Crap, XXIII. from the L of James, L to the Revolution 4 83

1625. " containing a full Relation of theDe-

‘ c feat of that Voyage.”

ans sa ’jj ori ~ ^ v s onr Historians have not said much°f tbuExf 6 f this Expedition, farther than that itpedition. was made, and miscarried ; And even thevery little more Mr. Secretary Burchettsays consists chiefly in laying the Blameof the Miscarriage on the Want of Ex-perience and Conduct: in the Commanderin Chief; I think I cannot do the Pub-lics a better Service, nor give my Rea-ders a more distinct and fairer Idea ofit, than by following this Charge, whichcontains Sir Richard Granvil/e’s Journal,and by adding at the Bottom of everyArticle, in the Notes, the Lord Vis-count’s Answer or Defence, as deliver-ed into the Council-Board. For Bre-vity’s fake, however, ommitting hereand there an Expletive, or unnecessarySentence, in both, as far as it may con-veniently be done, without cramping ormutilating the true Sense and Meaningof the Originals.

Th is Journal, with the Answer to it,were designed to be inserted in Mr. Se-cretary Burchetfs Naval History , butbut came too late ; The following Let-ter, which accompanied them, will bea sufficient Evidence of the Genuinenessof them.

Lord 1 March, i. 1719. 20.

Lv/ n k ai l . ¥ send you the two (*) Manuscripts IteK •*' promised you, of My Uncle, Sir

Richard GranviiPs, which if you findthey may be acceptable to Mr. Burchett,are at his Service. I am sorry I did notknow of the Publication of his Book,nor of his Design, otherwise I shouldhave presented them more seasonably.However, they may serve to satisfy hisCuriosity, by comparing them with ci-ther Accounts. He may depend upontheir Fidelity, being the Journals of anOfficer of great Distinction in those Days,who was present in both those famous Ex-peditions. I return you Thanks foryour Book, and am ever,

Most affectionately Yours,Landsdown.

(*) The other is that of the Expedition to tieIsland of Rhee, which the Reader will find below.

(b) Viscount Wimbledon's Answer, to the a-hove Charge.

The Charge delivered by the Karl ofEssex, and nine other Colonels, at theCouncil-Table, against the discountWimbledon, General of the last Cadiz-Expedition.

First, We humbly present to Your S f r LchaLLordship’s Consideration, my LordMarshal sNimb'edon) never acquaintedthe Council of War with any Part ofthose Instructions he shewed at theCouncil-Table, tho’ some of them weresuch as the meanest Soldier ought to ha ve •been acquainted with ; Nor did we un-derstand, that we were such a Councilof War, by which he should govern hisActions, otherwise than to come whenHis Lordship should call for us, andthen to give our Advice to what heshould propose, and no more. Andtherefore we think ourselves no fartheranswerable than for those Advices,which were all he ask’d: Tho’ in Dutyto his Majesty’s Service, we gave himthe best Counsels we were able, on allOccasions. (Jf)

The third of Oblober, 162F. My DepartureLord of EseX put out of Plymouth of the Fleet.Sound, with Part of the Fleet; Thefourth, the Lord Marshal folio wed withthe Rest; But the sixth, was obligedby contrary Winds, to return with thatPart*

The seventh, Colonel Burgh, andColonel Harwood, having found whenthey were out at Sea, that the Captainsof their Ships had no Instructions forGovernment of the Fleet, nor any Or-der for Rendezvous, if they should beseparated, went to the Lord Marshal,and obtained Instructions, dated thethird of Oftober, naming the Place ofRendezvous. My Lord of Es ex, be-ing then at Sea, did not receive his ’tillthe ninth, under Sail,, together withOrder to distribute them to all hisSquadrons, being nine and twenty Ships :

But My Lord had them first to copy,which, being of more than four Sheets,would require some Time. This his6 G Lordship’s

May it please Tour Lordships.

I ha d no Order to communicate my Instructi-ons to the Council of War. They were givenme for my own Guidance; But it I have trans-gressed in any os them, I find enough ready totake Advantage of me for them.