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L.c.2116
London 17th: Novem 1692
S The late Justice Counesbey is returned from Ireland and yesterday took his place in e house of Commons & e discourse is renewed he will be one of e Secretaryes of State We hear further from Ireland that since the Prorogeing of e parliam t divers Members peticioned e Lord Live t to come for England to represent e state of the protestants of that nation
rHis Excellency replyed they had done well if they asked leave to come over to aske the Kings pardon for the Riotous assemblyes and soe dismissed him in e Negative -
The London Merch Delivered the house of peers a petition sub scribed by many hands wherein they set forth that e Enemye hath taken since the Warr 150 of their ships value 3 Millions of Monye and prayed redress thereon w ch is referred to a Committee -
ts yesterdayVpon Motion in Bench that e Witnesses ag t Young are not readye his Tryall is deferred till next Monday notwithstanding e Escape of Black head he being in e Indictm t with him -
e KingsYesterday one Stafford a Noto rious high way man was Committed to Newgate
{in the same character to the seales and Mony is ordered to Defray his charges = Dr Slaughter who has a good Benefice in Cambridgeshire is presented by e Church wardens for not Religiously observing e publick ffast Dayes = Letters yesterday from Deall say} e Imperiall Court his Credentialls being ready to pass
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Since my last we hear from Harwich that 100 Saile of Laden Collyers passed by t port and as ma ny More were following them
The hon Esq goes suddenly their Ma tyes Embassod to e Court of Denmark to Traverse the Designes of ffrance -
ble Charles BertueEdinburgh 10th: a ffrench Privateer of St Malo gave chace to 2 of our Merch tmen who finding they could not otherwise Escape run themselves ashoar and e Mouns Greedy of his prey stood soe near after them as to strike vpon e sands and at low water e Country came in and seized them Capt and vpon the : and Crew [re....] of e Tyde e privateer staved to peeces - -
Yesterday 3 Clippers were sei zed as they were at work in Goodmans ffeild and Committed to Newgate
The heads of for e Tryalls of Treason the Bill enacts that all persons Indicted for e same shall have a True Coppy of e Indictm t to Enable them to advise with Councill there vpon -
e new BillsAll persons by vertue of this act shall be admitted to make their Defence by Councill & to make any proof they can by vertue vpon oath-
And in case refuse to plead e Court shall assigne Councill to such persons -
e Councill shall{Ordered That a Bill be brought in;to make periury and subornation ffellony = Michaell Hill Esq Sone in Law to the Lord Commissioner Trever is chosen a Member of parliam t for Saltash in Cornwall in roome of Sir Iohn Carew Baron deceased One Mr [Hepney] formerly Envoy to the Court of Brandenburgh is appointed to goe}
that noe person shall bee Convicted but by e testimony of 2 lawfull witnesses the party shall without violence in open Court Confess or stand Mute or peremptorily Challenge to e Number of 35 of the Iury -
That noe person after a li mitted tyme shall be prosecuted unless e Matter be presented in a Convenient season and not afterwards -
That all persons shall have Coppeyes of e [Impanicall] some dayes at least before they are tryed and shall have e like process to Compell e witt nesses to appear for them att any Tryalls as is vsually Issued out to Compell witt nesses to appeare ag t them -
And that noe Evidence shall be given of any [overlack] t is not Expresly [....] in e Indictm t -
Provided that nothing in this act shall [Extend] to limitt any tyme for Impeaching in parliam t any person or persons for high Treason -
ffuller the Evidence who was to be tryed this day .. vpon Motion that his wittnessees are not ready Deferred till Monday next -
The house of Lords sate this day [...] vpon Intimation of e King had discharged the Baile of e late Committed Lords the house proceeded noe further in that Debate - Their Lord ps afterwards
{read and then adi d = This day we had Letters from portsmouth w ch say that S r ffra : Wheeler was iust ready to saile to e West Indies and t S r Iohn Ashby was sett out for London in order to attend e [...] & will appear their to Morrow = The East India Bill is put off till wednesday [...] when it will be Debated if nothing [..] Intervene} e bill the first tyme for Butter and Cheese and read over their protractions
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that one of Downes 2 ffre : Merch tships which were taken goeing to Dunkirk with Navall Stores -
r Ma tyes ships has broug t in to the17 Nov. 92
To The hon ble S r Rich : Newdigate Bar t at his Lodgings at Mr Coleman's In e great Ambree Westminster
These To Madam Mary Newdigate at Arbury near 4 Coventry. Coventry Bagg.