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Lord Farnham also Sworn, 113. Disgraceful Conduct in the House of Lords,
113. Narrow Escape of Richard Rigby, 113. Dismay at the Castle, 113.
No Riot Act in Ireland, 113. Forbearance of the Troops, 113. Resolutions
of the Commons, 114. Lord Mayor and Sheriffs Admonished, 114. The
Address from the Lords, 114. The King directs Proceedings against the
Civic Authorities, 114. Two Modes Suggested, 114. Objections, 115.
Difficulty of Procuring Evidence, 115. Viceroy a material Witness, 115.
Lord Chancellor desirous of having the Civic Authorities Punished, 115.
Thurot's Invasion, 1760-The Garrison made Prisoners of War-Despatch from
General Strode, 116. The Viceroy Blamed, 116. Thurot Evacuates Carrick-
fergus, 116. Captain Elliott, R.N., Captures the French-Thurot Killed, 116.
Debates in the Irish Parliament first Reported, 117. Success of the Irish
Abroad, 117. Equity Suits in Ireland, 117. Counsel in Different Courts, 118.
Intemperance among the Legal Profession in Former Times, 118. Irish Judges,
119. The King offers an Earldom to Lord Charlemont, 119.
Objection to the Patent, 120. The Earl's Resolve, 120.
Health fails, 120. Makes his Will-and Death, 120.
Church, 121. Appearance and Manners, 121. Rochfort v. Earl of Ely, 121.
Commission of Lunacy, 121. The Jury find the Earl sane, 121. Petition, 121.
Judgment of Lord Chancellor Bowes, 121. Unsound Mind means Incapacity,
122. No Curators known to our Law, 122. Suggestions of weakness will not
authorise a Commission of Lunacy, 123. Petition Dismissed, 123. Appeal,
123. Distinction between Findings for and against the Crown, 124. Appeal
Dismissed, 124.
The Chancellor's
Buried in Christ
CHAPTER XLIII.
LIFE OF LORD LIFFORD, LORD CHANCELLOR, FROM HIS BIRTHI ΤΟ THE
ENROLMENT OF THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS.
Birth of James Hewitt, 125. His Father Mayor of Coventry, 125. Thomas Bond,
125. Antiquity of the Coventry Churches, 126. Education and Choice of a
Profession, 126. Resolves to be an Attorney, 127. Apprentice to Mr. Bird, 127.
Studies for the Bar, and is Called, 127. Marries, 127. Contests Coventry--
Defeated-afterwards Elected, 127. Serjeant, 128. A Tiresome Speaker, 128.
Offered a Puisne Judgeship, 128. Hesitates to Accept it, 128. Lord Camden
guarantees the Irish Chancellorship, 129. A Judge of the Common Pleas, 129.
Delay in Appointing a Lord Chancellor, 129. Inconvenience of Committing
the Duties of Chancellor to the Judges in rotation, 129. State of the Irish
Bar in 1770, 131. Lord Townshend Lord Lieutenant, 132. Differences between
English and Irish Equity Practice, 133. Rules and Orders in Chancery, 134.
Delays and obstruction to Business in Court, 134. Remedies Suggested, 134.
Example of Lord Chancellors in England, 134. Prolixity of Chancery
Pleadings, 135. Unnecessary Costs, 135. Courts Condemned, A.D. 1770, 135.
Charles Lucas, 135. Henry Grattan in Parliament, 137. Condition of Ire-
land, 137. Dungannon Resolutions, 137. Gratitude due to Ulster Protestants,
138. Volunteer Movement, 138. The Movement Discouraged by the Govern-
ment, 138.
CHAPTER XLIV.
LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR LORD LIFFORD- CONCLUDED.
