e 
Wi 
Jedar arid 200 or 300 of the | 
enemy were killed.’ 
Dowestic. 
Extract of a letter from 
Deal, May 7.‘ Yesterday some 
boats came in from Dunkirk. 
They bring the melancholy 
intelligence, that on Thursday 
- night the town was thrown in- 
to the greatest consternation 
by the drums beating to arms, 
owing to’ a violent disagtee- 
ment between a king’s regi- 
ment and: a regiment of the 
national troops, which arose 
to such a height, that the two 
parties fired on each other, 
and the people who brought 
the intelligence, fearing the 
consequences, fled to their 
boats and sailed immediately ; 
but that the firing continued 
without intermifsion for a con- 
siderable time.’ 
An attempt was made on 
‘Wednesday, May 9. to fire the 
House of Commons, which was 
happily rendered abortive by 
the diligence of the watchman 
of the house. 
’ The publither of Mr Paine’s 
work, on the rights of man, 
has received a notice of prose- 
cution by the attorney gene- 
ral! 
The exhibition for this year 
at Somerset Place, is augment- 
ed by two additional rooms, 
and upwards of 200 more pic- 
tures than last year have been 
admitted. The additional rooms 
Pistorical chroniche. 
The duke’ of York is ap- 
pointed commander in chief of 
the third regiment of guards. 
A court martial afsembled 
on board his majesty’s hip 
Brunswick in Portsmouth har- 
bour, on the 27th of April, pro- 
ceeded to inquire into the cause 
and circumstance of the lofs of. 
his majesty fhip Sirius, and to try 
captain Hunter, her comman- 
der, her officers, and company, 
for their conduct on that oc- 
casion; and having heard the 
evidence, and completed the 
inquiry, the court is of opinion 
that the lofs of the Sirius was 
not in any respect owing to 
mismanagement, or a want of 
proper attention to her safety ; 
but that captain Hunter, her 
officers, and company, did 
every thing that was pofsible. 
to be done for the preserva- 
tion of his majesty’s said fhip 
Sirius, and for the good of his 
majesty’s service ; and the said 
captain Hunter the other of- 
ficers, and company of the said 
fhip, are therefore honourably 
acquitted. 
An acre of ground on the 
banks of the Clyde, a little be- 
low the new bridge Glasgow,’ 
which has been rented for 
‘these sixteen years past at L. 5 
a year, was lately sold by pub- 
lic auction, for L. 350 sterling. 
A striking instance of the in-’ 
creasing value of landed pro- 
| perty in that part of the coun- 
_try. ; 
are the plaister gallery, and | A letter was received May 2.’ 
the library. 
