Add MS 15936

OFFICIAL LETTERs and despatches from Secretaries of State, and others, addressed to Henry Worsley (second son of Sir Robert Worsley, Bart.), during his Embassy at the Court of Portugal, from 1714 to 1722 ; arranged as follows:-

Letter from William Bromley (Secretary of State), 17 Sept. 1714, f 5 ; -James (afterwards Earl) Stanhope (Secretary of State), Oct. 1714 -25 Aug. 1719 (with a engraved portrait), ff. 6, 15-18, 21, 22, 25, 27, 34, 41, 47-50, 60, 65, 234, 238 ;-" Extrait dune Lettre de Milord Townshend tu Marquis de Monteleone, 12 Nov. 1714," f. 8;-Extracts of Letters from [Charles] Lord Townshend to Mr. [Matthew] Prior, 15 Nov. 1714, and to [Thomas Wentworth] the Earl of Strafford, 23 Nov. 1714, ff. 9, 10;-[Charles] Viscount Townshend (Secretary of State), 30 Nov. 1714-22 Feb. 172 0/1 (with an engraved portrait), ff. 11, 14, 341 ;-Robert Pringle (Under Secretary of State), 14 Dec. 1714-10 May, 1715, ff. 12, 20-56;-Sir Paul Methuen, K.B. (Ambassador to Madrid, and Secretary of State, in the absence of Earl Stanhope), 12 Apr.-30 Aug. 1715, 10 July, 1716-2 Apr. 1717, ff. 24, 26, 28-32, 35, 38, 39, 68, 70, 72, 79, 81, 94 ' 96-99, 104, 112, 114-116, 119-121, 126;-Alelander Cunningham (Resident at Venice), 28 Aug. 1715-29 Jan. 1719, ff'. 36, 45, 66, 87, 102, 152, 170, 178;-Ralph Congreve (Lieut.-Governor of Gibraltar), 30 Aug. 1715, 20 Apr., 20 July, 1716, ff. 40, 59, 69;-George Bubb (Envoy at Madrid, afterwards G. Bubb Doddington, Baron Melcombe), 27 Dec. 1715-10 Sept. 1717 (with engraved portrait), ff. 43, 51, 53, 57, 61, 77, 86, 101, 107, 117, 124, 128, 131 , 133, 138-141 ;-The Duque de Baños, dat. Madrid, 20 Mar. -Nov. 1716, Fr., ff. 54, 92;-Copy of Memorial laid before Mr. Stanhope by Don Louis da Cunha, the King of Portugal's Ambassador to the Court of Great Britain, May, 1716, Fr., f 62;-Declaration of George I., prohibiting seamen from serving foreign Princes, 5 June, 1716, f. 64 ;-Rear-Adml. Charles Cornwall, 30 Aug., 23 Oct. 1716, 3 Aug. 1717, ff. 71, 89, 135;-

Josiah Burchett (Secretary to the Admiralty), two letters, 2 Oct., 27 Nov. 1716 ; the former inclosing a power from the Board to administer the

oaths to George Atkins, storekeeper at Lisbon; signed by Sir George Byng, Sir John Jennings, and Sir Charles Turner, ff. 83, 100;-Letter from Adml. John Baker, dat. Port Mahon, 11 Oct. 1716, f. 85;-The Commis. sioners of the Victualling Office, relative to the appointment of Thomas Revell as their agent at Lisbon, and administration of the oaths, 2 Nov.-17 Jan. 1716, ff. 90, 106, 111 ;-Copy of Memorial from the Board of Ordnance to the Lords of the Admiralty, 11 Jan. 17 16/17, f. 109;-George Tilson (Under Secretary of State), 22 Jan. [ 19 Mar] 171 6/7, ff. I 1 3, 122 ;-Col. Stanhope Cotton (Commandant of Gibraltar), 17 May, 1717, f. 130;-Col. William Stanhope (Envoy Extraordinary to Spain, and afterwards Earl of Harrington), 18 Oct. 1717-21 Nov. 1721, ff. 142, 146, 150, 158, 166, 172, 173, 235, 345. 376;-Temple Stanyan (Under Secretary of State), 10 Dec. 1717, inclosing a narrative in French, of the quarrel between the King [George I] and the Prince of Wales, f. 144; -Copies of two Letters from the Prince of Wales to the King [George I], 30 Nov., 1 Dec. 1717, Fr., f. 148;-James Craggs (Secretary of State), 18 Alar. 171 7/8-7 Feb. 172 0/1 (with an engraved portrait), ff. 155-157, 162, 163, 169, 176, 177, 180, 191-199, 204-208, 213- 218, 221, 223, 226, 228-231, 237, 245, 250, 254, 256, 259-261, 263, 264, 265-267, 271, 272,275-282, 285 288, 296,297, 301-305, 311-314, 316-322, 329-331, 347 ;-Vice-Adml. Sir George Byng, (afterwards Viscount Torrington), 28 May, 12 June, 1718, 16 May, 1719, ff. 160, 161, 202;-Nar. rative of the engagement, under Adml. Byng, between the Spanish and English Fleets, 11 Aug. 1718, Ital. and English, f. 164 ;-Thomas Tickell (Under-Secretary of State), 25 Nov. 1718 (with an engraved portrait), f. 174;-Copies of Letters from Mr. Secry. Craggs to D. Jacinto Borges Pereira de Castro (Portuguese Envoy at London), 18 Feb. 1718/9, 26 May, 7 June, 1720, Fr., ff. 183, 308, 310;-Charles De la Faye (Under-Secretary of State), 12 June 1719-19 Aug. 1720, ff. 209, 220, 227,236, 240, 262, 315;-Extract of a letter from Mr. Pointz, Consul at Lisbon, to the Commissioners for Trade, 5 Nov. 1718 ; with copies of two Letters from the Commissioners to Mr. Secry. Craggs, 21 Nov. 1718, 5 June, 1719, ff. 210-212 Copies of Letters from the Portuguese Envoy to Mr. Secry. Craggs, 15 July

