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roat.bosrever, to 'snit to osentios, that st very cond.
IZosilitsiy force Is eoplorest in giving assist.
tothe Officers of Revenue, the suppression of
illicit distillation; which prevails to a greAt extent in
seteral of die northern .and western counties of this
kingdom. In consequence of an order of the House'
of Comfbons; made in the month of February in the
present year, a return has been made of the troops at
that time employed on: this service, which I have an-
nexed to this dispatch, and which will give lull infor•
matiou with respect to the number of men employed,
the detachments into which they are divided, and the
stations at which they are placed. •
I am. with great truth and regard, my Lord,
Yoor Lordship's most obedienthuMble Servant,
(Signed) WHITWORT/i.
The Viscount Sidmouth, itc.
APPENDIX, No. t.
Evidenee of John Slattery, Nicholas Salton. and the Reverend
JohnAyan.
James Slattery was asked, What k the English of the word
Shanavestsl—A. I cannot tell.
Q. You know k perfectly welL Is It DCK the name of a party
in thiscountry I—A. It is. •
Q. By the Chief Baron—What is the other party called
Caravat s.
Q. Has there not been a wicked and malicious enmity subsist-
kg between those who call themselves Shanavests and earavats
A. They are often quarreling.
Q. Do not you believe the Shanavests took arms by night
!believe they did.
Q. And the Caravatal—A. I believe they did.
Q. By virtue of your oath, has then, not been a quarrel be-
tween the Shanavests and Camvats I.—A. There was.
Q. What is the cause of quarrel between these two parties,
the Sbanavests and Caravats t—A. l do not. knew.
Q. What is the true mason I—A. lodeed I cannot tell.
Q. Du you know am= of the name of Pasideeu liar I—A. I do.
Q. He ;s your uncle. Was he not the principal ringleader and
.;ornruatitler of the army of Shattavestsl—A. He is a poor old
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ntan, and ant abk to take command.
Q. By Lord Norbury.—What was the first cause of the quar-
rel I—A. It was the Imam foolish dispute about May-balls.
Q. By the I..`hlef Baron—Which is the oldest party I—A. The
Caravats were going on for two yearsbefore the Shatiavests stirred.
Q. Why were they called Canaan I—A. A man, of the name
of Hanly, was hanged. He was prosecuted by the Shanavests,
and Pandeen Gar said, he would out leave the place of execution
till he taw die cravat about the fellow's neck, and from that time
they were called Caray.sts.
Q. For what !silence was thinly hanged 1--A. For burningthe
house of a mast who had takeu Lusd over his neighbour's head.
Q. Hailly was the leader of the Caravats I—A. Before he was
hanged, his patty was called the Moyle Rangers. Tie Shana-
vests were catkd Pandeen Gar's Party.
Q. Why were they culled bhanavests Because they wore
old waistcoats.

Nicholas Saxton, a witnexs, corroborated the evidence of James
Slattery; his evidence was exactly similar to that given by Slat-
tery. He gave precisely the same history of the first origin of
the party of Careens and Shainavests, and proved that all those
connected iu their illegal Associations had no other object in tak-
ing up arms than to defend themselves against the attacks of
each iither.
The Reverend Jobe Ryan, Priest of Fethard, was examined,
and said, that at the Fair be saw stm►e of the Shanavrats strike
the Caravats.

^Q. (by the Chief Baron).--ls k notorious la the parish who
are Shassamests, and who are Caravats T—A. It is.
Q. from a gentleman of your.appearance and manners! should
wish to be unarmed what is the real cause of quarrel t—A. I
never could find out tile teal cause. _ _

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Q. (by Lord Norbury).—Do the feuds of those insurgents pre-
vent their attending divine service T—A. No my Lord: both
bhanavests and Caravan attend divine service indiscrimins_ tzly.

Q. (by the Solicitor-Geueral).—Do you consider these fella,.
as they are called, confined to the lower orders 3 —A. I think
they are. I ant not sore wisether any respectable parishioner
has joined them.
Q. Can you form any opinion whether any one party,is 'bore
'criminal than the other I—A. I cannot : they are equally crinii.
nal; but the taking of arms is confined exclusively to the two
parties concerned in those feuds.
NOTie••••it however appeared on several triab that these par-
ties frequently laid aside their private animosities, and were uni-
ted in a general system of outrage and uppmition to the laws.