To The Editor Of The Time...
Sir-In your paper of this day, I felt surprised at reading a most crael and unfounded paragraph relative to the unfortunate John Hisl W,ragstaff, nowe under sentence of death for forgery, which I must entreat you will do me the kindness to contradict. I can most so- lemnlv affirm, that he never was possessed of the sumy, of 15,0001., which it states he received on coming of age: it is entirely false. In regard to his having married a lady possessed of a handsome fortune, ad that he had spent it, so far fromo that being the fact, I do affirm. that his wife's fortune wvas settled upon herself and her child ; and that he never had nor wished to have any power over it. In justice to a beloved and greatly injared brother, I cannot forbear correcting this base report, no part of which has the least foundation in truth. No douibt, itr. Editor, it was copied into The TinCs from other papers, as it was observed in some previously to yours: but I must beg you will not allow a day to pass without inserting this contradic. tion, and doing justice to the feelings of a distressed family. I remain. Sir. his unfortunate siStPr. HA TPPTJTP.T WaV aQr A or 10, Coppice-mow, Cior'kenwvell,_April19, 1i824. TO TIlE EDITOR OF THE TIt[ES.