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1 July.
Criml. Papers, v. 11, p. 27. |
226. Mr. Wood to Mr. Webb. |
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Directing him to take the necessary steps with regard to the
felon mentioned in the accompanying letter and certificate. |
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The letter, which is from Mr. Anto. Arnold, Mayor of Gravesend,
states that Jane Bailey, a felon taken by the French from the
transport ship "Hercules," and carried into Vigo, had been
delivered into his custody. The Mayor desires orders. |
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The certificate is from Mr. J. Whitehead, Consul at "Porto,"
authorising Mr. Edward Hallum, master of the "Kirby Hall," to
deliver the woman up to any of H.M.'s justices of the peace. |
1 July.
Admiralty, pcl. 146, No. 14. |
227. Mr. Clevland to Edward Weston, Esq. |
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Enclosing a copy of a letter from Messrs. Minett, of Dover,
stating that two of the enemy's flat-bottomed boats had arrived
at Calais from Boulogne with soldiers on their way to Dunkirk. |
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The letter enclosed. 2 pp. |
1 July.
Admiralty, v. 145. |
228. A similar letter and enclosure to Robert Wood, Esq.
2½pp. |
1 July.
Ireland, v. 425. |
229. Mr. Weston to Mr. Wood. |
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Sending a letter from the Secretary of the Customs, and another
from the Collector and Comptroller at Chester, enclosed therein,
relating to a person who committed a murder some time ago in
Holland, and is supposed to have gone over into Ireland; to be
sent, if necessary, to the Lord Lieutenant, as being of use in the
discovery of the criminal, who is claimed by the States. 1p. |
2 July.
Admiralty, pcl. 146, No. 15. |
230. Prince de San Severino to —. |
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A Neapolitan tartane, belonging to the Patron de Mayo, sailing
from a Spanish port to Naples, was plundered by an English privateer, the "Pelin," of all she contained, and among other things, of
seventeen cases of Spanish muskets for the service of the troops of
the King of Naples. The British Ambassador having been informed
of this, directed the Consul at Genoa, where the privateer then
was, to represent to the Captain the danger he ran by acting in this
manner; and the latter offered to return the cases, but denied the
theft of the rest. Asks that he should be compelled to make full
reparation for the other part of the cargo, and be punished for his
irregular conduct. —Stanhope Street. (French.) 2 pp. |
2 July.
Post Office, pcl. 5. |
231. Mr. Henry Potts, Secretary to the Post Office, to —. |
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The Postmaster General has received a letter from Captain
Watson, commander of the "Lady Augusta," West India packet, who,
on his passage to Barbadoes, was chased, engaged by, and obliged
to strike to the "Amathes," a French frigate of 32 guns and 350 men.
According to orders he threw overboard the mail at the beginning
of the engagement. 1 p. |
3 July.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 27. |
232. Mr. Robert Wood to John Sabine, Esq., at Bristol. |
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Approving, in the name of Mr. Pitt, the detention of the person
who says he has been an officer in the service of the King of
Naples. Having no passport, except of too old a date, he is to be
treated as a prisoner. |
4 July.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 46. |
233. The Earl of Bute to the Lord Justice Clerk. |
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Has received his Lordship's letter, informing him of the directions
given for the discovery of the murderer Isaac Stephen de Deelen,
&c. His Majesty has great satisfaction in finding from his
Lordship that there no longer appear any marks of disaffection in
the parts where he has been, and that every one seems sensible
of the happiness he enjoys under His Majesty's Government. |
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Though there is no reason to apprehend but that these dispositions
will continue, his Lordship does right in watching against emissaries
or incendiaries who would interrupt the tranquillity. |
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PS.—His Lordship will see that the King, by proclamation, has
allowed four months more for the renewal of commissions, but
there is to be no delay in the transmission of the lists of proper
persons to be appointed justices of the peace. |
6 July.
Admiralty, v. 145. |
234. Mr. Clevland to Robert Wood, Esq. |
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Sending a note from Mr. Seddon, Solicitor to the Admiralty
and a petition to the King, for the respite of John Sainsbury,
a marine, to be tried at the coming assize for the country of Cornwall, for the murder of Samuel Rogers, in case he should be found
guilty. |
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The petition enclosed. 2pp. |
6 July.
Admiralty, v. 145. |
235. The Same to the Same. |
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Asking whether there is any objection to permit one Monac,
a French priest, brought home from Quebec in the "Fowey," and
said to have been engaged in spiriting up the Indians against His
Majesty's subjects, to return with the other prisoners to France.
