_Singular Way of showing Displeasure._--
"The earl's regiment not long after, according to order, marched to
take possession of the town (Londondery); but at their appearance
before it the citizens clapt up the gates, and denyed them entrance,
{594} declaring their resolution for the king (William III.) and their
own preservation. Tyrconnel at the news of this was said _to have burnt
his wig, as an indication of his displeasure with the townsmen's
proceedings_."--_Life of James II._, p. 290.