S.

Sailcloth. See Navy.

Sale by inch of candle, 347.

Salt, duty on. See Excise.

Salt Lottery. See Lotteries—Million Adventure.

Salvage, 347.

Saltpetre. See East India Company; Ordnance.

Seamen, Registry Office for. See Navy— seamen.

Searchers. See Customs.

Secret Service fund, issues for, 1, 21, 43, 61, 65, 67, 75, 86, 96, 116, 136 (2), 157, 167, 219, 220, 232, 238, 246, 248, 253, 262, 285, 291, 294, 321, 332, 353, 357, 362, 363, 371, 386, 388, 397, 402, 404, 428, 429.
-, payments out of, 22, 47, 59, 73, 75, 76, 95, 102, 103.

SECRETARIES OF STATE, attending the King beyond the seas and in the army (W. Blathwaite), 374.

- Principal, (H. Coventry; Sir W. Morris; Earl of Nottingham; Duke of Shrewsbury; Sir W. Trumbull; J. Vernon,) 36, 279.
-, Office of, 76; destroyed by fire, 51.
-, issue for, 291.
-, pensions of, 223.
-, printing for, 344.
-, salaries of, 216.
-, secret service issues for, 219, 353.
-, warrant of, to search, 8.

Seditious libel, author of, convicted, 427.

Serjeant-at-Law, 162.

Serjeants-at-Arms (R. Charnock; T. Charnock; B. Gregg; J. Lawson; T. Payne; P. Persehouse; S. Powell; P. Ryley; T. Shirley; J. Templar; T. Twist; E. Williamson), issues for, 147, 215, 224, 230, 247, 447; a surrender and grant of office of, 427.

Sheriffs, defaults of, in the proceedings against Lord Montgomery, 38.
-, overpayments on their accounts by the charges of arresting highwaymen, clippers, etc., issues for, 105, 255, 298, 350, 351, 357, 360, 370, 376, 403, 409, 410, 427, 429, 434.
-, surplusages due on their accounts, satisfied by records of surplusage, 261, 355, 385.
-, schedules of, required, 443; to be submitted quarterly, 443.

SHIPS AND SHIPPING—
-, built in the Plantations, Mediterranean passes for, 267.
-, East India. See East India Company.
-, French, duty on. See Customs —duties.
-, insurance of, 367.
-, Mediterranean duty. See Customs—duties, One per cent.
-, Orders in Council for bonds to be taken of masters, etc., not to sail to France, revoked, 139.
-, passes to merchant ships according to the treaty with Algiers, 167.
-, taken by the French, 233–4, 237, 293, 337; and retaken by the Dutch, 250.
-, watch on, removed, 22, 140.
-, wrecked, 184, 227, 250, 344.
-, And see Customs; Navigation Acts; Navy; Packet Boats; Prizes; Transports.
-, Names of Ships: —
-, Alliance, packet boat, 241.
-, Angell Guardian, prize, 148.
-, Ann, galley, 148, 384.
-, Assistance, King's ship, 333.
-, Beaver, of New York, 121, 134.
-, Benjamin, 239.
-, Betty, 105.
-, Bonareturns [Bonaventure], advice boat, 160.
-, Brilliant, King's sloop, 348.
-, Canterbury, 344, 412.
-, Chamberlaine, 433.
-, Charles, brigantine, 298, 319.
-, Charles and Ann, prize, 333.
-, Clously, galley, 340.
-, Conquest, prize, 216.
-, Crowned Mary, prize, 268.
-, Defiance, privateer, 333.
-, Dolphin, of Middleburg, 216.
-, Dover, frigate, 225.
-, Dunwich, King's ship, 293.
-, Eagle, 433.
-, Elizabeth, fly boat.
-, Endeavour, 412.
-, Exchange, 326.
-, Expedition, packet boat, 241.
-, Expirement, King's ship, 265.
-, Falcon, prize, 268.
-, Fortune, of Narva, 358, 363, 367.
-, Friends Adventure, 248.
-, Gabriel, 337.
-, George, 170.
-, Gilbert, of London, 337.
-, Golden Hope, 125.
-, Green Tree, prize, 268.
-, Greenhill, yacht, 333.
-, Griffin, frigate, 448.
-, Hampshire, King's ship, 98, 363, 364, 371.
-, Hawke, 433.
-, Hedrig Maria, prize, 268.
-, Henriette, Henrietta, of Konigsberg, 237, 248.
-, Hope, of Königsberg, 248.
-, Humber, 341.
-, Isabell, Isabella, 22, 140.
-, James, St. James, of Brest, 121, 208, 364.
-, Johanna, 342.
-, John, 158.
-, John, pink, of London, 271.
-, John and Barbara, 339, 366.
-, John, St. John, Bonadventure, 216.
-, La Nostre Dame La Aimanaide, prize, 241.
-, La Towne de Victorie, prize, 123.
-, L'Esperance, of Konigsberg, 237.
-, Margaret, prize, 241.
-, Newcastle, King's ship, 217.
-, Nonsuch, King's ship, 333.
-, Nostra Dam de Grace, prize, 212.
-, Nostra Dame de Lombordy (Lombardy), prize, 158.
-, Nostra Segniora de Aranzaru (Aranzasa), 300, 347.
-, Owner's Love, fireship, 371.
-, Paradice, Paradise, Dutch ship, 321, 347, 357, 363, 371.
-, Pool, 105.
-, Portland, King's ship, 135, 158.
-, Prince George, galley, 145, 151.
-, Prophet Samuell, prize.
-, Providence, 250, 449.
-, Prudence, 367.
-, Rainbow, prize, 268.
-, Richard and Sarah, 189.
-, Russell, 433.
-, St. Christopher, 184, 227, 250.
-, St. Francis Deairis, prize, 241.
-, St. Francis Fezier, prize, 212.
-, St. George, Customs vessel, 333.
-, St. George, of Ipswich, 439.
-, St. James. See James.
-, St. John, 265.
-, St. John Bonadventure. See John.
-, St. John of Bordeaux, prize, 240, 241.
-, St. Joseph, prize, 241.
-, St. Nicholas, prize, 333.
-, St. Paul, fireship, 369.
-, Samuell and Henry, 443.
-, Success, 412.
-, Swan, 164.
-, Swift, advice boat, 121.
-, Thomas and Ann, 433.
-, Tolmodigheyt, of Copenhagen, 125.
-, Trident, prize, 265.
-, Trident, 427.
-, Two Friends, 330.
-, Two Sisters, 433.
-, Unicorn, 166.
-, Vigilent, prize, 217.
-, William, hoy, 293, 364.
-, William and Mary, 142, 265.
-, Windsor, King's ship, 97, 257, 355.

