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    more Ko man thanThomas ; . Prummohd the /) . [ No ever man who organised ; reliellioh in consultations by day

    and No man drillings who cast by his nig all ht into ever the wroug revolutionary ht harder .

    balance was ever more disinterested and devoted . I u He , a himself soldier unmeasured of a sensitive insult spirit whi , ch broug would ht pon , ,

    elsewhere have been intolerable ; but for Ireland ' s sake he bore it all . He went through endless toils which nobody inew of who could

    his give crivft name him him any anv when rfitnrn return , Ireland , of of- " honour honour wants . . - Let Tjp his . t . th t . h example prn em name immft . ' Kothing up to within seven years of his death

    seemed less likely than that Dmmmond would achieve political renown . He was ^ ent as a lad I to Woolwich , and obtained his commission in

    the Royal Engineers in the summer of 1815 — just after the crowning victory of Waterloo had crushed the power of Napoleon I . The routine

    work of a garrison station was not at all to the taste of the young officer , but he determined to turn his enforced leisure to good account by

    pursuing his studies in natural philosophy and ! the higher mathematics . In * 182 S he found "

    advantage himself quartered of Professor in London Faraday , and ' s leetures eagerly at took the I mysteries Royal Institution of what $ was 0 acquaint then the himself new science with the of

    chemistry . Ere long he obtained an appointment on the Ordnance Survey—a work which , in those piping days of peace , fell naturally

    into ' The the Ordnance skilled hands Survey of , ' s the tates Royal his biographer Engineers , ' gave Drummond what he ^ wanted—a field of

    action . He was essentially a man of work ; it was his nature to throw himself heart and soul I into whatever he undertook . Mechanically to

    ! follow others in a routine course was foreign to i 1 ; his his genius tastes VtfTPbp . ; boldly Ori P ginality Bh * B > * B >^ " to B ¦ BP initiate of mind was congenial and energy to & ¦

    ^^ ^^ ^» P ^^ ' ^—»> r ^"" ~ ~ ' ^ " ^ BP" ^ B * ™ " ^^^~^» . ^ " ^ ¦ ^ ^^^ ^~ - ^ " ^^^ — l ^^— ^ ' - — ~^ ¦ — ^ pB of character were among his i distinguishing traits He quickly , and both discovered were now that put the to great the wan test . t '

    ] of which the would Ordnance enable Department observations was to be a taken lamp at long distancesand at the age of

    twentynine he according , ly set himself to meet the difficulty Li ^ ht' and by heliostat inventing the which famous h was * visible Drummond at a

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    sli would pped ever on , make that a such new ^ departure , man as in Drummon life . But d in 1833 Lord Althorpwho at that time was

    Chancellor , of the Exchequer , in the Grey become Ministry , his made private urgen secretary t overture . s After to him great to

    hesitation thus »* *** * ^^ mv * -r then ^^^^^» *^ Aifl ^ launched a ^^^ he ^ # ^ MM W 4 % accepted ^^ y i"i ^*^ - " ^* - ^ , y though ^ ¦ ^^ - ^ - the ^ f ^^ p J— ~~~ in ' position 9 ¦ ^ a ^~ - *™ minor - ' ' ^^ ¦ » ¦ ^* -- ™ , capaci » an i ^ ^ - » Jfc ^ 4 — » ^^^ was —^ ty m , S

    ceased on a political to dlore career the , loss thoug which h Faraday science never thus sustained ep Two laterwhen Lord

    sec Melbourne retary , . much returned to his years Mr to qwn power astonishment . , Lord r Altfrorp , found ' s

    himself most delicate singled task out of for the what hour was and perhaps was sent the to Ireland as Under -Secretarywith , Lorcl Morpeth

    as his chief . . It wasa clear , case of promotion by merit . He had neither official experience

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    ¦ ... - - ... .. ., . . .. -1 1 n except or ; powerful irT his v family scientific ; cdunections capacity . entirely He was . ¦ un * , \ ( \

    known , , and he could claim no special , associa-: ) lion with Ireland . The appointment took the

    pub condition lic by surprise of affairs , and in seemed Ireland , , in to the be menacing both ,

    inopportune and hazardous ; but the Whig leaders had taken their measure of the man , and the result showed that they had judged rightly of

    his ability and courage . The personal friends of that Drummond he was blessed used joking ^ ith ly an to abn declare ormal

    amount of Scotch ' caution' and so cool and apparently phlegmatic , was his ordinary demeanour that they were accustomed

    to student say , that there , though was one Drummond thing which was he a would hard never understandand that was the nature of

    enthusiasm . But , his official career in Ireland between W ^^ r ^ B . r ^^ ¥ ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ¦ th ^^ ^ " ^^^ ^ e ^^^^ years ^^^ r ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ 1835 ^^^^ m ^^^ ^<^^ ^^^ and ^ ^ - ^—^—^— - _ - - ^_ - 1840 ¦ ^ - ^^ comp ^^^ - ^^ ^^ v ^^ w ^ v ^ a—^ r letely ^^^ ^^^ ^ ¦ ^ - ^^^ ^^ w

    falsified seemed as snch if the a quiet prediction man of . science All at had once been it transformed . He threw himself with undemon-¦

