Chapter LII The Fitzwilliam Disappointment
General desire for Catholic Emancipation—Lord Sheffield’s evidence—The Catholic delegates received by the king—Lord Fitzwilliam sent as Lord-Lieutenant—Popular enthusiasm—Recalled—Result of his recall.
Chapter LIII ‘Ninety-Eight
Wolfe Tone, his character and autobiography—The other leaders of the rebellion—England and France at war—Hoche’s descent—Panic—Habeas Corpus Act suspended—Misconduct of soldiers—Arrest of Lord Edward Fitzgerald—Outbreak of the rebellion—The rising in Wexford—Bagenal Harvey—Arklow, New Ross, and Vinegar Hill—Suppression of the rebellion—Final incidents—Death of Wolfe Tone.