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lARLIdIiIENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF 1.0k11',. rKIWAY, FEB. i 3.

The Duke of Grafton, Lords Malnilbury, Conyngham, El-
liot. Sackville, Anthera, and the Wail) of Landaff: took the
oaths and their feats.
Tbr Soli&tor General and Mr. Nolan were heard s Counfel,
on an Appeal from the-Court of Cha. eery in Ireland. (Markel
spina Dia), and the further proceedings were poftponed until
Monday.
The Controverted Eleetions' Amendment Bill, the Cape of
Good Hope Trade Resolution Bill, and the Barrack Commigion-
ers Bill• were brought from the Lords. and read a firit time.
Lord De Dutillanville's Indenatity Bill was rrad a fecond time,
and ordered to be read a third time on Monday; the queftion for
committing it having been negative'.
Lord DARTMOUTH reported, in anfwer to tie Addy,
ori'Wedliefday fe'nnight by Lord Eldon that his Tvfaielly
bad been sr_eiouily pleated to order that copies of the Corref-
.,
pondence between the seeretarica of State and the Governor of
Trinidad.be prefented to their Lortlfhtps after the papers
were laid on the Table —Atlout ncd.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Gen ffal GASCOY NE prefented the following Petitions againft
the inn for the Abolition of the Slave Trade:—
One from the glitavor and Burgettes of the Town of Civet-pool :
another from the Proprietors of the Docks and I.fight Hour, and
a third from the Merchants, Ship-Owners, and Manufacturers
lefiding in that town.--Grdered to lie on the table.
Mr. H. ADDINGTON moved for a copy of any correpondence
which-might have taken place (ince the year t 79y, between his
Majelty's Secretaries of State, and the Governor or Lieutenant-
Gi•vertior of the !nand of Trinidad. His ohjedi in v.laking this
{notion was to fhew, that the importation of Slaves inn)
was difeintrated by a- perfon nearly conned-led with Lim who was
formerly at the cad of his Majefty's Government.
• "After a few oh'ereatioffs, and an Amendment prorated by Mr.
FORCE, the motion was agreed to.
The Irifh Controverted hluelion bill was read a fecond thine,
and ordered to.be confronted on Monday.
The Report of the Tinkles Tobacco Bill was brought up.
The Houle having refolvedittelf into a Colunince of Ways and
Means. Mr. HQ ISHOUSE in the Chair,
Sir JOHN NhVf'PORT moved, that after a certain day the
Old Rates and Duties upon all Stamped Papers, Parehnient, and
Vellum.Ouvuld ceafe. and that the New Duties contained In the
Schedule I.e preferred Cnnnid attach.
The Hook being rerouted,
Mr. W. W. WYNNE moved. that the third reading of the''
Thames Police Bill &mita he roil onntd to Monday.
The Cif ANCFLLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the
Moore at its rifts% Cientd adjouro to Monday.
IVIr.ROSE higgefted that on account of the complicated nature
of the lubjedt, the report un the Finance prerofitions ihould be
poftporf.d to Tudday.
The CHANCFLIDR of the EXCHPQU^R *liked the re-
port to be made on Monday, for the fake of etpaiting the pub•
lie but-frets, but had no °lite:lion to adjourn the Debate to
Wedncfday.
HAMPSHIRE PUlrtittrit. •
Mr. ASHEION SMITH rofe,•for the pu•Tofe of
fottnitting a tr.otion to the Houk. on the fohjca of
the Petition which he prefcnted a few days ago. •He
proceed in the regular form, and move that
the Petition he tead.

The Fe it ion having been read by the Clerk,
Mr. SMITH laid, that previous to entering open
the queltion, he would beg leave to move that the
refolution of the Houfe of the loth of Derrember,
1779, be read.
[The refolutinn was accordingly read, declaring it
to be a high tnifdemeanor and breach of privilege, for
any perfon filing an office under Government to em-
ploy any influerce which he might poffefs in confe-
quence of the fame, in the eleflion for Members of
that Houfe
Mr. l'H continued. He felt it neceflary to
addrefs a few words to the Houle upon the fubjea of
a complaint which he underßood had been made
againtt him by the Gentleman whole condua had
occafioned the petition which had been jug read.--
Be was charged with not having acquainted the
Gentleman on the Treafury Bench with the nature
of the petition. Had he felt, that, on a great pub-
lic and conllitutional quaint', fuch a mat it of atten-
tion was indifpenfable, he certainly would have trail/
mined a copy of the petition ; but as there was no
intention of hurrying the bufinefs, and as any expla-
ation on the part of that Gentleman would not have
A use away the motives which induced him to prefent
the petition, he thought it unneceffary to have any
tommunicati•in with him. The influence pollelled by
Government in the county of Southampton was
greater than what it had in any other county in the
kingdom, and it was notorious that that Influence
had been exerted in favour of the Members whole po-
litical fenriments were known to be favourable to Mi.
