SAMUEL (1797-1868).-Song-writer and novelist, was a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures. He produced a number of Irish songs, of which several-including _The Angel's Whisper_, _Molly Bawn_, and _The Four-leaved Shamrock_-attained great popularity. He also wrote some novels, of which _Rory O'More_ (in its first form a ballad), and