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eumstances which caused it, the 
mames of the members, and the 
charges which they had to try. 
The first charge was, that captain 
Molloy, ofhis majesty’s ship Cesar, 
did not on the 29th of May, 1794, 
cross the enemy’s line, tn obedience 
to the signal of the admiral :—the 
second, that on the first of June 
he had not used his utmest endea- 
yours to close with and defeat the 
enemy. . 
THE SENTENCE. 
The court having heard the evi- 
dence on the part of the prosecu- 
tion, and that on behalf cf caprain 
Molloy, and having duly weighed 
and considered the same, 
*€ Ts of opinion, that the charges 
have been proved against captain 
Anthony James Pye Molloy ; but 
that, as it appears to the court 
that in the a€tions of the 2gth 
of May, and the ist of June, as 
well as on many former occasions, 
his personal courage has been 
unimpeachable, they do adjudge 
him to be dismissed from the 
command of his majesty’s ship 
Czsar,’” } 
MA Y. 
This moring a fire. broke 
out on board of his majesty’s 
ship Boyne, of 98 guns, which con. 
tinued with irresistible violence till 
five o'clock, when the magazine 
blew up. 
The cause of this melancholy 
accident has ‘not yet been clearly 
ascertained. The fire was first 
discovered in the after-part of the 
ship, and is supposed to have pro. 
ed either trom a live cartridge 
from the musquets of the soldiers, 
ho were exercising with smail- 
fms on the windward side of the 
ship, having lodged in the captain’s 
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or admiral’s cabin, and caught 
something combustible, or from the 
funnel of the admiral’s cabin hav- 
ing been on fire, and communi. 
cated to the deck. 
The fiames burst through the 
poop before the fire was discovered. 
Fortunately, the greatest part of 
the powder had been sent on shore 
three days before, and, upon the first 
alarm, the cock was turned upon 
the grand magazine. The fore 
and aft hanging magazines con- 
tained but little powder ; the former 
exploded with very Mttle effe@. 
When the fire broke out there 
was a fresh breeze at S. W. 
and it being tide of ebb, the ships 
were riding with their sterns to the 
wind. Within half an hour after 
the commencement of the fire, the » 
tops and all the rigging were ina 
blaze. : 
About twelve the tide turned, 
and the position of the ships became 
changed,. but it was then too late 
to make any attempt, or even for 
boats to get near her. Previous to 
this, hotvever, from the number 
of boats that went instantly to 
their assistance, it is hoped that 
most of the crew were saved; 
though, from the rapidity of the 
flames, it is feared that some of 
them must have perished. 
All her guns were loaded, and as 
they became heated they went 
off, the shot falling amongst the 
shipping, and some of them even 
reached the shore, but without, it 
is hoped, having done any damage, 
Tt was upwards of two hours from 
the first discharge till all the guns 
had gone off. About two her. cas 
bles were burnt, and she went 
a-drift,, the fire blazing through 
every port-hole. The sight, though 
at noon-day, was awfully grand. 
‘The ships to leeward of her having — 
Ca got 
