Tully refused to make any offer of a settlement unless the agent would agree to reinstate all the evicted tenants, to which Mr.Tener replied that he would recognise no "combination," but was ready to deal with every tenant fairly and individually.

Finally the Sheriff ordered his men to take the place.
Ladders were planted, and while some of the constables, under the protection of a shield covered with zinc, a sort of Roman _testudo_, worked at removing the earthern ramparts, others nimbly climbed to the roof and began to break in from above.

In their excitement the garrison helped this forward by breaking holes through the roof themselves to get at the attacking party, and in about twenty minutes the fortress was captured, and the inmates were prisoners.

Two constables were burned by the red-hot pikes, the gun of another was broken to pieces by a huge stone, and a fourth was slightly wounded by a fork.

One of the defenders got a sword-cut; and Tully was brought forth as one too severely wounded to walk.