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Historic Doubts On The Birth-Place Of Celebrated Men;
hitherto pleasod-the Almighty to grant him in the service of his king and country . " ANNE MORNINGTON . " To Mr . James Cuthbertson , Seaton Mains , by Tranent . " Having noticed the different statements put forth with reference to a factnecessarilintervoven with the biographof
, y y Britain ' s most celebrated military chief , we will now take a review of the evidence of the case , and see on winch side it preponderates . As regards the testimony said to have been given on the Petition against the Honourable Arthur Wesley ' s return for Trim , we have examined the history and proceedings of the Irish Parliament for 1790 and 1791 , and find that a
petition was presented on the 21 st of January , 1791 , against the return for Trim ; but that was a general petition against both the sitting members ; we find , however , that the select committee , appointed to try the merits of the petition , reported , " That the Eight Honourable John Pomeroy and the Honourable Arthur Wesley icere duly elected representatives for the borough of Trim . " On the other hand , we do not find any report of the evidence given before the committee ; but from the absence thereof , we by no means intend to infer ,
that testimony such as that alleged to have been given by the witness Daly , was not adduced by the agents of the Honourable Arthur Wesley ; but we do maintain that such testimony , if ever given , cannot be received as conclusive proof that the late duke was bom at Dangan Castle . We fully admit that the Irish House of Commons had
amongst its members some of the most honest and independent , as well as eloquent and patriotic men , which probably any nation ever produced ; for the names of Grattan , Burke , Yelverton , Bush , Curran , Egan , Flood , Burgh , Penefather , Moore , Plunket , and Saurin , would not suffer in the comparison with those of the most celebrated orators and patriots of
, ancient Greece and Rome ; but it will be candidly admitted , after a dispassionate review of the history and proceedings of the Irish House of Commons , that the parliamentary elections on that side the Channel were as truly charged with corruption as are too frequently those of a still more distinguished legislative chamber nearer to our own doors . A reference
to the Parliamentary Proceedings of the Session 1790 and 1791 , shows that numerous petitions were presented against the return of several of the most independent members of the Commons of Ireland , and amongst those unseated during that session were the following : — " The
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Historic Doubts On The Birth-Place Of Celebrated Men;
hitherto pleasod-the Almighty to grant him in the service of his king and country . " ANNE MORNINGTON . " To Mr . James Cuthbertson , Seaton Mains , by Tranent . " Having noticed the different statements put forth with reference to a factnecessarilintervoven with the biographof
, y y Britain ' s most celebrated military chief , we will now take a review of the evidence of the case , and see on winch side it preponderates . As regards the testimony said to have been given on the Petition against the Honourable Arthur Wesley ' s return for Trim , we have examined the history and proceedings of the Irish Parliament for 1790 and 1791 , and find that a
petition was presented on the 21 st of January , 1791 , against the return for Trim ; but that was a general petition against both the sitting members ; we find , however , that the select committee , appointed to try the merits of the petition , reported , " That the Eight Honourable John Pomeroy and the Honourable Arthur Wesley icere duly elected representatives for the borough of Trim . " On the other hand , we do not find any report of the evidence given before the committee ; but from the absence thereof , we by no means intend to infer ,
that testimony such as that alleged to have been given by the witness Daly , was not adduced by the agents of the Honourable Arthur Wesley ; but we do maintain that such testimony , if ever given , cannot be received as conclusive proof that the late duke was bom at Dangan Castle . We fully admit that the Irish House of Commons had
amongst its members some of the most honest and independent , as well as eloquent and patriotic men , which probably any nation ever produced ; for the names of Grattan , Burke , Yelverton , Bush , Curran , Egan , Flood , Burgh , Penefather , Moore , Plunket , and Saurin , would not suffer in the comparison with those of the most celebrated orators and patriots of
, ancient Greece and Rome ; but it will be candidly admitted , after a dispassionate review of the history and proceedings of the Irish House of Commons , that the parliamentary elections on that side the Channel were as truly charged with corruption as are too frequently those of a still more distinguished legislative chamber nearer to our own doors . A reference
to the Parliamentary Proceedings of the Session 1790 and 1791 , shows that numerous petitions were presented against the return of several of the most independent members of the Commons of Ireland , and amongst those unseated during that session were the following : — " The