Archbishop Murray. Mr. Bianconi must now
have been in good circumstances, as he settled two thousand pounds upon
his wife on their marriage-day. His early married life was divided
between his cars, electioneering, and Repeal agitation--for he was
always a great ally of O'Connell. Though he joined in the Repeal
movement, his sympathies were not with it; for he preferred Imperial to
Home Rule. But he could never deny himself the pleasure of following
O'Connell, "right or wrong."

Let us give a picture of Bianconi now. The curly-haired Italian boy
had grown a handsome man. His black locks curled all over his head
like those of an ancient Roman bust. His face was full of power, his
chin was firm, his nose was finely cut and well-formed; his eyes were
keen and sparkling, as if throwing out a challenge to fortune. He was
active, energetic, healthy, and strong, spending his time mostly in the
open air. He had a wonderful recollection of faces, and rarely forgot
to recognise the countenance that he had once seen. He even knew all
his horses by name. He spent little of his time at home, but was
constantly rushing about the country after business, extending his
connections, organizing his staff, and arranging the centres of his
traffic.

To return to the car arrangements. A line was early opened from
Clonmel--which was at first the centre of the entire connection--to
Cork; and that line was extended northward, through Mallow and
Limerick. Then, the Limerick car went on to Tralee, and from thence to
Cahirciveen, on the south-west coast of Ireland. The cars were also
extended northward from Thurles to Roscrea, Ballinasloe, Athlone,
Roscommon, and Sligo, and to all the principal towns in the north-west
counties of Ireland.

The cars interlaced with each other, and plied, not so much in
continuous main lines, as across country, so as to bring all important
towns, but especially the market towns, into regular daily
communication with each other. Thus, in the course of about thirty
years, Bianconi succeeded in establishing a system of internal
communication in Ireland, which traversed the main highways and
cross-roads from town to town, and gave the public a regular and safe
car accommodation at the average rate of a penny-farthing per mile.

The traffic in all directions steadily increased. The first car used
was capable of accommodating only six persons. This was between
Clonmel and Cahir. But when it went on t