MEETING HELD IN MARCH 1794 TO RAISE FUNDS TO QUELL DISTURBANCES

On 8^th March , 1794,  Rev Samuel Beamish chaired a meeting of ‘the Gentlemen and principal inhabitants of the town and vicinity of Bandon' to discuss the disturbances occurring in the county particularly in Dunmanway and Ballineen.  Rev Beamish commented that the Country had reached a degree of prosperity not known before and that he believed that there were no grounds for such disquiet.  The meeting was called to support Law and Order.  In order to suppress the riots and disorder, he called for a subscription.  The funds would go towards carrying out prosecutions and rewarding those who would give information about the offenders.  The chair pledged to keep the names of the informers secret for their protection. The riots were being suppressed by Lord Bandon, Lieutenant Powell of the 14^th Dragoons and the magistrates. Timothy Deasy, junior’s house had been surrounded and he was repeatedly asked to take, what the committee considered to be, unlawful oaths. Henry Cox procured the military force in cooperation with Robert Longfield Connor, Esq. The committee was comprised of:

Beamish	Rev Samuel
Biggs	Thomas, Esq
Campbell	Colin, Esq
Connor	Robert L, Esq
Cox	Henry Esq
Deasy	Timothy, Esq
Deasy	Timothy, jun. Esq
Harris	Rev James
Honner	William, Esq
Jervois	Sampson, Esq
Sealy	James, Esq
Splane	Philip, Esq
Stewart	Rev William
Townsend	Rev Horace
Travers	Robert, Esq

 

The subscriptions provided were as follows:

		£	S	D
Alcock	M	11	7	6
Alcock	Rev. M.	11	7	6
Allman	George	11	7	6
Allman	William	4	11	0
Bandon		100	0	0
Banfield	Thomas	1	2	9
Beamish	Rev Samuel	22	15	0
Beamish	George (Barley Hill)	11	7	6
Beamish	George (Springmount)	11	7	6
Bernard	Roger	2	5	6
Biggs	Thomas	11	7	6
Biggs	Jacob	5	13	9
Black	Arthur	11	7	6
Blakeney	Col. 4th Dragoon	11	7	6
Brown	St John, DD	34	2	6
Campbell	John	11	7	6
Campbell	Colin	11	7	6
Clarke	Jonathan	5	13	9
Conner	R. Longfield	22	15	0
Cotter	Edward, jnr	5	13	9
Cox	Henry	50	0	0
Deasy	Timothy	11	7	6
Deasy	Timothy, Jun	11	7	6
Dowden	Isaac	5	13	9
Gilman	Richard	11	7	6
Good	John	2	5	6
Harris	Rev. James	11	7	6
Hendley	Roger	11	7	6
Holland	William	11	7	6
Honnor	Thomas	5	13	9
Jack	George	5	13	9
Jervois	Sampson	11	7	6
Kingston	George	22	15	0
Kingston	Rev John	3	8	3
Nash	John	11	7	6
Popham	Robert	11	7	6
Popham	William, jnr	5	13	9
Sealy	John (Richmount)	50	0	0
Sealy	James	11	7	6
Sealy	A and B	5	13	9
Splane	Philip	22	15	0
Stawell	Sampson	50	0	0
Stewart	Rev. William	22	15	0
Sweeny	James	5	13	9
Townsend	Rev. H.	22	15	0
Townsend	Rev. Richard	11	7	6
Travers	Robert	3	8	3
Wheeler	John, jnr	3	8	3

 

Dublin Evening Post   20^th March, 1794