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3 Dec.
Dom. Geo. III., pcl. 76, No. 93. |
1536. Thos. Plumer to Edward Sedgwick, Esq., at the Earl
of Halifax's. |
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The treaty of 1661 sent might have been usefully quoted in the
memorial, had he seen it in time. The chief purport of it is the
Royal marriage; but it contains two essential points in regard to
"our" commerce. One is in the first article, expressly confirming
every part of all former treaties from 1641, so that Oliver Crom
well's treaty of 1654, which has commerce chiefly for its object,
stands firm and entire, and cannot be evaded by those ignorant
suggestions, either that it was imposed by force, or that it had not
the proper sanction of regal authority; the other is, in the 12th
and 13th articles, establishing for British subjects certain privileges
of commerce and residence in the Portuguese settlements in the East
Indies and Brazils, and expressly declaring that British merchants
may enjoy fuller benefit of merchandize and commerce in all the
dominions of the King of Portugal, beyond what had been granted
to them by former treaties. |
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Asks if the Lisbon memorial is come, and what state "our"
affair is in at present. It is plain that the Portuguese Ministry
have for a course of years been loading British subjects with
oppression upon oppression, as if to try how much the nation
would really bear. Hopes that under the present Ministry, the
time is at hand for effectual redress and satisfaction to be received
from Portugal, not as a favour, but as a most equitable and
undoubted right. |
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Will be glad to wait on Lord Halifax, having something to
mention which he omitted before.—John Street. 2 pp. |
4 Dec.
Treas. Entry Bk., v. 1, 1763–75, p. 72. |
1537. Mr. L. Stanhope to C. Jenkinson, Esq. |
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Encloses a copy of a letter from Lieut. Governor Colden, dated
at New York, Oct. 11, with its enclosures, being two inquisitions
on the cases of two escheats; the one dated 9th March 1759, of
two houses in the city of New York; the other, the 20th of the
the same month, of a farm in Orange country, both escheated to
the Crown; and also a copy of the minutes of Council upon two
petitions, preferred to Lieut. Governor De Lancy in June 1759, for
grants of those escheats. |
6 Dec.
Treas. Entry Bk., v. 1, 1763–75, p. 73. |
1538. Earl of Halifax to the Lords of the Treasury. |
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The King has been pleased to order that the sum of 200l. a year
be allowed to Mr. Stanhope Aspinwall, late Consul at Algiers, in
consideration of past services; and also that the sum of 200l. be
paid to him in satisfaction of money expended for H.M.'s service. |
7 Dec.
Admiralty, pcl. 153, No. 21. |
1539. M. de Vergy. |
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Report of the Attorney General on De Vergy's letters. (See
reference letter, No. 1499. Cannot advise any prosecutions against
the author, printer, and publishers. 1½ pp. |
7 Dec.
Treas. Entry Bk. v. 1, 1763–75, p. 74. |
1540. Mr. E. Sedgwick to C. Jenkinson, Esq. |
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Has reported to Lord Halifax the purport of the conversation
had with him (Mr. Sedgwick) on the subject of the minute enclosed
in Mr. Whateley's letter of the 4th inst. Unless that letter be
exchanged for another, specifying the governors or commanders-inchief to whom it is the intention of the Lords of the Treasury that
the minute should be sent, his Lordship will think it incumbent
upon him to transmit it to every governor or commander-in-chief
within his department. |
8 Dec.
Admiralty, v. 149, No. 18 a, b. |
1541. Lords of the Admiralty to the Earl of Halifax. |
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Sending a continuation of the account of maintaining the Spanish
prisoners from 11th Nov. 1762 to the time when that expense
ceased; and in such a manner that the total sum to be demanded
of the Court of Spain for maintenance of her prisoners during the
whole of the war appears at the foot of this supplemental account.
As no further claims have since come in to the Commissioners,
there is great reason to believe the account conclusive. |
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The account enclosed; viz., from 12 Nov. 1762 to 31 Oct. 1763. |
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The total was 18,061l. 9s. 1 32/41d. 5 pp. |
