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London, England, 1822-11-08 00:00:00

THE CITY REPRESENTATIVES.

The Ites.tesentatives of the Corporation of
Glovers mod Sk re, buying. waited on Sir Robert
Shaw and Ma-ter Ellis. to instruct them to support
and rote for Mr. Costeenpon's motion for a repeal
of the "(Titian, reerierd the following enowere:—
. To she l'orpormlion of Glovers and Skimmers.

f. el as se;sihly 11111 ally pence tag AO the
fojorieus effects the Legislative Vision has hoed ou this aoa•
try, sued so strongly dud I foresee sad Per these coneemeeiteee,
that my pej.setpal ohj•es in first going into Parlinmeot was
to mimosa that measure. But as to the ro peal of the Art Wlr
Volvo, I most is clothier gay, 1 lio ant think that, alitier
present esicontstaticre, it is at all practiesble. il'iten the
=viola which Jour Rest:Outwit alludes to shall be debited i■
l'arliamtlit, you may tely epos it, that Ia deeidink dit my
yule, I shall give to your heart/divas they weight they are
so justly ►stilled tar; sad shall art to the best of my 'mtg.
smut (or the rod of my mustily' ate, and the 'regimes( Ire-
land. I hove the heaver to lie, Gm/ileums,
Your faithful uud obedieot iterravat.
Dublin, October 29, Mt. • ROBERT SHAW.
Mr. Elbe. Answer to. the Instructions of the
Coriwsrpttunt. &c. Bte.

a• To the Itewlulwoa of the Corporation of Skinners and
Glovers, which yon have just eensasnuicated, I shall devote
that deep and notions eost-idi ration to which the impieties Of
no respectable a portiou of my CoustitsieNta Is so estatoostly
"To the measure of a legislittif" Vitio• bei****Gfrill Br 1•
lain mot !reload, I, in common with almost every indent...
dent mail in the kingdom, entretained the. moat decided ob.
jrctiou—on ohjeciion principally founded on the coseiciion,
that the measure once passed, most be in fuel, isrevocakile;
with such an impreasion ow my niiad, I cannot but losneut
the notice of the •Hounurahle Member fur Wiucbelsea, as
calrulal.d to levier feelings that had Miler been accessed,
avid excite hopes that must end is ilioippuistment ; but is-
dependent of ouch ronsidtratiosis, allow ms to add, the no.
t;r, to •liich yon hare called my attention, is quite too eager,
ai y.t, to varesat my positive opinion, muck leas to justify
my prospective pledge of support; I cats therefore only say,
th it when the motion comes before Parliament, I shall kraut
to itarousideratioa a untied univEselieed by any other motive,
save thessust sinetre and unaffected anxiety for the pesie
and prosperity of the Empire."

THE COMMISSION.

IMPORTANT TRIAL

Yesterday Moron Sue en and Judge BURTON
having token their seats of 1 1 o'clock, the following
Gentlemen were sworn on the Jury :
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William Rtahi, Joseph Arhestm, irlsot Boyd, Samuel
Barrel, Flea)smis Burns, Edgard Cusack, Thomas Loeb.
Joshua tie h Julio C■llvrll, Hwy Bloghasa, James
Keuaedy, and Robert Henry.
Michael Xmas was indicted for haring admi.
oistered, on the loth August, an unlawful and se-
ditious oath.

