PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS, being transcripts of naval instructions and correspondence, laid before the House of Lords by [Thomas Pelham-Holles], Duke of Newcastle, in March, 172 8/9.
(ff. 103, 114). Instructions, and correspondence with the Duke of Newcastle as Secretary of State, of Vice-Admiral Francis Hosier, commanding the squadron employed in the West Indies to prevent the Spaniards sending home treasure, of Commodore Edward St. Lo, in temporary command after the Vice-Admiral's death at Jamaica [25 Aug 1727], and of his successor Vice-Adm. Edward Hopson till his death [ 8 May, 1728]; 28 Mar. 1726-24 June, 1728. Prefixed (vol. i, ff. 1-6) is a detailed list, endorsed...
(ff. 79, 108, 85). Instructions, and correspondence with the Secretaries of State, of Vice-Adm. Hopson, Sir Charles Wager, and other officers employed 'in H.M. Squadron in the Mediterranean'; 22, Dec. 1726-16 Mar. 172 7/8 . The greater part consists of the correspondence of the Duke with Wager when commanding on the coast of Spain and at Gibraltar. The list is endorsed (vol. i, f. 8 b) as presented 11 March, and is printed under that date in the Journals. Numbered 1-67. In the Commons' Journ...