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.. _~~,,,...~.~4 • • I only mean that he may become one."4-4(Lawghter.) To use Falstaff's word. in the play—t" If you call this hacking sow friend., • plague upon such bet king.." The Morning ltroniele of 3 esterday, had, lie understood, Noma atiacked bins, and to one of the -charges it made, he wee sorry to he compelled to plead ; it was the curium& clair:e 4.1 Ins havin g eaten Ault with Inc proprietor NIA conductor. He shit rat salt with ilisit person an ime occasion-1w had dined with him once, and it • i 4 a% ille only act of his life of which Ile had occasion to he ashamed.--((argliter.)-- lint these things were of small anti trifling importetice to the Electors of ll'estniiiister, compared with the great question of their conjured them to resist t h e er. co. r . that were molting to compel them to vote against teeir erniscieurets. stow of the poll did not appal I , %hose whole life hail been an uphill colii.e for the cause of liberty. If the contest were hi n irirtis instead of bring full 4.f hope, lie would still cant lnv own e ffort., and sliew that whatever Derr dor result, lie at least had door his dpty. If the ...atilt should 'olive, contrary to Ida expecte'. a flame, he would at tricit shear that on part of the failure were atirilnitable In liim.—lilp p/ouse.j-11'herever lie hail heel', he found the in. eli,iistimis of the people in the 'iglu place, owl in tilt' rod he felt confident they moat su c cee d. li e Wed the moo's reliance that Owr would support the cause 4.1 the indepeodence of Weatinisister, and 1.- trusted that on this occas;on they would slot he foiled to rlearrt nut o n ly their oau principles, hut the great example which they had set H. 4 the 11100 independent and etilighteuril hody ni the kiiieduin. 'flies, ranee was just, mull mums succeed—at all Irvin., whether success attends-41 their t iforts 4.r he', be trusted they would shear their enemies that at least they deserved it.—((:real applause.) Mr. CLEARY came roiw3ril, and lamented that indisprwiliou prevented his being able to make him. self audible to the Electors. Hr said, that all whirls Nn Francis Burdett had stated respectin2 11r. C,hi. heti was true—hie hart never etcetera ',Holey from Si• Frahris, as had been stated. 110 T 11111111 e seen 1. us during the period alluded to. Mr. Cleary also iassitivrly contradicted the asarttion made by Mr. flout, winch Mr. Thelwall repeated uu the lima. lo oprclop Joel lwfore the Meeting Woke Op several persons amused themselves by throsstug snow-bills upon the hustings. IMPERUL PANLIdhIENT. OM'S,: OF COMMONS, WEDNEf DAY, FIFSRUARY 24. Joh.s.wis presented an Account from the Office.. of the l•terk ..t the Crows., and Clerk of the fear , • in I re land, a the in 116.11111 committed to the ii rent gaols ithin the I ut year. PETITIONS. A Pet.t• was presented faint the biliabitsid• of the Canna alit City or Limerick, praline a total repeal of the 9'.•.—Rt.:141, and ordered to Ile on the trildr. A Prtiii..o was presented from the Tann, re of the City of Linieriek. 'Naylor an alteration in the Leall..-1 Tax— and that the duty might. as fwmruly,be lofted by the pound wt .64 —Read and laid on the tahle. Mr t I'IMEN presented a Petition firm the Isiltithitanla 44 the Toe. is of II mg...lotion, in Comb r hind, roinnlai mug of the P%l.i mr haid.hip of the Poor . * Rawls and ne.aing an .ilt..aii..a in the laws for their regulatio.i.—Head and laid uu th. nor II PAnNyt.t. prearnted • Petition from the Roman 11411..11.• inhabitant■ of tlw Totem of Nenagh, playing for • r. mural of all the disabilities troller wh eli pe.aoils of that vt .:oraaion 14hurn. oeitere4 m 1w LEITRIM ELECTION. Ili I leutastivi brought up the Report of die Committee up l.d to try the owtiw ut :h. Volition of Jolw Nlsretta I. roc of., Esq Henry John Cl. mew., F.ri. and uitttra, t.d.ottst the • lertiots and reluru for the Count) of IA itrint. Ihr Report coolie-me., the Elt.ction of the amine Ilent -1.1 trot fumed that the Petittou was slot ft 'volume and %11,11101111. ST GI 1.F.5.1 ri ELDS, do. • giv. st In Mtn in s flail for the hotter pawing sii,l Izi.tiog of the parishes of St. Giles•to-the-Melds and ht. Geoige, Bloomsbury 14)01:.'S LAWS. Mr. S. Botitti• brought tit the Poor's Laws Amendmeet uhieh was read • first time, sod to &Kit for a secoud I. allil.f 10.10551 MARRIAGE ACT. . . Dr. riIIf.LIMORIK Vllte 110111. 01'11 be mould, ion the 17th Minh. more fur leave to biing iii a Bill to iimetiil the 31ar -IriKe At t . ASI.F.