The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-25 00:00:00

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Mitre property and.life fireinsetife, even indivi.
dual prosperity must be tirdin'own; the land would
soon resume its original uncultivated aspen, and its
inhabitants'would be degraded-to their former -level
of vassals and slaves. In the present . case,-.:the
crime of burglary, at all times punishable-by death,-
was aggravatedby•some'peculiar circumstances. A
spirit olorposition to the Laws, and of contempt to
the Magistrates, had produced awicked and ruinous
species :4 combination among a considerable portion
of the peasionry of this and` Softie of the adjoining
Counties r and it was'in furtherance of this desertie.-
tive system that „rile Prisoners . had :attacked' the...
houses, evith an evident intention of destroying the 1
properties, and of at least abusing-the persons! ut
two honest, peaceable and loyal men, •frem whom.
they hatE'neeet received an injury, or probably an!'
insultethus at once outraging- thir ordinances!'of-
their God' and: the laws of: their Country I 1! Mi-
serable, deluded menu! what have you done Pem.'
phatically'asked his Lordship "In attempting the
destruetion- of otheri, you have brought down an
infathoui death upon yourselves, and sorrow, ruin,
and,disgrace upon your unhappy families l"- 'The
Learned Judge,. 'with almost indescribable feeling•
anti force, lastly t addressed the two prisoners con-
vied of the rape. Presumptuous indeed, it would
he, were we to attempt following his Lordship in
his own words; and, were even that attempt sue.
Cessful, it malt] be utterly impossible to..
Sent to pur Readers the penetrating irresistible!
strength which the dignity of his expression added
to, every' period. We can barely give a sketch of
his Lordship's Conclusion, .
.. . . But, enormous as is thegailt of your
fellow.sufferers—eyourgs, Daniel Ryan, and Ximtaby
Hainan,. exceeds it; for: yonCs are crimes,which
must be abhorred by all who hear the name of man-I°
At the dead hour of night you entered the dwelling
house of, a poor industriotwman, then absent, and..
dentanded-•his horse ; after -giving his wife your
solemn promise that no harm. shOuhi. be Offered to
her, you seized an opportunity of being:Alone, for .
the perpetration of! on an, at thilecital eifewhiCh
humanity must. shudder yoti violated 'ter.- :In
vain were her intreaties,, her representation of her
situation—that her day of delivery of the child.of
which she was then great, was-at hand, and that
her death, and, the! death of her unborn infant,
would be the attain consequences: of youritilfaing
your intentions : you persistedyinie:both, with
wore than savage atrocity,- effened your: diabolical
purpose ; and you both easntinninate& her i The
.predinions of the poor Mother, the Wretched wife,
Were at least in part, but MO true 4 you added murder
to your other crimes,—the innocent -unborn perished
through your brutality and, your ,uneleanliness
0! did you believr that there existed a God above,
. and yet hope to escape. his isengefwtee ? 'Great and
numberless. are tIT crimes of mankind.;, but, till the
awful hour of yoer,public atonement arrives, cease
not,. 1-'itnotli), Fiji linan and Daniel Ryan, to recol. '
led, chat your .crimes.haveexceeded,thermall To.
this your prior guilt, you have added an Mitt-age
upon justice tind „the uni versalleilings of,Nattire :
Gilding that she alone who conl4,:proleyntc.xott was
protected frinu the inituenee of terror, you found
mean, to extend that influence over the triode of
sonic of her nearest kindred, and by, ,ehrear and
artifice conjoined, the briither and sister were pr;!.
veiled upon to come forward to this Table,: to-cam!..
trait bare-fard perjury, in order to lovalidatithe,
testimony of their injured, sister ! .What depra-
vity Neyer was it so sliatnaully, so unnaturally
displayed in a Court of Justice. The wretched
dupes of terror, in the confusion occasioned :by
'their conscious guilt, acknowledged the cause,
Which before this confession WdS disgustingly evi.
dent.

Unfortunate men ! Let not the smallest hope
of mercy in' this life, rest in
,your hosoins 1' To*
extend -that mercy to you nOw, would he to•inflia
a cleath-wourdon the tranquillity of the Country.
At the Thr6 of your Redeemer, whom you have
so heipouslY.offended by your transgressions, you
can alone hope for forgiveness."

The Learned judge concluded by pronounchin the
dieadful sentence of the Lawi which is to be exectit.
ed as folloWs , • •

Ay HaWham and Daniel .I?yan to be hanged
at Nt: 0/emit le, on' Monday the,24th inst.
7ohn Stipple anti John Londregass, on Saturday
the 29th at Clonmel.
Cbririophe • Lowirtgort, Ebnisnel Londrevn,
James Foi, Matthew Mockler, Eilsnuncl Dwyer,
and Michael Hennessy, on Wednesday the 26th, at
rho Glen
.of Agherlow.
.7ohii Croneen and Denis Carew, respited till fur.
thcr orders,

Immediately after passing Sentence, the Court
adjourned. _ •

Yesterday, shortly after the Court war, adjourn-
ed, the Hon. Baron GEORGE and Mr. Justice
Dorwmts set out on their return to Dublin,