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           Baston's
           Case
           VINDICATED
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           Brief
           Account
           of
           some
           Evil
           Practices
           Of
           the
           Present
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           &c.
           
           As
           they
           were
           Prov'd
           :
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Before
             the
             Admiralty
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Before
             the
             Council
             ;
             And
          
           
             3.
             
             Before
             the
             Commissioners
             for
             Stating
             the
             Publick
             Accounts
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           please
           your
           Lordships
           .
        
         
           IF
           the
           delaying
           and
           perverting
           of
           Justice
           ,
           Supporting
           the
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           Persecuting
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           Matters
           which
           concern
           the
           Publick
           Welfare
           ,
           be
           fit
           for
           the
           Cognizance
           of
           Parliaments
           :
           Then
           ,
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           ,
           the
           following
           Matters
           may
           not
           be
           improper
           for
           this
           
             Most
             August
             Assembly
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Duty
           I
           owe
           to
           my
           King
           and
           Country
           ,
           and
           the
           Impositions
           and
           hard
           usage
           
           I
           have
           receiv'd
           ,
           has
           oblig'd
           me
           to
           lay
           before
           this
           
             Most
             Honourable
             House
          
           ;
           humbly
           praying
           ,
           all
           due
           Protection
           and
           Incouragement
           ,
           against
           my
           many
           powerful
           Adversaries
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           I
           have
           been
           ,
           or
           shall
           be
           found
           in
           the
           right
           ;
           and
           more
           especially
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           I
           did
           my
           Duty
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           Repugnant
           to
           my
           own
           private
           Interest
           .
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             With
             all
             profound
             Respect
             ,
             Your
             Lordships
             Most
             Obedient
             Servant
             ,
             Samuel
             Baston
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Baston's
           Case
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           Was
           a
           Clerk
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           and
           Exchanging
           Prisoners
           at
           War
           ,
           about
           4
           Years
           ;
           towards
           the
           end
           of
           which
           time
           I
           came
           to
           understand
           the
           following
           Miscarriages
           ;
           particularly
           that
           of
           the
           Prisoners
           at
           War
           ,
           which
           I
           happened
           to
           know
           after
           this
           manner
           :
           I
           being
           part
           Owner
           of
           a
           Vessel
           imploy'd
           in
           Transporting
           Prisoners
           at
           War
           ,
           between
           Dover
           and
           Callais
           ,
           the
           Capt.
           of
           the
           said
           Vessel
           was
           obstructed
           in
           getting
           his
           money
           for
           the
           Freight
           of
           the
           French
           Prisoners
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           general
           (a)
           Cartel
           was
           to
           be
           paid
           by
           the
           Commissary
           of
           that
           Port
           in
           France
           where
           they
           should
           be
           landed
           .
           But
           at
           length
           the
           Capt.
           peremptorily
           demanding
           the
           said
           money
           of
           the
           Commissary
           at
           Callais
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Cartel
           ;
           the
           Commissary
           told
           him
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           That
           he
           own'd
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Cartel
           ,
           but
           had
           never
           paid
           any
           money
           on
           that
           account
           since
           the
           War
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           could
           not
           do
           it
           without
           Orders
           from
           Paris
           :
           for
           that
           (b)
           Monsieur
           
             Joseph
             Dulivier
          
           ,
           was
           the
           Man
           concerned
           in
           that
           Affair
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           part
           in
           all
           the
           Exchange
           Vessels
           ;
           
           after
           which
           the
           said
           Capt.
           going
           to
           France
           ,
           did
           write
           to
           Paris
           to
           
             Joseph
             Dulivier
          
           ,
           demanding
           by
           what
           power
           he
           received
           ,
           or
           stopt
           his
           money
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           general
           Cartel
           ;
           in
           answer
           to
           which
           the
           said
           
             Joseph
             Dulivier
          
           ,
           and
           (a)
           
             Peter
             Dulivier
          
           ,
           his
           Cousin
           ,
           wrote
           the
           said
           Capt.
           several
           Letters
           .
           But
           soon
           after
           this
           the
           Capt.
           was
           turned
           out
           ,
           for
           a
           pretended
           Crime
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           the
           Ship
           was
           also
           shuffled
           out
           of
           the
           Service
           .
           But
           the
           Capt.
           giving
           me
           these
           Letters
           he
           received
           from
           Mr.
           Dalivier
           ,
           and
           after
           I
           had
           got
           those
           translated
           that
           were
           written
           in
           French
           ;
           and
           seeing
           they
           contain'd
           matters
           of
           dangerous
           consequence
           ,
           to
           my
           great
           surprize
           ,
           I
           forthwith
           acquainted
           the
           Commissioners
           therewith
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           27th
           of
           October
           ,
           1693.
           
           I
           laid
           all
           the
           said
           
           Dulivier's
           Letters
           before
           them
           ,
           at
           a
           full
           Board
           ;
           as
           also
           a
           Paper
           of
           Queries
           relating
           to
           the
           Miscarriages
           of
           the
           Transport
           Ships
           ,
           which
           I
           recommended
           to
           them
           to
           enquire
           into
           ;
           Upon
           reading
           of
           which
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           French
           Letters
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           (
           especially
           Mr.
           Addison
           )
           *
           commended
           my
           Care
           and
           Zeal
           for
           the
           publick
           good
           ,
           giving
           it
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           an
           unlawful
           Correspondence
           held
           with
           the
           French
           ;
           Otherwise
           ,
           Dr.
           Welwood
           said
           ,
           Dulivier
           must
           be
           Lunatick
           when
           he
           writ
           them
           Letters
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           Kirkby
           said
           ,
           That
           if
           Dulivier
           had
           a
           part
           in
           the
           Transport
           Ships
           ,
           Mr.
           Churchil
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           intrusted
           in
           that
           Affair
           ,
           was
           a
           great
           Villain
           ;
           whereupon
           the
           Commissioners
           did
           send
           for
           Mr.
           Churchil
           ,
           and
           one
           Mr.
           Masters
           ,
           whom
           Dulivier
           had
           said
           in
           one
           of
           his
           Letters
           ,
           was
           Partner
           with
           him
           ;
           which
           said
           Masters
           had
           been
           turn'd
           out
           by
           the
           Queens
           Order
           ,
           signified
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           by
           
           the
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           for
           Actions
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           had
           afterwards
           gone
           several
           Voyages
           to
           
             France
             ,
             incognito
          
           ,
           in
           contempt
           of
           her
           Majesties
           Order
           ;
           and
           when
           Mr.
           Churchil
           and
           Mr.
           Masters
           attended
           the
           Board
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           in
           with
           the
           Commissioners
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           I
           was
           also
           called
           in
           ;
           and
           Dr.
           Wellwood
           taking
           up
           the
           Queries
           which
           related
           to
           Mr.
           Churchil
           ,
           ask'd
           him
           to
           this
           Effect
           ,
           Whether
           he
           was
           the
           (a)
           True
           Owner
           of
           the
           Ships
           he
           solicited
           for
           ,
           or
           whether
           he
           solicited
           for
           a
           gratuity
           ?
           To
           which
           Mr.
           Churchil
           answered
           ,
           He
           had
           as
           good
           ask
           him
           ,
           Whether
           he
           had
           lain
           with
           another
           man's
           Wife
           ?
           Upon
           which
           Mr.
           Addison
           took
           the
           Queries
           out
           of
           the
           Doctor
           's
           hand
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           They
           were
           not
           fair
           questions
           .
           And
           Mr.
           Kirkby
           said
           ,
           'T
           was
           no
           matter
           who
           were
           Owners
           ,
           so
           the
           King's
           business
           was
           done
           ;
           bidding
           me
           keep
           a
           Copy
           of
           what
           I
           had
           laid
           before
           them
           ,
           hinting
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           be
           fued
           at
           Law
           for
           Scandal
           .
           Some
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           also
           mov'd
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           leave
           my
           French
           Letters
           in
           the
           Custody
           of
           *
           Mr.
           Garrard
           ,
           their
           Secretary
           ;
           which
           I
           Refus'd
           to
           do
           ;
           answering
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           trusted
           me
           to
           keep
           the
           King's
           Papers
           ,
           I
           thought
           they
           might
           easily
           trust
           me
           to
           keep
           my
           own
           .
           Then
           they
           proceeded
           to
           examine
           Mr.
           Masters
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           present
           asking
           him
           ,
           How
           he
           durst
           go
           privately
           several
           Voyages
           to
           France
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           been
           turned
           out
           by
           the
           Queens
           Order
           ,
           for
           Actions
           against
           the
           Government
           ?
           who
           did
           not
           only
           own
           the
           Fact
           ,
           but
           very
           confidently
           answered
           ,
           That
           he
           did
           the
           Nation
           no
           wrong
           ,
           but
           good
           service
           by
           it
           :
           
           And
           Mr.
           Churchill
           (
           who
           was
           seated
           at
           the
           Board
           with
           the
           Commissioners
           )
           looking
           over
           the
           back
           of
           his
           Chair
           ,
           told
           Mr.
           Masters
           ,
           Thar
           he
           went
           to
           France
           (a)
           without
           his
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           he
           was
           punish'd
           for
           it
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           help
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           Commissioners
           said
           ,
           they
           would
           lay
           his
           Crime
           before
           the
           Council
           (
           though
           I
           believe
           't
           was
           the
           least
           of
           their
           Thoughts
           :
           )
           And
           Mr.
           Addison
           turning
           about
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           was
           Angry
           ,
           and
           asking
           Mr.
           Garrard
           ,
           their
           present
           Secretary
           ,
           how
           these
           matters
           came
           to
           pass
           ;
           Mr.
           Garrard
           Answer'd
           in
           a
           passion
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           not
           lay
           the
           fault
           upon
           him
           ,
           for
           some
           of
           them
           knew
           of
           
           Masters's
           going
           as
           well
           as
           he
           :
           This
           unexpected
           Answer
           drove
           the
           Commissioners
           to
           a
           full
           point
           ,
           for
           they
           look'd
           one
           upon
           another
           ,
           and
           made
           no
           Reply
           .
           But
           now
           the
           Tables
           are
           turn'd
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           am
           the
           chief
           offender
           ;
           for
           Mr.
           Masters
           takes
           up
           the
           Diseourse
           ,
           and
           tells
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           That
           the
           Cause
           of
           his
           being
           turn'd
           out
           was
           by
           a
           malicious
           Information
           ,
           That
           I
           had
           carry'd
           to
           my
           Lord
           
           Nottingham's
           Office
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           Churchill
           back'd
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           He
           had
           Witness
           that
           wou'd
           swear
           it
           ,
           and
           mention'd
           one
           Mr.
           Armstrong
           in
           my
           Lord
           
           Nottingham's
           Office
           (
           a
           Gentleman
           that
           I
           know
           not
           )
           upon
           which
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           were
           angry
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Addison
           said
           ,
           They
           would
           keep
           no
           Clerks
           that
           were
           Informers
           ;
           I
           confess
           I
           was
           surpris'd
           at
           this
           shamming
           Accusation
           ,
           and
           offer'd
           the
           Commissioners
           to
           make
           Oath
           ,
           That
           neither
           directly
           ,
           or
           indirectly
           ,
           I
           never
           carry'd
           any
           such
           Information
           ,
           or
           knew
           any
           thing
           of
           
           the
           doing
           thereof
           ,
           challenging
           Mr.
           Churchill
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           if
           he
           was
           able
           ;
           but
           this
           silenc'd
           all
           the
           other
           matters
           concerning
           the
           Correspondence
           with
           Mr.
           Dulivier
           ;
           for
           most
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           rose
           from
           the
           Board
           in
           a
           great
           passion
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           Churchill
           being
           come
           out
           of
           the
           Office
           ,
           into
           Scotland-Yard
           ,
           threatned
           me
           ,
           That
           if
           I
           would
           not
           desist
           ,
           he
           would
           make
           me
           run
           my
           Country
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           Masters
           thought
           fit
           to
           challenge
           me
           to
           meet
           him
           out
           of
           the
           Verge
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           the
           Secretary
           Mr.
           Garrard
           bid
           me
           have
           a
           care
           what
           I
           did
           ,
           for
           Mr.
           Churchill
           was
           a
           Man
           of
           great
           Interest
           at
           Court
           :
           and
           I
           happening
           ,
           upon
           this
           ,
           to
           meet
           Mr.
           Addison
           coming
           down
           stairs
           from
           the
           Office
           ;
           I
           acquainted
           him
           of
           the
           ill
           Treatment
           I
           had
           had
           from
           Mr.
           Churchill
           and
           Masters
           ,
           who
           ,
           walking
           away
           in
           hast
           ,
           very
           scornfully
           Answer'd
           ,
           That
           he
           could
           not
           help
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           would
           not
           rule
           my
           Tongue
           ;
           So
           I
           finding
           much
           discouragement
           ,
           and
           seeing
           the
           said
           miscarriages
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           acted
           in
           them
           ,
           incourag'd
           by
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           I
           resolv'd
           to
           lay
           down
           my
           Employment
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           discovery
           thereof
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           ,
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           Feb.
           1693
           /
           4
           ,
           I
           acquainted
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           at
           a
           full
           Board
           ,
           That
           I
           designed
           to
           leave
           my
           Employment
           ,
           and
           desir'd
           their
           Discharge
           ,
           at
           which
           they
           seem'd
           extreamly
           startled
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           their
           former
           method
           of
           Threats
           ,
           fell
           now
           to
           good
           words
           ,
           useing
           all
           manner
           of
           perswasions
           and
           Arguments
           with
           me
           to
           stay
           ,
           telling
           me
           ,
           I
           was
           only
           in
           a
           Passion
           ,
           and
           desired
           me
           to
           consider
           of
           it
           till
           the
           next
           morning
           ,
           when
           I
           would
           be
           in
           a
           better
           humour
           ,
           which
           was
           all
           the
           Answer
           I
           could
           then
           get
           of
           them
           .
           But
           coming
           again
           the
           next
           day
           to
           the
           Boatd
           ,
           and
           persisting
           in
           my
           Resolution
           to
           leave
           their
           Office
           ,
           they
           all
           fell
           to
           make
           Declarations
           each
           Man
           for
           himself
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           not
           Cheated
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           ask'd
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           believed
           e'er
           a
           Man
           at
           that
           Board
           had
           Cheated
           the
           King
           ?
           I
           told
           them
           it
           was
           an
           insnaring
           
           question
           for
           me
           to
           answer
           while
           I
           was
           their
           Clerk
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           would
           give
           me
           my
           Discharge
           ,
           I
           would
           answer
           that
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           question
           they
           should
           ask
           me
           ;
           at
           which
           Mr.
           Elder
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           lifted
           up
           his
           hands
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           in
           a
           frighted
           posture
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           O
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           was
           ever
           against
           that
           (a)
           
           Masters's
           going
           ▪
           to
           which
           words
           none
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           made
           any
           Answer
           .
           But
           I
           still
           press'd
           for
           my
           discharge
           ,
           and
           the
           Commissioners
           continued
           to
           offer
           more
           Arguments
           for
           me
           to
           stay
           ;
           one
           of
           them
           declaring
           he
           would
           go
           an
           hundred
           Miles
           to
           serve
           me
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           if
           I
           would
           stay
           till
           my
           Father
           in
           Law
           came
           to
           Town
           ,
           they
           would
           prevail
           with
           him
           to
           lay
           out
           a
           considerable
           Sum
           of
           Mony
           ,
           and
           purchase
           me
           a
           Place
           ,
           which
           I
           might
           hold
           by
           a
           Deputy
           ,
           and
           yet
           continue
           in
           their
           Office
           .
           Mr.
           Addison
           also
           said
           ,
           Mr.
           Baston
           ,
           suppose
           we
           comply
           with
           all
           your
           demands
           ,
           what
           then
           ?
           To
           which
           I
           Answer'd
           ,
           That
           I
           could
           not
           continue
           in
           their
           Office
           ;
           the
           Commissioners
           also
           ask'd
           me
           how
           I
           design'd
           to
           dispose
           of
           my self
           ?
           and
           that
           if
           I
           would
           seek
           any
           Employment
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           know
           what
           it
           was
           ,
           they
           would
           go
           in
           a
           Body
           and
           Recommend
           me
           ;
           telling
           me
           also
           ,
           That
           they
           would
           never
           consent
           to
           my
           leaving
           the
           Office
           ,
           without
           the
           Approbation
           of
           my
           Father
           in
           Law
           ,
           because
           if
           it
           should
           prove
           my
           Ruin
           ,
           they
           believ'd
           my
           Father
           would
           blame
           them
           as
           accessory
           to
           it
           :
           But
           perceiving
           they
           would
           not
           give
           me
           my
           discharge
           ,
           I
           acquainted
           them
           from
           that
           day
           forward
           ,
           I
           was
           no
           more
           their
           Clerk
           ;
           to
           which
           they
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           since
           no
           perswasions
           would
           preval
           with
           me
           to
           stay
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           help
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           thay
           hop'd
           I
           was
           not
           going
           to
           bring
           
           any
           Complaint
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           Gibson
           had
           formerly
           done
           :
           These
           and
           several
           other
           Arguments
           of
           like
           nature
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           did
           make
           use
           of
           publickly
           at
           their
           Board
           to
           prevail
           with
           me
           to
           stay
           in
           their
           Office
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           been
           a
           little
           more
           large
           in
           reciting
           these
           Discourses
           ,
           because
           these
           Gentlemen
           were
           so
           shameless
           as
           to
           insert
           in
           their
           Answer
           to
           my
           Complaint
           ,
           which
           they
           gave
           in
           Writing
           under
           four
           of
           their
           Hands
           ,
           to
           the
           Council-Board
           ,
           That
           they
           turn'd
           me
           out
           of
           their
           Office
           for
           Misdemeanour
           ,
           hoping
           by
           the
           help
           of
           that
           monstrous
           untruth
           to
           have
           blacken'd
           my
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           extenuated
           their
           own
           miscarriages
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           proceed
           ,
           finding
           they
           would
           not
           give
           me
           my
           discharge
           ,
           I
           left
           their
           Office
           in
           Feb.
           1693
           /
           4
           ,
           with
           a
           considerable
           sum
           of
           Mony
           due
           to
           me
           ,
           for
           Travelling
           Charges
           and
           Sallary
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           not
           paid
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           and
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           March
           following
           ,
           did
           lay
           the
           miscarriages
           of
           these
           Commissioners
           in
           Writing
           before
           the
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           which
           met
           with
           suddain
           dispatch
           ,
           being
           within
           three
           days
           after
           sent
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           with
           the
           King's
           Order
           thereupon
           ,
           to
           examin
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           Report
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           whereupon
           their
           Lordships
           forthwith
           summon'd
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           with
           my self
           ,
           and
           several
           others
           concern'd
           ,
           to
           attend
           their
           Honourable
           Board
           ;
           and
           after
           the
           Examination
           was
           perfected
           ,
           their
           Lordships
           made
           a
           Report
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           a
           Copy
           of
           which
           I
           obtain'd
           about
           April
           ,
           1694.
           by
           an
           Order
           of
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           (
           the
           better
           to
           enable
           me
           to
           prove
           the
           Complaint
           a
           second
           time
           before
           the
           Council
           )
           which
           Copy
           I
           have
           inserted
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               By
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Executing
               the
               Office
               of
               Lord
               High
               Admiral
               of
               England
               and
               
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Admiralty
                 Office
                 
                   14
                   th
                   .
                   April
                   ,
                   94.
                   
