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" Cavan Garden, 13a lit/shannon, 1st July, 1841. 



" SIR, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ult., 

 in which yon state you are directed by the Lord Lieutenant to transmit to 

 me a letter from I\Ir. Tredennick to you, and to signify his Excellency's 

 request that I should furnish him with an explanation of the language attri- 

 buted to me, on the occasion to which Mr. Tredennick alludes. Notwith- 

 standing Mr. Tredennick's situation as a clergyman, and as the rector of the 

 parish I live in, I do not hesitate to say, that his letter is a tissue of false- 

 hood from beginning to end ; and I beg leave most respectfully to ndd, that, 

 under my present feelings, as a magistrate of long standing, and a gentleman 

 well known in this country, I must, with great reluctance, decline complying 

 with his Excellency's request of entering into a written explanation of the 

 conduct imputed to me hy Mr. Tredennick, but am ready to meet any 

 inquiry the Lord Lieutenant may be pleased to appoint, only requesting 

 that as the crime (for crime such conduct I allow would be,) is alleged to 

 have been committed by me, in an open court, 1 shall have the benefit of a 

 public investigation. 



" I have the honour to remain, Sir, 



" Your very obedient servant, 



" THOMAS J. ATKINSON, 



" To Norman W. MacDonald, Esq., "J.P. County Donegal: 1 



" Dublin Castle" 



"Dublin Castle, 5th July, 1841. 



" SIR, In accordance with the spirit of your letter of the 1st inst, in 

 reply to mine of the 29th, transmitting to you a letter from Mr. Tredennick, 

 his Excellency will order an inquiry to be held, as to the accuracy of the 

 charges made against you by that gentleman. 



" I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



" N. W. MACDONALD." 



" To Thomas J. Atkinson, Esq. J. P. 

 l( Cavan Garden, Bally shannon:' 



"Glenties, Ardara, 20th July, 18-11. 



11 SIR, I beg to inform you, that I have received directions from his 

 Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, to make an investigation as to the correct- 

 ness of certain charges made against you by the Rev. Mr. Tredennick, in a 

 letter from that gentleman to Mr. MacDonald, the Under Secretary, dated 

 25th June ult., and which has been already transmitted to you. 



" The investigation is ordered to take place on the 20th instant, of which 

 I now beg to give you notice. 



" I have the honour to be, Sir, 



" Your obedient servant, 



" T. DRUMMOXD." 

 " Thomas J. Atkinson, Esq." 



