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A71347	Mercurius publicus: comprising the sum of forraign intelligence ...[no.26 (21 June-28 June 1660)]; Mercurius publicus (London, England : 1659)	Muddiman, Henry, fl.1659-1666, editor.; Dury, Giles editor.; Newcomb, Thomas, d. 1681 or 2, publisher.	1660 (1660)	Thomason E186_9	12,190	16

Numb. 26. Mercurius Publicus COMPRISING The Sum of Forraign Intelligence WITH The Affairs now in Agitation in England Scotland and Ireland For Information of the People Published by Order of the late Council of State From Thursday June 21. to Thursday June 28. 1660. VVednesday June 20. 1660. YEsterday the Baron of Pelnitz the Master of the Horse Chamberlain and Colonel of the Regiment of the Guards of his Electoral Highness of Brandenbourgh and his Extraordinary Envoy to his Majesty had Audience at VVhitehal The Master of the Ceremonies went to fetch him from his House with two rich Coaches each with six Horses and so conducted him to VVhitehal being brought up stairs the Vice Chamberlain conducted him through a gallery full on both sides of Gentlemen unto the Presence Chamber door where the Earl of Manchester Lord Chamberlain conducted him to his Majesty who staid expecting him there His Majesty was bare during the whole audience his Speech was pretty long containing a congratulation upon the happy restauration of his Majesty and the expression of his 〈…〉 Highnesses joy for the same His Majesty returned a very obliging answer suitable to the affection that ●lector hath shewed unto him in former times being the first forreign Minister with Credentials to his Majesty that made a publick address The Audience being ended the Lord Chamberlain conducted him back through the said Gallery to the stairs head the Vice Chamberlain to the Coach and the Master of the Ceremonies with another Gentleman and the two Coaches brought him home again an honor we have not heard of conferred before on any forreign Envoy by a King of England and now done to shew the high sentiments his Majesty hath of the Electors former kindness to him Monday June 18. 1660. A Letter from Lievtenant Col. Yardly to M. Thomas Asht●n Chaplain to the English in Jersey was communicated to his Excellency General Monck containing the sole unity of his Majesties Proclamation there by his order a sta●ely Sc●ffold was erected in the market place of S. Hillaries Town where were present all the English Officers and Souldiers and the Hon●rable Sir Philip Cartaret and the chief of the Gentry the Proclamation was in English and French after each followed volleys of shot and loud acclamations of God save King CHARLES the Second at night the ayr was lighted with bonfires and the Island thundred with the great Guns at least a hundred shots were made from them in that small place consisting but of twelve Parishes the like rejoycing was never known there in any ones memory now living 't is disputable whether the English or the Islanders were more cordial or saw more signs of thankfulness but 't is out of controversie that his Majesty hath not more loyal Subjects in his Dominions their obedience being confirmed by the presence of his Majesty among them after his Fathers death of blessed memory and his own miraculous deliverance at Worcester fight which so encreased their courage that Iersey was the last place lost from his Majesty being kept by the faithful and couragious Sir George Cartaret until his Majesty sent him an Express out of France to surrender it Thursday June 21. Upon a report from the Committee of Priviledges and Elections concerning the Return of the Election for Scarborough Resolved That M. Tompson is duly Elected to serve as a Member in Parliament for that place M. Luke Robinson being chosen for that place and by former order discharged from sitting in the House it was ordered that a new Writ issue for the electing of a new Burgress to serve in his stead Upon report concerning the Election of the Borough of Northampton Resolved That Sir John Norris and M. Rainsford are duly elected for that place M. Carew one of the Tryers of the late King being brought up and delivered to the Speaker and by him committed to the Serjeant at Arms the House approved of his commitment M. Speaker acquainted the House that the Lord Monson came with his Keeper from the Fleet and surrendred himself to him according to his Majesties Proclamation whom the Speaker finding to to be a Prisoner upon Execution remanded back to the Fleet which the House approved of M. Speaker acquainted the House that Major General Ludlow had rendered himself whereupon it was ordered that he be committed to the Serjeant at Arms The House referred it to a Committee to state the Accompts of all such who have provided Necessaries in order to his Majesties Reception and to give Warrants for their satisfaction out of the 20000 l. charged upon the Bill of Assessement for that purpose Upon Report of amendments to the Bill for confirming of Priviledges of Parliament and the fundamental Laws they were agreed unto and the Bill ordered to be engrossed The Bill for Pole-money was read the second time and ordered to be committed to a grand Committee of the House and that the House be in a grand Committee to morrow morning for that purpose London This day the several Aldermen and other Citizens of London waited upon their Highnesses the Duke of York and Duke of Glocester to desire them to honour the City with their company at Dinner at Guild-hall on the day his Majesty had appointed to dine with them going to the House of Lords thence to the House of Commons whom they also invited the same day who were pleased to accept of the Invitation and return their thanks for the Cities respect to them Westminster Thursday June 21. 