y into the Cause of the Miscarriages in Ireland.....
King William irritated against the Whigs..... Plot against
the Government by Sir James Montgomery discovered by Bishop
Burnet..... Warm Debates in Parliament about the Corporation
Bills..... The King resolves to finish the Irish War in
Person ..... General Ludlow arrives in England, but is
obliged to withdraw..... Efforts of the Jacobites in
Scotland..... The Court Interest triumphs over all
Opposition in that Country..... The Tory Interest prevails
in the New Parliament of England..... Bill for recognising
their Majesties..... Another violent Contest about the Bill
of Abjuration..... King William lands in Ireland..... King
James marches to the Boyne..... William resolves to give him
battle..... Battle of the Boyne..... Death and Character of
Schomberg..... James embarks for France..... William enters
Dublin and publishes his Declaration..... The French obtain
a Victory over the English and Dutch Fleets off Beachy-
head..... Torrington committed Prisoner to the Tower.....
Progress of William in Ireland..... He Invests Limerick; but
is obliged to raise the Siege, and returns to England.....
Cork and Kinsale reduced by the Earl of Marlborough .....
Lausun and the French Forces quit Ireland..... The Duke of
Savoy joins the Confederacy..... Prince Waldeck defeated at
Fleurus..... The Archduke Joseph elected King of the
Romans..... Death of the Duke of Lorrain..... Progress of
the War against the Turks..... Meeting of the
Parliament..... The Commons comply with all the King's
Demands..... Petition of the Tories in the City of
London..... Attempt against the Marquis of Caermarthen.....
The King's Voyage to Holland..... He assists at a
Congress..... Returns to England._
{WILLIAM AND MARY, 1688--1701.}
SCHOMBERG LANDS WITH AN ARMY.
Though the affairs of Ireland were extremely pressing, and the
protestants of that country had made repeated application for relief,
the succours were retarded either by disputes among the ministers, or
the neglect of those who had the management of the expedition, in such
a manner that king James had been six months in Ireland before the army
was embarked for that kingdom. At length eighteen regiments of infantry,
and five of dragoons, being raised for that service, a train of
artiller
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