NOtwithſtanding the many falſe Rumours and Inſinuations which have of late been ſpread abroad by the Popiſh Party, to the diſadvantage of the Proteſtant Intereſt in general, but more eſpecially of that ſmall Remainder thereof in London-Derry and Enniskilling; we have now at laſt ſuch undeniable Circumſtances and Proofs of Colonel Kirk's being arrived, as will convince the hardeſt Believers. And becauſe the Curious have much enquir'd into the reaſon of Colonel Kirk's being ſo long retain'd on his Voyage, it may not be unſatisfactory to give a particular Account thereof from the beginning, which take as follows:

Colonel Kirk having for ſome time had all things in a readineſs to ſail the firſt fair Wind; at laſt the Wind came up at N. N. E. a fair Gail on the 31ſt of May, and he ſet ſail with the three Regiments under his Command, from Leverpool, with three Men of War and twenty four Sail of Merchant-Men, on which the Forces and all the Proviſions and Ammunition were embarqued. But the next Morning, being Saturday the 1ſt of June, the Wind changing, he was forc'd to put into Ramſey-Bay, in the Iſle of Man, where by contrary Winds he was detained till the 5th; in that time ſeveral of the Iriſh Gentlemen who had fled hither, offering themſelves as Volunteers, were accordingly ſhip'd aboard.

On the 5th, being Wedneſday, the Wind coming up fair, they ſet ſail, and the Wind holding good but twenty four Hours, they were reſolved to beat it out at Sea as well as they could: ſo that on the Saturday, being the 8th, they got into Red-Bay in the Iſland of Rathlin, a ſmall Iſland about two leagues from the Continent, and ſix Leagues from the Mouth of Lough Toyle: from thence Colonel Kirk ſent in a ſmall Yatcht to get Advice, who coming up to Culmore Fort, ſaw the Greyhound Frigat, who for want of a good Pilot, was left on the Sand by the Tide, ſo that ſhe lay expoſed to the Cannon of the Caſtle, which plaid upon her, though ſhe were not idle on her part to return their Salutes. But they having lodged themſelves there till the next. Tide, told the Yatcht what great Dofficulties there were in the Paſſage, as Bombs and ſunk Boats: Whereas we are certainly informed, that the River is as broad a • that place as our River of Thames between Lambeth and Weſ • minſter, beſides forty two • oot Water when the Tide was in; ſo that 'twas impoſſible to choak up the River; and this Story was rather to excuſe their own Neglect, than otherwiſe.

However, the • a • ch • returned to Col. Kirk with this News, where upon, on the 12th, he wrote a Letter to D— S—, giving an Account where he was, and how he would break through all the Difficulties, if it were poſſible. So on the 13th at night he ſet ſail from that Bay, and on the Morrow, being Friday the 14th, he ſailed into Lough Toyle, and ſo away towards the Fort. For farther confirmation of this, there is one now come to Town, who left Dublin on Sunday the 16th of this inſtand, who aſſirms. That the morning he came away, an Expreſs was brought, that they ſaw on the 14th, a Fleet ſail into the Lough. Likewiſe we have Advice from Glaſgow, in Scotland, of the 16th, from Sir William Gore, a Man of great Reputation, who ſays, That the Day before, being the 15th, there came a Yatcht from Colonel Kirk, who left him the 14th in the Lough, going up the River, for this Yatcht called at a place called Green-Caſtle in the ſaid Lough, and came to Greenthe twenty Miles from Glaſgow. He alſo adds, That two Men came thither that Morning, leaving London-Derry the 14th, and do depoſe, That that Day the Town's People, having Advice of a deſign the Enemy had to Attacque them in three places, did prevent them by a furious Sally on them; where, after a bloudy Engagement, there were about three or four Thouſand of the Enemy left on the ſpot; and amongſt them Lieutenant-Colonel Barker, who was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Foot. The People being encouraged thereto by the approaching Succors which they ſpied from their Towers.

On the 15th alſo, there was ſent from Glaſgow, two Ship laden with Proviſions, for London-Derry, having on board three Thouſand Barrels of Oat-Meal and other Proviſion, under the Convoy of the Gerſey Frigat: on which embarked a Hundred Gentlemen of Ireland as Volunteers, encouraged by the joyful News they had received from thence of Major-General Kirk's being there ſafely arrived at London-Derry, and all things in ſo happy a State.