Memoirs of the Kings of Great Britain of the House of Brunswic-Lunenburg, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Kings of Great Britain of the House of Brunswic-Lunenburg, Vol. 2 British West India Islands with the Spanish Main - and which, however contrary to the absurd policy of Spain, was doubtless equally necessary and beneficial to both countries - armed vessels, known by the name Guarda-Costas, were stationed in the usual track of commercial intercourse, which on the plea of searching for contraband goods, seized, plundered, and insolently detained, a great number of British merchant-ships at their discretion; and, without regarding the faith of nations, imprisoning the crews, and confiscating the cargoes. The repeated memorials presented by the British Ambassador at the Court of Madrid produced no sort of effect. Evasive answers, vague promises of inquiry, and cedulas of instructions sent to the Spanish Governors in America, intended merely to amuse, were all the advances which were made towards reparation and redress. The nation seemed at length fired with a general and just resentment at these outrages. Petitions were presented to Parliament in the session of 1738, from the mercantile towns and cities, stating the violences to which they had been exposed, and imploring relief and protection. The House, in a grand committee, proceeded to hear counsel for the merchants, and to examine evidence; in the course of which it appeared, that the most horrid and wanton acts of cruelty had in various instances been perpetrated by the Spaniards on the subjects of Great Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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