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<p n="52">The London Gazette.<lb></lb>
Published by Authority.</p>
<p n="53">From Thursday <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date14">May 5</rs>
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. to <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date15">Monday May 9</rs>
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. 1709.</p>
<p n="54">Anno Septimo</p>
<p n="55">ANNE REGINE.</p>
<p n="56">An Act for Preserving the Privileges of Am-<lb></lb>
bassadors, and other Publick Ministers of Fo-<lb></lb>
reign Princes and States.</p>
<p n="57">WHereas Several turbulent and disorderly Persons ha-<lb></lb>
ving ina most outragious manner Insulted the Person<lb></lb>
of <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50106_occ17">his Excellency</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50106_n57-41">Andrew Artemonowitz Mattueof</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50106_occ18">Ambas-<lb></lb>
sador Extraordinary</rs>
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of his Czarish Majesty, Emperor of<lb></lb>
Great Russia, Her Majesty's good Friend and Ally, by Arrest-<lb></lb>
ing him, and taking him by Violence out of his Coach in<lb></lb>
the publick Street, and detaining him in Custody for several<lb></lb>
Hours, in Contempt of the Protection granted by Her Ma-<lb></lb>
jesty, contrary to the Law of Nations, and in prejudice of<lb></lb>
the Rights and Privileges which Ambassadors and other<lb></lb>
publick Ministers, authorized and received as such, have at<lb></lb>
all times been thereby possessed of, and ought to be kept<lb></lb>
Sacred and Inviolable; Be it therefore Declared by the<lb></lb>
Queen's most Excellen Majesty, by and with the Advice and<lb></lb>
Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com-<lb></lb>
mons in Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the<lb></lb>
same, That all Actions and Suits, Writs and Processes Com-<lb></lb>
menced, sued or prosecuted against the said Ambassador<lb></lb>
by any Person or Persons whatsoever, and all Bail Bonds<lb></lb>
given by the said Ambassador, or any other Person or Per-<lb></lb>
sons of his behalf. and all Recognizances of Bail given or<lb></lb>
acknowledged in any such Action or Suit, and all Proceed-<lb></lb>
ings upon; or by pretext or colour of any such Action or<lb></lb>
Suit, Writ or Process, and all Judgments had thereupon, are<lb></lb>
utterly Null and Void, and shall be deemed and adjudged<lb></lb>
to be utterly Null and Void, to all Intents, Construction<lb></lb>
and Purposes whatsoever.</p>
<p n="58">And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all<lb></lb>
Entries, Proceedings and Records against the said Ambas-<lb></lb>
sador, or his Bail, shall he vacated and cancelled.</p>
<p n="59">And to Prevent the like Insolencies for the future, Be<lb></lb>
it further Declared by the Authority aforesaid, That all<lb></lb>
Writs and Processes that shall at any time hereafter be Su-<lb></lb>
ed forth or Prosecuted, whereby the Person of any Am-<lb></lb>
bassador, or other Publick Minister of any Foreign Prince<lb></lb>
or State, Authorized and Received as such by Her Maje-<lb></lb>
sty, Her Heirs or Successors, or the Domestick, or Dome<lb></lb>
stick Servant of any such Ambassador; or other publick<lb></lb>
Minister, may be Arrested or Imprisoned, or his or their<lb></lb>
Goods or Chattels may be Distrained, Seized or Attached,<lb></lb>
shall be deemed and adjudge'd to be utterly Null and Void<lb></lb>
to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes whatsoever.</p>
<p n="60">And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid<lb></lb>
That in case any person or persons shall presume to sue<lb></lb>
forth or prosecute any such Writ or Process, such Person<lb></lb>
and Persons, and all Attorneys and Solicitors prosecuting<lb></lb>
and soliciting in such case, and all Officers executing any<lb></lb>
such Writ or Process, being hereof convicted, by the<lb></lb>
Confession of the Party, or by the Oath of one or more<lb></lb>
credible Witness or Witnesses, before the Lord Chancellor,<lb></lb>
or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great Britain, the<lb></lb>
chief Justice of the Court of Queens-Bench, the chief Ju-<lb></lb>
stice or the Court of Common-Pleas for the time being,<lb></lb>
or any two of them, shall be deemed Violaters of the<lb></lb>
Laws of Nations, and Disturbers of the publick Repose,<lb></lb>
and shall suffer such Pains, Penalties and Corporal Puish<lb></lb>
ment, as the said Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, and he<lb></lb>
said chief Justices, or any two of them shall judge fit to<lb></lb>
be imposed and insucted.</p>
<p n="61">Provided, and be it declared, That no Merchant or o-<lb></lb>
ther Trader whatsoever, within the Description of any</p>
<p n="62">of the Statutes against Bankrupts, who hath or shall put<lb></lb>
himself into the Service of any such Ambassador of Pub-<lb></lb>
lick Minister, shall have or take any manner of Benefit by<lb></lb>
this Act, and that no person shall be proceeded against as<lb></lb>
having Arrested the Servent of an Ambassador or publick<lb></lb>
Minister. by Virtue of this Act, unless the Name of such<lb></lb>
Servant be first Registred in the Office of one of the Prin-<lb></lb>
cipal Secretaries of State, and by such Secretary transmit<lb></lb>
