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London, England, 1819-02-25 00:00:00

DUTY ON Hottsr•_c.

Mr. 1.1,t11,10T011 brought in the Bill for regulating the
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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
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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).
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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 Justice 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 Wyndham 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