George III: February 1761 | British History Online

Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III): 1760-5. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1878.

'George III: February 1761', in Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III): 1760-5, (London, 1878) pp. 20-24. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/home-office-geo3/1760-5/pp20-24 [accessed 21 April 2024]

February 1761



3 Feb. Admiralty, pcl. 146, No. 3; and Law Reports, 1757–86.	81. Earl of Holdernesse to the Advocate, Attorney, and Solicitor General.
	Referring for their opinion the question,—What jewels belong to His Majesty and what to H.R.H. the Duke of Cumberland, according to their report made to the King, January 13^th, 1761? 1 p.
4 Feb. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, pp. 10 and 11.	82. Mr. Robert Wood to the Clerk of the Council in Waiting.
	Enclosing a letter from "Yriarta," the secretary of the Spanish embassy, on the subject of the Spanish causes ready for hearing before the Lords Commissioners of Appeals.
	The letter referred to.
6 Feb. Admiralty, pcl. 146, No. 4.	83. The Lords of the Admiralty to the Earl of Holdernesse.
	Enclosing a copy of a letter from the Commissioners for Sick and Wounded Seamen, relating to Jean Jacques Gaujac, and his son Jean Gaujac, two Frenchmen who lodge in Spital Fields, and are suspected to be concerned in some bad practices.
	Copy of the letter, and of the deposition of Louis Gasquet, a French weaver, with whom they lodged. He states that they were ostensibly weavers, but did little work. Suspected them to have some connection with the escape of three French prisoners from the prison in Well Close Square. The younger was in the habit of writing to Mons. D'Y polite, Ingenieur General, the letters being sent under cover to Holland. 8½ pp.
7 Feb. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 12.	84. Mr. Pitt to the Attorney and Solicitor General.
	Enclosing the memorial of John Reynolds Esq., late Governor of Georgia, with a copy of the sentence of the Judge of H.M's ViceAdmiralty Court of Georgia, condemning a French schooner, as well as an attested copy of a letter from the said late Governor Reynolds to the Secretary of State. In the memorial Mr. Reynolds sets forth his being served with a copy of a writ for an action of trespass against one William Gray, whom he sent home from Georgia, the province of which he was then Governor, upon suspicion of being a spy. Asks for an opinion as to the steps to be taken by the Government.
7 Feb. War Office, v. 20.	85. Lord Barrington to Mr. Pitt.
	Major Money, of the 86th Regiment lately arrived from Africa, has applied, by the direction of Gov. Worge, for necessaries for the garrisons at Senegal and Goree. Some of the things are not in his department to provide, and therefore he refers them for His Majesty's commands. As both garrisons must be supplied with wood, water, fresh provisions and vegetables, from the Continent, the Governor thinks it absolutely necessary to have two ships, one of 100 tons, the other of 50, for this service, and two flat-bottomed boats for the garrison of Goree. If these be ordered, it will be necessary to direct the officers of His Majesty's ships on that station to take care of and repair them when needed, for which naval stores will be wanted. Gun carriages are much wanted at both places. Will His Majesty order the Ordnance Office to provide them? Encloses an extract from a paper received from Major Money, as to whether it will be expedient to keep possession of the post of Galamb any longer, considering the great annual loss of life there.
	The extract referred to. The Governor is of opinion that the mines of Galamb are very rich, but Europeans will never be of any service. Three persons sent to make discoveries all died. The party of last year lost captain, lieutenant, and ensign, and all the men but two; and the greater part of the ship's company this year, the captain, lieutenant, and one third of the men, died. The ensign was very sick when the accounts came away. The blacks plundered the fort before this year's party arrived.
	The relief goes up generally in June; and if any lives return in November or December, it takes 20 men to a vessel of 50 tons to "tract" them up. They are about two months going up, a shoal being half way that obliges them to wait for the season of the year when the river is swollen with the rains. From Senegal to Galamb is about 300 leagues. The gum and slave trade, thought to be very advantageous, would be much more so if they traded with English "bafts" and rum, instead of French bafts and brandy.
