The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-29 00:00:00

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THE REV. 'MENEFEE DAVIES v. DANIEL
PRAIT,R."- PUARBITRATION. BLISHER OF THE ', BRITISH
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Mr. What.leis (IC, the arbitrator in this eiaturei
ogatineed the tawdry es Friday sad on Saturday.
Oa Friday Mr. Busehisis Smith heard his 'video', on the
bruin trial read. tad on his crose-essatination stated that
the grant of the mosey to Mr. Devise by the Chapel Bead-
flaciety met with his saactioa.
The
Rev. Mr. Proat's examiaatioa Ia this man eases was
also read by comsat. He farther deposed that bs bad to
iatersiew with Mr. Davies after tha Gmarawisk lake was
aseatioued, Ist that Mr. Davies made M sadmamse to Mr.
Foremast on as, occasion. He did sat pros me to go to
Greenwich to see Mr. sad Mrs. Helper. Oa wham* read-
*: the letter to Mr. Davies he did net my it was ea ea-
storied, bat that it was • very bad letter. Witness asked
ban if he would like the letter to be read to his wife. lie
did not say she knows of the affair.
Crowe:mined by Mr. Balleatias for the plaiatiff—l am
the author of the narrative portion of the article in the
13finsis BMW/. lam " fieretator." I found oat some-
thing. and therefore I assumed the same. I have stated I
**plied the narrative portion of the article is the British
Bowser. When the copy of the Wellingborough letter was
given to me I did not examine it; if I had I ateruld have
seen that a piece was cut off. I did not read the letter in
Stacey's realms. I was under • mistake in the article
when I said that the testimony of the postmistress had been
laid before the e3mnsittee. It was not got for • month tad
sight drys afterwards.
lir. Salentine—That was rather an awkward mistake.
Professor Outran, of the new college, St. John's-wood,
domed that he had been a member of the congregational
board since 18$2. A committee was originated to investi-
gate charges effecting the, character of Mr. Davies. The
latter gentleman objected to several of the members,
and they coneequen y did net sit on the committee.
The inquiry lasted altogether upwards of fifty hours.
Mrs. Sarah Heber was nest examined.—She deposed to
the circumstances under which Mr. Davies visited her
house at Greenwich in ISIS, and to the peosentation of the
gloves to Miss Smith, their rejection, sad the sebsequent
letter. The witness addad—lffr. Davies end two gentlemen
sailed oa as is 1860. He wanted to char my splines about
the Groenwielt letter. I taid " I did not Wok sigma& in
this world had ever had a more devilish 'twigs tomerds any
werawn thus Mr. Davies had la maim that War to my
• niece. " I was very eagry sad awasesed sagisties that
be should come to my howls arm amides seal a Misr.
Mr. Davies then wished to imply that he bad intended
Susan Smith as a wife for Mr. Foreman. 'midi had
beard anything otthe kind, bat she AMIN 11•11,117 IN her-
self. She was celled down, and said be bed bees wily Mad
to her on bout the steamer, and bad wished ber tie
London and then go down by railway to Omani* but
else had refused. and got oat at Blackwell. She said this
be Mr. Davies'. presence. I never told him I was is
straitened ' -

-...-vxmlesed by IffiLiallastine—l am quite sem the
stated this is the palteliallliallffr. Davies. The gloves wee
afterwards nova by Olga Ear They were SOW
"Davies' =lours."
Mr. Honer was then mdbeil sad corroborated the evidence
of his wife as to what had masered in hie presence.
The Rev. R. Ashton predawn the report of the mgr.-
gallon= board which had Squired Into the allegations
affeetleg Mr. Davies.
Tee Rev. Mr. Vaughan—l em the minister of the New
Tabernacle, Old-street-road. I have known Mr. Davies
twenty years. Mr. Richardson and I promoted the
erection of the chaprl in the Caledonian-road. I
recollect the appointment of the Morley committee.
Mr. Davies sense to me on one occasion and said, " I am a
broken hearted man." He said, " I here written a foolish let-
ter in reference toe young lady =Greenwich." Hestia told
me of the Berbice charges, or at least one of them. In eon.
sequence of what be said he and I, and I think Mrs. Davies,
went to Mrs Dalgleish. It was to entertain from her her
husband's opinin of the Berbice therges. I did not attend
beim the Morley committee. I had erovenations with
Mr. Device—be deprecated the conduct of the parties et the
Mission House for opening a letter from him to his wife. I
do not recollect the words he used, but he deprecated it fa
strong terms--always in strong terms. He did not sq
whether he had written the letter or not. Ido not belie,*
I ever heard him say he bad not written it, es
see words to that effect. The meetings of the committee
were held et Mr. Davies's house, in the Richmond-road.
