Wills to his father]?--That is the letter Mr. Wills
read.
1069. Did he read it out for the purpose of being corrected if
there was any statement in it that was not quite correct?--I
believe the reason was, in case the letter should be found, that he
should not say anything to our disadvantage, mine or Mr. Burke's;
he thought that we would see it was the truth and nothing but the
truth.--[Watch produced]--That is the watch Mr. Wills desired the
survivor to give to his father, which I have done.
1070. There was a pocket-book, was there not?--Yes, which Mr. Burke
gave me on the evening before his death, requesting me to deliver
it to Sir William Stawell, but under any circumstances I was not to
deliver it to any other gentleman of the committee. I delivered it
to Sir William Stawell this morning.
1071. Did you know anything of the nature of the contents of it?
--No, except what Mr. Burke read to me affecting myself, and which
Sir William Stawell has read to me this morning. The same book I
showed to Mr. Howitt, telling him that it was Mr. Burke's desire
that I should deliver it to Sir William Stawell himself. Mr. Burke
also gave me his watch, and told me it was the property of the
committee; the same I delivered to Mr.
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