-
Articles/Ads
Article CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES ← Page 11 of 34 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
6 . Sir Sidney Smith arrived in town from Paris , after a confinement of upwards of two years , from which p lace he made his escape by the assistance of some Emigrant gentlemen . ' A large French privateer brought into Plymouth by his Majesty ' s ship Phcenix .
A French flotilla of fifty gun-boats , from La Hogue , attacked the island ot Marcou , and were repulsed by a small party of British troops , chiefly invalids , with the loss of six or seven of the boats , and several men . 7 . Intelligence received at the Admiralty of the capture of five privateers by his Majesty ' s cruizers on the Leeward Island station . 8 . Ten Dutch Greenlandmen brought into Yarmouth by his Majesty ' s ship Lancaster .
Port au Prince and St . Marc , in the island of St . Domingo , evacuated by the British troops under the command of General Maitland . 9 . The name of Mr . Fox erased by the King from the list of his Majesty ' s Privy Councillors , in consequence of some obnoxious language made use of by that gentleman at a recent meeting of the Whig Club . Two more Dutch Greenlandmen brought into Yarmouth by one of his Majesty ' s cruizers .
10 . Advice received by the Hamburgh mail of an attempt having been made to murder the Grand Duke of Tuscany , at Florence ; and that several of the conspirators had been arrested ; it . Five p ieces of cannon found concealed on the premises of an eminent brewer in Dublin . Several more gentlemen arrested in Dublin , on charges of high treason . Colonel Finch dangerously wounded in the groin by some combustible matter fired from the musquet of a soldier belonging to the Guards , while a
party of them were exercising on Barbara Downs . 12 . Advice received at the Admiralty of the capture of several armed and other vessels , near Amboyna , by his Majesty ' s shi p Resistance . 13 . Authentic letters from America announced that the President of the United States had recommended to the Congress to adopt the most vigorous measures of defence against France , the Envoys whom he had sent to Paris being unable , on account of the extravagant demands of the Executive
Directory , to accommodate the differences which existed between the two countries . Ships of war were immediately ordered to be fitted out , and an increase of the military establishment was voted . Several Dutch prizes , taken by his Majesty ' s cruizers , arrived in Yarmouth Roads . 14 . Accounts received of the loss of his Majesty ' s frigate Lively , on the Spanish coastin a violent gale of wind . To prevent her-falling into the
, hands of the enemy , she was blown up by the Seahorse frigate , which had been in company with her . Only one of the crew lost his life on the occasion . 15 . The Paris Journals announced that the new Constitution had been accepted by the people of the United Provinces . Accounts received of the crew and some of the convicts on board the Lady Shore transport , bound to Botany Bay , having risen on the Officers , and after murdering the Captain and matepossessed themselves of the
, ship . The noted Major Semple was on board , but took no part in the horrid mutiny . 16 . Their Majesties , the Princesses , and the Duke of York , visited the Tower , to view the curiosities of that place . A flotilla , with troops on board , sailed from Margate Roads on an expedition to the Flemish coast . . , ..
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
6 . Sir Sidney Smith arrived in town from Paris , after a confinement of upwards of two years , from which p lace he made his escape by the assistance of some Emigrant gentlemen . ' A large French privateer brought into Plymouth by his Majesty ' s ship Phcenix .
A French flotilla of fifty gun-boats , from La Hogue , attacked the island ot Marcou , and were repulsed by a small party of British troops , chiefly invalids , with the loss of six or seven of the boats , and several men . 7 . Intelligence received at the Admiralty of the capture of five privateers by his Majesty ' s cruizers on the Leeward Island station . 8 . Ten Dutch Greenlandmen brought into Yarmouth by his Majesty ' s ship Lancaster .
Port au Prince and St . Marc , in the island of St . Domingo , evacuated by the British troops under the command of General Maitland . 9 . The name of Mr . Fox erased by the King from the list of his Majesty ' s Privy Councillors , in consequence of some obnoxious language made use of by that gentleman at a recent meeting of the Whig Club . Two more Dutch Greenlandmen brought into Yarmouth by one of his Majesty ' s cruizers .
10 . Advice received by the Hamburgh mail of an attempt having been made to murder the Grand Duke of Tuscany , at Florence ; and that several of the conspirators had been arrested ; it . Five p ieces of cannon found concealed on the premises of an eminent brewer in Dublin . Several more gentlemen arrested in Dublin , on charges of high treason . Colonel Finch dangerously wounded in the groin by some combustible matter fired from the musquet of a soldier belonging to the Guards , while a
party of them were exercising on Barbara Downs . 12 . Advice received at the Admiralty of the capture of several armed and other vessels , near Amboyna , by his Majesty ' s shi p Resistance . 13 . Authentic letters from America announced that the President of the United States had recommended to the Congress to adopt the most vigorous measures of defence against France , the Envoys whom he had sent to Paris being unable , on account of the extravagant demands of the Executive
Directory , to accommodate the differences which existed between the two countries . Ships of war were immediately ordered to be fitted out , and an increase of the military establishment was voted . Several Dutch prizes , taken by his Majesty ' s cruizers , arrived in Yarmouth Roads . 14 . Accounts received of the loss of his Majesty ' s frigate Lively , on the Spanish coastin a violent gale of wind . To prevent her-falling into the
, hands of the enemy , she was blown up by the Seahorse frigate , which had been in company with her . Only one of the crew lost his life on the occasion . 15 . The Paris Journals announced that the new Constitution had been accepted by the people of the United Provinces . Accounts received of the crew and some of the convicts on board the Lady Shore transport , bound to Botany Bay , having risen on the Officers , and after murdering the Captain and matepossessed themselves of the
, ship . The noted Major Semple was on board , but took no part in the horrid mutiny . 16 . Their Majesties , the Princesses , and the Duke of York , visited the Tower , to view the curiosities of that place . A flotilla , with troops on board , sailed from Margate Roads on an expedition to the Flemish coast . . , ..