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Royal Visit To Portsmouth.
His Majesty then embarked on board his barge with the Royal family , and proceeded to Spithead with the admirals and captains of the fleet in the order as before . Their Majesties and the Royal Family , on their arival at Spithead , went on hoard the Aquilon frigate of 32 guns , commanded by the Honourable Captain Stopford ; and the Board of Admiralty , & c . & c . repaired on board the Niger frigate of 32 guns , commanded by the Honourable Captain Legge : shortly afterwards both frigates got under sail , and stood with a fine breeze towards the Needles , and
on their arrival off Cowes , their Majesties were saluted by the Monarch of 74 guns , and by the frigates and sloop of war lying there . The tide being nearly spent , and the wind not favourable forgoing back in the frigates to Spithead , their Majesties and the Royal Family , the Board of Admiralty , and Ear ! Howe , returned in their respective barges to the dock-yard , where they arrived about ten o ' clock in the evening . 29 . Their Majesties and the Royal Family went this morning to the chapel in the dock-yardattended by Mr . Secretary Dundasthe Board of AdmiraltyEarl
, , , Howe , & c . & c . & c . where prayers were read by the Rev . Mr . Howell , and a sermon preached by the Rev . Mr . Scott , Chaplain to the Ordinary . Their Majesties and the Royal Family then went to see the ship ( launched the day before ) which had been taken into dock to be coppered ; an operation then in hand , and which was completely performed in eight hours and ten minutes . His Majesty , after inspecting very minutely every part of the ship , and going to the bottom of
the dock to see the copper sheathing put on , returned with the Queen and Royal Family to the Commissioner's house , where the Lords of the Admiralty , Ear ! Howe , the Admirals Hood and Gardner , and the Post Captains of the fleet , had the honour of dining at his Majesty's table . 30 . His Majesty this morning went to see the Prince of Wales , which ( having ¦ been completely coppered ) was put off" dock and afloat in the harbour . Their Majesties and the Roj-a ! Family went afterwards , about nine o ' clock , to the King ' s Stairs , and embarked on board the King ' s barge for Spithead .
On their arrival at Spithead , their Majesties and the Royal Family went on board the Aquilon frigate , which soon afterwards made sail with a fair wind to Southampton ( attended by the Niger frigate ) , where the Royal family landed about two o ' clock , and immediately proceeded to Windsor , and arrived there in perfect health at ten the same evening . His Majesty , before he left Portsmouth ,- was graciously pleased to give orders for donations to be made out of his privy purse , to the artificers , workmen , and labourers of the dock-yard & c . & c . and to the crews of the Queen Charlotte
, and Aquilon , and the Chatham Yacht , similar in proportion to their numbers to those which were made when his Majesly was at Portsmouth in 1773 . And his Majesty was also graciously pleased to order one hundred pounds to be distributed to the poor of each of the parishes of Portsmouth and Portsea , fifty pounds to . the poorof'Gosport , and fifty pounds to the debtors in Portsmouth gaol , amounting , with other donation ^ , to upwards of three thousand pounds .
July 16 . Intelligence was received by Government , and announced in an Extraordinary Gazette , that Port au Prince , in the island of St . Domingo , had been taken by the army under the command of General Whyte , together with near 50 vessels , and stores almost innumerable . Of the former the much greater part were laden with sugar , coffee , and indigo . 22 . The London Gazette announced the important news of the voluntary union of Corsica to the Crown of Great Britain , through the medium of Lord Hood ancl Sir Gilbert Elliot .
23 . A most dreadful fire broke out at Mr . Clovcs's , a barge-builder adjoining to the East India Company ' s saltpetre warehouse , at Stone-stairs , Ratc / ifle Highway , which burnt down all the buildings on both sides of the way from thence to RatcliiTe Cross , as well as several courts and alleys . 20 , 000 bags sf saltpetre are said to have been consumed in the warehouse of the East India Company ; whose loss , on the whole , is estimated al 200 , 000 k " The number of houses consumed has been accurately ascertained to be 630 . [ Promotions , c 5 V . are unavoidably postponed for v . 'anl of room . " }
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Royal Visit To Portsmouth.
