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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
Advice received of the capture of thirteen Dutch Greenlandmen by his Majesty ' s cruizers in the North Sea . . . 19 . Government received advice of the Ottoman Porte having declared war against France , in consequence of the invasion of Egypt by-Buonaparte . —Private advices stated that 3000 houses had been destroyed at-Constantinople by fire . , - ¦ -, Sir Richard Strachan ' s squadron attacked and sunk some vessels m the
harbour of Havre . 20 . Letters from the Channel fleet announced that an alarming conspiracy had been discovered on board the Neptune , of 98 guns , and the-authors of the plot arrested . r , -n 21 . An over-land express from India announced the capture of the Raymond- and Woodcote East-Indiamen , by a French frigate , in Telhcherry Roadand the loss of the Princess Amelia by fireoff Pigeon Island .
; , _ A bill brought into the House of Lords , in Ireland , to compel Hamilton Rowan , Napper Tandy , and several persons who had fled from the country , to surrender and abide their trials . ' 22 . Lord Castlereash made a report from a Secret Committee ofthe House of Commons , founded upon the evidence of the State Prisoners ; by which a most important discovery was made of the origin and progress of the rebelactuated
lion In that country , and the motives by which its authors were . A French army , consisting of between 700 and 800 men , under the command of General Humbert , landed on the North-west coast of Ireland , - with 3 great quantity of arms , and possessed themselves of the town of Killala , making the Bishop of that See , a detachment of the Prince of Wales ' s fencible resfiment , and some yeomen " , prisoners . _ , . " 23 The Paris brought accounts of some further important
advan-. papers tages having been gained by the Turkish rebel Passwan Oglou over the troops of the Grand Seignior . ' „ 25 . Advice received of the loss of the Princess Royal and Royal Charlotte East-India ships-, the latter having a quantity of powder . on board , " blew up during a thunder-storm , and all on board perished . _ 26 . Messrs . O'Connor , Emmett , and M'Nevin publishedan advertisement , to the Secret Committees of the
declaring that the statements made by them " Lords and Commons had been grossly misrepresented .- —This publication attracted the attention of the Houses of Parliament , and the prisoners being again brought up , explained that it was of the accounts that had appeared in the public papers , and not of the conduct of Parliament , that they complained . ' ,. , - ., r ,, The Marquis Cornwallis set out from Dublin to take the command of the forces which were collecting to oppose the French army in ConnaughT-, which ¦
had been joined by many of the peasants . . 27 . The French troops in the province of Connanght attacked General Lake ' in his position at Castlebar , defeated his . army , and compelled him to retire , with the loss of six pieces of cannon' 28 . Martial Law again rigidly enforced throughout Ireland , in consequence of the landing of the French troops in that country . _ _ 29 . A bill oi" amnesty for the persons concerned in the rebellion , and certain rebels to surrenderpassed the Irish Parliament
another to compel , . Several more regiments received orders to proceed to Ireland , in consequence of the landing of the French troops in that country . 30 . Six seamen belonging to his Majesty ' s ship Csesar executed at Ply . mouth , for mutiny on board that ship . _ ' ,. „ .,. 31 . Accounts received , -via France , of his Majesty's ship Eagle bavins been wrecked on the Isle of Plane , near Porto Ferino .
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
Advice received of the capture of thirteen Dutch Greenlandmen by his Majesty ' s cruizers in the North Sea . . . 19 . Government received advice of the Ottoman Porte having declared war against France , in consequence of the invasion of Egypt by-Buonaparte . —Private advices stated that 3000 houses had been destroyed at-Constantinople by fire . , - ¦ -, Sir Richard Strachan ' s squadron attacked and sunk some vessels m the
harbour of Havre . 20 . Letters from the Channel fleet announced that an alarming conspiracy had been discovered on board the Neptune , of 98 guns , and the-authors of the plot arrested . r , -n 21 . An over-land express from India announced the capture of the Raymond- and Woodcote East-Indiamen , by a French frigate , in Telhcherry Roadand the loss of the Princess Amelia by fireoff Pigeon Island .
; , _ A bill brought into the House of Lords , in Ireland , to compel Hamilton Rowan , Napper Tandy , and several persons who had fled from the country , to surrender and abide their trials . ' 22 . Lord Castlereash made a report from a Secret Committee ofthe House of Commons , founded upon the evidence of the State Prisoners ; by which a most important discovery was made of the origin and progress of the rebelactuated
lion In that country , and the motives by which its authors were . A French army , consisting of between 700 and 800 men , under the command of General Humbert , landed on the North-west coast of Ireland , - with 3 great quantity of arms , and possessed themselves of the town of Killala , making the Bishop of that See , a detachment of the Prince of Wales ' s fencible resfiment , and some yeomen " , prisoners . _ , . " 23 The Paris brought accounts of some further important
advan-. papers tages having been gained by the Turkish rebel Passwan Oglou over the troops of the Grand Seignior . ' „ 25 . Advice received of the loss of the Princess Royal and Royal Charlotte East-India ships-, the latter having a quantity of powder . on board , " blew up during a thunder-storm , and all on board perished . _ 26 . Messrs . O'Connor , Emmett , and M'Nevin publishedan advertisement , to the Secret Committees of the
declaring that the statements made by them " Lords and Commons had been grossly misrepresented .- —This publication attracted the attention of the Houses of Parliament , and the prisoners being again brought up , explained that it was of the accounts that had appeared in the public papers , and not of the conduct of Parliament , that they complained . ' ,. , - ., r ,, The Marquis Cornwallis set out from Dublin to take the command of the forces which were collecting to oppose the French army in ConnaughT-, which ¦
had been joined by many of the peasants . . 27 . The French troops in the province of Connanght attacked General Lake ' in his position at Castlebar , defeated his . army , and compelled him to retire , with the loss of six pieces of cannon' 28 . Martial Law again rigidly enforced throughout Ireland , in consequence of the landing of the French troops in that country . _ _ 29 . A bill oi" amnesty for the persons concerned in the rebellion , and certain rebels to surrenderpassed the Irish Parliament
another to compel , . Several more regiments received orders to proceed to Ireland , in consequence of the landing of the French troops in that country . 30 . Six seamen belonging to his Majesty ' s ship Csesar executed at Ply . mouth , for mutiny on board that ship . _ ' ,. „ .,. 31 . Accounts received , -via France , of his Majesty's ship Eagle bavins been wrecked on the Isle of Plane , near Porto Ferino .