                
              
            
             
               IN
               Obedience
               to
               your
               Majesties
               Pleasure
               ,
               signified
               to
               this
               Board
               by
               Letter
               from
               my
               Lord
               Shrewsbury
               ,
               of
               the
               
               8th
               of
               March
               last
               ,
               for
               our
               examining
               into
               a
               Complaint
               made
               against
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Sick
               and
               Wounded
               Seamen
               ,
               and
               Exchange
               of
               Prisoners
               at
               War
               ;
               of
               the
               Mismanagement
               of
               the
               Business
               under
               their
               Care
               :
               We
               having
               examin'd
               into
               it
               ,
               do
               humbly
               make
               the
               following
               Report
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 First
                 Article
                 
                   Charges
                   the
                   Commissioners
                
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 they
                 were
                 informed
                 ,
                 that
                 Monsieur
                 Peter
                 and
                 
                   Jos
                   .
                   Dulivier
                
                 ,
                 in
                 France
                 ,
                 were
                 concern●d
                 in
                 the
                 Transport
                 Ships
                 employed
                 in
                 the
                 Exchanging
                 Prisoners
                 between
                 England
                 and
                 France
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 instead
                 of
                 their
                 taking
                 any
                 Care
                 to
                 redress
                 it
                 ,
                 they
                 discouraged
                 those
                 that
                 gave
                 them
                 the
                 Information
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Upon
                 the
                 First
                 Article
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 appeared
                 to
                 this
                 Board
                 ,
                 That
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 for
                 Sick
                 and
                 Wounded
                 Seamen
                 and
                 Exchange
                 of
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 Inform'd
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Board
                 ,
                 That
                 Mr.
                 Baston
                 told
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 make
                 it
                 appear
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Duliviers
                 were
                 concern'd
                 in
                 the
                 Transport-Ships
                 ,
                 employed
                 in
                 Exchange
                 of
                 Prisoners
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 grounds
                 of
                 the
                 Suspitions
                 were
                 from
                 a
                 Letter
                 from
                 
                   Joseph
                   Dulivier
                
                 ,
                 to
                 Capt.
                 Bayley
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 dated
                 at
                 Paris
                 the
                 
                 24th
                 of
                 
                   February
                   ,
                   1692
                
                 ,
                 wherein
                 Dulivier
                 says
                 ,
                 He
                 has
                 received
                 his
                 Letter
                 from
                 Bulloign
                 ,
                 adviseing
                 of
                 his
                 coming
                 there
                 with
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 desires
                 to
                 know
                 who
                 employed
                 him
                 ;
                 for
                 that
                 he
                 expects
                 to
                 be
                 half
                 concern'd
                 in
                 the
                 Passage
                 of
                 Prisoners
                 brought
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 is
                 
                 with
                 Masters
                 and
                 others
                 .
                 And
                 
                   Peter
                   Dulivier
                
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Letter
                 from
                 Paris
                 the
                 
                 25th
                 
                   July
                   ,
                   1693.
                
                 to
                 the
                 said
                 Capt.
                 Bayley
                 ,
                 tells
                 him
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 and
                 his
                 Cousin
                 
                   Jos
                   .
                   Dulivier
                
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 at
                 great
                 Charges
                 in
                 setling
                 the
                 (a)
                 manner
                 of
                 Exchanging
                 of
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 expects
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 Advantage
                 he
                 has
                 already
                 demanded
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 be
                 at
                 half
                 of
                 the
                 Charges
                 ,
                 and
                 half
                 of
                 the
                 Profit
                 or
                 Loss
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Passages
                 :
                 And
                 by
                 another
                 Letter
                 from
                 
                   Jos
                   .
                   Dulivier
                
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Majet
                 and
                 Exquemelin
                 ,
                 dated
                 at
                 Paris
                 the
                 
                 9th
                 
                   September
                   ,
                   1693.
                
                 he
                 tells
                 them
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 has
                 made
                 the
                 Agreement
                 about
                 the
                 Exchange
                 of
                 Prisoners
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 ,
                 with
                 
                   Monsieur
                   Delagnii
                
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 England
                 ;
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 this
                 War
                 has
                 received
                 the
                 payment
                 of
                 all
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 returned
                 ;
                 and
                 informs
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 till
                 this
                 time
                 he
                 has
                 a
                 share
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Transport
                   Vessels
                
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 given
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Undertakers
                   of
                   the
                   Trades
                
                 ,
                 in
                 consideration
                 of
                 his
                 pains
                 in
                 setling
                 that
                 Affair
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 allowed
                 by
                 them
                 about
                 
                   30
                   Sous
                
                 for
                 each
                 Prisoner
                 brought
                 into
                 France
                 .
                 And
                 by
                 Jos
                 .
                 Dulivier's
                 Letter
                 of
                 the
                 
                 26th
                 
                   Septemb.
                   1693.
                
                 from
                 Paris
                 to
                 Capt.
                 Bayley
                 ,
                 (
                 all
                 which
                 Letters
                 were
                 laid
                 before
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Baston
                 )
                 he
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 surpriz'd
                 that
                 he
                 and
                 his
                 Owners
                 should
                 deny
                 him
                 his
                 small
                 profit
                 ,
                 and
                 expects
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 allow
                 him
                 *
                 
                   30
                   Sous
                
                 for
                 every
                 Prisoners
                 both
                 French
                 and
                 English
                 that
                 they
                 Transport
                 ;
                 and
                 says
                 ,
                 he
                 has
                 been
                 paid
                 for
                 all
                 their
                 passages
                 (
                 except
                 the
                 last
                 put
                 on
                 shoar
                 at
                 
                   Bulloign
                   )
                
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 don't
                 think
                 fit
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 his
                 Propositions
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 complain
                 to
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 .
                 And
                 by
                 a
                 Letter
                 from
                 Mr.
                 Churchil
                 
                 (
                 which
                 was
                 produc'd
                 at
                 this
                 Board
                 by
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 )
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Alston
                 to
                 Capt.
                 Rutter
                 ,
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Ann
                 Pink
                 ,
                 an
                 Exchange
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 dated
                 at
                 London
                 10th
                 
                   Feb.
                   1692
                   /
                   3.
                
                 
                 They
                 desire
                 ,
                 and
                 order
                 him
                 to
                 follow
                 the
                 Orders
                 of
                 their
                 Worthy
                 Friend
                 Mr.
                 
                   Jos
                   .
                   Dulivier
                
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 will
                 well
                 satisfie
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 
                   Joseph
                   Dulivier
                
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Letter
                 from
                 Paris
                 of
                 the
                 
                 21st
                 
                   March
                   1693.
                
                 to
                 Rutter
                 ,
                 desires
                 him
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Order
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Churchill
                 and
                 Alston
                 ,
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 Nantz
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 follow
                 the
                 Orders
                 of
                 Monsieur
                 Drake
                 :
                 But
                 ,
                 says
                 ,
                 he
                 must
                 not
                 load
                 any
                 Goods
                 but
                 Currans
                 ,
                 which
                 Port
                 was
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 Cartell
                 ,
                 nor
                 were
                 the
                 Currans
                 (
                 for
                 which
                 leave
                 was
                 given
                 by
                 an
                 order
                 of
                 Council
                 )
                 to
                 be
                 brought
                 from
                 any
                 place
                 ,
                 but
                 St.
                 Malo's
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Kirkby
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 did
                 own
                 to
                 this
                 Board
                 ,
                 That
                 upon
                 Baston's
                 producing
                 Dulivier's
                 Letters
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 Reprimand
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 said
                 ,
                 It
                 was
                 for
                 not
                 producing
                 them
                 sooner
                 ,
                 which
                 Baston
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 had
                 them
                 not
                 before
                 .
                 Baston
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 at
                 the
                 second
                 time
                 the
                 Query's
                 which
                 he
                 laid
                 before
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 about
                 Mr.
                 
                   Churchill
                   ,
                   Duliviers
                
                 and
                 Masters
                 ,
                 were
                 heard
                 ,
                 and
                 Churchill
                 and
                 Masters
                 present
                 .
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 took
                 up
                 the
                 Queries
                 ,
                 and
                 Ask'd
                 Churchill
                 whether
                 he
                 was
                 concern'd
                 in
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Ships
                 he
                 Solicited
                 for
                 ,
                 or
                 sold
                 his
                 Interest
                 for
                 a
                 Gratuity
                 ,
                 which
                 Churchil
                 refus'd
                 to
                 Answer
                 ;
                 upon
                 which
                 Mr.
                 Addison
                 taking
                 the
                 Queries
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Doctor
                 's
                 Hand
                 ,
                 said
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 fair
                 Questions
                 ;
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Kirby
                 said
                 ,
                 'T
                 was
                 no
                 matter
                 who
                 were
                 Owners
                 ,
                 so
                 the
                 King's
                 business
                 was
                 done
                 ;
                 That
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 told
                 Mr.
                 Kirby
                 ,
                 That
                 't
                 was
                 not
                 fit
                 Baston
                 should
                 be
                 discourag'd
                 ;
                 upon
                 which
                 the
                 Dr.
                 says
                 ,
                 He
                 was
                 ill
                 Treated
                 by
                 the
                 Board
                 ;
                 and
                 upon
                 the
                 whole
                 matter
                 it
                 appears
                 ,
                 That
                 upon
                 what
                 was
                 laid
                 before
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 reason
                 to
                 dismiss
                 these
                 Ships
                 ,
                 where
                 there
                 were
                 such
                 grounds
                 to
                 believe
                 the
                 Duliviers
                 were
                 concern'd
                 ,
                 giving
                 this
                 Board
                 no
                 other
                 reason
                 ,
                 Than
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 a
                 good
                 Opinion
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Churchil
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 likewise
                 appear'd
                 that
                 they
                 discourag'd
                 those
                 that
                 gave
                 them
                 the
                 Information
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 second
                 Article
                 complains
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 
                   Robert
                   Masters
                
                 ,
                 Commander
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Transport
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 went
                 every
                 Voyage
                 to
                 France
                 in
                 her
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 turn'd
                 out
                 by
                 order
                 of
                 Her
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 for
                 Actions
                 against
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 whereby
                 there
                 was
                 opportunity
                 of
                 giving
                 Intelligence
                 to
                 the
                 Enemy
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 which
                 Article
                 we
                 refer
                 to
                 our
                 Report
                 therein
                 ,
                 dated
                 the
                 24th
                 of
                 March
                 last
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 as
                 followeth
                 ,
                 viz.
                 
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 Nottingham
                 writes
                 to
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 the
                 
                 18th
                 of
                 
                   November
                   ,
                   1692.
                
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 inform'd
                 ,
                 That
                 Masters
                 ,
                 the
                 Commander
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Vessels
                 Employ'd
                 by
                 them
                 in
                 Exchanging
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 had
                 brought
                 over
                 a
                 Lady
                 from
                 France
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 King's
                 Pass
                 ,
                 and
                 directed
                 them
                 to
                 Enquire
                 into
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 remove
                 him
                 ,
                 unless
                 he
                 could
                 give
                 very
                 good
                 reasons
                 for
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 after
                 an
                 Examination
                 taken
                 ,
                 remov'd
                 him
                 from
                 his
                 Command
                 :
                 Sometime
                 after
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 acquainted
                 the
                 Board
                 ,
                 That
                 Mr.
                 Baston
                 Inform'd
                 him
                 ,
                 That
                 Masters
                 had
                 been
                 two
                 Voyages
                 to
                 France
                 in
                 the
                 Ship
                 ,
                 since
                 he
                 wat
                 turn'd
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 pretended
                 Master
                 of
                 that
                 Vessel
                 was
                 only
                 his
                 Servant
                 ,
                 upon
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 again
                 discharg'd
                 ;
                 after
                 this
                 Mr.
                 Churchill
                 acquainting
                 Dr.
                 Wellwood
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 design'd
                 to
                 Employ
                 Masters
                 again
                 ,
                 the
                 Dr.
                 mov'd
                 the
                 Board
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 no
                 more
                 Employ'd
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 some
                 debate
                 't
                 was
                 so
                 resolv'd
                 at
                 a
                 full
                 Board
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 same
                 afternoon
                 three
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 met
                 ,
                 and
                 sign'd
                 an
                 Order
                 for
                 bringing
                 over
                 Currans
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 left
                 blank
                 for
                 such
                 Master
                 as
                 Mr.
                 Churchill
                 should
                 appoint
                 ,
                 which
                 said
                 blank
                 was
                 fill'd
                 up
                 with
                 
                 Masters's
                 Name
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Pass
                 was
                 likewise
                 drawn
                 to
                 to
                 be
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Secretary
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 Masters's
                 Name
                 inserted
                 therein
                 by
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 Clerks
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 direction
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Garrard
                 Secretary
                 to
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ;
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 after
                 
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 acquainted
                 the
                 Board
                 ,
                 That
                 Masters
                 was
                 Commander
                 of
                 the
                 Vessel
                 bound
                 for
                 France
                 in
                 their
                 Service
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Board
                 did
                 not
                 revoke
                 their
                 Order
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 went
                 Commander
                 that
                 Voyage
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 further
                 appear'd
                 ,
                 That
                 when
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 complain'd
                 to
                 the
                 Board
                 ,
                 that
                 Masters
                 had
                 been
                 two
                 Voyages
                 in
                 the
                 Ship
                 to
                 France
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 he
                 was
                 discharg'd
                 by
                 their
                 Order
                 ,
                 and
                 ask'd
                 the
                 Secretary
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Garrard
                 ,
                 how
                 it
                 came
                 to
                 pass
                 .
                 Garrard
                 answer'd
                 in
                 a
                 passion
                 ,
                 That
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 knew
                 of
                 it
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 he
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 to
                 this
                 last
                 point
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Baston
                 Affirm
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Secretary
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 do
                 not
                 remember
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 since
                 this
                 ,
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 has
                 acquainted
                 this
                 Board
                 by
                 Letter
                 ,
                 That
                 Mr.
                 Masters
                 was
                 Examin'd
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 in
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 and
                 voluntarily
                 confess'd
                 ,
                 That
                 about
                 
                   October
                   1691.
                
                 he
                 came
                 up
                 the
                 River
                 of
                 Thames
                 ,
                 near
                 the
                 Bridg
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Lading
                 of
                 Wine
                 in
                 a
                 Transport
                 Ship
                 ,
                 having
                 Landed
                 his
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 Dover
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 said
                 Ship
                 and
                 Lading
                 was
                 seiz'd
                 upon
                 by
                 the
                 Custom-house
                 Officers
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 told
                 afterwards
                 ,
                 were
                 both
                 made
                 Prizes
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Wine
                 stav'd
                 :
                 That
                 immediately
                 after
                 the
                 seizing
                 the
                 Ship
                 ,
                 Masters
                 was
                 sent
                 
                   Master
                   of
                   another
                   Transport
                   Ship
                
                 to
                 France
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 has
                 hitherto
                 continued
                 :
                 and
                 because
                 there
                 was
                 not
                 a
                 New
                 Pass
                 in
                 the
                 Office
                 ,
                 the
                 Old
                 Pass
                 for
                 the
                 former
                 Ship
                 was
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 ,
                 by
                 changing
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 last
                 Ship
                 into
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 :
                 That
                 Dulivier
                 ,
                 before
                 he
                 went
                 away
                 ,
                 carry'd
                 him
                 to
                 
                   Mr.
                   Churchill
                
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 together
                 a
                 while
                 alone
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 call'd
                 in
                 and
                 employed
                 by
                 Churchil
                 ever
                 afterwards
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Third
                 Article
                 complains
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 several
                 Prisoners
                 have
                 made
                 their
                 Escape
                 from
                 Plymouth
                 ,
                 by
                 bribing
                 *
                 
                   Nicholas
                   Sharrack
                
                 and
                 Wannel
                 the
                 Goaler
                 :
                 
                 Aad
                 that
                 Mr.
                 Dickinson
                 ,
                 Agent
                 to
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 abused
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 cheated
                 them
                 of
                 their
                 allowance
                 of
                 Victuals
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Upon
                 the
                 Third
                 Article
                 ,
              
               
                 It
                 does
                 appear
                 to
                 this
                 Board
                 ,
                 That
                 several
                 
                   Irish
                   Prisoners
                
                 did
                 make
                 their
                 Escape
                 from
                 Plymouth
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 (a)
                 
                   Fitz
                   Geraldine
                
                 ,
                 an
                 Irish
                 Captain
                 of
                 a
                 Privateer
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 late
                 King's
                 Commission
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 the
                 
                   French
                   Prisoners
                
                 were
                 ill
                 used
                 by
                 Wannel
                 and
                 Sharrack
                 ,
                 Servants
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Dickinson
                 ;
                 and
                 Wannel
                 was
                 turn'd
                 out
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Dickinson
                 ,
                 wichout
                 any
                 Order
                 for
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 Sharrack
                 is
                 still
                 continu'd
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 when
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 was
                 at
                 Plymouth
                 ,
                 and
                 weighed
                 the
                 provisions
                 appointed
                 for
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 4
                 l.
                 weight
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 allow'd
                 them
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 not
                 full
                 half
                 that
                 weight
                 .
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 did
                 write
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Greenhil
                 ,
                 Commissioner
                 of
                 the
                 Navy
                 at
                 Plymouth
                 ,
                 to
                 examine
                 the
                 Masters
                 that
                 came
                 from
                 France
                 ,
                 touching
                 their
                 Information
                 of
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 being
                 ill
                 us'd
                 in
                 France
                 ,
                 who
                 gave
                 them
                 an
                 Account
                 ,
                 that
                 having
                 examin'd
                 several
                 of
                 the
                 Masters
                 ,
                 they
                 confirm'd
                 the
                 Truth
                 of
                 their
                 (b)
                 Information
                 with
                 their
                 Oaths
                 :
                 But
                 nothing
                 was
                 done
                 in
                 it
                 by
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 and
                 Dickinson
                 was
                 continu'd
                 in
                 his
                 Employment
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Fourth
                 Article
                 Complains
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 stifled
                 the
                 Complaints
                 against
                 Mr.
                 Dickinson
                 for
                 abusing
                 the
                 Men
                 in
                 their
                 Provisions
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 pass'd
                 his
                 Accounts
                 without
                 being
                 sworn
                 to
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Upon
                 the
                 Fourth
                 Article
                 ,
              
               
                 It
                 appears
                 ,
                 That
                 when
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Elder
                 ,
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Commission
                 ,
                 they
                 found
                 many
                 Complaints
                 against
                 Dickinson
                 ;
                 Vpon
                 which
                 Mr.
                 Elder
                 was
                 sent
                 to
                 Plymouth
                 to
                 examin
                 into
                 it
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 when
                 he
                 returned
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 his
                 Report
                 ,
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 mov'd
                 the
                 Board
                 ,
                 that
                 Dickinson
                 might
                 be
                 turn'd
                 out
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 refus'd
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 alledging
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 could
                 find
                 no
                 body
                 else
                 to
                 serve
                 in
                 his
                 room
                 ;
                 and
                 after
                 that
                 ,
                 Dr.
                 Welwood
                 being
                 at
                 Plymouth
                 ,
                 enquired
                 into
                 several
                 complaints
                 against
                 Dickinson
                 ;
                 and
                 finding
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 money
                 of
                 a
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 half
                 an
                 Englishman
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 leave
                 to
                 go
                 into
                 the
                 Countrey
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 short
                 weight
                 of
                 provisions
                 ,
                 he
                 proposed
                 to
                 the
                 Board
                 ,
                 upon
                 his
                 Return
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 that
                 Dickinson
                 might
                 be
                 turn'd
                 out
                 :
                 but
                 they
                 refus'd
                 it
                 .
                 It
                 likewise
                 appear'd
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 said
                 
                 Dickinson's
                 Accounts
                 stand
                 open
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 none
                 of
                 them
                 have
                 been
                 sworn
                 to
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 the
                 constant
                 custom
                 in
                 other
                 Ports
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Agent
                 ,
                 Physician
                 and
                 Surgeon
                 ,
                 swear
                 to
                 the
                 Accounts
                 ,
                 
                   to
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   their
                   
                   knowledge
                   ,
                
                 before
                 they
                 receive
                 their
                 money
                 :
                 As
                 also
                 that
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 make
                 Dickinson
                 Debtor
                 for
                 the
                 money
                 they
                 pay
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 Creditor
                 on
                 his
                 Accounts
                 which
                 he
                 does
                 not
                 swear
                 to
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 not
                 duly
                 Examin'd
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 upon
                 
                 Baston's
                 finding
                 fault
                 with
                 his
                 Accounts
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 hands
                 to
                 be
                 inspected
                 by
                 others
                 ;
                 tho
                 he
                 says
                 't
                 was
                 his
                 business
                 to
                 examine
                 all
                 Accounts
                 in
                 that
                 Office.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 Mr.
                 