‘II.It r. I.F.CT ON Its. k.rr.Rkra scqueintell the 11,,u.r, thlt thr aareli►s „• to ent►r into rreormigatiers for C..tiowilue up the lOU of Itichnd ClRrke, Esq. romplaintug of the return sod (loots for the Borough of Iltudenterr, had soot rsorrerl 1..10 .oil h .rroestizAtue., purasieut to the Arts 26 Geo . 52, Anil 53 Ciro. 111. es 51. The mites fur turt•ittertrig thr P.litsues was ther►tore dr.iltmgert. DUTY ON Hottsr•_c. Mr. 1.1 , t11,10T011 brought in the Bill for regulating the 11,,11. 4111 11 , .1%. 11„ Illy ylll6llOll 1141 the Bill be real, M *lusher a restain clause, *lnch ha bad suggested, bad been nitroduettl? M.. I.I3HINGTOPI replied is the affirmative. and that the DOI 6/0111.:COI 1.0 the resulul f tin ..... isnot". Mt Wll,Ol having then I kprroo.l aiumiv-r.iiti. the Pill was read a first lilac, and urdr...l fur a ~cued readung lu mosso'. (It • day). STEAM VESSELS-8311.7661E125, Ste. Nlr. I. lIIINGTOPI then brought ill suit...m.lyd% , the two ("liusisr Rills, which were iespi (lively read a first Mau, mid order. d to he read w wowed time icmosorrow (tins Bill to am crtion the itemiser of vvasrls imuvllrd lis and a 13.11 to provide rewards fur apprehrodsor smuggler.. He had to regret that his former statement of tl►e transaction complained of had been so incorrectly reported in the Papers, that it might have led the gentleman who was the object of it into an error lespecting its mature• He %hook, therefore repeat. as exactly as l►e could, what he hail raid on the former occasion, adding a little information which s►nce. that lied been communicated to him. It would be recollected, that he was only the vehicle of the charge ; he bad been engaged in a corrrs poodence on the subject for some time with the parties. and. under all the circumstances. he felt he should not di'cha►gc his duty lied he shriii.k front preseotiog the nelitrun. The Hon. Menilser thrum entered into a tuioute statement of the facts of the Petition, which was afterwards brought up and read in the billowing terms:— m' To the Rielit honourable and Hnnourahlelhe Knights, Ultima, and Rill grows of Great Britain sod Ireland, I. ih • present Parliament a..srmhled : " 11w humble Pennon of Thomas William Grady, Esquire, of Belmont, in the County of Limerick, sad in that part of the United kingdom called Ireland; " SNEWETII. " That the Hounneable Wyndham Wyndham Quin, Re pri primitive in Parlisment fur the y of Limerick (fur which County hr mood inn three contested Elections), was, in the month of July last, appointed Cush's %Automat thereof, by the present Lord Liesitetiant of Ireland, by virtue of which appointment he became entitled to appoint the Clerk of the Peace fur said County. That in Ireland the office of Clerk of the Peace is not as in England, held during good behaviour, hut is at the arbi trary of the Curtiss Rotidorum. " That the 'Mice of Cloik of the Peace in Ireland is more important, as more extensively ministerial to J ustice than in England; because in Ireland it is ministerial as well to the as to the Criminal Justice of the County. " The said Wyodliam Wyndham Quin perceiving at the last general Election that his popularity had considerably decreased, found it necessary to avail himself, for election purposes, of the patronage he so obtained from Government, and broke up the emoluments of the said office of Clerk of the Peace into lots, in order to distribute the several lots among; such persona commanding an iutinence in the County as he knew, or presumed, would undertake, in consideration tlwreof, to support him on any future contest, appointing thin roily during pleasure, in order to maintain his con trol neer them far 111011, purposes. " That havitig superseded the former Clerk of the Peace, he appointed a nelson of the name of Richard Smith, dur ing pleasure, to 11131 oilier (the acid Richard Smith having a moldier of freeholdem at his disposal), and his appoint ment was made under an express stipulation with the said Richard Smith, that he (the said Richard Smith) should pay not of the perquisites of the said office such annuity or annuities as he, the said Wyndham Wyndham Quin, .hould think proper to appoint; and in default of the punctual payments of such annuities, that he, the said Richard Smith, was to he removed from his office, upon which terms it was aeeepted of by the said Richard Smith. " That your Petitioner, and his tenantry, consisting of about one hundred registered freeholders, bad hitherto sop. purled the maid Wyndham Wyndham Quin upon all his con. teals for thr County; but the said Wyndham Wyndham Quin, finding his