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fr as in his opinion. a; well as that of Mr. d Mr. D: (Grad y, no promise was ab ;01131 'L Mr Q although he had behaved brOKe n d unhandsomely to the Petitioner. Mr. an co > o il a nd M . r D. O'Grady also concurred with . Kin thinking that Petitioner should reject Mr. offer, which was rejected accordingly. On oc ' s r eturn to Dublin, he received a letter from \Jansen, stating that Mr. Gabbett had sent him t ract of a letter from Mr. Quin, stating as Col ,. Mr. Grady may vote as he pleases, and if e l oose , - t o vote against me, I will not, on that ac • deprive him of the situation." This statement not know to have been written by Mr. Witness was for many years on terms of inti ,ith Mr. Goold, who never ceased to speak to itil the receipt in Dublin of the first discussion ; s ubject in that House. The object of Peti was not, as witness has reason to know, to ob , 4:200 a-year for himself, but for the relief of ; f a: l l er, who was then resident at Boulogne. Wit is the near relation of the Petitioner, and in 11110 with the request of the Petitioner's uao ,rho was the sister of witness's father, he pledged rto assist Petitioner by his advice and judr as far as he could—hence witness was urged to ~ ,e rp se so much in this transaction. Witness was ire that Mr. Goold had called twice at his house VA of September. Witness did not, on his , J Mr. Quin, at Adare, county of Limerick, in ;)cober, mention to that Gentleman that any Parlia-- . investigation would take place on the subject, it occur to him that it would take that turn. . beginning of this month, witness understand eta he would be called to the Bar, thought it to apprise Mr. Goold , as a brother B.arister, was highly probable he would be required to. :e the letter from that Gentleman which has" heady cited. To this communication, which sae in writing, Mr. Goold returned no answer. had no communication with Chief Baron: !y urn this subject, but simply in his reply to nom his Lordship as to what was doing ;wet. was made in November last, and referred . what -.vas passing in the county of Limerick. never had any consultation with, or advice Chief Baron O'Grady, touching his communi with Mr. Quin, on behalf of the Petitioner.— . declared, that he had no other view in takin g Men minute of the conversation alluded to 4r. Quin, than to make an accurate represen i that Gentleman's views to the Petitioner is father. Witness bad understood by a letter ‘lr. Thomas Grady, that unlesi his son (the nier) were restored to the Clerkship of the !--Cof this letter, which the witness declared to ifidential, and the commencement of a volumi correspondence, the following is an eittrattj: • My dear Carew, lkstskigne, tOth October, 1818. Goo knows, and so do I, that you-had your hands full of sand I committed to your tutelage, Your perseverance, aassly, kind, and disinttrestcd, and I am perfectly satisfusd leillit of your administration. I know not what part I.:st to‘imire—the coolness and ingenuity with which Quin on, at his interview with you in Dublin, from co- to a fall declaration of his passion for bribery and cor .; the simplicity with which you conducted him to a writ testimonial of that declaration, or the tact with which you him my ktter, at your farewell interview with him at , it was a kind of r. r. e. compliment, which you Ingle the very nick of time ; one moment sooner "tesonld have ten ear;y, one moment later %would have-been tors , late—. n: trial: the moment when he was glorifying himself upon grph., to satisfy him that the battle was only in its infancy. :oar Tom: be might have had an overweeniug penchart for £lOO a-year, but he neither wants honour nor spirit, though was steadiness, which natural deficiency, including want edgraent, was abundantly increased by the confusion of ad ita poured in upon him from all quarters, and the number of testndiiacry advisers. I had a letter from him yesterday, in h he pretty neatly recapitulates what you told me is to the nsixdings below, and says, that his mind being unsatisfied at inning called Quin out, he had (here and in subsequent places wits printed in italics are underscored in the original) that rotten him such a letter, as would make it necessary for to call him out ; and t hen asks my advice ! You bed told me, I believe with great sincerity and justice, he had signified such his intention to you; and your opinion 4e was, that if he did so nobody would condemn hint, To nobody would, something of that sort must have been a teuur e rather expected than deprecated.