	The rivers Senegal and Gambia are about 44 leagues apart at their mouths, and are supposed to be branches of the Niger, joining it a few miles from each other, somewhere above Galamb. That fort is of great use to the French; not the least to the English. The former used to bribe the petty princes to bring the commodities down the Senegal. But it is now of little consequence whether the trade of Galamb goes down the Senegal or Gambia, as both belong to the English. 3½ pp.
9 Feb. Church Bk., 1761–1778, p. 5.	86. Mr. Pitt to the Lord High Almoner.
	Recommending the enclosed petition of Mary Elizabeth Ringelman, praying to be made a "partaker of His Majesty's Royal Maundy."
	The petition is also entered.
10 Feb. Admiralty, v. 145.	87. Lords of the Admiralty to Mr. Pitt.
	Sending a copy of a letter from Vice-Admiral Saunders, containing an account of the measures he took to intercept a French sloop of 64 guns, fitted out at Toulon for Martinico, which had escaped; also containing intelligence of naval proceedings at Toulon, and further, of a privateer having been taken by a frigate of his squadron. 4 p.
10 Feb. Treas. and Cust., pcl. 2.	88. Mr. Samuel Martin to Robert Wood, Esq.
	Requests a return of the number of troops furnished by the several provinces of N. America for the year 1759, and put under the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, and the length of time they were so employed. It is wanted that the Lords of the Treasury may make a distribution of the 200,000l. granted to the colonies in N. America on this head. 1 p.
11 Feb. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 6.	89. The Earl of Holdernesse to the Earl of Effingham, Deputy Earl Marshal.
	Directing search to be made in the books of the Earl Marshal's Office for the mottoes that had at any time been used by the Kings or Queens regnant of England, and that a report should be made.
12 Feb. Mil. Entry Bk., v. 26, p. 56.	90. Mr. Pitt to the Secretary at War.
	Directing him to co-operate with the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland with regard to the recruits and draughts to be brought from that country; and enclosing a copy of his letter to the Lord Lieutenant.
14 Feb. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 13.	91. The Same to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations.
	His Majesty has been pleased to continue John Pownall, Esq., in the employment of secretary to their Lordships.
15 Feb. Militia, pcl. 3, No. 1.	92. Lord Mandeville to —.
	The confusions occasioned by putting the Militia Laws in force, suppressed two years ago by the most vigorous efforts, have been renewed all over the county. In Normancross hundred, at a meeting of Deputy Lieutenants and Justices, a mob rose and forced the constables to give up their lists. Yesterday, at a meeting at Kimbolton for taking in fresh lists, a mob of about 500 assembled, and insisted on the lists being delivered to them. They were, however, dispersed without the aid of the military. If this riotous disposition be not broken through, it will prove troublesome, if not dangerous, to the Government. Requests the countenance and directions of the Government.—St. Neots. 2 pp.
16 Feb. Dom. Geo. III., pcl. 74, No. 11a.	93. Lord Effingham to [the Earl of Holdernesse].
	Enclosing, for the King's information, a list of the mottoes that have at any time been used by the Kings or Queens regnant of England. 2 pp.
	The list referred to, viz.;—
	"King Edward Y^e 3rd, when he assumed the arms of France, is said by one of our historians to have taken for his motto, Dieu et mon droit. (fn. 1)
	Richard y^e 2nd.		It does not appear that these Kings used any motto with the Royal Arms.
	Henry y^e 4th.
	Henry y^e 5^th.
	Henry y^e 6th.
	Edward y^e 4th.
	Edward y^e 5th.
	Richard y^e 3rd.
	Henry y^e 7th.		Dieu et mon droit.
	Henry y^e 8th.		The same.
	Edward y^e 6th.		The same.
	Queen Mary y^e 1^st.	The same	- Temporis filia veritas used to a private seal, not to the Royal Arms.
	Queen Elizabeth.	The same	- Semper eadem ascribed to her, but does not appear to have been used with the Royal Arms.
	King James y^e 1st.	The same	- Beati Pacifici, only used on funeral banner.
