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v - . '' '' - ••vay of to the .I!)airt hatchway ; as he es• - ''.-'' ~ -• - watchword. If any Officer .. • • ast gave the 4 r„,,,,artt,, the watch-word was, 'f Give me a i i.::.. ,- , it o)bacco." Then he _went into . the midsbip isiii;l, under the bowsPrit, along with Edward Tay. I ° l. , `who began to write a•letter ; there was no ciiter. man in the birth, ors.near, except the people looking out. An Officer came forward, they sang , , :ai t , , c Who. will give me a chew of tobacco." The 6 . ndle w as pat out t ill *the•Officer was gone, when tiiev- again.bersan The second watch-word was, t `Kiesc'k. that rat down." s''sn . Officer Came down 'agai n , an d t he , ligh t was put out aga i n. As soon as 11-! .7as ooney the watch:•word was, " I want to b . tvater " An Officer :came down, and the light . wa s put put again. .. Edward Tayior and Chester, tnan went into _ Rowland's birth, where the. letter ttras finished. • After the letter was finished and di.. •ieded, Taylor asked who had got a seal ? Daly 'said, " D on ' t d o t h at , y ou s h ou ld not seal it."—_ 'lle then got a key of a chest and pressed it on the Wafer. Then Chesterman and . Taylor went to the Midship birth with the letter, . and I followed to see ' •tvhereit was going. . Sothe conversation paised b e _ P.Veen Taylor an d Ch esterman , to k no w which way • tt was to be conveyed to 'the Admiral. Chesterman thou g h t i t would do if he could give it to a Quit.- ter-Master to put in the. binnacle. Fitzgera ld gone ? came op, and as k e d Taylor if t h e l etter was 'gone no. He said, If you give it tome I will give it to Janies Shaw, the Marine, who will hove the middle watch to-night, and he will put it in the Admiral's Steward's birth. Taylor said, we want the Admiral to get ,it to-night : they could contrive, n ° waY to'get it t o t h e Ad m i ra l t h at n i g h t , An d T ay . or gave it to iiitgerald. I heard no more of the letter till I heard it read on the quarter-deck. I am sensible there was no man but Chesterman and Taylor knew the contents of the letter, except it was broke open afterwards and read. On Tuesday morning Edward Taylor came to me.on the main deck, and asked me if I had any of his writing ? I told him, no; I had not. Be as k e d me if I was sure of th at ? I said I would overhaul arid see to convince Mtn, but I was sure I had not. He told me, if the hands were turned up io unmoor, to repair to the lowe r deck as before. I told him, very well. In chthe afternoon I was on the lower deck in James esterman's birth. Chesterman asked me if I knew Hazard, and if / knew any thing of his carrying messages to the Officers. I told him I never saw him, and I had never spoken to him. Chesterman.. and Fitzgerald fell into discourse about it : they anted .to put an end to him by some means or other. Fitzgerakl said, if he • was put into a 1 tead-bag they might heave him overboard ;---. _Chesterton •-seemed Pleased at the punishment.— §otne other conversation passed I did not hear. business made it up at last to let him remain till the , was all -settled ; Taylor being present at Ithat time, said, t , you must take care what we talk iefore him."v I, went away, anti walked the gang 'l3l with. Taylor. I said, " Ned, I think it is a foolish thing coining down on the lower deck when the hands are turned 1 ; to unmoor." H e. a s ked tne, Why, whit could I find better ?" ‘f I said we '..tuitild shew ourselves. more like men to go on the quarter-deck, and tell the Admiral our reasons, so -,, n1-c - ,-c-c-rtnan might answe r f or hi mse lf , if spo k e t °; that if we went to the lower deck it would riy give the Officers the trouble to come down and b r t iv d e, us o p as before, and you may be sure 'they will very like , e 4 r l when the, hands are' turned up, anti. iswhen we can ' t. f the middle fleck. " get au o , iie saki. about .