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Monthly Chronicle.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE . THE town of Calvi surrendered to his Majesty ' s forces on the loth of August , after a siege of fifty-one days . By a statement recently made of the ships captured by the Allies , and those by the French , since the commencement of the war , there appears in favour of the enemy a balance of 276 vessels . Austria is to furnish 120 , 000 men to England , for a certain subsidy . These troops are to serve three years , if the war should last so long : they are to be fed , and found in clothes , and every other necessar 3 ' , by England .
Aug . 29 . At a quarter before six o ' clock in the evening , L'Impetueuse , one of the large line-of-battle ships lately captured by Earl Howe ' s fleet , and which lay but a small distance from the dock-yard at Portsmouth , was perceived to be on fire , the flames bursting out with great rapidity , and forming a pillar of fire , that had the most awful appearance . Signals being immediately made , all the boats from the ships in harbour were manned , and forming themselves into two divisions , their boats lashed together , they contrived , at imminent hazard , to grapple the Impetueuse , fore and aft , with strong chains , in order that when her anchor
cables were burnt , she should be kept from moving , so as to endanger the Northumberland , which was near her , and prevent the conflagration from spreading , as might be the case if she was adrift . With these grapples the boats could also force her wherever the fire would be least dangerous , and they accomplished their purpose , by keeping her in a proper station , until she burned down' to the water ' s edge . There were some Spaniards on board , one of whom was preserved , after being much scorched by the fire . The others , it is said , fell a sacrifice to the flameswhich were got under about ninebut not
totallextin-, , y guished till twelve o ' clock . The ship burned with such fury , as seemed at first to threaten the destruction of the whole dock-yard ; and L'Impetueuse being moored near the powder magazine , alarmed , the inhabitants so much , that great numbers of them fled in every direction from the town . A dreadful fire took place at Boston , in America , nearly at the same time as the late shocking ( ire at Ratclill ' eand from the sanie cause ( the boiling over
, of a pitch kettle ) , which burnt with ' such rapidity as to consume nearly onefourth of Boston , destroying several wharfs and stores of merchandize in a few hours . The loss of property is estimated at 200 , 000 ! . sterling , and it is believed that the whole is uninsured , and is in consequence attended with the almost ruin of several very respectable families .
Sept . 3 . After a trial of twenty-two hours before the Court of . Over and Terminer in Edinburgh , Robert Watt , a member of the British Convention , was found guilty of High Treason . That which went most against him was , his being iii a scheme for causing the military to be drawn out of the Caslle of Edinburgh to attend a building on fire in the town , whilst himself and party were to ; go and seize on the Castle , in order to compel Government to redress grievances , & c . He was -likewise proved to be concerned in procuring pikes , & c . From thc evidence of the Lord Advocate it appears , that Watt
voluntarily offeree ! to impeach his accomplices ; but having first demanded a bribe of ioool . and received 30 I . from a mere motive of charity in the Lord Advocate , he then entered into the traitorous schemes of tlie Mock-Convention . David Downie , on a similar charge , has been silice tried and found guiltv . It is to be noticed , that , by . the treaty of Union , the law for punishment of High Treason is the same in Scotland as in England . ' Tliecharges against JJownie were for being concerned in the meetings in Scotland to overturn the government and constitution ofthe country—compassing and . imagining the
iing ' s death—circulating a hand-bill tending to debauch the minds of the fencibles of that country , & c . & c . He was treasurer to one of the societies , and employed agents to forward the views of its members . It was proved that he ,.
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Monthly Chronicle.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE . THE town of Calvi surrendered to his Majesty ' s forces on the loth of August , after a siege of fifty-one days . By a statement recently made of the ships captured by the Allies , and those by the French , since the commencement of the war , there appears in favour of the enemy a balance of 276 vessels . Austria is to furnish 120 , 000 men to England , for a certain subsidy . These troops are to serve three years , if the war should last so long : they are to be fed , and found in clothes , and every other necessar 3 ' , by England .
Aug . 29 . At a quarter before six o ' clock in the evening , L'Impetueuse , one of the large line-of-battle ships lately captured by Earl Howe ' s fleet , and which lay but a small distance from the dock-yard at Portsmouth , was perceived to be on fire , the flames bursting out with great rapidity , and forming a pillar of fire , that had the most awful appearance . Signals being immediately made , all the boats from the ships in harbour were manned , and forming themselves into two divisions , their boats lashed together , they contrived , at imminent hazard , to grapple the Impetueuse , fore and aft , with strong chains , in order that when her anchor
cables were burnt , she should be kept from moving , so as to endanger the Northumberland , which was near her , and prevent the conflagration from spreading , as might be the case if she was adrift . With these grapples the boats could also force her wherever the fire would be least dangerous , and they accomplished their purpose , by keeping her in a proper station , until she burned down' to the water ' s edge . There were some Spaniards on board , one of whom was preserved , after being much scorched by the fire . The others , it is said , fell a sacrifice to the flameswhich were got under about ninebut not
totallextin-, , y guished till twelve o ' clock . The ship burned with such fury , as seemed at first to threaten the destruction of the whole dock-yard ; and L'Impetueuse being moored near the powder magazine , alarmed , the inhabitants so much , that great numbers of them fled in every direction from the town . A dreadful fire took place at Boston , in America , nearly at the same time as the late shocking ( ire at Ratclill ' eand from the sanie cause ( the boiling over
, of a pitch kettle ) , which burnt with ' such rapidity as to consume nearly onefourth of Boston , destroying several wharfs and stores of merchandize in a few hours . The loss of property is estimated at 200 , 000 ! . sterling , and it is believed that the whole is uninsured , and is in consequence attended with the almost ruin of several very respectable families .
Sept . 3 . After a trial of twenty-two hours before the Court of . Over and Terminer in Edinburgh , Robert Watt , a member of the British Convention , was found guilty of High Treason . That which went most against him was , his being iii a scheme for causing the military to be drawn out of the Caslle of Edinburgh to attend a building on fire in the town , whilst himself and party were to ; go and seize on the Castle , in order to compel Government to redress grievances , & c . He was -likewise proved to be concerned in procuring pikes , & c . From thc evidence of the Lord Advocate it appears , that Watt
voluntarily offeree ! to impeach his accomplices ; but having first demanded a bribe of ioool . and received 30 I . from a mere motive of charity in the Lord Advocate , he then entered into the traitorous schemes of tlie Mock-Convention . David Downie , on a similar charge , has been silice tried and found guiltv . It is to be noticed , that , by . the treaty of Union , the law for punishment of High Treason is the same in Scotland as in England . ' Tliecharges against JJownie were for being concerned in the meetings in Scotland to overturn the government and constitution ofthe country—compassing and . imagining the
iing ' s death—circulating a hand-bill tending to debauch the minds of the fencibles of that country , & c . & c . He was treasurer to one of the societies , and employed agents to forward the views of its members . It was proved that he ,.