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commander, and the French squa- 

 dron under Admiral Linois, consist- 

 ing of an 84-giin ship, three I'rigates 

 and a brig ;* in which tlie latfer 

 was completely and shamet'iillv foil- 

 ed. TIjc committee of (iic i)atri- 

 otic fund held a meeting (liij> day at 

 the mercli.int seaman's ofljce, over 

 the Royal Exchanne ; vlien it was 

 resolved, tiiat a s»>or(l and a vase, 

 each of lOOl. valne, should be given 

 to Captain Dance, who a(5Ve.d as 

 commodore to the Hect from China. 

 A sword and a vase. of the same va- 

 Jue were also voted to Captain Tim- 

 mins of the Ivoyal George ; and a 

 sword of the value of 501. was or- 

 dered to bo presented to each of tiic 

 other captains of the India fleet that 

 beat olf Admiral Linois' squadron. 

 A sword of .501. value was also 

 voted to Lieutenant Fowler, of the 

 royal navy, for his services on that 

 occasion; and a letter was written 

 to Captain Timmins to obtain the 

 name and an account of the familv 

 of the seaman mIio was killed, and 

 the sailor who was wounded on board 

 his ship during the action. And on 

 the following day, the directors of 

 the East India company, with a most 

 liberal gratitude for the noble service 

 performed by the Chinese fleet, voted 

 to the commanders, officers, and 

 seamen, the following sums, for 

 *' their gallant conduct in beating off 

 tlie French squadron under Admi- 

 ral Linois, in the Chinese seas." 



Captain Dance, 2000 guineas and 

 A piece of plate value '200. Captain 

 Timins, 1000 guineas and a piece of 

 plare value 100. Captain iloffatt, 

 500 guineas and a piece of plate va- 

 lue 100 guineas. To Captains If. 

 Wilson, Farqnharson.Torin. Clarke, 

 Meriton, \Vordsworth, Kirkpa- 



trick, Hamilton, Farrer, Prcnder- 

 gast, Browne, Larkins, and Lock- 

 ner, .500 guineas and a piece of 

 plate value 50 guineas, to each. To 

 chief ofTu'prs. 150 guineas each : to 

 second and third ditto, 125 guineas ; 

 and to fiftii and sixth ditto, 50 gui- 

 neas each. 



Pursers and surgeons 80 gniheas 

 each ; mates, boatswains, gunners, 

 and carpenters, 50 guineas each ; 

 midshipmen, 30; other petty officers, 

 15 guineas each ; seamen, ordinary 

 seamen, and servants, 6 guineas 

 each. 



To Lieutenant Fowler, passenger 

 in the Camden, for tiie services ren- 

 dered Captain Dance during the 

 action, .)00 guineas for a piece of 

 ))Iate. The whole remuneration will 

 amount to nearly 50,0001. ! ! ! The 

 value of the ileet thus gallantly 

 preserved, as estimated by the 

 supercargoes, inrliKling the private 

 as well as the public investments, 

 appears to be above 8,000,0001. 

 sterling. 



Captain Da Courcy, of his ma- 

 jesty's ship Plantagcnct, who con, 

 Toyed from St. Helena home the 

 China fleet, has likewise been pre- 

 sented by the Ea-st India comjwny 

 with 5001. for the purchase of a 

 piece of plate. 



15th. Mary Champante, a beau- 

 tiful young woman aged about 20, 

 drowned herself this day in the ca- 

 nal in St. James's Park. She had 

 been for a considerable time past in 

 a melancholy state, owing, it is sup- 

 posed, to a disappointment in love. 

 Iler father, a wholesale stationer of 

 great respectability near theMinories, 

 thinking it proper to remove her 

 out of town for change of air, took 

 lodging at Chelsea, where she had 



Vide Appendix to the Chronicle for particulars. 



resided 



