Wesley Corpus

6. Joun Srocxpate deposes furtner :--That on May 31, he with others was quietly hearing the word of God, when Butler and his mob came down to the house: that as they came out, the mob threw showers of dirt and stones: that many were hurt, many beat, bruised, and cut; s.nong whom was this deponent, who was so bruised and cut, that the effusion of blood from his head could not be stopped for a considerable time. 7. Joun M‘Nerny, of Cork, deposes:--That on the 31st of May last, as this deponent with others was hearing a sermon, Butler came down with a large mob: that the stones and dirt coming in fast, obliged the congregation to shut the doors, and lock themselves in: that the mob broke open the door; on which this deponent endeavoured to escape through a window: that not being able to do it, he returned into the house, where he saw the mob tear up the pews, benches, and floor; part of which they afterward burnt in the open street, and carried away part for their own use. 8. Dante Suuuivan is ready to depose further :--That Butler, with a large mob, went about from street to street, and fium house to house, abusing, threatening, and beatins whomsoever he pleased, from June Ist to the 16th, when they assaulted, bruised, and eut, Ann Jenkins; and from the 16th to the 30th, when a woman whom they had beaten, miscarried, and narrowly escaped with life. Some of the particulars were as follows: 9. Tuomas Burnet, of Cork, nailor, deposes:--That on or about the 12th of June, as this deponent was at work in his master’s shop, Nicholas Butler came with a great mob to the door, and seeing this deponent, told him he was a heretic dog, and his soul was burning in hell: that this deponent asking, ‘“‘ Why do you use me thus?” Butler took up a stone, and struck him so violently on the side, that he was thereby rendered incapable of working for upward of a week: that he hit this deponent’s wife with another stone, without any kind of provocation, which so hurt her, that she was obliged to take to her bed, and has not been right well since.