1 p. |
6 July.
Militia, pcl. 3, No. 7. |
236. Wilts Militia. |
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Certificate from the Earl of Pembroke that, as Lord Lieutenant
of the county of Wilts, he has appointed as officers in the Wilts
Militia, William Long, of Baynton, gent., ensign; John Slade, of
Lavington, gent., ensign; James Davis, of the city of New Sarum,
gent., ensign; and Robert Scoles, of Wroughton, gent., Lieutenant;
and that they have accepted their commissions. 1 memb. of parchment. |
7 July.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 27. |
237. Mr. Robert Wood to Mr. Pownall. |
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Mr. Pitt's opinion is that Manach, the French priest, should be
sent back to France with the other prisoners brought home in the
"Fowey." This opinion has been also communicated to the Lords
of the Admiralty through Mr. Cleveland. |
8 July.
Lett. Bk. Sec.'s, 1761, p. 9. |
238. Earl of Bute to Sir Joseph Yorke. |
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His Majesty has ordered the 200l. a year, granted by the late
King to the correspondent in Sweden, named Wilkinson, to be
continued. The quarterly payments have been hitherto drawn for
by the Dutch minister at Stockholm, who was ordered to make
those drafts by order of the Greffier. Desires him to apply to
that minister to send directions to Mr. Letocart to draw for the
future upon Mr. William Davies at the Treasury Office, London,
as was done before on Lord Holdernesse, and to pay the same as
usual to Mr. Wilkinson, with whom he is well acquainted. Marked
"Private." |
8 July.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 8. |
239. The Same to the Lord Mayor [of London]. |
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Enclosing a copy of a declaration made this day by the King
in full Council, of his resolution to demand in marriage the
Princess Charlotte, sister of the Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. |
9 July.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 28. |
240. Mr. Robert Wood to Messrs. Minett And Company at
Dover. |
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Desiring them to send to Mr. Sauré immediately upon the
arrival of any of their vessels, and exact list of the passengers they
bring from Calais to Dover, as likewise of those they carry from
Dover to Calais, before they embark, and also the name of any
foreign courier. |
9 July.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 47. |
241. Earl of Bute to Mr. Attorney General. |
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Enclosing further information relating to the riots in Northumberland, obtained by a special agent sent to the North by Mr. Webb,
Solicitor to the Treasury; also a paper written by Mr. Webb
concerning them, and a letter of his to Mr. Jenkinson. Requests
his opinion at once, the judges being on circuit in the North. |
9 July.
Admiralty, pcl. 146, No. 16. |
242. Count de Viry to [? Mr. Pitt]. |
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Acknowledging the receipt of the King's declaration to the
Council, which he will forward to his Court.—Brompton.
[Probably the declaration with respect to his projected marriage.]
(French.) 1½ pp. |
10 July.
War Office, pcl. 22. |
243. Map of the cantonment of the forces in the neighbourhood
of London. 1 p. |
13 July.
Admiralty, v. 145. |
244. Mr. Clevland to Robert Wood, Esq. |
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Enclosing an extract from a letter just received from Sir Piercy
Brett, giving an account of the enemy's motions at Dunkirk. ½ p. |
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Enclosure not forthcoming. |
