L.c.2128: Newsletter received by Richard Newdigate, Arbury, 1692/1693 January 19

L.c.2128

London Ianuary 19^th 1692

Sir

a detachment of ffoot guards Marched yesterday home in order to recruit the Regiments in fflanders

The Duke of Ormond on Tuesday was at the head of his Troop of guards and drew out the Gray Bay & other Coloured horses designing to put black in there room they being all to be of one Colour and the men will be suddenly richly Cloathed

One Monsieur Le ffort who was some daies ago recommended to the king is taken into Custody of a Messenger being said to be a ffrench Spy

The Earl of Devonshire hath brought a Bill into the house of peers to [serue] the kings person and Government which was read the ffirst time yesterday

The House of peers were all day yesterday on the Trienniall Bill & went through the same agreeing the time that the parliament be dissolved the first of January next.

The Lords Appointed a Committee to draw up reasons to be offered the Commons at a Conference to Iustify the Clause to the grand Supply Bill.

The Dutchess of Norfolk has published her Vindicacion and his Grace has ordered the printer to be taken up.

a Scurrilous pamphlett hath stole

up upon the ffrench = this day the Committee of the whole house finished the Aulnage Bill and they are to report it on saturday - They also fflung out a Bill of the Woollen Manufacturey but Retained another which was ordered to be Engrossed - The Lords haue been all this day and were sitting at 7 at night debating the Commons reasons delivered at a Conference whether they should recede or Adhoere they put a previous question

reflecting on her Royall HIghness the princess of Denmark and diligent search is made after the Author

Recruits will be raised out of all the standing Regiments in England to recruit the Regiments in fflanders and all the Officers here are ordered to repair thither in 12 dayes at ffarthest.

Viscount Galloway waited on his Maiestie yesterday and will depart in a few dayes for Ireland where 4 Regi= ments of foot are to be forthwith raised

The Honourable M^r: Wharton and Sir Henry ffaine 2 members of parlia ment Lye dangerously ill

on Tuesday Last Whitney the High way man was tryed upon the ffirst Indictment against him and acquitted and yesterday the ffirst day he was tryed for robbing the Lancashire Carryer of the kings Money of which he was ffound guilty

on Tuesday the Marquess of Carmarthen in an Eloquent Speech to the House of Lords Intimated to their Lordshipps that in case they passed the Bill for an an annuall parliament they would Lessen the Kings prerogative and that he believed the house of Commons would Throw it out upon which the Title of it was Changed to Trienniall

ffalmouth the 14^th Instant this day came in here the Spanish Alliance pacquett Boat who in her Way retook an English Merchant Ship

the Bill will be Lost for this sessions and unless there be some Temperament or Concessions ffound in that matter the nacion will receive great detriment but tis hoped the Lords will upon the debate in a free Conference withdraw the said Clause at a Least Salvo Iure = this morning the Narborough privateer sailed out of the river being the most punishing sailor that ever was built Carryes Carryes 46 guns Mounted and 24 Oares and doubts not but to make

belonging to new England which had fformerly ^been taken by two ffrench privatiers

Harwich the 17^th of Ianuary yesterday sailed hence the Vine pacquett Boat with a mail for Holland and 60 recruits on board for fflanders but she was no sooner at sea but sprung a Leack so that she was fforced to return the same day into harbour and is brought upon the Careen to be mended in the mean time the Grayhound ffrigatt is to supply her - place as pacquett Boat to & from from Holland

The following oath is subioined to the Bill brought in yesterday by the Lord Devonshire for securing their Maiesties persons and Government vezt. I. A: B: do swear that I will be faithfull and beare True Allegiance to our Sovereign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary and that I do not hold myself in any manner, obliged by my former Oath or Allegiance to the Late King Iames and I do swear that I will not Aid or Assist or hold Correspondence with the said King. Iames in case he should attempt to recover his pretended right to the Crown of this Realm by Invading the Realm or otherwise but will to the utmost of my power Assist & defend their Maiesties king William and Queen Mary their Crowns and Government against all the enemies particularly against the Late King James & his Adherents

The house of Commons yesterday sent a Message to the Lords for a Conference upon their Throwing out their Lordshipps Clause made in the Supply Bill and their Lordshipps appointed 4 in the After noon when the Managers delivered their reasons in the painted Chamber vez that It was their Inherent Right to Levy Money upon the subiect and ordered all things relating thereto which if the Commons continue to affirm and the Lords to adhere to their ffirst Resolucions

whether they should referr the matter to a Committee and Carryed it in the Negative by 14 they Locked up the doors of the house and tis likely they will sett Late

- the Lords yesterday reassumed the debate of calling the Attorney Generall to their Assistance and appointed a Committee to search precedents in the Case but a noble peer said that though it had been practised in former time yet he could not tell whether the king did it ex gratia they had power to summon his Attendance and Moreover belie ved it was done when he was no member of the house of Commons as he now is and that there is a precedent in the Like Case upon which tis thought the matter will drop

19 Ianuary. 1692/3

To The honorable Sir Richard: Newdigate Baronet at Arbury near Coventry 4