—l said to him, that I ;vowed of hl having taken the advice of his friends in the nmtuace, and of his having vindicated his own feelings in eased ; for however the sense of the country might be with in to Quirt's injurious treatment, it would fall from him if ctook no step to assert himself.—lf Quin let it drop there, I ktked him to do so too, but to skew a copy of his letter to Quin (Vetch I hoped be kept) to all his friends, to tell you what progress I have *been making, for beset I shall not cull upon you to promote or second airy part of l'iw4rfire, I h o p e y ou d on t mean to dery me the consolation ot memunicating confidentially with yoti open it, or of expecting you a confidential disclosure to me of the sensation it shall .et on thy other side of the Irish Channel:4 ••a., though revenge Is sweet, yet solid pudding is better. iaTefore last Friday enclosed a copy of the case, together with I, lervations and precedents above mentioned, to my friend ; 0111,0 m 1 should be sorry to see thus hampered—and thi• u withoet mer.tioning names, except that thy advice pro ..lolfrorn s Lading Member of the Ilouse--and f put a short V tie bottom or the inclosure, in the words tollcivring : ' I dexecate and deepise the idea of a threat, but having r'agitm you advice to your benefit I will here advise yoo. , Atte yau to restore my son to his ;flee. ot which you have ?riled Lin, by an appointment for life, before the first day telt inn.ry--43d to inform me by return of post, that you t_ke the advice I here give you. I shall Expect your % 7, 1' .. :Le of November—or if I get no answer by that 41 40 ?resume that you rejected my advice, And to pre loa 41 further trouble, sod me all further delay, no middle lo compromise, shall be considered by me as falling wl4hin o tccpe of the advice I here giv; you. I. ` rt " "met to this:—Either Tom must be restored to , 4 plmitu& of his place, or Quin must be ruined—ruined 'it'xd all rederoptiain; there is in mature no third way. a " Yours, T. G." IL'At was the first intimation he had received of iLttaion to bring the question before Parliament al;:rach of its privilege:. ; though in a letter dated ~g ne, 27th September, 1118, Mr. Grady, sem 4 id he had the means, through Sir Robert Wilson, brin Z i ng the whole matter before the House of ' •G 11 ) 11 4ons, with a view to deprive Mr. Quin of the wee of Cuaos Rotulorum. He did not conceive it - *le, that when Mr.'Grady wrote that letter, he tad tecti , :ed any leter from him (Mr. C. subse ytrate the letters of the 21st and 23d September. rust of those letters, both of which were read, ari account of 'his iMr. C. S.'s) interview with Clain at M r . G oo ld' s, when Mr. Quin said, that all along made up his mind to appoint Mr. 11*, Stnith, wh o was to pay L l / 4200 a-year to Mr. T. W. adY, to be en j oye d by him as long as Mr. T. W, 'lady's interest in the county was at Mr. Quin's dis. V itt I, he being those let detcrmined to have a M quid pro fulc cond of ters stated, that r. Quin, in •141? as, with Mr. Goold, called on him (h._____lo-•,4, th e "` z ` morning, to .av Ulm, he thought it better e only pledge Mr. T. W. Grady should 'give, should be to support him (Mr. Wyndham.Quin)-so- long. as he stood forthe county, leaving open ,the question of the future disposal of his .(Mr. Graily"s) hlte est.