13 July.
Scotland, v. 25, No. 42. |
245. The Lord Justice Clerk to C. Jenkinson, Esq. |
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Returns thanks for the early information contained in his letter
of the 8th current, as to His Majesty's declaration in Council, as it
is an event which could not fail to give him and all His Majesty's
subjects the utmost joy and satisfaction. "Congratulates" with
him most sincerely, "the new opening of a constant source of
rejoicing for ages to come, that our successors may be happy
long under the sway of our most gracious Sovereign, and when full
of days and the greatest earthly honour he may drop the sceptre
into the hands of the offspring of so loving and beloved a Royal
pair."—Edinburgh. 2pp. |
14 July.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 28. |
246. Mr. Robert Wood to Mr. Martin. |
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Requesting him to lay before the Lords of the Treasury, for
their directions, the petition of John Urings, owner of the ship
"Polly," which was impressed into His Majesty's service to carry
stores from Louisburg to Quebee. |
14 July.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 49. |
247. Earl of Bute to Philip Carteret Webb, Esq., Solicitor
to the Treasury. |
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Enclosing the additional informations obtained from Mr. Webb's
agent as to the Northumberland riots, and the Attorney General's
report on them. The rioters are to be prosecuted at the King's
expense. |
15 July.
Scotland, v. 25, No. 43. |
248. Duke of Atholl to [Earl of Bute ?]. |
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Recommending for His Majesty's presentation to the church of
Tubbermuir, in the presbytery and shire of Perth, vacant by the
death of Mr. Patrick Duncan, Mr Alexander Duff, probationer and
assistant preacher at Aloa. His Grace and Lord Kinnoul are the
principal heritors in the parish, and the latter agreed to the
recommendation.—Atholl House. 1 p. |
16 July.
Scotch Warrts., 1760–65, p. 118. |
249. Earl of Bute to the Lord President of the Court of
Session in Scotland. |
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Asking if it is consistent with the forms and proceedings of his
court that Mr. James Montgomery and Mr. Francis Garden, joint
solicitors for Scotland, should have a seat within the bar of the
court, for which they have applied. |
16 July.
Scotland, v. 25, No. 44. |
250. Lord George Beauclerck to Charles Jenkinson, Esq. |
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Requesting him to remind the Earl of Bute that it has been
customary for the Commander-in-chief in Scotland to receive
early information of any success of His Majesty's arms; and also
that whenever Lord Holdernesse had occasion to write to the
Lord Justice Clerk, or any of His Majesty's principal servants in
Scotland, on subjects where his, Lord Beauclerck's, concurrence
was necessary, his Lordship sent him a duplicate of such letter or
information.— Edinburgh. 2 pp. |
16 July.
Admiralty, pcl. 146, No. 17. |
251. The Dutch Ambassadors (MM. Boreel Jantz and Hop)
to the Earl of Bute. |
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A Dutch ship belonging to the East India Company, on a
voyage to Batavia, having lost her helm and sustained other
damage off the coast of Flanders, put into Portsmouth, and is
unfit to proceed without being repaired. Praying that the
necessary orders may be given to discharge and refit; that an old
man-of-war may be lent to receive her cargo; that the powder
she contains may be lodged in the magazine; and that the guns,
ball, &c., be allowed to be landed on the King's Gun Wharf.—London. (French.) 2½ pp. |
16 July.
Admiralty, pcl. 146, No. 18. |
252. Harbour of Genoa. |
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Translation of a resolution of the Assembly, delivered to Mr. Pitt
by Mons. d'Ageno, for the support of the illumination of the two
towers at the mouth of the harbour of Genoa. A duty not exceeding 30 sols of Dutch money for every 100 tons to be levied on all
ships entering the port. (French.) 2½ pp. |
17 July.
Dom. Geo. III. v. 2, No. 2. |
253. Memorial of George Earl of Cardigan and Mary
Countess of Cardigan to the King. |
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The islands of Santa Lucia and St. Vincent, in America, were
