is brave; for « fortune ever favours the bold!" Mr. McCormick, though mufquet-balls flew by him both to the right and left, received no hurt, which he afcribes wholly to PROVIDENCE. He was now fent by the General to a certain officer commanding at a cannon, which he kept pretty closely belching away ammunition at fere nibil. "Sir," faid Mr. McCormick, " General Johnfon defires me to inform you, that it is his orders you will fhift your pofition nearer to the Three-bullet-gate," but he did not deign to make any reply, or fhift his pofition in the leaft. Mr. McCormick then went to the Pig-market with instructions from the General to a certain officer of horse there, to charge his troop at the Three-bullet-gate; but neither did this gallant gentleman vouchfafe to make a reply, which fo chagrined Mr. McCormick, that he exclaimed, "Sir, do you doubt 66 my word? the General has (for this day) appointed me "his aid-de-camp, and defires me to communicate these "orders. If you doubt my word, keep me in fight, and "let us go to the General, and, if my report is false, shoot "me! let you and your men fhoot me through the body!". -The officer continuing obftinately filent, Mr. McCormick returned to the General, and being fent back with a renewed charge, behold! the filent officer and his men were capering over the bridge; and Mr. McCormick did not think it his duty to chase them: that was the rebels' part. I infert these things by Mr. McCormick's exprefs defire and information, and leave thofe gallant gentlemen to their: blushes! During this unfuccefsful interval, the Broguemaker's-lane was fet on fire. It leads from the Three-bulletgate. Curfory readers will forgive this repetition. The rebels ran along this ftreet holding lighted wifps under the eaves, and others followed rouzing the flame with their pikes, Coming towards the end, they met a sturdy and

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fuccefsful oppofition from the Church-lane,* which they burned. The cannon planted there was at this time removed a little way. At this very time the battle raged horribly round the eastern town-wall, or ruins of a wall, and fo round to the Three-bullet-gate. Now too, a fmart engagement took place in the Priory-street, whence the foldiers, though fuccefsful, foon very cunningly retreated, and got by various paffages round to the Court-houfe. Here, in company with the main-guard, (who could not till now commence their fire without danger of killing their friends) they commenced a heavy, firm, and well-directed fire; yet, (ftrange to tell!) the rebels began to prefs forward; but the fhip-cannon being opened upon them fwept crowds of them off their legs! The reft fled; but, ere this victory was gained, the Broguemaker's-lane rebels began to throng down the Main-street for the fecond time. But by this time there were plenty of foldiers about the Court-houfe to entertain them with fhowers of leaden potatoes! Still the fool-hardy fellows continued to advance and fall; and though the fhip-cannon took off numbers of them, fcores of them got down by intervals as far as the Bake-house-lane, firing all the way. Many of them entered the lane to prime and load, but they never came out again till they were dragged out four days afterwards, to be thrown into the river; for not one of them but was fhot from Mr. Dowfley's window on the oppofite fide of the ftreet: I do not think a fingle man escaped that way to the end of the street. At this time various incidents happened, and

* Here they met a turdy oppofition before, i. e. fometime after eight o'clock, but at an immediate fecond attempt they were for a short time fuccefsful, and began to fncak down the ftreet, and fo forth. These, with many other particulars of that stage of the battle, I have related from perfonal knowledge. It is painful to enter upon repetitions thus, for the advantage of thofe Ennui's, who will read any part of a flory but the bes ginning or end.

and I know not which to relate first. Mr. McCormick was flying from street to street, and from post to post, rallying or urging on the King's troops, fplitting the skull of a croppy now and then, en paffant! Fighting at one poft, he would roar like a lion at a parcel of fugitives to join. It was done! "The gentleman with the brafs helmet gave the word."My Donegal man, as I call him, fhewed me a dead rebel, whofe fkull Mr. McCormick abfolutely cut in two. The ftroke paffed as straight as a plane, diagonally, i. e. from the right temple to the lower part of the left jaw: a wonderful cut from left to right." I faw a pig gnawing the part

