Lords tables the bill in favor of continued hearings on general abolition.
Britain temporarily conquers Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, and large sections of St. Domingue. Martinique permanently occupied. French ships raid the African coast, including Sierra Leone. The Philanthropist , a weekly journal originally planned by W. Wordsworth and William Mathews in May to June 1794 now appeared in London, running until Jan. 1796.