The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-24 00:00:00

THE KING V. JOHN REES.

A verdi& of Guilty had been entered against the
Defendant on an indictment tried at the Cardiff As-
sizes, before Mr. Justice `LAWRENCE, for obstrueting
and assaulting'a Revenue Office, named Jones It
appeared from the minutes of the trial, that Jones
and several others had 'intimation of a quantity'of
Spirits, -Which were to be conveyed to a neighbour-
ing town one night of the month of August
last. They set off in pursuit, and overtook a com-
pany of smugglers, to the number of 20 or more,
with'several horses, each of them loaded with kegs
of spirits. As soon as they came up to them, the
smugglers attacked the' Officers, when the Defen-
dant exclaimed," D—mn them, kill them, that they
may not go home to tell the story." In the ton-
test, Jones had his head cut open by the prisoner's
bludgeon, and his pistol was knocked out of his
hand.
AfterTMr. POLLEN bad been heard in mi-tigation,
,and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. Jr.avis tbr
the prosecution, the Court sentenced the Defendant.
to hard labour, upon the River Thames, for two
years.

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17.) üBLIN, APRIL 18.7—This day a General Meeting
of'the Catholics took placeai the.EN.hibition House,
in William-street. About' two o'clock the Great
Room being'srowded nearly, to suffocation, the Earl
of FINGAL was unanimously called to the Chair.—
His LordshiP ha% ing brieflji stated the purpose for
'which the Meeting was convened, it was moved and
carried, that two Letters, recently received from an
illustrious Charader, touching their Petition to Par-
liament, should be read. The first Letter, signed
H2NRY GRATTAN, .was an expressionof his thanks
for the honour done him by the Catholic Body, in
selecting hirii to present their Petition, and a strong
recommendation to them for the present to forego
their intended application. Mr. GRATTAN Stated it
to be his own individual opinion, that the 'time was
highly unfavourable to their views, when a great
change was about to take place in his Majesty's
Councils ; but, he added, that he. would .call a meet-
ing of their friends, and communicate to them their
united-opinion on the subjeo. The second Letter
conveyed conveyed to them the result of that meeting, which
concurred entirely with his own opinion.
Mr. KEOGH then rose, and commenced a very
long speech, by observing;
That the measure brought forward for the relief
of Dissenters did not originate with the Catholic
Body in Ireland—it removed no disability—it con-
veyed no ,advantage to them—it grew out of the
disturbances which occurred last autumn in the
county of Mayo. It was merely an attempt, as.Mi-
ni:iters expressed it, - to convert the weakness Of the
country into strength, and to afford a drain for a
too abundant population. As to the Catholics, it
did nothing more than to enable his Majesty, if a
NELsoN, a MOIRA, or a HUTCHINSON should rise
up amongst_ them, to confer upon him the reward
of his valour, or of his abilities, if it did. not inter-
' 'fere with his Royal Conscience; yet, even this
small boon had been the cause that a pledge had
been demanded- floto Ministers ; and, upon their
refusal to Give that pledge, of their dismissal from
office. " The question,,, said Mr. KgoGkt, €, now
is—what is the course the Catholics of Ireland
should now pursue ? Shall they tell four millions of
,people that their cause is 'desperate, and that the
time can never arrive when they may hope to be ad-
mitted within the CouStitut ion which they admire, or
cease to bear the, yoke which now galls them
This, in my opinion, would be treason against our
Protestant brethren and ourselves ; it 'would be to
paralize the exertions of our population, and pre-
pare them fur the reception of a fateign Invader.
I trust, therefore, this Meeting will be unanimous
in declaring, that they never will abandon the prin-
t ciple. Of their Petition—that they never will resign
the hope of being one day thought worthy of
being admitted within the pale Of the Constitution.
The only question then that remains to be decided,
is,,whether this be the proper time to perk Vere in
! the struggle for that purpose ? In my opinion, it is
riot ; We have seen the meritorious servants of the
Crown dismissed from Office fir proposing a small
relaxation of those laws in our favour, a relaxation
too, which embraced other religions as Well as ours;
.we have heard of extraordinary exertions to inflame
the spirit of bigotry and persecution against us ; we
know that the University of Dublin has been re-
quired to second the clamours of our enemies ; tint
that University, to its immortal honour; has refused ;
shall we then, by an indiscreet perseverance at this
: moment, afford matter to our enemies of triumph
against us, of justly accusing us as wishing to embroil
the Empire, and distra6t its Councils ? and that too
perhaps upon the very eve of Dissolution of Par-
liament, and, contrary to the advice of our tried
friends, and above all, of that illustrious man (Mr.
GRATTAN) to whose efforts in our favour we owe
• most of the privileges we enjoy ?—Would this be
to treat our friends with decency--would it be to
repay them with gratitude ?-" Mr. KEOGH concluded
by saying, " The Resolution which I shall ;propose
to your. Lordship -is perfectly consistent with the
Resolutions we have heretofore entered into, and
I firmly hope it will be useful to the country and to
ourselves. It will prevent the Enemy from availing
himself of the despair of Catholic Ireland, and
it will afford our Protestant fellow-subjects an op-
the Empire irresistable, ac-
and friendship of font. millions
ac-
tenting, nngi op-
portunity
the services
n i
of people ; of rewarding our services, should we here-
after prove faithful and meritorious, and of shewing
their confidence and gratitude; it is this :—` Resolv
ed, That the Catholic- Petition be committed to the
care of the Right Hon. the Earl Of FINGAL, subjed
to the future disposal of the Catholic Body."
Counsellor O'GoitmArt was speaking when we
left the
_room ; but there is little doubt, from the
great'approbation Mr. KEOGH received during the
delivery- of his speech, and his great influence
amongst the Catholics; that this ResolutiOn will be
carried.

We stated in a former Paper, that on Thursday
la3t, Abraham Wood, the noted Lancashire Pedes-
trian, ran 40 miles over the Newmarket-heath, in 4
twins and 56 minutes, being 4 minutes within the
time allowed. The stake is said to have been
,500
guineas, and considerable bets were depending..
During the: race, the odds were two and three to one
in his favour ; he ran the first eight miles in 48 mi-
nutes, and the first twenty miles in two hours and
seven minutes. He is, a remarkably fine tall well-
made man. He ran without shoes' or stockings,
and had only a pair of flannel drawers and a jacket
upon him, and at no time appeared fatigued or
Overcome by this most extraordinary exertion:—
When he had completed half the distance, he jump-
ed into a post chaise, and took the refreshment of a
glass of wine, and a crust of bread or biscuit, There
were numerous riders, who found it difficult to keep
their horses up With him.' He is supposed to have
sprung nearly two yards at every step ; the wind
was so very high as to occasion him considerable in-
convenience. His arms kept nearly eqUal motion
with his legs. The spot chosen was the four-mile
Course, which he ran round ten times.
'The First-drawrt Ticket, No. 16,787, in the pre
sent Lottery, which distributed to the Public the
immense Sum 01-40,0001. was Sold in one QuaKtei,
one Eighth, and_ten Sixteenth Shares„by KODGESi
PAINE, and Co. Cornhill, Oxforthstreet, and St.
James's-street, The First-drawn Ticket on Sandr-
day, 2d May, will be entitled to 20,0001.

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