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wounded--When Admiral Byng's Official dispatches arrived in England the Ministry fully prepared for the intellegence, sent out Admiral Hawke and Saunders to-- take the Command in the Medeterranean giveing orders at the same time for the disgraced commander to be sent home under arrest-- who upon his arrival was committed close prisoner to Grienwich hospital--The People became clamorous for vengeance and the ministry were not sorry to screen themselves under the misconduct of Admiral Byng, he was brought to trial and notwithstanding great interest was made from various quarters to obtain a remission of the sentence the Lords of the Admiral Byng which took place on the 14th of March The Failure of an enterprise against Rochefort was trifling in comparison to the disasters which befell the Army under the Duke of Cumberland in Germany, Marceschal