ni tiers. The effea of the exertion of this influence had
been to excludeaGentleman who had ferved the county
for 16 years w jib diligence and fidelity. So honeftly and
faithfully had be difcharged his duty, that had it not
been for the intei feretice of the Government, there was
not a doubt that be would have been returned by a
very large majority of the Freeholders. It was un- i
neceffiry for him to point cut to the Houfe how dan-
gcrcus fuel' prailices were to the purity of the Con-
ftitution. When dcteeed and fubliantiated, they
mild not be too 1-.-ertly reprehended. if tome Reps
wete not taken to prevent the Members of that great
county from being retained by the foie influence of
Government, under who e cootroul their parliamen-
tary condna moil remain in confevence, the inde-
pendence of that Houk would receive one of the
deepelt wour,ds which had been ever aimed at it. In
what way this Mas to be elicited, it was not for him
to determine ; that he would fubmit to the dilcretion
of the Wore. He trufled, however, that fome ye.
medy againft the evil would he provided, and that
means would be dikovered to prevent toe recurrence
of praaices which threatened the rapid and total
fabverfion of the Connution. lie would trefpafs
no fur ther upon the patience of the Houfe, bat move
that a Ccvnmittee be appointed to confider of the al-
legation•; in the petition.
Sir HENRY MILDMAY role to fecund the mo-
tion ft,/ the appoin!ment of a Committee, which had
been made with Co much force, talent, and manlinels
by his Honourable Friend. This was a duty which
he felt tome difficulty in difcharging, on account of
the (hare which be might be fuppofed to have had in
the tranfaai..os which gave life to the petition on the
table. It might be fuppofed by Pone per(ons, that
his condira was the refult of difappi intment. He
could affure the Houk, and he trotted that his decla-
ration would meet with fome degree of credit, that
he was asluated by no fuch unworthy motive. He
came forward in the difcharge of a peat public duty,
of a duty which he owed to that Houfe and to the
Contlitutioa. He came forward for the purpore of
deteaing a..d fohjeaing to difgrace and cenfure
all uncontlitutional attempts againlt the purity
and freedom of Eleaion. without which it was
impoilihle the functions of fu important a branch
of the Government as that Haute was, could be
. unellly •and beneficially MIAMI. It was an at•

tempt of this na4nre which had produced, id he year
3779, the energetic refulution which appeared ors
their Journals. But the influence lately employed!,
in the county of Southampton was much mote opeA
and uncunflitutional, and deferring of &anger re-
pt-et-tent-ion, inafmuch as it was direCtly in the teeth
of a prior refulution of that Houfe. It was not his
with, or he believed of any of thofe who figoed the
petition, to prefe the Houk to a hefty decifion. All
that they required was, that fuch a mode of proceed-
ing fhould be adopted, as was likely to enfure ample
julfice to all parties. When the petition was prefen-
.- red, it was Dated by a Noble Lord, that it had en•
gaged much of the public attention. Was it furpriz -
t
g thkt it Ihmild ? Was it flu-prizing thaothe peo-
} le fhould feel tremblingly alive to a fubjelt which
t involved their dearett rights and privileges ; every'
thing which was valuable and eflirnable in the Con-
flitation. The Noble Lord had alfo complained, that
endeavours had been ufed to poifon the public mind.
