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*„ it, 111 ,10 "• - 77. - E wv.! SUN • 4. 0 4.4-M \ ..0.) V') ~ 1 • . d WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1802. NUMBER 2907. j [PRICE SIX PEiTCEZ " i THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TO MORROW EVENING, Jan. 14, 1802, Their Majesties' Servants will 4a THE SUN. NA VA L COURT MARTIAL, INKLE AND YARICd. FOR THE TRIAL OF THE MUTINEERS; LATE OF H/S MAJESTY'S SHIP TEaffERAIRE.; Wl'fli DON JUAN. - - SOLZM QVIS DICIRI lALSOM AUDIAT-? HELD ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE GLA.. THEATRE -ROYAL,, COVENT-GARDEN. T O - MORROW EVENING, Jan. 14, 180 z, • • will be performed, . SPEED THE' -PLOUGH. WITH HARLEQUIN's ALMANACK. EAST INDIA HOUSE, December 16, 1801. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNtfED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG .I..AND trading to the East Indig, do hereby give Notici, That a General Court of the sad Company_ will he held -at "dr tlonse, in Leadenbatl-.street, on Thursday, the t4e4af n uenY, aoz, film Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, until Sic in the Evening, to Ballot on the following Question, agreeably to the 0f the 39th of His prese n t :Majesty, Cap. 29. Sea. Sir viz. " That this Court confirm the Resolutions of the Court of Directors, of the 4th Nov ber last whereby the Com mander, Qirl "-rs, ad put Owners of the'Kent are fully ac. quitted from all impution of Negledl or , Miscouduet in. reaped to the Lois of that Ship." In order to determine by treat Ballot, whether three parts in four of the' Proprietors present at such General Court concur 'with the Court of Direaors, in 'acquitting the Commander, Officers, and Owners of the-Kent, front all imputation of A r eglea or 414iscondua respelling the Loss of that Ship., WILLIAM RA MSA Y, Sec SE CRETARY'S OFFICE, CHELSEA HOSPITAL, January 12, 1803. r ir HESE are, by Order of the Right Honourable jj the LORDS and Others, COMMISSIONERS for Managing tne Ad:Ors of the ROYAL HOSPITAL at CHELSEA, to give NotiCe, That all OUT-PENSIONERS (as well Lettermen as others) belonging to the said Hospital, residing in London, or within Twenty-nve Miles thereat, are required to appeai personalty and reguneritally i at the Se cretary's 011 ice, In tile said hospital, on the respective Day Undermentioned, when Attendance will be given tram Nine o'CloA in the Mottling, until Three in the Afternoon, viz. On FRIDAY the Isth a iant,tarY, The Pensioners troth the Ist and , ct Regiments of Life Guards, the late IM . and zd Troops of Horse Guards, the late ist and zd Troops of Horse Cirenadier Guards, the Royal Horse Guards, G taue, the 3d, 41 u, and 7th Regiments of Horse the Dragoon naw and all the Dragoons and Fen eibie . avalry ; with the liii,t Legion of Horse -as also the ionerSirotu the tat and the Coldstream R egiments- of 00t Guaid s . On SATURDAY the 16th of 'armory, Those from the 34 Regiment of toot Guards, and those Itom Lie ist to the 4 , ttli Reginienis'of toot inclusive. . , On MO'N DAY the tttzh of January, Those from the 4tst to tile. 13zd ,Regiments of Foot in. On TUESDAY the igth of 'January, Those ttorn the 133 d to the ij4th Regiments inclusive ; as also the Pensioners front Lwd Strathaven's, Majors Wai.. Fian'i: Corps; the Rork G3rrison 1341. talion i Loyal Irish, Queen's Rangers ; the encibles, Cinque Port and Lancashire Volunteers, with all the American and r e r Corps ; likewise the Pensioners from the Reduced n.girnents of „Marines Mil those from the Independent Corrkpa k'es;- ti '"se from the itia, and those who have been In peensioners of Chelsea Hospital, Lettermen, and Men at Nine. ArP.er diem ; with the Private Gentlemen who .receive ttities trunt the late Ist and ad Troops of Horse Guards. Ari 4 that all Out-Pensioners is well Lettermen as ilthers ) ) he a n ngiog to th e said - Hospital, who live at a greater distance and tT we ntY-tive Miles from LOndon; and