The Sun. — London, England, 1803-09-13 00:00:00

Int DUBLIN, SEPT. 9. COMMISSION INTELLIGENCE. ire vii 110 :at . urs PWATE CORRESPONDZ4VCE. Felix Rourke, Jelin Kali,,, and Jobs AffCan, otherwise Ill'Kerma, found guilty on Tuestiay and Wednesday last, on testimony of Mahaffy- and Ryan, were this morning put to the Bar tu re. ceive Sentence. Rourke Was first called on in the usual manner, to know why Judgment of Death and Execution should not be had against hint 1-- He made a short speech with some flippancy, making a solemn appeal to that God before whose throne he must shortly appear, and protesting his innocence of the charge on which he was found guilty, or of ever having shed a drop of human blood himself, or by advice or connivance contri. bused in any manner to have injured a neighbour tither in person or property. Baron GEORGE, in a concise anti most pathetic exhortation to the Culprit, took a clear review of the depositions on which he was convicted, remarking particularly that the most childish credulity could not be deceived by the species of fabricated . testimony advanced in his defence, which tended as forcibly to his conviction as the depositions of the Witnesses for the Crown, whose evidence was incontrovertible, and in etreet critically supported by the weak and N. lacious deception offered by the persons whom he selected to. prove jin alibi. , Of five unfortu.: nate persons, hurled into the presence of their Creator without time, perhaps, in this world, to expiate those offences incident to human nature in its most perfett state, some fell by his merci. less hands, so that no doubt can affect the public mind, but that he was nut only .a confede rate i n a system of treason, and a series of those san. guinary and horrible atrocities which ensue from at, hut was a priuse instigator, and conspicuous leader among other deluded pewits% with inflamed passions, who are so inconceivably deluded as to promise themselves kingdoms, states, wealth, ho. nour, and power, by the instantaneous commis. *km of crimes, at which human nature, in any degree less depraved, must revolt. lie, there. fames implored him, as he valued his humor. *al soul, nu longer to persevere in the weak and . profane attempt to I,lindfold his God by the same wretched and Iniquitous trick, by which it is evident that he and his unhappy confederates have hitherto contrived to deceive His creatures. Zillits and M'Ca, were hardy enough to perse. ',ere in their denial of the charge, not only after this affetting appeal to t heir associate, but after a particular address to them by Baron DALY.. Baron Gsnace, with. evident emotion, pro. itounced the awful sentence of death on all the cut. prits, by hanging, embowelling, and beheading them., loarth bows was put to the Bar, o n a c h arge of High 'Treason. The Parsee Seamier stated the case for the Crown.—The Prisoner he represented as a person who received the King's pay, by employment at the Ordnance Stores in the Castle.yard. After the usual preliminary evidence of the exist.. ence of a Traitorous Insurration on the night of the 23d of July, Edward Wi ICON, Fsq. proved, in addition to his usual testimony, that he saw in New-street, in the County of Dublin, persons armed with pikes ; apprehended some who confessed to him that certain pikes which he had taken were in their hands. Lieutenant Doughis,•of the zest Regiment, proved the attack made by she Rebels on his guard, near the Coombe, in the County of Dublin. The Re bels were principally armed with pikes, and a few with blunderbusses and pistols ; part of his Guard, while resisting this attack, were in the City, and part in the County. The Guard was composed of three divisions, consisting of 27 men in each—they faced in opposite diredions, to wards Francis -stree t and Meath.street—a n d the armed mob with whom they were engaged, he be. lieved, amounted in number to hear 400. William Narrow, a boy in the thirteenth year of Isis age, said, in reply to a question by Lord NOR auay, that he had been educated, and taught his prayers—knew the nature of ass oath, and that a person who swears false will go to Hell ; worked in the Ordnance-yard with Captain God. frey, and is an apprentice to his father, Thomas Harrow, a smith, who works in the Ordnance. yard; saw the Prisoner the night of the raw,- or when the Rebels broke our, in Three Stone.altey, one end of which leads into . New.street, the other into the Toddle; about twenty with him had pikes ; saw the Prisoner at the bar with two pikes upon his shoulder, and with another hand holding his apron; saw two Persons leading the party, dressed in green • with military hats and feathers ; when to i c t o n tn ti : 0147 when he e persons he called his father of his fath er' ca lled, he stood at the door house; would fur hearing that Government his f ather, meorps of pikemen, he observed to t hese