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