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Geo.L Naval Expeditions , &c. of the English, BookVl*

ship came from Stockholm to Copenhagen.He had his first Audience of the Kingof Denmark to communicate this Treaty,on the nine and twentieth of June, atFrederick's Burg, four German Miles,from Copenhagen, where, as well as,afterwards, at Copenhagen , His DanijhMajesty strew'd him more than ordinaryMarks of Distinction and Esteem- (e)Death of T h e eighteenth of August, died Mat-Admiml thew , Lord Aylmer, Rear-Admiral of

.Aylmer. England, Governour of Greenwich Hos-pital (f) and one of the Lords Commis-sioners of the Admiralty: As did, notmany Days after, Sir John Leaks, for-merly Admiral, Commander in Chief,and one of the Commissioners of theAdmiralty, (g)

Sir John Th e eighth of September , Sir JohnNorris enter-Norris, being returned, with the Squa-cf Swedes ^ ron unc ^ er K s Command, to Stockholm,the King of Sweden did him the Honourto dine with him, on Board his Ship,accompanied by Mr. Finch, the BritishEnvoy, and the Polish Minister, PrinceIjuBomirski.

T he Kins: re- The ninth of November, His Majestyknd-^ Eng " em barked, at Helvoetjlups, and being

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ed by four Men of War, under Com-mand of Sir John Jennings, landed thenext Evening, at Margate, and came,the Day following, to St. James's. Thetwentieth, the Baltick Squadron, (b) un- And Sir ,der the Command of Sir John Norris, John Norn®arrived at Orjardness. (J)

T e eighth of December, the Parlia-ment met, and, the nineteenth, theHouse of Commons, in a Grand Commit-tee, granted a Supply for the Navy. (Æ)

The Year, 1721. afforded very little 1721-Matter for Naval History. The chief, Sir John ^or, indeed, only Sea Expedition was ^ss)o°tD. that of Sir John Norris to the Baltick. BaltickThe Differences in the North yet sub-sisting, and more especially betweenRussia and Sweden, the Governmentthought fit to send a Squadron again,this Year, into those Parts, the betterto enforce the good Offices, Mr. Finchwas then employing at Stockholm, forthe Reconciliation of them. (/)

In the Month of March, the Squa-dron designed for this End (m) was or-dered to be got ready, with all possibleExpedition. The thirteenth of April,

Sir

(e) It was observed, at Copenhagen , where Ihappened to be at that Time, that the King ofDenmark had never given any Foreign Ministerso many Instances of His. particular Affection andFavour. He dined oftner at His Majesty's Table,than any other Publick Minister perhaps ever did,in so short a Time, and, as a particular Mark ofHis Gratitude, for his Lordship's Assiduity, inbringing about the Treaty lately concluded, HisMajesty made him. a present of a Swor.d from hisSide, richly adorned with Diamonds,, and valuedat upwards of four and twenty Thousand Crowns ;Besides a fine Set of Coach Horses, of a particu-lar Breed, called Moors, being a dark Grey, orrather Mouse Colour, with very long black Tailsand Mains, esteem’d of a great Value.

(/) He was fneceded by Sir John Jennings , asGovernour of Greenwich Hospital, and Ranger ofthe Park there.

7) About the fame Time, Sir George Byng,having seen the Convention for the Evacuation ofSicily and Sardinia duly executed, the Spaniardstransported from -Sicily to Spain , and th ePiedmontefefrom thence to Sardinia, and having ordered thewhole Squadron, under his Command, to returnto England , except three Ships of fifty Guns, andone of thirty, commanded by Captain Scot , which re-mained in the Mediterranean , set out himself,from Genoa , by Land, and arrived at Hanover,the twenty-first of August. He was very gracious-ly received by His Majesty, who, in Considera-tion of his eminent Services, was pleased to bestowupon him the Office of Treasurer of the Navy,and Rear-Admiral of Great Britain -, As likewise,,to knight the Commander of his Ship, CaptainGeorge Sounders, as He did, afterwards, CaptainGeorge Walton, who commanded the Canterbury ,in the fame Expedition.

(b) As nothing remarkable happened, duringthe Stay of this Squadron, in the Baltick, forBrevity's Sake, I hasten to the Return of it,

(/) They met with a violent Storm, on thatCoast, in which several of the Ships lost their An-chors and Cables ; And the Monk,, a Ship of fiftyGuns, was lost near Golfion ; But her Men, andmost of her Stores and Provisions were saved.

(k) They resolved that ten Thousand Men beallowed for the Sea.Service, for the Year, 1721. atfour Pounds, per Man, per Month, for thirteenMonths. That two Hundred and nineteen Thou-sand, and forty nine Pounds, fourteen Shillings, begranted for the Ordinary of the Navy ; And fiftyThousand, two Hundred Pounds, for Extra-Re-pairs, for the fame Year.

(/) In the Month of April, of this Year, theEast-India-Company received an Account of theLoss of their Ship, called the Cajfandra, comman-ded by Captain Machra, outward-bound. Shewas taken by two Pirats, off of Madagascar, inthe Month of August , of the foregoing Year, aftera dong and stout Resistance, in which CaptainMackra and his Company behaved bravely, andmight, as he, in his Account affirms, not onlyhave escaped, but have taken the Pirats, with avery great Booty, if Captain Kirby, in the Green-wich, and. an Ostender, wlio were in his Company,had not deserted, him,, after solemn Protestationsof standing by him, and left him to the Mercy ofthe Pirats; The Blame of which. Captain Mackralays wholly upon Captain Kirby.

(*) This Squadron consisted of the followingShips :

Vice-Admiral Hofierbf Di<vifion.

Rates. Ships, Commanders. Men.Guns,,

3 Suffolk, Capt. Cooper. 440 70

4 Warwick, Williams. 2 So 50

4 Medway, Erevor. 365 do

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3 Buckingham, Coieman. 4so 7 °

4 Dartmouth , Smith. a 86 50

4 Fork,. Elford. 30's 60

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