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aPresident for other Corporacions - The son of Sr. Robert Southwell is sworn of the Councill Extraordinary a French Privateer of 8 Guns came 9 Daies agoe into the River and seized aVessell of Corn which was soon reprized and the Privateer taken Wee hear from Rutland Assizes that one of the Soldiers who made the Late disturbance at Oakham when the Butcher was Killed was Convicted for his Life

1 April. 93 News Letter

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

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London 4 Aprill 93

Sir//

Yesterday Morning Mr Secretary Iohnson with some Scotch Nobillity set forward for that Kingdom and Carryed with him the Commission for Constituteing Duke Hamelton Lord High Commissioner in order to that opening of the Parliment on the 18 Instant

A Messenger returned yesterday who Left who Left the king: under sail from the Gun fleet convoyed by 7 Men of War on Satterday Eavening & a Hamberger is come into the River who met the King on Sunday Noon in sight of the Dutch Shoar

The Lord Chief Justice is [] [] and Convicted at Aylesbury assizes a notorious Highway Man on 3 [] Indictments & is to be executed on ffriday

One Spinley against whom aBill of Indictment was found last Sessions for High treason is to be tryed thereon next Sessions -

Tis said Sir Thomas: Trevor will continue to hold the place of Solliscitor Generall

The Office of Ordnance is Extremely busied in shipping Matterialls for the Discent and have Engaged to perfect that work in aMonths time

Collonel Lutterell has undertaken

whose names were found amongst the former Hameltons Papers Notice being given to the Secretary that 7 Persons are lately Landed from ffrance Great search is ordered to be made for them Secretary Trenchard has turned Mrs Sepine out of the Office and put Sir William Trumbold Secretary in his Place Its said the Queen has Advice by aMessenger from Holland

to raise 2000 Irish for the service of the Venetians and next week goes for Ireland in order thereto

Last Satterday Night one Mrs Dolleys house in Carter Lane was Robbed of 300^L Vallue in Lace by the Contriuance of her servant Maid who went off with the theives

Plimouth the 31 ultima This Day the Elizabeth Captain Tudor Commander Sailed hence for St Mallo with 300 Exchanged Prissoners on board The English & Dutch fflets for Bilboa with some Dutch Man of War are still here

Yarmouth the 1st Instant yesterday arived here an English Pink from Holland who had been lately taken by affrench: Man of War & the Master Detained for aRansom

Portsmouth the 2d yesterday the Crown and Adventure ffriggats Came in here to be refitted- Sir George Rook and Admirall Aylmer are still at Spithead with 24 Men of War as are alsoe the streights and Vurga ffleets but the Later is to saile to Morrow the Men of war that is to Convoy them being Gon to St Hellens-

beleived he will suddenly be Employed in some honorable Post His Maiestie before his departure for Holland on Satterday visited the ffleet at the Barq in the Nord Captain Iames Hamelton was last night taken into Custody of a Messenger being Charged with Carrying on some Intrege against the Government but has not yeat been Examined - Warrants are sent to take up 25 persons

Tis now Certain that the Streights ffleet will not sail till it be Known wether De Estre Ioyns the Grand ffleet which if he does there will be noe occation for our Men of War to goe to the Addeterane for that the Spanish Armado will be Strong enough to Ride Masters in those Parts

Mr Vernon under Secretary to Sir Iohn Trenchard is ordered to attend his Maiestie in fflanders and Mr Bridgman is going for Ireland with some Instructions to the Lord Livftenant

Hamelton mencioned in my Last is taken out of custody of a Messenger and Committed to Newgate but the Printer that was taken up and Charged with printing divers Vorrated Pampheletts found among the said Hameltons Papers is Admitted to Bail

Collonel Huetson late Commander of the ship Lyon who arived some time since from the West Indies after a long and fategueing Voyage tho' aspersed with Carrying over his ship to ffrance was on Satterday Last before the Lords of the ...... Admiralty and tho' some would fasten a Misconduct

on his proceeding yeat the Collonel to his Great applause proved himselfe a Valliant & faithfull Commander produceing such testimonies under the hands and seales of the Governors of the Assemblies of all the Leward Islands that he with his single shipp of 50 Guns fought and beat awhole ffrench squadron Resined those Islands in aManner out of the Enemies hands for which Good service its

on Sunday afternoon & this Morning her Maiestie came to reside at Whitehall

Admirall Russell is not actually Made Governor of the Isle of Weight as was said the Queen haueing a Blank Pattent to be fitted up

To the honorable Sir Richard: Newdigate Baronet 4^d at Arbury near Coventry

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London: 6th Aprill 93

Sir/

The Merchants had yesterday an accountt from Cadiz that the french Tholoun squadron had Intention if they had Not been seperated by a storme to haue attacqued the Spanish port of Gebralter being in the Month of the strates - which had they hapned to haue taken woulde hinder the English & Dutch Trade to the Levant Its said they had many land men onboord but a discouery being made by one of their vessells driuen into Leghorne the Spaniards haue reinforced the place./

the Lord President with some other persons of Quallity saw yesterday the performeance of shooteing 10 seuerall Times a bullett out of a Muskett New invented tho with a single Barrell with one discharge & prine as fast as a Man can prime and cock ..

The Warrant to Constitute - Sir Iohn Trenchard one of his Maiestys

Soldier was shott to death on Tower hill for deserting his Colloures aboue 20 vessells are ladeing at Tower wharfe with Materialls for the Discent. This weeke 800000^l hath been Issued out of the Exchequer to pay of the army Navey and Transport shipps for the Discent.

Principall secretarys of state was yesterday sent to be sealed

Captain Iames Hamilton Men cioned in my last to be taken unto Custody of a Messenger was yesterday discharged but the other Hamilton continued in Newgate

One Mr Lettice was last Nigt seized for dispursing seditious Libells & warrants are abroad to take up diuers others.

The Queen yesterday had News from Reer Admirall Mitchell who was returned from Convoying the King that his Maiesty landed on sunday last at 4 in the afternoone & that all the Horses & recruites were putt safe onshoare

That afrench Priuateere [fell..] the Reer of them -

and tis beleiued will be of great seruice in Throwing bombs into the french Maretime Townes for that they will Carry a shell of [200.. 10..] a Mile and 3 quarters Yesterday asoldier

and boorded and tooke one of our Transport shipps butt one of our - Convoys Made after & reprised her butt the Priuateer Escaped./

Yesterday a Notorious highway man was seized att the Sun Tavern in Holbron & Comitted to Newgate & Likewise William Moorton the head or Captain of the House breaking Crew & is found to be one of Those who robbed the Lady dartmouth & sir Ino ffreinds houses-

The Lord Maior and Court ofAldermen Came yesterday to whitehall & Complemented her Maiesty upon her takeing the Gouermentt upon her./-

5700 Beaves are ordred forthwith to be Killed for the service of the Discent which goes powerfully forward - Two Bombarding Vessells are gott ready

& they are to haue onboord 4 Morters of a New Invention weiging 4 Tuns each The Morters and what itt is fixed upon being an Intire peece of Bras att a fixed Ellevation -

To the Honourable Sir Richard Newdigate Baronett att Arbury neere Coventrey

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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