Alleged Outrage At Timpo.
The Times, 1824-09-06T00:00:00

The Liverpoot eerceuru cottairi the following explanatioi of' the mansnef in which the storj of the alleged outrage near Enniskillen found admission intt its coluimns-aan explanation which, while it shows extraordciary depravity in the author of the deception, excul- pales the editor of the paper in quesiHon, which is conducted with discretiou,as wvll as ability and taste:- Late in July las; a gentleinan tendered a letter for insertion in the Mercury, describing an act of outrageous violence, wvhich stag- gered our belief. lie, however, not enly gave us his own nante and address, but that alsostf thje person trout whoin he hlad heard the in. tellicence, an;l left us vith it nmoet singular antiqtue crucifix which the latter declared that be hIad capitured in the affray. Upon this authority we noticed the report. exp;essintt our disbelief of it, and stating itost sincerely that our notive in bringing it publicly forward was to afford the parties aczused of so di bolical a 4eei, an opportunity of publicly disavowinga report which ras prfvately irculating to their disa(lvantage. Hlal we eur- selves been thus clandestinely accused of any misconduct, we should have felt obliged to any person who bad thus affordedu as an oppnrtu- aity of rebutting the slander. Colonel Dickens, and a nsagistrate, who erroneously supposed himiiself allu(ded to, thouteltt otherwise, it seems. Tlier addressed us angrily upon the subject through thc medium of the public journals, an d taturally enough called upon Us to give up the name of otar correspotndeau, bv whonia they sus- pe cted the story had beett fabricated for sotle shiister motive. o-. Jonel Dickens, in a letter addressed to us, dated Attgust 18, s.ys, Your correspondent is the man, and it is hiS nane and address that you oughlt to have given up, and witich we still require." Its reply to this letter we expressed our conviction that Mr. .MIahon, our corresponden', vas not the inventor of the calufmny, although ht tight htavc bren thte dupe of a villaitt. This ol;nion has suhsr-quently been confirmed, in awav fiO une uivocal, that 1N Colo0nel Dickens is not satified, thte public Will think with us, thiat every thing has been done ot our part that can be required of public jour alists. The filln ing affidavit oi Waterfield, who itivettn:d thi,e original story of thte outrage of Timpo chapel, releases our corre- spondettt, Mr. Mahon, fron any suspicion of having maliciously I propagatedI an atrociou libel upottie military aitd tlte rnaKtstracy. 1 It is a lamuentable reflection itat a'; inti:vidu u .t SO iilfCOrrxiihi depraved as tn act as th;i man has done on the occasion and tte circumne-.;ce tends to strengthen, if posiilhc. our detestation of the liar, whose character wc hiLve long, cc:tsi;dred worse eveu tian th-t of the thief:- TIttF: AFFIDAViT. John WVaterflcll. of the boroughi of Derbv. in En-land. by trade a jeweller, and late a private in the 34;h Resiment of Foot, quartered at Enniskillen, in Ireland, upon oath Saith- That on his return home firn tite remimentin lrelatid, onhisdis- charre hvning bcen purchased by his friet;ds, he git into the coat- psoy of a person of the name of AMahot, at a public-house in Prescot, in l.tncamhire; antd, in tile cours- of drinking together, did relate to himn the particuilars of an aff.ray alleged to have taken nlace at 'i'iapOl Fair. near Enaiskillen, in the same terms as pub. listedl itt the .ive; pool Afercmtry of the 30tih dlay of Jalv last, and front tlhence copied into several other paocrs, bsnd hereunder wrtttets or nearlv so. But that suchi statement is wholly falxe, and without tht least fntdiin hat-mime been fabricated by the said John Waterfiecd nitrcy -is a bast. tno: t'tinkirg it would hientade pub! ic, aitd witltoat mneaiing to refi:ct upon :he ffice:rs or privatt-s of thc 34:h Regiment in the slightest manner, haring everv reasonn to re- snect and feel grateful towaris tVi comomaiding and otiter miRcers 5tf t(mat regiment. fhie said Jonn \Waterlield think' it due to al par- tics concerned to taike this public acknawledxment on oath, an ! to express his unfiitetl contricion for having been rt;tltotleaal cc. casion tif ' fise altid foul an aspersion. -JlOiN NVATERFIEfl). Swirn (tI t\ie borouigh oft' Derby aftrcs:aid, thc twetil v.-fi'thi [lay of Augttst, 1824. beforetnc - JOHN DREA R}. " Mavnr r- tht said l i*rough.' llere follows the original st i-e-nett. he idcl d t)rDfeaif (.ltlra.'e in Ireland," inserted in the ;ferenry of the 30:h Iayv ot JAy lJs- which it is unnecessary here tn renear.] ALLEGED OU2'fAGE AT TIfPa