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    -" life ter well in . Ireland He had on spent the worl thirteen of the years Ordnance of his Sand TiTf during that time - ^ <•¦> he had ¦ ¦ ¦ - patiently m- ¦¦> ¦

    studied rv—r urvey - -fc ^ 1 ^ - ^ 0 j , m on the ^^»»> t ^ m spot r y »» ¦» the —>— ^ p- »* ^ real ^ p- — ^ p~~— want -p—— - » w s , grievances ^ . ¦ — v ^— ^ p' ^ w , <& and U % JL asp aOjJil irations Ctl'J . UilS of VJL the UXJ . C 7 peop pCUJJIC le . . s The J-iit ? princi | JlXUbX ple pXC

    which ruled him in his official duties was faith in therpeople and strength in the

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    peasantry with their that the he ( 3-overnment drew them sympathised over to the side Wm ^^ . » ' ¦>* p » ^^ pp of ^ t ^ ^ m * authority ^¦ r ^ p' **•¦ ^^ ^ pb ^ P wrongs > ^^ Pr ^ pj ^ pb ^ P- w V . He ^¦¦•^¦^ ^ " ^ rendered ^^ ^ " ^ —^ ^ ^^ the — law popular J ~ ¦— ^ " " ,

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    widely of BWfc V ^^ F B , ^ B Ireland 7 ^^^ f B ^^ P P " > ^ b ^^ ^^ known p f ^ Bj ^ b > V Bfc ^ W BB ^ . ^^ Bp * VT ^^ rf ~ Bl BkBB Mr ™ " b *"" "B . ^ B ^ B" his O »^ P ^ Bfc 'Brien * B ^• P' ' Fifty p' - ^^^ , ^ p ^ ^ who p ¦ v Years w ~^^ r ¦ ¦ ^^ - is — ^ - ^ ¦—¦¦ ^ - ^ perhaps ^ of ^ " ^^^^ r—^— Concession ^ -. ^^ - — ^ - ^_ ^^ - ^ most - ^ ^^^ - ^^

    ta ^ . HK ^ Ireland ___ ft ^^ pF W . _ . ^ m ^ , ' V g ^^ ives ^ ¦ ^ pl y W pPPBb a pVtoB ^ pF grap pPBl ^^ hic BBk ^^^ ^^^ Bfc W p ^^^^ icture A ™ A — ' ~ of — ¦ ^ the * B ^< —~ net " ^— " l — Bl ~ - work -W p ^ fc ^ ^» j B ^^ Bb pf ^ fj g ^ BB conspiracy ^^* ^*»* pWi'P ' ^ ' ¦ ^ PT * V « ^^^ " ^ ^^ # ^ F with "I W P ^ ^^ P BPB ^ m which » ^ P ^^^^^ ^ PP" ^ ¦ ^ Drummond — ^— ^ ¦ ¦ ' ™ ' " ^ —™ — ™ found ¦ ^^ — ^ — ' — ¦

    himself throws a compelled searching to ligh do t battle on the ; and tactics the of book the Ribbon PPW T PBbbJ Societyana the Bl intimidat ¦ ion which ------

    sprang ^ «¦« - ^ pr B ^ p ^ m ^ ^ C ; ^* ut % / ^^ of *» ^^ ^^ Ora f , " | ngeism " »^»^^ " ^ ~*»^ , - ^ ^ - ^ , notably , - ^ — — " the - ^ circum , ___ - stances which surrounded the notorious .. *

    Fairhad man to ' p be lot taken . The out control of the of hands the constabulary of partisan m BbBB agistrates Bfcr b the b -law had to be

    reorganised - ^^> ' w V" ^ % ; - ^^ ^ b and * ^ b > w ^ v ^ b »^ n r equal ; w ^ «^ - ^^ handed poor M ^""^ ^**^ ^^ ^ . * jusHce —^ — ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ " ^ — meted ^^ — ^— — out ^* r ¦ ^^^ to all . Drummoncl was assailed ^ by clamour , reproach Btf and wiw b menace pibiBbbv hutthough his ¦ ¦ ¦ ph ¦ ysical - ¦

    h ^^ ea r m *^ l ^ t h ^* b ^ A was A , Vp »^ t g ,- ¦ » ivi ^^ n g ^^ ^^ way ^^ , « j - ** ^**» ^ before ** , ^ "p—^ - ^^ ^^ 1 ^* the — - —— — - strain — ¦ ^ — - ^ ^ p ^^ , ^ p he -- ^*^ ' - ^» JL never E ^ aJ » ^^ Jb faltered JUf ^ Jk | J \/ 4 , VVI , % much J f — " k , « . ^^ A . b > l . » ess V /* kT *>_ r forsook -- ^ p " » w ^ V ^ m' - »»»» the w » pi b ^^ - post k ^ - ^^ « w of -fc ^ - . p .,

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    book and not , was without singularl justice y attractive Mr . O'Brien and has estimable termed , the m ^ n n ~ ~ story f ~ ^ k * ^ j bW * V of ^¦¦ ^^* ^ Tho ppp "" ^»* "b ^^ f mas •^ " . 1 * Jfcr ^ F ^*^ ppp D ^ ^ rum ^» h ^ v ^—^^—^^ m ¦ ¦*— - ^ on ' ^^ - ' —» d - ^ - — ' s ¦ — ¦— honourable ' — ^ w ^—¦—¦ ™ ^ " —¦ ' ^ ™ — ^^ r 11 ^^ - ^ p »

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    and with to rare redress self-abn the egation to of widen our Irish the liberties fellowwrongs l Tr iflt > m ects the Society for Promoting ? Christian

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1889, page 171, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021889/page/13/