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Ws Cal but cee'd net •h•rs, and repented aree,Cnt
Luse tain, what then rml•ik-4 hands lobo tin
der to search more particularly, ea lie was der.,,,,„ 4 ~
them up I, with the master, arid -the' eiTetier, re search : and, at the expiration of an hoar, tee ewe Inc
der the stores in the hold, the third era. found .1 tute el
under the Sails. Captain Stephan' ,lirebre
Brookes, one of the Midshipmen of the ship, to be for te1114; C3pta,sl Sannde,c, 'het he Moneta it via Obut
to vve tip tliete deserters, when they remit ..4 Ore em 0.
The deserters were then put in a host, aid taken by N. A
rican Captain and guild •.h the fort Their names *ere, •
Itch Burn, a shoemaker by thade, an boatman, nem et
&loamy ; William Jones, a weaver by nat., bete t; cliestet, car England ; the nail's or place of births tee
pigeon I du not reerrllect.
Q. Do vnu knee of any of th.• ere., or amitotic(
deeerting from dee Chichester, and elites Sg iota the A
wean, senim? A. yee.womtv.l 'cent, who cane ,
the Regiments, &st in She West locks
their heath. , he! the tee-ver.
Q Relate tie partientan ? A. Robert Simpson ant
eit Sedgeiek, of the Royal Aninery t Witham
phihr
poral of Royal Marines, beilloorisews to Cie 4,.lsiehrater ;
said Withar‘, of the ISth rrgses.nt of tee ;card.llnn
nay, of the 57th. deserted loam the Chicle*
enlist.ll in the Entesh uniterin, iota the
and were afterwards seen by me in the Amer,
form. Simplest and Mahoney were Lisheten,
and Phillips, lEneliehtetch, from can county et I
do tint knnw what countryman Sed4w ick Itatt,lout
idly heard teem all declare, tiny maw au:angels VI
States.

The Evidence withdrew • and
Captain John Erskine withdrew;
of His Nlleetra
Inns, sworn

Q. Were rep Senile °fleet et Ilia Majesty's Olio in
Che.apeak, when the teen, cred by the tam Witness,
'rued from the Chklsste, ? A. I was Senior (Mem
Q this you make any applization tor those see ? A
make application, but they were not rim up; and, h
hint of my recoltectvm, the answer gone eat, "If my
enters from the Eng.ista semi -e have emcee late the •
can .enice, they have bees a .nt, with a
country."
Tie Prisoner was now called upon for hii
fence ; having been told, at the examination
witness, that he might ask any question he
After retiring for a short time, with the it
vacate, he returned into Court, and stged,.
evidence brought against him was so strong, the,
was but little hit for him to say in his defence: hut
that the reason of his biding in the coal hole, was
for fear of the Americans making him tight against
his country, which he declared he would not do r
any account ; that he, with all the men who -'
ed from the NaitAa, were persuaded by the , oat-
swain to ent.:r for the Ckerapeak, to proted them.
selves, which they did; Lieutenant Sinclair
them if they had not a second name t About '
men went in the first draft with him to the r
aped, when Captain Gordon musiered them,
they were mustered again in Hampirin Road,
the Commodore. He requested leave t i -
evidence in again ; to ask his oticers tor a
ter; and then be threw himself on th.. 2 mercy of the
Court.

Lord .I.ltrirs Tcwrshend stated, that, prior to the
cha-ges, he !IA khc:tys bei,tved himself' as quiet
steady man. _

Mr. Turner called in again, and reminded thit
he was still nn his oath.

Q. by thr: Pri.oect—pd y) ree.dlect my throwing, my en
acro-4 the hd it. and not row inx at:er the boat had beer pt. L
ing some Mr tile thoro, and al:er others coiled out" pod
away !"-- 1. Ido out. The prittonct pulled •way as hut
other, Md.

Lieutenant Carter, of the Halifax, nn being called
on for the prisoner's charaaer, stared, rho all the
time he via.. in the sloop he considered him a steady,
sober, attentive man, sod one he could have entru,ta
ed on shore.

Lieutrnant Marsters had known the prisoner all
the time he ha,l been in the lia4far, never knew
any thing azainst him, he was sober and attentive.
and otea,ionally with working parties on shore.
l'he prisoner having nothing further to offe,. the
Coon adjourned, ism the quarter deck, to consider
of the evidence they had heard; aud, after maturely
and deliberately seething the same, Is of opinion,
•• not the charges against Jeishin Matron:l were
proved, and adjudged him to sutler death, by being
hung at the yard-arm of such one of ffu M..jesty's
ships, and at such time, as the Commara!er in Chief
at Halifax shall direa;" which sentcnce,being signed
by each Member, and the CoUrt assembiing again
on the quarter deck, the prisoner being brought for.
ward, and the witnesses:tad audience admitted, wee
read by the Judge Advocate accordingly. After
which the Presideot addressed the priso::er in nearly
the I flowing words :
" You have now heard the awful sentence of the
C 'urn---You have been found guilty of deserting
fro:n the service of your country, which, at.all times
is highly criminal : if it was possible to mike it
more sn, it is, at the present crisis, when Great Bti.
tain is struggling for her very existence.
•• Your deserting front the Hattfre, and entering
into the American navy, have been attended with
most serious and unfortunate consequences, aired.
ing the peace of both countries.
"The offences of which you have been found
guilty are of so flagrant a nature, that I cannot
!latter you with the least hopes of pardon t I there-
fore earnestly recommend your employing the
short time you hove to live. in waking your peace
with Heaven.
" All who are now present, and have witnesses
this trial, as well as the crews of others of His Ma-
jesty's ships, must be convinced of the heinous crime
of desertion ; more particularly so, when it is at-
tended with mutincus and contemptuous belt:lmo:l.r
to your Officers ; the fate of the unfortunate v.
soner will, I trust, sink d.:ep into your minds,
prevent the continuance of an offence so hurtful to
your country, and disgraceful to the diameter of
flritish 'stamen."

NALI/AZ, sapr. 5, 1807.
On Monday morning last. at a quarter past nine
o'clock, the sentence of the Court Martial was car•
tied into drat at the fore yard arm of His Majesty's
sloop of war &Wirt.

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tale airangem
of His ship
Ilia Majesty's ships in on
I by the la* Wits**,
Was Seniete °Sear.
n tor those Men A I did
Ito' riven up; and, to do
er given gni, "If any
re einced into tit, Amyl.
mitts a detachment, luta the
ailed tmon for his de.
he examination of each
ny question he pleased,
e, with the Judge Ad.
art, and stated, that the
n was in strong, there
ty in his defence: bet
in the coal bole, was
king him fight against
td he would not do nit
1 the men who desert.
ersuaded by the boat-
peak, to proteft them.
'tenant Sinclair askil?
nd name t About
with him to the Cht-1-
1 murerecl them, and
Hampton Road, by
sted leave ti call one
s otiicers for a chaise.
elf en th.. 2 mercy of the