The existing Government in a splenetic attempt to crush it, had dismissed certain magistrates for having their names enrolled on its books.

This new aggression gave a fresh impetus to its progress.

Men who had previously looked on it with doubt or fear, now embraced it as the only safeguard for the remaining liberties of the island.

The parliamentary committee which had been instituted by Mr.O'Brien, had exhausted every source of information within the reach of industry in developing the resources and capacities of the country.

The committee of the Association counted within its members one hundred lawyers who preferred the fortunes of Ireland to professional or political advancement.