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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 14, 1747
Page
1
Yefendag carries the mail from Holland and Stockholm. Aron Korff and M. Antevari present memorials to the king defending Empress Elizabeth and urging alliance with Russia and Rome. Reports from Naples Genoa and Paris describe transports, frontier skirmishes, sieges, and shifting alliances. Letters suggest Genoa’s Senate debates capitulation terms while English and Dutch fleets maneuver near Mare Nostrum and Breda.
Boston reports Captain Dennis of Rhode Island privateering fame engaged a 14 gun privateer near Martinico. After a four hour battle Dennis was wounded but captured the French vessel and was honored by St Kitts officials with a Golden Oar and pistoles. French ship sold to merchants and sent to cruise. Newport notes New York privateers plundered a Chebucton storeship on Hispaniola then looted more and chased four ships from Marseilles with two reaching New York and Sandy Hook.
Edinburgh March 19 report that Major General Churchill will command the forces and garrisons in Scotland replacing Major General Hutke who sails for Flanders. Anson bound for Holland with coal was wrecked off the Flemish coast. all crew drowned except the master. Captain Johnston of Wamphray is said to be involved with the ship’s ownership.
In Canterbury on March 14, His Grace the Lord Archbishop granted the Rectory of Biddenden to the Rev. John Mather MA after the cession of the Rev. Dr. Ward. The Archbishop also appointed the Master of East-Bridge Hospital in the City to the Rev. John Sackette MA replacing the late Rev. Mr. Lewis.
From the Irish Mail arrived yesterday, a Jersey man of war has captured the St George bound from Cadiz to Vera Cruz. The Prince Charles Bryan from Leghorn to New York lies near Leghorn with part of its cargo saved. Various obituaries and notices follow, including Lady Anne Compton of Northamptonshire, Francis Duncombe of Bucks, and others, with reports of royal and military movements and ship news from Cadiz to Genoa.
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