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of the skull which was ftruck off. by John's-street observed, for the first time, a gentleman who was very active in making the entrenchments before the battle, now on horfeback, with his faddle-bags well stuffed behind him. "I will tell you what, Sir," fays Mr. McCormick to him," if you, who have been fo very forward and active in making preparations to avoid the enemy, will not now fight them that they are come, as I have an existence, I will cut your faddle-bags to pieces; and I would do fo now, but that you are unarmed." This ftory has been related varioufly; nay, it was afferted that Mr. McCormick faid, in what the narrator would call Quaker-language, "Thou fon of Belial! return unto the fight; or, by hea"ven thou diest!" "That was falfe, James," fays M'Cor"mick, "I fear God; therefore I do not fwear, nor does any Quaker, justly fo called, fwear; neither have I ever joined with Quakers, but in worship for fome time. I am "a Methodist foldier, and will die one. What I have re"lated to you of the knight of the faddle-bags, is the fact. "I love and honour the Quakers, as every man who loves "God in fincerity muft; but I am no Quaker, any more "than you are a Methodist, because you love them."

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The rebels who had burned the Church-lane, got into the house of a Proteftant publican (one Sabourin) at the corner of the Brogue-maker's-lane, juft facing them. The houfe was flated, and too large to be easily burned without lofing confiderable time; yet they attempted it, but not 'till they piked Mrs. Sabourin most cruelly, and robbed the houfe of bonds and other things of confiderable value.— Poor Mrs. Sabourin fhe was the friend of the diftreffed, whether Roman Catholic or Proteftant. Before the rebels could entirely effect their fiery purpofe the king's army came upon them; but the circumstance of the infurgents being found there, brought the unmerited fury of fome foldiers upon the already suffering and afflicted woman. However fhe out-lived her husband, a man of excellent character. I believe the afflictions of this day fhortened his life. Now a fresh attack at the Church-lane commenced. The cannon there did great execution; but the rebels preffed on with their usual vigour! Drop, numbers of them did; but ftill the reft preffed on! Nay, large numbers of them got into the burned cabins, within ten yards of the cannon, trampling on the glowing embers; and loofening ftones from the tumbling walls with their pikes, flung them in fuch heavy fhowers, and with fuch amazing force and judgment on the foldiers at the cannon, that they were juft beginning to give way, when their courage was re-animated by the approach of the gentleman with the brazen helmet." "For fhame! "for fhame! foldiers !" fays he, " do not give way to their "beggar's-bullets. Turn that cannon upon them and diflodge them, this inftant: now for it!" They did fo, amid a fhower of ftones, and, though fadly bruifed, effected their purpose fo well that but few of the rebels ef

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caped alive to tell the ftory. All this time the battle, efpecially at the eastern-wall and about the Three-bullet-gate, was carried on by both parties with vigour; and, had our brave General been fupported by foldiers of a moderate share of his fpirit, it must have by this time terminated in his favour; but he did wonders. At length, weakened by the retreat of great numbers of the military, he first charged the principal officers to profecute their charge with obftinate vigour, while he went on an important business which should not detain him many minutes. The greater part of the Dublin militia were now on the county Kilkenny fide of the bridge, and many foldiers of different regiments deferted to Waterford. On their way they met the Rofcommon militia coming to Ros.. The fugitives, to justify their own flight, told the officers of this regiment fuch a lying ftory of the fuccefs of the rebels, that the regiment was ordered to moft providential cirWho can deny that

march to Waterford. A happy and cumftance, as has been obferved.

the hand of God' himself was vifible in oppofing this rebellion? in protecting this country and securing it to its pre-. fent government? Lord Mountjoy, colonel of the Dublin militia, was killed an hour or two before this period of my narrative. Major Vefey, of that regiment, ftood the brunt. of the battle to the laft. I am forry I am not furnished with the particulars of this gentleman's gallant conduct. How imperfect is my long narrative! "Oh! James," fays McCormick," there was a foldier for you!" Next and equal to him, I believe I may justly mention Major Vandeleur, of the Clare regiment. You know the whole garrison spoke of then with admiration; therefore make mention of them. I am almost forry that the General fo clofely employed you in the garrison after the battle, that you could not collect a full

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