The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-24 00:00:00

MR. WYNDHAM QUIN.

(Comainard Garnetll Paper of prearrJoy.l
Winer*. in continuous of irtier4 from the Pe.
filintirt sad his father, rolled apron Mr. (lain at his
cualitry.hasse, near Limerick, in Octoimr lest. He

pereiossly commenicoted with Mr. Maen•ell and Mr.
1). O'Grttly. Mr. (loin denied In witness that he
•ethoris.d any one to deliver a atessege to Petitioner.
Natio% that he (Petitioner) toss " settee as air," and
at liberty to vote for whom be pleased ; Mr. Quits
notint•itting tb•t if the Petitioner and Nosily separated
thole political inflows from him, the 2001. a year
should be withdraws. Wilson had no intention of
deliveting an hostile stereo*, to Mr. Quin from the
reritionor, as in his °plosion, as well as that of Mr.
Mattnsell and Mr. D. O'Grady, no promise was
•boulately broken by Mr. Quin, although he bad
It-laved wakindly sad enhandsomely to the Peti.
'jotter. Mr. Masnwoll and Mr. D. O'Grady also
co..cerred with witness In Woking that Petitioner
should reject Mr. Quin's offer, which was rejected
accordissely. Oa witness's return in Dahlia, he re-
ceived a letter from Mr. Maensell, wade( that Dan.
(I•htsett had sent hie. an **tract of • letter from Mr.
Quin, stating as follows :—" Mr. Grady may vole
as be pleases, and if he chooses to vote pilot me,
I will not, on that account, &pike him of the si-
ltation." This statement witness did not know to
hare been written by Mr. Wm. Witness was for
many years on terms of intimacy with Mr. Geoid,
who ceased to spook to his until the receipt in
DeWitt of the first discussion of this subject in that
llPose. The ol.ject of Petitioner was not as cutups.
bas mann to know, to obtain the 2001. a year for him-
self, but foe the relief of his father, who was then
resident at Boulogne. Witness was the seer relation
of the Petitioner, sod in compliency with the request
of the Petitioner's mother, who woe the sister of wit.
ness's father, he pledged himself to assist Petitioner
by his advice sod judgment as far as he could—hence
witness ass urged to interpose so mach Is this trans-
actien. Witness was positive that Mr. Gould had
called twice at his house on the 214 of September.--
Witness did ont, no his visit to Mr. Quin at Adore,
county Limerick, in October, mention to that Gen-
tleman that any Parlismeutary inresligetion would
take place on this subject, nor did it (Decor to him
that it would take that turn. In the begiening of this
month, witness endetstoodiog that be would Metaled
in the bar, thoeght it right to epplise Mr. Gerold, as
a brother barrister, that it was highly probeble be
would be required to produce the letter from that
Gentleman which hes been already cited. To this
rosonenicsoion, which was made in writing, Mr.
Gerold teterned no answer. Witness had.no cos-
monkation with Chief Baron O'Grady span this
eehject, bet simply in his reply in a cooties from
his Lordship as to what was doing ; this sinner was
made in November lest. and referred only to what
was passing in the easel of Limerick. Witness
sever had any coessitation with, or advice from,
Chief Baron O'Grady, touching his communication
with Mr. Quin, os behalf of the Petitioner. Witness
declared, that he had no other view is taking the
written minute of the conversation alluded to with
Mr. Quin, than to make as accurate reprosentatios
of that Gentleman'. views to the Petitioner end his
father. Witness had understood by a letter from
Mr. Thames Grady, that ut5!...4 his son (the Pea.
Winner) were 'catered to the Clerkship of the Peace
—(of this letter, which the witness declered to be
coofidential, and the commencameot of a voluminous
correspondence, the following is an eatract]:—
" Booloaor. win Ocinisrr, 1818.
41 MY DRAT CARLIV,—God knows, and as do I,
that you bed year hands fell of that ward I com-
mitted to your tutelage. Your perseseraoce was
manly, hied, and disinterested, and I am perfectly
satisfied with the result of your administration. I
know not what pert of it most to admire—the cool-
nes. and ingenuity with which you led Quin en, at
his interview with you in Dublin. from coquetry to
a full declaration of his passion for bribery and cor-
ruption ; the simplicity with which you conducted
him to a written testimenial of that declaration, or
the tact with which )no handed bias my letter, at
your foretopl interview with him at Arus; it was a
kind of r. r. c. compliment, which you made him at
the very nick of time; one smarm sooner 'tweakd
have been too early, one moment later %would have
been too late—hot you seised the moment when he
was gletifying himself open his triumph, to satisfy
him that the battle was only is its infancy.
" Poor Tom: he might have bad en overweening
penchant for the 2001. a year, but he neither waists
honour nor spirit, though he wants steadiness, which
natural deficiency, ieciadiug want of jedgraeot, was
aboudantly loomed by the confusion of advice
poured in upon him from all quarters, and the cam.
ber of contradictory advisers. I had a letter from
him vestettlay, in which be pretty nearly'respite-
tales what you told me as to the procerdiegs below,
and says, that his mind being unsatisfied at not haw.
ing called Qtain out, he lied (here and in subsequent
places, the words printed in
.itulics are underscored
Is the °diktat) that day written him seek a letter, as
would make it necessary for Qein to call him oat;
and then asks my advice! Yoe bad told me, I be.
neve with greet sincerity end justice, that he had sig=
nified such hislatestion to yea; and your opinion to
one was, that if ha did so Nobody would coodessu
him. To be sure nobody would, something of that
sort meat have been a measure rather expected than
deprectled. I said to him. that I approved of his
basing taken the advice of his friends in the first in-
ranee, and of his having vindicated his own feelings
In the second; for however the sense of the country
rriett be with him as to Qsio's injorines treatment,
1. would .41 from him if he took no step to sestet
hitntelf. If Quin let it drop there, I desired hits to
61.. sn ton, but to show a copy of his letter to Quin
( • :tiro I hoped be kept) to all his friends.
to tell yow what progress I have been
tusking, for though I shall not call upon you to pro.
mute 4.1 second any pert of my warfare, I hope you
(I.'l'l meets to deny we the eonsolotioo of comment-
cat htg confidentially with you open it, or of espect-
int; from yoo a confidential ditch:owe to me of the ben-
ration it shell produce on the other side of the Irish
Ci,eonet."
tt Noe, though wens. is sweet, yet solid pod-
eitt.; i• better. I thetefore lost Friday enclosed a
c-pv of the case, together with the, observation, and
tt..4.lcsiv &bon menticncil, to ogy kited Quin,