granted by the King, in 1722, to the Duke of Montague and his
heirs, to settle the same; and he proceeded in the settlement,
sending over inhabitants, &c., but by military force of the French
Government was dispossessed, on the pretence that those islands
were agreed to be neutral. Praying that in any treaty of peace
with France, care may be taken to secure the rights of the
memorialists, or for compensation if the islands should be ceded. |
17 July.
Ordnance, v. 5. |
254. Sir Charles Frederick to Robert Wood, Esq. |
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Enclosing an account of brass ordnance and stores sent to New
York for completing Colonel Williamson's late demand for fitting
out two expeditions. The "Eddington" has sailed, and probably by
this time arrived at her destination. The "Hope" and "Hanbury"
have been a considerable time at Portsmouth waiting for convoy. |
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The account annexed. 8 pp. |
17 July.
Signet Office, v. 22, p. 160. |
255. Memorial of James Marquis of Kildare, Master General
of the Ordnance in Ireland. |
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His Majesty's letter of 25 June 1761 does not fully answer the
purpose, as the present Establishment of Artillery is not included,
and so the regiment of artillery will be struck off the Military
establishment, &c. Praying for the cancelling of the letter, and
for a new one according to the annexed establishment; also that
the Laboratory establishment belonging to the Ordnance in Ireland
may be inserted. |
18 July.
Ordn. Entry Bk., 1761–75, p. 50. |
256. Earl of Bute to the Master General of the Ordnance. |
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Enclosing a copy of a memorial presented by the Dutch
Ambassador [see No. 251], and directing that the requests therein
be complied with. |
21 July.
War Office, v. 20. |
257. Mr. Townshend to Mr. Pitt. |
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Enclosing an extract from a letter to Robert Adair, Esq., from
Mr. Blythe, physician to the forces at Belleisle, who seems apprehensive that an infectious distemper may take place. Mr. Townshend thinks it may be proper to bring back the patients not
able to serve this year, and to place them in the hospitals at home
or in the Isle of Wight. Mr. Adair has been ordered to provide
all that is necessary for the hospital, but fresh provisions, straw,
and wood do not fall within the department of the Secretary-atWar. |
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The extract referred to. 2 pp. |
23 July.
Church Bk., Scotland, 1761–84, p. 30. |
258. Earl of Bute to Rev. Mr. Lind. |
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The King has graciously accepted the address of the General
Convention of the "Royal Burrows." |
23 July.
Scotland, v. 25, No. 45. |
259. Mr. Robert Dundas to the Earl of [Bute ?]. |
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In answer to the question whether a request of the two joint
solicitors to sit and plead cause within the bar of the Court of
Session is consistent with the forms and proceedings of the Court,
and if this privilege was ever given when the office was in commission. Has talked the subject over with almost all the judges,
who agree with him that this request is contrary to a statute in
1537, in the reign of James v., which enacts that no advocate nor
procurator shall stand to plead within the bar, except the King's
Advocate. It also appears from records of court that in these
early times even the King's Advocate did not always enjoy this
privilege, till 1628, when it was granted to Mr. Thomas Hope, then
Advocate. The privilege of sitting or pleading within the bar was
never given to any Solicitor General till 1725, when his then
Majesty was pleased to give a sign manual for that purpose to
Mr. Erskine, then appointed Solicitor. But when this sign manual
was presented, it was strongly objected to, particularly by Sir
Hugh Dalrymple, then president of the Court, as contrary to Act
of Parliament, though he at last agreed not to insist upon the
objection. Since that period the same privilege has been enjoyed
by the Solicitor General. But certainly it was never granted when
the office was in commission. Particularly in 1746 Mr. Haldane
and Mr. Home were named joint Solicitors, and continued in
the office till 1755, yet no step was evertaken to bring them within
the bar. Suggests that, supposing the Act of Parliament were out
of the way, the admitting two gentlemen to sit and plead within
the bar will greatly embarrass the external form of the Court, as
they will necessarily sit where there are only six places; one of
which undoubtedly belongs to H. M.'s Advocate, and the other five
are the only seats for the peers, who frequently attend the Court.
Indeed, as the lawyers are often obliged to move from their seats
in the course of their business before the judge who sits weekly
in the Outer House, the admitting two joint Solicitors will create
confusion and disturbance within the bar.—Edinburgh. 2¾ pp. |
24 July.
Treas. & Cust., pcl.2. |
260. Mr. Samuel Martin to Robert Wood, Esq. |
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To inform Mr. Pitt that the petition of John Urings, praying
payment for the use of his ship, impressed at Louisburg for the
public service, has been laid before the Lords of the Treasury.
