IN my former I gave you an Account of the late King's coming before London-Derry, and what afterwards happen'd, till the 23d. of April, when Kilmore was ſurrendred, at which time Col. Lundee, their then Governour, that very Morning made his eſcape. It now remains, that I give a Relation of what has fallen out ſince, and of the condition of the place.

The Beſieged having rejected all Offers made them by the late King, and provok'd the Beſiegers in divers Sallies, as alſo being uncertain when Relief would arrive from England, reſolv'd to put themſelves into the beſt poſture they could, and to that purpoſe unanimouſſy declar'd their Reſolutions to Live and Die with their new Governours, Mr. George Walker, and Mr. Henry Baker, and to ſubmit with an entire Obedience to their Conduct and Commands for defence of the City.

In the firſt place, they examin'd the Publick Treaſury, where they expected to have found the five hundred Pounds ſent them from London by Captain Beverly, in the firſt Ship that brought them Arms and Ammunition, and a far greater Sum, but the Birds were flown. Then they took a view of the Ammunition and Stores, and found near 500 Barrels of Powder untouch'd, Ball and Match ſufficient, as alſo Bu ••• ts for their great Guns, of which they have 24 mounted upon the Baſtions of the Walls, upon the Tower of the Church two, and eight within the City, that is to ſay, one at each Gate, and one at each corner of the Market-Houſe in the middle of the City, and fronting each Gate.

In the third place, they made inſpection into the Stores of Proviſions, and found a vaſt quantity of Wheat, Meal, Oatmeal, Beef, Bacon, Salt, Salmon, and Butter, Cheeſe, Mault, Beer, Brandy, &c. which was all inventory'd, and put into Publick Store-Houſes, with Guards ſet over them. Alſo all Merchants, and Tradeſmen, to prevent imbezelling their Wares and Merchandizes, took Inventories of their ſeveral Goods, and carry'd them into Publick Store-Houſes, which are guarded Night and Day.

Moreover, upon a Mu •• er of all that bore Arms, they were found to be about 12000, which are all form'd into Regiments and Companies, every Regiment under a Col. Lieutenant Col. Major, and Captain, &c. amounting to 17 in all. The Colonels are, Col. George Walker, Governours. Col. Henry Baker, Governours. Col. Adam Murray, General of the Field, who upon Enterprizes Commands in Chief, and Orders all the Sallies. Col. Hugh Hammel. Col. Tho. Whitney. Col. Henry Muroco. Col. Henry Croft • n. Col. Michael Bourn. Col. Alexander Sanderſon. of Tyrone, &c.

Eight more, whoſe Names I do not at preſent remember.

Tho. Johnſon is alſo made Mayor of the Town.

All the Women and Children that brought no Subſiſtance along with them into the City, nor could give any account of themſelves; as alſo many that are unfit to bear Arms, were put out of the Town juſt before the Siege began, which was one reaſon that they have ſo many now in Arms, in regard that many who brought no Subſiſtance into the Town, rather than be turn'd out of the Gates, gladly took up Arms to earn their Subſiſtance. But of Two Thouſand Horſe, which after the Proteſtants wer, broken at Clawde-Ford, march'd into London-Derry, there are not now a hundred left for want of Forrage which conſtrain'd them to turn the Horſes out of the Gates, the greateſt part of which fell into the Enemies hands, only ſome few are ſtill left that graze under the Protection of the City Canon, which the Iriſh however now and then pick up, as often as they dare adventure, and for which as often they pay very dearly, being either ſhot Dead, Wounded, or taken Priſoners.

The great Gates of the City are barricado'd within-ſide with huge pieces of Timber; the Keys are kept at the main Guard, and eight Captains, two to a Gate, are upon the Watch every Night. When there is occaſion, the Keys are not to be deliver'd, as was uſual, to a Sergeant, but into the hands of the Captains that guard the particular Poſt.

Two Regiments are upon Duty every night, and upon the leaſt Alarum they are all to repair to the Walls, without expecting any other Orders.

There are in the Town five Miniſters who have the Commands of ſo many Companies, and have every one of them given ſignal Proofs of their Valour; particularly one Mr. Chriſtopher Jenny.

The private Souldiers are all in good Heart; the Allowance to each Man for a Week, being a Salmon and a half, two pound of Beef, and four Quarts of Oate-meal. Good ſtrong Beer is alſo order'd to be ſold at a Penny a Quart, though not to the Souldiers after eight at Night, to avoid Diſorders.

Blinds are alſo ſet up by the Command of she Governours, to ſecure the Men upon the Walls from the Enemies Battery.

