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Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
27 . Advice received of the capture of four French privateers by . his Majesty ' s ships Harpy and Nautilus , and the Diligence andyiper excise cutters . 28 . The trial of nine mutineers , belonging to the Leopard man of war , commenced at Greenhithe . —The mutineers of La Pompee executed on board the Royal William , at Portsmouth . 30 . Parker , the mutineer , executed on board the Sandwich , atBlackstakes . —Lord Malmesbury set out from London for Lisle , to treat of peace , with Commissioners appointed by the Executive Directory for that purpose .
JULY . 1 . Accounts received of the capture of five privateers b y his Majesty ' s ships Margaritta , Telemachus , Viper , Romulus , and Trent . 2 . His Majesty's ship Saturn returned from the Channel fleet in a state of mutiny ; the ringleaders were soon apprehended , and placed in close confinement . 3 . Captain Eaton , of his Majesty ' s ship Marlborough , shot himself in a
room at the Admiralty , in a fit of insanity—The Irish Parliament prorogued . 4 . The mutinous Delegates ofthe Leopard received sentence of death , at Greenhithe . —Lord Malmesbury arrived at Lisle , and immediately proceeded to the business of his mission . —The body of Parker , the mutineer , removed by his wife from the burying-ground at Sheerness , and re-interred in Whitechapel church-yard .
6 The trial of the Delegates of the Sandwich commenced at Greenhithe . —One of the mutineers of the Beaulieu , in the Downs , received sentence of death . 7 . The House of Commons , resolved to grant a subsidy of 200 , 000 ! . to the Queen of Portugal . —Three marines shot at Plymouth , for a treasonable conspiracy . 8 Advice received ofthe capture of three French privateers by his Majesty ' s ship PEngageant , and the Repulse and Viper revenue cutters Mr . Thornton , Chief Clerk of the Irish House of Commons , shot himself , at
Dublin . ¦ 9 . The Right Honourable Edmund Burke died , at his seat at Beaconsfieldk —The Paris papers announced that some discontents , occasioned by the Emigrants , had arisen in the Departments . 10 . Advice received that the Austrian troops had forcibly possessed themselves of a considerable part ofthe Venetian territories . 11 . An account received ofthe capture of a French corvette , two Spanish
privateers , and two other vessels , by the cruizers belonging to Lord St . Vincent ' s fleet . —Macklin , the comedian , died , aged 97 . —The Irish Parliament dissolved . is . The Hamburgh mail announced that a spirit of revolution was rapidly spreading itself over the Venetian and Papal States . 13 . Advice received that the British forces in St . Domingo had gained se . veral advantages over the enemy , at the posts of St . Laurent , Grenier , and
Fezard . 14 . The anniversary of the French Revolution celebrated at Paris . 15 . The Admiralty received an account of the capture of a privateer and thirteen merchantmen by his Majesty ' s cruizers on the Leeward Island station , commanded by Admiral Harvey . iG . Accounts received of some serious differences having arisen between the Emperor of Germany and the King of Prussia ; that a serious popular commotion had broke out at Turin , which , however , was soon suppressed 5 and that the Bank of Venice had stopt payment .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
27 . Advice received of the capture of four French privateers by . his Majesty ' s ships Harpy and Nautilus , and the Diligence andyiper excise cutters . 28 . The trial of nine mutineers , belonging to the Leopard man of war , commenced at Greenhithe . —The mutineers of La Pompee executed on board the Royal William , at Portsmouth . 30 . Parker , the mutineer , executed on board the Sandwich , atBlackstakes . —Lord Malmesbury set out from London for Lisle , to treat of peace , with Commissioners appointed by the Executive Directory for that purpose .
JULY . 1 . Accounts received of the capture of five privateers b y his Majesty ' s ships Margaritta , Telemachus , Viper , Romulus , and Trent . 2 . His Majesty's ship Saturn returned from the Channel fleet in a state of mutiny ; the ringleaders were soon apprehended , and placed in close confinement . 3 . Captain Eaton , of his Majesty ' s ship Marlborough , shot himself in a
room at the Admiralty , in a fit of insanity—The Irish Parliament prorogued . 4 . The mutinous Delegates ofthe Leopard received sentence of death , at Greenhithe . —Lord Malmesbury arrived at Lisle , and immediately proceeded to the business of his mission . —The body of Parker , the mutineer , removed by his wife from the burying-ground at Sheerness , and re-interred in Whitechapel church-yard .
6 The trial of the Delegates of the Sandwich commenced at Greenhithe . —One of the mutineers of the Beaulieu , in the Downs , received sentence of death . 7 . The House of Commons , resolved to grant a subsidy of 200 , 000 ! . to the Queen of Portugal . —Three marines shot at Plymouth , for a treasonable conspiracy . 8 Advice received ofthe capture of three French privateers by his Majesty ' s ship PEngageant , and the Repulse and Viper revenue cutters Mr . Thornton , Chief Clerk of the Irish House of Commons , shot himself , at
Dublin . ¦ 9 . The Right Honourable Edmund Burke died , at his seat at Beaconsfieldk —The Paris papers announced that some discontents , occasioned by the Emigrants , had arisen in the Departments . 10 . Advice received that the Austrian troops had forcibly possessed themselves of a considerable part ofthe Venetian territories . 11 . An account received ofthe capture of a French corvette , two Spanish
privateers , and two other vessels , by the cruizers belonging to Lord St . Vincent ' s fleet . —Macklin , the comedian , died , aged 97 . —The Irish Parliament dissolved . is . The Hamburgh mail announced that a spirit of revolution was rapidly spreading itself over the Venetian and Papal States . 13 . Advice received that the British forces in St . Domingo had gained se . veral advantages over the enemy , at the posts of St . Laurent , Grenier , and
Fezard . 14 . The anniversary of the French Revolution celebrated at Paris . 15 . The Admiralty received an account of the capture of a privateer and thirteen merchantmen by his Majesty ' s cruizers on the Leeward Island station , commanded by Admiral Harvey . iG . Accounts received of some serious differences having arisen between the Emperor of Germany and the King of Prussia ; that a serious popular commotion had broke out at Turin , which , however , was soon suppressed 5 and that the Bank of Venice had stopt payment .