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LONDON, MAY 8.
MUTINY
On board fZ>eBouNTY armed Jhip.
THE rumours of Sunday and Monday, of a dis
aster that had befallen the Bounty armed ship,
we were unwilling to believe ; until it came in too
authenticated a (hape to be reje&ed.
This ship failed from England in the Autumn of
1787, on a voyage to the Society Islands, for bread
fruit freer,intended for our Weftindia fettlements,in
which climate, it was the opinion of Sir Joseph
Banks they might be fuccefsfully cultivated, and
prove a juccedaneum for other provisions in times of
Scarcity.
, The Bounty had made good the objed of her
voyage, so far as to have received on board 1050
plantsof thole trees invar ous stages of growth ;
and there was every profpett of their being capable
of prefervarion.
The ship, thus laden, quitted Otaheite on
the fourth of April lali, and continued her course
in a westerly direction, touching at one more Island,
and then meditating her progress through the Pa-
Cifick Ocean, towards rhe Molucca's. . ..n
1 he ship loft fight of the Friendly Islands on the
27th of that month, and every thing like good order
was supposed to prevail on board ; even the midwatch
Was relieved without the lead appearance of disor
der :_Bui at day break on the 28th, the Cabin of
Captain Bligh, who commanded the Bounty, was
forcibly entered by the Officer of the watch ; assisted
by three others who dragged him instantly on the
deck, menacing his life, if he attempted to speak.
Bis endeavours to exhort, and bring back the con
spirators to their duty proved of no avail. Each of
the deiperadoes-was armed with adrawn cut!afs,or
fixed bayonet ; and all their mufquets were avowed
to be charged!
Capt. Bligh difeevered,when he came upon deck,
several of the crew, and molt of the officers pinion
ed ; and while he was thus contemplating their pe
rilous ftatenhe fhip's boat was let over her fide ; and
all who were not on the part of the conspirators, to
the number of eighteen, besides the Captain, were
committed tb the boqt, and no other nourishment
afforded to them than about 140 pounds of bread,
30 pounds of meat, one gallon an a half of rum, a
like proportion of wine, and a few gallcnsof water.
A compass and a quadrant ^ere secured by these
devoted vi&ims, as he was fteping into the boat;
And thus abandoned, the mutineers, after giving
them a theer, flood away, as they said, for Ota
heite ! '';
The Captain in this dreadful fitnation, found his
boatswain, Carpenter; Gunner, Surgeon's Mate,
„ two Midihipmen, and one-Maker's Mate; with Mr.
Nelson, the Botanist, and a few inferior officers,
among those who were likely to share his fate :—
After @4hort corifukation, it was deemed expedi
ent to put back, to the Friendly Jflapds;' and ac-
Qrdingly they landed at one of them, in hopes they
might improve their (mall flock of provisions, on
the got^-of April; but were driven off by the na
tives two days after, and pursued with such hostili
ty, that one man was killed and several wounded.
ft was then deliberated, whether .they should
return, to Otaheitl and throw themselves on
- the clemency of the natives ; but the apprehen
sion of falling in with the Bounty, determir.-
etlthem withone assent to make the best of their
way toTimor,& to effe& .this enterprize,aftonifhing
to relate they calculated the distance, near four
thousand miles ; and in order that their wretched
supply of provisions might endure until they reach
ed the place of destination,they agreed to apportion
exists no longer. ' Spaniards having conceded to the
demands of restitution made by the. Englijb. One
Million of Dollars, we are told, was the price of
peace.
That the war in Europe will yet continue some
time—the following extra^ftof a letter from the
Turkish Sultan, so one of his Pachas will evince.
" My intention, the vows I address to Heaven
night and day, are not to lay my fabre in the scab
bard, before, with the grace of God, I have aveng
ed myfelf on my enemies. 1 hope that, for the glory
of the Prophet our Lord,our Master, he Son of both
worlds, Almighty God will help the execution of
our projects."
FROM NEWTORK JULY. 8.
The question on the Bill which came down from
the Honourable Senate, for fixing the Permanent
Residence of Congress, on the river Potowmack, at
some place between the mouth of the Eastern Branch
and Connocheque, after io years; and the Tempo
rary Residence, &c. at Philadelphia until the year
1800, was this day put and it passed in the affirma
tive— Yeas 36 —Nays 20.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
By Yesterday's Mail.
