Belcher, have you seen the report in this morning's 'Tattler' of the riot at Sevenoaks, which nominally had your dealings with the people for its occasion?
"_Answer_: I have, and a pretty mess was made of it.
"_Reporter:_ Do you declare the report to be incorrect?
"_Answer:_ I know nothing about the correctness or the incorrectness of the report, for I was not there.
"_Reporter:_ Were the accusations made against yourself correct, presuming that they were fairly and truthfully reported?
"_Answer:_ They were so far from being correct that nothing could be more untruthful or more malicious.
"_Reporter:_ Have you any objection to telling me the true state of the case in detail?
"_Answer:_ None at all.

Indeed, I have been so foully misrepresented, that I am glad of an opportunity to place myself right before a people with whom I have taken up my residence.

In the first place, I made Sevenoaks.

I have fed the people of Sevenoaks for more than ten years.

I have carried the burden of their charities; kept their dirty ministers from starving; furnished employment for their women and children, and run the town.