-,- ``:Very vvell,- I shall consider and see ,i• - u •''ss - Soonarter;.he told me that was to be s ie wa eit ___ Y. and the word . was - passed, by whom I unmoor tell, that when the hands ,were turned up to Wed ne r s ' d we were to lo on the quarter-deck. On the first tay morning t tat word was passed again, tin ng . one lT . lt' e mates came to ou r bi rth . ). ,___ , of . Lrrte... sm_ss- man a "`= was th e Surgeon's servant, a black ' and asked "f h- N in I T •• i the messmate was there ? I told e'vvas not • then he 'said 'he was somewhere a4Ont th e i • ' ' sniP, and he believed he was 1 groggy. Rent to the lower deck, - where asked I I was by one of the ris ' • . i . ~ P oners' if had seen any thing of Verrick ? A to4(t hi m ‘ I had not—h e told me he was somewhere not labout the ship drunk, and must be found. Soon after was 1 , • , wall in the middlercleck, where I saw Verrick Walking on the starboard side of the gallery. I went dow n to the lower deck, and called Chesterman and Colli ns ; I told them I though t he w as not d runk : C:ollins s a id h e was drunk just now, for he saw I 'm la in the Admiral's Steward's birth, and he dared say Ile had been asleep, and that might him make a little fresh again: there w as nothing Sid " 1 • . o iim th . 'night ; the wo r d wa s passed w hen a t at all hands were lorned up to unmoor, to go 'to the forecastle and lore rigging • g ; Taylor gave it.• me • , .Chesterman, ' ?p.Taylor, Ward, Cooke; and Fitzgerald, were the ly i_ persons I. ever saw pass the word. —On A.ZrBday the same word was passed again ; our ,eft,nultcial went aboard t h e C ommander in Chief; I goi ncr t _ w n and a s k e d w h ether they had or were had Cobbat: Verrick yet ?. He , did net think' he I told 1 1 , it • .he asked the if I saw him , last night ? HI), Yes, and did not think he was drunk ; went. With a way from him, and went to James Chester.. . Vand asked hith What they were going to do r.. erricis ?" Do with him! cob's,. him, to be - stare. / %vile told him, I thought he was not drunk n I saw him . . . , in the gallery ; I told him. Ward thought it might give him a caution not to drink so /lintel s a ..f . ,_ g i , g ai n • i that be d--'d ; because he's a bit an officer terwar htobe is l e screened,"---j was told 'af ds l i 41 d __ , _ c was cobbed, burl did not se e i t ;h e had h. . uzen and a half: the word was passed by the . r .is o Hers to repair to the' forecastle and fore rigging hen the Admiral , zi , Ar a came on board ; I was told it by t rd ~. Taylor. When the Admiral came' on ° ard, he Produced k non .I the letter, and asked if it was d os n 1 - 1 31 the sl'tip's company that such a thing was re :7 , -c• all hands answered, yes.. The Admiral' i t ; '`j ; iAs and asked a second tirae if they all knew i f , neY. answered, " yes." He asked. the Marine t 'leY knew ' they • , the' ship's it . made no answer. He aske d T he,, company if he .should read it over again'? • ." a nswered, fu no." All'l beard was, the' Ad_allral sai . tti 0,,,. when the hands were turned up to tin . ° °l . the ship, ;11 •, , p, he expe6ed it - Would be done accord_. A .great' deal of conversation passed I did .""r hear .` , 134 , 1, - ~:.; He .satisfied the ship's 'company very s ~ tile. r j Pettedalfs well. pleased at what the Ad rat sa i d . ) still determined not 'to tintneor the ship .. E _ • • ' to go'fo:the 'West ~About a quafter after twelve;, I. saw M'Evoy on the quarter deck; talking-to one of his own Officers: After the ham_ mocks were piped down, I went to his birth, and called him ; he followed mc. as well as- he could under the hammocks till be got against the breech of the middle. gun. I asked him what he was doing on.the gum ter-deck ? he did not make any other answer, than that he did not know, , only lie said his Officer told him he was - a d—d rascal ; I then told him, he was drunk; he said, no; he had not drama a drop that evening. Sonic little time after, I went down Wow to tinlasli my 'ham mock. When I got to the foot of the fore,ladder, I heard the iron shoving up ; I went over the lar board side of the deck to Fitzgerald's birth, and told hiM M'Evoy was drunk, arid that somebody was going in irons, but I did nct knoW whO it