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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
With Admiral Buckner to get permission that all the sick on board might be landed . I went ashore , and did not return on board again till the ship was under the command of Captain Moss . ' One day after the mutiny began , the Prisoner was speaking to Captain Moss on the quarter-deck , about the many improprieties which the Delegates were charged with having committed . He said , he was certain if their grievances were not redressed , that there would not one of them shrink , or words to that effect ; or if they did , he was certain they would be run to the yard arm by the ropes that were then rove . When the man was punished ,
Parker gave the order . When he made his speech , he bid the boatswain ' s mate do his duty . The Prisoner acted as President of the Committee , as it was generally understood . He sat at the head of the table as President , and appeared as . the leading man on every occasion . When I saw the red flag flying , it struck me as the most daring piece of outrage I ever saw . The sick person was confined by order of the riiuti'neers , tVho calledlhemselves a Committee . The offence was drunkenness . ' O . from the Prisoner . When I was talking to Captain Moss , and saying , that
I was sure no one would shrink , ' that if they , did , they would , & c . did you suppose 1 meant any thing else , than if the Delegates were to propose such . things to the the ships' company , that they would be ' the sacrifice alluded to ? This question ,, at the recommendation of the Court , was withdrawn . Captain Surridge , of the Iris , said , he had seen ( he Prisoner , but had no conversation with him ; he understood , from his first lieutenant , that Parker had been on board his ship . When he saw the'Prisoner he was in a boat with a red flag flyingand he saw him parading through Sheerness with several other seamen
, , wiih music and a red flag ; he and another appeared to be at the head of them . He saw Parker once at the Commissioner ' s house , in Sheerness , in conversation with Admiral Buckner , and , as near as the witness could recollect , he heard him say he envied no officers the command they held , having experienced a great deal of difficulty and trouble in the situation he was placed in himself . Parkar at that time was apparently respectful . The witness saw him afterwards come up to the
Commissioner's with two Delegates , one from the Nassau , and one from the Standard , who since shot himself . Parker took a paper from his pocket , and shewed it to each Delegate , and asked if it did not contain the demands oft he Seamen of the North Sea squadron ? They said it did . Parker then gave the paper to Commissioner Hartwell , who , after reading it , told the Prisoner that he wassorry to find it contained so much fresh matter , and he could not think of going to London with it ; but that had he confined himself to the articles thai he had shewn him on that day , he would have gone lo the Admiralty with . them ; and he
told the Prisoner , that if they were determined to insist on those articles , it would be needless for hirn to take any more trouble in the business . The Prisoner went off then , and the witness did believe , from his manner , that he did not mean to come back any more . The Prisoner then asked the witness , whether he heard him desire the Commissioner to converse with the Delegates of ( he North Sea fleet concerning the four last articles which had been presented by them , and not by ( he Nore Delegates ; and which were the articles objected to ? The Witness answered , he did
not know . Captain Dixon , of the Espion , was next sworn . I remember , that on , or about , the 20 th of May , I accompanied Admiral Buckner to the N . re ; his flag was hoisted on board the Sandwich . He went thither for the express purpose of notifying his Majesty's pardon lo the crews of the several ships under his command . Going on board the Sandwich , he was received without any respect due to his rank as a Flag Officer . Parker , the Prisoner , held in his hand several new propositionsunder the head ' Grievances to be redressed . ' The Admiral was
, detained on board upwards of three hours , iu consequence of the ship's company not coming to any determination as to the propositions At last , they were presented by Parker to Admiral Buckner , who returned on shore , being permitted to go . The Admiral was treated with much disrespect , for which the officers seemed extremely concerned , not having it in their power to treat him with their usual respect , and considered the crew to be in a high state of mutiny . Several days after that , I cannot recollect the exact day of the month , I was at the Com-
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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
With Admiral Buckner to get permission that all the sick on board might be landed . I went ashore , and did not return on board again till the ship was under the command of Captain Moss . ' One day after the mutiny began , the Prisoner was speaking to Captain Moss on the quarter-deck , about the many improprieties which the Delegates were charged with having committed . He said , he was certain if their grievances were not redressed , that there would not one of them shrink , or words to that effect ; or if they did , he was certain they would be run to the yard arm by the ropes that were then rove . When the man was punished ,
Parker gave the order . When he made his speech , he bid the boatswain ' s mate do his duty . The Prisoner acted as President of the Committee , as it was generally understood . He sat at the head of the table as President , and appeared as . the leading man on every occasion . When I saw the red flag flying , it struck me as the most daring piece of outrage I ever saw . The sick person was confined by order of the riiuti'neers , tVho calledlhemselves a Committee . The offence was drunkenness . ' O . from the Prisoner . When I was talking to Captain Moss , and saying , that
I was sure no one would shrink , ' that if they , did , they would , & c . did you suppose 1 meant any thing else , than if the Delegates were to propose such . things to the the ships' company , that they would be ' the sacrifice alluded to ? This question ,, at the recommendation of the Court , was withdrawn . Captain Surridge , of the Iris , said , he had seen ( he Prisoner , but had no conversation with him ; he understood , from his first lieutenant , that Parker had been on board his ship . When he saw the'Prisoner he was in a boat with a red flag flyingand he saw him parading through Sheerness with several other seamen
, , wiih music and a red flag ; he and another appeared to be at the head of them . He saw Parker once at the Commissioner ' s house , in Sheerness , in conversation with Admiral Buckner , and , as near as the witness could recollect , he heard him say he envied no officers the command they held , having experienced a great deal of difficulty and trouble in the situation he was placed in himself . Parkar at that time was apparently respectful . The witness saw him afterwards come up to the
Commissioner's with two Delegates , one from the Nassau , and one from the Standard , who since shot himself . Parker took a paper from his pocket , and shewed it to each Delegate , and asked if it did not contain the demands oft he Seamen of the North Sea squadron ? They said it did . Parker then gave the paper to Commissioner Hartwell , who , after reading it , told the Prisoner that he wassorry to find it contained so much fresh matter , and he could not think of going to London with it ; but that had he confined himself to the articles thai he had shewn him on that day , he would have gone lo the Admiralty with . them ; and he
told the Prisoner , that if they were determined to insist on those articles , it would be needless for hirn to take any more trouble in the business . The Prisoner went off then , and the witness did believe , from his manner , that he did not mean to come back any more . The Prisoner then asked the witness , whether he heard him desire the Commissioner to converse with the Delegates of ( he North Sea fleet concerning the four last articles which had been presented by them , and not by ( he Nore Delegates ; and which were the articles objected to ? The Witness answered , he did
not know . Captain Dixon , of the Espion , was next sworn . I remember , that on , or about , the 20 th of May , I accompanied Admiral Buckner to the N . re ; his flag was hoisted on board the Sandwich . He went thither for the express purpose of notifying his Majesty's pardon lo the crews of the several ships under his command . Going on board the Sandwich , he was received without any respect due to his rank as a Flag Officer . Parker , the Prisoner , held in his hand several new propositionsunder the head ' Grievances to be redressed . ' The Admiral was
, detained on board upwards of three hours , iu consequence of the ship's company not coming to any determination as to the propositions At last , they were presented by Parker to Admiral Buckner , who returned on shore , being permitted to go . The Admiral was treated with much disrespect , for which the officers seemed extremely concerned , not having it in their power to treat him with their usual respect , and considered the crew to be in a high state of mutiny . Several days after that , I cannot recollect the exact day of the month , I was at the Com-