To this he thought It unneceirary to make any reply,
becaufe he cnnlidered it as one of thofe rhetorical
flourifhes in which men of brilliant imaginations and
commanding eloquence were fome:imes apt to in-
Thete was, however, an obfervation which
fell-from the Noble L'rd, in which he fully concur-
red. If the petitioners failed in proving their cak,
it was but Oft that all the difgrace and blame due to
fuch Niue fhould fall on their heads. To that he
was ready to content, and to take his full (hare of the ,
opprobrium. If, on the contrary, they fhould fuc-
`teed in eflablifhing the allegations in the petition, and
that even in a ftronger manner than they were Rated,
lie trotted that the Noble Lord and his friends would
.agree with him in giving full effect and fupport to
the refolution of the Houle. If they proved their
cafe, he hoped the Noble Lord would not interpofe,
and fhield with his influence and aethority the'perfon
who tbould be found to tranfgrefs a fohmn t efoltnion
of that linufe, on the fulajeS of a vital principle of
the Contlitution. Before he proceeded farther, he
would trouble the Houfe with a few obfervations
concerning the particular filtration of the county of
Southampton. In that county there was, perhaps,
more church and copyhold land-, the holders of
which were not qualified to vote, than in any other
in the kingdom. This was in itfelf a circumflance
not very favourable to ;the independence of the
county. There were, betides, four hundred freehol-
ders, who were conflantly employed in the Dock
Yards, and who, it might be fairly prefunaed, wet e
under the controul of Government. There was
alto a confiderabte number of freeholders employed
by the difftrent perfons who had naval and other con-
tied' with Government. If, in addition to this long
eflablithed weight of Government, which was con
tinuallyincreafing, and mull increafe as long as our
navy fhould be augmented, they were to villa ore
their fide the whole of the Barrack Department, it
would be impollible for any independent man to
grapple and maintain a conteft with Government in
the county of Southampton. He would now proceed
to prove the charges in the petition. The firtt paper
he would trouble the Houfe with' was the copy of a
minute of a converfation between a former Member
for the county of Southampton (Sir W. Heather:me)
and a Noble Lord (Lord Temple) on an oppofe
bench It appeared from this minute, that Lord I
Temple called on Sir W. Heathcnte. by dcfire of
Lord Grenville, previous to the diffaution of the
late Parliament, for the purpnfe of afcertaining from
him whether, in cafe of his being re etc/led, he was
willing to fupport Government ? lie, at the fame
time, Informed him, that it was the intention of Go-
vernment to oppofe the re eleCtion of Mr. Chute, on
account of the oppofition given by him to fame of
their meafures in Parliament. Sir W. Flea:lime
profeffed great refpeCt for Lord Grenville, but laid
that was a fubjed upon which he could nut come to
a determination without confulting his hinds. " I
am aware (continued Sir H. Mildmay) that there is
another account of this tranfaelion. It is not my
intention to impute any thing like intentional mitt-i
prefentation to either of the Honourable perfons con-
cerned ; but I will leave it to the public to decide
which Itatement was moll likely to be correet, that of
Sir W. HeatilCOtc, Wilt) immediately retired to his
clofet and committed every thing to paper that had
palled, with a view to priblication, or at leati laying
it before his friends, or Lord Temple, who, in dose
weeks after, undertook to give an account from Me.
mury of what had paired between him and Sir Wil-
-IMm ?" The next paper he would offer to the Houfe
was a copy of a letter from Mr. Freemantle, one of
the Secretaries to the Trealury, to General Hewett,
the Barrack Mailer General. (In this letter Mr.
Freemantle recommended Mr. Herby t and Mr. Thil
tlethwaite to General Hewett, and requelled him to
cattle Major Davis, the Deputy Barrack Mailer Ge-
neral, to exert himfelf for them, and to exert any
other influence he might have in the barrack depot t
ment.) A copy of this letter, as the beg mode of
communicating its contents, was tranfniitted by Ge-
neral Hewett, the Barrack Mailer General, to Major
Davis, his deputy. Maj..r Davis, in his anfwer,
acknowledged the receipt of General Flewett's letter
and the enclofure, and Dated, that in confequence
he had done every thing in Winchefter and the
neighbourhood, to enfure Iticcefs to the Government
candidates. He alfo fuggelled that he could render
elfential fervice to that. Gentlemen by a vifit to the
Lie of Wight. To this the Barrack Mafia' General
replied, that there could be no objelinn to his going
to the Pie of Wight, provided lIT could obtain leave;
and that he was forry he could not. allow him his
expences, as it would not be proper to introduce fuch
an item in the public accounts of his deparinielat.—
( Loud trier of Rear, Hear.)
Mr. MARTIN faid that Gentlemen indulged
themfelves fo much in cries of" Hear ! hear !" that
it was impoflible for him to hear any thing.
