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Article CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES ← Page 26 of 34 →
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
23- Sir John Borlase Warren sailed from Plymouth , with a squadron of three ships of the line and some frigates , in quest of the Brest armament , bound to Ireland . . The rebels driven from the town of Killala , and 270 barrels of powder captured at the head-quarters of their Chief , who was a French officer . 24 . His Majesty ' s troops , under the command of General Trench , gave a decisive and final . blow to the rebellion in the province of Connanght , by defeating the remaining force of the insurgents , with the loss of between 500 and 600 men killed , at a place called Lacken . ., Mr . Teeling executed at Arbour Hill , near Dublin , for hish treason .
Intelligence received that Buonaparte , after several hard fought battles , had made himself" master of Grand Cairo , in Egypt . : 25 . General Pichegru and some other expatriated Frenchmen , who had effected their escape from Guiana , and had been detained on board a ship captured by one of his Majesty's cruizers , arrived in London . . 26 . Accounts received by the Hamburgh mail of the Imperial Deputation at the Congress at Rastadt having made some important concessions to the French
Plenipotentiaries , - ' 27 . Eleven seamen belonging to his Majesty ' s ship Defiance executed at Portsmouth , for a horrid conspiracy . 29 . A dreadful tempest at Halifax , Nova Scotia , which did very considerable damage . both to the town and to the shipping . Mr . Benjamin Tone , an Irishman , in the service of France , who had been taken with the French troops in Connaughtexecuted at Dublinpursuant
, , to the sentence of a Court-Martial . , 30 . Accounts from Ireland announced that the Wicklow . rebels had attacked , and forced to retreat , with some loss , a party of the King ' s troops . Colonel Burke and Major Bellew executed at Sli go , for high treason .
OCTOBER . 2 . This being-the day on which the glorious victory of Admiral Nelson was announced to the people of London , the Park and Tower guns fired , the bells ' rung , a subscription was opened at Lloyd ' s for the widows and prpbans-of ¦ the gallant men who had fallen in the action , and in the evening there ' was a general illumination . .. 3 . Accpunts received from Germany that the Imperial Deputation at the
Congress bf Rastadt had made some further concessions , by consenting to abandon their claim to the fortifications of" Kehl and Castel , on the Rhine . , The illuminations in honour of Admiral Nelson ' s victory repeated in . London .: —The mob , taking advantage bf the public joy on this occasion , committed many excesses . 4 . The Paris papers announced that Buonaparte had been attacked by a body of 10 , 000 Mameluke cavalry , in the neighbourhood of Cairo , which , however , he defeated with immense loss , and captured the whole of their 'baggage .
5 . The thanks of the Irish Parliament unanimously voted to Lord Nelson , and the ' oflicers and men under his command , for their gallant conduct in the glorious action of the 1 st of August . 5 . Official advices received that all French ships , in the ports of Turkey , had been seized , by order of the Ottoman Porte ; and that a Russian fleet had arrived before Constantinople , to co-operate with the Turkish navy . 6 . ' Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson raised to the dignity of Baron of
a Great Britain , by the title of Baron Nelson ofthe Nile and of Burnhaw Thorpe , in the county of Norfolk . The Irish Parliament prorogued by his Excellency the Marquis Cornwallis . The name of Mr . Grattan erased from the list of Irish Privy Councillors ,
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
23- Sir John Borlase Warren sailed from Plymouth , with a squadron of three ships of the line and some frigates , in quest of the Brest armament , bound to Ireland . . The rebels driven from the town of Killala , and 270 barrels of powder captured at the head-quarters of their Chief , who was a French officer . 24 . His Majesty ' s troops , under the command of General Trench , gave a decisive and final . blow to the rebellion in the province of Connanght , by defeating the remaining force of the insurgents , with the loss of between 500 and 600 men killed , at a place called Lacken . ., Mr . Teeling executed at Arbour Hill , near Dublin , for hish treason .
Intelligence received that Buonaparte , after several hard fought battles , had made himself" master of Grand Cairo , in Egypt . : 25 . General Pichegru and some other expatriated Frenchmen , who had effected their escape from Guiana , and had been detained on board a ship captured by one of his Majesty's cruizers , arrived in London . . 26 . Accounts received by the Hamburgh mail of the Imperial Deputation at the Congress at Rastadt having made some important concessions to the French
Plenipotentiaries , - ' 27 . Eleven seamen belonging to his Majesty ' s ship Defiance executed at Portsmouth , for a horrid conspiracy . 29 . A dreadful tempest at Halifax , Nova Scotia , which did very considerable damage . both to the town and to the shipping . Mr . Benjamin Tone , an Irishman , in the service of France , who had been taken with the French troops in Connaughtexecuted at Dublinpursuant
, , to the sentence of a Court-Martial . , 30 . Accounts from Ireland announced that the Wicklow . rebels had attacked , and forced to retreat , with some loss , a party of the King ' s troops . Colonel Burke and Major Bellew executed at Sli go , for high treason .
OCTOBER . 2 . This being-the day on which the glorious victory of Admiral Nelson was announced to the people of London , the Park and Tower guns fired , the bells ' rung , a subscription was opened at Lloyd ' s for the widows and prpbans-of ¦ the gallant men who had fallen in the action , and in the evening there ' was a general illumination . .. 3 . Accpunts received from Germany that the Imperial Deputation at the
Congress bf Rastadt had made some further concessions , by consenting to abandon their claim to the fortifications of" Kehl and Castel , on the Rhine . , The illuminations in honour of Admiral Nelson ' s victory repeated in . London .: —The mob , taking advantage bf the public joy on this occasion , committed many excesses . 4 . The Paris papers announced that Buonaparte had been attacked by a body of 10 , 000 Mameluke cavalry , in the neighbourhood of Cairo , which , however , he defeated with immense loss , and captured the whole of their 'baggage .
5 . The thanks of the Irish Parliament unanimously voted to Lord Nelson , and the ' oflicers and men under his command , for their gallant conduct in the glorious action of the 1 st of August . 5 . Official advices received that all French ships , in the ports of Turkey , had been seized , by order of the Ottoman Porte ; and that a Russian fleet had arrived before Constantinople , to co-operate with the Turkish navy . 6 . ' Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson raised to the dignity of Baron of
a Great Britain , by the title of Baron Nelson ofthe Nile and of Burnhaw Thorpe , in the county of Norfolk . The Irish Parliament prorogued by his Excellency the Marquis Cornwallis . The name of Mr . Grattan erased from the list of Irish Privy Councillors ,