held on the lands of Drumlemon, he faw two thousand guineas diftributed to the feveral perfons there affembled, which they had received from the above merchants, for the above purpose. That at faid meeting informant faw a bull produced by faid Nicholas Sheehy, which he faid came directly from the pope, and was read publickly by faid Sheehy; and that it granted a plenary pardon and indulgence to fuch of the infurgents as chofe to conform to the protestant religion, in order the better to carry on and execute their glorious enterprize, and to reftore the pure and holy catholick religion in its full vigour and ftrength in Ireland.* Informant faith, there are at prefent fifteen thousand men embodied for the above purpose, from the mufter-roll of their numbers kept by informant; and that most of them are armed. Informant faith, he is thoroughly convinced that this fpirit of infurrection never will totally ceafe in this kingdom, unless fpeedy and effectual means are made use of by government to prevent the intended mifchief. JAMES FARRELL, Sworn before me this 18th day of April, 1766, JOHN HEWETSON. 6. WE, the foreman and grand jury of the county of Dublin, at the affizes held at Kilmainham for faid county on the twenty-ninth day of April, 1767, being convinced, that the late riots and infurrections in the fouthern parts of this kingdom were fomented as well by the foreign as domestick enemies of our happy conftitution in church and state, in order to overturn the fame; and that their pretences of tythes and other grievances, were only imaginary, and formed to cover their settled intention of rifing in actual rebellion against his majesty's facred perfon and government; and having an utter abhorrence of fuch treasonable practices, think we fhould be remifs in our duty to our country, if we did not in the most publick manner exprefs our approbation of the actions of thofe worthy magiftrates and others, who daily hazarded their lives in defence of their country; and that it was, under God, owing to the care, conduct, and fpirit Sixtus V. granted fuch a bull to the papists of England and Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth. " fpirit exerted by thofe magiftrates, that this kingdom was not a scene of tumult and riot at this day, the confequences of which ought to be dreaded by every lover of his country: For these reasons, we, therefore, return our hearty thanks to the right honourable the earl of Carrick, fir Thomas Maude, baronet, the reverend doctor Hewetfon, William Bagwell, efquire, and John Bagnall, efquire, for their zealous endeavours to bring thofe delinquents to the punishment they deserved, and for their unwearied pains to fupport the laws of their country. By one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for faid county. County of Kilkenny, to wit. THE informations of John Twohy, who being duly fworn on the Holy Evangelifts,depofeth, That he knoweth one James Herbert, otherwife Thomas Fitzgerald, who calls himfelf a French officer; that he faw faid Herbert at four feveral times enlift men in Kilfinnan, and Kilmallock in the county of Limerick, and fhip them off at Bantry, in the county of Cork, for the French fervice, in the year 1756. That he faw faid Herbert, on the lands of Árdfinnan, Drumlemmon, and elsewhere, at various times. fince, fwear the whiteboys under the oath of fidelity and obligation to the French king, and exercife them under arms; that he faw faid Herbert alfo frequently pay them money, in the name and for the fervice of the king of France; and that your deponent has often received it from him. That he heard faid Herbert frequently affure them, thus thus affembled, that they fhould foon receive affiftance from France, in order to conquer Ireland. JOHN TWOHY, Sworn before me this 30th day of March, 1766, JOHN HEWETSON. 8. William Abraham, of Bohereerd in the Queen's county, a farmer, and of the proteftant religion, fwore the following examination before Edward Ledwich, clerk, and justice peace for faid county, on the twenty-feventh of December, 1774: That a report had prevailed fome time that the white boys intended to carry off examinant the night of the fifteenth inftant; that a party of them, blowing horns, and armed with muskets, and dreffed in white frocks and fhirts, entered his houfe, and put him behind one of them on horfeback; that his wife, endeavouring to prevent their doing fo, received a stroke of a musket in the small of the back. That before examinant was mounted, they gave him a violent blow in the head with the lock and hammer of a gun, which inflicted a deep wound thereon, and rendered him ftupid and fenfelefs; they carried him off mounted behind one of them, with only his breeches, and a loose great