As the events of this or the previous year do not, properly speaking, range within the historical scope of my narrative, I have excluded chronological and historical order.

My object has been to group together the great features of the confederacy without other reference than that of pointing out their moral influence, operating through a long space of time.

Thus I have referred to the Parliamentary Committee instituted by Mr.O'Brien among incidents which belong to an anterior period, because the vigour of these incidents, which left moral seeds in their track, continued to co-exist and blend with the powerful agencies of that Committee.

As I now approach the period when the differences with Mr.O'Connell, which hitherto developed themselves in the distinctive characteristics of the respective opinions of both parties rather than in any direct collision, became tangible, it is necessary to observe strict historical and chronological accuracy.
Before proceeding to details of succeeding events, a brief recapitulation of important facts, with the dates of their occurrences, become necessary.

A few others, not heretofore alluded to, must needs be added.
The date of the imprisonment is the 30th of May, 1844: that of the release the 6th of September in the same year.
In the intermediate period the amount received in the Repeal treasury during four weeks was, L12,379 14s.