SIR , IT was my good fortune on Wednesday last to meet with Mr. Geo. Walker the Famous & Fortunate Governour of Londonderry , and others of his company in their way from Edenbourgh to Chester ; from whence the said Governor goes in the Stage Coach for London , where probably you will meet him soon after the arrival of this Letter : He has been highly Complemented and Caressed by all sorts of People on the Road , and his company is very Acceptable to all who are well wishers to the Protestant interest , and I having had the Honour of a former Acquaintance with him , took the Liberty to Enquire perticularly of him and his Company concerning the present Posture of Affairs in Ireland , especially Londonderry . I understand from them , that although the Siege was carried on with all possibe Vigour , and that the continual throwing in of Bombs into the City , which were reckon'd to be about Six hundered , and thereby some houses Demolish'd , and most of them Defac'd ; yet the Walls have receiv'd no great Damage , their great Guns having made no considerable Impression . And that tho the Besieged were Reduc'd to the greatest Extremity ; Yet their diet was not so extreamly Bad ( as has been reported ) and for an Instance take this account : That when Coll. Stewart came from the Island of Inch to visit them , he was treated at Dinner with a fat Turkey , a dish of Chickens and a dish of green Peas , and that he in requital for their civility sent them from the Island a Present of 30 milch Cows , & it is worth the observation that Coll. Michelburn could find a way to preserve two Excellent Horses in a Seller under Ground , which he presented to Major General Kirk : Upon my farther enquiry , I find , that several of the most antient Persons in Londonderry have survived the miseries of War and Famine , as Mr. John Mogridge , Alderman Jervice Esq Mr. Robert Shennan and others ; when on the other side some of the younger and more likely Persons are Dead , as Mr. Whittle Minister of Ballyhazzy , Mr. Wadmorth Minister of Erigil , Dr. Allexander Lindsey , Mr. William Church and his Son , and many others too tedious to be Recited in this Letter ; I understand likewise that all the Iron Mills in that Country are Destroy'd : That all the Towns and Gentlemens Houses in the Counties of Londonderry , Donnegal and Tyrone are burnt to the Ground except the City of Londonderry , The Towns of Strabone , Colrain , Dungannan and Magharfels , which last was preserv'd by the kindness of some Irish man whose name I do not yet know , he having no mind to be discover'd ; I understand that Capt. Richard Crofton , Mr. Hugh Hammell , Mr. Monroe , Left. Michelburn and Capt. Robert White ( a Gentlman who in meer Gallentry left his Estate in England , and put himself into Londonderry ) are all made Colloners of Foot , Mr. Allexander Stewart is a Major , James Manglin of Mayla . Pridge , and John Wright , of Mory More , are Captains ; Robert Gregory and his Brother , Richard Hammon and his two Brothers are Officers , and all Establish'd under the Kings pay by Major General Kirk , who as we are enformed by some Persons on board the victualing Ships return'd from Londonderry was then in Colrain , which the Rebels Deserted upon the news of his Approach , and so also did the Rebels at Sligo upon the approach of the Iniskilling Forces , leaving Fourteen pieces of Canon behind them ; It is likewise confirm'd beyond all doubt and question , That at the engagment of the Iniskilling men with the Irish Forces , there were about three Thousand of the Enemy Kill'd and Drowned , that Major-General Macarty being shot through the Arm and the Thigh , was taken Prisoner at Wattlibridge , and Sixty Officers with him : They tell me , That the Country about Derry , though much Wasted and Uninhabited , is yet Clear and Freed from the Irish ; That the Market in London Derry , being to be Supply'd with good Store of fresh Provisions ; That there is an Appearance of a very plentiful Harvest ; but much of it will be Lost and Spoyled , for want of Labourers to Reap and Save it . Major General Kirk has sent Three Ships into Scotland , to bring home the Scatter'd and Distressed People who fled thither for Refuge : I wish the like Course were taken hereabout , that so Multitudes of poor People might be Convey'd back , who are not able to pay for their Fraught . I spoke with the Master of a Ship lately come from Londonderry , who tells me That as he Sail'd hither being near the Coast of Ireland , he saw Five or Six of the English Frigats Playing upon Carrickfergus , and they off the Castle at them ; part of the Fleet which attended Duke Schomberg into Ireland , returned hither on Monday last , who reports , That they left him with his Army in Bellfast , in which Place a certain Priest with two others of his Crew were so Hardy as to Lurk privately to Spye and take a View of our Forces ; who being Discover'd and brought Prisoners before the Duke , he Generously set them at Liberty , desiring them with all Expedition to hasten to their King , and give him an Account , That he was come so far to make him a Visit , and that if it were too much Trouble to him to Travel so far , he would be at the Pains to wait upon him at Dublin . We expect with much Impatience to hear the Issue of this Expedition into Ireland ; ( whether more Horse and Foot are daily Shipping off from these Parts ) the Success whereof , will very much Influence the Restitution of the Protestant Interest there ; and will particularly Redound to the Advantage of you , and of