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be taken notice of, as it is filled with thops 
adapted for retail couniry bufinels, and. 1s 
periodically reforted to, three days in the 
week on account of its confiderable market 
for grain. 
The plan of the rebels undoubtedly was, 
to have waited till one o’clock on Sun- 
day morning; and then, iffuing out of 
their lurking places, to have furprized 
the Caitle and Barracks; fired the town; 
and in the confufien maflacre every loyal 
inhabitant.. By authentic information 
fince received by Government, it allo ap- 
pears that a fchifim had divided the rebel 
leaders, one party wilting to poltpone the 
rifing uotil the co-operation of a foreign 
force could. be procured, and that orders 
to this effect were actually ifflued. The 
impatience however of the Infurgentscould 
not be reftrained, even till the earjieft period 
agreed on by themielves. Had they been 
able to have done this; or on the actual - 
eruption taking place had they marched 
to the Caftle, it is much to be feared they 
would have fucceeded. 
‘he Chief Juftice of the King’s Beach, 
Vifcount Kilwarden, had received an ex- 
prefs when fitting down to dinner at his 
country-feat five miles from town, (lent 
however by his fom the Hon. Col Wolfe, 
and not by Government.) intimating fome 
threatening appearances inthe city. He 
infantly, with his daughter and a nephew, 
the Rev. Arthur Wolfe, fet off for town, 
Unfortunately to aveid a crowd gathered 
on the road through which he ulually 
“came, he direéted his fervants to drive 
through the centre of the city, and his car- 
viage aopeared in Thomas-tireet at a mo- 
ment when a flight fpark was fuffeient 
to fet in an open blaze «he paffions of the 
rebels, irritated by {pirituous liquors, and 
impatient of delay. To ftop the carriage, 
drag out his Lordihip and Mr. Wolfe, and 
pike them with repeated wounds, was but 
the work of a moment. 
pired inftantiy ; but Lord Kilwarden was 
carried to a neizghboirine watch-houfe, 
where he furvived about half an hour. 
His dying words were ftrengly indicative 
of that calm aad patriviic attachment to 
the liberty aud conftitution of ni: country, 
which had ever marked his conduct’ He 
earneitly enireated that his murderers 
might be wied, not by marial law, but 
the reguiar ceurfe of juiiice. Through 
the moit turbu est times, and is tre exe- 
cution of offices which mult make him ob- 
noxious to the refentinen’ of the ¢ifaffeét- 
ed, he fteadily perfevered in the calm, im- 
partial. and energetic performance of his 
duty, unawed by coniderations of pere 
State of Public Affairs in Auguft, 1903. 
The latter ex- 
fonal fafety. His private life exhibited every : 
Virtue which could exalt the character of 
an able ftatefman into that of a good man. 
His daughter, Mifs Wolfe, found pro= 
tection trem two perfons on herfe-back,’ 
who bore the appearance of leaders, by: 
whofe interference fhe was enabled to reach > 
the caftie in fafety, Her diftraSed ap- 
pearance here, was the firft circumftance 
which induced Government to confider the: 
rifing in a formidable point of view, or in- 
deed to turn their atiention at all to it. 
Parties of cavalry ordered out by General 
Dunn, together with the Liberty Rangers 
(yeomen) attacked the infurgents in Tho- 
mas-freet, and the Coombe; and after an 
obftinate engagement, put them to flight. » 
It is highly probable, that the murder. 
of Lord K. though a moft atrocious and 
lamented outrage, was the means of pre- 
venting the caftle fallicg into the hands of 
the rebels, by precipitating the rifing, and 
giving opportunity for vigorous and fuc- 
cef:ful oppofition. I: appears that no par- 
ticular attempt was meditated againft him; 
his coming was perfectly unexpected; and 
any loyalilt in his fituation would certainly 
in the fame manner have fallen a facrifice 
to their barbarity. 
Their leaders fawthe neceflity of an im- 
mediate attack on the feat of Government. 
In High-ftreet, one of the direét avenues to » 
the caftle, an immente party.was afiembled, 
headed by a young man on horfe-back, 
who is faid to have been a relation of Em- 
mett, who had been fo active in the for- 
mer rebellion, He ufed every means of 
threats and entreaties, to urge them to the 
enterprize ; their fears however prevailed ; 
he tren abandoned them with impreca- 
tions, and the party dilperfed. | 
The evening was marked by the mur- 
der of individual yeomen fhot or piked as 
they went to join their refpective regiments. 
Amongtt them were Mefirs. Edmitton and 
Parker. Mr. Allen of Bride ftreet, receiv. 
ed a wound inthe thigh from a blunder- 
buis, under which he now lingers without 
hope of recovery, Lieutenant Colonel 
Browne and Cornet Cole alfo fell victims 
to their cowardly affaiiants. “The former,’ 
on the firit alarm, had fet off from his 
lodgings on U’her’s-quay, but, being unat- 
tended, was ‘hot in a narrow paffage called 
Dirty line, before he could reach his re- 
giment which was ftationed in Cork. 
fireet. Tne number of the rebels in 
arms muft have been immenie; thofe. 
who appeared in Tnomas-ftreet and the 
Coombe, it is fuppofed, amounted to up~ 
wards of three thouiind. Of thofe whe 
fell, it is extremely dificult to form an 
eftimate 
