once, in the fire of his youthful devotion, 244 Also 'Jean Thomas,' 245 This letter was forwarded by Cooke to Marsden for his guidance. 246 Sir George Rumbold was Consul-General at Hamburg. Died 1807. 247 A small box of papers, labelled 'Curious and Selected,' is preserved in the Record Tower, Dublin Castle. Two unsigned letters supplying private information in 1803 have puzzled their official custodians. St. John Mason – a cousin of the ill-fated Robert Emmet – is the man mainly sought to be incriminated. The letters are endorsed 'R.' and I observed, in holding up one against the light, that the capitals 'S. T. 1801,' appear as the watermark. 'R' is the cypher by which Castlereagh points to 'Richardson,' 248 MS. recollections, communicated by one of Emmet's officers, Bernard Duggan. 249 This Attorney-General was Standish O'Grady, afterwards Lord Guillamore. The author of 250 'Mr. Turner only returned to this country within the last few weeks on account of the death of his father, who left his property to younger children thinking the elder could not return, or that, if left to him, it would be laid hold of by Government by virtue of the Act of Attainder.' — 251 John Patten, librarian to the Royal Dublin Society, survived until the year 1864. He furnished me with many facts, duly noted at the time. Some appear in the 252 For a curious poem which O'Connor distributed 253 254 The promotion urged by Wellington would seem to have been made, and merited. 255 Letter of Mr. Patrick O'Byrne to W. J. F., Dublin, September 6, 1880. D'Esterre was a practised duellist. He and O'Connell at last met in a field near Naas, and D'Esterre fell January 31, 1815. Lord Whitworth, the famous diplomat, was then Lord Lieutenant. The 256 Turner was very treacherously served by his impulsive foe. Perhaps Boyce thought that had O'Connell accepted Turner's services in that lonely field in Kildare, he might have been tempted, like Iago, to deal a stealthy stab. 257 Maguan of Saintfield is not to be confounded with Magan. 258 259 Many men recoil from affable persons who seem over-anxious to know them. Sir Gavan Duffy in 260 Tone's 261 262 263 264 265 266 The puzzle is increased by the noble editor's arrangement of the letters – made without regard to chronological order. 267 Stone is the man who had been tried in 1795 for high treason, and found guilty. But Duckett, though a staunch rebel, may have had good reason for denouncing Stone three years later. Madame de Genlis, in her 268 Clarke, when giving Tone his commission in the French army, asks him ( 269 At Portsmouth, when Lord Bridport gave orders to put to sea, every ship at St. Helens refused to obey. The marines fired and five seamen were killed. The crew of the 'London' turned the guns, and threatened to blow all aft into the sea. The officers surrendered; the marines laid down their arms, and Admiral Colpoys and Captain Griffiths were put in confinement. 270 Leader of the mutiny. 271 272 As Tone suspected Duckett to be a spy, he doubtless cautioned Talleyrand against him. These misgivings spread from bureau to bureau. 273 Tone's 274 Turner's instructions from the Home Office were, if he would not prosecute, to open a correspondence, at least, with leading rebels. 275 Joseph Holt, a Wicklow Protestant, published his memoirs in two volumes, but does not mention Duckett. 276 277 Duckett was secretary to Leonard Bourdon, who voted for the death of Louis XVI., and by his energy overthrew Robespierre, July 27, 1794. He headed the Conspiracy of the Faubourgs in 1795, and doubtless applauded Duckett in his scheme. 278 279
