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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m4thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 > I 4 ' A 1 I Brir 'ip THE ;■ :.L^ HISTORY « A !t O F T H E Dublin Election In the Year 1749. WITH A SKETCH of the prefent State of Parties in the Kingdom of IFELAjYD. 3 5;^ A. B R I T O N. Tua res agitur^ paries cum proximus ardet, Hor. n LONDON: Erinted for John Swan, facing Nortbumherland' Houfe in ths Str^d, 1753. i^ik^f. i ) (Hi) ( T O H I S \v 4 GRACE THE DUKE O F no J^ SET, Lord i^ieu tenant of Ireland, Knight of the moft noble Order of the Garter, My Lord, IF your Grace will condefcend to perufe the following Sheets, you will not be furprized, nor, I hope, offended at my Prefumption in de- dicating them to you ; with the Fadts therein re-^ lated ; of the Conjedtures which I have ha- zarded, your Grace muft naturally be well ac- quainted, and muft certainly be a good Judge. And I do very willingly ftake my Reputation, a 2 fer n iv DEDICATION. for Veracity and Candour, on the Opinion wliicli you may be pleafed to give of them. I HAVE nor the Honour of being known to your Grace ; and I have taken every Precaution I could think of, to prevent my being known to the Pubhck. For altho' I have not advanced one Fad, which is not of publick Notoriety ; altho* no private Character can be affeded by any Thing I have related ; tho' I am perfuaded no one Per- Ton, mentioned in thefe Papers, will be offended at what I have faid of him ; yet, as I have fpoken, and I could not help fpeaking, of Fadtion, with Ibme Warmth, I may poflibly have given Of- fence to thofe, who have not been confiderable enough to find a Place in this Hiftory i to the lower Tools, who are generally more jealous of the Honour of their Mailers, and of the Reputation of their Party, than they are of their own ; to Men, whofe Friendfhip is of no Avail, and yet whofe Enmity is dangerous. } I MUST, therefore, be excufed, if I never own myfelf the Author of this Hillory ; if I fliould even (were there Occafion) deny that I know any Thing of it ; this, my Lord, is the only FalC- hood which I think I fliall ever be guilty of, but it is of tliat Kind of Falfhood which the Cafuifls call officious, and which they tell us may fome- times be ufed, as when the Queftioner has no Right N. n which own to icaution lown to ced one ; altho* ' Thing ne Per- fFended fpoken, n, with 'en Of- dcrable to the jealous of the 3f their Avail, 2r own Ihould Dwany y Fair- >f, but )afuifts fome- las no Right \ ) D E D I C A T Right to make the Queftion, ION? •or when, by declaring the Fadt, we endanger another Perfon*s, much more one'a own, Life or Reputation. If I, therefore, chufe to keep myrdf con» cealed even from your Grace, it is not from Dif- fidence of your Grace's Honour or Humanity, nor from any Fear that your Grace might adt from the Precedent of others, and give up the Book I fhould prefent you with, as an uncon- troulable Evidence of my being it's Author, fhould your Grace be folicited lb to do. So far am I from any fuch Fear, that if your Grace re- quires it if you have any Curiofity of feeing the Author of thofe Sheets, he will prefent a Copy of them in the Company and Prefence of any Perfon or Perfons, whom your Grace is pleafed to honour with Admittance to your Prefence. But, befides the Reafon already mentioned, I would willingly avoid giving your Grace any Uneafi- nefs, any Occafion for your Enemies to fug- ged, that you were of a Party with the Author, in expofing their Mifcondudt and the low Arti- fices of their Fadion. I Hot»E your Grace will not be offended that I have fuppofed you have fome Enemies. The bed of Men cannot avoid having fome. The Patriot will be hated by the Fadious. The Minifter by the Rival of his Power. a 3 The- 'I. i vi DEDICATION. The Governor by thofc who arc turned out of Place. Enemies you muft, my Lord, have many, becaufc you don't deferve to have one. But if the Word, Enemy, fhould found too harfh in your Grace's Ears, yet muft you, my Lord, acknowledge, that, not all your Regard for the true Intereft of Ireland^ not all the Impartiality of your Government, not your Moderation in the Exercife of your Power, could fecure you, nor can, indeed, fecure an Angel, from an Oppofition, which is always the more violent in Proportion as it is unjuft. \ y% How unexpedled was, indeed, the laft Op- pofition in Ireland^ Your Grace had been re- ceived, by all Pegrees and Ranks of Men, with all the Marks of Joy and Gratitude, which could be manifefted by Men, who had experienced the Goodnefs and Mildnefs of your former Admini- ftration, and who had (b long regretted your Abfence. Whatever your Grace propofed, -was fuppofed to be for the Good of Ireland. The Jobs intended to be perpetrated in Eledlions were fet afide. The Defign of bring- ing in a Bill for the Regulation of the Year, which was, in (bme Degree, aflerting the Inde- pendency of Ireland y was voluntarily dropp'd. The immaterial Alteration made in the Money Bills was connived at. To your Grace's Interpofition do the Citizens of Dublin owe the Prefervation of the Navigation of their River, in / D E D I C A t I O N. vii River. Until, when all Bufinefs fcemed to be over, -when, in the Apprchenfion of fome, your Grace had gotten too much of the Affcdions of the People, efpecially of the Citizen! of Dublin^ more than any of your Predeceffors fince your laft Refidence amongft them, then Envy began to hifs, and Malice t» (hew it's Teeth. -Then was your Reputation for Power to fuffer, by (hewing to the Citizens, that you were not able to prevent the paffing the Petition for the Bridge.— •—Then were all the unpopular Adts pafs'd unanimoully, by them* felves, laid to your Grace's Charge- Then was a Sacrifice to be made to their Refentment Then were florid Compliments to be paid to a former Adminillration, and Words weighed to make the cuftomary AddrefTes at the End of a Seflion of as little Compliment to your Grace as polfible— Then were all the Arts to be ufed, to prevent the People from openly de- claring on the Side of their Governor— Or paying proper Marks of Refpedt to your Grace, and to Lord George, for your Grace's Regard to the Citizens of Dublin, and for his Lofdlhip « open Protection of them. n Such Arts might fucceed in Afleitlblies, who we may fuppofe to be under Dire^rion-^-^^— ^^In AfTemblies, where, from meer Length df Time, Fa^^ion mud have found Opportunity to fow it's Tares, li r vni D E D I C A T Tares, or to ftrcngthen itfelf- I O N. In AHem- blies, where private Gratitude for a Pcrmiflion to enjoy their own Right, or a Licence to poffcfs the Rights of others, may unite the Members more intimately to one Man, than their Duty and Obligation can bind them to the Publick. But cannot ever prevail amongft an unbiafs'd .—adjudging a free People j and the ex- traordinary the unprecedented Manner, in which the Free-Citizens of Dublin . elcomed and took Leave of your Grace, will be an ever- lafting Teftimony, that your former, as well as your lad Adminiftration, in Ireland^ was truly popular. It is not, I hope, difagreeable to your Grace, that I (hould mention your Grace's Popularity in Ireland', your Grace cannot be fuppofed to be infenfible to that Pleafure, which arifes in a bene* volent Bofom, at the Returns of Gratitude from an obliged and refpe(5ted People. True it is» my Lord, that this Love for a People may fome- times be feigned— may be put oh to ferve the bafe Ends of Fadion or Corruption. But where no fuch End appears,— —when Princes and Governors, who propofe nothing but the Good of the People, will condefcend to become popular, they can have no other View, no other Motive, but the gratifying their own natural Sentiment of AfFe(^ion to the People, and their as i D E D I C A T I O N. ix as natural Joy of meeting with grateful Rc- If fucli a Defire of Popularity does turns. not conftitutc Merit, I do not know in what Me- rit confifts. And if this Defire of being ef- teemed and beloved does not imply a Regard to the People, I do not know how it is pofllble for a Governor to (hew it. Of this Regard for the People, I have the (Irongefl: Reafon to believe your Grace has given the mod unexceptionable Proofs. Not only in the open Countenance and Encouragement you have publickly given to Citizens, who, under a former Adminiflration, were injurioufly treated; but in the uninterrupted PermiHion they, under your Grace, have enjoyed, of profecuting th'^ir Right, without any Apprehenfion that their Per- feverance, in the peaceful and legal Manner in which they have hitherto proceeded, will be con- ftrued into Obftinacy, or their Difcontent at the Infringement on their Liberties by inferior Ma- giftrates, will be miftaken for a Difaffedion to the Government. Your Grace has done for them, what their moft fanguine Hopes could have made them wifh for. The Laws are now open for their Redrefs, and if they (hou'd not fucceed there, if^ by any of the Quirks and Turns of the Law, a Remedy fliould not be found, in the regular Manner, X DEDICATION. Manner, your Grace is, no Doubt, difpofed to procure them what of Redrefs, it is in tlic Power of the Crown or Legiflature to afford them. 'i But there is one Grievance, in which the prc- fent Laws and Conftitution of their Country can- not reheve them. I mean the Grievance of be- ing reprefented in Parliament, by one, they have not chofen ; by one, who is fo far from being cntrufted by them with the Care of their Rights and Liberties, that he is one of thofe, againft whom they feek Redrefs, as one of the Invaders and Ufurpers of thofe Rights, which they arc defirous by all legal Methods to reclaim. How this has come to pafs, is the Subjeft of the fol- lowing Sheets, which, if I miftake not, if your Grace has all that Regard for the Happinefs of the People of Ireland, which all your Adions proclaim you to be affedted with, you will perufe with Attention. / But your Grace, I am fure, will not (lop here. How much foever the Intereft and Advan- tage of the Citizens of Dublin may claim your Regard, you will not be lefs afFedted with the Misfortunes of the reft of the People of Ireland, All do not labour, like the former, under the Misfortune of having Reprefentativcs in Parlia- ment L_ \ I DEDICATION, xi ment chofen for them ; but all of them labour under the Misfortune of being fubjed to the longeil Parliament that ever fubfifted, in that or any other Country. I fpeak of Subjection, and of Misfortune. Yes, my Lord, when Men are in Power for fuch a long Time, they infenfibly forget to whom they are indebted for it. They are apt to exert it to the Opprefllon, rather than to the Protedtion, of thofe, who have en- trufted tliem with it. This has been the Com- plaint of all Ages, and of all People ; this it was, which gave Occafion to our Laws for limit- ing Parliaments ; and for my Part, my Lord, I have not remarked any fuch Difference between the Temper and Difpofition of the People of Ireland^ and thofe of our own People, as to per- ceive the Reafon, why what has been thought falutary to us, fhould not be equally fo to them. If our Laws for Septennial Parliaments be then falutary, am I not warranted to call a Pri- vation of fuch a Law, a Misfortune to the Peo- ple of Ireland? Whether or no the Government may find it's Account in the Continuation of fuch a Parliament, I (hall not take upon me to decide. But, if I have conjedtured right, it muil be againft the Intereft of any Government, to rule by a Fad\ion, rather than by the mod po- pular Meafures. To rule by a Fadlion, is a Com- promife, it is (baring Government with thofe who liave ilo Right to it j whereas to rule by the People, xii D E D I C A T I O N. People, is Law, is Authority. But leaving tRofe Matters to Perfons, who arc the beft and moft proper Judges of them, I muft return to the People, to whom the Continuance of a long Par- liament, tho' fuppofed never (b wife, or fo loyal, is, and muft always be, a Misfortune ; were it no more, than that it is a Veil between the King and the People i a Veil which prevents any Inter- courfe or Communication, If a Parliament is fuppofed in their Addrefles and Laws, to Ipeak the Senfe of their Conftitu- ents, it is becaufe they are fuppofed to know them ; it is becaufe they are fuppofed to have had the fame Sentiments with the People, or at leaft to have profefTed the fame, at a late Elec- tion. But when the Reprefentatives have out- lived (as many of the Irifh Reprefentatives have) the whole Body of their Electors, in fome Places, and in moft of them, the Majority, how can their Addrefles be conftrued to reprefent the true Meaning of the prefent People ? Or, indeed, how can they themfelves be faid to reprefent the Peo- ple, who were, perhaps, unborn, or, at leaft, had no Right or Share in the Election, by which they obtained their Seats ? \ HOPE, my Lord, thai what I here fay, cannot be mifconftrued into any Refledion on, or any Difrefped: to, any of the worthy Gentlemen, who now compofe the Reprefentative Body of the Peo- pi. DEDICATION, xiij pie of Ireland ; I declare I have no fuch Thoughts ; on the contrary, I am fully perfuaded that mod of them would regain their Seats, were there a Diflblution ; I am perfuaded the Majority of them would be glad of an Opportunity of try- ing the Favour of their Eledlors ; I am perfuaded fome of them are impatient of fhewing to the World, and of being fatisfied themfelves, that they are mod popular in their refpedive Coun- tries. This I am certain of, that the People are defirous of fhewing their Refped and Gratitude to thofe, who have ufed their Power, as not abu- fing it ; of giving unequivocal Proofs of their Zeal and AfFedion to his Majefty, by the Choice of fuch Reprefentatives, as were moft dutiful and affedionate to him. And I am as certain, that the Bufinefs of Government would be better car- ried on, by Men, who come free and uninflu- enced, and who owe their Seats to new Marks of AfFedion from the People, than it can be, by Men, who have no other Tye with their fuppofed Conftituents, than what they have, one with an- other, as being Fellow Subjeds, and Fellow Pro- teftants. / amy with the greateft Refpe^^ My Lord, Tour moft humble And obedient Servant^ A. Briton. 1 1 i ERRATA. PAGE 24) /• 5» fir Aderefs, r. Addrefs. Page 46, /. g, for own Hand, r. his own IJand. Page 56, i. so, fir U ty, r. C ty. 1 ( I ) THE HISTORY O F T H E . > r Dublin Eled:ion In the Year 1749. THE Subjcd: Matter of the followinglntroduc- Hiftory, will poflibly be thought too in^tion. confiderable to awaken the Attention, or not fufficiently intercfting to engage the Af- fedtions, of an EngUJh Reader. The Scene, it is true, lies in a Country which we are apt to look upon with Contempt, or to treat with a Kind of ftupid Negle6t, and the principal Figures in ic are, probably, too obfcure to have in any Degree excited our Curiofity. Nevertheless when I confider that it is the principal Duty of fome, and the undoubted Pri- viledge of all, amongft us, to enquire into the Condu(5tof our Miniftry, with Relation to our Ne- gociations and Alliances with foreign and inde- #_ pendent States, I cannot think it a Matter of /. . lefs Moment, or Curiofity, to examine that Plan of Adminiftration, by which our Brethren and Fellow-Subjedls are governed in thofe Countries which are dependant on Great Britain ; and, as Men, we cannot look with Indifference on the Fonunes of fuch, who, by their Circumftances, or Station in Life, ever fo mean or obfcure, have A diilinguilhed < iift'i ■\\ I iil m V, t * State of Ireland. Parlia- ment. (O dlftinguirhed themfelves in the Community, ei- ther by their Talents, or by their Virtue. But, to an Englijhtnan^ to one who fets a due Eftimation on that mod vahiable Priviledge of his Birth, his Liberty, this Hiftory will afford Matter for the mod ferious and ufeful Reflections. He will, from obferving what Attempts have been made on the Liberties of others, be the better enabled to gu^ard againft the Attacks which may, (bme Day or other, be made againft his own. The Eledlions, the Corporations, the Parlia- ments, we are to fpeak of, however dependent they may be, bear fo near a Refemblance to our own, that whatever may at any Time be prac- tifed, with Succefs, to reduce them to a State of Slavery and Dependence, may, under the fame outward Form of a free Conftitution, be prac- tifed, with equal Succefs, at Home ; and our Minifters, by acquiring the Method, may alfo in Time acquire the Means to reduce us to the fame unhappy Situation. It cannot, indeed, be faid, that our Fellow-Sub- je6ts in Ireland are as yet brought to this deplo- rable Condition ; but if we are to judge from what are allowed to be the Concomitants, as well as the Caufes, of Slavery, fuch as long Parlia- ments, ftandirtg Armies, and Exciles, we may venture to affirm, that they are not fo free, as it is the Intereft of England they fliould be. Their Parliament has now fubfifted above twenty-two Years, that is, ever fince his Majef- ty's happy Acceffion to the Throne. The Houfe of C — m — s, tho' poflibly compofed at firft of Men of the beft Intereft, Reputation and For- turte, in their relpedive Countries, iSj by the Viciflitude which mUft rieceftarily have happen'd in fuch a Courfe of Years, and by the Oppor- tunities which fueh a Period muft have farniftied ty. ci- ; a due Jge of* aflford idions* s have be the Attacks againft Parlia- )endent e to our )e prac- State of he fame ; prac- nd our y alfo in he fame )w-Siib- s deplo- re from as well Parlia- we may as it d above Majef- Houfe firft of nd For- by the appen'd Oppor- irnilhcd to (3 ) to a few enterprizing Men, entirtly clwngcd. ^he mod violent Brawlers, on the Side of Li- berty, have been foftened into a different Cry, by Places and Penfions j fome have impaired their Fortunes, and have owed their R«-eftablifh- ment to the fole Ads of Bankruptcy, which have been pafsM in the very Parliament of which they * fat Members, and fome of them have, at this pay, neither Efiates, Place, Penfion or Refidencc in the Kingdom. In England we are divided into two Parties, Partici. diftinguimed by the Name of Court and of CouH- try \ as eithet* one or the other prevails^ the Inte- refl of the Crown, or of the Pepple, Prerogative - or Liberty is extended or fecuted; but in Ireland there are, properly fpeaking, no fuch Parties ; Divifions, there, have merely arofe from the Ambition of the Heads of a few Fami- lies, who have each their Dependents and Fdllow- ers, and whofe fole Aim is to enlarge their owrt Power by a Subfervience to the Schemes and Dc- figns of the Adminiftratiort. Whilst Jealoufies fubfifted among the Chiefs, there was, in forrie Sort, an adual Oppofition ; bneof the Factions ftill endeavoured to obflrudt every Meafure and Defign propbfed by the other, whether in Favour of the Government, or in Fa- vour of the Country, and eacb alternately changed Sides and Sentiments, according as their Chiefs were employed or out of Favour at the Caftle. Thus, in the Year 1737, the Party of the Speaker becande confiderable by their Support of the Adminiftration ; who, in Contradidlion to what then feemed to be the Senfe of the Natiori, and in Contr£ldi. freemen re taken lent and a fmall fe, with amongft hs, Sur- Diftinai- ren, but eptatives 1 the Im- Cuftoms, fe on the ichifes. A King ifequence Liberty rious to le Crown, cou'd do egiflature ;n of his :juivalent, Aa of all the :ing, that tenant, or d Council " of n H of InJandy for the Time being, from Timet6 ♦> Time, and at all Times hereafter, during the ♦' fpace ot feven Years, to make and eftabl ifli fuch «* Orders and Di regions, for the better Regu- ♦* lation of Cities, walled Towns and Corporati- <* ons, and the eledling of Magiftrates and Of- *' ficers therej and tq inflia fuch Penalties for the ^* Breach thereof, as they in their Wifdom fhould ^» think fit, fo as the Penalties, for the Breach J' of the Rules, do not extend farther than to the *^ Removal or Disfranchifment of fuch Perfon* ^* as ihall be found guilty of the Breach thereof,' •* which Rules, Orders, and Diredions, fo as •* aforefaid, to be made, (hall be as good and *^ cffedual in Law, to all Intents, and Purpofes, as if the fame had been eftablifhed by Autho- rity of this prefent Parliament, and fhall re- main, continue and abide in (orcey for fuch and fo long a Xime as in the faid Rules and Direfti^ ons (hall be hmited and appointed." ^^ The Privy Council, who cou'd eafily make out that the Words for Jiich andfo long a ''Time might be extended to all Times hereafter, did (the very Day before the Expiration of their Power, and after permitting, for yh;^» Years, all thelnconve- niencies which, it was pretended, were the Con- fcquences of the too- great Liberty of the Subjed) publilh their New Rules And Orders i whereby the Nev Eledion of the Magiftrates, in the principal Cor- Kules. porations in the Kingdom, was, for ever after; put under the Controul and Approbation of the Privy Council. In fome they abolifhed the Rights of the Freemen to fuch Ele^ions, and eftabl ifh- ed it in a Comrijon-Council, in whofe Eledion the Freemen had no Share, or at beft but a very partial one. In the City of Dublin they gave the Eledion of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Trei- furer, to the Board of Aldermen, who are but Fart of the Common-Council, and to whom they ;> gave, i( ^^ ft ■f ii V- ■ 1 r h (>» ) gave, al(b, the Power to chufe the Reprefen- tatives of th^ fubordinate Corporations in Common^Council, from a double Return to be made, to them, from their refpedtive Bodies. It has been queftioned whether the Parliament had a legal, cpnftitutional Right, to devolve, and transfer to others, and thofe no neceflary Part of themfelves, fo important '*'Part of their Icgiflative Capacity ; and whether the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council did not exceed even the Power fo transferred, by making per- pemal, what feemed to be defigned only for a temporary Expedient. But, be this as it may, the Fadt is, that the principal, and almoft all the Corporations in the Kingdom, arc now under the Controul of the Privy Council ; who have, in them, the Approbatioa<0r Rejecting of all the Magiftrates, and have eftablifhed themfelves into a fupreme Court of Judicature, to hear and de- termine all Difputes concerning Ele<5tions, and Returns. And thus. Corporations, which, * *' under a Monarchy, is one of the principal in- ** termediate Powers to moderate thofe of the *' Crown, and, in a mixed State, fuch as ours, *' the ftrongeft Security for, and moft confpicu- *' ous Inftance of, the Liberty of the Subjects," are, in Ireland, as, to all their ElTentials, de- ftroyed ; and they, as well as the Parliament, and the Army, made dependent on the Will and Dictates of the Crown andMiniftry. And, as the Confequence of all this, the People, by be- ing accuftomed to Dependence, have loft that Spirit which makes Oppreffion intolerable ; and Liberty the Objed of their ftrongeft AfFedions. It is the Obfervation of a i- noble and cele- brated Writer, that, " in order to preferve the *• moral Syftem of the World, in that Point of * Spirit of the Laws. •f Lencr on Patriotifm. ■1;v. r -•■ ) fit « T mn»=>r f^A ton. CC «( « C( CC «( ji^..jMmi d |o(i that ich is the in its Ex- i free Gut upon hi ^yranni qui at I ufa efti Some \ '»Ji ^;^fp^|in«^n' ( 15 ) Some Checks however had been at diflferenK Times given to their Schemes. In the Year 1 708, they were obliged to give up, to the Commons, a Share in the Government of the Ballaft Office. They had not been able to prevent a Law being pafs*d, by the Sheriffs and Commons, that all Queftions (hould, in their Room, be determined by Ballot. In profeiTed Oppofition to their In- tereft, an eminent Lawyer had been eled^ed one oftheCity*s Reprefentatives in the Year 1727. And a like, tho' fruitlefs. Attempt was made in the Year 1737. But, as the Diflike fhewn to the Aldermen fcemed to have no particular Foundation, as their Adminiftration, rather than their Ufurpation, was the Objedt of Complaint, the Oppofition to, and the Refentment againfl, them did generally fubfidc, with as little Reafon, as it had rifen. Defpair of Succefs had difpirited fome i Wearinefs of Contention others. But more efpecially, an utter Ignorance of their Right, or the little Value which they fet upon them, had prevented fuch Contcfts from being cither frequent, or lafling. ;.^ But, in the Year 1743, there happened to be two Men, in the Common-Council, who had better confidered the Nature of Liberty, or were more affeded with it's Value ; who refolved to enquire into, and (as far as they were able) to reftore the Rights and Liberties of their Fellows. The one * a Merchant, who had (if we may believe him) been remarkable in the Defence of his Fellow-Citizens. The other f an Apothecary, who had diflinguifhed himfelf, by his Solicitation to Parliament, in procuring an Ad for the better Regulation of his Profeffion. It was natural for fuch Men to become acquainted, and to concert ♦ Mr. James Latoucht, \ Mr. Cbarits Lucas. 'ii « ■■\i together r If! J!