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cleared the land, than the French, un
der Monsieur Pichegra fleered several
points from the main tack at firft,
but presently luffed up, Mod broke the
line at Menin Mod Courtray : that the
duke of York was obliged to back
hit fails, and that when became a
long fide the French, they made him
broach to, and aknoft set him on his
beam ends ; tbit the duke sheered
off, and that the French fleered direct
ly after him all the way into Holland,
giving him several broad(idea by the
way I and that they have recaptured
Valenciennes, Conde, and all the
duke's other prizes.
Jack also tells me, that some strange
things have happened at home ; as
that the habeas corpus 1% which is
the mainmast of English liberty, has
been sprung, and that Mr. Pitt, our
bead boatswain, has thrown Horne
Tooke, and several of his old mess
mate into limbo, These things are
all so strange, that I know not how to
believe them, till they are confirmed
by you—but as your honor knows
of every thing that is afloat, I hope
you will fend me a line at the bowl
of grog. Let me know whether you
think the duke of York will be able
to repair his damages and tack about
again.
I hope to make another voyage at
the present high wages. lam
Yfar bumblefervant re command;
'fOHN OAKUM.
FROM AN ENGLISH PAPER.
PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES
of the last fix months of the year 1794..
3. Several places in Natolia (Turkey) des
troyed by a great earthquake.
6. The British out-posts at Aloft, driven
in with considerable lots.
9. The French entered Bruffels'
11. Parliament prorogued. A partial
change of the ministry, by the admission of
the duke of Portland, and his friends.
13. The French defeated by the Pruffiahs
with the loss of 3000 men, and artillery.
14. Admiral Murray's Squadron, on the
American station, captured 14 fail of the en
emy's Ships, laden with provisions. The
Hound (loop of war taken by two French
frigates.•'
16. Prince William of Gloucester, creat
ed Knight of the Garter.
17. Seventeen fail of the Eaftindiamen
arrived in Ireland ,Q
18: Namur surrendered to the French.
20. A Revolution in Geneva, in conse
quence of which several persons were put to
death.
24. A dreadful fire near Ratcliffe cross,
London, by which about 600 houses were
consumed—the loss supposed to amount to a
million sterling. The Raith Greenlandman,
of Leith, re-taken from the French by a.
mate and two seamen, from 17 Frenchmen.
27. The French entered Antwerp.
zB. Robespierre's party overthrown at
. Paris, and Robespierre, fen. andjun. St Just,
Coutbon, &c. put to death, in number 21.
AUGUST.
7. A great thunder storm at London that
did considerable damage. , ,
10. Calvi, and with it the whole island of
Corsica, surrendered to the British.
12. The .French and Spaniards fought a
severe battle near Bellegarde ; when both
parties claimed the viaory.
14. The commission of Oyer and Termin
er opened at Edinburgh.'o
15. A great riot begun at London, that
continued several days, by which several
houses were gutted, occasioned by the prac
tice of crimping.
,49. Several places in St. Domingo far
rendered to the British.
z 5. A4O gun frigate, and two corvettes,
drove on shore on the French coast, and to
tallydeftroyed by Sir J. B. Warren's fqti&
„ron. . • j
26, Sloys surrendered to the French.
29. L'lmpeteufe of 74 guns, one of Lord;
-<m at Portsmouth, by ac
cident
31. The powder magazine at Grenelle,
near Paris, blown up, and near 62 people
perished in the explosion.
", ^^^ SEPTEMBER. # ^^^
* Robert Watt tried at Edinburgh, and
^ found guilty of high treason, after a trial of
22 hours. David Down, convided oft,
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s>• i '-,
15. Mcir.s. Wait jird Downie eondemned
to be hanged, &c. at Edinburgh# 08 the ,h„
ofOaober,
The Pruzans retreated from before War.
saw.
14. The allies retreated across the Meuse.
18. Great fire in Thames freet, London.
22. Aix la Chapelle taken by the French
— After several very severe actions, general
Clairfayt retreated from Liege to Matftrichr
—Thomas Bigott tried capitally, and founP
, guilty, at the Old Baily, of rioting.
27/La Maitre and Higgins apprehended
on suspicion of a plot, to affafiiaate his Maj
' efty. ; .z^^^.
. 28. Creveceeur taken by the French,
zo. The French eroded the Meuse.