There is in Derry one Col. Darus, of Plattin, in the County of Meath, who is kept a Priſoner, as having been taken at Chappel in Scotland, and was one that commanded in the Recruits ſent by Tyrconnel to the late King into England. General Hamilton has wrote ſeveral Letters to the Governours to have this Captain ſet at Liberty, but they do not think fit to part with him; nevertheleſs they uſe him civilly.

The Iriſh alſo very much lament the loſs of Major Robert Nangle (the Son of Tory Nangle, that was ſhot at Longford-Bridge) who together with two Troopers was drown'd, while they endeavour'd to get over the Paſs at Cladee-Ford. 'Tis alſo believed, that Col. Dominic Sheldon is dead of the Wounds he received in one of the Sallies made by the Beſieged, from the hands of one Mr. Arthur Ivory, a brisk young Gentleman, who fought the Colonel hand to hand, till at length two of the Iriſh coming in to the Colonel's Reſcue, ſhot the Gentleman dead.

The late King has made Col. Charles Moor Governour of Colraine, where he keeps with a Garriſon, conſiſting of a Thouſand Men. The Marqueſs of Antrim is made Governour of Carrick Fergus, which has the ſame number of Souldiers to defend it. And Gourdon O Neale is alſo made Governour of Charlemont, tho' not having with him above 200 Souldiers.

Cheſter. The laſt Week arrived here a Veſſel from Ireland with Paſſengers, who credibly Report, that the Late King, having received Advice from the Camp before Derry, that they were not a number ſtrong enough to Storm the City, no • to withſtand the Enemy, ſhould they have Succours from England, and beſides, that they wanted Amn unition and great Guns, gave Orders for a conſiderable Recruit to march Northward; but that when they came within two days March of Derry, the Regiment commanded by young Sir Maurice Eustace in the County of Kildare, and ſome other Regiments, fell into a deſperate Mutiny, ſwearing by their Shouls they would not go to the King's Slaughter-Houſe to be kill'd, as the French Generals, Sir Patrick Dowdel, Major Taaff, and the reſt had been; and that they would rather turn to the Proteſtants, and ſerve King William, than be Slaves to the French. Upon which, hundreds of them ran away, and betook themſelves to the Boggs and Mountains.

On Saturday, May the 18th. arrived from Dublin, at Dawpool, betwixt Cheſter and Liver-pool, one Can, Maſter of a Ve • ſel belonging to thoſe Parts, on Board of whom were many Paſſengers, who had all of th •• Pa • ſes, for which they paid at the Secretaries O •••• e in Dublin 3 l. 10 s. for every individual Per • on, though moſt were Women and Children. They 〈◊〉 Dublin the 15th. and bring Advice, That on the •• th 〈◊〉 Order came from the late King, to grant 〈◊〉 • ore Pa •• es. They alſo ſay further, That the Duke of T ••••• nel was at Chappel Izard, but 〈…〉 ill of the Black Jaundies, and of a Shot in his Shoulder, and a Wound in his Hand, that the Phy •• ic • ans had given him over, as paſt Recovery. Th •• Mr. • itz-James is dead, and many of the Souldiers die daily (they fear of the Plague) in the Camp; for that having no Salt, they are forced to hang what Fleſh they kill, on the Trees to dry, which hath bred many Diſtempers amongſt them. On Monday the 13th. another Reinforcement march'd from Dublin towards the Camp before Derry, with two Cannon, a very large Morter-Piece, and • ome large Bombs. The Mortar piece 〈◊〉 drawn by ſixteen good Horſes; but • as they 〈◊〉 drawing it up C • rk-hill, the Chains broke, and the Piece roul'd back again to the bottom, which made one of the Officers Major Barker, ſwear a bloody Oath he believed they were bewitched, and to curſe a Protſtant Gentleman that ſtood near, with the appellation of a Heretick Witch, &c.

Some of theſe Paſſengers ſay, that the late King has lately loſt many Men before Derry, and that they ſaw at Dublin four Velvet Coffins, wherein were the Bodies of four Great Perſons that were ſlain before that Town, and which were privately Interred at Midnight.

Several Highlanders have attended the late King for Commiſſions, which they have obtained, and have promiſed him great things, as he has done to them, if Fortune favour them with Succeſs.

On Thurſday the 16th. Major-General Kirk, with three brave Regiments, Embarqued • at • iver-pool for London-Derry, having on Board him many Engineers and Gunners, with great ſtore of Ammunition, Arms, Morters, Bombs, and a great quantity of Wheat Barrels of Beef, &c.