8 Dec.
Dom. Geo. III., v. 1, 1752–64, No. 35 a to e. |
1542. The Same to the Same. |
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Enclosing copies of,—(1) a letter from Sir William Burnaby,
Commander-in-chief of H.M.'s ships at Jamaica, dated 11 Sept.;
(2) of the Count d'Estaign's answer to the letter he wrote him
with respect to the behaviour of the French at Turk's Island;
(3) of the enclosure in No. 2.; and (4) of Sir W. Burnaby's reply
thereunto. |
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The documents referred to. The Count declared the officers had
orders only to erect two phares [lighthouses]; and that he would
forbid any of their vessels going to those islands to be laden with
salt till he should receive orders from his Court. The French are
said to have 5,000 soldiers at Hispaniola, and to expect 5,000
more. 15½ pp. |
8 Dec,
Treas. Entry Bk., v. 1, 1763–75, p. 74. |
1543. Mr. L. Stanhope to C. Jenkinson, Esq. |
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The Earl of Halifax being informed that the Lords of the
Treasury desire further information in respect of the bill drawn
by Governor Cornwallis upon Mr. Larpent, of his Lordship's office,
before giving the necessary directions for its acceptance, his
Lordship directs him (Mr. Stanhope) to state that Mr, Popham,
H.M.'s Consul at Morocco, having very frequently represented the
ill-treatment which H.M.'s subjects, and himself particularly, had
received there, and repeatedly acquainted his Lordship that he had
received the most pressing requisitions, accompanied with threats
in case of refusal, to repair to the Emperor's Court, which Mr. Popham declared he durst not do until he had a proper present from
the King to take with him, and also at least 1,000l. in cash, to
enable him to deliver the same, and the affairs of Morocco growing
very serious, they were, in May, taken into consideration at a
meeting of His Majesty's servants, in consequence of which His Majesty determined not to send the usual present by the Ambassador
from Morocco then leaving, but directed the same to be consigned
to the Governor of Gibraltar, to forward to the Emperor, in part or
whole, as he should judge most expedient; and it was left to the
Governor's direction to fix the time and manner of sending the
same, either by Mr. Popham, or otherwise; and he was to regulate
and pay the expense of sending it, &c., not exceeding the sum of
1,000l., by bills to be drawn upon Mr. Larpent. The Governor's
not sending the present by the Consul was following the directions
of economy laid down to him, by which a present of 500l. was
saved; for as the present consigned to the Governor was the
ambassadorial present, and in the King's letter to the Emperor
expressly mentioned as such, if the Consul had gone to the Emperor's Court (which Governor Cornwallis was directed to prevent,
if possible, for the sake of the precedent), he must have carried
with him a consular present to the amount of 500l. The direction
of the Morocco affairs being put into the hand of the Governor of
Gibraltar is not without instance, since the same happened when
the Duke of Bedford was Secretary of State in 1750, when 1,100l.
was drawn by Mr. Consul Petticrew, by direction of Gen. Bland,
then Governor of Gibraltar. This will be found from Mr. Aldworth's letter to Mr. West, of Nov. 12, 1750, and from another
letter of June 11, 1751, transmitting letters and papers received
by his Grace from Gen. Bland relating to Mr. Petticrew's transactions. |
10 Dec.
Dom. Geo. III., v. 1, No. 36 a, b, c. |
1544. Lords of the Admiralty to the Earl of Halifax. |
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Enclosing copies of a letter from Sir William Burnaby, Commander-in-chief of H.M.'s ships at Jamaica, dated the 20th Sept.,
and of the answer he received from the Governor of Iucatan to his
letter concerning the restrictions laid on the logwood cutters in
Honduras Bay. |
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The documents enclosed. The Governor understood the 17th
article of the late treaty to grant the privilege of cutting logwood
only in such places where fortifications had been erected, on condition of their being demolished. As none were erected in the Bay
of Honduras, he thought that article could mean no more than
that the English should have the right, which formerly they had
not, of cutting logwood in such places as were used before the
war. 11½ pp. |
10 Dec.
Dom. Geo. III., v. 1, No. 37 a, b, c. |
1545. The Same to the Same. |
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They have transmitted to Vice-Admiral Holburne, at Portsmouth, for strict enquiry, copies of the letter from the Duc de
Praslin to H.M.'s Ambassador in France, and of that of the Duc de
Choiseul, enclosed therein, complaining that Mr. Hammond, commander of one of the King's cutters, upon unjust and frivolous
pretences, stopped and carried to the Isle of Wight a ship named
the "Diligence," of Dunkirk, bound to Bilboa. Mr. Hammond was
also ordered to Portsmouth. Sends a copy of Admiral Holburne's
letter giving the result, and of one from Lieutenant Hammond on
the same subject. |
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The copies enclosed. The vessel had been anchored on the
coast for two or three days, and was seized when making way for
a valley noted as a landing-place for smuggled goods. The excuse
was that she wanted water. She had not above four or five days
provisions, and was not at all fitted for so long a voyage as to
Bilboa. 5 pp. and 2 halves. |
13 Dec.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 293. |
1546. Mr. Sedgwick to Anthony Todd, Esq. |
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To allow a free passage in the packet to Holland to the bearers,
