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Monthly Chronicle.
DESPERATE ACTION . The London Gazette of April z-8 , 179 S , gives art account of a gallant action fought by the Mars , a -74 gun ship , commanded by Capt . Alexander Hood , and L'Hercule , a French ship of the same force , on the 21 st instant . The French shi p was prevented , by contrary tide ancl easterly wind , from escaping through the passage du Raz ; she therefore cast anchor , and in that situation she was attacked so closelbthe Mars as to unhinge some of her
y y lower deck ports , continuing a very bloody action for an hour and a half , ¦ when she surrendered . Her loss was considerable . The Mars also suffered severely . Capt . Hood , who was wounded late in the conflict , expired just as the enemy ' s ship had struck her colours . Capt . White , of the Marines , was likewise killed ; and Lieut . Argles very badly wounded . About 60 only are yet ascertained to be killed and dangerously wounded .
BANK FORGERIES , David Wilkinson ( mentioned in our last ) was tried on Saturday , April at , for forging the acceptance of Favilie , Bosville , and Son , upon a Bill of Exchange for 273 / . and also for uttering it , knowing it to be forged , with an intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England . Mr . Garrow stated the case on behalf of the Crown , and called witnesses , who satislactorily proved that the body of the bill , the name subscribe ;! , and
the indorsement thereon , were the hand-writing of the prisoner - that it was presented by him at the Bank , with several others , the warrant of which was also in his hand-writing , on the 22 d of February last , and there discounted , and that the produce thereof , amounting to 6 39 / . except a sum of 91 / . that was paid the same day into the office of Mr . Adamson ' s banker on his account . The prisoner stated from his defence , that a partnershi p formerly
subsisted between him and Mr . Adamson , which was dissolved about two years ago ; that Mr . Adamson said it would serve him essentially if he , the prisoner , would , from time to time , draw bills on persons indebted to Mr . Adamson , or willing to accommodate him ; that he did so , and that he never had the least suspicion that the bills so drawn , and delivered to Mr . Adamson , of which the present was one , were not really accepted by the persons whom Mr . Adamson represented as willing so to do , as they had
been all punctually paid ; that the amount of them , when discounted , was always paid to Mr . Adamson , and that it was not probable the prisoner would be guilty of such an offence without deriving any emolument from it ; that he stood his ground , and declined the many opportunities he had to escape , which could onl y be the conduct of a man conscious of his own innocence . He was found guilty—Death . Mr . Adamson was also tried , and found guilty of forgery on the Bank .
REVOLUTION IN SWITZERLAND . In our Magazine for February we announced the first symptoms of a revolution in this land of freedom , of happiness , ancl of heroes ; and the steps which the French Directory had pursued for the accomplishment of this ' event . While one part of the army , so often led to victory by the French General Buonaparte , were taking possession of the capital of Rome , and invoking the manes of Brutusof Catoof Ciceroand other ancient
cham-, , , p ions of liberty , under the French General Berthier , another part of " it , commanded by General Brune , were fixing the French republican banners upon the ruins of the Helvetic government . The terms proposed by the French , and which they supposed the Swiss would have accepted without opposition , were rejected as unbecoming a free nation to accept . The truce which had taken p lace for conducting this ne-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
DESPERATE ACTION . The London Gazette of April z-8 , 179 S , gives art account of a gallant action fought by the Mars , a -74 gun ship , commanded by Capt . Alexander Hood , and L'Hercule , a French ship of the same force , on the 21 st instant . The French shi p was prevented , by contrary tide ancl easterly wind , from escaping through the passage du Raz ; she therefore cast anchor , and in that situation she was attacked so closelbthe Mars as to unhinge some of her
y y lower deck ports , continuing a very bloody action for an hour and a half , ¦ when she surrendered . Her loss was considerable . The Mars also suffered severely . Capt . Hood , who was wounded late in the conflict , expired just as the enemy ' s ship had struck her colours . Capt . White , of the Marines , was likewise killed ; and Lieut . Argles very badly wounded . About 60 only are yet ascertained to be killed and dangerously wounded .
BANK FORGERIES , David Wilkinson ( mentioned in our last ) was tried on Saturday , April at , for forging the acceptance of Favilie , Bosville , and Son , upon a Bill of Exchange for 273 / . and also for uttering it , knowing it to be forged , with an intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England . Mr . Garrow stated the case on behalf of the Crown , and called witnesses , who satislactorily proved that the body of the bill , the name subscribe ;! , and
the indorsement thereon , were the hand-writing of the prisoner - that it was presented by him at the Bank , with several others , the warrant of which was also in his hand-writing , on the 22 d of February last , and there discounted , and that the produce thereof , amounting to 6 39 / . except a sum of 91 / . that was paid the same day into the office of Mr . Adamson ' s banker on his account . The prisoner stated from his defence , that a partnershi p formerly
subsisted between him and Mr . Adamson , which was dissolved about two years ago ; that Mr . Adamson said it would serve him essentially if he , the prisoner , would , from time to time , draw bills on persons indebted to Mr . Adamson , or willing to accommodate him ; that he did so , and that he never had the least suspicion that the bills so drawn , and delivered to Mr . Adamson , of which the present was one , were not really accepted by the persons whom Mr . Adamson represented as willing so to do , as they had
been all punctually paid ; that the amount of them , when discounted , was always paid to Mr . Adamson , and that it was not probable the prisoner would be guilty of such an offence without deriving any emolument from it ; that he stood his ground , and declined the many opportunities he had to escape , which could onl y be the conduct of a man conscious of his own innocence . He was found guilty—Death . Mr . Adamson was also tried , and found guilty of forgery on the Bank .
REVOLUTION IN SWITZERLAND . In our Magazine for February we announced the first symptoms of a revolution in this land of freedom , of happiness , ancl of heroes ; and the steps which the French Directory had pursued for the accomplishment of this ' event . While one part of the army , so often led to victory by the French General Buonaparte , were taking possession of the capital of Rome , and invoking the manes of Brutusof Catoof Ciceroand other ancient
cham-, , , p ions of liberty , under the French General Berthier , another part of " it , commanded by General Brune , were fixing the French republican banners upon the ruins of the Helvetic government . The terms proposed by the French , and which they supposed the Swiss would have accepted without opposition , were rejected as unbecoming a free nation to accept . The truce which had taken p lace for conducting this ne-