L.c.2119: Newsletter received by Mary Newdigate, Arbury, 1692 December 6

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Bifolium. Addressed: "For Mrs Mary Newdigate at Arbury Coventry." Endorsed: 6 Dec. 92. Postmarked: DE/6.

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L.c.2119

London December 6th 1692

Sir

on saturday Last 3 of the Danish Shipps taken by our privateers having Contraband goods on board were Tryed at the Court of Admiralty and convicted as prize and thereupon process is forming against the rest - tis said when they were to be unladed in ffrance they were to haue served as Transport shipps for England

Orders are sent to Ireland to haue all the Militia in readiness to oppose any design that may be made upon them as also to hold the Veterane Souldiers in constant duty and Recruit their Regiments

Orders are Likewise sent to Scotland to take an account what number of Serviceable men can be raised in their severall Shires

And I am told that Circular Let ters are sent to all Lords Livetenants in England to haue the Militia in readiness upon all Occations especially on the Western Coast and that they may not be unprovided with powder and Ball a proportionable quantity will be sent from the kings stores in the Tower

yesterday was a great hearing before the house of peers upon an Appeal from the Court of Chancery brought by Sir Cesar Cranmore against Charles Duke of Southamp ton for 4000li per Annum decreed for the said Duke which case is too Copious to be here par ticularized but in Conclusion the Lords (Nomine Contradi cente)

{being the propopall of Captain George St Loe and ordered it a 2d reading = The house after wards went upon the particulars of the Estimate of the Armey especially that of the Generall Officers and went through great part of them and made No Alteracion in their pay except that of Secretary of warr and was sett down at 3li per Diem they onely allowing now 20s a day but they have not as yet entered upon the Ways or means = the person whom I Lately told you offered to raise 50000li per Week without Laying it on Land or Generall Excise}

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Reversed the said decree and gaue it in favour of Sir Cesar on Saturday Last one Benjamin Callow who Lately kept an Inn At Islington was Seized and Committed to Newgate Sir Thomas Ironson deposing that he in Company with Captain Whitney robbed him Last Summer near Tunbridge ~ of 80 Guyneas, a Chyrurgeon that was in his Company when he was Seized in new Markett was admitted to Bail

The house of Commons yesterday Resolved into a grand Committee of the whole house further upon the Advise & Resolved that tis the Opinion of this Committee that there has been a grand miscarriage in relacion to the descent and that one of the reasons of the said miscarriage was for want of timely and necessary orders from those persons that had the - Management of Affairs which said vote of the Committee was Carryed by yeas 156 Noes 155.

Edeinburgh 29th November Collonel Cunningham pursuant to his orders is gone to view those Regiments out of which the Recruits are to be raised for fflanders and dunns will suddenly beat about for Voluntiers each man being to have 4 dollars advance Money and to enter Immediately into pay great quantities of Corn are bought up at Bez wick for fflanders which occasion the Marketts to use here

{Yesterday seized near Barnet but [s....d] a man upon his Apprehention and tis said he offers 2000li for his pardon and to bring in all his Gang = Last night a peck of Chippings were seized in a house a mile out of Towne which was hired on purpose for that Trade but onely an old Woman was taken with it = The house of Lords this day read onely a private Bill which they would not determine till they haue the Opinion of the Iudges therein = This day the house of ~ Commons read the first time a Bill for raising 20000 Seamen without Impressing a man}

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Yesterday ffuller the Imposter stood in the pillory the first time before Westminster Hall gate and was so Carressed by the Mobb with rotten Eggs and Dirt that he was Like to haue been smothered and when he came out the Guard had much ~ difficulty to keep the Rabble from - Laying Violent hands on him.

There is certain Advise that the Marquess de Nessmond is Cruizing with a ffench squadron of shipps in the mouth of the Channell supposed to haue a design on our outward bound West India and Streights ffleets now Lying at Cowes Spit head &c. upon which they are commanded not to sayl till further orders being to haue their Convoy reinforced with 10 men of Warr who are to conduct them out of the danger of the Enemy

Wee haue an account since my Last from Chattham that severall of the great shipps are drawn out of the Docks being compleatly refitted for service and will forthwith fall down to Black Stakes so that there will presently be about 60 stout shipps to oppose any design of the ffrench

40 great Merchant shipps will suddenly be taken up and Converted into men of warr for their Maiesties ser vice there being allready 12 of 40 gunns each

a ship of 700 Tunns called the Royall Steed which we took from the ffrench In the West Indies was Lately castaway away on the back of Scottland in her way hither but most of her Cargo will be saved

{ffallmouth December 1st the weather hath been so Tempestuous here for 3 or 4 dayes past that a priveatier of dartmouth was driven a shoar and Like to haue been Lost but at Length gott off again and several shipps dragged their Anchors and for some time rode under water - plymouth 2d December amongst the ffrench prisoners Lately brought In here there were 46 English and Irish who are sent to portsmouth in order to be Tryed by a Councell of warr = This afternoon Sir Thomas pope Blunt signifyed to severall Members of the house of Commons that Captain Whitney the Notorious highwayman was}

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Is by the Kings order to appear before the Lords of the Treasury having obtained a grant under the Privy seal to haue the 200 part of what shall be raised thereof

Advice is come to Court that the 12000 ffrench in fflanders which were gott together to Attack Dixmude upon Notice that Generall Tallmath was Marching towards them and the ffrost breaking retired with precipitacion and Oars pursuing took some of their Carriages

6 December. 92

For Mrs Mary Newdigate at Arbury Coventry 2

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