THE KING'S PAEDON. 77 
you must be certain I am in earnest, else 
I would not write in so light a strain. 
Adieu, dear sister. Best compliments to 
Mr. and Miss Graham, and believe me ever 
affectionately yours, 
"JAMES HEYWOOD." 
We know how the recommendation to 
mercy prevailed. King George the Third 
was then enjoying a visit at Weymouth, 
with the Queen, and the royal family. It 
appears from the public records of that date, 
that he found pleasure in doing acts of kind- 
ness ; and doubtless this exercise of the royal 
prerogative was a cause of much inward 
satisfaction to the King. 
On the 24th of October, 1792, the royal 
warrant was despatched, granting a free par- 
don to Hey wood and Morrison, with a respite 
for Musprat, which was followed by a pardon ; 
and for executing Ellison, Burkitt, and Mill- 
ward. 
Millward, and Musprat, with Churchill, 
were the men who had been deserters at 
Otaheite, and who had been forgiven by 
Bligh for that offence. 
