CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR BRODRICK, VISCOUNT MIDLETON, FROM HIS

BIRTH TILL THE ATTEMPT TO REPEAL THE TEST ACT IN 1717.

Earl of Whar-

Irish Roman

The Brodricks, page 1. Sir St. John Brodrick, 1. Midleton, 2. St. John Brodrick's

Marriage, 2. Birth of Alan, 3. A Practising Barrister, 3. The Brodricks

Attainted, 3. King's Serjeant, 3. Solicitor-General, 3. Member for Cork

City, 3. Elected Speaker-His Speech, 3. Lord Chancellor's Speech in ap-

proval, 4. The Speaker a Friend to Toleration-Baneful effects of Intolerance,

4. Letter to Earl of Nottingham, 5. Treatment of the Presbyterians, 5.

Case, and Opinion of Mr. Brodrick, 5. Loses his Office, 5. Continues Speaker,

6. Attorney-General, 6. Arrival of the Earl of Pembroke, 6. The Viceroy

unable to procure the Repeal of the Test Act, 7. Letter from Mr. Doddington,

7. Brodrick's Suggestion, 7. Recall of Earl of Pembroke, 7.

ton Lord Lieutenant, 7. Dean Swift supports the Test, 7.

Catholics in 1707, 8. Addison-His Deficiency as an Orator, 8. Brodrick

Knighted-and Chief Justice, 9. Called to the House of Lords, 9. Thanks from

the Commons-and Reply, 9. Removed from Chief Justiceship, 10. Parlia-

ment Dissolved, 10. Brodrick M.P. and Speaker, 10. Speech--Duties of the

Speaker, 10. His Experience, and Expectations, 11. Accession of George I.,

12. Brodrick Lord Chancellor, with a Peerage, 12. Viscount Midleton, 12.

Presbyterians endeavour to Repeal the Test, 12. Letter from the Viceroy, 13.

Repeal not Advisable-Consulted Lord Chancellor and Speaker, 13. Lord

Chancellor and his Son, 14. The Attempt abandoned, 14. The first Sir Robert

Peel and his Son, 14.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR LORD MIDLETON-CONCLUded.

Cause of Sherlock . Annesley-Decree, 15. Order by Irish House of Lords
Reversed by English House of Lords, 15. Petition to Irish Lords-Call of the
House, 16. Resolutions and Report, 16. Order to High Sheriff-Injunction-
Refusal by the High Sheriff, 16. The Sheriff Fined, 17. He Petitions the Irish

Lords-Report of the Lords, 17. Injunction by the Barons, 18. Questions

put to the Barons, who Decline to Answer, 19. Lords' Resolutions, 19. High

Sheriff Commended-the Barons Censured, 20. Duty of the Barons, 20. Lord

Chancellor and other Peers Dissent, 20. Majority for the Resolutions, 20.

The Barons ordered into Custody, 21. Representation to the King, 21.

English Laws, 21. Irish Parliament, 21. Ireland a distinct Dominion, 22.

A Grievance to Regard the Irish Parliament Incompetent to Decide Appeals,

22. Removal of Causes and Writs of Error into England, 22. Only two

Appeals before and two after the Revolution, 23. Both Parliaments constituted

alike, 23. Earl and Countess of Meath, 23. Hardship on Suitors, 23.

Charter of Edward III., 24. If Judicature be taken, the Constitution may

follow, 24. No power of Lords of Great Britain to enforce decrees in Ireland,

24. Payment to prevent further Application to the Irish Parliament, 24.

Discouragement to Protestant Peers, 24. Appeal to the King, 25. Proceedings

sent to England, 25. The Lords Commend the Conduct of the Barons, 25.

Statute for securing the Dependency of Ireland, 25. Lord Macclesfield, 26.

Opinion of Lord Campbell, 26. Wood's Patent, 27. Contract fulfilled, 27.

Wood's Imprudence-The Duchess of Kendal, 28. Irish suspect a Job, 28.

Character of Lord Chancellor, 28. The Duke of Grafton, 29. Censure on the

Lord Chancellor, 29. Discontent at his Absence, 29. The Storm begins, 30.

Chancery Returns, 30. Exchequer Chamber and Paper Office Returns, 31.

Absence of Lord Chancellor, 31. Examination of the Registrar, 32. Testimony

in Favour of Lord Chancellor, 32. Mr. Malone's Evidence, 33. The Lords'

Resolution, 33. Determination respecting the Great Seal, 33. The Decision of

the Lords causes him to Resign, 34. Succeeded by Lord Chancellor West, 34.

