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Under this state of the case it is evident that the
wording of the Act of Parliament of the 24th Geo. III.
so far as relates to the Perth estates, viz. to heirs and
assigns, was surreptitiously introduced, and wilfully in-
tended to operate against the true heir entitled to the suc-
cession, with a view to render the possession meant to
be given to the person who afterwards obtained the same,
so perfect, as to enable him to dispose of any part thereof
for the remuneration of those who promoted, patronised,
and assisted him in the acquisition thereof — a purpose
which could not have been effected, had the said estates
been given back by Parliament to have been enjoyed
according to the family entails by heirs male only.
CONCLUSION.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
The preceding Statement is, with all due respect,
submitted to your candour : nothing more is requested
than that you should take the subject into your serious
consideration, and do on the occasion as to your wisdom
may seem meet, and to your ideas of equal justice may
appear the most comformable.
Under all the particulars of the case, an investiga-
tion seems necessary to be had, in order that it may be
ascertained, whether the late Mr. John or James Drum-
mond, alias Lord Perth, was not spuriously substituted
for the Honourable James Drummond whether the
British Senate was not imposed upon by a misrepresenta-
tion of facts relating to the investitures and entail of
the Perth Estates, and by the suppression of information
which might have been and ought to have been adduced
on that head whether a deceased noble Statesman was
not accessary to the impostorship of person, and all the
concomitant malversations which are suspected to have
taken place on the behalf of Mr. John or James Drum-
mond as aforesaid and whether the said noble States-
man did not, in reward for his eminent services on the