A. C. 8 were faved; and fhe was fo near the Expedition, 1708. that the Blaft forced much Water into the Ports of her Lower Gun-deck, but did no other Damage. The Vice-Admiral having his Upper-Deck blown up, bore away, as moft of the Fleet had done before; but the Rear Admiral of 44 Guns, and 600 Men, was taken by the Commodore; and had the Kingston and the Portland (who all this time did nothing) bore away after the Vice-Admiral, as 'twas their Orders to do; They muft, in all Probability, have taken or destroy'd moft part of the Fleet; but on the contrary, they only chas'd one Ship of 40 Guns on Shore, which the Enemy burnt; while, in the mean time, the reft of the Fleet made their Escape. The Spanish Admiral, which blew up, was reckon❜d to be worth Thirty- Millions of Pieces of Eight; the Vice-Admiral, that got into Carthagena, Twenty; and tho' the Cargo of the Rear-Admiral was much inferior to the reft, yet Commodore Wager's Share of the Money, amounted to above 100000 Pounds: And this Advantage was the more confiderable, in that it coft him only Two Men kill'd, and Eight or Nine wounded, Commodore Wager, who for this glorious Action, was foon after made Rear-Admiral, arrived with his rich Prize at Port-Royal in Jamaica, on the 8th of July, and justly refenting the late Behaviour of the Commanders of the Kingston and Portland, he caus'd them to be tried by a Court Martial, whofe Refolutions, made publick by * Authority, were as London follows: 4 See the Gazette, 0&. 4. 1708. At a Court Martial held on Board her Majesty's Ship Expedition, at Port-Royal, in Jamaica, the 23d of July, 1708. Trial of the Captains Bridges and Wind PRESENT, for, who Charles Wager, Efq; Commander in Chief of a Squa are both difmifs'd. dron of her Majesty's Ships in the Weft-Indies, Prefident. Captain Barrow Harris, of the Affiftance. Captain Tudor Trevor, of the Windfor. Captain Captain Humphry Pudner, of the Severne, A. C. Captain Stephen Hutchens, of the Scarborough, 1708. All duly Sworn according to an A of Parliament. Captain Simon Bridges, Commander of her Majefty's Ship the Kingston, was tried for not having performed his Duty in a late Action with the Spanish Galleons on the Coast of Carthagena, in New-Spain, on the Twenty Eighth, Twenty Ninth, and Thirtieth of May laft and it did appear by Evidence, upon Oath, That the faid Captain Simon Bridges, through Miscondud, did not use his utmoft Endeavour to engage and take the Enemy, on the Twenth Eighth of May laft, at Night; and that he did too negligently purfue the Chace of the Spanish Vice-Admiral, the Twenty Ninth and Thirtieth; and that he left off Chace, when within Shot of the faid Ship, doubting the Pilot's Knowledge, and being near the Shoal called the Salmadinas, though the Pilot offer'd to carry the Ship within the faid Shoal, after the faid Vice-Admiral; but no want of Perfonal Courage being alledged against him, this Court does only find him guilty of the Breach of part of the Twelfth, and part of 'the Fourteenth Articles of War; and for the faid Offence, do difmifs him, the faid Captain Simon Bridges, from being Captain of her Maje fty's Ship Kingston, 6 A. C. 1708. At a Court Martial held on Board her Majesty's Ship Expedition, at Port-Royal, in Jamaica, the 23d of July, 1708. PRESENT, Charles Wager, Efq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of Her Majesty's Ships, in the West-Indies, Prefident: . Captain Barrow Harris, of the Affiftance, All duly Sworn according to an Act of Parliament. Captain Edward Windfor, Commander of her Majefty's Ship, Portland, being tried, for not doing his Duty, in a late Action, with the Spanifh Galleons, on the Coast of Carthagena, in New Spain, on the 28th, 29th, and 30th of May laft; it did appear by Evidence, upon Oath, That the faid Capt. Edward Windfor was flack in his Duty, "by not bearing fo near the Enemy,as to keep fight of fame of them, when they were engaged on the 28th,at Night; that upon chacing the Enemy,next Day, by Signal from the Commodore, he left off chace, and bore down to the Kingston, in the Evening, when he ought not to have done fo; and that, on the 30th, when the Kingston and Portland chaced the Vice-Admiral of the Galleons, near "Salmadinas, he fhortned Sail before he came up with the faid Ship, and did not pursue the Chace of the faid Ship, fo far as he might have done; but it appears, that he was led into these Mistakes through want of Judgment, and having too great a Regard to Captain Bridges.of the Kington, as a