^Up. XV. from the Revolution to the Death of K. William. 68 §
*694. fifty Men, were saved. The Admiral’sBody was taken up, the twenty-first, onthe Shoar, very much mangled.s The best Part of the Fleet being got
't' n together, at Gibraltar, it was thoughtll s 3 a 'n proper, by a Council of War, to repairt af G ibrai- to the j> a y 0 f Cadiz, with all such4? retK Ships as were in a Condition, where itwas believed they would be safest fromy. the Enemy ; But they were prevented,
by contrary Winds, ’till the Beginningof May. Vice-Admiral Hopj'on, ar-v^land, rived, in the mean Time, with his Con-s h f s voys, off the Land’s End of England,UCy> ’ the fifth of April.jH rest Rear-Admiral Nevil, who hadffron now the Command ot the Squadron, got5 the Advice at Cadiz, that, on the fourth ofb t5, May, there passed by Gibraltar, to the
Eastward, a Fleet of three and fifty 1694.Sail, five and thirty of which appearedto be large Ships; But that not any ofthem {hewed their Colours. This prov-ed to be the Breji Squadron, going tojoin that at ‘Toulon.
Soon after, Admiral Rufel, with thegreatest Part of the Fleet, both EngHJhand Dutch, then in Pay, arrived at Ca-diz, having left the Lord Berkeley, Ad-miral of the Blue, with the Remainder,for the Expedition against Breji, An Ac-count of whose Proceedings, from theTime he sailed from St. Helen's, as alsoof the ill Success our Forces had, in theAttempt they made on that consider-able Port of the Enemy’s, with some o-ther Transactions of this Year, shall bethe Subjects of the ensuing Chapter.
CHAP, XV.
The Proceedings of the Fleet in the Channel, under the Command of Admiral Rusiel,the Attempt on Brest, and other French Towns, with several other Transactions,of the Tear, 1694. (a)
^ 94 * ^ ^ H E King, being again resolv-
1 ed to command the ConfederateArmy in Flanders, went downffi'Vi: to Gravefend, whither the Queen ac-compassed him, on the third of May,jSV 51 ' and embarked early the next Morning;iff But the Wind changing soon after Hefyssusy, was on Board, He came afhoar again(VltV r - about ten, and went, the sameDay,withUIS the Queen to Canterbury. On the sixth,he went early from thence to Margate,
where he embarked on the Fubs Yacht, gand set Sail about eleven, with a fair y or ^ ^e r £ e .Wind, for Holland, being attended by ley and theeight Dutch Men of War, which came marquis ofabout from the Downs. His Majesty then'wr-landed, the next Day, at the Hock of counts.Holland, over against the Briel, at six fft-in the Evening , and came about Rofd’An’ IMidnight to the Hague, from whence, K. Williamafter a few Days, he went to Loo, to S oes ^Hoi-take the Diversions of that Place, before * and ’
the
f'ts re ac ' (æ) On the two and twentieth of February ,
fn Boiv of this Year, King William, having taken intoj, sfe a ' Consideration the Smallness of the Pay allowedU ° 7 . ' to Sea-Qfficers, which was then less than that of
our Neighbours, &c. was pleased to make thefollowing Establishment in Council.
1. “ That the Sea-Pay of the Flag-Officers,“ Commanders, Lieutenants, Masters, and Sur-“ geons "of His Majesty’s Ships should be don-
bled.
2. “ That all Flag-Officers and Captains of“ the First- Second- Third- Fourth- and Fifth-“ Rates, and of Fire-ships ; and the first Lieu-“ tenant and Masters of First- Second- and“ Third-Rates, who have served a Year, in the“ same Posts, in Ships of those Rates, or been41 in a venerai Engagement, should have Half-<[ Pay, while on Shoar, to be paid Quarterly“ out of the General Estimate of the Navy.
“ That only sucn Cotmulffion-Officers as“ have been put in by the Admiral or Admiral-“ ty, and Warrant-Officers as have been put in“ by the Navy-Board, should receive the Bene-" fit of Half-Pav.
4. “ That the fame-should commence from" the second of Janudty, thetl last past.
5. " That no Officer who leaves the Service,
“or is dismissed for any Misdemeanour, enjoy“ that Benefit.
6. “ That the Number of Servants allowed“ the Commanders should be no more than tea“ to the Admiral of the whole Fleet; All other“ inferiourFlags One each ; Captains of First- and“ Second-Rates, Six ; Of Third- and Fourth-“ Rates, Five ; Of Fifth- and Sixth-Rates, Four“ each, And that the Number of Servants leF“ fened be deducted out of every Ship's Com-“ pany.
7. “ That Half-Pay-Officers be assisting to the“ Navy-Board.
8 . " That (ho Convoy-mony be demanded or“ received, under the Penalty of forfeiting, and“ losing Employment, for ever.
p. “ That the Commanders transmit to the“ Admiralty, when and why they come into“ Port.
io. " That the Commissioners of the Navy at“ thePorts enquire, why Ships come in, and that“ all these Articles and Rules be strictly ob-“ served-
But the Fund for that Establilhment endingwith the War, and the King having no otherMeans to afford it, except he had allowed it outof his Revenue, the then Lords of the Admi-ralty formed another Scheme, of which hereafter.