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Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
in which the former was defeated with the losg of 30 , 000 men : the loss ofthe Seicks was 15 , 000 men killed . —Admiral De Winter , and the £ wo Vice-Admirals who were taken with him on the nth , arrived in town .
NOVEMBER . i . Government received official intellieence ofthe peace between France and Austria . —His Majesty returned to town , after an unsuccessful , attempt to reach the Nore , for the purpose of reviewing the fleet . —One hundred and eignty of the mutineers of Lord Duncan ' s fleet received his Majesty ' s pardon at the intercession of his Lordship . 2 . The King opened the second session of the present parliament , with a speech from the throne
. 3 . _ The whole of the correspondence which took place durin ^ the late negotiation was published b y Government . . 4 . Orders issued from the War-Office for a reduction in the military establishment of Great Britain , to take place immediately . ' - 5 . The Paris journals announced , that the Executive Direftory had ordered that the army should forthwith be assembled on the French coasts to be called the < of landand to be
Army Eng , ' commanded by Buonaparte , for the purpose of invading this country . . Also that the Direflory had resolved to march an army of 30 , 000 men against Portugal . 6 . The principal part of the Channel fleet returned to port . 7 . Seventeen new Irish Peers created . 9 . Vice-Admiral Reyntjes , one of the Dutch Officers taken by Lord Duncan , died m London—A splendid entertainment given b y Alderman Andersonthe Lord '
, new Mayor , at the Mansion-house . —Two menexecuted in Dublin for a conspiracy to . put to death the Earl of Carhampton . 10 . Dispatches from Lord St . Vincent stated his arrival in the Tagus with the greater part of his fleet . . 11 . Advices received at the Admiralty of the capture of eisdit French and Spanish privateers b y his Majesty ' s shi p ' s Diana , Triton , Thalia , Aurora , Aigle , Speedy , and King ' s Fisher . 12 . The circulation of forei gn newspapers prohibited in France . 15- A body of insurgents committed several depredations in the county of Carlow , in Ireland . - J
ib . Frederick II . King of Prussia , died at Berlin of a dropsy , and was succeeded by his son , Frederick William . 17 . The capture of five privateers by his Majesty ' s ships Indefatigable , Albatross , Boadicea , Anson , and Fairy . ° 18 . The remaining part ofthe Channel fleet arrived at Spithead . 19 . A French privateer captured two English vessels off Plymouth . 20 . Accounts received from Ireland oftlie most shocking o . utrao-es having ' been committed bthe in the northern "
y military counties upon thewretched , and unoffending inhabitants . . 21 . The Executive Direftory published a violent address against this country , calling upon the people of France to , hurl the whole of their vengeance against the only remaining enemy of the French Republic . 22 . Lord Moira brought the subjed of the distresses of Ireland before the English House of Lordsand a most heart-rending descri of
, gave ption the cruelties exercised by the military against the people of that unhappy country . " . . 1 . . . rl J . 25 . Advice received that a severe shock of an earthquake had lately been felt in the island of Jamaica . —The American Congress opened with a speechby Mr . President Adams . ...... r 34 . Mr . Pitt submitted to the House of Commons the outlines of his fi .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
in which the former was defeated with the losg of 30 , 000 men : the loss ofthe Seicks was 15 , 000 men killed . —Admiral De Winter , and the £ wo Vice-Admirals who were taken with him on the nth , arrived in town .
NOVEMBER . i . Government received official intellieence ofthe peace between France and Austria . —His Majesty returned to town , after an unsuccessful , attempt to reach the Nore , for the purpose of reviewing the fleet . —One hundred and eignty of the mutineers of Lord Duncan ' s fleet received his Majesty ' s pardon at the intercession of his Lordship . 2 . The King opened the second session of the present parliament , with a speech from the throne
. 3 . _ The whole of the correspondence which took place durin ^ the late negotiation was published b y Government . . 4 . Orders issued from the War-Office for a reduction in the military establishment of Great Britain , to take place immediately . ' - 5 . The Paris journals announced , that the Executive Direftory had ordered that the army should forthwith be assembled on the French coasts to be called the < of landand to be
Army Eng , ' commanded by Buonaparte , for the purpose of invading this country . . Also that the Direflory had resolved to march an army of 30 , 000 men against Portugal . 6 . The principal part of the Channel fleet returned to port . 7 . Seventeen new Irish Peers created . 9 . Vice-Admiral Reyntjes , one of the Dutch Officers taken by Lord Duncan , died m London—A splendid entertainment given b y Alderman Andersonthe Lord '
, new Mayor , at the Mansion-house . —Two menexecuted in Dublin for a conspiracy to . put to death the Earl of Carhampton . 10 . Dispatches from Lord St . Vincent stated his arrival in the Tagus with the greater part of his fleet . . 11 . Advices received at the Admiralty of the capture of eisdit French and Spanish privateers b y his Majesty ' s shi p ' s Diana , Triton , Thalia , Aurora , Aigle , Speedy , and King ' s Fisher . 12 . The circulation of forei gn newspapers prohibited in France . 15- A body of insurgents committed several depredations in the county of Carlow , in Ireland . - J
ib . Frederick II . King of Prussia , died at Berlin of a dropsy , and was succeeded by his son , Frederick William . 17 . The capture of five privateers by his Majesty ' s ships Indefatigable , Albatross , Boadicea , Anson , and Fairy . ° 18 . The remaining part ofthe Channel fleet arrived at Spithead . 19 . A French privateer captured two English vessels off Plymouth . 20 . Accounts received from Ireland oftlie most shocking o . utrao-es having ' been committed bthe in the northern "
y military counties upon thewretched , and unoffending inhabitants . . 21 . The Executive Direftory published a violent address against this country , calling upon the people of France to , hurl the whole of their vengeance against the only remaining enemy of the French Republic . 22 . Lord Moira brought the subjed of the distresses of Ireland before the English House of Lordsand a most heart-rending descri of
, gave ption the cruelties exercised by the military against the people of that unhappy country . " . . 1 . . . rl J . 25 . Advice received that a severe shock of an earthquake had lately been felt in the island of Jamaica . —The American Congress opened with a speechby Mr . President Adams . ...... r 34 . Mr . Pitt submitted to the House of Commons the outlines of his fi .