The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock.

TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.)

LIVERPOOL STEEPECIIASE.
7 to 1 agst Little Tom (taken and offered)
11 to 1 agst Knight of the Shire (taken)
14 to 1 eget Tom Moody (taken)
15 to 1 Treachery (taken and offered)
100 to 6 The Brewer (take 20 to 1)
16 to 1 Morgan Rattler (taken)
4 to 1 apt Martha (taken)

SPRING CUP.

CHESTER CUP.
15 to 1 apt Adamas (taken)
20 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken)
25 to 1 aget Botany (taken)
30 to 1 agst Melissa (taken)
50 to 1 agst The Hadji (taken)
50 to 1 agst Toffey (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
4 to 1 aget Clydesdale (offered)
11 to 2 agst Brother to Marchioness (offered)
12 to 1 aget Happy Land (taken)

THE CHARGE AGAINST MR. ISAAC
BUTT, M.P.

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.—THIS DAY.
The committee for investigating the charges in the
petition of Mr. Coffey against Mr. Isaac Butt re-assem-
bled this morning at 12 o'clock in No. 18, Committee-
room.

Mr. Roebuck, in answer to a question put by the
Chairman, said he proposed to-day to call Mr. James
Coffey, one of the brothers of the last witness, and Mrs.
Parr, the lady whose name was so frequently mentioned
yesterday. To-morrow he should call Mr. Vernon
Smith, M.P., Mr. Mangles, and Sir J. W. Hogg.
Mr. Deasy having been informed that the committee
would sit on Saturday, said he should examine Mr.
Butt on that day.
Mrs. Parr, examined by Mr. Roebuck—l am married.
My husband is, I believe, now in Hanwell, and I believe
seriously ill. I should have gone to see him, but I
thought it would seem as if I wished to avoid being
examined if I was not present this morning. I know
the brother of Mr. James Coffey, he introduced me to
Mr. Edward. I know his Highness Ali Moored
I live is Bond-street, and I obtain my
living by trafficking in opera boxes. Mr. Coffey used to
obtain boxes for his highness, and I also executed several
commissions for his highness. He used to come to
my house, aa also used Mr. Butt. The only time I beard
anything relative to AR Moored, was one evening in en
opera box, and my opinion was asked about the advi.
sability of the journey. I said I was not in a position to
give any opinion. I was also present at a conversation
that .took place one evening at my house. Mr. Butt
said, in the event of a certain despatch being obtained
from the Board of Control, he should go to
India and return a rich man. I am certain this
conversation occurred in the month of July or the
beginning of August, 1857. I never went to Paris at
the wish of Ali Moored. I went there on my way to
Qermany to find a college at which I could place my
children. I travelled to Paris by myself. While in
Penis I resided in the same hotel as theArneer, but in a
different part. A fter stopping a few days in Paris the
Ameer expressed a wish as I was going to Vienna that
I should travel with him in order that the journey might
be shortened by playing chess. When I arrived at Vienna
I occupied apartments of my own in a hotel. The Ameer
also resided at the same place. While in Vienna
I recollect Reverel persons coming to see the Ameer.
The Chamberlain of the King of Sweden called upon her
in reference to the affairs of the Ameer. On returning
to England I heard that a telegram had been sent to
Mr. T. Smith aspersing my character. I received
letter from Mr. V. Smith's son, stating that nothing
had been said about the telegram, and remarking,
"If I can be of any service to you in this matter let
use know." (The chairman and the members of
the committee were of opinion that this senteace
was in a different handwriting from the body of
the letter.) I recollect a couveraation taking
piece there between myself and Mr. Elliot. Mr.
Coffey was present. I also recollect a conversation
between Mr. Elliot and Mr. Coffey about India. I
never heard Mr. Coffey say that on the arrival of the
Ameer in India, he would join the strongest party if
he got to Bombay durin; the insurrection. I might
have used that expression myself. I have also a recol-
lection of an interview with Sir Hamilton Seymour,
during which Sir Hamilton Seymour told me
that Mr. Butt had told him that Mr. Coffey was
a libeller, and that he was determined to hunt him
down. I have never heard that I had been introduced
as Mrs. Coffey until this moment. I had heard I
had been spoken of in a telegraphic despatch as Mrs.
Coffey, tke Ameer having, it was said, come to the con- I
elusion that the lady he had seen in Mr. Coffey's apart•
ment was his wife. I travelled by the same conveyance
as the Ameer to Frankfort, We arrived there on a
Sunday, and left the following Thursday. Ali Moored
never seemed annoyed at our stay in Vienna. He
appeared vexed when Mr. Coffey wished to push on.
He, in fact, wanted to remain. In the course of my
journey to Vienna I wrote to Mr. Coffey, requesting to
see him, as I thought it was not right that he should go
away with aspersions resting on him of which he was

