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tions , with provisions and all sorts of accommodations , to facilitate their march ; and every 'demonstration has been given of the zeal and ardour of the nation f to oppose the enemy in every place where it could be supposed a descent - ' might be attempted . " WHITEHALL , JAW . 10 , I " 97-By dispatches received this day from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , dated the 6 th inst . it appears , that his Excellency had received accounts from Vice Admiral Kingsmill , stating that on the 3 d inst . his Majesty ' s ship the Pol

yphemus , Capt . Lumsdaine , had captured and brought into the Cove of Cork , La Tortue , a French frigate of 44 guns , and 625 men , including troops ; and that she had also captured a . large transport full of troops , which being exfremely leaky , and . night coming on , with heavy gales of wind , ( Capt . Lumsdaine had been prevented from taking possession of ; but which , from many signals of distress afterwards made b y her , and his inability to render any assistance , he had every reason to apprehend must have sunk , during the night . It further . from the accounts of the prisoners oh board La Tortue

appears , , that La Scsevola , another large French frigate , had recently foundered at sea ; with all her crew . ' ... - ' . --. The Impaticnte French frigate , carrying 20 four-pounders , 320 men , and 250 soldier ' s , came on shore near Crookhaven , on the 30 th ulr . and was totally lost . Seven of the m . en escaped on the rocks .

WHlrfHAU , JANUARY 17 . AnExtract of a Letterfrom ' theLordLieutenantoflreland , dated Dublin Castle , Jan . 10 , 1797 , states as follows : . ' I have the satisfaction to acquaint your Grace , that since the information transmitted to Mr . GrevifJe , that the French had entirely left Bantry Bay , there has been no re-appearance of them upon the coasts ; so that I trust , from the violence of the tempest , and from their ships being ill found and ill victualled , their expedition is for . the present frustrated .

' Upon reviewing what has passed during- this expedition of the enemy , 1 have the satisfaction to reflect , that the best spirit was manifested by his Majesty ' s Regular and Militia forces ; and I have every reason to believe , that if a landing had taken place , they would have displayed the utmost fidelity . When the flank companies of the Antrim regiment were formed , the whole regiment turned out , to a man , with expressions of the greatest eagerness to march ; and the Down * * hire Regiment , to a man , declared they would stand and fall by their officers . ' At the time the army was ordered to march , the weather was extremely

severe : I therefore ordered them a proportion of spirits upon their route , and directed an allowance of ^ . d . a day to their wives until their return . During their march , the utmost attention was paid them by the inhabitants of the towns and villages through which they passed , so that in many places the meat provided by commissaries was not consumed . The roads , which in parts had been rendered impassable by the snow , were cleared by the peasantry . " The poor people often shared their potatoes with them , and dressed their meat without demanding payr ment ; of which there was a very particular instance in the town of Banher

. ag , where no Gentleman or principal Farmer resides to set them the example . At Carlow a considerable subscription was made for the troops as they passed ; and at Limerick and Cork , every exertion was used to facilitate the carriage of artillery and baggage , by premiums to the carmen ; and in the town of Galwa ' y , which for a short time was left with a very inadequate garrison , the zeal and ardour of the inhabitants and yeomanry was peculiarly manifested , and in a . manner to give me the utmost satisfaction . In short ,, the general good disposition of the people through the South and West was so prevalentthat had the enemy landedtheir

, , . hope of assistance from the inhabitants would have been totally disappointed . ' From the armed Yeomanry , Government derived the most honourable assistance . Noblemen and Gentlemen of the first property vied in exerting themselves et the head of their corps . —Much of the express and escort duty was performed by them . In Cork , Limerick , and Gahvay , they took the duty of the garrison .