situation as Candidate now more pre carious than it hail been, thought it expedient (if possible) to secure the future support of your Petitioner and his tenantry, by a deed of bargain and sale. " For this purpose, on the 21st of September last, the said Wyodliain Wyndham Quiu, in person, proposed to Carew Smyth, of the City of Dublin, Esquire, Rarrister-at lAM (your Petitioner's Law Adviser), in behalf of your Pr. Winner, to grass{ to your Petitioner 2001. a-year out of the perquisites of the said office of Clerk of the Peace, in consi dration of your Petitioner's potting himself and his te nant', at the perpetual disposal, un all elections, of him, the said Wyndham Written; Qnin, subject to a power of revo. cation as to the said 20ttf. a-year, if your Petitioner, or his tenantry, should, at any time, fail in voting for the said %Vyudham Wyndham " That the said Carew Smyth, in behalf of your Petitioner, objected in the said proposal, as represensible ; whereupon the said ‘Tyndliam Wyndham Qum replied, that nothing mould Ire more equitable, inasmuch as to obtain your Peti tioner's compliance with those trims, he, the said Wyndham iTyndlians Qnin consented to part with a valuable portion of his patronage; and that he was determined to part with no portion thereof, without obtaining a quid pro quo. That the said Carew Smyth, to avoid all mnrepresen. tattoo, suggested the necessity of a written instrument from lbw said Wyndham Wynilliatu Quin, importing the precise femur of she contract which he, the said Wyndham Wyndham Q 00000 , had thus yuliciteil—to a loch the said Wyudhain Wynd. ham Gain assented, moil the said Carew Smyth having re. 'lured the lemur thereof to the form of a minute, or written instrument, delivered the same in the said Wyndham Wyatt. ham Quin to deliberate upon, and after mature considers. Linn, to declare whether it fully and fairly comprised his intent ions. " Thai accordingly, on the next day, the 22d of Septem ber, the said Wyndham %Wyndham QM°, attended by Tho mas Gould, of the City of Dobbs, Esq. one of hie Majes ts'a Counsel (the confidential lawyer of him, the said Wyndham Wyll.iii.lll Quin), came to the house of the said Carew Smyth, when the said Wyndham Wyndham Quin, with his owe bawl, delivered to the said Carew Smyth the said instrument its writing, revived and corrected, approved of awl testife•l by the said hums Gould, as the basis of that volitive', which he the said Wyndham Wyndham Quin sought to establish, and rommising all the terms, condi. tioos, and stipulations het•lobefote ',cited, for transferring 20111. a year to y Petitioner, in cousideration of your Petitioner's int...tint him, the said Wy n dham Wyndham Qom, with ■n absolute ditmimon over the future votes and fire a ill of slur losoilreil Freemen of the staid County, and whirl, oistriosseitt, as revised and altered by the said Wyatt. liana Wyndham Qum, and the said Thomas Gould, was to the ti tom and effect . " • That the said Rickard Smith was to he appointed Clerk of the l'earr, tot so expteut molt rstandiog between him nod the said Wystithatu %Wyndham Quin, that the said Tho ma, William Coady was to receive 2001. a year out of the lip wits of she said other, amil that on wily failure or want of due pui.ounlits in paying thin yearly sum to the said Tho mas William Grady, the said Richard Smith should be dis missed f his said office; and that the said Wyndham Wyndham Quilt ex Recital that the said Thomas William Grady should root' politically counected with him the said Wyndham Wyndham Quiet, so long as he the said Thus. William Grady I:fintintord to receive the said 2001. a.year out of the said office; hot that the said Thomas William Grady was at perfect liberty at any time, upon relinquishing live said 94501 a-year, to dispose of his interest as he pleased.' " Voter Petitioner humbly chews that the said written in ointm.•ut is now is the hands of the said Carew Smyth, sub lo such order for production as this Honourable House shall think proper to make. " Your Petitioner thews, that the said proposal having been commusticated to him at the Inatome of the said Wyatt. ham Wyndham Quilt, he Instantly rejected the same with itadtgnation ; and feeling himself bouud by every oonstitu principle to assert the freedom of election, which had been ships invaded—the high privileges of the Representatives of the people, which bad been thus trampled upon—and the pure administration ofjuetice in his comity, which had been thee tampered with, resolved to submit the whole Inseam lion Noose* the said Wyndham Wyndham