Prisoners, three of the chiefe are, Lieut. Robert Gadge, Robert Wood Pilot, and Robert
Parker, who had lately broke out of Norwich Goale, who are sent prisoners to
London. The vessell is called the Seaventine.
There are 15. saile of ships for a guard for the Northerne Coasts, Capt. Peacock
and Capt. Coppin sailed forth of Yarmouth Road, Aug. 9. and kept company untill
the 11. at which time they espied two faile, either of them then chased one, being
both men of warre: Capt. Coppin took that the purused about foure a clock in the afternoon.
The house of Commons ordered, That the Officers for Accounts shall be pred
their sallary out of the grand Excise, untill March next.
Honoured Sir.
A Letter from Scotland.
THe Parliament here is up in great confusion, The Lords and the Barons take all
on them, so that those of the Commons of the Parl. That that very night before the
Acts of Parl. did passe, rose all up in a very great hight, and went out of the house,
yet notwithstanding that they were gone, and their King not here, (who make two
of the 3 Estates of Scotland,) yet these Acts passed. The first Act is to seize upon
any mans mony at pleasure, for the service of the Committee of Estates : Another
Act was to take down the use of monies from 6s. in the hundred, which is now
fallen to 5 per cent, with all charges laid on the use: And another act more was to
take down some of the Tythes. When this was done, and all the acts passed, many
of the Ministers did weep, and said oh, oh, when will judgment be done in this Land.
Here are 2 letters to be sent to their King, one is from the Parl. and the other
from the Assembly; Mr. George Windham Parliament man to go with them: Here is
one capt. Collenose that is come from near London-Derry, he had a Troop of horse,
but he hath dispersed them all to shift for themselves, for he could not take part
with the Lord of Ards, nor Sir Robert Stuart, he saith that they are in a good condition
in Derry, and have killed of the besiegers many a brave man, and that they
cannot get near to bury their dead; so that Owen Roe is gone to the siedge with all the
strength that he can make in the North of Ireland and hath fell upon Sr. Rob. Stward;
they stopped all the Sea ports that none can come to Scotland: yet here are some that
come from Irel. who are say, that they have a good conceit of the single Independent.
Here is a small ship come into Leith, from Newcastle, with Guns and Ammunition,
so soone as the people saw it, many cryed out, that the Marquesse of Argyle
had agreed with Lieut. Gen. Cromwell, and that this was his ammunition:
The Committee of Estates is to go from Edenburgh to St. Johnstoume, there to
sit I know not how long; but the Parl. is not to sit here untill the first of March,
those Officers and Souldiers, that are come hither from Ireland, are turned into
8. or 9. Companies, and are to receive pay as the Army.
In the Letters going from hence to their King, they have upon the matter laid
aside the solemn League and Covenant of the 3 Nations at prese and only presse
him to sign the Scotch Covenants. Just now is one come hither from Ireland, who
saith, that the siege is driven off from Derry.
Edenburgh 14. August, 1649;
Wednesday August 22.
THe act for Plantations about Floreda, and from thence to the summer Islands,
appointing Discipline there subordinate to the Government of England, was