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From late Irifs Papers.
Further intelligence and reports, réfpe@ing the unfor
tunate Fitzgerzld, who was executed on Caftlebar
hill on the 10'h of June, for the murder of Patrick
M?’Dcnaell, Eiq. and Charles Hipfon, on the 21t of
February last.
MONG the many horrid circumstances circulated
‘4’% relative (o 0 the 1 fated Fitzgeraid is the follow.
ing : He had it seems a trusty servant, whom he ac
quainied with his {ecrets, and who faithfully executed
a.l his commiilions. At length the man had waded
through {o much iniquity, that he began torelent, and
v.iioly berrayed some marks of compunction, This the
accute eye of Fitzgerald soon observed ; and, as he was
counfcious the man knew too much, he from that moment
determined to make away with him. Accordingly he
caused liguor to be sent to the kitchen, and, when he
Judged the servants might be heated with drinking, he
extered in person, and soon contrived to create a quar.
rel between his man and another. They proceeded to
fight ; but he atked them if they were atraid to tuke
putels ¢ The fellow whose death Fitzgerald had fixed
on, as might be naturally expetted from one of such a
disposition, replicd he was not—T'he other seemed to
thew some relultance ; but Fitzgerald instantly wifper
ed him, that his opponant’s pistol thould only be charged
with powder. Fitlols were then brought. Fitzgerald
was as good as his word, and at the third fire the unfor
tunate man was {hot chrough the body. Thus, appa
reatly ip afrolick, he was atle o annihilate 2 man whose
exiflence he had reason to dread.
Much of this dreadful complexion is the tranfa&ion
related by the Scots Andrew.—=One Renny, a servant
of Fiizgerald, and & reputed natural son of his fathes’s
was commiflicnea to thoot Charles L. Fiizgerald, Fitze
gerald’s own brother, He accordingly met the devoted
objeét ; but whether from impulse of natare, (being his
own natuaral brother)or from a fenfeof the atrrecionfnefs
of the deed, is not known, he did not fire, although
provided with a case of pittols for the purpose. He re
tuincd to Fitzgerald, and told him, that he had {nap.-
ped both piltols at his brother, but they did not go off,
and that he afterwards began to relent, and defited,
Yitzgerald, finding he began to waver, knew he was no
longer fit for his purpole—he replied, that he was ex
tremely glad he had not shot him, as he was in a passion
when he gave him the orders, which had now {ubfid.
ed, He then tonk the pistols from him, and toid him
to go into the garden, and he would follow him, He
accordiogly did 1n a few minutes, where he met Renny
coming upto him. As Scots Andrew aflerts, he said,
‘So, thele piitcls misled fire ! They were not afed so to
do. I'll try them with you’— At the fume time, put
ting the piilol to the man’s ear, and shooting him thro’
the head. He then, with the aflitance of Scots An
drew, buried him in the garden. In order to remove
any suspicion from Renny’s non appearance, he adver
tised himin the publick papers, as having run away from
his service. Scots Andrew only desired that the gar.
den might be {earched, and he was willing to forfeit his
life +f the body was not found.
Mr. Fiizgerald, in whom was blended such a contra
riety of qualities—{uch a mixtwure of good and bad—
very early began his career in life. Before he had ar
rived at his 2oth year, he had fought several duels; and
atls evident that he was more stimulated by a sanguinary
disposition, than a nice sense of honor. His implaca
ble resentment was the source of all his miseries—it ul
timately caused his igneminious exit, and marred all
the good qualities he poffefled. He purchased a com
saiffion in the royal army, in the year 1765, and from
this we may date the commencement of his public
tranfadtions.
He had distinguished himfelf in two duels before his
being garrisoned in Galway, in the yeur 1767, when,
on some quarrel with a Lieutenant Thompi{on,they met
in a pubhick garden in the suburbs of that town, and at
the second f(hot, unfortunately for George, and those
who have since fuffered through his means, part of his
scull was only shattered, without penetrating the pia
mater. Little hopes were, however entertained of his
life ; but che skill of surgeon Wilkifon, who had been
used to the cure of gun shot wounds, during the Ameri
can war, under the immortal Woife, fatally preserved
him from a more fthocking catastrophe. He was at that
time one of the genteelelt youths in [reland, and was so
vain of a fine head of pale-colour’d hair, that, though
he never winched under the trepan, he dropped tears
whea the surgeon iold him that cutting off his hair was
NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE,
B NAI;)DRAL m ADVE;{H’;ISER-
Vol. XXX. ]
e 0 K. T 5 Mo U 7T I
By JOHN MLILCHER,
T -H U R—-&{D 47
““ Open to all Parties— Influenced by none :— e aim only to be Fuh.