— After Mr. Quirts departure, he . (Mr. C. S 4 enclosed to him a minute of what had passed (which minute has already been published in The STAR) which he (Mr. Q.) brought back, with very little alteration, al though he declined signing it. In the course o f the lettet, Mr. C. Smyth observed, that Mr. Quia having contradicted Mr. T. W. Grady as to the alleged pro mise, the latter had only one of three courses to take: either to call Mr. Q. out, to stand on his legal rights, if he should be advised he had them, the third to make the best terms he could by way of compromise ; and I lse (Mr. C. S.) recommended the latter, although the proposed terms were hard. In his subsequent eta ' =nation, he (Mr. C. S.) stated that he gave that ad vice, in order to prevent the danger of a hostile, meeting between Mr. Quin and Mr. T. W. Grady ; and without being at all aware that a compliance with it would be a bleach of the privileges of the House. Mr. C. Smyth then gave in a number of letters relating to the subject from Mr. Grady, sen. Mr. Grady, jun. and others. Mr. Thomas Goold was next examined. He had been 13 years one of his Majesty's Counsel at the Irish Bar. He accompanied Mr. Quin in the month of September, when he called on Mr. C. Smyth: In doing that, his sole object had been to prevent a meeting between Mr. T. W. Grady and *Mr. Quin. At that meeting Mr. Quin read to himself the minute made by Mr. C. Smyth of a conversation which had passed between them on the preceding day, and denied its accuracy, stating that he (Mr. Carew Smyth) had made him bargain for Mr.T. W. Grady's political support, a thing he (Mr. Quin) never dreamt of, and that he would make no stipula tions whatever on the subject. He (Mr. Goold) had never read the minute or heard it read.— He had never observed, when Mr. Quin was re quired by Mr. C. Smyth to sign the minute, that he ought not to sign it, being a Member of Parliament, it relating to a division of the profits of an office mi nisterial to justice. Had he been capable of such an act, he ought not to wear his Majesty's gown four and twenty hours. He considered the minute a re jected and an adopted document ; adopted in that part which expressed, that Mr. T. W. Grady was to receive £2OO a-year from Mr. It. Smith ; and that Mr. T. W. Grady should continue politically con nected with Mr. Quin, so long as he continued to re ceive that sum ; rejected in that part which imported that Mr. Quin stipulated for Mr. T. W. Grady 's poli tical support as a corsideration. On the 21st of Sep tember at his (Mr. Goold's) house, Mr. Quin com municated to him the substance a preceding con versation he had with Mr. C. Smyth ; in which the latter finding Mr. Quin peremptory on the legal pre tensions of Mr. 'l'. %V. Grady to the office, was him self peremptory and explicit as to an alledged pro mise, made by Mr. Quin ; and that was one of the grounds of the alarm which he (Mr. Goold) had al- ready described. 51r. Quin told him, that Mr. T. W. Grady had said, if the office was taken from him, he would blow his brains out. The offer of £2OO did not originate with Mr. Quin. It was the sug gestion of as respectable a laian as any in society, Mr. Comandine, who . Vas ready to prove It at the Bat of the House. Uporstis honour, he was not twice at Mr. C. Smyth's on the 22d of September.— Upou the honour of a Gentleman, and of his Majesty's Counsel, he had never seen the minute, read it, heard it read, or bad. its contents communicated to him. The Moment that Mr. Quin enclosed. to him copy Of 'a threatening letter, which he had received, lie told him to defy the villain to the itteestiption. He had dropped the acquaintance of Mr. C. Smyth, on account of the char . published nn the sth of ' February, in all the apers, under which he had been for five weeks languishing, of his having drawn, prepared, and testified a corrupt bargain, being the report of the statement made in the house by Sir R. Wilson. Upon his honour, he had never expressed hiniself ready on all occasions to give testimony to the accuracy of the minute. FRIDAY, MARCH le.. Mr. Gorge 211awtsellwasexitniiled. He was the head of the chief Banking Establishmeht in the City of Limerick, father-in-law to the Petitioner, and a relation to Mr. Quin. He saw Mr. C. Smyth in Oc tober, before he went to Adam, when he told him, that be bad had a conversation with hir. Quin, in Dublin, on the subject of I'`2oo a year, and that he had drawn up a minute of it, which he (Mr.C. Smyth) produced. The condition on whi4b the Petitioner was to have the £2OO a year vets, - . that s.t. Quin was to receive the political interest of 'llp..Grady:at. the Election.—(The minute was shewn to the.witness.)