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Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
so . The'French papers announced that some naval preparations were again making in the Texel . —The Duke of Bedford fined , for omitting to give in a correct account of his servants and horses . 2 t . Intelligence received that the new King of Prussia had determined to live in peace and amity with the French Republic . —A neutral vessel lost on the Sussex coast , and several ofthe crew drowned . 22 . Advice received that some Frenchmen , who had landed at Nevis from
Guadaloupe , were committing depredations on the planters of that little fertile island . —The Assessed Tax bill went through the committee of the House of Commons , —The inhabitants of Westminster met to express their disapprobation of the proposed increase of assessments , and to instruct their Representatives to oppose the " measure , which instructions Sir Alan Gardner refused to obey , ' 22 , The printer of a Dublin newspaper , called the Press , found guilty of
a libel on the Irish Government , on the subject ofthe death of Mr . Orr . —La Kereide French frigate captured by his Majesty ' s ship Phcebe , after a smart action cf two hours . 23 . The Hamburgh mail announced that Deputies from the Grisons had gone to Paris , for file purpose of soliciting that the Valteline might be united to the country of the Grisons . 24 Several parishes in the south of Ireland declared in a state of
insur-. rection—Intelligence received of the death of Mr . Lambton , son-in-law to Lord jersey , and member of Parliament for the city of Durham , at Pisa , 011 the 30 th ult . ' 25 . The Dublin papers brought intelligence that Hugh Wbeafley , one of the persons brought forward by the Crown against'Mr . Orr , lately executed in Ireland , had confessed that he had been guilty of perjury and murder . 26 . Mr . Alderman Wilkes , Chamberlain of the city of London , died .
27 . The Paris papers announced that the merchants of that city had en . gaged to open a loan of 25 , 000 , 000 of livre ' s , in order to accomplish the invasion of this country , the premiums upon which to be secured ' on the success of the operation ; and that the publication of sixteen journals have been suppressed , by order of the Directory . 28 . The Hamburgh mailannounced the commencement of the deliberations of the Congress assembled at Rastadt , to restore peace to the German
empire ; and that the effects of the clergy belonging the Cisalpine Republic had been declared National property . —An account received from Barbadoes of an alarming riot having taken place in that island , in consequence of a dispute between Lord Camelford and the master of a . merchant ship , in which one sailor was 'killed , and an inhabitant of Bridgetown desperately wounded . 29 Letters from Germany announced that the French had taken
posses-. sion of Mentz and other important fortresses belonging to the empire . —Advice received of the capture of several English merchantmen , laden with hemp , iron , and tallow , from Bergen , by a French privateer . ' 30 . It ' was announced , that the insurrection in the Cotiote country , in the East Ind es , had been completely quelled by the interference of General Duncan ; and that the Company ' s affairs in that quarter were in a very prospestate—Intelli received that a French privateer had captured seven
rous . gence or eight English merchant ships off Fowness . —Mr . Dundas brought ina Bill into the House of Commons for embodying 20 , 000 of the Supplementary Militia with the regular troops , for a limited time , to serve in any part of Europe . Same day the Committee went through the whole ofthe clauses ofthe Assessed Tax Bill . ' 31 . ' intelligence received ofthe accession of Frederick III . to the throne ' of Prussia ,
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Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
so . The'French papers announced that some naval preparations were again making in the Texel . —The Duke of Bedford fined , for omitting to give in a correct account of his servants and horses . 2 t . Intelligence received that the new King of Prussia had determined to live in peace and amity with the French Republic . —A neutral vessel lost on the Sussex coast , and several ofthe crew drowned . 22 . Advice received that some Frenchmen , who had landed at Nevis from
Guadaloupe , were committing depredations on the planters of that little fertile island . —The Assessed Tax bill went through the committee of the House of Commons , —The inhabitants of Westminster met to express their disapprobation of the proposed increase of assessments , and to instruct their Representatives to oppose the " measure , which instructions Sir Alan Gardner refused to obey , ' 22 , The printer of a Dublin newspaper , called the Press , found guilty of
a libel on the Irish Government , on the subject ofthe death of Mr . Orr . —La Kereide French frigate captured by his Majesty ' s ship Phcebe , after a smart action cf two hours . 23 . The Hamburgh mail announced that Deputies from the Grisons had gone to Paris , for file purpose of soliciting that the Valteline might be united to the country of the Grisons . 24 Several parishes in the south of Ireland declared in a state of
insur-. rection—Intelligence received of the death of Mr . Lambton , son-in-law to Lord jersey , and member of Parliament for the city of Durham , at Pisa , 011 the 30 th ult . ' 25 . The Dublin papers brought intelligence that Hugh Wbeafley , one of the persons brought forward by the Crown against'Mr . Orr , lately executed in Ireland , had confessed that he had been guilty of perjury and murder . 26 . Mr . Alderman Wilkes , Chamberlain of the city of London , died .
27 . The Paris papers announced that the merchants of that city had en . gaged to open a loan of 25 , 000 , 000 of livre ' s , in order to accomplish the invasion of this country , the premiums upon which to be secured ' on the success of the operation ; and that the publication of sixteen journals have been suppressed , by order of the Directory . 28 . The Hamburgh mailannounced the commencement of the deliberations of the Congress assembled at Rastadt , to restore peace to the German
empire ; and that the effects of the clergy belonging the Cisalpine Republic had been declared National property . —An account received from Barbadoes of an alarming riot having taken place in that island , in consequence of a dispute between Lord Camelford and the master of a . merchant ship , in which one sailor was 'killed , and an inhabitant of Bridgetown desperately wounded . 29 Letters from Germany announced that the French had taken
posses-. sion of Mentz and other important fortresses belonging to the empire . —Advice received of the capture of several English merchantmen , laden with hemp , iron , and tallow , from Bergen , by a French privateer . ' 30 . It ' was announced , that the insurrection in the Cotiote country , in the East Ind es , had been completely quelled by the interference of General Duncan ; and that the Company ' s affairs in that quarter were in a very prospestate—Intelli received that a French privateer had captured seven
rous . gence or eight English merchant ships off Fowness . —Mr . Dundas brought ina Bill into the House of Commons for embodying 20 , 000 of the Supplementary Militia with the regular troops , for a limited time , to serve in any part of Europe . Same day the Committee went through the whole ofthe clauses ofthe Assessed Tax Bill . ' 31 . ' intelligence received ofthe accession of Frederick III . to the throne ' of Prussia ,