Quin and the said Thomas Gould, to the august and elevated jurisdiction of this H 000000 sortable House. " That Daniel Gabliett, of the City of Limerick, Etq• La. Agriat t. the said Wyedlrant Wyndham Quin, being apprised of sorb your Petiiiuner's intentions, 'host* it his duty to expostelale with the said Wyudttam Wyndham Quin, upuu the suture of the proposal be had so made to a..iir Petitioner, and cautioning bins of the Amager be Thereby minuted, ►ecommended to him to entkovour to UNION OF PARISHES. Sir!. Pi. wroar gate etotiri, that sliest retain papers oil the table Anuld be printed, be .loor 1.1 mole for leave to bring in a Hill fur the uniting of l'ariithes in In laud, nt cer tain Li, funistsrizes. PURITY OF ELECTION._ . - Oil she motto's of Sir ißostcßT Wthatio, the order of the dry was rind, " 'rho thr Mot. W. W. Quin do attend in his place thi% illy." Sir K. WILSON darn raid. he held t., lin hood the lirtition, the buboes's..r sit whirls he hid trlt it hi% shay to state to the liotibe rata former siight, but the reading of which lie had pool 1111 l ell in iitir. direit r to the ordrt i f the Mom, awl to accommo date the host. Member, who nova .apprarrd sat I place to 'roily to it, Nikon . lie or- sure that illrostirr would real mid make allowance for Ihr distrrsirsisg mod pailtrill bit Udi lUD ill w inch he %vat placed. lie could asisurr lino. that to the sis. terve' which had elalieed ' , ince the ',object hail hero bi.fore she Molar, lie bid not suller•cl ashy soarti4l r .'an 1111 UlOOlllOll6 to be insole which ought prejudice oitsitl• of those whom lie ars addrewitsig hum utsi real sod equitable drottiosi uu the aladi of the cake. it Wino due elm) to the Pelt- Iluwr to ohierre. that too 'tuitio', Irellog »lst tier wangled %i:!) the suotiYto of hi. proccetltog. • This charge dues nut apply to our Paper, fur on refer ring to the proper number, it *ill be found to contain a full. and correct expunition of all the uuteshil facts of the Peti. tau. rescue himself front the ennoequenreu, be offering to your Petitioner the said 40131. a year, iudepentient of any pledge fur Election services. " That the said Wyndham iVytulhas Qoin, Lein[ •pps renlly at the aforesaid inggeolions, wrote the fol lowing note to the said Daniel f;shbeit..in order to its bring shewn by hint to your Petitioner, viz.— Mr. Grady may vote as he pleas. s, •ud if he elion‘es to vole against me, I will not on that account deprive him of his situation. . QUIN .' " Root your Petitioner being advised that it woolil he im proper to meddle with the perquisites of an office minis lei ial to justice, in which office your Petitioner had no pro pe►ty, and over which he had no mitre', and the offer 0101, under the cireurnstances and at the time in which it was made, had so mach the complexion of a bribe to your Petitioner for compounding an offence against the State, your Petiti tttt er rejected the said 2001. a year though now unconditionally offered. " Tour Petitioner humbly her leave in refer to the tt William and Mary, cap. 21, sec. A, by which statnie the said offences so committed by the said Wyndham Wyndham Quin and Thomas Goold are declared to he corrupt and cri minal. And your Petitioner most humbly bets leave to refer to the ease of breach of privilege acted oil in the last Session isv the late House of COOIOIOIO. There it ap. seared that Thomas Ferguson, an Exciseman, of Lanark shire, offered a place to an Elector of that county upon the - - same conditioaa , as in the present instance--that i. to say, on conditions that he would vote for and support the inte rea of a certain Noble Lord, and there obit House assert ed its high privileges of chastising the said Fergition. " Yet the said Ferguson was tint a Member of that Howse whose high privileges he invaded, nor the son of a Peer and hereditary pillar of that State whose heat f Wiring he undermined; neither was he the first Judicial Magistrate in his County, nor an Office Broker in hie OWN County Court ; and though he did invade the freedom of Election and the privileges of that House, lie neither subverted the admintstralion of justice nor rendered his office instru mental SO his guilt. " Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that such or der shall he mule for inquiring into the allegations of this his Humble Petition, as to the wisdom and dignity of the House shiell seem expedient; and your P. tili 4444 er pledges himself ill prove the troth of every fact here alleged, under the peril of incurring the severest censuie of this Honour able House. " And