HISTORY OF EUROPE 
amongst them, and concluded by 
begging for a few days of life, to 
coniplete a moral work,which he had 
in hand. ‘The nature of this work 
sufficiently displays the state of 
mind of its unfortunate author. It 
was a collection of notes, on a pub- 
lication of the celebrated millen- 
arian, Mr. Dobbs, and calculated 
‘to enforce that gentleman's inter- 
pretations of certain prophecies, 
which, according to him and his 
disciples, indicated the near ap- 
proach of the millenium. It ap- 
pears, from Russel’s conversation 
with some gentlemen who saw him 
shortly. before his conviction, that 
he acted under an idea, that the 
great political évents he had al- 
ready witnessed, and others he with 
confidence looked forward to, were 
parts of the great change permitted 
by providence, in accomplishment 
of the prophecies contained in the 
Old ‘Testament. 
Alter the execution of Emmett 
and Russel, Quigley, and Stafford 
were apprehended, in the county 
of Galway. Government was how- 
ever satisfied, by the examples 
which were made, and was inclined 
to lenity; the lives of these two, 
and of the other untried prisoners, 
were spared, on their making a full 
disclosure of the circumstances yet 
unknown of their treason. 
Dwyer, and the band of outlaws 
whom he commanded in the county 
of Wicklow, struck with the im- 
practicability of any treasonable at- 
tempt they could undertake, sub- 
mitted’on a similar stipulation, 
namely, that their lives should be 
spared ; and thus was brought to a 
close, whatever remained of the re- 
bellion of 1798; and the conspi- 
racies of that period and of 1803, 
were af once completely destroyed, 
and buried in the saine grave. 
Whatever were the innate senti- 
nrents of the people, whichis still 
a disputed point, the appearance of 
good order and cordiality were’ 
again re-established throughout the’ 
island: 
Tt will readily be believed, that’ 
avery considerable degree of sen- 
sation was excited, throughout* 
every portion of the British empire, 
by the developement afd conse- 
quiences of the conspiracy, the events 
of which, so far as they have come 
to our knowledge, we have detailed 
with impartiatity, and we trust with 
accuracy. That a city of stitch 
magnitude (the second in his ma- 
jesty’s dominions), garrisoned by a 
numerous and well-appointed sol- 
diery, under the comimand of an 
officer of the highest reputation, 
and the seat of the civil government 
of the kingdom, should have beew 
for more than two hours in’ the’ 
hands and at the mercy of a wild 
and lawless mob, appeared a cir- 
cumstance so unpreceddnted and 
surprizing, that investigation into 
the causes, and punishiment to’ the 
culpably negligent, if such there 
should be found, were universally 
looked for, as a matter at once of 
right and of necessity. . 
No such proceeding however 
took place, and from want of the 
sanction of indubitable authority, 
we are precluded from laving be- 
fore our readers the various states 
ments en the subject, which have 
with equal eagerness and minutes 
ness been obtruded on the w orld, 
Snfficient for us to observe that 
blame of the most serious nature 
was “deemed generally attributable’ 
to the government of Ireland; and 
which, 
