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way to the Castle through the crowds which hung on them, C ^ P-blessing God that dear old England had not quite forgotten the 168 9.Englishmen who upheld her cause against great odds in theheart of Ireland.

Wolseley seems to have been in every respect well qualifiedfor his post. He was a stanch Protestant, had distinguishedhimself among the Yorksliiremen who rose up for the Prince ofOrange and a free Parliament, and had, if he is not belied,proved his zeal for liberty and pure religion, by causing theMayor of Scarborough, who had made a speech in favour ofKing James, to be brought into the market place and welltossed there in a blanket.* This vehement hatred of Poperywas, in the estimation of the men of Enniskillen, the first of allqualifications for command: and Wolseley had other and moreimportant qualifications. Though himself regularly bred to war,he seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the management ofirregular troops. He had scarcely taken on himself the chiefcommand when he received notice that Mountcashel had laidsiege to the Castle of Crum. Crum was the frontier garrison ofthe Protestants of Fermanagh. The ruins of the old fortifica-tions are now among the attractions of a beautiful pleasure-ground, situated on a woody promontory which overlooksLough Erne. Wolseley determined to raise the siege. He sentBerry forward with such troops as could be instantly put inmotion, and promised to follow speedily with a larger force.

Berry, after marching some miles, encountered thirteen Battle ofcompanies of Macarthy’s dragoons commanded by Anthony, the Butler! 1most brilliant and accomplished of all who bore the name ofHamilton, but much less successful as a soldier than as a cour-tier, a lover, and a writer. Hamilton’s dragoons ran at thefirst fire: he was severely wounded; and his second in com-mand was shot dead. Macarthy soon came up to support Ha-'* Bernardi’s Life of Himself, 1737.

Macaulay, History. IV.

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