From this place the fire of the enemy was returned for a considerable time with equal bravery, and, it is presumed, effect, as the grounds about the hall-door were found the next morning to be stained with blood in several places.

Tho heroism of the night, however, is yet to be related.

Mr.O'Driscol, who was certainly supported by his son and Mr.Purcel in a most able and effective manner, hearing a low, cautious noise in the back part of the house, went to reconnoitre, just in time to grapple with the leader of these villains--a most desperate and ferocious character-cruel, fearless, and of immense personal strength.

He must have got in by some unaccountable means not yet discovered, with the hope, of course, of admitting his accomplices from without.

A terrific struggle now ensued, which terminated by the fellow, on finding, we presume, the mettle of the person opposed to him, flying down stairs towards the kitchen, and from thence, as Mr.O'Driscol thought, to the coal-hole, whether he fearlessly pursued him, but in vain.