were the new pikemen out of the Castle.yard ; on which his father was going t ° beat him, say i ng, these were rebel pikemen ; told his father at the same time that one of the labourer s at the Castle-yard, meaning the Prisoner at the Bar, was among them ; saw th e Pri s oner on Monday morning after the insurredion, working '" the Ordnance-yard ; did not then know Pri 80net's name, but told 'Mr.. Hanlon, the Tower Keeper, at the Ordnance-yard, the circumstance to which he deposed. On cross.examination by Mr. 114'NALLY, the Witness further deposed, that when he saw the Prisoner in the manner described, it might have bee n a b out a quarter after nine o'clock, and not 'very dark ; one of the armed party, as if in reply, when passing by the door at which the Witness Stood, said, of we will give you (ale-canyon to morrow." nonzai Harrow, father to the last Witness, cor. roborated that part of the testimony respeCting him. .134mArd, Clerk of the Checks at the Ord. nan ce Yard, deposed to his knowledge of the Pri. loner at the liar, as well as of the last Witness. Ceari-txamined.— The Prisoner brought with 111 " a good charader from a Mr. Blood. Prisoner teemed a sober man, ox !lanes, Tower.keeper at the Castle Yard, so;purted the testimony of the boy, with resneet to the informations he gave him against the Prisoner at the Bar. Witness communicated these matters to Major SIRR, who said he ought to be examined. The Prisoner when charged, seemed somewhat con. fused, but said that he would appear whenever they sent for him to be examined. Mr. M'INIALLY, in the defence, said, he would not impeach the credit of the first Wi tness, but would impeach his infallibility as to the identity of the Prisoner, a particular on which an adult might be deceived. Eliza Walsh lived in Ormond-market on the z3d of July ; the Prisoner lodged at her house ; came there at half after six o'clock, cleaned hitnself and went to see his wife, who is a wet nurse, at the house of Mr. Cousins, an Attorney, in Mar court-street ; returned about half an hour after nine o'clock ; wore a brown body coat ; her husband lay ill that night ; knows the Prisoner to be an honest well.coniluded man. Cross.examined by Mr. PLUNKET—the Prisoner was not in the charaaer of a lodger who paid for his accommodation, he was merely a friend whom she permitted to sleep with her apprentice boy ; Witness is a distant relation to the Prisoner. Anne MiKeon deposed, that her husband is a cooper, in Liffey.street, and she keeps a meat.stall in Ormond-market ; could see and hear almost every thing which should occur in the stall of the last Wit ness ; saw - the Prisoner at the Bar about half after nine o'clock; sat on the same seat with last Wit. ness in her stall ; went over frequently herself; spoke to And joked with the Prisoner, who re. mained there until eleven o'clock. To questions from the Bench, the Witness replied, that she usually asks what o'clock it was, but could not tell any other particular occasion or any particular time besides the night of Insurreilion when she asked what o'clock it was; head of no disturbance ; asked Doran, the Prisoner; that night, what o'clock it was ; tip. ped him on the shoulder for the purpose ; the Pri. soner tarried a watch. Michael M'Nemara swore, that the Prisoner went to bed at Walsh the butcher's, about eleven o'clock ; came into his master's stall at half after six o'clock ; went out and returned at half after nine. On cross-examination, Witness deposed that he himself went to bed on the night, of the z3d of July between eleven and twelve o'clock ; the Prisoner had been in bed about an hour before him.; Prisoner ! usually goes to bed about nine o'clock. He heard his mistress say, when the Prisoner came in, that it was half after nine o'clock; the Prisoner came home in a brown coat, his common. 'working dress; there was some ditre. rence in the dress which he wore about halfafter six o'clock that evening, and that he wore at half after nine o'clock, but could not tell the difference; Wit. ness heard about the latter end of the night, that there was a rebellion in Thomas.street ; his mistress heard the report of the rebellion, and communicated it to the Prisoner after he went to bed ; the Prisoner eat his supper, which his mistress brought to him, about twelve o'clock that night, at his bed's side ; cannot tell whether he had an'apron on that, night or not ; generally wears a white linen apron on returning from his work. Julia Harney, cook to Mr. Cousins, of Har court-street, who lived at Digge's-street on the night of the 23d of July, proved that the Prisoner's wife wet-nurse there at that thae. Witness swore that the Prisoner came to her master's house on th,tt night about seven o'clock, and remained there until nine. Witness being ctoss-exatnined how she knew what o'clock it was when the Prisoner departed from hrr master's house,- replied, because a lady who was with lift mistress had a watch. Her mistress came down stairs to bury a bird, and after the funeral ce. remony, the mistress told her that the lady said it was half after eight o'clock. The Prisoner officiated on this melancholy occasion as sexton and grave. digger. Colmar Kell), servant man to Mr. Cousins, de. posed to •the hour of nine o'clock, when the Pri. sonar quitted his master's house, on the night of in. surretlion. _ Creiraxambied by Mr. PLUNK Er.