William and Mary: November 1693 | British History Online

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1693. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1903.

'William and Mary: November 1693', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1693, (London, 1903) pp. 386-415. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/will-mary/1693/pp386-415 [accessed 23 April 2024]

November 1693



Nov. 1.	Agenda of the Committee of Council. To order Sir Fr. Wheler to take command of the 25 ships (with other business connected therewith, forming the subject of subsequent orders); to speak to the Admiralty to provide convoys for the victuallers bringing corn to London; to move the Privy Council for an order that the Mediterranean squadron be manned with their highest complement; to enquire what bomb vessels can go to the Mediterranean; to direct the victualling of the Mediterranean squadron with six months' dry provisions and two months' beer; and the fitting of two bomb vessels to sail with the said squadron. [H.O. Admiralty 6, No. 122.]
Nov. 1. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. The King has appointed Sir Francis Wheler admiral of the Straits' squadron now fitting out, and you are to send him a commission accordingly. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 81.]
Nov. 1. Whitehall.	The same to Sir Francis Wheler. The King having appointed you admiral of the Straits' squadron now fitting out, you are to take upon you the command of the ships intended for that service, and use all expedition that they be got in readiness as soon as possible. If you have anything upon this occasion you would have me lay before the King, pray let me hear from you with the first, and I shall be ready to serve you in it. [Ibid.]
Nov. 1. Kensington.	Recommendation for Benjamin Collinge, a scholar of the college school, near Winchester, to be chosen for New College, Oxford, at the next election after the date of these letters. [H.O. Church Book 1, p. 135.]
Nov. 1. Whitehall.	Commissions for Peter Ducla, gentleman, to be ensign of the company whereof Capt. Ralph Breene is captain in the regiment of foot commanded by Col. Richard Coote; for John Goodwin, gentleman, to be lieutenant of the company whereof Capt. Breene is captain in the same regiment; for George Pool, surgeon, to be surgeon of the garrison of the Tower of London; for George Dutton Colt, esq., to be captain of the company of grenadiers whereof Capt. John Wyat, deceased, was captain in the regiment of foot lately commanded by Col. Robert Goodwin, deceased [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 135]; for Brockwell Lloyd, esq., to be captain of the company whereof Major Thomas Burrows was captain in regiment of foot commanded by Col. Edward Lloyd; for Thomas Agnew, gentleman, to be lieutenant to Capt. George Connock in Col. Frederick Hamilton's regiment of foot; for Henry Brown, gentleman, to be adjutant of the same regiment [Ibid., p. 137]; for Joseph Foster to be ensign to Captain Ralph Gore in the regiment of foot commanded by Charles Duke of Bolton; for Henry, Viscount Galway to be colonel of the regiment of foot in Piedmont, lately commanded by Charles Duke of Schomberg, deceased, and likewise to be captain of a company in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 138]; for John Brereton, esq., to be captain-lieutenant of the company in the regiment of foot commanded by Charles, Earl of Monmouth, whereof he himself is captain; for George Trenchard, gentleman, to be ensign of the same company; for James la Boulie, gentleman, to be lieutenant to Major Edward Norton in the same regiment; for John Jewett to be lieutenant of the company of grenadiers whereof Capt. Richard Pye is captain in the same regiment; for Hugh Dean, esq., to be captain of the company whereof Capt. Edward Harwood was captain in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 144]; for Mr. Adam Spratlyn to be lieutenant to Major John Lowther in the regiment of foot commanded by Edward Dutton Colt [Ibid., p. 171]; and for Robert Pargiter to be ensign to Capt. Thompson in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 211].
Nov. 1. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to the Victuallers of the Navy. I enclose you [not entered] by the King's command, the copy of a paper which I received from the Lords Justices of Ireland about providing victuals in that kingdom for the fleet or any squadron of it. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 711.]
Nov. 1. Whitehall.	Passes for Claas Willemson, Calis Simon, Symonsen Cayper and John Johnles to go to Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 377.]
Nov. 2. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. You are to issue orders for the victualling of the respective ships of the Straits' squadron now fitting out, with six months' dry provisions and two months' beer; also for fitting out two bomb-vessels, with all necessary stores, to sail with the said squadron. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 82.]
Nov. 2. Whitehall.	Warrant to [the Lords Justices of Ireland] to proceed upon the indictment against Frances, Countess of Tyrconnel for high treason, which the Queen directed to be stopped by warrant of 12 July last. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 13, p. 74.]
Nov. 2. Whitehall.	Warrant to [the Lords Justices of Ireland] to add three persons to the commission named for keeping the great seal of Ireland during Sir Charles Porter's absence. [Ibid.]
Nov. 2. Whitehall.	Warrant to [the Lords Justices of Ireland] to grant a licence of absence to Sir Richard Reynell, chief justice of the King's Bench in Ireland, to enable him to sit in the present parliament in England. In duplicate. [Ibid., p. 75.]
Nov. 2. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to the Lords Justices. I have received your letters of the 17th, 21st, and 24th of October, and send you the King's letter for proceeding upon the indictment against Lady Tyrconnel, and another for appointing commissioners for keeping the great seal in the Lord Chancellor's absence. Sir Richard Reynell's letter is signed likewise and will be sent you by himself. As to the 1,200l. about which you sent me a copy of what you wrote to the Lords of the Treasury, the matter will be laid before the King and an account given you. I have spoken about a convoy for corn as you proposed and by the next post may be able to give you an answer about it. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 480.]
Nov. 2. Guernsey.	B. Ellis to—. On the 26th October, Captain Phillips arrived with the fleet, and has been detained in the road ever since by extremity of weather. In obedience to your command, I have supplied them the best pilots of the place, and such light vessels as they had occasion for. The enclosed account I received this morning from St. Malo. [S.P. Channel Islands, Bundle 9.] Enclosing:—
	Statement by Nicollas le Pelley, 2 November, 1693, at Guernsey. I sailed for St. Malo on the 23rd October, under orders from the Lieutenant-Governor, with 44 French prisoners, and was kept there by foul weather till this day, when I arrived here with only two prisoners belonging to these islands, the English exchange having carried away all at Dinand and St. Malo, except some masters and officers. On the 29th October they made bonfires for the taking of Charleroi, and the Wednesday following they did the same for the victory over the Duke of Savoy, having, as they report, killed him, and routed his whole army of 10,000 or 12,000 men, with but few lost on their side. The French have raised their money, e.g., the crown is now 3 livres 12 sous. There is but one company of soldiers at St. Malo, kept in the castle. The forts without the walls are kept by those of the town. The Diamond frigate has lately been sold for 50,000 livres, for a privateer. The late captain and Colonel Holt, and the captain of the fireship are kept in the castle. [S.P. Channel Islands, Bundle. 9.]
Nov. 2. Whitehall.	Passes for Margaret Jacobs, Helena Friderick, and three children to go to Harwich and Holland; for John Amen Arckenbout and Cornelis Ariensen, ditto; for Emanuel and Isaac Marot, ditto; for Peter de la Vallee, Mary his wife, with Mary and Ann, their two children, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 180]; for Hans Priters, Eva his wife, and their small child, ditto [Ibid., p. 181]; for Elizabeth Calfos and Catherine Barrow to go to Holland; and for Anthony Godfrey, ditto [Ibid. 38, p. 377].
Nov. 2. Whitehall.	Warrant for a charter incorporating the East India Company; the charter is set out. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, pp. 382–398.]
Nov. 2. Whitehall.	Proclamation appointing a general thanksgiving to be kept throughout the kingdom, for the preservation of his Majesty, during the continued war with France. Directions are given to the bishops and archbishops to compose a form of prayer to be used in all churches in England. [S.P. Dom. Proclamations 6, p. 99.]
Nov. 2. Whitehall.	Commissions to Edward Cobham, esq., to be captain of a company in the regiment of foot commanded by Edward Dutton Colt, esq. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 170]; for George Grahme, gentleman, to be lieutenant of Capt. Philip Goodwin's company in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 210]; and for John Stennet to be ensign to Capt. Philip Goodwin in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 211].
Nov. 3. Dublin.	Adam Murray to Sir John Trenchard. I write to inform you of the barbarous murder of two of my brothers, "besides two more," without the least provocation, of which, if you would peruse the enclosed, I can assure you it contains only matter of fact already deposed on oath. And I am desirous you should be acquainted with this matter, because I foresee there will be great endeavour to obstruct the course of justice by those who are too deeply concerned in the murder. For that purpose depositions have been sent up to town, taken before some justices of peace who put very different colours upon so foul an action, but the deponents are the very soldiers on whom the murder will be proved. The Lord Justices here assure me there shall be no endeavours wanting on their part to discover the truth and to punish such as shall be found guilty. But I do not know what applications may be made at court to procure a pardon for them, and to prevent any success in this matter I give you a just account of the same, so that no false representation may hinder justice from taking place. [S.P. Ireland 355, No. 112.]
Nov. 3. Jersey.	E. Harrys to the Earl of Nottingham. I pray you to pay the bearer, Mrs. Rebecca Harrys, my wife, 20l., disbursed by her on several occasions for their Majesties' service. [S.P. Channel Islands, Bundle 9.]
Nov. 3. Whitehall.	Commission for Alexander Maccraw, gentleman, to be lieutenant of Capt. Christopher Codrington's company in the regiment of foot commanded by Col. Edward Dutton Colt. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 210.]
Nov. 3. Whitehall.	Passes for Peter Vinckenbeeck, to go to Harwich and Holland; for Claas Jacobsen Visscher, ditto; and for Gerrit Isaacs and Ary Cornelis, ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 181.]
Nov. 4. Dublin Castle.	The Lords Justices of Ireland to the Earl of Nottingham. The draft of a new commission for inspection into forfeitures, and of a letter to be signed by the king for that purpose, is finished and we have sent it by this post to the Lords of the Treasury, with a short account of the reasons of those alterations which we have made, and we send you copies of our dispatches to them. We have nothing more to add, but that we have endeavoured to put this service into the best method we could contrive and to make the commission liable to as few exceptions as possible, so that we hope it will meet with their Majesties' approbation. [S.P. Ireland 355, No. 113.]