My. Gaits hiving /vetted the pleadin4e—

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The ATTORNEY dRNERAL stated the case, which,
lie said. was an iudicienent order the 60th of the
Tate King, against adniinistering, or causing to be
administered, unlawful oaths; slut the punishment
for whirl; was transportation for life of the person
administering the oath, and truesportstiou for seven
years to those taking it. It was. lie said, utiltsp.
pily nototiono, that u society had for some time
past existed' in this country for seditious par.
poses ; it sus,
.however. some cousolation, that
m amongst its me hers lin our 045 found of a higher
order than a cool porter. From the evidence, it
would appear their 'ohm of proceedings was arranged
with such system, method, and ingenuity. as • mnitgst
such persons might appear surprising, if it were
not obvious 1114 the inochine was formed from the
plans and outlines of the transactions in the nu-
happy periods of 1798 and 1803. [Jr hoped the
result of this prosecut.on would convince the de-
luded victims that the associates of vice cannot
trgst one another—that each views the image of his
own guilt iu his compauion. who is ever ready to
commit the treachery of disclosing their secrets ;
and that confidence can belong only to virtue.
Michael Coffee examined by Serjeant LIFROY—
Knows Prisoner Keenan since the month of Septem-
ber. Will ; first saw him at a public-house on
Grorge's-quay. kept by a man named Mathew Red.
mood ; Prisoner is a coal-porter ; saw him I
times from that to last June; was in Prisoner's com-
pany in Jemmy last with three or four other per-
sons; went to Redmond's house in cousequeoce of a
previous appointment made with Prisoner at Cares
public-house the day before, at • meeting of mas-
ters of lodges, and where no other persons were
admitted ; was a member of those lodges ; the
first time witness was at a meeting of lodges was
introduced by Prisoner Keenan. as a friend end
member of the society ; was sworn a member of
the Society in August, 1820, at his father's house.
Carberry, county Kildare ; the nature of the oath
yes that ht should never discover or di.close the
names of the members of the society, or give in-
formation to any Magistrate or Jostre ; never to
provoke a quarrel with a brother ; that he should
obey the cntomaads of his superiors, and go 21
miles at their request; that he should nut with-
draw himself from the society without the per-
mission of the society; he received ut the time
of swearing a "trine's, pass-word, by which he was
admitted to the 'Peelings of the society ; tor
nine months he was at meeting* of the society
almost every night ; before he left the country
the form of the oath was changed ; it was put into
A printed form.
JMr. WALLACE here objected to the witness's
giving any parole evidence of the with. which was
Natal to be in print, and at the adtuinistering of
which the Prisoner was not present.
Sides's:it LRFROY silted witness if he had any
copy of the oath? Witness replied not; and Ser-
i jeant Lorsov submitted that as there 0115 110 copy
of the each. DO better evidence could be given thou
parole evidence.
Mr,.
,flepsyrox. contender!. they should have
setvgib t proper iambi; oo the witness out only to

