we shd. have here for a time if such a thing were really to turn up, I heard from Eyre yesterday you will be glad to hear that he has got an advancement - he is now Acting Govr. in Chief of the ''Leeward Islands'' with a salary of £3000 and allowance and contengencies £1200 extra - this is a good lift for him is it not - he writes me that the person he was appointed to relieve has gone home on 12 months leave with no intention of returning, his time being out, so that Eyre believes he will confirmed. Goodnight. Always sincerely yours J. D. Ormond