Last week at Pownalbprough in the county of
Lincoln, before the, Supreme Judicial Court, came
on the trial of Samuel Hadlock, of M.oant-Defert,
for the niu^r of Eliab Littlefield Gott, a young
man of about 22 years of age ; and after a trial,
which lasted the whole day, the Jnry returned their
Verdid, ,hat the prisoner was Guilty.—ln the
course of the trial, it appeared that Hadlock pre
vious to his committing the horrid murder, had
worked himfelf up into a violent passion with his
neighbors, on account, as he said, of their propa
gating some stories to his disadvantage ; the firft
effeft of which difeovered itfelf at the house of one
Manchester, where after some abusive language
he seized Mrs. Manchester by the hair of her head,
pulled her out of doors, and threw her on the ground
several timeson a great rage—he then left the
house, and in a (hort time after called tp the de
ceafed,.who at this time was paffng by, in a boat,
and reqaefted to be set across the river in his boat.
With this friendly design Gott went on (hore, Had
lock enquired where he was going with his boat ?
Gott answered, to,an Island after sand.. Hadlock
told him he had na right there, as he himfelf had
a lease of the Iftand. Gott replied that he did
not know it. Upon this, hadlock fattened the boat,
and plunged Gott three times under,the water hold-.
jpg him down some time—he then with a large
club drove the young man and a boy that was with
him up to Manchester's house, where he found one
Richardson, who .had been called to the aid of this
distressed family—he immediately fejzed Richard
son by the collar; thrust him out of doors with great
violence, who taking the advantage of a fence,
jumped over, pulled Hadlock against the fence and
held him—at this instant Mr. Gott came out,'ad
lock caught hold of his hair and held his head hard
on his own breast, he was relieved by Mrs. Man
chefter—kichardfon now permitted Hadlock to rife,
on his solemn promises that he would behave de
cently, and not offer further abuse tothe company ;
no sooner was'he at liberty than he snatched up an
hedge-stake and purfeed the young men, but not
being able to come up witty Richardton, he purfoed-
Gott, whose clorhaa were wet, and boots filled with
wafer, soon came up with him, anfknocked him
down; the young man then begg^ him to spare
PITTSBURG,VIRG. JUNE 5.
'By a gentleman arrived here on Tuefday last
from Limestone. which place he left on the 15th of
May, we are informed that on the 13th, four boats
were attacked by the Indians 8 miles above that
place just after they had landed, one of which they
took, and killed one man, one woman; and three
children, and took nine prisoners, twoof which
have since made their escape; the other three boats
got off. When the alarm was given at Limestone",
the next morning, a party went in pursuit of the
Indians, but they had made off—they however re
covered the boat, which had been plundered of only
one horse.—From the tracks difeovered, there did
not appear to be more th^n ^lndians on this party.
their food ,0 one ounce of bread, and one gill
of water, a day, for each man, on extraordinary
occasions, a fpoonful of rum. No other nourishment
did they receive until the sth or 6th of June, when
they made the coast of New-Holland, andcolleded
a few fheil fifh; And with this scanty relief, they
held on their course to Timor, to which they reach
ed on the twelfth; after having^been forty-fix
days in a crazy open boat, too confined in dimensions
to fuffer any of them to lie down to repose ; and
without the leak awning to protest them from the
rain, which almost incessantly fell for forty days ;=
A heavy sea, and squall) weather, for great part of
their course, augmented their misery.
The governor of this settlement, which belongs to
the Dutch, afforded them every fuccour they re
quired :—They remained here to recruit their
ftrerrgth and spirits until the 20th of August, when
they procured a yeffel to carry them to Batavia—
They reached Batavia on the 2d of Odober last, and
thence Capt. Bligh, and two of the crew, embark
ed for the Cape of Good K>pe: The rest were pre
pairing to follow, as soon as a passage couid be ob.
tained.
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Capt. Bligh reached the Cape about the middle
of December, and soon after took his passage for
England, which he reached on Saturday evening,
and on Sunday arrived at London.
' . FRENCH SQUADRON. -
The squadron of the Naval-Armies of his<moft
Christian Majesty, under the command of the Right
Hon. le Vifcoant de # Ponteves-Gien, is expected
to arrive in this harbour by the 20th of next
month, from the Wel'ti^ies.•
AME R ICAN MATTERS.
BOSTON, JULY 21.
— Hartford, Mrs. Lydia Gray, relia of the
late Samuel Gray, Esq. deceased, aged 66.