^! k r I I'! ^ I ■ • » ( i6 ) together what was to be done, to revive the Spirit of Liberty, which feemed to have fo long lain dorment ; and how to form a Party, in the Commons, to withftand the Power and En-» croachments of the Board of Aldermen. They began with the State of the Revenues of the City, which were then loaded with a Debt of about 30,000/. contracted fmce the Year 1 7 1 3. It was obvious that this muft have been owing to Ne- gligence, or Male-adminiltration, and that the Commons had been notorioufly remifs in the Ex- ertion of their Rights, which could not poffibly be fo curtailed, by their Charter, or By-Laws, as to be rendered of no avail. In the Courfe of their Enquiry, they found Reafon to believe, that the Right of electing Aldermen was not, as it is pradtifed, in the Board ; but, that it was, like every other Elec- tion, not mentioned in the New Rules, in the whole corporate Body i in the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons and Citizens. A Charter of King Charles the Firft was produced, in which is recited, that the Lord Mayor, Bailiffs, (now Sheriffs) Commons and Citizens, had been ufed, from Time to Time, and from Time immemo- rial, to eled Aldermen. A Committee of the Commons was appointed to infpedt into the Re- cords of the City. Mr. Latouche was appointed Chairman of it, and we have, from him, three Reports, with the Opinions of feveral eminent Lawyers on this contefted Point, which were brought before the Court of King's-Bench, in Ire- land^ on the 7th of November ^ 1 744, on a Motion from 2i^o-W'arranto againft the thenlaft eleded Alderman ; but a Permiffion, to lodge an Infor- mation, was, after a Hearing of two Days, re- fufed by the Court, and, rtiortly after, Mr. Latouche and Mr, Lucas, who were the Heads and a wl ne Fr lai 7^ off I ) of ,to ,m€ jciti tha ace * ibul ; M( -^ 4 a. ! ; the Spirit I long lain y, in the and En* jn. They )f the City, t of about 13. It was ing to Ne- d that the in theEx- lot poffibly y-Laws, as :hey found Df electing id, in the other Elec- iles, in the :d Mayor, A Charter i, in which lifFs, (now been ufed, ; immemo- ttee of the nto the Re- > appointed him, three al eminent ^hich were nch, in Ire- n a Motion aft elefted an Infor- ► Days, re- after, Mr. the Heads and ( 17 ) and Hearts of this Oppofition, were, at the next Eledion, for the triennial Common-Council, ftruck out of the Returns made by the Corpora- tions to the A-ldermen, whom they had fo warmly and fo furprizingly oppofed. Their Attempt, however, was not without it's Reward. They became diftinguiflied amongft their Fellow-Citizens ; refpe(?ted by all, who had any Regard for publick Spirit in others, or feel- ings of it in themfelves : When, as Providence ordered it, there became a Vacancy in Parlia- ment, for the City, by the Death of Sir James Death of Somerville, Bart, on the i6th of Au^uft, 1748. Somir'viUe. The fame Day, Mr. Latouche declared \\\m(t\i^ntouche a Candidate, and publifhed an Advertifement, L^^'r'.r^ which, as he was prevailed upon to alter the very "^^ ' next Poft, at the Periuafion of fome of his Friends, who faid it favour'd too much of Singu- larity and Vanity, I fhall here infert at large. To the Gentlemen^ Clergy^ Freeholders and Free- men of the City of D u b l i n. Gentlemen, r"riHERE being a Vacancy in Parliament, by X. the Death of your late Reprefenta ive, Sir James Somerville, Bart. I take the Liberty of offering you my Service on this Occafion. As the Bufinefs 1 am engaged in, the Negledl of which might be attended with fome Prejudice ^to the Publick, as well as myfelf, will not permit me to go through the ordinary Methods of foli- \ citing your Votes and Interefts, I humbly h.ope that thofe, with whom I have the Honour of being acquainted, will exert themfelves in my Favour. I HAVE no other Motives for diis Application, but my Opinion that, from my Profefllon as a Merchant, and the Study of my whole Life to B mal>e !J I {■: I ( 18 ) make myfelf capable of executing the Truft I fue for, I may be ufefiii to you, and to my Country j I hope, therefore, you will excufe me, if I do not, in this Attempt, hazard that Inde- pendency, and that Share of Health, Provf- dence has been pleafed to allow me, the Lofs of which might render any other Qualification ufe- lefs. Friendfhip and Acquaintance with every one of you, 1 rtiall endeavour to cultivate all my Life, not for the Time only that I folicit for your Favour. I am, with great Refped, Gentlemen, Your mofl obedient Servant, JamesDiggesLatouche. The City was for fome Time in Sufpence who Sir 5<2«tt,/wou*d fet up againft him. Sir Samuel Cooke, Bart, Cooie. and Alderman, was talked of; he was allied to fome confiderable Families, and was in that Confi ieration and Efteem, which Men of flow Parts, and of modeft, inofFenfive Behaviour, do eafily acquire in inactive and peaceable Times ; he had befides, the Advantage of having been Lord Mayor of the City, at a Time of great Diftrels for want of Corn ; and in the Execution of his Office, had acquired all that Reputation with the Multitude, which cou'd be derived from the utmoft Stretch of Authority, unchecked by any Knowledge of the Laws, or by any Fear of tranf- greflingit's Limits ; and exerted at aTime, when Action more than Council, and Temerity more than Difcretion, were required to prevent and flop the Increafe of an impending Evil. It was probable he wou'd be fupported by a numerous and powerful Party ; by the Friends of Old- Church, for whom his Father had gone fome unwarrantable Lengths during his Mayoralty, in the Years 17 13 and 1714,-^^— and by his Brethren ■ I Truft I to my cufe me, at Inde- Provf- le Lofs of ition ufe- ice with cultivate kt I folicit ervant, ) u c H E. ence who -loke^ Bart. 3 allied to in that of flow Lviour, do ; Times ; been Lord at Diftrefs tion of his n with the from the d by any ir of tranf- ime, when ;rity more svent and 1. It was numerous s of Old- yone fbme (^oralty, in id by his Bretliren ( '9) brethren of the Board, who were under no little Apprchenfions that their Dignity or perhaps their Authority wou*dbe leflened, '\i Mr. Latoucbe^ a plain Citizen, a Man of no other Confequence in the City than what proceeded from an extenfive Trade, and the Oppofition he had given to the Encroachment of the Board, fliould carry fo important an EIe(5tion as that of the Metropolis. But thefe Advantages of S\r Samuel were in fome Meafure counterbalianced by the Prejudices which they naturally raifed againft him, both on Account of his Father, whofe Memory cou'd be in no great Veneration amongft the Generality of a People, remarkable for their conftant Attach- ment to the Hanover Succeffion, and, on his own Account, by Reafon of fome Imprudence he was charged with, in the Exercife of his Office of Lord Mayor, and for his being of a Station, which was now become more the Objed: of Contempt than of Envy, rather hated for it's Power, than reverenced for it*s Authority. The former Confiderations did neverthel^ft prevail, and Sir Samuel Cooke did, on the 27th of Aigiijlt 1 74^5 publifli his Refolution, to ftand Can- didate for the vacant Seat, by the following Ad- vertifement. " -* To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders and Freemen of the City of Dublin. AT the Requefl of feveral, and by the En- couragement of many, of my Fellow- Citizens, I offer myfelf a Candidate to repre(ent you in Parliament, in the Room of Sir jfames Somerville, Bart, deceafed, and defire the Favour of your Votes and Intereft upon that Occafion, which Ihall be gratefully acknowledged by. Gentlemen, Your moft obedient, humble Servant, '"•.. SamuelCooke. J ' il 'I i B 2 Had Lucas. III! i \ '!■• ( 20 ) Had Mr. Latouche had no other Compftltor, he might have thought himftlf pretty fcciirc. A Party compofed of tlie moderate Church- M'r'n, of the old Whigs, of the trading Part of the City, and of other free Citizens, was apparently too (Irong for that of his Competitor, liowcver, fupported b'^ the Powerful and Great ; I mean, by (lich as think they have a Right to command the Opinion and Confcience ofthofe to whom they, now and then, pay their Bills. For the Government had as yet made no Point of it, nor indeed cou'd they with Decency, as Things flood, have vifibly interfered. But there (lood up, at the fame Time, ano- ther, and, in all Appearance, a more formidable Competitor to both thefe Gentlemen ; I mean Mr. Lucas : His Motives and Intentions are beft fet fordi in his own Advertifement, which I here fet down at large. V To the FREE and INDEPENDENT ELECT- ORS of the CITY of DUBLIN. BRETHREN and FELLOWXITIZENS, AT the Inflance of feveral of my Friends and Fellow-Citizens, I am induced, thus, pub- licity, to declare, what has ever been Rn efla- blilhed Principle with me, that I am always ready and willing to ferve the PUBLICK in c- very Office of Truft, which 1 am judged capa- ble of difcharging, and to which I am fairly and regularly called, by the unbiajjed^ iminfluenced Voices o^^ FREE and INDEPENDENT PEO- PLE. From this Motive, I offer myfelf a Candidate for the Place of a CITIZEN to reprefent you in Parliament ; where 1 may be enabled to vindi- cate thofe RIGHTS and LIBERTIES, of which you have been Jiripped, and for which I have, f hitherto. I 1 4 I mpftitor, cure. A irt of the ipparcntly however, • 1 mean, command ; to whom For tlie t of it, nor ings ftood, :*ime, ano- formidablc n •, I mean )ns are beft /hich 1 here r ELECT- nZENS, ^ Friends and thus, pub- een f\n efta- am always ;L1CK in e- idged capa- ,m fairly and uninfluenced )ENTPEO- ■ a Candidate refent you in )led to vindi- ES, of which ^hich I have, hitherto, * r 21 ) hitherto, contended, againfl: the HIGHEST POWERS, in a lower Spbe>e, If I Hiall be deemed worthy of this Tnifl:, the true Interell: and Honour of this CITY fliall ever be my chief Care, and YOUR INSTRUCTU ONS lliall ever be tiie invariable Guide of all the AClions of, Your mod affedionat;: Brother And Feilow-Citizcn, And mod faitliful Servant, C. Lucas. This was no fmall Triumph to tlie Aldermen's Party, as it would be like to caufe a Divifion in the other ; and fuch it iid in Reality effed\ ; for the popular Party became divided in their Opi* nion of the Merits and Capacities of their two Leaders, united by no other Tye than that of their Hatred to the Tyranny and Ufurpation of the Board of Aldermen, and, by a Refolution, which tlie beft and worthieft amongft them had tf.'cen; to facrifice (immediately before the Elec* tion) their private Prejudices and AfFedtions, to the Support of which foever of thofe Candidates lho\ild appear to have the greateft Intereft in the Party. Rivals in Fame, no more than Rivals in Love, can long continue Friends ; it was the unhappy Bufinefs of both Lucas and Latouche to magnify each his own Merits, and to depreciate the La- bours of his former Partner, Mr. Lucas was thought to have firft difcovered the Right of the Commons to the Eledion of Aldermen. Mr. Laloucbe, on the other Hand, was acknowledged to have been the Chief in the Profecution of thofe Rights. He had been Chairman to the Com- mittee of the Commons ; had drawn up feveral B 3 Reports J i , 1 •v^ m^ww , I 1 j j 1 H WKk ' ffil 1 . ( 22 ) llcports ; had expended much Time and La- bour, and been at a coniiderable Expencc, be- yond what the voluntary Contributions of the Citizens had anfwercd- It was even beheved thar he had been dcllrted by Mr. Lucas, in the very Heat of the Oppofition, becaufe he had been appointed Cliairman to the Committee. These Altercations were, however, carried on with fome Appearance of Decency, both Lucas and Latoucbe bent the Force of their Arguments, in all their Harangues to the Corporations, ar gainft the Board of Aldermen. Mr. Laiouche a- gainft their Ufurpation, Mr. Lucas both againlt that and their Adminiftration ; in doing which, he had the Misfortune to attack fome Charadlers, which were before unimpeached, and to ad- vance fome Fa(5\s which, being controverted, oc- cafioned much Altercation and Difpute. This raifed him many perfonal Enemies, whiqii he was but too apt to defpife. The Con- fradi^ion they gave him, feemed,onthe contrary, rather to encourage him to proceed, and to ex- tend to t!ie Conflitution of his Country, and to the Charader of fome of the principal Figures in it, thofe Refledions, which, in the Opinion of the more prudent of his Friends, wou'd have been better received if confined to the Conflitution ^nd Governrncnt of the City. He was moreover led into this, by his Oppofi- tion to Mr. J.,atouche, who was ufed, in his Ha- rangues and Writings, to declare, that it was not latouchet, the Adminiftration fo much as the Ufurpation, 2u \d of the Aldermen, which ought to give Offence ^"■^^^^'^-o^and Jealpufy that the forrqer might be juft, but that, whilft the Alderrqen were in Pofleifion of the Rights of the Citizens, their prudent Ad- miniftration wou'd have ferved, only to prevent the Citizens from being uneafy under their undue Authority ; which Authority was contrary to the Ponftitution, and to the very Notion of Liberty. Whilst }0. I nd La- ce, be- c)f the >elievcd in the ad been ried on Lucas iments, ions, ar ouche a- againlt ; which, .radters, to ad- ted, oc- nemies, he Con- bntrary, j to ex- id to the es in it, n of the ve been ftitution Oppofi- his Ha- was not irpation. Offence be j lift, 'oflt-flion ;nt Ad- prevent ir undue y to the Liberty. /Vhilst ( ij ) Whilst the Oppofition was continued on fuch Principles, Mr. Lucas had no Method of diftinguifhing himfclf from his Rival i whereas the attacking, what he calls, tiie higher Powers, cou'd not but dazzle the Eyes of the Many ; the explaining, in order to expole, the prefent Con- ftitution of his Country, was attaching to his In- tereft all thofe who thought it had been injured, and to whom it was ftrongly inlinuated, that it was in the Power of it's Legiflature to reftore or to amend it. That merely to raifc himfelf the Reputation of a Man, more learned than Mr. Latouche^ in the Conftitution of his Country, and of a more bold and able Champion and Advocate in it's Defence, was the Motive of his Writing, what- ever was afterwards cenfured as feditious, may be coUeded, as well from the Time he wrote, as from many Expreflions in his Addrefles. Such of them as were cenfured, were all wrote when there was but one Vacancy in the City ; the laft of them bears Date the 1 6th of Marcb^ 1748, and his Dedication to tfie King is dated the 15th of M/y, 1749 : And if there was any Conjundlion, afterwaros, b^r^ een him and Mr. Latoitche^ (which, indeed, cou'd never be proved) and if it be true that, from the Moment of that fuppofed Conjuncftion, Mr. Lucas forbore, in a great Meafure, to inflame the Jealoufies, or irri- tate the Paffions, of his Fellow-Subjeds, is it not natural to conclude either that Mr. Latouche had perfuaded him of the Inexpediency of fucli Difcourfes, or that, the Necelfity of an Oppo- fition having ceafed, h- faw clearly himfelf, that it was to no Purpofe, and might be of evil Con- fequence, to ftir up Queftions, which were better left unrefolved, than to have them determined, againft his Country, by fuperior Authority and Power ? B 4 BvT it b \ fi- li 9e^. : I i!:m f But his Reafonings themfelves will prove, beyond all Contradiction, that he defigned all thefe lUuftrations of the Conftitution as fo many Arguments againfl: the Pretenfions of Mr. La- toiiche. In his i j th Aderefs, Page 24, he fays, I am not infenlible, that many, as well as fome Candidates, will objedl to the reviving thofe old Controverfies, judging it in vain to contend with higher Powers, and that Reftoration is impradicable." And, in his 14th Addrefs, he has. Page 35, this remarkable ExprefTion ,* *' If he (Mr. Latouche) be a true Advocate for Liberty, let him fhew it, in fetting forth your cor.llitutional Rights and Liberties." And, in another Place, Page 7, " I never was able to agree with him upon the Means about the great Ends in View ; Mr. Latouche always ma- naged fo prudently as to keep up his Friend- fhip with the Gentlemen of the Board, whilfl: I, impolitick I, forfeited all Friendfhip with their Worfliips, and, indeed, with ail Men of their Difpofition." Nor is it to be imagined, or believed, that a Man of Mr. Lucas's Underflanding, cou'd have ever had any Hopes of raifing his own fortunes, or of bettering the Conftitution, by Means of any popular Tumult or Confufion. No Man cou'd be more fenfible of the Weaknefs of the Pro- teftaats, and of the Power of the Government, than he feemed, by i\\ his Difcourfes and Con- dudl, to have been. No Man ever ftiewed more Reverence and Obedience to the Laws ; or more Refpe6t to Magiftracy, whatever might be his Opinion of thofe who were inverted with it. His Errors can then only be attributed tp the Warmth of his Imagination, which had perfuaded him, that Reafons, properly enforced, wou'd have their proper Influence on the Legiflature of Ireland to require^ and on that of Great Britain to grant, what «c (( <( it mpetitor* there was both. It the inde- i the con* rty were, :d. They e are gene- at leaft, un- Letter. I ^W ( 27 ) faw no Method of preventing the Junflion of their Enemies i it was natural that the moderate Men, who confined their Views to the Reftora- tion of the Rights of the Citizens, wou'd imme- diately join with thofe, who extended their Ex- pedation to the Redrefs of the Conftitution of their Country ; they felt how much they were fallen in the Opinion of the Citizcfns : And even of thofe, v.hofe Station, Fortune, and Influence, might be fuppofed to take Part in the Event of the approadjing Eledion. They had neverthelefs noRefource,but to the latter, and, to engage their Intereft ; a Perfon was to be found, who cou'd give t )e Board fome Luftre, and their Caufe fome Colour. They accordingly fixed upon a Gentleman, whom they had long negleded ; who, tho* of himfelf ob- fcure and unknown, as having for fome Years retired from Bufinefs, was confiderable by the Name he bore, and by his Relations and Alli- ances i one, whofe Family was noted for an Oppofition to High-Church and Torifm, which was formerly efpoufed by, and was now the Re- proach of, the other Alderman-Candidate. Nor cou'd they fix on a more proper Perfon, or who promifed better to anfwer all thofe Purpofes, tnan a younger Son of the late Benjamin Burton^ who had fuffered, with fome other Whig Alder- vun, for his Oppofition to the \2.Vt '^>\x Samuel (/.'oh^ in the Years 17 15 and 171 4; and had, wLh fome other Aldermen, been fent over to England, to folicit the Caufe of his Brethren in Relation to their Dilpute with Sir Samuel, who had held over his Mayoralty a fecond Year, in Contradiction to a Vote of the Houfe of Com- mons of Ireland, and of an Opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor General of England, to whom thefe Difputes had been referred by the late Queen Ame ; and to oppofe a Profecution intended i m V ir -I ii t - 1 - ■!: S-: mii h r ( 28 ) intended againft the Aldermen, for not fubmit- ting to the arbitrary Will and Orders of the Governors and Council. He had expended much in the Caufe ; had been, for feveral Years, Reprefentative for the City in Parliament ; and had left a confidcrable Eftate to his eldeft Son, who had fucceeded him to his Honours in the City, and to his Seat in Parliament. The Aldermen did accordingly invite one of Burfon. his Sons, Mr. Charles Burton, to their Councils. He had been Sheriff in the Year 1733, but had been, ever fince, negleded by the Board, who had preferred his Juniors to the Place of Alder- man ; but now the great Occafion called him, Kke another Cincinnatus, from the Plough, to be tr. ^*! Alderman, and then a Candidate for the City, in Conjunction with the Son of the Enemy and Proffxutor of his worthy Father ; and on the Day wcxt after Alderman Pearfotts Death, was publilhed, the following Advertifement. To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders and Citizens of the City of Dublin. BEING encouraged by many of my Fellow- Citizens and Friends, and as my Father, Ben. Burton, had fo often, and fo long, the Ho- nour i;o reprefent your City in Parliament, which Trull he executed with the greateft Fidelity on many critical Occafions, I prefume to offer my- felf a Candidate, in the Room of your late wor- thy Member, Alderman Pearfon ; and beg Leave to affure you, in this publick Manner, that, if you think proper to place the fame Confidence in me, you repofed in my PredecefTor, I fhall make it my conftant Endeavour to difcharge my Duty in Parliament, with the fame Zeal and Integrity, and ever be, with the highefl Gratitude, Gentlemen, Your moft obedient, humble Servant, C"h arles Burton. The -I wi( Fr Fa ticf m V(j^p I "p mv fubmit- of the :pended I Years, It i and eft Son, in the ; one of !;!ouncils. but had lid, who f Alder- led him, ^h, to be e for the z Enemy id on the ;ath, was ders and y Fellow- ly Father, the Ho- nt, which 'idehty on offer my- late wor- Deg Leave r, that, if ifidence in fhall make my Duty Integrity, ie, Servant, 1 u R T o N. The ( 29) The Friends of Liberty were not alarmed at the Appearance of this new Pretender. Their only Concern was, to bring about a Reconcilia- tion between Mr. Latouche and Mr. Lucas^ who, it was plain, could, neither of them, fucceed, but from a Union. It was not fufficicnt th{\t both one and the other declared, that tl\e Citi- zens could never hope for Redrefs in Parliament, if, by the Choice of one Alderman for a Repre* fentative, they ihould give Room to fufpe(5l that the Majority was not io uneafy under the Admi- niftration of the City, as they would be known to be, if they excluded the Aldermen from what Honours and Preferments were in their Gift. It was infifted, that Latouche and Lucas fhould pub- lickly appear together, and each of them recom- mend his Companion to the fecond Place in the Efteem of his Countrymen ; that in whatever Corporation one of them was free, he fhould formally introduce the other, and recommend that the fame Honour fhould be conferred on his Brother Candidate, which had been formerly done to himfelf But, tho' this was outwardly comply 'd with, it was evident that this Reconci- liation was not fmcere. It feemed impoflible, that Mr. Latouche could fo eafily forget the inju- rious Treatment he had received from Mr. Lu- cas, or that Mr. Lucas could be heartily recon- ciled to a Man, whom he had fo wantonly, and with fo much Bitternefs and Unfairnefe, attacked in his Difcourfes and his Writings ; and in par- ticular in his 14th Addrefs, in which he had mi(^ reprefented and expofed the private Conversation and Condu<5t of his private Friend and Aflbciate. They however thought it prudent to comply with what the more rational of their conji,i5non Friends expeded ; they behaved with Eafe and Familiarity in publick, but they avoided all par- ticular and private Intercourle ; and even, m the Month i i 1 I i' ]h 1 ' I ' (30) Mohth of OSJoher^ a long Time after the fup- pofed Conjun(5tion of thofe two Men, Mr. Lu- tas, in the Recapitulation of what he had 'till that Time publilhed, fpeaks of his i 4th Addrefs, as of needing no Apology, arid reprefents Mr. La- imcbcy more as an infignificant and inofFenfive, than as a ufeful and generous, Friend to the Pub- lick, or to himfelf. As to the Aldermicn-Candidates, their Con- duft and Behaviour were o other than what were expected. As their Reliance was not on the good Will of the Citizens, nor on their own Me- rit and Abilit.js, they moftly declined any Op- portunity of producing themfelves to the Corpo- rations, or of exhibiting any publick Qualificati- ons, or Deferts. Whereas the Candidates, on the Principles of Liberty, were rather top often- tatious in thefe Points j they attended all the pub- lick Meetings of the Corporations; they boldly infifted that Freemen cou'd not, confiftently with their Duty, and their Obligations to their Coun- try, give their Votes to Aldermen, nor, without Ingratitude, refufe them to thofe, who had fhewn both Difpofition and Abilities to ferve them ; they claimed their Votes as a Debt which they were intitled to demand, and a Tnift which the Citizens ought to difcharge with Integrity and Honour ; they even hinted Religion and the Ob- ligation of their Oaths as favouring their Pre- tenfions, and as forbidding to give their Votes to Aldermen ; they endeavoured to fhew the Ad- vantages that would accrue to the City, and to the whole Kingdom, by the Union of the Citi- zens, and, by their fhewing, on this Occafion, what cou*d be done by Freemen, in Oppofition to the Influence and Power of the Great \ and what great and good Confequences wou'd follow from their Example, if they fhewed, that Free- dom and Happinefs > were the natural Confe- quencesy {( <( iC it <(l (Cl <(l -T'^Ti' 'wmi^^mr [r. Ltf- till that refs, as Ir. La- Fenfive, le Pub- r Con- at were on the wnMe* iny Op- Corpo- alificati- ates, on )p often- the piib- y boldly itly with ir Coun- without id fhewn ; them ; ich they /hich the rity and I the Ob- heir Pre- Votes to the Ad- ', and to the Citi- Occafion, >ppofition eat i and I'd follow :hat Free- al Confe* quinces. I C( (so querices, as well as the Reward, of their Endca* vours and Struggles, in the Caufe of Virtue, and of their own Rights. The Aldermen-Candidates had, indeed, made fome Efforts to deftroy, or, at leaft, to weaken, the Impreffion, which thefe popular Orations made on the Minds of the Citizens, The Ba- ronet had made a Tour through the different Corporations and Aflemblies, and, in a fhort and fet Speech, had folemnly promifed, ** that he /ou'd do, in particular to the Corporation he happened then to addrefs, and to the City in general, all the Service in his Power, if they '* wou'd favour him with their Votes and Inte- ** reft i that he wou'd be the better able to ferve «* them, becaufe he had many Relations and Ac- *' quaintance in theHoufe of Commons.'* But all this was before the fecond Vacancy ; from that Time, Mr. Burton took the Lead, proud, perhaps, of the Opportunity, which was now given him, of difplaying his Talents and Abilities, and of employing, in Defence of the Aldermen, the fame Kind of Weapons wherew^jh they had been attacked, Oratory and Argument. He endea- voured to fhew, and, indeed, has fince, in him- felf, furnifhed a ftrong Inftance, *' that Elo- quence is in no Sort to be looked on as a Qua- lification for a Member of Parliament ; that it was fcldom made Ufe of, with a Defign to perfuade, but only with a Defign to fhew Parts, or to depreciate and villify the Charac- " ters or Perfons of Rivals ; that it was not the Reafons and Arguments offered in publick, but thofe which were fuggefted in private, to each of the Individuals, which determined the Opinions and Refblutions of a Majority ; that, ifhecou'd not himfelf fpeak in publick, there were a fufficient Number in the Houfe of Commons, who cou'd j and it was well knewn, " that << C( , and th this :ation, Ir.fu'lt. uadedv /ithout r Cuf- t were mperi- Id, in urn to ies, or Pomp Id not f Re- n, that from a ition of anufac- Home, iftence, aclures Is. ;re thus V, that, le their enfions, Pretenfions, and give up the Conteft, an Acci* dent happened, which revived their Spirits, as it feemed to overthrow the Reputation and Popu* larity of one of their moft dangerous Oppofera and Rivals. The Tolls and Cuftoms, which compofe one of the moft valuable Branches of the City Reve- nue, had, for latter Years, notwithftanding the vaft Encrcafe of Trade and Inhabitants, pro- duced confiderably lefs than what they had done formerly -, and, it was thought, that the farming of them to one Perfon, whofe Intereft it would thereby become to watch the Receivers, would greatly contribute to raife this Revenue. An Alderman did thereupon make Propofals to farm them, for a certain Number of Years, at a much higher Rate than what the City had received for fome Years pafs'd. Mr. Lucas wrote a Letter 1 3th of to the Commons, to warn them of the new and ^ and falfe, fcandalous and malicious. The latter was ^ °^ not wanting in a Reply ; but this feemed only The Al- to irritate, and, at the next AfTembly, the Com- durmen mons voted a Confirmation of their former Ccn-""^"'"'^ fure, together with Thanks to the Author of a^j!J^^^°*^ Pamphlet, called, Lucas deleted, which was read in Common-Council, whilft they refufed tp hear Mr. f ucas, or to read a Vindication, which, he had publilhed, of his former AiTertion. • ? 