The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EvENING,_ FEBRUARY 25, 1656.

THE LATE MR. SADLEIR, M.P.

should be ascertained. The state of the Tipperary
Bank was certainly a reality.

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RAILWATto

Leastla
Compan,

Clostn
this clay

Itismtssa
this day.

Mr. Norris said that Mr. Gurney had told him that
he had given the deceased 1,300/. on Saturday.
Mr. Keating said that up to that time no other forged
documents than the one alluded to bad been discovered.
There was a foreign bill for 1,0001. that bad not yet
been traced.

Adjourned Inquest.—(This Day.)

Tbis morning the adjourned inquest on the body of
the above deceased gentleman was resumed at the Wor-
khouse, Hampstead, before Mr. Wakley, coruner, and a
respectable jury.
Mr. Manning said that Mr. Keating was ready to hand
in the letters written by the deceased to him and Mrs.
James Sadleir. At first it was hoped these letters might
have been withheld from the public, but in consequence
of what had transpired, they were desirous that the ut-
most publicity should be given to everything connected
with this melancholy affair.

Mr. Wilkinson said that 18, Cannon-street, was the
office of the Swedish railway, of which the deceased was
the chairman. No forgeries had been discovered con-
nected with it.

Ultimately the inquest was adjourned for a fortnight.
During the investigation the deceased's brother was
present, and appeared much distressed in mind.

The Coroner said that he would read the letters first,
and if he found it necessary to read thorn to the jury it
should be done.

Mr. Anthony Norris, of 2,,Bedford-row, solicitor,
who was examined on a previous occasion was recalled,
and stated that he left Mr. Sadleir a little after 11
o'clock on Saturday se'nnight. He remained with him
about half an hour, during which time he received a
telegraph message from Dublin relating to the affairs of
the bank. It did not appear to make any deep impres-
sion on his mind. He read it, and threw it over to wit•
ness to read. The letter now produced is in the de-
ceased's handwriting.

The Coroner FR i d the letter mentioned the names of
certain persons injured by the deceased's acts, and he
thought it would be a still greater injustice to these un•
fortunate persons if their names were made public. He
therefore took the responsibility on himself of with-
holding them. The letter was then read. It was
dated Saturday night, and was to this effect :—" I
cannot live. I hare ruined too many. I could
not live and see their agony. I have committed diabo-
lical crimes unknown to any human being. They will
now appear and bring my family and others to distress;
shame and grief that they should have ever known me.
I blame no one, but attribute all to my own infamous

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villany. and hundreds of others
ruined by me. I can go through any torture or punish-
ment for my crimes ; no torture could be too much for
such crimes, but I cannot live to see the tortures I inflict
upon others.

" J. SADLEIR.

" Telegraph to - and others when you read this."

Mr. Keating, M.P., of Clapham, produced the letters
received by him from the deceased. The first was as fol•

,OWS

"Dear Robert,—James sent me over his title deeds
of Cohnarnick and Kilconnall. I have not used these
deeds in any way. I gave J. Gurr ey a letter from James,
intrusted to me by him, which J. Gurney had sent to
him. 'nit letter cannot be acted upon by J. Gurney
without my brother's express authority. J. Sadleir.
I6th February, 1856. IL Keating, Esq, M.P. T.
Uzielli has a bank bill for 2,0001., on which nothing is
due. It should be at once cancelled. If on Monday
the bank is to be saved, 8,2001. must be paid to East
Kent Railway for two orders-6,2001. and 2,0001.
2,0501. must be paid in to Glyn's, to meet order at sight,
issued to-day at Carrick, Gurney Brothers. The orders
falling due on Thursday all are advised, save one for
6,2001., my favour. This must be taken up on Mon-
day, not being advised. I cannot live, J. S."
The letter written by the deceased to Mrs. James Sad-
leir, of Dublin, was also put in and read. It referred to
the acts he had been guilty of in similar terms to those
of the other letters, and acquitted his brother James of
any knowledge of, or participation in them.

The other letter was this :--
" :1, Gloucester-terrace, Feb. 16.

"Dear Robert,—To what infamy have I come, step by
step, heaping crime upo❑ crime, and now I find myself
the author of numberless crimes of a diabolical char-
acter, and the cause of ruin and misery, and disgrace
to thousands—aye, to tens of thousands.

" Oh ! how I feel for those on whom all this ruin lutist
fall. I could bear all punishments, but I could nover
bear to witness the sufferings of those on whom I have
brought such ruin. It must be Letter that I should not
live.

"No one has been privy to my crimes. They sprung
from my own cursed brain alone. I have swindled and
deceived without the knowledge of any ono. Stevens
and Morris are both innocent, and have no knowledge
of the fabrication of deeds and forgeries by me, and by
which I have sought to go on in the horrid hope of re-

rieving.
" It was a sad day for all when I came to London.

I cm give but little aid to unravel assets and trana-

actionß.

" There are serious questions as to my interest in the
Grand Junction and other undertakings.
" Much will be lost to the creditors if these cases Are
not properly treated.

" The Grand Junction, the East Kent, and the Swiss
railways, the Rome line, the coal company, are all liable
to be entirely lost now, so far as my assets are cou-