was ; he desired me to go and see. I went up the main ladder, and saw it was a Marine. came down the main ladder again, and coming'aft of the deck, I saw a , Marine I-knew. I-asked him what his messmate was -put in -irons for ? He said, he had no messmate in irons. I said there was a Ma rine in'irons; he said, yes.' I asked him what it was for ? he said, be did not knoW. , I said, I believed he was drunk ; he replied, he did not know. I said he must 'have - done something amiss, or he would not have been confined; he said he had abused his Corporal. I said, if he had got drunk and abused his Officer, and got in irons, he must work himself out : as well as he knew how. I left him, and went down the fore ladder into the lower deal;,- into John Fitzgerald's birth. I- asked Skelley where Fitzgerald was ? he shewed him on the gangway. I went and spoke to him ; he told me I should stop, he was busy. I then went to his birth, alongside . Skelley; and I.saw Taylor come down and call him away. I was sitting in the aft part of the birth, I looked round and saw them run as far aft as the gun-room. I then went forward to John Mait land's birth ; -I said, " Jack, there is a Marine in irons . ." He asked' me who ? I told' him M'Evoy. He said, we must have him out. I. asked him what we must have him out for ? He said there Were no prisoners' allowed. ' I said he was as drunk as hell, and he had better let him bide. I had scarce said that when I saw a parcel of people go up the fore.: ladder ; heard Edward Taylor say, -" bear a hand Up from below, every man fore and aft.".-' 'All the people in Maitla n d's birth were myself, Ward, and Lockyer. I then went away to the fore.;ladder, expeCting, they were going to release the Prisoner. I could not get up time enough ; there was nobody there ; went past my own ,birth, and sat down before the foremost gun, till I thought it' was all over. I then went round under the bowsprit and came back again-between the foremast and the cop per : 1 had not been there five minutes before John Davis came in and asked for a hat—" who will lead me a h: to go on deck in ?" one made him any answer. I can't say whether lie was gone when Mr. Glover came and called me to go upon deck : I told him, " yes, I would come diredly;'.' I went to the fore-ladder not.knciwing the gratings were on ; I could not get up ; then I went to the main -ladder, when Glover came to me, and told me I must go up the after ladder, over to ,the larboard side of the main deck'. Mr. Charlton was walking along side, and Mr: Stanton before us. I went on deck on the-starboard side by order of the Officer. The Admiral cattle round, and putting the lantern to my face, said he thought he heard my voice on the fore- • castle ; I answered him, " no, Sir, I was not there ;" he said he believed I was, till I told him Mr. Glover sent me up from below ; he then passed me, and said no more. The next morning, Friday, the Boat swain's mate told me to go aft ; as I was going Mr. Brown seized me by the collar, and sent me un der the poop:awning, as a prisoner, till the Admiral and Captain came up ;- I was ordered to the quarter deck ; the Admiral said, " this is the man spoke to last night ';" I answered him yes, but told him it was a mistake he told me to hold my . tongue, and not speak. I heard the Admiral ask if, that was not the man who spoke to the - Marine last„night ? the Captain answered, yes, it vti4s r . Then the Ad_ miral said, " that's the man who turned the hands up." I said, " no, Sir, it was not." He told me not to speak another word. I was then taken away, and 'remained till three in the afternoon.' I was then sent. aboard the Windsor Castle as a prisoner," Examined by Captain Eyles. Q. Did You ever hear Collins, Chesterman, Fitz gerald, or any of the prisoners say they were the Delegates for the ship ?—A. I have heard, Taylor and Chesterman say so, no other petson. • Q. Where were Chesterman and Taylor at the time they said so, and who else were present ?