Star. — London, England, 1802-01-13 00:00:00

I t 14~ mind what they did, as we have begun it we Mall go through it; and in cafe the officers should draw their aims againl us, we will (hew no mercy; they could not kill more than fifty or fisty people, at molt, and they could find fifty or fiat y men to take poireffion of the magazines of powder. John Allen laid th a t n i g ht to S te ph en f on , By G—d there will be blood flied before the week is at an'; end.' Stephenfon replied, it would be a bad job : fomebody might pay for it.' They were chinking at the time. Allen Paid, 'God give me heart and flrength, there is no fear ; we will go throwll with It, fn that there arc no informers.' Philip I Ilandcock, who was in his hammock, cried titanic at us fqr making tire of fuch expretlions while the • people were awake. The hoatfwain's mate having been drunk, he was cobbed, be received a dozen and a half from Chetterm:in, with a pea-fqtreezer. About five in the evening, I went up upon deck, and as I was going towards the forecaftle, I heard a great noife upon deck between the two foremoft guns, and I came back and faw Patrick Cannan going to Ise cobbed for wrangling and making a difturbance among ,the Ship's company ; he called his ?mgr. mate, George Dixon, a thief; Collins, the butcher, anted him, if he could prove George Dixon a thief r he laid, no;' .well, fays he, ' if you breed a difturbance, you Shall be cobbed.' George Dixon drew his knife to Patrick Cannan, who gave him a flap in the face : Lieutenant Bogden came down and allied, what noife it was? They told him it was only a man going to be cobbed. Lieute nant Bogden told them they should punifh nobody with their own hands; but fend them aft to be pu nned. Collins faid, 'it was only a cobbing match.' Immediately Lieutenant Bogden was Shoved in the crowd ; I faw a man Strike him, I cannot tell who it was. An alarm came direetly afterwards, and George Dixon came down the fore ladder from the main-deck, and fung out bear a hand up you b—rs, here is a man in irons t' the people went up and made a rufh to go aft to take poffi:lfion of the arras and difarm the fentries, and go upon the I forecadle, and kill all the officers ; they hid they would foon clear thole gentlemen quality off the forecaftle, and fend them away, and began cheer ing all the way as they went. They flopt and did . ' not go aft; when they found the marines were under arms, they went to the forecaftle and gain ed the others; Fitzgerald wanted them to gn aft, and take the arms. The Cliptain immediately after that came on the lot ecattle, and ailced-what they all wanted, to make ft much noife at that time of night ? they laid, they wanted the pr ;loner to be delivered up. One Gailifpie, James Riley, and many others, whom I could not obfcrve, laid, • he Should not be punifhed.' The Captain laid, he Should, he had been drunk on duty and info. lent to his fuperior officers.' George bison was one whole voice I could pick out among all of them. Captain Eylce was w•t!hing fore an,' aft, having hardly room, had been Shoved among them in the crowd ; I could rot fee an.; bOdy in the ft out that I could take no:ice of ; but Collins, Daly, Fitz gerald, Conk, and natny snore Shoved the Captain, when they picked out the principal ringleaders.• On the Bth, Tuelday, I forgot inflate that John Allen afked if he thought they Should find plenty of marines to join them; it was their own good as well as theirs ?' M'Evoy faid, he could ant'w er for twenty. twenty-four,that would join them ;' be laid, ' C..ptain Vallock, of the ma rines, might order the mei:n.s to fire , there might be a few girlpins who would are, but the refl would pre over their heads, and th:n throw their arms down, and come and join them ; pet haps with their arms, if it was poffible to get them, if not the bayonetwould do.' M'Evoy was frequently among a few of the ringleaders talking what way they should aft. John Fitzgerald, I faw vczy often along with him, but I could not hear what he laid. —On Thurfday in the forenoon the Admiral called hands on the quarter deck concerning the letter that was fent to him relpeCting the Ship's company, that they were willing to fight for their King and country, but not to go out of the land ; that the molt part of them had been five, fcven, or eight years in the fervice, and now the star was over they wifhed to go home. Admiral Campbell de fired to know ifthe marines were in the fame mind with the failors, and to fend two of them to fpeak if they were, and the officers Should not take no tice of thole men, and he defired Captain Val lock to (peak. John Allen, as loon as the peo ple came down from the quarter deck under. Ecath the forecaßle, defired M'Evoy to go aft and tell the Serjeants of Marines to appoint two i men to tell the Captain and the Admiral, if the marines were in the fame min I. A man