Nov. 4. Dublin Castle.	The same to the same. Copy of the foregoing. [Ibid., No. 114.]
Nov. 4. Dublin Castle.	The same to the Lords of the Treasury. We have considered the draft of a new commission for inspection into forfeitures, which Sir Richard Cox left with you and which we received in yours of the 9th October; we have altered it as seemed necessary. Our design is to have the work done effectually and legally and with as little expense as possible; we have therefore made the commissioners of revenue commissioners of inspection, but without a salary, and have added two other gentlemen to them. Copy. [Ibid., No. 115.]
Nov. 4. Dublin Castle.	The same to the same. Another copy of the foregoing. [Ibid., No. 116.]
Nov. 4. Dublin Castle.	The Lords Justices of Ireland to [the Earl of Nottingham]. There are many things concerning their Majesties' service here which we have spoken with the Lord Chancellor [of Ireland] about, upon his going into England. We leave all details of every particular to him; we desire that you will give us your assistance to enable the government to do the crown that service which it ought to do, and leaving the necessary enlargement to his lordship, shall only add the summary heads of those things in which we have desired his application.
	1. That the Scotch regiments here may by degrees be "rolled" into England and English regiments come in their place.
	2. That in case the King shall think fit to raise any new regiments for foreign service they may not be raised here (unless for the Venetian or Emperor's service) but in Scotland.
	3. That none of their Majesties' men-of-war press any seamen in this kingdom without order from the government.
	4. That such a number of ships as shall be necessary be appointed to guard the coast of Ireland, and that they keep such stations and obey such orders as shall be sent them from the government, and no other, and that whatever orders shall be found necessary to be sent to any of them out of England may go to them through the hands of the government.
	5. That such fortifications and garrisons (especially Kinsale) as shall be judged necessary to be maintained be, with all convenient expedition, put into a posture of defence, and that the produce of forfeitures be applied to this service and no other till this be done, about which we have formerly written and received a gracious answer.
	6. That due stores of war be provided. About this head and the former, the master of the ordnance, who is shortly going to England, will give more punctual information.
	7. That the government have power to break officers upon great emergencies, there being no reason to believe that this power will be used but in cases which require it, and the very knowledge that there is power to do so will prevent the occasions of exercising that power.
	8. That there be a stop put to the grant to Blackwell, who pretends to be deficient in his pretensions under the Act of Settlement, there being a multitude in the same case, and the consequences of such inquisitions after so long possession is "very mischievous," besides many other considerations which this matter will require.
	9. That whatever has been exceeded in the concordatum money may be allowed, and an increase of that fund may be made for the time to come, according to a letter from the Council to the Lords of the Treasury for that purpose.
	10. That the government may have certain rules given them to judge by about the forfeitures of persons acting only in civil employments, or who took protections, or who died in rebellion, or who continue in France.
	11. As there is a great deal of land containing waste without any stock or tenant upon it, whether the Government shall have power to make any temporary abatement of rent or quit rent where reasonable ?
	12. Whether it be not for their Majesties' service that the opinion of the judges of England and Ireland about the pretended sole right of the House of Commons here to begin all money bills should be printed in England and a convenient number of copies sent over ?
	13. That the time when the war began be declared ?
	14. That it may be considered how the article for discharging all suits for matters done during the war may be made good.
	15. How the claims to the articles yet depending shall be determined; whether in council or by commission ?
	16. That convoys be provided for ships that transport corn.
	17. Whether any quantities of corn, beef, or pork shall be provided against spring, and the methods of doing it, if thought expedient ?
	Since the Lord Chancellor will bring you this himself, and will explain and give the reasons of every part of it, we need not add anything further. Having given your lordship an account of what passed here in the case of Mr. McCarroll, and the reasons we had to suspect that he came from France as a factor to carry on a secret trade with the King's enemies, we shall only take this occasion to add that we are confirmed in that opinion, being informed this day by the commissioners of the revenue that their collector at Sligo has seized a ship, called the Dolphin, John McAlister, master, who pretended to be bound for Spain with five hundred and thirty casks of butter, but was designed for Rochelle, and for the account of this gentleman. This appears by the bills of lading, and a French pass and other papers which the collector has seized. Copy. [S.P. Ireland 355, No. 117.]
Nov. 4. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to the Lords Justices. The King has considered what you wrote concerning the corn ships and has commanded me to tell you he wishes all those ships to repair, from time to time, under convoy of some of the men-of-war attending Ireland and under your direction, to some one port of Ireland, and he will then order a convoy to bring them thence into England upon notice of the port you design for the rendezvous. You are to direct the Solicitor to come immediately to England, and give him a licence of absence for that purpose. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 481.]
Nov. 4. Whitehall.	Commissions for Robert Swift, esq., to be captain of a company in the regiment of foot commanded by Edward Dutton Colt, esq. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 170]; for Mr. Paul Cross to be lieutenant to Captain William Carrel, in the same regiment; for Mr. Joshua Brayn to be ensign to Captain John Ward, in the same regiment; for Mr. John Caswell to be ensign to Colonel Edward Dutton Colt [Ibid., p. 171]; for William Codd, gentleman, to be lieutenant to Captain Charles Whiting's company in Colonel Edward Dutton Colt's regiment [Ibid., p. 210]; and for Robert Pargeter to be ensign to Captain Thompson in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 211].
Nov. 4. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners for Exchange of Prisoners. I have told the King about your letter of the 2nd inst. and he commands me to tell you that in pursuance of the agreement for the exchange of prisoners, you insist upon the restitution of his subjects now prisoners in France, and as soon as you are assured that they will be remanded you are to send back the French prisoners mentioned in your letter. But as for the pretence the French make of re-claiming, by virtue of the Treaty of Limerick, the Irish taken at sea, you have long ago known that the treaty cannot be construed to extend to them, and therefore they must be released. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 712.]
Nov. 4. Whitehall.	Warrant addressed to the commander of the packet boat at Harwich, to receive on board John du Jardin and Peter Bodwell, and take them to the Brill or any other port of Holland. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 618.]
Nov. 4. Whitehall.	Appointment of Nicholas de Quetteville as comptroller of the royal court at Guernsey. [Ibid., p. 619.]
Nov. 4. Whitehall.	Warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General to prepare a bill granting the place of clerk of the navy office in the island of Barbadoes to Edward Cranfield, esq., in succession to Archibald Carmichael, esq., deceased. [Ibid., p. 620.]
Nov. 4. Whitehall.	Certificate that Edmund Poley, esq., envoy extraordinary to the Duke of Savoy, returned from that employment into the King's presence in England on 31st of October last. [Ibid.]
Nov. 4. Whitehall.	Passes for Anna Pierre to go to Harwich and Holland; for Henry Roberts, ditto; and for Catherin Carol and Margaret Breton, ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 182.]
Nov. 5. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to the Lords Justices. I have acquainted the King with what you told me in your letter of the 28th October, concerning Mr. Robert McCarroll, and his Majesty sees no cause to stop the proceedings against him. If upon his arrival in England he shall give such reasons as may induce the King to alter his resolution, you will receive commands thereon. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 481.]
Nov. 5. Whitehall.	Commissions for Mr. Nicholas Cook to be lieutenant of the company whereof Capt. William Abrahal is captain, in the regiment of foot commanded by Edward Dutton Colt, esq.; for Mr. Robert Ennis to be lieutenant to Capt. Robert Swift in the same regiment [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 171]; for John Thompson, esq., to be captain of a company in the regiment of foot commanded by Col. Edward Dutton Colt [Ibid., p. 210]; and for Richard Stronhill to be ensign to Captain Christopher Codrington, regiment not stated [Ibid., p. 211].
Nov. 6. Whitehall.	Passes for Susanna Walls and three children, and Anna Huneveldt and two children to go to Harwich and Holland; for Marinus Rheen and Henry Koolsaet, ditto; for Lawrence vanden Broeck, ditto; for John Gerritsen, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 183]; for Mr. Estienne Planteau and his servant to go to Holland; for Jane and Martha Bourdon, ditto; for John Pourceau, Anne his wife, Vincent Pourceau and Jane his wife, with John, Isaac, Jacob, Catherine and May, their children, and Mary Abrassac, with Lambert, Mary, Catherine, Elizabeth and Margaret her children, ditto; for Catherine Willemsz, ditto; for Judith Seche, ditto; for Catherine Corff, Mary Corba and Henrietta her daughters, ditto; and for John Berch, ditto [Ibid. 38, p. 377].
Nov. 6. Whitehall.	Commissions for William Carrell, esq., to be captain of a company in Col. Edward Dutton Colt's regiment [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 171]; and for Gabriel Buor to be ensign to Capt. Richard Cobham, regiment not stated [Ibid., p. 211].
Nov. 7. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. The King thinks it necessary the Straits squadron should be dispatched as soon as possible, and requires an account of what provisions are now on board, and how soon they can be victualled for four months at whole allowance. You are also to send orders to the ships of the said squadron (except the Greenwich), which are sent to cruise to return as soon as wind and weather will permit. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 82.]
Nov. 7. Whitehall.	The same to the same. The King requires your opinion as to what method you conceive best for convoys and cruisers, so as to make them most effectual for the security of trade; also as to the best means for procuring seamen for the fleet, and whether it be necessary to have a bill prepared for parliament in order thereto. [Ibid.]
Nov. 7. Whitehall.	The same to Sir Francis Wheler. The King requires an account as to what ships of the Straits squadron, English or Dutch, are ready; what victuals are on board the English, and for how many days at whole allowance; how the ships are manned, and how soon you think they can be ready to sail. [Ibid.]
Nov. 7. Whitehall.	Commissions for Peter Chasseloup, gentleman, to be lieutenant of the company in the first marine regiment of foot, commanded by Peregrine, Earl of Danby. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 138]; for Francis Cope, gentleman, to be ensign to Captain William Abrahall in Colonel Edward Dutton Colt's regiment of foot [Ibid., p. 165]; for Andrew Scudamore, gentleman, to be ensign to Captain Richard Busby in the same regiment (fn. 1) [Ibid., p. 177]; and for John Genevies to be ensign to Lieutenant-Colonel Augustus de Rabar in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 211].
