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1*703. ordered that the Citadel should salutewith eleven Guns, which was according-ly performed, and Sir Cloudejly answer-ed with the like; After which, he wascomplimented by several Persons of Di-stinction, and received the extraordinaryPresents, which had been prepared forthe Count de Thoulouje. (f)
As soon as the Pembroke and tartarhad joined the Fleet,Captain Arris gavethe Admiral an Account of the Successor his Expedition; And the French Gen-tlemen, who had been Eye-witnesses ofthe Captains good Conduct, and Zealin that Service, afterwards waited onSir Cloudejly, (g)
The Ar el C° UNT Lamberg , the Imperial Am-
Duke pro- * bafladour at Rome, having Notice of theclaimed K. Arrival of the Confederate Fleet, in the°f Spain. Road of Leghorn , his Excellency ha-stened thither. The eight and twenti-eth of November , he went on Board theEnglish Admiral, and acquainted him,that the Archduke of Auftria had beendeclared and proclaimed King of Spain,at Vienna , by the Name of Charles III.on the twelfth of that Month, N. S.Upon which every one of our Flag-ships fired one and twenty Guns, andall the other Ships in the Englijh Squa-dron fired fifteen Guns each, and HisCatholick Majesty’s Health was drunk.
The Fleet, having got Water, andfails F srom sought what Wine and Provisions theyLeghorn, could find, failed from Leghorn, the fe-
ton, nor Admiral Aylmer , who all bore the lameFlag. But here it is to be observed, that theCase was very different, For tho' Sir Cloudfley Sbo-w/’sFlag was the same with those which they bore,yet it was accompanied with several others, bothEnglish and Dutch , whereas theirs was single.
The next Day, Sir Lambert Blackwell, HerMajesty’s Envoy, came on Board the Admiral,and informed him, that several Couriers had pas-sed to and from Florence-, in Relation to the Sa-lute, and it took up three Days before any Reso-lution was taken by the Grand Duke ; But, onthe four and twentieth, the Englijh Vice Consul ,with the Captain of the Port, came on aboard,from the Governour of Leghorn , who promised,that the Citadel, from whence all Salutes aremade, lhould fire eleven Guns, if the Admiralwould engage to return Gun for Gun, whichhejjaffured them should be done ; Whereuponthey went immediately alhoar, and the Salute wasaccordingly made, and answered ; Soon afterwhich, the Dutch Admiral saluted the Citadel,with eleven Guns, they returning the same Num-ber.
(f) He was, it seems, expected there, withAnnals of the French Fleet, before the Englijh Fleet; ButA Ann. he never durst stir out of the Harbour of Toulon,as long as Sir Cloudejly remained in the mediter-ranean.
cond of Ottober-, (j) And, the sixth, i 7 ° 3 'Captain Sw'anton, with the Pembroke ,
Exeter, Fart ar, Flamborough, and oneFire-ship, was detach’d, with Orders togo to Tunis, and Tripoli, to renew thePeace with those Governments, andthence to proceed to Scanderoon, to fe- Severa i V s 'perate, and joyn Captain Jumper, andthe other Turky- Convoys. The eigh- made-teenth, Rear-Admiral Byng was sent,with another Squadron, of five Third-Rates, to Algiers, to renew the Peacewith that Regency. The twenty-fe-cond, Sir Cloudejly Shovel, with the Re-mainder of the Fleet, came into Altea- ^ e tBay. Having watered there, he failed, re{urn s tothe four and twentieth, and, the seven Altea-B^'and twentieth,got thro’ the Streights.
The next Day, Sir Thomas Hardy,with the Bedford, Sommerfet and Lizardunder his Command, was sent by theAdmiral to Tangier, to carry some Pe-pers on Shoar, relating to a Treatywith the Emperour of Morocco . And,the thirtieth, the Dutch parted withth q Englijh, to make the best of theirWay home. The fame Day, SirCloudejly Shovel sent five Ships, viz. twoThird-, a Fourth- and aFifth-Rate, withFire-lhip, under the Command of SirAndrew Leake, to Lisbon, and then toOporto, Viana, &c. to take under hisConvoy those Merchant-Ships which $were bound for England: And havinga fair Wind, and good Weather, in ^ oflrn
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(g) Sir Cloudejly told them, he was very wellsatisfied with what he had done, since they hadmade that Gulph accessible, and easy for all Un-dertakings, which before was looked upon as notto be approached ; And tho’ (adds he) you have notsucceeded in the Design of giving Relief to yourFriends, yet they will fee we have been as goodas our Words. And I am the more glad of yourDiscovery, because it will be easy, for the future,to relieve them that Way, if we go early with astrong Squadron into that Gulph.
(h) Count Lamberg sent a Gentleman, withMr. Jourdain, one of Sir CJoudefy Shovel's Secre-taries, to the Dutch Admiral, to notify the Arch-duke's Succession to the Spanijh Throne. Heseemed surprized, that the Imperial Ministershould not pay him a Visit, on that Account, ashe had done theEngliJhh&miTzi; However,someHours aster, he ordered his Ships to fire each fif-teen Guns j And then Count Lamberg gave himthe Visit, on Board his Ship. Mr. Sec- Burcbett_lays, the Ambassadour only rowed along Side ofthe Dutch Admiral, without going on Board atall; But that this was done before the Dutchfired.
(i) Before he departed, he wrote to the GreatDuke, demanding Satisfaction, in Her Majesty'sName, as he was directed, who promised fair, butperformed little.