twenty-one sail of the line to mediate a peace. As the Spanish General, De Lede, who was besieging Messina, refused to accede to a truce, Byng went in pursuit of the Spanish fleet of twentyseven sail, and falling in with it off Cape Passaro, attacked it, and either destroyed or captured the greater portion of it. Castañeta, the Spanish Admiral, was amongst the prisoners. 31 July 11 August, 1718. 43. NAVAL ACTION OFF CAPE PASSARO. Within two laurel wreaths are the busts of CAROLVS VI.D. G. ROM. IMP. SEMP. AVG. and GEORGIVS. D. G. MAG. BR. FR. ET HIB. R.; between them is a winged caduceus rising from the hull of an antique galley decorated with flags. Leg. VETANT FOEDARI FOEDERA. (They forbid treaties to be violated.) Rev. Jupiter on his eagle and Neptune in a conch attack a fleet. Leg. SIC MOTOS FAS EST COMPONERE FLVCTVS. (Thus is it right to calm the troubled waves.-comp. Virg. Aen. i. 139.) Ex. Chronogrammatic. HISPANORVM CLASSIS A LOVE ET NEPTVNO DELETA. (The Spanish fleet destroyed by Jupiter and Neptune, MDCLLVVVIII = 1718.) 1.7. (See Woodcut.) MB. Æ. Hunter, R. Vienna, R. Very rare. This medal was executed at Nuremberg by Georg Wilhelm Vestner. The Spanish attack upon Sardinia, Sicily, and the dominions. of the Emperor was in direct violation of the Treaty of Utrecht. The Quadruple Alliance between the Emperor, England, France, and Holland had for its express object the preservation of that treaty from violation. As the eagle is the symbol of the Emperor, he is represented as Jupiter, while the King of England, as ruler of the seas, is symbolized by Neptune. Though the forces of the Emperor took no part in this battle it was a compliment to represent him as an active participator. 44. 31 July 11 August, 1718. NAVAL ACTION OFF CAPE PASSARO. Bust of the Emperor Charles VI., r., laureate, in mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder. Leg. IMP. CAES. CAROL. VI.A. P. F. P. P. (The Emperor Charles VI., august, pious, prosperous, the Father of his country.) Below, R. (Benjt Richter.) Rev. A naval trophy on the prow of a galley; in the centre is an eagle with streamers above a trident. Leg. BELLVM ITALICVM PROPVLSATVM. (The Italian war repelled.) Ex. CLASSE HOST. OPE BRITAN. FOEDER. DELETA 1718. (The fleet of the enemy destroyed by the force of the British Allies.) 1.15. Van Loon, Suppl. iii. 28. Vienna, N. R. This medal was executed by Benjt Charles VI. The eagle and the trident and George I. Very rare. Richter, medallist to symbolize the Emperor Leg. NVNCA NADIE An eagle destroying seven smaller birds. CONTRA SV SEÑOR. (Never any one against his Lord.) Ex. Within arabesque, *, the mark of Georg Wilhelm Vestner. Rev. A naval action off the coast of SIRACVSA and the port of Leg. VICTORIA NAVAL CONTRA LOS ESPAÑOLES. (The MESSINA. naval victory over the Spaniards.) Ex. MDCCXVIII. and *, the mark of Georg Wilhelm Vestner. This medal was executed at Nuremberg. The eagle is the Emperor, who by the destruction of the smaller birds shows how impolitic it is to contend against superiors. Syracuse and Messina were the cities which most strongly resisted the attacks of the Spaniards. 46. ALLIANCE OF GEORGE I. AND THE EMPEROR CHARLES VI. 1718. Bust of George I., r., laureate, hair long, in armour and mantle. Leg. GEORG . D. G. MAG. BR. FR. ET. HIB REX. Below, I. D. (J. Dassier.) Rev. Bust of the Emperor Charles VI., r., laureate, hair long, in armour and mantle. Leg. CAROLVS. VI. D. G. ROM. IMP. SEMP. AVG. Below, I. D. (J. Dassier.) 1.25. MB. E. Rare. Executed by Dassier in commemoration of the alliance of the two sovereigns to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht. 47. CAROLINE, PRINCESS OF WALES. 1718. Bust of Princess Caroline, r., hair collected into a knot at the back of the head, lovelocks, in gown with straps on the shoulder, and mantle. Leg. WILHELMINA CHARLOTTA: PRIN WALLIÆ. Leg. ROSA SINE SPINA. (A rose without Rev. A rosebush. This Princess, the wife of George II., was frequently called, as upon this medal, Wilhelmina Charlotte till after she had ascended the throne, when she was universally known as Queen Caroline. She was the daughter of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg Anspach, married on 22 Aug. 1705, George, Electoral Prince of Hanover, afterwards George II., and died in 1737. This medal is the work of John Croker, and was probably issued about the year 1718. 48. CAROLINE, PRINCESS OF WALES. 1718. Bust of Princess Caroline, l., hair collected into a knot at the back of the head, lovelock, in gown with straps on the shoulder and mantle. Leg. WILHELMINA CHARLOTTA. PR. WALLIA. Rev. A rosebush. Leg. ROSA SINE: SPINA. 1.05. MB. lead. Rare. This is copied from the preceding medal and is of a smaller size. Both these pieces are somewhat rare, because they were considered not worth preserving. 49. ESCAPE OF PRINCESS CLEMENTINA FROM INNSPRÜCK. 28 April [N. S.], 1719. . F. Bust of Princess Clementina, l., hair decorated with diadem and wreathed with pearls, pearl ear-ring and necklace, in gown bordered with jewels, and ermine mantle. Leg. CLEMENTINA. M. BRITAN. FR. ET. HIB. REGINA. Below, OTTO HAMERANI · Rev. Princess Clementina in a car drawn at speed by two horses in the distance, Rome and the rising sun. Leg. FORTVNAM. CAVSAMQVE. SEQVOR. (I follow his fortune and his cause.) Ex. DECEPTIS CVSTODIBVS MDCCXIX. (The guards being deceived, 1719.) 1.9. Lochner, I. 369. Pl. xi. 9. MB. AR. Cochran-Patrick, Scott. Med., Not uncommon. Princess Clementina Sobieski, grand-daughter of John Sobieski, King of Poland, was betrothed to Prince James Stuart. George I. was averse to the marriage, and the Emperor, to gratify him, arrested her on her way to Italy, and confined her in the Castle of Innsprück. Ultimately the guards were deceived, and Clementina escaped by a rapid and perilous flight to Bologna, where she was married by proxy to James, who at that time was in Spain. Her father, Prince James Louis Sobieski, approved her escape, declaring that, as she became engaged to Prince James she ought to "follow his fortune and his cause." 50. JOSEPH ADDISON. Died, 17 June, 1719. Bust of Addison, r., hair long, in lace cravat and close fitting coat. Leg. JOSEPHUS ADDISON. Below, E. ROGAT F. |