	Charles y^e 1^st.		The same.
	Charles y^e 2^nd.		The same.
	James y^e 2nd.		The same.
	William & Mary.	The same	Je maintiendrai is also said to be sometimes used by King William.
	Queen Anne.		Semper eadem.
	King George y^e 1st.		Dieu et mon droit.
	King George y^e 2nd.		The same.
	N.B.—No mottos were used on any of their Great Seals."
17 Feb. Criml. papers, old series, v. 11, p. 4.	94. Mr. Robert Wood to Lord Mandeville.
	Acknowledging the letter giving an account of the confusions occasioned by his Lordship's putting into execution the Militia laws in Huntingdonshire, &c. Approving of his zeal and activity. If troops are necessary they shall be marched to the places which the magistrates may point out.
18 Feb. Admiralty, pcl. 146, No. 5.	95. Lords of the Admiralty to the Earl of Holdernesse.
	Enclosing a copy of the answer of Capt. Webb, of H.M.S. "Antelope," to a complaint made against him by Mons. de Bothmer, Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Denmark, for taking the "Hoberun," a French privateer, at Kleven, a port in Norway.
	A document enclosed, which does not appear to be the one referred to in the letter. It relates to the capture of a Danish ship laden with French cloths, sailing with two others under the convoy of a Danish man-of-war. It begins by affirming that "it is an allowed principle of the law of nations, that free ships do not make free goods; no nation can enjoy that privilege but by treaty." No treaty has given it to Denmark. The contrary was expressly stipulated in the treaty between Great Britain and Denmark of 1670. The right of search is always a consequence of the right of confiscation, and this right was also allowed by the same treaty. Offences are to be considered, not by the Sovereigns, but by the Admiralty Courts. In January 1759 it was demanded and agreed to, that in case any Danish ship should be taken on suspicion of having enemy's property on board, if the owner of it would give security to the captor for the payment of the value of whatever might be condemned, the said ship should in such case be released. 5½ pp.
19 Feb. Dom. Geo. III., pcl. 74, No. 12.	96. Earl of Albemarle to Mr. Pitt.
	Requesting him to move the King for the renewal of Mr. Thomas Durell's patent of Viscount of the Island of Jersey, and of Mr. Thomas Pipon's commission of H.M.'s gamekeeper in the same Island. 1 p.
24 Feb. Dom. Geo. III., pcl. 74, No. 13.	97. Thames Fishery.
	Report of the Attorney General to the King on the petition of John Nicolson, Robert Goodere, and Benjamin Slade, Esquires, stating that Nicolson and Goodere had been appointed by the King's grandfather to the office of water bailiffs of the river Thames from the great bridge of Staines to the head of the river, and of all rivulets and branches running thereinto. The office is of great public utility, and requires to be exercised with the greatest vigilance, especially in the "fence months," when the fish begin to spawn, to prevent the destruction of salmon and all other fish, the young brood and fry thereof, by the fishermen and others, with unlawful nets, engines, and other means, who, without regard to time or season and the several laws relating thereto, kill the same, and with the young brood and fry thereof often feed their hogs and dogs, to the great loss of the public, especially the poor people living near the river and rivulets. The prayer of the petition is that Robert Goodere and Benjamin Slade may be appointed in the room of Nicolson, and the Attorney General sees no objection in point of law. 6 pp. much faded and injured.
24 Feb. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 13.	98. Mr. Robert Wood to Mr. Martin.
	The number of troops furnished by the several North American Provinces for 1759 are:—New Hampshire, 1,000; Massachusetts, 6,500; Connecticut, 5,000; Rhode Island, 1,000; New York, 2,680; New Jersey, 1,000; Pennsylvania, 3,060; Virginia, 1,200. The information has been obtained from letters of Gen. Amherst, and it is not easy to discover how long the troops served, but apparently there was no essential difference between the services in the years 1758 and 1759. The Lords Commissioners have made a distribution of the money voted by Parliament for 1758. The number of troops is only accidentally mentioned, and the account may therefore be not quite exact.