The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-22 00:00:00

Mr. Malone wrote the letter I was going to All op a
chutes for hint for 37x1 , hut having mewioned to Celona
Smith that I might ei t get more than 3.50! front Mrs.
Kelly, and that I pr 'Sillily would Fe at the loas of the re-
mainder, he would not pirmit nie to fill it until I cocaina-
nicstinl with the parii a in Dublin. I believe Col. Smith
required 5001. on behalf of Mr. Malone. I returned to
Dublin, and saw Mrs. Kelly shout the matter, in Mount-
street. I told her that Col. Smith had succeeded is in-
ducing Malone to write the "letter of authority." It we.
dictated to me by Mr. Campion, and written by Mr. Ma-
lone at my dictation. Mrs. Kelly refused to give more
thee 3001. From the time the letter was written I
saw it until it was handed to me now. In May, 1817, Mr
Campion Mrs. Kelly, Miss Co:, and Mr. Birch called at my
house in Newport—(ante letters were then handed to the
witness ; amongst these was one addressed to himself at Mr.
Campion's =Bee, stating that if the needful was not forth-
with seat to him he would destroy the document [the letter
of authority) which he had been at so muck trouble to ob-
, tain, and that he would not accept any bill signing.")
'When Mrs. Kelly and party came to my house, I had a con-
' venation with her and Mr. Campion about the letters. She
asked me "might 1 not lose them, or might I not have
them tn my coat 1" Previously to going to Colonel Smith,
Mr. Campion made a request that I would bring him the
letters, and I did en. They wore sealed, but he opened
them, and compared flee of them, paragraph by paragraph,
with Greer's copies; I was displeased at his breaking
the seal. The parcel contained eight of Mrs. Kelly's letters
and one of Mr. Birch's. Mr. Campion said that no doubt
they were in her handwriting, and handed them back
unsealed to me. When Mrs. Kelly called at my house,
she and Mr. Campion requested me to bring them into
town in my pocket, and leave them in Yiates's drawing-
room, in Grafton-street. I did so, but on returning
in the evening I found that the coat and letters were
gone. This was on the 20th of May. I understood (rem
Mr. Campion before I brought in the letters that Mr.
Malone was to fist 5004. for them. To my knowledge there
we. nothing said either by Mrs. Kelly or Mr. Campion
about Mr. Malone leaving the country, for which he was to
receive 1001. It was previously arranged I heard from
him that Mr. Campion agreed to give him 1001. if be went
away. I did not see him going on board the ship. Mr.
Malone told me in 1847 that he got the 1001. I never saw
' the letters after I put them into mpocket until Mr. Cam-
pion gave them to me in some months subsequently. I re-
collect going to Mrs. Kelly's house with Mr. Malone, who,
however, remained in Merriowsquare while I went in. I
had seen her previously, when she made an arrangement
that I should being Mr. Malone to hear them. At that in-
terview I saw the very letters lying on Mrs. Kelly's table
which had been taken with my coat. Mr. Malone declined
to destroy the hitters without Mr. Tilly (the proctor's)
consent, he having previously told him not to do so.
The letters were afterwards destroyed in Mr. Melon's
loitginr, South Circular-road. Mr. Campion was acting as
Mrs. Kelly's attorney during the negotiations about the
letters and when they were destroyed.
To Dr. Kelly—They were put into the are by Mr.
I Malone. __ _ _

Witnem—That was in August, 1848. I went with Mr.
Malone by appointment to burn the letters in Mrs. Kelly's
house. Ilse 6001. was not paid to him until November '4B.
I made an application for the money ones, and was told
that I " might rest easy." It wu not Paid purposely
null after the " publication" had passed. I paid it to
Mr. Malone, and wu myself repaid afterwards by a
bill for 1,0001—.5001. for the burning of the letters, and
6001. to compromise a debt due by Mr. Campion to
Malone. I paid him 4001. odd, sad gave him a renewal
for the balance.
_ _

Mr. Meagher --Is it not a fact that Mn. Kelly letiou
6,0001. at the time you were negotiating for these
documents / _

Witnam—She lent me 2,6001. on one occasion; oa the
next 1,5001., and another 2,5001.
Mr. Meagher—Wu it not lent when you were nego-
tiating with Colonel Smith 7—Witness: Yes.
By Dr. KeUy—The money was lent on interest of six per
cent., but Mm. Kelly charged me an enormous bonus ;
she dealt with me as if I was a stranger, and on the same
security.
The cue was then adjourned.
The ease again came before the magistrates en Tuesday,
and some other witnesses having been examined, the evi-
' deuce an the part of the plaintiff was closed. It was
finally arranged to postpone the further hearing to Monday
next.