In the following year, he became one of the Lords of Trade ; in 1627 he was appointed one of the Commissioners to conclude an alliance with the States General, and in 1633 one of the Lords of the Admiralty. On the breaking out of the civil war he adhered to the King; superceded the Earl of Essex as Lord Chamberlain ; in 1646, he, with others of the Council, signed the capitulation for the surrender of Oxford, and in the following year retired into private life. He died on the 17th July, 1652. Collins. I., pt. ii., 768. --Ed. " Thomas Weiothesly, Earl of Southampton, K. G., Lord High Treasurer of En>,'land. The title became extinct on his death iu 1667. Debrett. -- Ed.

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134 NEW- YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. Marquess of Hertford' fled. Some great men say, that those besieged have slain between two and three hundred of the Parliamentarians. From the South we hear, that those who invest Portsmouth, have captured a fort wherein they have got thirty pieces of cannon. It will probably follow from this, that this place will surrender to them. Herewith humbly commending myself to your High Mightinesses, I shall conclude and pray God, High and Mighty Lords, that he may preserve and protect Fatherland. Your High Mightiness' London, the 17"' September, 1642. most humble servant. Received 27"' September, 1642. (Signed) Alb. Joachimi. 1642.

P. S. News arrived, after this was written, that Portsmouth has surrendered to the Parliament. The conditions have not been yet received. Dated as above.