Belfast
,
June
16.
The
General
expecting
the
King's
Landing
,
came
hither
on
Friday
in
the
Afternoon
,
and
sent
out
Men
to
all
the
adjacent
Coasts
to
watch
;
and
at
9
that
Night
the
Post-Boy
of
Donnoghodee
coming
with
the
Pacquet
,
brought
advice
the
King
had
passed
by
that
place
towards
this
.
On
Saturday
,
about
Three
in
the
Afternoon
,
the
General
received
advice
his
Majesty
was
come
into
the
Lough
;
and
thereupon
,
in
his
Coach
and
Sett
of
small
black
Barbary
Horses
,
posted
away
to
meet
the
King
at
Carrigfergus
,
and
immediately
mounted
and
rode
on
Horseback
through
the
main
street
of
the
Town
,
where
the
almost
numberless
crowds
of
People
bid
his
Majesty
welcom
with
continued
Shouts
and
Acclamations
,
at
the
White
House
,
three
miles
hence
,
half
way
betwixt
this
and
Carrigfergus
.
The
General
met
the
King
at
Four
of
the
Clock
,
who
was
pleased
for
to
a
light
,
and
go
into
his
Coach
,
attended
only
with
one
Troop
of
Horse
,
and
a
few
Gentlemen
,
and
immediately
drove
over
the
Strand
hither
.
The
uncertainty
of
the
time
and
place
of
his
Majesties
Landing
,
and
the
suddenness
of
the
News
was
such
,
that
few
of
the
multitude
that
flocked
hither
to
see
it
had
their
ends
,
the
General's
motion
was
so
quick
;
yet
before
they
got
into
the
Town
there
were
abundance
who
met
them
▪
and
coming
to
the
North
Gate
,
He
was
received
by
the
Sovereign
and
Burgesses
of
this
place
in
their
Formalities
,
a
Guard
of
the
Foot
Guards
,
and
a
general
continued
Shout
and
Shouts
of
,
God
save
the
King
,
God
bless
our
Protestant
King
,
God
bless
King
William
.
Being
come
to
the
Castle
,
his
Majesty
alighted
,
and
with
the
General
walked
into
and
round
a
very
fine
Garden
at
the
back
side
thereof
.
Then
his
Majesty
went
into
an
Apartment
appointed
for
him
,
and
immediately
issued
out
Orders
for
bringing
ashore
200000
l.
which
came
with
him
into
the
Lough
,
and
15
Tuns
of
Half-pence
and
Farthings
in
Tin
,
and
that
an
Account
be
forthwith
sent
to
the
Agents
of
all
Regiments
to
bring
in
their
Accounts
within
3
Days
,
in
order
to
receive
their
Mens
Pay
,
&c.
In
order
to
which
,
his
Majesty
presently
fell
upon
Measures
how
to
clear
all
Quarters
,
and
discharge
the
Country
,
and
Ordered
the
Train
to
be
ready
to
March
in
a
Week
.
As
the
King
was
coming
over
the
Strand
another
Coach
of
the
Generals
met
him
,
which
his
Grace
called
to
out
of
the
former
,
and
Ordered
streight
forward
to
the
White-House
,
to
receive
into
it
such
persons
of
Quality
as
they
should
find
first
Landing
.
Not
far
from
the
said
North-gate
his
Majesty
was
met
by
Dr.
George
Walker
,
late
Governor
of
London-Derry
,
and
about
Twelve
of
the
Episcopal
Clergy
,
who
followed
the
Coach
to
the
Castle
,
and
when
his
Majesty
alighted
Addressed
him
in
a
Congratulatory
Speech
on
his
Arrival
.
At
Night
the
Streets
were
filled
with
Bonfires
,
and
Fire-Works
,
which
were
no
sooner
lighted
,
but
the
Alarm
Signal
was
given
by
discharge
of
Guns
,
so
planted
,
that
from
one
place
unto
another
,
thro'
out
the
whole
Country
in
our
hands
,
in
a
few
Minutes
,
all
places
had
notice
of
the
King's
Arrival
,
and
in
3
Hours
made
Bonsires
so
thick
,
that
the
whole
Country
seemed
in
a
Flame
,
So
that
the
Enemy
could
not
but
see
and
conjecture
the
Cause
to
their
Eternal
Grief
.
At
Lisburne
,
one
George
Gregson
,
the
most
eminent
Preaching
Quaker
in
the
Province
of
Ulster
,
not
making
a
Bonfire
,
the
Soldiers
broke
all
his
Windows
,
pull'd
down
the
Pales
round
his
House
,
forc'd
his
Wheel-barrows
,
Shovels
,
Pick-Ax's
,
Tubs
,
Pitch
and
Tar-Barrels
,
out
of
his
backside
and
Piled
them
up
before
his
own
Door
in
a
stately
Bonfire
,
and
had
not
his
House
been
Lieutenant
General
Douglass
his
Quarters
,
it
had
been
impossible
to
save
it
from
pulling
down
,
though
a
Guard
was
upon
it
,
so
Angry
were
the
People
.
Lieutenant
General
Douglass
is
expected
here
this
Day
;
and
this
Morning
are
a
great
number
of
Presbyterian
Ministers
come
in
to
wait
on
his
Majesty
with
an
Address
.
And
one
Captain
William
Cormock
,
(
Brother
in
Law
to
Mr.
