Mr.O'Connell's sincerity was questioned, and his motives canvassed with vindictive vigilance.

The warmest Nationalists looked on with doubt and coldness.

Not one man of rank, outside the members of the defunct society, joined its ranks.

The routine of business, the receipt of money, the resolutions, the speeches, were exactly identical with those of its predecessors.

The Government seemed neither to dread it nor care for it.