Oa one occasion Mr. D ivies said to me " You know they
can't prove that I wrote the letter." I recollect Mr. Davies
accompanying me home one night. I ;should say this was
is 1851. It was long after the Morley committee. I asked
him if he had written the Wellingborough letter to his
wife ? His reply was inarticulate or inaudible, but the im-
pression produced on my mind was that he allowed the
authorship. I then asked " Was it a bad letter, as report
says ?" end he said " Well, it was rather a bad letter."
Whoa I was going before the Congregational Board Cam.
mines I met Mr. Davies. He said " What, are you goise
to give evidence ?" and I said " Yes, I think so." Heald
not deny my statement before that committee—not in sly
presence. He arose-examined me. He asked me if I had'
any reason to doubt his purity. I said " No," or his vera-
city, and I slid " No."
Cress-examined by Mr. Ballantine—l am acquainted with
the contents of the Wellingborough letter. When he was
going before the committee I shook bands with him. I did
not say "I wish you success." I said "God speed the
right." When I shook hands with him I believed he bad
admi•ted the writing of the letter, but et the same time I
admit I might not have rightly apprehended him. He was
in great grief et the time about the Barbi= matters.
He may very likely have said something to the effect that,
"Dr. Tidrosn WAS a very influential men, and could ruin
him if he pleased." Ido not recollect it in that shape. I
do not pledge myself that he said a clerk in the Minioa-house
hat copied a letter written by him to his wife—that was the
effect of what be said. I will swear I heard him
deny in so many words the anthonhip of the Welling.
borough letter. I cannot say he ever admitted the author-
ship in so many words. I stated before the Congregatioaal
Board committee that I could not positively affirm that
Mr. Davies bad not denied the authorship of the
letter. Mr. Davies never exhibited any obscenity in his
conversation with me. I saw anything objectionable
in Mr. Davies. He always appeared to be affectionate and
considerate to his wife. Ido not recollect that Mr. Davies
said " the letter contained an obscene allusion to the mar-
riage bed." I cannot swear that he said that ; I do not
recollect that be did.
Re-examined—l believe he did not my to me it was
designed to make him appear a man of impure mind.
The proceedings were they adjourned.
On Saturday morning counsel having stated that they
would adduce evidence in support of the allegation as to the
Wellingborough letter,
The Rev Mr. Moore, formerly a missionary at Tahiti,
was examined. His evidence went to show that he had sedi
lodged at Mr. Keep's when he was at Wellingborough, the
object of the examination being to disprove the supposition'
that Mr. Davies had been mistaken for Mr. Moore by Mrs.
Keep, Mrs. Drayton, and the male and female servants, who
had all deposed that he lodged at Mrs. Keep's, and not at
Mr. Beale's, in 1815.
Cross examined by Mr. Ballantine—l have bad conver-
sations with Mrs. Keep about this matter. I preached when
I wee down there. I cannot recollect the name of the
chapel. I lodged at a farm-house. I could not recollect
the name of the people, but I described him as a short and
stoat man. I recognised him when I went down a second
time to Wellingborough.
Mr. Ballantine—Did be turn out to be "short and
stout" when you went down ?
Witness—He did.
Mr. Ballantiae—You did not preach about slavery ?
Witness—No.
William Smith, who had been a serveat of Mr. Hasp's,
of Wellinghorough, in 1845, was then called. As he had
been previously examined the arbitrator read his notes of
the evidence, which weat to show, In the most positive
terms, that Mr. Davies stayed at Mr. Keep's in the year
in question, and in support of this the winter had entered
into many detaile,such as having sonsapthied Mr, Devise to
chapel, hearing him preach there en slavery from a text in
Proverbs, cleaning his boots while he stayed in the house,
putting his luggage on the cmnibus, and receiving •shilling
for his trouble.
The witness was entemzainined by Mr. Ballantine, bat
his evidence is chief was in no degree shakes.