1*1 ■M ! .1 (36) These Proceedings, of a Body compofed out of the feveral Corporations of the City, feemed to liave fome Weight, and to fhew the Weak- nefs of Lucases Party, where it was thought, 'till then, to have been mofl firmly tflublinied ; but this did neither aftonilh or difmay his iTiends, it rather fervcd to make them morea(^"tive in his Defence ; tiiey gave out, that the Commons could not be deemed the Rcpreientatives of the Corporations, for whom they were refpcdively ;ippoirjted, as thofe had but a very fmall Share in their Eledion ; that the Commons were no more than the Creatures of the Aldermen, 5y whom they had been elected into Office from double Returns made to tliem, not, generally fpcaking, by the whole Body of their Corporations, but by a fmaller Council of thofe corporate Bodies, in which the Aldermen had the greateft Influence ; and that an Appeal lay very naturally to the Peo- ple ; to thoie, who, tho' not properly the' ' E- ledtors, were, however, fuppofed tc be "e- fented by them. It was accordingly infinuated, to the feveral Corporations, that they had each of them a Right to enquire into the Proceedings of the Com- mons, and to cenfure or approve the particular Conduct of thofe, who adted as their Reprefen- tatives ; that this was the only Method left them to prevent the Mifchiefs, which, too great a Concurrence with Aldermen, would occafion to their Rights and Priviledges ; and that they could not exert this Right of Enquiry more properly than when the Commons had, with fo little Co- lour of Tuftice, or Form of Law, condemned one of their Fellow- Citizens, for no other Rea- fon, than becaufe he had aflerted their Rights a- gainft the Aldermen ; that the Commons had made an Appeal to the Publick, by publifhing, in the News-Papers, their Cenfures of Mr. Lu- cas, I out mcd cak- *till })Ut t;ncls, n his mons f the lively are in more whom louble aking, but by ies, in lence ; le Peo- le' • E- e- feveral a Right Com- rticular iprefen- ft them great a afion to zy could jroperly ttle Co- idemned ler Rea- ights a- lons had blifliing, Mr. Lu- ( 37 ) CfjSf and their Tlianks to his Antagonifl:. The Right of tlic People, to give InflruCtions to their RLprcfentjitivcs, was (Irongly inl'ifted on \ that tlic Conflitution of Ireland was, in all it's E(Tcn- tials, tlie fame as that of Great- Britain^ and that if Reprcfciitatioiis and Inftrucf^ions from Cities and Corporations had been allowed of there to tlie Members of the fupreme Council, of which many Examples were produced, how much more was it conftitutional to give fuch to Men, who were their Equals in Rank, and fcarce their Superiors in Station \ that this would lay a Foundation for Reprefentations and Inftrudtions from the People to their Reprefentatives in Par- liament, and tiiat, by tliem, the Senfe of the Nation, in every important Matter, might be more efFedually known. These Arguments had the defired Effedl ; and, of twenty^ive Corporations, which com- pofe the Corporation of the City, fil en did, at their feveral Halls, refolve Thanks to twenty- feven of the Commons, who had oppofed thefe Proceedings againft Mr. Lucas^ which, they de- clared, were partial and unjull. In mod of thefe Protefts, honourable Mention was made both of Mr. Lucas and Mr. Lntouche^ and Thanks re* turned to them, for their Care and Defence of the Liberties of the Citizens of Diihliny and (in one, or two at nioft, of thefe Declarations) of the Kingdom in general. It muft be obferved, to the Honour of the pcr pular Party, that thefe Difputes were carried on with the ftridefl Decency and Order. In no one Hall, was there any the leaft Riot or Diforder ; nor could I learn, that the Peace was, in any one Inftance, broke, during the whole Vacancy, on Occafion of thefe Contefts. The only Inftances of Riot, that were attempted to be proved be? fore the Committee of Eledions, were, at die ' ■ " - C3 Halls I \ ' %] 1 ■I l\ |;l.. : ml' if ( 3« ) Halls of the Taylors, Weavers, and Merchants. But thefe Riots appeared to be no more than, that the Majority of Taylors had forced the Maf- ter to put tlie Queftion for admitting Mr. Lu- cas ; that the Weavers had fhut their Hall-Door, whilft they were figning Refolutions, and the Witnefs had been kept from his Dinner until pad four o'CIock ; that there was fo great a Noife at ^he Merchants Hall, when the Petition of Mr. Lucasy to be admitted free, was read, that nobody could be heard ; and that the Wit- nefs was fo confounded and frightened at this Noife, that he miftold the Number of the Vo- ters, reckoning, en Lucases Side, twenty lefs than was found to have polled for him. It is difficult to aflign any other Caufe for this Tranquility, than the Virtue of the People, and a Convidion, that nothing could lerve the Caufe of the Aldermen, but Riot and Confufion. In order that every other Pretext of Complaint of an undue Eleftion and Return, in Cafe the Pa- triots were eleded, might be taken .way, Mr. Lucas had, in a Letter, dated Augujl the 1 8th, to the Free -Citizens, recommended to them no other Weapons and Shields than the Law aloiae. *' For my own Part, (fays he) I make this pub- *' lick and foltmii Declaration, that, if I difco- ** ver any Man committing Riots, Tumults, or ** other Breaches of the Peace, or Difturbances, (( let him ule the Santflion of what Name or " Party he will, 1 (hall look upon him, not only *' as an Enemy to me, but as an Enemy to the «' Caufe I endeavour to efpoufe, an Enemy to *' Liberty, an Enerny to his King, to his Coun- <* try, and to Mankind in general. The Caufe •' 1 would fupport, is only to be obtained and *' fupported by Peace and Law. Hear, then, ** all Men, peaceably and quietly \ try all Men by the Rules of Juftice and Lawj then judge for C( (( <( t( (( ( 39) fo" yourfclves freely, difpafllonately, jufl:ly» and hold faft to that which your honcfl, iinbi- afs'u Hearts approve," I the rather have mcn- tion'd this, as one of the Pretexts of his Difgrace was, his being fuppofed to have inflamed the Minds of the People by his Harangues and his Writings, and to have offered to be a Leader of their Armies upon any Emergency ; whereas, if it be fuppofed that tfiefe Writings had any Effect on the Temper of his Party, it is certain they mud have operated nothing belides aRefignation to Injuries, and Patience under Oppreflion, un- til they could vindicate their own Rights, in a legal and peaceable Manner, before their own Legiflature. But, however fubmiflive he himfelf was, to theprefentConflitution, to the Magiftrates, and to the Laws of the Kingdom, and of the City, he was not wanting in his Reproofs, Invedlive, and v^atyr, againft the Enormities committed by any. A weekly Paper, call'd the Cenfor^ or, the Citizens Journal^ of which he was fuppofed to be the Author, was publilTied at tlu's Time, and every Incident, relating to die Mifbehavi- our or Mifcondud of his Antagonifls, and of their Party, or of their Friends and Relations, whether living or dead, was mmutely traced and expofed. In the 4th Number, the Author had abufed Sir Buhard Cox^ Eart. Lord Chan- cellor of /rW^wi, from the Year 1703 to 1707, and Lord Chief Juftice in the Year 1710, and had call'd him, " one of the knighted, erroin'd Villains of the perfidious Miniftry of the late a- bufed Queen Anne." This raifed the Indignati- on of the prefent Sir i?/Vi&rtr^ Cox^ Member of Par- liament for Cloghiikelty^ and Grandfon to the a- bufed Judge, .. Gentleman, who, if you will take his own Words for it, *' had been one of the Country Party, (whilft fuch a Party was C 4 " thought t( (( %i I ■i] ■Hi I 11' ¥ Illl 1( %. I ( 40 ) •' thought to cxift) and had endeavour'd to ex- " ecute the Truft, repofed in hinpi, faithfully ; *' he was thought to be in an independent Con- " dition, a perfect Mafl er of his Reafon, and to " hdve made a proper Ufeofit ; an Enemy to ** Fadlion, as fit only for httle, noify, bluftering <' Fellows, who have Nothing to lofe by the *' Confufion of a Country, and may hope to get *' by the Succefs of a Party. He aimed at the «* Character of a fincere Loverof his native Coun- *' try, and of beipg an Enemy to no Man but •' in a national Cauif , and that, in publick Op- " pofition only to his Meafures. He had been *' formerly in a flridl Union and Friendfhip with *' the S— k-r ; had (hewn a Kind of fervile Com- *' pliance with his Interefl in the Country ; had for •' his, the Sp -k-r's Sake, lived on bad Terms *' with Gentlemen, whom he perfonally loved, ** and with whom he had always aded in publick *' Affairs. He had, for a long while, and in all *' Places, when and where the Sp— k-r appeared *' to be the leafl perfonally effedled, zealoiiny *' efpoufed his Caufe, but had never adled in •' publick Matters with him, fmce Lord Cnrte- *' ret's memorable ^^;//o« in 1729, for a P^r- " petuity^ for which he, the Sp— k-r, had voted, ** except only in Matters of Elecftions, when his ** Regard for the Interefl of the Sp-k-r took from the Weight which the Reafon of his Friends, in publick Affairs, ufually had with him." This Account of Sir Richard I \\2cve. taken from a Letter of Expoftulation, wrote by him to the Sp--k-r in 1738, and we may well fuppofe this Character to have been jufl, at leaft at that Time, or fuch as he wou'd have the World believe of him, to this Day, for he was very dclirous that thefe Letters fhould be pub- lifh'd; but Mr. Faulkner^ to whom he applied, had already fufFercd too much, from one Profe- cution C( (4-0 eution in the Houfe of Commons, to venture to print any Thing in which the Chief was in the leaft concerned. Such was the new Antagonift which Mr. Lucas had now to contend with. The Abufe of Sir Richard Cox was anfwered by a Letter, under the Name of one Anthony Lit ten. Surgeon of Corke, who had lived in the Family of the abufed Judge, and was foon followed by feveral Papers, intitled, the Corke burgeon's Antido e againjl the Dublin Apothecary's Poifon. In thefe the feveral Queftions which Mr. Lucas had difcufled in his AddrefTes, relating to the Conftitution of Irehnd^ and it's Independency on the Legiflature o^Great-Rritain^ and to the Condud and Behaviour of the Rnglifh and Irifl), during the feveral pad Commotions and Infurredions in Ireland^ were enquired into, and with great Severity examined ; Mr. Lucas^ his Conduct and Principles animadverted on. And fome Fadis and Reafonings, advanced by Mr. Lucas, were attempted to be dilproved or refuted. But, if it was imprudent, if, as his Enemies wou'd have it, it was a rafh, unfeafonable or wicked Attempt of Mr. Lucas to create a re- pining Spirit of Unealinefs and Dif ritent in the Minds of the Weak, and an unjuft Spirit of An- ger and Refentment in thofe of the Powerful, by itarting Queftions, and reviving Jealoufies, which had lain fmothered for fo many Years, and which were of too delicate and dangerous a Nature to be meddled with, the Corke Surgeon cannot be cleared from Blame for deciding thofc Queftions, contr.iry to the Prejudices and Pre- tentions of his Countrymen, for putting the De- pendency of Ireland in fo ftrong and odicus a Light, that he cou'd not help himfelf from ex- claiming, I if ^4 •» .(!■ I (4» ) claiming , Let Canaan ie curfed^ who has, forced us thus to dij cover our Father's Pf^ickednefs^. In the Midft of thefe Difputes, in the Height of Lucas's Popularity, the Lord Lieutenant ar- rived from England. It was doubtful whether or no he wou'd intcreft himfelf in the Eledion, or what Party he wou'd efpoufe ; for altho' he might reafonably be fiippofed to be no Favourer of Mr. Lucas., becaufeofthe indifcreet Liberties which the latter had taken with him, there was no Ground to believe that he wou'd efpoufe that Party on which Sir Samuel Cooke principally re- lied. His Acquaintance with Mr. Burton was not known, and Mr. Latouche had never given him the lead Offence. He had behaved, during his former Refidence, with that Equality to all, as to have acquired a general Efteem among the People he was fent over to govern i and, alJio* the Court is always fufpedted to interfere fecretly in Elections, and that it be ufual enough for Rulers to govern by Means of one Fadion to the Mortification of a contrary one ; yet it was fcarcc to be imagin'd ; that a Lord Lieutenant wou'd o- penly declare himfelf, or fuffer his Name and Authority to be employed, in the Service of thofe, who were, 'till then, of no other Signification, than what they acquired or procured by being inftrumental in carrying on the Defigns of an Adminiftration. From what had even tranfpircd, or what was reported of his private Sentiments and Difcourfes, Mr. Lucas was encouraged to wait on his Excellency, and to prefent him with a Copy of the Addrcfles and Papers, on which were founded the Accufations brought againft him by the Corke Surgeon, and others. It was not difficult for a Man of Mr. Lucas's lively and warm Imagination, to miftake the Affability and Condefcenfio of that polite No- • Antidote IV. Page 4. Ant. (I. Page 5. bleman, 5 f 43 ) bleman, for an Approbation of what he had of- fered in his own Vindication. He had been per- mitted to talk. His Books were received. His Excellency had condefccndeu to afk Qucftions, and with Attention to hear his Replies, and had difmifTcd him in llich a Manner, that Mr. Lucas miftook it for an Invitation to come again. He attended the Levee accordingly, on the next Caftle Day. But here he learn'd what Reliance may be had on the falfe Sliine of Courts, and on the moft flattering Appearances ; for he no fooner appeared, than he received a MeiTage, acquainting him, it was his Excellency's Pleafure, that he fhould immediately withdraw. This was looked upon as a Forerunner of the Storm, which was fhortly to break on his Head, and, as a Signal for his Enemies, to make the Attack. The Parliament was opened a few Days after, by a moft gracious Speech, in which, his Excellency, after reminding them of the ma- ny Encouragements given to their Linen Manu- factures by the Legiflature of Greut-Ertiain, and recommending to them, to cultivate, by all fuit- able Returns, that reciprocal Confidence and Harmony, which wou'd be found, at all Times, effentially neceflary to the Intereft of /r^/aW, add- ed, that " every audacious Attempt to create a Jealoufy between the two Kingdoms, and dif- unite the Affedions of his Majefty's common Subjedts, fo clofely connedled by the fame civil and religious Interefts, muft excite the higheft indignation in all true Lovers of their Country." This Declaration prepared the World for what was to follow. It was now evident, that there was a Union of all Parties, in a Scheme to op- prefs Lucas ; the Courtiers, en Account of the In- ftrudlionsfofolemnly and fo publickly given them ; thofe, whom he had offended, by perfgnal Abufe, from ii (( (( (( <)> III 1 ■ 1 Mil w ( 44 ) fi-om Refentmcnt i one Part of the Hoiife of Commons, from a Regard to their Friends, the Aldermen -, and the more moderate, from Fear of being thought to have given Encouragement to thefe Jealoufies, between the two Kingdoms ; fo that there did not appear one fingle Man, who ventured to oppofe the Torrent againft him. It was, however, beheved, feeing the firft Day had pafs'd without any Notice being taken of him, that the Fear of touching on the Dependency of Ireland, wliich had never been allowed of by an IriJ/j A<5t of Parliament, wou'd have prevented an Enquiry into Writings, which were thought culpable, principally on Account of having med- dled with a Queftion of fuch Delicacy and Mo- ment ; but the Managers had given the ftrongefl AlTurances, that the Profecution fliould be. carried on in fuch a Manner, that, without touching that Queftion, they wou'd find fufficient Matter and Foundation for a Cenfure on Lucas. A Complaint was accordingly made the next Day, in the Floufe of Commons, of, " A Dedication *' to the King, and (everal Addrefies and Letters ♦' to the Citizens of Dublin, to which the Name of C. Lucas is either prefixed or figned as Author, and feveral Papers, called, Cenfors, as highly refleding on the King, Lord Lieutenant and Parliament, juftifying the bloody and barba- rous Rebellions in this Kingdom, and tending to create a Jealoufy between the Kingdoms of Great-Bri'ain and Ireland, and to difunite the Affedions of hisMajefty's common Subjects, fo clofely connedted by the fame civil and re- ligious Interefts;" and Ibme Paragraphs being read, it was ordered, " that Mr. Lucas and his Printers fhould attend, the next Day, before a Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Confideration of thefe Papers and Books was referr'd j" and that all Perfons, who ftiou'd give C( (( (C t( (( (( C( (C (C (( It <( (6 his re a the was |)u'd ive I p. f ( 45 ) give Teftimony in this Matter, (houM be exa- mined in the moft folemn Manner. Mr. Lucas did accordingly attend, unmoved at their Profecution, as he imagin'd he cou'd ea- fily vindicate the Innocency of his Addrefles, if he was (which he doubted not) permitted to de- fend and explain them j but upon his offering to enter into the Merits of his Cafe, he was told, that his only Bufmefs was to anfwer to the Qucf- tion made to him, " whether he was the Author *» of the Book produced to him by the Clerk of '* the Houfe, and that he muft not imagine he " was in one of the Corporation Halls, where *' he wasufed to brawl out Sedition by the Hour.** He was, indeed, told, that, in Cafe he did not think proper to anfwer that Queftion, he wou'd not thereby incur any Cenfure i but, it was not in order to yrgue that he was called, he was fummoned to give Teftimony as to a Matter of Fadl, and that the Merits of the Writings were to he left to the Committee. He afiiired them, that, if they gave him Leave to fpeak, and wou'd hear his Defence, he wou'd lave them the Trou- ble of going into Proof; but, this it feems, by the Rules of the Houfe, was not to be allow 'd, and the only Favour he obtained was, the Delay of a few Days, that he might examine the Books in Prefence of the Clerks, fo as to be able to an- fwer whether they v/ere faithful Copies of what he had wrote. - , Kelburn, wlio had publilhed fome of thofe Addrefles, had given Evidence of his having re- ceived the Manuscripts from Mr. Lucas ; but Ef- dall, who had printed and publifhed the greateft Number of them, as well as the Cenfors, and the Dedication, had abfconded j and it wou'd have been, perhaps, impracticable to have proved Mr. Lucas tlie Author of thofe Writings, had not the Lord Lieutenant been prevailed on :r^ :i *^-/J^ ■ Si 19 'ii ! : Hi :i II 1 liH! liil (46 ) to fend to the Houfe, by his Secretary^ Mr. ^^e/f- on, the very Books, which Mr. Lucas had, with own Hand, prcfented to his Excellency. WHiiN thefe were (hewn to Lucas, he faid, that he did not imagine the Lord Lieutenant vvou'd have given Evidence againft him -, and the Com- mittee having no further Occafion for him, or- dered him to withdraw, and, after confidering the Matter, came to the following Refolutions. ■ Resolved, *' That it is the Opinion of this " Committee, that the feveral printed Papers, in- *' tied, a Dedication to the King,an Addrefs to the •'^Free-Citizens and Freeholders of the City of ** Dublin, a Second, a Fourth, an Eighth, a Tenth, an Eleventh, and a Fifteenth Addrefs to the Free*Citizens and Freeholders of the City of Dublin, fubfcribed C Lucas, referred to the Confideration of this Committee, contain cer- tain Paragraphs, highly, falfly and fcandalouf- ly refledling on his Excellency the Earl of Har- rington, Lord Lieutenant of this Kingdom, and tending to promote Sedition and Infurredtions, and openly to juftify the feveral horrid and bloody Rebellions, which have been raifed in this Kingdom, and to create Jealoufies be- tween his Majefty's Subjeds. Resolved, *' That it appears to this Com- mittee, that Charles Lucas, of the City of Dub^ tin. Apothecary, is Author of the faid printed Papers. Resolved, " That it appears to this Com- mittee, that the faid Charles Lucas has, in fome of the faid printed Papers, fcanda- loufly and malicioufly mifreprefented the Proceedings of the prefent Houfe of Comn^ons, and highly reflected on the Honour and Dig- nity thereof, which being reported to the Houfe, was agreed to, Nem^ On. and then the Houfe, Resolved, Cl C( (( cc << i( i( cc «( C( ' 'i' . ., (■ i r ' HI ' j' •>; 11' \\ m a ■'" U fi ir (48) Degree of Madnefs or Enthufiafm, which, in Times left moderate, wou'd have been punilTif (i with no lefs a Fate than Hanging. Thofe, tho* not offered in Evidence, were ftrongly enlarged upon in the Debate, as the bed Arguments to prove, to the dehided People without Doors, and to the worthy Citizens in the Gallery, that they had been difpaifionate, candid and regular in their Proceedings, and that they had no other End but their Peace and Welfare. Some of the Members, indeed, who were very little converfant in his Writings, and who had no Fears of being thought to encourage the due Principles of Liberty, were unwilling to feem to patronize his perfonal Invedtives ; and only waited 'till fome, better acquainted with his Perfon and Writings, fliou'd open the Way for drawing on a Debate, which might have been made, to take an embarraffing Turn againft the Managers of the Profecution ; but no fuch Per- fon offered to interpofe, which impofed Silence on the others; one of whom *, however, (after having, in the Courfe of the Enquiry, defired that Mr. Lucas might hear the Vote of Reference read, in order, that he might know from it of what Confequence it was for any one to own him- fclf the Author of thofe Writings) did propofe fuch an Amendment to one of the Refolutions, as fliould fhew, that it was not intended to cen*- Hire the Author, on Account of his inferting the Independency of Ireland. But, in this, no one feconded him. The fame Perfon alfo endea- voured to have had the Houfe ftopp'd, after hav- ing voted an Addrefs to the Lord Lieutenant, to caufe a Profecution of the Attorney General, well knowing, that fuch a Profecution, if car- ried on in the ufual Forms of the Law, cou'd ♦ Sir T- not ' not ( 49 ) not cfFe(5t Lucas ; but, by a Pretence of having vilified the prefent Parliament, a further Step was taken, which drove him out of the King- dom. Whilst thefe Refolutions were pafllngagainfl: him, Mr. LMcas retired ; and the Populace con- duced him, in a triumphant Manner, to the ibolj'eU where the Guild were, at that Time, in high Debate, concerning Matters relating to their Priviledges. He fpoke, on the Queftion, with his ufual Vivacity and Spirit, which con- firmed the AfTembly in the Opinion hisfirft Ap- pearance had created, that he had been acquitted ; but the Crowd below Stai/s knew better : And they grew fo clamorous, that Mr. hucas found it neceflary to make Ufe of his Eloquence, and the Credit he had with them, to engage them to di- fperfe, and thus left to his Friends a new Proof, that he never was inclined to Tumult, or Confu- fion ; as he might, then, have managed their present Difpofitions to the raifing an Infurrecftion, or Riot, with more Facility than it was to per- fuade them to Acquiefcence and Submiffion. Seeing the Storm fo heavy againft him, he was perfuaded to retire to England a few Days after ; but he left behind him the fame Spirit a- mongft his Fellow-Citizens. T!ie more mode- rate, (thofe, who thought he had been guilty of fome Indifcretions) even thofe, who had pro- feffed the greateft Difregard to him, were wrought up into Pity for his Sufferings ; and the more difpaffionate thought it was incumbent on them to Ihew their Di( approbation, by oppofing the Candidate -Aldermen, whofe Interefl: was to be promoted by the Fall of one of the popular Candidates j accordingly, a Confultation was held, and Thomas Ready Efq; a Merchant of Eminence, who had diftinguifhed himfelf in the Office of fenior Mafterof Trinity Quild, inOp- L:,^ • • ; D polition i ( 1,: fl (so) pofition to the Aldermanic Fa(5Hon, was fixed upon as a proper Pcrfon to be joined with Mr. Latouche for the approaching Eledion. We have not mentioned the latter, fot fome Pages. The Truth is, he liad been, ever Tmce the Death of Alderman Pearfon^ efteemed only as a Second to hucai ; he hi-d bc3n Jefs daring in his Meafures ; he had confined his Wri- tings and Difcourfes to the Affairs of the City, and had not attacked the Charader of any Indi- vidual ; he had managed, during all his Contefts with the Aldermen, with that Difcretion, that (as Mr. Lucai reproached him) he had preferved an Intercourfe and Friendfhip with mod of them in private, tho* he had fo warmly oppofed them in his publick Life ; but now, by the Difgrace of his former reputed Partner, he was become the Head and Heart of the Party. On him the Citizens looked as on the only one who cou'd fupport or defend their Liberties and Rights. It was believed, that he cou'd not only carry the Election for himfelf, but wou'd be able alfo to carry it for his new Aflbciate. He had himfelf the greateft Reafon to think himfelf fecure, as he had given no Offence to the Lord Lieutenant, and that he was in fome Degree of Eflimation with the late Lords Jiiflices, who had, each of them, fhewn him all that Civility and Counte- nance, which he could reafonably expedt from Men fo vaftly his Superiors in Rank and Power, and on whom he was not dependent for any ex- traordinary Favour, or Protedion. They had, each of them, admitted him to their Converfa- tion i and feemed rather defirous of, than averfe to, a Continuance of his Vifits. On this he re- lied. Nor was it, 'till fome Days after the Poll had began, that he perceived the fame Power, which had overwhelmed hucas, was openly and profeffedly turned againfl him; and he was un- provided :rfe re- Poll )wer, and sun- ided I ( SI ) provided againd that Danger, which was like to prove the mod fatal to him. TuefHny the 24th of Oflober^ was appointed for taking the Poll, and, befidesthe Proclama- tion from the Sheriffs, as ufual, it was notified to the Publick, by the following Advertifement. To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen and Free- holders of the City of Dublin. Sir SAMUEL COOKE, Bart. AND CHARLES BURTON, Efq; BEING Citizens and Freemen, who have fliewn themfelves Enemies to Fa^ion, the Deftnidtion of all Societies, and zealous Supporters of our prefent happy Eftabhjbment^ under the illujtrious Houfe of Hanover^ on which, under God, the Liberty and Happinefs of this Country depends. The Attendance, therefore, of all real Friends to the Liberty and Welfare of this Corporation, is requefted, by them, at the Great Hall in Fijh- amble Street, on luefday the 24th of O^ober in- ftant, at nine of the Clock in the Morning, to proceed from thence to the Tholfel of the faid City. It was remarked, that thefe Gentlemen de- clined the Appellation of Aldermen, and that the whole of their Advertifement feemed drawn up in a Stile, or Manner, aflfededly differing from that Regularity and Precifenefs, which fo much diftinguifhes the Citizen from the Gentleman v for, whereas, in this Advertifement, they ne- glected afking for Votes, or mentioning the Eledion ; and chofe, for the»r Rendezvous, a Mufick*Room, more frequented by 'Squires and BaronetS) than by Citizens : In another, pub- D 2 lifhed I ! n. '■l: i I I l)l i f^\\ m I El! V m 11 ( 52 ) lifhed the firft Day of the Ele(5lion, in the fol- lowing Words ; To the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freemen and Free- holders of the City of Dublin. Sir S AMU EL COOKE, Bart. . > AND CHARLES BC/RrON, ECq; DO humbly requeft the Favour of your Foies and Interejl, at the endiing EkRion. BliNg Citizens and Freemen, who iiave fliewn themfelves Enemies to Fatlion, the De- flrudion of all Societies, and zealous Supporters of our prefent happy Eftabliffjment^ under the il- lufirioiis Houfe of Hancver, on which, under God, the Liberty and Happinefs of this Country de- pends. \f': The Attendance of all real Friends to the Li- berty and Welfare of this Corporation, is de- fired, by them, at the Guild Hall in theTbol/ely To-morrow Morning, at nine of the Clock. They neglecf^ed any Date, or for what Elec- tion they folicited the Votes of the Citizens. Their ProfelFions of Support to the prefent happy Eflablilhment, as oppofcd to Fadion, were dif- ferently interpreted, as they were applied to each of them ; fince it cou'd not be faid that they had, both of them, fliewn themfelves Enemies to one and the fame Fadion, or that they were equally zealous Supporters of the prefent happy Eftablifliment. Both their Families, ever fmce they were known at all, having been remarkable -for an Oppolition to each other. The one as remarkable for their Zeal and Warmth in the Party of the Whigs, as the other was notorious m Defence of Old-Church, and of the Meafures which were jpurfued by the Minillry in the latter End wbi Mei Jiok Paa] oper 11 ^'"^F' the )rious fures latter End (53 ) End of the Reign of Queen Anne. The Word, Fa^ion^ might, indeed, have been undcrftood, had they owned themfelves Enemies to it, as Aldermen, who, as well as the I'orics, at all Times, affecfted to give that Denomination to the Party, who were zealous for the Liberties of Eur lilt men. 0\ the firrt: Day of the Eledion, namely, the 24th of O^obei\ the Cand dates mtt t' eir Friends at the Places appointed. The Aldermen, whofe Place of Meeting was neareft, and to whom the Merchant?, Mr. Latouche and Mr. Rea^^ out of Deference to their Station, gave Way, arrived firfl at the Tholfel, and poficflld themfelves of the Court i into which, tlie Can- didates, on the other Side, and their Clerks, cou'd fcarce gain Admittance ; much lefs, any Part of that numerous Train of Citizens, who had attended them from the Stationers Hall. So that the Aldermen had already polled thirty Free- holders, or Freemen, on their Side, before one Voter, on the Side of the Merchants, cou'd get Admittance. The late Recorder of the City, Mr. SfijH/mrrf, was the firfl who gave his Vote ; and it was taken before all the Clerks v/erc; ready to write it down. It was followed, with that Ra; idity, by thofe of the Mafters of the High Conrt ol" Chancery, and one of the Prothonotaries of the Serjeant at Arms, and of the Deputy Vice-Treafurer of Ireland, that (bme were re- tired from die Place, before their Votes were re- giflered. Some Offence was taken at the Agents of the Merchants, for taking Notice of this Irre- gularity, and for endeavouring to bring Affairs into a more regular Courfe, by examining in what Part of the City the Freeholds of thofe areat Men lay ; or, wiicther they voted as Free- holders, or as Freemen of the City. All the Paf^ages to the Court, except one, were laid all who had Streneth or Refolution e- open D »gt n ough n i •■» Ji; li M I * 1 i ( [ iiM I * ( 54 ) nuugh to buftle through the Crowd that were in PofTeflion of them. Mr. Latouche defired there might be fome Order put to this, and that, iincc the Paflage thro' the Lord Mayor's Room was open to the Voters of the Aldermen only, they wou'd allow him the Jury-Box to poll his Votes from i but this was peremptorily denied, and, by thefe Means, at the Clofe of the firft Day's Poll, the Numbers flood thus : For Sir Samuel Cooke, Bart. ' 5^ ? For Charles Burton, Efq; ^S^S For Mr. James Digges Latouchi^ 83 ? fox Thomas Ready ^(([{i 73 J 262 156 Majority for the Aldermen, 106 Of which, on the Side of the Aldermen, were. Members of Parliament, 16 Privy Counfellors, 2 Clergymen, 10 Merchants, 41 Freemen of other Corporations, 2^ Freeholders, 48 On the Side of the Merchants, Freeholders, 21 ' Merchants, 52 Others, I printed, and the Names of the Members of Parliament marked with an * ; and by an Arith- metick, truly political, marked the Majority for them to be 106. This they continued for a few Day, until the Abfurdity of doubling their Ad- vantage, when it was evident the Majority was inclining to the Side of the Merchants, made them decline this Oftentation. " ■■ f •■ ^. . ■• .