[97] The imprisonment of Hamilton, the nephew of Russell, is noticed in the letter from Hamburg. _Castlereagh Papers_, ii. 5. [98] Wickham to Castlereagh, Whitehall, June 8, 1798. [99] McNally's secret letters, scores of which I have read in MS., make frequent mention of Braughall as a man with whom he was intimate; and it is likely that the news of Lawless's intended journey to England came from Braughall innocently. McNally, while incriminating others, uniformly seeks to exculpate Braughall, whose counsel he was (MS. letter of May 25, 1798). On June 13, 1798, he expresses his opinion that 'Braughall is an enemy to force'; and a characteristic hint drops: 'If Braughall could be made a friend--and I do believe he is not disinclined to be one, for I know he always reprobates tumult--his influence is great, and his exertions would go far to restore peace.' Braughall had been secretary to the Catholic Committee, and is repeatedly mentioned by Tone in his Journal. A fine portrait of Braughall, in oils, may be seen in the boardroom of the Royal Dublin Society, of which he was secretary. After his arrest, this picture was relegated to a cellar of the institution; but, thanks to Lord J. Butler, it has been recently unearthed and restored. He died in 1803. [100] _Castlereagh_, i. 250, 373, 382; ii. 104, 162, &c. [101] He obtained the rank of Post-Captain, R.N., in 1784; and at the time that he was with Lord Camden at Dublin Castle he commanded the 'Bravo' gunboat. In 1805 he was gazetted 'Rear-Admiral of the Blue.' His name crops up now and then in the Wellington Correspondence. Thus, on November 15, 1814, when the Bourbons had been restored, this gentleman, now signing himself 'D'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, &c.' writes from 'Bagatelle, Jersey,' thanking his Grace for the condescending interest he had shown in recovering for him the small sovereignty of Bouillon. _Vide_ also a piquant memoir of His Serene Highness Philip d'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon, in _Public Characters_ for 1800-1, pp. 545, 561. His father, though of ancient lineage, embarked in commercial pursuits; and it is added that at Jersey 'a multitude of spies were kept in constant pay.' A love of epistolary intrigue seems to have been hereditary with Captain d'Auvergne, Prince of Bouillon. History records that Cardinal d'Auvergne Bouillon, 'during the War of the Succession, held a culpable correspondence with the enemy, _i.e._ Marlborough, Orrery, and Galloway. [102] Portland to Camden, June 8.--S. P. O. [103] _Personal Recollections of Lord Cloncurry._ [104] _Castlereagh Papers_, ii. 361. [105] _Personal Recollections of Lord Cloncurry_, p. 38. [106] Purchased by the father of Lord Cloncurry from Lord Mornington (Cloncurry's _Recollections_, p. 8). In this house the Duke of Wellington was most certainly born in 1769, though his Grace was himself ignorant of the fact, as his Census return, in 1850, shows. It is now the headquarters of the Land Commission.