An Historical Review of the State of Ireland from the Invasion of that Country Under Henry II. to Its Union with Great Britain on the First of January 1801...

On the 20th of June 1798 the Marquis Cornwallis arrives in
Dublin-He changes the whole system of the military govern-
ment-Happy consequences of his measures
All the principal inhabitants of Wexford arraigned for treason
upon General Lake's army entering the city-Captain Keugh
remains in the town-Bagenal Harvey retires to his seat in
the country-Colclough and Harvey taken in the Saltee islands
Grogan taken at his mansion of Johnstown-All successively
tried by court-martial and executed, and their properties
confiscated by a subsequent act of the Irish parliament

The scene of terrorism closed by order of the lord lieutenant,

who orders General Lake to Dublin-Good conduct of Gene-

ral Hunter-The Northern insurgents attack Antrim, and

take it-Death of Lord O'Neil

The insurgents after a long contest with the troops retire to

Donnegar Hill, surrender their arms and disperse-Dr.

Jackson's corps of united Irish, in the county of Down, set

fire to the house of Mackee an informer-The same corps of

rebels defeated by Colonel Stapleton's detachment of York

fencibles and Yeomen cavalry-The rebels take post at Bal-

lynahinch-The battle and defeat of the rebels-A revenue

cruiser and 40 men burned by the rebels-The Northern

insurgents disperse and surrender-An insurrection in the

county of Cork

Dispersed by the Westmeath militia, and some of the Caithness

legion-The rebels of Wexford shape their course through

Scollogh Gap in Mount Leinster, under the command of

Father John Murphy, in hopes of raising the colliers in the

county of Kilkenny-They defeat several small bodies of the

military on the way

Sir Charles Asgill marches against them, but the rapidity of

their march prevents his joining them at Newbridge, as he

intended-The rebels retire back from Castlecomer, which

they set on fire, after defeating 250 men sent to protect it-

They are followed by the army and defeated at Kilcomny,

near Newbridge

The other body of Wexford rebels are defated near Hackets-
town, in the county of Wicklow-The rebels direct, their
course for Carnew, and defeat General Needham's cavalry-
They defeat the yeoman cavalry at Ballyrakeen

Lord Cornwallis's proclamation-An act of amnesty published

A message from his excellency to the House of Commons-A
copy of the certificate of protection and oath, Note-The re-
bels fix their station near Wicklow Gap-Are surrounded

under favour of a fog by the army under the command of Sir

James Duff-They force their way through the cavalry in the

direction of Carnew

At Ballygullen make a most desperate resistance-Disperse, and

after a few days break up-General Lake's order for prosecu-

tions upon leaving Wexford-Several petition for transpor-

tation

Courts martial instituted in Ross, Enniscorthy, Gorey and New-
ton Barry-Among the rest the Rev. John Redmond exe-
cuted though apparently innocent, at the prosecution of Lord
Mountnorris-The leading Orange junto of Wexford

The Rev. Mr. Gordon's account of the execution of Redmond

The remainder of the rebels of Wexford and Wicklow move on

to form a junction with those of Kildare, headed by Mr. Ayl-

mer, and after various rencontres are totally routed at Bally-

boghill, near Swords-Almer and several other chiefs nego-

ciate with general Dundas-General Moore grants terms to

Garret Byrne, &c.

Arthur O'Connor, and seventy-three state prisoners propose,

through Mr. Dobbs, a member of parliament, terms and con-

fessions to government to save the lives of Oliver Bond and

Byrne, then under sentence-The confession proposed, Note

-Reference to Arthur O'Connor's letter to Lord Castlereagh,

Note

O'Connor, Emmett, M'Nevin, and Neilson examined upon oath

before the secret committee of both houses of Parliament-

Ministers notwithstanding keep the fifteen principal prisoners

in confinement during the war-Byrne executed-Bond res-

pited-Dies of an apoplexy in prison-The peace of the me-

tropolis maintained by the yeomanry

The remnant of the rebel army with deserters from the regi-

ments remain in the fastnesses of the Wicklow mountains,

and in the woods-They make a depredatory war, Holt and

Hacket their commanders

Retaliation of Protestants upon Catholics for the murders com-
mitted by this banditti-Hacket killed near Arklow-Holt
surrenders to Lord Powerscourt on condition of being trans-
ported-The lord lieutenant's message to parliament
The lord lieutenant presents papers mentioned in his message
all sealed up in a box-On the 27th of July the attorney gene-
ral moves an act for attainder of Lord Edward Fitzgerald,
Cornelius Grogan, and Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey-A bill
of general amnesty followed some time after

