FOOTNOTES:
[231] Castlereagh Correspondence, i. 282.
[232] Lord Edward Fitzgerald died on June 4, 1798.
[233] Castlereagh Correspondence, i. 270-309.
[234] Castlereagh Correspondence, ii. 265.
[235] Letter of Sir A. Wellesley to the Duke of Portland: dated 'Holyhead, June 19, 1808.' Civil Correspondence of the Duke of Wellington (Ireland), pp. 454-5.
[236] Life of Reynolds, by his Son, ii. 153.
[237] Newry had been Turner's home.
[238] History of Belfast, p. 478.
[239] Immediately after the rebellion Downshire received 52,500l., nominally as compensation for borough seats. The magnitude of the sum has excited historic surprise; but in making this payment other services were, no doubt, weighed, including the timely information of which Turner made him the channel.