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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
19- The British Government published a note , declaring that if the French Directory should carry into execution their late decree respecting Foreigners found serving on board English ships , they would exercise the most vigorous retaliation against the subjects of the French Republic , whom the chance of war had placed , or might hereafter place , at the King ' s disposal . 20 . The King went in state to the House of Peers , and opened the third session of the present Parliament with a speech from the throne . _ The address division in either
to his Majesty on the occasion was carried without a house . ¦ ' 21 . Sir John Borlase Warren published an account ofthe killed and wounded on board the British and French squadrons in the action ofthe 12 th of October , off Ireland ; by which it appeared , that the loss ofthe former , on that occasion , was only 3 seamen killed ; 2 petty officers , 30 seamen , and 3 marines , Wounded : while that of the enemy amounted to 68 killed , and 118 wounded .
The thanks of both houses of parliament voted to Lord Nelson and Sir John Borlase Warren , and to the officers , seamen , and marines , who served under them in the actions of the 1 st of August and the 12 th of October . 22 . A message sent by his Majesty to Parliament , intimating that he had granted a pension of 2060 I . " per annum to Lord Nelson , aildto his two next heirs , in consideration of the eminent services of his lordship ; which grant they resolved to make good .
It was decided by the court of King ' s Bench , in the case of Wilson against Marryat , that under the existing treaty of commerce between Great Britain and America , American vessels coming from the United States to this country may proceed from hence to our settlements in India , and trade ; but that they must , of course , carry their eastern cargoes to America . a . 3 . Accounts received ofthe first column ofthe Russian army , consisting 6 f between 20 and 30000 menhaving passed the Bergon their march to
, , , Bohemia . The launch belonging to the Thames frigate upset at Portsmouth , and ten seamen drowned . Hostilities between Naples and France commenced , by the troops ofthe former , headed by his Sicilian Majesty and General Mack , entering the territory of the Roman Republic , and driving in the advanced posts of the Republicans .
24 . The Paris journals atmoimced that the French Ministers at Rastadt had delivered in their answer to the last' note of the Imperial Deputation , in which they agreed to some trifling modification of their demands , but urged the full and prompt compliance with all the leading claims of France upon the German Empire . v A merchantman lost at the mouth of the harbour of Dublin , and fourteen people drowned . in the channel
Advice received ofthe capture of two French privateers by his Majesty ' s ships Sylph and George . 25 . An account received of the loss of a Russian man of war , of 74 guns , off Norway ; the crew saved . . _ 26 . A number of persons lost their lives at Manchester , by falling into the river from a dyer ' s stage , while viewing some horses which had been drowned on the preceding day
. 27 . The House of Commons voted 120 , 000 seamen for the Navy , for the ensuing year . 28 . Accounts from France stated that the Executive Directory had modified their decree relative to foreigners found serving on board British ships of war . _ , ... Accounts received of the capture of the ship Agreeable , -belonging --to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
19- The British Government published a note , declaring that if the French Directory should carry into execution their late decree respecting Foreigners found serving on board English ships , they would exercise the most vigorous retaliation against the subjects of the French Republic , whom the chance of war had placed , or might hereafter place , at the King ' s disposal . 20 . The King went in state to the House of Peers , and opened the third session of the present Parliament with a speech from the throne . _ The address division in either
to his Majesty on the occasion was carried without a house . ¦ ' 21 . Sir John Borlase Warren published an account ofthe killed and wounded on board the British and French squadrons in the action ofthe 12 th of October , off Ireland ; by which it appeared , that the loss ofthe former , on that occasion , was only 3 seamen killed ; 2 petty officers , 30 seamen , and 3 marines , Wounded : while that of the enemy amounted to 68 killed , and 118 wounded .
The thanks of both houses of parliament voted to Lord Nelson and Sir John Borlase Warren , and to the officers , seamen , and marines , who served under them in the actions of the 1 st of August and the 12 th of October . 22 . A message sent by his Majesty to Parliament , intimating that he had granted a pension of 2060 I . " per annum to Lord Nelson , aildto his two next heirs , in consideration of the eminent services of his lordship ; which grant they resolved to make good .
It was decided by the court of King ' s Bench , in the case of Wilson against Marryat , that under the existing treaty of commerce between Great Britain and America , American vessels coming from the United States to this country may proceed from hence to our settlements in India , and trade ; but that they must , of course , carry their eastern cargoes to America . a . 3 . Accounts received ofthe first column ofthe Russian army , consisting 6 f between 20 and 30000 menhaving passed the Bergon their march to
, , , Bohemia . The launch belonging to the Thames frigate upset at Portsmouth , and ten seamen drowned . Hostilities between Naples and France commenced , by the troops ofthe former , headed by his Sicilian Majesty and General Mack , entering the territory of the Roman Republic , and driving in the advanced posts of the Republicans .
24 . The Paris journals atmoimced that the French Ministers at Rastadt had delivered in their answer to the last' note of the Imperial Deputation , in which they agreed to some trifling modification of their demands , but urged the full and prompt compliance with all the leading claims of France upon the German Empire . v A merchantman lost at the mouth of the harbour of Dublin , and fourteen people drowned . in the channel
Advice received ofthe capture of two French privateers by his Majesty ' s ships Sylph and George . 25 . An account received of the loss of a Russian man of war , of 74 guns , off Norway ; the crew saved . . _ 26 . A number of persons lost their lives at Manchester , by falling into the river from a dyer ' s stage , while viewing some horses which had been drowned on the preceding day
. 27 . The House of Commons voted 120 , 000 seamen for the Navy , for the ensuing year . 28 . Accounts from France stated that the Executive Directory had modified their decree relative to foreigners found serving on board British ships of war . _ , ... Accounts received of the capture of the ship Agreeable , -belonging --to