ted to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for the time<lb></lb>
being, or their Under-Sheriffs or Deputies, who shall up-<lb></lb>
on the Receipt thereof, hang up the same in some publick<lb></lb>
Place in their Offices, whereto all Persons my resort and<lb></lb>
take Copies thereof without Fee or Reward.</p>
<p n="63">And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That<lb></lb>
this Act shall be taken and allowed in all Courts within<lb></lb>
this Kingdom as a Publick Act; and that all Judges and<lb></lb>
Justices shall take notice of it without special Pleading<lb></lb>
and all Sheriffs, Bailiffs, and other Officers and Ministers<lb></lb>
of Justice concerned in the Execution of Process, are here-<lb></lb>
by required to have regard to this Act, as they will an-<lb></lb>
swer the contrary at their Peril.</p>
<p n="64">Lisbon, <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date16">May 4</rs>
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. N. S. Letters from the Camp on<lb></lb>
the Caya. of the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date17">26th of April</rs>
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last, tell us, That the Army<lb></lb>
under the Command of the Earl of Galway marched<lb></lb>
on the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date18">23d</rs>
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, and encamped at Cancan, about a League<lb></lb>
from Elvas. The <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date19">26th</rs>
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the Army moved again, and en-<lb></lb>
camped on the Caya, about 3 Leagues from Elvas, and<lb></lb>
two from the Enemy, who lay on the Left of Badajos.<lb></lb>
Our Armu consists of about 17000 Foot and 5000 Horse,<lb></lb>
and appear is very good order. According to the Ac-<lb></lb>
counts we have received from Deserters, we are in mum-<lb></lb>
ber much superior to the Enemy.</p>
<p n="65">Berne, <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date20">may</rs>
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4 N. S. The Letters from Milan of the<lb></lb>
27th past fay, his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy be-<lb></lb>
ing resolved to begin the Campaign betimes, had given<lb></lb>
Orders for the speedy Preparation of every thing that<lb></lb>
was necessary, and that the Troops would soon march 10<lb></lb>
the general Rendezvous; that those who had been de-<lb></lb>
tached for Barcelona were still at Final, their departure<lb></lb>
from thence being uncertain, by reason that Admiral<lb></lb>
Byng, who was to have taken them under his Convoy,<lb></lb>
was gone with his Squadron to the Relief of the Castle<lb></lb>
of Alicant. A general Dyet of the Thirteen Cantons is<lb></lb>
summoned to meet at Baden for the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date21">15th Instant</rs>
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, upon<lb></lb>
the Occasion of the Affair of Tockemboug, which seems<lb></lb>
to grow every day more perplexed.</p>
<p n="66">Brussels, <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date22">May 13</rs>
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. N. S. Prince Eugene went from<lb></lb>
hence on the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date23">11th</rs>
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for the Hague, in order to meet his<lb></lb>
Grace the Duke of Marlborough at that Place. On the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date24">8th</rs>
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another great Convoy, consisting of 100 Vessels Iaden<lb></lb>
with all sorts of Provision and Forage, set forward from<lb></lb>
Ghent towards Courtray, Men in and Lisle. Letters from<lb></lb>
Paris of the 10th say, the Duke Noailles was gone for<lb></lb>
Roussillon, to take upon him the Command of the Troops<lb></lb>
in that Country. The Duke of Orleans has deferred ser-<lb></lb>
ting out for Spain; and some Advices say, he returns no<lb></lb>
more into that Kingdom. The first Battalion of the French<lb></lb>
and Swiss Guards began their March on the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date25">9th</rs>
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towards<lb></lb>
the Frontiers. The want of Corn is so great throughout<lb></lb>
the Kingdom of France, that frequent Tumults happen<lb></lb>
in all the great Towns, not with standing the Care or the<lb></lb>
Magistracy to prevent such Disorders. The Troops of <lb></lb>
the Allies are marching from all Quarters, in order to the<lb></lb>
assembling the Army, and taking the Field with all Ex-<lb></lb>
pedition. Letters from Madrid, dated <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date26">April 23d</rs>
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, Say,<lb></lb>
That on the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50106_date27">20th</rs>
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Instant the Duke and Dutchess of An-<lb></lb>
jou, and the Prince of Asturias, returned from Buen-Re-<lb></lb>
tiro, and made their publick Entry into that City, with<lb></lb>
great Pomp and Magnificence. The Chevalier d' Hasfelt<lb></lb>
hath had divers Conterences, since his Arrival, with the<lb></lb>
Duke</p>
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