. Ireland in London. Brouncker (Firt-iViscount Castlelyons, and a native of Cork), theeminent mathematician and first President of theRoyal Society, and James Gillray, the great cari-caturist, who also died here on the 1st of June,181T>. He had become deranged during his lastyears, and endeavoured to commit suicide byjumping from his window into the street. He wasborn in 1757, and was the son of an Irish pen-sioner (of Chelsea) who had fought at Fontenoy,His very first caricature was entitled, Paddyon Horseback, being a satire on the Irish for-tune-hunter. Besides his famous works in thisdi
. Ireland in London. Brouncker (Firt-iViscount Castlelyons, and a native of Cork), theeminent mathematician and first President of theRoyal Society, and James Gillray, the great cari-caturist, who also died here on the 1st of June,181T>. He had become deranged during his lastyears, and endeavoured to commit suicide byjumping from his window into the street. He wasborn in 1757, and was the son of an Irish pen-sioner (of Chelsea) who had fought at Fontenoy,His very first caricature was entitled, Paddyon Horseback, being a satire on the Irish for-tune-hunter. Besides his famous works in thisdirection, which stamp him, according to mostpeople, as the greatest of English caricaturists, hoalso executed some excellent engravings, severalof his subjects being drawn from GoldsmithsDeserted Village. Some of his works are-savage in spirit, but of course that does not de-tract from their merit historically or intrinsi-cally. Inthis same street lived, in splendid style, thefamous highwayman, James MLean, and here-. JAMES MACLEAN, HIGHWAYMAN. From the Chronicles of Newgate.(Rare Portrait ) also stood many old taverns and coffee-houses ofgreat historical interest. Thus, on the site of thepresent Conservative Club was situated theThatched House Tavern, a popular re-sort of literary men and politicians,especially of Moore and Brinsley Sheri-dan ; while here also the Dilettanti So-ciety used to meet, among its most prominentmembers being Lord Charlemont and Sir M. St. Jamess Coffee-house stood at the 70 Ireland in London. bottom of the street, facing the Palace, and waagreatly used by Swift, Steele, Goldsmith, andGarrick, to mention but one or two of ita fre-quenters. Garrick used to chaff Oliver 30 mer-cilessly that he vowed to be revenged, and attheir next meeting here produced his celebratedpoem, Retaliation, which ranks among hishappiest and most humorous efforts. On thesite of No. 64 stood the Cocoa Tree Tavern,another famous meeting-place for the wits, in-cluding Sir
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