June 18.-This morning was killd a lusty old soldier of ours Henry Hoare upon ye bridg platforme, the shipping kept neere together a litle lower and lay still all y' day except 20 or 30 great shot yt they spent and some muskets at some routs of stragling rebells yt rambled up and downe ye bushes and ditches to trouble them, but still our comfort ye lesse because we saw them not labour to relieue us, wch we thought they might haue done (in spight of ye enemye) with the pinnace & ye long boate the winde being faire and ye tyde soe high as then it was able to bring them to our castle watergate but how to send to them we knew not nor they to us and we heard yt our messenger yt was ye first night sent was surprised by y' way, the enemye shot hard at us this day but did noe more hurt then what was in the morning.

19. The ships lay still, our enemye plyed ther worke, wound about us still under ground, our danger still increased, an other cracke perceiued in our bullwarke and for supply or helpe in this case, our materials and hands were skant and weake, this afternoone they of ye towne carried over two brasse pieces ye best they then had which they planted yt euening upon Thomond side to beate upon ye shipps where they lay, which ye next morning they did, we heard not aboue 3 shot sent from ye shipps yt day, they beate upon our castle and into it that day not as formerly, but as God would have it hurt none of us.

20. This morning early they began to beate upon ye ships with the aforesaid 2 pieces, and when they thought they made a good shot great was ther joy and shoutes, but surely they shot soe dangerously at the great ship that she was forc'd to slip ther cable and leave a good anchor behinde them which was to ye enemye ye occasion of many a brag.

This was done before 8 in ye morning, which noe sooner ended, but presently an other accident happned of a litle comfort to us for a myne yt had beene sunke middle of y° east curtaine by one Robert Pope which had not been much accounted of, nor the man cherished or assisted in it, as he deserved, yet he carefully followed it on, and this morning it fell just with a myne of the enemyes, and himselfe being diligent in it, was present and discouered the approach, and after calling for helpe which came but thinly to him at first he himselfe first made in to ye enemyes myne, and presently after some others followed, soe that he cleard the myne of thes few that then were in it, pulld downe all ther timber and brought it into the castle, and presently began a new drift to meete with an other myne wch we conceiued to run southward towards our bullwarke all this was done without hurt to any of ours, most part of this day the enemye shot sharply at us from the castle at Thomond bridg and which did much over top us, yet hurt neither man woman or childe, but killd 2 cowes that were in the castle yard but ye ioy of our good speede in the myne lasted us but a litle while, and was but (as is said) a lightning before death, for presently the houses on ye east side of y castle were filled with men, yt we could not fire them as

we attempted, and at euening were cleauing hewing and breaking of wood and sticks which gave cause of feare yt they intended the firing of some other mynes neere or under y bullwarke which was too true as aferwards appeared for.

June 21.-About one of ye clock in ye morning the upper part of y wall of ye bullwarke fell downe almost as low as ye sally port dore, but this was not soe great signe of the fire underneth as yt which followed the same day, this breach caused a generall alarme amongst us, but ye enemy (as God would have it) bet not on, or then scarce perceiued it, but not long after we perceiued y' ther was fire below under y easterne curtaine, by y smell and smoke yt brake out in some cabins yt were built within the castle against ye wall, as alsoe by some smoke yt brake up by ye side of y trench without soe yt then we saw y' we were in imminent danger, the increasing whereof we could not prevent, but must goe on to an impossibility of our subsisting which I suppose was sufficient cause which moued ô Capt to write to ye Generall of ye rebells &c. concerning one point of y' letter formerly written to him, which was what hole tearmes they meant upon which they would haue him to yield up the castle unto them, they answered his letter presently desiring him to come forth to parley and they would send in hostages for his safety, to that he replied yt he might not goe forth of y castle himselfe, but yt he would (if they pleased) send forth two other unto them naming Alderman Lellis an Alderman of ye city and A. J. wch they refused but wrote to ye captaine to propose his demands which not long after was done and set downe in 9 articles which together with a letter from ô Capt was sent unto them, but it was somewhat toward euening and noe answer returned that night and we conjectured and probable it was that they stayed to see the euent of y' fire under our walls which soe continued to ye encreasing of our sorrow yt we feared y falling of a great part of our easterne curtaine before ye next day, and this euening was a brasse ffalcon to be conveyed into one Smith's house for ye battering of our gate.

Euery houre begat us new cause of feares and we doubted to be assaulted before the next morning, which if they had done, such was our case y without speciall providence we had beene undone from thursday June 9 to this tuesday ye 21 were buried 113. soe yt since we were shut up the number was 223.

June 22. This day ther was noe shooting from either side as if ther had beene a formall cessasion. In ye afternoone the BP of Limerick dyed, and in the euening ye enemy sent to our Capt that they would accept of the two aforenam'd to treat with them and accordingly they went out and after much debate got quarter for life and goods we were to haue accomodation for houses and necessaries during our aboad in the towne & horses and carriages to convey us to Corke we paying for what we tooke.

