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A true account of the whole proceedings of the Parliament in Ireland, beginning March 25, 1689, and ending the 29th of June following; : with the establishment of their forces there.
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Ireland. Parliament.
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an Invasion by the next Easterly Wind The Quakers and Crosby talk likewise of an Invasion but represent the People of England as dissatisfied I find there is still an expectation and dependance on Scotland tho' not so strong as at first we talk very confidently of a Fleet and fifteen Thousand Fusileers from France the French Fleet to consist of eighty Men of War I verily believe there is something in it without some such Aid Ireland does appear but an easie Conquest which is not the French Interest The misery of this Town is very great some being little better than Dragoon'd by the Quartering of Souldiers some have ten some twelve some twenty or thirty quarter'd on them and yet I cannot find that besides what came in to day there were above three thousand and odd Men in Town but the reason is plain each man has many Quarters and some Captains make thirty or forty Shillings a Week by them they come in by twelve one or two of the Clock by night to demand Quarters and turn people out of their Beds beat wound and sometimes rob them There are two or three hundred Priests in Town and they are quarter'd likewise as the Souldiers and so are generally Noblemen and Gentlemen with their Retinue tho' not actually in the Army I have sent you the new Establishment of the Forces only I think four Regiments of Horse and some of Dragoons are not yet raised I hear all those People call'd Rapperees or Half-Pike-men are to be muster'd and arm'd Commissions are signing for all that can bear Arms in the Kingdom Duke of Tyrconnel disbanded 2000 a few Weeks ago which are all entertained again or at least as many as will come in but we are most strangly uncertain in all our Counsels which is visible not only in this but in every thing else One day the Camp near Dublin is to go on and they work close at it then it is intermitted and laid aside one day we are to go into England and send a Declaration before us and to be restored another day we are frightned with a ramour of an Army landing out of England to drive us out of all yet the King seems very well contented and pleasant he sleeps eats and is in better health than usual Tuesday the 4th instant we had an Alarum that Derry was burnt with Bombs that the King's Army had taken it and put all in it to the Sword Nugent of Carlandstown brought this News into the House of Commons just when they were putting to the Vote whether they should prosecute the Impeachment against Judge Dally some think Nugent being his Friend did it designedly the News was received with loud Huzza's and in that good and jolly humour they acquitted the Judge But our Friday's Express brought us another account which was That the King's Forces had endeavoured to regain the Wind-Mill-hill out of which they had been beaten by the Sally when Ramsey the King's General was kill'd but that they were beaten off with great loss this was on Tuesday and by computation about the same time the Huzza was made in the House of Commons Col Dorrington and Col. Nugent two of the briskest Officers of the King's Army are desperately wounded if not dead 'T is reported that seven Field Officers were killed or taken and about thirty other Officers We have no certain account of the Souldiers the best account says three hundred fell 'T is said they run away and left their Officers in the lurch I am promised a List of the Officers that were killed It is said that there are not above five thousand in the King's Camp at Derry notwithstanding all that have gone down a great many having run away as soon as they had loaded themselves with Plunder and above two thousand sand being killed or dead since their first going down they shake and tremble so when they come to Charge that they cannot fire they that have March locks cannot be brought by any means to Discipline or to use them aright this I have from a good hand We bear that some English Ships are in the Lough of Derry a Boom with Trees and Masts is made cross the River at Culmore Fort to hinder any Succours that a Ship who attempted to get up is stranded I believe their greatest want in Derry is Firing and Coals will be a very pretious Commodity with them and I believe in a little while they will want Cloaths for wearing and Drink They talk if old Sir Charles Coot were alive and had but a thousand Horse to the Foot that are in the Town he would not fail to fight the King's Army in the Field About the beginning of this Month a Party of Horse and Foot from Enniskilling made an Inroad into the County of Cavan they drove all the Cattle of the County they did not spare Protestants who were under Protection only such as would go with them they help'd away with their Bag and Baggage those that would not go were forst to part with all to them which they said they did least the King's Forces should make a Prey of them they took all Provision Horses and Arms they could meet with they disarm'd some of the King's Forces that lay at Belturbeit Bally-Carrig and elsewhere they burnt only such places as were of strength and capable of being garrison'd they kill'd none they came as far as Finagh and Virginia which you 'll find in the Mapps The Party is said to have been two Thousand we were alarum'd at this here and General Monsieur Rosen went down to Trim with four Field-Pieces and several Regiments amongst the rest the Lord-Mayor's of Dublin who led his men himself twelve Regiments I hear were design'd I hear the Bullets both for the field-Field-Pieces and Muskets were found to have been too big which made General Rosen storm horribly Since the Defeat at Derry I hear he and the Forces designed for Enniskilling are commanded to Derry two of the Field-Peices are come back General Hamilton is suspected and rail'd at by the Commonalty but I do not believe that there is any ground for it or that the King does entertain any thoughts of it It is reported from good hands that the People of Enniskilling have made up their Horse near 1500 and their Foot near 6000 a Party so considerable that it is fear'd England may think it self concerned to save them by hastening their Invasion if they intend any There are many Discontents among the Roman Catholicks about the Acts of Settlement and the French for the Natives look very suspiciously on them and many do publickly say that they are sold to the French at least that Cautionary Towns are to be given them If an Army should Invade us before these Discontents are quieted 't is to be fear'd that they would soon gain the Submission of a considerable Party of the Roman Catholicks upon good terms and perhaps if their help were accepted would joyn to drive out