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they do not fee the propriety or 
expediency of their holding a Board 
of Admiralty at Sheernefs; and that 
they do not mean to encourage a 
repetition of demands by any fur- 
ther conceflion; alfo, that it now 
refts with the feamen and ma- 
rines of his Majefty’s fhips and 
veffels at the Nore and Sheernefs, 
to decide whether it may not be 
for their intereft to return to their 
duty, and thereby avail themfelves 
of his Majefty’s moft gracious par- 
don, rather than expofe themfelves 
to thofe confequences which muft 
follow from their continuance in a 
ftate of difobedience. 
(Signed) Cuaries Buckner, 
Vice-Admiral of the White, , 
&c. &c. 
To the Lords, Commiffioners for executing 
the Office of Lord High Admiral of 
Great Britain and Ireland, Sc. 
I AM commanded by the Dele- 
gates of the whole fleet, aflembled 
in council on board his Majefty’s 
fhip Sandwich, to inform your 
Lordfhips that they have received 
your letter from Admiral Buckner, 
which informs them that it was 
not your intentien of coming to 
Sheernefs.: The fame has been com- 
municated to his Majefty’s fhips 
and veffels lying here, and the de- 
termination of the whole is, that 
they will not come to any accom- 
modation until you appear at the 
Nore, and redrefs our grievances. 
(Signed) RicHarp Parxer, 
Prefident, 
By order of the Committee of 
Delegates of the whole fleet. 
His Mazefty’s +hip Sandwich, 
May 25#:, 1797. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1707. 
PROCLAMATION. 
Georce R. 
WHEREAS it has been repre- 
fented-unto-us, that, notwithftand- 
ing the declarations made in our 
name and’ by our authority, by our 
Lords Commifiioners of our Admi- 
ralty, of our gracious intentions to 
recommend to the confideration of 
parliament to augment the wages 
and allowances of the feamen ‘and 
marines of our fleet, which our gra- 
cious intentions and declarations 
have fince been carried into effect 
by an aét of parliement; and not- 
withftanding the’ communication 
made by our right trufty and right 
well-beloved coufin and counfellor 
Richard Earl Howe, Admiral of our 
fleet, of our gracious intentions to- 
wards the feamen and marines of 
our fleet,’ for the pardon of ‘the 
offences by them committed, and 
our Royal Proclamation theretipon, 
bearing date the 11th day of May 
inftant; and notwithftanding the 
fentiments of duty and gratitude 
with which the fame were received 
by the feamen and marines of ‘our 
other fquadrons, yet’ the crews on 
board certain of our fhips at’ the 
Nore, have not only fince’ the full 
manifeftation of all thefe our graci- 
ous ‘intentions and ‘declarations, 
been guilty of divers aéts of muti- 
ny and difobedience of orders, but 
have even proceeded to other acts 
of the moft heinous and treafonable 
nature, by firing upon fome of our 
fhips, in order to compel them to 
fubmit to their direction; have 
threatened and taken meafures for 
ftopping the commerce of the king- 
dom pafling to and from the port of 
London; ‘and have, by terror of 
their force, compelled two frigates 
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