exclaimed, Scolt en Deoul!" The devil fplit you !"—his laft words! The lad who shot him was named Dempsey, a gallant young fellow. He belongs to the DUBLIN band. "Ha!

are you there?" exclaimed my Donegal-man. "That fel"low took you for a priest." I did not stand to talk, but ran down the Priory-firect, expecting to get home by the way of Cliffe's-lane. A wounded rebel from a nook on the left fide of the street, who I am told had done much mischief, limped acrofs a little way before me to this lane, (fo I am told, for I did not fee him croffing) and was rushing out to fire, when I ran against him and accidentally threw him down. I was followed by Dempsey exclaiming " well done!" though really I did not fee the fellow until I was almoft on top of him. He fired his piece horrizontally, but did nó damage. Juft them Dempsey fired. The ball broke his leg and lodged in his pofteriors. A foldier called to me to wreft his piece from him, which I did, and he was foon after thruft through the body by Dempsey.

I would have gone down this lane which led to the very houfe I lived in on the quay, but a gentleman of fome yeoman cavalry advancing with a drawn fword, I turned off and followed Dempsey to the main-guard. Here I was again accofted by my Donegal-man * who asked me if I would fight as a loyalift? I answered very eagerly in the affirmative, provided fome one would procure me uniform, arms and ammunition. "You fhall have all you defire" said he: "stop! "here comes a Rofs yeoman; and he muft furnish you: «The deuce is in't if you are not pretty well seasoned for this

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day. Just ripe. Eh!-Do you hear" addreffing himself to Mr. HENRY NEWPORT of the Rofs infantry, who was now haftening to his quarters on the bridge," You yeoman! "give this gentleman that fire-lock: you fhall another just

I am forry I do not know his name. From defcription of his person, I am told his name is Robert Mc. Donald.

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"now when fome of us begin to fall." "Sir," anfwered Newport "I would oblige Mr. Alexander, if I could; but I fhall "give my arms to no-body." Upon this refufal a drummer was rushing towards him with a ferjeant's halbert at a charge. Mr. Newport was prefenting his piece at him in return, when a dragoon rode between and put a stop to the approaching conflict. Just before the dragoon advanced, I apprehending Mr. Newport would be killed on my account, ran towards the quay to avoid, as much as might be the occafion: For, any interference on my part, might prove fatal to me, It was well I acted as I did: For I was pursued by a dragoon on foot, until I came within fight of Captain Tottenham's cavalry: Upon which he retreated. "Well! what news ?" asked the Captain." Sir," faid I," I have more news than I have "time to relate, or you to hear."How goes the battle?" "Sir, the king's troops are overturning the rebels like ninepins. Did you hear the great huzzas and firing in the "Main-street about ten minutes ago." "That we did" anfwered feveral. "Then" faid I, "that fhout was from a "croud of rebels: But they are all now as filent as Quakers." They all laughed, and a facetious gentleman requefted me to take another walk for news to the Three-bullet-gate, where the battle raged. But I begged to be excufed; then knocked hard at the door, foon entered, and there continued until the battle was well nigh over.

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CAPTAIN DILLON of the Dublin, Militia, was quartered at our houfe, and for fome days had been very fick. He accofted me as I entered, in a very friendly manner, and afked me what news? Upon my telling him,, he requested, that all foldiers' knapfacks, and accoutrements fhould be concealed; left any of the rebels coming in, fhould murder us. He expreffed great anxiety to go to the battle; but he was fo extremely ill, on account of a violent pain in his back, that it was impoffible he could ftand it, to any purpose.

Still the thoughts of remaining within-doors while his brother-officers and men were engaged, prayed upon his fpirits and threw him almost into an agony. At length he left the houfe, and the next news we heard of him was, his being beheaded at GLENMORE! The foldiers fpeak of this unfortunate gentleman in terms of high respect and esteem.