Shopwindows, charging of, under the Window Act, 84.

Sick and Wounded seamen, allowance while in Hospitals, 113, 442.

-, [and Prisoners of War], Commissioners for, 73, 74, 103, 107, 430.
-, bill drawn on, 20, 109, 430.
-, debt of, state of, 146.
-, establishment of, 91.
-, matter referred to, 265.
-, memorial of, 79.
-, report on a ship, 140.
-, houses in Rochester used as a hospital for, 372.
-, payments for, 29, 65, 76, 97, 109, 150, 255, 292, 430.
-, Treasurer of, 430.

Signet, Clerk of, 115, 156, 167, 171, 219, 223, 234, 272, 284, 306, 307, 319, 330, 332, 344, 345, 353, 354, 374, 375, 385, 440.

-, Office, 427.

Silks, French, preventing the import of, 439; Indian wrought, 298, 364; Persian, 131.

Silver, about to be exported, discovery of, 26, 146.

Silver mine in America, payment to men going to discover, etc., 103, 362.

Sixpences, issue of, 28.

Smith. See King's Smith.

Smugglers and smuggling, 69, 172, 370; discovery of a convenient place in the West of England for, 166; over the borders of Scotland, 252; schemes for guarding the coast against, 111.
-, And see Owlers.

Soap, 241.

Solicitor General, England (Sir J. Hawles), to attend or attending the Treasury, 1, 35, 40, 53, 76, 77, 84, 109–10, 113.
-, to attend the Privy Council, 102, 384.
-, matters referred to, 33, 109, 114, 153, 165, 268, 292, 329–30, 346, 427, 435, 448.
-, opinions of, 33, 53, 110, 155, 293, 386.
-, printing for, 344.
-, salary and fee, 76, 338, 373, 429.
-, warrants to, 166, 171, 189, 218, 234, 235, 272, 353, 368, 375, 386, 391, 392, 406, 450.

Solicitor General, Ireland. See Ireland.

Somerset Herald. See Heralds' College.

Stables. See Royal Mews and Stables.

STAMP DUTIES (stamped paper, parchment and vellum as by 5–6 Wm. and Mary, c. 21; 6–7 Wm. III, c. 12; 8–9 Wm. III, c. 20 and 9–10 Wm. III, c. 25.)
-, charging of commissions of bankrupts, 428.
-, Comptroller of, clerks of, 435; increase of salary for, 425.
-, Commissioners of (H. Cornish, T. Farrington, H. Harris, J. Isaacson, E. Lloyd, C. Montague, J. Stanley and J. Vander Esch), 63, 108, 213, 249, 280, 301, 425, 435.
-, extra commissioner, Treasury opinion not to fill the place of, 109.
-, memorial of, for additional salary and incident grant, 108.
-, new commission, 108, 109, 111, 431, 450.
-, officer dismissed by, payment to, 25, 143.
-, Secretary to (W. Bridges), 450; clerks of, 435.
-, deficiency of, as computed by the Deficiency Act, and issues for making good, 401, 447.
-, doubling of (as by Act 9–10 Wm. III, c. 25), 108, 425, 431.
-, Office of, incidents bill, 115, 224, 322, 383.
-, salary bill, 115, 211, 369; additional allowances inserted in, 435.
-, payments out of, to the Deficient Funds, 401, 447.
-, Receiver General of (T. Pennyman), new patent for, 111, 431; to list payments of Exchequer Bills into the Exchequer, 129.
-, schedules of prices of paper and parchment, prepared in accordance with the Act 6–7 Wm. III, c. 12, 280.
-, stampers, 63, 249, 435.
-, Surveyor and Register of Warrants, 435.
-, Teller of Stamped Paper, 435.

Stivers, 21, 225. See also Guilders.

Stole, Groom of. See Royal Bedchamber.

Stone and marble mines, 194.

Stonewares, duty on. See Glass.

Sugar, 241; duty on. See Customs—duties.

Surgeons. See Army; King's Surgeon in ordinary; King's Sergeant Surgeon; Royal Household.

Sword cutlers, 439.