His Majesty then embarked on board his barge with the Royal family , and proceeded to Spithead with the admirals and captains of the fleet in the order as before . Their Majesties and the Royal Family , on their arival at Spithead , went on hoard the Aquilon frigate of 32 guns , commanded by the Honourable Captain Stopford ; and the Board of Admiralty , & c . & c . repaired on board the Niger frigate of 32 guns , commanded by the Honourable Captain Legge : shortly afterwards both frigates got under sail , and stood with a fine breeze towards the Needles , and
on their arrival off Cowes , their Majesties were saluted by the Monarch of 74 guns , and by the frigates and sloop of war lying there . The tide being nearly spent , and the wind not favourable forgoing back in the frigates to Spithead , their Majesties and the Royal Family , the Board of Admiralty , and Ear ! Howe , returned in their respective barges to the dock-yard , where they arrived about ten o ' clock in the evening . 29 . Their Majesties and the Royal Family went this morning to the chapel in the dock-yardattended by Mr . Secretary Dundasthe Board of AdmiraltyEarl
, , , Howe , & c . & c . & c . where prayers were read by the Rev . Mr . Howell , and a sermon preached by the Rev . Mr . Scott , Chaplain to the Ordinary . Their Majesties and the Royal Family then went to see the ship ( launched the day before ) which had been taken into dock to be coppered ; an operation then in hand , and which was completely performed in eight hours and ten minutes . His Majesty , after inspecting very minutely every part of the ship , and going to the bottom of
the dock to see the copper sheathing put on , returned with the Queen and Royal Family to the Commissioner's house , where the Lords of the Admiralty , Ear ! Howe , the Admirals Hood and Gardner , and the Post Captains of the fleet , had the honour of dining at his Majesty's table . 30 . His Majesty this morning went to see the Prince of Wales , which ( having ¦ been completely coppered ) was put off" dock and afloat in the harbour . Their Majesties and the Roj-a ! Family went afterwards , about nine o ' clock , to the King ' s Stairs , and embarked on board the King ' s barge for Spithead .
On their arrival at Spithead , their Majesties and the Royal Family went on board the Aquilon frigate , which soon afterwards made sail with a fair wind to Southampton ( attended by the Niger frigate ) , where the Royal family landed about two o ' clock , and immediately proceeded to Windsor , and arrived there in perfect health at ten the same evening . His Majesty , before he left Portsmouth ,- was graciously pleased to give orders for donations to be made out of his privy purse , to the artificers , workmen , and labourers of the dock-yard & c . & c . and to the crews of the Queen Charlotte
, and Aquilon , and the Chatham Yacht , similar in proportion to their numbers to those which were made when his Majesly was at Portsmouth in 1773 . And his Majesty was also graciously pleased to order one hundred pounds to be distributed to the poor of each of the parishes of Portsmouth and Portsea , fifty pounds to . the poorof'Gosport , and fifty pounds to the debtors in Portsmouth gaol , amounting , with other donation ^ , to upwards of three thousand pounds .
July 16 . Intelligence was received by Government , and announced in an Extraordinary Gazette , that Port au Prince , in the island of St . Domingo , had been taken by the army under the command of General Whyte , together with near 50 vessels , and stores almost innumerable . Of the former the much greater part were laden with sugar , coffee , and indigo . 22 . The London Gazette announced the important news of the voluntary union of Corsica to the Crown of Great Britain , through the medium of Lord Hood ancl Sir Gilbert Elliot .
23 . A most dreadful fire broke out at Mr . Clovcs's , a barge-builder adjoining to the East India Company ' s saltpetre warehouse , at Stone-stairs , Ratc / ifle Highway , which burnt down all the buildings on both sides of the way from thence to RatcliiTe Cross , as well as several courts and alleys . 20 , 000 bags sf saltpetre are said to have been consumed in the warehouse of the East India Company ; whose loss , on the whole , is estimated al 200 , 000 k " The number of houses consumed has been accurately ascertained to be 630 . [ Promotions , c 5 V . are unavoidably postponed for v . 'anl of room . " }