— He believed that to be the paper, but . he Could not particularly charge his memory With it. belt, the law agent of Mr. Quin, bad shewn him two; lines of-a note from Mr. Quin, to the fallowing effect ; 4 , Mr. Grady may vote as he pleases, and if he should vote against me, that shall not be sufficient cause for my removing him." He comintinieated this to the Petitioner, and advised him to accept the 000 a . year; which he did. Until that - note from Mr. Quin to Mr. Gabbett had been shewn him, the impression 'on his mind was, that the Petitioner was to receive the £2OO a year on the condition of his giving his political support to Mr. Quin, The Petitioner was in embarrassed circumstances. The . Petitioner's delt e t t y i , Mr. Wall, he understood , annually paid to' the . 1 tioner £4:00. He believed that Mr. T.W. Grady wok it for granted that he was sure of the place, in con- 1 sequence of some kind expressions used to him by Mr. Quin. The office of Clerk of the Peace'was ere. toted by deputy, because Mr. T.W. Grady bat boy when he got it, was not qualified w fillit.. recollected a meeting at his Bank between Ife:DerbY O'Grady and Mr. C. Smyth. He suppoied the'Pe titioner intended to apply the £2OO a year by throw. ing it into the general fund, as he was very liberal 'to his father, They had a stock purse between them.l He conceived that the proposal made by Mr. Qein to his son-in-law, was such, that he could not in:ho-i ',tour accept of it, as there was the condition of requiring his political support annexed to it, Hsi understood the intention, as then expressed by Mr. Gablaett to be that of gr. Quin, tei be varied trOM what he understood to have been the intention of Mr..Quin when in Dablin. The fEeteoc.,,lr in Dublin he understood him t o re re the, suppo dispose Grady,' bat by Abet letserite free tof hi. votes as Ile pleased. The Best %chimp railed Rat Mr. Amid Ga 64 ; 11 . xleposed, thabkwitss solicitor at Limerick, and . ortatieriallr_eratioyed lor pent to Mr. I.N.Quia.- waa after ail taterriew with Mr. Maimsell•that he !cent in the month 7 l4 ;' OCm - bei. to Mr,y.lQain, at Adare—bis motive was, as a mutual friend, to pro mote a reeonciliatimi between the parties. .In that conversatimi he stated to Mr. Quin that he understood the cause oidifferencewis occasioned by an implied condition of political support being expected from Mr. Grady—he understood so in his communications with Mr. Smyth and Mr. Grady the Petitioner. Mr. Quin's reply was, that as threats had been held out to him by Mr. Grady, he did not feel himself 'called upon to afford any explanation, as he was determined not to be intimidated. He observed to Mr. Qain that it would be honourable in him to disclaim so inju rious a report. Mr. Quin proceeded no further, ex cept giving him to understand that the principal cause of difference arose from Mr. Grady's endea vouring to inforce the provision intended for him, while Mr. Quin continued to hold the situation of Custos Rotulorum of the county, adding, that he was determined to be as free as Mr. Grady himself. Mr. Quin neither admitted nor denied the fact of having required political support in the conversation he had with him. He informed him, however, that some expression had escaped him in the course of his communications with Mr. C. Smyth, intimating, that while he and Mr. Grady sailed in the same political Vessel it was not likely that any misunderstanding ;could arise between them. Witness did not under ttand the figurative expression of sailing in the same political vessel, as an acknowledgment that there was a condition of political support annexed tn. the an nuity; he thought it referred to the possibility of the Petitioner's father lampooning Mr. Q. and of .the Pe titioner himself taking a part peculiarly hostile to his interest. Witnoss stated that he had afterwoards a writ- ten communication with Mr. Quin upon the subject, the answer to which was produced. In this answer Mr. Q. accepted the proposition of Mr. Maunsell, ' and declaied that he gave the thing during pleasure, allowing Mr. Grady to vote as he pleased, and pledg ing himself, in case Mr. Grady chose to vote against him, that he should not deprive him of the situation. Witness conceived that Mr. Q. in this letter acquiesced in his suggestion of disclaiming the report that he had ,required a condition of political support, the idea of which condition he