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and that they may have the use of such necessaries as are allowed for then in tiirie of their sickness , and that those necessaries be not on any account embezzled . * Fourthly , that your Lordships will be so kind as to look into this affair , which is no wise unreasonable ; and that we may be looked upon as a number of men standing in defence of our eeuntry , and that we may in some wise have grant and opportunity to taste the sweets of liberty on shore , when in any harbour , and when ive have completed the duty of our ships , after our return from sea ; and
that no man may incrpach upon his liberty , there shall be a boundary limited , and trespassing any further , without a written order from tbe commanding officer , shall be punished according to the rules of the navy . This is a natural request , and congenial to the heart of man , and certainly to us , that you make ihe boast of being the guardians of the land . >¦ ¦ " ' Fifthly , that if any man is wounded in action , bis pay be continued until he is cured , and discharged ; and if any ship has any real grievances to complain of , we hope your Lordships will readily redress them , as far as is in your power , to :
prevent any disturbances . It is also unanimously agreed by tbe fleet , that from this day no grievance shall be received , in order to convince the nation at large , that we know when to cease , ¦ tp ask as well as when to begin ; and that we ask nothing but what is moderate , and may be granted , without detriment to the nation , or injury to the service . Given on board the Queen Charlotte , by the Delegates of the fleet , this iSlh April . 1797 . —The signatures the same as lo the preceding petition . , "While the Lords of the Admiralty continued at Portsmouth , they sent to Lord
Bridport the following answer to the petition of the seamen . , 'The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland having taken into consideration the Petitions transmitted by your Lordship from the crews of his Majesty ' s ships under your command , and having the strongest desire to attend to all complaints of the seamen of his Majesty's navy , and to grant them every just and reasonable redress , and having considered the difference of fhe price of the necessaries of life at this and at that period when the pay of seamen was established , we do hereby require and direct
your Lordship to take the speediest method of communicating , to the fleet—That we have resolved to recommend it to his Majesty to propose to parliament to increase the wages of seamen in his Majesty's navy in the following proportions , viz . To add 4 s . per month to the wages of petty officers and able seamen ; 3 s . per month to the wages of ordinary seamen ; and 2 s . per month to the wages of Landmen . That we have resolved , 1 ha ! seamen wounded in action shall becontinued in pay until their wounds are healed ; or untilbeing declared unserviceablethey shall
, , receive a pension , or be received into the Royal Hospital at Greenwich ; and that , having a perfect confidence in the zeal , loyalty , am ! courage of all the seamen in the fleet , so generally expressed in their petition , and in their earnest desire of serving their country with that spirit which ahvays so eminently distinguished British seamen , we have come to this resolution ihe more readily , that the seamen may have as early as possible an opportunity of shewing their good dispositions , by . returning to their duty , as it may be necessary'that the fleet should speedily put to sea , to meet the enemy of the country .
Given underour hands , at Portsmouth , the 18 th day of April , 1797 . —SPENCER . ARDEN ' . W . YOUNG . TV tbt Ri ght Ihn . Lord liridport , K . B . Admiral of the Channel feci , ( fsc . A . dmiral Gardner , who was commissioned by the Lords of the Admiralty to go along side , to inquire into the cause of hoisting a red Hag , and of Lord Bridport striking his flag in consequence , is said to have further irritated the seamen , and to have
prevented conciliation at a moment when they seemed inclined to accede ' . ii the first proposals of the Admiralty , by calling the delegates a d i mutinous set of blackguards , and telling them they deserved to be hanged . [ TO SE COXTWVED . l
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Domestic News.
and that they may have the use of such necessaries as are allowed for then in tiirie of their sickness , and that those necessaries be not on any account embezzled . * Fourthly , that your Lordships will be so kind as to look into this affair , which is no wise unreasonable ; and that we may be looked upon as a number of men standing in defence of our eeuntry , and that we may in some wise have grant and opportunity to taste the sweets of liberty on shore , when in any harbour , and when ive have completed the duty of our ships , after our return from sea ; and
that no man may incrpach upon his liberty , there shall be a boundary limited , and trespassing any further , without a written order from tbe commanding officer , shall be punished according to the rules of the navy . This is a natural request , and congenial to the heart of man , and certainly to us , that you make ihe boast of being the guardians of the land . >¦ ¦ " ' Fifthly , that if any man is wounded in action , bis pay be continued until he is cured , and discharged ; and if any ship has any real grievances to complain of , we hope your Lordships will readily redress them , as far as is in your power , to :
prevent any disturbances . It is also unanimously agreed by tbe fleet , that from this day no grievance shall be received , in order to convince the nation at large , that we know when to cease , ¦ tp ask as well as when to begin ; and that we ask nothing but what is moderate , and may be granted , without detriment to the nation , or injury to the service . Given on board the Queen Charlotte , by the Delegates of the fleet , this iSlh April . 1797 . —The signatures the same as lo the preceding petition . , "While the Lords of the Admiralty continued at Portsmouth , they sent to Lord
Bridport the following answer to the petition of the seamen . , 'The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland having taken into consideration the Petitions transmitted by your Lordship from the crews of his Majesty ' s ships under your command , and having the strongest desire to attend to all complaints of the seamen of his Majesty's navy , and to grant them every just and reasonable redress , and having considered the difference of fhe price of the necessaries of life at this and at that period when the pay of seamen was established , we do hereby require and direct
your Lordship to take the speediest method of communicating , to the fleet—That we have resolved to recommend it to his Majesty to propose to parliament to increase the wages of seamen in his Majesty's navy in the following proportions , viz . To add 4 s . per month to the wages of petty officers and able seamen ; 3 s . per month to the wages of ordinary seamen ; and 2 s . per month to the wages of Landmen . That we have resolved , 1 ha ! seamen wounded in action shall becontinued in pay until their wounds are healed ; or untilbeing declared unserviceablethey shall
, , receive a pension , or be received into the Royal Hospital at Greenwich ; and that , having a perfect confidence in the zeal , loyalty , am ! courage of all the seamen in the fleet , so generally expressed in their petition , and in their earnest desire of serving their country with that spirit which ahvays so eminently distinguished British seamen , we have come to this resolution ihe more readily , that the seamen may have as early as possible an opportunity of shewing their good dispositions , by . returning to their duty , as it may be necessary'that the fleet should speedily put to sea , to meet the enemy of the country .
Given underour hands , at Portsmouth , the 18 th day of April , 1797 . —SPENCER . ARDEN ' . W . YOUNG . TV tbt Ri ght Ihn . Lord liridport , K . B . Admiral of the Channel feci , ( fsc . A . dmiral Gardner , who was commissioned by the Lords of the Admiralty to go along side , to inquire into the cause of hoisting a red Hag , and of Lord Bridport striking his flag in consequence , is said to have further irritated the seamen , and to have
prevented conciliation at a moment when they seemed inclined to accede ' . ii the first proposals of the Admiralty , by calling the delegates a d i mutinous set of blackguards , and telling them they deserved to be hanged . [ TO SE COXTWVED . l