of the I name of M'Eafh went, but I do not know what he laid. Mayfield was the fitil man picked out, on 'rhurfday, between five and fix ; Fitzgerald was the next. Cooke laid, d—n your eyes, yon b —s, why don't you fpeak your minds; don't be afraid ;' he then fell back to the ranks for fear of being picked out. Admiral Campbell came to the marines 'to try to make them quiet. A few fung out, Rand your ground, you Jones raid this, and faid, if every man was of my mind, no prifoner thould go out of the Ship, except they punifhed all.' On that day all the prifoners were picked out, except Daly and Hillier. I heard Dixon and Comayne lay, and many more with 'them, near One hundre d' and fifty, they would take knives and flab the marines when they were asleep in their hammocks. If every man was of their mind, them poor fellows Should not go cut Of the flrip ; it was not acting like shipmates, bat d—d b—y rafcals to let there poor men go.' I was prefent ; Miles, the Captain of the Waße SliackledaY, Harris, Whittaker and Williams, all belonging to the fame met's. George Conrayne was dofe by the forebits. George Dixon faid to me he did not tbink I was fit to be among the true Britons:lie thought I would report them, and begged me to go.' I would not, and he knocked me down twice. On the r Ith day, about ten o'clock,' he told mei (mould not o home; be would make me Sick bere the week was , out ; I told him I did not mind it. He and George Co- Erayne lung eut aikod as they could, that m cafe they could not dear" the marines, they would +ill the dicers out revenge ; that their aim, rides were gone out of the (hip, and if that would not do they would blow the !hip up. Thomas Symonds, a foretop man, was there at the fame time, :bud faid to me he was lorry he had not kill ed the (Steers on Sunday ; he had it in his power at the time, as he had a crow bar in leis hand.— George Dixon gave me a kick, and I went away, and bow went there again. EN,nnind hy Captain Eykr, the Pretender. or. Did you ever hear any of the prifoners call thenifelves delegates ?—A. Yes, on Thurfday night, Fitzgerald, Collins, and Chellerman. O. I:clate the words Fitzgerald made ufe of he called himfelf a delegate ?—A. They were flaking to all the men in the forecaille ; they all thrc: ftid don't you know we arc delegates of the flip for your own benefit?' fome anfwered • yes'— this was on the loth in the afternoon, when Cannan was going to he cobbcd. t z ,_ Dia they not fay they timid give all orders for puniihmebt !—A. They faid they should punilh themiclves. Q z _ Dia they fay the officers lhould have nothing to do with it ?—A. Yes, Cheiterman faid to Mr. Forfar, the Lieutenant, no man fhould he punifbed aft, they would punifh them themfelves. Whm Christopher White was attempting to unthip the laddcrs,did you hear him call out 'Fitz, Fitz, it will be proper to fend a B—r after the crow bar?'—A. Yes, I heard him lay fo, and there was no fear but he would go through it. Q z. Did you hearWilliamllilliard, the prifoner, cry out on Sunday the oth, with his hands up to his mouth, lower down the ports?'—A. I did, on the [larboard fide. Q._ Did you ever hear the prifoner, John May field, fay' he would fee himfclt damned before he would go nut °ldle land P--A. I did, on the fore callic,fitiaing his pig Jam eslira rd was with him. Examimel by Admiral Hallway. You have 11tid in the begmninfl of your nat... rative that there were 19 or 20 perfens affemhled, who fwore they would go through the bufinefs. Did you either at that or any other time fee them make dfc of a book to bind themselves to be true to each ether ?—A. Yes. Q . Do you know siho were the mcfrmates of James Ward ?—Ycs, Jofeph Drinkall, Whitfield, Mayfield, Ward, eras, and Lockier. Q .: At the :i•ne you went forward to the nipper locket s, and ftw the cartridges of powder you have defcribed, did you hear Daly or any other prifoner at the bar fay they had brought that powder there to dck.nd themfclves ?—A. I heard Daly fay to Bill Hilliard, we have plenty of powder forward in the nipper-lockers to cool the officers' temper, and if that would not do, tbey would ruth aft and kill all the offiect Hilliard laid, that will do very ‘vell, to my hearing, on the (larboard fide. Examinal Ihit:1:. 1 1, the Prffidersi. Q From the la to the t Ith of December, in the cou:fc ulthare did you fee in any of the births either 13 the tuidc:lc or loWer deck any more of the i;arrlcn or marines adminilleting the oath the ' , liftmen be;, e mentioned had taken in their own birth, or any other oath to fiand by them felves ?—A. No, did not. At the time Daly was looking out at the !I:u.. to-hole to fcc if boats were coming, did you übferve any of the prifoners caning look any of the tackle of the foreman guns?--A. Fitzgerald told than he would foon get two guns pointed aft, for the guns were loaded ready. Q._ Did you know the guns were loaded ? A. No. R- Did you know that all the lower deck guns were loaded !