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    Article PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. ← Page 4 of 4
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Parliament Of Ireland.

hao . succeeded in breaking the / smaller societies , those of a superior kind yet remained ; but by their , own official ' reports it was evident the- debilitated state to which the conspiracy was reduced : subscriptions ceased to be paid , a scarcity in the , funds -followed ,-a- communication between the : different : orders of the . association became difficult , and from , all thosecircumstances the leaders were . induced toturn all their attention , to the corruption , of the other " provinces . ; causing their agents toburncorn , hough cattle , and commit other enormitieswhich artfull to

, . they- y imputed such causes and to suchinsttuctions , as most effectually to excite the resentment of the Catholics' against . the !" Gpyeriimentr The , next ., engine-pf- 'tieason claiming ; the- attention of'the ' Committee was an-infamous paper , called-The Unimr Star , - . published- in the : summer . of . 1797 , and , exciting . to the , assassination of all- magistrates' and others ,, whose ; loyal . activity impeded . the accomplishment of their treasdns ,-and assuming encreased infamy in the open justificationiof . this infernal-docin the

trine . . same year was published a newspaper called The Press , established also . in aid-of . the conspiracy , and bearing the name , as : printer , of Arthur . O'Connor ; , who . admitted ,, in his examination before the Committee ; - that he-was that year , a Member of-the Executive Directory of theTrish Uriior .-It appeared-that ,, so- early . as the 3 ^^ 1793 ,, the seduction of-the soldiery- ; was . part of" the system of treason , and acted . upon by distributing among the ; troops printed -ex-citing to mutinyand offering rewardfordesertion

papers , . ,. s ; - Frpm , the . exami . nationof Dr . M'Nevin ,- a-Member ofthetfrish Executi ' ve . v before the ; Committee , it appeared , that-early , in : the'year 1796 a corfe - - sc-ondence was , maintained-with France ; and accredited agents from .-the Irish 3 Union dispatched- to , the-French : Direetory ,, to solicitaicfrahdlnduc ' e them '

tothe invasiou-of this country . ; These agents were ,-Lord E . Fitzgerald " arid ' A- O'Connor ,, who proceeded by- way of Hamburgh and Switzerland ; buf did-not , go to . Paris , fearing . that- their , arrival . in that city would reach theknowledge ,: of , the : Irish , Government ,, and at their return home they wouldbe arrested ; they- contented themselves , therefore ,, with a conference ^ with '' General Hoche ,-who afterwards : arrived with , a French fleet ' off the Irish ' coast , In October ,- 179 6 ,. an . accredited messenger arrived in : this kingdorif fromtheFrench the intention of

-.- - 'Republic ,- communicating ; invading -it" withfifteen thousand .-mcn , .. which invasion was attempted the December following at . Baiitry Bay ¦ . nor - were these , the first communications - had ' - between the ' traitors , of . this , co , untry-and-rhe Government of France ,-: for on- ' thri ' . triatof Dodor Jackson , it was fully proved that an intercourse of this 'kind existed-{" ¦ ' 795 . and a representation of the . state-of this country was drawn for the instruction . of -the , French ; Directory ,-, b y Theobald -Wolfe Tone and ArcHi . bald Hamilton the time

Rowan . From that . France was so providentially dev wated . m her attempted invasion of this-country , the conspiracy here ceased not to encourage : France to a second effort ; and for' this purpose a Miv t-ewms was . sent ' to Paris in the spring of 1797 ; but the French Directory , not seeming- much . disposed to . renew their attempts on Ireland , a second Jpi t , Dr . MfNevin ,- was sent on a similar errand . He left Dublin about « ie end of June in the and having reached hhada

same year , Hamburg-, ' conference with : the ., French Minister- resident there , to whom , finding it "' ihcult to obtain a passport to Paris , he presented a copy of Memoire , which ; = stated by the Doitor on oath , contained an exaggerated pifture of'the re ' - ° urces of the conspiracy and the dispositions of the . people , and from these rcumstances -deducing tlie certainty of success ,: were- an- 'invasion- once ifected

... It also required a loan of a million and a half in aid of the Irish " ¦ evolution , proposing as - . security , the- confiscation of the ' church lands in is country , and the property-of-all who .-should oppose' the 'progress of the ' uelhon , II France did . not accede to this ; Spain was to have been- applied to . [ TO BE ' CO . NTIN'fED . j .