— Newport,,Mrs.DyRE, wife of Sam'l Dyre,EfqOT
. Mrs. HoneYman, reha of Mr. Francis Honey
maf, in an advanced age.,
— fobnfon, Mrs. Lydia Harris, the amiable
consort of Mr. Cyrus Harris of that town, aged 23.
• — Providence, Mrs\ Spence.'
— Hingham, Mr. Elisha Leavitt, aged 77.
— Bath, Mrs. Abigail Burbeck.
— Rochester, Rev. Thomas West, aged 82.
y — Boson, Peter Boyer, Esq. in the „tbjear
of bis age —Treasurer of the town if Bojion.
— Marblehead, RicharD Harris, fyf. Colleaor
of Impeft for the diflfia of Marblehead, aged 52.
— Portsmouth, Mrs Sarah Buckminster,
consort of the Rev, fofe^b BuckmunJler, and only child
of the Rev, Dr. Stevens, aged 37.
Mrs. Mercy Hart, consort of Mr. Richard
Hart, merchant. '- *
in this town, Mr. Dudley Becket, aged 56,
Mr. ,SamvEL Kimball, aged about 21.,
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Ebenezer cram,
RESPECTFULLY informs the publick, that
be officiates as Post-Rider frofo Exeter to Cen#
terharbour, once a fortnight. Any bufineft en
trusted to his care will be attended to, and -all ft
Yours thankfully received. ^ Leuers.^ft at th*
printing-office must have the postage paid,
We hear that rhe Thunder Storm of the 28th u!t.
did great damage to the fields of Grain, &c in
Oxford, Sutton, &c. by the fall of hail, which is
said to be the largest ever known in that part of
the country.---Some fields were entirely cut and
broken to pieces'. -In Leominfter, the storm wa^
severely felt---One field of grain containing eight
acres, was cut down and entirely deftroyed---Thei
house of the Rev. Mr. Gardner much injured, and
150 squares of glass broken.---In some places the
hail fell four or five inches deep. A young lad
who was put in the ftorrn, received considerable in
jury, by the hailttones, which we are told, were as
large as a pullet's egg.
Yesterday the Hon. Senate accepted the report,
and gaffed the Resolutions for ASSUMING the
part of the Stae Debts mentioned therein, by, I
hear, a majority of two.
The House has refolded to adjourn the 27th inff.
—Fund they certainly will, if not Assume.
A yeffel arrived at Alexandria, brings accounts
from London as late as May 17, nine days later
than before received—These state, that a declara
tion of WAR had not been made—but that impress
ing seamen—sitting out armaments, &c. go on as
brisk as ever. '
his life, and that God would have mercy on him !
Hadlock told him to pray quick, for it jbould be the
la# time; repeating his blows which fradured his
skull in several places.—The witnesses teftified that
they left him in this situation, not daring to return
until the next morning, when they found Mr. Gott:
both senseless and speechless in Manchester's house,
which had been deserted over night by the family.
—Mr. Gott survived but a few hours.—Thus fell
an innocent young man, a vi&im to the ungovern
ed passions of an unprovoked neighbour, probably
too much inflamed with strong drink.—Let such
as indulge this vice take warning by Hadlock's un
happy situation, especially when they are reminded
that the law confiders intoxication as an aggrava
tion,' rather than an excuse for a crime.
The prisoner appeared to be feniible of his situ
ation when sentence of death was pronounced upon
him, and joined in the concluding sentence of the
Court, usual on such occasions, " that God Almigh
ty woould ba^e mercy on bis foul."
Cortgrefs are now proceeding with much dispatch,
in finishing a number of Bills which have been un
der consideration. The delay of these Bills has
given them an opportunity of making several very
important amendments, which the want of inform
ation at firft precluded.
. [—DIED—r
At Frederickburg [Pirg.] of a bite of a mad dog,
Francis Dade, jun. a promising ,oath, aged 14.
=- Elizabethtaovn, Nenujerfe), Reverend Thomas
Bradbury Chandler, D. D.
It is supposed in'EngJand, that the armaments
equiping, are to attack Porto Rico.
From the specimens of American (hipping and
navigators, which have been exhibited in China,
within these few years ; that nation, one of the
oldtf.on earth, is convinced, that the youngef quar
ter of the globe is already equal, in men and in
arts, to any other. -
EXETER, (Friday.) July 23.
FROM NEWrORK—JULY XIV.
JULY Is, P. M.