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tie members to request him in person to
pardon them for the transgression OF
which they had been guilty. Napoleon
received the delegates with the utmost
hanteur, but eventually came to an I'M
derstanding with them on condition that
they paid into the French national ex.
chequer a fine Of ,OO0, 600 francs in expi-
alton for their conduct. The fine was
paid one month afterwards.
Yetthis financial crumb was not enough
for the Corsicai. England, he resolved,
should be compelled to surrender Tandy
and his companions. They we're citizens
Of France. being officers Of the French
army, and in that capacity they must be
protected by the government Of their
adopted country. Accordingly, through
the French minister in London the Brit
ish cabinet was requested to release the
Irish prisoners This request not hav-
ing been acceded to, Bonaparte wrote to
his minister in England, instructing him
to inform the British government that
he held an English officer in custody as
hostage and that the ofcer.in question
would be shot dead if Napier Tandy
would be hanged. Meanwhile Tandy
was approaching within measurable dis
lance of the scaffold. He had been tried
first in Dublin, where the attorney gene
raj demanded that the penalty Of death
be inflicted on the "traltor." Owing
however, to the illegality of his arrest in
Hamburg by the British minister in that
city Lord Kilwarden, the presiding
Judge, ordered the prisoners release. He
had scarcely left the precincts Of the
Green street court house, however, when
he was re-arrested on the charge of land
ing On the coast of Donegal accompanied
by armed men with the view Of exciting
his majesty subjects to revolt. He was
at once conveyed to Lifford Jail, where he
remained immured for seven months, at
the expiration OF which time he was
tried for the ''crime" of high treason
Tandy would have no lawyers to defend
him on this occasion. He boldly and
uneqnvocally admitted the truth
of the accusation that was brought
against him. eff it were crime," he
said, "to conspire to, determine to ami
hilate British rule in ireland, and estab.
lish an Irish republic in its stead, then
confess am criminal
Bonaparte, having been furnished with
full report OF Tandy's trial and con.
demnation, lost NO time in immediate &C.
tion on behalf of the Irish patriot. The
treaty of Amiens, which was to effect &
general inauguration OF peace in Europe
awaited the signature ct the First Con
sui. II shall sign no such treaty. be
exclaimed, cor authorize it to be signed
until Tandy is restored to France. >
This determined attitude of Bonaparte
overwhelmed theBritish government with
such fears and dismay that they G m
muted Tandy's sentence to transportation
to Botany Bay, at the same time secretly
instructing their agents to connive at his
freedom. Accordingly Tandy was con.
veyed from Wicklow jail-where he was
spending the last weeks of his incarcer-
ation-to an Irish port, and was per
mitted to embark on vessel bound fol
Bordeaux. The veteran refugees landed
IN that city some weeks subsequently
and received an enthusiastic ovation at
the hands of it's warm hearted inhabi-
tants. Illumin tions flooded it's streets
with myriad lights in his honor. A
torchlight procession was organized by
the mayor and adiles; and reception
attended by the leading citizens and Off
Gals of the city, consoled the venerable
Irishman for the rrors of prison lie
which he had endured so bravely and so
long To add to the eclat of the occa-
sion, Bonaparte raised Tandy to the rank
of general of division in the French army
on the very day that the treaty OF
Amiens was signed.
DE-ANGLICIZ1NG IRELAND.
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