—A. They were in Chesterman's own birth, nobody heard it but myself, it was on Wednesday.afternoon. Fitzgerald, Chesterman, Taylor, James. Kelly, Henry Classon, and Thomas Riley, were playing at Chequers. Q. Did you ever hear any of the prisoners pro pose to break,open the magazine or gunner's store room ?—A. I never did, nor any of the. ship's company. Q. Did you ever hear any of the prisoners speak of loading the lower deck guns ?—A. I never did. Q. Did you ever hear any of them speak of rush ing aft to kill the Officers ?—A. I never did ; I heard Taylor and them say, on the Saturday, they were not going to hurt any Officer. Q. Between the ist and 7th of December, did you hear any thing of an oath taken to stand true to each other, or a toast being drank ?—A. I never Examined by the Court. Q. At the time you confess the ladder was un shipping on the lower deck, did you hear any body call out for shot ?—A. Yes, I did. Q. Where were you standing at tie time ?-- A. Before the foremost gun upon the lowcr gun deck. Q. Now, upon your oath, d o y ou declare you did" not see either or the whole of the prisoners at the time shot - was called for 4—(2. I saw Ward, the prisoner, standing close to, me ; we were stand ing so thick I could not see, except when: the. scuttles wore up; I did not see any other_ of the prisoners._ Q. Where were you standing when Wilier called out to lower the ports fore and aft I was sitting close against the breech of the foiemost gun. Q. Which of the prisoners did yOu see at that time ?--- , A; I .saw Hillier; Ward, and Lcickyer. Q. Do you •ieeblleCt seeing any thing of any caririd g es of powder in that part,of the shit, or any • burning matches ?.=•—k I never did. Q. When the ship's company were 'totted up to bend the sails, did either of the prisoners remain' below to your knowledge ? A. No ; I did not see them , Q. Look round at the prisoners, and point out those who have said they would not go out of the land.—A. I have heard them all say, ‘g We must not go if we can help it," and. the Whole of the ship's tonipany besides, them. • Q. Did Mayfield,. Lockyer, and Ward, go on deck when you did , ?—A. They followed me out of the birth, but I did nct see whete they went. Q. Did the prisoners consider you as a principal thor in this business, or only as a messenger ? Was you fully in their secrets ?—I was fully let into their secrets. The reason I was let- into their.se_ crets was my letting them into mine. When I went down with a sheet of paper, Taylor knew he had trusted me with so many before, he thought he could trust me with this. O. From Taylor. and Chesterman's having such confidence in you, and letting you into their secrets, did you never hear them mention any thing about an oath.—A. I never did. Q. Did you see Daly in the manger ? A. I did not,, I was standing right in midships, on the star board side ; I could not see ; Daly might have been on the starboard side, and I not see him. Q. Did you see any person look out of the haw ser-hole for boats ? A. No, I never did. Q. Did you hear Ward, Hillier, or any of the prisoners desire Daly, or any' one, to do so I A. No,' I did not. - Q. Did you ever see Thomas Cross in May field's or Ward's birth ?—A. I never did ; I never heard him speak any thing. Q. What was your reason for pointing Rowland out as a fit person to go aft ?—Because I. thought he' was a man fit to speak to the Admiral, and to give the Admiral an answer when he spoke to him. Q. Do you mean by that he was a man who fre quently gave his opinion upon those subjects ? A. No. Sir. Q. Do you know whether the bucklers were on or off' the hawse hole, or whether there was anY . , day-light -The ports. were all up. . - Captain . 7ones.You freqtiently carried mes sages between 'chesterman,. Fitzgerald, and May field's birth, and , reported every thing that was going on. In what light did you consider those' people in this'business They Were the prin cipal men. Q. Look round at the Prisoners, and name those you looked upon 'as the Ringleaders ?-L-A. James Chesterman, Edward Taylor, James Ward, John Mayfield, John Fitzgerald, and William: Cooke. Preridezt.