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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 14, 1759

Page

3

Antelope and Commodore Boys Remain in Downs

The Antelope and Commodore Boys remain in the Downs with his Majesty's Ship Aquilon. Sailed yesterday under convoy for outward-bound, after arrival from a cruise with the Stag Tartar and Beaver sloops. Leopard Peel came down for Guadaloupe as the wind shifts north east.

Commodore Boys N. Deal His Majesty Downs Boys Guadaloupe Salisbury Mr. Keck Genus Conselt Mr. Gorge Juniper Genius Junier Vidkor Anhony Keck Efy Babraham Victor Orvonko Samford Turk Childers Becumaris Anglefey Llanerchymedd Lewis John Jones Ainlweh Mary Jones Jones Llaneihan Rietbeirin Coed-Anna Anglesey Cad Ciochdd Detwydd Dwedan Mohan Wretgan Norfolk Mile Gellsmith Richard Little On Ath John Boldero Ey Lombdard-Street Constantinople Sultan Ixalga Chan Crim Tartary Variars Volga Black Sea Astracan Roo Portsmouth Chesterfield Spithead Success Plymouth Thomas and Richard Campion Happy Recovery Brown Amelia Candler Rigaladen Charming Polly Kirkman Bristol Speford Norwich Achilles Vestal Juno Aquillon Alan Holbourn Deal Leopard Poole Star Majfly Jamaica Evans Dieppe Friendship Hunter Havre Liverpool Beckford

Bridge at Black Fryars Threatened by Nobility Power

A letter from aboard His Majesty's ship describes naval strength off Brest under Hawke and Geary, with hopes to sail by midmonth. Reports say Dutch and French ships, privateers, and conveys of war materiel are active. London society notes a Thames bridge plan and a wedding, plus a sharp-town sharpers tale and a house damage incident at Black's Fields.

Lon Odon Black Fryars Strand Thames Covent-Garden Brest Edward Hawke Geary Hardy Spain Usham Ostend Havre de Grace Rodney Portsmouth Commodore Moore Barrington Martinico Marseilles Constantinople Hawke Wilson Malta Robert Johnson Londonderry Donald Peterhead Peter Stevenson Yarmouth Gottenburgh Hobereau Bonvarlet Calais Christiansand Maurepas Stephen Hughes Liverpool Stockholm Ellen Rigg Peter Allemes Dunkirk Lefioe Cattégate Thames-Ditton Surrey Sir William Twifdin Miss Jarvis George: Jarvis Snow-Hill Loaft Tawx India Company

Trickery in a City Market and a Bridewell Sentence

A Hoffer and a Johnson scheme to commit theft by swapping goods and false claims. The Hoffer suspects the cheat when the plot unravels and the public is warned. A woman is jailed for stealing children, and a condemned prisoner linked to a street robbery nears execution after a pretended pregnancy.

Cloysters Johnson Hoffer Southwark Bridewell William Clarke Kent Street Mary Bulger Bouger Richard Spencer

Postscript on Militia and Policy Critics in London

Postscript addresses modern politics with a call for a national militia as a remedy to invasions and misgovernment. It critiques fear of action, praises decisive measures against enemy ships, and rails at political folly while noting public tax, expeditions, and a famed Jamaica episode.

Landgrave Hesfe Jamaica

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