1660. Ordered by the Lords and Commons new asse●●led in Parliament That one Subsidie called Tonnage●nd one other Subsidie called Poundage and those other Duties called or known by the name of New-Impost shall continue to be paid after the Rates Rules ●nd Proportions by which they are now due and payab●● and upon the same Goods and Merchandizes whereupon the same are now levied and collected until the 24th of Iuly which shall be in the year of our Lord 1660 before which time one Act is intended to be passed for the Settlement and Regulation thereof Ordered by the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament That the Imposition of Excise shall continue to be paid after the Rates Rules and Proportions by which the same is now due and payable and upon the same Goods and Merchandizes whereupon the same are now levied and collected until the twenty fourth of Iuly which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred and sixty before which time one Act is intended to be passed for the Settlement and Regulation thereof Friday Iune 22. At the House of Lords The House of Lords having received a Message from the House of Commons to desire their concurrence in ordering 10000l part of the 20000l formerly conferred by the Parliament on the Lord General Monck to be paid out of the Ordinance of Assessment for 70000l per mensem their Lordships agreed thereunto At the House of Commons Upon Report made of Amendments to the Bill of

Our Ministers in their Sermons with so much fervency and passionate expressions delivered what great kindness the Lord had for us in restoring to us our good King that it hath not been observed that at any time their E●●●●tations have b●en entertained with such attention and so plentifull tears by their Audito●y The English Officers of State and Warre observed the Thanksgiving with no less joy and devotion after Sermon and after we had all dined together we all marched from the Council-house to the Cross in this order The Town Council in their Gowns with their trumpets sounding before them went first then two Bailies before the English Commissioners and Officers and two behind them went next The Provost all alone before the Scots Nobility and Gentry that are in Town and two Bailies with the Dean of Gild and Thesaurer followed after Their Guards neer six hundred Citizens in comely apparel armed with Swords and Partisans the Cross was covered with Artificial Vines loaden with Grapes both good Cla●et wines plentifully springing out from all its Channels On its heads a Baccus bestradling a Hogshead with two or three Satyrs did with their mimick g●stures and jests entertain the beholders A little below the Cross within a Rail was errected a Scaffold six foot high on which was placed a large Table covered with a rich Banquet served up in glass and representing divers forms and devices as his Majesties Arms the Arms of the City and divers Exotick Trees vvere raised loaden with their Leaves and Fruits c. The Table being surrounded with above one hundred persons of Eminency The Musick and breaking of Glasses vvere seconded by three general Vollies of the Horse and Foot vvho received as handsome ansvver from the great Guns of the Castle Ci●adel and ships in the Road and all were ec●hoed by joyful Acclamations of the people After this the forces drew off affording the civilities of view to the people amongst whom the dishes and banquet were hurled and so arose and marched down to the Piazzo of the Palace of Holyrod house fi●st the Commissioners nex● the Mayor General with his Army and after them the City Magistrates with their guards whence after the Masket had saluted them there with divers vollios and had ●●ceived a retu●n from the great guns of the Castle citadal and sea as formerly they marched back again quite thorough the City up to the Cast●e-hill from w●e●●e every one part returned to spend the rest of the evening with their friends in mirth and mutual joy and entertainments But now begin in the Bells and the Fire-works therefore I must be gone to assist in the dances of our Magistrates and Ci●izen abou● the Bonefires and on my knees to remember the health of my Soveraign and his loyal kindred and the prosperity of his Excellency and all those Heroes and No●●les who have been instrum●ntal or do rejoyce with us in this our great deliverance and happiness D●e Sabbati Junii 23. 