History of the Irish rebellion in 1798 : with memoirs of the union, and Emmett's insurrection in 1803 . delay made by the rebels afforded time for the troops to rally and receivereinforcements, and advance to the position of Arklow.—MS. Journal of a FieldOfficer. ******* I was one of the first persons in Dublin who heard of Walpoles defeat. Ayoung man, who had been brought up in my fathers stables, was groom to a gentle-man of fortune in Wexford, and in this capacity he attended his master, who wascaptain of a troop of yeomanry, on that morning. The lad rode a little distance inrear of the tro
History of the Irish rebellion in 1798 : with memoirs of the union, and Emmett's insurrection in 1803 . delay made by the rebels afforded time for the troops to rally and receivereinforcements, and advance to the position of Arklow.—MS. Journal of a FieldOfficer. ******* I was one of the first persons in Dublin who heard of Walpoles defeat. Ayoung man, who had been brought up in my fathers stables, was groom to a gentle-man of fortune in Wexford, and in this capacity he attended his master, who wascaptain of a troop of yeomanry, on that morning. The lad rode a little distance inrear of the troops, and on the disaster occurring, wheeled about, and made the bestof his way to Dublin, which his horse, being a first-rate hunter, enabled him to dopretty quickly. Arrived in Dublin, he could think of no individual with whom hecould claim acquaintance but myself; and knowing I was in the college, thither hedirected his steps and found me. I have reason to think I was at the Castlewith the tidings before any official information of the disaster had reached it.—Ibid. * Abridged from IRISn REBELLION. 113 sonal communications with bis superior officer,* nor did lie produce anyauthority that could entitle him to ask a command, so improperly con-ceded ; and yet, while Loftus deplored the folly of the man, he,with full power to prevent the mischief, sank tho superiority of hisrank, and allowed a Castle dangler, That never set a squadron in the field,Nor the division of a battle knewMore than a spinster, to rush on ruin blindfold, and bring death and disgrace on a most gal-lant detachment, thus culpably committed to an incompetent andintractable fool. The consequences of the slaughter at Tubberneering were preciselysuch as might have been expected. The royalists lost heart, and the in-surgents acquired a dangerous audacity. Every Protestant abandonedhome and property in despair—and more than a thousand individualsfled from their once happy dwellings, with wives and
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