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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 02, 1759
Page
3
In Somerfershire a man named Ham and a young woman living with him were committed to prison on suspicion of murdering their Bastard Child. The infant was found dead in a garden as a potato-digger reported. The coroner’s inquest returned a verdict of wilful murder.
Port news from Plymouth reports the Antelope Man of War returning with the Belligueux and other ships. Prize to the Antelope, Portland Flamboroughy Giligence remain at Porngay s Deal. Several ships sail for Antigua Barbadoes and Sheerness amid strong west winds.
The Buckingham 65 guns under Captain Tyrrell engaged the French 74 gun Florissant and two supporting ships off Montferrat. After hours of close action the Florissant was silenced, then the Buckingham pressed for boarding before nightfall. The foe fled in darkness as damage left both ships near ruin. casualties aboard the Buckingham included Tyrrell's loss of three fingers and several wounded, with seven killed and forty six wounded overall.
Captain Tortel reports Dutch ship bound for Surinam was boarded by fifteen English Privateer's men near the Needles in the Channel. They looted cargo, took fourteen cafes and a bale of merchandise, and damaged items. Other letters mention storm damage in Venice and deaths in Surrey and London, along with assorted burial figures, bread prices, and financial items in old accounts.
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