1660. ORdered by the Lords in Parliament Assembled That all the Tyths Gleb●s and other Profits of or belonging to the Rectory of A. B. in the County of D. C. and other Ecclesiastical Living or Benefice of A. B. who hath been Sequ●stred or Ejected without due course of Law in or since the time of the late Warr be by Authority hereof stayed and secured in the hands of the Church-Warden or Over-●eers to the Poor of the said Parish untill the Title of the said ●equestred A. B. and the present Possessor thereof shall be determined by the further Order of Parliament or Eviction by due course of Law Jo. Brown Clerie Parliamentorum Whitehal Whitehall His Sacred Majesty but of a sence of the high deserts of Col. John Covert u● Glaug●am in the county of Suffex who formerly served in the Army of his ●●●e Majesty of ever blessed memory with much courage and fidelity and 〈◊〉 since that notwithstanding the cruelty of his enemies and their persecuting of him for continuing his allegiance to his present Majesty still remained unshaken in his resolutions to perform his duty for which he was by Oliver Cromwell imprisoned in the Tower was graciously pleased first to Knight him and then give him a Patent for Baroner His Majesty conferred the honour of Knighthood on William Poult●ty a person that ever had a great civility for all that were for the Royal cause and a loyal heart for his Majesties service Col. Roger Mostyn is made Gentleman of the privy chamber to his Majesty to enjoy all priviledges c. On Munday the right honourable the Earl of Shrewsbury presented to his Majesty an Address of the Nobility and Gentry of the County of Worcester enti●u●ed To the Kings most Excellent Majesty The humble Address of the Nobility and Gentry in the County of Worcester The Address was subscribed Tho. Windsor Tho. Coventry Will Russell and above fifty others His Majesty returned them his hearty thanks telling them He was well assured of their Loyalty and affection and should ever have a good esteem of them One Payne formerly a Messenger of Oliver Cromwell is secured there being information against him That he was the Executioner of that Execrable m●●der of his late Majesty On Monday Serjeant Atkins a person of knowen integritie and great learning in the Law sate Baron of the Exchequer It being prohibited by the House of Commons upon the miscarriage and abuses of some idle Pamphletters That any of the Votes of that House should be printed without special Order the Reader is desired to excuse us if in obedien●e to them we cannot yet give him so full satisfaction Books from the Office of Intelligence having formerly given you an account that Mr. Scot one of the late pretended High Count of Justice for trial of his late Majesty was brought to Westminster I must confess though enquired of by many I could not give satisfaction therein being tender to gainsay any thing I did not well know especially in a matter concerning Mr. Scot with whom that Pamphl●●ter formerly kept such constant intelligence till meeting with a near relation of his I was informed that he was at Brussels where he had tended himself to Sir Henry de V●● till his Majesties pleasure should be further known concerning him laying himself now at last at the feet of his Majesties mercy as his onely security From Ireland we are certified that there are yet some unquiet spirits amongst them which do endeavour to bring that Nation again into confusion as may appear by a Letter lately taken of dangerous consequence the intent of it is to stir●● to a new War But being by providence so early found out their Plot is doubtless quite spoiled For such is the prodence and valour of the persons intrusted with the management of affairs in that Nation that we need not fear had they headed much less now the Design●s discovered London Printed by J Macock and Tho. Newcomb 1660.

General Pardon and Oblivion the Amendments were agreed unto and the Bill Ordered to be engross●d The Bill is to extend to the 24th of Iune 1660. Resolved That Mr. Burton be one of the twenty excepted out of the General Act of Indempnity and Oblivion to suffer such pains penalties c. and now in the Custody of the Serjeant have liberty to attend his occasions upon security given to the Serjeant at Armes to be forth coming when he shall require him thereunto The Bill for setling Judicial Proceedings was ordered to be read to morrow morning The ●ule Resolved to be in a Grand Committee at three of the clock in the afternoon which was done accordingly Saturday Iune 23. A Petition of Lancelot Emmet and others was read and referred to a Committee Ordered That the House be in a Grand Committee on Monday next at three of the clock in the afternoon to consider of a Bill touching the Court of Wardes Ordered That the Committee who are to consider of Ministers Livings do meet this afternoon and so de die in diem and that they speedily report the same Resolved That the House be in a Grand Committee on Munday next to consider of Poll-money Upon Report made upon examination of the Accompt of Richard Blackwell John Sparrow and Humphry Blake that there was due to the State from them for Arrears of Prize-Goods from the year 1649. to the year 1652. 