It became impossible to wring even a modest Land Bill from the Prime Minister, and Mr.Chesney, now much at ease in the Secretary's office in the Castle, scarcely felt it necessary to be civil to deputations which wanted railways.

It was clear that something must be done, or Mr.O'Rourke's business would disappear.
He decided to appeal for funds _orbi et urbi_.

The world--in this case North America--was to be visited, exhorted, and, it was hoped, taxed by some of his most eloquent lieutenants.

Even Canada, with its leaven of Orangemen, was to be honoured with the speeches of an orator of second-rate powers.

The city--Dublin, of course--was the chosen scene of the leader's personal exertions.