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Newspaper

London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 06, 1740

Page

2

Fleet sailings and trials of ye old city court news

Reported naval movements near the Lizard and St Helens Road with storms and collisions. Admiral Balchen and Cumberland Transport back from Fineriday last due to gale. Local sessions ended with four sentences of death and several transportations. Notable cases include theft from Mell, Simith’s shop, a silver tankard, and wheat from warehouses. Several defendants acquitted or pardoned after defense arguments.

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Siege news and royal appointments in a restless year

Reports mix war dispatches from Cadiz and Havana with dockyard moves and court notices. Lord George Sackville dismissed, Lord Montag Bertie promoted, and a Bomb-Kerch captaincy granted. Shipping fleets ordered for West Indies convoys while Men of War head to the Americas. Several crimes and local deaths are noted alongside market and social events in London and South England.

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