23. This day we yeilded the castle and carried the BP to his graue & buried him in St. Munchin's Church, and then euery one of us began to carry out our goods out of y castle too houses assigned us, we had ciuill usage from y souldiery, and our former acquaintance in the towne gaue kindly visits. One of them imparted to me yt if we went by land to Corke our liues would be in great hazard, but assuredly our baggage whereupon I went to a kinde acquaintance of mine (and indeed soe after I founde him to be) one Mr. Oliuer Stevenson one of ye enemyes chiefe comanders, and did acquaint him here-with desiring him. to gett the latter clause of our quarter altered, namely yt we might goe by boate to ye shipping wch were then in ye riuer he presently upon my request undertooke ye matter and although he was mightily opposed herein by Patrick Pursell (ther L. Generall as they then called him) yet he carried it on our behalfes, soe yt after a weekes time or somew more, we tooke boate and although we had a convoy yet we were shot at by y rebells from the shore but they were soone dispersd and we all got safe into ye ships but one man who receiud a shot in his hand, ther dyed of our company the smale time we stayd in ye towne 57. we did impute the cause of this mortality to our change of dyet, &c. so yt ye number of our dead did in this short time amount to 280.

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Congress of Archæological Societies, 1903. The Fourteenth Congress of Archæological Societies in Union with the Society of Antiquaries was held on Wednesday, July 8th, 1903, at Burlington House, London. Viscount Dillon being prevented from attending, the Chair was taken by Sir John Evans, K.C.B.

The Hon. Secretary (Mr. Ralph Nevill, F.S.A.) explained that no Congress had been held in 1902 owing to the pre-occupations of the Coronation.

The Report of the Standing Committee and the Statement of Accounts were read and approved of.

EARTHWORKS COMMITTEE.-Mr. I. Chalkley Gould presented the Report of the Committee appointed to prepare a Scheme for Recording Earthworks.

Professor Windle, F.R.S., F.S.A., in further explaining the Report, suggested that the Committee might well be strengthened, and especially by the addition of military members. He deprecated any attempt to attribute age independently of excavation, and drew attention to the number of moated enclosures in Warwickshire, obviously of mediaval date, especially in the Forest of Arden; these, he thought, it would be well to include.

Mr. R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A., suggested that Lieut.-Colonel Attree, R.E., F.S.A., would be a useful member of the Committee, as he had promised assistance in scheduling the camps of Sussex. He pointed out the dangers that sometimes arose to the walls of camps from the action of rabbits, and approved the inclusion of moated sites in the Schedules.

The Rev. E. H. Goddard pointed out that camps in Wilts had been greatly damaged to provide exercise grounds for racehorses; Mr. A. R. Goddard instanced Ravensbury Castle, in Bedfordshire, as having been much injured by the plantation of young larches; Mr. C. J. Williams thought that the planting of trees sometimes tended to preserve the camps; and other members thought it doubtful if advantage or disadvantage predominated.

Sir John Evans alluded to the great loss Archæology had sustained by the loss of General Pitt-Rivers, and the fact that no other Inspector of Ancient Monuments had been appointed for England. He stated that moated enclosures should certainly be recorded, as they were often of far earlier date than the houses that were found in them. He also suggested that the County Societies should be invited to send copies to

the Central Committee of any Schedules they may form, and this was agreed to.

The Hon. Secretary recommended that copies of the Scheme should be supplied to Societies for issue to all their members, and this was agreed to.1

THE ADOPTION OF ENGLISH SURNAMES BY ALIENS.-The Hon. Secretary drew attention to the grave difficulties that were arising from the indiscriminate adoption of English surnames by undesirable aliens; this inflicted a definite injury on those lawfully entitled to such

names.

It was stated that there had never been any law to prevent the adoption of surnames, and that it seemed hopeless to expect that one should be framed. A delegate pointed out, however, that foreign countries had found it necessary to impose restrictions that were at present unknown to the common law of this country.

A strong feeling prevailed that it was most desirable that some regulation should be made; but in view of the forthcoming Report of the Commission on the subject, it was agreed, on the recommendation of Lord Balcarres, not to attempt any action.

PIPE ROLL SOCIETY.-In the absence of Mr. J. H. Round through indisposition, Mr. Em. Green, F.S.A., drew attention to the revival of the Pipe Roll Society, and the importance of its being supported by Archeologists. Mr. W. H. St. John Hope spoke to the same effect, and mentioned a suggestion that the matter should be divided into counties, so that each Society might support that in which it was directly interested. Members generally expressed their interest in the revival, and their willingness to bring any practical scheme before their Societies.

An Irish Parish Register Society.-Cannot a Society be formed on similar lines to the many now existing in England, to print our Irish Registers, and, by so doing, not only save them from all risks of being lost, but also preserve records which give help in making the history of our nation? I would suggest a Society somewhat on the lines of that for Preserving the Memorials of the Dead, with each County as a Subsection; or if one Society for all Ireland is too unwieldy, why not one for each province? Surely there are many who would willingly help in one way or another, not only here, but amongst the many Irishmen resident in England.-KATE J. REYNOLDS.

1 The Hon. Secretary of the Congress has furnished 1,450 copies of the Report of the Committee for recording Ancient Earthworks, free of cost, for the use of members of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, a copy of which was issued to each member with Part I. of the Journal for 1904 in April last.