A--, two days afterwards, appeared, all the
inhabitants, with garlands, streamers, music, and other ensigns of
joy, crowded out to meet him, and ushered him into town with such
demonstrations of pleasure and goodwill, that the noble peer found it
convenient to hide himself from the resentment of his own tenants,
the effects of which he must have severely felt, had not he been
screened by the timely remonstrances of Mr. M--, and the other
gentlemen who accompanied his competitor.
"Nor did his apprehension vanish with the transaction of this day;
the town was again in uproar on the Sunday following, when it
was known that Mr. A-- intended to come thither from Dunmain to
church; they went out to meet him as before, and conducted him to
the church door with acclamations, which terrified his uncle to
such a degree, that he fled with precipitation in a boat, and soon
after entirely quitted the place.
"It would be almost an endless task to enumerate the particular
steps that were taken by one side to promote, and by the other to
delay, the trial.
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