> i ' ' ' On ij\ii ■'J ii.^|-;>l iu (ii'in'm- L.. !iL;i'('/! c T of the wi- pe TOI^RI I 06 vere, 16 % 10 41 2 48 21 5« On ( 55 ) On the fecond Day of the Poll, the Aldermen made, of themfelves, the Propofal they had, with Co much Peremptorinefs, refufed the pre- ceding Day, and, with the Confent of the other Candidates, tliey obtained, for their Voters, the Lord Mayor's Hearing-Room, ani that Side of the Court which was adjoining to it. The Jury- Box was left for the Friends of the Merchants, and the Stage, in the Middle, for the Corpora- tion whofe Turn it was to offer their Votes. It was propofed, by the Merchants, that th^ Votes (hould be taken by 10 or 1 5 at a Side, but this was refufed by the Aldermen ; and unfortunately the Sheriffs had it not in their Power, however tliey had it in their Inclination, to keep an equal Hand -, but were borne down by the Oppofition and the Threats of fome Men in Power, who came, every Day, from the Parliament Houfe, to watch them, and to fupport their favourite Aldermen ; who, by filling cont nually one Side of the Court, by crowding in the Aged, the Lame, and the Sick, of whom they had a Stock at Hand, and fometimes a Member of Parlia- ment, a Clergyman, or fome ot -cr confiderable Perfon, they flopp'd the Sheriffs from calling to the Jury- Box. By thefe Means, feveral Voters, on the Side of the Merchants, were obliged to wait, feveral Days, without being Jl'dmitted to poll ; and others of them, were perverted or drawn off by the Menaces or Artifices of the Agents of tiie Aldermen. j:x.f;t To make the Power and Interefl of the Al- dermen appear in it's greater Luflre, there came, on the third Day of the Eledtion, not thro' the Aldermen's PaiTage, but acrofs the Crowd of the Tholfel, and on the comrnon Stage, the whole Chapter of Cbriji-Churcb^ their Dean, who is a Bifhop, only excepted. As this hap- ■ter Morning Service, it wa pcued jufl D 4 by fome. ^ *.* i m 'i! 'H H ■ 1 r h ■ ( 56 ) (bme, attributed to the like Influence or Tnfpi ra- tion thofe Gentlemen are blefled with, when they eledt Bifhops and Deans ; but others attributed it to the Inftrudions of their A — hb p, who was of Opinion, that the Clergy ought to make themfelves confiderable by their * Union ; and that they ought to give up in Temporals, as well as in Spirituals, the Governance of their Con- * There has, fince the Writing this, happened an Inci- dent in Ireland^ which, altho' it has no immediate Connec- tion with the Matter now in Hand, yet, as it may ferve to clear up the Principles of the different Parties, which did then, and ftill continue to, divide that Country, may not improperly find it's Place here. His Majefty had granted a Charter of Incorporation to feveral charitable and well-difpofed Perfons, for eftabliihing Schools for the Education and Converfion of the Children of Papifts ; to confift of a Prefident, Vice-Prefident, Secretary, and a Committee of fifteen, which are annually to beeleiaed by the whole Corporation. In order to preferve the Free- dom of thofe Eledtions, and of the Votes of the Members, in every Affair of Importance, the Corporation did, early, make a By-Law for determining all Eledtions and all Quefti- ons by Ballot. The Secretary, who had been firft appoint- ed, was continued in his Office, by an annual Eleftion, 'till the Year 1751, when, by Reafon of his Age and Infirmi- ties, it was thought proper to remove him. There accord- ingly appeared five or fix Perfons, who offeied ihemfelves Candidates, and made what Intereft they feverally could do for their Succefs. But, when the Affair came to be de- bated, and their feveral Petitions read, the A — hb p of Duhlin moved, that, to avoid Difputes, and, in order that the Peace and Harmony, which had (b long fubfifted in that Body, might not be broken, and, in Confideration of the many and great Services, which the Lord P te, Vicc- Prefident and Treafurer of the Society, had done, that tb.ey woa'd leave to him the Appointment of that Officer, This was flrongly oppofed by Mr. L e, as being :* direft Breach of the Charter, and an open Violation of the Liber- ties of the Members of the Society, who had each an equal Right to vote in that Quellion. But, altho' he was fup- ported by many, as well Laymen as Clergy, yet it was car- ried againfl: him, thirty-two to feven, and the P te did obtain the Prefentation to the laick, ecdeficjlical Benefice. dud Ives |!d do de- p of tliat that the 'icc- I they This iireCt iber- ^qual fiip- car- did fe _ ( 57 ) du<5l and their private Sentiments, to the Gnid* ance and Determination of a Majority, in Con- vocation, or otherwife, adembled. This ^^as looked upon as a Declaration of the Clergy, and had this EfFed^, that fome others, of that reverend Body, were afraid to be fufpedl- ed of Abettors of Schifm or Prefbitery, if they fhould vote for thofe, who feemed, in fo publick a Manner, to be profcribed by the Chapter : And, indeed, of forty feven Clergymen of the Church of Ireland, who voted on this Election, there was only one, who had the Boldnefs to vote for both the Merchants; four, who voted for Mr. Latotiche^ and one of the Aldermen ; and one, who voted for Mr. Latouche alone. It is alfo obfcrvable, that, almoft all the Lead- ers and conliderable Men amongft the Quakers, whether led by the Example of the Clergy and High-Church, or prevailed on by Fear of finding it difficult to get the Quakers Adt renewed, if they did not (hew fome Regard to the Govern- ment, did alfo appear againft the Merchants ; whilft, on the other Hand, fo true is it that there are Men of Virtue in all Profeflions, the more fenfible among the Quakers were fome of the mofl zealous in the Caufe of their Fellow-Citi- zens, and of their Country. That the Law, as well as the Church, might appear alfo in Combination againft the Mer- chants, the two Lord Chief Juftices, and the Lord Chief Baron, by Virtue of their having been complimented with the Freedom of the City, took the Oaths, and appeared for the Alder- men i and, to give their Appearance the greater Solemnity, * one of them, in a fhort and ele- gant Difcourfe to the People, told them, that their V"otes, he hoped, wou'd contribute to the m m I H r i\ m i; U lua * Ld. C. J. 5- -«. Reftoration |! ! i' ( 58 ) Reftoratlon of the Peace and good Order of the City. The like Speech was imitated, a little af- ter, by a young Lawyer. But, as it did not feem received, with Approbation, by the attend- ing Citizens, the Precedent was no further fol- lowed. That the Senfe and Refolutions of the Houfe of Commons might be known, beyond any Pof- fibilityof Doubt, the Sp — k-r and the C— m-n of the Committee of Priviledge and Elections, came alfo together, and gave their Votes like- wife for the Aldermen. This gave an Opportu- nity to the Friends of the Board, of magnifying their Intereft, and of calling any further Support of the Merchants Intereft, as flying in the Face, not only of the Government, but of the Houfe of Commons, and their Committee of Eledtions. The Citizens were not, however, difcou raged ; their Sentiments of Liberty and Duty were ftronger than their Fears of Difappointment ; ftronger than any Reafon of Self-Intereft, or Complacency. It was on thofe Sentiments, which are fo natural to a People, educated with a certain Value of Priviledge and Liberty, which, in free Countries, are more felt than known, that the Merchants relied. And, tho' a great Majority of the Freeholders, and a leder Majority of the Corporation of the Guild, (in which were the greater Number of honorary Freemen) had made the Poll to appear ftrong on the Side of the Al- dermen, the Votes of the twenty- four fucceeding Corporations were like to turn the Ballance in Fa- vour of the Merchants. ' But, fo foon as the Corporation of Taylors came on the Srage, a new and extraordinary Objection was made to their Votes. This was, that they had made Ufe of undue Influence to procure Votes for the Merchants. This Objec- tion, when firft made, was delired to be ex- plained. on )e ex- lained. ( S9) plained. But the only Anfwer, then made, was, that it wou'd be confider'd in another Place, And, tho* the Sheriffs refufed to enter any fiich vague Objedlion in their Books, and that almoft all the Voters, who were objedled to, defired the Cafe might be explained, (mod of them denying that they had prevailed upon any Body, or that they, thennelves, had been folicitcd to vote on the Side of the Merchants, but declared, that they did fo, merely from Principles of Duty and of Confcience) the Objection was repeated to every one, who, they thought, came to vote for the Merchants, without the lead Attempt to prove the Truth of what was alledged againft them. But, upon the conftant Declaration of the Sheriffs, that they wou'd not admit or take Notice of the Objedlion, they were admitted to their Vote. It may be obferved, that many, who were, by Law, difqualified from voting, as being married to popifh Wives, were admitted to give their Poll 1 and mznyfuch appeared for the Aldermen, It was declared unlawful, to put them to their Oaths, or even to afk them any Queftion about it, which was thought a Kind of criminating themfelves. So that, after this Point was dif- puted and thus fettled, fome of the Freemen, of the Side of the Merchants, who were in the fame Circumftances, were embolden'd to appear, and their Votes were taken with the fame ^^re put on them. But, of all unqualified Voters of this Kind, there did not appear on the Book?, more than twenty-fix on the Side of the Aldermen, and four on that of the Merchants. By the Laws of Ireland, 'tis not neceflary that Freeholders fhould be fworn to their Freeholds. Such Oath is adminiftered only, when one of the Candidates does infill upon it ; and the Mer- chants were very (paring of their Priviledge, on this IP i' ' li ;|: u V. i f { 60 ) this Occafion, which was the Caufe of their hav- ing, againft them, fo many Votes, which they had but good Reafon to think were illegal. They were difcouraged by the Affront, which, it was faid, this was giving to Gentlemen ; and fome of the great ones had lliewn fomc Refentment, that even the Place of their Freehold was en- quired after, tho' the Sheriffs could not, legally, take their Vote, without entering fuch, the Place of Freehold, in their Books. But, about the End of the Poll, when it appeared, that the Number of Freeholders Votes were three Times greater than had appeared in any former Elec- tion, the Merchants were more peremptory in demanding the Oath from thofe who appeared for the Aldermen. This had it's Effed ; fome, who appeared, and who had anfwered to the Sa- tisfadlion of the Court, in Relation to their Free- holds, refiifed taking the Oath, and were laughed out of Court. This difcouraged others, who had the fame Delign, and who had Senfe enough to know, that Perjury was a Crime, for which they might be profecuted ; whereas, the giving a bad Vote was looked 4ipon, only, as a Mark of fuperior Skill, for which they were fure to be ap- plauded by one Side, and were free from any legal Impeachment from the other. The Athe- nian Law, by which, whoever intruded himfelf, in any AiTembly of the People, was capitally punifhed, as ufurping a Right of Sovereignty, having cealed with that wife and free Republick. It was not before the ninth Day of the Elec- tion, that the Ballance turned in Favour of the Merchants. The Numbers had then been. For S\r Samuel Cooke, Bart. ' -^ >T g^o VoT Charles Burton, Efq; ' '"'^^ ''862 For Mr. James Digges Latouche, ^* ^ 669 For Thomas Read,, Efq; - '■-' 603 But ( 6i ) But, on the 3d of November^ there were, ; ' For Sir Samuel Cooke, Bart. loii For Charles Burton, Efq; 951 For Mr. James Digues LatouchCy 779 For Tbomas Read, Efq; 703 And now the Hopes of all the Friends of Liberty began to revive, and thofe of their Rivals vifibly to droop. It was, however, feared, that the Al- dermen wou'd occafion fome Riot, and, whilft they had the Majority, oblige the Sheriffs to clofe their Books. But, if they had any fiich Defign, tliey were defeated by the unexampled and never enough to be admired Prudence, Temper and Patience of the Free-Citizens, and even of the Populace, who attended them, and who filled the Tholfel, in much greater Numbers, than it was poflible for any of the other Side to colled. They bore the Infults of a few * Wretches and Creatures of Power, without any other Return than a Complaint againft a few, whom they had difarmed, and whofe Weapons were brought into Court. Nor did they, during the whole Elec- tion, (fo great was their Deference to the Mer- chant-Candidates, exert their ancient Priviledge of teflifying their Joy, by Acclamations and Huzzas, or their Contempt of their Adverfaries, by Hiffes and Groans; but they conftantly quitted their Candidates, at about a hundred Yards from the Court, and retired each to his own Bufmels, without either Drink, pr Money. On the 1 1 th of November^ the Books wer^ clofed, and the Poll flood thus : For Sir Samuel Cooke, Bait. 1543 For Charles Burion, ECqi 14II For Mr. James Digges LatoHche^ 1499 For Thomas Read, Efqj . 1283 * Among which, the Principal was Gallagher y whom the AldertTvcii htve, by their Iniereft, fmce faved frgm the Gal- lows, for Murder» And IL hi it I' lb lifi] 1f I' 1 m f 5 ■ 1 ■' (C- ) And, thit our Readers may jiid^e how the Inte- reft run, we have been at the Pains to analize it, and to fhew how the Nuipbcrs ftood among the Corporations. » For the Aldermen. Freeholders, 470 Guild, 273 Taylors, S5 Smiths, 1 01 Barbers, 39 Bakers, la Butchers, W Carpenters, 90 Shoemakers, 41 Sadlers, 61 Cooks, Tanners, Tallow-Chand lers. Glovers, Weavers, Dyers, y Goldfmiths, 4I Coopers, ^ ^S Hatters, iS Cutlers, 4 21 1 iouc/je, J ■ ■ For Burton and? Latouche^ \ For Sir Samuel) ^r Cooke SindReadf\ For 5«r/o» and? Single Votes, ( 63 ) TOTALS. Cooke. Burton, Latouche, Read, >i246 1246 i«54 n54 an 99 99 v6 14 to 12 g5 1543 14 T I 1499 A Scrutiny was then demanded, and the Court adjourned to the i6th of November^ when the Aldermen had nothing to offer, faving the only Objection, which they had made on the Poll, of undue Influence ; but the Sheriffs, up- on the Opinion of an eminent Lawyer, refufed to enter into i:, and then Sir Samuel Cooke^ Bart, and Mr. James Dt^es Latouche^ wece declared duly eleded. - Thus ended an Eledion, the moft remarka- ble, perhaps, in thefe Countries, in the Memory of Man. We have here an Inflance, what Influ- ence a general good Character, fupported by Vir- tue, and a laudable Defire of being difl:inguifhcd by real Services, can fometimes have on the Peo- ple. !i ) I s\\ ;' %% 4.. ( 64 ) pie. We have here an Inftance of what 5>ip;fiifi- cancy and Power a Reputation for Virtue and a Love to the Piiblick may have, even in fccniinp; defperatc Cafes. To fee a Man, wh )(e higheft Station was that of a Merchant, triumph in Op- pofition, no*, only to the Magiftracy of liis Corpo- ration and City, but in Onpolition to the Admi- nirtration, and to all the great Ones of the King- dom, and conquer, without the leaft Reproach, without the leaft Imputation on his private or publick Charader, is a Spedacle as worthy our Admiration, as it wou'd be of our Indignation and Contempt, if we fhould fee a Creature of Power, a Tool of Fadlion, without either Virtue, or Senfe enough to diftinguifh himfelf from •' the Rank of thofe Creatures, who feem born to •' no other End than to eat the Fruits of the ** Earth *," fupported, encouraged, honoured and protected by Governors, Legiflators, and all thofe, who wou'd be thought the Protestors and Guardians of the People, and the Encouragers of Liberty and publick Spirit. When the Eledlion was declared, it became, in Courfe, the Bufmefs of the attending Crowd to carry the new Members to the Parliament Houfe. Mr. Latouche did, in a polite Manner, after wifli- ing Sir Samuel Joy, offer him the Way ; he thought it a Refpedt due to his Age and Rank ; but Sir Samuel thought proper to decline it. He wou'd neither go before him, nor with him. So that, however unwilling he was to fhew any Ap- pearance of an infolent Triumph and Superiority, Mr. Latouche was firft carried to the Houfe, ac- company 'd by all that Crowd which had filled the Avenues of the Court, and which, tho' peace- able, had filled the Minds of the Aldermen with fuch Apprehenfion of Danger, tliat a Guard of Eflay on Patriotifra. Soldiers ( 65) Soldlcri had been called from the Main-Guard, without the Oi'lers, and to the no finall Surprife, of the Sheriffs. After him, came Sir Samuel^ ac- companied by fome Dozen of City Conftables, and a few Citizens in City Employments ; his principal Supporters, in the Election, being too confiderable to adorn his Triumph, and the reft had fuflficiently fulfilled their Obligations by their extorted and unwilling Votes. At the Portico of the Houfe of Commons, Mr. Latoucbe difmiflfed the numerous Crowd which had attended him, gave fome fmall Gratification to thofc who carried him, and, f THE ■ : I f .!" ( ^7 ) THE HISTORY OF THE Dublin EIed:ion In the Year 1749. I'i PART II. ^HE Tranfadions during the Poll, not only at the Tholfel, but alfo at the Caf- tie, and Chichejier Houfe, had fuffici- tntly prepared the Minds of the People, for what was to follow. The leall attentive cou'd not but perceive, nor the mod obftinate deny, that there had been a Confpiracy, to overthrow the mod facred Rights of the People, and to reduce the City to the Condition of a little Country Borough. The mofl fanguine cou'd not expedl:, that the Party wou*d reft fatisfied, with the partial Vic- tory they had obtained ; whilft, by the Eledion of one of it's oppofite Party, there ftill remained, fo ftriking an Inftance of the Spirit and Power cf the Citizens. A Petition to the Houfe of Com- mons was accordingly expeded, but upon what Grounds of Complaint, this Petition cou'd be founded, was yet a Myftery. Nor, indeed, did it appear, to have been as yet refoived on, by the E 2 Managers. i II i I ((■i MM mjt M,p»yi 'immtji^i^Sw^mmmmKWIIf^T^ Ifi i J i ( 68 ) Managers. They were, however, fure, and they made no Difficulty to declare, tliat they wou'd give fuch a Colour to their Preteniions, that the Hearing v/ou'd not take up an Hour's Time. Such was their Opinion of the Integrity. Pru- dence and Impartiality of the Judges^ before whom their Caufe was to !)e tried. The Houfe of Commons had been adjourned from the twelfth of November to the twenty-firft, that is, from the Day after the Books were clofed, to the Day after the Scrutiny was to have been gone into ^ this Interval afforded an Opportunity, both to Mr. Latouche. and Mr. Burton^ to make Application, to their (everal Fr' nds and Ac- quaintance, in the Houfe of Comrr ns. The former cou'd cxpedl no Afliftance from his ; mofl: of whom had already declared, againft him, at the Poll, and who, except two or three, were, all of them, warmly on the Side of his Competi- tor. The only confiderable * Acquaintance he had, in the Houfe, had divided his Vote at the Tliolfel, and cou'd Lot be perfuaded to liazard what Influence he derived from his Rank and Family, and his Credit in the Houfe, by exert- ing it in a feeming defperate Caufe. What open Afliftance and Support Mr. Latouche had, was from a private f Gentleman^ a Lawyer of Emi- nence, who was, indeed, a very zealous Advocate for him^ both at the Poll, aod in the Houfe. But thisv/as more from a Principle of publick Spirit, than on Account of Friendfhip ; his Acquaint- ance with Mr. Latouche having been, until the Beginning of the Poll, very flight, and inconfide- rable. But this Gentleman was neither Chief of a Party, nor Placeman, nor Privy Councellor, and his Influence cou'd reach no further than what his good Senfe, and the Reputation he had • S. i^ I Mr. C — Icy. tor ( % ) for Knowledge and Integrity, might have given him : So that Mr. Latouche was reduced to the extreme Neceffity of trying the fame Kind of In- fluence on his Judges, which he had fo fuccefs- fully pradifed on his Eledors ; the perfuading them of the Juftncfs of his Caufe, and of their Intereft and Obligation to fupport it. He ac- cordingly waited on the principal Men whom he had found in the greatell Oppofuion to him ; and altho' he cou'd not obtain, among the Placemen, one fingle Promife, either of Attendance, Pro* tedion, or Impartiality ; yet lie had, afterwards, the Satisfadlion to perceive that a * few oftherrt did not vote in the Queftion* And that he had been the Means of raifing a Party in the Houfe, wliich, though much inferior as to Numbers was thought tantamount to the Majority in Point of Charadler, Fortune and national Confideration. The Houfe of Commons met, purfuant to the forementioned Adjournment, on the twentv-«firft of November ; and Mr. Latouche was introduced in the ufual Form by his abovementioned Friend, f.nd by f another, whom his Misfortunes had raifed to him. But he had not fat down, before a X Gentleman of Station, and of greater Popula- rity and Reputation, for Patriotifm and Indepen- dence, than is generally the Portion of Men, in profitable and great Places, introduced Mr. Bur- ton's Petition, with a ftudied Encomium on the Modefty and Behaviour of the Petitioner, who did not come, he faid, at the Head of a fadious,, riotous and popifh Mob, to take PolTefTion of the Chair ; but in an humble Manner, to fue for Juilice. The Petition was, in Courfe, referred to the Committee of Priviledges and Eledions, * Tiie At y Ge — —1, and B ov, one of ihfe' C— ^ Mt. P — I Sir C D- am. for E^ \vA % '\ ! i ' :i .r ( 70 ) n r '% i ¥' n H -^ 1:,, 1 iljl; i i' W 11 , 1 1 ' t /' : lii I : > and Mr. Latouchc was alked, when it would be convenient to him to have it heard ? he told the-: Committee that, he was as impatient, as any Gen- tleman of the oppofite Side could pollibly be, 10 have the Merits of his Eledtion tried, but here he was interrupted, by a loud Cry of, lo Ordrr^ Sir, to Order. Little imagining what could be the Reafon of this, he concluded, that his Bull- nefs, like to tliac of an Evidence, or a Culprit, was confined, to the merely anfwering of Qifefli- ons, and, therefore, defired, that the Tuefday following might be appointed. I SHALL now give my Readers tli£ Subftanceof tliisfamous Petition aslfinditin the printed Votes. ' A Petition of Charles Burton^ of the City o{ Dublin^ Alderman, complainingof an undue Eledion and Return for the faid City, fitting forth, that a Writ having IfTued this prcfent Seflion of Parliament, directed to the Sheriffs of the County of the City of Dublin, for eledting two Citizens to ferve in Parliament for the County of the faid City, in the Room of Sir Jajnes Somerville, Bart, and Alderman Na- thatiiel Pearfon, deceafed. Sir Sajnuel Cooke, Bart, in Conjundlion with the Petitioner, who are both Aldermen of the faid City, and Janes Digges Laiouche, Efq; in Conjunction with Charles Lucas, of the City of Dublin, Apothe- cary, declared themfelves Candidates for die (aid ElecStion ; but t!ie faid Charles Lucas, en the fixteenth Day of O^ober laft, having been declared, by t^iis honourable Houfc, an Enctny to his Country, and having fled from Jnftice, Thomas Read, Merchant, at the Recommenda^ tipn of the faid Charles Lucas, and with the Concurrence of the faid James Digges Latouche, was declared a Candidate in Conjundion with the faid James Digges Latouehe. That the She- riffs of the faid City proceeded to the faid E- ledioa Ci I ( 71 ) ledion on the 24th Day of 05lober laft, and at the fame continued until the i ith of November Inftant. That previous to the faid Eledion fe- veral elegal Combinations and Aflbciations were entered into by the Procurement and Contri- vance of the faid James Digues Latouche and Charles Lucas, and many feditious Writings were then pubHfhed, tending not only to in- fluence and corrupt the Minds of the Citizens, in order thereby to exclude the Petitioner from being eleded, but alfo to difturb the Peace and Tranquility of the City, and of the Kingdom in general. That feveral other un- due and corrupt Means were ufed by the faid James Digges Latouche and his Agents, to pro- cure Votes both before and during the Time of the Poll, v/hich the Petitioner offered to prove before the Sheriffs who took, the Poll up- on the Eledion ; but the Sheriffs refufed to permit the Petitioner to go into fuch Evidence, and have returned the faid James Digges La- touche to ferve as a Citizen for the faid City of Dublin in this prefent Parliament, That the Petitioner humbly conceives he was duly e- ledled by the fair and uninfluenced Voices of the Free-Citizens of Dublin, and ought to have been returned in the Stead of the faid James Digges Latouche. And praying the Houfe to take the Merits of the faid Eledlion into Con- fideration, was prefented to the Houfe and read.' Petitions, on difputed Returns and Eledl- ons, are ufually publifhed, in general Terms. And the inferting this one, at large, in the Votes, was looked upon as an impolitick Meafure of the Managers, as it feemed to lay the Houfe, under the Neceffity of determining this Queflion, Whether the Allegations were proved? which, if carried in the Affirmative, would not have anfwer- £ 4 ed J '■)-' ( 7* ) ed their End, for thefe would have proved, not that the Petitioner was duly elected, but that the fitting ^lember ought to have been ex- pelled, and a Writ ifTued out for the Eledion of a new Member in his Stead. But, with Regard to the fitting Member, whom, not content to injure in his Right and Property to a Seat in the Houfe, they, thus, endeavoured to blacken and to hurt both in his Credit and Fortune, this Meadire was looked upon as ill-natured and malicious. He was re- puted to be one of the moft eminent Merchants in the. City ; and a principal Factor to many of the moft confiderable Traders, as well of Z.Wo«, as of other great Cities in Europe. As fuch, he could not be fuppofcd to want many Rivals and Competitors. Some, of whom, might have been tempted to take the Advantage of his apparent Difgrace, in order to hurt him in the Opinion of his Correfpondents. And notwithftanding he might have been able to clear that Matter, fuffi- ciently, to his Feilow Subjects, who are acquaint- ed with the Manner of parliamentary Proceed- ings, in Matters of Election, yet he muft have found it impracticable to have done fo, to Fo- reigners, who look on a Houfe of Commons, as a Court of Juftice, bound, like our Courts of Law, to Letter, and to Form. Such Men muft have thought, that there was not one erroneous Word, or Comma, in the whole Accufation. And that, his being voted out of the Houfe, and his Profecutor rewarded with his Seat, was a full declaratory Verdid of his being guilty of every Allegation againft him. It was not believed, that the S— k-r was privy to this Publication. For, notwithftanding he may be fuppofed to perufe the Votes, before they are fent to the Prefs ; yet the Hurry of Bufinefs may, fometimes, put him under a Neceffity ot leaving in) leaving fuch Affairs to Clerks, and other Atten- dants i and, indeed, he was fo far acquitted of what was irregular, or malicious, in this Pro- ceeding, that it was rather believed he would, if not openly, at leaft underhand, protect and aflift Mr. Latouche, The Party who had, for many Years, given him fo much Uneafinefs, was (till thought to exift ; and, tho* lately reconciled, to have dill fome Views utterly inconfiftent with his Intereft. It was thought that whenever, by a Diflblution, the Chair Ihould again be vacant, they would fet up one of themfelves, in Oppofi- tion to him i and, it was thought, he could not, with Pleafure, fee their Hands ftrengthened, by the Admiflion of a Creature of fome of thofe Pre- tenders into the Houfe, and the Power and Influ- ence of his former Rivals, fliewn in fo much the greater Luftre, as the Point, they were to carry, was extremely difagreeable, not only to all thofe who had a Regard to Juftice, and to the Honour of the Houfe, but, even, to the Party and Friends of the Sp— k-r, who could not be plcafed, to be under a Neceffity of obeying, where they were accuftomed to command, and of forwarding an Intereft, and Influence, which, wliilft in open Rivalfhip to theirs, they had fo fuccefsfully oppofed. It was, however, believed, by thofe who knew little of the real Character of the Sp--k-r, that he had fome Prejudices and Refentments againft Mr. Latoucbe^ which would counterbaiiance, on this Occafion, the natural Regard he might other- wife be fuppofed to have, for his own Interior, or for the Credit of his Pirty. And the Truth is, that Mr. Latoucbe, when invefted with no high- er Charader, than rfiat, of Trea(iirer and Secre- tary to a voluntary Society of ^ ferciiants, col- lected and formed by :> Int reft and Care, and of no greater DiftinctKMi thai\ what he acquired by 1 ^IVi p i ■ .! ' UH ( 74 ) by Solicitations of the feveral Petitions of the Merchants to the Houfe of Commons, for Biiis to regulate Trade, and particularly for a Pank- ruptcj Bill, had fhewn more Warmth and Obfli- nacy, than was confident with Difcretion, or with the Intereft of thofe he was Agent for. He him- felf refers to this, in his firll Addrefs, where he fays, (Page 8,) ' That our Laws have been, and, * in fome Meafure, continue to be, defedive *, * and that is the Opinion of Traders that they ' arefo, may be concluded, from the feveral A p- * plications they have, for fome Seflions pad, ' made to Parliament, for Laws to regulate Sal- * vages — For the Payment of Inland Bills — For ' the more eafy Recovery of fmall Debts — For ' punifhing Forgery — For reftraining the Im- * portation of foreign, and for the Improve- ' ment of our own, Manufadures — For prevent- * ing Frauds committed by Bankrupts and o- < thers;* and again, (Page ii,) ' what Appli- ' cation, or Complaint have the Merchant and * other Traders made to the Commiflioners — ' to the Privy Council to the Government ' or to Parliament, in which I did not * fhew myfelf ready to affifl: them ? Have I not * been remarkably their Agent and their Solici- * tor?