—Q. Do you underitand of what disorder the bird died ?—A. I du, very well—the cat killed it; the Prisoner had been previously feeding the bird with worms ; wit. ness beard of the disturbances that night ; when the prisoner returned to the house next morning to breakfast, he mentioned 'to witness that be heard only that morning of the disturbance, and that Lord Xilwarden was murdered ; believes his mistress would come to Court if she conceived it necessary, as she has a great regard for the Prisoner. David Courtney, a Yeoman of the Stephen's. green division, gave a good charafter of the Pri. boner, while he lived with him as a servant, from the year ;79+ until 1796 ; lived with him after. wards until May ISos, when he was obliged to discharge him for drunkenness. Joseph Blood, a youth of about 1 6 years of age, who has a place in the Castle, gave the Prisoner a good charatter; was recommended to him by the charaeler he received from Mr. Courtney. joim Houghton deposed, ,that the Prisoner, some time previous to the battle of Clonard, in the Re. bellion of 1798, lived with Mr. Nangle ; Prisoner gave the first intimation of the approach of the Rebels to the Witness's father and brother. His Licher considered him a loyal man, of which he gave him a certificate, and has no reason to doubt he is now otherwise, except from the present charge, but has had no intercourskwith him for a considerable time hack. Airs. Barbara Cowin: heard when the bird was buried, but was not present ; identified the Prison. er ; she gave him the bird about half after eight o'clock, and desired him to bury it ; did not bee him that night afterwards, but is certain he remain. ed to bury the bird; thinks he had not an apron on when she saw him. The first Witness was again called and examined by the Court—he identified the written examination he made before Major Sirr. The Soucurort.GENEßAL here observed, that from certain circumstances which appeared in evi. dence, they were willing the case should go to the Jury, involved in doubt, and that on such doubt they might acquit. , . Lord Not ISVR Y said, in the written informations, he swore that lie saw several armed men to the amount of between three and four hundred, but gave parole testimony dirthly to the contrary. He being the sole Witness to identify the Prisoner, the jury must therefore acquit him ; but his Lordship ob. served, that the written informations were expedited with all the flippancy, at least, of a clerk, but it must have the huniane died which the law intends, with resped to the boy, lest there might any oblo. quy attach to his characier, • •. Aquitted.—The Jury universally expressed, that they had no hesitation in believing that the boy con. ccived he spoke truth: ' After a very eloquent and feeling Address to the Prisoner by Lord IsIoRBUILY, on the superior excel lence of those Laws which the Insurgents of. this Country wished to overturn, 'and to the humanity of which the Prisoner, most probably, owed his life—the Bench bad altered their minds, and in con. sideration of his charatier, particularly in one good and loyal ad during last Rebellion, • they would dismiss him, and leave him to the suggestions of his own principles of gratitude, for his future good con,. due, without requiring bail, which they first in. tended. Yesterday, at an early hour, the different Corps of Yeomanry belonging to the metropolis and the adjoining districts, to the amount of about nine thousand, assembled in S. Stephen's-green, from whence they marched to the Fifteen Acres, in the Phcenix Park, when they took up their ground on allignements previously arranged by •otder of. General DU NN, Inspe4tOr • General of the Yeomanry of Dublin Distrift. The appear. ance of His Excellency Earl HARDWICKE in the field was announced by a Royal Silute of twen ty-one guns, discharged by the Castle Artil. lery Yeomanry Corps ; a general salute of the whole line immediately took place, after which His Excellency, attended by most of the Gene ral Officers of the garrison, passed the entire line—Officers in front, men carrying arms, &c. then taking his station in front, the Line open. ed, and formed into Companies, passed in or derly, and afterwards in quick time before him. He appeared to be highly pleased at their num bers, and the regularity of their appearance.