# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
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and in consequence thereof your petit^r continued that off[obscured]
for about Two months ——

Your Petit^r now begs leave to observe that during [obscured]
period he appeared in this publick character, he had the [obscured]
satisfaction of seeing his conduct receive the approbation [obscured]
generally of people, But yet found himself unhapp[obscured]
circumstanced & innocently attacked by M^r John Qua[obscured]
Comp^r of this Isle, who not contenting himself with disp[obscured]
many groundless, & idle invectives, ag^st your petit^r, tending [obscured]
influence the publick voice ag^st him, but more effectu[obscured]
to serve some more private ends, Did in a secret an[obscured]
clandestine manner, most cruelly insinuate, & say that y[obscured]
petit^r had defrauded his Grace the Lord of this Isle, by
Smuggling a Box of Silk handkf^s, since he your petit^r [obscured]
been admitted & sworn Steward, & Castlair of Derby fort,
a thing so notoriously false, that when it came to your
petit^rs knowledge (which he never intended) the said
M^r Comp^r had then the modesty to ask your petit^rs pard[obscured]

Your petit^r further Shews, that in or about the m[obscured]
of September last a certain cause in a matter of property
was tryed before the House of Keys, wherein the s^d M^r Jo[obscured]
Quayle Comp^r was the Def^t; and your petit^r after attend[obscured]
earnestly to the meritts of the said Cause, uninfluenced by
any thing but his conscience & his Judgment, gave his vote
together with many others, which made a Majority of the
House of Keys ag^st the said Def^t ——

That hereupon the said M^r John ~~Quayle~~ sometime
afterwards petitioned & proffered an appeal from the said
Judgment to his Grace the Lord of this Isle, Setting forth
amongst other frivolous pretences, that your present petitioner
had no right to sitt or vote in the s^d cause at that time,