"At a meeting of the general and several officers "of the united army of the county of Wexford, "the following resolutions were agreed upon: "RESOLVED, that the commander in chief shall "send guards to certain baronies, for the purpose of "bringing in all men they shall find loitering and "delaying at home, or elsewhere; and if any resist"ance be given to those guards, so to be sent by the "commanding officer's orders, it is our desire and "orders, that such persons so giving resistance shall "be liable to be put to death, by the guards, who 66 are to bear a commission for that purpose; and all "such persons found to be so loitering and delaying "at home, when brought in by the guards, shall be "tried by a court martial, appointed and chosen from "among the commanders of all the different corps, " and be punished with death. "RESOLVED, that all officers shall immediately re"pair to their respective quarters, and remain with "their different corps, and not depart there from un"der pain of death, unless authorized to quit by writ"ten orders from the commander in chief for that purpose. "It is also ordered, that a guard shall be kept in 66 rear of the different armies, with orders to shoot all persons who shall fly or desert from any engage"ment; and that these orders shall be taken notice "of by all officers commanding in such engagement. "ALL men refusing to obey their superior officers, "to be tried by a court-martial and punished ac"cording to their sentence. "IT is also ordered, that all men who shall attempt " to leave their respective quarters when they have "been halted by the commander in chief, shall suffer "death, unless they shall have leave from their officers for so doing. "IT is ordered by the commander in chief, that all 66 persons who have stolen or taken away any horse or horses, shall immediately bring in all such horses "to the camp, at head-quarters; otherwise for any "horse that shall be seen or found in the possession of 66 any person to whom he does not belong, that person "shall on being convicted thereof, suffer death': "AND any goods that shall have been plundered "from any house, if not brought in to head-quarters, "or returned immediately to the houses or owners, "that all persons so plundering as aforesaid, shall, on "being convicted thereof, suffer death. Ir is also resolved, that any person or persons "who shall take upon them to kill or murder any per"son or prisoner, burn any house, or commit any "plunder, whithout special written orders from the "commander in chief, shall suffer death. "By order of: "B. B. HARVEY, commander in chief. "FRANCIS BREEN, sec. and adj.” Head-quarters, Carrick-byrne 66 camp, June 6, 1798.” A proclamation of similar tendency was issued at Wexford on the 7th, addressed to the insurgent armies by general Edward Roche, conceived in the following. words: "TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND. "COUNTRYMEN AND FELLOW-SOLDIERS! "YOUR patriotic exertions in the cause of your ❝ country have hitherto exceeded your most sanguine "expectations, and in a short time must ultimately "be crowned with success. Liberty has raised her "drooping head: thousands daily flock to her stan"dard: the voice of her children every where pre"vails. Let us then, in the moment of triumph, re"turn thanks to the Almighty ruler of the universe, "that a total stop has been put to those sanguinary "measures which of late were but too often resorted"to by the creatures of government, to keep the peo❝ple in slavery. "NOTHING now, my countrymen, appears neces(6 sary to secure the conquests you have already won, "but an implicit obedience to the commands of your "chiefs; for through a want of proper subordination "and discipline, all may be endangered. AT this eventful period, all Europe must admire "and posterity will read with astonishment, the heroic "acts atchieved by people strangers to military tactics, "and having few professional commanders but what 66 power can resist men fighting for liberty! IN the moment of triumph, my countrymen, let "not your victories be tarnished with any wanton act "of cruelty: many of those unfortunate men now in "prison were not your enemies from principle; most "of them, compelled by necessity, were obliged to "oppose you: neither let a difference in religious "sentiments cause a difference among the people. "Recur to the debates in the Irish house of lords on "the 19th of February last; you will there see a pa "triotic and enlightened protestant bishop, (Down "and many of the lay lords) with manly eloquence, pleading for catholic emancipation and parliamenta"ry reform, in opposition to the haughty arguments "of the lord chancellor, and the powerful opposition "of his fellow-courtiers. "To promote a union of brotherhood and affec"tion among our countrymen of all religious persua"sions, has been our principal object: we have sworn "in the most solemn manner-have associated for "this laudable purpose, and no power on earth shall "shake our resolution. To my protestant soldiers I feel much indebted "for their gallant behaviour in the field, where they " exhibited signal proofs of bravery in the cause. EDWARD ROCHE. "Wexford, June 7, 1798." I should have mentioned before, that in the evening of the day on which the insurgents obtained possession of Enniscorthy, a drummer of the North Cork militia, who had some time before refused to beat his drum, when some tune, obnoxious to the people, was "horse that shall be seen or found in the possession of 66 any person to whom he does not belong, that person "shall on being convicted thereof, suffer death: "AND any goods that shall have been plundered "from any house, if not brought in to head-quarters, " or returned immediately to the houses or owners, "that all persons so plundering as aforesaid, shall, on "being convicted thereof, suffer death... Ir is also resolved, that any person or persons "who shall take upon them to kill or murder any per"son or prisoner, burn any house, or commit any "plunder, whithout special written orders from the "commander in chief, shall suffer death. "By order of "B. B. HARVEY, commander in chief. Head-quarters, Carrick-byrne 66 camp, June 6, 1798.” A proclamation of similar tendency was issued at、 Wexford on the 7th, addressed to the insurgent armies by general Edward Roche, conceived in the following. words: "TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND. "COUNTRYMEN AND FELLOW-SOLDIERS! "YOUR patriotic exertions in the cause of your "country have hitherto exceeded your most sanguine "expectations, and in a short time must ultimately "be crowned with success. Liberty has raised her ❝ drooping head: thousands daily flock to her stan"dard: the voice of her children every where pre"vails. Let us then, in the moment of triumph, re"turn thanks to the Almighty ruler of the universe, "that a total stop has been put to those sanguinary "measures which of late were but too often resorted "to by the creatures of government, to keep the peo"ple in slavery. (6 "NOTHING now, my countrymen, appears necessary to secure the conquests you have already won, "but an implicit obedience to the commands of y your "chiefs; for through a want of proper subordination "and discipline, all may be endangered. "AT this eventful period, all Europe must admire "and posterity will read with astonishment, the heroic "acts atchieved by people strangers to military tactics, "and having few professional commanders: but what 66 power can resist men fighting for liberty! 66 IN the moment of triumph, my countrymen, let "not your victories be tarnished with any wanton act "of cruelty: many of those unfortunate men now in "prison were not your enemies from principle; most "of them, compelled by necessity, were obliged to oppose you: neither let a difference in religious "sentiments cause a difference among the people. "Recur to the debates in the Irish house of lords on "the 19th of February last; you will there see a pa"triotic and enlightened protestant bishop, (Down "and many of the lay lords) with manly eloquence, pleading for catholic emancipation and parliamenta"ry reform, in opposition to the haughty arguments "of the lord chancellor, and the powerful opposition "of his fellow-courtiers. "To promote a union of brotherhood and affec❝tion among our countrymen of all religious persua "sions, has been our principal object: we have sworn "in the most solemn manner-have associated for "this laudable purpose, and no power on earth shall "shake our resolution. "To my protestant soldiers I feel much indebted "for their gallant behaviour in the field, where they "exhibited signal proofs of bravery in the cause. EDWARD ROCHE. "Wexford, June 7, 1798." I should have mentioned before, that in the evening of the day on which the insurgents obtained possession of Enniscorthy, a drummer of the North Cork militia, who had some time before refused to beat his drum, when some tune, obnoxious to the people, was |