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Monthly Chronicle.

three gentlemen were along with it : two persons came afterwards . I can swear that the nrisoners were those persons . Mr . Quigley , who first came to my house , gave me a parcel . When the other two gentlemen came , they made an enquiry after him . I carried the message to him by the * ame of Capt .-Jones , and he said he would wait on them . The three gentlemen spent the evening together , and slept at my house \ hat night , and there were no other strangers in the house at the time . There was no other great coat in the house , the property of any bod

y . ' r * % Jane Dexter , servant to the former witness , examined by the Solicitor General . She saw the prisoner Quigley come to the house in Margate , in company with . three gentlemen , who slept there . —She saw Quigley in the dining-room , when she went to prepare breakfast , and heard him say , he wanted to take a lodging in Margate . She knew nothing of any great coat . ' William Kirby , stable-keeper , at Margate . —An application was made to me on the 271 b . " I saw Leary and Alten at the King ' s-head . They wanted to take 1 would take them the fol

a cart to carry some luggage to Deal I told them - lowing morning . Leary went to ask him , when he called his master , and returned with an answer , that they would be ready to go away at twelve o ' clock next day ; but before that time arrived , they were in custody . Frederick Dutton . an Irishman , and a quarter-master in the army , sworn . —l know Quigley ; I have seen his hand-writing , the manner of which I have a knowledge of . The paper relating to merchandize and quarter , read by the Atand to be his hand

torney General , was then produced , sworn -writing . Cross-examined . —lie said he had been a servant ; is now a Quarter-master . Being asked if he had been a livery-servant ? he said not ; but acknowledged he had worn a liverv once . He bad been in several services . He was dismissed the

service of Mr . Carlisle , in consequence of some lies told of him . He was afterwards a publican , without a licence , but never was discharged from any place in consequence of misconduct . He had given evidence sometimes before in courts of justice . He never applied to government for his services ; but he hoped he and his family would be provided for . Mr . Plomer then shewed him a letter , which he said be believed to be his hand-writing . —It was ah application to Lord Carhampton for the Quarter-master ' s warrant . He was examined witness against LowryHe there acknowledged he had sworn

seonce as a one . crecy ; and afterwards divulged it ; but excused himself by saying he had sworn the first oath on A Reading made Easy . The witness has been a Quarter-master since last winter . Kean Maboney , a shop-keeper at Canterbury , saw Binns on Friday , the 23 d of February , at Canterbury- He told the witness that there were some friends of his on the other side very much distressed ; that be wanted to establish something in the ling lineand wished to know any person at Whitstable whp

smugg , used to let boats . The witness did not send him to a man there . He said his friends in London wanted to go to Flushing or Ostend . When be came back , he said he could not succeed , because the boatmen were so exorbitant in their demands . Binns went to London , and returned by way of one of the Gravesend boats . He said his reason for coming back so soon was , that his friends had left London in a Whitstable hoy . He then went to another house , the Rose . Tbe witness went to tbe Post Office to enquire for letters for him , in the name of them to him but could not

"Williams , where he got two , and delivered ; swear to the letters , as he had not read the superscription . Binns then told the witness , that as he was a countryman he would tell him his name was Binns , but from having been prosecuted before that , he did not wish the furious people of

Canterbury should know his name . Mr . Parkins , a publican at Whitstable . —Quigley and O'Connor slept in my house ; I learned that one was Colonel Morris and the other Captain Jones . Ouigley asked me if I could accommodate him wi . 'h a boat to Margate ? I eiir quired of Edward Ward , who asked a guinea and a half for the boat . He asked me if there was any danger of bis baggage being searched ? He went away , however , without any boat , and took a cart , in which he carried the baggage , and said it was a disagreeable business to have one ' s goods tossed about in such a manner . Being asked if he was going to Dover , and if he had any correspondence