— On the line forming again, a general salute took place, the Artillery firing as before, twenty-one guns, when His Excellency icft the field, and the different Corps marched off. The Countess of HARDW I CKR, and a great num ber of Ladies of Fashion, graced the field with their presence. The amount of the receipts at the Liverpool Theatre, on Saturday se'imight, at least fool. are to be appropriated to the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's. The Play and Farce, Macbeth and High Life Belau Stair:, were performed by gentlemen of the army, navy and the town. Macbeth was personated by COLQUIT, of the Ist Regiment of Guards ; Mac,lolf, by Mr. Jsavts ; Malcolm, Mr. J. DUN BAR, SAI of Sir Gro. DUNBAR ; Banquo, Mr. VIINA,OLES ; Rosse, Capt. COLQUIT, of the Royal Navy ; Duncan, Mr. DIISACULIER ; Lenox, Mr. 1341430 N. The Gentlemen exerted themselves with great circa : and the timidity and alarm, naturally attendant on a first appearance before so large an auditory, were dissipated by the consideration of the noble and animating cause fur , which they had so patriotically stepped forward to public notice, A numerous Meeting of the Deputy Lieutenancy and Noblemen and Gentlemen of the County of Edinburgh was held at that City on the 6th inst. at which it was resolved os that the general spirit which animates the minds of its Inhabitants ought to be encouraged to the utmost—that the voluntary offers of service should be transmitted to His Ma. jetty for acceptance, and every facility given for having the Inhabitants speedily trained to the use of arms."—We admire the spirit of these proceed. iags, and shall he curious to know how it will be received by the di/hew/en/mg policy of Ministers. The Lieutenancy of the County of Dumbarton, have been under the necessity, in consequence of Lord HOBART'S Letter, of reducing the Volunteers of that County friim :422 to 64.3. The quota of Volunteers prescribed for Kinross. shire, is only 210. A much larger number had come forward, The Lieutenancy of Ayr have agreed to order one Thousand Stand of Arms in aid of Government, for the use of the Volunteers in that County. The Workmen of the extensive collieries belong. mg to Mr. EISKINE of Mar have made an offer oltheir services, in whatever mode they shall he judged most useful for the defence of the Country. A considerable number of the inhabitants of Alloa have also offered to aft as Volunteers under Mr. EILSKINt, jun. of Mar; and through the whole County more Volunteers have offered to serve under the different Gentlemen of property titan can now be accepted of under the great limitations made in this useful service. It is indeed very much to be regretted that such generous offers are rrjctted through the whole of the Island. Among the earliest offers made to Government of voluntary services, in case of Invasion, were the Quarriers of the Easdale Slate Company in Argyle. shire, (with go boats ;) and the Colliers, Salters, and others employed by the Halbeath Company in their Works in Fifeshire.—The offers of both were, to he trained as Pioneers, Sea Fencibles, or in any other way in which their services might be most useful, in defence of their Wives and Children, their King and Country. During the last week several parties of the Army of Reserve have marched from the garrison at Win chester to join those regiments for which they have volunteered; the Royal Artillery have received about too choice men all fine young fellows. The . 88th Regiment is recruited with about Soo men from the same garrison. The eretlion of the Barracks at Truro, in Corn wall, is to be proceeded on immediately, and the) are to be completed by the end of November. At a meeting held at Brackley, in Northampton. shire, on Wednesday, it was resolved to raise in that Sub-Division, nine Companies of Volunteer in. fantry, to consist of 6o men each. MARGATE, SEPT, I I. THERE is no abatement of the bustle and hurry at this place, and the mere assemblage of fashionable fugitives 'now among us would make a formidable figure against the French ruffians, that is providk•d• they are as fond of their' Coitatry - They are of Pleasure. On Monday the career of ammo:tont was resumed by a public breakfast at The Prospect ing Green, which colleded a numerous train of our ton Lounger:, with a good sprinkling, of Ladies. The Theatre opened in the evening hir the benefit of Irish JoHersToNc% The Performances were The Surrender qf"Calai: and The Req.fiew, b4ill of which his merit is well-known. The success of our late Manurrade pinmpted•the Managers of the Theatre to try another on Tuesday • evening. The Theatre on this occasion was con. vented into an elegant Saloon. The crowd that were attraaed by this entertainment were motley' alai merry, but nothing is recorded worth notice in the way of wit or humour. SpeCtators filled the boxes and gallery. The same evening Mrs. 11 , 10 u NTAIN had a benefit concert at KIDOMAN'N, which was