The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-19

| to the Chief Justiceship, obtained an earldom,
! and IL said 10 have left IN income to his heirs
| Of 100000 year The present weaTcr Of tho
title was an officer in the Life Guards. and tho
pleasant family scat Of Bishopscourt is In the
County Of Kildare.
Irish Parliamentary life was full OF scenes
| we shall give ono. Husscy Burgh. man Of dis
tinguishod elegance OF mind, az we'll as learn
| ing in his profession. was made Prime Ser
geant. Having been supposed to belong TO tho
| Pdttiot party. no Was assalcd with bitterness.
| Ga the occasion in question Burgh. the place
mao hal voted against an embargo. Burgh,
| the patriot. having formerly voted for 1t. Denis
Day closed n speech by pointing u shaft full at
| his breast: The Treasury Dcnch,n no cx-
| claimed. resembles tho grave; II levels all
| distinctions" Tho man Of elegance was
| panied by the polish OF the sarcasm and could
| merely say ITO receive such attacks belongs
| to my situations to deserve them belongs TO
myself" Turning to Grattan. no said: " II
| live. shall answer it," llo did. lie showed
himself that raro thing. sentimental
lawyer. and gave up the honors and omolu-
| ments Of once. shortly after describing tho
| laws Of England in ireland as sown like SER
| pents' teeth and springing no In armed men,"
Tho gates OF promotion were shut" to uso
Grattans peculiar language. and those Of
glory opened" But tho gates were not long
! closed. Tho fall was slight. the rebound quick
and advantageous Lord North's ministry
came soon and suddenly to close. and Burgh
! was restored to oflicc lIe resigned tho Ser
geantcy in 1879. and in 1888 he died a Chief
! Baron at the early age Of 40. Grattan and Flood
wrote in eloquent words his cptaph. the former
describing him as an ardent lover of his coun-
! try and n man Of incorrupthc principles. an
/ excellent speaker. most polished IN his man
ncrs and rather vain tho most brilliant man
| in tho Irish House. His wit was satircal
without being severe. In reply he was excel
| lent. and he had tho great faculty Of thinking
on his legs which belonged 10 O'Connoll. Ho
seems. from all we have read OF him. to have
pushed all his qualities to tho extreme. He had
lnc figure. and he acquired the name OF an
attitudinarian," H. was q man Of fashion as
we'll as figure. and he must have been. MS was
| Dlsraeli 1T the same age singularly fond Of
show. rs lac dressed beyond the height OF fash
ion and was In the habit Of driving n carriage
with six horses and three outriders. The con-
sequence was that. though his income was
/ handsome. his success at tho lar being great
he died poor. and left his family to the chances
u u pension. On the night when Grattans
motion for Independence came on. having heard
that Burgh's III health would prevent him from
! attcndng h, wrote to him. Burghs answer
was: sick or not I will attend. and II II were
my last vote shall give 1t for my country"
Another remarkable lrishman. Barry Yelver-
ton. Lord Avonmoro. was the attached friend OF
/ Currnn. and was beloved hy all the good men Of
his day. He was man Of great eloqucnce and
some wit. Barry Yelycrion was poor Ia his youth /;
so poor that he was once overheard cxclaiming
most mourniully to His mother: oh. that
had eleven sLirtsl' When asked why he bit on
that particular number ho said: Because
every gentleman should have dozen" He
had but one. But lac distinguished himself at
the university which, like Curran no entered rs
n sizlr. and quickly rose above poverty into
omolumcnt and fame. He hal striking qualid-
cations for public life. lie had alike tho physi-
cal and mental requisites OF the orator. great
volume Of voice. rich llow OF ideas, a rapid inn
ngination. an austerc pathos. His speeches
were an even and continued iow Of legal reason
| ing. Grattan compared him. and we'll 10 the
rolling Of the Atlantic waves, q column three
thousand miles deep" His powers at the bar
were Of the FIRST order. Lord Annosey. who
was not at all partial 10 him. used TO say that he
was tho best advocate he had ever heard either
| in England or ireland. The only wittcism re-
corded ~ Lord Glare was applied IN Lord Avon
moro. When as Chief Baron Yeyerton went
over to England on the illness Of George Ill.
| his companions were Curran Egan. and Mr..
Barrett. reputcd to be fond OF play. He
travels. said Lord Glare. like a mouptebank.
with his monkey his bear, and his sleight-oi-
| hand man" II WIS - this Egan. who was n
huge hirsute monster that tho slight Curran.
when about TO fight duel with him. proposed
that. 10 make things even. his own sizo should
be chalked on Esans body and no shot outside
should count. On anoth " occasion l4gln say
ing that ne felt something wrong with his chest.
| Currun said: You should say, dear Egan.
with your trunk"
For time, though fast friends from boyhool.
Curran and IeYcrton were severed. They
were however. reunited under the following
circumstances: In 1898 Curran was counsel for
Judge Johnson. who had been indicted for n
libel which appeared in Cohhett's Register I'm
lsDi. attacking tho then Lord Lieutenant. Lord
| Harlwickc and the Irish Lord Chancellor.
Lord Hedesdale. and powerfully contrasting
the character II Lord Kenyon then chief Jus
tee of the English Queens Bench. with that ~
the Chancellor. The libel which was In the
handwriting Of his daughter was trar"d TO tho
Judge. Curran defended him before the liarons
II the EXchequer, Lord Ayonmore presiding.
Referring Ia his hope of defeating the proceed
ings. Currnn said: These soothing hopes
draw from the dearest and teniercst recolie,-
tons OF my life. from the remembrance Of those
attic nights and tho reflections Of tho gods
which We have spent with those admired re-
spectcd, ana beloved CON phhlonS VINO nave
gone before 10 over whose ashes the most pre-
cious tears of ireland have been shed. Hero
Lord Ayonmore burst into teare.l Yes, my
good lord. | SEQ YOU do not forget them ! SEQ
their sacred forms passing in review before
your memory. lsec your phinod and soitenel
fancy recalling those happy meetings, whore
the innocent enjoyment Of social mrth cN-
panied into the nobler warmth Of social virtue.
and the horizon of tho board became enlarged
into the horizon Of man; when tho swelling
heart conceived and communicated tho pure
and generous purpose, when my slender and
younger taper imh.bel its borrowed light from
the moro redundant fountain OF yours. Yes.
my lord we can remember those nights without
any more regretthan that they can never return
for
We spent them not in TOYS or Inst or wine,
But search ui drcu philosophy,
WI nlN uuO UrH. uNf
Arts winch loved. fof they. my friend were thine
When tho arguments were over tho Chief
Baron sent for Curran, and tie old friendship
was restored
One OF Lord Avonmorc'a faults ms n Judge
WIS his jumping too quickly To his conclusions,
Cnrran took rather a pleasant mode Of selling