those in Scotland eland , 15th I are hereby required and commanded, after the zst.i of —e ceinh°f'line 'next, and atter every ,sviceeeding I Cer and zsth of Tune, 'until further orders, to apply to arwhere His Iwijesty's justices of the Peace ~in the neighbour. tvhich the 1 1,Y reside, and make the following AtlidaVit, .ore Magistrate for the . County, City, Borough, or date viz. .ora whom the Pensioner appears, will sign and kis Majest's came before me, one of y Itisticet of the Peace for the County of and made Oath, that he was admit beda:h(p but-P ensionerof Chelsea Hospital, on the Regiment Of ' 7 . ' • (or ig ) from the wa s a g . .'"rS served in tke Army ed about ;Years was clischarged for and that he is oner no otherwise p rov i ded for by the Public, but zs a Pen the said Hospital; and now lives in the Parish of Sworn before mt-.., this in the C oun ty of Day of IS The AffidaVit drawn according to the above Form, dated and attested by a Magistrate, is to be put up in a Cover, and Sent by the Gener a l Post, diredeci thus, .. To the Right dlion. th e Pay. Master General; at the Horse Guards, bin on :,, and , Co unter-parts or Duplicates of the said Affi.idats, are to be reserved by the Out-Pensioners respealvelY, to be exhibited to such Persons as shall be dire ded to pay t ( hern, that th e y may b e satisfied, that all such as may darn > ut-Pensions, are the real Persons entitled to receive the same, And to the end that the Commissioners for the Affairs of Chelseathe, Hospital, may be satisfied that the Pensioners . are .. ne sani Le .. e Persons who have passed their Examination, it is I r ""Y f uttl,C:r direded, that such of . them who have served .n,tiand have tren discharged from any of the Regiments, or tilnieiePendant. Companies of Invalids, are not to mention . .in i , r. Aflia,vits such Regiments, or Company of Invalids (,01.‘hiell. they served last, but . tile Regiment, Troop, or and t=ort, the Army, from which they were first discharged A.ZZ, ° ,'etaled, and received at Chelsea Hospital: t the enri L o l.yneral Payments in Great Britain and Ireland, the pi a ,„ ,t e ensuing Six Months, are chiefly regulated by mustered Residence 0,, Residenee blmtioned by the Pensioners who are 9 f ti uat Chelsea in Person ; and in the body of the Affidavits that lose who live at a distance, it is Hereby ordered and directed, iil.lll;):sPmerson' who shall changethe Plaec of his Abode given who uster, or specified m his Affidavit aforesaid, and maY.apPly tPr his Pension (excepting Officers of Excise fltearest such Place of Abode) s h a ll rece i ve th e sam e, uhless i . e ,„, al3l) "rs, ty : the Certificate of respeetable persons, that such th - i t °7-41.was throiigh unavoidable necessity, which he oi , Lastly,y c , l_ll(t not forese e or prevent. .6 ~ it is fioilticd, that none will beentered upon the day Lasts' cf the said Hospital, or be entitled to receive any benefit therefrom, who shall not a agreeably to these Orders t..'l ,s and Diredion- G. RUST. • • Secretary and Register. _.... , i• .. : } 7NS§URY-SQUARE .ACADEM,Y... Will o p en after- tlic.preent Vacation, on Monday the zsth instant. tar': principal ol.;jea Of . thi . s Academy, is 'that ,of - -41 4, 5 4pg - thpEctucatio n of Young Gentlernenin Coin lii'lc.rciql and ,Niathernatical Learning : it iS 'peculiarly calcu ,a_ted- tot thOSC who nave been brought up at the Public tichools 'or other Classical Si.rninaries,.'anCl Who wish to be ,ki,xt itionily.qualnii.-ct - for - Foreign or , Domestic Trade, -the In.odhialic, OtiLes . . the Navy, or the Civil Service of tho Eat- Ca , • ' • ' i ,..-....