partorlizld Icy her Grace the Dutchess of Sr. ALBAN'S. A very elegant auditory altogether gave their counteirai;ce to the fair Songstress on this occasion. Another public breakfast on Wednesday tr:rning allured our pleasure-hunting tribes in numerous groups to. Dandelion. The Theatre in the evening gave us Tb. Poor Gentleman, for the benefit of Mr- AsKFR, who was not rendered by its success the Rich ,1.90 r. Colonel ANSON of the rsth Dragoons, patronized the night and brought several of his friends. KIDDMAN'S Ball was the chief attrauion of Thursday evening, and the town is so full that it could nut fail to have a numerous attendance. Mrs. MARTYR on Friday appeared at our Theatre for the benefit of her daughter, and was very well received. The Play was Abroad and at Home, and the Farce Boa Ton. GARNER, the Librarian of this place, performed Davi , in the latter piece with great comic ability. He is quite the Tont Weston of 'this town. Captain BYNG and l►is Lady zealously patronized the Theatre on this oecasi,,n. Mr. LE BAS, our well.known Mister of rhtt Ceremonies, had his public morning on Sai . iirday , Dandelion. About seven hundred persons were present. The Dutchess of Sr. ALB A Ntlte-ev en. ing again *patronized the Theatre for the benefit of Mrs. TAYLOR. The dramatic pieces on this occasion were Speed the Plough and The Turvike Gate. "11 Duke as well ats Dutchess of ST. ALBAN'S were present, Lord DELAWARE, Lady HEATHCOTE, e pee Hon. Miss MANNERS, Sir HO ACE MANN, Nlr. and Mrs. SNEYD, Mrs. CHALIER, and Mrs. BLA. QUI ERE, a venerable silver.hair'd dame of eighty. A Margate Correspondent of The Sun, I ►ee, notices our Infirmary. It is, indeed, a noble losti_ tution, and deserves all he can say in its favour, nor will our attention to Theatrical merit, or the vortex of varied dissipation an far engage us I trust is to prevent us from dropping a charitable mite at the doors when the aweful edifices consecrated to our Religion are opened for its benefit. The Dateless of DevormitßE had.most of the fashionable world now in town on Sunday last at Chiswick. Marquis CORNWALLIS is gone on a shooting party into Suffolk. The Earl of DARNLEY'S Corps of Cobham. Vo. lunterrs are, thanks to the persevering zeal . of the noble Commander and the zealous spirit of the Corps, one of the finest bodies of Voluteers in the kingdom. Most of the Public Journals seem to lay claim to great credit for having given No infurtnatiott resFr.t_ ing the Secret Expedition. This cautian is cer.. tainly very laudable, as it cannot be doubted that they are all fully apprized of the whole of the plan. There can, however, be no doubt, that they will gratify 'their Readers to the utmost of their power when the event has taken place. The Cut R F CONSUL is so very anxious to exclude British Manufaanres from the Continent, that it seems as if he thought they may spread the infeaiorl of British Principles, and it so he might have reason to apprehend the speedy downial of 'Coritax urann.y. AMERICAN CR rric tsm.—The following extract from as American Journal is so much in the style of Mr. WtsionAtta, that if it had originally appeared in a London Print it might he supposed that that Gentleman hid employed himself in Theatrical Striaures.—" Modern Authors flatter • theMseives that they are, giving a Piaure of Nature, when they are only drawing Caricatures of her Warts, pies, and offensive lixerescences."--;, Or if by chance those Dramatic Cooks and Caterers, do put upon rho boards a Charaaer any Way like the pl a in folks of this world, it is dished up like - tripe in a tureen, tasteless, mawkish, and insipid', and rolling in the half warm water in which it was boiled 1" Some years ago, when the first Regiment of Royal hditiburgh Volunteers was forming, the Gentlemen were drilled. in various squads, and at those who came forward on that occasion was one of the Professors of the University. The teamed Doctor could not comprehend the nature of the instrudions which were daily anti hourly re. pealed to him. The Serjeant's patience at length was exhausted, and he exclaimed in a rage, that he would rather drill a hum/fa far than one Phihrs. Cher. - The wife of a Seaman belonging to the Puiriart, lying at Spithead, lately came from the Downs in the Lark, to see her husband. She had not been in the ship an hour when she was delivered of two fine children, who with the mother are likely to do well. The poor woman was not provided with any necessaries whatever, Capt. 'alms, who corn. mands the Ship, humanely set a Subscription on foot, and money was colleeled from the Officers to provide for what was wanted, Yesterday bennight the Master of a Dunbar Brig killed a Sword Fish, opposite the harbour of Alloa, measuring upwards of eight feet from the point o f the be a k to the tail. It is uncommon w find this kind of fish in 'the Forth, particularly so far up the