PRICES of STOCK for the Year 1797. N. B. The higheft and lowest Prices of each Srock in the Course of any Month are put down in that Month. Old New Exche. Short India India Sea 1778-9 Stock Bonds. Stock. Ann. Aun. Bills. Irish 5 Imp. per cent. p.cent Ann. Imp.[N. Loan Lottery 18 mil. Tickets. Irish Ditto. Jan. 1454 574 563 74 841 It 173315 dif. 5941 553 3 dif. 73 54 103 4 dif. 12 I O 136 53 544 711 166421 Feb. 1425 55 731 82! 164 3 58 129 5 51 65 754 58 886 592 76 73 13 147 50 2 3 49 4941 62 76 May 47 48 59 733 615126 54 485 14340 53 23 168 19 I 48 5941 734 14431 442 94 14 12 22 4 5 05 16 O 06 60 54 54% 65% 77 15 མ 165 1274 52 64 75 14 49 104 12 16011 158 16 572 674910 12/1 12 2 3 54 482 103 10 Sept. { 131 52 127 52 67% 76 5241 67 491 1011 12 O 06 40 120 50 47 61 70 148 16 53 52 67 45 10 2 11 13 152 par. 5421 62 45 10 118 47 48 597 151 I 62층 120 Nov. 48 49 591 721 6150 8 dif. 541 454 10 117 47 481 58 71 6 1481 25 533 Dec. 48 499/ 60 603. 9 73 48 49 591/ 723 431 94 60 11 13 66 11 0 59 PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES JANUARY, In the Year 1797. HE Libon mail, which ar the evening, when they quitted their ftation, and have not fince been heard of. The wind, at the time of Trived on Saturday evening, their failing, blowing hard at S.S. E. brings us the melancholy intelligence of the lofs of his majesty's hips, the Bombay Caftle, of 74 guns, commanded by capt. Sotheby, and the Courageux, of 74 guns, commanded by capt. Hallowell. The fleet of admiral fir John Jervis encountered a fevere storm in coming through the Straits of Gibraltar. The Courageux was feen to go down.-Capt. Hallowell, the mafter, and about 100 of the crew were happily faved; but we lament to fay that between 4 and 500 gallant men loft their lives. The Bombay Caftle was loft clofe to the Tagus, and the captain and all the crew fortunately faved. The following are the official ac, counts of the attempt of the French upon Ireland: Whitehall, January 3. By difpatches received on Sunday evening from the lord lieutenant of Ireland, by his grace the duke of Portland, his majefty's principal fe. cretary of ftate for the home department, it appears that a part of the French fleet, confifting of eight two-deckers, and nine other veffels of different claffes, had anchored in Bantry Bay, on the 24th ultimo, and had remained there, without any tempt to land, till the 27th in From their first appearance every exertion was made by general Dalrymple, the commanding officer of the district; and a confiderable force was collected to repel the enemy. The accounts further ftate, that the yeomanry and volunteer corps difplayed the utmost zeal and alacrity in undertaking the guards in thofe places from whence the regular troops were withdrawn; and the univerfal readiness fhewn by all defcriptions of people to forward the preparations for defence, left no doubt of the event, in cafe the enemy had ventured to make a defcent. In particular, the fpirit, activity, and exertions of Richard White, Efq. of Seafield park, deferve the most honourable mention. An officer and feven men were driven on fhore in a boat belonging to one of the French fhips, and were immediately made prifoners. This gentleman was conveyed to Dublin, and, upon examination, ftates that the fleet, upon its leaving Breft, confifted in all of about fifty fail, having an army of 25,000 men on board, commanded by general Hoche, and that it was deftined for the attack of Ireland. Whitehall January 7. By difpatches received this day by the (A 2) duke duke of Portland, from the lordlieutenant of Ireland and Mr. Pelham, dated the 3d and 4th, it ap. pears that a part of the French fleet had returned to Bantry Bay, and that another part had been seen off the mouth of the Shannon; but that both divifions had quitted their ftations, and put to fea, on the evening of the 2d inft. without attempting a landing. The accounts of the difpofition of the country, where the troops are affembled, are as favourable as poffible; and the greatest loyalty has manifefted itself throughout the kingdom; and in the fouth and weft, where the troops have been in motion, they have been met by the country people of all defcriptions, with provifions and all forts of accommodations, to facilitate their march; and every demonftration has been given of the zeal and ardour of the nation to oppose the enemy in every place where it could be fuppofed a defcent might be attempted. Whitehall, January 17. Extract of a Letter from his Excellency the Lord-lieutenant of Ireland to his Grace the Duke of Portland, dated Dublin Castle, Jan. 10, 1797. I have the fatisfaction to acquaint your grace, that fince the information tranfmitted to Mr. Greville, that the French had entirely left Bantry Bay, there has been no re appearance of them upon the coafts; fo that I truft, from the violence of the tempeft, and from their fhips being ill-found and ill-victualled, their expedition is for the present fruftrated. Upon reviewing what has paffed during this expedition of the enemy, I have the fatisfaction to reflect, that the beft fpirit was manifefted by his majesty's regular and militia forces; and I have every reafon to believe, that if a landing had taken place, they would have difplayed the utmoft fidelity. When the flank companies of the Antrim regiment were formed, the whole regiment turned out, to a man, with expreffions of the greatest eagernefs to march; and the Downfhire regiment, to a man, declared they would ftand and 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 fpirits upon their route, and directed an allowance of four-pence a day to their wives until their return. During their march the utmost attention was paid them by the inhabitants of the towns and villages through which they pafied; fo that in many places the meat provided by the commiffaries was not confumed.-The roads, which in parts had been rendered impaffable by the fnow, were cleared by the peafantry. The poor people often fhared their potatoes with them, and dreffed their meat without demanding payment, of which there was a very particular inftance in the town of Banagher, where no gentleman or principal farmer refides to fet them the example. At Carlow a confiderable fubfcription was made for the troops as they paffed; and at Limerick 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 yeo. manry was peculiarly manifefted, and in a manner to give me the utmoft fatisfaction. In fhort, the general good difpofition of the people through the fouth and weft was fo prevalent, that, had the enemy landed, |