| Description | Has received an intimation from Sir Basil Keith that His Majesty had been pleased to appoint him Governor of the Island, is at a loss to express his sense of Lord Dartmouth's attention to his (Dalling's) interest in assuring him that no unusual expedition (sic) should deprive him of his present situation, is disappointed at hearing that Sir Basil Keith intends leaving England in October as he had hoped to remain in administration the usual time allowed to all Lieutenant Governors, his Lordship's letter had revived those hopes, and he has the firmest reliance on the assurance there given |