L.c.2148: Newsletter received by Richard Newdigate?, 1692/1693 March 7

L.c.2148

London March the 7th 92/3

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Paris the 3d of March the King returned from Morley on Satterday where he held a Great Councill of War & resolved to beseige Charleroy makeing it noe secret and has Dispatched Bonffleers to fflanders to put his Warrant in Execution his Maiestie has alsoe sent his last Instructions to Count De Estre to sail with the Province Squadron which Consists of 22 Great Ships 5 ffireships 6 Billinders and 4 [Fluotes] he has alsoe sent Instructions to Brest and Rochford to work Day and Night to gett ready the Grand ffleet declareing that he will have 78 Capitoll Men of War in the Line of Battle 18 from 80 100 Guns 34 from 66 to 80 & the Remainder from 56 to 60 Guns

His most Christian Maiestie hath openly Declared that the Grand Seigneur hath promised not to make aPeace with the Emperor without his Consent .. whereupon his Maiestie is sending to the Port the rest of his subsidies booth of Monney & Officers to sollisicte the Grand Seigneur to send some shipps to the Coast of Sciscily which will

Leith haveing on board 2000^li sterling & they took out the best Goods which they Detain with the Master of the Vessell for a Ransom of 300^li. An Adress is said to be bringing up to London to be presented to his Maiestie from the Clergy of Scotland. yesterday the Earl of Pembroks Bill was upon the 2^d Readeing layd aside the house Divided and Carried it by 26 Voices for the Lord Iefferies

cause the Grand Master of Malta to send of ^noe more of his Gallies to the service of Venetians in the Levant

Sir Iohn ffleet the present Lord Mayor being Ellected a Member of Parliment for this Citty and not sir William Ashurst (as by Mistake in my Last) his Lordship took his seat yesterday in the house of Commons where the Bill past for Encourageing of Privateers as alsoe abill for takeing away the Royall Oak and other Lotteries

All the transport shipps with the Recruites for fflanders are fallen down the River haueing affaier Wind

On saturday about 4 in the Morning affire broke out from 2 Empty houses a Considerable Distance from each other in one Griffiths pile of New buildings near st Iameses Park which Consumed 6 of them and must Certainly be don on purpose and some of the Neighbours have accused the Owner to have Kindled the ffire himselfe for which he stands Committed

ffalmouth the 2d Yesterday the saldado ffriggott brought in here aDutch Dogger

the sepperate Article Granted to the Irish & desiers the King to make such a scrutiny into the Miscaradge as to be able to Lay before the next Parliment Its beleived the Adresses will be booth printed to which I refer you The King hath deferred his Iourney to Chatham [sheressess] &c to ffriday next The Letters yesterday from Scotland say that the ffrench: Capers continue to Infest that Coast some of them haveing lately taken an English ship bound for

of 100 Guns Laden with Wine & Rosen from Oporto which she took from affrench: Privateer

Plimouth the 3d Instant Yesterday appeared before this place Rear Admirall Allymond with 5 Men of Warr & 3 ffireships and ffired aGun as a sign for the Bilboa ffleet to sail out which they did being 4 Merchants shipps 6 English & 2 Dutch Men of War & being Ioyned by Rear Admirall Alymonds squadron they sailed together to the Westward hebbing to see them safe beyond the soundings & then seek out & ffight 12 ffrench Men of War which have been Cruizeing some time in the Mouth of the Channell

His Maiestie has appointed thursday next to attend with the Adress relateing to the managements of Affaiers in Ireland The said adress [qts] 8 heads have not been duly accompted for nor applyed to the publique [uses] 2ly the Estates fforfeited were Vallued at one Million 350000^li & not 10000 of it brought to his Maiesties account 3ly that there has been Great and Notorious Encheselments of stores 4ly that the soldiers Querters hath not been paid notwithstanding the Deductions made out of the pay & supplies given in Parliment for that purpose 5ly that the antient

Methods of the Exchequer haue not of Late been observed 6ly that protections have been given to Papists whereby the English [Protestants] could not sue for their Iust Debts 7ly that the present Lord Mayor has been Imposed upon the Citty of Dublin contrary to their Priveledges 8ly that one Safney and divers others were Executed with out being tryed - & one Swetsman equally Guilty of the same ffact not prossecuted = The Adress of the house of Commons is rather sharper & [prencious]

An Express is on his way in Germany from the Lord Paggett which when arives wee Shall Certainly Know the proceedings of the Ottoman Court Its Iust now said that our Squadron of Men of War are gon to ffight 40 ffrench Privateers & Men of War - this Day the House of Commons only finished the monney Bill relateing to the Changeing of the Stocks of the East India Company &c And theyll proceed on the Orphans Bill tomorrow

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