The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-11 00:00:00

Tuesday the followoir geetlemen were •worn
on the Lay, after many challenges from the Crown
and Promos's :

John Br°woe, Ibbollrt John Witlints', George Lairs.
hr, Brownlow, William Bald, John Jones, !Inherit
'Fletcher. Robert iValmile, Daiiiel 'Lindsey, Rittirtl Ant,
and William !Cochin.

The following prisoners (all labourers excepting
Edward Browne. who was a working smith) were
put to the bar :—Edicard Browne, William Flirter,
Creelo, John O'Neill, Daniel Moore, and
Edward Hughes.
The five last prisoners were indicted far aiding
and abetting Edward Browne in administering, on
the 15111 September, an unlawful oath to Lawrence
Wood, who was then put to the 'bar, and Indicted
for having taken the oath.
Mr. Gaxxxe opened the case, *WI wigs 'stated
by the ATTOINIST•GeNsitsi.
John Cornett, examitied Isy Serjeant Lairitat.—
BelOnged to a *Witty elf which the Prisonery were
members ; was sworn in • member last Christmas;
wait in company aith the Prisoners on different Stm-
da3s ; was so on Sunday, 13th September, at
Lull's, a publican, corner of Liifey-street, in Ab-
bey-street ; was also in tom pony them on the
same day at Reilly's, a public-house in Cole'sslane;
there were present shoot ti dozen persona ; on that
day they met to get new pass-words ; there was a
meeting of the same prisons on the Sunday before;
no man was admitted into the society nnleos he had
been sworn to meet at 'nth places and times as the
masters should appoint ; the greatest number of
persons he ever sal assembled in the society was 30 ;
never heard the rotes and regulations read ; but
heard them talk of them ; no more than 40 persons
were allowed to he In each lodge ; when they ex.
teeded that number by twelve, • mister was ap-
pointed, and they were to form with the twelve per-
sons a new lodge ; there were seventy-five lodges in
Dublin, all of which communicated with the head
lodge; the master of the former lodge, to which
'witness belonged, did not pay up his dues, the
time the Armagh men were in prison.—[Here the
wituem was asked wbat he meant by the dues I--
Witt/es, replied, " money for geeing
• IA general ',ugh )—ln consequence of the mas-
ter's condu-t lie was degraded from his rank, and
'several Member', with witness, attached themselves
to a new lodge. When members were sworn in,
they *ere generally brought into a room, apart
from the Society, and the oath administered.
Prisoner Wood, was sworn on 13th September: he
kissed the test paper.—[Here the paper was idea.
' titled by witness.]—Wood was sworn publicly, or
• in the presence of the Committee, by Prisoner,
Edward Browne, who was Master of the Lodge.
• On that occasion, D. Moore, William Creely, Wm.
Flinn, Edw. Hughes, and John O'Neill, Prisoners
at the bar, were present. The purport of the oath
was, that they should not get drunk, so as to be in
diner of divulging the names and purposes of the
society—to keep the secrets of the society—alle-
giance, without fear or dread, to his present Ma-
jesty. That clause was not administered when the
park was taken, but inserted merely as a pretence,
in case it should come into improper hands.—To
defend and assist the Brothers of the Society, and
to " live in frotenity." Has heard the society ex-
tends all over Ireland ; had discourses every Sun-
day respecting the destruction of the Protestants
and the British Government ; they seemed waiting
foe the day when the accomplishment of the pros
plrecies should arrive : they expected the prophecies
would be fulfilled in die year 18/5, when they
should be free from outage tyranny. Wood was
sworn pelahcly for the purpose of reminding the
members present of their obligations.
Cross-exatmoed by Mr. BkTBEL —Was • la-
. twiner *lieu he became a member of the Society ;
gothinsatelt introduced in the year 1821, and took
.tbe oath voluntarily, but never intended to keep it ;
-be took it with the intention of violating it. He
went to the Police before he took the oath or entered
the Society; never was a witness in a Court of
Justice before ; was educated in the Protestant
religion.; never renounced the errors of the P►otes-
j religion ; on entering the Society, he was not
asked as to his religion, though every other mem& r
..i; it he had been asked, he would have denied
being Protestant—he kuew the intention of Roman
Catholics against the Protestants 10 years since. He
lived as • Catholic amongst Catholic people fur
three years, and became arqnsinted with their in-
tentions. Received some money 'for his vehaistence
from Mr. Farrell, Chief Peace Officer of Police—
dues not expect any partica/ar reward fur his ser-
vices to Government.
Michael Coffee examined by Mr. TOWNSEND.—
The evidence of this witness was the same as given
by him on the trial of !Michael Keenest, as stated in
the Freeman's Journal of yesterday. The only new
features in his evidence were, that he heard in the
society that the greater ;warts of Leinstet, Con-
naught, and Ulster, were concerned in the " Sys-
tem," and heard of the names of some respectable
persons who it.tgps stated were members, but Ilettf
saw any of thud." The city meetings were gene-
rally held at Redmond's George's-quay, Car's,
City-quay, Holstein's, of Townsend street, Thorn-
ton's, Mary-street, Conlon's, Dorset-street, Lyn-
ham's, De ttttt ark-street. At these houses only the
masters held their meetings.
Cross-examined by Mr. Banstere—At their
meetings witness was sometimes Chairman. 'The
first pass word he had received was to a question,
Whet is your intention ?
Answer—To persevere in righteousness, to cut
off heresy, and to regain the laws and liberties they.
lost at the Reformation. At the moment he took
the oath was nutiecided whether he would keep it
or not. %Vas sworn at Arrorgli 114 In h.is religion, and
professed himself a Catholic. He soleinufy swore
at that time lie was not a Freenisson, nor Ribbon..
man, and swore that he had attended his religious
duties. Within the six months before that would
prefer death to deliberate perjury.s.-thinka the oath
he took at Carberry was u compulsory one,
although by removing from his residruce lie might
have avoided taking the oath.
Some other witnesses were examined, whose evi-
dence was not material, and the case c:ored fur the
Crown.