your Petitioner, as i• duty bound, shall ever Pray, Sze." Mr. W. QUIN then rose, and * said, that he be lieved there were few persons who had enjoyed the honour of a seat in the House so long as he hail, hod so seldom offered themselves to its notice. He had never done so without pain and great em barraaament. But he should not tell the truth were lie not now to avow, that he looked forward with the greatest anxiety for the arrival of that night when he might rise in his place, and assert that the charges which had been advanced against him were as ungrounded and malicious as ant falsehood ever attempted to be palmed upon the House of Com inons—(Hear)—or aimed at the happiness and peace of one of its Members.—( Laud chrering.)— Scornfully he repelled the allegations of the Peti tion ; unequivocally he said it did not contain the language of truth.—(Cheering.)—lf the [louse would permit him, he should in a few words open to it the true state of the case. The Petitioner himself said that his complaint did not refer to the last election. After that electio then, he did, ac cording to his andoubted right, remove the Peti tioner from the office of Clerk of the Peace; and appoint another, who he conceived had stronger claims on loin, and whom he considered to be as well qualified to perform the duties attached to it as any other individual whatever.—(Hear.)—ln coming to that determination, it was not possible that he had been influenced by any political views, for both the individuals in question had sup ported him with their interest from the time lie first was a Candidate for the county lie had the honour to represent ; and perhaps if the Petitioner had been an old and laborious public servant, one who had himself discharged the duties of the place for many years, it would have been a hard case. It certainly was true that he had held it for fifteen years; but would the House believe that the Petitioner was, at the palming moment, but 23 years of age ; that he bad, in consequence, been appoint ed at the age of eight ; and that he had always done the duty by a deputy ?—(Hear.)—lt was his opinion that the office was one of such importance, as to re quire the person who filled it, to fulfil its functions in person ; and in making the appointment, he had taken care to select a person who should do so.— (Hear, hear.)-1-le already had said that the in dividual whom lie had displaced had always given hint his support; to him, therefore, lie could have borne no unkindness. When he hail apprised that individu,l of the resolution he had formed, he told him, with au emotion of which those who heard him could not form an adequate conception, and which had effected him exceedingly, that if he took the office from him, lie should be ruined, and that he should blow his brains out. Some friends after wards suggested to him, that a provision might be made for that person out of the profits of the office, which suggestions he felt the force of, though they hail not occurred to himself. His first step towards effecting that object, was to take legal advice; and finding that it was not rilllglllllll to law, communi cried to the Petitioner his intention to make a pro:. vision for him, out of the proceeds of the place, of 200/. a year ; and little did he at that time imagine, that lie should be the author of au accusation against him before the House. He objected to that sum, and said " No! give the 3001. a year ;" and if he (Mr. Qom) described the profits to he not half what they were represented to be, he believed he should speak near the truth. The Petition stated the first offer to have been entirely sponta neous, and coupled with a condition; and that the Petitioner and his friends refused it on the latter ground. Understanding the Petitioner conceived lie had some claim by law on the office, he went to England, and fur some time after forbore completing the appointment he contemplated. When he return ed to Ireland, in September, he received a letter from Mr. Carew Smyth, usual earnestly requesting permission to wait un him in Dublin. He replied, he should be very happy to see him ; though his mind had been made up, and he had been resolved to carry his purpose into execution. That Gentle man did call, and discuss, over and over again, all the motives and reasons for continuing the Peti tioner in the office of the peace. Mr. C. Smyth afterwards sent him, under cover, a paper, profess ing to be a minute of the conversation between them. A hew hours after he had read it, he took the trouble to call on Mr. C. Smyth. in order to tell him, in the presence of a third person (Mr. T. Gould, who could testify to the truth of this), that lie did mot recognise it as a tan representa tion of what had been said. He aterwards wrote, that Mr. Thomas William Grady might tote for whom be pleanni—declinei hating any political connexion with him, and added, that tie was--.