Coldnefs between the Pope and Cardinal Cofcia, which has pleas'd a great Number of People, Favourites never wanting Enemies. From Muscovy they tell us, that the Ruffians are to take the Field this Spring with an Army of 70,000 Men, and to have a Fleet of so Men of War at Sea. On the other hand, the King of Denmark not liking these Preparations, is fitting out 40 Men of War, 36 Frigates, 7 Prahms, and a good Number of Gallies, which are to be employ'd in the Baltick, and the Elbe. The Senate of Sweden having referr'd to the Chancery what has been done concerning the King and Kingdom's Acceffion to the Treaty of Hanover, they have made their Report in favour of that Acceffion; which Report has been taken into Confideration by the Senate, approved and agreed to. In Poland they begin to talk with a little more Moderation; and the Opinion of the Senatus Concilium lately affembled there, was, that the Difference with the Proteftant Powers ought to be made up; and a Project of Accommodation has been fent to the Court of Pruffia, and communicated to the Courts of Great Bri-: tain and France by their Minifters at Warfaw. What this Project contains is not yet made publick; mean while the Levies are con tinu'd in Pruffia, and a Flying Camp of 16000 Men is to be form'd this Spring in Polish Pruffia. In Germany there are frequent Councils and Difpatches fent to foreign Courts. If there be any War in Europe, it derives its Source from hence; the Emperor can raise Men, and depends upon Spain. for Money, which, they fay, by the late Treaty has engag'd to pay the Emperor three Millions of Florins a Year. Befides which, they talk as if 8000 Men of the Palatinate and Wurtzbourg Forces were to march into the Auftrian Netherlands, and there to be paid by the King of Spain. His Catholick Majefty is putting all the Troops of his Kingdom upon an equal Foot; every Regiment is to confift of 2000. Men, and to be commanded by a General, who is to have under him a Colonel, a Lieutenant-Colonel, and a Major. Thefe Regulations, as well as all others in the Kingdom, are chiefly owing to the Duke de Ripperda, who is faid to have form'd feveral Pro jects for aggrandizing the Spanish Monarchy. The Money in that Kingdom has lately been rais'd; the Gold Specie one Eighth;. and the Reals, which pafs'd for eight Reals de Plata, are to pafs for nine and a half. They They have likewife made an Alteration in their Specie in France, and made a new Coin; the Louis d'Or, which in January was current at 14 Livres, was on the first February reduced to 12; and the Crown-piece from 3 Livres 10 Sols to 3 Livres: And on the 4th of February, an Edict was publish'd for coining new Louis d'Ors of 30 tothe Mark, at the rate of 20 Livres each; and new Crowns at 8% to the Mark, at the rate of 5 Livres each; and Half-Crowns and Quarter-Pieces in proportion. The Gold Species will be receiv'd in the Mints at the rate of 492 Livres the Mark, and the Mark of Silver Species at the rate of 34 Livres. The five India Ships failed this Month out of the Port of Oftend in a very gay and triumphant manner, under which they' conceal'd a great deal of Fear and Uneafinefs; for they were very apprehenfive of being stopp'd by fome English Men of War, and having all the Men of that Nation taken out of their Ships. They had not been long out of Port before they were overtaken with a violent Storm, by which one of 'em receiv'd fo much Damage, that she was obliged to put back again into Oftend to be refitted. In our laft, we mention'd the Province of Holland's Refolution of acceding to the Treaty of Hanover; fince then the Provinces of Zealand and Friefland are come into the fame Measures. The Confent of the Province of Utrecht is daily expected, and the other three wait only for their next Provincial Affemblies for doing the fame. Advices from GREAT BRITAIN. S feveral foreign Powers continue their Armaments, Great A Britain does not feem in the leaft behind-hand with them, but will have a fine Fleet out at Sea this Spring. Sir John Jennings has hoifted his Flag at Chatham, as Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron; and Sir Charles Wager at Portsmouth, as ViceAdmiral of the Red. A Squadron of feven Men of War, under. the Command of Vice-Admiral Hofier, is alfo order'd to the WeftIndies, where there are already fix; and 'tis thought, that befides. the Fleet mention'd in our laft, feveral more Men of War will be put into Commiffion, as will alfo fome Bomb-Veffels. They continue very vigorously to imprefs Men for the Service of the Navy; and the Victualling-Office has lately killed a great Number of Hogs and Oxen, Provifion having at firft been made only for 10,000 Men. Never 12 Never were there fuch Nurnbers of Robberies and Murders committed in London, as there have been for this Month or fix Weeks paft. A Gang of Rogues had affociated themselves, and made a very formidable Body. By their Proceedings, it appears that they had vow'd the Death of every one who should detect or apprehend any of the Gang, or oppose 'em in the Execution of their Designs. One of this notorious Society having been ap- prehended by Mr. Ball, who kept a publick Houfe in Southwark, and committed to Surry Goal, eight Rogues came to his House one Evening, and one of 'em pulling out a Piftol directly fhot Mr. Ball; which done, they all walk'd off. Flufh'd with this Succefs, they committed many other Outrages, and were fo much feared, that the Watch and Peace-Officers durft not come to the Affiftance