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Barrington's birth in the county of Kildare in Ireland-Character of his parents-Impoverished by a law suit-His early abilities-Is noticed by a Surgeon, who assists in his education-Patronized by Dr. C Leixlip, and sent to a free grammar-school at Dublin-Quarrels with, and wounds a school-fellow-Is punished-Leaves the school, robs his master and his sister, and elopes to the North of Ireland-Meets with Strolling Players at Drogheda, and engages with Price the Manager-Is enamoured with Miss Egerton-Exhibits a taste for poetical composition.

GEORGE BARRINGTON, whose crimes and virtues have justly astonished his contemporaries, and whose character, whose good and ill repute have now extended beyond the poles, was originally a native, and an inhabitant of