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1726. The twenty-first of August, Sir John those Designs, the Season of the Year 172,6,

Anchors inthe Bay ofBulls.

Cruises offof Cape St.Mary's.

Rear-Admi-ral Hopsonarrives atLisbon^

obliged the Admiral to think of return-ing home, which he did, and arrived,the twenty-second of 0stoker, in fourand twenty Days, from Lisbon ,

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failed, with the Squadron under hisCommand, from the River of Lisbon,and, the last of that Month, anchoredin the Bay of Bulls. From hence, hesent his Boat on Shoar to Cadiz, andwas, by the Governour’s Order, sup-plied with Refreshments. The first ofSeptember, he was joined by the DursteyGaily, and the Lyme , and, havingweighed Anchor, cruised off of Cape St.

Mary's. - . Francis Hosier, Esq; Vice-Admi-

Thf seventh, Rear-Admiral Hopson ± of the Blue, having been appointed to Hce-Admi-with four British Men of War, came in- command a Squadron of His Majesty’s st Hosierto the River of Lisbon, and one of the Ships designed for the West-lndies, failed" We/lndi«Ships having lost her Mam Yard, and by Plymouth, the ninth of April, to theanother having her Fore-mast damaged. Westward, with a fair Wind, havingthe Rear-Admiral applied to Brigadeer seven Men of War under his Command.

Dormer, who immediately obtained an He arrived, the sixth of June, off of the

Order, from His Portuguese Majesty, Bastimentos, near Puerto Bello. (g) When

for furnishing every Thing that was ne- he appeared off of that Port, the Gover-

ceffary out of His Naval Stores* nour sent to know what he wanted. His ^

The ninth, His Majesty’s Ships, the Answer was the Royal George, (st) which i 0 mno BeJ "

Winchester and Swallow,- which failed, was thereupon difpatch’d away with all °‘some Time before, from the Downs, ^ ' ' ' ' '

came to the Entrance into the River La-gus, and, the next Day, proceeded tojoin Sir John Jennings.

This Squadron, having had the famedesired Effect, as that sent to the Baltick,

by putting the Spaniards into the ut- lo, and to remain there. He suffered no?* Harlmost Consternation, and thereby oblig- Ships to go in or come out of Puerto Bel- '

ing them, at least for the present, to lay lo, without strict Examination ; But didaside the pernicious Measures they were not take any Spanish Seamen from oilentering into, and having prevented their Board them. (i)

Ships from putting to Sea, to execute

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Expedition. This done, the Goyernour t ^ >&

sent again, desiring he would be gone ; George.But his Answer was, he would stay ’tillhe received farther Orders; And, there-upon, he sent a Man of War, to 1 ywithin Reach of the Guns of Puerto Bel- f loc st U Plo, and to remain there.

(g) AboUt ten Days before his Arrival there, aPacket-Boat, from Old Spain , had brought Or-ders, (probably upon having Notice, that a Squa-dron was appointed to. fail from England thither)for the Mony on Board the Gallions , consisting offix and twenty Millions of Pieces of Eight, to beput on Shoar, and carried back to Panama, whichhad, accordingly been done, and consequently,there was no' Probability of the Gallions getting a-way that Season, especially, as not only they, butthe Men of War, which were to have convoyedthem, were actually unrigging in Puerto Bello.The Biota arrived at the Havanna, from FeraCruz, the ninth of July, and the Treasure, beingabout sixteen Millions of Pieces of Eight, waslanded, and put into one of their Strongest Tow-ers, the Fortifications of which they were encreafing.

(h) This Royal George was a large Ship belong-ing to the South-Sea-Conipany. She was in PuertoBello, disposing of her Cargo, which was very con-siderable ; This being done, and all the Mony paidfor it, amounting to a very large Sum, received onBoard, die joined the Squadron ; Whereas, if theVice Admiral had at first declared his Intention ofremaining there, it is very probable Ihe might havebeen detained.

(?) The Elizabeth Snow of Bristol, John GreenCommander, which failed from Jamaica , the lat-

ter End of April, or beginning of May, boundfor Guinea, kept Company with the Fleet, stillshe got thro’ the Gulph of Florida. He left theFleet in the Morning, and the Night following,his People, on Board, being eleven in Number, all(except the Doctor; Carpenter and Gunner) muti-nied, and murdered him, and his chief Mate, andcast them over Board, on the seven and twentiethof May. They then proceeded for the Coast osNew England, taking, in a Piratical Manner,seve-ral Vessels, among which was a Sloop from NorthCarolina, bound to Boston, in New England, ta-ken, by them, the third of June. On Board ofthis Sloop, was one William Atkinson, a Passen-ger, who was detained by them to navigate theirSnow, (they npt having any Navigator on Board.)After this, they took a Schooner, belonging toMarblehead,- on Board of which they put seven oftheir Gang, and left the Snow commanded by oneFly (who was Green’s Boatswain when murdered)he having then but three reputed Pirats with him,the Rest being forced Men. The twenty-third ofJune, Atkinson, taking his Advantage, with theAssistance of three more forced Men, surprizedand secured Fly, and his three Accomplices, andbrought the Snow into Boston, where the Piratswere tried, and Fly, with two of his Accomplices,excuted- about the Middle of July, at Charles-town,