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receiva Mat bdt foi a ? A trial was
etorisetended, and he entered. He was suet at the
Ants, by themaster and mistreis of the house's. as
sged couple, who invited him in; With the utmost
kindness, seated him by a idolising fire. aid Proferred
,heir assistanee.in any way in which it could be use-
id. It h heedless to say, the offer was gratefully
u cepted, and on the arrival of Mr. Dyer the requi-
site arrangements were made for making this a re.
or resting post. The marquee was abandoned,
end the hospitality of the venerable coitagers WAS
enjoyed with the fullest confidence of a hearty wel •
come: At this time the hour of twe.ve had arrived,
ind pocir Wilson. from the impediments which 1w
had encountered, and the time which had been taken

up in measuring the ground, which was done by Mr.
Mase, with uiegular chain, had gone but serum
miles. The last ground chosen, however, he consi-
dered extremely good, and proceeded with new
vigour, 'finishing four other miles amidst a chilling
shower within 68 minute:.
Our hero now began to feel the want of those,
grateful nourishment. which he had been wont to re-
ceive from his kind female -friends on Blackheath.

The provisions brought &wit Were, of course, cult,
and these, although excellent o! their kind, afforded
but a bad repast to a man drenched to the skin with
rain. Upon entering the bulge to rarest), however,
he was most agreeablysurprized at the appearance of a
pair of excellent boiled fowls, with an appropriate
accompaniment of pickled pork, of Which he was
heartily pressed to p;irtake. Much entreaty was rot
,necessary—he sat down to dinner, and proved that
he felt as welcome as he really appeared to be. A
glass of Madeira wine followed, and he again welt
forth, but will fei.lings more buoyant than he Ltd
enjoyed halt .tii li fir before, to buffet the ;till ;As(
fairing s!ioncr. By 1141t.past five he had complet,d
his eighteenth mile. Ile tiii-rs washed his feet; in
which operation he was kindly asii.,ted by Mr. Dyll,
while Islas. llyi.r, who had arrived in a post-chaise,
endeavoured to keep up the renewed spirits which he
seemed to have acquired. He spoke with perfect
confidence of finishing his &try miles in good time,
and only lamented that the Magistracy of the county
of Kent had taken such pains to mar the happy pros-
pects which the I ulfilment of his task would afford

Soon after five the rain abated, and afforded an
additional suurce of comfort in one respect, althqugh

it was attended with inconvenience in another, for
the report of his presence having been spread abroad,
several hundreds'of the lads and lassss of the neigh-

bouring village, assembled to witness his prowess,
and gazed with wonder as he passed before them.—
They were, however, kept at a distance by the pe-
destrian's friends, and certainly evinced no disposition
to treat bites with unkindness. While things were
thus situated, the roads leading from Blackheath pre-
sented the must amusing scenes. In every direction
gigs and post-chaises were observed driving in search
nt. Wilson—the inmates inquiring must anxiously of
each other, whither he had gone
Some drove to Chisselhurst, others to Eastham,
more to Bromley Common, and others again to
Croydon—and but few, in comparison to the great
mass, were enabled to find the real field of action ;
for the most palpable reason, riainelx, its not having
been known, even to Wilsen'i, frk.nds, until that
morning, and upon a very retired road. The inn-
keepers hade however, revon to rejoice; and alilaugh
wally were constrained to sacrifice their own dinners,
yet good custom was not to be rejected.
'the White Swan at Wickham 'was crowded with
Ladies and Gent Lenten, whir were unable to procure
a supply of viands sufficiently copious to satiny their
craving appetites. Such as the !lease afforded were
completely exhausted.
Sir Camles Farnaby, a MAghtnite for,the county
'of Surrey, witaessol a part of Wilsoib's exertions, but
humanely decraed interfering with him—as there
was, in fact, fig appearance of cootusiou whatever on
the ryout.d.
By tte,:lve o'clock, our hero, soder all his disad-
vantages, had completed 38 sales, having still 18 to
perfor rn.
Bets were three to one against the match, in con-
sequcnce of the unfavourale issue of yesterday's
business., and the additional fatigue to which the min
was put. A trifling swelling in his. left instep also
gave rise to an alteration of opinion as to his ultimate
success, but this seems to be regarded by himself as
nothing of any importance, a few washings with getl-
Lott water, and a little Ilk-lion, he says, will bring it
down. At the corrimencethent of the match his
weight was Sst. Gib. since which he has lost about 18
ounces.
On Monday, Sept. 11, he commenced his under-
taking ; and to'shew the different variations of time,
we give the progress of each day, up to Saturday..
DAY. 11117 WAYS:. . •
tit, Monday, began at 0 o'clock iu the morning, and completed
the 50 mate at 5 min. past 10
ittl, Tuesday, S half-tact 10
&I, Wednesday, S —• 40 mle. pae2 10
4th, Thursday, past s i•
Sib, friday, it past 4 20 win. past II
ftlt, Saturday, 4
'quarter-past
' 11
sauday, ----qoarter-past 1r
Isamu vrsec.

Sth, Monday, ...Ns half past 2
9th, Tultsda), ' •—•—• 2
I t,th, Weshixsday, # put 8 40 min. past 2
I I th, '1 purelay, about 9 -- _4O nail. past 2
12th, Friday, 9 10 min. past *
13th, Saturday 9
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*ilson'slweight at starting was Bst. 61b.; he has
wasted about a pound. Ther.sis not the least swell.
ing in his legs or feet, which are as cool as possible.
It appears that Wilson is a native of /sbwcistle,
whets, rn the early part of his life, he was, empined
as a sort of met stinger to the atternies of that town
and its vicinity', in serving subi.cenas, cvpizs of writs,
ittc. nese labours he gettera.l4 pet tot teed at the
rate of two-pence a mile from each person, from
whom he received a commission, and has often gone
ten times in a day to a distance of six miles from the
town.
It further appears, that thrnitfelziut life he has been
extremely industrious, hot unhappily was unfortunate
in his conneetioas. Ist one instance, a partner in
trade expended upwards ct ,E.:000 for him. lie was
pawnbroker at Newcastle,•ni tht lust inst:tnee, and
afterwards a linen-draper. bird fate, at length,
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lroveltim to London, and be h.s for the last t( or
years been well known in the comity of Kent; as a
hawker of pamphlets—a si•ecies of employment,
which, considering the largeness of his family, but.
bartlilurnisbed bun au existence, and bated placed