L.c.2162: Newsletter received by Richard Newdigate, Arbury, 1693 April 8

L.c.2162

London Aprill the 8th - 93

Sir//

Two Grand Councills have been held at White hall since the Kings going to Holland In the first of which the Admiralls assisted and were forth with ordered to goe to the ffleet with directions to Conduct them to Spithead to Ioyn the rest of the Men of War In the other Councill aproclamacion was ordered to appoint a Gennerall ffast thro' out the Kingdom to pray a blessing on the Arms of the Allies & preservacion of the Kings person to Commence on Wednesday the 10 of May & from the 2^d Wednesday in the Month

Edenburgh the the 1st of Aprill yesterday the Assises gave in their Verdict on the Tryall of the Lord ffrazier that his Lordship was not Guilty of proclaiming the Late King Iames nor of Drinking his & the Prince of Walses health but as aPrivate person But the King's Advocate protested against their Verdict and they against him for accuseing them which they Look upon as a Grevance of the Nacion But his Lordship was remanded to the Castle The Same Day the Duke of Gourden who kept Denburg Castle for the late King Iames against their Maiesties fforces was brought Prissoner to the Castle from Leith under Guard of 7

This Moring the ffoot Guards were drawn out & the act to punnish Mutineers and disserters was Read to them & afterwards a Draft was made out of each Compa for fflanders - This Morning Newland the Messenger was dispatched express for Ireland from the Lord Nottingams Office, with Letters to all the Lords Liftenants there to make aReform among the Officers of the Militia

Troop of horse One McGee was this day seized in the Cannon Gate & Com mitted to the Talboothe as a Spy lately come from ffrance

Plimouth the 4th Instant yesterday came in here aVessell from Chester the [McSanes] that the Iames Galley lately sent into Scilly one of King Iames Privateers of 12 Guns & that the Debford ffriggat have taken affrench: ship Laden with ffruit & Adds that the Debford & Iames Galley were gon in pursuit of another of King Iameses Privateers of 50 Guns which was Cruzeing to the Westward-

Falmouth the 2d Instant affrench: ship of 20 Guns under English Coullers came lately to an Anchor in Penzance Road and 3 shipps coming about the Lands end she Weighed Anchor & took 2 of them

Dartmouth the 4 Instant yesterday the Elizabeth of Topham was sent in here by the Portsmouth Sloop privateer who retook her from one of King Iameses Privateers

Weymouth the 5th yesterday 2 ffrench shipps were brought in here from Iersey being lately taken by the Privateers of that place & sold to our Merchants- On Munday the Master of the Crown Killed one one of the Mates in aQuarrell on

Collonel Sarsfeild a Marshal De Camp - Collonel Sheldon aBriggadeer of horse and Collonel Wanliop aBriggadeer of ffoot that his Most Christian Maiesty thinks to doe great Matters this Summer and they talk of Beseigeing two places at [Carie] in the Netherlands And they write from Brussells that they begin to be in Motion

the Peer; That Night & the Liftenant of the Expedicion ffriggat Killed one of the shipps Crew & wounded another that were endevouring to escape

A Mercer in this Citty formerly Mencioned was tryed this week at Maidstone asizes together with one in Southwark for Robbing on the Highway but are acquitted

Yesterday one Ino Rose a ffrench Man was Committed to Newgate for Chipping and Coyning

This Morning Gennerall Talmash the Lord the Lord Colechester and divers other Officers set fforward for fflanders

Fuller the Evidence has lately given such demonstracion of his knowing some Affaiers that one of the Clerks of the Councill & Mr Aron Smyth are sent to take his further Examinacion in the Kings bench

The 3 Admiralls are gon to the Buoy in the [Rose] to Conduct the Grand ffleet to Spithead.

The fforreign Letters since my Last ffurnish us with these following Novells viz -

They Write from Vienna that they have Advice from Turkey that the Grand Signior has appointed the

Randevouz of his fforces to be the first of Iune neare Sophia and has sent Repeated orders to the Cham of Turkey that he March this Summer with 40000 of his people into Hungary - On the other side the Emperor has appointed the Randevouz of his fforces Near Buda and will attack [Guila] Genna before the Turks get into the ffeild They write from Paris that the ffrench: King has made the Duke of Berwick a Liftenant Gennerall

espetially these that will not take the Oathes to be Dismissed - An Engine to break any Bom or Chaine Cross a River was yesterday [Experienced] to Effect . Benj^a Kellow who was tryed this week at Medstone assizes for Robbery on the Highway is acquitted - Just now wee received a Holland Mail which tells us that the King of Poland has received Advice that the Tartars in a Late excursion have Carryed away 100000 Christian people into slavery & killed severall thousand Children They write from the Hague that the King of Englan^d with the Duke- of Ormond Earl of Essex Heer Overkirk Lord Dersley & severall other persons of quality are arrived there

To the honorable Sir Richard: Newdigate Baronet at Arbury 2 near Coventry