Viceroy seeks the Advice of the Lord Chancellor, 139. Recommends a Call on
the English Treasury-Irish Trade much Restricted, 139. Grattan's Amend-
ment, 140. Amended Address brought in Triumph to the Castle, 140. Lord
Chancellor Opposes Thanks to the Volunteers, 141. Defeats of Government,
141. Electric Speech of Prime-Serjeant Burgh, 141. Lord Chancellor indis-
posed, 141. In favour of New Taxes, 141. Mr. Grattan's Motion against Taxes
Carried, 142. Disasters in America, 142. Catholic Relief Bill, 142. Grattan's
Eulogy on Father O'Leary, 142. A Nolle Prosequi, 143. Politics, 143. Ap-
peals, 143. John Scott Attorney-General, 144. His speech, 144. Necessity
of immediate Concession, 145. Statute 23 George III. c. 28, 146. Opinions as
to the Effects of the Repealing Statute, 146. Alarm at the Conduct of Lord
Mansfield, 146. Letter of Explanation of Lord Mansfield's Conduct, 147. Sue-
cessive Viceroys, 147. A New Order of Architecture, 148. Commission of the
Peace to the Sham Squire, 148. Grants by the House of Lords to Lord Lifford,
149. Death of Lord Chancellor, 150. Buried in Christ Church Cathedral,
150. Scott's Opinion of Lord Lifford, 151. Reports of Lord Lifford's Judg-
ments, 152. Williams v. Hopkins, 153. Murray v. Bateman, 153. Decree
Reversed, 153. White v. Dillon, 154.
CHAPTER XLV.
LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR EARL OF CLARE, FROM HIS BIRTH TO HIS
TAKING HIS SEAT IN PARLIAMENT.
John Fitz Gibbon Earl of Clare-his Character, 156. Sympathy for Irish
Catholics on the Continent, 156. John Fitz Gibbon a student at the Irish Col-
lege in Paris, 157. Falls Asleep in Notre Dame, 157. Rings the Great Bell,
157. Liberated with a Reprimand, 157. Professional Gains 100,000, 158.
Sir James Burrows' Testimony, 158. Called to the Irish Bar, 159. Reason for
Taking a small Fee, 159. John Fitz Gibbon born in 1749-Indication of
Haughtiness, 160. School Days, 160. University Career, 160. Prepares for
the Bar, 160. Called to the Bar, 161. Reasons for disbelieving Sir Jonah
Barrington's Statement, 161. Extracts from Fee-book, 161. The first Term,
162. Fitz Gibbon's first Fee, 163. Immense Practice, 163. Selects the
Munster Circuit, 163. Brethren on the Munster Circuit, 164. Personal Ap-
pearance and Manner, 164. Success on his Circuit, 164.
CHAPTER XLVI.
LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR EARL OF CLARE-CONTINUED.
College Requisition to support the Declaration, 166. Fitz Gibbon's reply, 166.
Difficulty respecting Poyning's Law, 167. Fitz Gibbon's Liberality Exposed,
167. The King recommends a final Adjustment, 167. Talent for Debate, 167.
Letter from Lord Northington to C. J. Fox, 168. Mr. Daly's adverse opinion,
169. The Attorney-General's Eulogium on Grattan, 169. Proposal to Increase
the Viceroy's Salary, 170. Mr. Flood's Reform Bill, 170. Fitz Gibbon's Speech
against the Volunteers, 171. Resolution against Strangers in the House, 172.
His Arrogance, 173. Carries Public Feelings into Private Life, 173. His great
Influence, 174. Letter from the Attorney-General to the High Sheriffs, 174.
High Sheriff declines to Preside at the Meeting, 175. Courageous Conduct
of the Attorney-General, 175. Letter of Thanks from the Viceroy, 175. Thanks
from the King, 176. Proceedings against the High Sheriff, 176. Motion rela-
tive to Attachment in 1785, 177. Mr. Curran's Speech, and Attorney-General's
Reply, 177. Curran's Retort, 177.
CHAPTER XLVII.
The Question of Regency, 179. Mr. Pitt's Letter to the Prince of Wales, 180.
Restrictions, 181. Edmund Burke writes the Prince's Answer, 181. Reply of
the Prince of Wales, 181. Condemns the Plan offered, 182. Observations
respecting the King's Property, 183. Conduct of the Irish Parliament in the
Regency Question, 184. Attorney-General's Argument, 184. Prefers Union
to Separation-Angry Declaration of the Attorney-General, 185. Reply of Mr.