___ _ t.pany. . , Just published, price is. I?tiRT.HER () BSERVA r LON'S on the . IM kbvE.NiI.7.NT& in the -MAII4TEANCE of the kOOR, in the Town - at KING sToN.:UPO N NIHuLL.' • liuti : -Prin'ted by ] . Ferraby,'in the Butchery ; sold by GI. 4,1"7 Illelo ,J• Robinson, C-. ciictell•and W. Davi e s, Landon; Os° '. ok4ell , zrs In Hull and York.. - . - - LONDON, JANUARY 13, 1802. - Ws this day devote the greatest part of our Paper to the detail of the Proceedings of the Court-Mar tial held at Portsmouth on the Mutineers of the Terneraire, which ended yesterday, by 'sentencing to Deati Thirteen out of the Fourteen . who were tried. Against the fourteenth, the evidence was such as to warrant a lesser punishment being awarded him, and be was sentenced to be flogged. The whole of the Proceedings will be found in our subsequent Columns, except the. Evidence for the. Prisoners, whiztt want of room compels us to defer till to morrow. We have to congratulate the Country on the re sult of this Trial, as it clearly appears that the Mutiny was of a very partial nature, and had not gained that alarming height which was at one time apprehended. We trust the awful examples which are about to be made, will have their proper effe.a on the minds of the whole British Navy; and convince them that all attempts at insubordination and mutiny ,must ever lead to certain and condign punishment. A most mischievous and abominable Paragraph having appeared in some of the Papers of yesterday, stating that a Petition had been sent to Hts MA_ lESTY, signed by all the Seamen of the Fleet, re questing Pardon to those who had been concerned in the Mutiny at Bantry Bay, we are enabled from authority, to declare, that it is wholly untrue. A grosser libel on our brave Starner), who are as much shocked and incensed at what has passed, as any of their Countrymen, was never before published. Three Hamburgh Mails -due. THEIR MAJESTIES and the PRINCESSES remove tuffs day from Windsor to Buckingh:a:n_. l .l.ozv:e, where the ROYAL FAMILY will reside till after the cele bration of the Queen's Birth-day. Earl Sr. VINCENT has returned to his official duties. The Country will feel tho benefit of this circumstance at a crisis important, perhaps; to the future discipline and well.being of the British Navy. • Lord Wit rrw ORTH is expeaed to return to town on Friday next. GEORGE Rosr, Esq.• and CII4ELES LO,NC, 'Esq. late Secretaries to the Treasury, were this day, we understand, appointed to the honourable situation of Privy Councillors. , The' DUKE of YORK has ordered a pound l of meat and a pot of beer to each of the Privateajnst,re turned from _Egypt, and they are all to haVe a month's furlough to see their friends. Lord and Lady CAST L ERE A.GH hOe'liden'lpas6tig the•• Christmas Holidays with the Mar'ciiiii of !RE lir- PORD, in Warwickshire._ Lord COWPER sold his Stud at Tattersall's on Monday, at very high prices. The LORD MAYoR yesterday ordered that no alteration should take place in the price of Bread this week. The complicated business of Drury-lane Theatre, we are happy io learn, has at length been adjusted by compromise amongst the parties, we believe, to the satisfation of all. This will, no doubt, be officially notified to the LORD CHANCELLOR next week. Mr. RICHAB.DSON, we learn, has lately pur chased a Fourth Share of Drury-lane Theatre. The National Institute of France, we should_ conceive, to he composed of natives of a part of our own .:United Kingdonii from their elation of a Musician to the Class iifliterat#re. Mr. COLLINS, son of the Manager of the Southampton Company, is shortly to appear at Drury-lane Theatre, in the charader of Scrub. He is allowed to possess a considerable fund of genuine comic humour. • PLYMOUTH ) JAN. 11. Arrived the Eliza, MINN, from St. ,Thomas's. Spoke the Eliza, IVI'KENNy, of Liverpool,, bound to,iVlartinique, in lat. 4+, N. long. 3o; and the Hercules, Lewis, of London, for Tobago, in lit, 49. 113.. N. long. 7. 3o..West. • PORTSMOUTH, JAN. tz.