The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-13 00:00:00

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rr GATESHEAD ELEC
TO THE EDITOR Or THE GATESHEADi 44,
Sir,
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Sir,--I have to beg that you will 1,, G•
c?rrespondence before the public, by 4"t4ese • •
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,Pla6e in your columns. 7f="2-
It is necessary for me to premise,
long been made sensible of an organized platelitfekSM2.o
adopted in this borough,- by Mr: Walters and some
of his party, to injure my public Character by the
unscrupulous use of misrepresentation and falsehood.
So long as these attacks were confined, to anony-
mous libellers, and to certain of Mr. Wsl4s's known
associates, I:felt that my latet course was to meet
them with silence; but finding that, at' a public
meeting held on the, Low Fell on the 23rd ult. Mr.
Walters had come forward in person as the abettor
of this system, I slaw that the tintte-waa come for me
to defend myself. I thought" it was due, equally to
to myself and to those: who honoured ine with their
confidence, not tamely to a./love a person specking
Openly and with the authority ore certain position iu
society, to accuse me, of conduct whieh involved a
high degree of political profligacy. I accordingly ad.
dressed the following letter to my friend Captain
Weatberley, in referenet' to Certain of Mr. Walters's
mis-statements on that occasion.
No. I.
"My dear Sir,—l shall feel gratly obliged to you, if,
on the raeeipt of thin letter, you sill wait on Mr. Ralph
Walters, and ask him vhethtr that which appe.trs in the
G4teihead Observer of this day. as the report of a speech
delivered by him on the Low Fell, on Tuoglay, the 23cl
inst., be in substance correct. If 11r. Walters da not
wholly deny its correctness, I rf quPtt that you will do
me the favour to call his particular attention to the fol-
lpwipg
peragraphs.—
••'" Test I voted against Mr. Trelawney'e motion for
the abiili,:ton of church rates.
" g. Th4t,-wlv n various -proposition were before the
thine of Commons for granting ,an_ atnonity
,to Queen
Adelaide; I alaays thought the largegt amount was the
best, and that I was one of those who voted that 100,0001.
per annual should be settled on the Queen.
" 3. That I was one of those who voted .an annuity
of 50,0001 per annum to the King of the Belgians, and
and 20,000/. per annum to the late King of Ilanovcr.
" I will place in your hands the facts of each of these
charges seriatim.
" I did not vote at all on Mr. Trelawney'a motion. I
was ill at this time, and I paired off with /kir. Chapman,
of Whitby, in ftvf,ur of-the motion.
" With respect to the late Queen Dowager's annuity,
wherein my conduct is describ-d with so much invidious
detail, that annuity was settled before I was in Parlia-
ment. Every part of this Antenarnt it erroneous. - - -
" The annuity granted by Parliament to King Leopold
was voted about the year 18l t, and hes never since been
the autject of a vote. Mr. Walters's assertion is, there-
tore, again erroneous.
" The annuity granted to the late King of Hanover
was voted by Parliament h-fore I was born.' It is true
that I refused to vi late the engagement after Parlia-
ment had made it, nut that is a different question. Mr.
Webers has again, therefore, as,arted what, is not true.
" I cannot doubt that Mr. Walters will at once adopt
the only course open to a gentleman who has done cu„
intentional wrong to another—that of making frank and
immediate reparation for h.—Believe me my
,dear sir,
yours very truly, WILLIAM HUTT.
London, Saturday Night, March 27, 1852 "
Oa Thursday the lit of April, I received this an..
saver from Captain We itherley

No.
" Nip dear Sir,--I did not r4-ceive your letter end its
qocompqnin3ent till this rnornieg. I imam diateiy called
on Mr. Walters in sccordance with your ircp.iest. As I
did not find him at home, I 10t word wi his clerk
that I would oall on him again this morning at ten
o'clock. I have ju-t seen him. On finding myself with
Mr. Walters I immediately laid before him the, ftots as
you hs.ve.stated them. lam happy to say that I found
him disposed to take the proper course fora map of ho-
nour on such an occasion. Lie expressed his readiness
to contradict publicly his previous assertions, if he found
them inaccurate; but be aF-kfd for a iittlo time to exa
mine the facts. This I agri.ed to.
Believe me, yours very faithfully,
"J. D. WEATHERLEY.

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" Nocessle, 31st Metall 1852."_
On the receipt of this 1 inuotiistely replied as fol.
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