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LONDON: Article 1
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
MEMOIR OF THE COUNTESS OF DERBY, Article 3
DESCRIPTION OF THE SOURCE OF THE RHINE, Article 4
WISDOM AND FOLLY. Article 7
HAWKESWORTH'S NOTES on ROBERTSON'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. Article 10
LETTER II. Article 12
PROCEEDINGS OF A GREAT COUNCIL OF JEWS, Article 14
COLVILLE. Article 17
THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 23
A BRIEF ENQUIRY INTO THE LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE. Article 29
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 33
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 38
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 41
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 45
POETRY. Article 47
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 49
IRISH PARLIAMENT. Article 55
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 56
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 57
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Monthly Chronicle.

three gentlemen were along with it : two persons came afterwards . I can swear that the nrisoners were those persons . Mr . Quigley , who first came to my house , gave me a parcel . When the other two gentlemen came , they made an enquiry after him . I carried the message to him by the * ame of Capt .-Jones , and he said he would wait on them . The three gentlemen spent the evening together , and slept at my house \ hat night , and there were no other strangers in the house at the time . There was no other great coat in the house , the property of any bod

y . ' r * % Jane Dexter , servant to the former witness , examined by the Solicitor General . She saw the prisoner Quigley come to the house in Margate , in company with . three gentlemen , who slept there . —She saw Quigley in the dining-room , when she went to prepare breakfast , and heard him say , he wanted to take a lodging in Margate . She knew nothing of any great coat . ' William Kirby , stable-keeper , at Margate . —An application was made to me on the 271 b . " I saw Leary and Alten at the King ' s-head . They wanted to take 1 would take them the fol

a cart to carry some luggage to Deal I told them - lowing morning . Leary went to ask him , when he called his master , and returned with an answer , that they would be ready to go away at twelve o ' clock next day ; but before that time arrived , they were in custody . Frederick Dutton . an Irishman , and a quarter-master in the army , sworn . —l know Quigley ; I have seen his hand-writing , the manner of which I have a knowledge of . The paper relating to merchandize and quarter , read by the Atand to be his hand

torney General , was then produced , sworn -writing . Cross-examined . —lie said he had been a servant ; is now a Quarter-master . Being asked if he had been a livery-servant ? he said not ; but acknowledged he had worn a liverv once . He bad been in several services . He was dismissed the

service of Mr . Carlisle , in consequence of some lies told of him . He was afterwards a publican , without a licence , but never was discharged from any place in consequence of misconduct . He had given evidence sometimes before in courts of justice . He never applied to government for his services ; but he hoped he and his family would be provided for . Mr . Plomer then shewed him a letter , which he said be believed to be his hand-writing . —It was ah application to Lord Carhampton for the Quarter-master ' s warrant . He was examined witness against LowryHe there acknowledged he had sworn

seonce as a one . crecy ; and afterwards divulged it ; but excused himself by saying he had sworn the first oath on A Reading made Easy . The witness has been a Quarter-master since last winter . Kean Maboney , a shop-keeper at Canterbury , saw Binns on Friday , the 23 d of February , at Canterbury- He told the witness that there were some friends of his on the other side very much distressed ; that be wanted to establish something in the ling lineand wished to know any person at Whitstable whp

smugg , used to let boats . The witness did not send him to a man there . He said his friends in London wanted to go to Flushing or Ostend . When be came back , he said he could not succeed , because the boatmen were so exorbitant in their demands . Binns went to London , and returned by way of one of the Gravesend boats . He said his reason for coming back so soon was , that his friends had left London in a Whitstable hoy . He then went to another house , the Rose . Tbe witness went to tbe Post Office to enquire for letters for him , in the name of them to him but could not

"Williams , where he got two , and delivered ; swear to the letters , as he had not read the superscription . Binns then told the witness , that as he was a countryman he would tell him his name was Binns , but from having been prosecuted before that , he did not wish the furious people of

Canterbury should know his name . Mr . Parkins , a publican at Whitstable . —Quigley and O'Connor slept in my house ; I learned that one was Colonel Morris and the other Captain Jones . Ouigley asked me if I could accommodate him wi . 'h a boat to Margate ? I eiir quired of Edward Ward , who asked a guinea and a half for the boat . He asked me if there was any danger of bis baggage being searched ? He went away , however , without any boat , and took a cart , in which he carried the baggage , and said it was a disagreeable business to have one ' s goods tossed about in such a manner . Being asked if he was going to Dover , and if he had any correspondence

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