4 <*- &
OCTOBER.
2 Thefpecial commission opened at Lon
don for tht trial of persons accused of high
treason.
8. General Clairfayt defeated.
9. The Eaftindia company offered to raise
3 regiments for the defence of Greatbritain,
&c. Bois le Duc taken by the French.
10. The Poles defeated, and general Kof
ci^ft;o taken,.
14. The Sardinians defeated by French.
Is. Robert Watt executed at Edinburgh,
for high treason.
21. La Revolutionaire, 0644 guns, taken
by the Artois frigate of 38 guns.
25. Coblentz taken by the^rench.
26, The British out posts driven in, and
general Abercrombie Wounded.
28. Venlo surrendered to the French.
NOVEMBER. % . t
foiA fuccefsful footie, made by the Brit
i& from Nimeguen. Maeftricht surrender
ed to the French.
5. Thomas Hardy acquitted, after a trial
of eight days, for high treason. 1
4 6, The Alexander, of 74 guns, t^ken by
5 French ships of the line.
7 Nimeguen abandoned by the British.
11. M. Fayette escaped from prison.
• 13. The Royal Palace at Lifban burnt.
,14. Warsaw taken by the Rufliani teem
the Poles, '''
1& The Poles defeated at Sendomir.
17. Advice received of the capture of Pam
paluna by the French. The French defeat
ed the Spaniards, but loft their general, (Du
gomier.)-
19.' A treaty of amity, commerce and na
vigation, signed between Greatbritain and
America.
20. The Jacobins of Paris overcome by
the Convention. The Spaniards defeated,
and Count de I'Union, their gen. killed,
22. His Majesty granted a commission for
concluding a marriage between the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Caroline Amelia E
lizabeth of Brunswick.
23. Mr. Bell's great brewery in the plea
fange, Edinburgh, burnt down. Decree of
accusation passed against Carrier.
24. Mr. Horne Tooke acquitted, after a
trial of five days, for high treason.
27. A dreadful fire at Berlin, which con
sumed the palace of Wherther, &c.
DECEMBER.
I. Messrs. Kidd, Bonny, Joyce and Hol
croft put to the bar, and acquitted. Ihe
French defeated at Mentz, when they loft
4000 men.
4. The St. Ifadbre, a Spanish 74 gun ship,
wrecked,
, 5. The fuffrages of all the colleges of the
Germanic empire were in favor of I'^ace.
8. Accounts received of rhe recapture of
St. Marc, in St. Domingo, by the French.
10. Earl Fitzwilliam appointed Lord Lt.
of Ireland.
12. Mr. Pitt concluded a loan tor 18 or
24,000,0001. sterling.
L l, Advice received of the recapture of
Leogane, St. Domingo, and the most partof
the mand of Guarfaloupe, by tbe French.
14. The cabinet ordered 40,000 men to be
railed in Great britain and Ireland.
15. The printer of the Morning Post, in
Dublin, tried, and found guilty of publish
ing two libils. [
19. The Dutch difpa(ched two commif
fiooers to treat tor peace at Paris.
23. A fire „ Bifhopfgateftreet, London—
damages upwards of 30,000!.
The numerous sanguinary sentences part
ed by the revolutionary tribunal at Paris,
during the course of the year, ought to have
been particularly mentioned, but a full ih
fertion of the black catalogue of these exe
cutions would have swelled this article be
yond the limits of an, newspaper. Thirty
, or forty heads (truck off in a day, was no un-
1 * common fpedacle in Paris. Robespierre 4
however, at last met the fate he so well de
ferred, and more moderate measures have
since been pursued in that unhappy country.
[Particulars as th Naroal Combat, menfarad in
& Inf Mirr, ? foe, the Pbiladd,fe fyd, tn
, übicb the French outre dfa/rl.
^qkdo'n; Admiralty Office, April 6.
4 dijfca&cb, rf^bicb tbejollraiq w a @,
or
Qu ffis e-wiiq; recetoidfrom vice admiral'Hot
barn, ccmZinder of hn Mjc/^ ? sJhip and vef-|
jibs in tre Mediterranean.
\b; Brittafa, at Sea, Marctir6.
11R, .
