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London ffebruary the 2d 92/3
Sir
Yesterday Whitney the Notorious Highwayman was drawn in a Cart to Cow Cross and being come under the Gibbett desired the Sheriff to spare w t time he could as beleiveing to have a 2d reprive haveing ^wrott 4 Letters to as many Noble Men and in the Interim Whispered a Considerable time to the sheriff upon matter as tis said relateing to the Government & made a Confession of his sins in Generall & about one a Clock was turned off & made a sudden Exit hanging above an houre to sattisfie the Multitude
Wee have an account from Berwick that the Town of Waller 12 Miles Distant in Cumberland is burnt down except 3 houses and much Corn & hay was Consumed
The 3 Admiralls that have been to Visit the ffleet are returned & found the shipps in a far readier Condition then ever Known before & tis said the Grand ffleet will be at sea by the ffirst of Aprill -
There are lett give an account that they are not ffreed from an apprehension that the ffrench will make some Effort upon them In some Letters are seized in an Irish Papists house who held Correspondence with the Enemy
s from Ireland which-is put into Milford the Master saies he lately met 12 ffrench: Men of Warr with severall Privateers in Company & beleives they wait for our Spanish ffleet - Severall ffrench: Prizes are brought into Portsmo by our Privateers The Lord Berkley is made Vice Admirall of the Bleue Squadron & the rest of the fflaggs will be appointed on Sunday Next - This Day the Bill against Hawkers & Pedlers was reported and
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Lords Adjourned from Westminster Hall to ? to acquaint you on tuesday ? when the there upon adjourned the further Debate to & finding 4 of their Members to hand ? ? of ? is alsoe made to pay off the ffrench Refugees that ? the his Maiestie 3 new of Great
and Invited them thither thereupon vpon he with divers others are seized & most of the fforces are marched to Cork & Kingsail
The ffrench K Great Banker of Paris are broake for 3 Millions of Livers
s Jeweler & theOn Monday next will be a Great performance before his Maiestie in Hide Park of some new Invested Cassin Guns to shoot Granadoes at aLeoell in order to set ffier to any thing before them
Yesterday the Lords proceeded further upon the tryall of the Lord Mahone & after the evidences on booth sides are Closed up it was debated all the day in the house of Lords upon severall points as whether the Iudges should give their Opinnion as to the Point in Law there being considerable endevours to bring this Great work to a Conclusion and thereupon adiourned the further Debate to ffriday Morn Next
I had almost forgot to acquaint you on tuesday Eavening when e Lords Adiourned from Westm r Hall to e house & finding 4 of e Members to have Left e Assembly ffined them 100li each for e Poor -
A remittance of Monie is alsoe Made to pay off [te..e] his Maiestie of Great Brittain the Officers and Named for the 3 new Scotch Regiments to be raised & the preperacions for the Discent are Carryed on with all possible applicacion The Boddy of Whitney was this Day Privately Interned his ffrends haveing obtained aWarrant for the same Dr John Jones Apothecary to his Maiesties houshold Dyed this week and was Interned at Morack - aPortugees
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Edenb Made to the Councill that severall [Non...ant] Parsons not withstanding being deprived of their benifices Continue to Preach in Meeting houses with out praying for their p sent Ma ties are ordered to be silent upon pain of bannishment The Arch B pp of Glascow haveing promised that he will not goe to ffrance nor hold any Correspondence with that Nac on is permitted to depart this Kingdom The Rebbells in the Bass sent lately to the Lord chancellor that they will surrend that place upon Cappittulac on but his Lordship Answered there could be noe Capittulac on before Hostages were Exchanged
. 26 Ian : Compl t beingPlimouth 29 ult ffrench Prisoners are now in the Cittadell here being most taken in the Privateers
o above 500Portsmo yesterday bro t in here affr : Prize of 200 tuns Laden with tobacco which she took out of 30 sail bound to e Eastward.
31 the Grafton sloopOn tuesday Capt Churchill & Capt Aylmore were appointed fflagg Officers for this summ s expedic on
Mitchell CaptThey write from Cours of the 30 past that on the 29 an Ostend privateer brought in there a affr : Privateer ship Laden with sugg which they took out of a ffleet of 10 sail on e Coast of ffrance: - Yesterday 3 Highwaymen were seized in sotsbury Court and Committed to Newgate- on tuesday Night Last an Express was Dispatched hence from the D : of shomburg to e Duke of savoy
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A Clause was Offered that tradesmen in Corporac Might goe 10 Miles with the Commodities but it was reiected The House afterwards devided whether the bill should be Engrossed & Carryed it in the affirmative yeas 230 Nay 130 The Bill for a trienniall Parliment was read a 2d time and Committed to a Committee of the whole house- ordered that the house goe upon waies & Meanes to Morrow for raiseing a further supply & the house to be Called over on Thursday next & the East: India Affaier to be heard on Satterday
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To he hon
ble Sir Richard: NewdigateBaronet at Arbury near Coventry 4