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decline. The elderly lady who was with her, had refided in France all her life, and was a diftant relation of lord Albourne's, at whofe houfe his lordfhip now refided with his daughter. They had heard of Alfred's arrival at Paris, with the information that the charge against him was withdrawn, and another of a very high and criminal nature brought, by him againft D'Ollifont.-But lord Albourne was now by no means fatisfied with that part of his character, which he had formerly been a witnefs to, in point of gambling; nor did he give his daughter the leaft hopes of a favourable alteration in his fentiments towards the young Frenchman.Alfred wifhed them to permit him to attend them home; but this was absolutely refused, as they had their vifitors and two fervants in waiting.

Alfred, therefore, had only the confolation of finding that the was ftill unmarried, and declaring, as he handed her to the carriage, that in a fhort time the whole of his conduct would, he hoped, be explained to lord Albourne fatisfactorily, and himself made the happiest of men, by being permitted to folicit of her that, the very thought of which had fupported him through every misfortune.

The baron requested of the old lady his lordhip's addrefs, having bufinefs, as he informed her, of great importance with him, the following day; and, after a rather confufed farewell, the whole company parted with ftill more confufed ideas.

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3. Fifty foldiers, belonging to the Somerfet and Suffolk fencibles, fuffocated on their paffage from Gueinfey to Cowes, on board the fhip John and Elizabeth.

5. Advice received of the departure of the daughter of the unfortu nate Louis XVI. from Paris for Vi

enna.

6. Official intelligence received of the capture of the Dutch poffelfions of Trincomale and fort Ochtenburgh in the East Indies, on the 26th and 31st of Auguft 1795, by his majesty's military and naval forces, under the command of colonel Stu

art, and admiral Rainier.

7. Her royal highness the princefs of Wales fafely delivered of a daughter, at Carlton houfe, about nine o'clock.

8. The Diomede frigate loft off Trincomale.

9. An armiftice concluded upon the Rhine, after defperate fighting, by which both armies were render. ed incapable of continuing the combat.

The marquis del Campo appointed ambalador to the French Republic.

10. Various outrages committed by the Irish Defenders.

13. Intelligence received of a very extraordinary deluge in the island of Barbadoes.

14. Advices received of the princefs Maria Therefa having been exchanged at Bafle for the French deputies given up to the Auftrians by Dumourier.

19. Several depredations and acts of violence committed by the Orange Boys of the North of Ireland, against the Roman Catholic inhabitants.

23. The powder-mill at Hanmer, near Hounflow, was blown up with a dreadful explosion, and four of the workmen perifhed; a barge on the mill river, containing thirty barrels of powder, was alfo blown up. 25. The Dutton East-Indiaman 4 I

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Joft near Plymouth, together with | feveral of her crew.

28. The Triton Eaft-Indiaman taken by the French privateer, and the captain and several of the crew treacherously killed by the enemy.

29. Mr. William Stone tried in the court of King's Bench on a charge of high treafon, and acquitted.

Rear admiral Chriftian, with the Weft India convoy, returned to Partinjouth, after having ineffectually endeavoured, for upwards of feven weeks, to make way against adverfe winds.

February 1. Intelligence received that the enemy had poffeffed them felves of the whole island of Grena- | da, except the town of St. George, and the important poft of Richmond

Hill.

Their majefties infulted, on their way from Drury-lane theatre to Buckingham-houfe, by a fet of raf

fians.

2. Advice received of the executive directory having publifhed a declaration, expreffive of their determination to continue the war.

The Paris, papers announced the total defeat of Charette on the 28th of December, near Roche-fur-Yon.

5. Government received advice of the opening of the Corfican parliament; of the people having refufed to pay the imports levied upon them; and that they had maffacred feveral of the English inhabitants.

3. A dreadful affray at Tralee between the militia and town's peopie.

12. A forgery of the French news-paper called Edair, announng, that a preliminary convention for peace between Trance and the emperor had been figned at Bafle was circulated. 19

14. The bouls of commons, on the notion of Mr. Wilberforce, agreed to abolith the Slave Trade, by a ma jority of 25 votes,

Mr. Jefferys recovered by law 50,97cl. 10s. from the commiffioners appointed to liqaidate the debts of the Prince of Wales.

Captain Snell, of the guards, in confequence of having loft a large fum of money at a gaming table, fhot himself in Kenfington gardens.

20. Batavia taken from "the Dutch.

Mr. Cavendish Bradshaw found guilty of crim. con, with lady Weftmeath, by an Irifh jury, and fined 10,ocol.

