I cannot describe the feelings of my soul, when news came in that the rebels had retreated, that the King's army were coming into town, and that the English colours were hoisted at the quay.-I cannot paint the transports of the people that were liberated, those delightful scenes which I now witnessed, women coming into the prison, embracing their husbands, fathers, brothers, friends, and all weeping together for joy. It could not but affect me-it appeared to be a time so solemn, so sacred, and acceptable in the sight of the Lord.

At about five in the evening the army came in, opened our prison doors, and set us free. Now we tasted the sweets of freedom, and we gave them a hearty cheer; I then went to the house of Mr. William Gurley, where a few of the most serious in town assembled, and sung―

I'll praise my Maker while I've breath,
And when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers;
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and being last,
Or immortality endures.

Happy the man whose hopes rely

On Israel's God; he made the sky,

And earth, and seas, with all their train :

His truth for ever stands secure,

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He saves th' oppress'd, he feeds the poor,

And none shall find his promise vain.

The Lord pours eye-sight on the blind,

The Lord supports the fainting mind,

And sends the lab'ring conscience peace :

He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless,

And grants the pris'ner sweet release.

I'll praise him while he lends me breath,
And when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers:
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, or thought, or being last,
Or immortality endures.

We then kneeled down and returned thanks for our deliverance, and afterwards we went out about the town. I, with two more, by Lord Kingsborough's directions, took up all the arms, guns, swords, pistols, bayonets, and pikes, in the southward of the town; whilst his Lordship sent others to the north, east, and west, to bring in the rest; and the next morning, we got many pikes, the handles of which we broke and burned.

Thus by the blessing of God our deliverance was accomplished on the 21st of June, 1798. On Sunday the 24th, I went to church, and once more offered my prasies in the sanctuary of the Most High; the morning prayers and the psalms were very applicable to the time; the congregation wept much before the Lord our God, in gratitude for their return to his house, from which they had been exiled for three weeks and three days.

Now, O Lord God most holy, O! God most mighty, most gracious 'and merciful Father, let thy divine blessing rest on these nations-let thy word run and be glorified amongst us, and make us a church and

people whom thou wilt delight to bless. Bless all great men and make them good men; and all poor men, and make them holy. Make us all faithful subjects to our King, and he and us faithful unto thee, and bring good out of this great evil, for Jesus' sake. Amen.

Dublin, 18th July, 1798.

GEORGE TAYLOR.

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