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History Of The Irish Rebellion .
cleared from all charge by the verdict of the jury . A warrant was then produced by the Bow .-street officers , signed by the Duke of Portland , and dated as far back as the zzd of March , to arrest Arthur O'Connor , Esq . on a charge of high treason . This gentleman was brought to London , and then sent off to Ireland . That kingdom now assumed a serious aspect . For some days orders had been issued by
the leaders of the Unitedlrishmen , directing their partizans to be read y at a moment ' s warning , the measures of Government rendering it necessary for them to act immediately . A regular attack was made upon the town of Naas , but the rebels were beaten ; another near Killcullen , and a third about Dunboyne ; but these were likewise overpowered . An insurrection was expected in the city of Dublin *
which , on that account ,-it was deemed necessary to put under martial law . The banner of rebellion was now erected , and the partizans of the French innovation contended with legal government and civilized society . The hope of conciliation was now past , and measures ofthe greatest firmness and the utmost vigour could alone save Ire- , land from all the horrors into which the unprincipled emissaries of
France , and an uninformed and deluded peasantry would plungeit . Murder and assassination stalked about this devoted country in hideous forms , and wreaked their inhuman vengeance upon the wise , the virtuous , and the good . Neither age , sex , innocence , nor beauty afforded protection against the poniard' and the pike of ruffians ,, who , for the most part , chose the gloomy darkness of night for . the commission of deedswhicheven in descriptionfreeze the very souL
, , , Every mail from Ireland brought over news of battles fought between the King ' s troops and the rebels , of persons of the greatest respectability in life being arrested on suspicion of treason , of houses plundered , and their inhabitants massacred . Universal alarm was spread over the country , and apprehension , and fear , and distrust seemed to be painted on the countenance of peaceable citizenIn no
every . place , however , did the rebellion assume so formidable an aspect as in the city of Wexford . A body of men , to the number of 4 , had . taken up arms against their King and country , and were ready to join an army , the arrival of which they daily and anxiousl y looked for from the coast of France .
Notwithstanding , however , the almost uniform success with which tlie spirited exertions of the military and yeomanry corps had been Mtherto crowned , the insurgents acquired considerable force in the counties of Wicklow and Wexford , wherein they committed the most Canton acts of cruelty . The insurrection , which had received a check , once more broke Hvt
< with greater violence in Carlow , where Sir E . Crosbie , Bart , wing convicted of a criminal connection with the rebel army , was Rented under the operation of martial law . Sir Edward was the ^ t ' ad of a very ancient family ; but his fortune was impaired . It has Wen ^ asserted that , for -a long time past , he enjoyed a pension from 'ne Crown . He had been called to the Irish bar , at which he prac-! ' 5 ed for a short time , and distinguished himself by the zeal that he VOL , XI . L 1
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History Of The Irish Rebellion .
cleared from all charge by the verdict of the jury . A warrant was then produced by the Bow .-street officers , signed by the Duke of Portland , and dated as far back as the zzd of March , to arrest Arthur O'Connor , Esq . on a charge of high treason . This gentleman was brought to London , and then sent off to Ireland . That kingdom now assumed a serious aspect . For some days orders had been issued by
the leaders of the Unitedlrishmen , directing their partizans to be read y at a moment ' s warning , the measures of Government rendering it necessary for them to act immediately . A regular attack was made upon the town of Naas , but the rebels were beaten ; another near Killcullen , and a third about Dunboyne ; but these were likewise overpowered . An insurrection was expected in the city of Dublin *
which , on that account ,-it was deemed necessary to put under martial law . The banner of rebellion was now erected , and the partizans of the French innovation contended with legal government and civilized society . The hope of conciliation was now past , and measures ofthe greatest firmness and the utmost vigour could alone save Ire- , land from all the horrors into which the unprincipled emissaries of
France , and an uninformed and deluded peasantry would plungeit . Murder and assassination stalked about this devoted country in hideous forms , and wreaked their inhuman vengeance upon the wise , the virtuous , and the good . Neither age , sex , innocence , nor beauty afforded protection against the poniard' and the pike of ruffians ,, who , for the most part , chose the gloomy darkness of night for . the commission of deedswhicheven in descriptionfreeze the very souL
, , , Every mail from Ireland brought over news of battles fought between the King ' s troops and the rebels , of persons of the greatest respectability in life being arrested on suspicion of treason , of houses plundered , and their inhabitants massacred . Universal alarm was spread over the country , and apprehension , and fear , and distrust seemed to be painted on the countenance of peaceable citizenIn no
every . place , however , did the rebellion assume so formidable an aspect as in the city of Wexford . A body of men , to the number of 4 , had . taken up arms against their King and country , and were ready to join an army , the arrival of which they daily and anxiousl y looked for from the coast of France .
Notwithstanding , however , the almost uniform success with which tlie spirited exertions of the military and yeomanry corps had been Mtherto crowned , the insurgents acquired considerable force in the counties of Wicklow and Wexford , wherein they committed the most Canton acts of cruelty . The insurrection , which had received a check , once more broke Hvt
< with greater violence in Carlow , where Sir E . Crosbie , Bart , wing convicted of a criminal connection with the rebel army , was Rented under the operation of martial law . Sir Edward was the ^ t ' ad of a very ancient family ; but his fortune was impaired . It has Wen ^ asserted that , for -a long time past , he enjoyed a pension from 'ne Crown . He had been called to the Irish bar , at which he prac-! ' 5 ed for a short time , and distinguished himself by the zeal that he VOL , XI . L 1