John Most and George Leicht, two poor German settlers in the
province of Massachusetts Bay, who are lately come from thence,
and are going to Germany in order to engage settlers for a certain
part of that province. |
15 Dec.
Dom. Geo. III., v. 1, No. 38 a, b, c. |
1547. Lords of the Admiralty to the Earl of Halifax. |
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Have appointed Capt. Graves, of H.M.S. "Edgar," to repair to
the coast of Africa. Enclose copies of his instructions, and of
a letter from him requesting more explicit instructions as to
whether he may make use of force with the French, if other means
do not prevail, and they attempt a trade above their settlement
in the river Gambia. |
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The enclosures. He was sent out to prevent the encroachments
of the French on the River Gambia, to make a tour of inspection,
and to clear the coast of pirates. 16½ pp. |
15 Dec.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 294. |
1548. Earl of Halifax to the Earl of Albemarle. |
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Transmitting a copy of a memorial received from the Spanish
Ambassador, on behalf of the inhabitants of the Havannah interested in the funds of the Company of the Island of Cuba,
complaining that, contrary to an agreement entered into by the
respective commanders in consequence of the capitulation, a magazine was refused to be given up to the Company, on the sole
pretext that the same was out of the city, and that all the reasons
they could give to Col. Keppel, who succeeded his Lordship in the
command, were fruitless. They have, therefore, applied to the
King that these effects, which, they allege, amount to 71,283 piastres
5½ reals of silver, besides expenses and damages, may be restored
to his Catholic Majesty's subjects. Requesting information on the
subject. |
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Like letters sent to Gen. Keppel and Sir George Pocock. |
15 Dec.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 295. |
1549. The Same to Edw. Bacon, Esq. |
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Enclosing a copy of Baron de Behr's further answer relating to
the complaint of the city of Norwich. |
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The Baron's letter. The permission which the King gave to the
States of the Duchies of his German States to levy a duty upon
certain kinds of merchandise, in order to obtain means of paying
the most pressing debts which were unavoidably contracted during
the late war, is the cause of the representations made by the
merchants of Norwich. But as, except in this case of urgent
necessity, the products of English manufacturers are exempt from
all duty, and as the duty in question is raised, without distinction,
on native as well as on foreign fabrics, he does not doubt that they
will reasure themselves that their commerce will run no danger of
being affected by this temporary arrangement. (French.) |
15 Dec.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, pp. 297–300. |
1550. Mr. Stanhope to Messrs. Langlois and Crisp. |
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Enclosing extracts from two letters lately received from Consul
Hollford, dated the 17th and 24th of last month, and a translation
of a letter from the Doge, Governors, and Priors of the Republic
of Genoa to their Minister in England, by him transmitted to Lord
Halifax, all relating to the detention of their corn at Genoa, and to
the determination of the Senate in their favour. |
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The extracts from Consul Hollford's letters. The Serene College
has ordered 210,000 livers to be paid to Messrs. Langlois on account
of their corn, conformable to His Britannic Majesty's sentiments
explained in the memorial of the 17th of Nov. The magistrates of
the Annone are taking measures to comply with the whole of what
His Majesty has decided in favour of Messrs. Langlois and Crisp;
but the total want of money at this moment puts it out of their
power. |
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The letter from the Doge, &c. |
16 Dec.
Ordnance, pcl. 3, 1751–79. |
1551. Col. Robert Boyd to — |
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Relative to Mr. Whitham, objected to by the Court of Spain.