believed to have originated in misconception between the parties. He did not think that Mr. Q. would engage in such a traffic, or that he attached such value to the political interest of Mr. Grady as could make it an object to him. When he received the note from Mr. Q. he communicated to Mr. Maunsell that he had acquiesced in every thing sought for on behalf of Mr. Grady, namely, that he had disclaimed any idea of imposing any condition whatever of political support. lie did not know that the terms had been refused by the Petitioner, until the very time he believed that he saw a Petition had been preferred on the occasion, or some Parliamen tary debate upon the subjea. The witness then read a letter, dated Limerick, the II th of October, 1818, addre,sed by him to Mr. Quin, apprising him of the assent of Mr. Maunsell, Mr. G rady, and Mr. Alp, to the arrangement, He knew Mr. Thomas Wall, the Deputy of the Petitioner, to be a man of integrity, and had never heard of any complaint against him in discharging the duties of his office. It was very much the custom in Ireland for the office of Clerk of the Peace to be. performed by Deputy ; he had not interfered in consequence of hearing that a Parliamentary Inquiry was about to take place,' and did not recollect having had any conversa-1 tien with the Petitioner on the subject. The. Gen -1 tleman who held the office of Clerk of the Peace prior to the appointment of Mr. Grady, was, he believed, Mr. Meredith Maunsell; and he rather inclined to think that he had acted himself, and not by Deputy. He was not aware that any communi cation had taken place between Mr. Quin and Mr. Carew Smyth on the subject before his interview ; the ground of the difference was certainly political support. He had heard nothing of the minute of a conversation taken by Mr. Carew Smyth until be came to attend under the summons of that Honoura ble House; he believed him totally incapable of fa brica ing the substance of any such conversation, but' he believed that ; misconception might have arisen on the occasion. Richard Smith, Esq. called in and examined.—The witness stated, that he was now Clerk of the Peace for the County of Limerick, which appointment he received on the 22d of September last ; the deed of appointment contained a stipulation, in virtue of which he was only to hold the office during the pleasure of the Honourable W. Quin ; he believed it did trot , in that respect differ from other deeds of ap pointment given to Clerks of the Peace ; it did not differ from those given to his predecessors. It was suggested to him, that it would be humane and ad visable to make the provision of '2OOl. a year out of the office for the late Clerk of the Peace. The sug gestion was first made by Mr. Consadine, and after wards by Mr. Quin, who told him that he was under great embarrassment in consequence of the represen tation Mr. Grady made of his situation, He believed it was from the Petitioner himself that he first under stood there was a condition of political support an nexed to the grant of 2001. a year. He had stated this to Mr. Quin, who authorised him to inform Mr. Grady that be wanted no such pledge from him ; and having so done, Mr. Grady professed himself perfectly satisfied. This conversation took place a few days before Mr,. Carew Smyth came to Lime rick. In the conversation he had with the Petitioner about delivering up the Records, he understood from him that whet he had wanted was to have an annuity settled on him Am . life. He was himself appointed to the office without solicitation, There were 49 Free holders registered upon his property, The Petitioner had 38 previous to the last Election, and 4.0 were since registered by Mr. O'Grady, the late Candidate, His own keeholilera voted• in the interest of Mr. Fitsgibbosk and Mt. Quin at the last Election. He _di& not resollectthat►Mr.Q..hidever assigned any rea, son fqr the removal 'cif the Petitioner from the office, Mr. Career Aiiiiiith• called in and fortlier esamined. The witness .eaptasseil - kinostif quit confident. that Hr. Geoid ACC•13,41 6 / 1 4X14.QU4 1 Qn dif morning of the 224 of fsepaamben,when.,ke-Weited upon witness. l ilats,witichi impressed- it more • such up in a great-coat, and wore a handkerchief