The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-16 00:00:00

his son at the Irish Bar",„and his daughter, Mrs

TAYLOR, who happened to be in Lon-
don. Mr. CuartAig died at
,&.onitiiti;n: t'srltere be
had lingered smite days in tt state that pr'erindcd
the hope of his recovery.. It is 'highly hononr--,
able to hii private Character that numerous friends
visited hint during his.appi•tiaching ctid,:fand testi- ,
fled the warmest interest in his %veil:ate. It is need-
less for its tO enter into Any aniniadverSiiini on
his public cliaraCter: Or to • Rift// ati .estimate,
Of his powers. They are well ktimvit tct thi:
Public at Large. Ile was always on the side 'Of
Opposition, except when what Was deniiminated
THE TALENTS' ADMINISTR ATi?N Were
. oflice,
end then he was raised to the sitnation of MASTER
OF THE ROLLS, leaving his rank of the noiit
pular Pleader at the Iti3ll-liar, a situatian nide!)
mare emolumentary, on that occasion.
Whatever might be thonghi ot hint as a Poll•:.
Cciao, lie was at least coo.istent and sincere, for
1t may easily be .8111)1,o:tett into a manot his talents
and pop„Nity might Ail", been thought worthy
'et the it,tronage or Ministers, who are generally '
,
more anxiuug to bring over their enemies than to,
reward their ft lends, hut to- remained itaisuch to
his Tut M It liis oratorical power.:
.tvere._,
noicit admired in Iteltntb, it may be t'..piestioned
teliether they would baee breli equally successful
in the EM411,11 Senate. He always disMayed a
powerful imagination, but it was ton apt to raise
Lint into slob lotty titt:iits, as at tittles rendered
him rash; r. too poetiml for a Legislative Assembly.
Yet-his wildest excursions, flowing from a Sall-
/mine mind, and the vicobrrance ot his feelings,
Were always marked by genius. Irish Oratory,
even of die best descrytion, %void!! Itkitrdly suit
the taste of oils. House of Common., and that of
Mr. GRATTAN is often cal, aimed rather to stir-
wise by its to vont- and imagi.tation, than to con-
vince by its reasoning. Such was that of Mr.
CunaAN, and which sometimes hurried him into
violence against his political Opponents.—
In private life, Mr. CURRAN possessed great
companionable excellence, and many' of his
bunt-mots,. are strongly marked by humour as
as :Amy. 'He was a scholar, and a gen-

t 01. His manners were easy, unaffected, and
Wcll- bred, Those who were once his friends
ticways tulrlitted so, and his society was eagerly
'snorted by all who knew him, however. they
might differ in their political sentiments. It
should. he tileiltiotied to his honour, that be
eined to be influenced by principles that raised
him above me narrow feelings of jeitlonsy as to
Hoy competitors at the Bar or in the Senate.
He entertained the warmest friendship for Mr.
GRATTAN, and was an enthusiastic admirer of that
ilentleatan. In the Irish Semite he could fear to be
echoed by no other competitor. Upowt he whole,
Nr. CURRAN was one of,those Characters Ivhich
NAtitre intends for distinctitm, and Ice did not
realest her gitts, but improved them by attentive
cultivation. His health had gratin:illy been de-
, dining, and his mental powers s''tl(•tetf under the
same *general decay. He "suffered little pain
during his last illness, and he expired in the
.".ealmest and the stillest's manner. lie was born
•inCm k, and was. -Student its Trinity College,
Uuidin. He was licarried early in life to Miss
,YDEt.r.., a Lady ithom he chose for her personal
ust rit and the respectability of her connexions,
rather than front inter, stet) motives. He is said
to have closed a life of celeln icy in private and
public, in the 70th year 'of his. age.