The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-18 00:00:00

rents."

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" If you can sell the estate of Cork,- Burdett will
sign the deed of sale, as he has a, deed from mp, • If
this could be done. it would be.of great use, as I
could di-pose of the money to the greatest aciianiage.
All This I depend on yqur and SK eeny's, exertions
for." •

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" I have heard of concessions, but I lay little
stress on them; if people are true to themselves
:they must be free." .
" Edward will hear of-me more regular than-you,
and will tell you of me until we meet.",
" Nothing cari' be worse than the 'stare of their
finances here ; they arc alarmed to the heart, so
much so as to plairde-i-paate innsure.L,• Scotland is
Irish all over."

Now, said Mr. Attorney General, ifany man wi:o
has heard what I have road, (aod 1 know a great.
deal more, and of a still deeper cast,- of this man,
which I am not warranted to dile-lase, because
should be obliged therein to name other traitors not
TA in
.custody, kt ho might take advantage of the
ciisclOsure.anti fly trot, jugice), if any man, I say,
after Leafing what I hale read, (an eniertain.a
of the treason of this Man; and his intimate connecT
tiun and combination with his brother and other

le.:ding traitors in the. llitte ciainSpiracy—..f there is a
na.tn who hear; me, and .was now sail: l to decide as
a Juror before any Court in Irelaild, and does not..
feel that he would be ju,tifieJ before 'Pod, and to
his own *conseience, io.finding a verdict of GuilTy—
then shall I, as Jn Officer ot: the Crown, acknow.s,s
ledge the cruelty *and, itjustice which has been this
night chargedUpttn the authors of 'his detention. I
will- tell the Hon. Gentienian,and I am not ashamed
to qvcw; that I am the Law Officer of the Crown
who itd,ised the detention of the tri.itor in prism,
It is with reluOancet I am forced to ch 'fig his crimes
into view; but I Jria bound to do it in vindteittion
mys•-11 and the Executive Government; aid I do. •
not hesitate tO say,- that any Of the Crown
who would. advise the Crown to let loose upon the
couutry so dangerous a 'traitor, would be respoosible;
for every drop of blood thrit would be' spilled in:
consecoence.: The Lord Lieutenant of the country:.
would deserve to be impeached if,- viler re.ceivini..
•the letters I have read, he•did not pursue this malt.
to the ; • and. 'I :will be the- man to advise.:,
GoVern moot to hunt t ltropgh the eaith.th€ men
have aimed at the sub version of the. State and the..
destru6tion of Our happy Coostitution. II the Go'
vernntent of th'e country has erred on any side,
it has been on the side of lenity to -traitors. • Its
the case of Crtimp and Gubbins, at • C,asfiebar,,
traitors caught in die very '4l(;t of rebellion who
for their ought •to hate bt.en. gib%etect
steeple-high), when carried before a court
they were only sentenced to transpor t-Atota and
yet the easy good nature of same Grntlemen 1-a4'
been prevailed on to intercede in la vow of tho.e
persons, no doubt from the purest mtitives:
with respect to this man, 1 ctught to.be disolissed
My 'office this instant if I could ne capibly (know.;
frig what I. do) to advise his liberation. With re..

gpect.to the situation of ltis wife and family, no
man can More feclicgly regret tilan- I do their var•
.ticipation- in his misfortunes ; but surely that
cimistance is not Miltritable to the officers of ti!e
Crown, or the Executive Government,•but to tho
misfortune of that lady's'eulLippy connection, and
the necessity which at one time existed .of seducing
him from • all communications wi:h his aisociates.
But as to the circumstances of his imprisonment, •L
deny positively that iGovertirtirent ever- iii any id-
stance warranted any uritie;saty rest' iction, or that
1• his situation was not as cOmfbrtable, gen4aily speak-
! ing, as the nature of the circumstances would admit.
He concluded by advising the Hon. &enticing]
(who he was confident must. have been imposed oo)
to withdraw his Motion.: ' •
Sir J. Fa.Exe lie too had an early friehilship
for the unfortunate ',Gentlemam who • was the sub-
ject of -discusSion : a he- now considered <hirrisf
acting as a lurch ''iron his case, and be•declar'ed
upon his honour, that from ;ale whole-of whist
he had' 'heard front the Attorney-. General,
thought no man ever tell ritrre 'avionsly, Within
the put view of the act ;or suspending the.--Habeas'
•„ Mr.- LEE rose and sail he was never more asto-
nished, considering the evidence. addu ed the
Attorney-General," than that an - Hon. r Ale! ir be r