Napper Tandy and about thirty other fugitives in France ex-

cepted from bill of general amnesty-Humane conduct of

General Hunter and his brigade major Captain Fitzgerald in

Wexford-The General stops the despotic cruelty of the

Orangemen by threatening to get the refractory tied to a

cart's tail and whipped

His remarkable answer to a curate reporting false alarms 55

Mr. Hawtry White's false alarms-Cruelty exercised upon the
miserable peasantry-General Hunter proves Hawtry White
a perjured and false alarmist

56-7

Several acquitted by the court martial of Wexford presided at

by Lord Ancram, and after his departure by Sir James Fow-

lis-Major Fitzgerald's letter to Mr. Hay, vouching for the

authenticity of his history, Note

The execution of Mr. Walter Devereux notwithstanding pro-

tections-The weakness of French politics saves Ireland 59

Landing of Humbert's forces at Killala

Good conduct and discipline of the French general and his

troops

The French take possession of Ballina

The royal army defeated shamefully at Castlebar-Rev. Mr.

Gordon's observations upon this affair, Note

The Marquis Cornwallis heads the army in person, and moves

forward to stop the career of the enemy-The progress of the

French retarded by the brave resistance of the Limerick mi-

litia near Coloony

The French abandon their plan against Sligo, and direct their

march towards Granard in Longford

The French army surrender at Ballynamuck-The whole march

of the French 122 Irish miles-The French lose after their

landing about two hundred men

Lord Cornwallis's plan prevents an insurrection in Granard and

Cavan-Major General Trench with a large body of troops

arrives at Killala-The rebels disperse after a severe conflict

Great expedition of the Kerry militia to relieve the town-

Rashness and temerity of the rebels

A narration of this sad scene by the Bishop of Killala-The

French keep the town thirty-two days

Great contempt of the French for the Catholic priests and Ca-

tholic populace-Description of their appearance and disci-

The example of Killala followed by their other conquests-

Question of legality in submitting to an invading enemy, and

acting under him-General Bellew and Mr. Richard Bourke

condemned by court martial and hanged

Roger Mac Guire after a long imprisonment at Castlebar trans-

ported to Botany Bay-Mac Guire the father hanged-Re-

turns of the army's loss during the rebellion, and that of the

rebels

CHAPTER VII.

OF THE UNION WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

OF the principal object of the Union-Parliament remains sit-

ting throughout the rebellion-The chiefs of the rebellion ex-

amined before the secret committees of both houses-Their

confessions published-The publication charged with misre-

presentation in the popular prints

The lord chancellor reports from the committee-Examination

of the chief rebels

Lord Cornwallis publishes a proclamation

Mr. Ogle's speech in the course of the debates on the attainder

bill, Note-Mr. Grattan's letter from Twickenham 9th No-

vember, 1798, Note

Parliament prorogued on 6th November, 1798-The lord lieu-

tenant's speech

The Earl of Enniskillen disgraced for his conduct on the trial of

Wollaghan

The lord lieutenant's orders to General Craig, in consequence

of the conduct of the court-martial presided by Lord Ennis-

killen

The lamentable fate of Theobald Wolfe Tone, founder of the

Irish Union

Tried by a court-martial, pleads guilty, but asks for military

execution, being denied which, he cut his throat the night

before the execution - Opinion of the court of King's Bench

on his trial by court-martial, sitting the King's Bench - 82

The Orange societies multiplied upon the suppression of the
rebellion-Case of the king against White and Goring, magis-
trates of the county of Tipperary, Note

Crimes fabricated by, and infamous conduct of some yeomen and

magistrates-Inhumanity of Mr. T. Judkin Fitzgerald,

sheriff of Tipperary

Incorporate union can alone release Ireland from the mis-

chiefs of Orangism-Difference of opinions upon the question

of Union

Prostitution of votes upon the occasion-Mr. Cooke's pam-

phlet circulated with great zeal and industry by ministers

A list of the principal writings for and against the measure,

Note

The Earl of Clare at the head of the Unionists, the Right Hon.

Mr. Foster leader of the Anti-unionists-Several dismissals

from office-Meeting of the bar, Ambrose Smith in the chair,

-A resolution moved against an Union-Adjournment

moved by St. George Daly

Upon a division, for the adjournment 32, against it 166-The
city of Dublin opposes the measure

Resolutions of Dublin, the lord mayor in the chair-Case of

George Sparks, Esq. oppressed by Wexford Orangemen,

Note

The political war, for and against an Union, rages throughout

the country

Meetings all over Ireland, even of the fellows and scholars of
Trinity college-Parliament meets 22d January 1799-The
viceroy's speech to both houses of parliament

An address moved from the lords-An amendment moved by

Lord Powerscourt-Rejected by a strong majority, 49 against

16-Lord Tyrone moves the address in the commons-Op-

posed by Sir John Parnell