On Friday they ſet Sail, but the Wind did not prove ſo fait as was hoped; but they are ſtill at S • a, or elſe at Denry ere this; for that they reſolved to ſail down the River in ſpight of all that could be done by the Fort of Kilmore, which they doubted not to beat about the Ears of the Iriſh, if they durſt ſtay within it to make any Reſiſtance.

After theſe Perſons had left Dublin, Advice was brought to the late King, that 6000 Foot of the Garriſon of London-Derry, and about 100 Horſe, in two Troops, had made a Sally at Midnight upon his Camp, kill'd, wounded, and taken ſome thouſands, and thereby had raiſed the Siege, and thereby had made themſelves Maſters again of Kilmore. Of which we expect the Confirmation every ho • r. And indeed there may be good •• aſon to believe it, for the laſt Letters from Scotland of the 17th. inſtant, do ſay, that their Advices from Ireland give Account, that London-Derry and Inniskilling hold out bravely; that the latter within theſe few days had made a great and vigorous Sally, in which they killed a great number of the Enemy, and made a ſa • e Retreat into the City.

By a Veſſel come into Briſtol on Monday the 20th. inſtant, in four days from the Iſle of Man, the Maſter whereof ſays, he there left divers of the Proteſtants newly arrived from Ireland, who do affirm, that the Iriſh Army, having received a Reinforcement, made a General Aſſault upon London-Derry laſt Sabbath-day was fortnight, with great fury; that the Beſieged made a moſt gallant Defence, and with that Succeſs, that they beat them above a Mile beyond their Camp, and kill'd ſome thouſands, of which are many Perſons of Quality, particulary Major-General Ramſey, and Cap. Cuſſack, (the Duke of Berwick not yet heard of) they had in their Camp 13 Coaches, which they fill'd, and drew off with the dead Bodies of Perſons of Quality and Officers And ſo obſtinate and bloudy was the Fight, and their Loſs ſo great, that they were forced to raiſe the Siege, and are retreated above 40 miles, to a place called Lamlog Liſ • neg a • ncy, They have ſince in the County of Do • n, and other places, moſt barbarouſly murthered many Engliſh, and give out, they daily expect Recruits, and will be Maſters of London-Derry o • hazard the whole Army. The Ship-maſter afore-mentioned likewiſe ſays thoſe he ſaw at the Iſle of Man of the Proteſtants from Ireland, eſcaped with their Lives only, having uſed them barbarouſly.

Another Perſon who came Wedneſday 〈◊〉 from Dublin, confirms the Fight to have been very bloudy, as then related; and that the Proteſtants have regained Kilmore. So that it's believed the three Regiments of Major-General Kirk, Sir W. Hanmore, and Col. Stewart, with the reſt of their Squadron, are all got ſafe into London-Derry without any Oppoſition, and have had a joyful meeting with thoſe brave Souls who have ſtood in the Gap to ſave a Nation.

A Veſſel is alſo come into the Weſt from the Town of Lymerick, the Maſter ſays, That the Iriſh are extreamly unwilling to meet the Proteſtants in Battel, eſpecially the Engliſh Army, of whom they are ſo afraid, that in Lymerick it ſelf there are but 4 or 5 Companies of raw. undiſciplin'd Men, not half Armed, who take all Opportunities to run away they can. And it's thought one Man of War, with 〈◊〉 or 300 Men, might ſoon be Maſters of the place: And that the like might be done at Galloway, and bring off that gallant Gentleman, Sir Thomas Southwell, and about 140 more of his followers, now under Condemnation there, for no other Crime, than their own Defence, and being Proteſtants, which is now Crime enough to ballance all the Services and Loyalty Fleſh and Blood can be capable of; an eminent inſtance of which is not many days Old.

Col. Ruſſel of Ireland, who was Governour of Galloway, and commanded the beſt Regiment of Horſe in that Kingdom, ſince the late King's arrival in that Kingdom, was turned out of his Government firſt, and ſoon after from his Command as Colonel; and in the height of his diſſatisfaction, humbly waired on the late King, and laid before him his con •• ant. Services to his Father, his Brother, and himſelf; and what an Affliction it was to him to have now his Loyalty queſtioned, &c. The late King told him, He muſt needs confeſs and own all he had ſaid 〈…〉 But it was alſo as true, that he was now • nde • Circumſtances that would not permit him to truſt a •• Man ••• tf his Profeſſion, viz. A Proteſtant of the Church of England.