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LONDON: Article 1
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
THE LIFE OF OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BARON NELSON OF THE NILE, &c. &c. &c. Article 4
ON RELIGION, MORALITY, AND GOVERNMENT. Article 6
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CAUSE OF OUR LATE NAVAL VICTORIES. Article 7
REVIEW OF THE THEATRICAL POWERS OF THE LATE MR. JOHN PALMER. Article 10
MONODY. Article 11
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON. Article 16
CURIOUS ACCOUNT GIVEN BY THE DUMB PHILOSOPHER. Article 19
THE LIFE OF PRINCE POTEMKIN. Article 25
OPTIMISM: A DREAM. Article 32
THE MIRROR OF THESPIS. Article 34
NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE. Article 38
MEMOIR AND TRIAL OF THE CELEBRATED THEOBALD WOLFE TONE, Article 44
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 51
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 55
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS . Article 58
POETRY. Article 64
BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 66
PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. Article 69
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 73
OBITUARY. Article 74
Untitled Article 78
LONDON: Article 78
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 79
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 79
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Parliament Of Ireland.

hao . succeeded in breaking the / smaller societies , those of a superior kind yet remained ; but by their , own official ' reports it was evident the- debilitated state to which the conspiracy was reduced : subscriptions ceased to be paid , a scarcity in the , funds -followed ,-a- communication between the : different : orders of the . association became difficult , and from , all thosecircumstances the leaders were . induced toturn all their attention , to the corruption , of the other " provinces . ; causing their agents toburncorn , hough cattle , and commit other enormitieswhich artfull to

, . they- y imputed such causes and to suchinsttuctions , as most effectually to excite the resentment of the Catholics' against . the !" Gpyeriimentr The , next ., engine-pf- 'tieason claiming ; the- attention of'the ' Committee was an-infamous paper , called-The Unimr Star , - . published- in the : summer . of . 1797 , and , exciting . to the , assassination of all- magistrates' and others ,, whose ; loyal . activity impeded . the accomplishment of their treasdns ,-and assuming encreased infamy in the open justificationiof . this infernal-docin the

trine . . same year was published a newspaper called The Press , established also . in aid-of . the conspiracy , and bearing the name , as : printer , of Arthur . O'Connor ; , who . admitted ,, in his examination before the Committee ; - that he-was that year , a Member of-the Executive Directory of theTrish Uriior .-It appeared-that ,, so- early . as the 3 ^^ 1793 ,, the seduction of-the soldiery- ; was . part of" the system of treason , and acted . upon by distributing among the ; troops printed -ex-citing to mutinyand offering rewardfordesertion

papers , . ,. s ; - Frpm , the . exami . nationof Dr . M'Nevin ,- a-Member ofthetfrish Executi ' ve . v before the ; Committee , it appeared , that-early , in : the'year 1796 a corfe - - sc-ondence was , maintained-with France ; and accredited agents from .-the Irish 3 Union dispatched- to , the-French : Direetory ,, to solicitaicfrahdlnduc ' e them '

tothe invasiou-of this country . ; These agents were ,-Lord E . Fitzgerald " arid ' A- O'Connor ,, who proceeded by- way of Hamburgh and Switzerland ; buf did-not , go to . Paris , fearing . that- their , arrival . in that city would reach theknowledge ,: of , the : Irish , Government ,, and at their return home they wouldbe arrested ; they- contented themselves , therefore ,, with a conference ^ with '' General Hoche ,-who afterwards : arrived with , a French fleet ' off the Irish ' coast , In October ,- 179 6 ,. an . accredited messenger arrived in : this kingdorif fromtheFrench the intention of

-.- - 'Republic ,- communicating ; invading -it" withfifteen thousand .-mcn , .. which invasion was attempted the December following at . Baiitry Bay ¦ . nor - were these , the first communications - had ' - between the ' traitors , of . this , co , untry-and-rhe Government of France ,-: for on- ' thri ' . triatof Dodor Jackson , it was fully proved that an intercourse of this 'kind existed-{" ¦ ' 795 . and a representation of the . state-of this country was drawn for the instruction . of -the , French ; Directory ,-, b y Theobald -Wolfe Tone and ArcHi . bald Hamilton the time

Rowan . From that . France was so providentially dev wated . m her attempted invasion of this-country , the conspiracy here ceased not to encourage : France to a second effort ; and for' this purpose a Miv t-ewms was . sent ' to Paris in the spring of 1797 ; but the French Directory , not seeming- much . disposed to . renew their attempts on Ireland , a second Jpi t , Dr . MfNevin ,- was sent on a similar errand . He left Dublin about « ie end of June in the and having reached hhada

same year , Hamburg-, ' conference with : the ., French Minister- resident there , to whom , finding it "' ihcult to obtain a passport to Paris , he presented a copy of Memoire , which ; = stated by the Doitor on oath , contained an exaggerated pifture of'the re ' - ° urces of the conspiracy and the dispositions of the . people , and from these rcumstances -deducing tlie certainty of success ,: were- an- 'invasion- once ifected

... It also required a loan of a million and a half in aid of the Irish " ¦ evolution , proposing as - . security , the- confiscation of the ' church lands in is country , and the property-of-all who .-should oppose' the 'progress of the ' uelhon , II France did . not accede to this ; Spain was to have been- applied to . [ TO BE ' CO . NTIN'fED . j .

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