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Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
teers by Admiral Harvey ' s squadron on the Leeward Island station ; and of ¦ his Majesty ' s ships Doris , Seagull , and the Mary revenue cutter , having taken three privateers . 6 . Eleven ofthe mutineers belonging to the Monmouth received sentence of death , two of whom were recommended to mercy . 7 . The trial of die mutineers of the Standard commenced at Greenhithe . S . Lord Granville Levison Gower arrived in town from Lisle .
• 10 . Advice received at the Admiralty , that a daring mutiny had broke out on _ board the St . George man of war , belonging to Earl St . Vincent ' s fleet , which was quelled by the spirit and activity of her commander , Captain Peard . The execution of three mutineers belonging to the Blenheim was the ostensible cause of the mutiny . —A treaty of pe : ice concluded between the Queen . of Portugal and the French Republic , at Paris . 11 . The Paris papers announced , that Buonaparte ' s army had made- some further conquests in the Adriatic , and taken possession of several Venetian , ships of war .
12 . Mr . Westley returned to Lisle . 13 . The Admiralty received an account of the loss ofthe Artois frigate , near the Isle de Rhe , on the coast of France . —The Paris papers announced that an insurrection had taken place in Piedmont , which was not quelled without bloodshed . 14 . It was officially announced , that the enemy ' s troops-at St . Domingo had made an attack upon Grande Anse , in which they were repulsed with
considerable loss . —Four of the mutineers belonging to the Monmouth were executed on board that ship at the Nore ; the remaining seven received his Majesty ' s pardon . 16 . Binns , a member of the-Corresponding Soiety , was tried at Warwick , 'Under Mr . Pitt ' s Sedition Bill , and acquitted . 18 . Lord Montmorres , in a fit of insanity , shot himself through the head , at his apartments in York-streetSt . James'sand immediatel ired . —A
, , y exp comet discovered b y Mr . Walker , the astronomer . 19 . Accounts received at the Admiralty of theoapture of four privateers by his Majesty ' s ships Margarita , Nautilus , Proserpine , and Stork . —Seven of the mutineers belonging to the Standard received sentence of death at Greenhithe .
21 . An express arrived at the India-House , with the disagreeable intelligence that a detachment ofthe British forces , ' commanded b y Colonel Dow , had been defeated in the Cotiote province , by the refractory Rajah Pysche , with the loss of 300 men , . and a large quantity of ammunition . In this affair Major Cameron and three other officers lost their lives . —Three ofthe mutineers belonging to the Saturn were executed on board that ship at Plymouth . ¦ —Ei ght more ofthe mutineers ofthe Standard received sentence of death ,
two of whom were recommended to mercy ; after which the court-martial-adjourned , sine die . 22 . The Admiralty received accounts of the capture of two French privateers b y his Majesty ' s ships Espiegle and Resolution . 23 . The Paris papers announced that the armies had resolved to support the authority of the Executive Directory against the intrigues of the Legislative Councils .
24 . Advice receiyed of the safe arrival" of Lord Macartney at the Cape of Good Hope , as Governor of that settlement . 25 . LordSt . Vincent wrote home that he had dispatched a squadron , under the command of Rear Admiral Nelson , to make a vigorous attack on the island of Teneriffe . 26 . Advice received of the capture of two privateers by his Majesty ' s ship ? Maidstone and Roebuck , VOL , ix , a u
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
teers by Admiral Harvey ' s squadron on the Leeward Island station ; and of ¦ his Majesty ' s ships Doris , Seagull , and the Mary revenue cutter , having taken three privateers . 6 . Eleven ofthe mutineers belonging to the Monmouth received sentence of death , two of whom were recommended to mercy . 7 . The trial of die mutineers of the Standard commenced at Greenhithe . S . Lord Granville Levison Gower arrived in town from Lisle .
• 10 . Advice received at the Admiralty , that a daring mutiny had broke out on _ board the St . George man of war , belonging to Earl St . Vincent ' s fleet , which was quelled by the spirit and activity of her commander , Captain Peard . The execution of three mutineers belonging to the Blenheim was the ostensible cause of the mutiny . —A treaty of pe : ice concluded between the Queen . of Portugal and the French Republic , at Paris . 11 . The Paris papers announced , that Buonaparte ' s army had made- some further conquests in the Adriatic , and taken possession of several Venetian , ships of war .
12 . Mr . Westley returned to Lisle . 13 . The Admiralty received an account of the loss ofthe Artois frigate , near the Isle de Rhe , on the coast of France . —The Paris papers announced that an insurrection had taken place in Piedmont , which was not quelled without bloodshed . 14 . It was officially announced , that the enemy ' s troops-at St . Domingo had made an attack upon Grande Anse , in which they were repulsed with
considerable loss . —Four of the mutineers belonging to the Monmouth were executed on board that ship at the Nore ; the remaining seven received his Majesty ' s pardon . 16 . Binns , a member of the-Corresponding Soiety , was tried at Warwick , 'Under Mr . Pitt ' s Sedition Bill , and acquitted . 18 . Lord Montmorres , in a fit of insanity , shot himself through the head , at his apartments in York-streetSt . James'sand immediatel ired . —A
, , y exp comet discovered b y Mr . Walker , the astronomer . 19 . Accounts received at the Admiralty of theoapture of four privateers by his Majesty ' s ships Margarita , Nautilus , Proserpine , and Stork . —Seven of the mutineers belonging to the Standard received sentence of death at Greenhithe .
21 . An express arrived at the India-House , with the disagreeable intelligence that a detachment ofthe British forces , ' commanded b y Colonel Dow , had been defeated in the Cotiote province , by the refractory Rajah Pysche , with the loss of 300 men , . and a large quantity of ammunition . In this affair Major Cameron and three other officers lost their lives . —Three ofthe mutineers belonging to the Saturn were executed on board that ship at Plymouth . ¦ —Ei ght more ofthe mutineers ofthe Standard received sentence of death ,
two of whom were recommended to mercy ; after which the court-martial-adjourned , sine die . 22 . The Admiralty received accounts of the capture of two French privateers b y his Majesty ' s ships Espiegle and Resolution . 23 . The Paris papers announced that the armies had resolved to support the authority of the Executive Directory against the intrigues of the Legislative Councils .
24 . Advice receiyed of the safe arrival" of Lord Macartney at the Cape of Good Hope , as Governor of that settlement . 25 . LordSt . Vincent wrote home that he had dispatched a squadron , under the command of Rear Admiral Nelson , to make a vigorous attack on the island of Teneriffe . 26 . Advice received of the capture of two privateers by his Majesty ' s ship ? Maidstone and Roebuck , VOL , ix , a u