Reference: HO 98/73
Description: James Clarke to Hobhouse 29 April 

    1824
Source URL: https://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/history/homeoffc/ho73245w.htm
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HO 98/73 - James Clarke to Hobhouse 29 April 1824
[From Home Office File HO 98/73]
James Clarke to Hobhouse 29 April 1824
Lancaster 29th April 1824 Private
Dear Sir
I beg leave to enclose for your private perusal a letter
from Mr George Quirk, Secretary to the Lieut Governor - Making every deduction
on the ground of a certain feeling to which I need not allude, still it is a
communication which gives a pretty correct view of the present state of the
Isle of Man.
Mr George Quirk I consider as a moderate, sensible man.
My advice to him has always been to keep himself as free from party as possible,
and to give preponderance to neither side.
A man of the name of Sumner, now
confined in Castle Rushen for a misdemeanor, is said to be the editor of the
paper to which Mr Quirk refers - I have written to the visiting Magistrate to
know whether this be the fact.
Each party I am sorry to say keeps up an angry, irritating paper, which keeps
the Island in a state of constant excitement - I am using my best efforts with
the Duke and the Bishop to be perfectly quiet, and to discourage writing in
their behalf, which I have always found to be done in a most injudicious manner.
I am &c J. Clarke
Notes
Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received
The Editor
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