by the Letters of Attorney or otherwise of stinctly as they shall think sit for
their own advantage or conveniency.
Plymouth, Decem. 18: The last Saturday Sir Hardress Waller with his own
Company, Lieutenant Colonell Swythr. Captain Haddens, Captain Smiths, and
Captain Wilsons tooke shipping here, and in the Evening set saile, with them and
bove 200 Recruits besides, the work was done very suddenly, and without disturbance,
and the Lord hath so sayoured the businesse that wind and weather hath been
according to our desire, so that we doubt not but they were yesterday in Ireland,
indeed the Regiment was very unanimous to that service, and would gladly have
gon together,
Weymouth Decem.15 Colonell Cox is now here, I beleeve if the wind serve he
will ship his men to morrow there being now ships come for the Convey.
From Ireland the letters mention little further but that the Lord Leiutenant a
before Waterford, hath summoned them, but they refusing to surrender, though the
Inhabitants to save their Estates, which are very great, would willingly comply
preparations are made to storm, 1200. Horse and Foot from Cork, come to assist
the Lord Leiutenant in that siege, the Enemy avoid fighting as much as may be, they
give out that the Prince will be suddenly with them from Jersey. Col. Damil O'Neal
a notable Irish papist is to be Commander in chiefe of the Irish, which ca[unr]
seth a great faction amongst them.
Advertisements from the Head Quarters at London.
There hath little of concernment happened here this week, yesterday was the
day of execution for such as were condemned at Newgate; this last Session there
suffered 28. most of them high way men, and for committing of Burglary, among
the number there were five women, some for sellony, and some for murther. There
was one Capt. Reynolds who was of the Kings party in Cornwall at the disbanding
of the Lord Hoptons Army at Truro who was hanged at the same time. His carnage
was very bold, and as he was going to be turn'd off with a rope about his neck,
Cries, Godbless King Charls, Vive le Roy, There was another Colonell of the
Kings engaged with him in that robbery for which he was hanged, who was laid in
wait for to be apprechended.
There was one that had been a souldier in this Army executed at the same time
who had an hand in the robbery of Mr. Winter, the Generalls Chyurgian at Knights
bridge.
At a Court Martiall a Souldier who killd a man in his own defence near Croyden
in Surry was tryed, the country man declared, that they were all rogues that were
not in Coulchester, at the insurrections in Kent and Essex, and when the souldier
said he was not there, can at the souldier with a pitchforke: upon the whole the
souldier was cleared.
The Commissioners appointed by the Parliament for the making good of articles
[unr] yesterday, and gave relief that Sir Allen Asley Governour of Barustable who
was sued contraty to those Articles granted unto him upon the surrender of Bartstable
There are severall causes of weight depending before the commissioners
concerning Articles.
Yesterday was the cisusing of new Common councell men according to the usuall
Custome of the City of London, they made choice of divers new ones (amongst the
rest) Col Pride, and Loiut Col. John Dilburn.
Decemb. 22.
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