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2 Sept. Criml. Papers, v. 11, 1761–67, p.29. |
290. Mr. Pitt to the Attorney General. |
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Encloses the "Gazetteer and London Daily Advertiser" of Friday,
21 August 1761, No. 10,088, and the "London Chronicle and
Universal Evening Post," from Thursday, 20 August, to Saturday,
22 August 1761, No. 727, containing paragraphs complained of
by the French Ambassador as reflecting upon persons of high
rank in the French Courts. Desires him to take steps to
bring the authors, printers, and publishers to adequate legal
punishment. |
3 Sept. Admiralty, pcl. 146, No. 20. |
291. Mons. D'Ageno to — |
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A Mahonese ship, bearing the French flag, took refuge from an
English privateer in the Island of Caprara. The English and
French consuls presented memorials thereon to [the Genoese]
Government, which ordered a magistrate of marine affairs to collect
evidence, and decide between them. While he was deciding, a
British frigate came into the port, demanded that the prize should
be surrendered, and, when refused, took the vessel by force
under the guns of the fort, and afterwards landed men and attacked
the magazine, where, for safety, the munitions of the French ship
had been deposited, and carried them off. Praying prompt reparation for the insult and damage. |
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The two memorials enclosed. (French.) 8½ pp. |
3 Sept. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23 p.55. |
292. Earl of Bute to the Lords of the Treasury. |
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Requesting that Prince Galitzin, lately appointed Envoy Extraordinary from the Empress of Russia, may be allowed exemptions
from [custom] duties and other usual civilities. |
4 Sept. Admiralty, pcl.146, No. 21. |
293. Mr. Clevland to "My Lord." |
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Enclosing an extract from a letter from Capt. Faulkner, of
H.M.S. "Bellona," giving an account of the taking of the
"Courageux," of 74 guns. |
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The extract enclosed. 4½ pp. |
4 Sept. Admiralty, v. 145. |
294. Lords of the Admiralty to Mr. Pitt. |
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Enclosing a copy of a letter from Commodore Keppel, representing that the detachment of artillery embarked for the service of
the bombs, and landed at the desire of Major General Hodgson to
do duty at the siege of Palais, and who have continued on shore
ever since, are not allowed fresh provisions from the army with the
rest of the artillery corps. Requesting the King's orders to the
Commander-in-Chief, always to victual any persons lent him from
the fleet in the same manner with the other troops. |
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Copy of the letter referred to. 2 pp. |
6 Sept. Dom. Geo. III., pcl.74, No. 24. |
295. Mr. James Clements, at Harwich, to Mr. Jenkinson. |
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The yachts were seen at anchor off Oxfordness at five o'clock
this morning, but the Queen is not yet landed. |
6 Sept. Dom. Geo. III., pcl.74, No. 25. |
296. The Same to the Same. |
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The yachts came in sight at half-past two in the afternoon,
below Languard fort, and most likely His Majesty's Consort will
land at Harwich in less than two hours. 1 p. |
7 Sept. Admiralty, v. 145. |
297. Mr. Clevland to Robert Wood, Esq. |
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Enclosing a note from the agent of the Commissioners of Sick
and Wounded, at Castle Dawson in Ireland, concerning the
Chevalier de Robeville de Cherville. |
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The note referred to, being a simple description of him, stating
where he was born, and that he was a prisoner at Castle Dawson.
1 p. and a small slip of paper. |
7 Sept. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, pp. 55 and 56. |
298. Earl of Bute to Richard Baker, Esq. |
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Expressing the King's approbation of his zeal in sending information from Yarmouth that "the yachts appeared then off the coast".
Similar letter to Mr. Biddell. |
9 Sept. Dom. Geo. III., pcl.74, No. 26a. |
299. John Casper Bauer. |
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Abstract by Mr. Klust, who was too unwell to make a complete
translation of a German letter to the British Parliament from John
Caspar Bauer, a commissary in the allied army, belonging to
Lieut. General Wagenheim's corps. The Commissary represents
that he had discovered an inward remedy, of the nature of a
preservative, against the epidemic distemper which had reigned
among the horned cattle in Germany for the past five years,
which, when repeated five times, would free any drove of cattle
from the danger of catching the infection; for when once the
distemper was caught, nothing upon earth could save the best.
That, notwithstanding three years of faithfull service, his monthly
allowance was hardly 15 ducats, with which he had to support a
wife and four young children; that he was obliged to abandon
his paternal estate in Hesse, it having been ruined by the French;
and that other commissaries obtained 100 ducates. Prays for the
same allowance to be held for life, with liberty after the close of
the war to spend it where he liked. |
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The original German letter. 6 pp. |
11 Sept. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, pp.56–65. |
300. Earl of Bute to the Lords of the Treasury. |
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Enclosing a copy of a convention between the King and the
Duke of Brunswick for a small additional number of light troops,
taken into his service upon the foot of the former agreements with
respect to pay and subsidy. Also a paper annexed to it, sent by
Col. Clavering, H.M.'s Plenipotentiary for the signature of the
convention, which the King did not ratify on account of "its
differing from our Hessian treatys, which were to be the rule
for those with Brunswick, in the reduction of the Banco crown
of the empire to sterling money, that being by the said annexed
paper set at 4s. 9d. 9/11ths, instead of 4s. 9d. 9/12ths, as it stood before".
