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Above 100 persons suffer death in Wexford during the govern-
ment of the rebels-Captain Dixon the author of the mur-
ders-Proclamation of the United Irishmen of Wexford,

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Dixon inflames the mob against Mr. Le Hunte-Mr.Le Hunte's
life saved by Messrs. Hay and Carty

Cause of Dixon's animosity to the gentry of Wexford

Sir Richard Musgrave's assertions reprobated by his excellency

the lord lieutenant

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Dr. Caulfield's letter to Dr. Troy, Note
The army from Arklow under the command of General Need-
ham moves towards Gorey-Several armies under the com-
mand of general officers move from all sides to surround the
rebels camp on Vinegar Hill
The king's forces amount to 13,000 men with artillery-The
rebels fly after a smart cannonading-Leave their guns and a
quantity of plunder
The Hessian troops commit excesses against friends and
foes-The battle and defeat of the rebels at Goff's bridge 27
Proposals by the town of Wexford to capitulate—Mr. Edward
Hay's account of the state of things then, Note

Declaration of Dr. Caulfield against Sir Richard Musgrave's

false assertions-Mention of the black flag-Described by

Mr. Hay

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A message from his excellency to the House of Commons-A.
copy of the certificate of protection and oath, Note-The re-
bels fix their station near Wicklow Gap-Are surrounded

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The remainder of the rebels of Wexford and Wicklow move on
to form a junction with those of Kildare, headed by Mr. Ayl-
mer, and after various rencontres are totally routed at Bally-
boghill, near Swords-Almer and several other chiefs nego-
ciate with general Dundas-General Moore grants terms to
Garret Byrne, &c.

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Arthur O'Connor, and seventy-three state prisoners propose,

through Mr. Dobbs, a member of parliament, terms and con-

fessions to government to save the lives of Oliver Bond and

Byrne, then under sentence-The confession proposed, Note

-Reference to Arthur O'Connor's letter to Lord Castlereagh,

Note

O'Connor, Emmett, M'Nevin, and Neilson examined upon oath

before the secret committee of both houses of Parliament-

Ministers notwithstanding keep the fifteen principal prisoners

in confinement during the war-Byrne executed-Bond res-

pited-Dies of an apoplexy in prison-The peace of the me-

tropolis maintained by the yeomanry

The remnant of the rebel army with deserters from the regi-

ments remain in the fastnesses of the Wicklow mountains,

and in the woods-They make a depredatory war, Holt and

Hacket their commanders

Retaliation of Protestants upon Catholics for the murders com-

mitted by this banditti-Hacket killed near Arklow-Holt

surrenders to Lord Powerscourt on condition of being trans-

ported-The lord lieutenant's message to parliament

The lord lieutenant presents papers mentioned in his message

all sealed up in a box-On the 27th of July the attorney gene-

ral moves an act for attainder of Lord Edward Fitzgerald,

Cornelius Grogan, and Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey-A bill

of general amnesty followed some time after

Napper Tandy and about thirty other fugitives in France ex-
cepted from bill of general amnesty-Humane conduct of
General Hunter and his brigade major Captain Fitzgerald in

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