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Inquest Verdict. Duel Injuries. Silver Shipment Report
The Cordtier's Inquest returns a verdict of Wilful Aferder against a Black youth of about fifteen who had recently returned from sea. Court Martial at Helvoetfluys acquits the Captain but sentences the Pilot to lifelong disqualification. A scuffle on Bow Street ends with Sir James Harrington wounded, Dawkins assisting. South Sea Company warehouse in Threadneedle Street receives sixty double chests of silver from Captain Hill’s Buenos Aires voyage. Irishmen detained for foreign service are committed to Newgate, Gatehouse, and Bridewell for examination. The Holy See negotiates investiture for Don Carlos as Parma and Naples await further peace. Venice reports military intrigue with the Ottoman Porte and plans to crew ships for the Black Sea. A Sabbath Night prayer to King and Wager’s health, Westminster Abbey funding rumors, and French-English reprisals in the Caribbean are noted. A fire destroys a Beagle house in Epping Forest and the widow of the Bat James Bertie dies.