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A meeting was held last evening at the Hippodrome for the purpose of taking into consideration the case of the convict '''KELLY''', now lying in the Melbourne Gaol under sentence [[Ned Kellys End|death]].  For the credit of [[Melbourne|Melbourne]], we regret to say that many thousands were present to express sympathy with one of the greatest ruffians ever consigned to the gallows.  Of course, the action taken will have no effect upon the fate of the unhappy man, but it is truly lamentable that a crowd like that assembled last night could be got together for such a purpose.  When we heard that a meeting had been called, for the obvious purpose of bringing pressure to bear on the Executive, we anticipated a considerable gathering as in every large city the dregs of the population are in a state of chronic antagonism to the law, and ready, in season and out of season, to avail themselves of any opportunity which offers a chance of impeding or defeating its operations.  But large as the criminal class in Melbourne may be, it could not have furnished one-fourth of those who took part in the movement of yesterday, and so we are driven to the conclusion that numbers outside its ranks have mixed themselves up in this most discreditable business.

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