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London, England, 1859-12-29 00:00:00

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THE CASE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.

The official correspondence on this subject has
been published.
In a despatch dated Victory, Portsmouth Harbour,
Dec. 13, Admiral Bowles thus narrates-the circum-
stances preceding the riot:—

"Soon after her Majesty had quitted the yard Captain
Baillie came to me and reported that his ship's company
were very eager and anxious to be allowed leave to go on
shore, and much dissatisfied at its being withheld. (I shenld
remark that this was the first application to me on the
subject.) I asked him if he felt sufficient confidence in his
men to answer for their returning to their work steadily on
Monday
myself
told
him
Imorning;
would t
take
ed
an his
replying
the
onripon
nthseihailitityrmoaftivel
per-
mitting one watch to go on shore •„isas ut he returned in a
short time to report that the whole crew were in a very ex-
cited state, and highly dissatisfied at any of them being
saw
them that, as
fikaempt
andon decisive,
I immediately
siv.
e,and
dirett him
directed
to thatinf it was time to be
they were so unreasonable in their demands, and so unwill-
ing to accept the limited indulgence which the custom of
of
ths
men pre-
viously service authorises, I should revoke h
given and grant no leave at all, andte permissionsuch
as had already been improperly allowed to quit the ship
were directed to return."
Tver, be considered
"TheH e t h ewnhdoel
es cor if btehse the
sr io
no
et ,r
sa
nn
Ida
ys
,a
hy so . :w
as ' taken in the fact, and I recommend that the severest
measures shall be taken to crush this rising spirit of insub-
ordination in the British navy."
The letter from Captain Baillie thus describes the orders
given before the riot :
‘ Hsavainregtbilelel‘nioanudthayorised
morningby yloguavtos
instructionsallo to that
allow one watch to
too‘ on h
tffect ; and on their being mustered to go on shore the petty
arrangement.
sdtat their
%leers came aft, and said the ship's company wanted all to
to, and showed dissatisfaction at the On my,
It'presenting this to you, you gave instruc:
Dave should be stopped altogether; and,
dockyard gates,
the
,c4erty men, who had already reached the doccekry
',re ordered back."
s,k. letter from Captain Farquhar describes the state of tho
fin) during the riot; but the facts of the riot have been
(Inently described before.
a letter dated Nov. 20 Admiral Bowles expresses his
°Non as to the order at present in force tending to restrict
the
„frti
than
of leave of absence. He says :
y opinion nothing could be more injudicious or un-
ileuBtLhll o treat the officers and men returning from
coiallenedtforeign service as culprits in whom no confidence
theilcbp placed, and who were to be imprisoned on board
hips lying alongside the dockydrd while every possible
indu
alder ante was extended to all around them. Ido not con-
-7 amq la. a reception either just or prudent; and, although
'llout;titirely of oinion that the captain and all the officers
!i,linicontinue to reside on board, and that order and dis-
t4ovishould be strictly enforced, I see no cause why rea-
!,.u.t ti, leave of absence should not be granted, on condition
IIL:'1; amyn returned steadily. to their work in the morn-
retorui, that no time was lost in dismantling the ship and
oast, itg the stores. If this indulgence were abused, it
would , course, be withheld ; but, in my opinion, this
isc, fouult oft.en. occur,. and as a general rule the ship will
ee4 roefadtlylobel,ore the books come down. In the pre-
sentrincess Royal, although one watch has
beellPNitted to go on shore every evening during. the
past wok, the ship was completely dismantled last night
untilNevem
th'er 19) while the books will not be received here
'
29th insli 26,th,' and the ship cannot be paid off before the
1..: conyinced that if Captain Baillie had asked
re penis
;4,, sito give leave sooner the disturbance which
took.!__l'lsT would never have occurred."
1-a '', ember 28th the following new regulation as to
leaf° w-I issued by the Admiralty :
" Sir,-,. " Admiralty, Nov. 28.
A delit am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of
the b, ,itlsteyryto.afcr aint you that the following directions
..athe future in all cases of ships paying
aLeatt° port.%
teu
u",. The cat °P. h .77
,hipt am
.and officers are to continue to reside on
boarci,atios until they are paid off,. and. such orders and
rept' be ke a have been acted on during the commission
are t° or )' in force, and no leave is to be granted to either
o_Tscoe:.•soum:Prit , unless a Sunday should intervene, in which
ua; ~,,;11 may exercise your discretion in granting such leave
advisable.
t; stipule `insidert
oaay, ything occur. to prevent. a ship being paid off
when suc'lL' to prolong the period of her commission, the
pfilnitllltngiaet:lter
shi-o, thaeOl_ay is to be reported at once to their
ranLord-
ymrgei;arders may be given on that subject.
, offieo, e'tnts have boon made at the Accountant-Gene-
kwhich the books of aline-of-battle ship will
Gene-
ral s •
be ineirdheauja Ei•paTent in one week after their receipt ; so
t;0
ulpthi
ei?rrdheormedestoubseopoanidasoffpotssheibleer.evr may be
that
" I am,
C. 8., Portsmouth."
• "C. PAGET.
ena:Aleacifst:al 1.1 &c.,
ecembsr 3 the Admiralty calls for fix-
es tllue -I'
A discrepancy between the account of the
circumstances
u -martial, and that given in his
_A nea .receding the riot, given by Captain
in his ovl.e ••.)
slitter dales,
4 the co rt
to A.
to thi Ire Bowles.
In repli •
You
letter Admiral Bowles writes :
"I bathe.'
starinacquaint their Lordships that, in my
opinion, ,:n r'elent of Captain• •
. Baillie in his letter of the
13th ult., r-r° ?).
• to cht t. the circumstances of the
the prow," .r,
_.l, more
clear and correct than that in his
viva voce eclue"" b
to n, , ore the court-martial. When Captain
Baillie cone
very excited stet( !,(2. report that the whole crew were in a
kept on bland highly dissatisfied at any of them
being
sslollB ,1, I fully understood him to mean that
these expre •de•Apli dto
cosi ,ct e the whole ship's company, and
therefore it my duty to decide immediately, as
reported in the thd.
paragraph of my letter, that no leave
should ben given.
evidence, that tht appears,t however, by the minutes of
vert_par of the crew to whom leave had
already been gi
unreasonable dernaTie.re not in any way mixed up with this
and if I had known this at the time
I should have dire%,
origitial i the liberty men to proceed according
mantle s nention ; and it will be seen by Com-
Joshee
• ~. the mengenes that when the petty ocers, re-
presentin, t 1 Illaininc, o, on board, asked form leave for
the remainder, lie as_
such an application :Ice refused to entertain or forward
did not adept the sal!. can only regret that Captain Baillie
no serious disturhnc course ; if he had, I am persuaded
appearea d tat, during the time the' dockyard
'would have occurred. It has sub-
sequently
gates were open. to th 4
of the Victoria, a liblic, in consequence of the launch
and d Te quantity of spirits found its way
into the yard, for th tless on board the Princess Royal •
i this eeeeltulgl
ship's,
Xciteu state of the company