The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-08 00:00:00

join, or if any harm would come to them ; the
Priioner replied, none that he knew of, unless they
.fifted armi against them, the Rebels ; the Wit-
ness's wife asked the Prisoner if there would be
any murder, to which he replied, that h'e would
not.stand by to see murder committed ; Prisoner
said that Cork, Limerick,,and Dublin had, as he
supposed, been taken that morning about i o'clock,.
and that Belfast would hue been taken, hut that
intelligence 'vent the night before; and the Soldiers
Were under arms. The_Prisooer being. asked how
the Belfast people got word of the turn-out, replied,
that one brother would betray another.
Margaret Moreland proved the .Prisoner c Ining
to the house of the last Witn •ss, and reading the
paper ‘vhichsbegan with the name Thomas Russell-L.-
she said The Prisoner mentioned that. Corketime.
rick, and Dublin, were token on the night before
at twelve or one o'clock, and said that Belfast would
he taken, only the .people there got notice. of it—
Prisoner said, if the French were here, they would
have a Government of their own, but they (meaning
the Rebels) would wish 'tb do it without the assist.
ranee of the French, and woul I have a GoVernment
of their own. Prisoner afterwards said he-would
go up to the top of the hill, and see was theralmr
stir about Belfast. The Prk.me.r, on that occasion,
said that Gen. Russell would give cinarterAf the,
King's Troops did so, but otherwise he would re.
taliate
Here Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL desired to have
Russell's Proclamation read, which was opposed by
the Prisoner's Counsel, and the Court having agreed
to suffer it to be read, reserving the question as to.
the propriety of doing. so, .•for the opinion of the
Twelve Judges. ;The. ATTORNEY GFNERAL, in
order to remove all doubt, did not persiit in, his
application to have it read, and of course i was
not read. .

Robert Heron lives near ,qarmoney Meeting_
house, says, on the, morning of the 24th July,.
about: two or three o'clock, hevent from his house
to his workshop, tolive out a coffin he had made
to•persons who then came for it ; on his return to
his house he saw the,Prisoner coming .up from' the
Meeting-house gate—the Prisoner. asked the,,Wit.
;less :what talk had been between him and Mr. Stin.
ton ? To which the Witness replied, ~he did not
care if all the world had heard it—Prisoner told
him if he and hissons Ole has three) did not -turn
out the'next day, they would be hanged before their
own dlors—the Witness told him he was. a rascal,
and if he caught him he would thrasl.i his back; and
pursued him, but he ran away. The Witness told
this transaCtion next day to Mr. Stinton. [Here
two paragraphs from the rebel Proclamation, found
in the depot in Dublin, and
,proved by Serjeant Tho.
mas Rice, were read, in which the Rebels 'speak of
wresting their independence from England, and
establishing an independent Republic here.]
The Hon, Baron GEORGE, in a clear and concise
manner, recapitulated the evidence to the Jury,
with appropriate observations on its relevancy to
the charges in the indictment, the nature and Mean-
ing of which he clearly explained, and concluded
with recommending to them,to attend clo;sely,and
maturelyto the evidence, and upon that coolly and
dispassionately to decide ; and if any reasonable
doubt as to the Prisoner's, guilt, should rest in their
minds, it was a duty they owed to themselVes and
to their country to acquit,him—but if, on thc 'con-
trary, they had no doubt of his guilt, they were
equally bound to eopvia.,

The jury retired a few minutes, and nn their re.:
turn brought in a verdkt, Guilty: Uppt)
the ATTORNEY GENERAL, prayed, the judgment
of the Court,. which was accordingly pronounced,
and the Prisoner ordered to be hanged, .drawn,, and
quartered, as in casies•., of High Treason, on Wed.
nesday the 26111'041ober instant.,