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in, he fired at one, and hit him in the groin. Upon 

 this they all ran away. Having only women in the 

 house besides himself, it was some hours before they 

 ventured out for help. The unlucky man shot was 

 found not far from the door, near a wall, dying of his 

 wound. He was an underkeeper from a private 

 lunatic asylum a mile off. His comrades were so 

 frightened that they dared not stay to help him in 

 any way, or attempt to carry him off with them. 



Another gentleman's house was attacked when 

 he was alone in it with his servants. He managed 

 to get upstairs where he had arms, and began to 

 shout out his intention of shooting them all from a 

 window commanding the door by which they had got 

 in, enforcing his threats with a shot or two. Not 

 knowing the house well, they soon got frightened, 

 and ended by entreating the housekeeper to beg the 

 master not to shoot them, and they would go away 

 peaceably. So a treaty was made on these terms 

 between a single man on one side and a large party 

 on the other, and they left the house without doing 

 any damage. 



Another night, a militia regiment being quartered 

 at Mallow, and the arms deposited in a store join- 

 ing the outer wall of the barrack, a hole was broken 

 through from the outside by a party from Cork, and 

 a few of the arms were stolen. 



It will be observed that in all these cases, there 

 is not the least sign of resolution, but an attempt to 



