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London, England, 1855-01-04 00:00:00

before, that if I had written scything Which deserved to be
so characterised there must have been some foul play.
Serjeaut Wilkins—Had you asked Dr. Tidman to be a
member of the Morley committee ?
Witness—l did.
Serjeant Wilkins—Did he (Ned ?
Witnese—He did.
Serious% Wilkins—What objection did he urge ?
Witness—lift past distil Mall en Mme.
Serjeat Wilkies---Did be set slew that his Wad moat be
prejudiced by the Waittagbeeeesh letter ?
Witnees—He did not. Not a syllable of it.
Serjeant Wilkins—Did you write this letter, dated Janu-
ary the 6th, 1851, to Dr. Wean ?
Witness—l did.
The following letter from Mr. Davies to Dr. Tidetaa was
then read.
" (Private.) " Jan. 6, 1881.
"My dear Sir,—l earnestly pope that gm will ace It
compatible with the honour of religion to regard that un-
happy Greenwich letter with the same charity you have
hitherto done. It was • most indiaereet letter. How I
came to pen it I know not. I mast have done it under the
impulse of a moment and without the least reflection. But
God is my witness, I had no evil thought in the matter as to
the Bethke stories or other story (for that affair in 1812 was
so thoroughly cleared, sad so profoundly buried, that I
apprehend it is scarcely necessary to refer to it). lam per-
fectly innocent, and challenge the most rigid investigation.
In that matter I claim your sympathy. You know that it was
a regard for the station that led me to allow my poor suffer-
ing wife to come home without me in the death of winter.
No one knows what a trial that was to us both, but we
endured it for the sake of God's eases. That very circum-
stance, however, esposed me to the deadliest shaft that
was ever burled at me. Not that I have to reproach my-
self in the least degree. I ezereked all the care and caution
that was possible for a man to do. Believe me, dear
Sir, by Divine grace I was there preserved from
anything sad everything calculated to my dishonour upon
the Gospel, but I am not without my fears that your mind
is powerfully influenced by that letter dated at Welling.
borough. Allow me to observe that my last eogageosent
there was on a Monday night, and that I left on a Tuesday. I
shall by and by have something to say to you in reference
to that letter ; let me, however, beg of you, at this stage, to
divest your mind of all bias ging from that document.
"En. Davin.
" P.S. Let me also lay claim to the benefit of the fact that,
though the Bethke brethren knew of that story, they never
thought it worth their while to mention it to yon or to me.
Assuredly they would have done so had they thought it
anything but • vile slander; se finally, when they knew
; that as your deputation I was Introduced into the best fami-
lies in cur denomination throughout the country."
, Witness—l wish, sir, to make an observation in reference
to this letter. Allow me to state that there is a reference
to the Greenwich letter in this note as to its being " ladle-
crest." This note was addressed to Dr. Thiamin after he
I knew of the correspondence with Mr. Foreman, in which
he solicited mete obtain for hiss a wife. The term "Lodi'-
, erect" refers only to my manner of doing this. The ear
. respondence was laid before the committee four days before
, this note was written. _

&desist Wilkins—Did you au Mr. PrOut W alai pa a
copy of the letter ?
Witness—l went to Mr. Front fora ezweillke elnes-
wich letter, and he said he had sent it to ay Was as Wag
he had sent the Wellingborough letter to my Wawa WWII I
asked for it.
Serjeant Wilkin
Witnese—l did.
Serjeant Wilkins then read a letter, dated March 29th,
1851, to the' Rev.'. J. Freeman, in which Mr. Davies
alluded to the official language addressed to him by De.
Tidman, in which be bore high testimony to his sad, hie
successes, and his trials, as a missionary.
fierjunt Wilkins—You refer to the official language used
by Dr. Tidiness of you on leaving Bsrbice, had he ever
heard of any charges against you in Berbice ?
Witness—He had.
Seriessit Wilkins—Take are, sir !
Witness—M answer is that he had.
&dust Wilkins—What charges?
Witness—The charges in reference to the building of the
cant Wilkins—Oh ! I am speaking of charges of im-
ty ! Had he at that time heard of the charge in
reference to the black woman ?
Witness—He had net.
Serjeant Wilkins—Did you ever deny to Mr. Freemen
that you wrote the Wellingborough letter ?
Witness—l did not. I was going to do so on one occasion. It
wu oa the lit of April, 1851. It was in the Mission.house. I
told Dr. Tidman, Mr. Prone, and Mr. Freeman, that my
wife was prepard to state she had never received such a
letter as wu described. I did so also on the 21st of March.
Serjeant Wilkins—You seem to have a wonderfully ac-
curate memory. Can yon not be equally accurate about
sleeping at Mr. Bale's, at Wellingborough ?
Witness—l swear, to the best of my belief, I did.
Serjeant Wilkins—Will you swear that you did?
Witness—ln deference to others who have sworn to the
contrary, I will not.
Serjeant Wilkins—There is no deference to persons in
that box ; there is but one deference, and that is to truth.
Will you swear it?
Witnelk—l will not, but it is my conscientious belief that
I did.
Serjeant Wilkins—On your oath, who carried your port-
manteau to the railway station ?
Witness—The omnibus.
Serjeant Wilkins—Who put It on the omnibus?
Witness—l believe ft was a man provided by Mr. Beale.
Serjeant Wilkins—Will you swear that?
Witness—l will not.
Serjeant Wilkie
Witness—l did.

you write this letter ?

give the man a shilling ?

Sensant Wilkina—Did you give the servant woman at
the house a shilling ?
Witness—l did. I would here wish to observe, that
in the letter to Mr. Freeman I express a sorrow that I hid
" mentioned " the letter, not that 1 had " written" it, see-
ing that It had awakened Inch feelings of hostility
against me.
Seneant Wilkins—When did you first call for you
accuser 1
Witness—At the Mistsion Hone, on the 25th of March,
1861, in the presence of Dr. Tidman and Mr. Front.
Serjeaut Wilkins—Did you before 1860 consult the Rev.
lease Vaughan about the erection of a chapel is London ?
Wllmess—l did.
east Wilkie—Did you not consult him. about the
Deena charges ?
Witness—l did.
Sentient Wilkins—Did he not attend the Morley com-
mittee as your personal adviser and friend?
Witness—He did not ; he was not there at all.
Serjeant Wilkins—Did you inform him of the existents
if the Wellingborough letter ?
Witness-1 informed him of what Dr. Tidman had told
am in January, 1851, and added that I kaew nothing
about it.
Seneant Wilkins—You tad a copy of the letter at the
Mac Did you show it to him ?
Witness—l did not.
Sentient
letter?