conftitution and government, hath confiderably extended itself, and hath broken out into acts of open violence and rebellion:

We have therefore, by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, iffued the most direct and pofitive orders to the officers commanding his Majefty's forces, to employ them with the utmost vigour and decifion for the immediate fuppreffion thereof, and alfo to recover the arms which have been traitorously forced from his Majefty's peaceable and loyal fubjects, and to difarm the rebels, and all perfons difaffected to his Majefty's government, by the most fummary and effectual measures.

And we do hereby ftrictly charge and command all his Majefty's peaceable and loyal fubjects, on their allegiance, to aid and affift, to the utmoft of their power, his Majefty's forces in the execution of their duty, to whom we have given it strictly in command to afford full protection to them from all acts of violence which shall be attempted against their perfons or properties. Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin, the 30th day of

March 1798.

Clare, C.
Charles Cafhel
W. Tuam
Drogheda

Gosford

Pery

O'Neill

FEL

Ormond and Offory

Shannon
Altamont
Clonmell

Castlereagh
H. Meath
Glentworth

Callan
Tyrawley
John Foster
J. Parnell

Ely

Dillon

God fave the King.

H. Cavendish
J. Blaquiere
H. Langrishe
Theo. Jones
Jof. Cooper
D. Latouche
James Fitzgerald
R. Rofs
Ifaac Corry
Lodge Morres.

Notice iffued by Order of the Commander in Chief.

WHEREAS his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant in Council has, in confequence of the daring acts and depredations committed in this country, ordered and directed, by his proclamation, bearing date the 30th March laft, and by his particular orders thereon, that the military fhould ufe the moft fummary means to reprefs disturbances, and to recover all arms taken from the yeomanry and well-affected, and other concealed arms and ammunition; all the people concerned in taking or concealing thefe arms are required to give them up within ten days of the publication of this notice, which if they do, they may be affured no violence whatever will be done to them or to their properties; but if they do not, they are informed that the troops will be quartered in large bodies, to live at free quarters among them, and other very fevere means will be used to enforce obedience to this notice.

And

And thofe who have knowledge where arms are concealed, are called upon to give information, which they may do in any private manner to the nearest civil magiftrate, or commanding officer of his Majesty's forces, or of the yeomanry corps. Secrecy fhall be obferved with refpect to them, and they fhall be rewarded when their report is proved to be true.

Should the deluded and evil-difpofed among the people in this country still persevere in robbing and murdering, and committing other acts of violent infubordination to the laws of their country, they are informed, that the Commander in Chief will be obliged to have recourfe to thofe powers with which he has been invefted, to bring them to immediate punishment.

Given at head quarters at Kildare, the 3d April 1798.
By order of the Commander in Chief,

FRED. MAITLAND, Sec.

Notice diftributed in all the Towns and Villages of the Queen's County in the Beginning of April.

THE commanding officer commanding the district of Queen's county, orders, that a correct lift of the names of the perfons refiding in each houfe fhould be placed on the door, or fome confpicuous part of it.

It is to be made known to the inhabitants, that from the hour of nine o'clock at night till day-break the next morning, they are to remain in their houfes, and not to admit any strangers what

ever.

Patroles are to make domiciliary vifits at uncertain periods, between the hours of nine o'clock and daybreak, and after calling over the names, if it is found that any perfon, whofe name is not inferted in the lift, is in the houfe, he is to be made prifoner; or if any perfon is abfent, the rest of the inhabitants are to be accountable for him, and meafures are to be taken to difcover where he is, and to apprehend him.

Should the lift by any accident be deftroyed, or torn down, the owner of the houfe is within two hours after to apply to the magiftrate or officer upon the fpot for a new one, on pain of punishment.

It fhall be in the power of any magiftrate or officer to give a permit to any perfon who fhall affign a good reafon for withing to be abfent on any particular night during the period alluded to. The magiftrates and gentlemen of the yeomanry are requested to affift in executing this order.

Notice fued by Major-general Duff at Limerick on the 12th April 1798.

THE Commander in Chief gives this public notice, that the Lord Lieutenant and Council have iffued orders to him, to quarter troops, to prefs horfes and carriages, to demand forage and provifions, and to hold courts martial for the trial of offences of all defcriptions, civil and military, with the power of confirming and carrying into execution the fentences of all fuch courts martial, and to iffue proclamations.

The Commander in Chief calls on the general officers to procure of the magiftrates the best accounts they can give of the number of arms taken from the yeomanry and the well-affected

of arms that have been concealed, and of pikes that have been made, which are to be recovered and taken poffeffion of by the military.

They are alfo to communicate to the people, through the priests, and by one or two men selected from each town-land, the purport of the following notices :

That the order, if complied with, will be a fign of their general repentance; and not only forgivenefs will follow, but protection.

That they must be fenfible, that it is infinitely better for them to remain at home quietly, minding their own affairs, than committing acts which must bring on the ruin of themselves and of their families.

