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"officers for such a copy: I think myself un"warrantable in doing so at present. Any thing "in my power, consistent with what I conceive. "propriety, I would do to serve lady Crosbie, "or any of the family; but, in the present case, "I am sure she will excuse me.

"I am, madam,

"Your most obedient, humble servant,

HUM. DENIS.

I imagine the original proceedings are placed

in the judge advocate's office.

County of the City

George Lucas, of Browne'sof Dublin to wit. hill, in the county of Carlow, farmer, late Shepherd of Sir Edward William Crosbie, of View-mount, in the said county, maketh oath, that, from the nature of this the deponent's employment, he was constantly about the house and demesne of the said Sir Edward William Crosbie, at View-mount, aforesaid, and from thence, and from his observations of the conduct of the said Sir Edward William Crosbie, both before and after the attack of the rebels on the town of Carlow, this deponent was enabled to give very material evidence in favour of the said Sir Edward William Crosbie upon his trial, for which purpose this deponent was directed to attend at the place of trial by lady Crosbie, the wife of the said Sir Edward William Crosbie. And this deponent saith, he has reason to believethat,

if the said Sir Edward William Crosbie had left his house at View-mount, on the morning of the day of the attack of Carlow by the rebels, and had gone, or attempted to go, into the town of Carlow, for the purpose of giving any information, or at all, the family and property of the said Sir Edward William would have been destroyed by the rebels, who were in full force about the said town of Carlow. This deponent saith, that he accordingly attended on the 2d and 4th days of June, at the barrack gate in the town of Carlow, to give evidence upon the said trial; and saith, that on the 4th day of June this deponent was called upon to go into the court, and to give evidence for the said Sir Edward William, by Robert Kirwan, gaoler of Carlow, who was the person (as this deponent heard and believes) instructed, by the said Sir Edward William, to call for his witnesses; and this deponent thereupon went forward, and attempted to go into the barrack-yard, for the purpose of giving his evidence before the said court, upon the trial of the said Sir Edward William Crosbie, which was then going on. And this deponent saith, that upon his attempting to go forward, for that purpose, the sentinel, then on guard, presented his bayonet against this deponent, and refused him entrance, and said deponent should not go in, although he was informed, upon this deponent being so called, that he attended as a

And this deponent

witness upon the said trial.* saith, that Mary Hutchinson, and other material witnesses, who attended to give evidence upon the said trial, in favour of the said Sir Edward William Crosbie, were refused admittance in the like manner. And this deponent saith, that he is, and always was, a protestant of the church of Ireland, as by law established, and saith, he never was concerned in the said rebellion, or in any act in favour thereof; and was always a true and faithful subject to the present established government. And this deponent saith, that this affidavit is made at the special instance and request of the said lady Crosbie.

GEORGE LUCAS.

Sworn before me this 25th day of

December 1800.

Signed JONH CARLETON.

*This fact was communicated to colonel Mahon, immediately after the trial, by lady Crosbie herself; who waited on him as commanding officer, and told him, that whatever was the determination of the court, she must solemnly protest against its being put into execution. Upon which he said, pray, madam, what grounds have you for such delay? Her answer was, upon strong grounds indeed; for that the principal witnesses in Sir Edward's favour were prevented from coming into court to give such strong evidence in his favour, as must, if received, have powerfully operated in her husband's vindication. "Good God, Madam, are you certain of what you say?” "I am, sir, and can prove it on the oaths of those prevented." Ignorance, therefore, of this important fact formed no excuse for the execution of the dreadful sentence.

The following is an extract of a letter to Mrs. Boissier, from the Rev. Robert Robinson, who has, with the love of his parishioners, and the esteem of the gentry all around, attended the cure of Tullow, these thirty years past, dated Tullow, Jan. 30, 1799.

"YOUR letter found me in a large and gay company, and the revulsion it occasioned had such an effect on me, as I shall not attempt to describe, but which no friend of Sir Edward Crosbie need be ashamed to avow; and that I was such is my boast and my pride, notwithstanding the rash and fatal sentence which deprived him of life. No difference of opinion could ever loosen the bonds of amity between him and me, or cool our affection; and as to party spirit, although I profess myself as loyal a subject as any in his Majesty's dominions, and sincerely abhor the rebellion, which has of late distracted this unhappy country, yet I should be sorry to consider myself as a partizan. I knew Sir Edward's political sentiments well, and do solemnly declare, that he never, to my recollection, uttered a word of treasonable tendency; and with me he was ever unreserved. Would to God he had been less so to others! I will tell you the two grand points on which he was most warm. One was that he thought this kingdom governed by Great Britain rather as a colony than a federal state. The other was that his noble heart spurned

at the hauteur and oppression of the great and rich toward the poor and lowly: On these topics he always expressed himself with ardour, and often in the presence of those who felt themselves galled; and this attached to him the character of disaffected and republican. But I will give you a strong proof that he was not so: the morning that he fought young Burton, (of which no doubt you heard), I was saying to him, that I much feared the duel would be imputed to politics, as I knew he had the name of being a republican. His reply was, "if such be the character they give me, is is most undeserved; and I call upon you as my friend, if I fall, to clear my memory from so ungrounded a charge, as I am a steady friend to the constitution of king, lords, and commons, with a parliamentary reform, striking off the rotten boroughs." These sentiments uttered on such an occasion, by a man, whom, in a long course of most intimate acquaintance, I never knew guilty of the minutest falsehood, must be admitted as the genuine effusions of his heart; and that he did so express himself to me, I declare on the word of a christian clergyman. Was he then a republican? No. His own declaration a little before he suffered, and which I read in his own handwriting, clears him from the imputation of being a member of any treasonable society."

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