17 Jun 1840
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 17, 1840
Page
1
Reports from The Hague Paris and London describe troop movements and policy shifts across Europe with the Prussian and Dutch situations, ongoing espionage and court inquiries, and updates on piracy, smuggling, and a domestic murder trial. Naval and military notes include Persian, Mogul, and Indian campaigns, plus arrivals of ships and regiments. Local crimes feature highway robberies and a hatter’s fire incident in London and Middlesex.
An incomplete OCR passage mentions a boy near a pond with supplies and a nephew living with his wife and a kinwoman. The garbled text references a child, a wife, and kin in a vague family context, lacking clear events or outcomes.
KPORT NEWS reports a fleet including Chichester Torbay Rye Vesuvius and Volcang fire ships sailing down to Prosperity Lawson toward Gibraltar while other vessels Mermaid Minerva Shubwick and more head for Carolina and Dunkirk. Several ships pass by outbound at different ports as arrivals are noted from Gibraltar Guernsey and London.
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