... instituting the inquiry—the plan of turning the tables upon the Crimean Commissioners and of putting them—Colonel Tulloch and Sir John McNeill—upon their trial, instead of the original offenders, above all, the tone which pervaded the Court, and the insolence ...

... goodhumour about Irish duelling. When Amby Bodkin and Mr. Bourke fought their famous duel, the latter's son, little John, afterward Sir John Bourke, was hoisted on the shoulder of a neighbour to see the fun. O'Connell killed in his first duel the Count d'Esterre ...