You willbe.pleal:4 to inform their Lord
fliips, that on the Bth instant, being then in
Leghorn road, I received an express from
Genoa, that the French fleet, conffling of
IS fail of the line, and frigates, were seen
two days before off the Irte of Margnerite,
which intelligence corresponding with a sig
nal made from tl^ Mozelle, then in the off-'
ing, for a fleet in the northwest quarter, I im
mediately caused the squadron to be unmoor
ed, and at daybreak the following morning
we put to sea, with aftrong breeze from the
eaftnortheaft.
The M^/Zeprevioufly returned to me with
the information, thar the fleet fltie had seen
were steering to the southward, and supposed
to be the enemy ; in confequepce of which,
I Shaped my course for Corsica, left their des
tination should be against that ifod, and
dispatched ^he Tarleton brig to Si Fioren
za, with orders for the Berwick to join me
with all poffibte expedition off Cape Corfe ;
but, in the course of The night, she returned
to me with the on,welcope intelligence of
,that fhtp'shewing feel captured two days
befare by the enemy's fleet.•
Although the French (hips were seen by
our advanced frigates, daily, yet the two
(quadron^ did not get fight of each other till
the 12th, when that of the ca^D) was disco
vered to windward;
Observing them on the morning following
(till in that direaion, without any apparent
intention of coming down, the signal was
smade fur a general efface, in- the course of
which, the weather being fqtally, arid blow
ing very frefh, we discovered one of their line
of battle (hips to, be ;without her topmasts,,
which afforded to Capt. Freemantle, of the
Inconstant frigate, (who was then far advan
ced bn thechace) an opportunity otShewing
a good proof of British exterprize, by his atq
tacking,raking; and harraffing her until the
coming up of the Agamemnon, when he was
most ably seconded by Capt. Nelton, who
did her so much damage as to disable her
from putting herself again to rights; but
they were at this time Io far detached from
our Gwofleet, that they were obliged to quit
ber, as other Chips of the enemy were coming
up so her assistance, by one of which she was
soon after taken in tow. ,<:
At daylight the next morning (the 14th)
being about 6 or 7 leagues to the southwest
of Genoa, we observed the enemy's disabled
ship, with the one that had het in tow, to be
so far to teeward, and separated from
their own squadron, as to afford a pro
bable chance of our Cutting them off.
The opportunity was not loft; all fail
was made to effect that purpose,
which reduced the enemy to the al
ternative of abandoning tliofe fhipt,
or coming to battle. Although the
latter did not appear to be their choice,
yet they came down (on the contrary
tack to which we were) with the view
of supporting them ; but the Captain
and Bedford, whose signals were mere
made to attack the enemy's disabled
ship, and her companion, were so far
advanced, and so closely fupporced by
the other (hips of our van, at co cut
them off effectually from ahy assistance
that could be given them; rhe condid
ended in the enemy's abandoning
them, and firing upon our line as
they sassed, with a light air of wind.
The two ships that fell, proved to be
the Caira, of 80 guns, and Cenfeur of
74. Our van ships fuffered so much
by this attack, particularly the Illustri
ous, and Courageaux(having each loft
their main and mizen masts) that it
became impossible for any thing fur
ther to be tffeded. 1 have however
good reason to hope, from the ene
my's fleering to the westward, after
having passed our fleet, whatever
might have been their design, their m
tenrions are for the present fruftrated.
The French fleet were loaded with
troops ; the Caira having 1300 men
on board, and the Ceofeur 1000, of
whom, by their obftinaie defence,
they loft in killed and wounded, be
tween 3 and 400 men.
[The captain of the Berwick was killed.]
Your most obedient humble servant,
W. HOTHAM.
am Wr on the way with the prizes to
St.Florenzo, but doubt much whether it will
be possible to get them in, as they are dif
mafted, greatly Mattered, & very leaky, par
ticularly the Caira. Total loss of the English
,—7§ killed, 280 wounded. ~ J'
.toi th^FEDcR^L Mi^R'Oß.
the MONITOR.
Set a Beggar a Horse back, and be quill ride to
the Droil.