--Q. Who was the person who said you must beware of Mr. Stanton ?—A. Taylor said that Collins said " Damn him." ' Q. Du not you think that wasbeing a ringleader ? What do you think of Hillier, who called to lower down the ports ? Who were the other ringleaders, or acting men ?—A. Collins, Hillier, Cummins, and Lockycr. Q. Was not Daly . ? - -A. I never heard him say any thing but about sealing the letter. I never saw him. Q. Was not Christopher White'?—l saw nothing of him. Q. Do you know any thing of Rowland ?—A. Nothing but his being proposed to go aft. Q. What do you know of George Cross I know nothing of him: Q, Although you have mentioned that several of the men have not said much to you, don't you, to the best of your opinion, think the whole of the pri soners were the leading men in the disturbance 'on board the Temeraire ?=A. No, Sir. Cross-exqnziaed by Mayfield, Q. Did I go alr'On the gdarter-deek on the Sa turday with the people to say, ,the Ship should not go ?A. I cannot say; • • Q. Did you ever look forward' on the forecastle while the people were aft ? A. Admiral Campbell and Captain Ayles said, they saw you on the.fore castle. Cross-examined 4y games Ward. Q. Did you see me pre3eiit, at the time the let ter was wrote? A. No, I did not. Q, Did you ever receive your orders from me ? A. No, I did not. Q. Did I ever order you to go with any mes sage ?—A. No, you did not. O. Did you ever see me aaive fore and aft the ship, or in any, other person's birth ?—A. Yes, I have, in my own birth ; you told my messinates, not to carry their hammocks down in the morning. Cross-examined by Chesterman. - - O. Did you ever hear ine make mention to any person 'or persons in the ship, any, thing concerning a rocket, as a signal; ~to any of the ships in Beer- Haven ?—A. I did-riot. Q. You say, you heard me and John Snowden discoursing together., on the first beginning, did you-not hear me saY prlVately to Snowden, that some of the petty officers should make known - to the . Admiral and Captain the state of •the ship, to prevent any further mischief, and to endeavour to suppress I did not. . Crosi-examined by Fitzgerald. Q. Upon the oath you .have tal&n, did you hear me say any thing about a lighted match ?—.A. No. O. Did you ever see me in Mayfield's birth; drinking with the best part of the prit , oners ? A. No. Q. Did'you ever see me in my own birth with a sheet of paper reading to s great number of people? —A. I never did. . Q, On-Monday, at What",tirtr, and where' did Taylor give me the'letter ?-4. 'About a quarter before eight o'clock:..:;_ O. Where :c.attie and' gave it over my left shoulder ; he reached over the cable. -Q. Who was present when I spoke to Chester man about putting Hazard in a bred bag, and de stroying him, and Nvile re was i! I—A. In you' own birth ; I do not recoiled any by name but Kelly ; there were others, and Taylor came before it was finished.. Q. On Thursday night, who was present when I told you to go up and see who was 16 1 -. .ns A. Kelly; Ri!ey, and Wht ) ~ ras 1 busy-wi - th at the time;o, shrtej to spt :ik' Spel , tor, Cunitruli :IEI se • ter,l people besid.c . ; were talking about a pi h ., f). afiLi Allen t oge t h er A. I never OA. Q. In the course of you ;ind me being shipmates, did you ever see me' and John AnUrey, at any one time, in . cofiVersation together ? never did. Crost.egaMiited by .Ccilies. Q. Do you, on Saturday,, remember, seeing me, about nine o'clock in the morning, going tonnO the deck with Chesterman and Fitzgerald, soliciting the people to go aft on the quartcr-deckl—A. No. Q. Did you hear, me; on Sunday the. bth, when th: hammocks were going our, very ,much in company with Fitzgerald, singing our, es 6, you don't know you'r own mind ?'—A. No,- I did not. Q. When you was . .forward on the ltnfer deck, in company with me, Taylor, chestermin, Fitz, gerald, Ward, and Lockyer, were there no other persons yOu can call to rec,,olledlion who were there.?--F-A. There.were a number of others, besides, whom I do not recoiled. Q. Was you there before me ?