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an hour by two subaltern officers of 
the 21st regiment, each having a- 
-bout 50 men under his command, 
a peace officer with 15 constables, 
and nearly'20 unattached regular 
soldiers and volunteers, who had 
thrown themselves together under 
an officer employed in the recruiting 
service. 
The 21st regiment of infantry was 
stationed in several occasional bar- 
racks, in that part of Dublin called 
“‘the liberty” inhabited solely by in- 
digent manufacturers, and the work- 
‘men employed in breweries, distille- 
ries, and other sources of employ- 
/Inent of the same nature. In this 
neighbourhood was situated Mr. 
Emmett’s head-quarters; and Tho- 
mas street, the first chosen scene of 
action. After the rebels had taken 
possession of certain streets, and 
had put every person in military 
attire to death or severely wounded 
them ; many other stragglers were 
then cut off, who were passing along 
in the unsuspecting confidence of se- 
. eurity and also some volunteers,who 
at these hostile appearances were an- 
xiously repairing to the rendezvous 
appointed for them in cases of dan- 
ger. The attack which we have 
already mentioned, and the report 
that several soldiers had been inter- 
cepted by the mob, induced the offi- 
cersat the principal barracksin“ the 
liberty” to detach an escort for their 
golonel, who lodged at some little 
distance: Lieutenant Brady with 
about 50 men proceeding on this 
service, Came unexpectedly upon 
the rear of ihe mob; in attempting 
to seize the first pike man he met 
with, a shot was fired from an entry 
by which one of his soldiers was 
wounded ; and some other instances 
ef aggression having taken place, 
Ijieutenant Brady gaye orders to 
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1863. 
fire ; ina few minutes the mob fied 
in every direction, and left him com=_ 
plete master of the scene of action. — 
The commanding officer of the re=" 
giment whom this party was dis- 
patched to seck out, was the unfor- _ 
tunate colonel Brown, who on the 
first alarm was proceeding to the 
quarters of his regiment, and who” 
was, as we have already described, 
basely assassinated by an atrocious 
tuffian of the name of Howly, who 
has since met with that punishment 
he so richly merited. |The light 
company of the same regiment was 
stationed in the street called the ~ 
Combe, contiguous toThomas street; © 
lieutenant Douglas who command- ~ 
ed it, had had the precaution to 
place his men under arms. <A co-— 
lumn of rebels proceeding down 
Thomas. street seemed desirous to 
attack them, two or three shots were 
fired, by which some of the soldiers 
were hurt, and the mob then ran 
forward as if to a charge, but on re~ 
ceiving a volley fell back; a second 
volley dispersed them, and no far-— 
ther attack or resistance was expe-— 
rienced, 
There has never been any re- 
turn made of the lives lost on this 
occasion; of soldiers and volunteers 
there must have been nearly twenty, 
and perhaps about 50 of the po- 
pulace. The affair would have 
terminated earlier, but for the inde- 
cisive weakness of a magistrate, un= 
der whose disposal was placed the. 
Combe party of the 21st regiment ; 
he patroled the streets and brought 
it directly on the insurgents, but re- 
fused his permission to fire, and 
obliged it to retreat. On his res 
turn he abandoned them and se- 
cured himself, when the officer left 
to his own discretion, did his duty. 
The great preparations which 
were 