Allfnds but to.hring lo toilet 'eapiy 'OT the oalh,
or other paper., of which he 'intended to give.evi-
dence.
Mr. fitit:it' submitted to the 'Cara. 'lilt 'the
evidence anted by the Crown was merely tectindery
evideute, and that the theculty of produ.ciug !feud
evidence was 'no justification fir their producing
esidefice, though the impossibility of pro-
ducing "ligel evidence might be mum grounds foe
giving ;mole evidence.
After some further observations by the CounsA
on each side, the examinotion was 'permitted to
pronserl in the hue pursued by Striven' LEVROT.
There was a clisoge mask in the first article of
the oath in the countey, which wee, to bear alle-
giance to his prevent Majesty without fear or
drend; asked Prisoner the cause of the alteration in
the oath ; Prisoner replied. betease the first oath
was too dangelous. and it war in order to save per-
sons Intruselos in a Court of Luse, unit to disguise
their real motives. lie was considered as an
Orangemen god • Protestant in the eobotry. and
had received several threatening letters; and his
fathes's turf being burned, he we intimidsted and
frightened into fear for, his liTe. One macmug
after he had received an amoynsout• letter, ha was
going out of his fethees house, and met a men
crossing the field owes* the house. The
strange man asked him, " Wm the road straight r
Witutes replied, he believed it was as straight as
*roads commonly ware. The 0140 replied, he bes
lowed stoners " sem ant straight himself ;" to
which witness replied, perhaps lint in his accepts-
lion of the word, and asked him what he meta,
The man answered, that witness had better do as
all his neighbours had dime, mud opened bib !sni-
ts...by to witness. Witness remarked, he would be
ispoteliensive of taking part In suels a society, from
what had happened in the year 1798. The
strange man said, there was no cause for awe.
betiding the same consequences. and finally pre-
vailed on witness to be mom. l'he man then
accompanied wittiest into his father's house, sod
Were swore him on a book ; shortly after which
witness attended several meeting.' in the open air ;
at time meetings they were divided into parties of
ISj NM each. wider the command of a sedeant,
who was made accountable by the Captain fur the
subscriptions of their party ; at those assemblies
there were armed ermine-Is motiosied round the field
in which the meetiner were held. On coming to
town in September last, lie was introduced to the
Dublin meeting, by • men who mid they would be
accomponieed to the meeting by one of the City of
Dublin delegates; prisoner afterwards accompanied
witness. to the meeting as the Dublin delegate.
Witness was recommended to the Dublin meeting
by • letter from his Captain in the country, sa a
person likely to be of service to the body, from his
abilities in writing, his information, &c.; the society
is Dublin was divided into lodges of 40 men. under
one master, under him three committee-men, and
under them twelve private mess—" the City was
also to be divided into (our provinces or perish de-
!reties, and over diem two national delegates."—
There were also county delegates to the national
assembly; there was a county delegate returned
frem Isis own county; • national assembly was
holden at Atniagh, on the 26th March; twenty-five
members attended that meeting. and amongst them
witness and prisoner were as delegates for the city
of Dublin ; was at two meetings at Armugh, and
another meeting was to have been held, but the
;ratites were arrested; at those meetings no one
wits admitted that hail not the pass-word or sign ;
at this meeting heard Keenan say he was so have
sworn its • young tam from the city of Dublin;
saw at one of those meetings a person who was
a stranger, and afterwards the same person was
introduced us a friend, having been sworn. There
wa. au obligation iu the oath s bat no brother should
under the ;tenuity of death divulge the secrets of
the society; asked Prisoner what was the object of
the association ; Prisoner replied that during the
trial of the Queen there was an understanding he-
twern the Itadiculs of lEnglatid and the people of
Ireland that bed she been Gould guilty the Radicals
were to hive rewii in rebellion. A diversion iu fs-
your of the English Radicals was to have been made
in Ire-land by dropping seditious 'papers, in order to
draw olf r ;pert of the military forces ticm Eitgland,
and the Melinda were then to take possession of
Londe'', after which they were to come and assist
the hush iu obtaining their liberation from the yoke
of Elighind. As that ereut bed not taken place.
thew pilots were ro consequence changed, and they
broke riff all communication with the Etiglish,
except with the Etiglish Catholic., who were to
assist them in uverthrownig the government. Pri-
mmer told witness that en eminent gentlemen of the
county of Westmeath was at the bead of the society,
nett was going to the Coniitient on their business.
011 witness remarking there were no respectable
persons attended the meetings, prisoner told lain
that he had sworn in • young gentleman, a sum genii
in Dublin, as a member. Prisoner twirl this 111 pre-
sence of a country delegate, whir said he had sl t
500 men in the county of Kildare tau whom he could
depend, and who were ripe for the directions if the
Committee. Kermit-gave this coevaly delegate
papers of instrections for the countrymen, and de-
sirs d ham to be very cautious whores he would admit.
This occurred in November, mud in the March lid-
lowing the tame country delegs.e sod he had 500
men on whom lie could depend.—[here some papers
were handed to 'witness, *lnch he idenr.fi-ii as the
saute papers hr had seen given fur distributim iu
the country.]
After a trial of great length the Jury returned a
verdict tf Guilty

inthe sidle ttisisildee was practised, rind WY car-
ried into town. On exam ' g Ibis *deeds, it was
deemed prudent to remove bin directly to Jervis-
Street (Hospital, wile*, we lament le say, he expired
at osse o'clock yesterday. Three mugs bed entered
his body, sine parsing in just at the navel, and the
tivo others taking an oblique direction immediately
above it. The decessTd was a most amiable ■nd
respectable yoting men. about 24 years of age, and
was on the point of being muffled. His compsnion
escaped unliurl.—( Dublin Freeman's Jouraul.)

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