21. General Clairfayt refigned the command of the Auftrian ar my, and was fucceeded by the archduke Charles.

25. General Stofflet, the chief of the Chouans in la Vendee, with fome of his principal officers, fot at Angers.

March 1. The Dutch National Convention organized.

Intelligence received that the king of Poland was, by order of the emprefs of Ruffia, compelled to fign the papers of his abdication and refignation of his kingdom, which he did on St. Catherine's day.

2. Official advice received of the capture of the ifland of Ceylon, with its valuable fettlements of Malacca, Cochin, Columbus, and Janerapatam; and of the death of the Nabob of Arcot.

9. A general faft throughout England.

Io. The archduke Charles fet out from Vienna to take the command of the arty upon the Rhine.

14. Vice-admiral Cornwallis un expectedly returned to Spithead in the Royal Sovereign, not being able to proceed on his voyage to the West-Indies on account of the da mage tuftarsed by his fhip; have ing ran foul of the Bellifarios transport, the latter funk, and more than 200 of the troops on board went down with her.

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17. Sir Sydney Smith failed into Herqui bay, and destroyed feveral armed veffels, &c.

18, Charette, the chief of the Royalifts in la Vendee, taken prifoner and fhot.

19. Admiral fir Hugh Pallifer died, after a tedious illness.

21. John Fenton Cawthorne, efq. colonel of the Westminster militia, fentenced by a court-martial to be cashiered, and rendered incapable of ferving his majefty in any military capacity whatever.

Lord Hood appointed governor of Greenwich hofpital, in the room of the late admiral Pallifer.

22. Lieutenant-colonel O'Kelly, of the Westminster militia, fentenced by a court-martial to be removed from that regiment.

April 1. General Moreau appointed fucceffor to general Pich, gru, as commander in chief of the French army of the Rhine and Mofelle.'

2. Intelligence received of the capture of Melana, in the Eaft Indies, by his majefty's forces.

The impudent forgery of Vortigern received the general condemnation of the public, at Drury-lane theatre.

8. Vice-admiral Cornwallis tried by a court-martial, at Portfmouth, for difobedience of orders, and acquitted.

A French fhip of war, and feveral merchantmen, captured by fir John Boriafe Warren's fquadron.

12. Government published a note, exprellive of the failure of a pacific application made to the French directory, through Mr. Wickham, at Balle.

Demerary taken by the British forces, under the command of general White.

16. Intelligence received of the capture of the Dutch fort of Quilon, and the factories of Porca and Quilon, in the Travancore country.

17. Intelligence received of fir

Edward Pellew having deftroyed a French Thip of war and feveral merchantmen on the French coaft."

18. Mr. Pitt opened his fupplementary budget, and obtained a fecond loan of 7,500,000l.

19. Sir Sydney Smith captured in the harbour of Havre de Grace.

27. Intelligence received that ge neral Buonaparte, commander in chief of the French army in Italy, had completely defeated the combined Auftrian and Sardinian troops in two battles, with the lofs of fourteen thoufand five hundred men, forty pieces of cannon, an immenfe number of horses, and a great quantity of ammunition, camp equipage,

&c.

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25. The account received of the ratification of peace between France and Sardinia.

All the French garrifon at St. Lucia taken by general Abercrombie. 28. Infurrection of the people of Lombardy against the French.

30. The French pafs the Mincio, and proceed to take poffeffion of Verona.

June 1. Hoftilities having com'menced on the Lower Rhine, general kleber forces the paffage of the Sieg, furprizes the van of the Auftrian army, at Altenkirchen, under the prince of Wertemberg, and totally defeats it, with lofs on the part of the Auftrians of 2,400 men killed and wounded, and 3000 taken prifoners.

4. Loretto and Ancona, both belonging to the pope, taken by the French.

9. The French army of the Rhine and Mofelle drive the Imperialifts from the Hunfdruck, who are com. pelled to fall back on Manheim.

11. Bombarde, in the island of St. Domingo, taken by the British troops.

> St. Vincent's and Grenada retaken by general Abercrombie.

15. The archduke Charles attacks the van of the French army of the Sambre and Meufe, under Le Fevre, on the Upper Lahn, and totally defeats it; upon which the enemy falls back on the Sieg.

Strafbourg, and took the fort of Kehl.

27. The French entered Leghorn, previous to which the greatest part of the British property had been removed.

28. Battle of Renchen gained by the French army, under general Moreau, who took 1,200 prifoners and ten pieces of cannon from the Auftrians.

Advice is received that commodore Nelfon, in the Agamemnon, takes and destroys four armed ships of the enemy under the batteries of Laona.

30. The citadel of Milan furrendered to the French.

July 1. Action at Edingen, in which the Auftrians were forced to give way, and the army of Conde was routed.

