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1711. from the Levant ; (i) But returned soonafter to Barcelona, where, upon Ordersreceived, relating to Sir John Non is,, it was determined he should return toGreat Britain, (k) There being, atthis Time, likewise, a Necessity, thatthe Ships under the Command of SirJohn Jennings ssiould repair to Port-Mahon, as well to refit, as to get a Sup-ply of Provisions, he failed from Barce-lona, the thirteenth of July, and arrivedNonis re- there the eighteenth. (/) Sir John Nor-tumstoEn- ris failed, the six and twentieth, andgland. Sir John Jennings, having refitted, andsupplied his Fleet, with what was want-ing, returned to Barcelona. (»;)tThe Kin of TH E sixteenth of September, the KingSpain con - 1 °f *SA«Vembarked at Barcelona, and be-vop'd to Ita- ing attended by the Admiral, with four, and twenty. Men of War, arrived, thetwenty-first, in Vado-Bay, and was, thefirst ©f Ofiober, landed at San Pietro diArena, a Suburb of Genoa. (») Fromthence the Admiral failed, to providesome Cables and other Stores, to Leg-horn. (s) The second of November, hefailed thence, and, in two Days, arriv-ed in Vado-Bzj. The tenth, someTroops being embark’d were sent un-der Convoy of five Men of War andtwo Firp-ssiips, commanded by CaptainSwanton, with three Dutch Ships, forBarcelona, with Orders, after they had
seen the Transports in Safety, to join 17* r »the Admiral, at Port-Mahon, where he Sirarrived, after his Ships had suffered ve-ry much in a Storm, on the West Side Port-Mafia*of Minorca : (/>) And here we shallleave the Admiral for a Time, and re-turn home. ^
Towards the latter End ofthisYear, *
the private Negotiations, which were a peace-the Basis of the ensuing Peace, beganto be guess’d at, and, by Degrees, tobe discovered, by the Publick; As thiswhole Matter has been largely difeuss’dby others, and is too extensive for me topretend to enter upon, I shall entirelypass it by.
The seventh of December, the Par- Uie^ ari 'Lliamentmet; The thirteenth, the Com- mentmemons voted the same Supply for the Na- Supply f° rvy as had been granted for some Years tbebefore; And, the next Day, voted a sranteHundred and eighty Thousand Pounds,for the Ordinary of it. _ pienipoW
The four and twentieth, the Bishop tiaryM 1 (fof Bristol (afterwards Bishop of London) the CongerLord Privy Seal, who had been appoint- C / Vtie:ed Her Majesty’s first Plenipotentiary,at the Congresi of Utrecht, having re-ceived his Instructions, set out fromLondon, with a numerosis Retinue, forHolland.
The fourth of January, the Commons ijiT*took into Consideration the State of the
War,
(i) The Emperour Joseph dying, the sixth of- April , the Admiral received Order, while he wasoff of Toulon, if the King of Spain should thinkfit, on this Account, to return to his HereditaryCountries, to carry him to Genoa, or where elseHis Majesty should desire ; As likewise, to affistNaples , in Case any Commotion should happenthere, at this Juncture. In Obedience to this lat-ter Order, he sent two Third-, one Fourth- andone Fifth-Rate, with two Dutch Ships, thither,as he had done before three Ships to Genoa , tostrengthen the Convoy bringing Mony from thenceto Barcelona.
(k) It was determined to fend, with him, threeThird-Rates, three Fourth-Rates, and two Fifth-Rates, with the empty Store-ships, Victualers andTransports.
(/) The Turky Fleet appearing off of thatPort, the next Day, Captain Cornwall , Comma-dore of that Convoy, was ordered to fail with SirJohn Norris.
(m) The Admiral had there with him, oneSecond-, five Third-, and a Fourth-Rate, withseven Dutch Ships; One Fourth-, and two Fifth-Rates were cleaning, at Port Mahon ; Two Third-and one Fifth-Rate were gone thither for Mony ;Two Fourth-Rates were ordered for Genoa , andfrom Naples were expected two Third-, oneFourth-, and one Fifth-Rate, with three DutchFrigats ; So that,the whole Force in the Mediter-ranean ,1 consisted of one Second-Rate, nine Third-Rates, five Fourth-Rates and four Fifth-Rates,with seven Dutch Ship* and three Frigats of thefame Nation; Together Me and twenty Sail.
(n) He went directly for Milan, and fromthence, without making any considerable Stay anywhere, for Germany. The fourth of December,N. S. he arrived at Augsburg, the nineteenth,made his Publick Entry at Frankfort, and wascrowned Emperour three Days afterwards, withthe usual Solemnities. I had an Opportunity ofseing all the Ceremonies of the Election, whichlasted eight and forty Days, and of the Corona-tion, some of which were noble and magnificent.There is one Piece of Grandeur, at the Feast ofthe Coronation, which no other Prince can boastof, I mean the Emperor’s being attended by somany Sovereign Princes (the Electors) each ofwhich, either in Person, or by his Plenipoten-tiary, performs an Act of Service, implyinghis Hereditary Office; But setting aside this Pieceof Grandeur, I can’t but think the Act itself of anEnglijh Coronation,and the Procession to and fromit, far exceeds any Thing I saw there, both in De-corum and Magnificence.
( 0 ) The eighteenth of OCtober, the Superbe,and the Tartar, the former commanded by Cap-tain Monepenny, and the latter by Captain Ogle,brought in two rich Prizes coming from the Le-vant.
(p) Ti-ie Night before the Admiral come in,Captain Mighils, in the Hampton-C our tiff d™Sterling-Caftle , Nottingharm C bar/e s-Gztly andLynn, fell in with two French Men of War, tneThoulofe and the Trident. The Hampton-Court,coming up with the former, took her, alter someResistance ; But the latter, having the Advan-