—A. Snowden ftid there were many of them loaded. Cris-examitied 6y John 111/7,ft.ld. Q .: At what time of the day did you fee the fea men take the oath ?--A. In the morning, about nine o'clock. Crelkeximined b 7 .7q1;• 4 1.6 Pard. Q ` Where did you fee me at the time they were taking the oath ?—A. Abreaft the fore-gun. Crtyi-examined by games Cher; -hat. Q~ Can yon recolleCt any perfon who was pre. fent to certify you faw me take the oath, or handle the book ?—A. None but them I mentioned before. Ijo you recollect who &it took the oath ? A. Fitzgerald was the firft man, Chefterman the next. They (wore to be true to each other. Admiral Holloway.—The Court would advife you not to afk fuch queitions : you only Ramp the fita (Ironer again ft you than it was before. Prifoner.—Q_ What part of the quarter deck was I in when you Paid I rung out No, No, when the Admiral was giving orders ?—A. On the flax. board fide of the quarter deck, dofe to the fore. mott gun. In front almoft; there were not more than five or fix men before it. Q. :„ In what part of the forecafile was I when Admiral Campbell came forward, and (poke Tome words on Thurfday ?--A. He fiood by midthips, and came over to the larboard fide to the rank where the Captain was fhoved. He was one of them. Q, Can you point out any perfon at the time that heard me exprefs the words, that I no minated myfelf as delegate for his lajetly's chip the Temcraire "—A. It was dark, but I knew his yoke : there were 6o or 7o people. He was one of them. Admiral Mitchel.—lf there was any doubt of eflablilhing charges againll you, you would crimi• nate yourielves. Prifoner.—To the bell of your knowledge, what time cf the evening was it ?—A. A few minutes after five, when Cannan was cobbed. Croft-examined by join Fitzgerald. What time were the words fpoken to you in our birth, 'that y need not be afraid r—A. On Wednefday and Thurfday ; likewife before all his meirmates: James Kelly was facing me: I was between Fitzgerald and Chellerman. Croft examined by jofepb Rowland. Q_ Do yon recoiled on any occafion fince you have - been on board, my faying the cord Damn' and fuch like, too commonly Ad ?—A. I efficci.. ally heard you when you hove the capitals bar, and Paid you would not go out of the land. Thomas Jones alked no Qellion. Croji.exmained by ?roma: Croft. Q What day, and 'what time of the day, did youree ma talk to any of ;be Fifa= is Fitzge. raid's birth ?—A. I faw him on Wednefday and .Thurfday in Fitzgerald's birth : alfo in Ward's'; I faw him often there between the 111 and fah. Q t. You fay George Perron was in the birth when the letter was wrote to Admiral Campbell ; where was he fitting ?—A. Sitting in his own birth on a (tool. Ido not know he was there all the time. He was there the beginning of writing the letter. (), : _Was he there at the time Crofs was?—A. I believe he was : I am not pofitive. Where was I fitting at the time ?—A. He did not fit at all : he was leaning over the table, (peaking to Taylor. William Cook. No queflion. CrO-exavtined &y Chriflotber White. Q Can you point any man who faw me at the lower ladder ?—A. Yes, Paul Rouireau, and many more. Sutherland was here. Croft-exatained by John Collitu. O, You fail you law me and others inviting the (hip's company to go aft ; what part of the (hip was I in ?—A. On the larboard fide of the lower deck. O When the hammocks were going up on Thurfday you Paid you heard me fay, Damn you, you don't know your own mind's ; what time was it ?'—A. In the morning about nine o'clock ; he was (landing on the forecaftle. Croft examined by yaw: Leekier. Q : you fay it was about nine o'clock in the fore noon you faw me, can you recoiled any other vet.- fon who faw me ?—A. I cannot recoiled any other than I have mentioned. Croft examined bj yam Cummiru. QYou fay I called for (hut; whereabouts was I when I called for shot ?—A. Nigh to your birth, dole to me ; I moved a bit from the place I was (Landing on, and he defired me to Rand m y ground and Ping out for fhot as loon as the officers came down. OYou faid I was putting words in the letter ; do you know what they were ?—A. I cannot fay, becaufe you did not (peak load enough to let any one hear. Cry:Le:ea:nisei I by Williarn Hilliard, Q. Do you think it was poffible for a man to pats through the chip's company forward, or fee through them on Sunday after the ports were down—A. No, not very well in tome parts. What fide was I on when the ladder was un fhipped?—A. He crolfed over on both fides; he was on the !larboard fide. Q._ Where was I when you heard me ring out for (hot 7—A. On the (larboard fide, to the bea of my knowledge. Croft examined ly Join Daly. Q t. Was any one by when I made ufe of thofc barbarous expreMons you raid I did ?