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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES
OF THE YEAR I 798 . JANUARY . 1 / OAPTATN WILLIAMSON , of his Majesty's ship Agincourt , sentenced VV by a Naval Court-Martial at Sheerness to be put at the bottom of the list of Post Captains , and rendered incapable of ever serving on board any
of his Majesty ' s ships , for not having done every thing in his power to bring iiis ship into action on the 11 th of October , ' when the British fleet , under the command of Admiral Lord Duncan ,, attacked and defeated the Dutch ' squadron commanded by Admiral De Winter . A Spanish shi p of a 5 guns sunk b y his Majesty ' s ship the Pomona , in an action ; the crew saved b y the British" sailors . 1 . Advices received at the Admiralty of the capture of three French
privateers by his Majesty ' s . ships . Niger and Termagant , and the Anne cutter , of H-stings . . ' ' ' .-3 . A debate took placein the House of Commons on the third reading of tlie Assessed Tax Bill , which lasted till half past twelve at night , and was then adjourned . 4 . The Assessed Tax Bill , after a . long debate , was read a third time in the House of Commons .
5 . Intelligence received of eleven British merchantmen from the Baltic be ^ ing captured , which had parted from their convoy . . A French privateer captured b y his Majesty ' s ship Cambridge . The Assessed Tax Bill , with several riders , passed by the Commons . 6 . The French Directory decreed the seizure of all British manufactures
111 the warehouses of the merchants of France . . ' 7 . A large French privateer captured b y his Majesty ' s ship Mermaid . 8 . Intelligence received at the Admiralty . of the capture of the Countess of Leicester New-York packet by a French frigate . 9 . Accounts received from Newcastle of Major Torrane , of the East Middlesex Militia , having been some time before found guilty , by a Court-Martial in that town , of several charges exhibited against him , and sentenced to be dishis
charged Majesty ' s service . The Parliament of Ireland met for the first time since their election by the people . The death of the reigning Duke of Wirtemberg , father-in-law to the Princess Royal of England , was announced to their Majesties . A Hamburgh mail announced that the French ' troops had , on the 30 th of December , taken possession of the fortress of Mentz , and of almost the whole of the
territory on the left bank of the Rhine . George Mealmaker sentenced by the High Court of Justiciary in -Scotland to fourteen years transportation , for being an United Scotchman . ii . Advice received of the capture of six homeward-bound Baltic ships D y a French privateer . A boat belonging to his Majesty ' s frigate Cerberus upset in Hamoaze , near Plymouth , and Captains Drew and Pullen , and several others , unfortunately lost their lives . bi the House of Lords the Assessed Tax Bill wis read -a third time aud VOL , xi . 3 s ' ¦
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES
OF THE YEAR I 798 . JANUARY . 1 / OAPTATN WILLIAMSON , of his Majesty's ship Agincourt , sentenced VV by a Naval Court-Martial at Sheerness to be put at the bottom of the list of Post Captains , and rendered incapable of ever serving on board any
of his Majesty ' s ships , for not having done every thing in his power to bring iiis ship into action on the 11 th of October , ' when the British fleet , under the command of Admiral Lord Duncan ,, attacked and defeated the Dutch ' squadron commanded by Admiral De Winter . A Spanish shi p of a 5 guns sunk b y his Majesty ' s ship the Pomona , in an action ; the crew saved b y the British" sailors . 1 . Advices received at the Admiralty of the capture of three French
privateers by his Majesty ' s . ships . Niger and Termagant , and the Anne cutter , of H-stings . . ' ' ' .-3 . A debate took placein the House of Commons on the third reading of tlie Assessed Tax Bill , which lasted till half past twelve at night , and was then adjourned . 4 . The Assessed Tax Bill , after a . long debate , was read a third time in the House of Commons .
5 . Intelligence received of eleven British merchantmen from the Baltic be ^ ing captured , which had parted from their convoy . . A French privateer captured b y his Majesty ' s ship Cambridge . The Assessed Tax Bill , with several riders , passed by the Commons . 6 . The French Directory decreed the seizure of all British manufactures
111 the warehouses of the merchants of France . . ' 7 . A large French privateer captured b y his Majesty ' s ship Mermaid . 8 . Intelligence received at the Admiralty . of the capture of the Countess of Leicester New-York packet by a French frigate . 9 . Accounts received from Newcastle of Major Torrane , of the East Middlesex Militia , having been some time before found guilty , by a Court-Martial in that town , of several charges exhibited against him , and sentenced to be dishis
charged Majesty ' s service . The Parliament of Ireland met for the first time since their election by the people . The death of the reigning Duke of Wirtemberg , father-in-law to the Princess Royal of England , was announced to their Majesties . A Hamburgh mail announced that the French ' troops had , on the 30 th of December , taken possession of the fortress of Mentz , and of almost the whole of the
territory on the left bank of the Rhine . George Mealmaker sentenced by the High Court of Justiciary in -Scotland to fourteen years transportation , for being an United Scotchman . ii . Advice received of the capture of six homeward-bound Baltic ships D y a French privateer . A boat belonging to his Majesty ' s frigate Cerberus upset in Hamoaze , near Plymouth , and Captains Drew and Pullen , and several others , unfortunately lost their lives . bi the House of Lords the Assessed Tax Bill wis read -a third time aud VOL , xi . 3 s ' ¦