—A. I was not. 12.,b) the Prisoner, You stand here evidence for the King and you are concealing yotir evidence; do'you not remember coming into my birth, and calling Me to come forward? A. I never went into your birth at all ;, I do not know what birth you mused in. Ido not remember calling you. Q. Do not you remember telling • llle you had taken two great coats from two marines, .to disguise yourself? A. I took the great coats up; Freally forget ever mentioned ;t to the pris o ner. Q. Did yciu ever see' me in any of ;lie-prisoners' births, drink ing, ordisCourshig with-them, except on Sunday, the (Ith of December ? A. I never did. Q. Did ydu ever see me in any assembly or Meeting - of the prisoners, or usipg any more free. dam,' during the ist and tan of December, than at any other time ? A. 1 never did, more than gOing"after Franey, to see if he was drunk, and on Sunday, as I before mentioned. - Q. 6 . ), Admiral Collingwothd:Did you ever hear Collins pro. pose to smother a mate ? A. Noi'gir. Q. Do you remember seeing any letter wrote in Taylor's birth on Wednesday-even ing ? A. No. • • . . Q. by the Piisener Lockycr. You have stated in your evi dence, I was a leading man in the disturbance, and that you was employed in carrying messages for the ieading men, to those in their confidence; did you ever hear me give any or ders, or desire you to carry any messages during the distur bance ? A. .I did not. Q. What part of the disturbance did you find me a leading man in ? A. On Sunday afternoon, when the ports were lowered down ; the first I heard call for shot, was 'James Lockyei. Q. From that particular, do you state me to be' a leading mart, when you also say, that se veral others called for shot ?—[ Here the Court interfered, and the prisoner thought fit not to press the question]. Q. by the Prisoner Cummins. Did You ever hear rme cry out, bawl iii the scuttles ? A. No. Q. Yet you say 1 was aelive. What then wasl - adive in ? In the first place,- when the letter was writing, the prisoner was looking out tin* the Officers. On the Sunday, when the Officers were coming, he passed me on the larboard side of the lower deck ; and when the men were running, .he said, Here are men to stand by each 'other r Q. Where was I ? A.. Between the two foremost guns.. . _ Q. 6 .. ); the Prisoner Hillie,. Did you ever see Me in con versation with any of the Prisoners during the mutiny ? A. No, except when you lowered the ports down. Q. by the Prisoner Daly. You say there was no one in ,Rowland's birth but Chesterman and Taylor. - Where was I ? A. I cannot say.—:Q. On'Sunday the 6th of December, did you see Anfrey on the larboard side forward ? A. Q. Could he have been there without your seeing hint when the ports were lowered down I A. There were a great many I c,),11d not see. _Q. ly Admiral flollqukly. Did you see either of the pri. goners, or didd-you hear any of them say they were ready to go and, assist the Admiral and Officers in carrying the ship to sea and obey ?.:A. I nevor did.. , , TZ9mas Spencer examined. This Witness spdke as follows:--On Tuesdaye the-Bth of Decemher, from six -to eight in the, evening, I saw John • Celllus . , lames Ward, Jelin Fitzgerald, Thomas Jones, Tho mas Cross, :John Mayfield, James Chesterman, Williaw Cooke, and. Edward Taylor,with a book on the table, and a sheet of writing-caper on the book, Collins telling Taylor what to put in the paper. I asked Cooke what that was con cerning, and he toldeme-it was a letter they were writing to the Admiral. The people -were sitting,outside their births, and when Lieutenant Forfar came 'fore, the people sung out, " a rat ! a rat !" and throwing their hats down on the deck, said they wanted a chew of: tobacco, and that they wanted to p—. Then the people ran out of the birth, and John Collins ran out of the starboard side, and sat on the cable. Edward Taylbr ran in between the hammocks with the book and sheet of paper in his hand ; and when Lieutenant Forfar went aft, the people went into the birth again to write the letter : but how it went to -the Admiral I do not