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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
The Attorney General brought into Parliament a Bill for the better security of the Duties upon Newspapers . 5 . The Irish Mail announced that several privates of Militia regiments had been shot for disaffection , and great numbers of" persons had been apprehended in different parts of the country , on charges of a treasonable nature . The Military ordered to be placed at free quarters on the inhabitants of the suspected districts in Ireland . Mr . Traynor , an eminent- brewer in Dublineffected his from the
, escape Castle , where he was confined on a charge of High Treason . 6 . Advice received that several American ships had been captured by the French cruizers in the West Indian Seas . 7 . His Majesty ' s ship Cleopatra captured a French privateer , of 16 guns , in the Channel . 3 s Martial Law proclaimed , and domiciliary visits ordered to be made in several of . the disaffected districts in Ireland .
The squadron under the command of Sir Richard Strachan attacked a numerous flotilla of gun-boats off Havre , one of which was sunk , several very much damaged , and the remainder forced to take shelter under the batteries of the harbour . A French privateer captured by his Majesty ' s ship Terrier .
9 . Advice received ot an alarming insurrection of the Blacks having taken p lace in the French , island of Guadeloupe ; which , however , terminated in the defeat of the insurgents . Rear-Admiral Sir Roger Curtis sailed from Plymouth , with six sail of the line and three _ frigates , to cruize off Ireland ; from which station he soon proceeded to reinforce the fleet under the command of Lord St . Vincent . Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson sailed from Portsmouth , in the Vanguard , '
of 74 guns , to join the fleetof Lord St . Vincent . Letters from Lord St . Vincent announced the capture of two Spanish privateers by the Thalia frigate ; a valuable large shi p from Buenos Ayres , by the Zealous , of 74 guns ; a vessel of a similar description by the Stag cutter ; and two privateers by the Speedy and King ' s Fisher sloops of war . 10 . . An Officer of the Fermanagh Militia murdered a man in the streets of Dublin , and immediately absconded .
Intelligence received at the Admiralty of the capture of two privateers by his Majesty ' s ship Cambrian ; two by the Tamer ; three b y the Alfred ; one by the Babet , two by the Matilda and Zephyr ; two by the Concord ; one , b y the Lapwing ; one by the Amphitrlte ; four small row-boats by several cruizers ; and the re-capture of fourteen merchantmen , on the Leeward Island station .
n . Sir Francis Buller , on the Commission being opened at Maidstone , for the -trial of the State Prisoners , delivered an excellent charge to the Grand Jury . Mr . _ Secretary Dundas sent circular letters to all parts of the country , authorising the people to form themselves into Armed Associations , and recommending other measures to be taken for the defence of the country . Seveial persons arrested at Manchester , and brought to town , on charges
, of Hig h Treason . 12 . Lord Bridport sailed from S pithead with the Channel fleet , to block up the harbour of Bre-st . Bills of indictment found by the Grand Jury at Maidstone against the State Prisoners at that place ; after which the Court adjourned to the 30 th . One-hundred and twenty houses , and a great number of stables and stores , destroyed by fire at Clonmel , iu the South of Ireland , 13 . The French Ambassador at Vienna insulted by the populace , in consequence of his having displayed the tri-coloured flag from the window of his hotel , and obliged to quit that city , to escape the vengeance of the mob .
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
The Attorney General brought into Parliament a Bill for the better security of the Duties upon Newspapers . 5 . The Irish Mail announced that several privates of Militia regiments had been shot for disaffection , and great numbers of" persons had been apprehended in different parts of the country , on charges of a treasonable nature . The Military ordered to be placed at free quarters on the inhabitants of the suspected districts in Ireland . Mr . Traynor , an eminent- brewer in Dublineffected his from the
, escape Castle , where he was confined on a charge of High Treason . 6 . Advice received that several American ships had been captured by the French cruizers in the West Indian Seas . 7 . His Majesty ' s ship Cleopatra captured a French privateer , of 16 guns , in the Channel . 3 s Martial Law proclaimed , and domiciliary visits ordered to be made in several of . the disaffected districts in Ireland .
The squadron under the command of Sir Richard Strachan attacked a numerous flotilla of gun-boats off Havre , one of which was sunk , several very much damaged , and the remainder forced to take shelter under the batteries of the harbour . A French privateer captured by his Majesty ' s ship Terrier .
9 . Advice received ot an alarming insurrection of the Blacks having taken p lace in the French , island of Guadeloupe ; which , however , terminated in the defeat of the insurgents . Rear-Admiral Sir Roger Curtis sailed from Plymouth , with six sail of the line and three _ frigates , to cruize off Ireland ; from which station he soon proceeded to reinforce the fleet under the command of Lord St . Vincent . Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson sailed from Portsmouth , in the Vanguard , '
of 74 guns , to join the fleetof Lord St . Vincent . Letters from Lord St . Vincent announced the capture of two Spanish privateers by the Thalia frigate ; a valuable large shi p from Buenos Ayres , by the Zealous , of 74 guns ; a vessel of a similar description by the Stag cutter ; and two privateers by the Speedy and King ' s Fisher sloops of war . 10 . . An Officer of the Fermanagh Militia murdered a man in the streets of Dublin , and immediately absconded .
Intelligence received at the Admiralty of the capture of two privateers by his Majesty ' s ship Cambrian ; two by the Tamer ; three b y the Alfred ; one by the Babet , two by the Matilda and Zephyr ; two by the Concord ; one , b y the Lapwing ; one by the Amphitrlte ; four small row-boats by several cruizers ; and the re-capture of fourteen merchantmen , on the Leeward Island station .
n . Sir Francis Buller , on the Commission being opened at Maidstone , for the -trial of the State Prisoners , delivered an excellent charge to the Grand Jury . Mr . _ Secretary Dundas sent circular letters to all parts of the country , authorising the people to form themselves into Armed Associations , and recommending other measures to be taken for the defence of the country . Seveial persons arrested at Manchester , and brought to town , on charges
, of Hig h Treason . 12 . Lord Bridport sailed from S pithead with the Channel fleet , to block up the harbour of Bre-st . Bills of indictment found by the Grand Jury at Maidstone against the State Prisoners at that place ; after which the Court adjourned to the 30 th . One-hundred and twenty houses , and a great number of stables and stores , destroyed by fire at Clonmel , iu the South of Ireland , 13 . The French Ambassador at Vienna insulted by the populace , in consequence of his having displayed the tri-coloured flag from the window of his hotel , and obliged to quit that city , to escape the vengeance of the mob .