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1723. died Admiral Delaval, by a Fall fromhis Horse, as hs was riding out, to di-vert himself, after Dinner, near New-caftle upon Dyne. (a)

Tie King re- To conclude the Transactions of thisYear, I shall but just mention His Ma-jesty’s Return from Hannover ; Fie em-barked at Helvoetjluys , the seven andtwentieth of December, being convoyedby Sir John Norms, with a small Squa-dron of Men of War, and accompaniedby several Yachts; And landing, thenext Day, at Margate, came, the thir-tieth, in the Evening, to St. James's.

1724. The ninth of January , 1724. the

J Supply Parliament met; The tweixty-first, the

granted scr j-j 0u f s 0 f Commons voted the lame Num-

ber or Seamen, as the foregoing Year,at the usual Rate ; And, the first of Fe-bruary, that two Hundred and fourteenThousand, six Hundred and twenty-twoPounds, fifteen Shillings and ten Pence,be granted His Majesty, for the Ordi-nary of the Navy, for the Year, 1724.

Insolence and J N Month of June, sundry Ac-

the Pirats! counts came from the Wef-Indies, ofthe Insolence and Barbarity of the Pirats,in those Parts, especially those underthe Command of Captain Lowe. (b)

A Supply The twelfth of November, the Par-

S the%av° r ^ amenC met » The twentieth, the Houseof Commons, in a Grand Committee,voted a Supply for the same Number ofSeamen, for the Year 1725. as they haddone for the Year 1724. and upon thefame Footing ; And, the third of De-cember, they resolved, that a Sum notexceeding two Hundred and fourteenThousand, two Hundred and ninety-sive Pounds, fourteen Shillings and ninePence, be granted His Majesty for the

(a) About this Time, the notorious Pirat,Taylor, who commanded a Ship called the Cassan-dra, formerly belonging to the Eaft-India Compa-pany, made an Offer to his Grace the Duke ofPortland , Governour of Jamaica, to surrenderhimself, with most of his Riches, upon Conditionof obtaining his Majesty's most Gracious Pardon ;But that Offer being refused, and proper Directi-ons sent, to several Places, for apprehending himand his Crew, that Satisfaction might be given tothe Sufferers, of whatever Nation, he applied tothe Spanish Governour of Puerto Bello, who be-ing less scrupulous, received him, in Considerati-on of a Fourth Part of the Plunder he had amass'd,supposed to amount to the Value of a HundredThousand Pounds Sterling- The Rest they divi-ded among themselves, being a Hundred and fourand forty Men, most English.

(b) On this Occasion, I must not omit a braveA ction,which does Honour to some of our Country-men. Philips the Pirat, took one Harradine, whocommanded a Sloop belonging to Cape Ann, and,the next Day, leaving his own Vessel, went onBoard this Sloop with all his Stores. , The fameDay llarradine , with seven other Prisoners, con-

Ordinary of the Navy, for the fame 1725.Year.

The first of June, 1725. His Maje- The Kingsty, having declared His Intention of^ e ^ 31visiting His German Dominions, thisSummer, nominated Lords Justices,for the Administration of the Govern-ment, in His Absence ; And at the sameTime, declared the Appointment of se-veral great Officers, and, among theRest,ordered a new Commission for the Officeof Lord High Admiral of Great Britain,

Ireland, &c. (c) The third, His Maje-sty embarked on Board the CarolinaYacht, and setting Sail, with the Restof the Yachts, the next Evening, theywere joined, at the Nore, by Sir JohnNorris, with the Squadron appointed toattend them. The seventh, His Ma-jesty arrived in Holland, after but anindifferent Passage, and, the fourteenth,came to Herrenhaufen, near Hannover. De p re dationsAbout the fame Time, came Letters committe&bjfrom several Parts of the Wef-Indies, th* Spa* 1 *'with Complaints of great Depredations 3rds 'and Py racies committed by the Spaniards,with their Guarda Cos as, as well uponall the Britijh, as all the Dutch Shipsthey met with; And that His Majesty’sShip, the Diamond, had taken one ofthese Vessels, in the Bay of Honduras, One of theirwith ninety Men on Board, which had GuardaCosl 'taken several Brit if Vessels, and done as ta en ~great Damage on the Coast of Virginia. Treaty ofThe third of September, the famous HannoverTreaty, between Great Britain, France conclu ^ e 'and P ruff a, known by the Name of theTreaty of Hannover, (d) was concluded,at the King’s Palace at Herrenhaufen ,near Hannover.

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spired to destroy the Pirats, which they effectedin the following Manner. Edward Cheefeman, theCarpenter, brought his Tools upon Deck, underPretence of Working. At twelve (the appointedHour) Cheefeman , being walking with one Nut,the Master of the Pirat, took his Opportunity andthrew him over-Board ; Harradine, at the fameTime, knock'd down Philips , with an Adze ; A-notherMan struck Barrel the Boas wain, with a broadAx, and the Rest fell upon' the Gunner. Thesefour Officers being quickly difpatch'd, the Rest ofthe Pirats loonsurrender'd, and were carried intoBoson, the thirteenth of April.

fe) The Lords Commissioners appointed bythis Commission were the .Right flonourable,

James , Earl of Berkley , Sir John Jennings , JohnCockburn and William Chetmind, Esq;. Sir JohnNorris, Sit Charles Wager, and Sir George Oxen-don.

(d) It was this Treaty, the Effects of whichwe shall fee in. the ensuing Chapter, which brokethe Neck of the Great Projects formed by theTreaty of Vienna, between the Emperour and theKing of Spain.