The latter have referred to General Amherst several demands for
ships impressed by Governor Murray, but as this reference depends
on the nature of the certificate, Mr. Urings must exhibit his
certificate at the Treasury Office.—Treasury Chambers. 1 p. |
25 July.
Dom. Geo. III., v. 2, No. 3. |
261. Extract from a paper delivered by Mr. Stanley to the
Duke De Choiseul, containing the ultimatum of the
Court of Great Britain, viz. |
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"9thly, The treaty concluded between Messrs. Saunders and
Godheu cannot possibly be admitted as the basis of the re-establishment of the peace in Asia, the said provisional treaty never
having been carried into effect, and being in its nature no ways
applicable to the actual situation of things in India, by the final
reduction of the possessions and settlements of the French East
India Company there, and as the full and final adjustment of
matters in that country can only be made consistently with certain
rights, absolutely vested in the English Company, and as the King
cannot in justice dispose of their interests but by their own
consent, it must necessarily therefore be left in great part to the
respective companies of the two nations," &c. |
25 July.
Lett, Bk., Sec.'s, 1761, p. 10. |
262. Mr. E. Weston to Mr. Lautentzi. |
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Directing him, by order of the Earl of Bute, as the despatches
from the (Home) Office pass through his hands, to return from
last night's mail a packet directed to Col. Clavering, sealed with
his Lordship's seal. |
25 and 27
July.
Scotland, v. 25, Nos. 46, 47, 48. |
263. Lord Justice Clerk (Areskine) to Mr. C. Jenkinson. |
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Acknowledging the receipt of the news of the successes of His
Majesty's arms over the combined armies on the 16th inst., and in
the West Indies. Offering his congratulations on the occasion. |
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Two similar letters from Lord George Beauclerck, the second
dated the 27th. |
29 July.
Warrt. Bk., v. 29, 1760–65, p. 165. |
264. Messengers' Bills. |
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A list of messengers' bills allowed by the Earl of Bute. |
29 July.
War Office, pcl. 22. |
265. Mr. Thomas Tyrwhitt to the Secretaries of the Earl
of Bute. |
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Enclosing for rectification the commissions of Mr. James Cameron,
who should have been ensign and not lieutenant in Capt. Ludovick
Grant's Independent company, and of Mr. John Macpherson, vice
versâ. 1 p. |
29 July.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 49. |
266. Earl of Bute to the Directors of the East India
Company. |
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Requesting their opinion on the enclosed copy of a memorial
delivered to Sir Joseph Yorke by the Grand Pensionary of
Holland, and received from the Directors of the Dutch East India
Company, containing. "An account of the proceedings of the
Ministers of that Company in India, in taking possession of some
place or places upon the coast of the Island of Sumatra, of which
the King's subjects had been dispossed by some French men-ofwar." |
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Mem.—The memorial sent inclosed is entered in this book,
p. 131. |
29 July.
Channel Islands, pcl. 13. |
267. Col. James Forrester to —. |
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Sending intelligence. There is now no King's ship near the
Island, and a considerable number of the ablest hands are gone to
Newfoundland.—Island of Jersey. |
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The intelligence consists of an affidavit of John Kerby, commander of the private ship of war "Lively," who had met with a
French sloop on the 27th inst. coming out of St. Malo, which he
took and ransomed. The master informed him that there were in
the neigh bourhood of that place 12,000 troops and 60 flatbottomed boats in the river Dinand; to which information the
"ransomer" added, that there were at St. Malo and St. Servan
two row galleys and eleven very large flat-bottomed boats, with
several privateers. 2 pp. |
29 July.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 29. |
268. Mr. Pitt to the Lords of the Treasury. |
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The King has appointed Captain Clevland, commander of
H.M.'s ship "The Windsor," to be Ambassador to the Emperor
of Morocco and the other three Barbary States, with an allowance of 5l. a day. Requests that a sum not exceeding 1,800l.
be impressed into Captain Clevland's hands for presents and
expenses. |
