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Domestic News.
lage is the Brunswick West Indiaman , which sailed this morning for the River , with the following passport : — ' Let the Brunswick pass , J . FAUKEH , June 4 . ' It is said , that the Seamen , on hearing that Government intend to use coer * cive measures , agreed to call the Fleet at the Nore The Floating Republic ; and that they detained a Scotch vessel , till the Captain consented to ( ake an oath of allegiance to the British Sailors . On his departure , they asked him to drink with them , apologising for not having any liquor better than small-beer to offer—but that there was as muchfriendship in that as in any other liquor .
6 . Last night , Capt Knight , of the Montague , wiih his lady , was suffered fdr come on shore on account of ill-health , on condition of Capt . Knight giving his parole of honour to return to the ship in four days . The Mutinous Fleet was yesterday re-inforced by the Agamemnon , of 64 , Leopard and Isis , of 50 , and the Ranger of 18 , all of Admiral Duncan ' s Squadron . At eleven , last night , the wind blowing fresh from the N . E . we were surprised by a heavy cannonade from most of the ships at ( he Nore . After it had lasted near an hour two ships anchored off the garrisononly two shot having
, reached them , and those had produced no ill effect . They prove to be the Sentpis stor . eship , of 44 guns , and ( he Discovery sloop . The Mutineers have secured 21 pilots from the merchant ships , which increase every hour ; so that there will soon be scarcely anchorage sufficient between , the Norc-li gbts and the Black-tail Beacon . In the mean time every possible exertion is making by Government—the buoys between the Nore and the Downs are all
cut away ; no coasters are allowed to clear from the out-ports ; cutters are vigilantly employed in preventing even Foreign vessels from sailing for the River ; a Proclamation has been posted up , offering a reward of 5000 I . for the apprehension of Parker ; and an exhortation from the sailors at Spithead has been circulated among the Mutineers . — -They are said to have put one of their own people in irons yesterday for saying , ' that if all were of his mind , the ships would soon be carried over to France . ' This morning they have stopt and unloaded two colliers , and after plundering
the other vessels of their stores , have given them passports ; one of which , we have seen , is as follows : —* All vessels under the command of the Delegates are hereby required to suffer ( he to pass without molestation , to the Port of . by order of the Hon . President , Parker , T . Davis , Captain . On board the Sandwich at the Nore , June 4 , 1797 . ' The town is at this moment defended by upivards of 5000 troops . No person is allowed to pass in the stage and mail coaches , without giving their ma , place of abodebusinessand destination . Several instances have occurred of the soldiery
, , firing at the . coaches for not stopping immediately ; and the cavalry have also made use of their sabres , where their challenge was not-answered in good lime . Ten o ' clock at Ni g ht . Dragoons are coming in at full gallop from the adjacent towns , and the most alarming accounts are received every hour . We are told that the Delegates are determined to lay this town in ashes , if fresh beef , beer , and water , are not immediately sent them . All is at this hour terror and dismay .
Proposals to Government from the Nore Delegates . At one o'clock this afternoon ( he Delegates of the Monmouth repaired to their own ship , and requested Lord Northesk , the commander , to accompany them 011 their return to the Sandwich . Lord Northesk , attended by only one officer , immediately complied , and found sixty Delegates assembled in the Admiral ' s cabin . Their . President , Parker , asked who was the person that accompanied his Lordship ? and was told that he was an officer of the Monmouth , who came 10 serve his Captain as a secretary in case of need . ' Who knows him , ' said Parker ?
' Say , Delegates of the Monmouth , what kind of a mail is he ? ' The two Delegates answered , that he was a worthy good man , on which his presence was sanctioned by an unanimous vote . Lord Northesk was ( hen told by Parker , ' That the Committee had agreed upon the . terms upon which alone they would give up the ships , and requested him as the Seamen ' s friend to convey their proposal to the King , and to pledge his honour to return with a positive answer in 54 hours . ' His Lordship said , ' that he would certainly carry their letter , but that he expected no success from such unreasonable demands . ' The Delegates persisted , however , in declaring , that if al ! they asked was : iot granted , they would
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Domestic News.
lage is the Brunswick West Indiaman , which sailed this morning for the River , with the following passport : — ' Let the Brunswick pass , J . FAUKEH , June 4 . ' It is said , that the Seamen , on hearing that Government intend to use coer * cive measures , agreed to call the Fleet at the Nore The Floating Republic ; and that they detained a Scotch vessel , till the Captain consented to ( ake an oath of allegiance to the British Sailors . On his departure , they asked him to drink with them , apologising for not having any liquor better than small-beer to offer—but that there was as muchfriendship in that as in any other liquor .
