It was this Lord Moira who said in the House of Lords in 1797 that 'he had seen in Ireland the most absurd, as well as the most disgusting tyranny that any nation ever groaned under.' Moira became Governor-General of Bengal and Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India.

The Duke of Norfolk, a stanch Whig, distinguished himself in 1798 by a famous toast at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Arundel Street, Strand:--'Our sovereign's health--the majesty of the people!' which greatly offended George III., who removed Norfolk from his lord-lieutenancy.

Phillips seems to have had a very lax imprisonment, as he conducted the _Herald_ from gaol, contributing in particular a weekly letter.

Soon after his release he disposed of the _Herald_, or permitted it to die.

It was revived a few years later as an organ of Toryism.