innocent.
Mr. Deasy—l shall not proceed into the cross-exarni-
nation of the witness, but I request that Mirza Ali
Akhbar, an agent of the Ameer in England, should be
called to translate two letter+ written is Persian by the
Ameer, one datel from Paris and the other Trieste,
during his outward journey to India.
Meer Ali Akhbar then produced two letters, both
of which he said were written by the Ameer to him. The
first one read Will dated from Paris. It complained of
the great expenses of the hotel, which he said had already
cost him 2,000 rupees. It directed that the money might
be got from the Mercantile Bank. That the hotel bills
ascertainwould
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ofm sf raotrus n C(
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detaining him had robbed him. The letter concluded
by stating that "the bastard" would rob bim on the
mad.

Mr. Roebuck—How do you authenticate this letter ?
Witness—By the envelope.
Mr. Roebuck—But that is no proof that this letter
(holding up the paper) came in this envelope. There is
no seal or anything on the letter to prove its authenticity.
Sir J. Graham —Do you know the Persian characters
of the Ames/. ?
Witness—l do.
Sir J. Graham—You have no doubt about it I
Witness—None whatever.
Mr. Bright—ls it not the custom to affix a seal or to
wake the last mark on a letter
Witness—Not on letters. It is on agreements.
Mr. Sidney Herbert—You have not read the whole of
the letter. It is written on both sides I
Witness—l did not observe it.
The room was then ordered to be clearei. On the
re-admission of the public the witness was then re-called
and read the remaining portion of the latter. The
Ameer went on to say that it was of the utmost im-
portance that he should receive the money, and that
when he arrived at Bombay he would send it back
through his agents. The litter was addressed in
English.

Mr. Roebuck—Who addressed that letter T
Witness—l don't know. It was addressed to me by
the Ameer through the mercantile bank as he did not
know my address. The seal was the Ameer's.
The second letter was then read, it was to the follow-
ing effect :
"Before this I sent you a letter from Paris, and in that
letter I explained to you the circumstances of the bad
conduct of this devil. Up to this day I have received no
you have not received it. However this is the circum-
na
answer ; perhaps through the
Y arrival at Paris I told him
mdeaydee, man
then eve left Paris. In every
villany of this accursed
stances of the place. On
to prepare to proceed to-morrow morning. He told me
Y excuses. He kept me in
efur manyu or five excuses and pretences. At some
places
stage
Parisgcw eeas
hesfont
ckkaoe ,
sakes
eatfisnvmde
days, and in another place
he kept me six days, and all for no benefit. I arrived at
Trieste on the 21st. On my arrival the boat had started
for Alexandria. Another boat may go in fifteen days.
That la doubtful. I may go or I may not go. At other
times he makes other excuses, and tells me I must get
cithhdee. Sometimes he tells
my Minister, Ali Akhbar, to send me on to Bombay.
At otherorde r
English Government
have
me Mr. Butt is coming, and that I had better wait for
ehteo tells
go to meS
him. There is no one here who understands my lan.
ed times
m
gene. This is the fourth day I have been at Trieste.
You know that Mr. Vernon Smith has told me to go
quick, but lam kept here like a prisoner. I am per-
fectly helpless. God knows for what purpose this eon
of Satan detains me.
The translation of the two letters, with the originals,
were, after some conversation, ordered to be sent to Mr.
Prinsep, a director of the East India Company, in order
to ascertain if the witness bad translated them correctly.
Io answer to Mr. Roebuck, the witness stated that
he was not on the beet terms with Mr. Coffey. This
circumstance arose from the disrespectful way in which
Mr. Coffey had treated the Ameer. The first time he
knew there was money
transactions between Mr. Coffey
and the Ameer was when the Ameer showed him as
account ; and when he asked Mr. Coffey for particulars,
he gave the most unsatisfactory answers.
Mrs. Parr, cross-examined by Mr. Deasy---I have
seen Mr. Butt five or six times—four times in 1857 I
have a perfect recollection ot. It was at my own
house. On the second occasion I was speaking
to a gentleman in my drawing room when Mr.
t Butt, Mr. Irving, and Mr. Coffey entered, In cones-
i nonce of that ciroomtano Mr, Butt rowed An
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