| Description | Includes references to an order being sent by the Admiralty to the Commiss[i]oner there directing him to transmit to their Lordships the age of every warrant officer, how long they have been appointed officers and by whom; having been questioned and obliged to tell the truth though sorry to reveal his Uncle Medley's private character; the Commissioner being concerned to hear of his hard usage but sure that he had left his fortune to a gentleman of Honour; expecting his ship to be commissioned every day, Captain Simcoe being appointed Commander; having seen Mr Groves 3 weeks ago at Plymouth, who told him that Grimston's father got money as well as Land Estate and requesting that his reply be directed to himself, purser of his Majesty's ship Pembrooke at Plymouth |