Nov. 7. Whitehall.	Passes for Magdalen Beaurain, with David, John, Peter, Magdalen and Suzanna, her five children, to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 182]; for Annie Farnolds to go to Flanders; for Isaac Bernard to go to Holland; for Mary Moore to go Flanders; for John Jansons and James Collins to go to Holland; for Metchor Delbolstein to go to Flanders; for Cornelis Broers and John Barents to go to Holland; for Thomas Boulengier, John Laurents, William Daniells, and John Houtbacker, ditto; for Jacques de Paris, ditto; for Charles Fauni and Gideon Barbé of Colonel Belcastle's regiment, ditto; for Mr. Thomas Winder, ditto; and for Susanna Newbold, ditto [Ibid. 38, p. 379].
Nov. 8. Kensington.	Warrant to [the Lords Justices of Ireland] to pay to the Earl of Dorset and Middlesex, and Thomas Felton, esq., the annuity granted them by Charles II. in trust for the Duke of St. Albans. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 13, p. 75.]
Nov. 8. Whitehall.	Passes for John Pietersz and Claas Kleyman to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 379]; for Mary Varnier and her four children, ditto; for Anne Rondeare, ditto; for Giles Haassen, ditto; for Johanna Cornelis and her child, ditto; for Pierre l'Evesque, recommended by Mons. Chamver, French minister, and Mary his wife, ditto; for Mary Roberts, ditto; for Cornelis Cornellissen, ditto; for Jacob Jongereel, ditto; for Pieter Hansen and Mathias Michaelsen, ditto; for Anne le Blanc, ditto; and for Jean Renié, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 380].
Nov. 8. Whitehall.	Commission for Richard Busby, esq., to be captain of a company in Colonel Edward Dutton Colt's regiment of foot. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 164.]
Nov. 9. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to the Navy Commissioners. The King would have you attend him at the committee at my office on Sunday next at 4 p.m., concerning the instructions given by the Lords of the Admiralty about paying in course. A like letter sent to the Victualling Commissioners. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 83.]
Nov. 9. London.	—to Thomas Coxe, esq. I am always ready to do you any service in my power; and therefore, when I received your letter I found out Secretary Trenchard as soon as I could, and asked him whether the King had appointed anyone to succeed Lord Dursley in his "envoyship" in Holland, but he said "not yet." Thereupon I proposed you to him with the reasons which I thought proper. He replied he was sure the King would not employ you. I demanded why. He said he had learnt from Lord Nottingham, that after your return from Switzerland, you promised the King to go to New England, to see about Sir Francis Wheler's business; that by that promise you got much more money paid you for your extraordinary expenses [the letter is here torn away]. To this, being matter of fact (as you see) I had no other answer to make but that I would let you know what he said, and so I shall expect to hear from you as soon as possible. I confess I am surprised at this account, not but that I have too good an opinion of you to believe it, but to see such artifices put in practice to ruin and disappoint men, who have served faithfully. I always told you how your commerce with Lord Nottingham would end. Do you think he can serve a man sincerely that comes out of our family ? Then may be the two poles meet and fire and water dwell together. I can do no more till I hear from you. If I was in your place, I would come over and justify myself. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, No. 30.]
Nov. 9. Whitehall.	Commissions for William O'Bryan, gentleman, to be lieutenant of Lieut.-Col. Augustusde Rapar's company in Col. Edward Dutton Colt's regiment [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 165]; for Mr. Henry Lockwood to be ensign to Capt. William Carrol in the regiment of foot commanded by Edward Dutton Colt [Ibid., p. 171]; and for William Codd, gentleman, to be lieutenant of Captain Whiting's company in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 210].
Nov. 9. Whitehall.	Passes for Rachel Jans and her six children to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 380]; for Anne Cornant, ditto; for Hendrick Janse van Voorden, ditto; and for Pieter Matysen, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 381].
Nov. 10. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to the Lords Justices. The enclosed petition [not entered] has been presented to the King, who commands me to transmit it to you. You are to give order that the outlawries against John Hussey, gentleman, be not reversed, until he has given security to discharge all his estate or interest in the lands or tenements, lately Lord Slane's, and also all charges and incumbrances thereupon. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 374.]
Nov. 10. Whitehall.	Commission for John Rock, gentleman, to be cornet to Captain Edward Young in the royal regiment of dragoons, commanded by Col. Edward Mathews. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 136.]
Nov. 10. Whitehall.	Passes for Thomas Bodily and Daniel Bond to go to Holland; for John Laudel, ditto; for Claas van Housen and Peter Clers, ditto; for George Hendrick Stanburg, ditto; for Hendrick Robins, ditto; for Abraham Jansen, ditto; for Dorothy Waller, ditto; and for Anthony van Breugel and his wife, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 381].
Nov. 10. Whitehall.	Warrant to search for and apprehend John Symonds. [Ibid.]
Nov. 11. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to Mr. Killigrew and Sir Ralph Delaval. It is the King's pleasure that you should forbear to come to the Admiralty Board, or to act as Commissioners of the Admiralty, until further order from his Majesty. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 83.]
Nov. 11. London.	News letter addressed to the Earl of Derwentwater at Newcastleupon-Tyne. Letters from Poland give an account that all things were preparing for a general diet of that kingdom which is to open on the 15th of December next; that the army was separated and gone into winter quarters after finishing the campaign by supplying the fort of Trinity and building another small fort, nearer Caminieck (?) than the former, from whence they hoped to have prevented the Tartars from putting a convoy into the garrison; but they effected the same and are again retired.
	From Ratisbon the affair of the ninth electorate erected in favour of the Duke of Hanover and his reception into the college of Electors was again under debate and there was a great deal of "contestation" about it, but the ministers of the Emperor had proposed, as an expedient to terminate friendly this affair, the erection of a tenth Roman Catholic Elector in favour of the crown of Hungary, which by consequence would give a double voice in the college of Electors to the house of Austria; but this proposition is equally displeasing to the protestants because they consented to this ninth electorate upon account of some disadvantages which they proposed, and to the catholics because they fear the consequences of such an innovation. So that it is not known how this matter will terminate, as it is managed with great heat and opposition by the ministers of the Electors Palatine and Treves.
	Letters from Paris of the 6th further say that the officers of the armies there that had ended the campaign and had come to court to divert themselves were all ordered away again to their respective commands and a considerable undertaking against Germany and Holland was discoursed. The King's armies are so disposed that they are all quartered on his conquest, except about 20,000 men who are to quarter in France. Great quantities of corn had arrived at several ports of that kingdom which is to be transported to the provinces. From Charleroi it is advised that the French have altered the resolutions of drawing a line from that town to Mons, judging the same to be of no use, for they have already several fortified posts along that "coast," sufficient to prevent the Allies from making their courses upon them.
	From Edinburgh on the 4th they write that two Dutch men-of-war came into Leith Road having on board several officers from Flanders which are to make recruits. This day being his Majesty's birthday, was observed with great solemnity, the citizens were armed, and the Lord Chancellor and all the nobility that were in town, and the Lord Provost with the magistrates in their robes, went to the Cross and there drank their Majesties' healths, trumpets and hautboys sounding. The Castle gave a royal salvo of all its artillery and the night concluded with bells, bonfires, and illuminations. Our merchants are busy buying up corn to lade the fleet that has come from Ostend which has considerably raised the price of all sorts of grain.
	From Falmouth, on the 6th, they write that they had received advice that a French privateer of 8 guns is stranded in Mount's Bay. From Portsmouth, letters received say that about 40 English and Dutch men-of-war are still at Spithead, that the Carlisle rides admiral, Sir Francis Wheler, commander. There is nothing worth reporting from any of the other ports, and no news from Captain Benbow save that he did not sail from Jersey before last Sunday.
	Advice from Northampton states that the "mobile" had been lately very unruly there, having cut the sacks of corn and thrown the waggons into the river on several market days successively, and a great number of women came into the market with knives stuck in their girdles to force corn at their own rates. The like disorders happened at Wellingborough and Daventry; and on the 1st inst. the mob in Banbury seized a waggon laden with corn as it was passing through the town and ripped the bags and took the same away. The like has happened at Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, but care will be taken to prevent these riots and punish the offenders there, who do it more out of lazy, pilfering habits than from real want.
	Their Majesties have granted to the mayors, bailiffs, and burgesses of Tenby, and their successors, three fairs to be held yearly in the said town, for buying and selling cattle.
	Yesterday the House of Lords met according to the adjournment. They received an appeal and read a small bill and adjourned till Tuesday next. On Thursday in Council the persons who tried to procure patents for coining copper farthings and half-pence brought in their stamps and "proposals," some of which were very neat and not to be counterfeited with any advantage, but the Council after considering the same referred it to the Lords of the Treasury to choose the devices.
	We hear the ensuing regiments of foot are now ordered to Flanders and will speedily embark:— Ingoldsby's, Hamilton's, Brewer's, Tiffanyes' [Tiffin's], Venner's, St. George's and Lloyd's. On Thursday last there was an argument in the Court of King's Bench about filing the return of the mandamus sent down to Cambridge to expel the "non-jurand" fellows of St. John's College. The King's counsel argued against it, as it was not sealed, but at last the judges ordered it to be filed, and appointed a further hearing on the next Thursday. The ship that arrived from Guinea brings advice that two English men-of-war have taken two forts from the French upon the coast and the "factories" that belong to them. The Earl of Abington has been promised the place of justice in eyre of the King's forests on this side the Trent, vacant by the death of the late Lord Lovelace, and it is said the Earl of Westmorland will have the command of the band of gentlemen pensioners, also vacant by the death of the aforesaid lord.