should have taken up so mucn 01 tie time or• tfje
nous,: vindicaiion of such a Man. lie stated:
the species of overt Itt;ts which in the eye 01 0"): •
law constitute high t eaqon, and said -this 'man Lod .
combined in his` cotidort'the only time eni.l
which constitute treason, namely, tompa•swg
King's death by exerting raellion within ir,e mmattoo
laying war. against. time King, by eitibA inn adj,
arming men. to resist the King's troops, as in 4140
case, of the
_Musketry )ecjaien ; Leside cons, ihn4
with the.eitemies of the King at open I,var, in "(1°
caie of endeavouring" to dispatch'a
with credentials to the French "Directory to
the state of tins country and invite.` invasion. W's
there to be found a Jury of twelve honest men in
this kingdom whO would not find hits guilty 111)V'
the proofs adduced :this night 3. It was inip,,s;ib°,
there ShOUld ; and for his part ht F:houhl
tate to declare that any Attorney-General, or
OtilderOf.'Government, who could advise the It%
ting 'loose "Such a man,. would ckset've try supply' b'
lace in iisdn. •

p.
• , Mr. Donas rose to express his full assent to th:
same opinion, .and declared, from what lie hai,
night lizlard,•if ever,there was a man that fell nl°)'"f,
• prominently than another within 'the- purview
the Habeas Corpus Stupension Act, it was this weri
man,; and as long as That suspetisiOn were to esi.'
be should continue of this °pit-ilea. An •11°13;
Member in the outset of his speech had i3tati•d;
the Treaty with the 'persons cnnAned
son, had originated with Governtn.ent :
himself the person Who, at the earnest
Th
e , agent- _those,
of prisoners, entidertOoi.: the
ciation with Government, and he felt it his (.W)'
declare,- that in every instance the treaty. I-. 7..
from the prisoners, and in rib Instance front
vernmenr, whose lenity: and magnanimity on• 161.
occasion he highly, extolled. `He hoped, afierW`l3'ii,e
had passed, the Hon. Member Would wiihdravi..
motion.
Mr. O'DONNEL accordingly rose, aeknowlc .
-he had acted under the warmth of his feeling' ".ity
an old friend, whom he conceived to be,.,V5,,,,„
and unjustly. oppressed ; 'circuoistarices, p'
had been
,stated by the Attorney General
tC
was by -no means rrepared to expect. Vito
those ctreumstawci, and the sense of
House, ,he should tuit think of pteising7his 7;°,ti ,
'and therefore begged leave to withdraw
withdrawn.

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On the 3d inst. at 13,:lvidere•p!ace, Dublin, Tv-i;ro'.
Campbell, Esq. of AclinAcr.,iAi, Cainan in the Scot'
t Miss' Henrictta Florence Gur.ue 13e11- Laid
fle.ny Guine Li. 0
At i
II 9 return from France. Mr. hie
Richardson, Mochant, ot ,thilta, to Awn 1:01! ,).,I*?4,
rend ct.iugliter of F. F. Folsch, Esq. ;Us SW: ,list; Ali9,1:010-
Consul at I'l;q4eincs, mat g,an.l ilauxltt;r of Sif
N,,tvenitani, of Black I,k,ck , n at

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On Tuesday morning last, at Leicester, lohn
,st:e°'
Wilson, Esq.,. of that City, formerly of 'DQught.r- . r
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Londheon. - •
same evening, at his house i , Arlinoon-btrec"" -
George Caulfild, sq. ,
On the t(nite tiis.l suddenly, at Lapw., tii; Viiirs.e
vi`ttOtifir(;l
Eta th;.-. wite igt the Kett lames, Way, Al.it• l
AdwelWedne l,trx
s(..dan. o,o',
Oa y 1 i t, Mr, Richatd Sii,litue, of Ne` ,
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Surrey, aged 67.
At Coleton, in Devon, I 'en.-y ‘Vilson, Esq •la ° coal
'bander in the Hon. gast • I. di t Com oan) ',I Service