                   Richard
                   Gibson
                
                 certifies
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 writing
                 under
                 his
                 hand
                 to
                 this
                 Board
                 ,
                 That
                 during
                 the
                 time
                 he
                 served
                 as
                 
                   Clerk
                   to
                   the
                   Commissioners
                   for
                   Sick
                   and
                   Wounded
                   ,
                
                 there
                 were
                 Instructions
                 sent
                 to
                 their
                 Agents
                 at
                 the
                 several
                 Ports
                 ,
                 sign'd
                 by
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 by
                 Three
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 seal'd
                 with
                 the
                 Seal
                 of
                 their
                 Office
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 his
                 Remembrance
                 and
                 Belief
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 (a)
                 swear
                 to
                 the
                 Truth
                 of
                 their
                 Respective
                 Accounts
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Fifth
                 Article
                 complains
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 they
                 keep
                 their
                 Accounts
                 in
                 a
                 clandestine
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 give
                 themselves
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 cheat
                 their
                 Majesties
                 .
              
               
                 Which
                 Article
                 the
                 Complainants
                 (b)
                 could
                 not
                 make
                 out
                 ,
                 unless
                 it
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 50
                 l.
                 Bill
                 to
                 their
                 Secretary
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 mentioned
                 in
                 the
                 
                 7th
                 Article
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Sixth
                 Article
                 complains
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 they
                 give
                 Additional
                 Allowances
                 to
                 their
                 Secretary
                 and
                 their
                 Cashier
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 their
                 Secretary
                 had
                 not
                 accompted
                 for
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 money
                 imprested
                 to
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Upon
                 the
                 Sixth
                 Article
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 appears
                 that
                 they
                 do
                 allow
                 an
                 Addition
                 of
                 Salary
                 to
                 their
                 Cashier
                 for
                 a
                 Clerk
                 and
                 Office
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 say
                 they
                 think
                 he
                 deserves
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 likewise
                 appears
                 that
                 their
                 Secretary
                 has
                 not
                 regularly
                 accounted
                 for
                 any
                 mony
                 imprested
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 passes
                 his
                 own
                 Accounts
                 without
                 any
                 other
                 check
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Seventh
                 Article
                 complains
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 when
                 they
                 went
                 down
                 to
                 Pay
                 the
                 Quarters
                 at
                 Plymouth
                 ,
                 they
                 deducted
                 6
                 d.
                 per
                 Pound
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Allowance
                 for
                 Advance-mony
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 took
                 away
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 the
                 disposal
                 of
                 their
                 Tallies
                 from
                 their
                 Cashier
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 it
                 to
                 their
                 Secretary
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Upon
                 the
                 Seventh
                 Article
                 ,
              
               
                 It
                 appears
                 ,
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 in
                 1691.
                 acquainted
                 the
                 Treasury
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Tallies
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 dispos'd
                 of
                 ,
                 without
                 allowing
                 6
                 d.
                 in
                 the
                 Pound
                 Advance
                 ;
                 That
                 't
                 was
                 true
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 did
                 deduct
                 more
                 than
                 was
                 abated
                 for
                 the
                 selling
                 the
                 first
                 Tallies
                 ;
                 but
                 by
                 selling
                 other
                 Tallies
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 out
                 of
                 Pocket
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 
                 when
                 they
                 had
                 any
                 Tallies
                 to
                 dispose
                 of
                 ,
                 they
                 order'd
                 their
                 Cashier
                 to
                 beat
                 down
                 the
                 Price
                 ,
                 without
                 giving
                 him
                 a
                 power
                 to
                 agree
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 generally
                 dispos'd
                 of
                 by
                 their
                 Secretary
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 50
                 l.
                 in
                 one
                 Bill
                 allowed
                 him
                 for
                 Brokage
                 ,
                 for
                 procuring
                 money
                 upon
                 the
                 Talleys
                 ;
                 which
                 their
                 Cashier
                 says
                 ,
                 they
                 deny'd
                 to
                 him
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 knew
                 nothing
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 For
                 't
                 was
                 mention'd
                 in
                 ihe
                 Bill
                 to
                 him
                 for
                 advance
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 when
                 their
                 Cashier
                 dispos'd
                 of
                 10000
                 l.
                 Talleys
                 ,
                 without
                 loss
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Johnson
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 Clerks
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 lost
                 50
                 l.
                 by
                 it
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 threatned
                 to
                 complain
                 of
                 their
                 Cashier
                 to
                 the
                 Treasury
                 ,
                 for
                 disposing
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 In
                 Addition
                 to
                 the
                 Second
                 Article
                 of
                 the
                 Complainers
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 set
                 forth
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 refus'd
                 
                 VVhite's
                 Proposals
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 offer'd
                 to
                 Transport
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 cheaper
                 than
                 others
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Commission
                 is
                 in
                 Effect
                 managed
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Addison
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Kirkby
                 and
                 their
                 Secretary
                 ,
                 who
                 oftentimes
                 Sign
                 for
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 they
                 put
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 too
                 much
                 charge
                 for
                 the
                 sick
                 men
                 near
                 London
                 ,
                 by
                 not
                 sending
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 
                   London
                   Hospitals
                
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 after
                 the
                 last
                 Battle
                 they
                 carry'd
                 down
                 more
                 Chyrurgeons
                 to
                 Portsmouth
                 ,
                 to
                 look
                 after
                 the
                 sick
                 and
                 wounded
                 men
                 than
                 was
                 necessary
                 ,
                 thereby
                 putting
                 their
                 Majesties
                 to
                 an
                 extravagant
                 charge
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 did
                 appear
                 that
                 they
                 refus'd
                 
                 VVhite's
                 Proposals
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 went
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 Bread
                 from
                 others
                 .
                 That
                 they
                 sent
                 him
                 to
                 Dulivier
                 ,
                 who
                 acquainted
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 have
                 had
                 20
                 s.
                 per
                 Head
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 him
                 .
                 That
                 they
                 made
                 a
                 Bargain
                 for
                 15
                 s.
                 per
                 Head
                 ,
                 tho
                 VVhite
                 made
                 a
                 Proposal
                 in
                 Writing
                 ,
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 for
                 10
                 s.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Certificate
                 laid
                 before
                 us
                 ,
                 sign'd
                 by
                 Three
                 of
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 ,
                 which
                 did
                 not
                 appear
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 Hands
                 ,
                 tho
                 they
                 said
                 ,
                 they
                 believed
                 they
                 were
                 :
                 But
                 Garrard
                 says
                 ,
                 he
                 thinks
                 
                 that
                 he
                 sign'd
                 for
                 Mr.
                 Kirkby
                 :
                 and
                 Johnson
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Clerks
                 ,
                 for
                 
                   Mr.
                   Addison
                   :
                   Collins
                
                 ,
                 another
                 of
                 the
                 Clerks
                 ,
                 says
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 oft
                 times
                 set
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 Hands
                 to
                 Papers
                 ,
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Garrard's
                 Order
                 :
                 And
                 Johnson
                 says
                 ,
                 he
                 put
                 Mr.
                 Kirkby's
                 Hand
                 to
                 a
                 Ticket
                 ,
                 by
                 Order
                 of
                 
                   Mr.
                   Addison
                
                 and
                 
                   Mr.
                   Shephard
                
                 ,
                 which
                 
                   Mr.
                   Kirkby
                
                 afterwards
                 approv'd
                 .
                 Dr.
                 VVelwood
                 being
                 ask'd
                 ,
                 whether
                 he
                 knew
                 if
                 this
                 was
                 a
                 practice
                 amongst
                 them
                 ?
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 told
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 did
                 not
                 believe
                 it
                 :
                 But
                 that
                 looking
                 over
                 the
                 Copy-book
                 ,
                 he
                 found
                 his
                 Letters
                 to
                 several
                 Papers
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 don't
                 remember
                 to
                 have
                 sign'd
                 .
                 He
                 further
                 says
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   Mr.
                   Kirkby
                
                 propos'd
                 to
                 sign
                 for
                 
                   Mr.
                   Addison
                
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 the
                 Pen
                 in
                 his
                 Hand
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 :
                 upon
                 which
                 the
                 Dr.
                 went
                 from
                 the
                 Board
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 own'd
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Kirkby
                 .
                 And
                 Mr.
                 Addison
                 being
                 ask'd
                 the
                 same
                 Question
                 ,
                 said
                 ,
                 He
                 had
                 oftentimes
                 seen
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 Hands
                 set
                 to
                 Tickets
                 ,
                 in
                 matters
                 of
                 Seamens
                 Cloaths
                 :
                 Mr.
                 Shephard
                 says
                 ,
                 he
                 believes
                 it
                 has
                 been
                 done
                 :
                 Mr.
                 Kirkby
                 says
                 ,
                 he
                 believes
                 it
                 has
                 been
                 done
                 for
                 about
                 these
                 two
                 Years
                 past
                 ;
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Elder
                 believes
                 it
                 has
                 been
                 done
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 appear'd
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 method
                 for
                 taking
                 care
                 of
                 sick
                 men
                 near
                 London
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Case
                 ,
                 the
                 Surgeon
                 ,
                 to
                 send
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Hospital
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 receiv'd
                 them
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 intitled
                 to
                 
                 6s
                 .
                 
                 8d
                 .
                 for
                 their
                 cure
                 (a)
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 Number
                 of
                 Surgeons
                 sent
                 down
                 after
                 the
                 Battle
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 say
                 was
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 taking
                 care
                 of
                 the
                 men
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   All
                   which
                   is
                   humbly
                   submitted
                   to
                   Your
                   Majesty
                   .
                
                 F.
                 J.
                 L.
                 H.
                 P.
                 R.
                 R.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
         
           The
           aforesaid
           Report
           being
           thus
           made
           and
           sign'd
           by
           Four
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           was
           carried
           by
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           on
           a
           Sunday
           Night
           to
           Kensington
           ,
           to
           be
           read
           before
           the
           King
           in
           the
           Cabinet-Council
           ;
           but
           according
           to
           what
           the
           Commissioners
           before
           threatned
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           were
           cast
           before
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           they
           could
           stop
           any
           Report
           from
           coming
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           removing
           the
           matter
           to
           the
           *
           Council
           .
           So
           indeed
           it
           prov'd
           ;
           for
           that
           Night
           Four
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           had
           lodg'd
           a
           Petition
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           the
           Nature
           of
           an
           Appeal
           from
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           :
           praying
           to
           be
           heard
           before
           His
           Majesty
           in
           Council
           ,
           touching
           the
           Crimes
           whereof
           they
           were
           accus'd
           :
           And
           His
           Majesty
           was
           graciously
           pleased
           to
           Order
           ,
           That
           the
           Matter
           should
           be
           Examin'd
           by
           a
           Committee
           of
           the
           Council
           on
           the
           Wednesday
           following
           :
           So
           that
           the
           
           Admiralty's
           Report
           (
           as
           I
           was
           inform'd
           )
           was
           not
           read
           to
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           Then
           were
           the
           Commissioners
           and
           my self
           ,
           with
           others
           concern'd
           ,
           soon
           after
           summon'd
           before
           the
           Council
           :
           But
           at
           the
           first
           and
           second
           attending
           ,
           nothing
           material
           was
           done
           ,
           and
           so
           continued
           till
           the
           King
           was
           gone
           for
           Flanders
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           after
           several
           days
           Examination
           before
           the
           Council
           ,
           their
           Lordships
           made
           a
           Report
           to
           her
           late
           Majesty
           of
           blessed
           Memory
           ;
           a
           Copy
           of
           which
           I
           have
           seen
           :
           And
           in
           the
           said
           Report
           ,
           among
           other
           things
           ,
           is
           contain'd
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Commissioners
             are
             guilty
             of
          
        
         
           PARTIALITY
           ,
           Great
           Mismanagement
           ,
           AND
           Breach
           of
           Trust
           .
        
         
         
           But
           after
           this
           Report
           was
           made
           ,
           I
           found
           that
           the
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           Office
           still
           stood
           as
           firm
           as
           ever
           :
           For
           I
           perceiv'd
           ,
           tho
           Judgment
           was
           pass'd
           against
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           obtain'd
           a
           
             Celsit
             Executio
          
           ,
           for
           an
           unlimited
           time
           ;
           By
           reason
           of
           which
           ,
           Execution
           soon
           went
           out
           against
           me
           :
           For
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           and
           their
           Emissaries
           employ'd
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           proclaim'd
           in
           all
           publick
           places
           ,
           that
           
             they
             were
             acquitted
             like
             worthy
             honest
             Gentlemen
          
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           appear'd
           to
           be
           a
           False
           Accuser
           ;
           adding
           the
           opprobious
           Names
           of
           
             Villain
             ,
             Informer
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           soon
           oblig'd
           me
           to
           
             look
             to
             my self
          
           :
           and
           in
           order
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           this
           horrible
           scandal
           ,
           I
           resolv'd
           to
           get
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Council's
           Report
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           I
           petition'd
           the
           Queen
           and
           Council
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           following
           :
        
         
           
             
               To
               the
               QUEEN'
               's
               Most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               ,
               in
               Council
               .
            
             
               The
               humble
               Petition
               of
               
                 Samuel
                 Baston
              
               .
            
             
               Sheweth
               ,
               THat
               your
               Petitioner
               having
               been
               formerly
               a
               Clerk
               to
               the
               
                 Commissioners
                 for
                 Sick
                 and
                 Wounded
                 Seamen
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               And
               seeing
               divers
               Miscarriages
               in
               their
               Office
               ,
               which
               your
               Petitioner
               believed
               to
               be
               very
               prejudicial
               to
               Your
               Majesty
               ,
               did
               advertise
               the
               said
               Commissioners
               thereof
               ;
               but
               finding
               no
               redress
               ,
               your
               Petitioner
               did
               ,
               out
               of
               pure
               Zeal
               to
               your
               Majesty's
               Service
               ,
               lay
               down
               his
               said
               Employment
               ;
               and
               soon
               after
               ,
               viz
               ,
               about
               the
               beginning
               of
               March
               last
               ,
               did
               lay
               the
               said
               Miscarriages
               ,
               in
               Writing
               ,
               before
               his
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Shrewsbury
               ;
               which
               said
               Miscarriages
               were
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesty's
               Command
               ,
               Examined
               ,
               
               first
               before
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               ,
               and
               after
               ,
               before
               the
               Lords
               of
               Your
               Majesty's
               most
               Honourable
               Privy
               Council
               ;
               at
               both
               which
               places
               ,
               your
               Petitioner
               humbly
               conceives
               ,
               he
               charg'd
               the
               said
               Commissioners
               with
               nothing
               but
               what
               he
               made
               appear
               .
               Yet
               ,
               notwithstanding
               ,
               the
               said
               Commissioners
               give
               out
               ,
               That
               what
               they
               were
               Accus'd
               of
               ,
               has
               prov'd
               to
               be
               malicious
               and
               false
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               they
               are
               acquitted
               thereof
               ;
               by
               which
               Report
               your
               Petitioner
               is
               rendred
               as
               one
               of
               the
               worst
               of
               Men.
               Those
               who
               are
               rightly
               affected
               to
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               not
               knowing
               the
               true
               matter
               of
               Fact
               ,
               believe
               your
               Petitioner
               to
               be
               a
               malicious
               and
               ill
               principled
               man
               ;
               and
               those
               disaffected
               to
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               do
               look
               upon
               this
               as
               a
               Victory
               they
               have
               obtain'd
               ,
               and
               do
               eagerly
               lay
               hold
               on
               all
               opportunities
               to
               defame
               and
               ruin
               your
               Petitioner
               ,
               that
               all
               men
               by
               his
               Example
               may
               be
               discourag'd
               from
               serving
               your
               Majesty
               in
               this
               Kind
               for
               the
               future
               :
               So
               that
               your
               Petitioner
               has
               not
               only
               the
               misfortune
               to
               lose
               all
               he
               had
               to
               depend
               upon
               in
               the
               world
               for
               a
               maintenance
               ,
               but
               is
               like
               to
               be
               ruin'd
               in
               his
               Reputation
               also
               ,
               which
               is
               more
               dear
               to
               him
               than
               Life
               .
               For
               preventing
               of
               which
               ,
            
             
               Your
               Petitioner
               does
               most
               humbly
               and
               earnestly
               pray
               Your
               Sacred
               Majesty
               graciously
               to
               order
               him
               a
               Copy
               of
               the
               Report
               that
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Council
               made
               to
               your
               Majesty
               about
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Sick
               and
               Wounded
               ,
               &c.
               that
               thereby
               your
               Petitioner
               may
               be
               enabled
               to
               take
               off
               the
               Scandal
               that
               has
               and
               will
               be
               cast
               upon
               him
               by
               the
               said
               Commissioners
               ,
               or
               any
               disaffected
               persons
               :
               Also
               to
               enable
               your
               Petitioner
               to
               defend
               himself
               against
               any
               vexatious
               Suit
               of
               Law
               ,
               which
               the
               said
               Commissioners
               may
               bring
               against
               your
               Petitioner
               for
               Scandal
               ,
               and
               which
               they
               have
               not
               scrupled
               to
               threaten
               :
               By
               this
               means
               your
               Petitioner
               will
               he
               able
               to
               support
               his
               Reputation
               with
               all
               good
               men
               ;
               otherwise
               (
               without
               your
               Majesty's
               gracious
               Protection
               )
               his
               Ruin
               will
               soon
               be
               accomplished
               for
               being
               so
               ready
               and
               zealous
               to
               serve
               your
               Majesty
               :
            
             
               
                 And
                 your
                 Petitioner
                 shall
                 ever
                 pray
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
         
           And
           waiting
           on
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Council
           to
           know
           the
           Answer
           to
           my
           Petition
           ,
           he
           told
           me
           it
           was
           read
           ,
           and
           then
           laid
           down
           ,
           and
           nothing
           ordered
           upon
           it
           ,
           whether
           it
           was
           granted
           or
           rejected
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           could
           never
           get
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Council's
           Report
           ,
           to
           justifie
           my self
           in
           the
           discharge
           of
           my
           duty
           .
           This
           put
           me
           much
           out
           of
           heart
           ,
           being
           a
           confirmation
           of
           all
           the
           Scandals
           cast
           upon
           me
           ;
           and
           thus
           was
           I
           left
           to
           God
           and
           the
           wide
           world
           ,
           being
           afraid
           to
           walk
           the
           streets
           for
           a
           considerable
           time
           ,
           lest
           I
           should
           be
           baited
           to
           death
           by
           the
           disaffected
           Party
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           now
           I
           shall
           relate
           the
           Examination
           these
           Miscarriages
           met
           with
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           stating
           the
           Publick
           Accounts
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           first
           exhibited
           this
           Complaint
           to
           the
           Secretary
           of
           State
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           March
           1693.
           
           I
           then
           also
           presented
           a
           Copy
           thereof
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           where
           it
           slept
           quietly
           about
           five
           months
           sworn
           to
           ,
           till
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           and
           Council
           had
           gone
           through
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           is
           before
           related
           ;
           and
           there
           being
           one
           Mr.
           (a)
           
             John
             Leckie
          
           ,
           who
           had
           Signed
           the
           Complaint
           ,
           being
           the
           Principal
           Evidence
           concerning
           the
           miscarriages
           of
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           at
           Plymouth
           ,
           in
           barbarously
           using
           the
           French
           Prisoners
           and
           Seamen
           in
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           by
           cheating
           them
           of
           the
           King's
           Allowance
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           miscarriages
           supported
           by
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           the
           said
           Mr.
           Leckie
           having
           been
           before
           the
           Admiralty
           and
           Council
           ,
           and
           having
           stayed
           in
           London
           a
           considerable
           time
           after
           all
           was
           over
           ,
           
           he
           and
           I
           did
           despair
           of
           ever
           being
           call'd
           by
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           .
           And
           Mr.
           Leckie
           meeting
           with
           an
           opportunity
           ,
           went
           on
           board
           the
           Mocho
           Frigat
           to
           the
           East-Indies
           ,
           on
           his
           own
           Affairs
           ,
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           July
           ,
           1694.
           