Sir HENRY MILDMAY read the Barrack Maf-
ter General's letter a hams, time, and °braved that
the impreffion which it made on his mind was, that
in that department there was one account for public,
and another for private purpofes. This, if there
were noother, was of Wilt, be thought a fufficient
reafon for going to a Committee. (The Hon. Mem-
ber here read another letter, of Major Davis's, in
which he laid, that he was going to canvafs in the
neighbourhood of Chrillchurch and Lymingtot-,
thew places having been particularly &etched out
for him by Lord Caernarvon, as points not far re-
moved from the feat of Mr. Rote's influence.) He
thought it hardly poffible that the Noble Lord, who
mull have been a party to the Refolutioti of 1779.

&odd fo far forget 14e principles, Cited to far aban-
don the npright and cpnftitutional line of cordua
which he had followed on that occafion, as to be
guilty of to grofs and monftrotis a violation of the Con-
(Here the Hon. Member read another letter
of Major Davis's, in which he ltated, Olathe could'
nnr obtain leave to go to the Ifle of Wight from the
Duke of Cumberland, and Inggefting that the re-
fufal might proceed from an apprehenlion, that the
(Neel of his journey was inimical to his Royal High-
nefs's political friends. (Hear! Near! from the
Pe of the Hoof- ) If thefe exclamations were the
confequence of a fuppolition that that illuftrious per-
fonage took any part whatever in the late eleElions, ,
there was little foundation for them. He had the
happinefs of knowing his Royal Highnefs ; and he
was p:rfuaded, that in the diftriEt in which he com-
manded he never foliated nor endeavoured, directly
or indireftly, to influence a tingle vote. He had
his authority for declaring fo ; and he called upon
thofe who were In flippant with their exclamations
!of Hear ! Hear ! to maintain the contrary. (Sir
Henry Mildmay read two more letters from Major
, Davis. The firft was addreffed to the Duke of Cum-
berland, as Commander of the Diflrid, in which he
complained that one Deverell, an attorney, had done
sr:ry thing to harafs and opprefs him. The fecund was
from Colonel St. John, in which it was Rated, 4' that
he was commanded by the moll independent man in
the county to fay, that he fhould be relieved from his
I embarralfments if he would deliver up the Treafury
Letters.) [Name ! name ! from the Minifterial fide
of the Houfe.3—" That," obfetved the Hon. Mem-
ber," is what I want to find nut ;" a d recommend-
ing it to him to oblige men who had k in their power
to ferve him before it was too late. He would affure
the Gentlemen who vociferated 44 Name, name,"
that he was quite as curious as they were to afeertain
who this molt refpedable man was. who, it appear-
ed, could bribe and bully in the fame breath. He
had lived fcrty years in the County of Southamp-
ton, and he would not determine in his own mind
who this great and refpetabte man was. To this ex-
traordinary letter, Major Davis anfwered, that no
temptation, no threat thould induce him to give up
the letters. All there letters he had feen in the hands
of another perfon, antecedent to the Hampfhire
Eleaion. Should the Houfe, upon the documents
which he had fubmitted to it, think proper that the
whole ttanfaCtion fbould go to a Committee, he was
confident that be fhould be able to thew, that the
inftruEtions iffued from the Barrack Office had been
carried into execution. He agreed with the Noble
Lord, that the accufati m was of a moll ferious na-
; tote. The queflion involved no 1.4. than the Contli-
! tution of the Country. It Inch praCtices were allowed,
1 no Member in that Houle would be fecure of his
feat. There was n 9 borough, though ever fo herme-
tically fealed, which would not be reduced under the
influence of Government. 'Who was there that would
herfo, ward pay the lean attention to the refo-
!ce
lottons t f than Houfe, if loch praCtices were to pals
un,,noilhed ? He regretted that the fubjeEt had not
fallen into better hands. He would trelpars no
longer upon the attention of the Houfe than while
he read the letter of the Duke of Chanclos, which
produced the &nog refolution of 1799. (In this let •
to his Grace recommended that Sir J. Welllalce
Should be eletied for the county of Southampton, iu
pl,,ce of Sir Simeon S:ewart.) " Compare (fail
tl:e Hon. Member) this with the letter and language
of the Secretary of the Treafury, and decide which
is the grolreft violation of the freedom of cleetion."
He conch•ded with fecnnding the motion for referring
the Petition to a Committee of Privileges.