	There is advice that Dr. Sancroft, late Archbishop of Canterbury, died on Monday morning at ten, at his paternal seat in Suffolk. On Tuesday next the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Winchilsea, and young Lord Lovelace are to be introduced into the House of Lords. The King has given orders that the Turkey fleet should sail immediately, commanded by Sir Francis Wheler and the Rear Admirals Hopson (sic) and Neville and two Dutch "flags." The Dutch are to continue in the Mediterranean, but the English squadron is to return after the arrival of that fleet. We want two mails from Holland. [Greenwich Hospital News Letters, Vol. 4, No. 23, and Entry Book 5, pp. 81–85.]
Nov. 11. Whitehall.	Passes for Susannah Cogen to go to Holland; for Alonso de Chane, Joseph Matheo, Jacobo Verpoorte, and Pedro Jansen to go to Flanders; for Elizabeth Walsh and Thomas Wilson, ditto; for Dionisio Derdeyn, Juan Brugeman, Juan Francisco, Luis de Vos and John Desier, ditto; for Cornilio van Yper and Simon Berna, ditto; for Christobal de Fuen, Juan Verbrough, Juan Lannoye and Gerardo Wittebroet, ditto; for Magnus Frederick Herpstein, to go to Holland; for Peter la Fontaine, ditto; and for John Francois, Simon Visconte, Dennis Derdeyn (see above) and John Braggeman (see above), to go to Flanders. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 401.]
Nov. 11. Whitehall	Warrant to search for Anne Daniel, suspected of treasonable practices. [Ibid.]
Nov. 13. Whitehall	Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. The King intends part only of the squadron now fitting out for the Straits to go into the Mediterranean, and the rest to proceed no further than Cadiz; the ships designed for the Mediterranean are the Royal Oak, Norfolk, Russell, Eagle, Cambridge, Defiance, York, Winchester, Mary, Carlisle, Deptford, Chatham, Rochester, Newcastle, one fifthrate not yet named, the Swift prize and Sandadoes. If you have any considerations to offer on this occasion you are to transmit them to be laid before his Majesty. This is to be kept very secret. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 83.]
Nov. 13. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of William Bridgeman, esq., who prays for a writ of error in a judgment passed against him in a suit between him and Mr. Holt and Mr. Colman. Granted. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 352.]
Nov. 13. Whitehall.	Warrant for a grant to pay to James Cressett, esq., envoy extraordinary to the House of Brunswick Luneburg, the sum of 500l. for his equipage, and the further sum of 5l. per day for his ordinary entertainment and allowance, to commence from the 12th of Sept. last and to continue until the day of his return; also to pay to him or his assigns sums of money for intelligence, expresses, and other extraordinary expenses and bills. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 402.]
Nov. 13. Whitehall	Warrant for a grant to John Williams, of Grays Inn, esq., of the office of attorney general for the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery, in the place of Randle Wynne, esq., deceased. [Ibid., p. 403.]
Nov. 13. Whitehall	Warrant for inserting the name of Gustavus Adolphus van Viereck, convicted at the Old Bailey of felony, in the next general pardon for poor convicts of Newgate, without condition of transportation. [Ibid.]
Nov. 13. Whitehall	Passes for Alice Joell and Richard Woodcock to go to Holland; for Sarah Nicholas and Mary Cett, ditto; for Vilemma van Sviten, ditto; for Henry Hias and John Palmer, ditto; for Jacob Montesinos, ditto; for Evert Dyehert, ditto; for Hendrick Hendricksen, ditto; for Arnoldo Crispin and Roger vander Castele [ditto]; for Anne Versteins, ditto; for Michel du May, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 404]; and for Peter Pons, ditto [Ibid., p. 405].
Nov. 14. Whitehall.	Commission to Francis Lebat, gentleman, to be lieutenant of the company whereof Captain Anthony Brabazon is captain in the regiment of foot, commanded by Colonel Frederick Hamilton. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 135.]
Nov. 14. Whitehall.	Passes for Thomas White and Thomas Blackmore to go to Holland; for Robert Brett, Helena his wife and Adriana Suterman, ditto; for Belia Vanloon, ditto; for Jacob du Castel, ditto; for Antonia Gervais, ditto; for Leon Chemineau, ditto; for Leondert Hart, Joris Joppa, Dirich Oldhouse, John Bartholemouse, Samuel —, John Bodt, John d'Wos, John d'Bruyn, and Leondert Bastilience Hendrick, ditto; for John Barlie, ditto; for Christina Albertas and her child, ditto; for Philip Nicholas, ditto; for James Falquenhaquen and Thomas Hill, ditto; for Jacques Albert, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 405]; and for Marie de Marigne, ditto [Ibid., p. 406].
Nov. 15.	General list of the ships of the royal navy of England, with their number of guns and men. [H.O. Admiralty 4, p. 656.]
Nov. 15. Whitehall.	Sir J. Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty, enclosing for consideration a draft of instructions to Sir Francis Wheler. The St. Michael is not to go to the Straits as one of the ships of this squadron. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 84.]
Nov. 15. Whitehall.	Warrant for inserting the name of Charles Nurse, found guilty of the manslaughter of George Page, gentleman, in the next general pardon for poor convicts of Newgate. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 400.]
Nov. 15. Whitehall.	Passes for Jacob Rind to go to Holland; for Margaret Lorrain, ditto; for Justus Schuts, Christian Schwarts, Mathew Bartholomeni Danho and Josia Van Aschen, ditto; for Mr. Robert Marriott, ditto; for Daniel Tatel, ditto; for John Chevalier, ditto; for Richard Reames, ditto; for Anne Wright, to go to Holland or Flanders; for Hannah Quartiers and four children, Christina Stiglas and four children, Elizabeth Gervais and six children, and Mary Scout, ditto; and for John Baartmans, ditto. [Ibid., p. 406.]
Nov. 16. Whitehall.	Passes for Abraham Sabatier, Helena his wife, and Elizabeth their daughter, John Rony, Susanna his wife, and John their child, to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 406]; for Isaac le Blanc, ditto; for Andreas Pelser, ditto; for Jacques Gebert, ditto; for Peter Davidsen, Peter Cornelissen, Jan Germsen, Peter Jansen, Harman Jansen, Gerit Jansen, Hendrick Hendricksen, Herman Hendricksen, Gerit Jetsen, Janwan Heesch, Pieter Pietersen, Harman Cornelissen, and Telmis Baretitsen, all Dutch seamen, ditto; for Daniel Jordan, ditto; for James Fripard, ditto; for Lodwick Flodrop, ditto; for Mr. Henry Wardlaw, ditto; for John Gerits, John Geritz, Cornellis Tyssen, Avy Jansen, Pieter Wases, Paulus Pietersz, Claas Jansen, Joris Albertsz, Cent Andriesz, and Anian Vischer, minister, ditto; for Mr. Nicholas Jacquier de Mautoit, ditto; and for Robert Hart, ditto [Ibid., p. 407].
Nov. 17. Whitehall.	Warrant for Robert Stephens to search all printing houses, booksellers' and bookbinders' shops, and warehouses, etc., for seditious books, newspapers, etc., and to apprehend all persons connected with the same. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 390.]
Nov. 17. Whitehall.	Passes for Mary Martha and her child, and Elizabeth Vandam to go to Holland; for Claas Mathysz, Hendrick Jacobz, Abraham Abrahamsz, Asiah Jansen, Jacob Geritsen, and Barent Hendricksen, ditto; for Cornelis Cornelissen, Jacob Jacobsen, Jan Jacobsen, Arian Cornelissen, Lambet Pietersen, and Pieter Jacobszen, ditto; for Frans van Leewen, Willem Willemsen, and Jacob Huyk, ditto; for Willem Jansen, Herman Jansen, Tys Maertensen and Pieter Cornelissen, ditto; for Pieter Symonsen, Gerrit Jansen, Willem Jansen, Cornelis Jansen, and Jacob Syberts, ditto; for Mrs. Mary Bruning, ditto; and for William Egerton and John Cotton, ditto. [Ibid., p. 408.]
Nov. 18. Dublin Castle	Sir Cyril Wyche and William Duncombe to [Sir John Trenchard]. The Queen's letter, which Lord Nottingham sent us, for naming new keepers of the great seal, during the Lord Chancellor's absence, came very seasonably, for we heard by the same post that one of the former (Mr. Hill) had died in England, and soon after another (the Archbishop of Dublin) died here, so that the seal would otherwise have stood still, to the great prejudice of proceedings in term time.
	We immediately took care to supply the vacancies and have caused a commission to be passed to Lord Meath. Lord Longford and Lord Blessington, who (upon Lord Drogheda's desiring to be excused, as his business would not suffer him to attend) are the three eldest noblemen at present of the Council. This being over, our thoughts have since been taken up in finding out a fit person to be recommended to their Majesties to succeed to the archbishopric. This is a matter of the moment, that we could not all three come to one resolution, but we have considered the several qualifications of the Archbishop of Tuam, the Bishop of Meath, and the Bishop of Kildare who pretend to the succession, but upon serious debate between ourselves we two are of opinion that neither of the two first should be thus promoted; but the Bishop of Kildare is a very fit person to be presented to their Majesties' favour, unless some other more fit is considered.
	Among the many qualities requisite for a man in this station one is—since this is a great dignity and so near the seat of the government and qualifies the incumbent always to have some hand in public affairs—that it be not possessed by a man of too much intrigue, and one who, to gratify a private interest or party, will still be contesting with the government unless all things are permitted to "run his way." And so we think that as the Bishop of Kildare will keep good discipline in his province among those that are under his charge, so he will neither use unreasonable violence against non-conformists, nor perversely "thwart or justle" with the government, but assist it as far as he can in all things which shall be proposed for the public service. [S.P. Ireland 355, No. 118.]
Nov. 18. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of William Petyt, esquire, keeper of the records in the Tower, who prays for some annual fee or allowance as keeper aforesaid. Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 352.]