His Character as a Judge, 34. Offered Dedication of the Drapier's Letters, but

declines the Compliment, 35. A Commissioner of Public Accounts, 35. Thrice

married, 36. His son St. John Brodrick, 36. Alan Second Lord Midleton, 36.

Death in 1728, 36.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR WEST.

Conjecture as to the Family of Lord Chancellor West, 38. Birth and Education,

38. Marriage with Miss Burnet, 39. Lord Chancellorship of Ireland, 39.

Chief Justice Whitshed claims the Great Seal, 39. Mr. West Appointed, 39.

Speaker of the House of Lords, 39. Attendance of the Judges, 39. Speech of

the Viceroy, 40. Recommends fresh Penal Laws, 41. Case of Mr. Nagle, 41.

Order of the Lords against Printing their Proceedings, 41. Offender Repri-

manded, 42. The King's Printer Censured, 42. No Popery Laws, 42. Bills

of Discovery and Statutes, 42. Trusts, 43. Issues and Affidavits, 43. De-

cisions of the Lord Chancellor, 43. Constructive Papists and Good Discoverers,

43. Protestant Fidelity, 44. Fatal illness of Lord Chancellor, 44. Regret

for his loss, 44. His place to be filled by an Englishman, 44. The King

Pensions his Widow, 44. Lord Carteret, 45. Mrs. West's Pension, 45. The

Irish Bar, 45. Richard Malone, 46. Dr. Coghill, 46. Ballad of the Bar, 47.

The Four Courts in 1730, 49. Ceremony attending the Sitting of the Lord

Chancellor, 50.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR LORD WYNDHAM.

Sir Wadham Wyndham, 51. Parentage of Thomas Wyndham, 51. Becomes a

Law Student, 51. State of the English Bench, 51. Act to Continue Legal

Proceedings, 52. The Independence of English Judges Secured, 52. The Bar

an open Profession, 52. Lamentation of Sir Henry Chauncy, 52. Wyndham

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 53. His Appointment as Chancellor

pressed by Primate Boulter, 53. Character of Primate Boulter, 54. Mischievous

Policy, 54. Lord Chancellor shares the Primate's anti-Irish Views, 55. Duchess

of Tyrconnel, 55. Accession of George II. in 1727, 55. Lord Chancellor's

Appointment Confirmed, 55. Death of Chief Justice Whitshed, 55. His place

to be filled by an Englishman, 56. The Irish Privy Council-a Cauti ›n, 56.

Reasons why Chief Justice Rogerson should not be Changed, 57. State of Ireland

in 1727, 57. The Magistracy, 58. Disagreement among the Lords Justices, 58.

Case of Abduction, 59. An Attorney Sentenced to Death, 59. No Room for

Merey, 59. Reprieve, 60. A Point-Lord Chancellor Convenes a Council, 60.

Opinion of the Law Officers, 60. The Prisoner Executed, 61. Construction of

the Penal Laws, 61. Benchers Refuse to Call John Fitz Gibbon, 61. Ground

of Rejection, 61. Lord Chancellor and Chief Justice support the Law Student,

62. He is Called to the Bar, 62. Baron Wyndham of Finglas, 63. A Parlia-

ment, 63. Death of the Speaker-and his Successor Elected, 63. Lord Chan-

cellor's Speech to the Speaker, 64. Order respecting the Attendance of a Judge,

64. Change of Viceroy, 65. Irish House of Lords, 65. The Duke of Devon-

shire, 65. Parliament House Built in A.D. 1739, 66. Trial of an Irish Peer,

Lord Santry, in 1739, 66. Misconduct of Lord Santry, 67. Murphy Stabbed,

68. Lord Santry Apprehended, 68. Lord Chancellor High Steward, 68.

Procession and Proceedings at the Trial, 69. Prisoner Pleads not Guilty, 70.

Found Guilty, and Sentenced to Death, 71. The Bishop of Derry's Account of

the Trial, 71. Legal Changes-Resignation of the Lord Chancellor, 72. Lord

Wyndham's Character as Chancellor, 72. Charity of Primate Boulter, 72.

Death of Lord Wyndham, 73.

CHAPTER XL.

LIFE OF ROBERT JOCELYN, VISCOUNT JOCELYN, LORD CHANCELLOR OF

IRELAND.

