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History Of The Irish Rebellion .
sent off for that kingdom with all possible dispatch , under the command of General Stanway . On June cth , an action was fought at Ross between the king ' s troops and the rebels , with a degree of animosity which excites commiseration . It commenced at four in the morning ^ and continued till noon . About 3000 of the latter were killed . The town of Ross
, however , was almost , burnt to ashes . The insurrection now extended to the counties of Antrim and Down , and the situation of affairs became truly dreadful and alarming . It was determined in the British cabinet tp send Marquis Cornwallis to Ireland , from whose rank and abilities the most sanguine hopes of success -were expeitsd ; and it
was deemed necessary to invest him with the appointment of Lord Lieutenant and that of Commander in Chief . In the meantime , however , his Majesty ' s troops repulsed th . e rebel } in their attack on Wicklow , and 1500 of those in the county of Antri m laid down their arms , and swore allegiance to their Sovereign . In the north of Ireland they were dispersing and doing the same . The loyalty and affection ofthe militia regiments in England , at
this period of the rebellion , displayed itself in volunteering their services to his Majesty . Emulous of manifesting their attachment to his person , offers to serve in Ireland poured ' in from every quarter , and these , to a certain number , were accepted with chearfulness . We have -already stated , that in Wicklow and Wexford the . rebellion wore a serious aspect . These counties seemed to be the centre
of union to which the disaffefted repaired in multifudes . The rebels were neither deficient in valour or intrepidity , but for want of being regularly trained to the nse of arms , their numbers , though far superior to that of the royal armies sent against them ,. were of little advantage , and only served to increase the general slaughter , and drench the land with blood . To a benevolent mind it afforded no pleasing considerationthat the fair form of reliion should e-y . er be held forth
, g as the stimulus to unworthy actions . But certain it is , that from prejudices of education , founded in error ,. th . e most glorious system pf morals with which mankind was ever blessed , has been , by the designs ofthe artful , the intrigues ofthe politic , and tlie fraudulent principles of the base and ignominious , made to abet that conduct and those systemsat which Nature herself blushes .
, At the outset of the rebellion , several respectable and . enlightened individuals , both of the clergy and laity of the Romish communion , expressed their abhorrence of those dreadful proceedings of their brethren , in pastoral letters and public advertisements ; but to the disgrace of some among the former be itsaid , that instead of softening down resentment by gentle admonition and salutary advicethey
, raked up the embers of rebellion ,, and bl . ew i . t into a flarrje , by administering oaths to -their . deluded adherents , . ex . pressiy . e of extermination and blood . Nay , Catholic priests were even fcu . id at the head of parties , which they were leading , on to battle . At Kilconncl liill , near Gore ' s bridge , Kilkenny , one Murphy , a priest ,. . commanded an 3 rtny of five thousand men ; this sanguinary monster , who , it appears ,
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History Of The Irish Rebellion .
sent off for that kingdom with all possible dispatch , under the command of General Stanway . On June cth , an action was fought at Ross between the king ' s troops and the rebels , with a degree of animosity which excites commiseration . It commenced at four in the morning ^ and continued till noon . About 3000 of the latter were killed . The town of Ross
, however , was almost , burnt to ashes . The insurrection now extended to the counties of Antrim and Down , and the situation of affairs became truly dreadful and alarming . It was determined in the British cabinet tp send Marquis Cornwallis to Ireland , from whose rank and abilities the most sanguine hopes of success -were expeitsd ; and it
was deemed necessary to invest him with the appointment of Lord Lieutenant and that of Commander in Chief . In the meantime , however , his Majesty ' s troops repulsed th . e rebel } in their attack on Wicklow , and 1500 of those in the county of Antri m laid down their arms , and swore allegiance to their Sovereign . In the north of Ireland they were dispersing and doing the same . The loyalty and affection ofthe militia regiments in England , at
this period of the rebellion , displayed itself in volunteering their services to his Majesty . Emulous of manifesting their attachment to his person , offers to serve in Ireland poured ' in from every quarter , and these , to a certain number , were accepted with chearfulness . We have -already stated , that in Wicklow and Wexford the . rebellion wore a serious aspect . These counties seemed to be the centre
of union to which the disaffefted repaired in multifudes . The rebels were neither deficient in valour or intrepidity , but for want of being regularly trained to the nse of arms , their numbers , though far superior to that of the royal armies sent against them ,. were of little advantage , and only served to increase the general slaughter , and drench the land with blood . To a benevolent mind it afforded no pleasing considerationthat the fair form of reliion should e-y . er be held forth
, g as the stimulus to unworthy actions . But certain it is , that from prejudices of education , founded in error ,. th . e most glorious system pf morals with which mankind was ever blessed , has been , by the designs ofthe artful , the intrigues ofthe politic , and tlie fraudulent principles of the base and ignominious , made to abet that conduct and those systemsat which Nature herself blushes .
, At the outset of the rebellion , several respectable and . enlightened individuals , both of the clergy and laity of the Romish communion , expressed their abhorrence of those dreadful proceedings of their brethren , in pastoral letters and public advertisements ; but to the disgrace of some among the former be itsaid , that instead of softening down resentment by gentle admonition and salutary advicethey
, raked up the embers of rebellion ,, and bl . ew i . t into a flarrje , by administering oaths to -their . deluded adherents , . ex . pressiy . e of extermination and blood . Nay , Catholic priests were even fcu . id at the head of parties , which they were leading , on to battle . At Kilconncl liill , near Gore ' s bridge , Kilkenny , one Murphy , a priest ,. . commanded an 3 rtny of five thousand men ; this sanguinary monster , who , it appears ,