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Fine equestrian statue of his present majesty King , by Van Nost, was erected on St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. On the front of the pedestal is the following inscription:

By a letter from Captain Bray, commander of his majesty's armed vessel the Adventure, received this day at the Admiralty, there is an account of the taking the Machault privateer of Dunkirk, with 14 nine pounders, and 182 men. Captain Bray, soon after the engagement began, ordered the helm to be put hard aport, which had the desired effect of laying her athwart hawse, her bowsprit coming in between the Adventure's main and mizen masts. They immediately passed the end of the mizen-top-sail sheet through the enemy's bob-stay, and made it fast; but fearing to lose so good an opportunity, and that they would get clear, Captain Bray and the pilot got a hawser, and passed it three times round the Machault's bowsprit and the capston on the Adventure's quarter deck, so that the action depended chiefly on the small arms, which was very smart about an hour. She then struck her colours, but upon boarding her, began to fire again, which was soon silenced. She had killed and wounded 40 men, with the loss only of one man killed, and two wounded, on board the Adventure.

This evening 70 men on board the Namur in Portsmouth harbour forced their way into the dock, and from thence set out for London, in order to lay their complaints before the lords of the admiralty; 15 of whom attempted to procure an audience, but were all ordered to be put in irons and carried back in order to be tried by a court martial for mutiny. It is reported that the badness of their provision was the cause of their complaint.

A cup and salver intended to be presented to Captain Lockhart, was sent this day to Lloyd's to be viewed by the merchants. It was curiously chased and embossed with the seven French privateers, his own ship and arms. The salver is 26 inches diameter, with the following inscription: