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was accuftomed to do~, after having pafYed the week in 
fulfilling the duties of his exalted Ration. His manfion 
lay on that fide of the city from which the infurgents had 
collected; and fuch was his alarm excited by the appear¬ 
ance of the crowds Hocking to the city, and heightened 
by the idea of the part which he had been obliged to act 
as attorney-general in 1798, and fince as a judge, that 
he determined to repair to Dublin for protection from 
the dreaded refentment of the di(affected. For this pur- 
pofe he fet out about du(k in a poft-chaife, accompanied 
by his daughter and his nephew. Proceeding without 
moledation, they entered the city, and had nearly reached 
.the entrance of Thomas direct, when the chail'e was Hop¬ 
ped by the rear of the ruffians, who, regardlefs of the main 
objeCt of their enterprife, inffantiy halted. The heads of 
the advancing party immediately returned, and the maf- 
facre of the venerable judge engaged the whole attention 
of the infatuated mob. Lord Kil warden declared his name, 
and earneftly begged for mercy, but in vain. He was 
dragged with his companions from the carriage; but, while 
the favages doomed his lordfliip and his nephew to (laugh¬ 
ter, they defired Mifs Wolfe to efcape as well as (lie could, 
and permitted her to pafs through their entire column 
without injury or interruption. They then felled her un- 
refilting parent and his kinlfnan to the ground, and, deaf 
to all their intreaties, pierced them with innumerable 
wounds; nay, fuch was their ferocity, that they violently 
difputed, and even fought for, the diftinClion of flabbing 
with their pikes the prollrate and defencelefs victims. 
The delay attending the execution of this fanguinary 
deed, and the alarm already given, afforded, though late, 
an opportunity for the military of the neighbourhood to 
act againR the infurgents. The latter were in their turn 
attacked with vigour; and, in about half an hour, the 
mighty project of Emmett and his afi'ociates, and the num¬ 
bers collected for the execution of their delign, were dif- 
comfited and difperfed by two fubalterns of the aid regi¬ 
ment, each having fifty men under his command, and 
about twenty unattached regular (oldiers and volunteers, 
who had placed thetnfelves under an officer employed in 
the recruiting fervice. 
The 21ft regiment of infantry was ftationed in feveral 
occafional barracks in that part of Dublin called the Li¬ 
berty, in the neighbourhood of which Emmett's head¬ 
quarters were fituated. The .report that feveral foldiers 
had been intercepted and put to death by the mob, in¬ 
duced the officers at the principal barracks to fend an ef- 
cort for their commander, the unfortunate colonel Brown ; 
who, as already related, was afTafiinated while proceeding 
on the firR alarm to the quarters of the regiment. Lieu¬ 
tenant Brady, with about fifty men, proceeding on this 
fervice, came unexpectedly upon the rear of the mob; 
and, feveral aCts of aggreffion having taken place on the 
part of the latter, he gave orders to fire; upon which the 
populace fled in every direction. Lieutenant Douglas, 
who commanded the light company of the fame regi¬ 
ment, ftatioiied in Thomas-Rreet, had alfo taken the pre¬ 
caution to place his men under arms. A column of re¬ 
bels, proceeding down Thomas-Rreet, feemed defirous to 
attack him ; fome fhots were even fired ; but two or three 
volleys difperfed the mob, and no farther attack or refin¬ 
ance was experienced. The buRle obferved in Marfhal- 
fea-lane, and the number of armed men who iflued from 
that quarter, naturally attracted confiderable attention. 
Lieutenant Coltman of the 9th regiment, collecting a few 
men zealous and refolute like himfelf, proceeded to the 
place which had appeared to be the focus of mifchief. 
