Admiralty Office 31st Janry 1776
My Lord,
Having received a Letter from Rear Admiral [Clark] Gayton, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships & Vessels at Jamaica, dated the 7th of November last, giving an Account of the Proceedings of Captain [William] Judd of His Majesty's Ship the Squirrel, whom he had sent to the Mosquito Shore & Bay of Honduras, to examine into the State of the Logwood Cutters; We send Your Lordship a Copy of his said Letter, together with the Papers therein referred to, for the King's Information.
And the Rear Admiral having at the same time, transmitted to us a Letter he received from His Majesty's Agent at Turks Island, giving an Account that a Number of lawless People on that Island, had illegally & forcibly detained a Spanish Schooner & his Crew on Suspicion of her Masters facilitating the Escape of a Servant belonging to one of the Inhabitants; We send Your Lordship the said Letter herewith, for the King's further Information. We are &ca
Palmerston H. Penton H. Palliser