[105]. I.e., The Clerkship of the Pells in Ireland, and Auditorship of South Wales.
[106]. [On 7th Feb., 1796, a forged French newspaper called L’Eclair, containing false intelligence, was circulated in London for stock-jobbing purposes. On 3rd July a verdict of £100 was given against D. Stuart, proprietor of The Morning Post, for sending the above paper to the proprietors of The Telegraph, by which it was discredited; and on the following day, a verdict of £1500 was given against Mr. Dickinson, for falsely accusing Mr. Goldsmid, the money-broker, of forging the above. It announced a peace between Austria and France.—Ed.]
[107]. Morning Post, Jan. 25.
[108]. Morning Chronicle, Jan. 25.
[109]. This appears to allude to Mr. Sheridan’s conduct during the Mutiny.
[110]. This is not the first time that we have heard of Mr. Tierney’s discouragement of impiety. However we may disapprove of this gentleman’s political principles, we are not insensible to the merit of such conduct.
[111]. Morning Post, Jan. 25.
[112]. Morning Chronicle, Jan. 25.
[113]. Morning Chronicle, Morning Post, Morning Herald, &c.
[114]. The Company seem to have recollected (had his Grace forgotten?) that the Duke of Norfolk has another Sovereign, to whom he has recently, more than once, sworn Allegiance; and under whom he now holds the Lieutenancy of the West Riding of the County of York, and the Command of a Regiment of Militia.