hundred and twelve men, and the republic had four killed; and then went to a hill called Corrigrua, where the republic encamped that night, and from thence went to a town called Camolin, which was taken without resistance, and the same day took another town and seat of a bishop. At three in the afternoon the same day, they laid siege to Enniscorthy, when they were opposed by an army of seven hundred men; then they were forced to set both ends of the town on fire, and then took the town in the space of one hour, and then encamped on a hill near the town, called Vinegar-hill. "BRYAN BULGER,

"Dated this 26th."*

"DARBY MURPHY, his hand and pen.";

The first despatch is authenticated-the second rests on the credibility of Doctor Madden and the signature of Colonel Atherton. We believe it and why? In military parlance, "it was the order of the day."

The following communication, dated "Newtownards, 20th June, 1798, half-past eleven," was addressed by a British officer holding a commission of the peace, and commanding a large district in the north, to General Nugent. The letter fell into the hands of a magistrate of the County Down, and was communicated by him to the late John Lawless :

"Dear Sir,

"I have had tolerable success to-day in apprehending the persons mentioned in the memorandum. The list is as follows.-[Here follows a list, containing twenty-seven names.]

"We have burned Johnston's house at Crawford's-burn. At Bangor, destroyed the furniture of Patrick Agnew; James Francis, and Gibson, and Campbell's not finished yet. At Ballyholme burned the house of Johnston; at the Demesnes, near Bangor, the houses of James Richardson and John Scott; at Ballymaconnell-mills, burned the house of M'Connell, miller, and James Martin, a captain and a friend of M'Cullock's, hanged at Ballynahinch.

"Groomsport, reserved; Cotton, the same.

"We have also the following prisoners on the information of different people.-[Here follows a list, containing five names.]

"We hope you will think we have done tolerably well. To-morrow we go to Portaferry, or rather to its neighbourhood. Ought we not to punish the gentlemen of the country, who have never assisted the welldisposed people, yeomanry, &c.? For my own part, a gentleman of any kind, but more particularly a magistrate, who deserts his post at such a period, ought to be—I will not say what.

"Mr. Ecclin, of Ecclinville.

"Rev. Hutcheson, Donaghadee.

*Father John Murphy's Journal, found on the field of battle at Arklow, by Lieutenant-colonel Bainbridge, of the Durham fencible infantry, and sent by him to General Needham.

"Mr. Arbuckle, collector of Donaghadee, an official man, Mr. Ker, Portavo, Mr. Ward, of Bangor, now, and only now, to be found. "List of inactive magistrates, or rather friends of the United Irishmen :

"Sir John Blackwood, John Crawford, of Crawford's-burn, John Kennedy, Cultra, &c.

"But among others, Rev. Hugh Montgomery, of Rose-mount, who is no friend to government or to its measures, and whom I strongly suspect. I have got his bailiff. Believe me, dear Sir, "With the greatest respect and esteem, "Your most faithful servant,

66 Q. ATHERTON.

"I am apt to suspect you are misinformed about Smith, the innkeeper, of Donaghadee. The newspaper account is entirely false. The fellow's fled. I will endeavour to know more about him. I wish for no lawyers here, except as my clerks."