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Monthly Chronicle.
Early-on the 27 th , they boldly attacked Lieutenant-General Lake in a position which he had taken at Castlebar , before lie had time to collect his forces . Him they compelled to retire with a partial loss of men , and possessed themselves of six field-pieces , which necessity obliged the General to leave behind him . Castlebar , of which the enemy took possession upon the repulse of General Lake , who retreated in order to recover himself and colled a proper force to
meet the invaders , is the principal town of the county of Mayo , about 25 miles south of Killala : and Tuam , towards which they made soine advances , is an Archbishop ' s see , nearly 35 miles south-east of Castlebar s so that the enemy made a progress of almost 60 English miles into the heart of the country . This they could not have accomplished had the people been unanimous in hostility to them ; it may , therefore , be presumed that the misguided inhabitants received them under the illusive character of friends , not having
sufficient discrimination to discover the real object of their perfidious enterprize . Their head-quarters , however , were still at Castlebar , and Tuam remained in possession of General Lake , In order to feed the flame of rebellion , and , when the enemy had aCtually proceeded thus far on their temerarious design , to aid them in the prosecution of it , Messrs . O'Connor , Emmet , and M'Nevin , three state prisoners , who , noon condition of indulgences to be granted them , in case they made certain discoveries or" their intentions , and of the intentions of those connected with them , before a Secret Committee , published an advertisement in Sander ' s Nyws- Letter and Hibernian ' Journal , to which they affixed their
signatures , purporting , that the ' abstracts made public ofthe report ofthe Committee of the House of Commons , and of the depositions before the Committee of the Lords and Commons , were gross and astonishing misrepresent tations , not only unsupported by , but in many instances directly contradictory to the facts stated on those occasions . ' By this apparently audacious libel , it seemed intended to assure the enemies of the state that they still remained concealed from Government , and that
they might then with safety issue from their hiding-places , and , aided by a French invader , renew all those scenes of massacre and horrible cruelties from which the kingdom had just entertained the grateful hope of a delivery . This affair was spiritedly taken up by Mr . Hutchinson in the Irish Parliament ; the Printers of the Journals were ordered to appear at the bar of the House , and the delinquents were put into double irons . The Lord Lieutenant now had marched into the county of Gal way , and
prepared to take every step whereby his measures might at once insure success and prove decisive . His Lordship collected a large force at Athlone , and resolved to form a junction with General Lake . . The discussion which took place in the Irish House of Commons on the subject of the advertisement published by Messrs . O'Connor , Emmet , and M'Nevin , became interesting . It appeared that the misrepresentation complained of by the state prisoners was not the act of the Secret Committee ,
but of the parliamentary reporter ; and the misrepresentation being evident , the House , on a due consideration ofthe subject , rejected the several motions made by Mr . Hutchinson against the authors and printers of the advertisement .
As this circumstance appeared evidently connected with the invasion , it was necessary to mention it in its proper place . On the 3 cth , the Lord Lieutenant reached Ballinamorc , and formed a junction with General Lake at Knockhill . His Excellency determined to trust nothing to chance , and concerted a plan with the General for surrounding the republican and insurgent foices , in order to prevent their taking refuge in any other p . irt of the country where t ; : ev mi ght jxpfct to be K
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
Early-on the 27 th , they boldly attacked Lieutenant-General Lake in a position which he had taken at Castlebar , before lie had time to collect his forces . Him they compelled to retire with a partial loss of men , and possessed themselves of six field-pieces , which necessity obliged the General to leave behind him . Castlebar , of which the enemy took possession upon the repulse of General Lake , who retreated in order to recover himself and colled a proper force to
meet the invaders , is the principal town of the county of Mayo , about 25 miles south of Killala : and Tuam , towards which they made soine advances , is an Archbishop ' s see , nearly 35 miles south-east of Castlebar s so that the enemy made a progress of almost 60 English miles into the heart of the country . This they could not have accomplished had the people been unanimous in hostility to them ; it may , therefore , be presumed that the misguided inhabitants received them under the illusive character of friends , not having
sufficient discrimination to discover the real object of their perfidious enterprize . Their head-quarters , however , were still at Castlebar , and Tuam remained in possession of General Lake , In order to feed the flame of rebellion , and , when the enemy had aCtually proceeded thus far on their temerarious design , to aid them in the prosecution of it , Messrs . O'Connor , Emmet , and M'Nevin , three state prisoners , who , noon condition of indulgences to be granted them , in case they made certain discoveries or" their intentions , and of the intentions of those connected with them , before a Secret Committee , published an advertisement in Sander ' s Nyws- Letter and Hibernian ' Journal , to which they affixed their
signatures , purporting , that the ' abstracts made public ofthe report ofthe Committee of the House of Commons , and of the depositions before the Committee of the Lords and Commons , were gross and astonishing misrepresent tations , not only unsupported by , but in many instances directly contradictory to the facts stated on those occasions . ' By this apparently audacious libel , it seemed intended to assure the enemies of the state that they still remained concealed from Government , and that
they might then with safety issue from their hiding-places , and , aided by a French invader , renew all those scenes of massacre and horrible cruelties from which the kingdom had just entertained the grateful hope of a delivery . This affair was spiritedly taken up by Mr . Hutchinson in the Irish Parliament ; the Printers of the Journals were ordered to appear at the bar of the House , and the delinquents were put into double irons . The Lord Lieutenant now had marched into the county of Gal way , and
prepared to take every step whereby his measures might at once insure success and prove decisive . His Lordship collected a large force at Athlone , and resolved to form a junction with General Lake . . The discussion which took place in the Irish House of Commons on the subject of the advertisement published by Messrs . O'Connor , Emmet , and M'Nevin , became interesting . It appeared that the misrepresentation complained of by the state prisoners was not the act of the Secret Committee ,
but of the parliamentary reporter ; and the misrepresentation being evident , the House , on a due consideration ofthe subject , rejected the several motions made by Mr . Hutchinson against the authors and printers of the advertisement .
As this circumstance appeared evidently connected with the invasion , it was necessary to mention it in its proper place . On the 3 cth , the Lord Lieutenant reached Ballinamorc , and formed a junction with General Lake at Knockhill . His Excellency determined to trust nothing to chance , and concerted a plan with the General for surrounding the republican and insurgent foices , in order to prevent their taking refuge in any other p . irt of the country where t ; : ev mi ght jxpfct to be K