           Not
           long
           after
           ,
           viz.
           the
           first
           of
           August
           following
           ,
           I
           received
           an
           Order
           from
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           requiring
           my
           attendance
           on
           them
           the
           third
           Instant
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           also
           order'd
           to
           acquaint
           Mr.
           Leckie
           that
           he
           shou'd
           likewise
           attend
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
           According
           to
           this
           Order
           I
           did
           attend
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           at
           their
           Office
           in
           
           York-Buildings
           ,
           where
           ,
           after
           I
           had
           acquainted
           them
           that
           Mr.
           Leckie
           was
           gone
           to
           Sea
           ,
           they
           told
           me
           the
           Board
           had
           come
           to
           a
           Resolution
           to
           examine
           my
           Complaint
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           justifie
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           appoint
           a
           day
           for
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           and
           I
           to
           attend
           :
           They
           also
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Complaint
           consisting
           of
           Seven
           Articles
           ,
           the
           first
           Three
           Articles
           ,
           which
           chiefly
           related
           to
           a
           Correspondence
           with
           the
           French
           ,
           did
           not
           properly
           lie
           before
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           resolved
           to
           begin
           at
           the
           Fourth
           Article
           :
           To
           which
           I
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           the
           Fourth
           Article
           consisted
           chiefly
           of
           the
           Miscarriages
           of
           Plymouth
           :
           to
           the
           Truth
           of
           which
           Mr.
           Leckie
           had
           made
           Oath
           before
           them
           when
           the
           Complaint
           was
           first
           exhibited
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Name
           was
           written
           in
           the
           Margin
           ,
           as
           the
           principle
           Witness
           thereto
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           could
           say
           little
           to
           it
           ,
           having
           never
           been
           at
           Plymouth
           in
           my
           Life
           .
           And
           I
           further
           acquainted
           them
           ,
           That
           the
           Correspondence
           with
           the
           French
           was
           the
           chief
           Reason
           I
           laid
           down
           my
           Employment
           in
           order
           to
           detect
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           lookt
           upon
           as
           
             my
             duty
          
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           conceiv'd
           ,
           as
           their
           Honours
           were
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           might
           not
           be
           improper
           for
           their
           cognizance
           to
           lay
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           at
           their
           next
           meeting
           ;
           a
           Correspondence
           with
           the
           Enemy
           being
           a
           matter
           that
           
           so
           much
           concern'd
           the
           Safety
           of
           their
           Country
           :
           I
           also
           acquainted
           them
           that
           the
           Fourth
           Article
           had
           been
           twice
           sufficiently
           prov'd
           already
           by
           Mr.
           Leckie
           ,
           before
           the
           Admiralty
           and
           Council
           ,
           as
           would
           appear
           by
           each
           of
           their
           Reports
           ,
           which
           I
           thought
           their
           Honours
           might
           receive
           as
           Evidence
           of
           the
           truth
           thereof
           ,
           and
           that
           seeing
           they
           thought
           fit
           to
           reject
           the
           most
           material
           part
           of
           the
           Complaint
           ,
           and
           the
           principal
           Evidence
           to
           the
           rest
           being
           absent
           ;
           I
           prayed
           to
           be
           excus'd
           any
           further
           Attendance
           in
           regard
           there
           could
           be
           no
           full
           hearing
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           had
           been
           much
           fatigued
           already
           ,
           and
           pray'd
           now
           to
           have
           a
           little
           rest
           ,
           designing
           to
           lay
           all
           these
           matters
           before
           the
           King
           ,
           at
           his
           Majesty's
           arrival
           from
           Flanders
           .
        
         
           But
           notwithstanding
           this
           ,
           and
           what
           else
           I
           urged
           (
           being
           twice
           before
           them
           )
           the
           Commissioners
           rejected
           the
           first
           three
           Articles
           of
           my
           Complaint
           that
           I
           was
           a
           Witness
           to
           ,
           which
           related
           to
           a
           Correspondence
           with
           France
           ,
           and
           barbarously
           using
           the
           French
           Prisoners
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           would
           oblige
           me
           to
           stand
           to
           that
           which
           Mr.
           Leckie
           ,
           had
           sworn
           to
           about
           five
           Months
           before
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           they
           Issued
           their
           Precept
           for
           me
           to
           attend
           them
           at
           their
           Board
           ,
           and
           being
           come
           ,
           I
           found
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           had
           brought
           one
           (a)
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           to
           be
           a
           Witness
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           his
           Master
           Dickinson
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           had
           sent
           for
           us
           up
           ,
           the
           fourth
           article
           of
           the
           Complaint
           was
           read
           ,
           which
           related
           to
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           redicul'd
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Not
           one
           word
           of
           it
           was
           true
           ;
           and
           then
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           who
           was
           Chairman
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Board
           ,
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           had
           brought
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           to
           be
           an
           Evidence
           
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Board
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           hear
           what
           he
           could
           say
           to
           that
           matter
           ;
           at
           which
           being
           surprized
           ,
           I
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           he
           was
           not
           a
           proper
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           laid
           down
           several
           reasons
           for
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           Effect
           following
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           himself
           stands
           accused
           as
           a
           Criminal
           in
           discharge
           of
           his
           Duty
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           Mr.
           
           Dickinson's
           Clerk
           ,
           and
           his
           Name
           is
           mention'd
           as
           such
           in
           the
           third
           Article
           of
           this
           Complaint
           ;
           and
           it
           appears
           he
           is
           a
           Criminal
           ,
           and
           has
           abused
           the
           French
           Prisoners
           by
           the
           third
           Article
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiraltie's
           *
           Report
           ;
           therefore
           to
           admit
           him
           a
           Witness
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           against
           that
           Complaint
           in
           which
           he
           not
           only
           stands
           charged
           as
           a
           Criminal
           ,
           but
           has
           been
           proved
           so
           ,
           is
           to
           swear
           him
           in
           his
           own
           behalf
           ,
           which
           I
           told
           their
           Honours
           I
           thought
           was
           contrary
           to
           Law.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           if
           their
           Honours
           shou'd
           believe
           what
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           was
           about
           to
           swear
           ,
           they
           must
           of
           Consequence
           make
           Mr.
           Leckie
           Perjured
           ,
           which
           I
           thought
           wou'd
           appear
           to
           be
           very
           hard
           dealings
           with
           a
           Man
           that
           is
           absent
           at
           Sea
           ,
           who
           staid
           so
           long
           in
           London
           waiting
           their
           Honours
           Commands
           ,
           and
           who
           so
           fairly
           proved
           these
           very
           matters
           twice
           before
           at
           the
           Admiralty
           and
           Council
           ,
           where
           this
           Mr.
           Saarrack
           durst
           not
           appear
           to
           confront
           him
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           being
           accused
           (
           I
           conceiv'd
           )
           ought
           to
           come
           up
           and
           answer
           for
           himself
           ;
           for
           seeing
           I
           was
           forc'd
           against
           my
           Will
           by
           their
           Honours
           Precept
           ,
           to
           attend
           a
           matter
           I
           knew
           little
           of
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           was
           too
           much
           Favour
           for
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           before
           proved
           a
           Criminal
           ,
           to
           spare
           him
           the
           trouble
           ,
           and
           suffer
           him
           thus
           to
           answer
           by
           Proxy
           to
           matters
           of
           such
           moment
           .
        
         
         
           To
           which
           the
           Chairman
           made
           answer
           to
           this
           Effect
           ,
           That
           all
           these
           matters
           in
           the
           End
           should
           be
           duly
           considered
           by
           the
           Board
           .
           But
           because
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           had
           taken
           so
           long
           a
           Journey
           on
           purpose
           ,
           they
           were
           (a)
           resolved
           to
           hear
           what
           he
           could
           say
           .
           To
           which
           I
           replied
           ,
           that
           I
           protested
           against
           their
           Proceedings
           ,
           believing
           it
           illegal
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           if
           they
           thought
           fit
           ,
           I
           would
           submit
           my self
           therein
           to
           the
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Attorney
           General
           .
           At
           which
           they
           were
           angry
           ,
           saying
           ,
           I
           arraigned
           the
           Justice
           of
           their
           Boord
           ,
           and
           stood
           in
           Contempt
           of
           the
           Authority
           of
           their
           Board
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           answered
           ,
           That
           their
           Honours
           could
           not
           reasonably
           blame
           me
           ,
           if
           they
           considered
           what
           I
           had
           gone
           through
           already
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           my
           Reputation
           lay
           at
           stake
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           and
           I
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           all
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           but
           Punishment
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           due
           to
           one
           side
           or
           the
           other
           .
           But
           notwithstanding
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           would
           proceed
           to
           examine
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           ;
           and
           first
           he
           produc'd
           an
           Affidavit
           ,
           sworn
           by
           himself
           ,
           which
           was
           read
           at
           the
           Board
           ,
           the
           purport
           of
           which
           was
           to
           testifie
           how
           long
           he
           had
           serv'd
           under
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           manag'd
           all
           affairs
           for
           his
           Master
           ,
           both
           relating
           to
           the
           Sick
           Wounded
           Seamen
           ,
           and
           Prisoners
           at
           War
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           believed
           nothing
           was
           acted
           by
           his
           Master
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           privy
           to
           it
           ,
           &c.
           which
           Affidavit
           I
           suppose
           was
           produced
           to
           make
           whatever
           he
           should
           swear
           ,
           carry
           the
           greater
           face
           of
           truth
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           his
           knowledge
           of
           matters
           and
           things
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           foundation
           whereon
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           was
           to
           build
           the
           following
           deposition
           ,
           the
           sum
           and
           substance
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           relate
           as
           short
           as
           I
           can
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           having
           given
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           his
           Oath
           ,
           they
           read
           the
           fourth
           Article
           of
           the
           Complaint
           ;
           the
           first
           Particular
           of
           which
           contained
           these
           words
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             That
             the
             Commissioners
          
           *
           
             for
             their
             own
             private
             Interest
             ,
             connive
             at
             ,
             and
             permit
             those
             employ'd
             under
             them
             to
             wrong
             their
             Majesties
             ,
             appears
             by
             their
             passing
             by
             and
             stifling
             all
             Complaints
             made
             against
             Mr.
          
           Dickinson
           ,
           
             their
             Agent
             at
          
           Plymouth
           ;
           
             all
             which
             have
             been
             laid
             before
             them
             several
             times
             :
             First
             ,
             his
             hard
             usage
             to
             the
          
           French
           
             Prisoners
             ,
             in
             allowing
             them
             only
             Two
             Pence
          
           per
           diem
           
             a
             man
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             Fourteen
             Months
             ,
             with
             a
             Loaf
             of
             Bread
             ,
             which
             he
             gave
             them
             for
             a
             Penny
             ,
             and
             had
             himself
             sixteen
             of
             said
             Penny
             Loaves
             for
             a
             Shilling
             ;
             and
             upon
             Complaint
             made
             he
             afterwards
             allowed
             an
             Half
             Penny
          
           per
           
             Day
             more
             :
             That
             he
             abated
             an
             Half
             Penny
          
           per
           diem
           
             from
             each
             Prisoners
             Allowance
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             finding
             them
             Water
             ;
             which
             they
             are
             supplied
             with
          
           gratis
           
             at
             all
             other
             ports
             ;
             neither
             did
             it
             cost
             him
             any
             thing
             here
             ,
             he
             obliging
             one
          
           Pike
           
             a
             Victualler
             to
             supply
             them
             with
             Water
             for
             the
             liberty
             of
             selling
             them
             Ale.
             Yet
             the
             poor
             men
             had
             not
             a
             Pint
             of
             water
             a
             day
          
           per
           
             man
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             went
             not
             upon
             the
             water's
             first
             coming
             to
             the
             Prison
             ,
             had
             none
             at
             all
             ,
             there
             being
             several
             Prisoners
             who
             perish'd
             for
             want
             of
             water
          
           (a)
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           it
           appears
           Mr.
           Leckie
           swore
           there
           was
           about
           three
           Farthings
           
             per
             diem
          
           deducted
           from
           the
           French
           Prisoners
           ,
           whose
           whole
           allowance
           was
           but
           Four
           Pence
           each
           man
           a
           day
           ,
           except
           Commission'd
           Officers
           ,
           whose
           Number
           was
           very
           inconsiderable
           ;
           but
           where
           any
           such
           were
           taken
           (
           that
           could
           not
           handsomly
           be
           suffered
           to
           Run
           ,
           or
           else
           Exchang'd
           for
           common
           Seamen
           )
           they
           were
           not
           kept
           to
           this
           miserable
           Pittance
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           permitted
           to
           Ride
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           Recovery
           of
           their
           Health
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           now
           comes
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           to
           counter-swear
           what
           was
           before
           sworn
           by
           Mr.
           Leckie
           ;
           and
           in
           order
           thereunto
           positively
           depones
           to
           this
           Effect
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           the
           person
           that
           constantly
           paid
           the
           French
           Prisoners
           their
           allowance
           ,
           and
           that
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           never
           deducted
           above
           a
           Farthing
           a
           day
           from
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           which
           was
           for
           supplying
           them
           with
           Water
           and
           Straw
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Chairman
           demanding
           of
           me
           ,
           what
           I
           had
           to
           object
           against
           Mr.
           
           Sharrack's
           Oath
           ,
           I
           answered
           ,
           That
           tho
           I
           knew
           little
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           Plymouth
           ,
           yet
           I
           was
           much
           surpriz'd
           at
           what
           he
           had
           sworn
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           pray'd
           their
           Honours
           to
           send
           for
           the
           Commissioners
           Letter-book
           ,
           wherein
           I
           would
           shew
           them
           the
           Entry
           of
           a
           Letter
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           writ
           to
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           concerning
           a
           Complaint
           they
           received
           against
           him
           about
           abusing
           the
           French
           Prisoners
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           in
           that
           Letter
           writ
           to
           
             Mr.
             Dickinson
          
           thus
           :
           
             We
             hear
             you
             deduct
             Three
             Farthings
             a
             day
             from
             the
             Prisoners
             :
             pray
             let
             us
             know
             how
             it
             comes
             to
             be
          
           ¾
           .
           
             We
             know
             you
             deducted
             ½
             according
             to
             
             former
             Direction
             .
          
           By
           which
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
           Dickinson's
           Answer
           ,
           I
           told
           their
           Honours
           they
           would
           surely
           find
           that
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           had
           not
           sworn
           right
           .
           But
           the
           Chairman
           said
           ,
           't
           would
           put
           them
           out
           of
           their
           method
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           would
           send
           for
           the
           Book
           to
           morrow
           .
           I
           answered
           ,
           That
           I
           conceiv'd
           it
           would
           not
           hurt
           their
           method
           ,
           to
           detect
           a
           man
           in
           a
           false
           Oath
           ;
           the
           End
           of
           all
           methods
           in
           these
           Cases
           ,
           being
           to
           find
           out
           the
           Truth
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           insisted
           several
           times
           ,
           and
           pray'd
           ,
           That
           in
           Justice
           to
           Mr.
           Leckie
           ,
           who
           was
           absent
           ,
           the
           Book
           might
           be
           sent
           for
           ,
           and
           produc'd
           while
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           ,
           were
           present
           ,
           to
           prevent
           all
           Tricks
           in
           altering
           the
           Book
           ,
           &c.
           that
           otherwise
           might
           be
           done
           before
           the
           morrow
           :
           At
           which
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           if
           I
           insisted
           to
           have
           the
           Book
           sent
           for
           ,
           't
           was
           his
           Opinion
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           notwithstanding
           which
           I
           could
           not
           (a)
           prevail
           .
        
         
           But
           before
           I
           proceed
           to
           the
           next
           part
           of
           Mr.
           
           Sharrack's
           Deposition
           ,
           I
           shall
           pass
           to
           the
           following
           day
           when
           the
           Book
           was
           sent
           for
           ,
           and
           so
           relate
           what
           became
           of
           this
           part
           of
           his
           Oath
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           morrow
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           and
           my self
           ,
           being
           again
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           according
           to
           Order
           ,
           they
           produc'd
           their
           Letter-Book
           ;
           (
           But
           here
           't
           is
           to
           be
           noted
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           was
           not
           present
           ,
           being
           discharg'd
           any
           further
           attendance
           the
           Night
           before
           )
           And
           the
           Letter
           that
           I
           mentioned
           being
           read
           ,
           they
           
           found
           in
           it
           the
           words
           before-mentioned
           ,
           
             viz.
             We
             hear
             you
             deduct
             ¾
             a
             day
             from
             the
             Prisoners
             :
             pray
             let
             us
             know
             how
             it
             comes
             to
             be
             ¾
             ;
             we
             know
             you
             deducted
             ½
             according
             to
             former
             direction
             .
          
           But
           Mr.
           Addison
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           standing
           up
           ,
           told
           the
           Chairman
           ,
           he
           was
           under
           a
           little
           mistake
           in
           reading
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Letter
           :
           for
           them
           Figures
           which
           he
           read
           for
           Three
           Farthings
           and
           an
           Half
           Penny
           ,
           were
           not
           so
           ,
           but
           Three
           Fourths
           of
           a
           Farthing
           and
           half
           a
           Farthing
           :
           At
           which
           it
           was
           demanded
           ,
           how
           they
           made
           up
           their
           Accounts
           with
           such
           odd
           Money
           .
           Very
           easily
           ,
           May
           it
           please
           your
           honour
           ,
           replied
           Mr.
           Addison
           .
           Then
           to
           trace
           the
           matter
           further
           ,
           I
           mov'd
           that
           Mr.
           
           Dickinson's
           original
           Letter
           might
           be
           produc'd
           ,
           which
           he
           writ
           in
           answer
           to
           the
           Commissioner's
           Letter
           ,
           which
           being
           read
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Dickinson
          
           said
           in
           it
           in
           his
           own
           defence
           ,
           That
           he
           never
           deducted
           but
           a
           Farthing
           a
           day
           from
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           desiring
           to
           see
           the
           Letter
           ,
           I
           found
           the
           word
           Farthing
           was
           interlined
           ,
           and
           the
           word
           under
           it
           blotted
           out
           ;
           and
           urging
           to
           the
           Chairman
           that
           the
           Letter
           had
           been
           altered
           ;
           he
           answered
           it
           could
           not
           be
           ,
           seeing
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           ,
           that
           wrote
           the
           Letter
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           in
           Town
           for
           several
           Months
           ;
           to
           which
           I
           replied
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           his
           Clerk
           wrote
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Letter
           ,
           and
           was
           last
           night
           in
           Town
           to
           alter
           it
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           was
           either
           infatuated
           ,
           or
           in
           haste
           when
           he
           did
           it
           ,
           for
           he
           had
           not
           done
           it
           right
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           bear
           any
           coherence
           with
           the
           Commissioner's
           Letter
           :
           With
           that
           Mr.
           Addison
           alledg'd
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           
           Dickinson's
           saying
           he
           deducted
           but
           a
           farthing
           a
           day
           from
           the
           Prisoners
           was
           according
           to
           what
           
             Mr.
             Sharrack
          
           had
           sworn
           ;
           but
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           speak
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           here
           is
           no
           agreement
           between
           your
           Letter
           and
           
           Dickinson's
           answer
           ;
           for
           you
           write
           to
           
             Mr.
             Dickinson
          
           to
           
           know
           why
           he
           deducted
           three
           fourths
           of
           a
           Farthing
           from
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           he
           writes
           you
           word
           in
           his
           answer
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           deducted
           but
           a
           Farthing
           ,
           which
           is
           four
           Fourths
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           won't
           hang
           together
           at
           all
           ,
           to
           which
           
             Mr.
             Addison
          
           answer'd
           ;
           may
           it
           please
           your
           Honour
           ,
           we
           writ
           to
           
             Mr.
             Dickinson
          
           to
           know
           why
           he
           deducted
           three
           farthings
           a
           day
           from
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           he
           writes
           us
           word
           again
           in
           this
           Letter
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           deducted
           but
           a
           Farthing
           ,
           which
           is
           according
           to
           what
           
             Mr.
             Sharrack
          
           has
           sworn
           .
           The
           same
           Gentlemen
           replied
           ,
           But
           Sir
           ,
           you
           said
           just
           now
           it
           was
           three
           fourths
           of
           a
           Farthing
           .
           May
           it
           please
           your
           Honour
           ,
           replied
           Mr.
           Addison
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           say
           so
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           such
           Money
           goes
           in
           England
           ,
           I
           beg
           your
           Honour
           not
           to
           mistake
           me
           ,
           I
           'm
           sure
           't
           is
           all
           very
           right
           ,
           God
           forbid
           we
           should
           do
           an
           ill
           thing
           ,
           may
           it
           please
           your
           Honour
           ,
           &c.
           