fenior Officer. This Court having duly confidered the whole Matter, do find him guilty of Breach of fome part of the 12th, and part of the 14th Articles of War; and for the faid Offence, 6 6 do do difmifs him, the faid Captain Edward Windfor, A. C. from being Captain of Her Majesty's Ship, Port- 1708. land. Charles Wager, Barrow Harris, Henry Long, Tudor Trevor, Stephen Hutchens, Port fmouth. Before we leave maritime Affairs, we must take The Q. of Notice, that as Admiral Leake had the Honour to Portugals Convoy the Queen of Spain fafe to her Royal Con- Voyage. fort; fo Admiral Bing had the fame Advantage, in relation to the Queen of Portugal; who, after a tedious ftay in Holland, for a fair Wind, embark'd Her Recep towards the End of September, O. S. on Board the tion and British Squadron, which was fent into the Maefe,for Entertain. her Transportation to Portsmouth, under the Com- ment at mand of Rear-Admiral Baker. Upon her Arrival at Spithead, on the 24th of September, her Majefty went on Board the Royal Anne, where Sir George Bing receiv'd her, with the Discharge of the Cannon; her Majefty being, at the fame Time, faluted from the Town of Portsmouth. The next Day, her Majefty landing there, Colonel Godfrey, whom the Queen of Great Britain had fent to the Hague, to compliment her Portugueze Majefty, and take Care of her Accommodation, during her Voyage, provided the best Lodgings for her Majesty, and her numerous Retinue, which the Place could afford; and gave her a Royal Entertainment. Upon her Majesty's coming a-Shore, fhe was attended by the Imperial and Portugueze Envoys, who had for fome Days, waited her Arrival; And the fame Day (Sept. 25th) the Duke of Grafton, and the Lord De-* laware, Groom of the Stole to the Prince of Denmark, went from Windfor to Portsmouth, to compliment her Portugueze Majefty, the first in her Britannick's Majefty's Name, the other on the Part of his Royal Highnefs: Which Compliments her Portugueze Majefty, return.d Four Days after † by Don Lewis da Choncha, the Portugueze Envoy. On the 6th of October, Ó. S. the Queen of Portugal went on Board the Royal Anne; the next Morning, the Fleet, commanded by Admiral Bing, fail'd from O 3 Spithead ; +Sept.29. O.S. A. C. Spithead and, being favour'd by the Winds, came 1708. to an Anchor the 25th of that Month, N. S. at Cafcais; and on the 27th, went up the River of LisShe arrives bon. The King, with feveral ftately Barges, went at Lisbon, on Board the Royal Anne, to welcome the Queen Oct. 27. and returning from thence, their Majefties landed N. S. at the Bridge of the Palace, under a magnificent triumphal Arch; from whence they proceeded through a vaft Crowd of People, to the Royal Cha. pel, where they receiv'd the Nuptial Benediction, and heard Te Deum fung. His Majefty conducted the Queen to her Apartment; they fupp'd in Publick with the Infantas; and there were great Rejoicings upon this Occafion; and Fireworks and Illuminations for three Nights together. The Arrival of the Queen was attended with fome other Circumftances which encreafed the Joy of the People; for on the 23d, Four Ships from Brazil came into that River, with Advice, That the reft of that fo long expected Fleet were near the Coaft. Sir George) Sir Geo. Bing having receiv'd a handfom Prefent from the Bing fails Court of Portugal, fail'd, fome Weeks after, from for the the River of Lisbon, to go and take upon him the Mediter- Command of the Confederate Fleet in the Mediterranean. ranean. Diftratiens in the City of Hamburgh. The City of Hamburgh being, about the Beginning of the Spring, diftracted by popular Factions. and inteftine Troubles, the Neighbouring Princes concern'd themselves in the Quarrel; and the DireEtors of the Circle of Lower-Saxony, by the Emperor's Allowance, fent a Garrison thither, in order to compofe the Differences between the Burghers and their Magiftrates. Hereupon, the King of Denmark, who claims an Hereditary Title to that City, wrote a Letter to the Hamburghers, importing, 'That fince he had Reafon to apprehend, That, by the Interpofition of fuch Powers, fome Things might be tranfacted to the Prejudice of his Right, and that of the Houfe of Gottorp, he requir'd both the Magiftracy and Burghers, on Pain of his Difpleasure and Refentment, to agree to nothing that fhould appear prejudicial to his Right, or contrary to their Engagements. In the mean while, the Troops of Denmark were in Motion in Holftein, and his Danish Majefty being likewife arriv'd there, it was |