The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-10 00:00:00

Right Hon. Denis Drowrie Charles O'Malley, Esq.
Hon. A. Dillt.n Thomas Niche', Esq:
Sir S. O'Malley, Bart. C. Moore, Esq.
Sir J. F. Brown, hart. D.Lit. W)att, Esq.
D. G. Browne, Esq. - Otveo O'Malley, Esq.
Peter Lynch, Esq. And. C. O'Malley, Esq.
Th. Lindsey, Esq. . Pat. Lvn..ll, Esq.
Charles Costello, lEsq. .i. Madden, ,Esq.
Thomas Ormsby, Esq. Connell O'Donnell, Esq,
Rob. lcutlege, Esq. Wm. Palmer, Esq. -
A. Gildea, Esq. A. Browne, Esq. '
j„ Ormsby, Esq. .

Baron GEORGE...^" Gentlemen of the Grand, Jury,
At a time when by the bounty of Providence, and the
bravery of our Fleets and Armies, all his Majesty's
dominions (a few counties in this part.of Ireland ex-
cepted) arc in a st.;,c of profound peace, and likely
to remain so, • we are called upOn to quiet the alarms
that. are disturbing your county.
" Gentlemen, for the- punishment of offences
which have already aggrieved individuals, or are con-
fined to a -narrow circle, Justice pervades your coun-
ty twice in the year, and in -convenient seasons. But
an evil is gone-forth which is of unusual concern, and
which, calls aloud for an immediate remedy. Tu-
multuous and unlawful assemblies have been form-
ed—names made frightful by crime, adopted—and
disguises assumed to spread terror—houses attacked
in the night time—arms and ammunition taken--
unlawful oaths administered—and tortures, before
unheard of, inflieted
. " If the end to' which these disorders are leading a
deluded populate were avowed, little mischief would
be done... .Foolish and credulous as the peaSantry
are, few would be found to go forth-on. such a fon,
lcrn .hope. - • But .this is. nor done,—certain. abuses
and extortions "that are
.said to have. arisen in the
payment of the dues of the Clergy• have furnished a
popular pretext, and are the only avowed grievances
this violence is 'intended to remove.

" Gentlemen, we all know that all human institu-
tions, however necessary, however salutary, are liable
to be abused ; and thereis no abuse that has not an
appropriate remedy. Men, therefore, who reaily de-
sire a remedy may seek it, and may have it, without
any clanger to their lives, or any offence to the laws.
The oaths administered, though so artfully contriv-
ed to mislead, sufficiently declare the grand objet
of these disturbers. Pflen are sworn to obey the
commands of every•outlaw who calls himself Captain,
7hresher.

" Of what nature such .•commands .may 'be, or
who is, or hereafter may, be. Captain Thtesher, , and
bwhat authority he is set up, no one can tell. But
e experience we have had of enormities which had
a similar beginning, declares the ciisC4ief that lies
concealed in the general words of such- unlawful
oaths, and the men upon whom these oaths are forc-
ed should be aware pf this. • -

" Gentlemen, the Government is anxious for your
happiness, and determined to support you with all
its might and means, until 'your alarms shall be
composed. It is desirous to correct such evils enrly
and whilst they are corrigible ; and to restore that
tranquillity, without -which whatever you possess
can be of little value. has therefore hastened,
overlooking•all the difficulties of times and seasons,
to throw open the doors of . this Court, that we may
admit all those who sutler under 'the oppressions of
this deluded rabble,. that we may hear ./their corm-
plaints and redress their injuries' by due course of
law, and in doing so, dispense justice with mercy.
" GehtleMen, His Grace the • Lord Lieute-
rmnt also; to give you the tuliest assurance of his
protection And support, has spared from his councils
and 'Sent hither to advise and assist you., the highest
offi4rs known to the law, men dignified in station.
Yon will find them also eminent in talents, and sin-
cere in their zeal for the'ptfolic service. •

