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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
of Tripoli , while sitting in Council with the . Chiefs of Egypt , and a considerable part of his army assassinated by the people . This statement , however , is not confirmed . 35 . Admiral Lord Duncan succeeded in the command of the North Sea fleet by Vice-Admiral Dickson . 16 . Accounts received oi" the capture" of the port of Corfu and the islands of Zante , Cerigo , and Cephalonia , by the combined Russian and Turkish
fleets . Not confirmed . The French Directory informed the legislative councils , that the Republican army was in possession of Turin , the capital of his Sardinian Majesty ; that all the magazines aud arsenals of Piedmont were in their power ; that all the strong places were occupied by their troops ; that the Piedrnontese and Swiss troops had joined the army of Italy ; that a proyisionai-y government had been established at Turin ; and that the King with his family had
proceeded to tlie island of Sardinia . 17 . A French privateer of 14 guns sent into Plymouth by the Cambrian . The Aldermen and Common Council of Dublin resolved steadily to oppose ; any attempt to unite the Parliament of Ireland with that of Great Britain . 18 . A Spanish privateer brought into Plymouth by the St . Fiorcnzo . The merchants and bankers , and several other respectable bodies of the
city of Dublin , entered into resolutions against the plan of the proposed . Union . 19 . The Marquis of Abercorn obtained a verdiit in the Sheriff ' s court for i » , oool . against Captain Copely , of the Guards , for crim . con . with , the Marchioness . The Common Council of the city of Loudon entered into some strong resolutions against the ty . x on Income .
A French privateer of 14 guns sent into Plymouth by the Sylph . 30 . The mint robbed of upwards of 2 , 000 new guineas by a private soldier of the Guards , who has since been apprehended" . The Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College , Dublin entered into resolutions against the Union . 2 . 1 . Advice received ofthe loss of his Majesty ' s ship , King ' s Fisher , of 18 gunsas she was going over the Bar of Lisbon .
, 22 . A conversation took p lace in the House of Commons on the subject of an unfounded report of an evasion of the Assessed Taxes by a certain noble Lord , which having been misrepresented in some of the papers , gave rise to a subsequent debate upon the expediency of preventing for the future ths publication ofthe speeches ofthe members of that House . 23 . The Park ' and Tower guns fired , on the receipt of" the official account of the capture of the Island of Minorca .
An account received of the capture of a French ship of 16 guns by his Majesty ' s sloop Bittern , of iS , on the Leeward Island station , where several vessels had been lost by a succession of severe gales . Several ships belonging to a homeward bound West-India Fleet arrived at Plymouth . Part ofthe convoy having been dispersed in a gale of wind , seme ofthe ships fell into the hands of the enemy , and a few of them were lost . 24 . Accounts received that the yellow fever had lately made considerable
ravages in the . Island of Jamaica . The French papers announced that a squadron , composed cf English and Portugese ships of war , hael taken possession of the town and port of Leghorn , belonging to the Grand Duke of Tuscany . 2 j . Acco . nits received -via France , that the Neapolitan army , under . the command of-General Mack , had entered Rome - , but that a division , of bis . VOL , xi . 3 x
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
of Tripoli , while sitting in Council with the . Chiefs of Egypt , and a considerable part of his army assassinated by the people . This statement , however , is not confirmed . 35 . Admiral Lord Duncan succeeded in the command of the North Sea fleet by Vice-Admiral Dickson . 16 . Accounts received oi" the capture" of the port of Corfu and the islands of Zante , Cerigo , and Cephalonia , by the combined Russian and Turkish
fleets . Not confirmed . The French Directory informed the legislative councils , that the Republican army was in possession of Turin , the capital of his Sardinian Majesty ; that all the magazines aud arsenals of Piedmont were in their power ; that all the strong places were occupied by their troops ; that the Piedrnontese and Swiss troops had joined the army of Italy ; that a proyisionai-y government had been established at Turin ; and that the King with his family had
proceeded to tlie island of Sardinia . 17 . A French privateer of 14 guns sent into Plymouth by the Cambrian . The Aldermen and Common Council of Dublin resolved steadily to oppose ; any attempt to unite the Parliament of Ireland with that of Great Britain . 18 . A Spanish privateer brought into Plymouth by the St . Fiorcnzo . The merchants and bankers , and several other respectable bodies of the
city of Dublin , entered into resolutions against the plan of the proposed . Union . 19 . The Marquis of Abercorn obtained a verdiit in the Sheriff ' s court for i » , oool . against Captain Copely , of the Guards , for crim . con . with , the Marchioness . The Common Council of the city of Loudon entered into some strong resolutions against the ty . x on Income .
A French privateer of 14 guns sent into Plymouth by the Sylph . 30 . The mint robbed of upwards of 2 , 000 new guineas by a private soldier of the Guards , who has since been apprehended" . The Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College , Dublin entered into resolutions against the Union . 2 . 1 . Advice received ofthe loss of his Majesty ' s ship , King ' s Fisher , of 18 gunsas she was going over the Bar of Lisbon .
, 22 . A conversation took p lace in the House of Commons on the subject of an unfounded report of an evasion of the Assessed Taxes by a certain noble Lord , which having been misrepresented in some of the papers , gave rise to a subsequent debate upon the expediency of preventing for the future ths publication ofthe speeches ofthe members of that House . 23 . The Park ' and Tower guns fired , on the receipt of" the official account of the capture of the Island of Minorca .
An account received of the capture of a French ship of 16 guns by his Majesty ' s sloop Bittern , of iS , on the Leeward Island station , where several vessels had been lost by a succession of severe gales . Several ships belonging to a homeward bound West-India Fleet arrived at Plymouth . Part ofthe convoy having been dispersed in a gale of wind , seme ofthe ships fell into the hands of the enemy , and a few of them were lost . 24 . Accounts received that the yellow fever had lately made considerable
ravages in the . Island of Jamaica . The French papers announced that a squadron , composed cf English and Portugese ships of war , hael taken possession of the town and port of Leghorn , belonging to the Grand Duke of Tuscany . 2 j . Acco . nits received -via France , that the Neapolitan army , under . the command of-General Mack , had entered Rome - , but that a division , of bis . VOL , xi . 3 x