Also a copy of a letter to Col. Clavering, and his answer; with a
memorial from the ministers of the Duke, justifying the variation,
alleging their payments upon former conventions to have been
made on that foot by their Lordships. |
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Entries of the documents referred to. |
14 Sept. Regencies, pcl.184, No. 18. |
301. Translation of a letter from the minister of Hanover to
Prince Ferdinand. It relates to a letter from the Due de Broglio,
of the 17th past, which his Serene Highness had send to London to
be deciphered, but the contents of which they had not then
succeeded in wholly making out. (French.) 1 p. |
14 Sept. Scotland, v. 25, No. 50. |
302. Lord Justice Clerk to the Earl of Bute. |
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Has sent by express the lists which he has prepared to be laid
before the Lord Chancellor in order to the issuing of new commissions for the justices of the peace. They come late; but it
has not been in his power to have them sooner despatched with
any satisfaction to his own mind. Imperfect, he does not doubt,
some of them are, but he can venture to say that they are done
with all the attention and zeal that become him, and the very
little prudence he can pretend to, and with ardent desire to contribute towards preserving the peace of the country, and supporting the service and administration now in the hands of the best
and most beloved of Sovereigns.—Edinburgh. 2pp. |
15 Sept. Admiralty, pcl.146, No. 22. |
303. Mons. Jean Jerôme Zuccato to —. |
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Enclosing a printed copy of the order of the Lords of Health at
Venice, closing for 18 days the entrances to Cattaro, Chateauneuve,
and Ragusi, owing to the contagion which has appeared at Dolcigne,
and which has reached a village of Antivari, not an hour's remove
from the confines of the states of the republic. (French.) 1 p. |
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The document referred to. (Italian.) 1 p. of print. |
17 Sept. Criml. Papers, v. 11, 1761–67, p. 30. |
304. Mr. Pitt to the Attorney General. |
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Directing him to prosecute Richard Frewen, a journeyman
jeweller, apprehended and charged on the oath of John Kilby, one
of the Ambassador's servants, with having been engaged in the
riotous attack on the Spanish Ambassador's house in Soho Square,
and all others who may appear to have been engaged in it. |
23 Sept. Circular Bk., 1761–86, p. 5. |
305. Earl of Bute to Sir Joseph Yorke. |
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The King's coronation took place yesterday. A particular
account will be printed and published in a few days. |
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Similar letters sent to Lord Viscount Stormont, Messrs. Mitchell,
Keith, Titley, and Cressener, Col. Clavering, Sir John Goodricke,
Mr. Wroughton, Marquess of Granby, and Messrs. Wolters, Corry,
Fenwick, Wallace, Mathias, Irvine, and Money. |
23 Sept. Admiralty, v. 145. |
306. The Lords of the Admiralty to Mr. Pitt. |
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Enclosing a copy of what Captain Edwards, of H.M.S. the
"Belliqueux," writes concerning Mons. Jean Jacques L'Artique,
whom, at the request of the Governor of Guadaloupe, he has brought
home as a state prisoner. Wishes to know how the prisoner is to
be disposed of. |
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The extract enclosed. 1½ pp. |
23 Sept. Admiralty, v. 145. |
307. The Same to the Same. |
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Enclosing a copy of a letter from Admiral Holburne, relating to
a flag of truce arrived at Portsmouth from Martinique, with some
officers and men of Col. Vaughan's regiment, who were taken going
from N. America to Guadaloupe. Ask for directions as to what is
to be done with the two French commissaries, the linguist, and
the priest, who are on board. |
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The enclosed letter. 3 pp. |
24 Sept. Admiralty, v. 147. |
308. Capt. Arch. Clevland to Mr. Pitt. |
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Notifying his arrival. Mr. Popham, H.M.'s consul at Tetuan, met
him. Immediately wrote to the Emperor. The contingent
money is likely to fall short of the expense, occasioned by the
season of the year not permitting a landing either at Sallee or
Saffy.—H.M.S. "Windsor." Gibraltar Bay. 1 p. |
25 Sept. Dom. Geo. III., pcl. 74, No. 27. |
309. The Attorney General to— |
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According to command, has requested Mr. Webb, the Solicitor to
the Treasury, to procure the evidence upon which Mr. Wright has
been bound over to the next Quarter Sessions as Westminister, and
to enquire after the other offenders in the riot at the house of
Conde de Fuentes. 1¼ pp. |
26 Sept. Admiralty, v. 145. |
310. Mr. Ph. Stephens to Robt. Wood, Esq. |
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Enclosing a copy of Vice-Admiral Holburne's letter, informing
the Lords of the Admiralty that he has had some discourse with
the priest who came home in the cartel ship from Martinique
and suspects that the other French people (see 307) in the same
vessel were sent rather to inform the enemy of the state of that
Island than to look after the soldiers, prisoners of war. |
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Copy of the letter referred to. A postscript to it states that
Messrs. Thomas and Son, merchants, of London, had send directions
to supply the above French people with money, and that probably
they know something about them. 3 pp. |
28 Sept. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, pp. 72–76. |
311. C. Pratt, Attorney General, to the Earl of Bute. |
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His opinion is that His Majesty is not empowered by law to
comply with the condition insisted on by the King of Denmark,
as to the giving up of Danish sailors in the ports of the British
dominations. As the King's ports are always open, as well as the
land itself, for the reception of alien friends, they cannot be arrested
by law unless they have committed some offence to forfeit the benefit
of the law, whereby otherwise they have a right to be protected.
Out law cannot take cognizance of a foreigner, though he should
desert from his native prince. |
29 Sept. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 66. |
312. Earl of Bute to Earl of Northumberland. |
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Relative to the sentence of death passed on the two convicts, Peter
Paterson and William Elder. It is to be carried out on the former,
but the King, hoping his execution will be a sufficient example, has
respited the latter. |