           Nay
           Sir
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           either
           you
           or
           I
           are
           in
           a
           false
           Story
           ,
           I
           'll
           refer
           it
           to
           the
           whole
           Board
           ;
           I
           'll
           be
           judg'd
           by
           your
           own
           Brethren
           if
           you
           did
           not
           say
           just
           now
           ,
           it
           was
           three
           fourths
           of
           a
           Farthing
           .
           Yes
           ,
           says
           Mr.
           *
           Shepherd
           ,
           Mr.
           Addison
           ,
           you
           did
           say
           't
           was
           three
           fourths
           of
           a
           Farthing
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           contradict
           you
           though
           I
           did
           think
           you
           were
           mistaken
           .
           Well
           ,
           says
           the
           Chairman
           ,
           which
           is
           it
           three
           fourths
           of
           a
           Farthing
           ,
           or
           three
           Farthings
           ?
           It
           is
           three
           Farthings
           ,
           may
           it
           please
           your
           Honour
           ,
           says
           
             Mr.
             Addison
          
           .
           Why
           then
           ,
           says
           the
           same
           Gentleman
           again
           ,
           If
           you
           take
           it
           that
           way
           ,
           there
           's
           still
           no
           agreement
           between
           your
           Letter
           and
           
           Dickinson's
           answer
           ,
           for
           you
           write
           to
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           to
           know
           why
           he
           deducted
           three
           Farthings
           a
           Day
           from
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           further
           you
           say
           ,
           you
           know
           he
           deducted
           a
           half-penny
           according
           to
           former
           direction
           ;
           and
           he
           writes
           you
           word
           in
           his
           Answer
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           deducted
           but
           a
           Farthing
           .
           Now
           no
           Man
           in
           his
           Wits
           can
           suppose
           that
           Dickinson
           deducted
           less
           than
           you
           all
           allow'd
           him
           to
           deduct
           .
           May
           it
           
           please
           your
           Honour
           ,
           says
           Mr.
           Addison
           ,
           we
           never
           allow'd
           him
           to
           deduct
           any
           thing
           ;
           nay
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           your
           own
           Letter-Book
           is
           a
           Witness
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           wherein
           you
           do
           not
           only
           approve
           of
           his
           deducting
           a
           half-penny
           a
           day
           ,
           but
           quote
           your
           former
           Order
           for
           it
           ,
           or
           else
           what
           do
           you
           mean
           by
           them
           words
           ;
           we
           know
           you
           deducted
           a
           half-penny
           a
           day
           ,
           according
           to
           former
           Direction
           ?
           at
           which
           Mr.
           Addison
           was
           quite
           gravell'd
           .
           And
           then
           I
           mov'd
           the
           Board
           to
           give
           the
           Commissioner's
           Secretary
           his
           Oath
           ,
           to
           shew
           more
           plainly
           that
           the
           three
           fourths
           of
           a
           Farthing
           was
           only
           a
           prevaricating
           Evasion
           of
           Mr.
           
           Addison's
           to
           cover
           the
           Crime
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           pleas'd
           to
           answer
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           matter
           was
           plain
           enough
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           very
           well
           satisfied
           how
           it
           stood
           .
           So
           they
           order'd
           their
           Clerks
           to
           take
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Commissioner's
           ,
           and
           
           Dickinson's
           Letter
           ,
           and
           now
           I
           shall
           humbly
           submit
           it
           to
           better
           Judgment
           ,
           Whether
           Mr.
           
           Dickinson's
           Letter
           was
           not
           alter'd
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Words
           Farthing
           ,
           a
           Day
           ,
           and
           also
           how
           true
           Mr.
           
           Sharrack's
           Oath
           has
           been
           in
           this
           part
           :
           But
           here
           follows
           more
           of
           the
           same
           stamp
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           shall
           go
           back
           to
           the
           day
           before
           ,
           and
           proceed
           upon
           Mr.
           
           Sharrack's
           deposition
           .
           The
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           having
           refus'd
           to
           send
           for
           the
           Letter-Book
           ,
           as
           is
           before-mention●d
           ,
           they
           proceeded
           to
           read
           the
           next
           Branch
           of
           the
           fourth
           Article
           ,
           in
           the
           Complaint
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           these
           Words
           ,
           viz.
           Secondly
           .
           
             That
             Mr.
          
           Dickinson
           
             with-held
             the
             Seamens
             Allowance
             of
             meat
             from
             them
             ,
             in
             the
             Hospital
             at
          
           Plymouth
           ,
           
             for
             that
             in
             presence
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             four
             Mens
             Allowance
             of
             meat
             weighed
             only
             one
             Pound
             ,
             six
             Ounces
             ,
             whereas
             it
             should
             have
             weighed
             four
             Pounds
             .
             This
             Mr.
          
           Leckie
           
             had
             also
             sworn
             to
          
           .
        
         
         
           In
           opposition
           to
           to
           which
           ,
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           ,
           upon
           his
           Oath
           ,
           positively
           affirm'd
           to
           the
           Effect
           following
           :
           (a)
           That
           he
           was
           the
           Person
           that
           always
           took
           Care
           of
           the
           Provisions
           for
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           men
           ,
           such
           as
           could
           eat
           Flesh
           ,
           had
           always
           full
           weight
           of
           Provisions
           ,
           according
           to
           whole
           Allowance
           ,
           except
           what
           small
           matter
           might
           reasonably
           be
           supposed
           to
           waste
           in
           the
           Boyling
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           that
           there
           was
           often
           such
           Complaints
           made
           upon
           no
           grounds
           he
           continues
           upon
           his
           Oath
           to
           give
           the
           following
           Instances
           .
           Sir
           
             Cloudsly
             Shovell
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           coming
           a
           Shoar
           one
           morning
           ,
           the
           Seamen
           in
           the
           Hospital
           made
           complaint
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           not
           full
           allowance
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Provisions
           was
           not
           good
           ,
           upon
           which
           Sir
           Cloudsley
           came
           to
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           and
           order'd
           me
           to
           take
           some
           pieces
           of
           the
           Beef
           out
           of
           the
           Copper
           ,
           which
           were
           found
           to
           be
           full
           Weight
           ;
           with
           that
           Sir
           Cloudsley
           call'd
           for
           some
           Bread
           ,
           &c.
           saying
           he
           would
           taste
           this
           Beef
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           was
           such
           Complaints
           ,
           which
           he
           liked
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           he
           eat
           the
           best
           part
           of
           two
           pieces
           ,
           and
           blamed
           the
           men
           for
           complaining
           ,
           telling
           them
           they
           were
           well
           used
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Beef
           was
           as
           good
           as
           any
           he
           had
           at
           his
           own
           Table
           .
           And
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           going
           to
           proceed
           ,
           I
           interrupted
           ,
           asking
           him
           ,
           were
           they
           four
           Pound
           pieces
           that
           you
           swear
           Sir
           
             Cloudsley
             Shovell
          
           tasted
           of
           ?
           He
           answer'd
           ,
           yes
           ;
           but
           the
           Chair-man
           told
           me
           ,
           I
           must
           not
           interrupt
           him
           and
           that
           he
           swore
           cautiously
           .
           Yes
           Gentlemen
           ,
           replied
           I
           ,
           he
           swears
           very
           cautiously
           ,
           he
           swears
           Sir
           
             Cloudsley
             Shovell
          
           eat
           above
           four
           pound
           of
           Beef
           by
           way
           of
           a
           taste
           ;
           and
           after
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           had
           made
           several
           Speeches
           ,
           that
           perhaps
           he
           might
           be
           
           mistaken
           in
           the
           quantity
           of
           Beef
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           sure
           there
           was
           all
           imaginable
           Care
           taken
           ,
           and
           that
           't
           was
           malice
           against
           his
           Naster
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           Chairman
           ask'd
           me
           ,
           what
           had
           I
           to
           object
           ?
        
         
           I
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           when
           this
           Particular
           was
           Examined
           before
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           Doctor
           Welwood
           acknowledged
           that
           he
           was
           the
           Commissioner
           that
           Mr.
           Leckie
           mentions
           in
           the
           Complaint
           before
           whom
           the
           meat
           was
           weighed
           in
           Plymouth
           Hospital
           ,
           that
           prov'd
           so
           much
           short
           of
           Weight
           ,
           and
           that
           seeing
           Doctor
           Welwood
           did
           not
           now
           attend
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           I
           prayed
           he
           might
           be
           sent
           for
           Face
           to
           Face
           ,
           with
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           ,
           to
           be
           asked
           some
           questions
           about
           this
           matter
           ,
           the
           Chairman
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           order'd
           to
           attend
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           pretended
           some
           earnest
           Business
           ,
           and
           prayed
           their
           excuse
           ,
           so
           they
           would
           send
           for
           him
           to
           morrow
           .
           But
           I
           continued
           to
           pray
           their
           Honours
           to
           send
           for
           him
           Face
           to
           Faee
           with
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           to
           be
           discharg'd
           any
           further
           Attendance
           that
           Night
           ,
           otherwise
           their
           Honours
           could
           not
           so
           easily
           discover
           the
           Truth
           ,
           but
           I
           could
           not
           prevail
           ,
           for
           the
           Chairman
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           the
           next
           day
           would
           do
           as
           well
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           would
           consider
           of
           all
           these
           matters
           in
           the
           End.
           So
           now
           I
           must
           pass
           to
           the
           next
           day
           (
           when
           Doctor
           VVelwood
           was
           present
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           gone
           )
           and
           give
           an
           account
           what
           became
           of
           this
           part
           of
           Mr.
           
           Sharrack's
           Deposition
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           giving
           my
           Attendance
           ,
           and
           the
           Dr.
           being
           ask●d
           several
           Questions
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           did
           answer
           to
           this
           Effect
           ,
           That
           when
           he
           was
           at
           Plymouth
           there
           was
           Complaint
           made
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Seamen
           in
           the
           Hospital
           had
           short
           Weight
           of
           Provisions
           ;
           upon
           which
           he
           said
           he
           went
           to
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           and
           causing
           several
           Pieces
           of
           the
           meat
           to
           be
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Copper
           ,
           that
           should
           have
           been
           Four
           Pound
           
           Peices
           ,
           he
           found
           upon
           weighing
           them
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           them
           was
           (a)
           half
           that
           weight
           :
           Upon
           which
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           Reprimanded
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           and
           Sharrack
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           hoped
           it
           was
           afterwards
           mended
           .
           Upon
           which
           I
           mov'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctor
           might
           be
           ask'd
           ,
           upon
           his
           Oath
           ,
           who
           it
           was
           that
           took
           the
           Beef
           out
           of
           the
           Copper
           ,
           and
           weighed
           it
           before
           him
           ?
           He
           answered
           ,
           it
           was
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           ,
           who
           managed
           the
           Hospital
           under
           Mr.
           Dickinson
           :
           And
           then
           I
           referred
           it
           to
           their
           Honours
           to
           consider
           what
           an
           Oath
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           had
           yesterday
           made
           ,
           who
           swore
           ,
           That
           the
           men
           had
           always
           full
           Weight
           of
           Provisions
           in
           the
           Hospital
           ;
           against
           whom
           there
           is
           first
           Mr.
           Leckies
           Oath
           ,
           who
           was
           Surgeon
           upon
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           an
           Eye
           witness
           ;
           and
           now
           also
           Dr.
           Welwood
           swears
           ,
           that
           Sharrack
           himself
           weighed
           those
           very
           Provisions
           that
           were
           short
           of
           Weight
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           I
           must
           be
           forc'd
           again
           to
           go
           back
           to
           the
           preceeding
           Day
           ,
           to
           proceed
           upon
           the
           last
           part
           of
           Mr.
           
           Sharrack's
           Deposition
           :
           and
           I
           am
           oblig'd
           to
           take
           this
           broken
           method
           in
           relating
           it
           ,
           because
           the
           Examination
           was
           not
           so
           compact
           as
           it
           might
           have
           been
           ,
           Sharrack
           being
           suffer'd
           to
           swear
           behind
           Mr.
           Leckies
           back
           ;
           and
           the
           Evidence
           against
           Sharrack
           being
           sworn
           behind
           his
           back
           ,
           when
           they
           might
           as
           well
           have
           all
           been
           Face
           to
           Face
           .
           And
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           
           as
           I
           have
           before
           related
           ,
           not
           thinking
           fit
           to
           send
           for
           Dr.
           Welwood
           ,
           they
           proceeded
           upon
           the
           next
           particular
           of
           the
           Fourth
           Article
           in
           the
           Complaint
           ,
           which
           being
           read
           ,
           contain'd
           these
           Words
           ,
           
             viz.
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             Mr.
          
           Dickenson
           
             Paid
             the
             People
             that
             Quarter
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             at
             Five
             Shillings
             Six
             Pence
          
           per
           
             Week
             ,
             the
             King's
             Allowance
             being
             Seven
             Shillings
             .
          
           To
           this
           also
           Mr.
           Leckie
           had
           Sworn
           .
        
         
           In
           opposition
           to
           which
           ,
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           positively
           Swears
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           the
           Person
           that
           made
           up
           his
           Master's
           Accounts
           ,
           gave
           out
           the
           Tickets
           for
           the
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           and
           paid
           the
           Money
           to
           the
           People
           that
           Quarter'd
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           was
           never
           deducted
           above
           Six
           Pence
           in
           the
           Pound
           ,
           which
           was
           for
           Returns
           of
           Money
           from
           London
           .
           And
           the
           Chairman
           demanding
           of
           me
           what
           I
           had
           to
           object
           ,
           I
           answer'd
           to
           this
           Effect
           :
        
         
           When
           this
           Article
           was
           Examin'd
           before
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           Mr.
           Dickenson
           was
           there
           to
           justifie
           himself
           ,
           and
           (a)
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           was
           left
           at
           Plymouth
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           in
           my
           hearing
           ,
           did
           Examine
           Mr.
           Dickenson
           ,
           speaking
           to
           him
           in
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Dickenson
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           Examine
           you
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           against
           your self
           ;
           but
           declare
           upon
           your
           Honour
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           what
           was
           the
           most
           that
           ever
           you
           deducted
           from
           the
           People
           that
           Quarter'd
           the
           Seamen
           .
           To
           which
           Mr.
           Dickenson
           answer'd
           ,
           I
           never
           deducted
           above
           Twelve
           Pence
           in
           the
           Pound
           ,
           which
           was
           for
           
           Returns
           of
           Money
           .
           Upon
           which
           his
           Honour
           turning
           to
           my
           Lord
           Faulkland
           ▪
           (
           who
           was
           Chairman
           )
           said
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           This
           Matter
           looks
           with
           a
           very
           ill
           Face
           ;
           for
           I
           remember
           some
           time
           ago
           ,
           when
           one
           
             Ben.
             Berry
          
           ,
           now
           Surgeon
           at
           Plymouth
           ,
           brought
           a
           complaint
           against
           Mr.
           Dickenson
           ,
           he
           also
           accus'd
           him
           of
           the
           same
           Crime
           that
           Mr.
           Leckie
           now
           do's
           ,
           of
           making
           unreasonable
           Deductions
           from
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           would
           have
           had
           Mr.
           Dickenson
           come
           up
           to
           answer
           for
           himself
           ;
           but
           he
           pretending
           much
           of
           the
           King's
           Business
           ,
           we
           excus'd
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           sent
           up
           his
           Man
           ,
           one
           
             Nicholas
             Sharrack
          
           ,
           to
           justifie
           his
           Proceedings
           :
           And
           I
           remember
           Sharrack
           ,
           in
           his
           Master's
           Justification
           ,
           Swore
           before
           us
           ,
           That
           his
           Master
           never
           deducted
           above
           Eighteen
           Pence
           in
           the
           Pound
           ;
           and
           now
           Mr.
           Dickenson
           declares
           upon
           his
           Honour
           ,
           he
           never
           deducted
           but
           Twelve
           Pence
           .
           Therefore
           (
           added
           I
           )
           I
           pray
           your
           Honours
           to
           send
           to
           the
           Admiralty
           for
           the
           Minuits
           of
           Mr.
           
           Sharrack's
           Deposition
           before
           their
           Lordships
           ;
           for
           you
           will
           find
           that
           in
           Mr.
           
           Berry's
           complaint
           (
           which
           was
           about
           February
           ,
           1691
           /
           2
           )
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           then
           Swore
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           Dickenson
           never
           deducted
           above
           Eighteen
           Pence
           in
           the
           Pound
           .
           And
           afterwards
           ,
           before
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           Mr.
           Dickenson
           himself
           ,
           about
           April
           1694.
           says
           ,
           he
           never
           deducted
           but
           Twelve
           Pence
           .
           And
           now
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           Swears
           again
           positively
           ,
           before
           your
           Honours
           ,
           he
           never
           deducted
           but
           Six
           Pence
           .
           To
           which
           the
           Commissioners
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           there
           must
           be
           Perjury
           either
           on
           one
           side
           or
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           the
           Chairman
           said
           ,
           they
           would
           take
           care
           to
           send
           for
           the
           Minuits
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           that
           I
           had
           desir'd
           ,
           and
           consider
           of
           all
           these
           matters
           in
           the
           end
           :
           And
           accordingly
           I
           lest
           in
           Writing
           ,
           how
           they
           should
           describe
           the
           said
           Minuits
           in
           their
           Letter
           or
           Precept
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           ;
           but
           whether
           they
           have
           got
           it
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           I
           don't
           know
           .
           Thus
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           August
           ,
           
           1694.
           in
           one
           Day
           ,
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           finished
           his
           Deposition
           ,
           which
           he
           came
           from
           Plymouth
           to
           make
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           same
           Night
           discharg'd
           any
           further
           Attendance
           ,
           and
           hurry'd
           out
           of
           Town
           again
           down
           to
           his
           Post
           ,
           as
           an
           honest
           Man
           fit
           to
           serve
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           About
           this
           time
           I
           had
           notice
           that
           one
           Capt.
           White
           was
           come
           for
           England
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Person
           mention'd
           in
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty's
           Report
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           War
           made
           a
           Proposal
           in
           Writing
           ,
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           to
           Transport
           the
           Prisoners
           at
           War
           ,
           for
           Ten
           Shillings
           per
           Head
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           made
           a
           verbal
           Proposal
           to
           do
           it
           for
           Eight
           Shillings
           a
           Head
           ;
           but
           he
           being
           at
           Sea
           when
           this
           Complaint
           was
           Examin'd
           before
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           the
           verbal
           Proposal
           of
           Eight
           Shillings
           a
           Head
           could
           not
           be
           fully
           prov'd
           :
           But
           now
           ,
           hearing
           he
           was
           come
           for
           England
           ,
           I
           acquainted
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           who
           at
           my
           instance
           were
           pleas'd
           to
           send
           for
           him
           :
           And
           the
           said
           Capt.
           VVhite
           prov'd
           before
           their
           Honours
           ,
           That
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           refus'd
           to
           employ
           him
           for
           Eight
           Shillings
           a
           Head
           ,
           Mr
           Addison
           telling
           him
           at
           the
           Board
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           undertake
           it
           at
           so
           low
           a
           rate
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           did
           it
           to
           prejudice
           other
           Men
           ;
           raising
           many
           other
           Difficulties
           and
           Objections
           ,
           &c.
           and
           bid
           him
           go
           and
           talk
           with
           Mr.
           
