Chap. I. from the I. of George I, to the Year 1734.
171 J. and two of seventy* which were alsovery near ready : (j) But, a few Daysafter, Orders were sent to Sir GeorgeByng, to sail with the Ships at the Buoyin the More j and not to wait for the Rest.
According to these Orders, he un-moored the thirtieth, and got underat Sail, with little Wind, Easterly; But^opeii a- t k e Q a j e pestling upon him, and the Pi-lots not thinking it adviseable to workany farther down, he was obliged tocome to an Anchor, near the Black ‘Tail,(t) The second of April, the Windcoming about fair, Sir George setsail from the Black Tail, and ar-sizes ta- rived, the eleventh, in the Road ofCedes ^ e Copenhagen. («) Two Days after, hedetached five Ships, of the Line, tocruise in the Categat, between Gotten-burg and the Point of Schagen, to coverthe Trade from the Swedish Privateers.(x) And the Danes having, likewise, se-
veral Cruisers, it was believed no Shipscould be able to go in or out of thatHarbour, without their Leave.
In the Month of June, the Govern-ment received an Account of severalPrizes taken from the Swedes, (y)
The Beginning of July, His Majestywaspleased to appoint Sir John Norris, EnvoyExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary to theCzar of Muscovy. About the same Time,a Declaration was made by the FrenchMinister in London, by Order of the Duke-Regent of France, signifying that HisRoyal Highness, being instructed of thetrue Dispositions of the King of Sweden,could assure His Majesty, He never had,nor yet has, any Intention to troublethe Tranquility of Great Britain, thatHe disavowed the Designs charged uponHis Ministers, and waited only theirReturn Home, to examine their Con-duct ; in Order to do Justice upon them,
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(i) The whole Meet, as then designed, wouldhave consisted of the following Ships :
Ships.
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Cumberland,Shrewsbury,Devonshire,Burford,Royal Oake,Darmouth,Orford,Superbe,Dreadnought,Dork,
Exeter,Panther,Burlington ,Falmouth,Severn,Chatham,Dartmouth,Jersey,Strajsord,Chester ,Dragon,Worcester,Hamppire,Glocefter ,Diamond,Pearl,
Lynn,
Low ed off,Elamborough, <5Deal Castle , 6Port-Mahon, 6Phoenix, d
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Ogle.
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Gordon.
Dent.
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(t) The Earl of Orford resigning his Place ofErst Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, the thir-teenth of April, His Majesty bestowed that highCharge, the fame Day, on James TLzrl of Berkley ■,And the fifteenth, it was declared, that His Ma-iestv had been pleased to constitute, with him,Matthew Jylmer, Esq; Sir George Byng, JohnCockburn and William Chetwynd, Esq ; Commissi-oners, for Executing the Ofhce of Lord High-Admiral of Great Britain, Ireland, &cUt) The twelfth, he had an Audience of the
King of Demark ; And, the thirteenth, was inConference with His Danish Majesty’s Council,where was likewise, the Lord Polwarth. Thefifteenth, another Consultation was held, at whichHis Danish Majesty was present, to concert the O-peratipns by Sea, and the Command of the Fleet,in Cafe they were to join.
(x) He waited only for a fair Wind, to fail,with the Rest ef the British Squadron, into theBaltick, there to take a proper Station, for obser-ving the Motions of the Swedish Fleet. The Ar-rival of this Fleet in the Baltick put an effectualStop to the great Projects laid by the Swedes, who,thereupon, laid aside their Design of embarkingTroops at Carlfcron- The seventh of May, SicGeorge failed, with the Fleet under his Command,from Copenhagen, with a great Number of Mer-chant-Ships, bound for several Ports of the Bal-tick, and, in the Kioger-bucbt, was joined by theDamp Fleet, commanded by Vice-Admiral Gabel.They sailed together towards Carlfcron, but wereobliged by contrary Winds to return.
(/) Admiralty Office, June the eight and twentieth.
Captain Restock, of the Panther, who com-mands the Ships, appointed by Sir George Byng tocruise off Gottenburg, gives an Account, by hisLetter dated the thirteenth of the last Month, thaton the seven and twentieth of April, he failed outof Mar de in Norway, and three Days after took azS'ic/eaV/ftPrivateerDogger, of six Guns, and scventy-two Men, commanded by one St. Leger, the Per-son who some Time since, seized one of bur Pack-et Boats; That the fame Afternoon he retook aDutch Hoy, which had been taken the Day beforeby a Swedish Ship often Guns; and, on the first,of May, in the Afternoon, he met and took thePrivateer, into whose Hands the Hoy had fallen,All which Prizes were carried into Arandel; andthat the ninth,at Night, the Strajsord retook a DutchFlyboat. By another Letter from Captain Leftock ,dated the six and twentieth of May, he gave anAccount, that His Majesty’s Ship the Severn hadtaken aPirat, and retaken a Dutch Flyboat ;That the Chatham had taken two SwedipPrl^teersiAnd that, on the fifteenth of the said Month ofMay, our Ships took a Swedip Brigantine of eightGuns and fix and twenty Men,
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Sir JohnNorris Pie.nipotentaryto the Czar.