"A State of the Accompt of the Cheft of Ships, Guard-fhips, and Ordinaries, paid by George Dodington Efquire, Paymaster of His Majefty's Navy, between the Firft of April 1687 and 31th March 1688.

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now Coin

"miffioner of

"the Navy.

RICH. VITTELLS.
ROB. LEE.

B. TYMEWELL, now

One of the Com

miflioners of the

Navy.

W. BROWNE.

THO. AUSTEN.

RDS. THOMAS SMITHECK.

JAMES EDWARDS.

"Balance, 1106 67

£. 1959 16 8

"Mr. George Doddington likewife produced an Original Letter from the Governors of the Chest at Chatham ; "a Copy whereof is as follows; (videlicet,)

"SIR,

"At our general Meeting this Time, to pay the Penfioners who receive Allowances from the Cheft, we have "been informed, by Mr. Lyddell and Mr. Tymewell, of the Service you do the Cheft, in the careful collecting, "and timely accompting with our Officer at London, for what comes under your Management, from the Seamen ferving in the Navy; and fhould be glad it were in our Power of making you fuch Allowance for the fame as you defire. But, upon Inquiry and Search into our Books, we can neither be informed, or find, that any greater Allowance has been given to your Predeceffors, than what has been lately made you, at your last accompting with Mr. Lyddell. We are of Opinion, that your Service deferves a more encouraging Allowance; "but at this Time, when the Cheft is in Debt, and for Support of the Charge are furnished with Money by "Impreft, we do not think it fafe for us (or truly in our Power) to increase the accuftomary Allowance, other "than has been made. If the Improvement of the Revenue should at any Time become able to defray the "Charge, and put us out of Debt, and be fufficient to enable us to make any extraordinary Expence, we "believe, that Application made at fuch a Time may be seasonable. We are, Sir,

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"A State of the Accompt of the Cheft, of Ships, Guard-ships, and Ordinaries, paid by George Dodington
Efquire, Paymaster of their Majefties Navy, between the 1ft April 1689, and the 31th March fol-
"lowing.

"Mr. George Dodington alfo produced the Treasurer of the Navy's Ledger for the Year 1689, and in the "voluntary Charge thereof, the Treasurer of the Navy is charged with the Sum of £.924 95. 7 d. (being "the abovefaid Balance) towards clearing the Imprefts granted and paid to the Governors of the Cheft at Chatham, which faid voluntary Charge is figned by the Commiffioners of the Navy under-mentioned.

1o Octob. 1691.

"RICH. HADDOCK.
"RICH. BEACH.

"Die Sabbati, 11 March 1703. H.

JOHN TIPPITTS.
D. LYDDELL.
"CHA. SERGISON."

Report to be printed and published.

Scotch Confpiracy:

Address for a
Paidon for
Sir J. Mac-
lean:

Order for his

mert difcharged.

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"Examinations of Mr. John Coupland, touching the Right Honourable the Earl of Orford's Request to the
"Honourable the Commiffioners of Public Accompts.

Mr. John Coupland (fworn at the Bar) faith, "That when the Earl of Orford was before the Commiffioners for
Accompts, his Lordship defired them, That if they were not fatisfied with his Accompts, or if any Thing therein
was dubious, they would give him Notice, and he would endeavour to clear the fame." They agreed thereto;
"and told his Lordship, "That, if any Thing of that Nature happened, his Lordship should be acquainted there-
"with," or to that Effect; and, to the best of his Remembrance, they said, "it was very reasonable." But he
"hath not heard fince then, they ever fent to his Lordship."

To which Report the House agreed, and ordered as follows:

"It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the Report made this Day, from the Lords Committees appointed to take into Confideration the Obfervations of the Commiffioners "appointed by a late Act of Parliament, for taking, examining, and ftating, the Public Accompts of the Kingdom, and the Anfwers put in thereunto, with the Commiffioners of Accompts Reply, and any other "Matters relating thereunto, fhall be forthwith printed and published.”

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The Order being read, for taking into further Confideration the Report from the Lords Committees appointed to examine into the Scotch Confpiracy, and the Papers and Matters relating thereunto: And it being propofed, "To addrefs to Her Majefty, for a Pardon to "Sir John Macleane;" and Debate thereupon:

And, after long Debate thereupon, and feveral
The House came to the following Refolution; vi- Questions propofed relating thereto, this Question was
delicet,
ftated; (videlicet,)

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temclofe Confine poral in Parliament affembled, That the Order of this House, of the Two and Twentieth of February last, for the close Confinement of Sir John Macleane, now in The Tower of London, fhall be, and is hereby, discharged.

Scotch Confpiracy:

Ferguson's
Papers:

Refolutions,

"of the Third of May laft, is a Reflection upon the In-
"structions given by his Royal Highnefs the Prince,
"and a Juftification of Vice Admiral Greydon's fcan-
"dalous Mifcarriage."

That the not taking him up, and profecuting him for them, is of dangerous

That it doth not appear to this Houfe, That the faid
Paragraph was put into The Gazette by Order of the
Cabinet Council.

Then the Order being read, for taking into further
Confideration the Papers and Matters relating to the
Scotch Conspiracy:

And Mr. Robert Ferguson's First Narrative, dated De-
cember 24th, 1703; and alfo his Second Narrative,
dated the 27th Dec. 1703, being read:

The House thereupon declared as followeth; videlicet,

Refolved, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the not paffing a Cenfure upon Mr. Robert Ferguson's Two Papers, dated the 24th and 27th December, 1703, which were by him delivered to the Cabinet Council, nor ordering him to be taken into Cuftody, nor profecuted for the fame, before they were laid before this Houfe, is a great Encouragement to Her Majefty's Enemies, and of dangerous Confequence to the Government, and the Proteftant Succef

After long Debate thereupon; the following Quef- fion as established by Law.
tion was stated; (videlicet,)

"That the not paffing a Cenfure on the Author of "the faid Papers, nor ordering him to be taken into Cuftody, nor profecuted for the fame, before they were laid before this Houfe, is a great Encourage ment to Her Majefty's Enemies, and of dangerous Confequence: Confequence to the Government, and the Proteftant "Succeffion as established by Law."

to be

The Houfe having this Day read Mr. Robert Fergu-Ferguson orJon's Two Narratives, or Papers, dated the 24th and profecuted 27th December, and delivered by him to the Cabinet Council, which are declared by this Houfe to be false, fcandalous, and feditious, contrived to ftifle the Scotch Confpiracy, tending to create an ill Opinion in Her Majefty of Her good Subjects, and to promote the Intereft of the pretended Prince of Wales :

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That Sir Edward Northey, Her Majefty's Attorney General, do forthwith profecute the faid Robert Ferguson for the fame, with the utmost Severity, according to Law.

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod attending this House, his Deputy or Deputies, in whofe Cuftody Mr. Robert Ferguson now is, do forthwith carry the faid Robert Ferguson to the Prifon of Newgate, there to be kept in fafe Cuftody, until he fhall be delivered by due Courfe of Law; and this fhall be a fufficient Warrant on that Behalf.

To the Gentleman Usher of the

Black Rod attending this House,
his Deputy and Deputies, and
every of them.