• tree is air." Now could he lave acknoakdgrd the au thenticity of the 1111110 le (is alleged iu the l'etilion), when he gave it back, and would not sign it ? A few day • alter lie was informed liv a friend, that it was rumoured in the neighbourhood some condi tion hail town annexed to los offer, Hod that lie had attempted to make 4 loorgaiii. Stith reports he contradicted iO the 10041 iimpialifieti manner, and Mr. Gabbeit 6%1114 1•11 1 revell to 111111. 13111 if he withdrew the prolaro-tI it nr.‘tit he con stiwit 1100 NO NCI of •. the tittolier'4 rejet toot of the soiltioed ~,,,, hr moor diately wrote a memorandum-6. Mt. e.atly may vote 1.4 he pleases; mid if he clierows to rote agsitost me, I will not, oil that occultist, deprive Mtn of his situstion." It was alleged that 1w did that through fear of the cotisegnelicrs of an esposure of the na ture of his proposal, and of hating lit conduct un dri ga au investigation in that flonso. Ile de cliered on his honour, us 11 Nlember of Parliament, he had never beard of roe!' a resolution presious tu the writing or that one ttttt random. The Petitioner said, he rejected the first proposal, and would have nothing to do with it. flow far the allegation was true, the house might judge from a leiter of the Petitioner's which lie had beside hint, and should read : " 10th Octuher. " DEAR fltilt-111/191. joist heard of your very handsome offer, communicated by Mr. Manual,. 1 accept of your offer for nirself—[. Here was the scorn and indignation (said Mr. Quin) with which he rejected it']—hat 1 esisebt first consult my consio.-1 am, dear Sir, very truly y.. rw, " T. W. filtA DY." He (the Hon. Member went on to say) threw • positive denial, s distinct disclaimer against the ac cusation of km11'1'1 ) 0114 bargaining fur votes. The third pergola present, at the second iiderview be tween him and Mr. C. Smyth, if examined before the House, could describe what actually happened on that occasion. But if the House would allow him, he should let them into the Petitioner's real object, whatever might be his ostrusible one.— The father of the Petitioner at present lived at Boulogne; he had quitted Ireland, for what tea sous he need not nieution. From the 10th of October he heard nothing respectiog the affair. On the 1911 i he received the first of a series of threatening letters from that person. The letter was read, and ran nearly as follows: " Stu—Underneath is a copy of a letter to a leading Member of the Opposition —( Load lavykterj—with whom I have been greatly engaged last week iu London. He has furnished me with tracts and precedents from the Journals, and to his advice I have committed myself. I would not make use of threats, hut I advise you to re store my son to the office of which you have deprived him, sad to restore hini fur life, before the Ist of January next. I hope you will take my advice. No answer to this I shall look upon as a refusal. But if you ►eject the proposition I ►ball nut expect an an4wer. Answer or no answer I must have your determivatiou before the 12th of November." Umlerneath, continued Mr. (Nin e was the letter to the leading Member (which he need not read), comparing me to Milton's Sits and Death at the gates of Hell.—(March laughter.)— Ile would now, with the permission of the House, read a letter received from the Petitioner's father, and directed to him. It states, " that the night von (mennieig Mr. Quin) came to Limerick, and gave a t upy of the memorial to Mr. Smith, you deli vered into his hands, you delivered into mine, the death-warrant of your political execution." li e then goes on to nay—" A Member of no common note came to me (that is, said Mr. QOM, waited on him at Boulogne) to discuss the matter at large, and brought me encour..getrient from a great body of the Opposition."— (.4 loud laugh.)