The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 25, Mt

of an attack made on a farm hoar by Irish peasan-
try ; there is nothing beneath the istifacc there :
A shrill howl pealed out from the assailants, and then the
stout oak door cracked and univered under the strokes of a
heavy batteriag-beam; In a hundred secouds the hinges*
yielded, awl it came clattering in; over it Leaped arse wild
figures, heeling torches and pikos ; but their chid, Delaney,
was not one of thew.
" The left-hand man is rare, Carew; Connell, take the
middle one," add Ralph, as coolly as it we had sprung •
pack of grow.. While lie spoke hie pistol cracked, and the
right-hand intruder dropped arross the threshold without a ,
cry or a stagger, shot right through the brain. The beeper
and I were nearly as fortunate. Then there was • pause :
then a mall from without, an Irregular discharge of mus-
ketry, and the clear part of the hall was crowded with me-
tal...
I can't tell exactly what ensued. I know they retreated
several times, for the barricade was impassable ; sad while
their shaft fell hanuleasly en the mattresses, every one of
ours told—nething makes a man shoot straight like being
short of powder—but they came on sgain, each time with
added ferocity.
I beard Mohun mutter more than once, In a diewebledei
tone, " Why does not that scoundrel show himself, I set
make out Delaney." All at once I heard a stilled err aa
my right, and, to my horror, I saw Clouted drawl over
the balustrade in the gripe of a giant, whom I gesmed at
once to be ths man we had looked for so long. tlear sew
of the smoke, he had swung himself up by the Wholesale el
the staircase and grasping the poor boys collar as ha Wind
nut incautiously from his shelter, dropped beck into the ball,
carrying his victim with him.
With a roar of exultation the wild baste closed semi their
pay, Before I had time to think what could be lieu I
lord, close at my ear, a blasphemy so awful that'll mods me
cot even at that critical moment: It was RaWit rims but
I lewdly knew it—hoarse and guttural, and railed with
pession. Without hesitating en instant, he wad limit
meths balustrade and lighted on his feet he the odder re
emend. They were half drunk with wYi4 eed seam
decd by the melt of Mood ; but—so groat was des loner el
Nekun's name—all recoiled when they saw him tier hoe le
hen, his sword hare and his eye. blazing. That ensweisinksy
Frio arid Cionterf. in a woad, Ralph had trews lin
eater the arch of a deep doorway, and placed hissed be-
km the senseless body sad hi. orationto• Twe tin Woe
doer were fired at him without elect; It was olAMit Intake
aim In such a towing chaos ; then one man, Wes er,
eat at him with a clubbed musket. "At beat," Wit=
Kann ray, laughing low and savagely in his bard, as he
stepped one pare forward to meet hie enemy. • Mew that
looked a• if et might have felled Behemoth was weeded dm-
teroudy by the sabre, and, by a quick turf ci tic wrist, its
edge laid the rappers'* fine open in a bright merlet gads,
extending from eyebrow to chin.
His corr. rushed over his body Mae, dr* atar-
whet nhhoarared at seeing their Aran err Ile drier ;
bat they led In Mal with ebiado that het had a
Finnorks swerikros et key; with pit se It
and dra woorywhere regdyi and,
hey were
Odd WNW, seat dm fug trot Ante ef
wend, crawled est am, that seers*
on the toner diLagingmbips Wed. and Wed be
grassaothlp lohnts by the know eed ess Ma drib
Pah it was sight
te hart erre Ilemem—Cron might
have fried my fibs, ions al yes, who yes law it woo
em
Ralph leaked dews on him, and laughed smile; hie
i sabre whirled nod sees. and cleared a wide dray; firs,
r trampling gave the orseeded me by aria beer ir der
r the port dune& lises:leypinned xis dr fire. I
r led you I herd the dud r it grated ea dr stow.
r Thor was ea phi of e 8 the limbo, sad them the
irge era bay quite at&

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Memoirs of !As late Colonel Mountain, C.D.
Edited by Mrs. MOUNTAIN. London: Long-
man, Brown, and Co.
To those who read and approve of the life of Cap-
tain Medley Vicars, these memoirs will be acceptable.
A life of high Christian principle and moral parity,
worked out in the midst of the camp, is something
to bo referred to with more pride than the recluse
piety of the convent. The following extract gives
• fair idea of the character and habits of Colonel
Mountain :

Pitted as Colonel Mouatain was to Woe is palls laa
was even more admirable in h s ema bass Ille hail Wart
the blaming of God eyes hla mmehllP: mad
with his wife yea, that they adakd as follow Chmit ha thin
world that they might be toper is 11L promos in
rewaity.
Terror all the rat of hia hem fe bia
sad datcloYing lam la de lioa of the thaws% Med
sad =We women el dm sesimeat, be coridesd
msder, be meat be the head el Ida or
:list& • sad wig* awl la* was this marl eared.
Hie malaretkillilidma arms serind =dm ediries
be am at awl is mhos b wade dim sod
ear to,. at his reelldi dienstme-- aearphie bed of
W evalleg sad smereet asters Hs bed biome (hem
Oar sad espaseas ia lair and China) i*• deaf; and
&seek tido di mit Midas with his eal whoa with
re roma rip, it yr a daily tztol whoa miviz. wart
Mbar far he crld not emmerica uslas
IderssiL This was tread a peat Mid bat re as
dr of sweat, prier radpries, with which be wo, leek
✓ear, whoa be dm err orris( pitmans beta which
be was szoleisiomdresd lila yet lame to rest we saw
it, sad who row beer mar be kleabol is chiral meow-
tad= sad Mawr minimsat.
Although malemity et aa eveconleat Irceas=hips
wae always sitersid, thankfully accords(
manta to Ord ready to &Mr tarammeat ban
Mma : bat his greatest rimer wet. saw le
ash, to aglsn with his wilt dina amemel
sad the dim *keg that bseelibi ems, rib
or who dread agile did to the bertha of min% Tr
a soar of coadiat barbeto There was a rid and
freshmen la his rad, tame of all that re b 4 tribeat-
thed made lit area delighted sod Irbusees com-
prise, triad hie oder Ire ael ea ode par-
= el dervater per a peedhz chum le Di ewer-
The book is edited by Mn. Mountain—a tribute
of love to the memory of her deeeued brigand.