[324] Idem.
[325] Afterwards known to Turner at Hamburg, p. [14] ante.
[326] The Express, May 26, 1798.
[327] Mr. Froude says that 'Lord Edward was naturally a powerful man' (iii. 343). This impression is not accurate. Jasper Joly, LL.D., son of Lord Edward's godson, tells me that 'he was a small, wiry man.'
[328] Francis Higgins to Under Secretary Cooke, May 18, 1798.
[329] John Wesley visited Moira House in 1775, and has described the splendour of its rooms, one of which was inlaid throughout with 'mother-of-pearl.' The spiritualised philosopher adds, 'and must this pass away like a dream?' But he did not live to see, as Magan did, Moira House the refugium of hunger, rags, and dirt—a 'Mendicity Institution.'
[330] Lecky, viii. 44.
[331] Ibid. vii. 211.
[332] Life of Reynolds, by his Son.
[333] Francis Higgins to Cooke, Stephen's Green, June 8, 1798. Quoted by Lecky. For curious facts about Higgins, see chapter xiv.: 'Father O'Leary.'