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1 May. King's Let. Bk., v. 11, p. 32. |
155. Lord Lieut. of Ireland. |
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Instructions from the King issued to the Earl of Halifax on his
appointment to the lord lieutenancy of Ireland. |
2 May. Admiralty, v. 145. |
156. Mr. Stephens to Robert Wood, Esq. |
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Sending, for Mr. Pitt's information, the intelligence that the
vessel with Prince Galitzin's messenger on board sailed for
Calais, from Dover, on the 29th past. 1 p. |
2 May. Mil. Entry Bk., v. 26, p. 113. |
157. Mr. Robert Wood to the Secretary at War. |
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Enclosing an extract from a letter from Governor Dalrymple of
Guadaloupe. |
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The extract annexed, stating that the garrison is healthy, but
700 men short. Requesting reinforcements, for though interest might
attach and keep the inhabitants quiet, yet he would depend more
on their fears than affections. It would be real justice to the service
and garrison if the absent officers were also obliged to return. |
6 May. Church Bk., Scotland, 1761–89, pp. 5–11. |
158. Lord Cathcart, High Commissioner to the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland. |
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Instructions, private instructions, and additional private instructions. |
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Also His Majesty's letter to the Assembly. |
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The instructions contain nothing of great importance. The
additional private instructions repeat the direction given in the
private instructions, that the High Commissioner, in case the
General Assembly shall be very desirous of appointing a fast or
thanksgiving, is to suffer it to be done, provided that application
be made to the King for the interposition of the Royal authority
to enforce its observance, and that it be left to His Majesty to
appoint any Thursday he shall think fit in the month of June. |
11 May. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 16. |
159. The Earl of Bute to the Attorney General. |
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Sending further "informations" relative to the late riots in
Northumberland. |
11 May. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, pp. 17–18. |
160. The Same to the Lords of the Treasury. |
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Sending a copy of a memorial presented by Mons. Alt, the
minister of the Landgrave of Hesse, setting forth that the army
of the French King having since the late siege of Cassel made
themselves masters of the whole county of Hesse, His Serene
Highness found such great difficulties in raising any recruits for the
service of the allied army, that, unless he received from His
Majesty an extraordinary subsidy to assist him, it was impossible for him to give the common cause the support he desired,—for consideration and His Majesty's pleasure. |
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The memorial referred to. |
17 May. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, pp. 20–22. |
161. Mr. James Rivers to the Clerk of Council in Waiting. |
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Enclosing a letter from Mr. Stephens, Secretary to the Admiralty,
"giving an account of a vessel, called the 'Thomas Transport,'
having on board an ambassador from the Dey of Algiers, with
several presents for His Majesty, being arrived in Standgate Creek
in order to perform quarantine," and desiring directions of the
Lord President. |
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The enclosed letter from Mr. Stephens to Robert Wood, Esq.,
dated 16th May, is entered. |
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Similar letter to Sir Charles Cotterel Dormer. |
18 May. Lett. Bk., Sec.'s 1761, p. 1. |
162. Earl of Bute to the Duke of Newcastle. |
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Enclosing a copy of a letter from Prince Galitzin, relative to a sum
of money which the Court of Russia claims as having been advanced
by Mons. Korff, the Russian minister at Stockholm, in 1746. The
sum was said to have been applied there during the assembly of
the Diet, with the advice of Colonel Guy Dickens, at that time the
English minister in Sweden, for the service and interest of the two
Crowns. Several applications have been made for the money, and
in 1756 a particular state of the case was sent to His Grace by the
Earl of Holdernesse, which has never been returned to the
office. Is obliged, therefore, to ask for information. |
19 May. Scotland v. 25, No. 29. |
163. Lord Cathcart to the Earl of Bute. |
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Has arrived in Edinburgh, and has presented His Majesty's
warrant to Mr. Archibald Campbell, who now has the custody of
the seal used in Scotland instead of the Great Seal, who states that
his powers expired when the late Duke of Argyll died, and that he
cannot append the seal to his Lordship's commission without a
special warrant of the nature of the draught accompanying. The
Assembly must meet on Thursday, the day appointed by the late
King; but as the first act of a commissioner is to produce his
commission, which is read and recorded, it will not be possible
for his Lordship to attend them till he has his to produce. In the
meanwhile every necessary step shall be taken.—Edinburgh, 2 pp. |
19 May. Dom. Misc., pcl. 136, 1755–66. |
164. The Lords of the Treasury to the Earl of Bute. |
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According to his commands they have instituted a strict inquiry
into the conduct of the persons employed in the Commissariat.
They directed Colonel Peirson to transmit the state of the fact as
to the alleged want of forage in the last campaign, and the causes
thereof. Enclose copies of the answers received from him, and
of some material explanations from Prince Ferdinand to the Duke
of Newcastle; also a state of the Commissariat from its first
institution, showing what steps have been taken to effectuate the
service, or to keep down the expense of extraordinaries, which had
grown to an exorbitant height. Cannot omit to express the
fear that the alteration in the method of paying money will
remove the checks hitherto considered expedient for security.