Nov. 18. Whitehall.	Passes for Dirick Jansen, Jan Diricksen, Arian Diricksen, Jan Jansen, Pieter Maartensen, Jan Claasen, Pieter Symonsen, Maarten Jacobsen, Cornelis Cornelissen, Gybert Jacobsen, Peter Boye, Jacob Pieterson, Cornelis Claasten, and Haetie Pietersen to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 408]; for Simon Vischer, Abraham Turver Wieghart de Leor, Jacob Vischer, and Adrian Vischer, ditto; for Laurens Peitersen, Reyer Laurensen, Pieter Jansen, Willem Jacobsen, Jacob Rigo, Gillig Papegaay, Gerit Vanzooll, Jacob Andries, James Cornelissen and Hampser Hamperen, ditto; for Mrs. Jane Wall, her child and maidservant to go to Holland or Flanders; for Mr. Jacob van Lehnen to go to Holland; for John Smith, ditto; for Claas Classen, Willem Zetchom, Harman Meyer, and Hans Pecher, ditto; for Arian de Vlieger, Dirich Hendricksen, Pieter Romeyn, Pieter Hallies and Hans van Saxeny, ditto; and for Jacob Albersten, Jacob van Petten, Jan Pouirvelsen, Jan Cramer, Peter Baratson, Michael Pietzen John Sevarinsen, Abraham Teunissen, Cornelis Jansen, Roelof Cornelissen and Paul Nicolassen, ditto [Ibid., p. 409].
Nov. 19. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. I return you the draft of Sir Francis Wheler's instructions, with your amendments, and also what the King has thought fit to direct upon the points that required to be explained, which is likewise expressed in the margin under the several heads; a commission is to be forthwith prepared accordingly. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 84.]
Nov. 19. Whitehall.	Passes for Hendrick Sandersen, Jacob Davidsen, Jan Robertsen, Roelof Jansen, and Royer Boyle, all Dutch seamen, to go to Holland; for Jan Andriessen, Laurens Andriessen Jan Jacobsen, Juriaen Pietersen, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 409]; for Cornelis Claassen, Reynder Roelossen, Simon Aldersen, John Goot, and Michael Cornelissen, ditto; for Dirick Jansen Coomgart, and Hendrick Juriansen, ditto; and for Arent Sergeant and Jan Pietersen, ditto [Ibid., p. 410].
Nov. 20.	Admiralty Instructions to Sir Francis Wheler, commander-in-chief of their Majesties' ships in the Mediterranean.
	(1) You are to take under your command the following ships:— Third-rates, Royal Oak, Cornwall, Devonshire, Humber, Boyne, Norfolk, Berwick, Cambridge, Russell, Sussex, Defiance, Monk, York, Plymouth, Mary, Eagle and Warspite. Fourth-rates, Rochester, Winchester, Carlisle, Falmouth, Greenwich, Chatham and Deptford. Fifth-rates, Concord hospital ship and Muscovia merchant store ship. Sixth-rate, Sandadoes. Fire ships, Vulture, Vulcan, Crescent, Fortune, St. Vincent and Lightning. One fifth-rate and two bomb vessels. You are also to take under your protection such merchant ships of their Majesties' subjects as are ready to sail with you, bound for Turkey or any port in Spain or Italy, and to sail with the said ships and such Dutch men-of-war as shall be ordered to accompany you, to Cadiz in Spain, and see the merchantmen under your convoy safe into that port.
	(2) If you arrive at Cadiz before the Spanish fleet from the Plate, you are to cruise (not exceeding 30 days) in such stations as shall, by a council of war, be thought most proper for securing the safe return of the said fleet.
	(3) When the said fleet is arrived, or at the expiration of 30 days, you are to proceed into the Mediterranean with the following vessels:—Royal Oak, Norfolk, Russell, Eagle, Cambridge, Warspite, York, Winchester, Mary, Carlisle, Deptford, Chatham, Rochester, Falmouth, one fifth-rate, Sandadoes, four fire ships, two bomb vessels, one hospital ship and one store ship, together with such Dutch ships as shall be appointed to go along with you, supplying the place of any that may not be in a condition to sail with you with others of like force. You are also to take two other men-of-war to convoy the merchant ships to the Spanish ports within the Straits, and to order the commander-in-chief of the ships you leave behind to remain 21 days at Cadiz, and then to return for England with the residue of the squadron, the remaining Dutch men-of-war, and such English merchantmen as are ready to sail; he is likewise to be careful to bring away any gold, silver or jewels belonging to their Majesties' subjects, but not to take any other goods on board, as he shall answer the contrary at his peril. If the Spanish fleet of men-of-war be come to Cadiz before your departure, you are to concert with the commander-in-chief thereof the place of rendezvous where you shall join again at your return from convoying the Turkey ships. And you shall take the merchant ships under your convoy and any others belonging to their Majesties' subjects that may be left at Gibraltar or Cadiz. If there be any goods out of the sunk ships that remain yet unloaded, the men-ofwar acting as convoys for Turkey shall receive so much thereof as they can conveniently stow.
	(4) You are to direct the commanders of the Tiger, prize, Lumley Castle, Loyal Merchant and Princess Anne, now at Cadiz, to pursue their former instructions, and the Smyrna Factor to continue there till further order.
	(5) You are also to take along with you into the Straits one English flag more than your own, if the Dutch send a flag thither; if they send a vice-admiral, you are to take a rear-admiral, and vice versa.
	(6) At a convenient point within the Straits you are to send two men-of-war to convoy the merchant ships bound for Malaga, Alicant, Majorca or Barcelona, ordering them not to stay at any port till they arrive at Barcelona, where they are to continue ten days and no longer, and then to take under their convoy merchantmen homeward bound, calling at Majorca, Alicant, Malaga and Cadiz for any ships ready to sail within two days of their arrival at any port except Cadiz (where they may stay ten days) and return with them to England, seeing the merchantmen bound to western ports safe into their respective ports as they come along.
	(7) You are then to proceed as high as the channel of Malta, using all diligence on your way thither to gain intelligence of the enemy, and governing yourself accordingly for the good of the service by advice of a council of war, and taking care that the merchant ships are safely convoyed to their respective ports. Thence you are to detach men-of-war sufficient to convoy the ships bound for Scanderoon and Smyrna (the greatest force to go to Scanderoon) appointing who shall command them respectively, to avoid disputes therein. You are likewise to take with you into the Straits the ship called The Great Tuniseen, Walter Bevan commander, now at Cadiz, and to take care of her safety to the port of Tunis, and the like in her return.
	(8) You are to order the men-of-war as convoy for Smyrna to see the ships bound for Constantinople safe within the castles of the Dardanelles, and also to take care of them in their return, bringing them safe to Smyrna.
	(9) The commanders of the convoys to be sent to Turkey are to be ordered not to block up the Grand Seignior's ports, but to leave the same free and open as well for enemies' as friends' ships to pass in and out without molestation; and if they take any prizes wherein are either the persons or goods of any of the Grand Seignior's subjects, the persons are to be well treated, and put on shore, and the goods restored without embezzlement at the first port they come to in the Grand Seignior's dominions, taking a "hogiett" or certificate from the Cadi of the place for the same, which shall be left with the consul there.
	(10) When you have sent away the convoys with the Turkey ships, you are to return with the remainder of their Majesties' ships under your command, together with the Dutch, to join the Spanish fleet of men-of-war in the Mediterranean; and then in conjunction with them to consider at a council of war how best to annoy the enemy. Whilst you are with the said fleet you will act in conformity with the treaty made between England, Holland and Spain about the junction of the fleets. Upon meeting with any of the enemy's ships you are to endeavour to take, sink, burn or otherwise destroy them.
	(11) You are to continue with the ships under your command in such stations in the Mediterranean as may be most advantageous for doing service against the enemy, and protecting the trade of their Majesties' subjects and their allies.
	(12) When you judge the Turkey ships and their convoy to be on their return, you are to repair to the appointed rendezvous, and return with them to England, calling on your way at Cadiz and other ports in Italy and Spain for homeward bound merchant ships.
	(13) At some convenient time whilst you are in the Mediterranean you are to send two or three of their Majesties' ships to appear before Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, in order to the confirming and preserving the peace with those governments, or renewing it where it is broken, and for transacting such other matters there as his Majesty may be pleased to direct. The commander of such ships is to deliver in his Majesty's name the present prepared for the government of Tunis. You are likewise to give orders for receiving on board such ordnance stores as are designed by the King for the government of Tripoli, which are to be disposed of there in case there be an opportunity of renewing the peace with the said government. If it be thought necessary you are to order two bomb vessels to accompany the ships appointed on this service, as there may be occasion for obliging that people to the observation of the peace by an appearance of force.
	(14) You are, if possible, to make use of the ports of Port Mahon, Porto Longone and Carthagena, for supplying your ships with necessaries, the King of Spain having ordered his agents in those ports to suffer such necessaries to come there customs free.
	(15) When you are out of the English Channel you are to put the ships' companies to short allowance, either of six to four or otherwise as you shall judge fit for lengthening out your victuals, causing allowance to be made to the men for the same.
	(16) You are to follow such further orders as you may receive from the King or, in his absence, the Queen.
	(17) You are to send accounts of your proceedings to this Board by all opportunities that offer.
	(18) As soon as you are out of the English Channel on your outward voyage you are to wear the union flag at the main top mast head, and continue to do so till you return to the said Channel.
	(19) In case of your death or disability the command shall devolve on Vice-Admiral Hopson or the senior officer in the squadron. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, pp. 87–91; also H.O. Admiralty 5, pp. 262, &c.]
Nov. 20.	Additional instructions to Sir Francis Wheler. When the detachment of convoys shall be made in the channel of Malta, according to your general instructions, you shall give the commander of the convoy a sealed packet (to be opened at the height of Cape Matapan and not before), directing where they shall separate, and of what ships each division shall consist; also expressing that the fixed time for their stay at Scanderoon and Smyrna is three months, and ten days longer in case of emergency. The commander of the convoy to the Dardanelles is to have orders to receive Lady Hussey on board, and to bring her down to Smyrna, where she may have her choice of embarking on the most convenient of their Majesties' frigates. One of the men-of-war going to Smyrna is to receive on board the goods belonging to Sir William Trumbull, if the consul there desire it.