Ponsonby, 185. Mr. Curran's Attack on Fitz Gibbon, 186. The Viceroy
Refuses to transmit the Address, 187. Letter from Mr. Pelham to Grattan in
1789, 187. Vote of Censure on the Lord Lieutenant, 187. Il feeling between
Parties in Ireland, 188. The Paper styled the Round Robin,' 188. Denounced
by the Attorney-General, 188. The Attorney-General tries to win over the
Opposition, 189. The Opposition Place-holders Dismissed, 189. Letter of
Thanks from Mr. Pitt to the Attorney-General, 189. Angry Debate-Attorney-
General's violent Speech, 190. Called to Order, 190. Curran's Retort, 191. Duel
between the Attorney-General and Curran, 192. Duels between Lawyers, 192.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
LIFE OF THE EARL OF CLARE, LORD CHANCELLOR-CONTINUED.
Shaw's Court-Private Theatricals in 1786-Grand Banquet at the Attorney-
General's, 193. Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant, 194. Duchess of Rutland,
191. Fête at Celbridge, 194. Disappointed Affection of John Fitz Gibbon, 195.
Marriage of the Attorney in 1786--Disturbed State of Ireland in 1787, 196.
Buck Whaley, 196. Whaley Mansion now the Catholic University, 196. Ob-
noxious Clause, 197. Navigation Laws, 197. Ireland Omitted, 197. The Grievance
remedied by the Attorney-General, 197. Grattan's Reply, 197. Bill for better
Execution of the Laws, 198. Death of the Duke of Rutland, 198. Marquis of
Buckingham Viceroy, 198. Death of Lord Chancellor Lord Lifford, 199. Reasons
for Selecting an Irish Chancellor, 199. Anxiety to appoint Fitz Gibbon Lord
Chancellor, 200. Lord Thurlow Stops the Way, 200. Efforts to obtain Lord
Thurlow's Consent, 200. The Power of Female Charms, 201.
Lord Chancellor Thurlow to Lord Chancellor Fitz Gibbon, 201.
cellor's Secretary, 202.
Letter from
Lord Chan-
CHAPTER XLIX.
Case of the Dublin Corporation---The Chancellor and the Dog on the Bench, 204-
Curran's Loss by the Chancellor's Hostility, 205. Question before the Privy
Council, 205. Curran's Attack on the Chancellor, 205. The Lord Chancellor
interposes, 206. Curran continues, 207. Just Comments on Unseemly Con-
tests between the Bar and the Bench, 207. Decision in favour of Alderman
James, 207. The Whig Club, 208. Baron Power, 208. His Appearance and
Manners, 208. Lucrative Office of Usher to the Court of Chancery, 209. Order
of Lord Lifford, Lord Chancellor, 209. Interest, 3,000l.-Petition to the Chan-
cellor, and Order thereon, 209. Wealth of the Baron, 210. How he spent the
Sabbath, 210. How he committed felo de se, 210. Irish Parliament in 1793
-Recommendation from the King, 211. The Chancellor much Displeased, 211.
Anti-Catholic Speech, 211. The Chancellor's severe Rebuke to the Bishop of
Killala, 212. Letter from Edmund Burke, 213. Burke's Fears for the Chan-
cellor's Temper, 213. Convention Act, 214. Revolutionary Principles spread-
ing in Ireland, 215. Charge against Messrs. Butler and Bond, 215. Lord
Chancellor's Address to the Hon. Mr. Butler, 215. Mr. Butler seeks an Apology
or a Meeting, 216. Hamilton Rowan acts as Friend to Mr. Butler, 216. In-
terview with the Lord Chancellor, 216. John and Henry Sheares, 217. Letter
to the Lord Chancellor from Henry Sheares, 218. Private interview between
the Chancellor and the Sheares, 219.
CHAPTER L.
Effects of the French Revolution in Ireland, 220. Fears of the Lord Chancellor,
220. Feats of Hamilton Rowan, 221. Rowan Prosecuted-Defended by Curran,
221. Extract from Curran's Speech - Eulogy on British Laws, 221. Escape of
Hamilton Rowan, 221. Earl Fitz William Viceroy, A.D. 1795, 222. Opens
Parliament, 222. The Lord Chancellor Opposes the Policy of the Viceroy, 222.
Deplorable Results of Opposition, 223. Recall of Earl Fitz William, 223.
