Captain GORE, sworn.

Deposed that he has known the prisoner about four months, and that he was one of attendants on his duty as a yeoman, and that he knew him to be a loyal and brave soldier, and never knew him to be guilty of any act of inhumanity; and that it was the practice of the corps to scour the country without an officer; and verily believes they understood it was their duty to shoot any rebels they met with, or suspected to be such; and deponent has heard that other corps had similar directions in other districts.

Defence closed, and the prisoner's counsel read an address to the Court for the prisoner.

The prisoner was acquitted.

Dublin Castle, 18th October, 1798.

"SIR, Having laid before the Lord Lieutenant the proceedings of a general courtmartial, held by your orders in Dublin barracks, on Saturday, the 13th instant, of which Colonel the Earl of Enniskillen is president, I am directed to acquaint you that his Excellency entirely disapproves of the sentence of the above court-martial acquitting Hugh Wollaghan of a cruel and deliberate murder, of which, by the clearest evidence, he appears to have been guilty.

"Lord Cornwallis orders the court-martial to be immediately dissolved, and directs that Hugh Wollaghan shall be dismissed from the corps of yeomanry in which he served; and that he shall not be received into any other corps of yeomanry in this kingdom. His Excellency further desires that the above may be read to the president and members of the court-martial in open court.

"I have the honour to be,

"To Lieutenant-General Craig, &c.

"Sir,

"Your most obedient humble servant,

"H. TAYLOR, Sec.

"P.S.—I am also directed to desire that a new court-martial may be immediately convened for the trial of such prisoners as may be brought before them-and that none of the officers who sat upon Hugh Wollaghan be admitted as members."

No. II.

SOME STATISTICS OF THE REBELLION.

The Report of the Secret Committee of 1798 gives the following" Return of Arms seized and surrendered in the several districts :"

48,109 guns,
1,756 bayonets,

4,463 pistols,

4,183 swords,

22 pieces of ordnance, 70,630 pikes.

When Dr. Macneven was asked, by a member of the Committee, to what number he thought the United Irishmen amounted all over the kingdom, he replied-" Those who have taken the test do not, I am convinced, fall short of 500,000, without reckoning

women and old men: the number regularly organised is not less than 300,000; and I have no doubt all these will be ready to fight for the liberties of Ireland when they get a fair opportunity."

"The effective strength of the army in Ireland, exclusive of yeomanry, according to an official return quoted by the author of the 'Strictures on Plowden's History,' on the 1st of August, 1798, was 52,247; cavalry, 7,041, infantry, 45,206. The yeomanry force, by the Commons' Secret Report of 1798, exceeded 50,000. So that the total force exceeded 100,000. The loss on the part of the king's troops, regulars, militia, and yeomanry, is estimated by Plowden, Barrington, Curran, and Moore at 20,000; and the loss on the side of the people at 50,000. Total loss of 70,000.”—MADDEN, Second Series, vol. ii., p. 531.

Mr. M. says elsewhere (vol. i., p. 376-7.)-As to the expenses the government had to encounter and defray on account of this rebellion, the following calculation may give some idea of the amount :

From 1797 to 1802 the cost of the large military force that was kept

up in Ireland, estimated at £4,000,000 per annum Purchase of the Irish Parliament

Payment of claims of suffering loyalists.
Secret Service Money, from 1797 to 1804

£16,000,000

1,500,000

1,500,000

53,547

1,000,000

500,000

Probable amount of pensions paid for services in suppression of the rebellion and the carrying of the Union, from 1797 to 1842. Increased expense of legal proceedings and judicial tribunals Additional expenditure in public offices consequent on increased duties in 1798, and alterations in establishments attendant on the Union, the removal of parliamentary archives and compensation of officers, servants, &c.

500,000

£21,053,547

This writer's comment on the above estimate is worth adding, for the consideration of all persons who would rather not see ten per cent. added to the Income Tax :

"So that the cost of suppressing the Rebellion in Ireland, in 1798, it would appear, cost more than five times the amount which was expended in the suppression of the recent Canadian one; which, on the authority of Sir Robert Peel, cost three millions and a half. To go to war with Ireland forty-five years ago, with half the amount of its present population, cost Great Britain about nineteen millions, and both countries a loss of 70,000 lives."-Second Series, vol. ii., p. 532.

* Debate on the Canadian Corn Importation Question, the 23rd of May, 1843:— Sir Robert Peel said, "They found that a rebellion had recently existed in the colony; that the cost of suppressing that rebellion had been, by direct votes of that house, little short of two millions of money; that when they came to add the additional cost of maintaining the army in the colony, and of transporting forces thither, the total expense was in reality little less than 3,500,000. There was a force in Canada of no less than twenty-two battalions of British infantry."

RELIGION PROFESSED BY THE LEADING MEMBERS OF THE UNITED IRISH SOCIETY, OR PERSONS SUSPECTED OF SO BEING.

(The following names in brackets are those of the state prisoners who had been confined in Fort George.)

*Those marked (*) were executed.

The eminent chemist and mineralogist, Richard Kirwan, on the authority of Dr.

Macneven, was sworn by him, Dr. M.

women and old men: the number regularly organised is not less than 300,000; and I have no doubt all these will be ready to fight for the liberties of Ireland when they get a fair opportunity.”

"The effective strength of the army in Ireland, exclusive of yeomanry, according an official return quoted by the author of the 'Strictures on Plowden's History,' on 1st of August, 1798, was 52,247; cavalry, 7,041, infantry, 45,206. The yeomanry by the Commons' Secret Report of 1798, exceeded 50,000. So that the total force ceeded 100,000. The loss on the part of the king's troops, regulars, militia, and manry, is estimated by Plowden, Barrington, Curran, and Moore at 20,000; al loss on the side of the people at 50,000. Total loss of 70,000."-MADDEN, Second vol. ii., p. 531.

Mr. M. says elsewhere (vol. i., p. 376-7.)-As to the expenses the govern. to encounter and defray on account of this rebellion, the following calculation. some idea of the amount :

From 1797 to 1802 the cost of the large military force that was kept up in Ireland, estimated at £4,000,000 per annum

Purchase of the Irish Parliament

Payment of claims of suffering loyalists

Secret Service Money, from 1797 to 1804

Probable amount of pensions paid for services in suppression of the rebellion and the carrying of the Union, from 1797 to 1842. Increased expense of legal proceedings and judicial tribunals Additional expenditure in public offices consequent on increased duties in 1798, and alterations in establishments attendant on the Union, the removal of parliamentary archives and compensation of officers, servants, &c.

This writer's comment on the above estimate is worth adding, for the all persons who would rather not see ten per cent. added to the Income

"So that the cost of suppressing the Rebellion in Ireland, in 1798, it w more than five times the amount which was expended in the suppressi Canadian one; which, on the authority of Sir Robert Peel, cost thre half. To go to war with Ireland forty-five years ago, with half the am population, cost Great Britain about nineteen millions, and both c 70,000 lives."-Second Series, vol. ii., p. 532.

Debate on the Canadian Corn Importation Question, the 231 Sir Robert Peel said, "They found that a rebellion had recently exi that the cost of suppressing that rebellion had been, by direct little short of two millions of money; that when they came to add maintaining the army in the colony, and of transporting forces thit! was in reality little less than 3,500,000. There was a force in Ca. twenty-two battalions of British infantry."