London Evening Post in London, Middlesex

Nomination of Sheriffs by Lords of Privy Council

A list of county nominees for sheriffs for the year is published by the Lords of the Privy Council in Westminster Hall. Names span Derbyshire Dorset Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Herefordshire Kent Leicestershire Lincolnshire Monmouthshire Norfolk Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Staffordshire Somerset Worcestershire Wiltshire and York. A separate item notes a post for Comptroller of the Foreign Post-Office and events at Westminster Hall including an arrest warrant roll. Also reported are a Robbery case involving Dr Lancaster and Macray, a Court admission of an Advocate, and brief local mishaps and maritime news.