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

I never would enter into any agree
ment with the castle Of Dublin during
my life. Nothing now was left una,.
tempted TO induce me, by every pro-
mise, or to intimidate me by the most
alarraingthreats, to sign this agreement.
AHzoere u1dvailag. sAt length Mr..
Marsden came, as ifsecrc,iy and as a
friend, to let me know what, by chance,
he had heard at the castle. Thus it
was determined to seize my estate If
/ did not comply, My answer was,
tina, was prepared against every thing;
that was resolved never to Comply
10 conseq uencc Of which, orders were
dispatched to-tke officers commanding
az Bawdop, to send detachments of
horse and foot 70 take possession of
my house, which they did to the a.
mount of between 9 and 500 men !;
they expelled four of my infant chill
dren and my servants; the officers
broke open nay cellars, drank all my
vine; they ordered the men TO kill my
sheep and oxen, on which the whole
party subsisted |; they converted my,
iron gates INFO shoesfor their horses j;
they made firing of windows. doors, &
frames of the House and Offices; burn
ed all my farming utensils; destroyed
all my gardens, and the wall trees, the
hot house, green house, and all the
plantsi; turned AL their horses out into
iyoang .plalta,ions which were all ru-i
iined'; stole everY thing movable, aud
committed every species of devastation
for eight or nine weeks that they re-
NAMED there; for which i never re-
ceived one penny as remuneration,
from that day to this. AFTER this vi
station, it was again demanded 'cf me
TO sign the paper. My answer was
always the same. Still was kept a
prisoner; and when those whe had
entered into the agreement were sent
to Scotland, was forced by justice
Atkinson and a company of Bucking.
hanshire militia, at the~very point of
the bayonet, into coach, conveyed
on board tender, aud conducted TO
fort George, in which military garrison
l was Kept for a year and ten months,
where by the leuiens treatnentI receiv-
ed, lost the useof my limbs, and was
redaced 10 the very verge Of life; at
the eud of which time l was brought
to London, and let go on the 9th Jam.
uary, 1901, upon a dreadful recogni-
zanCe to some inmence amount, not to
return to Ireland, and to reside in suah
pars Of England as the king CT England
should, from sitne to time appoint (and
Middlesex was named during The then
zUar. 4 took house at Soushgate In
Middlesex, whefe 1 resided for half a
year but having no land there, I look
cd out for place with land, to occupy
my time. / found one to suit me at
Elsbree. AsI was stranger and as
the rent amounted TO 5OOk a year,
app.ie5 ia nv old friend sir Francis
Burdrtt, who Immediately became my
security, there I lived for one year,
when, the trea'yof Amiens taking place,
l was DESTROYS ofreturning to my own
country, and applied to sir Richard
Ford, the magistrate, before whom /
acknowledged the recognizance to get
i, up. III vain. After many fruitless
efforts, he, at length informed me, tha,
it was determined never to give 1t up,
as long as retained the power of'liv-
ing in the south OF Ireland. jadg-
ed il batier to part with connor- Vilic
than be shut Out from my country. /
got a iicence to 90 to Ireland, & on the
lst Of May, 1903. let a lease forever
OF the place of my earliest days.
Whereupon, 1 got UP my recogai-
zance immediately, purchased, fol
forty thousand pounds, from lord We'll
lesley, The castle and estate of Dun
can, within a few miles OF Dublin,
where have resided with my family
ever since, coming over occasionally
to visit Sir Ffanris Burtst. and w
other friends in gland where, Trough
have estates; have never been
known, directly or indirec,ly, to inter
fyrc in any concerns of the country. I
n YER attended a public meeting or
public dinner; though | have macy
friend. / seldom associate with
any one but sir Francis Burdett and
his anily-My fortune is ample x
neitherI nor any one OF my family,
ever eat one rY,orscl tl,attyag not pro-