28th. After dinner with Sir W. Pen to White Hall, where we and
the rest of us presented a great letter of the state of our want
of money to his Royal Highness. I did also present a demand of
mine for consideration for my travelling-charges of coach and
boat-hire during the war: which, although his Royal Highness and
the company did all like of, yet, contrary to my expectation, I
find him so jealous now of doing any thing extraordinary, that he
desired the gentlemen that they would consider it, and report
their minds in it to him. This did unsettle my mind a great
while, not expecting this stop: but, however, I shall do as
well, I know, though it causes me a little stop. But that that
troubles me most is, that while we were thus together with the
Duke of York, comes in Mr. Wren from the House; where, he tells
us, another storm hath been all this day almost against the
officers of the Navy upon this complaint,--that though they have
made good rules for payment of tickets, yet that they have not
observed them themselves; which was driven so high as to have it
urged that we should presently be put out of our places: and so
they have at last ordered that we shall be heard at the bar of
the House upon this business on Thursday next.
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