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Admiralty Board Grants Commands Amid West Indies Doubts
Amid shipboard appointments in the Admiralty, Capt. Cotterill takes command of the Guernsy, Capt. Knowles to Lt. Col. yearns for the Forty Guns, and Capt. Orsbourn replaces on the Diamond. The West Indies and Channel sailings are discussed as the Vernon relief and Providence salt works are noted, with obituaries and local notices interwoven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfo
William Webttes
Ware
Hertford
Endenssogether
Thunditch
Board of Admiralty
Guernsy
Cotterill
Knowles
Litchfield
West Indies
Orfbourne
Lord Gower
Countess of
Harold
John
Brook Street
Thanet
Watson
Earl of
Rockingham
Albemarle
Ruffin Company
John Thompson
Samuel Holden
Ely
Deceas
Charles Wyndham
Themis Wyndham
Duke of Cumberland
Admiral Vernon
Hall
Hughes
Shernbrook
Bedford
Thomas
Durham
Elizabeth Richmond
Christopher Richmond
Highgate- Caslle
Carerlane
Cumberland
d’Anvers-Sureet
Chiellea
Williams
Joan Williams
Eig
Base Street
Charles Fitfield
Solomon Ainley
Bruce
King Edward’s Stairs
St. Margaret
Westminster
Purcell
Norfolk
Tyburn
Jack
Newgate
Metcalf
Vauxhall
Kennington Lane
Worgan
Weymouth
Saltcomb
John Norris
Torbay
Cowes
Gil
Spithead
Vernon
Cadiz
Europe
Carolina
Dr. Webb
Dhe
South Sea Company
Panama
Liverty
Porto Bello
Arriv
Cunningham
St. Kite’s
Jamaica
Providence
N.S. de Las
Orado
Palma
Canary Islands
Havana
Wilford
Africa
America
the India Company
St. Helena
Rochester
Chester
Madeira
Dunkirk
France
Holland
Petersbourg