2. Mifs Mackenzie drowned by falling out of a boat on her way from Woolwich.

Victory gained by the French army of the Rhine and Mofelle over the Auftrians on the mountain of Knubis, when 400 of the latter and two pieces of cannon were taken.

3. Major Forbes arrived with intelligence of the capture of Morne Fortune, in the island of St. Lucie, on the 26th of May.

4. Victory of Raftadt gained by the French army of the Rhine and Mofelle.

6. Daniel Ifaac Eaton and John 19. Great part of general Jour-Burks found guilty of publishing a dan's army retreated by the bridge libel, entitled, A Summary of the of Neuwied to the left baitk of the Duties of Citizenship. Rhine.

19. The enemy again defeated. 20. Intelligence is received that the Dutch colonies of Demerary and If f quibo were taken pofleflion of, April 21, by major-general Whyte, and captain Parr of the navy,

22. The Chouans, in la Vendee, furrendered their aims, and acknowledged the French Republic.

23. The French army under general Moreau croffed the Rhine near

Porto Ferrajo, in the island of Elba, occupied by the British troops. Henry Welton executed for a forgery on the Bank of England.

7. The army of the Sambre and Meufe took the camp of the Auftrians at Neuenkirchen.

Marthal Wurmfer made a fortie from Mantua, by which the French loft 3,000 men and 17 pieces of canro..

8. A Danish fhip, with 13,000 dollars

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29. One of the powder mills at

dollars on board, and goods to the value of 40,000l. brought into Ply-Hounflow blew up, by which unmouth by the Melpomene. fortunate accident four perfons loft their lives.

Accufation of Drouet decreed by the council of elders at Paris.

9. Victory of Ettingen gained by the French army of the Rhine and Mozelle, when 1500 Auftrians were taken prisoners, and as many killed or wounded,

The French army of the Sambre and Mente, crossed the Lahn, after an obftinate contest.

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o The Auftrian army defeated by, Moreau at Cuerfback, when 1300 men were taken prisoners.

42 Lady Willoughby D'Erefby introduced to the prince and prinrefs of Wales, as lady of her royal highness's bedchamber, vice the countess of Jerfey.

Louis the XVIIIth hot in the forehead by an unknown person, at Dillingen, near Ulm.

14. The French troops entered Frankfort.

5. The pope published an edict, prohiviting his fubjects to fpeak ill of the French.

a6, Sir George, Howard died. Captain Trollope, in the Glat ton, of 54 guns, gallantly beat off fix French frigates, a brig, and a cut ter, near Helvoet.

18. Sufpenfion of arms agreed to between France and the duke of Wertemberg.

The Stadtholder's property fold by public auction, at the Hague.

9. A contribution of 6,000,000 of livres in money, and of two in kind, laid on the city, of Frankfort.

25 Armistice concluded between the French Republic and the Margrave of Baden.

26. The bithep of Bangor tried at Shrewsbury on an indictment for a riot, and acquitted.

27. Grand Fete celebrated at Pagris, in memory of the downfall of Robespierre.

The circle of Suabia made peace -with France. ..^

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31. The fiege of Mantua, raifed by the Auftrians, and the French defeated with great lofs in feveral of the neighbouring posts.

Auguft 1. The royal family left Windfor for Weymouth, where they arrived in the afternoon

3. Buonaparte routed the Auftrian army in Italy, taking 20 pieces of cannon, 4000 prifoners, and killing or wounding 2000 men. 67

4. A French-divifion, under ge neral d'Allemagne routed; but an other divifion under general, St. Hilaire defeated the Auftrians, and made 1800 prifoners. bu paparte ftates, that in five days he took 70 field pieces, between 12000 and 15000 men, and killed 6000.

5. Mr. Hammond failed from Sheerness for Cuxhaven, on a suppofed miflion for peace.

10. The powder mill at Dartford blown up, and four lives loft,

11. A dreadful battle between the armies of the archduke Charles and general Moreau, which lasted seventeen hours, at the end of which, through exceffive fatigue, both armies became inactive on the field

13 The archduke defeated near Donawert, that, place taken by the enemy, and his royal highness forced to crois the Danube.

15. Neumark taken by the army of general Jou, dan, after a shortengagement.

17. Caftel taken by the fame ar my, and the Austrians driven beyond Amberg and behind the Nab.

Drouet escaped from the prifon of the Abbaye, in Paris,

19. The Auftrians in Italy evacuated Riva, and retreated to Trent

212 Mr. Carpenter mortally wounded in a duel in Hyde

Park.

22. Mr. Yates, nephew of the late comedian of that name, bet

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