about his neck ; and some pleasantries that passed between them on the occasion. Here some letters which passed between Thomas Grady and Mr. Quin, were read to the Hoase. The vritsess persttered in stating, that Mr. Goold had pressed himself in the manner he (khe witness) had stated yesterday. T t tioasas Goold, Esq. called in and further examined. . The witness stated, that he had seen Mr. Grady, jun. that day, and was threatened by him for the evidence he had given. Mr. T. W. Grady being called in, and having admitted that be had told Mr. Goold, that if he made use of his (Mst - Grady's) name wantonly, he should be under the necessity of kicking him, was committed to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms. Carew Smyth, Esq. was then called, and further examined as to the call which he stated Mr. Goold to have made at his house, in company with Mr. W. Quin, on the morning of the 22d. The first visit was about eleven o'clock. He re-affirmed the various par ticulars which he had mentioned, and which impres sed on his mind the remembrance of the first visit. He stated that Mrs. Grady (the wife of Mr. Grady, the elder, was his father's sister), on leaving Ireland, had requested him to advise and take care of her son. He was also examined as to his motives, and is to his conversations with Chief Baron O'Grady, but nothing material was elicited. Thomas Gould, Esq. was again called, and Mr. Carew Smyth's evidence having been recapitulated to him, with respect to the assertion that Mr. Gould ac companied Mr. Quin to his (Mr. C. Smyth's) house on the morning, xis well as on the afternoon of the 2'2d of September, Ile stated that he had passed a sleepless night, taxing his memory to try if he could bring such a fact to his recollection, and he now so lemnly declared his " sincere conviction and positive one," that lie never entered Mr. Carew Smyth s hcu e but once in his life. He stated that the conversation alleged to have taken place at the first intertiew was, therefore, " positively incorrect, and not true." He recollected no conversation with respect to his'dress ; he never wore a handkerchief about his neck; the of September was not a cold day. He men tioned, however, that he had driven with Mr. Quin, _ _ in an open car, and that Mr. Q. wished to call at NI-, C. Smyth's ; he believed the car stopped at the door, but neither he (Mr. Gook!) nor Mr. Quin got out, ac. cording to his " positive recollection ; his i,Kr. Goold's) own coachman drove the car. No other material point was stated by him, except the fact which impressed the circumstance of his meeting Mr. Quin at his hall door, The fact was this—. Mr. W. Quin," said he," my relative and my friend, thought it right to bring my pretensions to promotion under the eye of my Lord Talbot (the Lord Lieutenant); . there was then a serjeantcy vacant, which he =IA to ask for me on that day." _ _ .. . . _ . Mr. Carew Smyth was called and stated the names and residences of the two servants who lived with him on the ‘22.1 of September, and Mr. Goold also was called on, and stated the name of the coachman who drove him on that day. [lt will he recollected by our Readers that these servants were immediately ordered to attend on the motion of Mr. Lambtnn, with a view to ascertain which of the two contra.. dictory statements of Mr. Goold and Mr, C, Smyth were correct.] I and broke and „ p a atu o w is this m i a s Offer. ; ries % TOM ;l out (if e, o oses to or t, depriv osdil it Witne S ru'll Ni the Lis ,objec • tt e 4:200 wh ins the ryplilnce .;; ; e7, who wa! se'd to asi 0. as far a !,:epose so ! ,tire that 0•2 d 5) , to Mr. ki October, men ititary inves or did it occ beginn CIA he k, tt to appT eat it was h yreiti.:e the ter eas •"-.dc its litr.e -, s had .!y jii ar,.::t•r is mly.O from, Chief I ,ten with Witnet decl: he written with Mr. Qu /inn of tha tad hi, fath! horn Mr. Petitioner) v Peace—Eof confidenti ;fru eorresp " deal "Goo know 3:: ward I e manly, kin sip ;lit result 111.:tt tO‘ rt led Quin o seri to a full ;4;ie.; the si testimonial LLS him rt Mu; it was oat the 'ter km too ear;y, le you nize4: taniamph, to " Poor Ton de £lOO a-ye; le wants stem eflagment, ice patired it netridictory tl':ch he prct retilinis hi 14: {wing cal pri it? written (bit to call You bad :at b hail si roe was, tt be tire nc.bui etuure rah! Vicgwed of kr..r.stanee, second ; 4.1 to Qi k took no st faired him Mach I hop " Now, ti thcklb I sbA wafare, trot 'mi t a' ha you a , ja:..ce on t .t:eset.inn I ew eJtetvAt whwr :mil %cia. ere V tie 1 c/t"a Eisew I .'4r pal 4 iTiv,:d `:'%" - ht 4,144 /r-4 1u -::10 col tl* tcCpe o " rivx fait pl,. 