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Domestic News.
armed the non-commissioned officers and the band , and sent off an express to . London with an account of the conspiracy . Several of the marines are now in confinement . 27 . This morning Admirals Sir R . King and Sir J . Orde , Bart . attended by all the boats belonging to the fleet , went on board all the men of war , and read ih ' e Proclamation , with the King ' s pardon to the seamen . The crews then cheered , and the discontents were terminated .
SECOND MUTINY AT PORTSMOUTH . We are sorry to be obliged to relate the particulars of a mutiny still more alarming than the last . . Early in May , in consequence of information having been received , that a French fleet of eighteen ships of the line and a great . number of transports were lying in the outer road of Brest , ready for sea , Lord Brid ^ port was ordered to sail " . On the same morning he made the signal to weigh , but the sailors , instead of obeying , ran up the shrowds , and cheered one another
as they had done before . Their discontent is supposed to have arisen from a suspicion that the concessions made to them were not to receive the sanction of Parliament , and from the alarm which they took at some instructions sent down by the Admiralty , in which it was ordered , ' That the Captains and Commanders of his Majesty ' s ships be particularly attentive to the conduct of the men under their command , and that they may be ready on the first appearance of mutiny to use the most vigorous means to
suppress it , and to bring the ringleaders to punishment . ' As resistance 10 mutiny has at all times been well understood by sea officers to be their duty , and has been practised whenever circumstances would admit , this order was at any rate superfluous . It appears also to have been injudicious , since , in a moment of fermentation and distrust like the present , it was by no means unlikely that the seamen should construe it into a desire to catch them tripping , and to punish them at once for the present and the past . However this may be , the delegates from the different ships at St . Helens were assembled ,
and sent to hold . a convention on board the London at Spithead . wnen tney came alongside , Admiral Colpoys refused them admission , and upon their endeavouring to force their way into the ship , some small arms were fired upon them , and several seamen , among whom was Dugan , and another delegate , were killed . Four were sent wounded to Haslar Hospital , of whom three soon after died . It has never been clearly made out whether the marines obeyed the orders of their officers to fire , or whether they refused , and the discharge of musquetry madby the officers themselvesFrom the small number of persons
was e . killed and wounded , the latter supposition seems the most probable , as it does also from the tittle resistance that was made to the crew and delegates , who , after shooting Lieutenant Sims of the Marines through both arms , and wounding a Midshipman , made themselves masters of the ship , and put Admiral Colpoys and Captain Griffiths in confinement . The following day several delegates repaired to the hospital , and being told that three of the wounded were deaddesired to see their bodies . After having
, inspected them , they vowed that the Admiral ' s life should pay for those that had been lost , returned to their ships , and soon after the London , Marlborough , La Nvmphe , Virginie , and the other ships at Spithead , were seen sailing down to St . Helen's , where it was understood , that after the mock formality of a trial , the gallant Admiral was to suffer an ignominious death . This apprehension was , however , unfounded ; the rage of the sailors moderated by degrees ; and on
Thursday , May 11 , both the Admiral and Captain were put on shore . At difterent times Admiral Gardner , Captain Holloway , Captain Beazely of the . Hinde , and a number of other officers were also dismissed by the seamen from their respective ships . On Wednesday Earl Howe repaired to Portsmouth to try the effect of his influence over the Seamen . On Thursday and Friday he went on board the different ships , by the crews of which he was respectfully received ; but his mission , according to the most recent accounts , has not had all tbe effect that could have been hoped for . Those
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Domestic News.
armed the non-commissioned officers and the band , and sent off an express to . London with an account of the conspiracy . Several of the marines are now in confinement . 27 . This morning Admirals Sir R . King and Sir J . Orde , Bart . attended by all the boats belonging to the fleet , went on board all the men of war , and read ih ' e Proclamation , with the King ' s pardon to the seamen . The crews then cheered , and the discontents were terminated .
SECOND MUTINY AT PORTSMOUTH . We are sorry to be obliged to relate the particulars of a mutiny still more alarming than the last . . Early in May , in consequence of information having been received , that a French fleet of eighteen ships of the line and a great . number of transports were lying in the outer road of Brest , ready for sea , Lord Brid ^ port was ordered to sail " . On the same morning he made the signal to weigh , but the sailors , instead of obeying , ran up the shrowds , and cheered one another
as they had done before . Their discontent is supposed to have arisen from a suspicion that the concessions made to them were not to receive the sanction of Parliament , and from the alarm which they took at some instructions sent down by the Admiralty , in which it was ordered , ' That the Captains and Commanders of his Majesty ' s ships be particularly attentive to the conduct of the men under their command , and that they may be ready on the first appearance of mutiny to use the most vigorous means to
suppress it , and to bring the ringleaders to punishment . ' As resistance 10 mutiny has at all times been well understood by sea officers to be their duty , and has been practised whenever circumstances would admit , this order was at any rate superfluous . It appears also to have been injudicious , since , in a moment of fermentation and distrust like the present , it was by no means unlikely that the seamen should construe it into a desire to catch them tripping , and to punish them at once for the present and the past . However this may be , the delegates from the different ships at St . Helens were assembled ,
and sent to hold . a convention on board the London at Spithead . wnen tney came alongside , Admiral Colpoys refused them admission , and upon their endeavouring to force their way into the ship , some small arms were fired upon them , and several seamen , among whom was Dugan , and another delegate , were killed . Four were sent wounded to Haslar Hospital , of whom three soon after died . It has never been clearly made out whether the marines obeyed the orders of their officers to fire , or whether they refused , and the discharge of musquetry madby the officers themselvesFrom the small number of persons
was e . killed and wounded , the latter supposition seems the most probable , as it does also from the tittle resistance that was made to the crew and delegates , who , after shooting Lieutenant Sims of the Marines through both arms , and wounding a Midshipman , made themselves masters of the ship , and put Admiral Colpoys and Captain Griffiths in confinement . The following day several delegates repaired to the hospital , and being told that three of the wounded were deaddesired to see their bodies . After having
, inspected them , they vowed that the Admiral ' s life should pay for those that had been lost , returned to their ships , and soon after the London , Marlborough , La Nvmphe , Virginie , and the other ships at Spithead , were seen sailing down to St . Helen's , where it was understood , that after the mock formality of a trial , the gallant Admiral was to suffer an ignominious death . This apprehension was , however , unfounded ; the rage of the sailors moderated by degrees ; and on
Thursday , May 11 , both the Admiral and Captain were put on shore . At difterent times Admiral Gardner , Captain Holloway , Captain Beazely of the . Hinde , and a number of other officers were also dismissed by the seamen from their respective ships . On Wednesday Earl Howe repaired to Portsmouth to try the effect of his influence over the Seamen . On Thursday and Friday he went on board the different ships , by the crews of which he was respectfully received ; but his mission , according to the most recent accounts , has not had all tbe effect that could have been hoped for . Those