Secret Service Under Pitt. Fitzpatrick William John
in the
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As regards 'Inishry,' no such cognomen is to be found in the pedigrees of MacFirbis or O'Clery, or any name to which it might be traced. The name that the spy gave was probably Hennessy – which Downshire, in writing from dictation, may have mistaken for 'Inishry.'
26
Long before the publication of Mr. Froude's book, Arthur O'Connor, in a letter to Dr. Madden, states that 'Lord Edward took no oath on joining the United Irishmen.' – Vide their
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In chapter vii. my contention will be found established on conclusive testimony, which had failed to present itself until years had been given to a slow process of logical deduction.
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'The Northern Marquis' was, of course, Lord Downshire.
29
'A Lanthorn through some Dark Passages, with a Key to Secret Chambers,' was the title originally chosen for the present book, but I finally laid it aside as being too much in the style of old Parson Fry's 'Pair of Bellows to Blow away the Dust.'
30
How this book got out of the Castle and was sold for waste paper by a man named Fagan is a curious story in itself. The volume is now preserved in the Royal Irish Academy.
31
A prisoner named Turner, Christian name not given, indicted for high treason, is announced as discharged in December 1795, owing to the flight of a Crown witness. – Vide
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This place of rendezvous was, doubtless, chosen because of its proximity to Leinster House, where Lord Edward mainly lived.
35
Major Sirr's Papers (MS.), Trinity College, Dublin. Conlan's information makes no mention of a remarkable man, the Rev. William Steel Dickson, D.D., a Presbyterian pastor of Down, and described by the historians of his Church as ready to take the field. Dr. Dickson, in his
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The Pelham MSS. Examination dated September 6, 1797. Pelham, afterwards Lord Chichester, was Chief Secretary for Ireland at that time, and his papers are a useful help in throwing light upon it. A large portion of them are occupied by a correspondence with Generals Lake and Nugent regarding Dr. Macara; he offered to inform if let out on bail. Lake hoped that he would prove a valuable informer; and, as he was far from rich, could not afford to reject pecuniary reward; but, although Macara at first seemed to consent, his replies were finally found to be evasive.
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Higgins to Cooke, MS. letter, Dublin Castle, June 7, 1797.
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Allen, a draper's assistant in Dublin, afterwards a colonel in the service of France.
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The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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The Home Secretary.
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Camden to Portland, March 1, 1798.
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Portland to Camden, March 7, 1798.
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In O'Connor's valise were found 900
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For proofs of the intimacy between Reinhard and Turner at Hamburg, see
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In August, 1798, Humbert and 900 Frenchmen arrived in Killala Bay.
51
'The person' is the name by which Downshire's friend, the betrayer, is usually styled in the letters from the Home Office to Dublin Castle. The words, 'while he was in this country,' show that he had left England, as Downshire's friend admittedly did, in panic.
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Mr. Lecky describes this arrest, and rather suggests that it may have been due to Higgins in Dublin (
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See
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Of course one of Turner's many aliases. See p. 97,
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Dutton, on his examination, said that he had sworn in Ireland against one 'Lowry.' This is the man whom Turner, in his letters, constantly points to. Dutton admitted that he had previously sworn secrecy to the Society of United Irishmen, but the oath had been sworn only on a spelling-book.
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Trial of Arthur O'Connor and James Quigley at Maidstone. Howell's
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Foulkes was the attorney whom Lawless engaged to defend O'Coigly. Lord Cloncurry, in his
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Froude's
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See p. 31,
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In the Pelham MSS. is a letter signed Frederick Dutton, regarding his Vice-Consulate, and dated Dec. 19, 1825.
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See
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Froude, iii. 301.
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See
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Of infidelity to the rebel cause.
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Mr. Froude, speaking of 'the second arrest of two of the leading committees of Belfast,' says (iii. 237) that 'Lake seized papers which revealed