The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-09-28

my brothers acquittal at Maidstone. when we
were both taken to Dublin, where we were lod.
ged IN the same prison room, on the second
day Of Ju.s, 1898. g
In July sspecis' commission opened in
Dublin, tor the trial of all those against whom,
any charges had been exhibited, amongst WHOM,
neither my brother nor were. Three had been
texecuted-Mr Byrne, a relation of the Marchio.
| ness of Buckingham. was condemned. and was
tn be executed on the 24sh OF July. On Sunday,
the 22d, some negotiation was set on foot, in a
way never yet ascertained, between the govern
ment and some the state prisoners in Dublin,
| of which it appears that neither my brother nor
| had any iutimation till Tuesday, when Mr. Dobbs
and the sheriff Of Dublin entered our ap art mept
anil showed us apaper purporting to be an nc
quiescence, ON the part Of seventy three of the
prisoners, to give information of any arms, am
muniton and plans of warfare |; and To emgrate,
on condition OF general amnesty, anil of pardon
! for Mr.. ByrHe, who was to die that day, and foe
Mr. Oliver Bond, who was. at that moment, on
bis trial, it ne shoGld be condemned. My brother
and declined eatering into any agreement Mr..
Byrne was ordered for instant sAecution, which
| instantly took place NJ Bond vas TO die on
| the Friday We heard no more of the paper
till Thursday evening late when the same .Ir.
Dobbs, accompanied by Mr.. Samuel Nelson one
OF the prisoners from another Of the PRISONS came
to that where my brother and lay. All the
! prisoners were called together; MIR Dobbs
Produced a.letter ne had just received from Mr.
Cooke, stating " that if my brother and would
enter into atreaty with the government, by
(. which we should engage 10 give every inGorma.
ton in power of all matters relating to the re
bsltion, and particularly our relations with Fo
reign States, there should re a genera, amnesty
Mr., Bond should be pardoned, and We should be
permittedto emisrate 20 any country not at war
with England but that, if We persisted II, our
refusal, military. commissions should be issued
in the north for the trial Of he prisoners there,
the courts should proceed in Dnbiin, and the yeo
many should remain en- acfive duty - Wetboth
| refused. We said, if there are any charges a
gainst US, proceed upon them. Why proceed a.
gainst others, because we Will not inter- into a.
ny negoc iations We went to our own room,
| whittier Mr.. Dobbs presently came. He.fepre
sented to us the dreadful scenes OF slaughter and
devastation that would follow close upon oar de,
| claration. 1t appears. that my brother was in
huenced by these considerations, to save an ,is
armed people, he consented to sacrifice himself !;
but heard such proposals and threats with We
ry different car My answer was that Sc, at
defiance al thcir Vaccinations that WIS ready
to n1eet any charge that could be brought against
me but that Inever would enter into any agree.
ment with the castle of Dublin during my liic.-
Nothing now was left uninterrupted to ndnce me
by very fair promises, or to intimidate me by the
most alarming threats, to sign this agreement
AH Sper< unausiling At length Mr. Marsden
came as If secretly and rs friend, to let me know
That it was determined to seize my estate Al /
did not comply My answer was, that was pre-
pared against every thing that was resolved
| never to comply. In consequence of which
ders were dispatched to the off ,er comm sndiag
! at Bawdon, to send attachments of horse and
foot to take possession OF my house, which they
did, to the amount ofbetween two and three nun
dren men, they eaeekledf tour of my infant children
| and my servants ; the officers broke open my
cellars, drank all my wiae they ordered the
men to Kill my sheep and oxen, on which the
whole party subsisted they converted my iron
gates into shoes for their horses they made fir
ing of windows, doors and frames of the house
and Offices burned all my farming utensils dss-
troyed my gardens, and the wall trees, the hot
house, green house and all the plants turned
all their horses out into young plantations, which
| were all ruined stole every thing movable ;
and committed every species of devastation fJr 8
or weeks that they remained there for which
never received one penny remuneration,
from that day to this. After this visitation, it
was again demanded of me to sign The paper.
! My answer was always the same. Still was l
kept prisoner; and when those who had enter
red into the agreement were sent to Scotland
was forced by Justice Atkinson and compa-
ny OF Buckinghamshire militia, ut the very point
OF the bayonet, into a coach, conveyed on board
a,ender, and coaducted to ort George, in which
military garrison was keft for dyear and ten
nrsnfhs, waere by the ienient trea, ment receiv.
\
to the very verge Of life; at the end of which
time was brought TO London, and let go on the
oath January 1901, upon dreadful recognisance
to some immense amount, not 10 return to Ireland,
| and to reside in such part OF England as the
king of England should, from time to time, ap.
point (and Middlesex was namely during the then
war took house at Southgate in Middlesex,
| where resided for half year: but having no
land there, looked out for place. with land,
to occupy my time. found one 10 suit me at
Elsbree. AS was stranger and as the rent
| amounted to 500l. year, applied to my old
came my security, there lived tor one year,
DESTROYS of returning to my own country, and ap.
whom acknowledged the recognisauce, to get
at length informed me, that it was determined
er of !ivfag in the South Of Leland judged it
better to part with Conner Vile than be shut out
from my country. got licence to go to Ire.
land, and on the 1st of May, 1908. let c lease
forevsr of the place Of my earliest days. Where
upon got up my recogni5ance immediately
purchased, for forty thousand pounds, from
Lord WelEesley, the castle and estate Of Duncan,
within few miles Of Dublin, where have resi-
ded with my family ever since, coming over &C
casionally to visit sir Francis Burdctt aud a few
other friends in England, where th' L hGSe IS
fateS, have never been known, directly nor in
directly, TO interfere in any Of the coun
try l never attended public meeting or Il
public dinner tho have many friends, sci
dom associate with any one but sir Francis Bur
/ Il n A.