1719, 17, 31 May, 1720, Fr., fF. 224, 306, 309 ;-Copy of Letter from [Juan Gomez da Silva] Count de Tarouca (Portuguese Envoy at the Hague) to Lord Stanhope, - Aug. 1719, Fr., f. 239 ;-Copy of Letter from Josiah Burchett (Secry. to the Admiralty) to Mr. De la Faye, 28 Aug. 1719, inclosing copies of letters from the Commissioners of the Victualling and Edward Bibb, Agent Victualler at Lisbon, ff. 241-243 ;-Copy of Letter from [James Viscount] Stanhope to Count de Tarouca, 3 Sept. 1719, Fr., f. 248;-Extract of a Letter from , containing intelligence of a plot, by D. Joseph Marty and D. Diego de Moya, to surprise Gibraltar. 5 Aug. 1719, Fr., f. 252;-Lieut.-Genl. George Wade to Mr. Worseley, dat. on board the Enterprise, 26 Sept. 1719, f. 258 ;-Copy of Letter from Lord Stanhope to Mr. Secy. Craggs, 4 Oct. 1719, f. 264;-

Extract of advices received by Mr. See' . Craggs, 31 Oct. 1719, f. 268;-

Relation of operations of the expedition under Lord Cobham, 9 Nov. 1719, f. 270;-Resolution of the House of Commons for an address to the King, on his return from Hanover, 23 Nov. 1719, f. 274;-Copy of Letter from the Lords of the Admiralty, to Mr. Secy. Craggs, 14 Jan. 17 19/20, f. 283;-

Copy of the Answer given by the King [George I] to the demand of the

Czar [Peter], presented by his Resident, M. Wesselowsky, 11 Feb. 17 19/20, Fr., f. 289;- "Regulations made by a Board of General Officers, concerning the prices of military employments, and approved by his Majesty." 27 Feb.

17 19/20, f. 298;-Copies of two Memorials from Antonio de Campos (Secretary of the Portuguese Embassy at London) to George I., 17 Nov. 1720, Fr., with the Replies of the East India Company, and of Mr. Secry. Craggs, fr.

324-328;-Copy of Report from the Commissioners of the Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 12 Jan. 1720, f 332;-.Letter from Cha. Carkesse to Messrs. Lowndes and Stanhope, 14 Jan. 1720, f. 334;-Letter from John Beaver to Mr. Worseley, with a postscript by [David Colyear] Earl of Portmore, Gibraltar, 1 Feb. 172 0/1, f 336;-Capt. Charles Stewart (Envoy to the Emperor of Morocco). 12, 25 Feb. 17 20/21, 12 Oct. 1721, ff. 338, 339, 342, 366;-The Earl of Portmore, 1 Mar. 172 0/1, f. 343 ;-[John] Lord Carteret (afterwards Earl Granville, Secretary of State), 21 Mar. 172 0/1-15 Feb.

17 21/22, ff. 347-349, 353-358, 360, 365, 368, 375, 377-379, 383, 385;-Copies of Letters from Lord Carteret to D. [Antonio] Galvão de Castell Branco (Portuguese Minister at London), 18 Apr. 6 Sept. 10 Dec. 1721. Fr., ff. 350, 359, 382;-Copies of Letters from George I. to John V., King of Portugal, and to the Queen of Portugal, announcing the Princess of Wales' delivery of a son, 30 Apr. 1720, Lat. and Fr., ff. 351, 352 ;-Copy of the Memorial of the East India Company to Lord Carteret, 1 Sept. 1721, f 361 ;-Letters from John Balaguier (Secretary (?) to Lord Carteret) to H. Worseley, 14 Oct. 26 Dec. 1721, ff. 367, 384 ;-Copy of Letter from Lord Carteret to the Lords of the Admiralty, 12 Oct. 1721, with the Reply, 13 Oct. 1721, ff. 372, 373.

Prefixed are cuttings from The Daily Journal, 15 June, 8 Feb. 1731, in which are Addresses to Henry Worseley, when Governor of Barbadoes. Quarto. [15,936.]