862 Ann.
1712.
A Prize ta-ken.
Returns toLisbon.
Cruises off,the Terce-ras.
Returns.
Naval Expeditions, &c. of the English, Book V. Cf
found, when the Weather suffered themto look nearer into Land. (t)
The twenty-second, he came upwith some Ships under the Barbary-Shoar, and took one of them ; (u) Butthe Reft escaped. The eighth of March,he returned to Lisbon ; But put to Seaagain the latter End of April, as wellto fee the Portuguese outward-boundEafl-Indi a-Ships to the Maderas, withtwo Frigats, as to cruise, with five Ships,for the Security of their homeward-bound Brazil-Fleet.-, Captain Mauricebeing, in the mean Time, to cruise,with a small Squadron, about theStreighth Mouth.
The sixth of May, the Vice-Admiralarrived in the Road of Fay al. (x) Heafterwards continued cruising off of the‘Here er ah, ’till the eleventh of September,when he got Advice, by the Comman-der of a Portuguese Frigat, who had leftthe Brazil-Fleet, three Days before,that he believed they might arrive thatDay at Angra, the chief Town of theIsland; But, soon after, a violent Stormarose, which very much shattered hisShips, and drove them so far away, thathe could not fetch the Island again; Hetherefore made an easy Sail for Lisbon,and when he came off the Rock, foundthey were arrived the very Day before.
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Continuation of Sir John Jennings’.! 171-* 1
Proceedings in the Mediterranean.
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Vice-Admiral Baiter being detach’dfor the Coast of Portugal » (z) and theConvoy with Stores and Provisions be-ing arrived at Port-Mahon, it was resol-ved, the eleventh of March, at a Coun-cil of War, held, upon sundry Advicesreceived of the Enemy’s Naval Prepa-rations, to proceed with a Squadron toSea, (V) in Search of the Enemy; Butnothing remarkable happening, in theseveral Cruisings of this Squadron, Ishall only follow the Admiral, with theTransports from Vado, to Barcelona, j sufyenfi 0 ’ 1where he arrived, the seventh of Au- of Arms-gufi, and, about a Month afterwards,he received the Queen’s Orders for aSuspension of Arms, by Sea and Land.
The Peace being signed at Utrecht,the eleventh of April, N. S. I have no- to
thing farther to mention of Sir John Genoa;Jennings, but that he convoyed theEmpress from Barcelona to Genoa, trans-ported the Troops which were in the ,
Service of the Allies, from Catalonia to s^sfsNaples, and lastly, carried, the Duke of s r0 cps fr 00Savoy, with his Duchess, from Villa Naples;Franca, to his new 5 ,Kingdom of Sicily,which he was entitled to by the lateTreaty-, After which, having Leave tocome home by Land, he arrived at Pa- ^? SaVO y toris, the sixteenth of November, and a g ar dini a -few Days after in England . (b) r
The ninth of April, O. S. the Par- Csncl *ff e !liament met, (c) and the Queen, in Her tbe
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(t) When they saw her, the Portuguese hadrifled her of all they could, of her Loading,whichconsisted of Sugar, Cocoa, Snuff, Hides, and (asit was reported) the Value of twenty ThousandDollars in Plate. She was a Patache to the Gal-lions, and carried sixty Guns ; The Vice-Admiraldemanded Satisfaction of the Portuguese-, Butcould never obtain any Redress.
(u) She had fix and twenty Guns, but herPeople threw eleven of them over Board « HerLoading was chiefly Salt, with some Wool, andCochineal, for Martinica.
(x) He had taken a Ship of Mons. Cajsard’ sSquadron, of two and twenty Guns, bound toCanada , with Wine and Brandy.
(y) The Cessation of Arms happening soonafter, the Vice-Admiral was called Home, withthe Squadron under his Command.
sz) The Disposition of the Ships under theCommandos Sir John Jennings was, in January ,as follows : At Port Mahon, one Second- and oneThird-Rate, a Fire-ship, two Bomb-Veffels, twoHospital-Ships, and fix Dutch Men of War. Goneto Lisbon , five Third-, one Fourth-, and twoFiseh-Rates, with a Fire-stsip. A Third-, and aFourth-Rate were sent to Naples , and four DutchShips were expected from thence. Two Fourth-
Rates were on the Coast of Italy , and one Fifthsent to Barcelona , as were also to that Coast oneThird-, one Fourth-Rate, and two Dutch Ships,with the Duke of Argyle. Two Fifth-Rates andone Dutch Ship were gone to Terragona And aThird-, a Fourth-, and a Fifth-Rate sent to con-voy a Ship with Naval Stores from Gibraltar. OneFourth-Rate was dispatched to Cagliari and Leg-horn ; And a Third-, and a Fourth-Rate orderedon a short Cruize.
(a) It was determined, that this Squadron shouldconsist of one Second-Rate, three Third-Rates,two Fifth-Rates, and two Fire-ships of ours, withnine Ships of the States General.
- (b) He likewise received a Letrer from theLord Viscount Bolingbroke, then at Paris-, signify-ing Her Majesty’s Commands, that he should notmolest a great French Corn-Fleet, bound from theLevant, to the Coast of Provence; A Prize hehad been looking out for almost ten Weeks.
(c) It had been seven Times prorogued, afterNotice had been given, by Proclamation, that itshould meet, the thirteenth of January, to enterupon Business ; An Instance (fays Bishop Bur net)without a Precedent.