 felt,
had not he been screened by the timely remonstrances of Mr. M-r, and the other
gentlemen who accompanied his competitor.
    Nor did his apprehension vanish with the transactions of this day; the town
was again in uproar on the Sunday following, when it was known that Mr. A--y
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 intirely 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: the
young gentleman's adversaries finding that they could not, by all the
subterfuges and arts they had used, evade it, repeated attempts were made to
assassinate him and his protector, and every obstruction thrown in the way of
his cause which craft could invent, villany execute, and undue influence
confirm. But all these difficulties were surmounted by the vigilance, constancy,
courage and sagacity of M--r; and, at last, the affair was brought to a very
solemn trial at bar, which being continued, by several adjournments, from the
eleventh to the twenty-fifth day of November, a verdict was found for the
claimant, by a jury of gentlemen, which, in point of reputation and property,
cannot be easily paralleled in the annals of that or any other country; a jury
that could by no means be suspected of prepossessions in favour of Mr. An--y,
(to whose person they were absolute strangers) especially if we consider that a
gentleman in their neighbourhood, who was nephew to the foreman, and nearly
related to some of the rest of their number, forfeited a considerable estate by
their decision.
    This verdict (said the parson) gave the highest satisfaction to all
impartial persons that were within reach of being truly informed of their
proceedings, and of the different genius and conduct of the parties engaged in
the contest; but more especially to such as were in court (as I was) at the
trial, and had an opportunity of observing the characters and behaviour of the
persons who appeared there to give evidence. -- To such it was very apparent,
that all the witnesses produced there on the part of the uncle, were either his
tenants, dependents, pot-companions, or persons some way or other interested in
the issue of the suit, and remarkable for