* His Indifcretion had been the more remarka- ble, in the preceding Seflion, when he f©licited a Bill, to prevent Frauds committed by Bank- rupts, which, at the Merchants Solicitation, had been brought into the Houfe ; but, by the Oppofition of fome * of the Members, who ...',..;. ' had • Aiftongft thofe, were the Deputy Vice-Treafurer, the Mafter of the Rolls, and other principal Men of the Speak- er's Party. But the Confideration, that fuch a Bill wou'd »dd fomewhat to the Power and Influence of the L d CU 1— r, with whom the Sp-k-r had been lately at open Variance, made them alter their Minds. And it was hoped. larka- licited Bank- », had )y the , who had 1 \ •er, the : Speak- 11 wou'd L d r at open s hoped. '} bl 1 ( 75 ) had at firll encouraged it, was like to havedropp'd. He had, with the Approbation of feveral of the Members, waited on the Speaker, to obtain Leave, that a Petition of the Merchants fliould be prcfcntcd to the Houfe, priying, that the Bill, might pafs, and that they might be heard before the Committee, as to the Merits of it. This was thought, by the Sp*-k-r, to be unprecedented, and unparliamentary, at lead contrary to the U- fage in Ireland \ and as an arrogant Prcfumption, that the Merchants underftood their own Wants and Interells better than their Reprefentatives in by the Merchants, that this would have gained a Proteftion, for it, from the B—h gh Party, with whom the L d C— h— 1— r was believed to be ftrongly united ; for the Eyes ©f the Merchants turned on Sir R d C — x, Mr. M—g-n, and others of that Party. They aflbciaied the latter, with the Son of ihe Deputy Vice-Treafurer, in bringing io the Bill. And, tho* they defpaired carrying it, they hoped it would have occafioned an open Divifion, between the two Parties., of which they might have availed themfelves, in a fucccding Sertion. But, herein, they were miferably difap- pointcd ; for Sir R d C — x, who had, from the firft, been confulted by the Merchants, and who had been one of tiie principal Advifers, in all the Steps they had taken, was the very Perfon who moved, that the Chairman of the Com- miitee Ihould leave the Chair. His Speech on that Occafion is too remarkable to be omitted. Mr. G^d^r, * The Bill before us is of very great Importance, as it re- lates to the Trade of this Kingdom. Our Trade, Sir, may be divided into three Parts, the Import, the Export, and the Inland Trades. The former is, by no Means, to be encouraged. The Exports do not require any Credit, fince the Produce of the Country is always paid in ready Mo- ney. The Inland Traders are fo poor, and inconfiderable, that, if any new Difficulty be laid upon them, by declaring them Bankrupts, and their being obliged, on every Failure, to undergo all the Difficulties impofed by this Bill, many of them wou'd be undone. So that, as this Bill is difad- vantageous to the one, ufelefs to the other, and advantage- ous only to the Import Trade, I humbly move that you quit the Chair.' Which Motion was agreed to, Nem. Con, Parliament I li f'}f 1' VI ')■* I ii t( : ' 1^ it ( 7^ ) pp./liament did. And Mr. Latoucbe, his defend- ing the Mcafure on Precedents from England^ his fhewing too ardent a Defirc to difplay his O- ratory, and his Skill in the political Interefl of Trade, was thought to have left, with the Sp-k*r, but ill Impreffions of his Complaifance to any Party in the Houfe, if ever he was admitted to fit there. But, indeed, thofe, who were better acquainted with the Sp"k»r's Charadter, knew that he was of too noble and generous a Difpofi- tion to harbour any Degree of Malice or Favour, and that Mr. Latouche was, in his Eyes, much too inconfidcrable ever to become the Objedt ei- ther of his Refentments, or of his Fears. Mr. fVepon, the Lord Lieutenant's Secretary, was too important a Perfbn to be overlooked* He was known to be one of the principal Inftru- ments in raifing and fupporting the Oppofition to Mr. Latouche^ in the City. But it was believed that it was lefs owing to any perfonal Diflike to Mr. Latouchey as he had not the leafl Acquaint- ance with him, than to the Artifices and Suggefti- onsof one * Man, who had devifed the Scheme, in order to make himfelf of Conlequence, and who had made the Secretary, and, by him, the Lord Lieutenant, believe, that, to crufh t^e po- pular Intereft in the City, was the only Oppor tunity, which they would probably meet with, of diftinguifhing their Adminiftration, and making themfelves acceptable to the Miniftry in England^ who could not but look, with a jealous Eye, on a Spirit of Liberty and Independency in a con- quered Country. And Mr. LaUuche had Hopes it was only opening his Eyes, and letting him fee the Truth, in order to make him as much his Friend, as he had been before his Enemy. He accordingly waited on him, and told him the Sir iJ. C— Occafion (77) Occafion ofhis Vifit, which was to clear up (bme Points, wliich he was convinced had been mifra^ prefcnted to him, and to his Excellency. That he judged of this from the unexpeded Oppofi- tion he had met with, in the City, from thofe very Perfons, on whofe Friendfhip and Protedion he had moft relied. That he had always flat- tered himfelf, that the Government would rather have encouraged than oppofed his Pretenfions ; as he had never, willingly, given them Offence, nor had intermeddled in any publick Affairs, ex- cepting only with Relation to the Government of tJie City by Aldermen, whofe Powers, he confelT- ed, he thought were exorbitant, and ufurped ; and he thought that he, Mr. JVeJion, was a Man of too much Probity, and Humanity, to refule letting him know what Objcdions he had heard as to his Character and Condud, and giving him an Opportunity of clearing them. Mr. JVeft- en did, with a good deal of Franknefs, tell him, that the only Objedlion made to him was, his Jundion with Lucas, and his Endeavours to ftir ii^' a Spirit of Difcontent at the prefent Condition and Conftitution of the Kingdom. That this it was, which would be muft incumbent on him to clear up ; for r' itj as to his private Oiarader, or his Loyalty, it never, once, was called in Queflion. To this ihe Reply was natural, that if he, Mr. IVeJion, would \ at the Pains to read the Papers of Mr. Laf r ''\ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TA: rv^ 6^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 (78) RefpecTcs, different, and even contradicflory ; for that he, Mr. Latouche, had often oppofed h''.n, both in his Difcourfes and Writings, of which he begged Leave to prefent him a Copy, in which he had marked a Paragraph, which, he believed, wou'd convince him, or the moft zealous Advo- cate for the Rights of the People of England, that he never intended to make the People oi Ire* land uneafy under their Dependency, The Pa- ragraph pointed out was this : * * It is with Liberty, as with every other Blefling; a compleat and perfect Pofleflion is un- attainable. Yet it is our Duty to ufe incelTant Endeavours towards a full Enjoyment of that happy State ; a Situation, which, I fear, is not, nor ever will be, found perfe(^ in any Govern- ment. * The Conftitution of England makes the clofeft Advances to this free Condition, and, next to that, ours, perhaps, may juftly claim it's Place. While England has Dominion over us, it is not poflible, in the Nature of Things, that we fhould be (b free, that is, enjoy fo much Power. Yet, I cannot think, but, that not- withftanding, we enjoy more Freedom and Power, than the Subjecfls of any other Govern- ment. If we look into Germany, France, Spain, Italy, or any of thofe States with which we are acquainted, where is it that the Subjed enjoys a larger Share of Liberty than we do P What is their Influence, with Relation to the Admini- ftration, or to the Legiflaturd^ in Comparifbn with ours ^ What equal Security have they of their Lives and Fortunes .•• What Barriers a- gainfl the oppreffive Infults of Tyrants } We may, indeed, lament, that we are not only fub*- fervient to Laws, to which we have not given I ♦ See the Freeholder's Addrefs. our our ( 79 ) ourConfent, but alfo made in direft and mani- feft Oppofition to our Interefts ; yet, our Li- berties, in Comparifon to thofe of oilier Sub- jects, are great and valuable : Whatever we fuffer of Dependence, is from Men, whofeown Conftitution and Interefts depend on their Love of Liberty ; and furely we have lefe to dread from fuch, than from the Caprice and arbitrary Will of a lawlefs Tyrant. ' Was any Part, or everyone, of our Legi- llature, to adt upon a Suppofition, that we are as free and as independent as the People of Eng- land^ their Procedure muft be wrong and dan- gerous, becaufe their Principle of A^ion wou'd be falfe. The People of England^ with their Legiflature, King, Lords and Commons, have but one Intereft, the Good of the Whole ; when any other is purfued, the People have, fuccefsfully, repelled Force by Force, and brought Things back to their proper Channel. Nor can their Liberty be longer fecure, than while they are jealous of every Fadlion, altlio* raifed on the faireft Pretext of enlarging the Liberties or Power of the People* For if the Prefervation of their Conftitution depends upon a Ballance of Power between the three Eftates, it will be as much endangered, by too great a Weight being thrown into the popular, as in the regal, or ariftocratical. Party. But this Kingdom is under vaftly different Circumftan- ces. There is not the like Ballance of Power to be preferved. England has, or thinks it has, an Intereft different from ours, and exerts a Dominion, which, was it our Inteiieft, it is not in our Power, to withdraw from ; yet they can- not proceed againft the Rules of Juftice, without giving themfelves a Wound; every Law which opprertes us, arms the Crown with Power to ifivade the Liberties of their own Country ; ' and !i ■ M :,!!. i 'h' 11 :l! ( 8o ) « and every A<5t, which reftrai'nsoiir Trade, has * always given A'ivantages to their Enemies ; * from this dunghill Dependence we pluck the * fweet Flowers of Peace and Security ; we rtiare * in the Trade, Liberties and Priviledge of Eng- * land, of which they can never deny us a Pro- * portion, without lofing Part of that Wealthy * Confideration, and Power, which they derive, * from being our Protestors,* I HOPE I (hall be excufed for this long Quota- tion. But I thought it not improper to give the Reader fome Notion what were Mr. Latouche^s Sentiments, with Regard to the Conftitution, and in what they differed from thofe of Mr. Lucasy and thereby enable him to guefs, what muft have been the Principles of thofe, who, contrary to fuch Convidion, were the warmeft and moft violent of his Profecutors. It wou'd be ufelefs, I believe, and tirefbme, to enter into any further Detail of this and fuch other private Vifits, we (hall be better enabled to form a Judgment of the Views of the Perfons, who compofe the auguft Aflembly of the Com- mons, by a more circumftantial Narrative of the Tranfaftions of their Committee of Priviledges and Elections. Tuefday the 28th of November, as we before obferved, was appointed for hearing this famous Caufe. The p;reat Door, from the Courts of Re- quefts, was effectually locked and fecured, and a PafTage lefts to the Lobby, thro' one of the wait- ing Rooms. The principal Managers had de- clared, that they wou'd make no Night-work of it, and that they wou'd adjourn at four o'Clock at fartheft. The Petitioner's Cafe was opened by Edmund Malone, Efq; one of his Council, who informed the Committee, ' That the City of Dublin was * an antient Corporation j that their Charters had * been c ( ( c « c < . « , ' i * 1 c ; )efore imous )fRe- and a wait- Id de- )rk of [Clock Idmund )rmed ^n was s had been ( Si ) been confirmed by Acfts of Parliament ; that, in them, no Notice was taken of Aldermen, except only in the Recital of one, which fays, that they are Part of the Legiflature of the City i that the New Rules had determined the whole Legifiature, in the City, to be in the Lord iVIayor and Aldermen, and Sheriffs and Commons. ' That there are, in the City, twenty ••five fubordinate Corporations ; that each of them have a Right to eledt a certain Number of the Commons. ' That the Aldermen had always exercifed their Authority with Juftice and without Com- plaint, until the Year 1741, when Mr. Lucas and the worthy fitting Member were eleded, by their feveral Corporations, to be of the Common-Council ; and that, unfortunately, the Aldermen did not put a Negative on them. ' That thefe two Gentlemen did fpirit up the Commons againft the Aldermen, and did ap- ply for an Information againft them , but that the Court of Kind's Bench , in great Wifdom, and from a due Regard to the iPrefervation of the Corporation, did refufe to receive the In- formation. ' That Lucas and Latouche aimed at nothing lefs than the DilTolution of the Corporation \ but, that being difappointed, they endeavoured to raife a Sedition, by complaining of Judges, and abufing all their Opponents ; making an ill Ufe of Liberty, which is, indeed, a Bleffing, but which gives no Man a Right to enquire into the Charader and Behaviour of others. * That when their Harangues and Writings had fufficiently warmed the Minds of the Peo-% pie, there unfortunately happened a Vacancy for the City, by the Death of Sir James Somer- vilky Bart. ... F ' ' That 'iff \W Kl ' ti i 1 ijli ( 82 ) ' That Mr. Liicns and Mr. Latouche fet up, and quarreled •■, when unfortunately another Vacancy happened, by the Death of Alderman Peitrfnu^ the 1 2th of M(i)\ i 749 ' That this reconciled the two Rivals, and that they railed up a Spirit among tlie Com- mons, by tlicir Writings, and by their Speecfies at the Corporation Halls. * That one of the Commons wrote a Vindi- cation of his Brethren agairft iVlr. hue as \ and that this furnilhed the two Gentlemen with a frelh Opportunity to exert themfclves in. ' That the Petitioner wou'd be able to prove, to the Satisfadion of the Committee, that, when the Corporations were tranliiding of their ordinary Bulinefs, Mr. Latouche and Lucas made a Mob break in upon them, and, by Force, got themfelves made free ; that, in fome Halls, the Mafter was pulled down from his Chair, or, by Violence, kept in, and obliged, againll his Will, to put the Queftion \ that, in others, the Doors were locked, in order to llarve the Members into a Compliance, or into Affociati- ons, which were like AddrefTes of the People to the King, and, in which, they returned Thanks to the Commons of 1741, and to Lucas and Latouche^ who were at their Head, for their generous Support of the Caufe of Liberty \ that they coloured over thefe AfTociations, by faying, that they wou'd fupport their Endea- vours by all legal Means. ' That the Point, now before the Commit- tee, was of the utmofl Importance ; for that, on the Determination of that Day, wou'd de- pend the publick Peace ; that the Objedions they had to offer, againft the Validity of Elec- tion, wou'd not be againft the Votes of Indi- viduals, but to the Manner of Proceeding of the fitting Member, ever fmce the Vacancy ; ' that L fet lip, mother lerman Is, and t Com- peeches iVind:- IS ; and 1 with a n. 3 prove, e, that, ; of their :as made y Force, le Halls, s Chair, , againft n others, arve the \frociat!- i*eople to i Thanks ucas and for their Liberty i ions, by - Endea- Commit- for that, /ou'd de- Ibjedions of Elec- } of Indi- eding of Vacancy ; ' that ( 83 ) * that thev wou'd prove, that he was fiipported * by Lucas, whom tlie honourable Houfe had ' voted an Enemy to his Country ; that the fit- * ting Member did avail himfelf of that Spirit, ' which Lucas had raifed in the City againft W- * dermen and others ; and that fome of his * known Friends had even clapp'd fome of the * Voters on the Back, with this remarkable Ex- ' preffion. Remember Charley .' James Grattan, Efq; Council alfo for the Peti- tioner, opened the Manner in which they in- tended to proceed. He faid, ' the Tendency ' of the Evidence, they wou'd produce, wou'd * be to prove, that there had been undue and un- * juft Influence made Ufe of, in the late Elec- ' tion, both in the Manner of procuring an Inte- ' reft, and by an Odium which was thrown on * the Petitioner ; that they wouM prove this un^. * due Infl .ence on the fitting Member ; firft, as * an immediate A<5tor and Principal ; and, fe- ' condly, as not oppofing, but, on the contrary, * abetting, of Lucas ; that thefe Meafures were ' illegal and punifhable. The Cafe he ac- * knowledged to be new, and unprecedented ; * but the evil Tendency of any new Meafure * was punifhable, which he proved from fome ' Fatts in the Roman Hiftory.' He then offered the Charter of King Charles I. in Evidence, to prove, ' that there were Alder- * men in the City,' and the New Rules, to prove, ' they were Part of the Legiflature of the » City \ and then produced Witnefs, to prove, that there had been Riots committed in the feve- ral Halls. To this the Council for the fitting Member objeded, (for that this was foreign to the iViiatter in Hand) * that nalefs the Petitioner's Council * would confine themfelvesto what was a direct * Charge againft the fitting Member, they wou'd F 2 * hurt ;i! V'. .}'■ ii rP ( 84 ) ' hurt the Eledtors, who had no Opportunity of * dciending tl.eir Rights ; that fiich Riots might ' have happened, and yet the fitting Member * perfectly innocent of them ; tliat he was not * accountable for the Behaviour and Conduct of ' Lucas \ and that all Evidence, to any Fadt, in ' which the fitting Member was not immediately ' concerned, was improper to be offered.' This occafioned a Debate, which lafted about half an Hour, in which feveral Members deli- vered their Opinion j fix of them, that the Petiti- oner*s Council might proceed their own Way, and one only in Support of the Reafons of the Council for the fitting Member ; and then the Evidence, one IVilliam Powell^ a Stationer, was admitted. He fwore, ' that he had attended at the feve- * ral Halls of the Brewers, of the Stationers, and * of the Shoemakers, where he heard Mr. La- ' toiiche and Mr. Lz/r^J harangue ; that they en- ' deavoured to fhew the Grievances, which the ' Citizens laboured under, and the Impropriety * of eleding Aldermen, as being the moft unfit * Men to redrefs them ; that, in thefe Harangues, ' it was faid, that the Citizens of Z)//i^//« weredt- * prived of many of their Rights, and that Appli- ' cation had been made to the Court of King's ' Bench for Redrefs, but that they were denied * Juflice ; that, on fiich Denial, Application had * been made to the Lord Lieutenant, and, on a ' Refufal there alfo. Application had been made * dire(flly tohisMajefly.' Thus, whatever either Latotiche or Lucas had faid, was, by this Evi- dence, confounded together. But, upon a fur- ther and more clofe Examination, it appeared, from the Mouth of this (ame Evidence, that he never heard any Thing improper fpoken by Mr. Lataucbf. i^'z ■■ .. ••;'; i,p'.', -■--.- He dt- Vppli- Kings nied had on a made either Evi- a fur- eared, hat he Mr. He ( 85 ) He further depofed, ' that it was apprehended, * by feveral Perfons, that Lucas and Latouche * went upon the fame Principle;' and the Found ation of this Apprehenfion of the Evidence was, I that they came often together to the Halls; * that ' Lrt/o«r/&ef always fpoke firft, and referred hi m- * felf to what Lucas would fay after him ; and * did not difprove what v/as faid by Mr. Liicas^ ' but, on the contrary, heard Latouche recom- * mend at one Hall, what Ljicas^ f^me Weeks or * Months before, had faid at another ; that Lu- * cas had called Ireland an enflaved Nation, and * Latouche had faid, that he had feveral Relations * amongft the Board of Aldermen, but that this ' (hould not hinder his pulling them down ; that ' both of them had faid the City was in Confufion, ' and the Government of it deftroyed by the ' Aldermen. ' That Lucas had faid they were in Slavery, * and that it was high Time for them to fhake off ' their Chains ; but that he had never heard fuch * like Expreflions from Mr. Latouche^ or had * heard him complain of any other Grievance, ' than v^hat related to the Differences with the *■ Board of Aldermen.* The next Evidence produced by the Petition- er's Council, was Jonathan Smithy who had been, the 1 8th of 0^?'5^^r preceding, that is, a Day or two after Lucas's Condemnation by the Houfe of Commons, at the Stationers Hall, where he heard Mr. Latouche fay, ' that his Concern was ' fo great, upon the late Accident, that he could ' not fpeech to them in Form ; and that he fup- ' pofed their Concern was alfo fo great, that they ' could not hear him ; that Mr. Latouche had * added, that, if they voted for an Alderman, * the Work would not be half done ; but that, '• however, he did not, that Day, make Mention F 3 'of •''!! 11 ■\: ; *'«■{•* ii^"iiiiiv ■N-i ■«.' ■- '^fmmftmm wt^m^mgni^mii^ -I: JKM-'- ■i-r T^ ( 86 ) . * of Mr. Lucas, but faid, he came to rccom- * mend Mr. Read." One Duggan^ a Taylor, and who had been one of Sir Samuel Cooki'i Clerks, in taking the Poll, appeared next on the Floor, and gave his Tefti- mony as to two Riots which happened in the Tay- lors Hall : The one, on the 9th ofjuly^ when Mr. Lucas was made free of that Corporation ; the o- th^r, on the 9th of O^oher, when their Refoluti- ons, relating to the Proceedings of ihe Com- mon-Council, were pafs'd. He proved, to the Satisfaction of the Committee, ' that there had * been fome Irregularities in the former, when * Mr. Latotiche was prefent ; and that the Maf- ' ter had been forced, by the Corporation, to put * the Queftion for admitting Lucas free.' But he cleared Mr. Latouche from having committed any Ad of Violence or Riot ; fave only that he had made a Motion, ' that the Crowd without might * be admitted into the Hall, in order to hear the * Words of Truth and Liberty;' and that he had, as ufual in his Ha;;angues, declared againfl Aldermen i and had faid, ' that the Courts of * Law had denied to hear the Information, and * had refufed a Trial by Juries, which was the ' Right of the Subjed ; that he had faid, no * Man could vote for an Alderman, without vi- * olating the Oath he had made as a Freeman ; * that Lucas had fpoke much in the fame Strain ; ' and had faid, that, whilft he had a Fibre left ' in it's Strength, he wou'd purfue the Caufe he ' had engaged in ; but that Mr. Latouche and ' Mr. Lncas had never, in his Hearing, recom- ' mended each other.' Here ended the lirft Day, to the great Difap- pointment of the Managers, who could not, without Concern, obferve, that the Majority had negleded the bed Pretext, that they, the Mana- gers, were able to afford them, of putting fome Quellion, which wou'd have determined the whole B= "aiHES" C «7 ) %hole Affjiir. The Charge ag.iinn: the fitting Member was, i/i Efllet, iiicliKicd in the Evi- dences aheadv proclucixl ; and nothifig more could be offered, but a Repetition of tlie liime or like Fads, wliich would probably make the Ids Imprefllon, as wanting Novelty. The Commit- tee, by their patient hearing, and fo narrowly ex- amining, the few WitneOes which had already appeared, had, in fome Sort, engaged thcm- felves to hear all what the Manager:, had to offer, and all what the fitting Member had to reply. This afforded but a meiancholy Profped ; as the Time, which would necelfarily pals before all this could be done, might polfibly open the Eyes of fome, or alter the Refolution of others. lO fliorten this Time as much as poffible, it was the next Day ordered, *■'■ That the Committee lliould " \it iic Die in Dicin^" and the Houle adjourned to the Fridny following, and continued to meet every Day, immediately before the Committee,, but were too intent on what was to do there, to tranfadl any other Bufniefs, or even to htar the ufual Prayers. So that their Votes, for (^iv^rx. Days during this Eledtion, contain notiiing more than, " that the Houfe met, and, that then, the " Houfe adjourned till Tc-morrow Morning, at " ten o'clock." We mufl, however, except the lliort Proceed- ings of the Houfe againft Mr, Andrew Miller^ an Engraver and Printfeller, for advertifmg, in Ef- dair^ News- Paper, the Sale of Mr._L«f^j's Pic- ture, with this Motto, An Exile /or his Country, ijoho^ for feeking Li- berty, lojl it. And an Addrefs to the Lord Lieutenant, for a Proclamation againft hucas. Tburfday^ the T^oih of November^ was the fecond Day's Hearing, when the Petitioner's Council F 4 proceeded t ' |i i FT If II il 1 1 11 : t i , j 1 lii 1 11 J . I (I ( 88 ) proceeded in their Evidence ; and firfl:, Thomas Mullock^ Notary Pubiick, and Clerk to the Cor- poration of Stationers, (who hadprefented both the popular Candidates, Lucas and the luting Member, with the Freedom of their Body, in Silver Boxes) appeared on the Floor. He gave Teftimony as to two feveral Meetings of the Corporation, at which the fitting Member was prefcnt •, the one, on the 8th of ^. ;«/?, when the Refolutions, to cenfure the Commons of the City for their Proceedings againft Lucas, and to re- turn their Thanks to Lucas and Latouche, were entered into. He faid, * that there was no * fpeeching that Day ; but that Mr, Lucas had * propofed, that if any Brother had any Writing, * relating to the Proceeding of the Common- ' Council, which would fhorten their Debates, it * might be produced ; tliat, accordingly, Mr. * James Efdall^ a Printer, produced a Paper, and ' that a great Majority were for reading it; but * he did not perceive that Mr. Latouche voted or * moved for the reading iti that, in this Paper, * were many harfh Expreflions ; fuch as arbitrary ^ ' illegal and tyrannical-, that Mr. Latouche got up, ' (everal Times, and moved, that thofe Words ' fhould be>?;7/^^o///, which wns accordingly a- * greed to, after a long Debate; and that the ' Refolutions were pafs'd in the Manner they * were entered in the Book which lay on the ' Table.' The other Meeting of the Corpora- tion, to which he gave Teftimony, was on the 1 8th of October. He faid, to the fame Purpole, as Vowel had done before him, of Mr. Latouche's. having faid, that the Work would be but half done, if he was to have an Alderman for his Colleague; and that his Reafon for objeding to that Board was, that he could not expedt the Concurrence of an Alderman in the Houfe of Commons, BTTE ( 89 ) Commons, in his Dcfigns, to reftore the Rights and Liberties of his Fellow-Citizens. The next Evidence, Mr. John Hankitifnn^ Weaver, dcpofed, ' that, on the 2d of Odoher, he was at the Weavers Hall ; that the Maftcr and Wardens proceeded, in theufual Manner, to colled Quarterage \ that, when the Bulincfs was over, he, the Evidence, moved to adjourn ; but that Lucas and Latouche defired firft to be heard ; that the Door was thrown open, and the Mailer and Warden left the Room \ that tl\e Majority placed James Mc. Connel in the Chair ; and that then the Refolutions of the Corporation, againfl: the Proceed ine;s of the Sheriffs and Commons, were propoled, but he did not recoiled by whom •, that there was no Violence committed \ that the Refolutions pufVd without Oppcfition, except from tiie Depo- nent, who infilled they could do nothing in the Abfence of the Mailer and Warden; that, when the Relblutions were pafs'd, and entered in the Book, all the Members prefent were re- quired to fign it ; that the Deponent would have willingly gone out, but could not, as there were many Gentlemen at the Door;. that it grew late; and, being pad three o'Clock, fome Beef-Stakes were introduced, he knew not how, into the Hall; that the Deponent figned thcfe Refolutions in order to procure his Liberty, but that he never looked upon himfelf as bound, by his figning them, to vote for Lucas or Lr* louche ; that he had voted, at the Eledion, for the two Alderinen ; but that, he believed, the greater Number of the Weavers had voted for Mr. Latouche^ becaufe of the Obligations they lay under to him, for the many Services he had done them, when he was Mafler of their Cor- poration, by bui. ding their Hall, andbyfoli- citing an Ad of Parliament, to lay a heavy ' Duty li I s t I ' '1 ■ r« ( 90 ) * Duty on foreign Silk, and a Prohibition of the * Import of Gold and Silver Lace.