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A Large and Particular RELATION OF THE Affairs of Ireland. In a LETTER to a Perſon of Honour, from a Gentleman at Cheſter, who came from Dublin, June 26, and arrived here July 1, 1689.

Licenſed and Entred according to Order.

Cheſter, July 1. 1689. SIR,

THIS is to acquaint you that I am ſafely arrived here, having run thro' many hazards and dangers, but being reſolved to attempt the getting away from Dublin, notwithſtanding all Difficulties; in order to inform the Government here of the preſent poſture of Affairs in Ireland, on Tueſday laſt, at ten of the Clock at Night, my ſelf and four more perſons came to the Point of Dawky, an Iſland toward Bray, having order'd a ſmall Wherry and two Boat-men to ſtay our coming under a great Rock; there being a whole Regiment placed along the ſhore between Dublin and Bray; to avoid being ſeen, we went down the great Rock to the Boat; but not ſo privately but the next Watch made towards us, about thirty in number, we made haſte and got into the Boat, they following, called to us, and ſwore they would fire, if we did not come back; notwithſtanding which, we put to Sea, knowing it was no leſs than hanging matter if we return'd; the Souldiers we believe wanted Match, ſo that there was no ſhots made: We landed in Wales near Moſſom; on Thurſday laſt, having but two Boat-men and three Oars, one being loſt getting off from the Rock; My Brother M— was Pilate, but neither he nor any of us had ever been on the Engliſh ſhore before.

I here ſend you the following Relation (in ſhort) how it is with our Friends in poor Ireland. There has of late been a conſtant Correſpondence between ſeveral Perſons of note in Lancaſhire, with the late King, in order to raiſe an Army in England, who made ſeveral Voyages in the Cuſtom-houſe Boat; which I underſtand has been taken lately at Denby, but B—, &c. was not then in her: They are now fitting out ſome other Boats for the ſame purpoſe, and a Yatch; likewiſe a Privateer of 14 Guns and 60 Men; one Bennett is Captain of her; I was on board her, and ſaw how ſhe is provided, and went to drink with Bennett, who ſwore he would take and burn all the Veſſels on the Welſh Coaſt in 14 days; he ſets to Sea this Week. There was a deſign to have had two Camps, one on each ſide of Dublin, in ſight of the Harbour (about a Month ſince,) but at that time Enniskilling ſending forth 400 Horſe, they went up as far as the Counties of Leitrim and Longford, thro' Weſtmeath and part of Meath and Cavan, and brought back from the Iriſh above 6000 head of Cattel; Difarming ſeveral Companies in their way; which made the late King reſolve to bend all his Force againſt that place to reduce it; and accordingly Gen. Roſe march'd to Trim, where he rendevouz'd 8000 Horſe and Foot: But at that time an Expreſs being brought to the late King, and French Embaſſadour, (who lives in Sir John Davys Houſe,) That Collnel Kirk had Sail'd to the Relief of Derry; and that Derry had made a vigorous Sally, and killed many of their Men, General Roſe and his Army were forthwith order'd againſt Derry, with the whole Flower of the Army, and to leave Enniskilling until Derry were taken, which they were daily in expectation of; for the late K. ſaid on Munday laſt, The Garriſon did at that time live on Horſe-fleſh, and were in a ſtarving Condition; but ſtill continue to make brave Sallies; and as the Iriſh own, have killed near 3000 in two late Sallies. There is but two Regiments in Dublin, and very few Forces in Munſter, and Leinſter; all are in the North, about Belfast, Carrick-Fergus, Lisburn, Antrim, and Colrain, the latter whereof they are fortifying, and erecting in it great Stores of Proviſions, &c. to ſupply the Army. Enniskilling has taken ſeveral parcels of their Proviſions and Ammunition, going to Derry, and have defeated many Parties of the Iriſh. Coll. Kirk had not gotten into Derry when I came away; but they expected daily to hear he had attempted it.—It is believ'd that no leſs then 10000 have been kill'd before Derry. And Will. Dopping. Brother to James Dopping the Attorney, has exceedingly contributed to the preſervation of that Place, in his careful and wary diſtribution of the Proviſions, &c. being Clerk of the Stores: He is extreamly rated at by the Iriſh, and admired by the Garriſon: The late K. ſent his Wife and Children to him, with a Pardon, and great Promiſes; but he rejected all, and ſent her back again.

The King refuſes to let Mr. Price come away, until Nugent be firſt ſent over, and 10000 l. which he ſaith Mr. Price owes him. Money is very ſcarce there, for the French Ambaſſador will not part with any Money, until the Iriſh Army be landed in Scotland, or England, thinking to get many Friends by their punctual Payment there. At preſent they have coined Copper Money, which paſſes for 6 d. tho' not worth half a Farthing, and doth oblige the People to take them, but will take none of it in his Revenue; which is one way to get all the Money in the Country into their own hands. They deſign likewiſe to make half Crowns and Crown pieces of the ſame ſort. The Parliament go on, and the Royal Aſſent is given to the following Acts, viz.

1. Twenty Thouſand Pound per Month, for 13 Months, to the King. 2. Repealing the Act of Settlement, and Reſtoring old Proprietors. 3. Liberty of Conſcience. 4. Taking off Penal Laws and Oaths. 5. Taking off all Writs of Error, and Appeals to England. 6. Taking off Valuation Money, and other Rights from the Clergy. 7. Repealing the Act of the 23 Octob. 8. No benefit of Clergy for Two Years. 9. All Patents for Offices void. 10. Ireland to be independant of England.

They have ſeized on all Proteſtants Goods, and Eſtates, that are come away; and are daily doing the like to them that ſtay, under colour of Plots, or ſome Deſign or other. I hope in God they will haſten Forces to relieve thoſe People which have ſuffer'd ſo much.

Tyrconnel ſtill keeps at Chappel-Lizard, being out of favour. The Proteſtant Lords have entred their Proteſt againſt the Parliament Proceedings; and among the reſt the young Lord of Hoath is very brisk.

I have ſince my Arrival met with ſome of our Iriſh Gentlemen, that are ſaid in Ireland, to be managers againſt their K. and Country, having the Honour to be much talked of there, and yet are wanting Employment here, which is ill luck on both hands. They have ſeized on all, &c.

I am, SIR, Your humble Servant, J.M.
Advertiſement.

THE Hiſtory of the late Revolution in England With the Cauſes and Means by which it was Accompliſhed. Together with the Settlement there of under their moſt Serene Majeſties King William and Queen Mary, by the Lords and Commons Aſſembled in this preſent Parliament. Printed for Tho. Salisbury at the Sign of the Temple near Temple-bar in Fleetſtreet. 1689.

London: Printed for Randal Taylor near Stationers-Hall. 1689.