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■Arrives atStock hoirm■P eace be-tween the^Zar and ,Sweden.
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John set Sail, with the Squadronunder his Command, from the Nore,and, the eight and twentieth, arrived inthe Road of Copenhagen. ( n ) The thir-tieth, he passed the Grounds, and, the'Penhagen. f econc j; Q f fyfay, arrived at Hano, where
they were joined by seven Swedish Menof War j (s) And being afterwards join-ed by more Men of War, of the fameNation, failed for Stockholm ; Where,on the second of September, the Son ofCount Lilienfadt, arrived, and broughtthe Treaty of Peace, between the Kingof Sweden, and the Czar, sign’d, atNieftadt, by the Plenipotentiaries^ onboth Sides, the thirty-first of Augu/f.
About the Middle of September, theKing was pleased to order Letters Patentto pass the great Seal, for constitutingthe Right Honourable James Earl ofBerkley, Sir John Jennings, John Coc/e-burn and William Chetwynd, Esq; SirJohn Norris, Sir Charles Wager, andDaniel Pultney, Esq; Commissioners forExecuting the Office of Lord High Ad-miral of 'Great Britain, Ireland, &c.
The nineteenth of Oflober, the Par-liament met; The seven and twentieth,the House of Commons resolved to provide
?he Parlia-ment meets.
for seven Thousand Men, for the Ser- 1721.vice of the Sea, for the Year, 172,2. at -A Supply ^
granted forthe.Navy.
the usual Rate, of four Pounds, perMan, per Month; And, the second ofNovember, They resolved, that theSum of two Hundred and eighteenThousand, seven Hundred and ninety-nine Pounds, four Shillings, and sevenPence, be granted for the Ordinary ofthe Navy, for the fame Year.
The Peace between the Ruffians and Morris rt-the Swedes being brought about in the turns.Baltick, and consequently no fartherOccasion sor our Fleet there, Sir JohnNorris being returned with it to Jiljhior,set Sail from thence, the sixth of Oflober,
■ and arrived, at the Nore , the twentiethfollowing.
About the Beginning of December,
Sir Charles Wager, and Rear-Admiral a secret Ex-Hojier, were appointed to command a sedition.Squadron, which was ordered to be fit-ted out immediately, foi a secret Expe-dition. (p)
In the Beginning of the Year 1722.great Complaintawere made, from seve-^ral Parts of the Wef -Indies, of Damages Pirats.sustained by Pirats, who infested theCoasts of those Parts, to such a Degree,
that
1722.
Great Com-plaining of
Rates.. Ships-4 Gloucester,
3 Revenge,
4 Netting ham,
2 Sandwich,
3 Elizabeth ,
3 Chi chest er,
4 Kingston,
Admiral Norris’s Division.
Commanders.Capt. Holland.Hagar.Clinton-Adm. Norris.Capt. Falkner.
Thomfon.Hughes.Eaton.
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Admiral Hopfond Division.
DelavabWade-.
Bowler.
Rear- Adm. Hopson,Capt. Garlington,Field.
Luch.
Balchen.
Men.Guns.280 30440 703 65 607x0 p(5
45 o 70500 80363 60
280 502 8e 30440 70
33° 80
363 60190 40440 70
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Borab-K: etches.
4 Worcester,
4. Falnmith,
3 Bedford,
3 Do.rfetff.ire,
4 D-estance,
3 Gofpc-rt,
3 Monmouth,
Pool,
Bedfor d-CNdy,
Port-Mahon, )
Greyhounds, rBiandfcrd, )
King George, ^ Tenders .
Kent-Slaop. .1
(n) They had bad Weather in their Passage,,which separated three Ships from the Fleet, Butthey join’d again at Copenhagen. Passing by Got-tefbupg, the Admiral sent an Express'to the Kingof Sweden, and, as hepassd by Elfenor, he receiv-ed a Letter from- His Siuedist Majesty.
(o) The sixteenth of June, Mr. Holtzendorjs,Secrerary to Colonel Stanhope, arrived, at White-hall, with the Treaty-of Peace and Commerce a-gree-dbetween His-Majefly ajid t F& CatMick King;And, the last of July, a Messenger arrived, with-the Instrument of His Catholick Majesty's Ratifi-cation.
The Beginning of September, His Majesty waspleased to order Letters Patent, to be passed un-der the Great Seal, for creating the Right- Hon-ourable Sir George Byng; Bart. a Baron and Vis-count of Great Britain, by the Title of Baron ofof Scuthill , in the County of Bedford, and Vis-count Torrington, in the County of Davon-
{p) This Squadron was to consist of the fol-lowing Ships:
Commanders.
Sir Charles Wager.Capt. Nicholas Haddock.Rear-Adm. Hosier.
Capt. Ph. VanbrnghiSir George Walton-Capt. Obrian.
Ch. Strickland'sJohn Hubbatd.
Caleb If'ade.
Bobert Man.
Hen. Medley.
Lord Fere.
Rates. Ships.
The Tor bay,
Breda,Nafjau ,
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
6
6
Tarmouth,Windsor,Falmouth ,Worcester,Fork,Lyme ,
Dufley-Gally,Czpt. Geo. Purvis.GaHy ’ ^Fire-ships.
Vdif }Bomb.Velfel,.
IT was generally reported, that this Expeditionwas design’d against Portugal, to demand Satisfacti-on for an Insult offer’d the Erit-if Nation, at Lis-bon,. in the Persons ofMess. Wingfield and Roberts,who were taken up,.and condemned to Death, andtheir Effects seized, under the. Pretence of theirhaving exported Gold Coin, a Practice very com-mon, and without which our Trade with Portu-gal could not be carried on ; One Ship’s Loadingof Englistj Woollen Manufactures being more in- .,Value than six Returns in Wine ; Bat the King
of