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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
Advices ' received from Admiral Kingsmill , at Cork , of the capture of two privateers by his Majesty ' s ship Magnanime . 14 . The capture of a French privateer , and the re-capture of several merchantmen , by his Majesty's ship Wrig ht , in the North Seas , announced at the Admiralty . # , Advice received of the capture of several English merchantmen by the enemy ' s cruizers , in various directions .
15 . A few English colliers captured off the Scotch coast by some French privateers . _ 16 . A numerous fleet of fishing-boats captured by his Majesty ' s cruizers in the North Sea , and sent into Yarmouth Roads . His Majesty ' s ship Achilles , of 74 guns , launched at Gravesend . Three men executed in the county of Cork , for the murder of Colonel St . George and Jasper Uniacke , Esq . "
17 . Intelligence received at the Admiralty of the capture of a large French privateer by his Majesty ' s ships Russell and Jason , and the destruction of an enemy ' s brig by the latter . 18 . Advice received from the Continent , that the Deputation of the Empire , at the Congress of Rastadt , had agreed to the principle of secularization proposed by the French Ministers . 19 . The defeat of a party of Insurgents , in the neighbourhood of Killala ,
announced by the Irish Mail . Some more arrests of suspected persons took place in different parts of London . 20 . His Majesty sent a Message to both Houses of Parliament , on the
state of the country ; in consequence of which a Bill for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act was brought in , passed , and received the Royal Assent on the following day . .. , Several persons , calling themselves the Executive Committee of the London Corresponding Society , arrested in an old house in Wych-street . A fine French gun brig captured by his Majesty ' s ship Jason . 21 . Mr . Roger O'Connor , who had come to England , on obtaining a
release from his imprisonment in Ireland , to see his brother at Muidstone , arrested at his apartments in Craven-street . . . Messrs . Adamson and Wilkinson , merchants , of London , found guilty of forgery , at the Old Bailey , and sentenced to suffer death . Nineteen young gentlemen expelled from Trinity College , Dublin , on suspicion of being United Irishmen . The Paris papers announced the arrest of the Earl of Bristol , in Italy ,
on suspicion of being a spy . A desperate action fought off the coast of France , between his Majesty ' s ship Mars , of 74 guns , Captain Alexander Hood , and L'Hercule , of the same force , which lasted near three hours , when British bravery at length prevailed , and the enemy struck her colours . Captain Hood fell , early in the action , as did also Captain White , of the Marines , and Mr . Bligh , a midshipman . The Mars lost 33 men killed , 8 missing , and had about 30
wounded : L'Hercule suffered very considerably . —The latter was a new shi p , latel y launched at L'Orient , and-pierced for So guns . She formed part of a squadron of three ships of the line , destined to reinforce an armament fitting out at Brest , one of which escaped , and the third was only coming out of L'Orient when the Mars came up with the captured ship .
22 . Advice received at the East-India House ,, that great damage had been sustained by some of the Company's ships in the Indian Seas , and that many lives had been lost . VOL . xi , 7 . S
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
Advices ' received from Admiral Kingsmill , at Cork , of the capture of two privateers by his Majesty ' s ship Magnanime . 14 . The capture of a French privateer , and the re-capture of several merchantmen , by his Majesty's ship Wrig ht , in the North Seas , announced at the Admiralty . # , Advice received of the capture of several English merchantmen by the enemy ' s cruizers , in various directions .
15 . A few English colliers captured off the Scotch coast by some French privateers . _ 16 . A numerous fleet of fishing-boats captured by his Majesty ' s cruizers in the North Sea , and sent into Yarmouth Roads . His Majesty ' s ship Achilles , of 74 guns , launched at Gravesend . Three men executed in the county of Cork , for the murder of Colonel St . George and Jasper Uniacke , Esq . "
17 . Intelligence received at the Admiralty of the capture of a large French privateer by his Majesty ' s ships Russell and Jason , and the destruction of an enemy ' s brig by the latter . 18 . Advice received from the Continent , that the Deputation of the Empire , at the Congress of Rastadt , had agreed to the principle of secularization proposed by the French Ministers . 19 . The defeat of a party of Insurgents , in the neighbourhood of Killala ,
announced by the Irish Mail . Some more arrests of suspected persons took place in different parts of London . 20 . His Majesty sent a Message to both Houses of Parliament , on the
state of the country ; in consequence of which a Bill for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act was brought in , passed , and received the Royal Assent on the following day . .. , Several persons , calling themselves the Executive Committee of the London Corresponding Society , arrested in an old house in Wych-street . A fine French gun brig captured by his Majesty ' s ship Jason . 21 . Mr . Roger O'Connor , who had come to England , on obtaining a
release from his imprisonment in Ireland , to see his brother at Muidstone , arrested at his apartments in Craven-street . . . Messrs . Adamson and Wilkinson , merchants , of London , found guilty of forgery , at the Old Bailey , and sentenced to suffer death . Nineteen young gentlemen expelled from Trinity College , Dublin , on suspicion of being United Irishmen . The Paris papers announced the arrest of the Earl of Bristol , in Italy ,
on suspicion of being a spy . A desperate action fought off the coast of France , between his Majesty ' s ship Mars , of 74 guns , Captain Alexander Hood , and L'Hercule , of the same force , which lasted near three hours , when British bravery at length prevailed , and the enemy struck her colours . Captain Hood fell , early in the action , as did also Captain White , of the Marines , and Mr . Bligh , a midshipman . The Mars lost 33 men killed , 8 missing , and had about 30
wounded : L'Hercule suffered very considerably . —The latter was a new shi p , latel y launched at L'Orient , and-pierced for So guns . She formed part of a squadron of three ships of the line , destined to reinforce an armament fitting out at Brest , one of which escaped , and the third was only coming out of L'Orient when the Mars came up with the captured ship .
22 . Advice received at the East-India House ,, that great damage had been sustained by some of the Company's ships in the Indian Seas , and that many lives had been lost . VOL . xi , 7 . S