... Duke of Argyll, is chosen Mem- ber for Argyllshire, in the room of Charles Cambell, Esq; who died some time since in the West Indies. And William Douglas, Esq; of Cavers, is elected for the Shire of Roxburgh, in the room of John Rutherford, Esq; who has ...

... hear that the Defiance and Tilbury Men of War, of six- ty Guns, are order'd to be got ready with all Expedition for the West Indies. Some Letters from Madrid advise, that a large Body of Troops has receiv'd Orders to be in readiness to march, and that ...

... convoy the Dept ford Storeship, Capt. Gould, with Stores for Admiral Vernon's Fleet, and near 40 Merchant Ships to the West Indies. ? It's said the two Spanish Captains, who are now in the Custody of Mr. Hutchings, one of the King's Messengers in Dar ...

... Gothenbourg, which will make a Communication between the Baltick Sea and the Western Ocean, by which Means Ships may go to the West Indies, without being obliged to pass through the Sound; which is a great Way round, and sometimes a dangerous Passage. It is computed ...

... Footpads, who robbed her of her Watch and some Silver, and made off undiscovered. Captain Burford, lately arrived from the West Indies, is appointed by the Lords of the Admiralty a Com- mander of the Royal Navy on Half-pay, in Considera- tion of his many ...

... LONDON, Aug. 24. We hear that a Squadron of 14 Ships of War, will be kept up in the West- Indies. r And that the Mediation of France for Accommodating the Differences between Spain and Great Britain, hath been re- jected. We hear from Woolwich, that the ...

... Goods for London lie as it were Port-bound, till the Waters ?? assuaged. sare On the Expedition now carrying on in the west Indies, from the Italian of Signior Nenci translated by Mr. Lockman. ' Vr rnon, fam'd Hero, with a fleuder Tram Sail'd front fair ...

... Decision of the famous Cause relating to the Claim of a certain unfortunate young Noble- man, lately return'd from the West-Indies, who having at length forc'd his Uncle to wave his Privilege, went over to that Kingdom much about the same time; so, that ...

... and 4 per Cent. We hear that a Squadron of ten Ships of War, besides Bomb Ketches, &c. are to be sent forthwith to the West-Indies, under the Command of Admiral Stuart, Vice-Admiral of the White. Ten private Men, with a Serjeant, a Corporal and a Drummer ...

... large Body of Sailors be- longing to his Majesty's Ship the Strafford, Capt. Town- send, who have been five Years in the West-Indies, and were at the Taking of Porto-Bello, went thro' the City with Blue Cockades in their Hats, to petition the Lords of the ...

... was treating his Acquaintance with Punch, according to Act of Par- liament. We hear a Body of Merchants trading to the West-Indies, are speedily to meet, to confider of a Scheme to be laid before the Courts of England and France, to settle that Trade ...

... compleat the intended Squadron. We hear, that the Spaniards have got together at the Havannah and other Places in the Spanish West-Indies, a great Number of Vessels fit to transport Men, as if they intended to put in Execution directly their Designs upon Georgia ...