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.
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