— would not (slid the Honourable Alerober) Ito jus tice to myself or to them, if I did not state the feelings that this lest sentence excited within we. His threat amounted to this—You, Mr. Quin, have made yourself obnoxious to the Opp.e.ition, and with their aid (they will take it up as a party ques tion), I will run you down. I looked upon the threat us contemptible and vile, and I do declare, that if my pos.essious, my life, and what I value more, my honour, were ut issue, I would willingly repose them in the hands of the Opptoition-1 would trust to their honour and their delicacy as Gentlemen-1 would rely upon their public inte grity as Members of Parliament, sitting as Judges upon my conduct—l would trust to them as fully, I would as entirely rely ilium their sense of right and of justice, as I woold upon any Jury, or any other honourable and impartial body that could he selected. The letter tlieti goes on to state—" I will call the attention of the British public to the subject, and I will keen up the public attention by writing paragraphs in the Newspapers." At the end of the letter, said Mr. Quin, he has been pleased to enlarge my day of grace from the 12111 of November to the sth of December. If, said he, I had compr...oised my character—if I had listened to the otter that was made to me, how would I stand before you ? What then would become of the purity of Parlia ment ? I had it in my power, said he, to restore his son to the office he looked fur ; and by restor iug his son, I had it in my power to hush the charge. If I have not done so—if I trampled upon the charge and the offer of my enemy, I hope at least my conduct will go to shew that I (lid not shrink from investigation—th.st 1 did not dread a Parliamentary inquiry. The reply that I made to the proposal will, I trust, shew that I did not fear the result of a Parliamentary inquiry, however strict it might be ; and if I may trespass on the pa tience of the House, I will read the letter I wrote iii reply—[Here the Hon. Member read his answer to Air. Grady]—it stated that his (Mr. Grady's) let ter would be best answered by a determined and contemptuous silence; that as to Mr. Grady's first letter, he imputed it to u vexatious and disappoint ed spirit, sod deserved more of pity than of hatred ; but his letter of the 18th of October had opened his (Mr. Quin's) eyes, and it only remained fur him to state, in terms as strong mid indignant as language could suggest, that he defied his charge ; nay snore, that he feared he would not persevere ; though it was not that he looked for a conquest over him, for contemptible indeed must be that victory, however complete. gamed over a men who hail nothing of purity in his motives, and nothing of patriotism in I.is objects. The Hon. Geist leman concluded by saying, that he feared he had de tained the House too long. Ile left the case in Owl hands; it was fur aids§ to determine what enurse to he ptygued.—/Ha sal flown wand loud clieers . from /nigh sides of the flow.) Sir Itoticar W 11.3074 Said, ?hal he could assure the f-iuu•e lie had no cniii•no•iii•sii,iii will) the Pen. turner or his father .iliout a wei k liefore he stated the l'etdion to the and he torrefure could tint be the public 11140 4111Wled to in tier Irtter of Mr. Grady.—(s-feur, heur.)—With leg ird to ills subject of the Priition, it resolved itself lot,' (pa r s. Inns of fact, and he thought the hrst hr acts tug would be to rrl'er It to a Commis, IVith regard to the statement made by Ihr Gentlem in, he acknowledged it had mot h aiid it was tint hill iliellootliOs In Ottrellpt lo the impression it was calculated to 111.1k e u u the 110114 e. Mr. I'. MooRE said that this was s citt;:gtv.tolluias: aremed to affect the I our awl til i ,:on y th a were. House If ti's houonr . there Null iii 1 13 i 01114 oputiou, only one course to pursue—it win apl onii.... ‘ g was, that a strict and impartial inquiry should be instituted. Snell inquiry would give the Ilutionr. able Member an opportunity of clearing away die imputation sought to be cast upon him. It would give him au opportunity of viiiilicating hive ttttt luct; and the inquiry would be attended with advantage to that Gentleman, particularly as his Honourable Friend, Sir ltnbert Wilson, expressed !newel( as not wivhing to do away the itapresvion made upon the House by the eloquent and forcible appeal of the Honourable Gentleman. lie colicluded by saying, that the charge Went to affect the purity, the dignity, and the honour of the House, and it was their duty to investigate it. Mr. ‘VYNN 44111, lie thought the ',resent was a Cate that demanded nu investigation. If the state metit of the Petitioner was due, there was a great breach of privilege committed. If it way false, be had no heat tat toil it, saying, that the Pensions'. we , : guilty of one of the tints' foul awl wicked conspiracies that hail ever been brought usidrr the considerat'on of the House. It was the duty of the House to itivtitive an iinmed ate inquiry ; wed if the Petitioner uss guilty, to pronounce upon him the severest criiviire, and to take care that that putiothinent was totlicleitl. He would not, hr said, trust himself with eirprevving his opiMon at that moment, after the deep tut we.