* The Refolutions were then read, and the mod criminal Parts of it pointed out, viz. " That *' they would fupport Lucas and Latouche in all '* Jegal and juft Means, for the Support of their *' Rights and Priviledges." John Ryan y Joiner, was next examined. He had been Witnefs of the Tranfadions of his Gorporation, on the fecond of April. — . Here it was objeded, by the Council for the fitting Member, ** That this was before the Death of *' Alderman Pearfon^ and of Confequence bc- *' fore the Petitioner had declared himfelfa " Candidate.** This Objeftion was fupported hy yiv.Cooley, who faid, the Evidence ought to be confined to Fads, which related to the Peti- tioner, and to the Time fince he had declared himfelf But the late Recorder of Dublin infift- ed, *' That any Bribery or Corruption, relating * to the Ele<5tion, even before the Vacancy, *' would invalidate the Eledtion of the fitting " Member." In which he was feconded by Mr. Whitney, who added, *' That any illegal Cor- " tradt in 1741, would effe6l an Eledtion in " 1749.** To this was replied, by Sir Thomas Prendergaft i and Mr. Rowley, *' That there was *' no fuch Thing as Bribery or Corruption, or *' illegal Contracts, offered againft the fitting ** Member; and that the Evidence, laft dif- " miffed, had denied that thefe Refolutions *' were any way relative to the Votes at the E- " ledtion. That he was, however, for admit- •' ting the Petitioner to put his Cafe in the " ftrongeft Light.'* The Evidence was ac- cordingly admitted to give Teftimony to the Tranfa^tions at the Joiners Hall, on the 2d o^ April, which amounted to no more than this, " That Lucas and Latouche were admitted tree ; " and (91 ) " and had made each of them a Speech to the *' Citizens." But that it was not on that Day, it was on the fecond of Augnft, that the Refolu- tions, againft the Common-Council, had pafs*d in their Hall. The Witnefs faid, that thefe Refolutions were drawn up by Lucas, and that Latouche was fitting near him ; that the latter was retired, before they were pafs'd, and had not fpoke one Word about them ; that thefe Refo*- lutions had occafioncd fome Debate, and had pafsM with an Order, " that Mr. Lucas fhould get them printed, with fuch Alteratiens as he thought proper, not varying the Subftance." It then was moved, *' That thefe Refokitions *' be read.'* But unfortunately the Joiners had not entered them in their Books ♦, and the Wit- nefs had no Copy of them. To fupply this, the Council for the Petitioner produced a News Paper of the gth of Ju^ujt, in which the Refolu- tions were publifhed, and the Printer's Boy, to prove they were a fair Copy of a Paper, which had been fent by Mr. Lucas. This occafioned fome Debate. It was obferv- ed by the late Recorder, " That if the origi- nal Paper was produced, it ought not to be read, becaufe it was only a Paper of Mr. Lucas'' s^ in which the fitting IN^cmber, who had not propofed the Refolution, cou'd not be faid to be concerned ; and that no printed Paper could be a Proof of an Original." He Ihewed the evil Tendency of eftablifhing fuch a Precedent ; and, whether from Shame, Fear of the Event, or a Convidlion that there was no- thing in the Refolutions themfclves, which could affcdt: the fitting Member, they t ough' proper, after a pretty lon^ Conrefi:, to nrop this unpre- cedented and never before_ attempted Kind of Evidence. All (( (C <4 (I C( C( l*f ■'* it; i-r :^^^M...Ji^.i»ip.w:^.-jL^- W' (52) All they had to ofFer, concerning Corpora- tions, Affociations, and Refolutions, and con- cerning an immediate Conjunftion, between Lu- cas and the fitting Member, feemed now at an End. The next Thing, they had to offer, was Evidence in Support of that Charge, " That it *' was on the Intercft and at the Recommendati- *' on of Lucas, that Mr. Read\\2i6. fetup." To this Point, Mr. Edward Ceurtney, a Sur- geon, and who was believed to have been all along a Friend to Mr. Lucas, was examined. He depofed, that, after the Cenfure pafs'd by the honourable Houfe, on Lucas, there W2s a Meeting of feveral Freemen, to confider who they fhould put up, in the Room of Lucas -, that neither Lucas or the fitting Member was prefentat it -, ■ that Mr. Chapman had pro- pofed Mr. Rsad, and faid, he believed, he would be agreeable to Lucas. -He denied, that Mr, Chapman had faid, that Mr. Lucas had recom- mended Read. He faid, that he (Deponent") had been with Lucas, the Night preceding this Meeting ; but that there was no Mention made, that Night, of any Perfon to fucceed Mr. Lucas. George Hughes, Matter of the Rofe Tavern, was next examined, in Relation to that Meeting, which was held at his Houfe. He depofed, that there was fuch a Meeting on the Day mentioned, about fcven o*Clock in the Evening ; that Mr. Latoucbe came very late to it Here the late Recorder obferved, " That as the Evidence " kept a Publick Houfe, it might be a Preju- " dice to him if he was obliged to difclofe any " Difcourfe, which pafs*d between Gentlemen *' at his Tavern.'* This Objection was allowed of, by the Committee •, and Mr. Hughes was or- dered to withdraw. William m rpora- d con- en Lu- V at an :r, was That it endati- a Sur- een all mined. fsM by was a er who )er was d pro- I would lat Mr. recom- Donent) ng this Mention ;ed Mr. Tavern, leeting, ;d, that itioned, —that ere the vidence . Preju- lofe any ntlemen allowed was or- William (93 ) JVillkm Chapman, Efq; Councellor at Law, came next on the Floor He declared to the fame Purpofe, that Mr. Courtney had done ; that the fitting Member had never defired him to confulc with Lucas, upon the Choice of a Per- fon, to fucceed the latter That he had nami d Mr. Read^ at the Meeting, without the Know- ledge of either Lucas, or Latouchj ; but had afterwards gone from the Meeting to Lucns, to acquaint him of the Refult j and that Mr. Lucas had approved of what had been agreed on. He depofed farther, that he had never heard the fitting Member talk difrefpedlfully of the Courts of Law, or of the Government ; or that he had aflced a Vote for Lucas ; that he might have at fometimcs recommended Lucas, but never that he knew of, had recommended him, on the fame Day, or at the immediate Time after that Lucas ha.d fpokeof Chains and Slavery ; nor had ever replied to him, or fpoke after him, at any Corporation ; bat could very well recoiled, that Latouche had gone away, from feveral Halls, immediately after fpeaking, without waiting to hear Mr. Lucas. In the Courfe of this Evidence, Sir K d C—x, who imMm^^h\m to be the deep-ft: in the SecretiJS'tff'Tne fitting Member, had, in or- %d'Qr, t<3>*lirfroduce fome Qiieftion of great Mo- itient, faid, " Sir, you laid jufl now, that you ** were fent from the Rofe Tavern to Mr. Lucas. Now — here Mr. Chapman interrupted him — Sir, I appeal to the Chairman, and to the Com- " mittee, whether I faid any fuch Thing.*' — " Sir, I go of no Man's Errands." " I am " forry, I mifapprchended you,** faid the Knight ; *« but pray did you not fay, that you *' went of your own Accord to Mr. Lucas, to " get Confent to the naming Mr. Read?** *' Nor (( (( '11, 11 ■ 1 ■ i ■ ! 1 M ■ I I { i } I 1 1 ■i'fv < Hi Ih (< «« .:! ].; r 94 ) «* Nor that neither,*' rciJied Mr. Chapman^ ** if " you had attended to what I faid, you would " have known that I faid the direct contrary : I " faid I had named Mr. Rea^i, without the Con- fenc or Kno\\ledge either of Lucas or La- louche.'* -^Thdc Ihort Replies, and a certain Sternnefs in the Speaker's Manner, made ^ir R — rd in a hi morous Manner, apply to theChair for Protedion, and he defired " the Gendeman " might be called to Order." This created fome Diverfion -, which was the more general, as it was a moot Point, whether Sir R yd was in Jeft or Earned. These Evidences, of the Meeting at the Ro/et did not bid fair for the Petitioner. It could not be made out that the fitting Member was there, whilft any Bufinefs was tranfading, and the Truth is, that he did not come until the whole Affair was over. But as it was natural that the Petitioner and his Friends Ihould be igno- rant of all the Tranfadtions there, they proceed- ed on Conjedure and Guefs j and could have no other Evidence to produce, but the Friends of the fitdng Member. So they dropped any further Enquiry into this Meeting, and fcemed now at a Lofs what to offer further; when, af- ter a Confultation of a i^||^nutes behind the Bar, the Council for the^^^llM£f did, at Length, produce a Copy of Mr. L _ cond Addrefs to the Citizens of Dublin, as a full and ftrong Evidence of the whole Charge againft him. The Printer of this Addrefs was accordingly called for; and he was alked, if he knew that Pa- per.? for though Mr. Latouche*s Name was prefixed, and fubfcribed to it, the Conimittee were too nice, in a Matter of Form, to take any Fadt on Publick Notoriety, which could be proved by legal Witneflcs. The Anfwer was, I, *' if would ary : I : Con- Df La- certain ade ^ir e Chair itleman created ;eneral, yd was e RofCy luld not ,s there, nd the e whole ral that 2 ignc- )roceed- Id have Friends 3ed any feemed len, at- lind the did, at n, as a Charge 3rdingly that Fa- me was mmittec to take :h could Anfwer was, (95) y was, that he could not pofitively fay, that this was a Copy of the Addrefs, which he had print- ed for Mr. Latotiche ; buc that if he was permit- ed to go home, he would get one that he could fwear to. But Mr. Latouche himfcif did fave hirii tiiat Tioublci he Itood up, and told the Chairman, ' That he had not wrote any Thing ' that he was afliamed or afraid of, and that he « had brought a Copy of his Addrcfles, and o- * ther political Tradts, in his Pocket ; and he ' was very willing to leave the whole Matter to * this Iffue, that there was not one fingle Sentence ' in them, which could be wrefted into any ^ '''- * tiousor malicious Meaning.* Upon which iie ' delivered the Book to the Clerk ; and at the Defire of the Petitioner's Council, the following Paragraph was read out of the fecond Addrefs, (Page 12) 'Such a Spirit, a proper Jealoufy * ot Infringements on cur Rights, mull at all * Times be feaibnable. It is the Nature (f ' Power to hegrafpingi and therefore always to ' be watched. Who can tell what new Invafions ' are machinated againfl: us ? What Attempt * may be made to defpoil us of fome of our ' remaining Rights P We know no more of the * Day, or of the Hou r, when ihc Enemy fhall come, tha^jji^^Rb defigns to make his Atr- tack. .^g^^^cnow that new Laws are often ^cd, to the Prejudice of our Trade, or of our Liberties To the Charge of the late War we have contributed ; and if we efcaped the Difgrace of having Money raifed, in, this Kingdom, without the Confent, and Authority of it's own Legiflature, it was, m a great Meafure, owing to the Virtue and Refolution of one of our own Countrymen — a noble Peer of this Realm- who ftood in the Gap ; and, at the Hazard of his own Liberty, bravely contended for the Liberty ' of I ? If ii i i !- J ( 96) * of his Country. But what Weight could * your Petitions have, unlefs you be refpedted ? • and what Refpeft would you be entitled to, ' if you fhould tamely fubmit to the Ufurpati- • on of your Equals ? or thofe who are, but • one Degree, railed above you ? and yet mur- * mur at OpprelTions from thofe^ whofe Station * and Rank give them the Temptation, as wdi ' as the Means and Opportunity, to enflave ? ' Muft not a -mean Submiflion, to an inferior • Degree of Tyranny, encourage the Attempts ' of thofe who wait but an Opportunity, from • the Want of Spirit in the People, to extend • their Influence and Authority ? There is, in • the Spirit of Liberty, fomething too refpedta- * ble to be trifled with ; a certain Stubbornnefs, ' which the mofl: powerful Minifl:er will always * be in Awe of ; and which would give a Check • to the Defigns of the moll arbitrary Prince* This did not produce any Eflfedl, and fome of the Members moving that the Whole fliould be read, and the Hour of Four being at Hand, it was thought proper to adjourn. The very vifible Marks of Confufion and Difappointment, which had appeared in the Countenance of the Managers, when they feem- ed to haveclofed their Evi^^SjJ|^ihe little No- tice that was taken of the produced-WViting ; notwithftanding Mr. S—j— t T-^d^l, Wff^fdrt' tative for the U ty of D », and who owed his Seat and Parliament, to much fuch a Right as the Petitioner pretended to, (to wit, to an Intereft in the Houfe, and a Complaint againft the eleded Member for undue and fecrct Influ- ence and Writings) had, before reading of the Addrefs, aflirmed, ' There was fufficient Mat- * ter in it, to prove the whole Charge againft * the fitting Member:' and the fudden Adjourn- ment made all Spectators and Hearers believe, that < c c (97) that the Petitioner would have withdrawn his Petition. It has been fince, we cannot fay oil what Foundation, reported, that the Right Ho- nourable Mr. P y, one of the C fli rs, who was fuppofed to be one of the principal Promoters of che Petition, on Account of his Brother-in-Law, the Petitioner's Nephew, did wait, that very Evening, on the th: Air)eiations and Suhleriptions, were all on ti»e Table, and the Hand writing of the Suh- fcribers eoiilil have been proved by any one or two of liiem : And it appeared, that, of thirty- nine Carpenters, who had fubferibed the Decla- rations, only twenty-fix voteti for Mr. Latombe^ but, Drawcanfu'-like, they did this, bccaulc they dared. iMr. ChalJoner depofed, * That the Corpora- tion of Carpenters had come to tiio Refolutions, which were in the Rooks produced to him, and that the Names, at the Rouom of it, were the Hand -writing of the Subicribcrs \ that they had at fiift resolved, that the Thanks of the Corpo- * ration fhouKi be returned to Latoiiche and Lu- * cas^ for their Endeavours to revive and re Jt ore ' the ant lent Rights and Liberties of the Subject in * gendraly and of this Corporation in particular ; ' but .that after the Hall was over, the Deponent * not being fati;lied as to the Propriety of thofe Words, of the Subject in genera/, did apply to Counfellor Bradjlreet for his Opinion, and up- on his Advice did expunge thofe Words ; that Deponent went to Mr. Latouchc who readily approved the Alteration.' He depofed fur- ther, ' That Mr. hatouche did not iign thofe ' Refolutions, and that the Corporation did not come to any Refolution to vote for Mr. La- touche i that he never underftood that the Sub- fcribers, to thofe Refolutions, did, in any Meafure, thereby defign to engage themfelves to vote for Mr. Latouche, but that the Corpo- ration of Weavers had, long before the Vacan- cy, to wit, in the Year 1745, voted Thanks, and a Piece of Plate, to the Value o^ forty G 4 * Poundst il, I If I^i ( 104 ) ' Pounds^ to Mr. Latouche, for his good Servi- * ces, during the two Years of his Mafterfliip. * That the Divifion, between the Citizens and * Aldermen, had been, for many Years, fubfifl- ' ing in die City ; that, above twenty Years ago, ' Mr. Howard had earned the Eledion for the * City, by taking part with the Citizens againft ' the Aldermen j and that Mr. Howard was p»-e- ' pared, and would have brought in a Bill to re- * peal the New Rules, had he not been prevent- ' ed by Death i that it was not an unufual Thing ' for Candidates to harangue the Corporations j * that Mr. Howard had pradifed this Method with * Succefs ; and had, in the fame Manner with the * fitting Member, promifed the Citizens to en- ' deavour to relieve them from the Oppreffions ' of the Aldermen.* The further Confideration of nis Affair was adjourned to the next Morning, when it ^ ns again opened by the Council for the Petitioner, who re- capitulated the Proofs of the undue Influence of the eighty-fix Weavers, and twenty -fix Carpen- ters, who had voted for the fitting Member •, which, if declared to be bad Votes, would leave the Majority to be plainly on the Side of the Peti- tioner. The Petitioner's Cafe being now ftatcd, the Council for the fitting Member were required to make out theirs. It w^as opened by Mr. Fitz Gibbons. He faid, ' That the Charge againfl the fitting Member, ' amounted to nothing more than that he kadfuc- ' ceeded by undue Influence ; that he would for- ' bear making any Remarks on the Evidence al- * ready produced, but would endeavour to pro- ' duce fuch as would fiiew who it was, that had ' made Ufe of undue Influence ; that the Peti- * tioner had purfued quite different Methods < from thofe made ufe of bv the fitting Member ; ' for HH the ( 105 ) ' for that the former never promired to do the ' Citizens any Service, or to redrefsany of their ' Grievances, but had, on the contrary, made ' Ulc of Threats, told tiiem he would undo them, * make their Names fo publick, that none of the « Quality would deal with them, and that their ' Families would fall to Ruin, in Cafe they did * not vote for him ; that he had made life of ' very improper Arguments, and boafled of his * In te reft in another Place, if he could not fuc- * ceed in the City ; that Mr. Bathers, his known ' Agent, had made an improper Ufe of the Pro- ' ceedings of the Houfe of Commons, and had * wrote Letters to the Mafters of Corporations, * menacing them with the Cenfures of the Houfe * of Commons, in Cafe they did not vote for the ' Aldermen •, that many Menaces, of this kind, ' were made Ufe of, in the County Court, to the * Freemen v-/ho came to poll ; that he omitted * many Particulars which would better appear ' from the Teftimony of the WitnefTes he would * produce i that the Perfons who ligned the De- * clarations did, in no Sort, think themfelves ' bound by them to vote for the fitting Mem- ' ber -, that it would appear, that Mr. Latouche '' was far from being in Conjunction with Lucas, ' that he had, on many Occafions, oppofed him.' He was going to call on a Witnefs, when he was interrupted by Mr. Serjeant T—d—l, wlio faid, ' That any Objedion againft the Peti- ' tioner, was nothing to the Queflion ; that the ' material Point was to prove that the fitting * Member was not joined in Interefl v/ith Lucas.* Upon which Sir 'Ihomas Prendergafi ftood up, and faid, * It was beft to let the Council go on * their own Way ;' in which he was fupported by Mr. Cooky and Mr. Rowley. The latter faid, 'It was impoflible to determine, with any Kind * of Equity, until both Parties were heard j that ' he i.'i ii (it c . '■ ;,'.ti i i ( I! I ( 106 ) * he would not now enter into the Merits of the * Cafe, but refe'-ve himfelf until all the Evidence * was produced.' Here again Mr. Serjeant T—d--l flood up, and, with fome Shew of Impatience at the Con- tradiction his Difcourie had met with, repeated again, * That the Conduct of the Petitioner was ' nothing to the fitting Member ; that the Evi- « dence already produced by the Petitioner, was * fully applicable to the Cafe before them, and. * did fully prove all Allegations of the Petition j* and therefore moved to put a Queftion on it. In this he was fupported by Sir R d C— , who faid, ' That the Queftion was, whether the * fitting Member had done properly ; and that * it lay on the fitting Member, in the firft Place, * to clear himfelf, but that Recrimination would * do him no Good.' Sir Thomas Prendergaji then obferved, that the putting a Queftion, ' whether the Petitioner had * proved all the Allegations of the Petition, ' would do well ; for, he believed, (hat the * greateft Part of the Houfe was convinced, that * no one fingle Allegation of it was proved.' Mr. Gore, Council to the Commiflioners, and Mr. Flood, the Sollicitor General, joined in Opi- nion, that the fitting Member fhould anfwer Hrft, and then recriminate if he thought proper : The latter, indeed, added, that no Queftion fhould be put until both were gone through i and that the Chairman ought to declare the Method, which he did ; and then the Council for the fitting Member offered to produce one of the 86 Wea- vers to give Teftimony concerning the Influence he was accufed to be under. DuR I NO the Courfe of this Debate, and when the Motion of Mr. T /, for putting the Quef- tion, feemed to be fupported, Mr. Rowley had, with fome vifible Marks of Indignation, faid, * That, 9! and n Opi- sr tirft, : The fhould nd that which fitting ) Wea* fluencc That, ( 107 ) < That, ifthey proceeded in that Manner, he did * not care if they expelled him the Houfe ; for * that it was better not to fit there, than to aft * contrary to Juftice :* Upon which Mr. T — / called out, to Order ; and moved, that Mr. Row- ley fhould explain himfelf, Mr. Rowley replied, ' That he had faid nothing but what he was rea- ' dy to make good, and that his Words did fuf- * ficiently explain themfelves.* The calling on one of the influenced Wea- vers for his Tcftimony, occafioned a warm and interefting Debate. M". Malone^ one of the Council for the Petitioner, introduced it, by ob- jedting to hear them. He faid, ' That Mr. L^- /^«f/&^ had poifoned their Minds, and that Per- fons, in fuch Circumftancs, could give no Teftimony : For that fwearing they were not influenced, would only prove that their Minds were poifoncd :* To which Mr. Grattan added. That they could not be WitnefTes in this Cafe : In the firft Place, becaufe they were interefl:- ed ; and, fecondly, becaufe they were crimi- nal.' To this the Council for the fitting Member replied, * That the eightyrfix Weavers were no * more concerned in the Event of the Caufe, than ' any other Citizens oi Dublin ; that neither the ' Intereft nor the Right of the Witnefs could be *' affeded by the Determination of the Queftion, " whether they had, in one Infl:ance, been un- " der undue Influence ;'* which was now to be * examined, and none but themfelves could be ' proper Judges of the Motives on which they < aded.' The re eftablifliing the Votes of the eightyT^fix Weavers, was a Matter of too great Moment, to be flightly agreed to, and the Committee took the Confideration of it to themfelves j fo, opening the Bar, Mr. Harward declared himfelf, for ad- mitting ill' i^' let' Si, . '' I- \ I I t'i 'iW :i ' ( io8 ) mitling thefe Weavers to give Evidence for one another. He faid, * That the Houfe would be Judges, from their Behaviour, whether they were competent Witnefles ; that the Majority of the Citizens had been reprefented, by the Petitioner, as a Parcel of influenced or mad Men ; that the Accufation was now confined to fome Weavers, and others, whofe Names were known, and who, he beheved, were moll of them attending in or about the Houfe ; that he was himfelf very curious, and he be- lieved it would be Matter of Entertainment to other Gentlemen, to fee one of thefe influenced Perfons ; to fee what Appearances this Influ- ence had put on their Countenance, Behaviour and Language ; that it was not pretended that this Influence made them dangerous, or outra- geous ; and that he was defirous to fee under what Kind of Madnefs this fame Influence ought to be ranked.' Mr. Serjeant M— //replied, ' That the Queftion now before them was, " Whether the eighty-fix Weavers were inter efted in it ?'' that furelv no Man could be for denying this, who knows that the higheft Priviledge of the Subjedt, is his Right of voting in the Eledion of Mem- bers of Parliament ; that the Teftimony of 5 Freeman is not admitted in Law in any Cafe relating to his Corporation, for this Reafbn, becaufe he has an Intereft: and Property in that Corporation, by his Freedom of it, and how much lefs (hould he bear Teft:imony in a Cafe, in which his mofl: important Right, as a Free- man, is concerned ?' To this, Sir Thomas Prendergaji replied, * That Freemen of Corporations were always allowed or required to give Evidence in Cafes of Elec- tion.* ' ■ ' ' ' — •' Mr. ( 10^ ) . Mr. 'Tenifon, one of the Judges of Appeal, produced Inftances, where the Freemen of the Corporations of Carrickfergus and Clontnell were refufed to be admitted Evidences in fuch a Cafe as this i but Col. Archdall obferved, * That in « the Cafe of Carrie kfergus, it was not undue In- ' fluence, but the Qualification of the Votes, ' that was in Queftion •, and in the Affair before ' them, it was undue Influence, which the Wea- * vers were accufed of, and he thought the Peti* * tioner ought to produce one Man, at leaft, * whom he could prove to be under undue liw < fluence.* Mr. Stannardy the late Recorder, then flood up. He faid, * This was the firfl: Time he had * ever heard Influence complained of, and the * Petitioner declining to produce Infl:ances of « it ; that this Influence was not confined to the < Writings or Declaration, which the Weavers ' had figned ; for, in that Cafe, they ought not ' to be heard ; for it would, in that Cafe, be ' unneceflary to hear them, as to the Fad j and * the Houfe were the befl: Judges of the Crime * or Innocence of thefe Writings : But the Charge * of Influence was extended to the Addrefles, ' Speeches and Writings of the fitting Member, * which the Petitioner complained had influenc- * ed the Minds of the People : Now it might ' poflibly happen, that fome of thefe People had ' never read any of thofe Addreffes or Writings, ' nor heard thefe influencing Harangues i and, if * fo, they could not be influenced by them ; that * the Committee had examined fome of thefe * People already, in Behalf of the Petitioner, and * he could fee no Reafon why they fliould not do * the fame in Behalfof the fitting Member jthat ' to refufe to hear what thofe Perfons had to fay * for themfelves, would be going farther than ' what was intended ; for, as all the Voters for , :. • -the :1 \$ . I r it. * < c ( < ( ( c < < c c i c c < c < « <: <( on them for that Purpofe at their own Houfes ; ' that he was not eloquent, but that if he did ' them no Good, he wou'd certainly do them * no Hurt. ' Mr. Jofeph Ldtton did depofe to the fame Pqrpofe, ' And that the Alderman had * faid, that BMoqucnce was no Qualification for a ' Member of Parliament, but that he had a great < many Friends in the Houfe of Commons, and * that they might, without Danger, make a Trial ^ of him; for that — — .