             Peter
             Dulivier
          
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Holder
           ;
           and
           that
           going
           to
           them
           ,
           each
           of
           them
           told
           him
           the
           said
           Capt.
           VVhite
           ,
           he
           had
           (a)
           spoiled
           the
           Market
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           could
           have
           had
           Twenty
           ,
           if
           not
           Thirty
           Shillings
           for
           each
           English
           Passenger
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           him
           .
        
         
         
           And
           the
           Commissioners
           having
           quite
           discourag'd
           Captain
           
           White
           's
           ,
           proposal
           of
           Eight
           Shillings
           a
           head
           ,
           they
           presented
           to
           the
           Admiralty
           a
           Representation
           ,
           a
           Copy
           whereof
           I
           shall
           insert
           ,
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
               To
               the
               Right
               honourable
               the
               Lords
               Commissioners
               for
               executing
               the
               Office
               of
               Lord
               High
               Admiral
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               The
               Commissioners
               for
               exchanging
               Prisoners
               at
               War
               ,
               Represent
               ,
            
             
               THat
               in
               pursuance
               of
               an
               Order
               of
               his
               Majesty
               in
               Council
               ,
               dated
               the
               21st
               .
               of
               this
               Instant
               November
               ,
               a
               Copy
               whereof
               is
               hereunto
               annexed
               ,
               We
               have
               received
               proposals
               from
               several
               Persons
               for
               a
               Ship
               to
               carry
               French
               Prisoners
               at
               VVar
               for
               France
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               back
               the
               English
               Prisoners
               from
               thence
               ,
               and
               find
               the
               Proposals
               of
               
                 Richard
                 Holder
              
               *
               of
               London
               ,
               Merchant
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               fairest
               ,
               *
               which
               are
               ,
               either
               to
               have
               twenty
               Shillings
               a
               Head
               for
               each
               English
               Prisoner
               he
               shall
               bring
               from
               France
               ,
               or
               if
               he
               may
               have
               Liberty
               to
               carry
               to
               France
               such
               a
               quantity
               of
               English
               Goods
               as
               are
               not
               contraband
               ,
               bringing
               back
               only
               Money
               for
               them
               ,
               for
               which
               he
               will
               give
               such
               Security
               as
               shall
               be
               required
               ,
               that
               then
               he
               will
               bring
               all
               the
               English
               Prisoners
               home
               for
               nothing
               .
            
             
               The
               Ship
               is
               called
               the
               Elizabeth
               of
               London
               ,
               Burthen
               Eighty
               Tuns
               ,
               ten
               Men
               ,
               and
               six
               great
               Guns
               ,
               now
               lying
               in
               the
               River
               Thames
               ,
               and
               ready
               to
               Launch
               .
            
             
             
               We
               pray
               your
               Lordship
               's
               speedy
               Directions
               ,
               which
               of
               these
               Proposals
               we
               shall
               agree
               upon
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Addison
                 .
                 Antho.
                 Shepherd
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     29th
                     Nov.
                     1689.
                  
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 There
                 are
                 two
                 Commissioners
                 more
                 that
                 signed
                 this
                 Representation
                 ,
                 whose
                 Names
                 I
                 shall
                 omit
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 dead
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           the
           Commissioners
           giving
           this
           Representation
           to
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           their
           Lordships
           refused
           to
           give
           them
           direction
           to
           agree
           for
           twenty
           Shillings
           a
           Head
           ,
           accounting
           it
           an
           extravagant
           price
           ,
           so
           the
           Commissioners
           were
           forced
           to
           sink
           the
           price
           to
           fifteen
           Shillings
           a
           head
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           employed
           the
           same
           Captain
           White
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           Ship
           ,
           and
           Covenanted
           for
           fifteen
           Shillings
           a
           Head
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           Service
           he
           had
           before
           offer'd
           for
           Eight
           Shillings
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           Captain
           VVhite
           allow'd
           gratuities
           to
           Mr.
           Holder
           ,
           and
           Dulivier
           ,
           at
           the
           rate
           of
           Half
           a
           Crown
           a
           Head
           for
           each
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           making
           up
           of
           one
           account
           between
           him
           and
           Mr.
           Holder
           ,
           there
           was
           about
           ninety
           odd
           Pounds
           of
           such
           Half-Crowns
           deducted
           from
           the
           said
           VVhite
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           Freight
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           by
           vertue
           of
           a
           Collusive
           Agreement
           ,
           or
           Charter-Party
           made
           privately
           between
           him
           and
           the
           said
           Mr.
           Holder
           ,
           which
           the
           said
           VVhite
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           enter
           into
           ,
           before
           he
           could
           be
           admitted
           into
           the
           Service
           .
        
         
           Captain
           VVhite
           did
           also
           upon
           Oath
           in
           my
           hearing
           relate
           some
           other
           things
           of
           Moment
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           accounts
           .
           But
           at
           present
           I
           shall
           only
           mention
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           substance
           of
           which
           was
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           Addison
           *
           told
           him
           not
           long
           after
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           as
           a
           
           great
           Secret
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           that
           Monsieur
           Dulivier
           paid
           all
           the
           French
           King's
           Pensions
           to
           his
           Spies
           here
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           This
           Captain
           White
           has
           the
           Reputation
           of
           a
           Person
           of
           known
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           affection
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           performed
           his
           Duty
           during
           the
           time
           he
           was
           employed
           in
           Transporting
           the
           Prisoners
           with
           great
           Zeal
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           discovering
           the
           designs
           of
           the
           French
           ;
           but
           met
           with
           such
           unexpected
           disappointments
           and
           Obstructions
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           sometimes
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           murther'd
           by
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           it
           seems
           had
           an
           account
           of
           his
           Actions
           ,
           instances
           of
           which
           he
           has
           given
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           .
        
         
           But
           however
           in
           Justice
           to
           the
           said
           Captain
           White
           ,
           who
           is
           now
           absent
           at
           Sea
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           insert
           the
           Copy
           of
           a
           Memorial
           ,
           presented
           by
           me
           in
           his
           behalf
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Accounts
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           stop
           the
           Mouths
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           their
           Party
           ,
           from
           blackening
           him
           in
           his
           Reputation
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           by
           me
           and
           all
           others
           who
           have
           opposed
           their
           Evil
           Practices
           .
        
         
           
             
               To
               the
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               Commissioners
               appointed
               to
               take
               ,
               state
               ,
               and
               examine
               the
               publick
               Accounts
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Memorial
                   of
                
                 Samuell
                 Baston
                 ,
                 Sheweth
                 ,
              
            
             
               THat
               Captain
               
                 John
                 White
              
               who
               was
               lately
               before
               your
               Honours
               ,
               has
               acquainted
               me
               ,
               That
               whereas
               he
               is
               suddenly
               going
               a
               long
               Voyage
               to
               Sea
               ,
               and
               not
               knowing
               if
               he
               shall
               ever
               return
               ;
               and
               forasmuch
               as
               what
               he
               has
               hitherto
               said
               and
               sworn
               at
               your
               Honourable
               Board
               against
               
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Sick
               and
               Wounded
               ,
               and
               Prisoners
               at
               War
               ,
               has
               been
               when
               the
               said
               Commissioners
               have
               not
               been
               present
               ,
               and
               that
               nothing
               for
               the
               future
               may
               be
               alledged
               by
               the
               said
               Commissioners
               against
               him
               the
               said
               Captain
               White
               to
               prejudice
               his
               Reputation
               ,
               when
               he
               shall
               be
               absent
               at
               Sea
               ,
               and
               not
               present
               to
               justifie
               himself
               ,
               he
               the
               said
               Capt.
               White
               ,
               has
               therefore
               desir'd
               me
               ,
               in
               his
               behalf
               ,
               to
               pray
               your
               Honours
               Precept
               for
               him
               to
               appear
               Face
               to
               Face
               ,
               with
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Sick
               and
               Wounded
               ,
               before
               your
               Honourable
               Board
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               your
               Honours
               think
               fit
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               justifie
               and
               confirm
               what
               he
               has
               already
               said
               and
               sworn
               ,
               but
               to
               hear
               and
               answer
               all
               Objections
               ,
               that
               the
               said
               Commissioners
               can
               bring
               against
               him
               ,
               and
               also
               ,
               to
               declare
               some
               other
               Matters
               of
               Consequence
               to
               the
               King's
               Service
               ,
               which
               as
               yet
               he
               has
               not
               discovered
               .
            
             
               
                 Thus
                 far
                 relating
                 to
                 Capt.
              
               White
               .
            
             
               
                 London
                 ,
                 
                   15.
                   
                   Nov.
                   1694.
                   
                
              
               
                 Sign'd
                 ,
                 Samuel
                 Baston
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           According
           to
           the
           Request
           in
           this
           Memorial
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           with
           Capt.
           White
           ,
           and
           my Self
           ,
           were
           sent
           for
           by
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           being
           all
           present
           ,
           the
           Memorial
           was
           read
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           who
           was
           Chairman
           ,
           told
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           That
           this
           was
           the
           business
           they
           had
           sent
           for
           them
           upon
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Request
           was
           so
           reasonable
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           deny
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           desired
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           any
           thing
           to
           object
           against
           Capt.
           VVhite
           ,
           either
           to
           what
           he
           had
           said
           against
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           his
           Reputation
           in
           general
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           now
           declare
           it
           .
           To
           which
           Mr.
           Addison
           answer'd
           ,
           We
           did
           not
           come
           to
           accuse
           Capt.
           VVhite
           ,
           but
           thought
           he
           
           had
           come
           to
           accuse
           us
           .
           But
           the
           Chairman
           reply'd
           ,
           That
           is
           not
           the
           matter
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           have
           heard
           the
           Memorial
           read
           ,
           Capt.
           White
           is
           going
           to
           Sea
           ,
           and
           desires
           that
           you
           would
           now
           speak
           what
           you
           have
           to
           object
           against
           him
           ,
           before
           he
           goes
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           here
           ready
           to
           make
           answer
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           prevent
           all
           Scandals
           that
           may
           be
           cast
           upon
           him
           in
           his
           absence
           .
           To
           which
           Mr.
           Addison
           answer'd
           to
           this
           effect
           ;
           We
           have
           nothing
           to
           say
           against
           Capt.
           White
           ;
           we
           always
           believed
           him
           to
           be
           an
           honest
           Man
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           has
           been
           hardly
           us'd
           ,
           we
           could
           not
           help
           it
           ;
           for
           what
           we
           did
           in
           turning
           him
           out
           ,
           was
           by
           Order
           .
           Then
           the
           Chairman
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           say
           ,
           Captain
           ,
           you
           hear
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           have
           nothing
           to
           say
           against
           you
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           us
           ,
           I
           do
           assure
           you
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           the
           least
           Imputation
           upon
           you
           at
           this
           Board
           ,
           but
           we
           believe
           you
           to
           be
           a
           very
           honest
           Man
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           have
           been
           greatly
           abus'd
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           Business
           being
           ended
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           it
           slept
           all
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1694.
           till
           the
           beginning
           of
           March
           ,
           1694
           /
           5.
           
           The
           Parliament
           being
           then
           sitting
           ,
           one
           Mr.
           Crosfield
           came
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           ,
           he
           design'd
           to
           bring
           a
           Petition
           into
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           against
           several
           Corruptions
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           he
           design'd
           to
           insert
           the
           Business
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ;
           asking
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           appear
           before
           the
           Parliament
           .
           I
           told
           him
           I
           was
           very
           willing
           :
           and
           thereupon
           I
           drew
           up
           a
           short
           Account
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           he
           plac'd
           it
           the
           first
           Article
           in
           his
           Petition
           ,
           which
           was
           Presented
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           the
           Ninth
           of
           March
           ,
           1694
           /
           5.
           
           And
           being
           called
           in
           before
           the
           House
           ,
           among
           other
           things
           ,
           I
           pray'd
           ,
           That
           the
           Proceedings
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           might
           be
           laid
           before
           the
           House
           ;
           which
           their
           Lordships
           were
           pleas'd
           to
           order
           accordingly
           .
           Then
           was
           I
           in
           great
           Expectation
           
           to
           end
           this
           troublesome
           Business
           ,
           that
           had
           lain
           so
           long
           and
           so
           heavy
           upon
           my
           Shoulders
           ,
           while
           the
           Commissioners
           were
           supported
           .
           For
           I
           ,
           and
           several
           others
           ,
           fully
           concluded
           ,
           That
           the
           afore-mentioned
           Depositions
           of
           Mr.
           Sharrack
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           miscarriages
           of
           Forgery
           ,
           &c.
           with
           all
           Capt.
           
           White
           's
           Depositions
           ,
           would
           have
           come
           open
           and
           bare-fac'd
           before
           the
           House
           :
           but
           we
           were
           all
           mistaken
           .
           For
           about
           eleven
           Days
           after
           the
           Order
           ,
           viz.
           the
           20
           th
           .
           of
           March
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           had
           gotten
           the
           Examination
           referred
           to
           them
           ,
           alleadging
           to
           the
           House
           (
           as
           I
           was
           inform'd
           )
           That
           it
           was
           still
           depending
           before
           them
           and
           not
           finish'd
           ;
           and
           produc'd
           a
           great
           bundle
           of
           Papers
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           was
           not
           half
           the
           Examination
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           accordingly
           it
           was
           re-committed
           to
           them
           by
           an
           Order
           of
           the
           House
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           better
           discerning
           how
           their
           Lordships
           Order
           was
           observ'd
           ,
           I
           shall
           insert
           it
           ,
           as
           followeth
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Die
               Mercurii
               20.
               
               Martii
               1694.
               
            
             
               IT
               is
               Order'd
               by
               the
               Lords
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               ,
               in
               Parliament
               assembled
               ,
               That
               the
               Papers
               this
               Day
               deliver'd
               in
               ,
               from
               the
               Commissioners
               appointed
               to
               Examine
               ,
               Take
               ,
               and
               State
               the
               Publick
               Accounts
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               in
               pursuance
               of
               an
               Order
               of
               the
               
               9th
               .
               Instant
               ;
               as
               also
               all
               other
               Papers
               and
               Informations
               now
               before
               this
               House
               ,
               relating
               to
               Mr.
               
               Crosfield's
               Complaint
               ,
               mention'd
               in
               ,
               or
               annex'd
               to
               his
               Petition
               ;
               and
               which
               concern
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               the
               Sick
               and
               Wounded
               ;
               be
               sent
               to
               the
               said
               Commissioners
               of
               Accounts
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               their
               Proceeding
               in
               the
               further
               Examination
               of
               that
               Matter
               now
               before
               them
               :
               And
               after
               such
               Examination
               perfected
               ,
               they
               transmit
               the
               Informations
               ,
               and
               report
               their
               Observations
               thereupon
               ,
               to
               this
               House
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Math.
                   Johnson
                
                 ,
                 Cler.
                 Parliamentor
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           'T
           was
           surprizing
           to
           me
           when
           I
           heard
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           had
           Represented
           ,
           that
           the
           Complaint
           was
           still
           depending
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           perfected
           :
           When
           (
           as
           I
           have
           before
           related
           )
           it
           had
           from
           time
           to
           time
           lain
           so
           long
           dormant
           in
           their
           Office
           ,
           both
           before
           and
           after
           Examination
           ;
           which
           was
           all
           gone
           through
           long
           before
           in
           the
           manner
           aforementioned
           ,
           except
           the
           first
           Three
           Articles
           ,
           which
           their
           Honours
           totally
           rejected
           ;
           saying
           ,
           them
           Articles
           did
           not
           lie
           before
           their
           Board
           ,
           they
           being
           only
           concern'd
           for
           the
           King's
           Revenue
           .
        
         
           The
           getting
           it
           thus
           Recommitted
           towards
           the
           End
           of
           a
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           procur'd
           about
           Eight
           Months
           further
           delay
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Encouragement
           of
           those
           accus'd
           ,
           who
           well
           know
           that
           Old
           Crimes
           are
           seldom
           punish'd
           .
        
         
           However
           ;
           I
           hop'd
           for
           the
           best
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           Crosfield
           and
           I
           ,
           soon
           after
           this
           Order
           ,
           waited
           upon
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           at
           his
           House
           ,
           praying
           him
           to
           speed
           the
           Examination
           ,
           that
           a
           Report
           might
           be
           made
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           before
           the
           breaking
           up
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           desiring
           him
           also
           to
           think
           of
           Mr.
           
           Sharrack's
           Deposition
           ,
           &c.
           that
           was
           past
           .
           To
           which
           he
           answered
           ,
           (
           speaking
           to
           me
           )
           
             Say
             you
             nothing
             ,
             but
             keep
             your
             Tongue
             within
             your
             Teeth
             ;
             there
             's
             a
             great
             difference
             now
             ;
             we
             have
             an
             Order
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ;
             we
             know
             where
             the
             Shooe
             pinches
             better
             than
             you
             ;
             don't
             trouble
             your self
             ;
             for
             we
             'll
             lay
             our
             fingers
             upon
             the
             right
             place
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           Thus
           I
           went
           away
           with
           great
           satisfaction
           ,
           thinking
           all
           things
           went
           well
           ;
           and
           having
           on
           the
           22
           d
           of
           March
           waited
           on
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           we
           received
           their
           Order
           to
           atend
           them
           the
           29
           th
           following
           ,
           with
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ;
           but
           nothing
           material
           was
           done
           that
           day
           ,
           or
           the
           30
           th
           ,
           till
           the
           2
           d
           of
           April
           .
        
         
           April
           2
           d
           had
           another
           Hearing
           ,
           when
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           had
           brought
           their
           Answer
           in
           Writing
           
           to
           the
           first
           Article
           ,
           about
           the
           Correspondence
           ;
           which
           I
           pray'd
           to
           hear
           read
           ;
           but
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           would
           not
           grant
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           also
           pray'd
           to
           have
           the
           Letter
           of
           Mr.
           
             William
             Churchil
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Alston
          
           ,
           produc'd
           and
           read
           ,
           which
           is
           mention'd
           in
           the
           first
           Article
           of
           the
           Admiralty's
           Report
           ;
           and
           which
           I
           offer'd
           ,
           as
           an
           Evidence
           of
           the
           Correspondence
           ;
           but
           I
           receiv'd
           Answer
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           not
           be
           found
           .
        
         
           Then
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           receiv'd
           an
           Accusation
           against
           me
           from
           Mr.
           