Ezekiel
Webb
,
the
Reverend
Minister
of
Inniskilling
,
)
who
was
the
first
that
took
up
Arms
and
Proclaimed
their
Majesties
at
Inniskilling
,
and
under
God
the
chief
Instrument
of
saving
that
place
,
is
come
hither
likewise
with
a
Petition
,
(
and
very
Ample
Certificates
in
his
favour
,
)
to
the
King
,
setting
forth
,
That
notwithstanding
his
past
good
Services
,
and
extraordinary
Sufferings
,
by
raising
and
long
maintaining
there
2
Companies
at
his
own
Charge
,
heading
the
first
until
his
only
Son
was
cut
off
,
and
himself
taken
Prisoner
by
the
Enemy
,
he
was
broke
and
bereaved
of
his
Command
,
for
(
as
he
knows
,
)
no
other
Cause
,
than
timely
forewarning
some
General
Officers
,
that
Major
General
Maccarty
intended
to
escape
(
as
he
afterwards
did
from
Inniskilling
,
)
and
prayed
his
Majesty
to
be
restored
to
the
Company
he
raised
,
or
to
have
the
benefit
of
a
Tryal
at
a
General
Court
Martial
,
to
convince
the
World
he
hath
not
been
guilty
of
〈◇〉
Crime
,
but
is
ruined
only
for
his
Innocency
and
Justice
,
and
Espousing
his
Majesties
Interest
.
As
there
was
but
few
Men
met
his
Majesty
just
at
his
Landing
,
so
there
was
but
one
Woman
,
viz.
Capt
.
Weston's
Widow
,
who
last
year
raised
a
Company
of
Foot
in
London
,
and
with
the
same
lost
her
Husband
at
Dundalke
last
Winter
.
The
Lough
betwixt
this
and
Carrigfergus
,
two
Leagues
long
,
seems
like
a
Wood
,
there
being
in
it
no
less
than
6
or
700
Sail
of
Ships
most
loaden
with
Provision
and
Ammunition
,
so
that
now
we
fear
no
more
Dundalke
wants
;
the
plenty
and
order
of
all
things
here
,
is
most
wonderful
,
and
not
credible
to
any
but
those
that
see
it
,
I
cannot
think
the
German
War
ever
had
the
like
,
and
yet
all
Goods
hold
a
good
Rate
,
Beer
13
or
14
l.
the
Tun
,
Claret
and
Whitewine
15
l.
the
Hogshead
,
Canary
and
Sherries
10
s
.
a
Gallon
,
Malaga
,
and
right
good
Brandy
8
s
.
a
Gallon
,
Wheat
25
s
.
the
Bristol
Barrel
,
Mault
17
s
.
a
Barrel
,
Flower
15
s
.
the
Stone
,
Cheese
35
s
.
the
Hundred
,
Salt
12
d
.
the
Gallon
,
and
so
proportionable
for
all
other
Goods
for
Back
and
Belly
.
The
Inhabitants
are
preparing
(
at
Lisburne
)
an
Address
to
present
the
King
.
Lisburne
,
June
19.
His
Majesty
hath
continued
at
Belfast
until
this
day
at
Noon
,
when
he
came
thence
hither
,
and
dines
with
the
General
,
and
this
Night
goes
for
H●lsbrough
,
where
he
resolves
to
continue
until
he
goes
to
the
Camp
,
which
is
now
forming
near
Tanderagee
,
about
20
Miles
South
from
hence
,
on
the
very
Frontiers
between
Ardmagh
and
the
Newry
,
and
all
the
Army
have
Orders
forthwith
to
repair
thither
.
Some
part
of
the
Train
at
Belfast
is
shipt
to
go
about
by
Sea
,
as
't
is
thought
,
to
meet
the
rest
at
Dundalke
;
the
other
part
of
it
hath
Orders
,
as
this
day
,
and
to
morrow
,
to
march
this
way
towards
the
Camp
,
and
that
part
that
's
at
Hilsbrough
,
is
also
to
march
forthwith
.
The
Regiments
of
the
Earl
of
Meath
,
and
Lieutenant
Colonel
Douglass
,
are
this
Night
to
march
hence
to
the
Camp
.
Lieutenant
General
Douglass
is
here
,
as
also
Prince
George
,
Earl
of
Oxford
,
and
abundance
of
other
Nobility
and
Gentry
.
This
Day
are
Landed
at
the
White-House
2500
Horse
from
Scotland
,
and
this
Day
Marched
through
this
place
for
the
Camp
Three
White
Dutch
Regiments
of
Horse
;
all
our
Army
are
in
a
wonderful
good
order
,
and
furnished
with
new
Tents
,
and
new
Arms
,
as
well
as
new
Cloaths
.
The
great
number
of
Coaches
,
Waggons
,
Baggage-Horses
,
and
the
like
,
is
almost
Incredible
,
to
be
supplyed
from
England
,
or
any
one
the
biggest
Nation
in
Europe
,
I
cannot
think
any
Army
in
Christendom
hath
the
like
.
None
but
they
that
see
it
can
belive
it
,
or
that
it
could
be
possible
for
all
the
Men
besides
,
(
if
joined
in
one
Body
▪
)
should
stand
before
them
.
Last
Week
a
Sculking
Party
of
the
Irish
of
about
20
,
betwixt
Monaghan
and
Clownish
,
surprized
Six
of
our
Men
Travelling
with
Swords
only
,
whom
they
a
while
kept
Prisoners
,
but
at
last
offered
them
Liberty
for
Monie
;
whereupon
our
Men
desir'd
leave
to
Advise
together
about
procuring
their
Demands
;
which
while
they
were
doing
,
the
Irish
laid
down
and
quitted
their
Arms
at
a
small
distance
to
smoak
Tobacco
,
and
take
Sneezing
,
which
our
Men
perceiving
,
got
to
their
Arms
,
killed
two
on
the
spot
,
wounded
and
took
several
of
them
Prisoners
,
and
returned
to
their
Quarters
.