Gentlemen, it appears, that a report had been
propagated,- and generally believed, that •the Sta-
tUtCS made against tumultuous risings, to the 'ter
for of the' people, and that the laws which were
enacted to prevent riot and insurrection, had expired,
and were no'longer in force. I think it, therefore,
necesSary'to 'declare, front this plate, that- thOSe
Laws are unexpired, and are in full force ;
-therefore, under the Statutes to which I allude, it'
any person or persons, having his or -their body, or
bodies, or faCe, disguised, or wearing a 'dress, or
badge, not worn upon their lawful occasions; or
assuming an
.unusual name, snail rise or assembl4.
by day or by night, to the terror of the people, he
and they is and are ptinisbable :Is for a high crime
and miSdemeariour ; and there is scarcely any ad
which they•can do, when so unlawfully'assenahled,.,
to injure the person, habitation or preperty:,ot
any man, that- is • not punishable -with death ! Ihe
Magistrates are bound hy.' the: duty of their office,
Where outrages of thi; sort are committed, to• send
out stimmonss, andicall.before them every persoh
wholu-they have reason to believe , can l'give•infoi-
f relaliVe tto such assemblies, the Persons Con-
' Tosing, therm; and the offences which - have been
• cemtuitted.—The Magistrates are bound' to ap-
prebend all such persons :as they :may receive inf-)y-
-' mation-againstr-and if the person summoned shall
refuSe to give information, he is 'to be imprisondd
i u the common gaol, until he submits so to do, and
he is-to "be bound in a,reeog-niance to prosecute.--
The Magistrates and' Te,titeofficerS are bound to'
d;sp&sei_ resist; oppose,'-iantl apprehend, -all persons
concerned in such unlawful :assemblies, -and for that
purpose they-have a right to call-open every man
in the community, to aid and assist them ; and it
should be known,' that if any man so callM upon,
shall dare to refttse, he is -liable to be punished by
fine and tolprisonthent. And, in order, folly to
,prot,Acl the M.igistrates anti all...persons aging in aid!
of: them, it is provided, that -if any wounding,'
maiming or killing, -.shall ensue - the attempt to
djsperse and apprehend •such. unlawful assembly,
the Magistrates, and all persons acing with them,
are discharged and indemnified to all intents and,
. purposes whatsoever. •Apd, in addition to all this,
it is enaeted;that compensation May he made to per-.
sons injured in their property, and the Grand Jury
may- present the amount thereof to be levied off the
barony,, half-barony, parish, or town land, where
the offence was committed, so as further .to punish-

7 RICHARD HA RRIS, of No. 4, Ntartlett-court, how-Street; au
TICE, .No; I IQ., Strand; where Adverlisements, Oreleri.

the perpetrators cf the mischief, 'by making Them
contribute to the cNpeuce which has been thereby
incurred.
Thus, Gentlemen, you see, the're are Laws
with the severest sanetionsi levelled at the evil now
on foot: Besides, you have a , vigilant Govern-
ment, corrinianding gieat armies, and otherwise
stYong in public confidence, ready to exercise all
its energies in maintenance 6f those Laws, and in
prottition of the good -and peaceable inhabitants
of, the country. The legal powers of the Magi-
strates are ample, to' discover' ofilmders, and -to
bring them and their accusers ' to the Bar of this
Court ; and within this Court I cannot tear that
any branch or department of it will be wanting in
its dtity.
• " But,.Gentlemen, it should he remembered, that
the Most perfeel Constitution, and- the, best Laws
on earth, cannot, of themselveS, preserve or restore
good order. Without those walls,' they require
to be administered by the Magistrates and Peace-
officers, with abil;ty—with at-tiN ity and courage;
and within these wails, by the (..:ourt, and the Ju-
ries, with justice and with fidelity. And, Gentle-
men, if, through the supineness of the Magistracy
and Peace-officers, or the distradionsof the county
through a long contested election', dis Order has Ltain.-
ed strength, -this is not the fault of the'Law; no,- the
default of the Government :—lt is right that the
blame should' be laid where it ought to rest, and
there only.' . .
' I trust that the Magistrates of this county
have made provision fin- the due adniiniStration of
justice in 'this Court. I trust also, that'W hat passe's
here may bring back thoughtless men. to reflec-
tion, and wicked men to grade----tha'r Sp they may
meet the sacred lestiVal of the natiyiry of our Re-
deemer, as it advances, according to'lik Will, and
according to his Holy WOrct—'Witly sincere sorrow
for past sins and past otienceS,' and a 'firm resolu-
tion to repent and amend-;• arid that -with, the new'
'year, men so _near -being lost, may return with
blameless lives to their peaceful labours; and our
best hopes shall be realized, if abused -and misguid-
ed men shall only have the sense to, conSidei -those
whotve-them this advic.e,, .as their, friends—and all
who would have them reje& it, as their most mor-
tal foes."