             William
             Churchil
          
           ,
           who
           affirm'd
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           carried
           an
           (a)
           Information
           to
           my
           Lord
           Nottingham's
           Office
           ,
           by
           which
           
             Robert
             Masters
          
           (
           mentioned
           in
           the
           2
           d
           Article
           of
           the
           Admiralty's
           Report
           )
           was
           turn'd
           out
           ;
           and
           produc'd
           a
           Letter
           under
           my
           Hand
           ,
           as
           a
           Testimony
           thereof
           ;
           which
           being
           Read
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           Examin'd
           me
           upon
           it
           .
           I
           answered
           .
           That
           the
           Crime
           was
           not
           great
           ,
           if
           true
           :
           But
           if
           their
           Honours
           would
           receive
           Accusations
           against
           me
           that
           was
           forreign
           to
           the
           matter
           before
           them
           ,
           I
           pray'd
           that
           Mr.
           Churchil
           might
           make
           Oath
           to
           the
           Truth
           of
           his
           Accusation
           (
           it
           being
           the
           custom
           of
           their
           Board
           to
           receive
           nothing
           but
           upon
           Oath
           )
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           not
           granted
           me
           :
           Yet
           the
           next
           day
           a
           discourse
           of
           this
           matter
           arising
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           administred
           an
           Oath
           to
           me
           to
           swear
           a
           Negative
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Affirmative
           was
           not
           sworn
           ,
           and
           all
           about
           a
           matter
           that
           whoever
           did
           it
           ,
           ought
           certainly
           to
           be
           commended
           ,
           and
           not
           condemned
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           they
           came
           closer
           upon
           me
           ,
           for
           they
           made
           an
           offer
           at
           my
           Life
           by
           an
           Accusation
           ,
           wherein
           Mr.
           Addison
           pretended
           to
           make
           out
           ,
           That
           I
           was
           the
           Criminal
           ,
           and
           had
           held
           the
           Criminal
           Correspondence
           with
           Dulivier
           ,
           and
           
           produced
           a
           Paper
           ,
           which
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           took
           and
           read
           ,
           obliging
           me
           to
           answer
           for
           my self
           .
           I
           told
           their
           Honours
           ,
           I
           conceiv'd
           it
           was
           not
           Legal
           to
           suffer
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           to
           interfere
           with
           such
           pretended
           Accusations
           against
           me
           ,
           before
           they
           had
           answer'd
           to
           what
           was
           Exhibited
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           had
           done
           that
           ,
           then
           I
           would
           answer
           to
           any
           thing
           they
           had
           to
           alleadge
           against
           me
           ;
           for
           that
           proceeding
           in
           this
           method
           ,
           tended
           only
           to
           stifle
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           discourage
           all
           such
           as
           appear'd
           for
           the
           same
           .
           But
           all
           I
           could
           say
           ,
           avail'd
           nothing
           ,
           though
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           said
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           receive
           no
           such
           Accusations
           .
           But
           another
           was
           of
           a
           contrary
           mind
           ,
           saying
           ,
           'T
           was
           a
           Criminal
           Correspondence
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           .
           So
           then
           the
           Tables
           were
           turn'd
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           clear
           my self
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           Minuit
           against
           me
           
             pro
             Confesso
          
           .
        
         
           April
           3.
           
           Had
           another
           Hearing
           ,
           when
           
             Robert
             Masters
          
           charg'd
           as
           a
           Criminal
           in
           the
           Complaint
           ,
           and
           adjudg'd
           so
           by
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           as
           per
           Second
           Article
           of
           their
           Lordships
           Report
           ,
           was
           admitted
           a
           Witness
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           behalf
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           Correspondence
           with
           Dulivier
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           himself
           was
           concern'd
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           shall
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           a
           foul
           Piece
           of
           Fraud
           ,
           acted
           in
           a
           parcel
           of
           Rhubarb
           ,
           and
           how
           it
           was
           this
           Day
           Sworn
           off
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           Sworn
           at
           the
           Bar
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           by
           two
           Drug
           Merchants
           ,
           who
           were
           Summon'd
           ,
           That
           in
           January
           ,
           1693
           /
           4.
           they
           Sold
           to
           Mr.
           
             Jonathan
             Leigh
          
           ,
           Apothecary
           ,
           at
           publick
           Sale
           ,
           about
           one
           Hundred
           and
           a
           half
           of
           Rhubarb
           ,
           
           at
           *
           Four
           Pounds
           Eleven
           Shillings
           per
           Hundred
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           said
           Rhubarb
           was
           damag'd
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           it
           good
           ,
           or
           fit
           for
           Medicine
           .
        
         
           An
           Apothecary
           also
           being
           Summon'd
           ,
           Depos'd
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           Mr.
           
           Leigh's
           Apprentice
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           the
           said
           Rhubarb
           was
           bought
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           considerable
           quantity
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           Order
           of
           the
           said
           Mr.
           Leigh
           ,
           was
           beaten
           into
           Powder
           ,
           and
           deliver'd
           into
           the
           (a)
           Elaboratory
           in
           the
           Savoy
           ,
           for
           Their
           Majesties
           use
           .
           And
           being
           ask'd
           ,
           He
           also
           declar'd
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           That
           his
           Conscience
           would
           not
           give
           him
           leave
           to
           dispense
           such
           Rhubarb
           into
           Medicine
           :
           That
           the
           said
           Rhubarb
           cost
           but
           after
           the
           Rate
           of
           about
           Nine
           Pence
           Three
           Farthings
           per
           Pound
           ;
           and
           that
           good
           Rhubarb
           ,
           fit
           for
           Apothecaries
           use
           ,
           was
           at
           that
           time
           worth
           at
           least
           ,
           Three
           or
           Four
           and
           Twenty
           Shillings
           per
           Pound
           (b)
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Substance
           of
           what
           was
           Sworn
           at
           the
           Bar
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           which
           was
           transmitted
           in
           Writing
           ,
           Sign'd
           by
           each
           Person
           ,
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           pursuant
           to
           
           their
           Lordships
           Order
           of
           Reference
           ;
           and
           this
           Day
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Third
           of
           April
           ,
           the
           Apothecary
           and
           Drug-Merchants
           ,
           being
           Summon'd
           to
           attend
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           being
           sent
           for
           up
           ,
           the
           Four
           Apothecaries
           were
           also
           call'd
           up
           ;
           and
           after
           the
           former
           had
           again
           declar'd
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           according
           to
           what
           has
           been
           before
           related
           ,
           then
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           admitted
           the
           Four
           Apothecaries
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           to
           Swear
           a
           Negative
           in
           their
           own
           behalf
           ;
           neither
           were
           they
           examin'd
           separate
           ,
           but
           all
           suffer'd
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Room
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           when
           one
           was
           upon
           his
           Oath
           ,
           the
           others
           stood
           by
           ,
           and
           did
           sometimes
           direct
           and
           help
           his
           Memory
           ,
           as
           they
           saw
           occasion
           .
           Thus
           they
           Swore
           off
           the
           Matter
           ,
           only
           one
           of
           them
           made
           a
           small
           Trip
           ,
           which
           was
           this
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           the
           Apothecaries
           (
           among
           other
           things
           )
           upon
           his
           Oath
           declar'd
           ,
           That
           not
           one
           Grain
           of
           the
           Rhubarb
           sent
           in
           Powder
           to
           the
           Savoy
           ,
           went
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           sick
           and
           wounded
           Seamen
           .
        
         
           Then
           I
           pray'd
           liberty
           to
           ask
           him
           some
           Questions
           ,
           which
           were
           these
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           If
           that
           damag'd
           Rhubarb
           sent
           into
           the
           Savoy
           was
           not
           employ'd
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           sick
           and
           wounded
           Seamen
           ,
           where
           then
           did
           it
           go
           ?
           was
           it
           dispers'd
           among
           the
           Army
           ?
           But
           here
           I
           was
           interrupted
           ,
           and
           told
           ,
           I
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           the
           Army
           :
           't
           was
           sufficient
           he
           had
           Sworn
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           it
           went
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           sick
           and
           wounded
           Seamen
           .
        
         
           Then
           I
           proceeded
           to
           ask
           him
           ,
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           Upon
           your
           Oath
           ,
           Do
           you
           keep
           the
           Medicines
           for
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           sick
           and
           wounded
           Seamen
           together
           ?
           Or
           ,
           do
           you
           distinguish
           which
           is
           for
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           which
           for
           the
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ?
        
         
         
           He
           answer'd
           no
           ;
           there
           's
           no
           need
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           keep
           them
           all
           together
           .
        
         
           Then
           I
           demanded
           :
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           Upon
           your
           Oath
           ,
           Are
           you
           constantly
           at
           the
           Elaboratory
           in
           the
           Savoy
           ,
           when
           the
           Invoices
           of
           Medicines
           sent
           from
           the
           sick
           and
           wounded
           Office
           ,
           are
           made
           up
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           Sea-Ports
           ?
           or
           ,
           who
           is
           it
           that
           attends
           that
           Service
           ?
        
         
           He
           answer'd
           ,
           'T
           is
           Mr.
           
           Anderson's
           Business
           to
           look
           after
           that
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           never
           there
           .
        
         
           Then
           ,
           reply'd
           I
           ,
           How
           can
           you
           so
           positively
           Swear
           ,
           That
           not
           one
           Grain
           of
           this
           Rhubarb
           went
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           sick
           and
           wounded
           Seamen
           ,
           when
           the
           Medicines
           are
           kept
           together
           without
           distinction
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           never
           there
           at
           the
           making
           up
           of
           the
           Invoices
           ?
        
         
           Thus
           the
           dark
           miscarriage
           of
           the
           Rhubarb
           was
           Sworn
           off
           by
           the
           Criminals
           themselves
           ,
           and
           look'd
           upon
           as
           a
           slight
           and
           trivial
           matter
           .
        
         
           This
           Part
           being
           over
           ,
           I
           mov'd
           to
           have
           produc'd
           the
           Information
           of
           one
           
             Ben.
             Cooke
          
           ,
           and
           about
           20
           other
           Masters
           of
           Ships
           ;
           and
           also
           a
           Letter
           of
           Mounsieur
           
           Delagny's
           ,
           which
           were
           both
           Inserted
           in
           the
           List
           of
           Witnesses
           given
           in
           by
           me
           the
           27
           th
           .
           of
           March
           ,
           but
           I
           could
           not
           obtain
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           I
           mov'd
           also
           ,
           that
           the
           Minuits
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           might
           be
           produc'd
           ,
           concerning
           what
           
             Nich.
             Sharrack
          
           Swore
           against
           Ben.
           Berry's
           Complaint
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           pray'd
           might
           be
           sent
           for
           in
           the
           List
           of
           Witnesses
           ,
           of
           the
           27
           th
           .
           of
           March
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           obtain
           it
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           to
           shew
           the
           falsity
           of
           (a)
           Mr.
           
           Sharrack's
           Deposition
           afore-mentioned
           .
        
         
         
           
             Saturday
             ,
             April
          
           6
           th
           had
           another
           hearing
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Gibson
          
           attending
           according
           to
           Order
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           Witness
           about
           the
           Proposal
           of
           Capt.
           White
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           receiv'd
           an
           Information
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           against
           him
           and
           me
           (
           which
           was
           forreign
           to
           the
           matter
           before
           them
           )
           by
           Three
           clamorous
           Women
           ,
           brought
           up
           on
           purpose
           from
           Deptford
           .
           Neither
           were
           they
           examined
           separate
           ,
           but
           called
           up
           all
           together
           ,
           and
           being
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           one
           was
           suffered
           to
           tell
           her
           Story
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           only
           ask'd
           ,
           if
           what
           she
           said
           was
           true
           ?
           And
           Mr.
           Gibson
           going
           to
           justifie
           himself
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           were
           not
           willing
           to
           hear
           him
           :
           To
           which
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           said
           ,
           That
           since
           they
           had
           suffered
           Dirt
           to
           be
           thrown
           in
           his
           Face
           ,
           they
           ought
           in
           Honour
           to
           give
           him
           liberty
           to
           wipe
           it
           off
           again
           :
           So
           at
           last
           the
           Board
           was
           prevail'd
           with
           to
           consent
           to
           hear
           Mr.
           
           Gibson's
           Defence
           the
           Thursday
           following
           (a)
           .
        
         
           April
           11
           
             th
             ,
             Thursday
          
           ,
           had
           another
           Hearing
           ,
           when
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           brought
           one
           of
           their
           Clerks
           ,
           their
           Messenger
           ,
           and
           their
           Door-keeper
           ,
           to
           be
           Witnesses
           for
           them
           .
           I
           mov'd
           that
           they
           might
           be
           ask'd
           ,
           Whether
           any
           one
           had
           offer'd
           to
           tamper
           with
           them
           ?
           Which
           was
           Refus'd
           .
        
         
         
           I
           mov'd
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Gibson
           ,
           or
           my self
           ,
           might
           be
           permitted
           to
           ask
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           some
           Questions
           ,
           in
           Order
           to
           clear
           Mr.
           Gibson
           of
           the
           Information
           so
           unjustly
           charg'd
           upon
           him
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           refus'd
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Mr.
           Gibson
           being
           Summon'd
           as
           an
           Evidence
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           met
           with
           very
           scurvy
           Treatment
           ;
           against
           which
           the
           same
           Commissioner
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           last
           spoken
           of
           ,
           did
           several
           times
           object
           ,
           declaring
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           received
           any
           such
           Information
           .
        
         
           Then
           I
           mov'd
           ,
           That
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Complaint
           might
           be
           Examin'd
           which
           sets
           forth
           ,
           That
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           ,
           keep
           their
           Accounts
           in
           a
           Clandestine
           Manner
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Navy
           ,
           whereby
           they
           give
           themselves
           Opportunity
           to
           Cheat
           the
           *
           King
           —
           Receiv'd
           Answer
           from
           the
           Chairman
           ,
           That
           they
           nor
           I
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           ,
           how
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           keep
           their
           Accounts
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           done
           with
           the
           last
           Examination
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           it
           may
           not
           be
           improper
           to
           observe
           ,
           That
           Sir
           
             Samuel
             Bernadiston
          
           left
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Peter
             Colliton
          
           died
           before
           this
           Complaint
           came
           under
           Examination
           :
           Neither
           do
           I
           remember
           that
           the
           Honourable
           
             Paul
             Foley
          
           was
           at
           any
           of
           the
           aforementioned
           Debates
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           which
           happen'd
           in
           the
           Sitting
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Treatment
           being
           added
           to
           all
           the
           hard
           usage
           I
           had
           before
           undergone
           ,
           and
           seeing
           my
           Enemies
           multiply
           upon
           me
           ,
           I
           was
           very
           desirous
           that
           a
           final
           end
           might
           be
           put
           to
           
           this
           Tedious
           Business
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           might
           Represent
           me
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           either
           for
           a
           Knave
           or
           an
           Honest
           Man
           ,
           as
           they
           in
           their
           Consciences
           thought
           I
           deserv'd
           ;
           and
           to
           move
           their
           Honours
           thereto
           ,
           I
           wrote
           them
           the
           following
           Letter
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
            
             
               HOping
               you
               will
               suddenly
               give
               in
               a
               Report
               to
               the
               House
               of
               Lords
               concerning
               my
               Complaint
               against
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Sick
               and
               Wounded
               ,
               pursuant
               to
               their
               Lordships
               Order
               of
               Reference
               ,
               of
               the
               20th
               of
               March
               last
               ;
               but
               before
               the
               said
               Report
               be
               given
               in
               ,
               I
               shall
               humbly
               beg
               leave
               to
               offer
               to
               your
               Consideration
               the
               following
               Particulars
               :
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               I
               laid
               down
               my
               Employment
               to
               bring
               this
               Complaint
               ,
               out
               of
               a
               love
               to
               Justice
               ,
               and
               Zeal
               for
               the
               King's
               Service
               (
               tho
               directly
               contrary
               to
               my
               own
               private
               Interest
               at
               that
               time
               :
               )
               And
               tho
               there
               has
               been
               a
               Report
               made
               to
               the
               King
               by
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               ,
               and
               also
               a
               Report
               by
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Council
               to
               the
               late
               Queen
               ,
               of
               blessed
               Memory
               ;
               both
               which
               Reports
               do
               (
               I
               conceive
               )
               set
               forth
               ,
               That
               the
               Matter
               of
               Fact
               in
               my
               Complaint
               ,
               is
               true
               ;
               all
               which
               are
               publick
               Evidences
               ,
               that
               what
               I
               did
               ,
               was
               the
               Duty
               of
               a
               good
               Subject
               :
               Yet
               ,
               notwithstanding
               ,
               my
               Adversaries
               have
               been
               supported
               ,
               and
               I
               ,
               as
               though
               I
               were
               a
               Criminal
               ,
               have
               been
               to
               this
               Day
               ,
               not
               only
               kept
               out
               of
               Employment
               ,
               but
               also
               left
               openly
               exposed
               ,
               as
               a
               Sacrifice
               ,
               to
               the
               Malice
               of
               the
               numerous
               Train
               of
               the
               Corrupt
               and
               Difaffected
               Party
               ,
               to
               the
               hazard
               of
               my
               Life
               ,
               and
               damage
               some
               hundreds
               of
               Pounds
               ;
               so
               that
               my
               Case
               is
               become
               a
               publick
               Example
               to
               deter
               and
               affright
               all
               faithful
               Subjects
               from
               
                 ever
                 daring
                 to
                 do
                 their
                 Duty
                 ,
              
               in
               discovering
               any
               Crimes
               against
               the
               King
               or
               Kingdom
               for
               the
               future
               ;
               and
               of
               what
               evil
               Consequence
               such
               publick
               Proceedings
               may
               be
               ,
               to
               
               the
               discouraginging
               Vertue
               and
               Fidelity
               ,
               and
               Supporting
               ,
               und
               Establishing
               Vice
               and
               Treachery
               ,
               I
               shall
               humbly
               leave
               your
               Honours
               to
               Judge
               ;
               because
               your
               Power
               ,
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               Duty
               ,
               to
               promote
               the
               Honour
               and
               Interest
               of
               your
               King
               and
               Country
               ,
               is
               so
               far
               Superiour
               to
               mine
               .
            
             
               2ly
               .
               That
               the
               Complaint
               Exhibited
               by
               me
               against
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Sick
               and
               Wounded
               ,
               does
               ,
               I
               conceive
               ,
               contain
               matters
               of
               great
               Consequence
               to
               the
               Publick
               Good
               ,
               which
               Complaint
               must
               of
               necessity
               be
               either
               true
               or
               false
               ;
               and
               consequently
               I
               do
               deserve
               either
               to
               be
               Incourag'd
               ,
               or
               severely
               Punish'd
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               my
               humble
               Request
               to
               your
               Honours
               is
               ,
               That
               you
               will
               insert
               your
               Opinions
               of
               me
               in
               your
               Report
               to
               the
               House
               of
               Lords
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               believe
               my
               Complaint
               is
               true
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               had
               a
               design
               to
               promote
               the
               Interest
               of
               my
               King
               and
               Country
               therein
               ,
               that
               then
               you
               will
               recommend
               me
               to
               their
               Lordships
               for
               Incouragement
               .
               But
               because
               I
               will
               be
               wholly
               Impartial
               to
               my self
               ,
               I
               also
               pray
               ,
               That
               if
               your
               Honours
               can
               find
               any
               just
               grounds
               to
               believe
               that
               my
               Complaint
               is
               false
               ,
               That
               then
               you
               will
               not
               spare
               me
               ,
               but
               in
               Justice
               to
               the
               Commissioners
               accus'd
               ,
               Represent
               me
               in
               your
               Report
               ,
               as
               an
               Impostor
               ,
               that
               deserves
               Corporal
               Punishment
               ,
               in
               such
               manner
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               your
               Board
               ,
               shall
               seem
               agreeable
               to
               the
               Rules
               of
               Justice
               .
               For
               ,
               I
               humbly
               suppose
               ,
               any
               Man
               that
               brings
               a
               false
               and
               malicious
               Complaint
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               severely
               punish'd
               for
               the
               same
               ,
               otherwise
               no
               Gentleman
               is
               safe
               in
               his
               Reputation
               ,
               or
               in
               any
               Office
               ,
               or
               Grant
               he
               shall
               receive
               from
               the
               Crown
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               ,
               
                 Honoured
                 Gentleman
              
               ,
               I
               most
               humbly
               pray
               you
               to
               speed
               your
               Report
               ,
               and
               to
               Consider
               of
               ,
               and
               Answer
               ,
               these
               my
               Just
               Requests
               ;
               In
               doing
               which
               ,
               I
               assure
               my self
               ,
               that
               you
               will
               throughly
               consult
               the
               Merits
               of
               the
               Cause
               ,
               for
               the
               good
               of
               your
               Country
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Rules
               of
               down-right
               Justice
               (
               without
               
               regard
               to
               Persons
               or
               Factions
               )
               so
               as
               not
               to
               spill
               innocent
               Blood
               on
               either
               side
               .
               For
               ,
               I
               conceive
               ,
               it
               is
               morally
               impossible
               ,
               That
               the
               Commissioners
               Accus'd
               ,
               and
               I
               their
               Accuser
               ,
               can
               all
               be
               Honest
               Men.
               I
               am
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Honours
                 most
                 Humble
                 And
                 Obedient
                 Servant
                 ,
                 Samuel
                 Bastno
                 .
              