ANECBDOTE.
U R IN G the riot at Northampton, about a fort-
D night since, (after the mob had irightened the
Luurt to give up all intentions of doing their auty )
one of the Ringleaders thereof happening to be at some
distance from the main body, some of the inhabitants
of that town, weie determined on convincing him of
the fatal tendency of his condu&t—=and for this purpose
employed a true H:bernian, (but not a #oe Boy)—
who coming up to Capt. begged bum to be so kind as to
JSight him—Dbut he absolutely refufed—when Paddy in a
civil way konock’d him down with his fiit, and play’d
his part at handy cuff so well, that the prostrate cham
pion was soon glad to call loudly for mercy=~Here Pa
trick ceased from the confliét, and the Captain rising
or his feet threatened him with a prosecution. ¢By
Jajus,”’ jays be, ¢ you may perjicute as you please, for there
15 no law now=—you killed 11 1515 morning.’ ww—m=Notwith
ftanding this pointed sarcasm atthe Caprain’s condaét,
he immediately applied to a Juitice of the peace, for a
warrant, who, not conceiving himfelf secure in grant.
ing a writ at such a time, refufed, and the Captain was
lett to contemplate at his leizure the bruizes he had
obtained, and the miichiefs which were lizble to ensue
from the want of that due adminittration of law, which
protelts the feeble from the violence of ihe frong.
necessary to his cure. It would be a difhcult tatk to
trace him through his numeroas quarrels and duels in
Ireland, England and France. Ia thelatter Ringdom,
he was caressed by the duc d’ Artois, and in habits of
familiarity with numbers of the firft nobility in France.
An anecdote is related, that he introduced some loaded
dice at hazard, and, being deteéled the compaflion of the
duc d” Artois saved him : he immediately fled in wo
men’s apparel. On his retarn from France, in 1776,
he accomparied his father to the county of Mayo, that
unh2ppy {cene of the tragedy in which he atted so prin
cipal a part.
As France had rather increased than diminithed his
foppery, his mode of travelling was in a very extraor
dinary ttyle, The father beiag in the German service
early in life, all the servants were putin huflar uniform
with monitrous fabres, and thz entrunce and exit of their
suite inio every country town had all the parade a little
German orince could make in a route through his petty
dominions. Their aniform was blue faced wi'h yellow
of a great breadth, which, with the great haflar caps,
gave the {uite a very ouwre appearance. ‘'ne former
set up as a candidate for the county of Mayo, in the
clection of 1777, and even petitioned Parliament againit
the recurned member, but loft it,
The cause of the quarrel becween Fitzgerald and M’-
Donael, which terminated in both their deaths, was as
foliows : Two ladies held a farm under M’Donoel.
The lease expired, and, as the land had been set at a
very low rate, and he was a considerable gainer by the
fall of the lease he refufed to renew. Fitzgerald in
terfered, and iniifted he fthould ; he even went so far
as to take pofleflion for the ladies. The formerapplied
to the law for redress. Muary rencontres ensued, and
many attcmpts were afterwards made to aflaflinate M’-
Donnel, until the catattropae of the 214 of February.
Mr. Fitzzerald, at his execution, was drefled in a
brown ttuff pellice outside coat, lined with hair, an old
uniform coat of the Caitletown hunt, a flunnel ‘'waittcoat
and drawers, dark grey linen flockings, shoes without
buckles, and a very old round hat, having a picce of
white cord as a band.
His body was immediately afier the execution carried
to the ruins of Turlough heufe, and was waked in a
stable adjoining, with a few candles placed about it.
The next day 1t was carried to the charch yard at Tur
lough, where he was buried on, what is generally term
ed, the wrong fide of the church, in his clothes, with
out a coffin,
The very movel and eccentric Reafining on the unasrmention -
ed Subject, awbich has puzzicd the Pericraniums of the
Jirft Orthodox Theologicians on both Sides of the diiantic,
wiil, at leaff tend 1o the dmufiment, if not tothe Edifi
cation of our Readers.
O ANABWBIRT Htw CHRIST.
