[12] Lecky, "History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century," vol. ii., pp. 124-126.
[13] Trevelyan, "The American Revolution," vol. i., p. 16.
[14] See "The Irish Race in America," by Captain Ed. O'Meagher Condore.
[15] "History of the British Army," vol. iii.
[16] Pitt's original scheme was accepted in Ireland, but defeated in England, owing to the angry opposition of British commercial interests. The scheme, as amended to conciliate these interests, was deservedly rejected in Ireland.
[17] J. Fisher, "The End of the Irish Parliament." The author is much indebted to this brilliant study, which appeared only this year (1911).
[18] See Fitzgibbon's Speeches in the Irish House of Lords, on the Catholic Franchise Bill, March 13, 1793, and on the Union, February 10, 1800.
[19] "Principles of Political Economy," vol. ii., p. 392.
[20] "The Irishman in Canada" (N.F. Davin), a book to which the author is indebted for much information of the same character.
[21] "William Pitt and the National Revival."