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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
Belfast , _ by a French privateer , on the Leeward Island station , after a smart action , in which the former had thirteen men killed , and several wounded . 29 . A general thanksgiving for the late victories of his Majesty ' s forces took place , throughout England and Scotland . 30 . Accounts received of a French Officer , Citizen Julien , and fifteen soldiers , having been assassinated by the inhabitants of Alkam , in Egypt ; in consequence of which Buonaparte gave immediate orders to p illage the town , and totall it bfire
y destroy y . The Paris papers announced , that the Spanish Government had issued an order forbidding any colonial produce , taken in p rizes b y the English , from being brought into any of the ports of Spain .
DECEMBER . 1 . A French privateer of 20 guns brought into Portsmouth by his Majesty ' s ship Ambuscade . 3 . Mr . Pitt proposed to Parliament a financial plan , for taxing all income ? from 60 I . per annum , by which those amounting to 200 I . and upwards are to be taxed to the amount of 10 per cent . - 4 . A French privateer of 18 guns captured by the Phaiton .
5 . The French Government formall y declared war against the Kings of Naples and Sardinia . 6 . The Phaeton and Stag captured a French privateer of 10 guns . 7 . A French privateer captured by the Badge cutter . 8 . An account received at the Admiralty of the capture of" several French p rivateers in the Mediterranean b y his Majesty ' s cruizers on that station . 9 . Advice received of Napper Tandy , and three other United Irishmen ,
named Blackwell , Peters , and Morris , having been arrested at Hamburgh , by order of the British Resident in that city ; but being in the military service of France , it was supposed the Senate would order them to be released . The Imperial Deputation at the Congress of Rastadt accepted the ultimatum ofthe French Minister by a majority of S to 2 votes , by which measure the foundation of a peace between the French Republic and the German Empire was laid . A French privateer of . 20 guns captured by the Boadicea .
10 . His Majesty ' s ship Colossus , of 74 guns , totally lost in a gale of wind in St . Mary ' s Road , Scilly . The whole of the Officers and crew , except a quarter-master , were happily saved . A French prize brig privateer was lost near the same spot , on the same evening , and . every soul on board perished . 11 . An affray took place at Ballycancw , in Ireland , between a party of yeomen and a number of peasants , in which sixteen of the latter were killed and several wounded .
12 . Two stout French privateers captured in the Channel b y his Majesty ' s ships St . Fiorenzo and Triton . _ The gentlemen ofthe Irish bar met in Dublin , and entered into a resolution , disapproving of the plan of uniting that country with Great Britain . 13 . Some soldiers belonging to the 89 th regiment killed by a party of insurgents , nearBaltinglas , in Ireland . A French privateer captured by the Ambuscade .
14 . La Coquille , a French frigate of 44 50115 , one ofthe ships captured by Sir John Borlase Warren ' s squadron , off the coast of Ireland , destroyed ' by fire in Hamoaze , near Plymouth , and three midshipmen , twelve seamen , and three women , killed by the explosion . A party of yeomen defeated by a body pf Irish insurgents in the Queen ' s County . _ . Accounts received by Government from Constantinople and Viennathat Buonaparte had been murdered at Grand Cairo by an Envoy from the Bey
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
Belfast , _ by a French privateer , on the Leeward Island station , after a smart action , in which the former had thirteen men killed , and several wounded . 29 . A general thanksgiving for the late victories of his Majesty ' s forces took place , throughout England and Scotland . 30 . Accounts received of a French Officer , Citizen Julien , and fifteen soldiers , having been assassinated by the inhabitants of Alkam , in Egypt ; in consequence of which Buonaparte gave immediate orders to p illage the town , and totall it bfire
y destroy y . The Paris papers announced , that the Spanish Government had issued an order forbidding any colonial produce , taken in p rizes b y the English , from being brought into any of the ports of Spain .
DECEMBER . 1 . A French privateer of 20 guns brought into Portsmouth by his Majesty ' s ship Ambuscade . 3 . Mr . Pitt proposed to Parliament a financial plan , for taxing all income ? from 60 I . per annum , by which those amounting to 200 I . and upwards are to be taxed to the amount of 10 per cent . - 4 . A French privateer of 18 guns captured by the Phaiton .
5 . The French Government formall y declared war against the Kings of Naples and Sardinia . 6 . The Phaeton and Stag captured a French privateer of 10 guns . 7 . A French privateer captured by the Badge cutter . 8 . An account received at the Admiralty of the capture of" several French p rivateers in the Mediterranean b y his Majesty ' s cruizers on that station . 9 . Advice received of Napper Tandy , and three other United Irishmen ,
named Blackwell , Peters , and Morris , having been arrested at Hamburgh , by order of the British Resident in that city ; but being in the military service of France , it was supposed the Senate would order them to be released . The Imperial Deputation at the Congress of Rastadt accepted the ultimatum ofthe French Minister by a majority of S to 2 votes , by which measure the foundation of a peace between the French Republic and the German Empire was laid . A French privateer of . 20 guns captured by the Boadicea .
10 . His Majesty ' s ship Colossus , of 74 guns , totally lost in a gale of wind in St . Mary ' s Road , Scilly . The whole of the Officers and crew , except a quarter-master , were happily saved . A French prize brig privateer was lost near the same spot , on the same evening , and . every soul on board perished . 11 . An affray took place at Ballycancw , in Ireland , between a party of yeomen and a number of peasants , in which sixteen of the latter were killed and several wounded .
12 . Two stout French privateers captured in the Channel b y his Majesty ' s ships St . Fiorenzo and Triton . _ The gentlemen ofthe Irish bar met in Dublin , and entered into a resolution , disapproving of the plan of uniting that country with Great Britain . 13 . Some soldiers belonging to the 89 th regiment killed by a party of insurgents , nearBaltinglas , in Ireland . A French privateer captured by the Ambuscade .
14 . La Coquille , a French frigate of 44 50115 , one ofthe ships captured by Sir John Borlase Warren ' s squadron , off the coast of Ireland , destroyed ' by fire in Hamoaze , near Plymouth , and three midshipmen , twelve seamen , and three women , killed by the explosion . A party of yeomen defeated by a body pf Irish insurgents in the Queen ' s County . _ . Accounts received by Government from Constantinople and Viennathat Buonaparte had been murdered at Grand Cairo by an Envoy from the Bey