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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
on his evidence at present . Mr . Levingston , boatswain of the Direftor , deposes that he saw me on board the Director at the time the Reptu . se was on shore , that I asked him for a boat , observing , that it might be the means of saving many lives . He recollects my giving the word ' fire . ' After which Mr . Samuel Ellis deposes , that he heard me address the ship ' s company , and that soon after the guns vvef-e fired , but that he did not hear me order it . In the first place , in order to account for my being on board the Director . —
When the demands of the North Sea fleet were known , a boat went round to the whole of the fleet , with a band of music , playing God save the King , Rule Britannia , and Britons Strike Home . I was desired to be on that duty . Matthew HoHister informed me that the Repulse was getting under weigh , and that the Direftor was getting a spring on her cable . I was then commanded , on board the Direftor . I saw the guns on the quarter-deck cast loose . I pointed out the impropriety and cruelty of one brother fighting
against another ; and I begged for a flag of truce , which was refused . I then sounded their dispositions , by proposing to go alongside the Repulse : this I did in order to see how far they would proceed ; and I was happy to find they did n-jt approve of so doing . My reason for asking for a flag of truce was , I thojght if I could obtain permission to take it , none of the other ships would fire on the Repulse out of respeft to the flag of truce they had granted ; but finding myself opposed , I was obliged to act a part I abominated . I do
not recolleCt giving orders to fire ; but if I did , thoy must have been the orders of compulsion , and not choice . Thomas Barry , Seaman , deposed I was on board the Monmouth ; but I will prove that I was not at that time on board the Monmouth , that I was then
on board the Direftor , and that he must have confounded me with some other person . He deposed that after firing the 6 th or yth gun from the forecastle , -that on the gun being loaded the yth time , I put a crow-bar into the mouth of the gun . He relates something being confined by a man called Captain Vance . He also swore that when the Repulse got off , I shook my fist , and said , ' Damn me , she ' s off , and that I would send her to Hell . ' I do de-. clare that I went on board the Sandwich in the Ardent ' s boat , and not in the
manner described by Barry . John Summerland does not recollect my working with my clothes off , but he says I was on board the Monmouth . Ir fact , I was more in want of rest , than anxious to look after Don Quixote adventures . I did go on board the Monmouth , it is certain , but with the same views I had in going on board the Director . A . s to my having said I would take an outside ship and repair to the Leopard , I could have no other motive for so doing than to make her keep her station . Some days previous to the Sandwich
being delivered up , the Montague made a signal for a Delegate ; I thought they were by no means amicable with respeft to their dispositions in general , and therefore the signal was not complied with . I have now made all the remarks which occur to me on the evidence . I now address myself again to the Court , not'forthe purpose of informing that where mercy can be be extended , it ought to be shewn , being assured that I shall have strict justice ; but I appeal to them to attend particularly to the
evidence of Barry . Kowc-ver I may have been misrepresented in the Public Prints , my intsntions were good . My character is dearer to me than a thousand lives . My country allows me justice , and justice I trust I shall have from this honourable Court .
Lord NORTHESK , Captain of the Monmouth , r . wrn . . O . Have you heard the charge read . A . Yes . O . My Lord , do you recollect whether you was on board the Monmouth at the time of firing on the Repulie ? A . I was on shore . I was not on board at that time . Q . Has your Lordship been at any time on board of the Sandwich ? A . I was on board the Sandwich on the 6 th of June . £ h Did it impress your Lordship , from the reception you met with , that the neoole
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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
on his evidence at present . Mr . Levingston , boatswain of the Direftor , deposes that he saw me on board the Director at the time the Reptu . se was on shore , that I asked him for a boat , observing , that it might be the means of saving many lives . He recollects my giving the word ' fire . ' After which Mr . Samuel Ellis deposes , that he heard me address the ship ' s company , and that soon after the guns vvef-e fired , but that he did not hear me order it . In the first place , in order to account for my being on board the Director . —
When the demands of the North Sea fleet were known , a boat went round to the whole of the fleet , with a band of music , playing God save the King , Rule Britannia , and Britons Strike Home . I was desired to be on that duty . Matthew HoHister informed me that the Repulse was getting under weigh , and that the Direftor was getting a spring on her cable . I was then commanded , on board the Direftor . I saw the guns on the quarter-deck cast loose . I pointed out the impropriety and cruelty of one brother fighting
against another ; and I begged for a flag of truce , which was refused . I then sounded their dispositions , by proposing to go alongside the Repulse : this I did in order to see how far they would proceed ; and I was happy to find they did n-jt approve of so doing . My reason for asking for a flag of truce was , I thojght if I could obtain permission to take it , none of the other ships would fire on the Repulse out of respeft to the flag of truce they had granted ; but finding myself opposed , I was obliged to act a part I abominated . I do
not recolleCt giving orders to fire ; but if I did , thoy must have been the orders of compulsion , and not choice . Thomas Barry , Seaman , deposed I was on board the Monmouth ; but I will prove that I was not at that time on board the Monmouth , that I was then
on board the Direftor , and that he must have confounded me with some other person . He deposed that after firing the 6 th or yth gun from the forecastle , -that on the gun being loaded the yth time , I put a crow-bar into the mouth of the gun . He relates something being confined by a man called Captain Vance . He also swore that when the Repulse got off , I shook my fist , and said , ' Damn me , she ' s off , and that I would send her to Hell . ' I do de-. clare that I went on board the Sandwich in the Ardent ' s boat , and not in the
manner described by Barry . John Summerland does not recollect my working with my clothes off , but he says I was on board the Monmouth . Ir fact , I was more in want of rest , than anxious to look after Don Quixote adventures . I did go on board the Monmouth , it is certain , but with the same views I had in going on board the Director . A . s to my having said I would take an outside ship and repair to the Leopard , I could have no other motive for so doing than to make her keep her station . Some days previous to the Sandwich
being delivered up , the Montague made a signal for a Delegate ; I thought they were by no means amicable with respeft to their dispositions in general , and therefore the signal was not complied with . I have now made all the remarks which occur to me on the evidence . I now address myself again to the Court , not'forthe purpose of informing that where mercy can be be extended , it ought to be shewn , being assured that I shall have strict justice ; but I appeal to them to attend particularly to the
evidence of Barry . Kowc-ver I may have been misrepresented in the Public Prints , my intsntions were good . My character is dearer to me than a thousand lives . My country allows me justice , and justice I trust I shall have from this honourable Court .
Lord NORTHESK , Captain of the Monmouth , r . wrn . . O . Have you heard the charge read . A . Yes . O . My Lord , do you recollect whether you was on board the Monmouth at the time of firing on the Repulie ? A . I was on shore . I was not on board at that time . Q . Has your Lordship been at any time on board of the Sandwich ? A . I was on board the Sandwich on the 6 th of June . £ h Did it impress your Lordship , from the reception you met with , that the neoole