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ous Expedition,, the Earl of Marlboroughperformed., in as litdeTime as, consider-ing the Season of the Year, the Voyageitself required: But to return to ourFleet.

Cork being surrendered, the Kinggave Orders that the Admiral should re-turn to the Downs, with the Fleet; leav-ing behind them such Ships only as wereneedful, Accordingly, they appointedseven Third-Rates, one Fifth-Rate, oneSixth-Rate, the Owner’s Love-Fircihip,and a Tender to each, to be under theCommand of the Duke of Graft on, whowas then in a Ship called by his ownTitle. With the Rest of theFleet, theyarrived in the Downs, the eighth ofOBober, bringing with them, at theDesire of the Earl of Marlborough, Co-lonel Macullicot, who was the Gover-nors of Cork, the Earls of Tyrone andClancarty, Lord Carr, Col. Owen Ma-cartney, Lieut. Col. Rycaut, Major Ma-cartny, and Captain Mujfy, Prisoners ofWar. Having disposed of Part of theFleet, according to Orders received fromthe Lords of the Admiralty, by send-ing some to the iVW,with Sir Ralph De-

laval, and others to Portsmouth and 1690.Plymouth, the Rest were left with SirCloudejly Shovel in the Downs.

The Duke of Grafton being, as l TheDuket)fhave laid above, unfortunately wound-Qrafton kit-ed at Cork,with a Musket-Ball from th elect.

Walls, when he was shewing his want-ed Bravery and Zeal, by encouragingthe Men on Shoar, died of his Wound,after having languished some Days. Byhis Death, the chief Command fell toCaptain Matthew Tenant ; But he beingblown up in the Breda, in CorF-Har-bour, the Conduct: of the Squadron re-gularly fell to Captain John Crofts ofthe Charles Gaily : As soon as the Ser-vice at Limerick was done, and they hadtaken on board the General, with theSoldiers, Mariners, and Prisoners, theyleft Ireland, and arrived in the Downs ,the seven and twentieth of Ottober. The Earl ofTheEarl of Marlborough came, the next Marlbo-Day, to Renfngton, where he was fa- Jsf r<? ‘vourably received by His Majesty, w hohad a high Esteem of his Courage and n ff- ,Conduct, and was heard to fay, That he Jeived? ^knew no Man so fit for a General , whohad Jeensofew Campaigns. (<?)

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A Relation of Sir Cloudefly Shovel’r Proceedings on the Coaft of Ireland, witha Squadron under his Command, with some other Transactions, towards the Con-clusion of the Tear, 1690. (#)

HE Expedition with that Part der Sir Cloudejly Shovel, who had beenof the Fleet, which was com- cruising in the Soundings, and on themanded by the three joint Ad- Coast of Ireland, from the Month ofmi rals, being at an End, as has December to July ; and having convoy'’dbeen related, in the foregoing Chapter, His Majesty from Highlake, was deserv-it will be proper for me now to say edly honoured with a Commistion, ap-something concerning the Squadron un- pointing him Rear Admiral of the Blue.

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r e \ How His Lordship came a Year after tolay down his Employments is still a Secret ; Butit is certain, that King William was at a greatLoss to fill up his Vacancy; And that he everretained an Esteem for the Earl’s Political andMilitary Abilities, which His Majesty sufficientlyexpressed, as soon as Time and better Informationhad dissipated the Prejudices, which had beenwhispered him against that Beer.

I RE l 4 ND seemed now to be reduced to theObedience of King William , and therefore at theBeginning of December , His Majesty establisheda Privy Council in that Kingdom, and appointedJudges' in the several Courts of Justice: BeforeI leave this Kingdom, I must, however, takeNotice, that upon the News ot the English Fleetfailing towards that Kingdom, Count Lauzun,fearing that he should be besieged at Galloway,went off from thence with the Duke of Tyrcon-nel, Monsieur EoiJJelctu, and the miserable Re-

mains of his French Troops, leaving the generalCommand of the Irijh Forces to the Duke of Ber-wick, who afterwards gave it to Mr. St. Ruth.

(1 a ) As Sir Cloudestey Shovel's Expedition,which Hist. of K.will be the chief Subject of this Chapter, will car. William,ry us to the End of the Year 1690. I choose ra- Burchett,ther to place here, what I have farther to say oftheTransactions of this Year. We left the King,on the tenth oi September, just returned from/r e-land-, Two Days afterwards, the Parliament wasprorogued by Commission, ’till the second of Odo-ber. During this Interval, His Majesty receivedthe solemn Congratulations of the Nobility, Cler-gy, City of London, East-India- Company, and se-veral other Corporations, upon His glorious Cam-paign in Ireland. Upon the Meeting of the Par-liament, Both Houses, to shew the Height oftheir Satisfaction, under Their Majesties happyGovernment, and Their Gratitude for the par-ticular