The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-09-25 00:00:00

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Onr hero now began to feel the want of those
grateful tiontishments which he had been wont to ,
receive from his kits(' female friends on I.llackbeith.
The pro/Wong brought down were, of course, cold
slid these, although excellent of their kind, af-
forded hot a bad repast to a man drenched to the
skin aith rain. Upon entering the.lolge to refresh,
however, he was most agreeably fur prked at the
appearance of a pair of excellent boiled fowls,
with an appropriate accompaniment of pick led
pork. of which he was heartily pressed to partake.
M,:t h putre3ty ais lint necessary—he sat down
to tlineer, coil proved that he felt as welcome
It% 4e really avpisaresl to he. A glass of Mrcleira
wine folloa et!, and he again went. forth, but with
f piing.: more buns ant that' he had enjoyed half an
hour before, to buffet the still fast-falling 'shower.
13) halcpno five he had completed his eighteenth
pii!r. 110 'lien washed his feet, in. which nlieratino
be nas kindly assisted by Mr. Dyer. while .Irs.
er, aho had arrived in a post-chaise. endea•
voured too keep up the renewed spirits which he
seemed to have acquir,,tl. lie sp,.ke with perfect
confitietice of finishing his fifty miles in good time, ,
and only lamented that the Migistrary of the county
of K•mt had taken anch Isalio: to mar the happy
prospects a Lich the fulfilment of his task would af-
ford him. •

ti ion artf,r five the rain abated, and afforded an
additional cnurce of comfort in nue felled, although
it was attended with inconvenience in another, for
the reourt of his presence hwving been sp►ead abroad,
several hneidrods of the lads and the lasses of the
neighbouring villages assembled In witness his prow-
ess, and •rids wonder as he passed before them.
They were, howe►er, kept at a.distrutre by the pe-
destrian's friends, nod certainly ebiuced no disposi.'
Lion to treat him with unkindness.

While things were thus situated, the roads leading
from Blackheath presented the most amusing scenes.
In every direction gigs and post.chaises were ob.
served driving in search of Wilson—the inmates en.
quirivg most anxiously of each other, whither he had
gone? Some drove to Chisselhurst, others to East.
ham, 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 ren•orr, namely, its not having
been known, even to Wilson's friends, until that
morning. and upon a very retired road. The inn-
keepers had, however, reason to rejoice; and al-
though many were constrained to sacrifice their
own tilts ners, yet good custom was not to be rejected.

'The White Swan, at Wickham, was crowded With
Ladies and Gentlemen, who were unable to procure
a suppy of viands.sufficiently copious tn satisfy their
craving appetites. Such as the house afforded were
completely eXitTitigted.
Sir Charles Faruaby, a Magistrate for the county
of Surrey,
,witsiessed a part of Wilsou's exertions,
but humanely declined interfering with him—as there
was, in fact, no appearance of confusion whatever
on the ground.
By t re o'clock, our hero, under all his disad.
eautages, had completed 32 miles, having still 18 to
perform—and these it was calculated he would,finish
about half-past four this morning. When done, he
-.vas to he conveyed to Mr. Dyer's, and at nine
o'clock k c commene his career on his old ground
on Blackheath. If he should lip prevented from
going on there, he will be constrained, most reluc-
tantly, to abandon both his labdurs and his hope of
that reward to which he looks so anxiously for future
happiness. It is-not improbable, however, now that
the whole of the tents have been removed off. the
Heath, end there can no other incentive to riot exist,
that the Magistracy will permit the poor fellow to
Attie' the extraordinary task he has begun, asod the
more especially as they have already tolerated him
for a fortnight ; and it wants but six slays to COM.
plete the whole. That such may be the determina-
tion of those gentlemen, we canuot but express oar
Lope, for the sake of humanity.
Bets were three to one against the match,
,in con-
sequence of the unfavourable issue of yesterday's
business, and the additional fatigue to which the
man was put. A trifling swelling in his left instep
alsogave rise to an alteration of opinion as to his
ultimate success, but this seems to be regarded by
himself at 410Alling of any importance, a few wash-
ings *ills golard water, and a little friction, he says,
will bring it down.
At the commencement of the malell'his weight was
Bst. 61b.; since which he has lost about 18 ounces.
It appears that Wilson is a native of Newcastle,
where, in the early part of his life, he was employed
as a sort of messenger to the attortiies of that town
and its vicinity, in serving suhruptias, copies of writs,
&c. 'nese labours he generally performed at the
rate of twopence a mils from each person, from
whom he received a commission, and has often gone
ten times in a slay to a distance of six miles from the
town. It t`urther appears that throughout life he
has hPen extremely industrious, hut unhappily was
unfortunate in his cottnections. In one instance, a
partner in trade expended upwards of 2,0001. for
him. lie • was a pawnbroker at Newcastle, in the
first Instance, and afterwards a linen-draper. His
laud fate, at length drove him to London, and he
Piss for the last four years beets well known in the
codify of Kent, as a hawker of pamphlets ; a species
of employment, which, considering the largeness of
his inutile, but barely furnished him an existence,
and inst. ed placed him under the necessity of in,
curriug many small debts, which he ietends to dis-
chare'e the moment he has the means. His family
consists of five childreu, two sons and three daugh-
ters, all of whom arecelehrated walkers. His daugh-
ter, althongh only 18 years of age, he sass he would
match to go 60 miles with any man.
,The reports
that She hall undertaken any such match, 'are, how-
ever, mere idle fabrications. Sbe is at present at
INF rl castle.

A melancholy catastrophe occurred •n the 16th
instant, at Chepstow. A poor woman from the
country, who attended the market for the sale of a
little fruit, was boddeuly met in the narrow road,
which leads from the square into Nelson-street, by al
rat', which she endeavoured to avoid, by placing
!won& against the wall, but, shocking to relate, the.
end of the shaft penetrated ber chest, aud.c.aosikeber,
a few cnikites.