Star.
London, England, 1826-10-28 00:00:00

blockade men coming up and firing. We then went up
the country to the Palm Tees, and there the tubs were
told (counted). Ido not know exactly who was present
at the counting, as the armed party remained back in
the road to see that the blockade men did not come up
and molest the men with the tubs. Ransley was with
the counting patty. The fowling piece I had belonged
to Samuel Bailey, from whom I borrowed it. He ge-
nerally made up the ammunition, and supplied the guns
and muskets to the party. I left my fowling piece at a
certain place on the road, by the direction, I believe, of
Ransley. The tubs were put into carts at the Palm Trees,
and carried away. I went with Ransley to within about
two miles of his own home, and then left him. I do not
know where the tubs were deposited at last. Ransley
pa,d me 28s. for my night's work.
After a long conversation, which the great length of the evidence
prevents us from giving in detail,
Sir R. Blank decided against the right of Mr. Platt to cross-
examine:
Mr. PLATT then contended that Giles, at all events, ought to be
discharged, there being no evidence whatever against him.
Mr. Jonas said he was prepared to charge him with
another offence—that of having assembled with others,
on the night of the 11th of May, near Dymchurch, with
fire-arms, to assist in the running of contraband g00..11,
upon which occasion one William Winn, a seaman of
the blockade service, was wounded.
Some further conversation took place, when the hearing was ad-
journed until a messenger was dispatched to bring witnesses 4
'Support of other charges against the prisoners, incluJing Giles.

The prisoners were again brought in a little before
four o'clock, and William Winn a blockade man, was
sworn. He said, on the 11th of May last I was stationedl
at a place called the Herring-bang, between Dymchurch
and Hythe, to assist in the prevention of smuggling.—
About twelve o'clock on that night a party of smugglers
came down to the Herring-hang, and at that time there
was a boat in sight. To the best of my judgment there
were about 150 in the smuggling land-party; many of
them were armed. Before they came down to the
water side, they called nut to the boat twice,44boy yoy."
When I gave the alarm they fired a volley at me, and I
fired again. They fired as they rushed down the Leach.
A party surrounded the boat and worked the goods,
while the armed party were drawn up on each side.—
The second time they fired I was hit in the mouth, and
I have now a slug in my face; 70 or 80 shots were
fired. Two other blockademen, named Whelan and
Regan, came to my assistance, and were fired at.—
Whelan received a shot, but it struck against his am-
munition box, and fell into his pocket. The smugglers
all escaped. I picked up a fowling-piece after they were
gone, which I took to my officer at the Tower. They
were
seta upon'
above a minute or two, we fired so
setaupon then's\
dward Home, the approver.—On Saturday night,
th 11th of May, I joined Ransley at his house, at
Aldington Fright, and we started from there to the
coast, to look out for a beat to run some goods. The
prisoners were all there except Robert Bailey and Wm.
Wyre, whom I do not recollect as being of the party.
We started together, about eight o'clock, to Herring.
bang, which is seven or eight miles from Aldingron
Fright. A great many more were with us. Dennard, Sam.
Bailey, Thos. Gilliam, and Giles were arrived. Ransley
sent forward to look nut for the boat whilst the rest of
the company hung back in the fields. He hallooed to us
to come forward, and we all ran down the beach ; some
to the boat, and others who were armed, remaining on
each side of the working party to cover them. Giles had
a gun about three feet long. I had a gun. We had our
ammunition from Ransley or Sam. Bailey. They used to
find us in ammunition. They are brothers by mart:age.
We run nibs of brandy and gin that night to the number
of about 100. Giles lost hi) fire arms that night; I
heard him say so. There was firing on both sides. Giles
was wounded in the neck very severely and fell. Samuel
Bailey dragged Giles by the reek to a little green field
above the beach, when I took him on my back and
carried him away. Ransley had told me, going down,
that I was to carry away the dead, if any were killed.
I' carried Giles some distance, and then he walked a bit,
and then carried him again, and so on until he came to
the main road, when Ransley put him into his cart, and
Ransley's son drove him home. I was paid twenty
shillings for my night's work by Ransley, who always
paid all hands.
A third charge was then gone into, and William
Spilling, another blockade man, who appeared with his
left arm in a sling and seemed to have suffered greatly,
was called, and stated that about one o'clock on the
morning of-the 6th of August, he was stationed at Fort
Moncrieff, near Dymchurch, when he saw two shots
fired, and some flashes on the beach, and ran towards
the spot. About forty or fifty yardsoff he saw fromBo
to 100 men assembled, and at the same time a boat
came into the surf. I ran towards them, and our party,
fired pretty smart. On my way towards the scene of
conflict I received two shot, one in my arm and the•
other in my side, which came out at the back of the
shoulder. The firing was then very smart onboth sides.
I wheeled about and walked away for a short distance,
when I fell. I was afterwards carried to the town, and
was confined many weeks to my bed.
Horne was again called, and recognized all but
Robert Bailey and Giles, as being present at the trans-
action described by the last witness. Linsley was not
armed ; he never knew him to go armed. About eighty
tubs were worked that night. He did not know which
side commenced firing; bin th." firing was kept up very-
hotly. Ransley paid witness one guinea for his night s
work. He is called Captain Batts.
Lieutenant Johnson, of the blockade service, on the
Fort bloncrieff station, gave a description of the con-
flict, and entered into a minute detail of the circum-
stances attending it as far as he was enabled to observe.
He di-charged a blunderbuss, and wounded a man
Of the smuggling party named Bushell, who was after-
wards rescued by his confederates. A man in a shoot-
ing jacket who was very conspicuous, wounded a
blockade man named Shord in the shoulder, and a des-
perate struggle took place between them, but Shord
was overpowered. The smugglers were pursued through
the marshes, but escaped. Three muskets of theirs were
fund, two were broken, the third loaded with 40 slugs.
This was the whole of the evidence gone into, and after an ex-
amination of many boors, the prisoners were fully committed for
trial, all but Giles, for the murder of Morgan ; and the whole on the
two other charges of unlawfully and feloniously assembling with
fire arms to assist in the removing of contraband goods.
The prisoners were removed under a strong escort to New.
gate, where they will remain until they arc removed to Maid-
stone fee trial.

Upwards of 40,000 persons have passed through fever
hospitals within the last twelve months in the city of
Dublin, and at least as many more have suffered silently
in their own wretched abodes, deprived of all aid ex-
cept such as has been administered to them through
those invaluable institutions the Charitable Dispensaries.