' The facsimile of this proclamation, as furnished by Mr. Allingham, is
headed * Liberty or Death ! * and displays a drawing of the Irish harp and the
cap of liberty ; but as the text appears in the Castlercagh Papers (i. 407), a
sample muBt suflice here:—* Horrid crimes have been perpetrated in your
country, your friends have fallen a sacrifice to their devotion to your cause,
their shadows arc around you and call aloud for vengeance, etc.*



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horsol" N. Tandy asked Mr. Foster: "What news?" to which
Foster replied that a part of the French troops had landed at
Killala, and, after winning the battle of Castlebar, had heen.jfinally
compelled, near Longford, to capitulate to Lord Cornwallis.
Nappcr Tandy seemed to doubt this intelligencoi and proceeded to
take forcible possession of the Rutland post-office, which was kept
by Mr. Foster's sister. He opened the newspapers, and, to his
dismay, found that all was over with the expedition. His descent
on Rutland took place September 16, 1798. Tandy, when embark-
ing from the island for France, wrote an official letter, signed and
sealed, with a view to exonerate Foster from blame for not having
despatched his mail-bags. Tandy testified that, being in temporary
want of accommodation, he was obliged to put ** citizen Foster
under requisition," and place sentinels around the island. He and
his officers paid for everything they took, including two pigs and a
cow. General Bey, when leaving, removed a gold ring from his
finger and presented it to Mrs. Foster, as a token of fraternity.
