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demand was complied with.. It was unanimously resolved that 

 no concessions could be made to the men while they remained 

 mutinous, and the disturbance shortly became so great that 

 the magistrates were sent for, and the Riot Act read. The 

 seamen thereupon retired, cheering as they went ; but the aspect 

 of affairs was so threatening, that the garrison was got under 

 arms, and Mr. Saverland thought it prudent to acquaint Sir 

 Robert Calder, who was then in command at Plymouth, with the 

 facts of the case. 



On the following day there was no improvement. The 

 sailors assembled on the bowling green, on an eminence, above 

 the town. They had been joined by, practically, all the packet 

 men who were in Falmouth at the time ; and Mr. Saverland 

 visiting each packet in succession, found only the officers and a 

 few boys on board. The mutineers had now added to their 

 demand for the release of the pressed men, a claim for additional 

 pay. The next day, the public crier went round the streets of 

 Flushing, calling on all packet men and lumpers (i.e. riggers) to 

 assemble that evening at the "Seven Stars" tavern. The 

 object of the meeting was to select two delegates, who were to 

 proceed to London, and lay the complaints of the men before the 

 Post-master General. Accordingly, two men, Richard Pascoe 

 and John Parker, were chosen, and started by the mail coach 

 for London on the morning of the 28th. 



The naval officers, who were acting in concert with Mr. 

 Saverland, were strongly of opinion that the mutiny was the 

 work of a few men, and would collapse if the ringleaders could 

 be secured. They determined, therefore, to surround the "Seven 

 Stars," whilst the meeting was in progress; and with this view, 

 a boat's crew entered Mylor creek, and was marched over the 

 hill, down into the town of Flushing. The mutineers kept good 

 watch, however, — if indeed the suspicion entertained by the 

 naval officers, that there was bad faith on the part of some of 

 the magistrates, acquainted with the scheme, was groundless, 

 — and the attacking party found the tavern empty. 



By this, time, a certain friction was manifest between the 

 mayor (Mr. Angove) and the magistrates of Falmouth, and the 

 naval officers with whom the agent acted. Mr. Saverland 



