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An Historical And Geographical Account Of The Kingdom Of Ireland.
In the month of April , John Stockdale , the printer of a seditious paper called ' the Press , ' was fined and imprisoned for a libel on Lord Glenworth . And by an order of the Privy Council , Me-srs O'Connor , Binns , O'Coigly , alias Favey , and J . Leary , were apprehended and underwent long examinations . After which they were committed to the Tower on the charge of high treason . The spirit of disaffection now began to manifest itself in dreadful
acts oi' inhumanity . We almost shudder at fhe recollection of the most daring crimes that were daily committed by men forming themselves into banditti , and indul ging a lust for blood . To the murder of Dr . Hamilton , Mr . Kiiipe , Mr . St . George , and others , they on the 24 th of April attacked the house of Francis Biddulph , of Vicarstown , in Queen ' s county . Efq ; secured all the servants , and filled the room into which . that gentleman , his wife and daughter had tied for rchige , with slugs . A Mr . Dolun , ot'Baveen ,
near . birr , King s county , was murdered while the family was at tea : his house was plundered and stript of all that was valuable . Juhnson Darragh , Esq ; a very active magistrate of Kildare , was walking in his own demesne in the middle of the day , when a ruffian presented him a letter , and took the opportunity , while that gentleman was breaking- the seal , of discharging a pistol at him ; which not immediately completing his design , he fired a second , and put an
immediate period to his existence . In the beginning of March the Attorney-general presented a bill in . the House of Commons f . r restraining the licentiousness of the press , ' which was agreed to ; and followed up this resolution by a second motion for continuing the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Aft , which was likewise adopted . About this timeSir Henry MannixBartwho resided four miles
, , , Prom Cork , and had been a very active magistrate in ' quelling the White Boys , was shot by two men on horseback . Indeed the country became one scene of murder , and was hastening on to a period in which it exhibited but horror and desolation .
It was absolutely necessary that some steps should be taken in order to check a repetition of these acts of violence . Sir Ralph Abercrombie had been sent over to Ireland , Commander in Chief of his Majesty ' s forces , and issued such orders as he supposed best adapted to the exigencies of the times , and promotive of the peace of the kingdom . From the 10 th of March till the 14 ththe situation of the
, city of Dublin exhibited an awful scene of tenor and dismay . ' On the first mentioned day , the Government of the country , by a sudden and bold measure , aided by a military force , arrested a number of the principal citizens ; almost every street exhibited a body of soldiers occupying or surrounding a house , or hurrying away its inhabitants .
The residence of the Chief Governor was , in the mean time , rendered inaccessible ; but surrounded by crowds , anxious for the fate of th ^ ir i ' riends , or curious to learn tlie cause of so strange a commotion . At ' every corner stood groups enquiring after , cr com-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Historical And Geographical Account Of The Kingdom Of Ireland.
In the month of April , John Stockdale , the printer of a seditious paper called ' the Press , ' was fined and imprisoned for a libel on Lord Glenworth . And by an order of the Privy Council , Me-srs O'Connor , Binns , O'Coigly , alias Favey , and J . Leary , were apprehended and underwent long examinations . After which they were committed to the Tower on the charge of high treason . The spirit of disaffection now began to manifest itself in dreadful
acts oi' inhumanity . We almost shudder at fhe recollection of the most daring crimes that were daily committed by men forming themselves into banditti , and indul ging a lust for blood . To the murder of Dr . Hamilton , Mr . Kiiipe , Mr . St . George , and others , they on the 24 th of April attacked the house of Francis Biddulph , of Vicarstown , in Queen ' s county . Efq ; secured all the servants , and filled the room into which . that gentleman , his wife and daughter had tied for rchige , with slugs . A Mr . Dolun , ot'Baveen ,
near . birr , King s county , was murdered while the family was at tea : his house was plundered and stript of all that was valuable . Juhnson Darragh , Esq ; a very active magistrate of Kildare , was walking in his own demesne in the middle of the day , when a ruffian presented him a letter , and took the opportunity , while that gentleman was breaking- the seal , of discharging a pistol at him ; which not immediately completing his design , he fired a second , and put an
immediate period to his existence . In the beginning of March the Attorney-general presented a bill in . the House of Commons f . r restraining the licentiousness of the press , ' which was agreed to ; and followed up this resolution by a second motion for continuing the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Aft , which was likewise adopted . About this timeSir Henry MannixBartwho resided four miles
, , , Prom Cork , and had been a very active magistrate in ' quelling the White Boys , was shot by two men on horseback . Indeed the country became one scene of murder , and was hastening on to a period in which it exhibited but horror and desolation .
It was absolutely necessary that some steps should be taken in order to check a repetition of these acts of violence . Sir Ralph Abercrombie had been sent over to Ireland , Commander in Chief of his Majesty ' s forces , and issued such orders as he supposed best adapted to the exigencies of the times , and promotive of the peace of the kingdom . From the 10 th of March till the 14 ththe situation of the
, city of Dublin exhibited an awful scene of tenor and dismay . ' On the first mentioned day , the Government of the country , by a sudden and bold measure , aided by a military force , arrested a number of the principal citizens ; almost every street exhibited a body of soldiers occupying or surrounding a house , or hurrying away its inhabitants .
The residence of the Chief Governor was , in the mean time , rendered inaccessible ; but surrounded by crowds , anxious for the fate of th ^ ir i ' riends , or curious to learn tlie cause of so strange a commotion . At ' every corner stood groups enquiring after , cr com-