APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
London Gazette. 
Whitehall, January Vth. 
Pixtra& of a letter from the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland to the Duke of Port- 
land, dated Dublin Cafle, January 10. 
HAVE the fatisfaétion to ac- 
] quaint your Grace, that, fince 
the information tranfinitted to Mr. 
Grenville, that the French had en- 
tirely left Bantry Bay, there has 
been no re-appearance of them 
upon the coafts; fo that I truft, 
from the violence of the termpeft, 
and from their fhips being ill found 
and ill vi¢tualled, their expedition 
is for the prefent fruftrated. Upon 
reviewing what has paffed during 
this expedition of the enemy, I have 
the fatisfaétion to refle&t, that the 
beft fpirit was manifefted by his 
Majefty’s regular and militia forces; 
and I have every reafon to believe, 
that, ifa landing had taken place, 
they would have difplayed the ut- 
_moft fidelity. When the flank 
companies of the Antrim regiment 
were formed, the whole regiment 
turned out, toa man, with expref- 
fions of the greateft eagernefs to 
march; and the Downfhire regi- 
ment, to a man, declared they would 
ftandor fall by their officers. At 
the time the army was ordered to 
march, the weather was extremely 
fevere; I therefore ordered them 
a proportion of {pirits upon their 
route, and direéted an allowance of 
fourpence a day to their wives un- 
til their return. During their 
march, the utmoft attention was 
paid them by the inhabitants of the 
towns and villages through which 
they paffed ; fo that, in many places, 
the meat provided by the Commif- 
fariat was not confumed. The 
roads, which in parts had been ren- 
dered impaflable by the fnow, were 
cleared by the peafantry. The 
poor people often fhared their po- 
tatoes with them, and dreffed their 
meat without demanding payment; 
of which there was a very particu- 
lar inftance in the town of Banag- 
her, where no gentleman or prin- 
cipal farmer refides to fet them the 
example. At Carlow, a confider- 
able fubfcription was made for the 
troops as they paffed: and at Lime- 
rick and Cork, every exertion was 
ufed to facilitate the carriage of 
artillery and baggage by premiums 
to the carmen; and in the town 
of Galway, which for a fhort time 
was left with a very inadequate 
garrifon, the zeal and ardour of the 
inhabitants and yeomanry was pe- 
culiarly manifefted, and in a man- 
ner to give me the utmoft fatisfac- 
tion. In fhort, the general good 
difpofition of the people through 
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