-- , -Arrived the ship DulccAN 'FOR B Es master, from London for Malta; and Coromandel, ST I ;IL r so, from London for Nc South Wales. —Sailed the Atherican tirigT•luno, LAW R. g NC E master, for Havre-de:grace;-•and'Oreeen, MEGGI6OI.I 3 lately arrived from Surinam, for Lon don. . SgEtm.TEss, jAN: 12.4=Tilis. day arrived., His Majesty's Ship •Conpieror,. a remarkable fine of 74 guns, from HarwiCh; quire new. She is not yet cominissioried 3 Captain LVNIsp in L.ap - point. ed to command her : she was , attended up by the ithlikey, Minx, Jackal, and Mat-iner Guff b igs AI a rri ' eti the /7:stet/or Sloof of Wir_from Vat:. mouth': • , DIATOR, IN PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6, 182. FIRST DAY. Between nine and ten o'clock in the morning the following Officers were assembled 'as MemberS of the Court : Vice-Admiral Sir At: DREW Vice-Admiral VoL E, Rear-Adm. COLLINGWOOD, Captain BERTIF, Captain GRINDALL, Captain Sir E. NAGLE, Captain Wi Lt.s, MITCHELL, President; . Rear-Admiral HOLLOWAY, Rear-Admiral CAMPBELL, Captain Jos ES; Captain Ossoax, Captain Got: The following Seamen were then brought in and put on their. trial :--John Mayfield, late Captain of the Forecastle ; James Ward, belonging to. ditto ;antes Chesterman;. ditto; john Tilzgeraid, cap tain of the Foretop; Thomas - Cross, belonging to ditto ; James Luckier, belonging to the - Main-top ;; John ‘Ciimmiss, ditto ; Christopher - White, ditto; William hillier, belonging to the Foretop; . Jam e s. Collins, the Ship's Butcher; - jotn Daly; Joseph Roctvland,a Carpenter; Thomas Jones, and William Cooke. The Prisoners were charged with Mittiny, . with holding mutinous and seditious words, with taking an aaive part in certain mutinous and sedi:ious Assemblies, and with having heard mutinous and treasonable words, and not revealing the same, as they ought to have done, to, their Commanding Officer. Captain E . 7les, of the Teineraire, was the Prose cutor. The customary correspondence between him and the Admiral, together with 'the order from the Lords of the Admiralty for holding tit l e Court, be.: ing read, Captain Eyles'S 'narrative of the Mutiny was given in and read as - evidence. • • John Arfrcj, a seaman belonging to the Teme raire, was 'the first witness. In answer to a ques tion from the Court, he said he was a Roman Cabo lie, and therefore a particular kind of oath, differcni from that taken lw Protestants, was adminiitered to him. He gave the following account of the Mutiny " I know the Prisoners. • On the Ist of December, in the larboard bay, in the morning, I saw - 19 or 20 people ; they were drinking either grog or wine; they swore to be true to each other. When they . were going to begin they said—' Drink to us like' British heroes, there is no fear, we will go throUgh the business ; shake hands like brothers, stick to each other, there is no fear if there are no informers.' pre , se , :t, Mayfield, W.; rd,,Lockier, Rowland, Wm. Cooke, and Chesterman. I did not see Al:en ; Taylor was there, Thomai Jones was there ; I did not see Cross nor White : John Daly .was not present. On Saturday morning, the sth, at nine o'clock, Fitzgerald, Collins, Chesterman and Cooke asked the ship's company" if they were willing to come aft, to tell their Of. ficers, now the war was over, that they did not_ wish to go out of the'land. They went aft, half way' the .gangway, and: made a stop-- , come and speak to your Officer like men, now is the time,' and they went aft. directly: it was then-about eleven o'clock. -They spoke ro Lieutenants Douglas. and Gore: Mr. D. Asked them what they wanted: They said- they were -informed they- were going out of the land, and did not - wish to go. - The Admiral came on deck'and asked the . same question. They answered, that they wanted to. know: where they were go ing, and that ; They ; would: not heave the anchor-to go out of the land. The Admiral de, sired them to go down and be quiet; that .the. Temeraire had an excellent, charadcr, and he should be very sorry to report mutiny in the ship. Thcrjr all then went down , to .the lower'deck. Fitz gerald, Cooke, and Ward said, nobody should drink more than their allowance, and in case any should get drunk, they Would cob them ; and