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Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
t 6 . The Admiralty received an account of Sir John Borlase Warren ' s squadron having had an engagement with some French shipsolf the coSstof France , and of his having captured ami destroyed several small ships of war . — Four soldiers shot at Cork , for treasonable practices . 17 . It was officially announced , that the disputes between the Americans and the Indians had been amicably settled . iS , Prince Saxe Cobourg died at Cobourg . —Lord Malmesbury received an
intimation from the French Commissioners at Lisle to return to England , on account of his Lordship not being invested with powers to resign the whole of the conquests made by this country from France and her Allies ,. during the war . 19 , Three privateers captured by his Majesty's ships Dryad , Spitfire , and Speedy . 20 . Lord Malmesbury arrived in town from France , not having accomplished the object of his mission —General Hoche died at Wetzlaer , of violent convulsions .
21 . Ihree privateers captured by Ins Majesty's ships Diana , Tysiphone , and Albatross . —Atigereau appointed successor to Hoche , as Commander in Chief of the French armies in Germany . 22 . Intelligence received at Lloyd's of twenty-four Lisbon ships , - homeward-bound from the Brazils , having been captured by some French cruizers . —A dreadful . mutiny took place on board the Hermidne frigate , in the W est Indies . Captain Pigot , and all his officers , except the Surgeon and Master ' s Mate , were murdered by the crewas well as most of the marines . The
mu-, tineers carried the frigate into the Spanish port of Laguana , and delivered her up to the Governor . - 23 . The Channel fleet sailed from Torbay with an outward-bound merchant fleet . —The expatriated French Deputies sailed from Rochefort for Gnenna . 24 . Advice received from Ireland , that 102 persons had been found guilty at the assizes of Armaghin the North of Ireland , twenty of whom received
, sentence of death , and that eight of them had been executed . 25 . The Hamburgh mail announced ,- that several German towns on the left bank of the Rhine had declared in favour of a Republican Constitution . - ^ - Two privateers captured by his Majesty ' s ships Phaeton and Aurora , and one destroyed by the Diamond ,
27 . An account received of La Fayette and his companions having been released from their long confinement by the Emperor . 28 . Adviee received , that William Orr , a farmer of great respectability , had been found guilty of administering unlawful oaths at Carrickfergus , in Ireland . 29 . The Paris papers announced that the negociations between France and Austria had recommenced at Udina , and that a violent combat between two
French regiments had taken place at Paris . 30 . A Dutch privateer captured by L'Espiegle frigate . . OCTOBER , 1 . A bloodless duel fought between Colonel King and Colonel Fitzgerald , in consequence of the latter having seduced the sister ofthe former . The ladwas afterwards taken to the sent of her fatherLord K ' mgsborongh ,
young y , ( now the Earl of Kingston ) in Ireland . —The four Spanish , ships of the line taken by Lord St . Vincent , off Cape St . Vincent , arrived at Torbay , from Lisbon . Two French privateers captured by his Majesty's ship Weazle and Telelemachus . —Th : Bank of England called in . the stamped dollars . 4 . The Earl of Mornington appointed Governor-General of Bengal ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
t 6 . The Admiralty received an account of Sir John Borlase Warren ' s squadron having had an engagement with some French shipsolf the coSstof France , and of his having captured ami destroyed several small ships of war . — Four soldiers shot at Cork , for treasonable practices . 17 . It was officially announced , that the disputes between the Americans and the Indians had been amicably settled . iS , Prince Saxe Cobourg died at Cobourg . —Lord Malmesbury received an
intimation from the French Commissioners at Lisle to return to England , on account of his Lordship not being invested with powers to resign the whole of the conquests made by this country from France and her Allies ,. during the war . 19 , Three privateers captured by his Majesty's ships Dryad , Spitfire , and Speedy . 20 . Lord Malmesbury arrived in town from France , not having accomplished the object of his mission —General Hoche died at Wetzlaer , of violent convulsions .
21 . Ihree privateers captured by Ins Majesty's ships Diana , Tysiphone , and Albatross . —Atigereau appointed successor to Hoche , as Commander in Chief of the French armies in Germany . 22 . Intelligence received at Lloyd's of twenty-four Lisbon ships , - homeward-bound from the Brazils , having been captured by some French cruizers . —A dreadful . mutiny took place on board the Hermidne frigate , in the W est Indies . Captain Pigot , and all his officers , except the Surgeon and Master ' s Mate , were murdered by the crewas well as most of the marines . The
mu-, tineers carried the frigate into the Spanish port of Laguana , and delivered her up to the Governor . - 23 . The Channel fleet sailed from Torbay with an outward-bound merchant fleet . —The expatriated French Deputies sailed from Rochefort for Gnenna . 24 . Advice received from Ireland , that 102 persons had been found guilty at the assizes of Armaghin the North of Ireland , twenty of whom received
, sentence of death , and that eight of them had been executed . 25 . The Hamburgh mail announced ,- that several German towns on the left bank of the Rhine had declared in favour of a Republican Constitution . - ^ - Two privateers captured by his Majesty ' s ships Phaeton and Aurora , and one destroyed by the Diamond ,
27 . An account received of La Fayette and his companions having been released from their long confinement by the Emperor . 28 . Adviee received , that William Orr , a farmer of great respectability , had been found guilty of administering unlawful oaths at Carrickfergus , in Ireland . 29 . The Paris papers announced that the negociations between France and Austria had recommenced at Udina , and that a violent combat between two
French regiments had taken place at Paris . 30 . A Dutch privateer captured by L'Espiegle frigate . . OCTOBER , 1 . A bloodless duel fought between Colonel King and Colonel Fitzgerald , in consequence of the latter having seduced the sister ofthe former . The ladwas afterwards taken to the sent of her fatherLord K ' mgsborongh ,
young y , ( now the Earl of Kingston ) in Ireland . —The four Spanish , ships of the line taken by Lord St . Vincent , off Cape St . Vincent , arrived at Torbay , from Lisbon . Two French privateers captured by his Majesty's ship Weazle and Telelemachus . —Th : Bank of England called in . the stamped dollars . 4 . The Earl of Mornington appointed Governor-General of Bengal ,