The evidence of Mrs. Sarah Wooding, who had also been
In Mrs. Keep's service in 1845, was nest read. It was to
the effiot that Mr. Davies was there in that year; that on
showing hiss to his bedroom be had told her that in Ber-
hist it was aeceesery to shake the bed clothes every night,
as centipedes and other venomous reptiles were often con-
gealed in them ; that he had written letters in the drawing-
TOM on the Monday, and that on his departure she found
a mall key in his bedroom, which she lad delivered to
her mines.
Kr. SWIM said this would probably be a convenient no-
siest to pat in a letter written by Mr. Davies, dated Ba-
bies, 24th of November, 1847.
The Arbitrator—To whom is it addressed?
Mr. Evans—To "my own darling "—(laughter)—l sup-
pose his wife. My object in patting it in is to show the
style is the same as that of the Wellingborough letter.
The letter was then reed. It was couched in most offs,-
negate terms, and contained sentiments most creditable to
the heart and head of the writer. He alluded to the long-
time be ezperianced since the departure of the person to
„Mum it was addressed—evidently Mrs. Davies, for it came
from her possession with other letters, cad was written in
the same year in which she had lett Berbice for England on
account of the delicate stets of her health. He sent her
a journal, showing how his time had been occupied, and all
the had occurred is her absence. Oro protege in it created
maiderable ranrismst :—" Saturday. Awoke by a anti-
ride biting me about the small of my back. I could not
shake him off. How strange they always bite me when I am
elem." In Mrs. Weeding's noesumnination by Mr. Bal-
lasting, she said, " Mr. Danes asked meif I should like
to go to SAM, sad I said that after the kited of animals
be =twitted se being there, I would rather sot. (Laugh-
tar.) lam quite sure it was Mr. Davies who come there.
rs. Peggy Heap woe the next wham =Bed, and
the same course was adopted in nierosee t• her
evidence glean oa the former referees= Ske had
deposed that is Neember, 1815, Mr. Davis. was a
goat at her hem; that she had remarked his "w=
• diming veriere," sad wee la se way faverarebiy
WWI It;
_that at diva= she had fallen Me the um a
•Iltsg New Amsterdam ea Mead, os whisk Mr, Derthla
sereented her, aad said she need a= be gebssied rif ffile
=intake, for nosy imam of pediment hod Warm'

ender ae same ideal sad she detailed various ether atilimat
eartesweesses, all team es esstebessee bee
meat that Mr. Dads bail mewed albs. Imes, sad imit tt
Mr. Beale's, ea be envies. •mssi Maw wee*, *saw
stases that a key head is his ream Am bie arUire by
the servant had Ms gins to her, mad hetrareed la a sots
addressed to tie Rev. Waimea Davies. Mitabobsese,

Loads,.
By flerimat linikiao—Our boom is these eteeirrigt
The stairesee is of dine. Oa the comeies in
Mrs. Draytea went to Chapel with Mr. Dent.. fibs MUM
by my vetoed with ldm.
Creer-exaltdeldi by Mr. Bellaatine—l am seqmpleigiadill
Mr. Beds, We en be& iodopeadent dissealleift 3111
Basis has Mimi bum hosinissew be was • Lira
Keep has ales veered hem leusinme—he was
timber, sad nal trade. I ham teething about Mr.
I seat the key in • note directed to Rev. Rbandlee
Davies, Museum House, Loudon." I got no ae
meat. I thought I should. I am quite stare liir=ti
la that way.
The Arbitrator—Wag your letter, with the key, am
returned to you by the post-office ?
Witness—Oh, no, sir.
Mr. Joseph Keep's Rome stridence was then read from
the arbitrator's tone as follows :—" I went over the Imes
with Mr. Davies. I beard no observations. lam deaf."
By fieriest Wilkins—My bona, is not at all like Mr.
Beale's. Our house is • stuccoed house, painted white.
Mr. Beale's is a dark-red stone house. Ouse is a three-storied
house. There are no attics in the roof. Mr. Beale's is
only two stories under the roof. Whether there are attics
in the roof or not I de not know. Knowing the situation
of Mr. Bale's house, I should say there is not from it at
all the same look-out as from ours. No one who had assn
the two houses could mistake one for the other.
This wittier was not nosaszarained.
Mrs. Keep, recalled by Mr. Rdlantine—When I sent the
by to Mr. Davies, I wrote to this effect. "Mrs. Keep begs
Is endows • key found on the dreasing-table in Mr. Davies's
room, and which she forwards to him." I did not request
an acknowledgment. It was an cadinary portmanteau or
bag key.
