by the extremity of the Thunder, her main Mast rent top to bottom, and
in fourty peeces, and the Amseem quite cast out of its place.
According to an Order of the House, on Friday last, authorizing the Councel
of State to take care for the securing of Sir John Winter, who was excepted
in one of the qualifications of the Propositions, and his estate disposed of; The
Councel accordingly gave warrant for apprehending of him, and being taken
upon this warrant, is committed Prisoner to the Tower.
Chester, Septemb. 1. 1649.
Sir, But few Letters of a late date are come hither; These that are come,
are sparing in news, keeping the larger accounts against some occasion hath
happened to inlarge upon; We hear of your various Reports raised at London
in favour of the Rebels, and that you have many there will not yet beleeve
that the Victory was so great against Ormond as was signified, nay, some, we
hear, report that there was nothing at all done, but that he drew off without
loss. We wonder at their delusions. Ormond and Inchequin are said to be in
one body, intending to joyn with Ards and Clanrickard, and have sent to the
two latter to that end, to come down to them, the greatest body of them is at
present about Trym.
Another Letter from Chester of the same date.
Sir, I have been the longer silent because of our expectation out of Ireland,
from whence I have received several Letters this week, but some of them of old
date; The last we heard thence was the 27. instant, whereby I understood that
the Lord Lieutenant mustered 18000 men, and intended to take the field the
middle of this week, and the enemy lieth about Trym, but cannot get any
considerable number of Foot; I beleeve our men will march towards Tredah.
Sir, I was desired by Colonel Venables to write up to you for a warrant to
command any of the Men of War in these Seas for a Convoy, when any mony
is to go over, and I thought good to write whether it were not convenient to
get a warrant from the Lord General to make use of any Horse or Foot for collecting
of the Assessments, for I fear they will never be brought in without it.
From the Northern coasts, there are great complaints of Sea robberies, by
six Pyrates especially, that lie that way, and have been very perplexing for
these six weeks, They have seized on many small vessels, and drove one of our
Frigots but a few days since into Humber.
Tuesday, Septemb. 4.
Their being twenty poor people who had for their releefe a Lease for some
part of the Lands of that Deanery, and the Lease being nigh out, their cafe
was made known to the House, and the House thereupon ordered, That the
Lease should be renewed for fourty years longer, and passed Instructions herein.
Several Gentlemen were by the House added to the Committees for Hereford,
& c. An Act read for the prohibiting importation of Hats, Felts, Casters,
or Hatbands from France, Holland, or any other place beyond Seas, that
English Commodities may help the English Nation, and encourage men in
their Trades; The Act was read and referred back for amendments. An Act
read for bringing Seamen taken, that have revolted, to tryal, this Act referred
to a Committee. Many Mariners having forsaken present employment for the
Winter fish trade, have cast themselves out of all, enough being taken in for
that already. There was desired this day Arears of a person of Honor to be alowed