MAJOR SEMPLE LISLE. 1 8^ 



CHAP. XVII. 



Mutinous proceedings at Port/mouth. — The Chief 

 Mate makes a complaint to General Pitt. 

 • — Sail for Torbay, — The mutineers dijlurh the 

 Captain in mujlering his men. — Captain Wilcocks 

 complains to General Fox^ who tranfmits his let- 

 ter to the Duke of Portland. — Lieutenant Colonel 

 Grofey the Commander of the New South IVales 

 lorpSy fent to infpeH them. — The fhips receive 

 damage from a jlorniy and are obliged to go into 

 harbour. — The Lady Shore fails, after the Captain 

 had add) effcd the Minijler on the fituation of the 

 troopSy to ivhich the author alfo added his tejli^ 

 mony. — The troops increafe in mutiny and difobe~ 

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1 HE fhort time \vc remained at Portfmouth 

 ■was fufficient to dcmonftratc, that the officers 

 cntrufted with the charge of the New South 

 Wales Corps, were inadequate to their duty. 

 I intimated as much before we weighed anchor 

 to fevcral perfons of refpedability ; and the 

 Chief Mate of the fliip (who commanded in the 

 place of Captain Wilcocks, thenabfent,) com- 

 plained to General Pitt, in confequence of the 

 attack by Serjeant Hughes, which I mentioned 



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