(having been our old Friends) have the favor to be at liberty upon Parole; the
Lieutenant and rest are secured. Lieut. Col. Miller, for his many good services,
is made Colonel of the Regiment, and hath the Command of the Tower
at present, till further Order be taken therein.
This day, the Committee of Aldermen and Commoners of the City had further
Conference with his Excellencie, and it was agreed to be resumed again
on the morrow, and that some of the general Council of Officers should be
present at the managing thereof.
Another from Newcastle, December 8.
We are here in daily expectation of the Arvial of the three Scotish Commissioners,
together with our own from London; when they come, I suppose
the Treaty will immediately be renewed here, but with what success, God
only knoweth, this I am confident of, that the failure will not be on our
part, for, I observe in all here an extraordinary inclination to Compliance,
which we doubt not, when all Accounts shall be cast up, will turn to our
great advantage, whatever the event may be; which we look on as very
uncertain when we consider the late proceedings in Scotland, with the
Advance of General Monck to Berwick, he being arived there in person, and
he intends to make it his Head quarter. If he will cure us of all Jealousie
by coming off fair at last upon Treaty, he will be received with all cordial
demonstrations of respect and affection to himself and Officers, our mistaken
brethren, and all hard thoughts will be laid aside for the future, but as long
as he shall stand off, we must have leave to make use of our reason, in concluding
what Interest he must have recourse to at last, though he should never
have had thought of it at first.
Yesterday, a Messenger brought a Letter from him to my Lord Lambert,
desiring that his three Commissioners might have liberty, before the resuming
of the Treaty, to come to Berwick, to give those who sent them an Account
of their Negotiation at London; which truly imports no great good towards
the Treaty, but much of delay
I have sent you enclosed a new weekly Scoti Diurnal, printed at Edenburgh
by Authority, and called The Faithful Intelligencer, which will shew you
how they are spirited.
From Durham, Decemb. 8.
We wait at present, to see what General Monck will do when the Commissioners
are met. Colonel John Clark, one of the Committee of Safety, and
Lieut. Col. Clobery, one of General Moncks three Commissioners, are just new
gone through this Town; the other two, viz. Col. Wilkes and Major Knight,
are expected here this night. General Monck is come to Berwick, and our
Army is drawing that way. He hath taken his Forces from Adnwick; fair
words are also given, but those alone will not satisfie. Here is notable freezing
weather, and if the Agreement be not ratified, we shall have gallant marching
(and the Soldiers will march it with a good heart) over the Mountains into
Scotland.
Decemb. 13.
The General Council of Officers came to a Resule upon the following Particulars.
Seven Principles and unalterable Fundamentalls, which the general Council
of Officers of the Armies of the three Nations, and of the Fleet, have
agreed on, to be perpetually kept and observed, in order to the conservation
of this Commonwealth.