Mrs. Drayton was next put is the witness-box, and as she
had been examined in the former reference of ",Tidman e.
Ainslie," her evidence was read over. It corroborated Mn.
Keep's, in reference to the allegation that Mr. Davies bad
stayed there, in every substantial particular.
Croe-examined by Mr. Ballaatine.—l made a declaration
that I anompanied Mr. Davies to Cheese-lane Chapel cm
Monday 'vetting. I cannot say whether it was cm lanky
or Monday night.
Mr John Saunders, examined by Shiest Wilkins.—l
am a printer and stationer at Wellingborough. In Nov.,
1845, • missionary lodged at my house. He was the Rev.
Mr. Sewell. a missionary from India. He was a middle-
sized man, rather thin and pals-looking. Mr. Davies wee
ad at myhease at all.
The witness was not cross-examined.
The Rev. Joseph Wilberforce Rh:ha/dna examined by
Mr. Ilvans.—l was educated at Bothnia"' College, and be-
came acquainted with Mr. Davies, who was a student there. 1
That is about twenty years ego. Since that time I have been
on friendly, I cannot say intimate, terms with him. In 1849,
he was anxious to obtain a location in London. I joined
with Mr. Vaughan and other gentlemen. in erecting a
shape' for him in the Caledonian-road. After the Morley
committee was formed, Mr. Davies came to the and said he
was in great distress of mind on account of certain reports
about • letter which he had written about • young lady
at Greenwich. He read a portion of the letter. I said,
" What Gould prompt you to write such • letter ?" He
replied, " I cannot tell." He said • committee wool st be
I set:emery. I said "I think so, too." Mr. Davies wished me
to be ea the committee. I consented, with some hesitation.
I impressed on him the neeeseity of having Dr. Tido= on
the committee. I did not wish to trouble myself about the ,
committee. If I had believed the rumours about him were
tree, I should have connected myself with his chapel.
After the mentions of the Morley committee, I told him,
I. my opinion, he was bound to retire from the chapel.
The committee would have sat, if he had not led
them to believe that he would abide by their
decision. That aas certainly my impression. I first heard
of the Wellingborough letter from Mr. Davies about • month
after the Morley committee at is January. He gave
me to understand that • letter bad been brought up against
him at the Mission-house, picked up and .copied there —a
letter written by him to his wife. I was very much excited
by the communication, and spoke in very strong terms of
the man who would dare to open • letter written by • bee.
bead to his wife, to which he appeared cordially to 'meat.
I doubted that he was the writer of the letter. He
heard all I said about the conduct of • man who would den
to open • letter written by • husband to his wife and copy
it. Mr. Davies wanted to what I said. As far as I can
recollect, be said, " And now the Mission-house have got a
letter of miss to my wife, which they have copied." That
was the special point—" which they have copied." I said
that " any man who would dare to copy • letter from a hus-
band to his wife must be most dishonourable and bass." I
When those are the terms I used.
Mr. Evans—Mr. Devies's evidence is this:—" I said to
Mr. Richardson I knew nothing about it (the Welliag-
borough letter)."
Witness—Oh no, certainly not. Ile
thing. Ido not think Mr. Front's name was mentioned
on that occasion. After the congrecational board sat I met
Mr. Davies. I said, "Now Mr. Davies, I have taken no part
in the proceedings of the congregational board, and I
should now like to tell you my impression of the
ease. It is, that you are the author of that letter,
or certainly the greatest dolt that ever lived. You know
You denied the authorship of that letter to me, other-
wise I should have been able to have borne witness to that
statement. You have cloud my lips." And he replied,
" I did not deny it to you ; I was afraid you would go to
the Itissiou-house, and I did not know what evidence they
had." There was a reference subsequently to the Welling-
borough letter. He said, " I will show it to you." He
then put his hand in his pocket, and said, "But I
haven t it with me." When I said lee was either
the author of the letter or the greatest dolt that
ever lived, he said, "I am 'either one nor the
other." it was on that account I added, " You
know you never denied it to me." Ido not think he said
" I had abundant reasons for not doing so." I will not
swear he did not, but I think he did not, for he gave me the
reason when he said, " I thought you would go to the Me-
dan house." I went dowa to Greenwich with Mr. Davies
for the purpose of placating the uncle and aunt of the
young lady (Susan Smith) if possible.
