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Review Of Literature, &C.
laws they so proudly boast as the perfection of reason ! yet here they must blush at the record of the past , and hesitate ere they permit even the tomb to preserve its silence . The author has carefully avoided enlisting our sensibilities , by refraining from giving to any subject those warrantable and touching appeals that might have been expected . The character and conduct of the mother—wife—sister and friendor of the son—father and brother
; , are all proved by correspondence . The fate of the Sheares , AVilliam and John ( brothers , ) is fearfully told . Their error was clear ; yet the base means by which they were betrayed , ancl tbe still baser mockery of the trial by which they were convicted , and the cruelty practised on them at their execution—are guilty proofs of the perversion of justice .
There are many persons who figure on this stage in unenviable notoriety ; one so especially played a prominent part in the national tragedy , that he is made to conclude the 14 th No . of the Appendix , which is headed Major Sirr ancl " his people . " This man was appointed Deputy : Town Major in 1796 , and died on the 11 th of January , 1841 . Of him the author writes , " The terror of his influence had passed away , with the decline of the super-legal power which was associated in men ' s . of Sirr
minds with the name and exploits Major , in the good old times of 1798 . " The remains of Lord Edward Fitzgerald , and those of Major Sirr , by whose hand he perished , repose within a few paces of each other . — What thoughts arise " while lamenting equally the errors of one , and the calamity of the times connected with the other !" Dr . Madden has rescued from comparative oblivion some revolting
scenes and circumstances ; which were , however , necessary to the resuscitation of the character of the " United Irishmen ; " and in doing this justice to their memory , he has drawn the moral contrast with equal candour and propriety .
Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book for 1843 . Price 3 * . The literary phalanx that direct the evolutions of this extra-ordinary production have not , relaxed in their labours ; and with their manyhorse-power , have really contrived to give us at length the " Summary of the Ancient Charges ancl Regulations . " AVith gratitude we bend , say we ; and expect next year that Matthew Birkhead ' s original "Prentice Song" will be added . There is some truth in the adage that those who live longest will see most—provided , nevertheless , they preserve their eyesight .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of Literature, &C.
laws they so proudly boast as the perfection of reason ! yet here they must blush at the record of the past , and hesitate ere they permit even the tomb to preserve its silence . The author has carefully avoided enlisting our sensibilities , by refraining from giving to any subject those warrantable and touching appeals that might have been expected . The character and conduct of the mother—wife—sister and friendor of the son—father and brother
; , are all proved by correspondence . The fate of the Sheares , AVilliam and John ( brothers , ) is fearfully told . Their error was clear ; yet the base means by which they were betrayed , ancl tbe still baser mockery of the trial by which they were convicted , and the cruelty practised on them at their execution—are guilty proofs of the perversion of justice .
There are many persons who figure on this stage in unenviable notoriety ; one so especially played a prominent part in the national tragedy , that he is made to conclude the 14 th No . of the Appendix , which is headed Major Sirr ancl " his people . " This man was appointed Deputy : Town Major in 1796 , and died on the 11 th of January , 1841 . Of him the author writes , " The terror of his influence had passed away , with the decline of the super-legal power which was associated in men ' s . of Sirr
minds with the name and exploits Major , in the good old times of 1798 . " The remains of Lord Edward Fitzgerald , and those of Major Sirr , by whose hand he perished , repose within a few paces of each other . — What thoughts arise " while lamenting equally the errors of one , and the calamity of the times connected with the other !" Dr . Madden has rescued from comparative oblivion some revolting
scenes and circumstances ; which were , however , necessary to the resuscitation of the character of the " United Irishmen ; " and in doing this justice to their memory , he has drawn the moral contrast with equal candour and propriety .
Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book for 1843 . Price 3 * . The literary phalanx that direct the evolutions of this extra-ordinary production have not , relaxed in their labours ; and with their manyhorse-power , have really contrived to give us at length the " Summary of the Ancient Charges ancl Regulations . " AVith gratitude we bend , say we ; and expect next year that Matthew Birkhead ' s original "Prentice Song" will be added . There is some truth in the adage that those who live longest will see most—provided , nevertheless , they preserve their eyesight .