know. James Ward constantly walked round the deck on the Bth, 9th, and toth of December, desiring the people not to take trp their hammocks till - they were piped up. He proposed barricading the hatchway fore and affwith the hammocks; and if that would not do, when the handi'',were turned up, the ship's company were to rush aft, disarm the centinels, end take charge of the arms. On, Sunday afternoon, Edward Taylor wanted to block the hatchway fore and aft. He said he. had helped to cheer in.several ships in his life, but he never cheered so heartily as in this. -As soon as the Officers came on the lower deck, and called Out to fire, he answered, " Fire and be d—d," and calling for crow-bars, he sung out, " Kill 'em, kill 'em, kill 'em, the b e -s." Wherithe Officers gat some of the people to bawl up two or.three of the midship ports, Mr. Forfar stood in the fore-hatchway. Taylor jump ed into the fore-hatchway to lower the ports, and Mr. Forfar shoved his sword at him, and :he. jumped back to the other side and spoke to Lieut. Douglas, but what he said I do not know. Tire people hustledone another to go on decic: Harry Skinner sungout with his hand: to his mouth, that they were willing to fight for their King.and Country, but it wassPeace, and they would not go out of the land. Then the people be gan to cheer. .On SunilaY, Cooke wanted to-take the arms while the hammocks were in the - hatchway tore and aft. He -went round every night to pass' that order, I heard him, and he told. me so..hinisell. Also when the men were aft, he was the chief in singing out, "'No, no. You b—, why don't you ,sing net ? why do not you stick true to each ether?" , He • was first in front of the people then he fell back and. said, " Why, don't you sing out ?" Also when the grog and wine were, served, he went round the deck, desinng.every man to drink his allowance. Then, when he got torward the people. used to sing out, " Every one their own.' • Also, when the ports...were down on Sunday the'6th, he sung out, " Unship the' ladders," and endeavour to upset Lieut. Doug ' las coming down the fore ladder., John Fitzgerald very fre quently went to the people to put fresh mischief in their heads, generally with a mob round. - him. He sent for' M'Evoy, theiNlarinc, one night; to go through the 'Marines, to get them on their side, if such a thing happened again. ..11.1‘Evoy e in lily presence, went and came back again, and told Fitzgerald, in my,hearing, thathe had passed tlw whole of the story throughout the Marines, to stick true to the Sailors. I r such a thing happened, he said, there might he some young who, if the Captain ordered theta to fire; might fire but the rest wOnld throw down arms, and join them. i have seen fames Chisterntan ,corresponding with the others,- hut he always made me go out of thC way : he wanted none of my • hearing there,. • ' On the lath of December,. as Chesterman was on the morn ing watch, lie Said, if he saw any man bring his hammock• out before- they Nvere piped; he 'would fetch him down the ladder, break his' neck, and get more - hands to help him. Thomasiones-was talking of getting possession of the arms, aild said, thaf:Would not do, it was easy, to break open the • eltinner's ster:4o°m; widget charge of the iornahawks. This was,on Wednesday-and Thursday.. Rowland; the Carpenter, said he would not clap a tt - tid to ship a eawan bar, if the ship Ni/RS gOitig cloww. Mt his time he was abreast of his. own birth, on thesterhoard side. •Mayfield I have heard hold• couveesation with t'..e rest, but I. cannot tell what he i'etid. (lb Sunday the 6th, before we bent sails, I heard Hillier and Daly say on the lbWer deck, that they had got some powder • in the h.: per' loekers, that would send all the Officers to ; if that would net ; do, they would turn to, wed kill every Officer in the ship. Daly said he •had got eight or note eartriges or powder, and' tour or rive matches, and one constantly lighted, and two rockets to make signals to the Other ships ; and said, when they were all gone, th,ey would get some algre.