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40 lieutenant clasped him in his arms, and they sunk together.

Such was the end of Captain Barrett, and his brave but unfortunate ship's company. The hero who falls in the arms of victory, has a monument raised by the gratitude of his country; but he, whose destiny has been a watery grave, overcome by the irresistible power of the elements sinks lamented at the instant, and henceforth is forgotten. To rescue from this unmerited oblivion the name and character of Captain Barrett, has been our object in the publication of these brief memoirs; and let it be remembered in the perusal of them, that although the actions they record are neither splendid or brilliant, opportunities alone were wanting to have made them so; and that if in the battle courage is indisputable, yet in all probability the truest touch-stone of bravery is—the storm.

DAVID FITZ-JAMES BARRY,

, was one of the Lords of the Parliament, convened by Sir James Perrott, in 1585; but afterwards took an active share in the rebellion of the Earl of Desmond, for which he received a pardon in the government of Lord Grey. From that time his fidelity to the crown was untainted, and he was appointed one of the council to Sir George Carew, president of Munster; in which capacity he did great service against the rebels in that province, as may be seen by his answer to Tyrone's letter of invitation to join him, and of which a full account is given in the Pacata Hibernia. In 1601, he was made general of the provincials, and assisted in raising the siege of Kinsale; and, after the defeat of the Spaniards, his lordship, at the head of his forces, attacked O'Guillevan, and routed him with great loss; which, with some prudent measures employed at the same time, reduced the insurgents to complete submission,, In 1618, the king, intending to hold a parliament in Dublin, and