My Lord,

Having received a Letter from Vice Adml Gayton Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships & Vessels at Jamaica, dated the 30th of March last, enclosing one he received Express from the Chief Justice of His Majesty's Island of [New] Providence, giving an account of the proceedings of Esek Hopkins Commander in Chief of an Armament fitted out by the Rebel Americans, for the purpose of possessing themselves of the Powder & Stores belonging to His Majesty in that Island; We send your Lordship Copies of both the said Letters² for His Majts Information: And are My Lord, Your Lordships [&c.]

Palmerston C Spencer Lisburne