impafta-
ble for the foldiers, who mull neveffarily pirfs through
it on coming out of the barn; and told her, that
when Farmer Ward Ilsould pars my honk, I would
be glad to (peak to him. He accordingly called on
me, when I told him I male infin upon it that he
fluould have his ya‘sl cleaned, and kept fo in future;
and I particularly recoiled, that I, at the fame time,
et preffed my allonifhment at feting the whole of the
glafs and leading of the cooking rooms entirely
braken out, which it was impoffible for him not to
obferve. and which I was pofitive were whole, after
the troops had evacuated the barnstat Bigbury. I
sofitively (wear, that, in Michaelmas, 18.4, I did
lot receive any letter from the Barrack Matter Ge-
mai.. or from any other perfon in the Barrack De.
partment, relative to giving up any of the burns;
that at Michaelmas, 1804, I never (hewed Farmer
Ward any letter, nor had any fuch converfation, as
he swears to, relative to. the barns; that I never afi:•
ed him to lend me twenty pounds, nor had any fuch
converfation as he Oates. I recollett that, as a mat-
ter of courfe, I defired him, as well as the other far.
mers in my divilion, who had let their barns, to bring
in his bill for rant at or about the ulual times of
payment known to them all, namely, on the 24th of
June. and aath. of December : but I never, in the
month of May, 1805, or at any other time, before
or flute, received or afked from him, or any other
perfon, one farthing, either in money or notes, out
of either his or their rent or carting money. I never
at that time, or any other, had the converfation with
him to which be (wears; and pofi:ively (wear that the
whole is a villainous fabrication, and entirely ground-
lets. One day, as I was going to Prineole, on duty,
I met Farmer Ward (I cannot (wear to the day or
the month, hut both can be afcertained by my letter
to Mr. Wilkins), who addreffed me in a dejetted man-
ner, telling me, that he had (offered I lopes
from his bodes having died; thee he was diateffed
for money to replace them ; that he believed he ()valid
be able to get it if I would give him a letter to Mr.
Wilkins. banker, of Newport, alluring him that I
would flop II.: rent of his barn to the amount of the
fro advanced, to indemnify hip, I coMplied with

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