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BUTLER. 291 of all parties, he returned to England in March 1704; but went back again to Ireland on the 15th of November fol- lowing. He arrived a second time in England in the year 1705; and in 1708 was sworn a privy counsellor of the two united kingdoms, England and Scotland. On the Ist of October, 1711, his grace was once more made lord- lieutenant of Ireland; and landed at Danlany on the Srd of July following, and proceeded to Dublin, where he was received with unbounded acclamations The Duke of Marlborough's couduct having displeased the queen, her majesty removed him from all his employ ments, and nominated the Duke of Ormonde, in January 1712, commander-in-chief of her majesty's forces; and, in February, he received his commission of captain-general,、 and was made colonel of the first regiment of foot guards. On the 9th of April he proceeded from London to Flanders and arrived on the 6th of May at the city of Tournay, where he was hospitably entertained by the Earl of Albe marle, and Prince Eugene of Savoy. On the 23rd, after having viewed the fortifications of Douay, he reviewed the right wing of the first line of his army; and, after the review, entertained the Prince Eugene and the general officers of both armies at dinner. Upon a second review of the army, between Douay and Marchiennes, it was found to consist of two hundred and ninety-five squadrons and one hundred and forty-three battalions, amounting in the whole to 122,250 effective men. With these forces, the generals marched towards the enemy; but the Duke of Ormonde declared to Prince Eugene, that the queen, having a prospect that the negociations of peace would prove successful, had given him orders not to act offen- sively against the enemy, but that his orders did not extend to a siege; whereupon the confederates set down before Quesnoy. On the 24th of June, the Duké of Ormonde, pursuant to the orders he had received from court, sent to Prince Eugene, and the deputies of the states attending the army, to desire a conference with them the next day ; wherein he acquainted them, that