delay, that Mr. O’Brien had been driven from his position, and perhaps captured, or he would not have undertaken so long a journey, the sole motive of which could only be the hope of rousing, with the aid of the Rev. Mr. Kenyon, that district of the country, so as to rescue his chief or avenge him.  It was then apparent that our position had become desperate.  We instantly proceeded to the house of our friend, who recounted the particulars of his visit to Ballingarry, and its results.  He agreed in the propriety of going a second time to meet Mr. O’Brien, and urging upon him the necessity of some decisive course.  The startling events of the two preceding days too clearly proved that his position was not tenable, and that whatever might be resolved on, it was indispensable to remove from Ballingarry.  It was then night, and we were all sorely taxed by long riding and want of rest.  Not one of us was able to mount, so we placed hay in a car on which we flung ourselves, and trusted to the guidance of the boy who led the horse.  We travelled about nine miles in this way, one endeavouring to act as sentinel while the others were asleep; but we found that unless we trusted to blind chance, we could not continue our journey.  So, half by force and half by persuasion, we obtained liberty to stretch on a pallet in an empty room.  Mr. O’Brien was then snatching a little broken rest in a field, not four miles away from us, without our being aware of the fact.  In the morning we learned that he remained there only while a car was procured at Mullinahone, and then returned to the neighbourhood of the collieries.  He left Ballingarry on the advice contained in Mr. Meagher’s message, and, accompanied by some hundreds of his followers, proceeded towards Carrick through the town of Mullinahone where for the third time he had to encounter the open hostility of the Catholic clergymen, who on this occasion had recourse to threats and even blows.  Owing to their interference, one-fourth of those who followed him so far, did not accompany him outside the town.  He was nearly deserted, when he changed his resolution of falling back on his former position.  When the car arrived he proceeded directly to the town of Killenaule, which might be said to be the head-quarters of the colliery.  There he and his companions entered the hotel, where they remained till morning.  Early that day the chapel bell was rung, and a great multitude flocked into the town.  They were, as usual in that quarter, miserably armed.  But they were enthusiastic, and the Catholic priests did not interfere.  While the bell was tolling, intelligence was received that a troop of dragoons was approaching.  The people immediately erected a barricade at the farthest extremity of the principal street.  It was constructed of empty carts and baulks of timber.  The moment the troop entered the street, a similar barricade was constructed in the rear.  The hotel was situated between the two barricades.  The officer in command