Burke Manuscript

Burke Manuscript: Page 133

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The first telegraph office was I think opened in a building at the corner of Colombo St and Cathedral Square, next Fahrmann’s. It was afterwards removed to opposite the Rink in Gloucester St. There a little escapade happened. Two gentlemen. One now dead, largely engaged in financial matters, the other what is termed a “limb of the law” got into the establishment in the “still hours of the night”, and by curiosity, or perhaps by interest prompted, overheard the secrets of the wires. There was a row. They I believe only escaped gaol, through a big payment to charitable matters. There was a man at the head of affairs not to be trifled with – Sir John Hall.