The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-14 00:00:00

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with the Castle of nubile **deg 14Y life. Nothing now was
left unattempted to indoce me, by Very f I r promises, or to to.,
antidote roe by the must alannitg threats, to sign this ;am,
meat. Mt wire oacsaitieg. At limas Mr. M *geoids caw,
elf tardy and as a Jidosi, to Id me know what, by choke,
be had heard at the Code. That it was determined to nile
orgatate, if I did nut coosply.-•ldy answer was, that I was
prepared against every thing ; that I was andelute never to
comply. to consequence of which, orders were dispatched to
the officer commanding at Bandon, to send detachments of
boric and foot to take procession of my sour, ,thewyhice!tidtchrteyd
the did, to theamminut of between 2 and 300 men; they expellat
four of nsy in act children,' and my servants ; the officers
brakaesenT kill nlilymeyesilhaeen; and dral.lokseann, on my wine;
the whole party
subsisted; they converted my Iron gates into shoes for their
is.orses; they made tiring of wiodows. Moors, cot filftly ,if
the house and offices; horned alt my farming utensils; dr.
strayed my prifeas, and the nail trees, the hot-314ms.
green-haose, sad nil the plants; turned all their horse;
' out into young plantations; which were all ;lined ;.state
every thing asoyeable ; and committed every species of
devastation for eight or nine weeks that they trecsined
there; for which I never received one penny as remunera.
time), from that day te this. After this visitation, it was
agaiu demanded of one to sign the paper. My mower wry
always the same. Still was I kept a prisonerco;ntrimodttewdhento
those who had entered hub tae agreement were sent to Som.
land, I was furl. by Justice Atkinson, and a company of
lisekioghatnshifc Militia, at the very point of lbe Impart,
into a coach, conveyed on board a tender, and
Fort George. in which military garrison I MRS kept fur 4 •
year and ten muutha, where, by the lenient treatment I re-
ceived, ; iota the Ilse of my limbs, and was reduced to the
very verge of life; at the end of which time I was brow.tht
tie London, and LETTR) on the 24th Jaounty, 1331, opal, 11
dreadful recognizance to some immense amount, net is ram*
to Ireland, mod to reside in such part of England as the Kind
of England should, from time to time, appoint (mid Aliddle
sex was named) during the then war. ;. book a house at South.
gut.', in Middlesex, where I resided fur halra year; but hale.
ing no land there, I looked out fern place with land, to it.
espy my time. I found one to suit at Elstree. As I was o
stranger, and as the rent amounted to £5140 a year, I up
plied to my old friend and companion, Sir Frincis f)iraelt,
who Onmediately became my security. There 4 lived for one
year, when, the treaty of Amiens taking place, I was desi.
roes of returning to my own country, and applied to
Sir Richard Ford, the *figistmte, before whom I se.
knowleclged the recognizance, to get it up! fa V4l**
—After. many fruitless 'Whelp, he, at immt4r, informed
me, that it was determined paves; to Ole it op, as halos
• I retained the power of tieing in, the Joan of joksd.