The motion having been read by the Speaker,
after a fhort panfe,

Mr. FREEMANTLE role. He expreffed Lis con•
fidence, that before he hat down, be lhouid prove to
the Hcufe that he had done nothing to forfeit their
good opinion. He fruited alfo, that he fhould be
able to perfuade the Gentlemen on the cppalite fide,
that he was not Co culpable as they fuppafed. The
feelings under which he laboured al-Me not from a
confcir,ufnefs of guilt, but it was itnpollible, upon a
question which to materially concerned his own chat
rad..-1, and not only his charatier, but the charac-
ter and conticieratim of the Government under which
aaed, that be thould not be much affeEted. But
he relied upon the candour and indulgence of the
H tole. Since the fiffclution of Parliament, rumours
had prevailed refpeEting the County of Southampton
—That thefe rumours were, in every initance, grofsly
magnified, and exaggerated, and in fume wholly on.
founded, he was confident be thnnld be abTe to prove
balite he fat down. He certainly did complain, and
he conceived with very great reaion, that he had not
received that attention fr om the Honourable Gen-
tleman who prefented the petitiOn, which was ufually
paid to perfons accufed of crimes in that Houle. He
thought this the :nor e extra-srdinary, as he had been
long known to that Hon. Gentleman, and was not
conlcious of having incurred his aniniakty. He had
the plcafure alto of being acquainted with the Hon.
Baronet, and was not confcions either of having in-
curred his atrimofity. There v. al one of the Pe•
titioners Oro, a Member of that Houle (Mr. Dent,
whom lie did not fee io his place, rimy nhom ire had
lately experienced the moil hofpitableentertainment.
ft !Vold teem, however, as if he turd invited him
for no other purpofe than to fatten and pamper him,
and produce him afterwards as a fpeelacle to that
Houle. This Petition differed from the Petition ori-
ginally prepared by the Freeholders—it was one fa-
bricated within thefe few days, every allegation in
which was without foundation. The Honourable
Mover and Seconder of the Refolution had not, he
would contend, produced the fmalleft proof that
Government had committed itfelf fo grofsty and un-
conflitutionaily- arit was Hated in the Petition. After
all the exaggerated Hatements and reports which had
been circulated, they could produce only one folitary
inttance of the interference of any perfan conflated
with the Government, and the proof of that, he would
contend, was loch as could not be received by the
Houle. A copy of a letter could not be produced
in evidence. This was, however, a plea of which
he [horrid not take advantage. He would avow
the letter, and he called upon his friends to fay,
whether he had not apprifed them, that he would
produce the original letter when the queflion came''
to be diftuffed. He had taken fhme pains to pro-
cure it from Gen. Hewett. It would have been in his
power to keep it back, but he (corned to avail himfelf
of sny Such fobrerfuge. (1‘ Here the Hon. Member
read the original letter, dated Trees'', aastient. apd

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that office. [The letter, as before mentionet,
Rated that the writer would take it as a favoar if die,
rteral Hewett would recommend the members fop
ported by Government to Major Davis, the Affolata
Barrack_Mafler-General, or any freeholder within hit
department.) It had been ftiggeled that he was not
a freeholder of the county, and that he conlequently
had no right to interfere with the eldlion for Hump,
fhire. To this he would reply, that he was a free.
holder of the county, and that he poffeffed confide.
rable property in it. His friends and relations Rift),
thofe who were in the habit of confulting and taking
advice from him, poffeffed confiderable property ID
that county. Was it to be fuppofed, becaufe he was
Secretary of the Treafury, that he wa. not to tea.-
cife the bed birthright of an Englithman ? He would
go a little further, and afk the Member who propofea,
and the Member who fee - tded the motion, whether
he was to be disfranchifed becatile he filled an office
under Government? The 'Refolution of the House
declares, that if any pertim mak-s nie of the influence
of office to contront the freedom of it nun
be confidered as a grofs violation of pris.'.ge; but
this Refolution (timid be interpreted by the circum-
(lances which produced it : it IV 4 s naffed to cent efs the
difapprobation of the Iloufe of that conduit of a Peer
of Parliament, who was at the fame tine the Gorier.
nor of a County. *But was there, he would alit, any
law to prevent a Secretary of the Tteafury from pro-
mining Cie views whi,i, his friend might have to the
rept-dentition of any bototigh, city, or county. If
loch a role was once to be ettablithed, every perfon
who happened to hold a place tinder Government
would be virtually deprived of all thole privileges
which were the proudelt hoed of an Englishman._
Was this, he would afk, confident with that impale
tiali:y and juilice, which were among the bets fee..
tures in the Conilitu'ion ? He would now, in addi.
tion to the general arguments which' he had adduced
to prove the hardthip of difqualifying any man focir-
cnmftanced as he was from exercifing' a great and
v doable privilege, offer other reasons to the Hook
for his interference. One of the Candidates (Mr.
