The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-11-25

all lac knew. He then catered iato particulars,
giving the names Of several persons known TO
be obnoxious TO the Government. The time,
place, and proceedings OF meetings, which he
declared them TO be present atj the manner and
day on which the plot was TO be car led into eff
feet and wourd up by mploring the Consul, as
there was still time left 10 ward oil the dreadful
catastrophe, not 10 lose a day in forwarding the
necessary information 10 Sir Robert, then The
Right Honorable Robert Peel, Secretary for
the Home Department. All this time he care
fully abstained from even hiniing at a wish 10
be sent home on the contrary, when il was
first proposed TO him, he begged that il possible
be would be left where he was as, after the in
iquitous part he had taken, he could not hope for
mercy If once placed within the reach OF Eng
Iish law. To those at all acquainted with how
affairs were managed in 1927, il need not be
lold how valuable such information as the fore
going was deemed by all officials, and The Consul
no doubt considered himself not only fortunate
10 being the channel through which so impor-
taDt a communication was 10 PASS, but more
than fortunate in having prevailed on the re-
pentant, and now patriotic Mr.. Higgins TO ac-
cept gentlemanly outfit, reasonably filled
purse, and cabin passage to England, where
he was certain to receive a suitable repdrd!
The Consups communication reached Sir
Robert in due course, but il was not verified on
oath, and alas, there was no Mr.. Higgins forth
coming ~ do so. AT this stage matters rested
for some weeks, when letter bearing an Irish
post mark, was received at the Home Office,
the melancholy fact Of that gentleman being
far gone in consumption, and wholly occupied
III preparing for the awful change that was fast
approaching. YET still most anxious to assist the
Government in bringing 10 justice his former
gu ty assocales-lor which purpose he had put
The writer (his cousin) in possession of every
particular, and would, through him, if approved
of, devote all the time (not employ ed IN making
his soul to the furtherance of the object in
view. Sir Robert GuHi6ie, as he has been
termed by some of his opponents, swallowed
the bait. The letter was answered, money for
warded, and in due course, the cousin an The
person Of he reritabie Mr.. Higgins himself |
under another name,) made his appearance be-
fore the Home Secretary. What transpred at
that interview is known only 10 the parties
themselves; but in few days after, the cousin,
accompanied by Government officer, returned
to Ireland, and there for some four or five months
he continued TO furnish, through the officer
authentic information to the pro-
per authorities, receiving in return. for subsis-
IeDce, trdreiiing eapenses, pay of auxiliaries,
and bounty, or spending money, without which
alter item, nothing important could be got at,
such appropriations of the Secret Serrice !
Fund as his eminent services justly entitled
him to. But the longest day will have an end.
Mr.. Higgins's informatons, (Which, in justice |
TO him it mus, be said were not sworn TOY were
found insufficient 10 hang even one man. The
purse strings were tight drawn, and the dread |
ful conspiracy reluctantly acknowledged to have
existed only in the brain Of Mr.. Higgins, alias
Mr.. Hughes, alias the cousin.
His next appearance was as a special officer
of the Bow Street squadron-lhence conf |
dental servant Of the Home Office and next.
Government Reporter, in which capacity il may !
be well TO remark, he has never been employed |
or associated with the regular gentlemen of the |
corps, but only on such occasions as required the
services of an o0iciai with particularly tender
conscience
For the truth of the above, there could be ad- |
duced many vouchers, exclusive Of, sir,
Your obedienl servant
DELTA