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 placed a coronet on her brow, but she preferred to remain faithful to the lover who had wooed her, five years before, at Kilkenny. On the 13th July, 1819, she appeared as Mrs. Haller, in "The Stranger." It was announced to be her last appearance in London before Christmas.

She made a very successful tour in Ireland during the summer and autumn of that year. She received upwards of £2,000 for a limited number of appearances in Cork and Dublin, and Mr. Jones, who engaged her, cleared between £2,000 and £3,000 by this transaction. On the 7th August she appeared at Crow Street Theatre, as Mrs. Beverley in "The Gamester," to the Beverley of Charles Kemble. "Venice Preserved," she acted in on the 18th November, at Crow Street, and "The Gamester" was given in the same week by special desire of the Persian Ambassador, who attended in all the glory of his oriental splendour. Her last appearance in Dublin was on the nth December, when she played Juliet, and Maria in "The Citizen," for her own benefit. Seven days afterwards, on the 18th December, she was married to Mr. William Wrixon Becher, then M.P. for Mallow. The marriage is thus announced in the papers of the day:—

"William Wrixon Becher, Esq., a gentleman of very considerable property, to the lovely and accomplished Miss O'Neill. The ceremony