CHAPTER V.

Governor Col. R. Williams--Biographical remarks--Towns of trade appointed--Antigua divided into parishes--Sir Nathaniel Johnson appointed captain-general and governor-in-chief--Colonel Codrington--Remarks upon this family--Invasion of Antigua by a French privateer--Attack upon Guadeloupe by the English-- Expedition to St. Christopher's--Gallant conduct of Colonel Williams and Colonel Willoughby Byam--Sir Francis Wheeler's expedition--Wilmot and Lillingston's expedition--Death of the captain-general, General Codrington--Colonel John Yeamans, lieutenant-governor--Arrival of Admiral Benbow