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Monthly Chronicle.
second Captain , Sir Andrew Douglas . I am , with great consideration , Sir , your most obedient servant , HOWE . P . S . The names and force of the captured French ships with the fleet , is transmitted herewith . List of French ships captured on the ist of June , 1794 . La Juste — — So Guns .,
Sans Pareille — — So L ' -Amerique — — 74 L'Achille — -- 74 Northumberland — - — 74 ¦ > L'Impetueux — — - 74 Vengeur — — 74 , sunk almost immediately upon being taken possession ofi N . B . The ship stated to have been captured on the evening of the 28 th of last
month , is said by the prisoners to be tbe Revolutionaire of 120 guns . To tbe above official dispatch we add the following account of killed and wounded in the English Fleet : —Grand total—203 seamen and 32 marines , killed—57 S seamen and 91 marines wounded . Total , 904 . Account of the numbers killed and wounded on board the French ships captured and sunk on the ist of June , 1794 .
La Juste 100 killed , 145 wounded . Sans Pareille 260 killed , 120 wounded .-L'Amerique , ) 134 killed , 110 wounded . L'Achilles . 3 6 killed , 30 wounded . Northumberland ' 60 killed , 100 wounded . L'Impetueux ' 100 killed , 75 wounded . 6 90 5 S 0
Le Vengeur 320 sunk . Le Jacobin , sunk in . action , not a man saved . In consequence of the glorious success of the fleet under the command of Lord Howe , a general illumination took place all over the cities of London . and Westminster , and which was again continued on the two following nights . Mr . Jay , a member of Congress , who is deputed to settle all existing differences between this country and America , arrived at Falmoutha few days since , and is now
in town on the business which brought bim hither . A patent has passed the great seal for an engine and apparatus for discharging ships of water , by means of their own motion only ; and for the application of the same apparatus to many other purposes in hydraulics in general ,
The EPISTLE from the YEARLY MEETING held in LONDON , by Adjournments , froni the ig . / j to thc zStb of the Fifth Mouth 1794 , inclusive . To thc Quarterl y and Monthly Meetings of Friends in Great . Britain , Ireland , and elsewhere . DEAR FRIENDS , A degree of that love which drew our predecessors from the various forms of reli- ' gion , to wait upon tlie LORD , and to serve him in ' simplicity and holy fear , engages us afresh to salute you ; desiring that ye may increase and abound in every good work ;
and that , as lights in the world , ye may so sliirie as to glorify our heavenly Father . [ Here follows an account of the religious state , and sufferings of the society bytithes , & c . the latter amounting in Great Britain to 6 940 L and in Ireland to 1625 I . ] We have been reminded in this meeting of such of our friends as are in lonely situ-r ations , and few in number . We desire these may be concerned not to neglect their little meetings ; but therein to wait upon the LORD , in whose presence there is life , and to have their expectations on him alone : considering that his tender compassion h not only to the multitude , but descends even to the two or three gathered in his
name . Let this , indeed , be encouragement to all to persevere in the practice of assembling for the worship of GOD : and as all are in need of help from above , to strengthen-tltem in the performance of their several duties , whether as parents , as VoL . il . 3 N '
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
second Captain , Sir Andrew Douglas . I am , with great consideration , Sir , your most obedient servant , HOWE . P . S . The names and force of the captured French ships with the fleet , is transmitted herewith . List of French ships captured on the ist of June , 1794 . La Juste — — So Guns .,
Sans Pareille — — So L ' -Amerique — — 74 L'Achille — -- 74 Northumberland — - — 74 ¦ > L'Impetueux — — - 74 Vengeur — — 74 , sunk almost immediately upon being taken possession ofi N . B . The ship stated to have been captured on the evening of the 28 th of last
month , is said by the prisoners to be tbe Revolutionaire of 120 guns . To tbe above official dispatch we add the following account of killed and wounded in the English Fleet : —Grand total—203 seamen and 32 marines , killed—57 S seamen and 91 marines wounded . Total , 904 . Account of the numbers killed and wounded on board the French ships captured and sunk on the ist of June , 1794 .
La Juste 100 killed , 145 wounded . Sans Pareille 260 killed , 120 wounded .-L'Amerique , ) 134 killed , 110 wounded . L'Achilles . 3 6 killed , 30 wounded . Northumberland ' 60 killed , 100 wounded . L'Impetueux ' 100 killed , 75 wounded . 6 90 5 S 0
Le Vengeur 320 sunk . Le Jacobin , sunk in . action , not a man saved . In consequence of the glorious success of the fleet under the command of Lord Howe , a general illumination took place all over the cities of London . and Westminster , and which was again continued on the two following nights . Mr . Jay , a member of Congress , who is deputed to settle all existing differences between this country and America , arrived at Falmoutha few days since , and is now
in town on the business which brought bim hither . A patent has passed the great seal for an engine and apparatus for discharging ships of water , by means of their own motion only ; and for the application of the same apparatus to many other purposes in hydraulics in general ,
The EPISTLE from the YEARLY MEETING held in LONDON , by Adjournments , froni the ig . / j to thc zStb of the Fifth Mouth 1794 , inclusive . To thc Quarterl y and Monthly Meetings of Friends in Great . Britain , Ireland , and elsewhere . DEAR FRIENDS , A degree of that love which drew our predecessors from the various forms of reli- ' gion , to wait upon tlie LORD , and to serve him in ' simplicity and holy fear , engages us afresh to salute you ; desiring that ye may increase and abound in every good work ;
and that , as lights in the world , ye may so sliirie as to glorify our heavenly Father . [ Here follows an account of the religious state , and sufferings of the society bytithes , & c . the latter amounting in Great Britain to 6 940 L and in Ireland to 1625 I . ] We have been reminded in this meeting of such of our friends as are in lonely situ-r ations , and few in number . We desire these may be concerned not to neglect their little meetings ; but therein to wait upon the LORD , in whose presence there is life , and to have their expectations on him alone : considering that his tender compassion h not only to the multitude , but descends even to the two or three gathered in his
name . Let this , indeed , be encouragement to all to persevere in the practice of assembling for the worship of GOD : and as all are in need of help from above , to strengthen-tltem in the performance of their several duties , whether as parents , as VoL . il . 3 N '