THlS,°as well aUhe proverb I considered
last, was run in a coarse mould ; and
were it not, that we fee it sometimes terifi.
ed in the world, we should be ready to think,
ouranceftors were pretty queer fort of folks,
to join two such uncouth ideas toge.her, io
contrary to the sacred parable, where we find
the Beggar in the hands of Angels, whilst
the rich man is porting to the Devil, but
you will fey, the beggar in the proverb, was
metamorptiofed, and passed through a con
siderable tranfiriori, before beget into such
bad company—l allow it— This tr^nfition I
fliall attempt to illustrate. ,
The Beggar, in ihe-naotto, suddenly
mounts the Greenly horse ofcPrufpeiity,
and having got his feet well fixed jo the ftir
.rups, claps fours to, and tides Pilgarlitk,
till he overtakes the black prince,.jogging
along like Balaam upon his AGj arid having
chatted awhile, receives a tifflure of bis
qualities, and affimulatioo,jalo the feme
irkenefs, becomes, as proud, and haughty as
/Lucifer ; as watchful and &4hn4se, or
both ; or more, as it were, out strips him,
andl^ads his cioven footed lfygkfy a dismal
fount. ^ sos hardly st&@ t ( >.F^Pp, c ^
with him— To speak more plainly, it is a
, rare thing (for rineir or women, ffflMlyttfo
sited from the depth ofpoyertyno th.e height
of affl^re an d p^wer, to keep themidves
within the bounds of reason, moderation,
and Tbfiety—They pre'ty gere! all, lo 4e all
felf-govemment, and give* tbemfelves up rt>
the most unbridled apptfteynd p; ffipus,
which prove their ruin, and perhaps the ruin
ot their connexions ; like t'noft, who ascend
from the ground to the summit cf a lofty
steeple, or tower, as they cast a glance omthe
distance below ; their heads grow dizzy, be
gin to swim and whirl round —they must fall,
or else defeend to a lower station— So many
suddenly raised from the dunghill; to fea?sof
power and wealth—grow dizzy with pride—
fwim in golden dreams—whirl round in a
circle of felf (efficiency, and arrogance-be
come the greatest tyrants in their families—
look down with contempt upon their old ac
quaintance, and despise their nearest rela
tions.
The story of two brothers, Dick and Har
ry, is a striking instance of this—they lived
in a seaport town—and while poor, were
united in the bonds of fraternal affection—
Dick took a tour of an hundred miles into
the country, and by an unexpected turn of
fortune, in marrying a rich widow, who had
no children, became suddenly possessed of a
plentiful estate—-Harry hearing of his broth
er's advancement, picked up d few pence to
put in his packet, and set out on his journey,
not doubting but he should meet with a wel
come and joyful reception, as soon as he
should arrive at his brother's hoafe: he ar-'
rived in the evening, hungry, and fatigued
with walking ; rapt at the door ; was bid
den by the porter to itoteml was condud
ed into the parlour, where his brother was
fitting with his lady—Harry accosted him in
the commonform —How do you do my bro-'
ther ?—Dick flatted up in furprize—Who
are you Sir ? lam your brother Harry-
Dick replies you are not ; do you think I
would own such a Ihabby fellow as you are,
for a brother ? No, I (corn it Harry an
swers, strange you should forget me so soon ;
don't you remember how often we played to
gether, when boys —labored together when
men grown—No, fays Dick, sternly—away ;
begone out of my house—But fays Harry, I
come a great way to fee you-Dick rejoins,
with a vengeance, you are a villain ; an im
postor— begone this moment, or you thrill
feel the weight of toy cane. Poor Harry,
sneaks away afnamed, and grieved at the
heart ; retires to the next inn for Upper 2nd
lodging, and next morning set out for his
own poor cottage ; while on the road, he
was met by one of his acquaintance, who
aiked him where he had been, he &d him
to fee his brother Dick, and the reception he
met with, and added, if ever the old proverb
was fulfilled, it is in him ; he was a beggar,
once on foot, as lam ; he has mounted the
wild horse of prosperity, and has rode to the
Devil, sure enough—become a much worse
man than he was before —bereft, not oily
of a natural affe&ion, but common humani
ty, and replete with pride and cruelty.——
The materials of this narrative are no fic
tion, but real, fads, and may serve to admon
ish those made suddenly rich, against the ar
rogance of prosperity, not to despise their
poor relations, but treat them with proper
refped.
With the story of Sylvia. I shall close—she
was born of poor parents ; and during the
firft fourteen years of her life, Scarcely knew
what it was to partake a plentiful meal, or
pot on a decent gown— About this age so
was eighteen, and by her Services clothed
^d sprightly so captivated the heart of^