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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
An action fought near Cashel , in Ireland , between a party of the military and a numerous body of peasants , in which the latter were beaten with some loss . ' . Six men executed at Maidstone for various capital offences . 30 . The whole kingdom of Ireland declarecl in a state of rebellion , by proclamation . —Lord Castlereagh appointed to fill the office of Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant , during the indispositiein of Mr . Pelham .
The Hamburgh mail brings an account of the entire subjugation of Switzerland to the power of France . 31 . A dreadful affray took place in Holborn , in which three men were killed , and several dangerously wounded . His Majesty ' s ship Foudroyant , of 80 guns , launched at Plymouth ; as was also the Calcutta East-Indiaman at Rotherhithe . Letters from Lord St . Vincent announce the capture of two stout privateers , by his Majesty's ships Emerald and Thalia , on the Lisbon station .
APRIL . t . Mr . Pitt submitted to the House of Commons a plan for the redemption , of the Land-Tax , which afterwards-passed into a law . Intelligence received that several dwelling-houses had been destroyed b y fire in different parts of America , supposed to have been effected by the incendiary Agents of France . A French privateerof 14 gunscaptured by his Majesty's ships Severn
, , and Pelican . a . Advice received from Lisbon of a desperate affray having taken place in that city between the English and Portuguese troops , in consequence of a . violent dispute , which had arisen at the Assembly , between Sir James Erskine and some of the native officers . Intelligence received at the Admiralty of his Majesty ' s ships , Magicienne , Regulusand Dili having capturedin Guadilla Bayin the island of
, gence , , Porto Rico , on the 27 th of December , a privateer of nine guns , one ship , three brigs , and one schooner . In this expedition the Magicienne and Diligence had six men wounded by the fire of the enemy from the forts . A party of Insurgents routed by a military detachment near Cork . 3 . Mr . Mellish , a very repectable gentleman , robbed and mortally wounded , near Hounslow , oti-his return from the King's hunt . He languished several
days , and then expired , universally regretted . His Majesty ' s ship Pallas , of 32 guns , lost in Plymouth Sound , in a heavy gale of wind ; all the crew saved , except one man . A midshipman and three seamen , belonging to the Canada , were lost , in giving assistance to the men on board the wreck . Letters from the Continent announced tlie capture of Berne by the French troops , and the consequent subjugation of all the Swiss Cantons . de motion in the of for
Mr . Wilberforce ma'a House Commons leave to bring in a Bill to abolish the Slave Trade , which , after a long debate , was negatived by a majority of four votes . ¦ ¦ The Dublin Mail announced that the spirit of disaffection had spread itself throughout the whole ofthe Southern provinces of Ireland ; and that no less than thirteen capital convictions had taken place at the Longford assizes .
The Duke of York appointed Commander in Chief of-all his Majesty ' s land forces in the kingdom of Great Britain . ¦ •; - A boat belonging to his Majesty ' s ship Agincourt overset at Sheemess , arid ten men , ten women , and some children lost- their lives . Some men , iri attempting to save them , shared the same unhappy fate . ' A French brig privateer captured by his Majesty ' s ship Nautilus , in the Channel .
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
An action fought near Cashel , in Ireland , between a party of the military and a numerous body of peasants , in which the latter were beaten with some loss . ' . Six men executed at Maidstone for various capital offences . 30 . The whole kingdom of Ireland declarecl in a state of rebellion , by proclamation . —Lord Castlereagh appointed to fill the office of Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant , during the indispositiein of Mr . Pelham .
The Hamburgh mail brings an account of the entire subjugation of Switzerland to the power of France . 31 . A dreadful affray took place in Holborn , in which three men were killed , and several dangerously wounded . His Majesty ' s ship Foudroyant , of 80 guns , launched at Plymouth ; as was also the Calcutta East-Indiaman at Rotherhithe . Letters from Lord St . Vincent announce the capture of two stout privateers , by his Majesty's ships Emerald and Thalia , on the Lisbon station .
APRIL . t . Mr . Pitt submitted to the House of Commons a plan for the redemption , of the Land-Tax , which afterwards-passed into a law . Intelligence received that several dwelling-houses had been destroyed b y fire in different parts of America , supposed to have been effected by the incendiary Agents of France . A French privateerof 14 gunscaptured by his Majesty's ships Severn
, , and Pelican . a . Advice received from Lisbon of a desperate affray having taken place in that city between the English and Portuguese troops , in consequence of a . violent dispute , which had arisen at the Assembly , between Sir James Erskine and some of the native officers . Intelligence received at the Admiralty of his Majesty ' s ships , Magicienne , Regulusand Dili having capturedin Guadilla Bayin the island of
, gence , , Porto Rico , on the 27 th of December , a privateer of nine guns , one ship , three brigs , and one schooner . In this expedition the Magicienne and Diligence had six men wounded by the fire of the enemy from the forts . A party of Insurgents routed by a military detachment near Cork . 3 . Mr . Mellish , a very repectable gentleman , robbed and mortally wounded , near Hounslow , oti-his return from the King's hunt . He languished several
days , and then expired , universally regretted . His Majesty ' s ship Pallas , of 32 guns , lost in Plymouth Sound , in a heavy gale of wind ; all the crew saved , except one man . A midshipman and three seamen , belonging to the Canada , were lost , in giving assistance to the men on board the wreck . Letters from the Continent announced tlie capture of Berne by the French troops , and the consequent subjugation of all the Swiss Cantons . de motion in the of for
Mr . Wilberforce ma'a House Commons leave to bring in a Bill to abolish the Slave Trade , which , after a long debate , was negatived by a majority of four votes . ¦ ¦ The Dublin Mail announced that the spirit of disaffection had spread itself throughout the whole ofthe Southern provinces of Ireland ; and that no less than thirteen capital convictions had taken place at the Longford assizes .
The Duke of York appointed Commander in Chief of-all his Majesty ' s land forces in the kingdom of Great Britain . ¦ •; - A boat belonging to his Majesty ' s ship Agincourt overset at Sheemess , arid ten men , ten women , and some children lost- their lives . Some men , iri attempting to save them , shared the same unhappy fate . ' A French brig privateer captured by his Majesty ' s ship Nautilus , in the Channel .