-
Articles/Ads
Article CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES ← Page 12 of 34 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
i 7- The Pans papers announced the loss of a French shi p ofthe line called Quartorze Juillet , of 74 guns , by fire , in the port of L'Orient . " ' 18 . Tlie Earl of Kingston tried by the Irish House of Peers for the murder of Colonel Fitzgerald , the seducer of his Lordshi p ' s daughter , and honourably acquitted . A mail from Ireland announced that the Parliament of that country had agre : d to grant a pension of 2000 I . per annum to the Prince of
Mecklenburg , cousin to her Majesty . 19 . Two vessels , bound from Plymouth to Torbay , with provisions for the Channel fleet , foundered off Mothecombe . The crew of one of them was saved . Loid Edward Fitzgerald taken into custody at a house in Thomas-streef , Dtibfn . A scuffle ensueel between his Lordship and Captain Ryan and ' Justice Swan , in which both the latter were very severely wounded with a
dagger : Captain Ryan soon after died . Major Sirr coining into the room to the assistance of the two wounded men , shot Lord Edward , and l pd ° ed him in Newgate , where , after lingering for some time , he expired in a state of insanity .
19 . The Toulon fleet , under the command of Admiral Brueys , having Buonaparte and a numerous army on board , sailed for Malta and Alexandria . Accounts from Ireland announced that the whole of the county and city of Dublin had been declared in a state of insuirection . The bason , gates , and sluices of the Bruges canal , which communicates with Ostend , destroyed by a flotilla , under die command of Capt . Popham . This advantage , however , was not obtained without considerable loss on our
side . About 1300 of the Guards and troops belonging to the nth , 23 d . and 49 th regiments , not being able to reimbark , were taken prisoners , after a gallant resistance , in which we lost near sixty rank and file , and some brave officers killed and wounded . Among the former was Colonel Hely of the nth ; and in the list of the latter were General C 00 K , th ' j : Military Commander of the expedition ; Col . Campbell of the 3 d Guards ' , Major Donkin ofthe 49 thand Capt . Walker of the artillery . '
, Citizen Treilliard chosen a member of the French Directory , in the room of Francois Neufchateau , who went out of office b y lot . 20 . Advices received from Gibraltar of an armed felucca , with 40 men onboard , having been attacked and sunk at the entrance of the Bay by his Majesty's ship Daedalus . The whole of the people on board the enemy ' s ship were drowned .
2 i . The trial of Messrs . O'Connor , Quiglcy , Binns , Allen , andLeary , for hig h treason , commenced at Maidstone . A desperate affray took place in Dublin between a party of the military and a numerous body of butchers , which terminated in the complete defeat of the latter . —Several more arrests took place in the capital on the same day . An alarming ctnspiracy discovered at Kilkenny , in Ireland ; 22 . James O'Coigley found guilty of high treason at Maidstone , arid
sentenced to suffer death . O'Connor , Binns , Allen , andLeary , who were tried at the same time , acquitted . O'Connor , 0 : 1 his acquittal , attempted to make his way out of Court , but was arrested in the dock , under a warrant from the -Duke of Portland , and sent back to Ireland with his brother , Roger O'Connor . The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland sent a message to both Houses of Pariiar ment , informing them of the existence of a plot to seize upon the capital and the seat of Government , in the course of the present month . —Resolutions were immediately entered into to support his Excellency in his exertions to defeat the intentions of the disaffected ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
i 7- The Pans papers announced the loss of a French shi p ofthe line called Quartorze Juillet , of 74 guns , by fire , in the port of L'Orient . " ' 18 . Tlie Earl of Kingston tried by the Irish House of Peers for the murder of Colonel Fitzgerald , the seducer of his Lordshi p ' s daughter , and honourably acquitted . A mail from Ireland announced that the Parliament of that country had agre : d to grant a pension of 2000 I . per annum to the Prince of
Mecklenburg , cousin to her Majesty . 19 . Two vessels , bound from Plymouth to Torbay , with provisions for the Channel fleet , foundered off Mothecombe . The crew of one of them was saved . Loid Edward Fitzgerald taken into custody at a house in Thomas-streef , Dtibfn . A scuffle ensueel between his Lordship and Captain Ryan and ' Justice Swan , in which both the latter were very severely wounded with a
dagger : Captain Ryan soon after died . Major Sirr coining into the room to the assistance of the two wounded men , shot Lord Edward , and l pd ° ed him in Newgate , where , after lingering for some time , he expired in a state of insanity .
19 . The Toulon fleet , under the command of Admiral Brueys , having Buonaparte and a numerous army on board , sailed for Malta and Alexandria . Accounts from Ireland announced that the whole of the county and city of Dublin had been declared in a state of insuirection . The bason , gates , and sluices of the Bruges canal , which communicates with Ostend , destroyed by a flotilla , under die command of Capt . Popham . This advantage , however , was not obtained without considerable loss on our
side . About 1300 of the Guards and troops belonging to the nth , 23 d . and 49 th regiments , not being able to reimbark , were taken prisoners , after a gallant resistance , in which we lost near sixty rank and file , and some brave officers killed and wounded . Among the former was Colonel Hely of the nth ; and in the list of the latter were General C 00 K , th ' j : Military Commander of the expedition ; Col . Campbell of the 3 d Guards ' , Major Donkin ofthe 49 thand Capt . Walker of the artillery . '
, Citizen Treilliard chosen a member of the French Directory , in the room of Francois Neufchateau , who went out of office b y lot . 20 . Advices received from Gibraltar of an armed felucca , with 40 men onboard , having been attacked and sunk at the entrance of the Bay by his Majesty's ship Daedalus . The whole of the people on board the enemy ' s ship were drowned .
2 i . The trial of Messrs . O'Connor , Quiglcy , Binns , Allen , andLeary , for hig h treason , commenced at Maidstone . A desperate affray took place in Dublin between a party of the military and a numerous body of butchers , which terminated in the complete defeat of the latter . —Several more arrests took place in the capital on the same day . An alarming ctnspiracy discovered at Kilkenny , in Ireland ; 22 . James O'Coigley found guilty of high treason at Maidstone , arid
sentenced to suffer death . O'Connor , Binns , Allen , andLeary , who were tried at the same time , acquitted . O'Connor , 0 : 1 his acquittal , attempted to make his way out of Court , but was arrested in the dock , under a warrant from the -Duke of Portland , and sent back to Ireland with his brother , Roger O'Connor . The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland sent a message to both Houses of Pariiar ment , informing them of the existence of a plot to seize upon the capital and the seat of Government , in the course of the present month . —Resolutions were immediately entered into to support his Excellency in his exertions to defeat the intentions of the disaffected ,