But Prince Ferdinand considers it so necessary for the service that
they think it their duty to lay the difficulties before His Majesty
at the conclusion of the state of the Commissariat. |
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PS. enclose a third letter from Colonel Peirson received
yesterday. |
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The documents referred to, from which it appears that Prince
Ferdinand's army had been reduced to great straits for want of
supplies, which had to be brought from a distance, and almost
totally by land, the Weser having been shut up for eight months.
The blame rested on the internal economy of the Commissariat,
not on any persons. Mr. Hatton was sent to explain and arrange. |
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There is also another paper, containing an account of the manner
in which the Commissariat to Prince Ferdinand's army in Germany
was carried on from 1757. 62½ p. |
20 May. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 19. |
165. The Earl of Bute to the Lords of the Treasury |
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Will lay the memorial and other papers as to the conduct of
the Commissariat before His Majesty, who has ordered him
(Lord Bute) to send an extract from a letter received from
Prince Ferdinand, and a memorial on the same subject. |
20 May. Admiralty, v. 145. |
166. Lords of the Admiralty to Mr. Secretary Pitt. |
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Have sent directions to the Judge of the High Court of
Admiralty of England, and to the Vice-Admiralty Courts of the
Colonies, to report whether there is any foundation for the representations of the Conde de Fuentes, Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary from His Catholic Majesty, against the proceedings
of the Admiralty Courts in relation to Spanish vessels. The
answers of the Judge in England were sent some time ago, and
they now send the answers from the colonies. |
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Twenty-one other papers on this subject. The last is a query as
to what communication should be made to the Spanish Secretary. |
21 May. Admiralty, v. 145. |
167. Mr. Clevland to Robert Wood, Esq. |
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Sending, for the information of Mr. Pitt, a letter from Commodore
Keppel, concerning the preparations of the enemy at Brest; also an
extract of a letter from Captain Buckle, relating to the same matter. |
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Copies of the letter and extract. 2½ pp. |
21 May. Admiralty, v. 145. |
168. The Same to the Same. |
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A vessel will be ready to receive Mr. Stanley on board to-morrow.
Sends an extract of a letter referring to Mons. de Bussy's coming
to England. |
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The extract names. 2 pp. |
21 May. Scotland, v. 25, No. 30. |
169. Mr. Arch. Campbell to the "Under Secretary for
Scotch Affairs attending the Earl of Bute's office." |
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It was with the utmost pain that he found it necessary to decline
affixing the Great Seal to Lord Cathcart's commission upon the
original warrant, because it was addressed to the Lord Keeper of the
Seal, and none such exists. What made it the more delicate too was,
that by the law of Scotland the Keeper must attest the date of his
having affixed his seal by his subscription on the back of the commission. Had advised, some time ago, with the Lord Advocate
and Solicitor for Scotland, whether his deputation subsisted in force
of the King's proclamation continuing everybody in office for four
months, since his principal was dead. Their opinion was, that it
did not; in consequence of which the renewed warrants for their
own commissions, with some others, and sundry charters, &c., still
lie at the Chancery Office. The Lord Advocate was again asked
upon the occasion of Lord Cathcart's commission, and still continued
of the same opinion; which was confirmed by what occurred about
the proclamation when a special warrant for appending the seal
was sent. Hopes Lord Bute will be satisfied that, however
zealous he might have been for the public service going on without
interruption, it might have been a high misdemeanour and highly
presumptuous (if not high treason) to attest and affix the seal
under these circumstances. The public service will suffer little, as the
Assembly has, by permission of the King's Commissioner, proceeded
to appoint Mr. Hyndman as their Moderator, and are to go on with
their usual form of common prayer, &c., which is all that is usually
done the first week. Proposes a general inter in warrant to prevent
a similar delay.—Edinburgh. 3 pp. |
25 May. Admiralty, v. 145. |
170. Lords of the Admiralty to Mr. Secretary Pitt. |
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As to certain French soldiers made prisoners at Belleisle, asking
whether they are to be exchanged agreeably to the cartel of Sluys,
or detained. |
25 May. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 20. |
171. The Earl of Bute to Philip Carteret Webb, Esq.,
Solicitor to the Treasury. |
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The Attorney General has reported that hitherto the informations taken against the rioters in Northumberland do not contain
sufficient evidence for a prosecution. His Majesty's pleasure is
that an agent should be sent down to procure better evidence, as
was done in the case of the Yorkshire rioters. |
25 May. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 23, p. 22. |
172. The Same to the Earl of Northumberland. |
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The Attorney General is of opinion that the last informations
as well as the former are not sufficient for a prosecution of the
rioters in Northumberland. As His Majesty thinks it would tend
to secure for the future the peace of the kingdom, he has consented to the sending by the Solicitor of the Treasury an agent to
collect evidence. |
Undated. Scotland, v. 25, No. 27. |