	The commander-in-chief of each convoy is also to have another sealed order, to be opened in the presence of the other captain or captains belonging to the respective divisions ten days before their departure from Scanderoon or Smyrna, directing the Scanderoon division to convoy the merchantmen to Smyrna, not revealing their destination, and the Smyrna division to stay for the ships from Scanderoon. The convoys being thus reunited, the commander-inchief shall have another sealed order, to be opened some hours after they have sailed from the castle of Smyrna, directing the general rendezvous on their return to be at Messina, where you are to join them, and return to England. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 91.]
Nov. 20. Whitehall.	Commission to Henry, Viscount Sydney, master general of the ordnance, to be colonel of the first regiment of foot guards, and likewise to be captain of a company in the said regiment [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 136]; and for Colonel Locke to be brigadier general of foot [Ibid., p. 139].
Nov. 20. Whitehall.	Warrant for a grant to James, Earl of Abingdon, of the places and offices of warden, chief justice and justice in eyre of all forests, chaces, parks and warrens on this side of the Trent, in succession to John, Lord Lovelace, deceased. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 410.]
Nov. 20. Whitehall.	Pass for Daniel Mounier, Susanna his wife, and Daniel their son, to go to Ireland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 410]; for Theuniss Jorissen to go to Holland; for Gerret Backer, Willem Cornelissen, Jan Selles, Jan Bontwis and Jan Bolman, ditto; and for Jacob Cornelissen and Dirick Jansen, ditto [Ibid., p. 411].
Nov. 21. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. The King directs that orders be sent to Sir Francis Wheler to accommodate Mr. Robert Southby and a servant on board his ship. [H.O. Admiralty 3, p. 81.]
Nov. 21. Dublin Castle.	Lord Capell to [Sir J. Trenchard]. The death of the Archbishop of Dublin has caused three candidates to appear for that dignity: the Bishops of Kildare and Meath, and the Archbishop of Tuam; the first of whom, upon long acquaintance and friendship, has obtained the recommendation of the two Lords Justices. "This excepted, their lordships, I bless God, have never but concurred with me in what relates to the King's service, whether personal or otherwise."
	I will now offer my sentiments of these three persons to you:
	Placing the Bishop of Kildare at Dublin, is, I am greatly apprehensive, throwing a firebrand into the church here, nor am I yet satisfied how opposite he is to the Jacobite party.
	The Bishop of Meath has the universal esteem amongst all protestants, and is undoubtedly true and faithful to their Majesties.
	The Archbishop of Tuam appears to me superior in parts to any clergyman I have met with here, and eminently esteemed as faithful to the King and his government; and in regard this resolution has given great opportunity (as I shall after point out) to the advancement of the church and propagation of religion, "I should conceive a man of the best parts should be near the sword to be advised withall as occasions require."
	There are two things to be added in the case of this last bishop: it seems the chief governors, on these occasions make what removes they can for the benefit of the Crown, in first fruits and tenths, so that in this case, it will be the making of two archbishops, and consequently many other removes, and money for the King's service is not the most plentiful thing now here. And then upon the removal of this archbishop from that see, there falls a quarter part of near a hundred livings in Connaught to the church, as appears by a patent passed in Lord Clarendon's time. [S.P. Ireland 355, No. 119.]
Nov. 21. Whitehall.	Passes for John Crehle to go to Holland; for Peter Jacobsen, ditto; for Jan Suart, ditto; for Jan Cornellissen de Zee and Adryan Tyssen, ditto; for Samuel Brown to go to Spain; and for John Jackson to go to Flanders. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 411.]
Nov. 21. Whitehall.	Warrant for a grant making Pedro Henriquez, junr., David Penço, Francisco de Casares and Isaac Lopiz Miliade, aliens born, free denizens of England. [Ibid., p. 412.]
Nov. 22. Kensington.	Instructions for Sir Francis Wheler, knight, commander-in-chief of a squadron fitted out for the Straits. As soon as you join the Spanish armada, pursuant to the instructions of the Lords of the Admiralty, you shall act as most advisable for the annoying of the French, and shall give the Duke of Savoy notice of your arrival in the Mediterranean; and in case he desire your co-operation in any design against the French, you shall use your best endeavours to bring the same to a happy issue.
	During your stay in the Mediterranean you are to correspond as frequently as you can with Viscount Galway, our envoy extraordinary to the Duke of Savoy; and, as far as may be consistent with the service you are employed in, to act according to the advices you shall receive from him. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 84.]
Nov. 22. Kensington.	Orders to Captains Phillips and Benbow to return forthwith to the Downs, or, in case they cannot make the Downs, then to come to Plymouth, sending notice of their arrival to the Admiralty. [Ibid., p. 85.]
Nov. 22. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to Sir Francis Wheler. The enclosed packet contains some directions relating to your meeting with the Spanish Plate fleet at sea, with a translation, which I cannot well answer for, because these are sea terms which we at land do not well understand, and therefore you must take care to be well informed of their import. You are not to open this packet till you come to the station where you are to cruize for the safety of the said fleet.
	Memorandum.—In this letter were enclosed a copy of the Spanish ambassador's memorial of 25 October, 1693, about signals, together with an English translation and a French one given by the said ambassador. [Ibid.]
Nov. 22. Whitehall.	The same to the Lords of the Admiralty, enclosing order for calling home Captains Phillips and Benbow, who will probably be met with off St. Malo, Jersey or Sark. [Ibid., p. 86.]
Nov. 22. Whitehall.	The same to the same. The King's warrant is to be dispatched forthwith directing the master general of the ordnance to furnish the ships of the Straits squadron with such a proportion of gunners' stores as you propose. [Ibid.]
Nov. 22.	Further order to Sir Francis Wheler. In case the English merchant ships at Cadiz and Gibraltar, bound for Turkey, be not ready by the time you go into the Straits with your squadron, you shall leave two or three men-of-war behind to convoy the said ships to Smyrna and Scanderoon. [Ibid., p. 92.]
Nov. 22. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Sir Richard Dutton, who prays for a writ of error in a judgement against him in the King's Bench at the suit of Sir John Witham, bart., deceased. Granted. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 353.]
Nov. 22. Whitehall.	Sir J. Trenchard to the Governor of Portsmouth. I am informed that the transport ship at Portsmouth, employed for conveying French prisoners, is stopped. As there is no further occasion to continue to stop the said ship, you are to permit her to proceed on her voyage. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 3, p. 146.]
Nov. 22. Whitehall.	The same to Viscount Sydney. The King has directed that an order should be sent you to cause the ships of the Straits squadron to be furnished with such a proportion of gunners' stores as may complete what they now have to sixty rounds. I shall, to-morrow, transmit you his Majesty's order for that purpose, and in the meantime I am commanded to acquaint you with it, that the necessary orders may be forthwith given in this matter, which requires dispatch. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 3, p. 147.]
Nov. 22. Whitehall.	Passes for Peter and Frederick Dirickson to go to Holland; for Gerhert Guillaurne, ditto; for Abigail van Zanten and two children, ditto; for Catharine Pietersen and Susanna Jansen, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 411]; for Peter Vriend and Peter Proos, ditto; and for Robert Boyle and Christopher Johnson, ditto [Ibid., p. 412].
Nov. 23. Whitehall.	Warrant addressed to Henry, Viscount, Sydney to deliver to the persons appointed to receive the same, such proportion of stores for the ships of the Straits squadron as may complete what they now have to 60 rounds. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 137.]
Nov. 23. Whitehall.	Passes for Mr. Roger Whitley and John Davis, his servant, to go to Holland; for Schipper Floris, Claasen Wigger, Cryn Jaspessen, Peter Diricksen, Cornelius Jacobsen and Isaac Jacobsen, Dutch seamen, ditto; for Abraham Andriessen, Peter Heyn, Jan Lamsen, Leendert Abrahamsen, David Michilsen and Peter Corporal, ditto; for Haybert Coster, ditto; and for Peter Williamsen, ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 412.]
Nov. 24. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. The commander of the transports appointed to carry the regiments to Flanders is to have orders to take Don Joseph de Haro et Lara, secretary of state and war in Flanders, and twenty-two other persons who accompany him, to that country. [H.O. Admiralty 3, p. 81.]
Nov. 24. Whitehall.	The same to the same, requiring a copy of the Admiralty instructions to Sir Francis Wheler. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 86.]
Nov. 24.	A brief account of the evidence given on behalf of Edmund Walner, at a trial had at the bar on the 24th of November, 1693, before the four barons of the Exchequer, relating to a parcel of potter's clay, seized by the Customs House officers, under pretence that it was fuller's earth. Printed. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, No. 31.]
Nov. 24. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Anthony Mason, gent. Shows that Edward Rowland, gent., obtained a judgment against him in a plea of trespass in ejectment in the Court of King's Bench, wherein there is error. Petitioner therefore prays for a writ of error. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 353.]
Nov. 24. Whitehall.	Allowance of the expenses of Hugh Greg resident at the court of Denmark from the latter end of December, 1692, to the last day of June, 1693. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 400.]
Nov. 24. Whitehall.	Warrant to pay to Henry, Viscount Galway (appointed envoy extraordinary to the Duke of Savoy) the sum of 500l. for his equipage and the sum of 5l. by the day for his ordinary entertainment and allowance, to commence from the day of his departure and continue till his return. [Ibid., p. 413.]
Nov. 24. Whitehall.	Passes for Evert Kannengiesser to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 413]; for Mrs. Elizabeth Timperly and John Damson, her servant, to go to Holland or Flanders; and for Don Joseph de Haro et Lara, secretary of state and war of the King of Spain, with twenty-two persons of his retinue, to go to Flanders [Ibid., p. 414].
Nov. 24. Whitehall.	Allowance of the expenses of Philibert D'Herveart, esq., baron d'Heuningnen, envoy extraordinary to the Swiss Cantons from March 25th, 1693, to September 25th following. The items include 100l. to poor French protestants "who was ready to part from Switzerland for Ireland"; 115l. to several persons "to help the raising of the regiment of Berne, to be joined with the Duke's forces in Flanders; "and 25l. for "many charities made among the English, Irish and others deserted from France." [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 414.]
