3.  The  Admiralty  Committee  to  order  the  ships  appointed  for
the  northern  guard  to  attend  that  service  according  to  the  orders
they  shall  receive,  and  to  recall  Major  Bourne,  now  in  command  of
the  said  ships,  when  they  think  fit.     [Also  Vol.  XXXIII.,  No.  102.]

4.  To  order  all  the  postmasters  on  the  road  to  Portsmouth  to
despatch  quickly  all  despatches  sent  from  or  to  the  Council  of
State  and  the  Admiralty  or  Navy  Commissioners  or  Ordnance  officers,
and  not  to  detain  them  at  their  peril.
5.  The  Admiralty  Committee  to  consider  fit  convoys  for  convey-
ing provisions  from  the  Thames  to  the  fleet,  and  to  give  orders
therein.
6.  The  Committee  for  Foreign  Afiairs  to  prepare  instructions' for
such  of  the  Admiralty  Committee  as  shall  repair  to  the  fleet  at
Portsmouth,  and  to  report  them  to  Council  to-morrow.
7.  9.  The  petitions  of  Wm.  Purefoy,  and  of  Nath.  Burrowes,
surgeon,  referred  to  the  Admiralty  Committee.
8.  To  grant  Matthew  Lamb,  fisherman,  son  of  David  Lamb  of
Tolesbury,  Essex,  a  protection  from  impress.  Council  being  satisfied
that  he  is  the  only  support  of  his  father.
10.  The  Master  and  wardens  of  the  Vintners'  Company  to  inform
themselves  of  such  persons  as  (after  knowing  the  Council's  order
to  deliver  up  all  serviceable  casks  at  a  reasonable  rate  to  the  navy)
have  otherwise  disposed  of  them,  and  to  return  their  names  and


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Feb.  24.  Council  of  State.     Day's  Proceedings  (cont.)

addresses  to  Council ;  also  to  forward  all  casks  they  have  in  their
hands  to  the  Navy  Victuallers,  at  the  rates  propounded.