—A. Ycs, James Ward. He made ufe of as bad expredlons. He raid he would net leave the capflan bar to go out of the land. Q._ What time of the day was it?—A. On Sunday the 6th, before to o'clock. Q z... Where was you llanding, when you faw me look out through the hawfer.hole was abreaft of it ; and I fpokc to Daly myfelf : I afked him if he faw any thins coming. He gave me no an fwer. (Z_ Was my body, or head, or any part out of the hawfer-hole ?—A. No part at all ; but he was looking out to fee whether any boats were coming. The Court adjourned. SECOND DAY, THURSDAY, JAN. 7. .7anzes R?ckarcfcn Avorn. I went down to the lower deck for a meet of writing paper. On the !larboard fide I found Edward Taylor, and afked him to write a letter. He laid, You had better wait till this bufinefs is fettled.' I then afked him what it was ? I dared fay it was nothing concerning us.' He an fwered, Yes; it was concerning the whole (hip's company.' He then told me the fhip was going to the Weft Indies ; and that all hands were go ing on the quarter-deck to tell the Admiral they would not go. I then looked round, and faw James Chefterman and John Snowden difcourfing toge ther, and a number liftening to them. I heard Chefterman alit Snowden if he was agreeable to go to fpeak to the Admiral ? Snowden Laid, he had no objelion, if he could get another or two to fpeak with him ; that was agreed to. Chewer- man Laid, All we have to do is to let the peo ple in the middle deck know it.' Taylor anfwer ed, ' Here is one who belongs to the middle deck will do.' Chefterman then touched me on the amidst, telling me all I have before mentioned ; and alked me if I would go and let the people of the middle deck know of it? I then went up, and told my meffmates, John Clements and joreph Wynn. They began to laugh at me, and raid there was nobody there wanted to hear of it. Johnfon was reading a book ; I afked whit it was? I told him the particulars I heard below ; and afked him if he chofe to let the people know on the middle deck ? He made no anfwer. As I found there was nothing to be done, and it was raining, I went down again. I went down : and my meffmates told me it was all true. I wilted who told them ? One of them pointed to James Chefterman, who was going round the deck.— Some time after I went on the poop, and fwabbed it, and coming down again, I faw a number col lated on the forecaft'e, and calling others out of the walk. I went on the forecallle, and heard Chefterman and Snowden talking 'together. fay ing, they wifhed they could get the other man to go along with them. I afked who he was ? They refuted to tell me : 'but told me he was oa the poop. I gueffed it was Barny Young. I told them they need not wait for him, as it was his watch upon deck, and he would not come down; the people began fhoving one another aft on the gangway, till - they were flopt by the officer on the watch at the quarter deck. The Captain came out, and afked what they wanted there ? Some of them wanted to know where the fhip was go ing to. The Admiral came out, and alksal what was the matter ? The Captain told him the (hip's company wanted to know where the fhip was going? The Admiral anfwered, to Hell, if the is ordered, and we mutt go with her.' I was i on the gangway. There was moue converfation I could not hear. The Admiral defired them 'o go down below, and tnakc theznielves quiet, which was done I then Went urns the rnrp and (laid till my watch was out. Went to dinner, my mellinate, told me :he .id hr.d been paged when ands were turned lip ro bend faiis, to go down to the lower deck. James eh:Herman in the afternool &fired me to lc:: that ev,:l y otr fon and metrmates in the niidd:e deck al !: grog, and that any mar. wl••. was '...-ou';d be turned down on the lower deck, ao. c. ,bed. Ott Sunday morning the wind tw...! paired ir z for e , when hands turneJup'to bend fail:, to go dc:wil to the over deck as before. were turned up about eleven to bend the fail , „ which was donc . • as ufual. After falls *etc bent; I went down to dinner. After I got my 1 -.vent to the iov.-er deck, where I law James Chcitt :±anti in hi, (itch birth. I glad him what they were going to do; whether to unmoor the iltip or not s ale Bird he did not know. During the time we were difoourting; Edward Taylor came down, and afited, what we , were to do ? Clieflertnan anfwered he did not know. He fail we malt loon w, there is no time to be 1011, as the hailds would ix turned up to unmoor as loon as they had got their dinner.