V;

Cbap.XV.

during the Reign of §yeen Ann.

847

1

710.

he FleetFparated tna Storm.

Men of War, as high as the Channel ofMalta.

The Beginning of January, 1711.at the Desire of His Catholick Majesty,the Fleet, which arrived at Barcelona,the fourth, proceeded for the Coast ofRoses, to annoy the Enemy j But wasseparated, by a violent Storm, whichcontinued several Days, and forced theShips back to Port-Mabon, most of themdisabled in their Masts and Sails, andthe Resolution was lost on the Coast ofBarcelona.

The Admiral being, the twenty-se-cond of March, in the Bay of Vado, theSevern, Lion, and Lyme, being Scouts,made the Signal of seing four Ships,whereupon the Najjau and Exeter wereordered to flip and give them Chase, (q)The seven and twentieth, the Severnand Lyme came into the Road, and Cap-tain Pudner, who commanded the for-mer, gave Sir John an Account of theAction they, with the Lion, had beenin, with four French Ships, from sixtyto forty Guns. (r)

. The fifteenth of April, Sir JohnNor-

ar ‘ ris received an Account, that Sir Johnmend % C °the Jennings was arrived at Port-Mahon, in^editerra- Order to Command in the Mediterranean.°ean. The eighth of May, Sir John Norris ar-rived, with the Transports from Italy ,in'* the Road f Barcelona ; And the Dukeof Ar gyle arriving there, the eighteenth,he sent two Frigats to Genoa , for the

1710.

Resolu-

'‘on lost.

■'h Engage-^ entbe-Jeen somejhitish anddrenchShips.

Si

,r John

Publick Mony, and with them, as faras Port-Mahon, one Third-Rate, oneFourth-Rate, and one Fifth-Rate. SirJohn, coming afterwards himself to thisPort, accompanied Captain Cornwall,with the Turky- Trade, to Gibraltar and ^

Lisbon, from whence sailing, the fif- turns ss a ,teenth of September, he arrived off of gland,the Isle of FTight, the eighth of Oclober,

1711. (r) from whence he held on hisCourse to the Downs.

Before I conclude this Chapter, it .j^sewPanwill be proper to mention a Transaction i,lament.or two at Home, towards the Conclu-sion of the Year 1710. The six andtwentieth of September, a Proclamationwas published for calling a New Parlia-ment, the Writs to bear Pesle, the sevenand twentieth of that Month, and re-turnable the five and twentieth of No-vember. The Parliament met that Dayaccordingly, and, the fourth of Decem-ber, the Commons, in a Grand Commit- j supplytee, voted the same Supply for the Na- granted firvy, for the Year, 1711. as bad been the Navy-granted for several Years before. A-bout the Middle of this Month, SirJames JVifheart, and George Clark,

Esq; were made Commissioners of theAdmiralty, in the Room of Mr. Methuenand Mr. Dodington. The great Changewhich happened this Year in the Minnstry, and the Consequences which ensu-ed, being foreign to my Purpose, I passthem by.

CHAR XV.

Naval Expeditions and TransaHions of the British Nation, in America,

during the Tear, 1710. and 1711.

&c.

1710.

finals ofA Ann.Vchett.

fip tain

P ar > Com-*19 dor e in-West.**hlies.

7

HEN Rear-Admiral Wagerreceived Orders to return toGreat Britain, Captain Jona-than Span was appointed tocommand a small Squadron in the West-Indies ; But as during his Command inthose Parts nothing very remarkable

sq) Guns being afterwards heard, like Shipsengaging, the Admiral gave Orders to the Dart-mouth and Winchelsea, to chafe likewise, and tothe Elizabeth, Captain and Northumberland toflip both Cables, whilst the Reft of the Ships wereendeavouring to unmoor ; But the Wind comingout of the Sea, obliged them to ride fast.

(r) They were engaged about two Hours,when the Enemy seing others of our Ships advanc-ing, made what Sail they could to get away, asall ours did after them, except the Severn, whichwas too much disabled, in the Fight to follow ;But they loft Sight of them in the Night. TheSevern had three and twenty Men killed and

happened, (a) I shall go on to what pas-sed under his Successor.

1710.

Ccmmadore Littletons Proceedings in

the West-Indies. James Lit-

Captain Span was succeeded in theCommand of Her Majesty’s Ships in the in the West-10 F Wejl- Indies.

wounded, the Lion (whose Commander, CaptainWalpole, lost his right Arm) forty, and the Lymefix. The Exeter, commanded by Captain Ray-mond, came up with one of these Ships, and en-gaged her two Hours when, being much disabled,he brought to- This Ship was the Pembroke,which had been taken from us.

' (f) Sir John had then with him four Third-

Rates, seven Fourth-Rates, three Fifth-Rates,two Bomb-Vessels, two Store-Ships, and an Hos-pital Ship.

(a) Captain Span failed with the Rupert, and Barchest,two Fourth-Rates, the thirtieth of January, fromEngland, and, when he had seen the Trade to

Barbadoes