WH Y should a new birth from jefus Christ be
thoaght wonderful 2 Is there any thing more
wonderful in it, than in the forming and unfolding of
the whole stupendous mechaniim of the body of our old
man, from a {carce visible (peck of entity ? Is there any
thing more wonderful in it, thanin the growth and un
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folding of any common vegeiable from some lateng
principle or invisible speck 1n th- fcedg which not all
the opticks and glafles of a Galilzo fhou!d be able to
discover } Were not these the kaown salts of every
day and hour, incredality would have laughed the fupe
poiition to nought.
But the transmutation of a worm ofthe dung-hillin.
to a gay inhabirant of the air, is fuprifingly analagous
and opposite to the nature and manner of our new birth
in Jelus. Wefeca lump of matter, inform like a long
and huge maggot, evidently without motion, apparent.
ly without lite, and hard and incrufted all abou: to the
teeling. This worm is pregnan: with the birth of 2
new creature. The body of the old worm is dead, in
deed ; but thereis a piincipal of new life within it,
which will soon manifeft itfelf in the birth of 2 very
beauaful and wonderful glorious creature ; which may
be found by leaving it a few days in the foltering
warm hos the fun. Who has not seen whag 15 called
the dragon fly # Who does not admire the elegunce of
its thape, the mechanism of its double wings, and the
luitre of Its irradiations ¢ This mass of apoarently ina
sensible matter is now actually pregnant with one f the
fame (pecies. The par.ut, through whof: ceath it is
to attain life, was no other than a vile and g oveling
magoot, which once fed and took its delight in the
licach and odure of a jikes. Bur the new creature
which is to be born from it, will be quite of a diffrent
nature and tendency ; it will icath the fiod and occu
pation of its foul progenitor ; it will fuar sublime over
carnal and earthly things ; it will drick the dews of
heaven, and feed on the confummaie neciar, and frage
rance of flowers,
Thus are the invisible thinzs of God made visible,
even to the naked eye, by the things which are teen,
L O N D O N, Augatt I—j 3,
This morning, as his Mujelly was alighting from his
carriage, at the gate of the Palace, a woman who was
waiung there, under pretence of presenting a petition,
firuck at his Majeity with a kaife, but providentially
his M j sty reccived noinjary. The woman was im.
mediately taken into custody, and upon examination
appears to be insane,
Yeilerday, aboutl o’clock, whenhis Mrjefty got out:
of his chaise at the Park door of St. Jame’s palace, fa
cing the wall of Marlborough house gardens, a decent
dreflfed woman came up and presented a paper, which
the king conceiving to be a petition, accepted ; and
whiie the woman with one hand delivered ic, with the
other she made a puth at his Majelty’s breast with 2
knife, which most happily only penctrated his waistcoat,
His Majelty delired the poor woman migh: be taken pro
per care of, faying, ¢ she was out of her mind, and
had done him nownjury.”” The woman was condu&ed
to the guard-room, and the paper proved to be a carte
blanche.
‘The famous horse Rockingham, that cost the Prince
of Wales 2000 guineas, was boughe yellerday, at T'ate
terfal’s, for 800 guineas, by an eminent brewer.
The American Congress have icnt over by the last
New-York mail, a very large packat of letiers and pa
pers to Mr. Adams, the American Ambassador, among
waich is a manifefts, which hus bewn delivered by Mr.
Adams to the Secretaries of itae, to be by them laid
before the Privy Council, complaining of the uajuiti
fisble proceedings of che Eagiith men of war stationed
in the Weit Indies and America, who, not content with
the {cizure of vessels going in to these harbours without
the proper paflports, make capiure of such as are only
palling near them, woder colour and pretence of illicie
trade. One inttance is paricularly mentioned ; it is
of a ve{:] from San Pierro, the French colony, bou_nd
to Bolton, which was seized at more than a league dist
ance from the coalt, and carried into Halifax harbour,
where (he had been condemned, and veflel and cargo
fold. ‘l'he Ambaflador has, it is said, hinted, that if
the aggrieved persons are not made amends from this
application, the French Court will take it up, as there
was French property on board.
Extralt of a letter from Paris, July 24.
¢« Agreeable to M. Neckar’s projed, all the inland
Custom- Houses in Frante are to be fuppreflfed, at the
expiration of the lease of the Farmers. General ; so that
only exported merchandises, and such as are imported
from foreign countries, wiil hereafter be liable to duty.
This salutary a& was reserved for the Ministry of
M. de Caloone, who takes pleasure in deserving well
of mankind,” ; J
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[ No. 1571.