As it will be impoffible, in fome degree, to prevent the innocent from fuffering with the guilty, the innocent have means of redrefs, by informing against thofe who have engaged in unlaw ful affociations, and in robbing houfes of arms and money.

The people must be very ignorant not to know, that notwithftanding the fair promifes of the French, that they have firft de ceived and then plundered every country into which they have come and they are therefore forewarned, that in cafe of invafion from the French, if they should attempt to join the enemy, or communicate with him, or join in any infurrection, they will be immediately put to death, and their houfes and property destroyed.

The general officers call on the people to know, why they! fhould be lefs attached to the government now than they were a year ago, when they fhowed fo much loyalty in affifting his Majefty's troops to oppofe the landing of the French? Is it not, because they have been feduced by wicked men?

Why should they think themfelves bound by oaths, into which they have been feduced or terrified?

The

The people are requested to bring in their arms to the magiftrate or commanding officers in their neighbourhood, who have directions to receive them, and no queftions will be asked.

(Signed) JAMES DUFF, Major-general.

Notice iffued on the 25th April by Lieutenant-general the Marquis of Clanricarde.

UNDER the authority of a proclamation iffued by the Lord Lieutenant in Council, and in conformity to the orders of the Commander in Chief, I do hereby require and demand from the inhabitants of the province of Connaught a delivery of their arms within ten days fpace from the date hereof.

Any perfon delivering up their arms to the commanding officers of the different quarters fhall have receipts given for them, in order to their being reftored to them, if they are perfons proper to be entrusted with arms, when the peace of the country fhall be restored. And I thus publicly declare my intention, at the expiration of the above term, to put in force the orders I have received, by a general fearch for and feizure of arms throughout the province: to effect which purpofe, I fhall find it neceffary, conformably to the inftructions I have received, to place the troops at free quarters on the inhabitants, and to ufe fevere meafures to enforce obedience to my orders.

Thofe who will deliver up their arms may rely on the fulleft protection from Government, and no queftions will be asked; but those who are detected in fecreting them must expect to be treated with the utmost severity.

Proclamation iued by the High Sheriff of the County of Tipperary.

WHEREAS, by my oath as fheriff, I am bound to maintain the law and conftitution of this realm, and to enforce due obcdience to, and execution of the fame, and to do equal justice to the poor as to the rich:

And whereas in diftricts proclaimed, it is lawful for and the duty of the fheriff or other chief magiftrate, to poft a notice on the dwelling-houfe of any inhabitant who has fled from the fame, enjoining him to return thereto within the space of twenty-four hours, under the penalties of the laws in that cafe provided:

And whereas many of his Majefty's fubjects, either through fear or fome worfe caufe, have abandoned their dwelling-houses, and retired into towns, whereby great injury has arifen to his Majefty's loyal and brave fubjects, by weakening and extending their line of defence; and the inhabitants of the towns have been

grievously oppreffed, and his Majesty's troops ftinted in their quarters; and whereby a daftardly and evil example has been fet to his Majesty's fubjects:

And whereas many unfortunate people not meeting with that manly and fpirited refiftance from their fuperiors, which from their fituations they were bound to make, but encouraged, from want of oppofition, to commit acts of violence and outrage in the first inftance, and at laft to commit acts of open rebellion, to the great difgrace of this country and the difhonour of his Majefty's government, and to the ruin of the families of the feveral victims of the violated laws, and who have in the most solemn manner, in their last moments, declared they would never have proceeded to fuch exceffes, but for the flight and cowardice of their fuperiors:

Now, in order to remedy thefe evils, the high sheriff commands all emigrants to return forthwith to their houfes, to defend the fame, and to provide quarters for his Majefty's troops.

And he hereby commands all mayors, bailiffs, headboroughs, and other peace officers, to fee thefe his orders duly executed, and to compel fuch emigrants to quit their towns within forty-eight hours from this his proclamation, and to return to their respective homes. And he hereby commands all officers aforesaid, forthwith to notify to him the names and places of abode of such emigrants as neglect or refufe to comply with thofe his orders.

N. B. The high fheriff thinks it his duty to return his warmest thanks to Mrs. Bunbury, who, with the affiftance of two men fervants, fo gallantly defended her house, and compelled the rebels to retire, though they had broken into the house, and were in poffeffion of the hall and he hopes that fuch heroic conduct of a Lady of fuch high diftinction, eminent for beauty and elegance of manners, will raise the crimson blush of fhame on the pallid cheeks of those heroes who fo difgracefully and cowardly furrendered large quantities of well-loaded arms to the rebels, on their first approach, without having fpunk enough to fire even a fingle fhot.

Done at Lisheen, April 20, 1798.

Orders iffued by Lieutenant-general Stewart.

Adjutant general's Office, Cork, May 7, 1798.

WHEREAS it has been reprefented to Lieutenant-general Sir James Stewart, that in fome parts of the country where it has been neceffary to ftation troops at free quarters, for the reftoration of public tranquillity, that general fubfcriptions of

money