- sion that had been made on his timid by the sate. mint of the Hon. Member; lie would possibly he called is; to sit in the character of a Judge ; sod whets all the evidence on both sides was brought forward, the time would come to deliver a full opi nion. 'They owed it to the Hon. Member, in de ference to tits feeling, and his character, to afford hint a full and ample opportunity of juatif3 log his conduct—they ought to have au opportunity of hearing and of seeing the witnesses. It would. lie conceived, be devil - Ate to has,- C urril , e l heard at the Bar of the House. It tt44 PO de cided on the Petition of Ward against fir. Sheri dan. Malty Members were ',ow en Election Committee', a Ito mtivt wet-v..111y be precluded from hearing the evidence u, tbe present case; so thut if a Committee were to he instituted. be thought all other Committees should he stivi o ended. The charge in the Petition strongly atr-ctv the cha racter of the Hon. Mess ber, dud on every pri maple of justice he was entitled to a fair opportotwy of viodiration. *f hat vindication, tit, doubt, wmttil satisfactory. The documents were not then Witur e House ; they were not prepared to inveatizate thee charge ; hut when Cculisel should he beard at the her of the House, should the imputation of the Petitioner turn out unfounded, the Ilosi-e would act towards hint with severity. Th e y should t a k e rare that the character of Members vlitould cot be trifled with, unr die honour of thee House, its dig nity, or its privileges, affected. Sir ROBERT WILSON ruse to withdraw Ilia motion for it Committee. It was theta moved, that the subject of the Pe tittuittr's complaint should he braid by Counsel at the bar of the House.—Agreed 10. Nlr. WYNN said, it was desirable that the ease should be toquired into on as early a day HS porta ble, and he would therefore move, that to-morrow fortnight should he appointed. Lord CASTLEREAGH grid, that there never was a case brought before the House that, on the fare of it, was snore fully or more clearly refuted. If any thing mote 011111 another could more forcibly prove it to he ro, it was the latter part of the !lota. 31em ber's *perch. The litter read to the Muse fully skewed the motives of the patty. Their t hjt-et clearly was, he said, to extort tow the lion. Nielli•• ber the office in question. It was, in has 1,1 rd. sliiit's opioton, a severe case to put the lion. Mem ber to the trouble and expense of H defence against charge so utterly unfounded us the present al. geared to he ; but if the Ilotise would go tub the inquiry, he had only to tcly, that they never it qulrrd into the mods of a case winch SO fully mai so clearly explained itrelf. . . Mr. CuURTENAT t aid, that restionsble titue ►hould be given to bring the tier. ss.rF futon Ireland, and uarttcultarly who wet a KinK's Counsel, of extensive busntr• and who would Hotta present be able to it - 311' lit- Iyud with serious inconvenience to hitnselt and to his clients. Mr. WYNN said, this was a case which should he got rid of as soon as posiiiiie. He did nut under stand there was any charge against Mr. Goole). He suggested that Moodie) , futtnight would be a CHII. venient day. Mr. C. H. IluTcii INSON said, he hail H fety earths to otter in refereeice to what fell from the Nolte Lord, and an Wis. Gentleman at his cite el the House ; he begged to he considered as co, :1 eng himself to tins point. He was far from wistilog to weaken the imprertion made upon the House by the statement of the Honourable Member, and he only rose to state, that the letter written by the father of the Petitioner was written subsequent to the decision of the Honourable Member. Ile (Mr. Hutchinson) did not rise for the purpe se of defending that letter—he ()ply stool the fact—and he did not think that the Noble Lod (Castle re agl ) followed this case so accurately av he is in the Italit of doing. He was sure there was no prefer. nee or partiality entertained for tithe r of the rareir-, sit I it was light that they should rotor before the (lowa without any imputation cast upon them. "I litn, was, he said, the Millie Of a ttft•thttnest stirill!ourd in debate. VIA the same &thug of impartialoy deiced him (Mt. flutvlitineeni) to say of that gel - Ileum), who lie, a leactot Member of the 110,1