A Subscription of the Inhabitants of Leicester is
now going on in that town, for the-relief-of twenty
natives of that place, who are now prisonets of war ';
at Valenciennes, and have sent over a petition for
relief, being in the greatest distress, particularly for
want of clothing. The money raised is to be re-`J
mitten through the banking-house of MeSsrs. Coutts
here, to that of Messrs. Perigaux, at Paris.
The reinforcements for Buenos Ayres from the
Cape were seen off St. Helena on the 4th of Septem-,-
ber ; from thence to the Spanish Main it; was only
from 10 to 14 days run ; so that there is every reason
to hope and believe that they arrived in full time to
render secure our newly-acquired territories in that
of the globe. - •
Had-not the port of Hamburgh been shut against
our commerce, before Tuesday next; the day .on
which the Lottery commences draviing, the whole
of the Tickets would have been disposed of. The
home consumption, together with the orders from .
Ireland and Scotland, will soon ease the Contracaors
of the, remaining few. The Grand Prizes must of
courSe remain in the United Kingdom, which cir 7
cumstance Makes. ample ainends for foreign disap-
pointment. The Public hold the Scheme in high
estimation, and' will no doUbt, participate in the
Thirty Thousands, Tyventy Thousands, Ten Thou-
sands, Five Thousands,. which .May, be had at the
Offices of Fion*sßY and Co. 2'6, Cornhill, p 2, Char-
ing- Cross„ and St. Marg:lret's Borough: o.
33,97 g, and 42;569, 'Prizes of 30,0001, were sold
by HORNSBY and Co:
Ladles' 'Boarding-School,- near the tity Road.—
Mrs: ettoSs respeelfuliy.informs the 'Gentry,
chants,- and her Friends-in general, that her School
will re-coinnienee. Oti-Miinday the
.1 gilt of January,
and that she has accommodation, for Five` more
Young Ladies as Boarders.' - She hopes that the Hat,
tering success she has met with for these 23 years,
in eddcating the Daughters of some of the first
milies in the City, to whom referenceS may be bad,
will be no small recommendation to those Ladies.
and GentlmCn who may honour' her with their pa;
tronage. Terms : The Young Ladies are-boarded
and taught the English and French Languages with
grathmatieal purity and correctness, History, and
the Needle-works, tbr 30 Guineas perannnm, wash-
ing included.- Parlour Tioarders, .g.Grtineas a year,
• Day, Boardel',., three GuineaS per quarter ; and Day
Scholars a Guinea.and z Half...No:Entrance-Money
expe:eled either :from Iloardes of Day Seliolars.7-77"
Writing, Arithmetic, Music, Dancing, -Drawing,
Italian, Geography, the use of the GlobeS, and
Astronomy, laugh: by-Professb'rs of eminence and
established therit:l--Wanted, ',a, rourig: Lady of a
doCile disposition and genteel address, as 'an Ap-
prentice or Half Boarder. She will enjoy Many
vantages which arc not ;to be met
.with in the gene-
rality cif Schools.‘ Terofs--Thirty-six guineas for
two years or fifty fin- three.. Mrs.CroSs may be spoken
with,. or directed to, at. the Seminary, No. 1,
Charles's-square, near the City-road. This Esta-
blishinent consists of but a small and seleel number
oftadies.

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,00LE. JANUARY' 4.
Arrived. —the Triton, Nlenn.ng, from Boston;. Amity,
King, 'and William ail Catherine, .Pratt, from Newcss`tte ; -
Betsey, Collins,-and Oak, Bolton, from SunderlaA'; Soc
mornstem, 1,0).n; Cockram,- Floe, Bromly, and
William, 'Sirimiond,4 frown London.; and William and Mary,
Allen, trout Sandwich. .
Sailed Adive, Willisims, and Adive, _Brown, 1.-Jr
`Portsmouth • Benjamin, M•Cartliy, for Waterford; and
.Ranger, Ilndlien, for
,Lyinington.

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