By Serjeant Wilkins—l heard nothing about Mr. Pere.
man until the Caledonian committee met. That was after
the Morley committee. When hs told me about the Greer
wick letter hs certainly told me nothing about Mr. Femmes.
It must have been some weeks after my first conversation
with Mr. Davies about the Greenwich letter when I heard
about Mr. Foreman. I remember Mr. Davies being con-
fronted with Miss Smith. I remember her being appealed
to about Mr. Foreman, and she did not remember Mr.
Davies referring in any way in the steamboat to Mr. Fore-
man. I believe that it wee I who iatroduced the name of
Mr. Foreman, in order that I might allay the feeling.
which the uncle and dud felt towards Mr. Davits. I asked
them did they not think Mr. Davies had Mr. Foreman in
view ? They refused to receive this objection. I utterly
failed in placating them. I use the term again advisedly.
Serjeant Wilklae—And • very good term too.
MAr. Balleatine—lt may be, but not in this ease. (Laugh-
W
Witness—l believe Mn. Helyer said to Mr. Davies, "Why
did you not think of that before ?" I know she said, that
" if her husband had written such • letter to any young
lady he would not have had much pine at home after-
wards." (Laughter.) Mr. Davies before the com-
mittee of the Caledonian Chapel, of which I was a member,
in my presence denied the authenticity of the Welling-
borough letter. I attended the committee up to the close,
bat only occasionally. Up be the time of the Morley cam-
sides I certainly had every inclination to forward Mr.
Daviee's interests. I devoted time, effort, and money for
Mr. Davin. I have never in my life had any personal
quarrel with him.
Osemessmised by Mr. Dellestime—l regard the Weals' (-
Warn akar as a filthy magesitiaa If he had &nisi
the gihcsstlp of it I would has Waled es as investiga-
tion if the qualms had bees lesmght sp. but it never
was. I concurred is the ragman remmesesdieg Mr.
Darks to retire a the errentry and puss& there after I
Mari of the thesswirk Mew. 168804 tame the matter
uremia met be likely es NMI ens these, and he might still be
meritionabt
„dee.
by llerjesat Wilkins—That would not have
dmy opinion after I had reed the Wellingborough letter.
m of so feat which would have preeledid Mr. Davies
azimai Devi
Barba
Mr. Barba it the father-
Wilkins—You will find, sir, that the only
, who sanded the meetings of the committee at the dose
were Mr. Starling, Mr. Jones, Mr. Burton, Mr. Dales,
sad Mr. Adler.
The Bev. Mr. Vaughan was hen recalled at his own re-
quest, to scenes se impression which he believed he had
mode by_his oedema yesterday on the rends at seasehzri
sour. Whoa he shook heads with Mr. Davies, sail w
lila mean if he were in the right, it was oa the 30th et
Danaher, before this inquiry commenced. Mr. Dade'
said, " I shall bring forward the whole case, and I shall
win the day;" to which he had replied, "I wish you ama-
sses if you are in the right--God speed the right."
Mr. Ballastine—Let us have that down, for you repu-
diated it yesterday._
Witnea—No, I did sot. I said, .. I wish you nem@ if
y are is the right," ad in connexion with that I added,
" God speed the right."
Mr. Vaughan proanded to ay in reply to Serjeent WU-
Idne7l remember on ens occasion Mr. Davies handing me
It was laudatory of himself. It was the
giro
form of the resolution about his not being un-
for the ministry. It was in Mr. Davies% own
tia He mid, 'ls it too large a pill—do you
think they will swallow it?" (Laughter.)
Mr. Belleathie—Was it to be swallowed by the whole
Missionary Society, or by the committee?
Witaam—By the comenittes.
Mr. Rallantme—Will you swear the original resolution
wee in Mr. Davies's handwriting.
Witualb—l will swear the original resolutien was in Mr.
Davies's haadwrititsg.
Mr. Relleitine (beading the witness • paper)—ls that
the revelation ?
I Witness—This is the modified resolution.
Mr. Dallastine—ls what handwriting is that ?
Witness—lt is mine.
Mr. Belleatis•—Leek sgais at it, sir. De yes swear it
i is is your handwriting ?
a Witness—No, it is not. (tassatise.)
a Us junkie le this witness we think it only right to eases
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