The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

(No. 3 )

Albany, July 9, 1840.
Sir—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter, informing me that inasmuch as the allega-
tions contained in my letter of yesterday's date are entirely
unsapported by any statement of particular facts, the
Committee cannot entertain the charge.

I will thank you to inform me whether, upon the charge
being communicated to Mr. Tooke, l►c admitted or denied
its truth. Your obedient servant, &c.
THOS. S. DUNCOMBE.

Thor. Coates, Esq., arc.

(NO. 4 )

9, Litcoln's- fan fields, July 9, 1840.
Sir—The only answer which I can give to the note
which I have just had the honour of receiving from you is,
that I do not feel myself authorised to state what passed at
any meeting of the Committee, unless directed by the
Committee to do so. I remain, Sir,
Your very faithful and obedient servant,
THOMAS COATES.
T. S. Dancombe, Esq., M.P., &c.

(No. 5 )
The Albany, July 9, 1840.
Sir—l regret, Cr the credit of the Society for the Dif-
fusion of Useful Knowledge, that you were not authorised
by the Committee last evening to inform me whether its
Treasurer admittea or denied the truth of the charge which
I felt it my duty to make in defence of the free and inde-
pendent exercise of the franchise of my constituents.
It appears to me that had the charge been unfounded,
an innocent man would have immediately and indignantly
repelled the accusation and called for instantaneous in-
quiry. Mr. Tooke may have done so; but if lea did, why
this mystery ? At all events, I beg to state that lam pre-
pared to go into the Ch6e, and bring proofs in support of
the charges I have made, whenever the Committee shall
think fit to app,int a day for that purpose.
Yours, &c., T. S. DUNCOMBE.
Thomas Coates, Esq., &c., &c.

(No 6 )

59, Lincoln's Jun-fields, July 11, 1840.

Sir,--With reference to that part of your second nate
to me of the 9:h instant, which states that you are " pre.
pared to go into the cave, and bring proofs in support of
the truth of the charges you have made, whenever the
Committee shall think fi to appoiht a dAy ,or that pur-
pose," I think it ina be convenient o inform you that
there will not 13,- an oidinary nweting of the Corn-
mitts, before the second Wednesday in August, and that
I am nut authorised to summon an extraurd.oary meeting
unless by desire of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, or
Treasurer.
I will, however, lay before the Committee, when they
meet, your notes of the 9th instant, together with any
further communication which you may be pleased to make
to me.
I would also beg leave to remind you that it was be-
cause your charge against Mr. Tooke was not specific, or
capable of being rebutted by evidence, that the Coo;mittee
declined to entertain :.!••
I have the honour to ;,.:•Sir, faithfully yours,
&c. T. COATES.
T. S. Duncombe, Esq , M.

(No. 7.)
The Albany, July ;IL 1840.
Sir,—l have just received your letter of this day 'a date,
from which I learn that you are not authorised to sumh2on
a special meeting of the Committee, unless desired so to
do by either the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, or Treasurer;
and that unless one of these parties should so authorise
you, no meeting can take place until the second Wednesday
in Augnat. Under the peculiar and urgent circumstances
c.f the case, I have to request that you will be good enough
immediately to apply to the Treasurer for his sanction to
enable you to call, without less of time, a special meeting
of the Committee, for the purposes contained in my second
letter to you of the 9th instant, and I shall be obliged to
you to inform me as early as possible of the result of your
application to the Treasurer.
I have the honour to he your obedient servant, &c.,
THOMAS S. DUNCOMBE.
Thomas Coates, EN.

(No. 6.)
.59, Lincoln's Inn-fields, July 14, 1840.
have laid your note of the I I th inst., isefore the
Treasurer, who is of opinion that, adverting to the minute
of the Committee on the Bth inst., communicated to you
by me on the following day, he cannot direct a special
meeting of the Committee to be convened to consider the
charge against him, unless there shall havo been previously
sent to me a statement of the particular facts upon sshich
that charge is founded. I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
THOS. COATES.
T. S, Duncombe, Esq., M.P., &c.

(No. 9.)
The Albany, July 14, 1840.
Sir,—l am this moment favoured with your letter,
s,hei eta you st:.te that Mr. Tooke declines to call a spe-
cial meeting of the Committee to investigate the charges
which I have made against him, and that he assigns as the
ground of his refui,al my not having been sufficiently spe-
cific in my accus..tion.
In my former liAter of the Bth inst. I stated that "Mr.
Tooke had urea the influence he possessed as your trea-
surer, to induce your tradesmen to pledge thernselv.,s in
writing to give him their active and zealous support at
the next clectionjor the borough of Finsbury, cowl ary,
as
he was wellaware, not only to t!,tir previous course of vot-
ing, but to their declared wishes and intentions as to the
future " I also stated in my second letter of the 9th in-
stunt. that I was prepared to briny proofs in support of
that charge, whenever the Committee should think fit to ap-
point a day fir the purpose H I how repiat my charge.
and I al*o rep.ai nly ri_lsoities to prose it, and as I have
been told that Mr. l'trohe denies the truth of it, I the
inure earnestly call upon y uu t.) apply to the (Mailman or the
Vice-Chairman to sanction your calling upon an early day
a :Twat Meeting of the Committee, in order that my ac-
ctositiou may by fairly and fully investigated.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS S. DUNCOMBIZ.
Tooruas Coates, Eby:, I,,etete,y, &c.

(No. 10.)
59. Lincoln'. luu-fields, July 16, 1840.
Sir,-1 have transmitted a copy o: your letter to me of
the 14Th (which was delivered here yestrrnay ) to the
Chairman of the Society, ho directs me to inform you
that he tunedrs with Mr. Tooke in the opinion that the
Luce., is clititleif_ to have .n intimstion of the particular
iact ti
upon which your charge is fouaed, be. Ore
is a Commit-
tee edited to investigate tha cwage.
Nevertheless, as Mr. 'Cooke is willing to waive this
right, the Chairman has requested Mr. Duckworth, Mr.
George C. Lewis, and the Honourable J. Wrottcsley to
form a Sub• Committee to investigate the charge, and he
has directed me to lay our correspondence betore them.
I have summoned this Sub-Committee
uato meetM here
our on
Tuesday next, the 21st instant, at a qrter ore f
o'clock, and I request the favour of roofs attendance here
at four o'clock precisely, with such p.as you may pos-
sess. I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your very faithful servant,
ITHONIAS COATES.

(No. 11.)
Albany, July 18, 1840.
Sir,—As Ido not know whether it will be your duty to
attend officially at the meeting of the Sub-Committee on
Monday next, I think it right to inform you that I shall
.
require your testimony sypport of my charge against