Nov. 24. Whitehall.	License for Robert Siderfin, esq., high sheriff of Somerset, to live out of that county during his shrievalty. [H.O. King's Letter Book 2, p. 50.]
Nov. 24. Whitehall.	Recommendation to the governor of Sutton's Hospital or the Charterhouse, of James Oldfield for admission on the foundation. [Ibid.]
Nov. 25. Whitehall.	Commissions for Francis Joly de Ternac, gent., to be ensign to Capt. Jeremiah Bancon in the regiment of foot commanded by William Frederick Count de Marlou; and for James de Crosat, gent., to be ensign to Capt. Lewis de Thenie, in the same regiment. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 137.]
Nov. 25. Whitehall.	Passes for Thomas Smith to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 414]; and for John Frout and Abraham Andries, both Dutch seamen, ditto [Ibid., p. 415].
Nov. 25. Whitehall.	Allowance of Sir John Methuen's bill of extraordinary disbursements at Lisbon, for six months from the 20th of January, 1692 to the 20th of June, 1693. [Ibid., p. 422.]
Nov. 26. Whitehall.	Sir J. Trenchard to the Attorney General. The King commands that you forthwith prepare a draft of a commission authorizing several persons whom he will name, to meet and advise for the most proper and effectual means of promoting the trade of the kingdom, and for the security of the same during the present war; to lay before his Majesty in council such proposals as they shall, from time to time, agree upon; and proceed according to such instructions as they shall receive from his Majesty under his sign manual. I should like this draft sent me on Monday evening by five o'clock. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 3, p. 148.]
Nov. 26. Whitehall.	The same to the Mayor of Sandwich. I have received your letter of the 24th inst., with the depositions against Richard Henneker. I have not seen the other information you mention of the 20th of last month, and therefore desire that you will send me a copy of it. [Ibid.]
Nov. 27. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of James, Earl of Tyrone. Shows that upon the surrender of Waterford, petitioner "being then a younger brother," submitted himself to the King, and, upon the request of the Duke of Ormond, was promised pardon, the passing of which pardon has hitherto been deferred to the great prejudice of petitioner and his elder brother John, late Earl of Tyrone, who being lately deceased, the earldom has descended to petitioner. Petitioner therefore prays for a pardon under the great seal of England, as promised. Referred to the Lords Justices of Ireland to examine the allegations in the petition and report the state of the matter, together with their opinion on what the King may fitly do therein. [S.P. Ireland 355, No. 120.]
Nov. 27. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Edward Aneley and John Blackburne. Shows that they had prosecuted Thomas Darby for treasonable and seditious words, who was fined 80l. for the same and the prosecution having cost the petitioners much money, they pray for the said fine to be given them. Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 353.]
Nov. 27. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Robert Porter, who prays that all outlawries and presentments against him in Ireland may be reversed or discharged. Referred to the Lords Justices of Ireland. [Ibid., p. 354.]
Nov. 27. Whitehall.	Passes for Abraham Jansen to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 415]; for Mr. Joseph Pertuise, ditto; for Jan Decomdt, Jacob Mereneis, Paulus de Brugne and Cornelis Dirksen, ditto; for Hendrick Wolbesen, Peter Heyn, Peter Meterzen and Peter Lansenbuys, ditto [Ibid., p. 416]; for Meyndert Ossecoot, Jacob Tretson, Jan Cornelis and Christian Iselart, ditto; for Bartholomew Dinant, Lambert Hendricksen and Cornelius Lambreetz, ditto; for John Herman, dutch mariner, ditto; and for Samuel Maceon and William Bush, ditto [Ibid., p. 417].
Nov. 27. Whitehall.	Warrant to pay to Charles, Marquis of Winchester the profits of the prize ship St. Charles, of Nantes, after deducting the sum of 200l., which sum was given as a free gift to Lucas Menard in consideration of the good services performed by him in the capture of the said ship. [Ibid., p. 415.]
Nov. 27. Whitehall.	Warrant for grant of letters patent to Peter Clough, esq., for his new invention of three sorts of tar or pitch, one that preserves wood from putrefaction and the gnawing of worms, another kind that will resist fire or rays of the sun, and another that will keep ropes a long time either in water or out. [Ibid., p. 416.]
Nov. 27. Whitehall.	Allowance of the expenses of Sir William Dutton Colt, knight, deceased, envoy extraordinary to the Elector of Saxony, the House of Brunswick Luneburg, and also to the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel and Prince Louis of Baden, when, by the King's command, he followed the Elector of Saxony in the campaign upon the Rhine for four months; the sum allowed to be paid to his widow. The items include the cost of Sir William's funeral. [Ibid., p. 418.]
Nov. 28. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to the Lords Justices. The King commands me to acquaint you that he would have Monsieur de la Sagne owned and acknowledged governor of Drogheda, although he be not yet upon the establishment of Ireland. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 375.]
Nov. 28. Whitehall.	Passes for James Fortrey, esq., Mrs. Catherine Jones, Mrs. Susanna Crane, Sarah Smith, Eleanor Tomkins, Margaret Holland, James Rogers, Anthony Andrews and William Zouch to go to Southampton, Spain or Portugal [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 417]; for Jane Forth to go to Holland or Flanders; for John van Swiden, Jan Claassen, Cornelis Jansen, Staffel Paulussen, Gerit van Schoninberg, Cornelis Claassen, Jan Ariensen and Leenderf Abrahamsen, all Dutch mariners to go to Holland; for Gasper Hendricksen, Rooelosen Diricksen, Christian Jansen, Jan Harmansen, Carel Jansen, Jan Goosens, Joris Gorissen, Arint Arintsen and Arent Cornelissen, all Dutch seamen, ditto; for Arent Sergeant, a boy, ditto; for Abraham Grimandit, ditto; and for Stephen van Omeren, ditto [Ibid., p. 420].
Nov. 29. Whitehall.	Commission for John Ward, gent., to be ensign to Captain William Purefoy in Colonel Richard Brewer's regiment of foot. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 138.]
Nov. 29. Whitehall.	Licence for Thomas Stephens, esq., high sheriff of Gloucestershire, to live out of that county during his shrievalty. [H.O. King's Letter Book 2, p. 51.]
Nov. 29. Whitehall.	Passes for Judith Robinson to go to Holland; for Jerome Rey to go to Ireland; for Paul Matty, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 420]; and for Pieter Brouber, Hendrick Cornelessen and Murians Willemsen, ditto [Ibid., p. 421].
Nov. 29. Whitehall.	Warrant addressed to Charles, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex, to admit Charles, Duke of St. Albans, as captain of the band of pensioners. [Ibid., p. 421.]
Nov. 29. Whitehall.	Warrant for grant of letters patent to William Aldersey and his assigns for his invention of two engines for cutting and washing rags for making paper. [Ibid., p. 423.]
Nov. 30. Whitehall.	Sir John Trenchard to Sir Francis Wheler, enclosing advice received by the last post.
Nov. 30. Whitehall.	Enclosure.—Extract of a letter from Rochefort, 25 Nov., 1693. The three ships fitting out for the Islands are gone out of the river; but the design is changed, and they are going to Lisbon, with Le Profond (40 guns and 200 men) commanded by Capt. Serpaud, and L'Ambitieux, a great ship of 80 guns and 400 men, commanded by Mons. de la Galissoniere. The three first ships are only frigates, between 36 and 40 guns, and about* 200 men each, viz., the Jerzé,* Capt. de Vignaud; l'Opiniâtre and a third, the name of which I do not know. They all go to look after the ship le Fendant, commanded by Mons. Dauden, who went from hence two years ago, and is now coming back from the Indies richly laden, together with two prizes that are also very rich. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 93.]
Nov. 30.	A list of members of the Royal Society, and of the present council. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, p. 32.]
Nov. 30. London.	News letter addressed to Mrs. Katherine Gastle on the Sand Hill at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Letters from Turkey bring advice that the infidels made great rejoicing on raising the siege of Belgrade, that Prince Emit of Arabia has killed 20,000 Turks that were sent against him under command of the Bassa of Badget [Bagdad], after which he plundered Basabara and several other places. The Arabians took a caravan on September 16th which was going from Damascus to Aleppo and esteemed at 300,000 dollars. Two thousand houses are lately burnt at Constantinople and the capital of Bethnia is likewise reduced to ashes.
	From Turin, November 16th, they write that since the battle of Marsaglia the "booers" have killed and taken 4,000 French soldiers prisoners, for each prisoner the Marquis de Parella gives them a pistole. The Duke has received 700,000 crowns from Spain with promise of a greater supply. The inhabitants of Mondovie have cleared themselves of the aspersion they were under of corresponding with the enemy and they offer 500 pistoles to any who shall discover one holding correspondence with the French. The catholic Swiss Cantons have forbidden that any levies should be laid on Spain. They threaten to recall their regiment out of Italy. A lighted match was found in the magazines at Canie which in a few minutes would have reached the train, and this discovery was the reason the French did not attack that place.
	From Vienna on November the 18th they write that his Imperial Majesty has made a defensive alliance with the northern Crowns. Our advice is from the frontier of Turkey that a chiaux had come to Adrianople with orders from the Grand Seignior and the divan for the Grand Vizier to attack Lugos and Carensebes before he went into winter quarters, but he came too late, the Turkish army being separated before. They write from the Upper Rhine that the diet of Ratisbon have resolved to continue the war. The Prince of Baden is expected at Frankfort from whence he will go to Brussels to confer with the Elector of Bavaria. The Elector Palatine has resolved to fortify and rebuild the castle and city of Heidelburg and the Emperor will contribute a considerable sum for that end.
	From Hamburg on November the 28th they write that the Jews at Dresden have offered the Elector of Saxony 300,000 florins for permission to build a synagogue there. The Elector of Hanover has not only promised the Imperial and Dutch ministers to permit (sic) his troops that are in Hungary and the Spanish Netherlands, but also to augment them with some regiments. There are now at Dantzic thirty French ships laden with corn ready to sail to France.
