The foregoing extracted items are the principal ones that are set down, but such weekly charges as those of James O'Brien, for the pay and subsistence of his staff of spies and informers, and those likewise of Hanlon, for the same species of service, are only inserted herein occasionally to shew the nature of these charges.

The sum total of the various payments, made from the 21st of August, 1797, to the 30th of September, 1801, amounted to £38,419 88.

The sum total of the various payments, from the 30th of September, 1801, to the 28th of March, 1804, amounted to £15,128 5s. 1d.

The total amount is £53,547 13s. 1d.

THE END.

R. R. M.

-, his grandson, Richard Benj. 14

Henry Sheares the younger, his marriage, &c. .

in 1793

his library, tastes, and habits
and John, when made United Irishmen,

denounced by Lord Fitzgibbon .
his animosity to them in his Court

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20

:

Fitzgibbon, animosity of, to Curran, shewn on the bench
and that of his party, against

Reformers

Sir E. Crosbie's fate, ascribed to advocacy of
Henry Sheares' letter to Lord Fitzgibbon, &c. .
respecting Tandy, Bond and Butler
Hon. S. Butler's message to the Chancellor
Influence of French politics-rebellion mania
"The Press" newspaper, writers in it

Emmett, O'Connor, Sheares,

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Secession of Opposition Members of Parliament

Hastings, Grattan and Ponsonby, maligned

Sampson and "The Press"

William Preston and Dr. Drennan

Dr. Drennan's Songs

The Monks of St. Patrick's

Convivial intercourse of persons of all parties

"The Northern Star"

"The Northern Star," Samuel Neilson editor, &c.

contributors Porter, Tone,

Russell, Kelburne, &c.

-, suppression of .

"The Union Star," assassination journal

-, printer and proprietor

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his pension withdrawn-his memorial
his death

Dr. Brennan, his Irish Magazine, his character, &c.
"The Dublin Journal" and Mr. John Gifford .
John Sheares, Mr. Davock's account of

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Charles Coughlan in possession of the Sheares' papers
John Sheares' letter in the "Press" to Fitzgibbon
Scenes at the Interment of Lords Clare and Castlereagh
Address of John Sheares while in the Directory
Sir Jonah Barrington's duel with M'Nally

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Lines on Friendship, by John Sheares
John Sheares' conduct in "the Directory"
his letter to Neilson

Neilson's intended attack on Kilmainham
The proposed "rising" on the 23rd of May
Captain Armstrong's introduction to the Sheares
nature of their interview .
his visits to their house

interview with Lawless

Cormick's arrest and disclosures

Captain Armstrong's visit to Lady Sarah Napier
Similar visit of Reynolds to Mrs. Bond

Arrest of the Sheares.

Armstrong's visit to John Sheares, after his Arrest
Bill of Indictment found against the Sheares

Trial of the Prisoners, on the 12th of July

Toler appointed Attorney-General

his conduct as crown-prosecutor

.

Henry Sheares' ignorance of the Proclamation
The attachment of the Brothers to each other
Parallel instance in the Quintilian Brothers
Evidence of Captain Armstrong

His admission of torturing and half-hanging Rebels
His testimony impeached by his Cousin

by his Nephew by marriage
by Mr. Bride, a barrister

Graydon's evidence as to his republican principles