There  are  no  less  than  five  proclamations  in  the  paper  containing
this  libel ;  and,  it  was  proved  in  my  presence,  in  a  court  of  jus-
tice, that,  besides  the  proclamations  and  public  advertisements,
the  two  proprietors  of  the  paper  had  each  a  pension  of  £400  per
annum,  for  supporting  government,  as  it  was  called.  Since  that
period  one  of  those  proprietors  has  got  an  office  worth,  at  least,
£800  a  year ;  and  the  son  of  the  other,  a  place  of  upwards  of
£400  per  annum  :  so  that,  as  it  is  likely  that  the  original  pen
sions  continue,  here  may  be  an  annual  income  of  £2,000  paid
for  this  paper,  besides  the  thousands  of  pounds  annually,  which
the  insertion  of  the  proclamations  and  public  advertisement*


DANIEL  o'CQNNiSLL,  tSQ.,  M.L1.  303

cost.  It  is  a  paper  of  the  very  lowest  and  most  paltry  scale  of
talent,  and  its  circulation  is,  fortunately,  very  limited ;  but  it
receives  several  thousands  of  pounds  of  the  money  of  the  men
xvhom  it  foully  and  falsely  calumniates.