The facts are that Mr. Whitham had long been an inhabitant of
Minorca, where he had a large family, and was known to all the
officers in that garrison, who endeavoured to serve him. He was
employed as an overseer of the workmen before and at the siege
of St. Philip's, where he behaved so well during the siege that he
was appointed to act as an engineer, merely to encourage him and
give him better pay. On the return of the troops, he was strongly
recommended to the late Duke of Marlborough, who intended
to provide for him in the civil, not the engineering branch, as he
was by no means qualified for that position. The Duke died before
anything was done for him, and on the peace he was made
Consul of Majorca. 1½ pp. |
17 Dec.
Dom. Geo. III., pcl. 76, No. 95. |
1552. Mr. Thomas Whately to Edward Sedgwick, Esq. |
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Relative to the estimate of the artillery and stores said to be
wanting in St. Philip's Castle in Minorca. The Lords of the
Treasury think the charges suprisingly large, and that such parts
only ought to be complied with as the Board of Ordnance shall
report to be necessary for the defence of the place.—Treasury
Chambers. 1 p. |
18 Dec.
Scotland, pcl. 89, No. 18 a, b. |
1553. Mr. Alexander Fraser to the Earl of Sandwich. |
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His Majesty's intentions of appointing him General of the
Mint in Scotland, in the room of the late Lord Belhaven, upon his
resigning his office of one of the Commissioners of Justiciary in
Scotland, have been communicated to him. Sends, therefore, such
resignation.—Edinburgh. |
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The enclosure. 2 pp. |
19 Dec.
Ordn. Entry Bk., 1760–76, p. 295.
A draft in Ordnance, v. 5. |
1554. Earl of Halifax to the Master General of the
Ordnance. |
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Directs him to report his opinion on the estimate of the
artillery and stores said to be wanting at St. Philip's Castle in the
Island of Minorca. His Majesty thinks the several charges very
large, and that only such part should be sent as is necessary for the
defence of the place. |
19 Dec.
Treas. Entry Bk., v. 1, 1763–75, p. 77. |
1555. Mr. E. Sedgwick to C. Jenkinson, Esq. |
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Transmitting copies of Governor Murray's and Lieut. Governor
Colden's last returns as to illicit trade, &c. to the circular orders
sent by desire of the Lords of the Treasury to the several Governors
in America; also an extract from a letter from Governor Murray,
with the enclosed list of the several instruments made use of in
public transactions, &c. in the province of Quebec. |
21 Dec.
Dom. Entry Bk., v. 22, p. 301. |
1556. The Same to Mr. Sherwood. |
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According to the Order in Council, Lord Halifax has transmitted
to H.M.'s Ambassador at Madrid his memorial concerning the
capture of the sloop, the "Kinnicut," George Hopkins commander,
with instructions to solicit redress for the grievances therein complained of. Encloses, for the information of his constituents, the
owners of the sloop, a copy of the answer of the Governor of Puerto
de Espana, and of the law proceedings and examinations therein
referred to. |
22 Dec.
Dom. Geo. III., pcl. 76, No. 96. |
1557. Invention. |
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Report of the Attorney General on the petition of Richard
Williams, of the parish of St.Clement Danes, Westminster, Gent.,
praying for letters patent for an invention. See lists for 1765. |
— Dec.
Admiralty, pcl. 153, No. 23. |
1558. —to the Judge of the Admiralty. |
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The "Dey" of Tunis having written to the King on behalf of some
Tunisines, to obtain satisfaction for the bark "St. Anna Valente,"
taken in 1758, asks what proceedings have been had with regard
to her in the Admiralty Court. A draft. 2 pp. |
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1559. Mr. Baron Adams to [the Earl of Sandwich or
Earl of Halifax]. |
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Dom. Geo. III., pcl. 76, No. 99. |
The behaviour of the prisoners mentioned in the enclosed affidavit
requires some special notice. Wm. Atkinson, the ringleader, was
in gaol only under an order of transportation from the Quarter
Sessions. Will, therefore, give directions that proper charges may
be laid before some magistrate of the country to detain him to
answer in such manner as may be thought proper at the coming
assizes. The other five were condemned at York during his illness,
by Mr. Serjeant Aspinall, who is satisfied with the verdict, but who
cannot distinguish any as more notorious or dangerous than the
others. In the outrage in question, two of them are thus distinguished, that they first came to the assistance of Atkinson. 1½ pp. |
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1560. Ireland. |
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Ireland, v. 429. |
Letters from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or his Secretary
addressed to the Earl of Halifax or his Secretary, and vice versâ,
acknowledging the receipt of other letters. [The matter in them
not thought of sufficient importance to merit individual description. Nos. 4, 6, 8, 11, 16, 17, 29, 37, 39, 40, 41, 48, 55, 56, 57, 61.] |
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1561. André Bousignes. |
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Dom. Geo. III., pcl. 76, No 100. |
Memorial of André Bousignes, merchant, of St. Pierre in the
Island of Martinique, asking for some papers relating to a vessel of
his, which was taken in Feb. 1753 by a Spanish privateeer under
English colours, which papers were removed to London when
Martinique was evacuated in July 1763. (French.) 2 pp. |
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*** For papers commencing 11 Nov. 1764, relating to a suspected
plot to burn the dockyards, see under 8 March 1765, No. 1663. |
