The London Gazette.
Published by Authority.

From Thursday May 5 . to Monday May 9 . 1709.

Anno Septimo

ANNE REGINE.

An Act for Preserving the Privileges of Am-
bassadors, and other Publick Ministers of Fo-
reign Princes and States.

WHereas Several turbulent and disorderly Persons ha-
ving ina most outragious manner Insulted the Person
of his Excellency Andrew Artemonowitz Mattueof< no role > , Ambas-
sador Extraordinary of his Czarish Majesty, Emperor of
Great Russia, Her Majesty's good Friend and Ally, by Arrest-
ing him, and taking him by Violence out of his Coach in
the publick Street, and detaining him in Custody for several
Hours, in Contempt of the Protection granted by Her Ma-
jesty, contrary to the Law of Nations, and in prejudice of
the Rights and Privileges which Ambassadors and other
publick Ministers, authorized and received as such, have at
all times been thereby possessed of, and ought to be kept
Sacred and Inviolable; Be it therefore Declared by the
Queen's most Excellen Majesty, by and with the Advice and
Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com-
mons in Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the
same, That all Actions and Suits, Writs and Processes Com-
menced, sued or prosecuted against the said Ambassador
by any Person or Persons whatsoever, and all Bail Bonds
given by the said Ambassador, or any other Person or Per-
sons of his behalf. and all Recognizances of Bail given or
acknowledged in any such Action or Suit, and all Proceed-
ings upon; or by pretext or colour of any such Action or
Suit, Writ or Process, and all Judgments had thereupon, are
utterly Null and Void, and shall be deemed and adjudged
to be utterly Null and Void, to all Intents, Construction
and Purposes whatsoever.

And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all
Entries, Proceedings and Records against the said Ambas-
sador, or his Bail, shall he vacated and cancelled.

And to Prevent the like Insolencies for the future, Be
it further Declared by the Authority aforesaid, That all
Writs and Processes that shall at any time hereafter be Su-
ed forth or Prosecuted, whereby the Person of any Am-
bassador, or other Publick Minister of any Foreign Prince
or State, Authorized and Received as such by Her Maje-
sty, Her Heirs or Successors, or the Domestick, or Dome
stick Servant of any such Ambassador; or other publick
Minister, may be Arrested or Imprisoned, or his or their
Goods or Chattels may be Distrained, Seized or Attached,
shall be deemed and adjudge'd to be utterly Null and Void
to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes whatsoever.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid
That in case any person or persons shall presume to sue
forth or prosecute any such Writ or Process, such Person
and Persons, and all Attorneys and Solicitors prosecuting
and soliciting in such case, and all Officers executing any
such Writ or Process, being hereof convicted, by the
Confession of the Party, or by the Oath of one or more
credible Witness or Witnesses, before the Lord Chancellor,
or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great Britain, the
chief Justice of the Court of Queens-Bench, the chief Ju-
stice or the Court of Common-Pleas for the time being,
or any two of them, shall be deemed Violaters of the
Laws of Nations, and Disturbers of the publick Repose,
and shall suffer such Pains, Penalties and Corporal Puish
ment, as the said Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, and he
said chief Justices, or any two of them shall judge fit to
be imposed and insucted.

Provided, and be it declared, That no Merchant or o-
ther Trader whatsoever, within the Description of any

of the Statutes against Bankrupts, who hath or shall put
himself into the Service of any such Ambassador of Pub-
lick Minister, shall have or take any manner of Benefit by
this Act, and that no person shall be proceeded against as
having Arrested the Servent of an Ambassador or publick
Minister. by Virtue of this Act, unless the Name of such
Servant be first Registred in the Office of one of the Prin-
cipal Secretaries of State, and by such Secretary transmit
ted to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for the time
being, or their Under-Sheriffs or Deputies, who shall up-
on the Receipt thereof, hang up the same in some publick
Place in their Offices, whereto all Persons my resort and
take Copies thereof without Fee or Reward.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That
this Act shall be taken and allowed in all Courts within
this Kingdom as a Publick Act; and that all Judges and
Justices shall take notice of it without special Pleading
and all Sheriffs, Bailiffs, and other Officers and Ministers
of Justice concerned in the Execution of Process, are here-
by required to have regard to this Act, as they will an-
swer the contrary at their Peril.

Lisbon, May 4 . N. S. Letters from the Camp on
the Caya. of the 26th of April last, tell us, That the Army
under the Command of the Earl of Galway marched
on the 23d , and encamped at Cancan, about a League
from Elvas. The 26th the Army moved again, and en-
camped on the Caya, about 3 Leagues from Elvas, and
two from the Enemy, who lay on the Left of Badajos.
Our Armu consists of about 17000 Foot and 5000 Horse,
and appear is very good order. According to the Ac-
counts we have received from Deserters, we are in mum-
ber much superior to the Enemy.

Berne, may 4 N. S. The Letters from Milan of the
27th past fay, his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy be-
ing resolved to begin the Campaign betimes, had given
Orders for the speedy Preparation of every thing that
was necessary, and that the Troops would soon march 10
the general Rendezvous; that those who had been de-
tached for Barcelona were still at Final, their departure
from thence being uncertain, by reason that Admiral
Byng, who was to have taken them under his Convoy,
was gone with his Squadron to the Relief of the Castle
of Alicant. A general Dyet of the Thirteen Cantons is
summoned to meet at Baden for the 15th Instant , upon
the Occasion of the Affair of Tockemboug, which seems
to grow every day more perplexed.

Brussels, May 13 . N. S. Prince Eugene went from
hence on the 11th for the Hague, in order to meet his
Grace the Duke of Marlborough at that Place. On the
8th another great Convoy, consisting of 100 Vessels Iaden
with all sorts of Provision and Forage, set forward from
Ghent towards Courtray, Men in and Lisle. Letters from
Paris of the 10th say, the Duke Noailles was gone for
Roussillon, to take upon him the Command of the Troops
in that Country. The Duke of Orleans has deferred ser-
ting out for Spain; and some Advices say, he returns no
more into that Kingdom. The first Battalion of the French
and Swiss Guards began their March on the 9th towards
the Frontiers. The want of Corn is so great throughout
the Kingdom of France, that frequent Tumults happen
in all the great Towns, not with standing the Care or the
Magistracy to prevent such Disorders. The Troops of
the Allies are marching from all Quarters, in order to the
assembling the Army, and taking the Field with all Ex-
pedition. Letters from Madrid, dated April 23d , Say,
That on the 20th Instant the Duke and Dutchess of An-
jou, and the Prince of Asturias, returned from Buen-Re-
tiro, and made their publick Entry into that City, with
great Pomp and Magnificence. The Chevalier d' Hasfelt
hath had divers Conterences, since his Arrival, with the
Duke