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 CAULFIELD. 418 lord-lieutenant that his regiment were ready, at a moment's warning, to march and join the king's troops at Cork, and he had then but to send down his orders, and they would have instantly obeyed, and marched to meet the enemy." They would hearken to no declaratory resolutions-it was only requisite to inform his excellency they should be at Cork as soon as any other troops in the king's service, and they entreated he would never again use them so ill as to make a similar application, but answer for them in his own name, and command them any where, at any time. The whole northern army followed this gallant example, and fifteen thousand men declared themselyes ready to march, at a moment's notice, for the south, and place themselves under the command of his majesty's generals, leaving a sufficient force behind for the defence of the northern counties. This promptitude gave the highest pleasure to his lordship, because it enabled him to shew to his excellency the disposition of his countrymen. His excellency, at his lordship's request, ordered camp equi- pages to be furnished to such corps as were unprovided; and it may be fairly presumed, that the same spirit, mani- fested throughout the country, induced the enemy to aban- don his project In such intervals of leisure as his military duties afforded, the peaceful retreat of his elegant villa at Marino, bordering on Dublin bay, or his town residence in Rutland square, afforded the opportunities of literary amusement, and intercourse with his friends in the metropolis. Both structures were simple, but tasteful specimens of archi- tecture, in the Grecian style, and furnished with excellent libraries, and works of statuary and paintings, by the first artists. The parliament at length assembled, and Lord Charle- mont, on the first day of its sessjon, moved the thanks of the house of lords to the volunteers, which passed unani- mously, as did a similar motion on the same day in the house of commons. The viceroy, Lord Carlisle, most strongly recommended to the English cabinet, a dereliction