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      tutioit , ( of which he was the corner stone , ) stand conspicuous . The > retrospect of-politics in the Belfast Magazine , will rjetain to the world the depth of his political reasoning . He also translated the Electra of Sophocles , and several of Cicero ' s Letters .

      His latter days teemed with acts of benevolence and bursts of patriotic enthusiasm . No occasion occurred in which the interests of Ireland , or of « her unhappy children , were endangered , that Drennan did » not , like Cincinnatus , leave

      his fields and hid gardens , return to the tower , and again assume the seat of the patriotic monitor ; and this , till within a few years of his death . He was always the Mentor of young adventurers 'in the -world ; , and there are not a few in Belfast who can testify to the caution he

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      Report on the Criminal Laws . [ Continued from p . 5 BJ ' The Statutes creating capital felonies , which the Committee have considered under this head , are reducible to two classes ; the First , relate to acts either so nearly indifferent as to require no

      penalty , or if injurious , not of such a magnitude as that they may not safely be left punishable ^ s Misdemeanors at common law . In these your Committee propose the simple repeal ; they are as follows :

      1 . —1 and 2 Phil , and Mary , c . 4 . Egyptians remaining within the kingdom one ; month . - 2 . —18 Charles II . c . 3 . Notorious Thieves in Cumberland and Northumberland . 3 vr- * - 9 Geo . I . c . 22 . Being armed and disguised in . any Forest ^ Park , &c . 4 . — — — = in any Warren . 5 . — ' ——— p in any High Road , Open Heath , Common or Down . # . — *_** . Unlawfully hunting , killing , or stealing Deer . 7 _ ¦ Robbing Warrens , &c 8 , — - * - ——«— - Stealing or taking any Fish out of any River , or Pond , &c . 9 . — - —<— - — Hunting in His Majesty ' s Forests or Chases . JO . — —— Breaking down the head or mound of a Fish Pond . II . — - 9 Geo . I . e . 28 . Being disguised within the Mint . 12 . —12 Geo . II . c . 29 . Injuring of Westminster Bridge , and other Bridges by other Acts . \

      The Second £ lass consists of tjiose offences , which , though in the opinion of your Comniittee ^ never , fit to be punished with Death , are yet so malignant and dangercius its to require the highest punishments except death , Which are ' kridwn to our laws . ^ b ^ SjB the Committe e would make punishable , either by l > arii& $ rtatx&n , or Imprison-% ?^ W k ^ rd labour , allowing considerable scope to the discretion of the Judges res ^ # i | tg tfie term for which either punishment is to endulfef . ^

      •• it—pteEm * c . 9 . Taking away any Maid , Widow , or Wife , &c-2 .- ^ 21 Jac . I . c . 26 . Acknowledging or procuring jany , Pine , Recovery , &c . 3 . r- ~ 4 i $ tefi * . J- cap . II . s . / 4 . Helping to the recovery of Stolen Goods . 4 .- ^ -9 Geo . L c . 22 . Maliciously kUUng or wounding Cattl ^ . . 5 . —9 Geo . 1 / c . 22 , Cutting down or destroying Trees growing , &c . 6 : *~ 5 Geo . 1 L c . 30 . Bankrupts not surrendering , &c . fo *** » ' > ¦ "» 1 - *^— Conceding p ^ embezzBng . > ± t 8 . *^ -6 Geo . II . c * 37 > Cutting down l ? he bant of apy AipJBr . 9 . —6 Geo . II . c . 20 . Destroying ^ ny Fence , JLock , 31 uice , > Stc . 10 . —26 € heo ; IL c . 23 . ( r faking * F ^ lse ^ ntry , vm a Marriage Register , &c . five ** , '< ¦ ¦ - utuFeiOnies . , ,, r w . ' . ' j -i ^ .- /^ > . ul *> x . •¦ nt t ; j ' ¦ ; , • : Ji ^ M 87 GebiII . c . 15 . Sending threatening I ^^ tt ^ rs . V , . .,., , , UR-44 ST . Geo . II . ic ^ l ^ . © ectroyinfc ^ n ^ , 4 cc . Bedford ^ yeL ? - Z .

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      would inculcate in business , and the alacrity he would keep alive in principle . The Minerva-like wisdom of the widow he has left , himself acknowledged , and who was , in every way , meet partner for such a man . The children of JDrennan , under such a mother , will surely lose none of their father ' s greatness .

      Farewell , thou advocate of weeping and widowed Ireland ! thou friend of man , iu every dime and country ! May the youth of that land , thou so well namedst "The Emerald Isle , " emulate , if not equal thy fervour of national devotion ; and may every Irishman , who wishes to retain the name of patriot , come to thy shrine , invoke thy name , and imitate thy example . F . D . F .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1820, page 122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2485/page/58/