—fludged it better to part with Conner Fait can
be shot not from my country. I got AIA CEyck in pm to
Ireland, and, on the Ist of May, 1009, 1. act a hoes for epa
of the place of my earliest days. Whereupon, I got op may
re.cognizaace immediately. I purchased tor 4001001./Anw Era
iveliesiev, the castle and estate of Dungan, within a few miler
14 Dublin, where I have resided with my fated/ mellow,
coming over occasionally to visit St; F. Bunten, and a few
other friends in England, where, though I have Mates, I have
never been known, directly or indirectly, to iderfest in any
concerns of the country; I never Attended a public meeting
or a public dinner; though I 'have many fano*, I seldani
m *meiotic with any one but Sir Francis Burdett sad his,
faraily.-s-My fortune Is ample; and; neithe; I nor etty otse' Of
my family, ever eat one morsel that less gat proelealf from
ear man Maim. We never received any of tab people's mo-
ney, in the shape. of pratfalls and places, our washy non's
meal or comforttever diminished ha one of is. Surely, the%
I most be a most !tagged Traitor I la Itat,,, mosey, very many,
of the people of Ireland love me; tife•Militie waf tat•
sorbed to me.. I surnendered on the *ulnae faitlreflpemm-fts
snatiou, syhieb faith, towards wee was Welk* i I retecnd
1 Captain Ruche; I defended the iiseaeo 1 aced oly.tiperstet
and the /3ow-stmt Constable. Theo! baluirkini of piece thot
' has rout been my prison; my own Morse, Camps, guard.hoeses;
taverns. and hotels; castles, wherries, packer-beats, alerICU•
ger's houses, court houses, In idewells, state-privon. (as they
are called) tenders, garrisons, palaces; and, as a pr comer,
have I been travelled about from my own house in thesuoth to
Carrickfergus Melte north 'of Ireland; from ftfe Western mare-
mity of Wales, to Alaidlisones_nearly toe mariestrebity of
of England; from Dublin to Fort (leatce iaSemitlaid CAC
forty miles of John O'Groe's house, to 0100. o wit
enriches.. hackney coaches, post carriages,: ito
and tarts! co
font and tau horseback. And all because (fur 1 Lases of 110
other cause) that ten years before the French Reverelumens, 1 saw the absolute necessity of a Agora fe tilt
Cononsons in Ireland, which was acknowledged aftenrar*
by time factious of England and Arched; and became t
would not contra to a Irgidative Union, ifilehl . I egardell
as equally miasma to both parts of the kingdom..-emeOs Ole
whole, chest, let time people of Englasedo nem Ada MS its
posseuiva of their sober smiss, st..cide betwom my a-
• sobers and me : whether the laws were infringed by us, who
have gone through every ordeal. who Have always courted
investigation and ermuiry ; who harlots N E YER CEASba
'CO DEMAN V 'FRI AL ; or by ?Had, who. sought the
protection of a BILL OF INDEMNITY. %tact by ail
assembly of which. et!e/ tiKnireive tais4a apart: •
The Earl of Motu*, under the instruction of
Government, transmit; a daily retuiis of 'ail visi•
tors to Sir F. BonsinT in the Towei.'
The Duke of 11.4-TLANA is said to have gemeover
to Opposition, in consequence of LOrd (.jute=
oases dismissal fronrofficm.'. ' '
A Dutch Paper of the 6th stales, that Kieft
Loots set out from Amsterdam On'the morning or
the 4th, to meet the Earcnott, who had arrived Mt
the frontless of Holland. . •
Letters are said to have . beet received from
Norfolk, in Virginia, by An American idea; lir-
rived off the coot, that a motion was midoli:::tgio
end" of March for time adjourndient of C t
which was negatived 111 the House of Bert:lo4'
• Lives by a line majority, on time ground of the
possibility of intclagettee being received. by she
John Adana. •it was however agreed, that the
adjournment should take place on the 15th of
April, and that, shout dispatches arrive in. the
mean times the President should be voted with
power to act with respect to the Non.intercdatsd,
accogdirig to their tenor.
A Petition from several of the Performers of
thu late Drury Lane Theatre has been presented
to his MAisrry, praying for a patent fur. a New
Theatre, granting leave to play legitimate Arial,
until Druty Lane be .rebuilt, or to eetend ilia
term, if it shuuld. be found that a third Theistic
is necessary. • .
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' Coats EXCHANGE, MAY IC—This day there are short
fresh supplies of %Vomit, but rather considerable on koom;
the buyers very numerous, amid in desnaud, comes sales at no
ad Increase is pries of about bs. per quarter. limns P"iioe
Dantaic exceeds use quotruimut. Iterley dud Malt `vary but
little. White rya* Itaewise. Benin of toe two kinds ore
dearer. Therenze short supplies of Oats, mei this trade, Mt
dearer.2s. awl Se. per gleaner. Flour et au advisee* et Itt9
be. per suck.
CURRUNT PRICE.
Wheat, - • Ift la°. ales,. 'nit Newsy (.4d) 6551 .94'
Fire ditto -- r ! 118 d. IV2O. Oats, 4,. vb. 3•0.
ILYes -•-- - - -4.6 e. sou roland, - -- • j.. siii• lA'
Barley, - Stk. Oft
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Malt --- . - -61 h. 764. Rape Seed - - - ieli 4;31
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W. rela,Motlera) Sts. 70s. Floe Flour -- • - OM. •."'
" re} re*,-- --- 445. Ads. Seco* WI.
Beans, (old) • . - 635. 6Ss.