Appointment of Thos Shirley to Governor in Chief of Bahamas
London Gazette reports the king’s appointment of Thomas Shirley to be Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Bahama Islands, with garrison command in America. Notices also list bankrupts surrendering, divers certificates, marriages, robberies, and criminal indictments, alongside foreign intelligence and Cumberland election correspondence.
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Court and Courtly News From Windsor to London
Sunday the Rev Dr John Douglas preached before the King and Nobility at the Chapel Royal. Lord Cadogan bore state words. A great Court and Drawing-room followed with many nobles and foreign ministers present. Duke of Cumberland hosted nobles at Cumberland House. Lord Temple Lady Grenville and James Beauclerk arrived from country seats. Lord William Campbell Governor of Halifax arrived at his Dean Street Soho house. Dispatches sent to Roger Hope Ellitton with orders for three men of war to sail at first notice to Jamaica. The Lord Chancellor appointed Seals for Lincoln's Inn Hall around Michaelmas through Hillary Term. The Court of Common Pleas gave its opinion in the Insurance case Drinkwater v Royal Exchange. Judgment found for the plaintiff on the Norwich riot fire loss policy.
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