The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-20 00:00:00

DUBLI 171.113.

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Gov R.NNI I,l'r received, yesterday rnornt-ng, from
variclus and opposite quarters of the Country, in_
formation of an intended attempt at insurredinn to
be mai?. in. Dublin last night, being the r% ',llt
of Shrove Tuesday, and generally passed in festi-
vity with us. One account froth Newry, stated
positively the organization of all the Polish part of
Armagh,
,L,Aith, and Meath, lying on the eastern
Coast ; another from Cork, related the discovery of
a Committee in direct} correspondence with France;
arida third; folly authenticated, daelared that seye.
ral Fishermen of the Cite-ay of Dublin Coast, who
are known to be excellent Pilots for our Char,_
nel, had disappeared Iron; their homes; tinder cir-
cumstances which strongly indicated their depar_
tore for France. A number- of lesser mattet.s con.
tributeil to force upon ,the Government the strongest
apprehension of immediate mischief, and instant
measures of precaution' were adopted.' The guards
were doubled ; strong patroles ordered out ; the
mail coaches delayed ; and the garrison direaed to
remain under arms all night. Such preparation's
could not escape the anxious vigilance of our brave
and zealous Yeomanry ; they were every where seen •
in arms resorting to their appointed alarm posts;
so that in less than an hour after it was-whispered
about that a necessity was likely to arise, not less
than two thousand of them had assembled, in the
hope that at last their services were required.—
About half past ten, it was scarcely possible to
move through the 'streets, for the crowds of armed
Volunteers, who had not yet been fortunate enough
to reach their places of rendezvous. The College
Corps was drawn up in one of the squares of the
University ; the Lawyers, in the Royal Exchange;
I the Attornies, in Bolton-street, &c.when their Com-
mantling Officers received notice from the Castle,
that no reason existed for detaining them longer ;
and they were dismissed with the most flattering ex-
' pression of thanks.—The alarm was not a little as_
sisted by the discharge of cannon in the Bay, which
afterwards proved to be some shots fired from the
battery, to prevent a merchant vessel going out
without previous examination. We are now per-
perfeftly quiet.
• Corcoran, the Rebel Chief, who has been for
a considerable time the terror of the county. of..
Carlow, and for whose apprehension a. large reward
was offered by G6Vernment, ha's at„leng.o termi-
nated his career, The Rev. Mr.EASTWOOD, of
Kilian, in the County of Wexford, having re..
ceived information that Corcoran arid some- of his.
gang were concealed in a house about .mile distant
from him, sent a party of twelve Yeomen of the
Jamestown Infantry, under the command Of, .‘1711.,
ELLISON, Serjeant in the .Ross Guards, who ap..
preached the house with his small patty in three
divisions, and after receiving the fire of the Rebels,
'closed on them ; Corcoran received-,a shot through:
'his body, and is
.since dead. An outlaw of the
"name of Arennan was wounded, and a
_noted Rebel,
John Fitzpatrick; who had deserted from "1-tom-
pescla's Corps, and went under the name of the
Hessian, was secured. A blunderbuss, two mos.
kets (which had been plundered from some - of the
Borris Infantry), and several pistols, fell into the
hands of the Yetimen, who cOnduEted themselves •
with uncommon steadiness.