4 11:4 au I !4`, 11 7 45 a 1 ::mi et - ` a id be I "•:!ininzi tfre.e of Latl tcct likr.t tc sii f.rs i ta7 e ar , 'it. &it I itady, I ;lady' s "hal, I .Cll r , te 4 it xul 1!,4 wez MONDAY, MARCH is. Thomas Goold, Esq. was again called—He stated that on Friday night last (after the last examination) Mr. W. Quin had called on him, and had repeated some of the minute circumstances mentioned in tho House, and he (Mr, Goo1d) was now satisfied that he had 'wen at Mr. C. Smith s in the morning as well as the afternoon; because Mr. W. Quin had told him so, not from any memory of his own. He added an as, servation in these words—. I do declare solemnly, that I bad not the slightest intention, nor the slightest or the remotest intention, in the evidence I have given, of even giving a colour to a single transaction. I was mistaken ; my memory has deceived me r Mr. T. W. Grady, the Petitioner, being examined, stated, that he hacl been, he was old, Clerk of the peace for the County of Limerick 15 years. The duty had been performed by a deputy. Mr. W. Quin had applied to him to remove this deputy from his situation, saying he was not partial to his (Quin's) political interests, which the witness refused to do. When it was known that Mr. Quin was to have eie .reversion of the office of Custos Rotulorum, witness had spoken to him respecting his office of Clerk of the Peace, and corvidered tl:4t he had received a pro. raise that he should not be diiplaced. Lord Mits. kerry died about a week before the last Election ; witness then again applied to Mr. Quin, who gave him an equivocal answer ; a few days after the Llec. don Mr. Quin hinted to the witness, that in con c. quence of a prior engagement, he feared he should be obliged to disturb En* in. his office, -The propo. sition of £2OO a year arising out of the emoluments of the office, came originally from Mr. W. Quin ; the winless had never said any thing to this effect, that he should be reduced to the desperate necessity of blowing out his brains. At first, witness was much irritated at what he considered to be a breach of pro. mise on the part of Mr. Quin, and refused to accept the proposal, which was at first uncoupled with any conditions. Nothing was settled when Mr. Quin went to England, .After that lime witness wrote to Mr. Carew Smyth, desiring him to call on Mr. Quin on his return, to know his intentions as to the office, Whep Mr. Quin came to his house, near Limerick, after his return from England, witness had an inter view with him. At that interview Mr, Q. said, that if witness accepted of £2OO put of his old place, so long as he continued to receive it,.he (Mr. Q.) should consider witness a bpand to sail with him in the same political vessel in the county e' but that witness was perfectly at liberty, if lie could dispose of his interest on more advantageous terms to any other candidate to do so, Witness rejected that oiler, and left the Tom. No ?nit was then present, He shortly after was in a room with Mr. Quin, who introduced him to Mr. Roche (his land agent), and said, " I will tell you, Grady, before Mr. Roche, if you receive your 400 a year, I will give it you free:' Witness said," your idea, Sir, of being free, and mine, do not coincide in the least : you told me in the other room .; was to b ail with you in the same political vessel, mid now you tell me j am' free, What do you mean? Will you give me 1.'200 a year as long yow arkeustte, j i nd Imre it to my discretion to Note. fpr please?" Mr. Qum 44 1 4 1 )! •S':‘ • )ar. Roche demand. Ili itness goo° _ e *viethis—• nin h; OirtcDiat9-; "R1131)444.4 more r a h c eoc i said AvL it . "4‘6"4 was 47 yZ v erusTir ta fra g i nirut '7 sm . ' ea 4 on t fi lt r il st ngljd' su; stud the dress of I~rt ch ltho awkvrodnes io_ w them at 4OuttkatconidiateLi o rv ii iv u - t y h thed woul t: Lare n to? iii lyta% v.• ith s : . •