of any body who was attack'd. To put a stop to these Violences, which, if not foon remedied, might have had ftill more terrible Confequences, his Majefty was, on the 12th Inftant, pleas'd to publish a Proclamation, offering a Reward of 300l. for the apprehending and convicting of any of the following Perfons: · William Blewet, Edward Burnworth, alias Frazier, Emanuel Dickenfon, Thomas Berry, and four others unknown, by whom Mr. Ball was murder'd; and befides the Reward, his Majefty's Pardon to any of the four laft (except the Man who actually fhot Mr. Ball) who should discover any of his Accomplices. His Majesty alfo offers a Reward of 100%. befides all other Rewards they may be entitled to by Act of Parliament, for the apprehending and convicting of any Perfon concern'd in Murder or Street Robberies for two Months paft; and his Majefty's moft gracious Pardon to any one concern'd in fuch Robberies, who fhall difcover his Accomplice, provided that he who makes the Discovery be not the Perfon, who actually committed any fuch Murder. One of the greatest Security honeft Men have, is, that Rogues are never true to their Engagements with each other. The four Perfons named in the Proclamation being alfo defcribed, have been diligently fought after; and Burnworth, alias Frazier, thought he could be no where fo fafe, as at the Houfe of this Man, whom Mr. Ball had apprehended; but he to fecure his Pardon, and entitle himself to the Reward, order'd his Wife to get him fecur'd; which fhe accordingly did, and he was committed to Newgate. The other three nam'd in the Proclamation went over to Holland, and landed at Rotterdam; but not being known there, nor giving G any any account of themselves, they were fufpected; and Mr. Finch, the British Minifter at the Hague, having before receiv'd his Majefty's Proclamation, fent fome Perfons over to Rotterdam, to fee whether they anfwer'd the Defcriptions given in it; and in cafe they did, he directed 'em to apply to the Magiftracy for Orders to get 'em fecured; which was accordingly done, and they were all laid in Irons; and 'tis expected they will be fent over to England. Other Perfons have alfo been taken up, who are thought to belong to the fame Gang; fo that an effectual Stop will foon be put to their dangerous Defigns. G Members of Parliament chofen this Month. Earge Dean, Efq; is chofen for Tiverton in Devonshire, in the room of the late Thomas Bere, Efq; Sir Nicholas Pelham of Westling in Suffex, is chofen for Lewes in the fame County, in the room of the late Henry Pelham, Efq; The Marquis of Caernarvon, eldest Son of his Grace the Duke of Chandos, is elected for Steyning in Suffex, in the room of Major-General Pepper, deceas'd. George Huxley, Efq; one of the Commiffioners for Victualling the Navy, who fince his Acceptance of that Place loft his Election at Bedford, of which Place he was before a Reprefentative, is chofen for Newport in the Isle of Wight, in the room of the late Lord Whitworth. Thomas Winnington, Efq; is elected for the Borough of Droitwych in Worcestershire, in the room of Edward Winnington Jefferies, Efq; one of the Welsh Judges, deceas'd. The Honourable Captain Thomas Herbert, of the firft Regiment of Foot-Guards, and third Son to the Earl of Pembroke, is elected Member of Parliament for Newport in Cornwall, in the room of the late Sir Nicholas Morrice his Brother-in-law. The Honourable Charles Colyear, Efq; was return'd for Chiping-Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, in the room of the late Honourable Charles Egerton, Efq; but the Election having fince been declared void, the third of March was fix'd for a new one. Deaths of Perfons of Note. T HE latter End of laft Month died the Right Honourable Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield; and is fucceeded in Honour and Eftate by his Son the Lord Stanhope. About About the fame time died Sir Nicholas Morrice of Worrington in Devonshire, Bart. Member of Parliament for Newport in Corn wall. Lately died in France, Sir Richard Vernon of Hoduct in Shropbire, Bart. which Title by his Death is extinct. The Beginning of this Month died Sir John Chefter of Newport Pagnel in Buckinghamshire, Bart. As did fome Days after, Sir Lorenzo Fettiplace of Chilfey in Berkshire, Bart. On the 3d of the Month died at his Seat in North Britain, the Lord Nairn, Brother to his Grace the Duke of Athol. On the 15th died the Lord Viscount Molefworth of the Kingdom of Ireland. As did, about the fame time, the Lady Daines, Mother of the Lord Viscount Barrington's Lady. On the 26th, N. S. died at Munich, the Elector of Bavaria. On the 26th, died of the Small-Pox, aged 18, the Honourable Mrs. North, only Daughter of the Lord Guilford. The fame Day died of an Apoplexy, at his Chambers in the Temple, the Honourable Mr. Finch, Brother to the Earl of Nottingham. MARRIAGES. O The Duke of Somerset is (the Princes of the Blood excepted) the second Duke in England. The firft Peer of this Family was Edward Seymour, who by King Henry VIII. was created a Baron and Viscount in the 28th Year of his Reign, the next Year an Earl, and the next a Duke. His Brother Sir Thomas Seymour was Father to the Lady Jane, whom King Henry married, and by whom he had Edward VI. After the Death of King Harry, this Duke, who was Lord Great Chamberlain of England for Life, Earl Marshal and Lord Treafurer, was made Protector to young King Edward; but was afterwards beheaded on Tower-Hill, and by his Attainder the Title became extinct. His |