— I then went to the middle deck to my birth, where I (Laid till my grog was nerved ow. As loom as I got my grog, a man came and palled wordfor us to go down below, but who it was I do not ne. collat. I went down to the lower deck, and flood along fide Jaines Ward. I asked him what he waa going to do? He anfwered, he did not know yet, but he believed he was going to lower the porta down—.the words were hardly fpoken when Will. Hilliard was in the manger and putting his hand to his mouth, tinging out with a loud voice- ' — What do you fay lads, one and all, fore a nd aft lower away ports r He had no anfwer the Srli time ; then he repeated the fame words overagain, and the ports were lowered accordingly, and the people all began cheering, and diced where the Ihip was going ? Some of the ladders were unfhip ped, but the officers got down below, and fent all* the people on the quarter deck. When they were on the quarter deck the Admiral asked, What all that noife was below ?' A great deal palled, but I could not hear it. I went away. After that Edward Taylor told me to go down to the lower deck. I was going up to the head, vliere4 law John Collins, thc prifoncr, fmoking a pipe on the forecaftle • I aced hint what the people were talking ofbelow ? he anfwered he did not know till fix o'clock ; he told me I might as well comedown then, and I Ihould know. Pitt as we had ended, John; Cummins, the prifoner, came up atafard, there is Franey on the foregratings asdrank as hell, land quarrelling with every body that comes pall. Collins knocked the lire out of his pipe, and went below with John Cummins ; I followed them, but when we came there, Franey was gone. John Collins went tip again, and I went to tht lower dick and raw Franey in his own birth. I went up again tinder the forecastle, and Collins asked me if I had Gen any thin g c f Franey fnce? I t-)1d him yes, he was in his own birth. He af4:l me if I thought he was drunk I told him I thought he was: I had fees hips in the foregtat ings, as I came up the firfl time. I then suer; to my own birth, and ilaid till ft: o'clock- I wen: to the lower deck, on the larboard tide; there I raw Edward Taylnr, John Collins, John Cheffermatt, John Fitzgei ald, James Ward, and James Lockier. The two latter were in their own birth ; they were all fpcaking about carrying the hammocks up in the morning, and a number of people were lillat ing to them. The people who dept aft were 14 come forward. I heard fay hehad palled the word aft ; and the people had all agreed Wit. After the difcourfe was fettled about the haw mocks, Edward Taylor obfcrvcd to the company they mull beware of Mr. Stanton, ;he znaller's mate. John Collins made anfw er , r a yi ng , d—n him, he will be no trouble at all ; we can fmother him in his bed.' I laid,' Collins, hope you Will do no filch thing; he anfweied, aMn my blood, what's one man's life to a thoufand 1' I laid' Jack, I hope there are none going to lore their lives.'— Taylor obferved, he hoped we could do it without it, but there was one more man we mull take care of, John Blake, the boatlwain's mate. One amuug the croud Paid damn him, we can huille hi& among ourfelves.' I went away a little while al ter ; T met Taylor on the lower deck, and asked him if he was going forward again to mela fuels a noife as in the afternoon ? (aid he did not know. I told him I thought it would be better to get three men to (peak to the Admiral when he came to the hatchway, for that when we were to lether making filch 'a noik, no one could know what the Admiral laid, or the Admiral what the (hip's company laid ; he laid, he thought that would be the bell way, if we could get any body to fpeak to the Achniral. I told him; 4 Ldare fay, there were plenty in the (hip would do it 2' he Paid,' I dare fay John Collins will do it, and Jo fePh Rowland;' I then went away to the middle deck. Between fix and km, I met joleph Row land on the middle deck, and began to tell hiaa what Taylor and I had been talking about 2 he raid, he was agreeable to (peak, as he thought it better ;for two or three to (peak to ski Adrai ral than fo many. On Monday morning, I nut Taylor on the middle deck, and alked lii* again, about my letter ; he raid,' 'had better wait ano• ther day or two ;' he told me when the hands ware turned up to unmoor, to repair to the lower deck again. Ater dinner, I was carrying my dirty water to the head ; I Etw a parcel of people Rand , ing at the foremoll gun of the main deck ; 1 few Franey over the a—e of the gun, and James C 14 1 .- terznan, with a pair of pea-fqtteezers in his hard, I to cob him-with ; before he began, he poked otf his hat and• laid, he was going to cob him for breaking the rules and laws of the (hip's company then he gave him a dozen. On five o'clock it, the evening of Monday I was going down the starboard fide of the lower deck, when I met Cook, the prifoner, who ailed me where I was going ? I told him no whoeo in parti cular ; he fitict, you may as well look out here ; I afkcd, what for? he laid they were going to do lonic bufiners; I told him I was going to look cut on the other fide; I went back, and crolled ore • the fore-gratings, and went into Cheftertran') birth, where Fitzgerald and Cheltersogi were 1 • P I , • `.l i~~ a )