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[ June, 
ACCOUNT OF TH E-bA BE Mita 
ON BOARD OF THE FLEET AT THE NORE; 
AND. OF THE TRIAL OF 
REG eR DD Pe ee 
Oxet oF THE DELEGATES OF THE SANDWICH, AND THE. PresIDENT 
OF THE CouRT 
'N our Jaft we noticed that the mutiny which 
had broke out on beard of grand fleet, 
under Lord Bridport, at Spith-ai, had extended 
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itfelf to the other divifions of the fleet, and that, — 
at that time, though it had been filenced by the 
conceffions and attentions of government on 
board of the grand fleet, yet that in the feet, 
at Sheernefs, in part cular, it continu:d to 
rage with fymptoms peculiarly alaraing. 
The No:th Sea fleet, as well as the ‘hips 
lying at the Nore, appear to have had the re- 
drefs of other grievances in view, befides what 
related to the increafe of pay and prov fions 
_demanded by the grand fleet, at Spithcal. 4 
mncr qual divifin of prize money, more regular 
and frequent payment of wages, and certain pri- 
wilezes f permiffion ta go on fhore when in frrt, 
as fi qw as inight be conventent to the fervice, were 
points infifted upon by this divifion, be‘o e they 
wou'd agiee to return to the'r regular ftate of 
fubordination*. During the progrefs of this 
alarming mutiny, various opinions esifted in 
the public mind, in regard to the conduct, the 
moeft prudent to be adopted; fome perfons, 
wth the minifiry, would liften to nothing 
* The following is a Copy of the Aiticles in- 
Sifted ujion, as publifhed in ail the New/papers f 
the Day: 
Article I. Thai-every induigence granted 
to the fleet at Por:/mouth, be granted to bis 
Mayefty’s fubjeGts ferving in ibe feet at the 
Nore, and places adjacent. 
II. That every moan, ape a [ip coming 
into barkoz or, foal have liberty (a certain 
number of men at a time, fo as not to inure 
the rips duty) to go and [ee their friends 
and families, a convenient time to be allow- 
ed to each man. 
IE. That all foips, before they 26 to fea, 
faall be paid all arrears of wages, down to 
fix months, according to the old rules. 
IV. That no officer that bas been turned 
out of any of bis Majefty’s fhips, fall be 
employcd in the fervice again without confent 
of ibe fhip’s company. 
V. That when any of bis Majefty’: s feips 
foall be paid, that may bave been fame time 
in commiffion, if there are any preffed men 
on board that may not be in the regular courfe 
of payment, they faall receive two moxths 
advance, to furni/e thesjfelves with necef- 
far.eés. 
VIL. That an indemnification be made any 
man bo foal run, and may now be in bis 
Majefty’s naval fervice, and that they fbalt 
not be Kable to be taken up as deferters. 
R. Parker, Prefident, 

or DELEGATES. 
fhott of unconditional fubmiffion, whi'e others 
infified that part of the artictes, at lati, might 
have been granted, and tha by moderate and mo= 
Cifted conceffian, the ies and fidelity of the navy 
would be more effe tually { cured than by adur~ 
ting harfh and coercive meafures.—Which of 
thefe opinions was the wiieft cannot now be 
Cetermined,—The attachment and fervices of 
the body of the feamen hereaft-r, and the 
ous they may form of the juftness of the 
demands of the fc et at the Nore, will certainly 
be the only. proof o the policy of the meafures 
that have been pur'ued. 
At the commencement of the mut iny, the 
mutineers were fuitered to go on thore without 
inter/uption, and to parade abou: Sheernefs 
with roufic, flags, and a triumphal appearance, 
calculated to m.ke converts to their czufe, 
Thetr head quarters were in a public houfe, 
from the windows of which a rd flag was 
Loifed many days fuceeflively. The_celegates 
and ¢ommittce men went on fhore or on board 
as they pleafed, and feemed commandets af 
Sheernefs, as wel! as of the fhips at the Nore, 
‘Lord Keith and Sir Charles Grey, however, 
who had been fent down to fuperint end the 
naval and military p-oceedings in tat quarter, 
put an end to this HGR pis inftantly on their 
arrival. : 
With a view to extort compliance with their 
demands, they proceeded to block up the 
Thames, by refufing a free paffage up and 
down the river to the London trade. The 
fhips of neutral nations, however, colliers, and 
a few fmail craft, were fuffered to pafs, firft 
receiving a paifport figned by Richard Parkcr, 
as Dr eficent of the delegates. In order to con- 
centrate their force, all the fhips which lay 
near Sheerne‘s, dropt down tothe Great Nore. 
The line cf battle fhips were drawn up in a_ 
line, about half a mile diftant from each other, 
and moored with their broad fides fronting each 
other. In the {paces between the line of battle 
fhips, the detained merchantmen, &c. were 
moored. The force of the mutineers, at its 
_ greateft height, confifted of eleven fhips of the 
line, exclufive of frigates, in all twenty-four 
fail, The appearance of fuch a mult wgde of 
fhipping, the London trade included, was, 
from the occafion, grand and awful. Each fhip 
was ‘governed by a committee confifting of 
twelve members, together with two delegates 
and a fecretary. To reprefent the whole body 
of feam.n, every man of -war appointed two 
delegates, and each gun “boat one; the mode 
of affemblins thefe wus by beating a drum. 
From the firft breaking out of this mutiny, 
the delegates behaved refpectfully to their fu- 
perior officers. They alfo exhibited on every 
convenient 
