... lineal descendants of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan, one of the most celebrated of Irish orators. The first baronet's father served as Aide-de-Camp to the immortal Lord Clive at the battle of Massey. The late Sir John Power (and especially his brother, Sir ...

... imprisoned for political offences, and in spite of the election of a man who has borne arms against his country, that there has been a realisation to the full of Grattan's fierce threat : You have swept away our Constitution . . . have destroyed our Parliament ...