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L.c.2108 London Sept e 17th 1692 S r.
They write from Cowes of the 10th Instant that a Dutch Caper is put in there w th a ffre : Tartaine Prize w ch she tooke in solbay vpon our Coast
Yarmo Prize is Come in here & brought w th her a ffre : Privitteer of 4 Guns and 20 men w ch she tooke in solbay ~
e 15th he S t. AlbonsYeasterday the Queen Came to whitehall where She was a Conssider able time in Councell & in the Evening returned to Kensington from whenc^e she Comes again and this day to vreside till the King Comes home -
S Son to the Late S r Tho : Bloodworth Barron t L d mayor of the Citty of London in the - yeare 1666 dyed on Thursday Last at his Chamber in the Temple ~
r Tho : Bloodworth EldestThe arrivall of the Kempt horne &c: from the E . Indias hath raised that Companyes auction from 130 to 133 p c t.
Already 180000L is brought into the Chamber of London & the whole 200000 pounds will be Compleated by munday next
one mr Lorwood of Norwitch being Chossen Sheriff declines the holding that office as not quallified not haueing rec d the Sacrament w ch point is Carryed soe far that he is Cited before the Counsell where the same is to be Determined whether he must hold or be Excused it
The affairs of the Parli will be vnder debate as to what time it shall be further perogued upon -
m tThe same Gentleman adds there has been a Considerable Rencounter between the Forragers of each army w ch terminated to the advantage of the Confederates, they bringing away nigh 200 French Horse most of the riders deserted them and ran into a wood - one of the Clippers, - mentioned in my Last was seized in a Leather Guilders house in - Fleet, was a Lodger in the said house, and went by the name of S r ffrancis Moore and was thought to haue an Estate as he pretended ~
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his Maiyestyes altering his resollution of not coming home till the mid le of the next month Sheelds the 13th There is Come into this port the margret of London & Sheeld of Stockholme both from Virginea & full Laden with tobbaco The Prize belonging to the Burdiaux & bound for Dunkirke & Lately brought into Plymo proves to be 120 tun s 8 Gun s & 10 Pattereeroes Great Endeavo rs are made for the Choice of a new L d mayor of London at micklemass, printed papers being throwne about by both partyes that they Call the Church party put vp S r Johnathon Raymond & S r Peter Daniell, the Candidat^e on the other side S r John ffleet & S r John Hubland & a great strugling there is Like to be for it ~ The Tinn ffarthings and halfe pence being much Counterfitted wilbe be cal d in & Copper ones Coyn'd in their Roome - Twenty men of warr are order d to Convoy e Turkey ffleet through the straights ~ By a master of a ship - ar iv d since my Last from Ostend advice is brought that before he came away e Boates Loaden w th stones &c were gone from thence for Dunkirke to be sunk at the Entrance of that port that all things were ready for attacq ing the strong fort of 100 peeces of Cannon t stands upon the mole & that 200 transport Ships are gone for new castle to fetch e 20000 Chaldron of out of the possession of the ffrench haue sent deputies to the King in his Campe at Grammen together w th 3 Engeneers to desire his Ma sty not to breake vp his Campe, but if possible to beseige or at Least to Blockade Dunkirke both by sea & Landes their high & mightinesses assureing that their owne ships of war shall performe it by Sea & Land & they will provide all necessaryes for the souldi s by Land dureing the winter season Coales mentioned in my Last & that not w thstanding e vigillency of our men of war some shipps haue stolne out of Dunkirk Harbour & t e ffre : takeing e opportunety of the absence of our ships when they were forct to put to Sea in the Late Storme gott some provissions &c into e Garrisson w ch he saies Consists now of a 11000 men He adds that his Mai ty is resolued soe to post the fforces in winter quarters that in 48 houres they may be actually in a body to oppose any designe of the ffrench & that his Mai ty Endeavors very much to haue the Lunenburg fforces troopes in the neighbouring places for that what the seige of Namure was to haue been raised it was objected in a grand Councell of war that for want of the Lunenburg fforces our army was Inferior to the Enemy &c: - The D . of Savoys Envoy in a Late memoriall presented to the States Genner ll signified to their high & mightinesses that his masters sickness did not hinder e progress of his armes but t if their Lordshipps would afford him timely assistance his Roy : Highness would winter quarter his troopes in ffrance soe as to be Early Enough in the ffeild next Campaigne to obleige the ffre K . to except of such termes for a Gener ll peace as the Confederate princes should think fitt to impose upon him, ??? we want a Holland maile w ch was due yeasterday soe that we are in the Darke as to the fforraigne proceeds, but a Gentleman Comeing ouer in one of the transport ships saies that the states Genner ll being senceable of what great import it would be to them to haue Dunkirke
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To The hon ble S r Rich : Newdigate Bar t at Arbury near Coventry 2