Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-12

grave, and conducted them safe tn
Dublin, wherewe arrived at three g.
clock Ia the morning. now, for the
first time sincekI left London, lay
down, and had not been in my bed
more than three hours, when Mr.. Syl-
-vester awakened me, to tell me, thar
another kings messenger had, that
naoment, ar, ived from the duke ct Port
land to take me tack insfantlyfo Lon
den. This wasahout seven O'clock IN
the morning; about twelve, Mr. Sy!.
ye.ter informed me, that Mr.. Cooke
desired to see me a, the castle. Mark
the i liability of Torture. Behold
q Connor, brosght by constable to
h we the liberty Of being admitted 70
the presence Of Mr.. Edsuard Cooke !!
I did see him the interview was rot
of long durations the conversation
was not made Of MANY words but it
is important. ! asked him the mean
ing of these proceedings what post
h STE ,reasen I had committed in the
ftw Ga, that travelled from Cork to
London, about 41O miles. Hear HE.
answsr. .sRe do not pretend to have.
6 any charge against you; but we,
" know your pow er & suspect your In
= clioation; had my advice been taken
"you should not have been brought
6 to trial in Cork. My opinion was,
6 that you should have been kept, in
.coniine nsent under the suspension of
s me habeas corpus ar,, and itnow
<.appears l was right" Well, that
afternoon, about TWO o'clock, was
obliged to set eff back again towards
Loi.dop, where we arrived on the
fourth morning, having been forced to
perform journies ofnearly 1900 miles,
sad cross the Irish sea three times, in
i3sdays and nights, during the whole
ct-which time I never permitted to
take off my clothes, nor TO lay down
Jar mare than seven hours.
was kept in custody at the house
of NV. Sylvester till my brother's ac-
quittai st Maidstone, when we were
both taken TO Dublin, where we were
lodged IN the same prison room, en- the
second day ofJune, 17es---In July a
special commission was opened IN
Dublin, for the trial OF al! those against
WHOM any charges had been exhibited,
amongst whom neither my hnooher ner
4 were. TREE had been cnted.
MIR. Byrne relation of the dnarehio-
ness OF Buckingham, was condemned,
and was o be executed on the Gath OF
July. On Sunday, the 22d, some ne
gocia,;3n was sst en- foot, in way ne
yer vet ascsr;ained, between the gov.
ernme6t and some Of tnc state prison.
ers in Dublin ofwhich it appears tina.
neither my brother ner;I had any init
NATION til Tuesday, when M. Dobbs
the sheriff # Duslin entered our apart
ment, and Showed us a paper, purport-
irg to DC an acquiesctncs, Oh the part
of seveary three of The prisoners, to
give information Of any ar rs, asninuni-
ton and plans of warfare aud to emi.
crate, on condition Ola general amnes-
Z, AID Of pardon for Mr.. Borne, who
was To die that day, an FIR Mr.. Oil
yer Eond, who was, 1t that no sent, on
his rria!, Jc he sh0u'a be condemned.
vi, brother and declined entering In
90 any agree.dslt. Mr.. Z rne was or.
dzred Tor slant execution, which in
ssapt!y took place; M.. Bond was to
die or Friday. We htard no more of
the paperxil Thursday evening late ;
when lae sane Mr. Dob5s, accompa.
MED by Eir. Samuel Nelson, enc of
the prisoners harn another Of the pri-
sons, cane to TIA, wh,r my brother
aud la. Ailthe prisoners were cali
cd ;ogcther; iir, Dobbs produced a
letter he had Just received from Mr.,
Cooke, stating, :" that if my brother &
] would enier IN treaty with The GOV
ern,nent, by Which we should engage
10 give every information inoor pow
er o. alimattlrs relating to the rebelll-
OF, ard particularly our relations wish
fo,eigR stGtes, saere should be gene
raj amnesty Mr.. Bond should be
AID we should be permitted
10 et- ;grate to any country not at war
with Engiand Iou, that, ii we persist
ed 10 oar refasaI, military comfaissi-
oas should be issued in the north for
the ifisl Of Inc prisoners there, the
caurfs sheEld prscccdin Dabiia, and the
should remain On dctive dr.
mr. we both refused. We. said ;f