41495.5 s. 3 d. ¼ It was Ordered That it be referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to take speedy course for the calling of the said Richard Blackwel Iohn Sparrow and Humphry Blake to an accompt in the Exchequer and that they be proceeded against The Bill for satisfaction of Purchases was read and ordered to be read again The House resolved That the Queens Majesty shall be restored to the Possession of these Houses Mannors and Lands following being part of her Majesties Joynture and purchased by such Persons whose Estates are lyable to forfeiture viz. Mannor of Old-Court purchased by M. Edwards Mannor of Richmond with House and Materials puchased by Sir Gregory Norton Egghant purchased by Captain John Blackwel Mannor of Ampthil and Mannor of Milbrooke purchased by Col. Okey Mannor of Somersham with the Chase and Pa●k Mannor of Crowland Part Mannor of Spalding purchased by Col. Wauton and Adrian Scroop Part of the Mannor of Eastham purchased by M. Blackwel Mannor of West-Walton and Mannor of Trington purchased by Ed. Whaley Honour and Mannor of Eye purchased by M. Dendy Non-such great Park and Materials purchased by Col. Pride Non-such House and Park purchased by Col. Lambert Resolved That Sommerset House and Greenwich be likewise forthwith restored to the possession of her Majesty and that all Arrears of rent be paid unto her Majesty unto such persons as her Majesty shall be pleased to appoint to receive the same Ordered That the House be in a Grand Committee on Munday 〈…〉 Poll-money Whitehall On Fryday the Right Honourable the Earl of Winc●else● with s●●e oth●r ●●●tlemen presented an Address to his Sacred Majesty sub●●●●● by 〈…〉 Nobility and Gentry of Kent wherein they express their great joy 〈…〉 Majestie●●ration to his people as also their constant loyalty and heart● affection to his Majesty His Majesty was pleased to 〈◊〉 them tha● 〈…〉 Journey through that C●●●ty he had sufficient evidence of the 〈◊〉 of the Pe●p●e and 〈…〉 of his Gracious favour to them upon any occasion that 〈…〉 The same night his Majesty with his two R●yal B●o●●●s and several of 〈◊〉 N●bility were highly entertained a● Supper by the Lo●●Lu●●l●y Saturday being appointed by his Majesty to ●●uch such as were troubled with the Evil a great company of p●or affl●cted Crea●ures were 〈◊〉 together 〈…〉 Chairs and F●askets and being appointed by his Maj●sty 〈…〉 to the Banqu●ting-house his Majesty sat in a Chair of Sta●● where he st●ok'd 〈…〉 we 〈◊〉 to him and then put about each of their N●cks a white R●bb●n with an A●●●● o● Gold on it In this manner his Majesty stroak'● abov● 6●● and such was his 〈◊〉 p●●ience and tenderness to the poor affl●cted Creatures 〈…〉 took up a 〈◊〉 long time His Majesty being never weary of wel-doing was pleased to make enqui●y w●ether there were any more that had not yet been touch'd A●ter Prayers were ended the Duke of Buckingham brought a Towel and the Earl o●Pembrook a Baso● and E●er who after they had made their obeysance to his Majesty kneeled down till his M●jesty had washed Westminster On Satarday several Gentlemen of the Long Robe were made Serjeants of the Coi●e They came out of the Common P●eas Treasu●y in●o Westminster Hall and stood over against the Common Pl●as Court Serjeant Glanvil and Serjeant Littleton brought them to the Bar according to the usual form the Wa●den of the Fleet and U●her of the Exchequer walking before them The names of these made Serjeant● are Sir Tho. Widderington Serj. Brown Serj. Gly● Serj. Earle Serj. Bernars Serj. Hales Serj. Twisden Serj. Maynard Serj. New●igate Serj. Windham Serj. Fountain Serj. Syse Serj Archer Serj. Waller Venice May 2● 1660. After so many several Reports of the Enterprise of Generalissimo Morosini we hear by Letters from him to the Senate that having retired his Forces from about Negroponte the Fort whereof would have kept too long his Army he hath upon a sudden fallen upon the Isle of S●atto not ab●ve 20 miles distance from the other and before the Enemies could recover themselves did so vigorously assault the Castle that notwithstanding the resi●tance of those within he took it two days after wherein he found 70 Pieces of Ordnance with Prov●sions for a moneth for his whole Army Thus his design was to demolish it that he might hereafter so much the more easily get the Contributions of that Isle We hear from Constantinople that the Grand Signior is yet at Andrinople where he doth remain by the advice of the Divan to hasten the march of the Forces designed against Prince Ragotski That the first Vizier is returned thither from Belgrade hoping the change of air will much contribute to the recovering of his health and that the Grand Signor never missed a day without giving him a visit and asking his advice upon his affairs In the mean while having need of all his Forces upon an enquiry into the state of his Militia in pay he hath found 120000 F●ot and 40000 Horse besides his ordinary Guards which are above 10000 men with 50 Gallies 12 Mahones 30 great ships and many small ones The Letters say further that the said Grand Signor seemed to be very much troubled for the Peace between France and Spain not doubting but that his Empire which useth to take advantage of the division among the Christian Princes will suffer by their re-union And indeed besides the 4 Gallies of the Pope the 7 of Maltha and the 3 of the Great Duke of Tuscany which have been seen about Corfeu and Zante