From Stettin in Pomerania. 16. Jan.
The Polanders having made choice of the high lands, draw
things into a long and tedious dispute, which is much disliked
for what other issue can be expected by delay then the ruine of
both inhabitants of both Parties. About Dantzick there stayes
six regiments of Swedish Forces, those in Dantzick have
brought in some prisoners from them. Field Marshall Czarnecki
having made an invasion into Prussia is said to have taken
Ortelsburg, Soldaw, and Gulgenburgh, ruined the places,
and is since marched over the river Notez towards Poland.
The President [unr]llistroom, is gone with a passe to the King of
Sweden. The Town Conitz being taken by the Swedes they
went before Fauchel, which they took also. At Thorn there
have dyed of the Pest in all 8200 persons.
Westminster January 22.
The humble Petition of the Lord Major and Commonalty
of the city of York was this day read, and referred to the Committee
to whom the Bill for the Courts at York was referred:
Ordered, that the Bill for disappropriating the Rectory, and
of the Vicarage of the Church of Preston, be read the Second
time on Saturday.
The House, according to former Order, resumed, the Debate
adjournied Yesterday, touching the Bill for assessing and
continuing of a Tax for the maintaining of the Militia Forces
in England and Wales.
January 23. Resolved that the House do adjourn it self till Tuesday
morning next.
Whitehall Jan. 23.
The Speaker and the whole Body of the Parliament (according to
the order of the House) came hither to congratulate with his Highnes
the Lord Protector, for his happy Deliverance from the late bloudy
and inhumane designe against his Highnes person. To which purpose
his Highnesse gave the Parliament a meeting in the Banquetinghouse,
where the sence and high affection of the House was delivered
in a speech by Mr Speaker, and a suteable Replie was made thereunto
by his Highness.
It happened, that in the passage out of the Court up to the Banqueting-house,
a Croud of People thronging, made some part of the