At ten o'clock I heard the firing nearer and nearer. Looking out of the back windows toward the main-freet, I faw great flames arife from fome cabins facing the church-yard, and on a line with the street. Soon after fome cabins in the church-lane blazed up; and fhortly after that, the broguemaker's-lane was all on a flame. Now the firing encreafed louder and louder; by which I gueffed that the rebels were gaining very much on the town, and the battle approaching nearer and nearer; and I was right in my conjecture. Now Michael-street began to blaze. The Main-street also, and feveral other places burned more violently. Running vollies of mufquetry, as rapid, and even as the long roll of the drum, were fometimes inftantly drowned by the roaring of cannon, or the report confufedly mixed with a sudden burst of loofer firing in another quarter, where fresh conflagrations began. The huzzas of momentary victors were now scarcely audible, amid the univerfal din. At half paft ten, or later, I heard the heaviest firing of all, from fome quarter about the main-freet. All this foon ftopped, and remoter firings began to encrease, and loofer firings nearer hand, without any intervening report of cannon. Looking towards the main-ftreet once more, I beheld a flated houfe of about four ftories high, towards the upper end of that ftreet just fet on fire. And the flames encreafed rapidly amid horrid shrieks which were foon drowned by the encreafing noife of mufquetry pretty near, and of cannon at some distance.” A fmart firing of mufquettry now commenced in or about the gardens of the brogue-maker's-lane, and ́all on a fudden, a very uncom

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mon and rapid fucceffion of cannon in all quarters. Now the former din was for fome time exceeded; but in about twenty minutes, it ftopped almoft all on a fudden. Now we heard a knocking at the door. It was opened, and three foldiers entered, earneftly begging a little refreshment as foon as poffible. All was ready! This pleafed them highly. The poor fellow's faces were difcoloured with the powder; their mouths and teeth quite black, and their faliva as thick as gum water. They begged hard for a glass of spirits which was given them. They delayed as fhortly as poffible, and went out haftily to their ferious employment. Thefe men were foon fucceeded by others, and fo on till the battle was over; few of them delaying more than five minutes cach time. Their accounts of the battle, though agreeing in particular circumftances, had very different influence on their conjectures of the probable iffue. Most of them expected it would prove fatal; on account of the vast numbers of the enemy, who, they said fought with astonishing refolution, though falling in great numbers. One party, however, would inform us, that the king's troops were gaining upon the enemy rapidly; and the next minute, another would inform us, of the very reverfe! Some few, indeed, faid they could make no probable conjecture of any kind, on the business; and that they were fools who would pretend to it. But about twelve o'clock they all came with the heavy tidings, that, the rebels were in poffeffion of the upper part of the town!!! Some told us, that the yeomen on the bridge were actually firing on the town! But about one, my Donegal-man and fome others, came and informed us that, the rebels were now completely diflodged, by the renewed and vigorous affiftance of the DUBLIN MILITIA which had retreated over the bridge for fome time. That the Meath regiment alfo fought exceedingly well on the return of the Dublin; and, that much of their ill fuccefs, was owing

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to the final retreat of the Rofcommati regiment to Waterford. * I asked him did the YEOMEN fire on the town? «Sir,” faid he "the man who told you fo, in that firain, is a dif "affected rafcal in grain-(he ftood by) The yeomen were "fired on from a fhabby house on the bridge end of the quay; and they fired on the windows of that houfe. There "is the whole ftory. Hang me, but I believe it was a dif"affected foldier, if not more, that fired on them! The way "to know a croppy foldier is, by his hatred to a yeoman! "Why, fir, there is a yeoman now in the battle, worth forty brave foldiers. The gentleman with the brafs helmet. [Mr. "McCormick] I affure you, fir, fome of our troops fired

at him.". I afterwards afked Mr. Mc Cormick, if this was true? and he declared it was, and that the foldiers whaidid fo, pretended that they took him for a rebel general, on account of his brafs helmet! Indeed many were the accounts we had of the bravery of "the gentleman with the brass helmet." I should not fay fo much of him, but that I know it will be more than juftified by many hundreds; and fome of those of the very firft authority.

Exactly at half an hour after two, fome of my brave and humane friends in tribulation called on me, and told me, that the battle was now too remote to affect the town that, for their parts, they were too much fatigued in the late defperate charge, to follow on; but that, if I chofe I might now come under their protection and fee the town and the flain. I did fo, and saw the ftreets literally ftrewed with dead carcafes. The greatest flaughter was in the Main-freet, especially near the Churchyard. The piece of cannon planted on an eminence just above the Church-lane, did very much the greatest execution

The Rofcommon regiment was only coming to town; but were disfuaded by lying fugitives. However it did vaftly better; for bad it not gone to Waterford, the rebels in that city would moft probably rife up by thoufands; through the false reports of the fuccefs of the Rofs rebels, now vanquished.

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