a Se Se i, 4 
HISTORY SOF EUR ORE. 
The delegates from the Noyal 
George returned immediately to 
their-ship, and informed their crew 
of what had happened; after some 
consultation, they resolved to sum- 
mon aii the delegates on board their 
\sbhép. This was forthwith done by 
hoisting the red, usually called the 
bloody flag : a cireumsfance that 
struck terror through the Heet, as 
the signal was not generally under- 
stood: the officers, -in particular, 
were apprehensive that some fatal 
designs were in agitation. ‘The 
ships now proceeded .to load their 
guns, to order the watch to be 
kept as at sea, and to put every 
thing in a state of defence. 
On the following day, the ships 
- erewsdirectedtwoletterstobewritten, 
one to the lords of the admiralty, 
to acquaint them with the motives 
for their conduct on the preceding 
day, and another to lord Bridport, 
in which they styled him their 
father and their friend, and assu- 
red him of their frespect and at- 
tachment. This induced him to re- 
turn to his ship the next day, twenty. 
third, and to rehoist his flag, which 
he had struck during the confusions 
on the twenty-first. After a short 
and pathetic address to the crew, 
he informed them, that he had 
brought with him a redress of all 
their grievances, and the king's par- 
don for what had passed. After 
some deliberation, these offers were 
accepted, and every man returned 
to his duty. 
From the twenty-third of April 
fo the seventh of May, the fleet re- 
mained in due subordination ; but, 
on that day, a tresh mutiny broke 
out. The seamen, from whatever 
’ cause it arose, had conceived a mis- 
trust. of government, and, appre- 
hending a violation of the promises 
[211 
madeto them; renewed theirformer 
menaces. Assoon as this alarming 
intelligence arrived, government 
dispatched, with all speed, a person 
of the highest weight and authority, 
to quell this unexpected turoult. 
This was lord Howe, an officer 
long held-in the first degree of re- 
spect and esteem in the Britishnavy, 
and personally beloved, by all that 
had served under him’ for his hu- 
miane disposition, as, well as his 
many great qualities. His presence 
and exhortations wrought the de- 
sired effect, and happily dissipated 
the suspicions that were beginning 
to prevail. The circumstance, which 
principally operated was, that num- 
bers of those to whom he addressed 
himself had been the companions 
and instruments of the services he 
had rendered to his country, The 
many years during which he had 
filled important stations, and made 
a conspicuous figure in the navy ; 
the many gallant actions he had 
performed, andespecially the great 
victory on the first of June, 1794, 
were, circumstances that carried a 
powerful impression on the minds 
of his fellow seamen, and induced 
them te listen with confidence to his 
representations, Good order was 
happily restored, and they unani- 
mously agreed, in consequence of 
the trast they reposed'in his word 
andassurancethatgovernmentwould 
faithfully keep its promises, to re. 
turn inymediately to their usual sub- 
ordination. ‘Their fellow-seamen 
at Plymouth were induced, by this 
example, to submit in the like man- 
ner. 
From the first breaking ont of this 
mutiny, the public mind had beer 
taken up with the means that would 
probably terminate it with most 
speed and success, and the gene- 
[P 2] ralit 
