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took, with a view to the benefit of the colony, 
in accordance with instructions laid down 
for him by the government at home,* occa- 
sioned much dissatisfaction to some parties 
on the spot, though his measures obtained 
the written approbation of his Majesty's 
Government.! In January, 1808, he was 
deposed at Sydney by the New South Wales 
Corps, headed by Lieut -Colonel G. John- 
ston. In May 1811, Colonel J'ohnston was 
tried by Court-Martial at Chelsea Hospital, 
and was sentenced to be cashiered. The pre- 
sent Chief Baron of the Exchequer, then Mr. 
Pollock, was one of Bligh's counsel on that 
occasion. 
Captain Bligh afterwards became a Vice- 
Admiral. In advancing years he found 
much happiness in the midst of his family, to 
whom he was greatly endeared. A serious 
internal complaint obliged him to come to 
London from his residence at Farningham, 
Kent, for surgical advice ; and he died shortly 
afterwards in Bond Street, on the 12th of 
December, 1817, at the age of sixty-three. 
* Dated, May 25, 1805. + Dated, December 31, 1807. 
