... was, what consolation is to know, thst with her left hand lieland gave to despotism more effective blow than the unbounded arms of England were able to accomplish. ( lljar. H- ar.) Yes, they gave us scanty measure reform, hut mad* noble use of it. (contiou ...

... commercial propositions were laid before parliament in 86. led the opposition to them I (dr no other reason than because Grattan founded them on ' the basis of equality with England. If these propoaitiona had passed, who would venture to tell me that ...

... Graham, 70th Regiment, met with ft painful loss when on their passage to Malta in the Firefly. The nurse, with the infant in her arms, fell overboard while leaning against the gangway, owing to the bolt giving way. The vessel was immediately hove to, and the ...

... He had also to propose an excellent friend of his—a man who Inherited much of the genius of his illustrious father Henry Grattan Curran. He had ever been foremost ia the cause of Ireland, and he had commissioned him to sav, that he would long since have ...