Family of Jocelyn, 74. Sir Gilbert Jocelyn, 74. John Jocelyn, 74. Epitaph on

John Jocelyn, 75. Robert Jocelyn, 75. His Promotion-Serjeant, 75. So-

licitor-General, 75. Attorney-General, 76. Lord Chancellor, 76. Encourages

Irish Literature-Patron of Walter Harris, 76. Handel's warm Reception in

Dublin, A.D. 1741, 77. The Irish Bar, 77. Bar Oratory, 77. A Death-bed

Joke, 78. Created Lord Newport, 80. Ceremonial in the House of Lords, 81.

Trial of Lord Netterville on a Charge of Murder, 81. Acquittal, 81. Lord

Chesterfield Viceroy, 81. Letter to Mr. Prior on Irish Manufactures, 82. In-

temperate Habits of the Irish Gentry, 82. Duties of an able Viceroy, 83. Lord

Chesterfield's Phoenix, 83. The Dangerous Papist, 83. Lord Chancellor and

Viceroy ridicule Rumours of Popish Plots, 83. A Visit to the Dangerous

no the House of Com-

Catholics Disqualified

Duration of Sessions,

Papist, 84. Primate Stone, 86. Question whether or

mons of Ireland could Dispose of Surplus Revenue, 86.

from Sitting or Voting, 86. Patrons of Boroughs, 87.

87. Heads of Bill to Dispose of Surplus, 87. Viceroy Declares the Consent

of the Crown, 88. Alarm of the House of Commons, 88. Prime-Serjeant

Malone, 88. Prime-Serjeant Displaced, 89. Chancellor's First Wife, 89.

Second Wife, Lady Rosse, 90. Created Viscount Jocelyn, 90. Death, A.D.
1756, 90.

CHAPTER XLI.

LIFE OF JOHN LORD BOWES, LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND, FROM HIS

BIRTH TO THE RUMOURS OF THE FRENCH INVASION IN 1759.

Scanty Materials for a Memoir of Lord Chancellor Bowes, 91. Birth—Native of

Surrey, 91. Called to the Bar in England and Ireland, 91. Serjeant, 91.

Obtains a Seat in the House of Commons, 91. Solicitor-General in 1730, 92.

Attorney-General and Chief Baron-Puisne Barons, 92. Bumper Squire Jones,

93. Remarkable Trial, 93. Romantic Story of James Annesley, Lord Altham,

94. Plaintiff's Counsel, 97. Defendant's Counsel, 98. Defendant denies the

Legitimacy of the Plaintiff The Charge to the Jury, 98. Verdict for the

Plaintiff-Writ of Error-and Death of James Annesley, 98. Chief Baron

named for Great Seal, 98. Lord Mansfield also Spoken of, 99. Bowes Lord

Chancellor, 99. Cause List in Arrear, 99. Decree against Dean of Down,

99. The Dean Declines to Meet the Lord Chancellor, 100. The Lords'

Address to the Duke of Bedford, 100. Toleration to Catholics, 101. Registra-

tion of Priests, 101. Opposed by the Lord Chancellor, 101. Discussed before

Privy Council, 102. The Duke tries to effect Reforms, 102. The Duchess of

Bedford, 102. Richard Rigby, the Viceroy's Secretary, 102. A Managing

Viceroy, 102. Questions for Answers, 103. Reply of the Speaker, 103. The

Attorney-General, 104. The Solicitor-General, 104. Postmaster-General, 104.

The Ministry Defeated, 104. Complaints of the Viceroy, 104. Repeal of

Poyning's Law Spoken of, 105. Social Habits of the Irish Secretary, 105.

Rigby's Reply, 105. The Chancellor and Rigby, 106. Duties as Speaker of the

Lords Easy, 106. Contrast presented by the Commons, 106.

CHAPTER XLII.

CONCLUSION OF THE LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR LORD BOWES.

Rumours of Invasion, 108. Address from the Catholics, 108. Viceroy States

the Necessary Precautions, 109. The Ulster Militia, 109. Fears respecting

the Roman Catholics, 109. Vindication of the Catholics by the Protestant

Primate, 109. Viceroy's Message to the Irish Parliament, 110. Mr. Pitt's

Reply to the Viceroy, 110. Mr. Pitt Condemns the Apathy of Irish Pro-

testants, 110. Rumours of a Union between Great Britain and Ireland, 111.

The Secretary and Speaker Address the Crowd, 111. Fears again Excited by

Rigby's Motion, 111. Fearful Excitement in Dublin, 111. The Peers Mobbed

—Lord Inchiquin, 112. The Lord Chancellor Compelled to take the Oath, 112.