240 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1797. 
L'Impetuenx—John Witna, William 
Porter. 
Defence —George Galaway, James 
Barrenck. 
Terrible —- Mark Turner, George. 
Salked. 
La Ponjice—William Potts, James 
Melvin. 
Minotauy—Dennis Lawley, George 
Crofland. 
Defiarce — John Saunders, John 
Hufband. 
To the Right Fi onourable the Lords Com 
mijfioners of the Admiralty. 
My Lords, 
WE, the feamen of his Majetty’s 
navy, take the liberty of addrefiing 
your Lordfhips in an humble peti- 
tion, fhewing the many hardthips 
and oppreiligns we have laboured 
under for many years, and which 
we hope your Lordfhips will redrefs 
as foon as poiible. We flatter 
ourfelves that your Lordfhips, to- 
gether with the nation in general, 
will acknowledge our worth and 
good fervices, both in the American 
war as well as the prefent; for 
which good fervice your Lordfhips 
etitioners do unanimoufly agree 
in opinion, that their worth to the 
nation, and laborious induftry in 
defence of their country, deferve 
{ame better encouragement than 
that we meet with at prefent, or 
from any we have’ experienced. 
We, your petitioners, do not boaft 
of our good fervices for any other 
purpofe than that of putting you 
and the nation in mind of the re- 
fpeét due to us, nor do we ever in- 
tend to deviate from our former 
character; fo far from any thing of 
that kind, or that an Englifhman or 
men fhould turn their coats, we 
likewife agree in opinion, that we 
fhould fuffer double the hardfhips 
we have hitherto experienced be- 
fore we would fuffer the crown of 
England to be in the leaft impofed- 
upon by that of any other power im 
the world; we therefore beg leave 
to inform your Lordfhips of the 
grievances which we at prefent las 
bour under. 
We, your humble petitioners, 
relying that your Lordfhips will 
take into early confideration the 
grievances of which we complain, 
and do not in the leaft doubt but 
your Lordfhips will comply with 
our defires, which are every way 
reafonable. 
The firft grievance we have to 
complain of is, that our wages are 
too low, and ought to be-raifed, 
that we might be the better able to 
fupport our wives and families in a 
manner comfortable, and whom we 
are in duty bound to fupport as far 
as our wages will allow, which, we 
truft, will be looked into by your 
Lordfhips, and the Honourable 
Houfe of Commons in Parliament 
affembled. 
We, your petitioners, beg that 
your Lordships will take into con- 
fideration the grievances of which 
we complain, and now lay before: 
you. 
Firft, That our provifions be 
raifed to the weight of fixteen 
ounces to the pound, and of a bet- 
ter quality; and that our meafures 
may be the fame as thofe ufed in 
the commercial trade of this 
country. 
Secondly, That your petitioners 
requeft your Honours will be pleaf- 
ed to obferve, there fhould be no 
flour ferved while we are in “har- 
bour, in any port whatever, under 
the command of the Britifh flag; 
ang alfo, that there might be grant- 
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