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within one hour after the communication to them of the above mentioned resolutions , shall return to their duty , in every particular , and shall cease to hold further intercourse with any men who continue in a state of disobedience or mutiny . ' ' Given under our hands , at Portsmouth , the 20 th day of April , 1797 . —SPENCER , ARDEN . W . YOUNG . 'To the Riht Hon . Lord BrldporlK . B . Commander W . MASDEN , Sec . "
g , in Chief of the Channel Fleet , ' & c . Liberal , however , as these concessions were , they did not satisfy the Mutineers , because perfectly silent as to several of their pretensions . Determined to relinquish none of them , their answer was as follows : ' -AVe , the Seamen and Marines , in and belonging to his Majesty ' s fleet now lying at Spithead , having received with the utmost satisfaction , and with hearts full of gratitudethe bountiful augmentation of pay and provisions which 3 'our
, Lordships have been pleased to signify shall take place in future in his Majesty ' s . Royal Navy , by your order , which has been read to us this morning by the command of Admiral Lord Bridport . ' Your Lordships having thus generously taken the prayer of our several Petitions into your serious consideration , you have given satisfaction to every loyal and well-disposed Seaman and Marine belonging to his Majesty's Fleets ; and from the assurance which your Lordships have given us respecting such other grievances as we thought right to lay before you , we are thoroughly convinced ,
should any real grievance , or other cause of complaint arise in future , and the same be laid before your Lordships in a regular maimer , we are perfectly satisfied that your Lordships will pay every attention to a number of brave men , who everhrive been , and ever will be , true and faithfuito their King and Country . ' But we beg leave ( o remind your Lordships , that it is our firm resolution that until the flour in port be removed , the vegetables and provisions augmented , the grievances of private ships he redressed , an Act passed , and'his Majesty ' s most gracious Pardon for the Fleet now lying at Spithead be granted , the Fleet will not lift an anchor ; and this is the total and final answer . '
Iu this sitnaiion of affairs , Lord Spencer , and the other Commissioners , left Portsmouth , and arrived in town . The business was urgent , and no . time was to be lost . A council was immediately held , which consisted of the Lord President , the Duke of Portland , Earl Spencer , the Lord Chancellor , Lord Grenville , Mr . Dundas , and Lord Walsingham ; and the whole Board of Admiralty assisted upon the occasion . The deliberations continued upward of three hours , the result of which was favourable to the claims of the Seamen in every particular . The whole of the Cabinet Ministers then set off for Windsor , where they arrived at
seven o ' clock . Another Council was instantly held in the presence of his Majesty , at the Lodge , when an order was regularly made out for granting the whole of the Sailors' demands , and a full pardon and indemnity to the Delegates and their accomplices was signed by his Majesty . It was near ten o ' clock at night before the whole of this business was settled , at which hour Mr . Powell , the Admiralty messenger , who was in waiting , was sent off with copies of the proceedings to Lord Bridport at Portsmouth , where he arrived on Sunday morning the 23 d of April , in the short time of seven hours .
The following is a Copy of the Royal Proclamation : G . R . ' ¦ Upon report of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty , of the proceedings of the Seamen and Marines of the squadron of our Fleet stationed at Spithead , and of the measures taken bv the said Lords Commissioners in consequence thereof ; and in order to manifest our desire to give due encouragement to all those who shall return to the regular discharge of their duty , according ( o the rules and practices of the Navy ; we have thought fit , by the advice of our PriyyCouncil , to issue this our ItoyalProclamation , and do hereby promise our most .
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Domestic News.
within one hour after the communication to them of the above mentioned resolutions , shall return to their duty , in every particular , and shall cease to hold further intercourse with any men who continue in a state of disobedience or mutiny . ' ' Given under our hands , at Portsmouth , the 20 th day of April , 1797 . —SPENCER , ARDEN . W . YOUNG . 'To the Riht Hon . Lord BrldporlK . B . Commander W . MASDEN , Sec . "
g , in Chief of the Channel Fleet , ' & c . Liberal , however , as these concessions were , they did not satisfy the Mutineers , because perfectly silent as to several of their pretensions . Determined to relinquish none of them , their answer was as follows : ' -AVe , the Seamen and Marines , in and belonging to his Majesty ' s fleet now lying at Spithead , having received with the utmost satisfaction , and with hearts full of gratitudethe bountiful augmentation of pay and provisions which 3 'our
, Lordships have been pleased to signify shall take place in future in his Majesty ' s . Royal Navy , by your order , which has been read to us this morning by the command of Admiral Lord Bridport . ' Your Lordships having thus generously taken the prayer of our several Petitions into your serious consideration , you have given satisfaction to every loyal and well-disposed Seaman and Marine belonging to his Majesty's Fleets ; and from the assurance which your Lordships have given us respecting such other grievances as we thought right to lay before you , we are thoroughly convinced ,
should any real grievance , or other cause of complaint arise in future , and the same be laid before your Lordships in a regular maimer , we are perfectly satisfied that your Lordships will pay every attention to a number of brave men , who everhrive been , and ever will be , true and faithfuito their King and Country . ' But we beg leave ( o remind your Lordships , that it is our firm resolution that until the flour in port be removed , the vegetables and provisions augmented , the grievances of private ships he redressed , an Act passed , and'his Majesty ' s most gracious Pardon for the Fleet now lying at Spithead be granted , the Fleet will not lift an anchor ; and this is the total and final answer . '
Iu this sitnaiion of affairs , Lord Spencer , and the other Commissioners , left Portsmouth , and arrived in town . The business was urgent , and no . time was to be lost . A council was immediately held , which consisted of the Lord President , the Duke of Portland , Earl Spencer , the Lord Chancellor , Lord Grenville , Mr . Dundas , and Lord Walsingham ; and the whole Board of Admiralty assisted upon the occasion . The deliberations continued upward of three hours , the result of which was favourable to the claims of the Seamen in every particular . The whole of the Cabinet Ministers then set off for Windsor , where they arrived at
seven o ' clock . Another Council was instantly held in the presence of his Majesty , at the Lodge , when an order was regularly made out for granting the whole of the Sailors' demands , and a full pardon and indemnity to the Delegates and their accomplices was signed by his Majesty . It was near ten o ' clock at night before the whole of this business was settled , at which hour Mr . Powell , the Admiralty messenger , who was in waiting , was sent off with copies of the proceedings to Lord Bridport at Portsmouth , where he arrived on Sunday morning the 23 d of April , in the short time of seven hours .
The following is a Copy of the Royal Proclamation : G . R . ' ¦ Upon report of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty , of the proceedings of the Seamen and Marines of the squadron of our Fleet stationed at Spithead , and of the measures taken bv the said Lords Commissioners in consequence thereof ; and in order to manifest our desire to give due encouragement to all those who shall return to the regular discharge of their duty , according ( o the rules and practices of the Navy ; we have thought fit , by the advice of our PriyyCouncil , to issue this our ItoyalProclamation , and do hereby promise our most .