               
                 London
                 ,
                 
                   
                     April
                     19.
                     1695.
                  
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A26756-e210
           
             (a)
             Or
             Agreement
             between
             the
             Two
             Courts
             for
             a
             General
             Exchange
             of
             Prisoners
             .
          
           
             (b)
             A
             French
             Popish
             Merchant
             ,
             that
             formerly
             liv'd
             in
             London
             ,
             but
             fled
             to
             France
             at
             the
             Revolution
             ,
             there
             being
             Warrants
             out
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Also
             a
             Popish
             Merchant
             ,
             who
             being
             obnoxious
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             was
             then
             newly
             banish'd
             by
             Order
             of
             the
             Queen
             and
             Council
             ;
             but
             had
             a
             part
             in
             all
             the
             Transport
             Vessels
             .
          
           
             *
             From
             the
             Teeth
             outwards
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Note
             ,
             When
             any
             miscarriage
             happen'd
             to
             be
             committed
             in
             the
             Transport
             Ships
             ,
             Mr.
             Churchill
             us'd
             to
             pretend
             to
             be
             Owner
             ,
             that
             by
             a
             pretended
             Check
             from
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             he
             might
             remove
             all
             Clamour
             from
             them
             ,
             for
             corresponding
             with
             Dulivier
             ;
             and
             at
             other
             times
             I
             have
             heard
             him
             say
             ,
             He
             had
             not
             a
             Stick
             in
             any
             of
             the
             Ships
             ,
             but
             was
             paid
             for
             soliciting
             .
          
           
             *
             Doubtless
             to
             be
             burn'd
             .
          
           
             (a)
             What
             Mr.
             Churchill
             denies
             here
             ,
             he
             confess'd
             at
             the
             Admiralty
             ;
             and
             to
             extenuate
             the
             Crime
             ,
             pretended
             he
             sent
             Mr.
             Masters
             to
             France
             upon
             secret
             Service
             ,
             which
             was
             known
             to
             Mr.
             
               Secretary
               Trenchard
            
             :
             But
             when
             the
             Examination
             came
             before
             the
             Council
             ,
             Secretary
             Trenchard
             stood
             up
             ,
             and
             declar'd
             to
             this
             Effect
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             not
             know
             Mr.
             Masters
             ,
             nor
             of
             his
             going
             ;
             but
             found
             his
             Name
             had
             been
             made
             use
             of
             very
             unhandsomly
             and
             scandalously
             
          
           
             (a)
             The
             same
             Mr.
             Masters
             ,
             before
             spoken
             of
             ;
             and
             these
             words
             of
             Mr.
             Elder
             's
             ,
             confirm
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             their
             Secretary
             spoke
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             know
             of
             
             Masters's
             going
             as
             well
             as
             he
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Which
             was
             a
             very
             ill
             manner
             ,
             being
             private
             Exchanges
             of
             Man
             for
             Man
             ,
             and
             Quality
             for
             Quality
             ,
             which
             prov'd
             very
             tedious
             and
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             poor
             Captives
             ;
             when
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Dutch
             had
             an
             Agreement
             for
             setting
             open
             the
             Prison-doors
             on
             both
             sides
             ;
             and
             so
             preserv'd
             the
             Lives
             of
             their
             Men
             by
             their
             speedy
             Releasement
             ;
             whereas
             many
             English
             Prisoners
             ,
             by
             their
             long
             Imprisonment
             ,
             and
             barbarous
             usage
             ,
             perish'd
             ,
             and
             others
             went
             into
             the
             French
             Service
             .
          
           
             *
             VVhich
             is
             about
             5
             s.
             in
             the
             pound
             .
          
           
             *
             Clerk
             to
             Mr
             
               George
               Dickinson
            
             ,
             the
             Commissioner's
             Agent
             at
             Plymouth
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Who
             was
             not
             a
             Prisoner
             at
             War
             to
             be
             Exchang'd
             ,
             but
             a
             Pyrate
             to
             be
             try'd
             for
             his
             Life
             .
          
           
             (b)
             
               This
               Information
               was
               sent
               to
               the
               Commissioners
               ,
               about
               the
               6th
               or
               7th
               of
               July
               ,
               1693.
               attested
               under
               the
               hands
               of
               one
               
                 Ben.
                 Cooke
              
               ,
               and
               about
               20
               other
               Masters
               of
               Ships
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               Prisoners
               in
               France
               ,
               and
               then
               newly
               ,
               return'd
               from
               St.
               Malo
               to
               Plymouth
               ,
               setting
               forth
               ,
               that
               several
               Irish
               Prisoners
               ,
               &c.
               escaped
               from
               Plymouth
               ,
               in
               the
               Transport
               Ships
               ,
               under
               the
               Notion
               of
               French
               Prisoners
               at
               War
               ,
               by
               Bribing
               
                 Nicho.
                 Sharrack
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Goaler
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               had
               spoke
               with
               several
               Irish
               Captains
               at
               St.
               Malo
               ,
               whose
               Names
               they
               mention
               ,
               who
               assur'd
               them
               ,
               That
               they
               escaped
               out
               of
               Plymouth
               Prison
               by
               Bribery
               ,
               and
               that
               any
               one
               who
               had
               mony
               ,
               might
               with
               ease
               do
               the
               like
               .
               These
               Masters
               in
               their
               information
               also
               affirm
               ,
               That
               before
               the
               Transport
               Ship
               ,
               (
               that
               brought
               them
               over
               to
               Plymouth
               )
               Arriv'd
               at
               St.
               Malo
               ,
               they
               were
               well
               used
               ,
               and
               had
               Liberty
               to
               walk
               the
               Town
               upon
               Bayl
               ;
               but
               the
               French
               Prisoners
               .
               who
               came
               over
               in
               that
               Transport
               Ship
               ,
               complaining
               to
               the
               Governour
               how
               Barbarously
               they
               were
               us'd
               at
               Plymouth
               ;
               that
               they
               had
               half
               their
               Allowance
               kept
               from
               them
               ,
               and
               were
               frequently
               beaten
               by
               VVannell
               the
               Goaler
               ,
               and
               several
               of
               their
               Heads
               were
               broke
               by
               him
               ,
               which
               they
               shew'd
               the
               Governour
               ;
               this
               with
               other
               Complaints
               ,
               ●o
               incens'd
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               forthwith
               confined
               all
               the
               English
               Prisoners
               to
               close
               Prison
               ,
               useing
               them
               with
               much
               Barbarity
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               other
               things
               worthy
               of
               Note
               ,
               contain'd
               in
               this
               Information
               ,
               for
               which
               Reason
               (
               after
               this
               Report
               )
               I
               often
               mov'd
               at
               several
               hearings
               to
               have
               it
               produc'd
               ,
               but
               could
               never
               obtain
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             (a)
             And
             this
             Article
             about
             Swearing
             was
             ,
             to
             my
             knowledg
             ,
             in
             Mr.
             Dickinsons
             Instructions
             ,
             tho
             the
             Commissioners
             always
             dispenc'd
             with
             the
             performance
             thereof
             :
          
           
             (b)
             If
             this
             Article
             was
             not
             fully
             prov'd
             before
             the
             Admiralty
             ;
             yet
             it
             may
             easily
             be
             made
             appear
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             the
             Commissioners
             keeping
             their
             Books
             ,
             but
             their
             shameful
             partiality
             in
             passing
             and
             paying
             Mr.
             Dickinsons
             Accounts
             of
             Plymouth
             ,
             without
             being
             Sworn
             to
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             wrong
             of
             King
             and
             Subject
             ;
             and
             I
             remember
             when
             I
             left
             the
             Office
             I
             saw
             a
             Quarters
             Account
             of
             Mr.
             Dickinsons
             ,
             for
             a
             great
             sum
             of
             Mony
             ,
             then
             about
             two
             years
             old
             ,
             Endors'd
             upon
             the
             back
             by
             Mr.
             Garrard
             the
             Commissioners
             Secretary
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               This
               Account
               is
               yet
               to
               be
               Examined
               ,
            
             when
             it
             had
             been
             Posted
             in
             the
             Leidger
             ,
             and
             paid
             long
             before
             .
             And
             in
             like
             manner
             ,
             while
             I
             was
             in
             the
             Office
             ,
             all
             Accounts
             that
             came
             ,
             were
             posted
             in
             the
             Leidger
             by
             Mr.
             Garrard
             before
             Examination
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             ,
             as
             he
             thought
             fit
             ,
             he
             gave
             them
             out
             to
             be
             examin'd
             with
             constant
             instructions
             not
             to
             alter
             the
             Total
             ,
             but
             to
             return
             the
             Objections
             in
             Writing
             to
             him
             ;
             but
             whether
             he
             made
             the
             just
             abatements
             ,
             is
             best
             known
             to
             his
             own
             Conscience
             ;
             it
             appears
             by
             Mr.
             Dickinson's
             Accounts
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             :
             also
             in
             the
             6th
             Article
             of
             this
             Report
             't
             is
             prov'd
             ,
             That
             Mr.
             Garrard
             having
             the
             disposal
             of
             the
             King's
             Mony
             ,
             passes
             his
             own
             Accounts
             ,
             without
             any
             other
             Check
             ;
             all
             which
             I
             think
             are
             demonstrations
             of
             keeping
             their
             Accounts
             in
             a
             Clandestine
             manner
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             give
             themselves
             opportunity
             to
             cheat
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             (a)
             At
             Deptford
             the
             King
             paid
             12
             d.
             a
             day
             for
             each
             man's
             Quarters
             ,
             and
             6
             s.
             8
             d.
             for
             his
             Cure
             ;
             whereas
             the
             whole
             charge
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             of
             the
             
               London
               Hospitals
            
             ,
             is
             but
             2
             d.
             a
             day
             ,
             and
             the
             men
             better
             taken
             care
             of
             ;
             by
             which
             it
             appears
             .
             that
             in
             every
             100
             l.
             the
             King
             paid
             at
             Deptford
             ,
             his
             Majesty-paid
             above
             80
             l.
             thereof
             in
             his
             own
             wrong
             .
          
           
             *
             To
             purchase
             delays
             .
          
           
             (a)
             The
             King's
             Surgeon
             at
             Plymouth
             ,
             that
             took
             care
             of
             the
             sick
             and
             wounded
             Seamen
             ,
             &c.
             and
             was
             an
             Eye-witness
             to
             all
             the
             miscarriages
             of
             Mr.
             Dickinson
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Late
             Clerk
             to
             Mr.
             Dikinson
             at
             Plymouth
             ,
             and
             now
             in
             the
             same
             Employment
             under
             the
             new
             Agent
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             Copy
             of
             which
             I
             delivered
             at
             the
             Board
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Having
             from
             my
             unwillingness
             good
             grounds
             to
             believe
             I
             was
             not
             able
             to
             contradict
             him
             .
          
           
             *
             For
             sick
             and
             Wounded
             .
          
           
             (a)
             The
             Seat
             of
             War
             being
             most
             to
             the
             Westward
             ,
             caus'd
             great
             Numbers
             of
             French
             Prisoners
             to
             be
             brought
             into
             Plymouth
             more
             than
             other
             Ports
             ,
             whose
             barbarous
             usage
             was
             from
             time
             to
             time
             represented
             to
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             the
             poor
             Prisoners
             themselves
             ,
             but
             also
             by
             Monsieur
             Delagnii
             ,
             Intendant
             General
             of
             the
             Marine
             at
             Paris
             ,
             in
             several
             Letters
             ,
             setting
             forth
             the
             inhumane
             usage
             the
             French
             Prisoners
             had
             from
             Mr.
             Dickinson
             and
             his
             Servants
             ,
             in
             defrauding
             them
             of
             their
             Allowance
             ,
             &c.
             by
             reason
             whereof
             many
             of
             them
             died
             ,
             with
             repeated
             Threats
             to
             use
             the
             English
             Prisoners
             with
             the
             like
             Cruelty
             ,
             if
             it
             was
             not
             redress'd
             ;
             which
             never
             being
             done
             by
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             but
             rather
             encouraged
             ,
             was
             certainly
             the
             true
             Cause
             of
             all
             the
             misery
             that
             the
             
               English
               Prisoners
            
             suffered
             in
             France
             ,
             in
             which
             Hundreds
             perished
             :
             And
             these
             Letters
             of
             Monsieur
             Delagnii's
             ,
             I
             mov'd
             several
             times
             to
             have
             produc'd
             ,
             but
             could
             never
             obtain
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Tho
             Mr.
             Sharrack
             was
             to
             be
             discharg'd
             any
             further
             attendance
             that
             Night
             ;
             and
             it
             would
             not
             have
             taken
             up
             above
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             to
             have
             sent
             for
             the
             Book
             ,
             being
             no
             further
             than
             from
             York-Buildings
             to
             Scotland-Yard
             .
          
           
             *
             One
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             for
             Sick
             and
             wounded
             
          
           
             (a)
             A
             Very
             unchristian
             Act
             to
             encourage
             Mr.
             Sharrack
             to
             proceed
             upon
             his
             Oath
             ,
             when
             what
             he
             had
             sworn
             be
             fore
             sinel●
             so
             strong
             of
             Perjury
             .
          
           
             (a)
             These
             Proceedings
             were
             so
             notorious
             ,
             that
             
               Nicholas
               Sharrack
            
             was
             generally
             known
             in
             the
             Fleet
             to
             be
             the
             Man
             that
             cheated
             the
             Seamen
             of
             their
             Allowance
             in
             Plymouth
             Hospital
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             was
             in
             London
             ,
             has
             confessed
             he
             durst
             not
             go
             to
             the
             Navy-Office
             by
             day-light
             for
             fear
             of
             being
             beaten
             ,
             or
             kill'd
             by
             the
             Seamen
             :
             And
             I
             have
             seen
             a
             Letter
             to
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             under
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             wherein
             he
             gives
             them
             an
             Account
             of
             a
             Mutiny
             at
             Plymouth
             by
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             threatned
             to
             burn
             the
             Hospital
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             assaulted
             his
             house
             ,
             threatning
             to
             kill
             him
             ;
             so
             that
             he
             was
             forc'd
             to
             withdraw
             into
             the
             Countrey
             ;
             and
             all
             because
             of
             these
             Cheats
             ,
             which
             were
             never
             redress'd
             by
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             but
             his
             Master
             Dickinson
             and
             he
             still
             protected
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             (a)
             He
             being
             the
             Tool
             to
             do
             all
             the
             Executive
             Part
             of
             these
             Cheats
             ,
             durst
             not
             then
             appear
             Face
             to
             Face
             with
             Mr.
             Leckie
             ,
             but
             Mr.
             Dickenson
             was
             thought
             fitter
             to
             come
             up
             ,
             that
             whatever
             Crimes
             were
             prov'd
             ,
             he
             might
             pretend
             Ignorance
             ,
             and
             shift
             them
             off
             to
             his
             Clerk.
             But
             so
             soon
             as
             Mr.
             Leckie
             was
             gone
             to
             Sea
             ,
             up
             comes
             Sharrack
             ,
             and
             couragiously
             Swears
             a
             direct
             Negative
             to
             all
             that
             Mr.
             Leckie
             had
             sworn
             believing
             none
             was
             able
             to
             contradict
             him
             .
          
           
             (a)
             
               Note
               ,
               Mr.
               Holder
               had
               then
               made
               a
               Proposal
               ,
               in
               Writing
               ,
               to
               the
               Commissioners
               ,
               for
               Thirty
               Shillings
               a
               Head
               ;
               therefore
               the
               Sharers
               therein
               ,
               had
               reason
               to
               be
               angry
               with
               Capt.
               VVhite
               ,
               for
               proposing
               to
               do
               the
               same
               thing
               for
               Eight
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               Mr.
               
               Holder's
               Original
               Proposal
               of
               30
               s.
               ready
               to
               produce
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Partner
             with
             Mr.
             
               Peter
               Dulivier
            
             .
          
           
             *
             untruth
             ,
             for
             eight
             Shillings
             a
             head
             is
             fairer
             than
             Twenty
             .
          
           
             *
             One
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             for
             sick
             and
             Wounded
             .
          
           
             (a)
             The
             Old
             Accusation
             spoken
             of
             in
             page
             4.
             reviv'd
             .
          
           
             *
             which
             is
             about
             nine
             Pence
             3
             Farthings
             per
             Pound
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Mr.
             Leigh
             ,
             and
             Three
             Apothecaries
             more
             ,
             are
             appointed
             to
             prepare
             the
             Medicines
             for
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             sick
             and
             wounded
             Seamen
             ;
             and
             they
             keep
             their
             Elaboratory
             in
             the
             
               Savoy
               ,
               London
            
             ;
             from
             whence
             all
             such
             Medicines
             issue
             .
          
           
             (b)
             Concerning
             this
             Rhubarb
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             Opinion
             of
             the
             President
             ,
             and
             several
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Physicians
             (
             whom
             I
             waited
             upon
             about
             this
             matter
             )
             ,
             that
             whoever
             took
             it
             for
             any
             Distemper
             where
             Rhubarb
             was
             the
             proper
             Medicine
             ,
             must
             needs
             die
             for
             want
             thereof
             ,
             it
             having
             no
             more
             Vertue
             than
             so
             much
             Powder
             of
             Rotten
             Post
             .
             Neither
             is
             this
             the
             only
             miscarriage
             of
             this
             nature
             that
             has
             come
             to
             light
             .
             And
             if
             such
             gross
             Errors
             as
             these
             could
             pass
             the
             inspection
             of
             all
             those
             Physicians
             ,
             Apothecaries
             ,
             &c.
             that
             the
             Commissioners
             for
             sick
             and
             wounded
             pretend
             do
             constantly
             view
             all
             their
             Medicines
             ,
             then
             God
             and
             the
             Consciences
             of
             those
             concern'd
             ,
             only
             knows
             what
             other
             bad
             medicines
             have
             been
             issued
             in
             like
             manner
             ,
             for
             the
             lucre
             of
             Gain
             ,
             and
             how
             many
             poor
             men
             have
             perish'd
             thereby
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Vid.
             the
             last
             part
             of
             his
             Deposition
             .
          
           
             (a)
             The
             whole
             business
             which
             occasion'd
             all
             this
             dispute
             ,
             was
             an
             Accusation
             for
             receiving
             two
             shillings
             (
             a
             Fee
             allowed
             by
             the
             Commissioners
             )
             about
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             year
             1689.
             when
             
               Mr.
               Gibson
            
             was
             their
             Secretary
             ;
             which
             now
             they
             were
             not
             only
             so
             shameless
             to
             deny
             the
             allowing
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             bring
             up
             these
             Women
             to
             arraign
             
               Mr.
               Gibson
            
             for
             receiving
             it
             ;
             and
             One
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             Accounts
             was
             so
             very
             eager
             as
             to
             give
             it
             the
             Term
             of
             
               Levying
               money
               upon
               the
               Subject
            
             ;
             which
             shews
             how
             ready
             some
             persons
             are
             to
             lay
             hold
             on
             all
             little
             Opportunities
             to
             defame
             and
             blacken
             the
             Reputations
             of
             those
             that
             endeavour
             to
             detect
             publick
             Frauds
             .
          
           
             *
             Vide
             the
             Note
             to
             the
             5th
             Article
             of
             the
             Admiralties
             Report
             .