173. A form to be used by absent Scottish peers in voting by proxy
for the peers to sit in the Parliament of Great Britain. 1 p. |
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Between papers of 30th April and 25th May 1761. |
25 May. Scotland, v. 25, No. 28. |
174. Demission and resignation of James Erskine, Baron of His
Majesty's Court of Exchequer of Scotland, on his appointment as
one of the Lords of Session. 1 p. |
26 May. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, pp. 22–3. |
175. Mr Robt. Wood to Mr. West |
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Desiring him to lay before the Lords of the Treasury the enclosed
list of the baggage of Sidy Omar, the Algerine ambassador, for
their directions as to the landing. |
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The list enclosed is entered. |
27 May. Scotland, v. 25, No. 31, a, b, c. |
176. Lord Cathcart to the Earl of Bute. |
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Giving an account of his proceedings on taking his place
yesterday as His Majesty's Commissioner in the General Assembly,
From the countenances of all present, and by what the Moderator
has said in the name of the Assembly, it is impossible to be more
sensitive than they are of the advantages enjoyed under the
previous reign, or more firmly assured of further felicity under
His Majesty's administration. Encloses a letter from the Moderator, with the Assembly's answer to His Majesty's letter, and
an address which they thought it their duty to offer to the King
on the occasion.—Edinburgh. |
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Mr. Hyndman's letter, and the answer of the Assembly. The
address is not now with the letter. 8 pp. |
27 May. Dom. Misc., pcl. 136. |
177. Lords of The Treasury to the Earl of Bute. |
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Approving of Prince Ferdinand's new plan for the Commissariat.
It is entirely conformable to the original instructions given to
Colonel Peirson, viz., the constituting a certain number of commissaries, to each of whom separate branches of business should be
assigned, all under the control of the Commissary General,
Colonel Peirson. At the beginning of the campaign the army
was only divided into two detachments, but at the end there were
five separate corps, so that the number of commissaries first sent
was insufficient. The want of hands and of the power of paying
ready money were declared by Mr. Hatton to be the causes of complaint. Enclose a copy of a plan supplied by Mr. Hatton, of which
he thought the Prince would approve. A sufficient number of
persons was immediately sent out. Submitting to His Majesty
whether in the new plan the Commissary General might not be
authorized to direct the Deputy Paymaster to advance such sums
of money to any commissary attending a particular corps as
might think proper. This would prevent the abuse of buying
up receipts at a discount. The reports respecting the misconduct
of some of the commissaries have been ordered to be strictly
enquired into. |
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The plan referred to. 13 pp. |
28 May. Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 24. |
178. Mr. Pitt to the Attorney and Solicitor General. |
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Has laid their letter of the 13th inst., relative to the case of
John Reynolds, Esq., Governor of Georgia, before the King.
Directs them to take the steps necessary for his defence at the
expense of the Crown. |
28 May. Scotland, v. 25, No. 32 a, b. |
179. Mr. Baron Maule to —. |
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As to Mr.Baron Erskine's reception into the Court of Session,
the commissions of Barons Winn and Mure, the King's warrant
for regulating the precedency of the judges, &c. Encloses a
memorandum, which will clear up any difficulty about the King's
chaplains, and a copy of the gift of the rents of the Chapel Royal
to other three chaplains, who, though they are not on the establishment as the other three are, being paid out of these rents, yet
this commission or gift falls to be renewed at this time, as well as
the commissions of the other three. |
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The memorandum referred to. |
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The chaplains on the civil establishment, dates of their com
missions, and salaries were,— |
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Mr. John Lumsden, 31st January 1734, 50l. |
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Mr. Thomas Tulideph, 8th May 1744, 50l. |
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Mr. John Jardine, 31st August 1759, 50l. |
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Three others were appointed, 8th May 1744, viz., Mr. Neil
Campbell, Mr. William Gusthart, and Mr. Robert Wallace, who
had no salaries on the civil establishment, but to whom, by the
warrant appointing them, the rents and revenues of the Chapel
Royal of Scotland were "gifted." 5 pp. |
20 May. Admiralty, v. 145. |
180. Lords of The Admiralty to Mr. Pitt. |
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Enclosing a copy of a contract with Mr. Jared Ingersoll, for a
supply of masts, yards, and bowsprits, by way of Connecticut
river, and requesting the Royal license to cut the same. |
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Copy of the contract referred to. 3 pp. and 2 halves. |
29 May. Treas. & Cust., pcl. 2. |
181. Mr. Samuel Martin to Robert Wood, Esq. |
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Enclosing an extract from a letter from Governor Dalrymple,
of Guadaloupe. |
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The extract referred to. Mr. Sullivan, the Commissary General
of Provisions, having suddenly died, his affairs with the contractors
are unfinished. His books have not been kept as they ought to
have been, but His Excellency has put his affairs into the best
hands, and hopes soon to have them settled. Has appointed
Capt. Robert Douglas, brother to Sir James Douglas, Commander of the Fleet here, to succeed Mr. Sullivan. 2 pp. |