they. hoped every man would stare true to each other. — The word was paSsed fore and aft the same evening, that the 'first man who was. caught _lying on the yard to bend the sails, would be punished by themselves. I heard Fitzgerald, fur one, saying this. Their in. tendon was not to kill or hurt any Officer in the Ship, incase they did not draw their arms against them : but if they (the Officers).did fire, or draw their' arms, they 'would ,spew no mercy. . They (the Officers) Could not kill any more than so or 6o of the Foremast Men : this was said by .Fitz. gerald to me and the first man who throed treacherous, , and would not obey the 'same as the others; should be knocked down dead diredly. A great many ,more besides myself heard this con. versation. The • same tithe I heard Fitzgerald and Jack. Allen say, " There is no fear, I believe, but . they will go through with their proceedings, but we will not go . out of the land." ,Allen . then said, " there was no fear, for the Man of War's Men, as 'they would . make them do what 'they liked :" (hey then parted. On the 6th of De cember, about one o'clock, as the men were at dinner, I saw Mr. Lawrence, the' Master's Mate, going round•the deck. After he came, 'Fitzgetald, Chesterman, Allen, Lockiet, and Taylor, said, " nosy is your time, lower the ports down '; douse tile' ports :" they were all - dowp but one, which Allen lowered down:•hirnself: Another part was not quite down--I heard- Ward' say, that port is npt down yet:" Cummings' said,• " bar the ports:" Cooke,`Fitegerald;. Taylor, and Chester : man,' and some others, ordered all the :scuttles to be hauled in. Cummins desired a man to look out of the - hawse. hole, to . see if any boat was coming round, and cheered ar• the same time.--.• Lieutenant Douglas Came and asked what noise that was ; Winn they began to cheer. again : lie desired them to tbnie aft on the quarter-deck; ant-- -- ,let the Admiral know what they wanted; and he could grant it he would. They all began to cry,---No, no ; and cheered. Jones and Hillier said, " No, no, send the Master ofthe Ship down; we want to speak to 'him e. nobody but he thall come down." At the same time Lieut. liouglatt had his foot on the fore-ladder, When. Hillier and . another tried to unship the ladder .1,- and Sirtm'ion§ (not one of the Prisoners) went and said i be had • like to break the Lieutenant's - neck down: Jones and,Cooke said, ".break his neck, and kill' A few minutes after the Queers came down, and tried to keep the ,people quiet.. Cooper, Luckier, Fitzgerald, Collins, Chesterman; Curntnins; Jones, Hillier and Allen, cried out, " shoot, 'shoot !" Taylor stood: looking through the •haWse . ;hole td • see if any thing was coming. Christian Whiie was- eery busy to dry. to unship the, main ladder, but could not. 'f The/ t hen went up - E The vat ter.deck,.,,wben t)le . Adrhaal asked the Ship'S - CoMpiny what, they, wanted, and why•they made so mUch noise and cOnfirsion Jones -said, they wanted to.know where they were - going. The Ad asked if they had ever . before been made td knOw. where t4ey were going ? Jones said, no; The Adrrilral then said, they had better be • qtiiet, not, to he *treperous, as they would gain nothing . .l47 it i be said be.::.did not know himself Whdre lid was going ; he was 'ordered to sea on a cruise, and . • must obey his orders ; that it was . enongh 'when he called. all . hands, and then he hoped tifey 'would go with good: ;:will. Amy cried, 'ii "Noi no we , will not gQ, fropithe hmd, we will gO to - England." . Fitzgerald and Jones joined in . this cry: On Sun: day morning, at ten, I- espied a- feW eannan-car. tridges ofpowder in .:the locker.. nippers . , and -4 Match Jighted • on the larboard side; in washing-tub, covered with two siurts: John Daly , when I was looking ; over the kicker, asked me. 7 what I wanted.in the manger I asked why heft' wanted to know ? I told him I wanted to see the . manger, in_ cime it shOuld be Wanted to helve up. desired me to be gone; and if I did not, he would make me ;. and that a .man ~kras instantly sentry at the., manger-dnur, '`tO pic,verit any one from „going ,in, except the Yeoman of 'the LOcker:: nipper. The Centinel,was put there by the party: On Monday, the 7ih, James -- W.tid 'Ordered 'me' not to bring My hammock up until piped up, and that every man'should ,drink his allotirance among themselves until it was all. settled a _arid that they should do their work better, if possible that no titan - should be treadle:xolls to their King or Cotintry, that the war was over, and they would not go out of the land e that the f i rst,, man who was found drunk should _ punished among theitselves: Ward " passerthese aaers round to - every mars - nirtn. "There was a great quantity or people consulting to gether, and when the officers used to corne round; every man used. to go - to, hi- birth, and out again when they, were gone ; but they _spoke so low, that I could not hear what ,they said.— . These consitiltations were _held in: Fitzgerald and Chestertnan's birth. . tockier said he would be d—=-d if he would ship the capstan. bar to go oat of the land, and he„hoped every body . was of his mind. " Mayfield,' said, he -had been eight or. nine yearS in 'the..service, .and would like to'go and see his friends now the war wasour. EVery 'one• wad told by Chestertnan, if: they 6tehed the ham. mocks up before, they were piped,, they winikl be knocked dOwn the hatchways With their ham_ mocks. On Tuesdly,. the Bth, . silence was kept: fore and ail, and ersons came round to know if the other ships were' in the same mind Wa.the'.fiel, rneraire. _Fitzgerald and Chesterman said, _the * Formidable, Majestic,„ and, Vengeance n Were in the, same mind ; that , there was fear; the. fleet . - would not fire at Ate ship, they would find sup plies and reintOrcements . in time 'three other ships this they, talked of in their own births,before theii messrpates,. about .six in number.. Fitzgerald wit! Inc, I had no, occasion ,to be afraid to "speak, as nobody in the birth would inform .of me, they .. be . ing all of the same Mind. On Wednesday 'even. in, when the hammocks came down, James Ward went down on the lower deck, and desired me.not to bring my hammock up next mornings time Word. was passed on he larboard side by ward and others; Cooke, passed the word on the starboard side fore and aft . : that they wanted to barricade the lower deck hatchway in their own defence. In twenty minutes after, Ward countermanded this Order, anti bid the hammocks to be brought Up as 'm.o. On the same.night, 'Faylor wrote of Fetter under the. bowsprit.. Lieutenant Farrar cattle down close by . the bowsprit, and Taylor ran over the starboard side between two hartimocks, until the Officer was gone, .and when gone he came _back. They had different pass . 7 wods while the letters was writing first of all they said, " catch the.rat—take hold of the rat ;" it was a notice of an Officer's: Corning.: Another- watch-word was, "gii.te me .a chew of tobacco,' .another Was. "'I want adrink of 'W3• ter." They had another,pass;word. :I saw CrosS . , Taylor, Cooke, Luckier, Ward, pa d,jczessi used lo telli:Fictzgerald, Collins, Chestertnan, and many Taylor what, to put in the letter,: When it Was wrote, Ward went ,fore and aft,, and, bid . the men not to mind the officers, and be careful to bring up and down t!vir hammocks as On ;11c next morning nineteen or twenty were loAin the paper in Chestetinan's birth. I could not toll what was in the paper: I heard I ( itzgerald and Chesterman say, in case the Temeraire should be in alarm, they would . fire a sky-rocket, and make a signal to the oilier ships, that were going out to get their *assistance: Chesterman asked' nte if I • was willing to goout,of the land I told him, I should not like to go,. but if I was forced, or a:led. gg. At. the same Lung , I Saida the peoplo