6 . Last night , Capt Knight , of the Montague , wiih his lady , was suffered fdr come on shore on account of ill-health , on condition of Capt . Knight giving his parole of honour to return to the ship in four days . The Mutinous Fleet was yesterday re-inforced by the Agamemnon , of 64 , Leopard and Isis , of 50 , and the Ranger of 18 , all of Admiral Duncan ' s Squadron . At eleven , last night , the wind blowing fresh from the N . E . we were surprised by a heavy cannonade from most of the ships at ( he Nore . After it had lasted near an hour two ships anchored off the garrisononly two shot having
, reached them , and those had produced no ill effect . They prove to be the Sentpis stor . eship , of 44 guns , and ( he Discovery sloop . The Mutineers have secured 21 pilots from the merchant ships , which increase every hour ; so that there will soon be scarcely anchorage sufficient between , the Norc-li gbts and the Black-tail Beacon . In the mean time every possible exertion is making by Government—the buoys between the Nore and the Downs are all
cut away ; no coasters are allowed to clear from the out-ports ; cutters are vigilantly employed in preventing even Foreign vessels from sailing for the River ; a Proclamation has been posted up , offering a reward of 5000 I . for the apprehension of Parker ; and an exhortation from the sailors at Spithead has been circulated among the Mutineers . — -They are said to have put one of their own people in irons yesterday for saying , ' that if all were of his mind , the ships would soon be carried over to France . ' This morning they have stopt and unloaded two colliers , and after plundering
the other vessels of their stores , have given them passports ; one of which , we have seen , is as follows : —* All vessels under the command of the Delegates are hereby required to suffer ( he to pass without molestation , to the Port of . by order of the Hon . President , Parker , T . Davis , Captain . On board the Sandwich at the Nore , June 4 , 1797 . ' The town is at this moment defended by upivards of 5000 troops . No person is allowed to pass in the stage and mail coaches , without giving their ma , place of abodebusinessand destination . Several instances have occurred of the soldiery
, , firing at the . coaches for not stopping immediately ; and the cavalry have also made use of their sabres , where their challenge was not-answered in good lime . Ten o ' clock at Ni g ht . Dragoons are coming in at full gallop from the adjacent towns , and the most alarming accounts are received every hour . We are told that the Delegates are determined to lay this town in ashes , if fresh beef , beer , and water , are not immediately sent them . All is at this hour terror and dismay .
Proposals to Government from the Nore Delegates . At one o'clock this afternoon ( he Delegates of the Monmouth repaired to their own ship , and requested Lord Northesk , the commander , to accompany them 011 their return to the Sandwich . Lord Northesk , attended by only one officer , immediately complied , and found sixty Delegates assembled in the Admiral ' s cabin . Their . President , Parker , asked who was the person that accompanied his Lordship ? and was told that he was an officer of the Monmouth , who came 10 serve his Captain as a secretary in case of need . ' Who knows him , ' said Parker ?
' Say , Delegates of the Monmouth , what kind of a mail is he ? ' The two Delegates answered , that he was a worthy good man , on which his presence was sanctioned by an unanimous vote . Lord Northesk was ( hen told by Parker , ' That the Committee had agreed upon the . terms upon which alone they would give up the ships , and requested him as the Seamen ' s friend to convey their proposal to the King , and to pledge his honour to return with a positive answer in 54 hours . ' His Lordship said , ' that he would certainly carry their letter , but that he expected no success from such unreasonable demands . ' The Delegates persisted , however , in declaring , that if al ! they asked was : iot granted , they would