The houfe and the lane adjoining were completely de- 
ferted ; Emmett and his affociates having neither taken 
meafures for its fecurity, nor provided any means of re¬ 
treat. The lane was Rrewed with pikes, which marked 
the way to the magazine. Here was found the entire ap¬ 
paratus of rebellion—a large quantity of ball-cartridge, 
hand-grenades, pikes, gunpowder, and fome military 
dreffes; but, above all, a proclamation, wet from the 
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prefs, of perfons ftyling themfelves the proviftonalgovern¬ 
ment, and containing their projects for a future conflitu- 
tion. In this inRrutnent, than which a higher effort of 
prefumption and folly was perhaps never prefented to the 
world, the Irifli were taught that they were not to expect 
from a change of conRifution any red refs of grievances, 
or other alteration than a change of governors. No re¬ 
turn was ever made of the number of lives loR on this 
occafion ; of foldiers and volunteers, about twenty muft 
have fallen, and it is conjectured that not fewer than fifty 
of the populace peri (bed. 
As loon as the Rreets were a little cleared, fome humane 
perfons ventured to approach the feene of blood. Near 
the inanimate body of his nephew was found that of lord 
Kilwarden, not totally bereft of life. He was carried to 
the neareR watch-houfe, where he furvived about half an 
hour. He lived long enough, however, to immortalize his 
name by his dying accents, and to clofe a ufeful life with 
an imprelfive teflimony of the honed mind which had 
throughout its progrefs been his unerring guide. His 
laR words, uttered in the agonies of a painful death, fur- 
rounded by drangers, and on the hard bed of a watch- 
houfe, were fuch as would have graced the lips of judice 
in the mod dignified fituation, and in full pofl'effion of 
the mod undidurbed reflection. A by-dander, (hocked 
at the dreadful feene, had exclaimed, with a warmth 
which fuch an occafion might well excufe, “ that the af- 
faflins ought to be executed the next day.’’ That love 
of judice which had governed all his actions, revived the 
drooping powers of the expiring magidrate, and he raifed 
his head for the lad time to exclaim: “Murder mud be 
puniflied ; but let no man fuffer for my death except after 
a fair trial, and by tile laws of his country!” 
Emmett, after he had aCted the general for the fhort 
fpace of an hour, either finding himfelf unable to enforce 
obedience to his directions, or difguded by the favage 
atrocities of his followers, fled in defpair and mortifica¬ 
tion from Dublin. The next morning, the fecret hidory 
of the depot, and of his individual (hare in the tranlac- 
tion, was made public by a man who, palling near the 
magazine, liad been detained there by the infurgents, 
from the apprehenfion that lie had difeovered the nature 
of their preparations. This man, effecting his efcape on 
the night of the 23d, after having been kept two days, 
was able “to detail minutely all the tranfactions of the 
place, and to deferibe the parties concerned. A diligent 
purfuit after the chiefs indantly commenced. Emmett, 
with twelve chofen men, had fought refuge among the 
mountains in the vicinity of Dublin. There, in the dif- 
guife of French officers, they roved about for a few days, 
receiving no other fuccour than what compaffion afforded. 
This Itratagem of the rebel leaders was in truth not lei's 
puerile than the former part of their proceedings was 
weak. The character which they had aflumed excited 
fufpicion, and fearch was made in every direction. Em¬ 
mett again took refuge in Dublin, where he was quickly 
traced and apprehended. Redmond alfo was arreded as 
he was about to take his paflage to America; but, Dow- 
dall and Allen efcaped out of the country. 
The prifoners fecured on the night of the 23d were fome 
of the mod wretched of the rabble. About three weeks af¬ 
terwards, a commiilion was iflued for the trial of all thofe 
charged with treafon or taken in arms. Among the red, 
Emmett and Redmond were brought to trial, and executed. 
The former made no fort of defence ; but, being called to 
receive fentence, he delivered an animated add refs to the 
court, in which he avowed his treafons, and appeared to 
coniider himfelf as fud'ering for the caufe of his country. 
At his execution alfo he evinced extraordinary intrepi¬ 
dity and compofure. 
At the fame time that Emmett hazarded his defperate 
attempt in the capital, his friend and afl'oeiate Ruflel made 
an ineffectual appeal to the paffions of the peal'antry in 
the north. So unfavourable was the appearance of things 
to the caufe which he had efpoufed, that he fled from that 
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