	From Paris they write that they have advice from Rome that the Pope has "preconized" all our bishops that wanted their bulls, that the Imperial minister made pressing instances to persuade his holiness to supply the Emperor with money to carry on the war against the Turks, but the holy father told him that his treasury was exhausted, and if there had been any cash in the apostolic chamber it behoved him as a common father to furnish King James who lost three kingdoms for the Roman faith; the said ambassador told the Pope that his master must then make peace with the Ottoman Porte. The Pope then told him he might do what he pleased.
	From the Hague on December 5th they write that they have advice from Germany that Prince Louis of Baden received assurance from the Emperor that the confederates will augment their army on the Rhine, early in the spring, with 40,000 men. The troops of Brandenburg, Saxony and Hesse will form a separate army next campaign on the Moselle. The French troops which were on the frontiers of Flanders have retired further into France to prevent an insurrection of the people for want of bread. The Earl of Warwick, who was at the Battle of Marsaglia, has arrived here on his way to England. The jewels mentioned in my last were rough diamonds belonging to Sir Joseph Herne and they are since found, by means of offering a reward of 500l. to the discoverer.
	On Saturday next the Lords of the Council and Treasury will borrow 200,000l. to fit out the fleet. Doctor Sancroft, late Archbishop of Canterbury, died on Friday last at his paternal seat in Suffolk. Some days ago Lord Baltimore's daughter married Mr. Somerset, a gentleman of great estate with whom he had a considerable portion, one moiety whereof was paid in hand, but she, directly after she married, fell down dead. The Earl of Radnor has offered to raise a regiment of horse for his Majesty upon his own charge, and it is believed his offer will be accepted.
	An experiment was made to-day on a newly invented boat made by a Swiss. His Majesty was present on the canal in St. James's Park, and highly approved of it. It is about 50 (sic) yards long and may be taken to pieces in an instant and carried. On Tuesday night two prisoners in Newgate escaped by letting themselves down by a rope from the leads. To-day the gentlemen of the band of pensioners in a body congratulated the Duke of St. Albans upon his being made their captain.
	Yesterday the House of Commons had under consideration the miscarriage of the fleet, and after having examined the admirals and the witnesses severally, and confronted them, they came to a vote about 10 o'clock, the question being whether the Admiral, as Captain Kerr declared upon oath, knew that part of the French fleet were putting to sea on the 11th of May last; the House divided, when the yeas were 161 and the nays 170.
	To-day the House of Commons again ordered the admirals to attend on Monday, after which the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole House to consider ways and means to raise two millions and a half for the Royal Navy. [Greenwich Hospital News Letters Vol. 4, No. 24, and Entry Book 5, pp. 87 to 91.]
Nov. 30. Whitehall.	Commissions for Rear-Admiral John Nevill to be captain of Captain Leslie Finch's company in the second marine regiment of foot, commanded by Col. Henry Killegrew [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 139]; for Joseph Fletcher, gentleman, to be lieutenant to Captain Edward Johnson in Colonel Edward Lloyd's regiment of foot; for Francis Sully, esq., to be captain of the troop of which Col. Henry Boyle was captain in the regiment of horse commanded by Mainhardt, Duke of Schomberg [Ibid., p. 145]; for — Baird, gentleman, to be ensign to Captain Francis Gore in Colonel Zachariah Tiffin's regiment; for Henry Tiffin to be lieutenant to LieutenantColonel Gore's company in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 146]; for —Emmett to be ensign to Captain Abington in the regiment of foot commanded by Brigadier Earle [Ibid., p. 147]; for Nicholas Walker, gentleman, to be cornet to Captain William Hamilton's troop in Colonel Robert Echlin's regiment of dragoons; and for Arthur Graham, gentleman, to be cornet in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 150.]
Nov. 30. Whitehall.	Passes for Jacob Cornelissen, Pieter Jansen, Jan Arents, and Casteleyn and Gerit Cornelissen, Dutch seamen, to go to Holland; for Robert Serhelis, Anthony Jansen, Jacob Jasperz, Jan Stor de Wagen, Michael Cornelissen, Jasper Jacobsen and Jan Claassen, Dutch seamen, ditto; for Jochem Jochemsen, Gasper Walter, Jan Pietersen and Jan Craun, Dutch mariners, ditto; for Elizabeth Weesmidt and two children, ditto; for Peter Peres, Jan Beckhart, Thomas Gysetman and Jan Jansen, Dutch mariners, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 421]; for Peter Stevens, a Dutch seaman, ditto; for Philip Dykes, ditto; for Elizabeth Matthews to go to Holland or Flanders; for Monsieur le Chevalier Montague to go to Holland [Ibid., p. 422]; and for Jan Daniels, Thomas Vandel and Pieter Pietersen, Dutch seamen, ditto [Ibid., p. 423].
Nov. 30. Whitehall.	Warrant for a grant to Sir John Hoskyns, bart., of Harewood in the county of Hereford and his heirs, of the islands of Ascension, Trinidad, and Martin Vaz, with all ports, creeks and havens of the said islands, and all quarries, mines and minerals there to be found, and the right of fishing, and free gift, presentation and right of patronage of all churches, chapels and oratories in said islands, and full and free licence, liberty, privilege and authority to hold fairs, markets and open shops, etc., or to traffic by sea to and from the said islands; the inhabitants of the said islands not being compelled to pay or contribute above the sum of 100l. a year towards the support of a governor appointed over them. See Patent Roll, 5 William and Mary, part 5, No. 1. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 430–435.]
Nov. 28. Dublin Castle.	The Lords Justices of Ireland to [Sir J. Trenchard]. Having by proclamation lately, in pursuance of commands received from her Majesty, prohibited the exportation of corn out of Ireland without convoys, we immediately acquainted Lord Nottingham with what we had done and desired that convoys might be sent; upon which we received an answer from his lordship that the King desired us to cause all those ships to repair, from time to time under convoy of some of the men-of-war attending Ireland and under our direction, to some port of Ireland, such as we should think most convenient, and that the King would order a convoy to bring them into England, upon notice of the port we designed for such rendezvous, and of the times that such ships would probably be there.
	We take the occasion to inform his Majesty of some things which we conceive for his service, and to make such propositions and lay such desires before him as may conduce very much to it; though everything that we now say be not strictly applicable to the question of the corn ships we hope his Majesty will pardon it. Guarding well the Irish coast is not only necessary for the improvement of the trade and revenue of this kingdom, but also for securing a great part of the western coast, and a greater part of the trade of England, especially the plantation trade. But the men-of-war which have of late been appointed for this service have not answered the end for which they were designed for these reasons.
	1. The ships were and are too few, only four having been allowed for this kingdom, whereas it is necessary that two should have their station in Carrickfergus Bay, and cruise from thence to the north and south. At least two should be appointed for Kinsale, which should cruise southward as far or farther than Cape Clear, and two should attend the coast between Carrickfergus and Kinsale, and ride sometimes in the Bay of Dublin and sometimes at Waterford, and that one should cruise between the mouth of the Shannon and the Isles of Arran, near Galway, to secure the western coast. Besides these ships, we conceive it requisite (the eastern coast of Ireland being most proper for the exportation of corn) that there should be two men-ofwar appointed to convoy the corn ships from Carrickfergus Bay to Kinsale, which place we think most proper for this rendezvous, and to gather along in their passage the several ships that are ready to sail in the "middle" harbours, and then if orders are given from the King, there may be ships to convoy them from Kinsale. We hope that the trade of supplying France with corn from this kingdom will thus be effectually prevented.
	2. These ships have been obliged to sail for Milford or Liverpool for their provisions and for cleaning, etc., by which means a great deal of their time has been lost, and at seasons when there was most need of their service, so that with their sailing thither, their necessary stay there, and their being often detained by contrary winds, this kingdom has not had that benefit from them which was expected; whereas if his Majesty would allow those ships which are designed for this service to victual, tallow, "heel" and "grave" in some port of Ireland, they would be more constantly able to attend the service and the King would save a great deal of money by it.
	3. These ships have sometimes been recalled by sudden and immediate orders from England, of which the government has known nothing, but thought they were still cruising on the coast; whereas his Majesty's service cannot be well carried on in this particular unless the ships which guard the coast be under the sole command and direction of this government, and unless whenever his Majesty thinks fit to send any particular commands or recall or alter any of them, the same method be observed in this as in all other cases, that the King's wishes be signified to the government and that thereupon such orders issue from hence as are necessary.
	We have now laid before you the difficulties which we are under in these sea affairs and the remedies for them, and desire that they may be submitted to the King's wisdom.
	What we have further to add about convoying the corn ships, besides what we have said above, is about those four ships which should serve on this coast; one of them (the Sapphire) was on the 10th inst. in Scattery Road in the mouth of the Shannon, where she was forced by stress of weather from cruising off Cape Clear, and on the first opportunity is ready to sail with some merchantmen to Kinsale. The Virgin prize was on the 21st inst. ordered to put to sea and cruise off Cape Clear, and attend the arrival of some "Jamaica men" and convoy them to Kinsale upon a letter which we received lately from the lords of the Admiralty. The St. Martin prize is now at Kinsale, but is not fit to be put to sea till she be considerably repaired, and the Dolphin had orders on the 19th October to sail towards Wexford and Waterford on the advice of some French privateers on that coast, but we hear she is still at Liverpool, on pretence of re-fitting, and we do not know when she will be ready. This vessel has been very little upon this coast all the time that we have been in the government, and before that she was fishing for plate from an old wreck in the North Sea. This is the present state of this small fleet, and how we shall be able to convoy the corn ships all along the eastern coast of Ireland from Derry or thereabouts to Kinsale with those ships we cannot well see, but hope his Majesty will take the facts of the case into his consideration. [S.P. Ireland 355,No. 121.]
[Nov.]	Sir J. Trenchard to Sir Charles Hedges. I send you a memorial of the envoy of Portugal, and desire you will send me an account of the state of the matter with your opinion upon it. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 3, p. 147.]