494 ANNUAL REGISTER. 1863 
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CHAP. | XX. 
Affairs of Ireland.—Retrospect.—Tumults in the South put down. by legal 
Authority.—Mildness of Government.—Rumours of War with France 
excite uneasiness in the lower Orders. —Their Disaffection—acted upon 
by Republican Agents. — New Conspiracy.—Characters of the Leaders— 
Emmeti—Dowdall—Quigley—Russel.—Overture of theirs to the Out- 
law Dwyer—Rejected.—Profound Secrecy observed in thet Proceed- 
wngs.—Provide Arms and Stores in Dublin.—Grand Attempt to be made 
on the capital.—Explosion of one of their Gunpowder Magazines.— 
Alarm excited.— Attack determined to take place on the 23d of July— 
and why.— Folly and Madness of their Scheine.—Enthusiasm of Emmett. 
—Forces of the Conspirators assemble in Dublin on the appointed Day. 
—Arm themselves without Molestation —Possess themselves of a consi- 
derable Quarter of the Town.—Fire at Mr. Clark, and desperately 
wound him.—Emmett heads his Party, and the Commencement of the 
Attack,—Murder of Col. Browne—and of others, —Tumult and Irregu- 
larity of the Insurgents—Totally unmanageable.— Exmett and the other 
Chiefs abandon themin Despair.—Completely subdued and dispersed 
by a handful of troops.—Particulars of the Massacre of the Lord 
Chief Justice—his Death-— and Character.—-Depot of the Rebels disco- 
vered, and their Proclamation—Fate of Emmett and Russel,—Execu- 
tion. — Tranquillity restored.— General Reflections, 
N our former volume we traced 
the state and condition of Ire- 
land through the events leading to 
the union, and the effects of that 
measure to the commencement of 
the present year. We there ven- 
tured to describe some indications 
of a turbulent spirit existing in 
many parts of the south, and of a 
‘design familiarly. talked of among 
the common people, although not 
called into action, of a meditated 
attack upon the city.of Limerick. 
We even then suspected that the 
active enemy of the British empire, 
however pacific his protestations, 
was not indifferent to the means of 
embarrassing its government, by 
feeding and cherishing the discon- 
ténts of Ireland, where unfortu- 
natelyEngland was most vulnerable. 
Subsequent discoveries evince the 
conjecture to have been too well 
founded. 
In the month of January, 1803, 
judges were sent by special com- 
mission to try the disturbers of the 
‘public peace in the counties of Li- 
merick, Tipperary, and Waterford ; 
in ihe two tormer of which, commo- 
tion had been very general; the 
latter was only affected irom its 
proximity to Tipperary. In the 
progress of these trials, nothing of 
a treasonable disposition was disco- 
yerable jp their uafortunate sub- 
jects. 