coat on; that in their progrefs, they beat, battered, and abused him with their guns, and the man behind whom he rode, wounded him feverely in the legs with long nails in his heels, commonly called heel fpurs; they carried him ten miles off to a place near Ballyconra, where they held a confultation, whether they fhould cut out his tongue, or pull out his eyes; and at last agreed to cut off his ears, which they did with circumftances of great barbarity; that after having administered to him many unlawful oaths, they buried him up to his chin, though mangled in a deplorable way, in a grave lined with furze. No. II. I, A. B. of my own free will and accord, do fwear to be true to one another, will affift one another abroad and at home, and there are none to be admitted without the confent of the committee appointed by the faid body; and they muft in all things, be under fubjection to the faid committee committee in all things that are lawful, and not otherwife; and all words and figns to be kept fecret from all that are not concerned, or forfeit this oath; and we are to meet once a month where the committee thinks proper, and we are to spend what is agreeable to the company; and any perfon giving a lawful reafon for his abfence he is not to be under cenfure; and all perfons entering must be under all rules and regulations appointed by the faid committee; and as in our former oath we are bound to his majesty king George III. and his fucceffors to the crown, fo for this prefent year 1789, we promife faithfully the fame obedience, and alfo while we live fubject to the fame government. RULES. TO BE OBSERVED. ift, There is no defender to ftrike one another upon any account; or if they do, to be excluded the company as long as the committee thinks proper. 2d, There is no perfon to come to the monthly meeting drunk; or if they do, to pay fix-pence, and to be excluded for three months. 3d, There is no perfon on any account to fwear or fpcak loud in the company; and for every oath they are to pay what the committee thinks proper. 4th, There is no perfon that formerly belonged to another body (that is to fay, a ftrange body) to be accepted without a line from the body he formerly belonged to. 5th, There is no person to let any one know who belongs to their body, but those who went under the obligation. 6th, There is no body of men to go to a challenge without leave of three of the committee at leaft. 7th, There is no body to get a copy of these without the leave of the grand mafter appointed by the general year's meeting, or deputies appointed by the faid grand mafter, or his committee. 8th, Let no perfon know the words or figns without being concerned; and they are not empowered to give or make known by either words or figns or tokens any that may hereafter come forth, or make it known to any company or body but ourselves, or our body. 9th, There is no defender to make himself known as a defender after being excluded, under fear of perjury; and oach man continuing fix months from this day must find a gun gun and bayonet, with other neceffary accoutrements, or be excluded at the option of the committee. Given under our hands, the Grange committee to the committee of Carrickarnan body of defenders, No. 1, for the county of Louth. We, the committee of No. 18, do certify the bearer, Michael Moor, that he has gone through the rules and obligations of a brother defender; and at his request he defires to be difcharged that he may join your body. Given under our hands at Drumbanagher, this 24th day of April, 1789, N. B. Michael Moor's EDWARD BRADLEY, PATRICK LEES, DANIEL M'GOVERAN, sec. certificate was figned by fiftyone names in addition to the above, who were present and members of lodge No. 18. * + No. III. At a post-assembly of the right honourable the lord mayor, fheriffs, commons, and citizens of the city of Dublin, held at the Exhibition-boufe in William-freet, on Tuesday the eleventh day of September, 1792, pursuant to a requisition for the purpose of taking into confideration a letter circulated throughout this eity and kingdom, figned, " EDWARD Byrne :" A copy of faid letter, and alfo of the plan and obfervations mentioned to have been inclofed therein, having been read from a publick print, the affembly unanimously came to the following determination: RESOLVED, THAT a letter be addreffed to the proteftants of Ireland, to the following effect: "COUNTRYMEN *This profpectus of the defenders was found by Dr. Allott, dean of Raphoe, and was fent to government in the administration of the marquis of Buckingham. + Sobriety, fecrefy, brotherly love, and the accumulation of arms, the leading characteristicks and defigns of all the fubfequent defenders' lodges, were confpicuous in this, |