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Article CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES ← Page 27 of 34 →
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
8 . The First Lieutenants of Admiral Nelson ' s squadron promoted to the rank of Masters and Commanders , for the gallantry displayed by them in the glorious action of the Nile . -. 9 . Eight seamen and marines , belonging to his Majesty ' s ship Glory , sentenced to suffer death at Plymouth , for a most daring mutiny on board that ship , the whole of whom were soon after executed . Intelligence received at the Admiralty of the capture of twelve privateers , <
and several merchantmen , by his Majesty's cruizers on different stations . 10 . Mr . Fox declared to a meeting of the Westminster Electors , at the Shakespeare Tavern , his determination to persevere in his resolution of secession from Parliament .
The sword of the French Admiral Blanquet , which he surrendered to Admiral Lord Nelson , after the engagement of the 1 st of August , presented , by order of his Lordship , to the Corporation of London , who determined to display it in their Hall . 11 . Advice from Ireland stated , that the rebels in the county of Wicklow and Kildare had of late had recourse to the most criminal excesses in those , parts , and that Captain Hume , of a corps of yeomen , had been killed in a
partial action with them . 12 . Sir John Borlase Warren , with three ships of the line , five frigates , and a sloop of war , fell in with the Brest squadron , destined for Ireland , consisting of one ship of the line , eight frigates , a schooner , and a brig , oft ' the North-west coast of that country , and , after a smart engagement , captured the ship of the line , named ' Le Hoche , and four frigates . The prizes were all full of troops . On board one of them was Mr . Theobald
Wolfe Tone , 1 % . An Irish Yeoman , of the name of Wallaghan , tried by a Court-Martial for the wilful murder of a poor peasant , while eating his supper in his mother ' s cottage , and acquitted . The Marquis Cornwallis , however , conceiving the charge to have been fully proved , dissolved the Court , of which Lord Enniskillen was President , in consequence of the sentence delivered b y them in this case . The Paris papers stated , that the Court of Portugal had made another ineffectual attempt to negociate a peace with the French Republic ; and that the Directory had issued a proclamation relative to a new military conscription
or ,, men . The Jason frigate , Captain Stirling , while in pursuit of some . French vessels near Brest , struck on a sunken rock , and was lost . The officers and crew were saved by the enemy , and the Captain has since returned to England . 14 . Advice received that a French squadron of frigates had put to sea from Dunkirk during the absence of our cruizers from the mouth of that harbour . This squadron was destined for Ireland , but was obliged to put into a
Dutch port . 15 . Sixteen seamen belonging to his Majesty ' s ship Diomede taken into custody on a charge of having laid a desperate plot to kill their officers , and carry the vessel to France . 16 . Accounts received at the Admiralty of the captureof two French privateers by his Majesty ' s ships Phaeton and El Corso . iv . Accounts received from France of a formidable insurrection having
taken place in the Island of Malta , the people haying resolved to get rid of their French masters . 18 . A military detachment forced to retreat before a large body of insurgents , after a smart action , in the neig hbourhood of Rathfarnham , neat Dublin .
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
8 . The First Lieutenants of Admiral Nelson ' s squadron promoted to the rank of Masters and Commanders , for the gallantry displayed by them in the glorious action of the Nile . -. 9 . Eight seamen and marines , belonging to his Majesty ' s ship Glory , sentenced to suffer death at Plymouth , for a most daring mutiny on board that ship , the whole of whom were soon after executed . Intelligence received at the Admiralty of the capture of twelve privateers , <
and several merchantmen , by his Majesty's cruizers on different stations . 10 . Mr . Fox declared to a meeting of the Westminster Electors , at the Shakespeare Tavern , his determination to persevere in his resolution of secession from Parliament .
The sword of the French Admiral Blanquet , which he surrendered to Admiral Lord Nelson , after the engagement of the 1 st of August , presented , by order of his Lordship , to the Corporation of London , who determined to display it in their Hall . 11 . Advice from Ireland stated , that the rebels in the county of Wicklow and Kildare had of late had recourse to the most criminal excesses in those , parts , and that Captain Hume , of a corps of yeomen , had been killed in a
partial action with them . 12 . Sir John Borlase Warren , with three ships of the line , five frigates , and a sloop of war , fell in with the Brest squadron , destined for Ireland , consisting of one ship of the line , eight frigates , a schooner , and a brig , oft ' the North-west coast of that country , and , after a smart engagement , captured the ship of the line , named ' Le Hoche , and four frigates . The prizes were all full of troops . On board one of them was Mr . Theobald
Wolfe Tone , 1 % . An Irish Yeoman , of the name of Wallaghan , tried by a Court-Martial for the wilful murder of a poor peasant , while eating his supper in his mother ' s cottage , and acquitted . The Marquis Cornwallis , however , conceiving the charge to have been fully proved , dissolved the Court , of which Lord Enniskillen was President , in consequence of the sentence delivered b y them in this case . The Paris papers stated , that the Court of Portugal had made another ineffectual attempt to negociate a peace with the French Republic ; and that the Directory had issued a proclamation relative to a new military conscription
or ,, men . The Jason frigate , Captain Stirling , while in pursuit of some . French vessels near Brest , struck on a sunken rock , and was lost . The officers and crew were saved by the enemy , and the Captain has since returned to England . 14 . Advice received that a French squadron of frigates had put to sea from Dunkirk during the absence of our cruizers from the mouth of that harbour . This squadron was destined for Ireland , but was obliged to put into a
Dutch port . 15 . Sixteen seamen belonging to his Majesty ' s ship Diomede taken into custody on a charge of having laid a desperate plot to kill their officers , and carry the vessel to France . 16 . Accounts received at the Admiralty of the captureof two French privateers by his Majesty ' s ships Phaeton and El Corso . iv . Accounts received from France of a formidable insurrection having
taken place in the Island of Malta , the people haying resolved to get rid of their French masters . 18 . A military detachment forced to retreat before a large body of insurgents , after a smart action , in the neig hbourhood of Rathfarnham , neat Dublin .