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COOTE. voted him thanks, and ordered that a letter to that effect should be sent to him, signed by the speaker, and to which was affixed the seal of the House. On the 19th of the same month, they also appointed him one of the com missioners for the management of the affairs of Ireland. All dissembling was quickly at an end. On the 14th of May, old style, King Charles II. was proclaimed in Dub lin, and immediately after throughout a l l the great towns, with general acclamations o f joy; and o n the 25th o f that month, Sir Charles Coote was appointed, with others, t o wait upon his majesty, t o present t o him the congratula tions o f the nation. His eminent services i n contributing t o the Restoration, were rewarded b y the King with several offices o f profit and honour; and o n the 6th o f September, 1660, he was created Baron and Wiscount Coote, and Earl o f Mountrath, i n the Queen's county, i n Ireland; h e was also appointed one o f the lords justices o f that kingdom. His honours, however, h e did not long live t o enjoy, a s h e died o f the small-pox, December 18, 1661, and was suc ceeded i n his titles and estates by Charles, his second son, from whom i s descended the present Earl o f Mountrath. Lord Mountrath was undoubtedly a man o f extraordinary abilities, and i t i s t o be lamented that h e lived i n a n un happy period o f civil dissension; when the arms and power o f one party were directed against another; and the true patriot can only lament over every victory, since whoever was conquered o r victorious, the blood o f brothers and fellow-citizens was mournfully shed; and what was a joy t o one part o f the nation, was t o others o f his countrymen a cause of sorrow and lamentation:— “Bella geri placuit nullus habitura triumphos.” Whatever may b e the opinion which we may b e disposed t o entertain of the merits of the cause which Sir Charles Coote embraced i n the commencement o f the troubles, there i s reason t o believe h e was actuated b y a conscien tious regard t o what h e conceived was his duty; a s the family were most zealous presbyterians i n their religious principles. The power which h e acquired enabled him a t I