Arrival of Lord Camden as Viceroy, 223. Unpopularity of the Lord Chan-
cellor his Life in Danger, 223. Saved by his Sister, 224. Character of Lord
Camden, 224. Yeomanry called out, 224. Rebellion stamped out, 224. Visi-
tation of Trinity College, 1798, 224. The Chancellor Explains the Object of the
Visitation, 225. The Roll called, 225 Dr. Stokes, 226. The Second Day
of the Visitation, 227. Justification of the Chancellor's Conduct by Thomas
Moore, 228. Moore's Statement, 229. The humane Sir Ralph Abercromby,
230. Marquis Cornwallis, 231. Kind Conduct of the Chancellor to Lord
Edward Fitz Gerald, 231. Leinster House Searched, 232. Lord Edward Fitz
Gerald Taken, 232. Lord Chancellor and Lady Louisa Connolly, 233. Anee-
dote of John Anderson of Fermoy, 233.
CHAPTER LI.
THE KINGSTON TRAGEDY.
Trial of the Earl of Kingston, 242. Address of the Lord High Steward, 243.
The Earl pleads Not Guilty, 244. Proceedings when no Evidence appeared
to sustain the Indictment, 244. The Noble Prisoner declared Not Guilty, 245.
CHAPTER LII
Arrival of Lord Cornwallis, 246. Speech of the Lord Chancellor, 246. Influence
of the Lord Chancellor used against a Political Foe, 247. Barrington asked
to Support a Union, and Refuses, 248. Letter from Lord Castlereagh, 249.
Barrington's Opinion of the Viceroy and the Chancellor, 249. Caustic Letter
from G. N. Reynolds to the Chancellor, 250. Legislative Union between Great
Britain and Ireland, 252. Irish Bar opposed to the Union, 252. The Viceroy's
Letters to the Duke of Portland, 253. Reply of the Duke of Portland to the
Viceroy, 254. Mr. Saurin, 254. Bar Meeting respecting the Union, 255. Mr.
Saurin, 255. Mr. St. George Daly, 255. Mr. Thomas Grady, 255. Mr. Goold's
spirited Address, 256. Prime-Serjeant Fitz Gerald Votes Against the Union,
and loses his Rank, 257. Bar Meeting and Resolve, 257. Conduct of the Bar
before the Chancellor, 257. Address of the Lord Chancellor, 257. Embar-
rassing Conduct of the Lord Chancellor respecting Maynooth, 258. Complaint
of the Viceroy, 259. Letter from the Lord Chancellor to the Lord Lieutenant,
259. Effects of the Chancellor's Vote, 259. The Viceroy Repairs the Mis-
chief, 260. Lord Cornwallis's Opinion of the Lord Chancellor, 260. Prepares
a Statute to Enable the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College to Marry, 260.
Chancellor Complains of the Duke of Portland to Lord Castlereagh, 260. How
Penalties were Evaded, 261. Marquis Cornwallis to the Duke of Portland, 262.
Lord Chancellor brings forward the Act of Union, 262. Grattan's Estimate of this
Speech, 263. Lord Cornwallis Forms a Different Opinion, 263. The Opposition
Charged with Bribery, 263. Lord Castlereagh's Opinion of the Chancellor's
Speech, 263. The Viceroy Complains of the Speaker, 264. Creation of Irish
Peers after the Union, 265. Efforts of the Chancellor to Promote the Union,
265. Policy of Lord Cornwallis, 266. Excitement in the Irish House of Com-
mons, 267. Decision of the Speaker, 267. Conversation between Lord Corn-
wallis and Henry Howard, Esq., 267. Bill Passes and Receives the Royal
Assent, 268. Protest of the Peers, 268. The Union Carried against the Sense
of the Irish People, 268.
CHAPTER LIII.
LIFE OF THE EARL OF CLARE-CONcluded.
The Chancellor proposes Reforms in the Courts, 270. Letter from the Lord
Chancellor to Lord Castlereagh, 270. Act relating to the Office of Master
of the Rolls, 270. Sale of Offices in Court of Chancery, 271. Proposes to
Assimilate the Office of Master of the Rolls in England and Ireland, 271.
Suggestion in case the Lord Chancellor of Ireland is called to the House of
Lords in England, 271. Lord Chancellor applies for Leave of Absence, 272.