Thilllethwaite) was his Coufin; ;ma he 11/( all
have been grofsly wanting in fair .edirt6s, and
deficient in every thing that was to be expelled from
him, if he had not come forward and fupported
his views in the flrongeft manner, provided he did
not do it under cover of his public office. He
hoped he had laid enough to prove that he hsd
thole views from the fir 11. He would now come back
to the letter. and afk if there was a tingle expreffice
in it, indicating the esercite of any undue influence.
What was there to prevent him from applying to Go
neral Hewett as a private individual, or to requet
him to apply to Major Davis as a freeholder ? With
refpeCt to the mighty influence of the Barrack De-
partment, he would call upon the petitioners to prove,
how the Barrack Mailer, or any one in that Depart.
went, could promote the views of any of the Candi.
dates ? If he was rightly informed, not a tingle per-
fon in that department did vote for Mr.Thiltlethwaite
or Mr. Herbert. Of this he was certain, that the
perfon in queftion, Major Davis, did not. The letter
which he had writtai lie had avowed, and he thought
there was nothing in it to implicate either him,or the
Government under which he was employed. If that
(bould he the opinion of the Houle, there -was not,
he would maintain it, ary one allegation in the peft-
tion which could be laid to be fopported. Hiscafe
was quite different from that of the Doke of Chanties
—That Noble perfon was difqnalified by aiofitire
law—( It'o, no, fronifeveral Members). Well then, In
a Refolution of that Houfe, from taking any part
in an elation. But he, as a Freeholder, labooted
under no fuch incapacity. He poffelled a property
in that county which qualified him to vote, and be
had as good a right to exercife his influence and em-
ploy his intereil as any other Freeholder. He trbfled
he had juftified his conduit as far as he had gone.—
He hoped he had laid enough to convince the Houle,
that he was both by duty and feeling bound to owe
forward and exert whatever interefl he, as an indiri-
dual. might pads, in favour of thofe with whom
he was fo nearly connefled. Having fluted thefe
reafons, in jollification of the line of conduit he had
purfued, lie trolled that he fhould obtain the indul-
gence of the Houfe, while he Rated upon what
grounds alone he conceived any let of men would be
juftified in preferring a petition of the nature of that
lying on the table, to Parliament. There were but
two cafes, either of which, in his miderflandingof the
(obi-R, could be confidered as fuch an exertion rif
Minifterial influence, as called for the interference
and cenfure of Parliament ; thefe were, the offering
of money, or the employment of threats. All other
kind of influence, he would contend, it was free fur
any perfon holding an s,ffice under Government to.
ufe. Mr. Fr eemantle then dated, that he felt ensi•
dent and allured there had not beep any the flightelk
instance whatever, either in Hams Or any other/Mt
in the whole kingdom, of the influence of tfieTtelifury
being ufedar the purpofe of unduly carryiag for
eleftion, in favour of any particular paron Poore&
by Government. If In, was it not eatraordinerythet
Inch a Petition as this thould be brought forteird
against him—a petition which many people fuppatt
w.ss a public one, finned by a large portion of the
Freeholders of the County of Southampton; wherein
it was a mere private inftrument, furreptitioutly abtl
privately handed about to a few individuals, nisfee
fent into the county, nor read at any county meeting.
and at tall figned only by Ila Gentlemen. In tat
county of Hants there were upwards of 6000 votxtei
and if filch influence had been 'tikd in violatiOn
the right of elation, it would certainly have mat
loch an impreffinn on the great body of freeholders,
that a much greater numberwould have eagerly pref.
fed forward to fign it than there appeared to have.
done. It was very true, and he did not with to 'dent
-it, that many of thote 'who had figned the petition
were Gentlemen of great confequence, fortune, and
honour, yet futely it could never fairly be called the
petition of the Freeholders of Ham pfbire. Was there
a petition from any other part of the kingdom. com-
plaining of the interference of Government ? Not
one ; yet if loch interference had taken place, other
Counties or Boroughs, who had hound thernfelves fro
aggrieved, would have railed their voices againit it;
—but there was only this petition, gm:tided on the
tingle folitary fa& agoind him, of having :tied the
privilege of a Freeholder in endeavouring, as fuel.
to influence Come perfons who happened to be in nub-
lie fltuations to give their votes gad intereft oa favour