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vering the murderers of lieut. colonel 
Browne, and 300 for those of cor- 
net Cole, of the 12th dragoons. Mr. 
Park, serjeant of the Liberty Ran- 
gers, in attempting to save lord Kil- 
warden, was murdered at his feet. 
Mrs. Browne, the wife of the col. 
is sister of the late captain Riou, 
of the royal navy, killed at Copen- 
hagen. 
The Seine, a fine frigate of forty- 
two guns, got a-shore on a sand 
bank near Schelling, when the ef- 
forts of the officers and crew proy- 
ing ineffectual, they set fire to her. 
The Seine was taken from the French 
in 1798. ‘This is the third frigate 
lost since the commencement of the. 
war. 
Diev.—28th. Of a brain fever, 
that very ingenious and distinguish- 
ed artist, Mr. James Malton. 
AUGUST. 
2d. A meeting of the freehold- 
ers of Middlesex, was convened at 
the Mermaid, Hackney, to consider 
of an address to his majesty on the 
state of affairs. Sheriff Welch took 
the chair, and alderman Skinner ad- 
dressed the audience in an appropri- 
ate speech, illustrative of the object 
of the meeting; in the course of 
which, he observed, that whatever 
little differences might prevail, about 
internal matters, he trusted, all 
would join in one sentiment against 
the common enemy. Mr. Travers 
proposed, as an amendment in the 
address, that, instead of ‘‘ our de- 
structive enemy,”’ the words should 
be, ** our daring enemy, whose in- 
satiable ambition, nothing short of 
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our destruction could gratify.” A 
shout of applause followed, and the 
amendment was unanimously adopt- 
ed. Sir Francis Burdett entered, 
and was received with murmurs and 
other signs of disapprobation. Al. 
derman Curtis requested an expla- 
nation from the baronet, of his con 
duct at a late meeting*, where hé, 
sir Francis, was charged to have in- 
troduced sentiments highly out of 
season: the purport of which were, 
that if we meant, effectually, to re- 
sist the foe, it should be done by 
restoring the people’s rights, &c. 
Sir F. Burdett then rose, and de- 
clared, that the statement of his 
speech, which had appeared in a 
certain print, was an infamous libel 
denied that he had ever said, that 
the people ought not to defend the 
country, or that he had excited the 
fleet to mutiny ; but admitted, that 
he had said, that the best mode of 
providing for the defence of the 
country, was to give the people 
their just rights at home. This 
speech met with universal disappro- 
bation, which was marked by the 
hootings and hisses of the whole as- 
sembly ; when sir W. Curtis ob- 
served, that the worthy baronet had 
by no means justified himself. It 
was not true, that sailors were in- 
fluenced to perform their duty in 
consequence of boons: he was not 
aware that any boon had ever been 
offered, except what they, as sailors, 
were entitled to; such as their pay, 
clothing, and prize money. He 
was, certainly, very sorry for the 
conduct of the honourable baronet, 
but must now move, ‘* that the she- 
riffs, in presenting the address, be 
accompanied by one of the county 
* At the Crown and Anchor tavern, on the 29th of July, being the anniversary 
of his return to parliament, for the county of Middlesex. 
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