s 70 Geo. I. Naval Expeditions, &c. of the Englifli, Book VI

1716. Engagement of two Hours and a half,she struck to him, (p) Their Lordshipshad likewise a farther Account, thatby the Appearance of the Bridgwater,off of Sallee , two of their Ships, of six-teen Guns each, were forced on that Bar,where they stranded.

Not long after, the Admiralty re-ceived Advice, that our Cruizers hadmet with, and forced on Shoar, nearMarmoca, a Ship from Newfoundland,which had been taken by one of theRovers of Sallee ; Where she was lost,with most of the Moors who were inher.

Beatles The tenth of November , died, atAdmiral Ba- Port-Mahon, John Baker , Ffq; Vice-ker - Admiral of the White Squadron of HisMajesty’s Fleet, who had the Commandof His Majesty’s Ships, in the Mediter-ranean, and was preparing to returnHome, having been relieved by Char-les Cornwall, Esq; Rear-Admiral of theRed. (q)

Admiral The Beginning of December, Hisa Majesty having given Orders from Has-Sqmiron to nover, for the Yachts and Men of War,Holland. to fail for Holland, and there wait hisArrival ; Admiral Aylmer, who wasappointed to command that Squadron,embark’d in a Yacht, at Greenwich, theeighth of the fame Month, and wentdown to the Buoy in the Nore, and setSail, the thirteenth, with the Shipsand Yachts under his Command, fori 7 iy. Holland. The fifth of January, HisMajesty embark’d, at Helvoetjluys, onThe Kin* Board the Caroline Yacht, landed, thereturns * seventh, at Margate, and came, theeighth, to St. James's

The nine and twentieth of the samefy ^discover- Month, a Conspiracy, carried on to ex-ed. J cite a new Rebellion, and to favour aforeign Invasion of His Majesty’s Domi-nions, was discovered to the Privy Coun-cil i On which, besides the taking up offemSr Gy1 ' several Persons, Count Gyllemberg, theITizedi Swedish Minister, was secured, and hisPapers seized, (r)

The twentieth of,February, the Par-

Men of War, were unfortunately loft ; Yet theRest, with all the Trade, safely arrived at theNore, on the nine and twentieth of Novemier,in the Morning, Sir Join Ncrris left seven Shipsof War, under the Command ofCommador eClee-land , in the Baltick , to act in Conjunction withthe ' 'Danes , and for the further Security of theBritish Trade, if necessary.

O) She had not been above a Quarter of anHour in his Possession before she sunk, and theWeather was so bad, that all the Moors on BoardVer, excepting eight and thirty, were drowned.

liament met, and, the twenty-first, it 1717-

was resolved, in the House of Commons, 71 e Par lia-

That a Bill be brought in, to authorize ment meet5 'His Majejiy to prohibit Commerce withSweden, during Juch Time as His MajefyJhall think it necejsary, for the Safety andPeace of His Kingdoms,which, afterward,pass’d both Houses, and had the RoyalAssent : And, the second of March, aProclamation was publifh’d to the fameEnd.

The fourth of March, the Commons A Supplyresolved, that ten Thousand Seamen, atS rant edft rfour Pounds per Man, per Mensem, for thethirteen Months, be allowed, for Sea-Service, for the Year 1717. And twoHundred and six and twenty Thousand,seven Hundred and ninety-nine Pounds,five Shillings, and three Pence, for theOrdinary of the Navy, for the sameYear. The seventh, they resolved, togrant His Majesty the Sum of two Hun-dred Thousand, seven Hundred and six-ty-one Pounds, for extraordinary Worksand Repairs of His Majesty’s Navy, andfurnishing such Sea-Stores as are necessa-ry, for the Year, 1717. And, theeighth, the Sum of one Hundred and sixand fifty Thousand, five Hundred andtwo Pounds, five Shillings and sevenPence, three Farthings, to make goodthe like Sum payable, from the Trea-surer of the Navy, to the South-Sea-Company.

The twen ty-fecond, Sir George Byng, Sir Georg 2being appointed to command a Squa-dron of Men of War, designed for the ^f 0 „ to titBaltick, which then lay at the Nore, Baltick.in a Readiness to put to Sea, set outfrom London, to take that Command up-on him. This Squadron consisted ofone Ship of eighty Guns, two of seven-ty, five of sixty, thirteen of fifty, oneof forty, one of about thirty, and oneof about twenty Guns, four Fire-ships,and an Hospital Ship. The Rear-Ad-mirals Caldwell and Littleton were ap-pointed to go with this Fleet, whichwas then intended to be re-inforced withone Ship of ninety Guns, two of eighty,

and

($) The Loss of Admiral Baker was verymuch lamented, he being an Officer of consummateSkill and Experience, and ever zealous for theRevolution ; and the present happy EstatishmeBp

(r) Copies of his Letters were soon after laidbefore the Parliament, by which it evidently ap-peared, he was embarked in a Design to favourthe Landing of the Pretender, &c. And BaronGortz. who was seized soon after, in ffelland, ac-knowledged himself the Projector of this blackDesign, and valued himself upon it.