Sir G. Lawson was buried late
last night at St. Dunstan's by us, without any company at all.
4th. I hear this day the Duke and Prince Rupert are both come
back from sea, and neither of them go back again. Mr. Coventry
tells me how matters are ordered in the fleet: my Lord Sandwich
goes Admiral; under him Sir G. Ascue, and Sir T. Teddiman: Vice
Admiral, Sir W. Pen; and under him Sir W. Barkeley, and Sir Jos
Jordan: Rear-Admiral, Sir Thomas Allen; and under him Sir
Christopher Mings, and Captain Harman. Walked round to White
Hall, the Park being quite locked up; and I observed a house shut
up this day in the Pell Mell, where heretofore in Cromwell's time
we young men used to keep our weekly clubs.
6th. Alderman Backewell is ordered abroad upon some private
score with a great sum of money; wherein I was instrumental the
other day in shipping him away. It seems some of his creditors
have taken notice of it, and he was like to be broke yesterday in
his absence: Sir G. Carteret telling me that the King and the
kingdom must as good as fall with that man at this time; and that
he was forced to get 4000l.
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