• could not poffibly ■ ' above a Seflion or two longer.' The Words I have fuppreffed, gave great Of- fence to the Houfe, and the Witnefe was ordered to withdraw ; Sir Richard Cox moved that, as this was no Part of the Bufmefs to which the Witne(s was called, the Quellion ought ^ot to have been put to him, and, therefore, this Part wf his Evidence ought not to be taken Notice of. |n which Opinion, the whole Houfe, even fome Qf , ^ ( 121) of the Minority, joined, fo tender were fome of the Charadtcr of the Petitioner, fo fearful were others of anticipating a Grief, which all honeft and loyal Subje^s muft one Day feel. When the 86 Weavers were thus cleared of the Objection made to their Votes, becaufe of their having figned certain Refolutions and Thanks, the Council for the fitting Member of- fered Evidence, in order to clear the Votes of thefe fame Weavers, and of others, againft the Objedtion made againft them, in the County Court, of undue Influence. ^ To this Purpofe, Mr. Thomas Green^ an emi-] nent Attorney, and who had been Clerk to Mr. Read^ during the Election, was produced. He depofed, ' that he attended at the Court, ' during the whole Time of Eledion, excepting * only about two Hours -, that when the Weavers « came to offer their Votes, the Agents for the * Aldermen did make Objedion to many of * them, as having ufed undue Influence to pro- « cure Votes for Mr, Latouche and Mr. Read ; * that many Perfons fo objected to, defired, they * might be told when, where, and witli whom, * they had made Ufe of this fame undue Influ- < ence ; but that the Agents refufed to give any ' Inftance of it, but faid, " they would hear of *' it in a proper Place •," that the Court would *• not receive the Objection ; that this Deponent ' had obferved to the Court, and defired them * to take Notice, that the Obje(^ion was for ma- * king Ufe of undue Influence, and not for be- * ing unduly influenced. * He was afl<:ed, whether he did not remember any one Voter being objedled to, for being un- der undue Influence ? He anfwered, * He could * not remembe'' one^ on the Side of the Alder- ' men, but that he, the Deponent, had made * fuch an Objedion in Behalf of the Merchants, • particularly s\ ( 122) * particularly againft Mr. Bradley *\ and told < the Court, that he objedled to that Gentleman's * Vote ; not as the Aldermen objedled, becaufe * he had made Ufe of undue Influence, but be- * caufe he was perfiiaded, and could prove, that * he, Mr. Bradley, was unduly influenced to vote * for the Aldermen.* On Crofs-Examination he owned, * he had * been at the Rofe, at the Meeting of the Free- * men, when Mr. Read was put up,' but denied, * there was any Subfcription propofed there for * Lucas, or that any other Refolution was come * into, ijut the Advertifements that were publifh- ' the next Day :* He faid, * that George * 'j waitfs. Brother in-law to the fitting Member, ^ was in the Chair at the Time they came to the * P.^roiution of fetting up Mr. Read \ that Mr. * Latouche was there fome Time that Evening, * but does not recolledt that he was there when * the Refolution was agreed to.' He was afked, whether he had wrote down, in the Poll Book at the Tholfel, the Objedions made to the Weav- ers and Carpenters } He faid, ' he had not, and * thought it needlefs fo to do, as the Sheriffs * would not receive them ; that he fpoke from * Memory.' He was then aflced, whether he, the Witnefs, would have voted for Lucas, in Cafe he had flood the Poll } To which he anfwered, * that he had never engaged his Vote to him, or ' any Body elfe, on this Eledion.* And, upon his being afked .die Queftion a fecond Time, there arofe a Ibort Debate, whether lie ought to anfwer that Queftion ? And, being withdrawn. Sir Thomas Preitdergafl faid, ' that the Commit- ' tee ought not to enter into any Enquiry into * the Votes for Lucas •, that they were making the • This Mr. Bradley was, at this Time, made King's Stationer, and Printer to the honourable Houfe of Com- mons. ' ' . ' Committee ( ^23) « Committee of Eledlions, a Court of InquiTition, * by requiring People to difcover, upon Oath, < their mod fecret Motives and Inclinations, and * making a Crime of their Thoughts.* Serjeant ^ifdal and Sir Richard Cox argued faintly on the other Side ; but the Chairman declaring, that the Witnefs's anfwering in the Affirmative was in fome Sort criminating himfelf, the Queftion was not infifted on, and Mr. Green was again called m. r-.T Being afked, whether Mr. Latouche was In the Guild Hall at the Time the Guild of Mer- chants voted a Gold Box to Lucas ? He anfwered, he believed he was. Whether Mr. Latouche had voted to make Lucas free } Anfwered, he be- lieved he had voted for his being free, but does not know whether he had voted for giving the Freedom in a Gold Box, or whether he (laid and was in the Hall when the Box was moved for. Whether he did not know of a Jundion between Lucas and Latouche ? Anfwered, he knew of no fuch Jundlion between them. What he be- lieved .'* Anfwered, that he did not know what to believe ; but, from the Evidences which he heard made before them, he did not believe they ever were joined in Sentiment or Intereft. He was then again qreftioned concerning the Objedions made at the Tholfel Court, to the Votes of the Carpenters and Weavers, and whe- ther it was objedted to them, that they had voted for Lucas in their Corporations ? Or that Lucas ^nd Latouche were joined.? Which he anfwered in the Negative. Whether any Objedion had been made at the Poll againft Mr. Latouche' s Writings, Ad- drefTes and Speeches ^ He anfwered, he never heard them mentioned in the Court. W^hether there had not been a Suit of Law by the Guild againft the Board of Aldermen, and whether Lucas' ^ f 124 ) Lucas's IntereiJ in that Corporation was not o^- ing to his having taken Part in that D ifpute ? To which he anfwered in the Affirmative, and added, that the Majority of the Guild of Merchants had been, for along Time, extremely diflatisfied with the Proceeding of the Board of Aldermen. He was afked further, whether the fitting Mem- ber had recommended, or fpeeched in Behalf of, Lucas ? He anfwered, never that he knew of. Sir Thomas Prendergaji hereupon obferved, * that it pla' ily appeared there had been two op- ' pofite Parties in the City, and that the Supp*^ ' iition of the fitting Member's having been . ' Conjunction with Lucas^ had no other Founda- * tion than that they were both of them fupported ' by the fame Party ; by the Merchants and o- ' thers, who were in Oppofition to the Board. * But this cou'd not well be accounted for, without * fuppofmg they had aded conjundly, and upon * the fame Principles and Defigns/ The Council for the Petitioner did then defire Leave to produce an Evidence, in Contradi(ftion to what the laft Witnefs had advanced, in Rela- tion to the Behaviour of the fitting Member in that memorable Affair of voting a Gold Box to lucaSy and, in order, to prove, that the fitting Member did not only vote, but made the Motion, for it. Upon which, in Behalf of the Petitioner, Mr. Edmund Huband was fworn and produced. This Gentleman keeps a Toy-Shop in DubliHy is reputed to be a Man of Subftance, and his Cha- racter, as to Honefty, hitherto unimpeached. He is of a fanguine Difpofition, warm in his Temper, ambitious of City Honours and Preferments, and, as fuch, a Favourer of the Board of Alder- men, who have the fole Di(pofal of them. He is reputed one of the bed Speakers, on their Side, in the Common-Council, of which he has been a Member thefe feveral Years, by the Favour and Election HH r 125 ) ElccSlion of the Aldermen. He was an Enemy to Lucas and Latouche., not only on a political Confideration, but from private Refcntment, as the former had feverely treated him in fome of his Writings, and as the latter had fucceeded him, (Mr. Huband) in the Office of Warden of the Guild, which Mr. Huband had been voted out of, about a Week before it would, in com- non Courfe, have ended. Under thefe Preju- dices, and with thefe Difpofitions, was he intro- duced on the Floor of the Committee of Privi- ledgesand Eledlions *. He depofed, ' that he was at the Guild Hall, * the 1 7th of July laft. That there was a great * Difpui;e there, whether the Candidates fliould * be heard before or after the Corporation went * through their accuftomed and necefTary Bufi- * ne(s. That there were a great Number of * Strangers in the Hall, and he, (the Deponent) * was for having the Hall cleared of them, and * that the Candidates might not be admitted to * fpeech until the Bufinefs was over, and then * whoever had Curiofity or Leifure might (lay to * hear them ; but that the Cry of the People, * efpecially of the Strangers, was fo great for * hearing the Candidates, that there was no rer * fifting ; and that the Mafter adjourned the Hall * for half an Hour. That, thereupon, Mr. Al- * derman Burton and Mr. Latouche made Speech- * es to the Corporation ; and, after them, Mr. * Lucas ftood up, and made long Invedtives a- * gainft the Aldermen, whom he called Tyrants, * I havs been the more particular in introducing this Gentleman to the Acquaintance of my Readers, that they may be the better enabled to judge of the Weight of his Evidence, which was in direft Contradidion to all that had been (aid by any of the Witnefles, produced by either the Petitioner, or the fitting Member; by any that preceded or followed this remarkable Teftimony. - ' - ... •-' and ,-.*. I r iii ( 126 ) and againft all Men in Power. That he fpared not even the Clergy, whom he called Black- guards, and faid, he hoped to fee the Day, when they wou'd be pulled from their unhal- lowed San6luaries, and dragged about the Streets. He faid, that Mr. Lucas had fpoke a great deal of the Fear of God, sind/uch like Stuffy and had faid, that no honell Man cou'd vote for an Alderman. » ,;j; 7 : /. ' That, after this Speeching was over, and they had proceeded on admitting Freemen, and on other Bufinefs, a Petition of Mr. Lucases was introduced, defiring to be admitted free. That there were great Numbers, who cried out, Allowedy and many, who cried out. Not allowed. That the Corporation divided upon it, and that the Petition was carried in the Affirmative, by a Majority of a few Votes, That when this was carried, there was a great Cry of, A Gold Boxt a Gold Bom. That the fitting Member, and his Brother-in-law, Mr. Thwaites, feconded that Motion. That the Cry was fo loud, and the Noife fo great, there was no diftinguifliing of Voices i but he could pofitively fwear, that both Mr. Latouche and Mr. Thwaites had called out for a Gold Box, and had voted for it.* So far, all is well. But now came on the Crofs-Examination, which did not exactly agree with the firft Depofition. He was afked, whether Mr. Latonchehad fpoke any Thing he thought im- proper •>* He anfwered, that Mr. Latouche had not been fo extravagant in his Difcourfes as Lucas had been; but that he had faid, that the Aldermen were Tyrants, and that any Man wou'd be per- jured, who fliould vote for them. To the QntC- tion, whether Lucas and Latouche were in Con- jundtion } he anfwered, that he always underftood that they were. Whether he had ever known that Lucas had ever aiked Votes for Latouche ? he and ( 117 ) he faid, No. Or that Latoucbe had afkcd Votes for Lucas f No. Did he ever hear that they had afked for one another } No. How could he then fay that they were joined ? Becaufe he beh'eved fo. Since the Noife was fo great, that he could not diftinguifh Voices, how could he fwear that Mr. Latoucbe had voted for the Gold Box } He could fee that, he faid, by the Motion of his Lips. At which Side of the Rooni did I ftand } faid Mr. Latouchcy (burfting with Indignation at an Evidence, fo contrary to what he knew was Fadt.) At the Right Hand of the Mafter, replied Mr. Huband, At the Right Han^ ! when 1 voted, you fay, for the Gold Box ! fays the fitting Mem- ber. I do not want to furprize you, Mr. //«- hand, but I would have you recoiled, becaufe I do defign to controvert your Evidence. To the Right Hand of the Mafter are the Windows of the Room, and the Chimney is to the Left. Was I near the Chimney, or near the Window, when yOu faw, by the Motion of my Lips, that I voted for the Gold Box ^ Near the Window, faid Mr. Huband, to the great Joy of the Majority of the Houfe, who, from the Confidence with which the Evidence had anfwered, were convinced of his Integrity, or, at leaft, that fo pofitive an Evi- dence could not be controverted. The Hearing of ibe Witneffes to re-eftablifh the Votes of the eighty-fix Weavers, had taken up a Day and a half-, and that of Mr. Green and of Mr. Huband, the Remainder of the TueJ^ day, when the Committee thought proper to ad- journ to the next Day, fVednefday, at which Time the fitting Member was allowed to pro- ceed in his Defence. Hi s Bufinefs was to prove, that he was not, at any Time of the Vacancy, in Conjunction with Lucas. It required no Pains to convince the World that he was not fo, during the firft Va- cancy, III -aw t 128 ) canqr,' and when Lucas and he were contending for the fame Seat j but to prove that they had adted feparately, even after the Death of Pear- fin, was not fo eafy a Matter, as it was demon- ftrable, they had been, each of them, fuppo'-tcd by the fame Intereft ; and that, what they had not done themfelvet, fomeof the Well- wilhers of either had done, that is, joined their Intereft with that of theWell-wilhers of the Candi- date, whom they would other wife have op- pofed, but upon a Suppofition, that this Coali- tion would ftrengthen the Intereft of their own Friend; the Difficulty of difapproving this Alle- gation of the Petitioner feemed to be the greater upon the fitting Member, becaufe the former had not produced one fingle Evidence of it, ex- cept only Mr. Huband'^y which wouM hav^e merited no Credit, had not the Committee re- folved to reft a great deal upon it. We fhall prefently fee what Judgment they muft in their own Minds have pafs'd over it. However, tho* it be at all Times difficult, often impracticable, andfeldom required todif- prove a Negative, yet certainly nothing cou*d ever be fo fully made out, as was before this Committee, the Reverfe of the Allegation, that LMcas and Latoucbe were joined Partners, and in Conjunction of Interefts, on this Election -, at leaft, if the Declarations of both of them, fepa- rately made, at a Time when it was undoubtedly their Intereft to have appeared united, can be of any Weight. The firft Evidence to this Point, was the Re- verend Doctor Roger Ford, an eminent Divine of the Church of England ; one reputed to have as high Notions of High-Church, and it's Hie- rachy, as may be confifttnt with the Character of a good Chriftian, and a zealous Whig, both which Characters the DoCtor does defervedly bear Re- Ivine lave [ie- ider )Oth ledly Ibear 4( «l <( <( C( ( 129 ) bear amongft all Parties. He depofed, ** that in July lad, that is to fay above two Months af- ter th:; fecond Vacancy, he had been with Mr. Lucas, and afked him, why he did not join with iVir. Latouche ? and that Lucas had re- plied, it is what I never can or will do, I am extremely diflatisfied with him for departing from the Principles of Liberty and Independ- ence with which he firft fet out.'* He was afked, whether he did not believe, that Lucas and the fitting Member were joined, fince the Time of that Converfation ? He replied, * that he believed not ; for that he never knew * that Mr. Latoucbe\ Friends were zealous for ' Mr. Lucas \ but he knew many of them, who * were zealous againft him.* He was afked, * Whether Lucas and the fitting Member had * not formerly been on good Terms ? He re- plied, ' there had been a great Intimacy between * them fome Years ago, when they were carrying * on a Corporation Law-fuit ; but that he ne- * ver heard, or believed, that they folicited ' Votes for each other ; that he had known ' Mr. Latouche for many Years, and he knew * him to be a thorough Friend to the Conjiitution * both in Church and State* Mr. Jofeph Litton was next called in, and de- pofed, * that he did not believe that Lucas and ' the fitting Member were joined;— that he * had himfelf prefled Mr. Lucas to join with * Mr. Latouche after the Death of Alderman * Pear fin ; but that Lucas had replied, he would * never hunt in Couples, and that he had heard * him feveral Times make the fame or like De- * clarations in the publick Halk.' The next Evidence was Mr. Henry Rainsford, Weaver, a Man of good Confideration in his Corporation. He depofed, ' That he was in * Company with feveral Freemen at the Drapi- I ' er's i it ^ff ( 130 ) cr'sHead in Francis-ftreety a long Time (incc the Death of Pear/on ; that both Lucas and Latouche were there ; that they did not fit near each other, nor feein to be particularly inti- mate; that the Copverfation was general \ — that the Deponent fat next to Mr. Latouche^ and they had fome private Difcourfe concern- ing Mr. Lucas \ and, from what Mr. Latouche hud faid, he judged he had no great Opinion of, or AfFedion tor, Mr. Lucas •, that he, the Deponent, knew very well that Lucas had uied Mr. Latouche and his Friends very un- kindly, before and fince the Death of Alder- man Pear/on ; that he heard Mr, latouche fcveral Times difapprove fome o^ Lucas* % Wri- tings and Behaviour ; that he had known the fitting Member feveral Years, and knew him to be a very zealous Whig ; that he, the Deponent, had fubfcribed the Thanks of the Corporation to Lucas, and to / >che^ bccaufe of their Endeavours to rcco.cx the Rights and Priviledges of the Citizens, from the Board of Aldermen > that the Weavers were, in a particular Manner, obliged to Mr. Latouche for the Services he had done that Body.' These Evidences, all three Men of Reputa- tion and Credit, would have been thought fuf- ficientto difapprove the Accufation brought a- gain t Mr. Latouche, of his having joined with Lucas : But that there might not the lead Pre- text remain of a Belief 10 what Mr. Huband had depofed, concerning Mr. Latouche* s voting for the Gold Box to Mr. Lucas, in the Guild of Merchants, Mr. Benjamin Litton, a Member of that Corporation, as well as of that of the Weavers, was produced in Behalf of the fitting Member. He depofed, * That he was prefent at the ' Hall, in which the Freedom was voted to . . . *Mr. Jll—i ( 1J> ) Mr. Lucas in a Gold Box ; that, upon that Mo- tion being made, there was a (Irange conFufcd Nuilc i tome crying out, I fecond that Mo* tion^ others, / fecond it, third it, fourth tt^ ^c. and that it was impofllble to diflinguifh who was for it, or againft it ; that Mr. Lj- toucbe was at the Left Hand of the Mafter, and near the Chimney, when the Box was moved for and carried ; that he had not heard him fay any Thing either for or againft it, and he be- lieved he did not fpeak at all in that Queftion s that there were two Queftions that Day in Re- lation to Mr. Lucas j the one for his Admiflion on any Terms, the other for prefenting him with a Gold Box •, that the firft was carried on a Divifion of the Houfe, but on the latter there was no Divifion ; that Mr. Huband was ap- pointed one of the Tellers on the firft: Que(^ tion i that he had told twent Votes (hort, on the Side of Mr. Lucas ; and that he was fp moved, and fo difturbed, and his Hand fhook fo much, when he told the Numbers on the Poll Paper, that he blotted it in feveral Places; that, upon his, the Deponent, looking over faid HiibaitcTs Shoulder, and perceiving his Mis- take, he made him count over again, and that it then appeared Mr. Lucas had a Majority of fifteen Votes ; whereas Mr. Huband had be* fore declared, that he was rejeded by a Ma- jority of five.* > V; t f '-- r V f He depofed further, ^ that he had known Mr. Latouche for many Years, and fiad ofteii heard him difapprove of Mr. Lucases Behaviour.' Being alked, whether this was before or fince the fecond Vacancy .? He depofed, ' it was after the * fecond i for that he, the Deponent, was in * England when Aldermafi Pearfon died ; and ' that it was aftei* his Return that he hear^ Mr. * Latouche fpeak very flightingly of Lucas ; that ■ —- I 2, ^"'^•' ! this '\ i i # •f w-« .. tf- s ( 132 ) « this Deponent had, in the Corporation of * Weavers, voted Thanks both to Lucas and La- * touche ; and his Reafon for fo doing was con- * fined to their Endeavours to recover the Rights * of the Citizens, which had been ufurped by * the Board of Aldermen j that he never heard * Mr. Latouche call the Aldermen, Tyrants j * but, on the contrary, had always heard him fay, * that they were good Men enough in private Life, * but thit he would oppofe his beft Friends, who ' ufurped the publick Rights of their Fellow- * Citizens ; that he had the Advantage of being * very intimate with the fitting Member ; that * he had often dined ?x his Houfe ; and that he, * Mr. Latouche^ had always toafted, after Din- * ner, his Majefty's Health, and never rofe until * he had drank The glorious Memory of King Wil- * LIAM.* Sir R d C-x then afked him, ' whether * or no, and by Virtue of his Oath, he did not * ufe to drink alfo, at Mr. Latouche'z Table, a * Healdi to Mr. Lucas ? * To which he fhortly replied, ' No v never that he rememoered.* It was obferved by fome of the Managers, that this Witnefs had faid nothing to the Jundion of Mr. Lucas and the fitting Member ; obferving^ with great Reafon, they might have joined, not- withftanding they might have an Averfion and Contempt for each other. And he was afked, whether he did not knojv of their being joined ? He faid, he did not know that they were. What he believed ? I have no Foundation for Belief, befiden what I have declared. I have a Right, Sir,, and do infift upon it, that you anfwer as to ^our Belief I do not form any Belief about it, replied the Evidence. "Not form a Belief! that is impofTible ; you muft form a Belief f and I do infifl: upon your declaring it, urged the Member, until Ml. Lj'fion, pulling his Hand from his Pock- et, 557 cc (( ( 133 ) rt, and holding it (hut to the Member, reph'ed, * Sir, I beg Pardon, but I cannot exprefs my i leaning and Belief better, than by afking you. Whether you believe that I have a Shilling or a Farthing in my Hand ?" The Boldncfs and good Senfe of this Reply, aftonifhed the Houfc, and filenced the importunate Queftioner, and Mr. Litton was ordered to withdraw. The Allegations of the Petitioner being thus difproved, at lead in the Opinion of the Friends of the fitting Member, what was now to be pro- ceeded upon was, to prove, ' that the Petitioner * had made Ufe of finifter and undue Influence * to procure Votes.' And firft, as to his Ha- rangues and Speeches, and the improper Argu- ments he had made Ufe of. To this, Mr. Jofepb Litton was again called ; he repeated what he had before given in Evi- dence, and which we have already related, to the no fmall Mortification of the Majority, who could not but admire the Refolution of the Man, who did dare to repeat the Words of Mr. Burton^ which had fo lately given fuch Offence, and for which he, the Witnefs, had fcarcely efcaped Cenfure ; if we may call that an Efcape, when the bare Opinion of one Man*s Loyalty and Prudence did outweigh the pofitive and fo- lemn Teftimony of an unblemifhed Evidence. Mr. Thomas Green was again called in, and depofed, ' that he had heard Mr. Burton (ay, ' at the Guild Hall, that, ^c. ^c. ^c." and re-! peated the very Words that Mr. Litton had twice done bv^forehim. But v.hether their Ears were now better ac- cuftomed to thofe Jhocking ff^ords^ or whether they apprehended the fitting Member would, if he found it grating to them, bring in more Evi- dence to this Point, they feemed to take no Nc« J 3 . . tige ^ ii, ( 134- ) tlce of them, when coming out of the Mouth of Green^ and afked him no Queftions. The next Charge ngainfl the Petitioner was; * for having made Ufe of Threats, £f?r. to pro- * cure Votes ;' and for this was produced, a Let- ter of Mr. Bathers* s^ Clerk to the Corporatic n of Sadlcrs, to Mr. Smith/on^ the Mafter, dated during the Time of the Poll ; in which Mr. Ba- thers tells him, * That the Books of the Corpo- * ration were before the Houfe of Commons, * and that he, Mr. Smithfotij had no other Way * to efcape Puniihment, for having voted Thanks * to Lucas and Latoiiche^ but by his voting for the * two Aldermen.* A Witnefs was produced, to prove the Hand-writing ; but it was faid, ' That * the Council muft firft prove that Mr. Bathers * was a known Agent for the Petitioner.' Upon which, Sir Samuel Cooke flood up, and faid, * Upon his Honour, (his ufual Oatli) that Mr. < Bathers was his Clerk, and not Mr. Burtotts,* Upon which, the Council for the fitting Mem- ber left that Matter for the next Day, and pro- ceeded, for the Remainder of that, with exa- mining other Witnefles, It may appear ftrange, that the fame Com- mittee, who had, for four or five Days, examin- ed Witnefles, touching the Behaviour of Lucas^ and his Friends, upon a Suppofition, that he and the fitting Member were in Conjundion, fhould now refufe to hear or enquire into the Behaviour of the Agent of the Perfon, who was profefledly in Conjundion with the Petitioner : For what it is to be in Conjundion, bcfides be- ing Agents one for the other, procuring one and the fame Intereft, and making Ufe of the fame Inftruments and Means, is what, I profefs, I do not underftand ; nor can I believe that the Words, Conjundlion and undue Influence, had ever any determined IdeaafiixecJ to them, in the Minds !!i!'!if. of as; ro- >et- icn itcd Ba^ po- 3ns, ( '35 ) Minds of thoie, who fo often made Ufe of them iij this whole Debate. Mr. John Clarke^ Tallow-Chandler, was pro- duced to give Evidence, as to the Attempt made on him, n'/t by the Agent, but by the Principal, by Mr. 5«r/o« himfelf ; he depofcd, ' that Mr. ' Buricn had called to him in his Brother's * Coach ; and that, upon Clarke's refufing his * Promife to vote for him, he, Mr. 'Burton^ had « told him, " That, if he would not vote for " him, he would ruin him and his Family, »* That he would take Care that none of the ^* Quality fhould deal with him ; and would *' have his Name pofted up in Capitals, that all " his Friends might avoid his Shop. That, up- •* on the Deponent's telling him he was engaged " to Mr. LatQuche^ the Alderman told him, he " ought to break his Promife, ay, or an Oath, »^ if he had given it rafhly." The Managers did not think proper to a!(k this Evidence any Queftions. Nothing of what he had depofed againft the Petitioner was thought .criminal, or to come under the Denomination of undue Influence, which feemed now to be con- fined to the Influence of Argument and Reafon ; the Manner of Mr. Biirtor Application was thought to be rather familiar tiian rude, humor- ous rather than ferious ; fo that the Citizens in the Gallery, and a very few of the Committee excepted, the Generality of the Audience, looked upon this Evidence of Mr. Clarke to blfe rather trifling than interefting. As the Letter, wrote by Mr. Bathers^ Clerk to Sir Saimel Cooke, was not fuflfered to be pro- duced, for want of Proof that he was Agent alfo to the Petitioner, it was thought neceflary to produce other Proof, befides the Lettei: itfelf, to fhew that he had adted as well for the Petitioner as for Sir Samuel, and, to this, Mr. Teoman Shi- I 4 clairey =ss ( 136 ) cJairCf one of Mr. Latouche*B Clerks and Agents, was, the next Morning, produced. Upon his going into the Evidence, Sir Samuel Cooke flood up, and called, to Order, Mr. Chairman, to Or^ der. This caufed an univerfal Silence and Sur- prize, as it was thought he was attacking not the Evidence or the Council of the fitting Member, but the Chairman himfelf. Sir Samuel foon re- lieved them, by faying, * Sir, I gave it Yeder- * day upon my Honour, that Mr. Bathers was *■ my Agent, and they are now going into Proof * againft what I averred on my Word and Ho- * nour.