Counsellor O’Connell fought the Orange chieftain; fatal to the champion of Protestant ascendency.
The collector of the customs of Dublin, the Hon. Francis Hutchinson, fought the Right Hon. Lord Mountmorris.
Two hundred and twenty-seven memorable and official duels have actually been fought during my grand climacteric.
[35] ‘The Female Soldier; or, The Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah Snell,’ &c. London, 1750.
[36] A farmer of repute.
[37] For a pension.
[38] The action off Cape St. Vincent, when Sir John Jervis, with fifteen sail of the line, attacked and defeated the Spanish fleet, consisting of twenty-seven sail of the line.
[39] ‘The case of Mr. John Walter, of London, Merchant.’ London, 1781.
[40] Then in Lombard Street.
[41] Lord North resigned, and Lord Rockingham succeeded as Premier, 1782.