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hear of if ^ until tqn g afwrwaids , when the newspaper paragraphs led me to the inquiry ; but my servants are ready to vourh the fact upon oath . This story , with prodigious exaggeration , has been since officiously circulated throughout the empire , in order to show , that this
country is in such a state of disturbance , that the going judge of Assize was pelted with stones , or shot at , and in imminent danger of his life , —Can any instance more strongly illustrate the propriety , nay , even the necessity , of a full and unreserved statement of the true
and actual condition of Ireland , than the extraordinary currency which this paltry fabricarion has received , and the avidity with which it has been magnified into a momentous and alarming
event . Gentlemen , I may , perhaps , be warranted in feeling a personal indignation at the mischievous abuse of my name , thus attempted , for the purpose of vili « tying the country ; and ; possibly , this impression may have partly led me to enter into the copious details and observations with which I have this day troubled you . .. — --.
Gentlemen , if you should feel that any of these" observations are founded in truth and reason , you will give me , at least , the credit of upright motives for those , from which you may differ . I
tan have-no other motive , indeed , than a hope of doing some frtibllc good , by inciting other persons to useful and meritorious actions . Other Judges have very frequently , and with great propriety , charged various- Grand Juries upon
At the suggestion and instance of numerous friends , in different parts of the kingdom , the Editor of the ^ Monthly Repository purposes , with the ? divine permission , to conduct a CHEAP MONTHLY REUQIOUS PUBLICATION , For the benefit of unlearned readers . It will partake of the nature of a Magazine , but without interfering ; \« ith jthe Monthly Repository . The first Number will appear on the 1 st of January , 1815 ; it will be printed in I 2 mo » aj £ < j sold ^ at siSispeuce a Number . The Editor ' s design is to furnish the common people wfth ^ plaiflt- qxpppition and vindication of Evangelical Truth : he will aim at the same time % q give the work a practical beating .. Subjects useful and important ta the naultftude , though not $ tji
foreign front the wprk * At present it appears to the Editor to bcdesirable that the publication s ^ o ^ W flQE fre a stag e for controversy * B t * t on this and other pajftiGular ^ rqlatjng to it , hq solicits the advice 0 i his correspondents : it * j requested that cornrnimiratloft ? bQ sarly , n } & < ie » as the Prospectus » will be preparo d for the ne ? t Number of tlie Monthly Ikepository . " The E 4 itor is making arrangements , which will bethereafter announced * i ° improving the MwHbly Repository , in the ensuing Volume . ¦ - *• ...
the general state of this country ^ fa disturbances * and the cause of its commotion ; and some of them have ascribed those disturbances and commotions to a general spirit of dissaffection and sfclition . If I have a very different and far more consolatory view of the same subject , it cannot be improper or unbecoming my functions , to t ^ ke the like
opportunity of stating my judicial opinions , of enumerating the several causes which in my fixed -jxid s mriit have generated those disturbances , and have retarded peace ; : nd prosperity in this country ; and distinctly pointing oat the remedies and correctives proper for ferminating all those mischiefs , an ?] .. Haying a'l discontent ' s . These cunflider-. tions will , I trust , vindicate as ' well he
motives as the" propriety or my cond'xt In this respect , through every scrutiny , and against every cavil . Gentlemen , you will now -retire to your Jury room , and ( here dispose of such hills , and other official business , 39
shall eome ^ before yotu Let all your private affairs , your settlements with tenants , your canvassing of * -freeholders , and such occupations , be postponed to Another opportunity . Be punctual and diligent ;—rather , indeed , for your own sakes than for mine . You will be the
sooner released from duty—but as for me , I must , at all events , remain here during the allotted period of time . I have addressed you very much at large , with great sincerity of heart , with an earnest desire for your interests , and those of the public ; and , may I hope , not wholly without effect . N
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