The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-04-22


fortress room that had once been occupied by
Lady Jane Grey, OF some other distinguished per
sonage and. bat toe our has,y departure from
London, we would have INDUCED in the luxury Of
sleeping in the same room that had once contained
Lady lane Grey. or Queen Elizabeth, or the sons
OF Henry who were stricken out OF life by the order
OF the inhuman Richard III. These facts. il is inn
porisnt TO add. we can prove ~ithou, reference to
A" the walters Of Longs Hotel" as We happen to
have the notes in our possession. and to which
feelings 81 delicacy TO those gentlemen prevent Us
from giving PobIicity.
Then a. TO visiting the gallery 81 the House OF
Commons. We believe We must plead guilty 10
this accusation. rather think that wlkoff did
accompany me on that occasion. and procured an
order Of admis~ion from one Of the members whom
be found al the door. Bui n was not on Nikoh :
account that the order was obtained for he repre-
serted 20 the honorable member that the Editor Of
the Nnr York Hpsif, wrll known in both herns-
Pherrs wanted admission ihto the gallery Of the
House and the order va. Immediately gwen. so
that my name even here was passport 20 wikoh,
aud merely embraced this opportunity Of Procur-
ing admission. IN order 10 save mysslf The uoH-
bic Of ealing npon the Hon. Joseph Hume, Who
would Al any time have facilitated me IN tina, re-
spect. a. well az other Distinguished members 81
the House
Then as TO the introduction u Mr.. Macgregor's
name. lie ralksofhsyins seen Me- Mscgrcgor and oi
that gentlemen saying that he did'at know rne and
was not aware at what position held. Let me
tell Wlkoff that Mr.. Macgrcgor knew my position
much better than he knew has. Ills position
Wikof' = we mean--was much better known 10
" the walters Of Longs Hotel than 60 any other
On the day that we dlped At Mr..
when We were introduced in the
drawing room TO his lady, she al once said Al
MIR. Bennett, know you very WE'LL have rad
your paper Tor years, and been very much amused
and instructed by tit gives us the best account 81
the u. Staies-l know you very weli--sit down"
Withou, applying 80 the waters Of Longs Hotel
for evidence TO sustain us, we have merely 30 say
that Mr. Macgregor, before We leii London, ~ a
proof of the opinion he had OF "a. for he knew our
history very well, made present of hall dozen
beautifully bound volumes, IN gi, aud morocco,
containing valuable statistics Of English commerce
and manufactures, many OF them the result Of he
own research and industry And all this without
reference 10 "the walters OF Longs Hotel" Mr..
Macgregor also gave Ms a number OF letters Of In
PRODUCTION TO his friends in Pans, which found
of much use, and tor which we shall ever feel
grateful TO thai eminent political economist and
philosopher And this too without reference %
"he waters OF Longs Hotel"
This chevalier has not denied single statement
we have made in reference TO Mr. MacreaJy H.
dare not. Because he knows that Mr. Macread,
will soon be here, and will set all that matter right
before he leaves the country, showing what a TO-
MOI Tho VIII off il Aul IN.
can appeal, and shall abide by his statement And
this too without reference TO ",he walters o.
Longs Hotel"
AS for the reference to O'Conne-all that was
perfectly understood in both hemispheres. The
brutality Of that man was not confined TO Us alone
We happened TO be included in the list Of the high.
est personages of Europe, commencing with Lou,
Philippe, King Of the French, down 10 the modes
and unassuming poet from Kentucky, William Wal.
lace, Esq, Temperance Orator In fact we regard.
ed, and still regard that as rather complimentary
for the praise of O'Connell would only imply
some contributions TO his ''black MALI fund, and
be evidence of scurriliy ON the part OF those
he praised, that would be utterly contemplate.
Thus we believe We have answered thescheya-
er in every particular, and convinced every person
who can read, of the gross msrepre tn,
ridiculous prevarications the impudent assertions
put forward by this chevaer Wikoff. And we hav,
proved them to be false without any reference to "h
walters of Longs Hotel'--his only witnesses. w,
have given the most satisfactory evidence and car
give more, but refrain from doing it at present,
And we now leave it TO any person of common
sense looking over the whole of this thing, whethe
in the language of Fanny Eisser. there existe,
ga meaner man" than this Wikoff? Ii is mos
amusing to hear such a creature talk OF chi
position whilst he has no position at all, natura
or acquired. AS well might the verest loaie
in the street talk of his position" And this to.
is all known to "the walters Of Longs Hotel.
When we arrived at Longs Hotel, we very natu
rally inquired if Wikoff resided there, because W,
had always been under the impression, from hi
letters to us, that that his head quarters, ant
we were astonished to find that he merely cam
there occasionally, and had all his notes and letter
left there, but where he lived in London, whethe
In cellar or IN garret-at the East, at the Yves
we never knew-no one knew-and we doub
very much whether even "the walters of Long
HoteP knew where he lived, or could testify as 4
his whereabouts Gentlemen, into whose compan,
he got, wondered where he lived, and often specu
lated about what he was doing. The fact is, tn
chevalier was merely sort of excrescence on thu
outer edges of fashionable society, and tolerate,
because of his harmlessness and occasional goo,
| nature. He was, indeed, we must say, very useiu
for knocking at doors-somewhat skifu in open
ing gates-tolerably fair in speaking TO porters-
capital at calling for carrages-very good at pick
ing up fans-stl better at handing handkerchief
could generally tell with accuracy the time o
day-was expert at running errands-good at find
ing out cheap shops, and driving to them in ano
theirs carriage-and had marvellous sef-commant
in addressing " the walters of Longs Hotel"
And this is the man, who with the walters al
Longs Hotel'' as his evidence, is going to prove
such tremendous things against US" black mall
-" extortion" and all that We can show on the
best of evidence that Fanny Elsser for all the COCO
that we had done her, and praise bestowed upor
her, and advocacy Of her merits, about year aite
she had been here and when she had nearly made
her fortune of $50 600 on the birth of our SON. sent