* But the Chairman foon relieved his Apprehenfions, by telling him, that the Queftion did not in the leaft afFed him ; for, though Mr. Bathers was undoubtedly his Agent, he might alfo have a6ted for Mr. Burton^ which pacified Sir Samuel, and Mr. Sinclaire was permitted to give his Evidence, which was no more than, that he had feen Mr. Bathers folicit Votes, and a(5t for the Petitioner, with the fame Afliduity as tor Sir Samuel Cooke. Upon which, Mr. SmithfoKy Mafler of the Corporation of Sadlers, was called to give Evidence with Relation to the Letter he had received from Bathers. The Letter was then produced, and he was afked, whether he knew that to be the Hand-writing of Bathers ? But this occafioned a Debate, touching the Validity of Sinclair s Tcftimony, and, it growing late, the further Confideration was deferred to the next Day. It was eafy to judge, from what had already pafs'd, how this Queltion, which fo nearly af- fected the Petitioner, would be carried. Had it gone againft him, and that the fitting Member had been fuffered to have gotie into Proof of the illegal Pradices made Ufe of, by the Agents for the Aldermen, there could have remained no Manner oi' Pretext of exe ading the fitting Member, SBBE ==3B ( »37 ) Member, for undue Influence, and of eftabliih- ing the Petitioner, who had ufed much worfc Means to procure Votes. There was not the Tenth-part of the Witnefles examined, on Be- half of the fitting Member, as had been fum- moned j among thofe who were fummoned, and who were not produced, there were fome Per- fons, refpedtable for their Cloth, who had made themfelves particularly remarked by their Solicit- ations in Favour of the Aldermen : As they fliewed great Uneafinefs at being examined, it left Room to fufpedl that they were afraid to ex- pofe the whole Truth, and to difcover by what Diredions they had adled ; and whether there had not been a Combination and Agreement a- mong them, by the Order and Authority of their A p, who, by the Law of the Com- mons, could not interfere, without an open Vio- lation of the Rights and Priviledges of the Hou(e : But all thefe, and all the Petitioner's Friends, were, the next Morning, relieved from their Per- plexities ; for no fooner was the Committee o- pened, than the Council for the fitting Member told them, that, as the Houfe feemed of Opinion not to admit any Evidence, before that the Per- fons complained of were proved to have been known Agents to the Petitioner, and that the Committe^'had thought it infufficient what had been offered to prdve Mr. Bathers to be fuch, they would refl: the Cafe of the fitting Member on what had been already offered. Upon this, Mr. Coivper, one of the Mailers in Chancery, pulled a Paper out of his Pocket, and moved, ' that it be refolved, that James ' Digges Latouche^ Efq-, is not duly eleded for ' the City of Dublin \ but upon the Chairman 's reminding him that it was not yet Time, and that the Council might, if they thought proper, each (late the Cafe of their Client, and that the fitting « ( 1^8 ) fitting Member ought alfo to be heard in bis Place, Dodlor Cowper put the Paper again in his Pocket. And now it became a Kind of Difpute between the Lawyers at the Bnr, who fliould firft (late their Ghent's Cafe : V\\^ Petitioner's Council in- filled to be heard the lift \ and the Council for the fitting Member inlifted, that the others ought to ftate their Caie before they, the fitting Mem- ber's Com :il, fhonld Hate theirs: The Truth is, that the Council for the Petitioner did not care to go into the Merits. It was not on that they re- lied ; they could fafely trufl what they had to fay to the Managers within Doors : Whereas the .Htting Member and his Friends had nothing to rely on, but the Merits ; and they expected, from his Council, a full and exadt Recapitulation of the Charge of the Evidence of his Juftiiication and Innocence. The Lawyers, whom he had employed, were Men of noted Elo- quence and Capacity ; and, it was reported, they had promifed to exert all their Talents on this Occafion. But this Promife, if any fjch there was, proved to have been only conditional, the Coun- cil for the fitting Member did, probably, expe(ft, that the oppofite Party would have endeavoured, by fpecious Reafonings and Bar Sophiflry, to puzzle the Cafe, and that their own Talents would have been more fliccefsfully employed, had they exerted them in unraveling fucli Rea- fonings; whereas, as nothing was now left them but to fum up Evidence, and to (late Fadls, they feemed to be difconcerted at the Facility of the Talk ; and, (notwithftandiiig they were told by Mr. Stannard^ that, fmce the Council for the Pe- titioner refufed to (peak to their Cafe, they rhould not be heard in Reply) they perfifled in theiy « < < < i ( c «■ ( '39 ) their Refufal to ftate the Cafe of the fitting Member. The Reader may eafily conceive in what a Situation muft have been the fitting Member, during this httle Interval: And when he found himfelf under a Neccflity of entering immedi- ately into his Defence, without any the lead Pre- paration, moved, however, with Indignation, at the Behaviour of thofe he had committed his Caufe to, he gave a forced Confent to the Silence of his Council, and, being called on by the Chairman, he made the following Speech. 'SIR, ' I AM called upon much fooner than I ex- pecfled. I was in Hopes that my Council would have prepared Matters for my De- fence, by ftating the Cafe, and bringing, in one View, the Subftance of what Evidence has been laid before you. I am unprepared for this Talk ; and fince they have thought proper to decline it, I muft rely on the Me- mory of my Judges, and on the Notes you have taken, as containing the bed Proofs of my Innocence, and of the Infufficieiicy of the Evidence produced by the Petitioner to make good his Complaint. So much Time has befides been already employed in this Enquiry, and I am fo loath to trefpafs more upon it, that I fhould conclude, in the ufual Manner, by fubmitting myfelf and my Caufe to the Ho- nour and Candour of this Committee : Had the Petitioner, Mr. Burlon, been fatisfied to have petitioned, in the ufual Way, by a Com- plaint of an unfair Eledtion and Return. But, Sir, his Petition is, properly, an Indidment • of high Crimes and Mifdemeanors ; Crimes, * which. f*^ i| ( I40 ) which, if I was even fufpej nor any Proof or Matter, on * which the word Jury could find for the worft '• J^^dge andfhould thefe, who fat in a Houfe ' of Commons, by a Confidence repofed in their * Integrity, and who are under the moft facrcd * Tye, to adhere to Truth and Juftice, deviate * more from Law and Juftice, than a Judge or ' Jury ? that what was even virtuous on other * Occafions, ought now to give Place, (to wit) ' private Friendfhip. * That he had before him an illuftrious <• * Inftanceof that true Spirit of Patriotifm, which 'jbftly diftinguifhes between the Attachment < of' priva'ie Friendfhip, and that fuperior Duty * v/e owe our Country, in the Diftribution of im- * partial, of uninfluenced Juftice. ' • ' As to the perfonal Charge, againft the fit- * ting Member, and which affedls his Fortune^ * his more than Life, his Character, his fuppofed « former Junction, with one, fince declared an * Enemy to his Country, as it did not relate to * the Petitioner's Ele(?tion, fo, had there been * Room for fuch Enquiry, it ought to have been * Meaning probably Eatoa Stamardy late Recorder of Dublin, K * brought Wfk\ brought in a more folemn Manner, before Par- liament. That, in his Apprehenfion, Attacks of this Kind, are no trifling Matters ; that, in inferior Courts, an Attack upon Charadter cxpofes the Accufer, if the Profecution be found malicious, to an A(5lion> with Cofts and Dama- ges. That, from that noble Spirit which pre- vails thro' our whole Conftitution, and for the Benefit arifing from good Policy, People of happier Climates difpenle with fuperior Be- nefits of Nature* Thai what makes England fo glorious and fo much the Envy of other Na- tions, was the Safety and Security of Individuals, who were not fubjed to the Caprice of Power, but that every Man, who fufFers, is fuppofed to have acted againfl Convidion, and to have tranfgreffed fome known Law. That extraop- dinary Cafes, indeed, have fometimes required th^%iterpofition of the Legiflature, but, that there were but few fuch Inflances, and thofc juftified by publick Good. ' That when he refleded on the Confequen- ces of fuch a Precedent as was before him, he was touched to the Quick, that Self, called up- on him ; for what Security could he, or any Man have, againil the Attacks of Power and Malice ? That to our Prince we owed our Loy- alty, which could never be better expreffed, than by a pious Regard for the Liberties and Properties of his Subjeds, that from him they ought to take the great Example of blending Mercy with juftice. That the Commons were accountable to the Sovereign, for the Preferva- tion of his People, and were accountable to God, for the juft Difcharge of the Truft re- pofed in them, by the People; and that he could not, for thefe Reafons, agree with the Refolu- tions now before them.* He He ( 147 i , He was fupported by many others. Mr. Coo/f, Mr. Dighy, arid Mr. Stannard^ declared, ' that they had all of them voted for the Petiti- * oner at the Tholfel\ the firft added, he was his ' Friend and his Relation, but that it was one * Thing to give a Vote, and another to give * Judgment ; that there was nothing proved a- * gainil the fitting Member, which in any Re- * fpc6t affeded his Character ; but tliat, on the ' contrary, it was furprizing how he had kept ' himfelf fo clear of any Sort of Connexion. « Mr. Harward faid, " that the Petition *' was falfe, fcandalous and malicioiis." Upon * which, there was a loud Cry, to Order ; but he ' faid, he knew the Orders of the Houfe as well * as mod other Gentlemen -, and he infifted, it * was not contrary to Order to fpeak Truth, * and that nothing was fo true, as that the Fadts, ' alledged in the Petition, were, what he had * fpoke them to be.' Mr. Cowley, Mr. Rowley ^ and Sir Thoma' Prendergaft, did alfo diftinguifli themfelves ; but I am not able to fet down their Arguments, greater Part of the Notes taken by a Friend in the Gallery having mifcarry'd, which I am the more concerned for, as I may be thought guilty of Partiality, in not giving the Siibtlance of what was faid in Favour of the Peti- tion ; but lean with Truth and Sincerity declare, that I did not hear any one Argument offered in Behalf of the Petition, excepting only that Mr. Serjeant T / infifted ft rongly on the fitting Member having availed himfelf of J[.«c^j's Popu- larity -and that Sir R d C—x argued from the Benefit it would be to the fitting Mem- ber to be excluded, that he might have the Tinhe to follow his moft ufefiil Profeflion of a Merchant. I SHALL, probably, fome Day or other, make my Readers fome Amends for this Chafm, when 1 come to the Debate in the tloufe, on the fpe- K 2 cial % I \ i ( Hi ) clal Report, which was not made to the Houfc 'till the 1 8th o( December. But it is here to be noted, that after a long Debate in the Committee it was carried, ^* Thkt James Digges Latouche, Efq; is not ' duly eledted, and returned a Citizen to ferve « the City of Dublin, in the prefent Parliament, ' on aDivifion, : >• , ■/-: ATES ii6 ': ^ , NOES 52 And as it grew late, the Minority declined enter- ing into any Argument concerning the next Quef- tion, referving to debate on it, in the Houfe, fo it was carried without Oppofition, « * That Charles Burton, Efq; is duly ele6Vcd * a Citizen, to ferve the City of Dublin^ in this • prefent Parliament.' It will hardly be believed what Artifices were tifed to avoid the fpecial Report, which the fit- ting Member had dcfired, which was infifted on, in the Debate, by all his Friends, and which was at length promifed by the Chairman. It was gi- t^en out that the Majority would, if fuch a Report came into the Houfe, call Mr. Latouche as a Cri- minal before them, becaufe of his Writings, and other Matters, which they faid, fhould be proved againfthim; but, what thofe Matters were, were hot faid. Some of his Friends were intimidated, and advifed him to let the Report drop, but he was of a different Opinion, and unwilling to lofe any Part of that Reputation he had acquired by his Steadinefs and Refolution, he refolved to run any Hazard, rather than that the Monument of his Innocence fhould not remain on Record, a- gainft his Perfecutors. Or, perhaps, he might imagine, that the Time it would neceflarily take, to draw up this Report, would have given Op- portunity for Refle(^ion and Repentance. That * - the ■■^^Pt- ( H9 ) the Report itfelf would have afforded a ftrong Ar- gument to Ibme of the Majority for altering their Opinion. On the 1 8th of Becemher^ this famous Report was brought into the Houfe, and, that the Minds of the Majority might be prepared for it's Re- ception, and all Apprehenfions of Danger from Lucas's Fadion revived, a Complaint was, that very Morning made to the Houfe, " of a *' fcandalous and malicious anonymous Letter, ** (diredted to Sir Richard Cox, Bart, a Member *' of the Houfe,) highly refledting on the Pro- *' ccedings of the Houfe, which Letter was read ** at the Table, and is as follows :'* Sir, Dublin, December nth, 1749. ITOUR mcji extraordinary and unprecedented Pro- ceedings in the Houfe of Commons, in Relation to Mr. Latouche, is looked upon to be fuch a Vio- lation of the Rights and Priviledges of a brave and loyal People, who inlabit this City, as not to be bore with; and as you are confidered as the principal Agent in that Affair, and the Head of the Fa^ion, there is a deep Scheme laid to take away your Life ; tho' I cannot help thinking it very juflifiable, to cut off fuch a wicked Member of Society, however, I eould not be eafy, without informing you thereof; and you have no other JVay to efcape, but immediate- ly to leave Town in the moji private Manner you poffibly can. I AM, A Citizen. P. S. // is not impoffible butfome more of your in- fernal Majority, may meet with the fame Fate.— — Is thre a M n and two S- — ts in the Houfe ? Ordered, that James Seagrave, Joiner, who delivered the Letter, do attend this Houfe, on the Morrow Morning, at Ten o'Clock ; this was K 3 next f « pext Day referred to a Committee, and nothing jiiore has been fince heard of it. The fpecial Report was then read, which took pp about three Hours in the reading, and after fome Debates, the Refolutions of the Committee were agreed to j That James Dirges Latouche is not duly clcded a Citizen to ferye in this prefent Parlia- ment for the City of Z)«M'«. ATES 112 1)10 ES 59 That Charles Burton, Efq; is duly clewed a Citizen to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the City of D«^//». • ' " JTES 113 , - . V - * ]S10ES 51 A N -5^' ( i5« ) A I^ Alphabetical List O F T H E House 0/ COMMONS I N •' ■:' IRELAND. Those marked (i) voted thatthe Weavers fhould be admitted to give Teftimony one for the other. Those marked (a) voted in the Negative. Those marked (2) voted in the Committee, that James Bigges Latoucbe, Efq; was duly eleded. Those marked (I?) voted in the Negative. Those marked (3) voted in the Houfc againfl the Refolution of the Committee. Those marked (c) voted for agreeing with the Committee. Those marked (n) did not divide in the Queftion. The abfent Members are marked by Capitals, E, in England, C.—^t -Country, T.-r—Town, .S.— • Sick, D. Doubtful. A. a b f QIR Archibald Achefon, Bart. Univerfity of i3 Dublin. n Nicholas Archdall, Efq; County of Fermanagh. 125 Jams Jger, Efq; Borough of Gowran. , n Nicholas Aylward, Efq;Bor. of Thomas Town. 2 3 Jofeph JJhiy Efq; Bor. of Trim. 123 William Jnneflty, Efq; Bor. of Middleton. D Richard Aldworth, Efqj Bor. of Lifinorc. K4 PHILIP I li aie; ( >5a ) m a b a b I 2 • b b b b a B. h ( "QHILIP Bragg, Efq; Borough of Armagh. h c ^ Robert Burton, Efq; County of Catherlough. b c Sir Richard Butler, Bart. Coun. of Catherlough. b Hon. Thomas Butler, Efq; Bor. of Belturbet. b c Hon. Robert Butler, Efq; Bor. of Belturbet. . C Samuel BJndon, Efq; Bor. of Ennis. 1 e David Bindon, Efq; Bor. of Ennis. b Rt. Hon. He))ry Boyle, Efq; Speaker of the Hon. Houfe of Commons, Coun. of Corke. C Stephen Bernard, Efq; Town of Bandon Bridge. b e Bellingham Boyle, Efq; Town of Bandon Bridge. E Francis Bernard, Efq; Bor. of Cloghnikelty. b c Edward Barry, Efq; Bor. of Charlevilie. b c Hon. Edward Brabazon, Efq; Coun. of Dublin. 2 3 Ednvard Bolton, E',fqi Bor. of Swords. b c Hon. John ButJer, Efq; Bor. of Newcaftle. ?' Henry Brooke, Efq; Coun. of Fermanagh. e Hon. Thomas Bermingham, Efq; Coun. of Galway. b c Robert Blakeney, Efq; Townof Athunry 7* John Bingham, Efq; Bor. ofTuam. c John BlenerhaiTet, Efq; Bor. of Tralee. c Arthur BlenerhaiTet, Efq; Bor. of Tralee. 3 Sir Kildare Dixon Borronx^es, Bart. Coun. of Kildar«. c John Bourke, Efij; Bor. of Naas. ... . c Thomas Burgh, Efq; Bor. of Naas. John Blundel, Efq; City of Kilkenny. c Benjamin Burton, Efq; Bo.r. of Knoctopher . c Thomas Burgh, Efq; Bor. of Lanefborough. William Blakeny, Efq; Bor. of Kilmallock. S Henry Bellingham, Efq; Coun. of Louth, o Sir John Binghatny Bart. Coun. of Mayo, f John Bro'A'ne, Efq; Bor. ofCaftlebar. c Hon. Thomas Bligh, Efq; Bor. of Athboy. e William Blair, Efq; Bor. of Monaghan. c John Barrington, Efq; Bor. of Ballynakill. C Jonah Barrington, Efq; Bor. of BalLynakill. C Samuel Barker, Efq; City of Waferford. c Richard Boyle, Efq; Bor. of Dungarven. Redmond Barry, Efq; Bor. ofTallagh. , r William Briftow, Efq; Bor. of Lifmorc. c Anthony Brabazon, Efq; Coun. of Wickiow- a a I ft I I I 2 b b b a a I 2 iE c. Dlf^JRD Gary, Efq; Coun. of Londonderry. Robert Colvil. Hugh I X 1 ( '53 ) m b c Hugh Crofton, Efq; Coun. of Leitrim; E Hon. Henry Conway, Efq; Coun. of Antrirfl, H Robert Cope, Efq; Coun. of Armagh. E Hon. John Cauifield, Efq; Bor. of Charlemouftt.' n b c Thomas Carter, jun. Efq; Bor. of Old Leighlin. 2 3 Charles Coote, Efq; Coun. of Cavan. Z) Courthope Clayton, Efq; Town of Mallow. ^ b f Sir Richard Cox, Bart. Bor. of Cloghnikelty. E Rt. Hon. William Connolly, Efq; Bor. of Bally- fliannon. E Rt. Hon. Henry Conyngham, Efqj Bor. of K»lly* beggs. u b t Abraham Creichton, Efq; Bor. of LifFord. - . 5 Rt. Hon. Thomas Carter, Efq; Bor. of Hillibo- rough. a b c William Cooper, Efq; Bor. of HilKborough. a b f Sir Samuel Cooke, Bart. City of Dublin. I o I John Cohy Efq; Bor. of Inniflcillen. A b <: Sir Maurice Crolbie, Knt. Coun. of Kerry, ,. 7" William Crofbie, Efq; Bor. of Ardfert. C David Chaigneau, Efq; Bor. of Gowran. C Henry Cary, Efq; Bor. of Colerain. 123 Edmund Leflie Carry, Efq; Bor. of Newtown-Luni- vady. C James Cuflfe, Efq; County of Mayo. a h c Nathaniel Clements, Efq, Bor. of Duleek. 123 Thomas CooUy^ Efq; Bor. ot Duleek. r St. George Caulfield, Efq; Bor. ot Tullk, 123 Jojhua Coopery Efq; Coun. of Sligo. I 2 3 miliam Carry Efq; City of Calhel. John Cleare, Efq; Bor. of Feathard, I 2 3 Shaplani Careiv, Efq; City of Waterford. E Rt. Hon. Walter Cary, Efq; Bor. or City of Clcgher. a b c John Colthurft, Efq; Bor. of Tallagh. a b c Caefar Cole lough, Efq; Coun. of Wexford. D. m b c Ty T* Hon. Sir Compton Domville, Bart. Coun. Xv of Dublin. a b c Arthur Dobbs, Efq; Coun. and Town of Carrick- fergus. I 2 3 5/> A/a/z^fow 2)fflK^j Bart. City of Cork. , . ;. n b t James Daly, Efq; Bor. of Athunry. I ; 3 John Digbyt Efq; Bor. of Kildare. Robert ( 154 ) b c Robert Downes, Efq; Bor. of Kildare. E Rt, Hon. William Lord Duncannon, Conn, of Kilkenny. 2 3 Richard Danxj/on, Efq; Bor. of St. Kcny's, alias Irifli- town. b e Edward Deane, Efq; Bor. of Enniftcage. 2 3 Thomas Da'wfoitt Efq; Coun! of Monaghan. C William Henry Dawfon, Efq; Bor. of Portarlinj- ton. b e Nchemiah Donnellan, Efq; Coun. of Tipperary. b c Robert Doyne, Efqj Town of Wexford. b c Philip Doyne, Efq, Bor. of Feathard. E James Lennox Dutton, Efq; Coun, of Meath. a b c Michael O'Bryen Dilkes, Efq; Bor. of Caftlemar- E. THOMAS Evans, Efq; Bor. of CafHemartyr. John Eyre, Efq; Town of Galway. 123 Richard Edgenvorth, Efqi Bor. of Longford. C Henry Edgeworth, Efq; Bor, of St. Johnflown. 123 George Evans, Efq; Queen's County. 3 Charles Exhlin, Efq; Bor. of Dungannon. £ Eyre Evans, Efq; Coun, of Limerick. I a a m i A a a a a m a a b I 2 a h a b a b o o a h a b O 2 Z b ^ Q I R John Freke, Bart. Bor. of Baltimore. c i3 John FoUiot, Efq; Bor. of Donegal. 3 William Forward, Efq; Bor. of Johnftown, E Robert Fitzgerald, Efq; Bor. of Din^le-Icouch. c Sir William Fownes, Bart. Bor. of Dmgle-Icouch. c Warden Flood, Efq; Bor. of Callen. c John FoUiot, Efq; Bbf. of Granard. C William Henry Fortefcue, Efq; Coun. of Louth. T Thomas Fortefcue, Bor. of Dundalk. 3 /Inthony Forjier, Bor. of Dunleer. C Chichefler Fortefcue, Efq; Bor, of Trim. c John French, Efq; Coun. of Rofcommon. c Arthur French, Efq; Bor. of Boyl^. 3 Rt. Hon. George Lord Forbesy Manor of MuUin- gar. 3 Hon. John Fitz Maurice^ Efq; County of Kerry. c Daniel Faulkiner, Efqj Bor. of Baltingla;. SIR ( "55 ) a a a a a a o. h f Q I R Ralph Gore St. George, Bart. County of O Donegal. T Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Gore, Bart. Bor. of Done- gal. Henry Gore, Efq; Bor. of Killybeggs. 3 John Graham, Efq; Coun. and Town of Droghe> da. b c John Graydon, Efq; Bor. of Harriftown. b Ralph Gore, Efq; City of Kilkenny. b c Rt. Hon. Luk^ Gardiner, Efq; Bor. of Thomts- town. b c William Gore, Efq; Coun. of Leitrim. b c John Gore, Efq; Bor. of Jameftown. b c Arthur Gore, Efq; County of Longford. b c Frederick Gore, Efq; Bor. of Tullk. • c Richard Gorges, Efq: Bor. of Augher. b € Charles Gardiner, Efq; Bor. of Taghmon. H. ■ b e TAMES Hamilton, Efq; Bor. of Catherlough, b c J Roberi Hickman, Efq; Coun, of Clare. C Arthur Hyde, EOy Coun. of Cork. 2 3 IVilliam Harnuardy tfqj Bor. of Doneraile. E Hon. George Hamilton, EC^; Bor. of St. Johnt- town. E Hon. Arthur Hill, Efq; County of Down. 2 3 Alexander Hamilton^ Efq; Bor. of Killyleagh. o o Edward Herbert, Efq; Bor. of Ennifteage. E Henry Hamilton, Efq; City of Londonderry. E John Hamilton, Efq; Bor. of Dundalk. 2 3 Charles Hamilton, Efq; Bor. of Ratoath. E Hon. Charles Haniilton Efq; Bor. of Strabane, C William Hamilton, Efq; Bor. of Strabane. C Guftavus Handcock, Efq; Bor. of Athloue. b c Nicholas Loftus Hume, Efq; Bor. of Bannovr. Walter Hore, Efq; Bor. of Taghmon. Richard Hull, Efq; Bor. of Carysfort. J. •ON. Robert Jocelyn, Efq; Bor. of Old Leigh- • h TJ< JLl lin. Anthony Jephfon, Efq; Town of Mallo. f b c Thomas Jackfon, Efqj Bor. of Coleraine. BaptiJI i- W i ( i5<; ) Bap^i/} Johnfton, cSi\\ Bor. of Monaghan. Maitnew Jacob, Efq; Bor, of Fcathard. ■ TX'^. K, '^IT^HOMAS Knox, Efij; Bor. of Dungaiinon. * 3 . C X Andrew Knox, Efq; Coun. of Donegal. b e Maurice Keating, Efq; Coun. of Kildare. € Gilbert King, Efq; Bor, of Jamcftown. C Edward KnatchbuU, Efq; Bor. of Armagh. S Edward King, Elq; Bor. of Boyle. a I JOHN f.yfaght, Efq; Bor. of Charlcville. * 3 Jo^epii Leefon, Efq; Bor. of Rathcormuck. . 3 Francis Leighy Efq; Coun. and Town of Droghc- da, 7" Henry Lyons, Efq; King's County. b c Henry L'Eftrange, Efq; Bor. of Banagher. E Peter LuiUow, Efq; Coun. of Meath. ^ • .^ 3 Gorges Loiuthtvy Efq; Bor. of Ratoath. C Galbraith Lowry, Efq; Coun. of Tyrone. C Charles Lambert, Efq; Bor. of Kilbeggnn. n Quftavus Lambr'\ Efq; Bor. o^ Kilbeggin. h c Nicholas Loftub, :'q; Coun. of Wexford. b c Thomas Le Huntc, Efq; Town of Wexford, b ( John Leigh. Elq; Town of New Rofs. b c Henry J-^Htus, Efq; Bor. of Bannow. 2 ^ TJbomas Loftus, Elq; Bor. of Clomines. ■, . M. ■■ , ROBERT Maxwell, Efq; Bor. of Lilburnc George Macartney, Efq; Bor. of Beifaft. I 2 3 William Macartney., Efq; Bor, of Beifaft. 3 John More, Efq; Bor, of Charlemount. o 2 I, John Maxwell, Efq; Coun, of Cavan, E John Magil, Efq; Bor. of Rathcprmuck, T Thomas Montgomery, Elq; Bor. of Lifford. T Achefon Moore, Efq; Bor. of Bangor. a b f Sir Robert Maude. Bart. Bor. of Bangor. Hon. Byffe Molefworth, Efq; Bor. of Swords. a b e Edmund Malone, Efq; Bor. of Ardfert. a b ( Marcus Anthony Morgan, Efq; Bor. of Atby. M b c Harvy Morres, Efq; Bor. of St. Keny's, alias Irilli- .;-»;' lown. lion. Wilji^ip Miolefworth, Efq; Bor. of Phi.lips- ;/ i town, -^'^ Richard a I I 4 "9 •s he- \ nili- ips- I a m I a I « a a m. a I I 2 h b b 2 2 2 2 ( 157 ) M Richard Maunfell, Efq; City of Limerict, ^ * ' T James Macartney, Elq} Bor. of Granard. , • ' c Anthony Murlay, Efq; Bor. of Lanefborough. c John Macarell, Efq; Bor. ofCariinj»for«J. . . Henry Michcll, Efqj Bor. of C'llUebar. » 3 Jlexattder Montgomery, Efq; Coun. of Monaghan. c Thomas Mahon, lifq; Bor. of Rofcommoii. c Stephen Moore, Efq; Coun. of Tipperary. 4 c Robert Marfliall, Efq; Bur. of Clonmell. c Aland Mafon, Efq; Coun. of Watcrford. " c Anthony Malone, Efq; Coun. of WellmcaUi. c Richard Malone, Efq; Bor. of Fore. i c Francis Macartney, Efq; Uor. of Blcflington. i •> N. C T^HOMASNefbit, Efq; Bor. of Cavan. E \ Robert Needham, Efq; Bor. of Ncv/ry, c Alexander Nelbit, Efqj Bar. of Ncwton-Lima- vady. T Sir Arthur Newcomen, Bart. Coun. of Long- ford. ■;.-'- e Thomas Newcomen, Efq; Bor. of St. Johns- town. William Napei, Efqi Bor. of Athboy, 3 V^H HIP O liter, Efq; Bor. r>f Kilmallock c X Francis Oimlhy, Efq; Bor. of Clico. Charles O'Neil, Efq; Bor. of Randalftown. c Sir Edward O'Brien, Bart. Coun. of Clare. T Hon. James O'Brien, Efq; Town of Youghal. P. r /CROMWELL Price, Efq; Bor. of Downpa- V^* trick. c Rt. Hon. John Ponfonby, Efq; Bor. of I*^w- town. . . *.' 1 c Emanuel Pigott, Edy, City of Cork, c Richard Ponfonby, Efq; Town of Kingfale. c Hon. Richard Ponfonby, Efq; Bor. of Kno :ft- don- Go- alia3 trim. own- ck., IgtOB. derfoti i ( '59 ) 123 Anoirftniaundtrt^ Efcji Uor. of Ennifcorth/. . A ^ r JamcLS Stopford, Efq^ Bor. of Feat hard. tt b t Joi.p Sio-adford, Efqj Bor. of Baltinglas. I 2 3 iVilltam Stnvard, Efq; Coun. of Tyrone. m 6 c Hon, Tihomas Southwell, Efq; Bor. of Ennifcor- thy. George Si. George, Efq; Bor. of Athlone. T. I 2 T^r. Hon . fames 7ynte, Efq; Town ofYoughat. f^ Richai d Fonfon, Efq> Bor, of Baltimore 't,i € Philip Tifda) , Efq; Univerfity of Dublin. « ^ <• Frrderick Tr< >nch, Efq; Coun. of Galway. ^ h ^Kichard Trent h, Efq; Bor. of Banagher. a b f'd'vard Taylor, Efq; Bor. of Afkeyton. m b t 'I?'"a8 Tenifon . Efq; Bor. of Dunlcer. 3 3 Sir rimi Baylor, Bart. Bor. of Kells. I 2 3 Thomas Tlor, Efqj Bor. of Kells. U Charles 1 tenham, Efq> Town of New Roft. T William Tighe^fu; Bor. of Clomines. C Thomas Theaker, ' ..• Bor. of Wicklow. m b c Stephen Trotter, Efq;' of Carysfort. V. U. ' m b t QIR John Denny Vcfey, Bart. Bor. of Newtow«. E O Arthur Upton, Efq; County and Town ofCar- rickfergus. */ William Vcky, Efq; Bor. of Tuan,. M b c Agmondifliam Vefcy, Efq; Bor. of Harrlftown. Richard Vincent, Efq; Bor. or City of Clogher. m b e Beverly Ulher, Efq; Coun. of Water ford. T Charles Uflier, Efq; Bor. of Bleffrngton. W. a b e "O T. Hon. Edward Wefton, Efq; Bor. ofCavan. E IX Rt. Hon. Edward Walpole, Efq; Bor. of BaJ- lyihannon. I 2 Bernard Ward, Efq; Coun. of Down. E Walter Weldon, Efqj Bor. of Athy. a b c Patrick Wemys, Efq; Coun. of Kilkenny, Henry Wemys, Efq; Bor. ofCallen. 41 b c Boleyn Whitney, Efq; Bor. of Philipftown. m b c John Minchin Walcott, Efq; Bor. ofAfkeyton. E Richard Warburton, Efq; Queen's County. C William Wall, Efq; Bor. of Maryborough. Warner 1^. I. (i6o) E Warner Wcftcnra, Efq; Bor. of M:iryb(iiroT.c;h. t t 3 OivM Wynne, Jun. Efq; Coun. ofblip,',o. I 1 1 Otjoen Wynne, Efq* Bor. of Sligo. • I z \ Rich^dChatel Whaley, Efq-, Ovrip ot Vy^-klow. i James Whitlhead, Efq; Bor. ofWickl^'W. Sir Richard Wolfdy, Bart. 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