P7o7 lc, 
éonvenient oceafion, the fame intereft in the 
weltare of their country, and the fame dvgree 
ef loyalty as was difplayed by the feamen at 
Spithead. ‘ 
The crew of the Lancafter, of 64 guns, 
which lay at Long Reacl, betrayed evident 
difpofitions to join the thips at the Nove, but 
werésrevented from paffing down the river, by 
the furnaces at Tilbury Fort and Grayefend, 
and other works which were amply defended 
by the military. 
All communications being ftopped with the 
fhore, the. mutineers fupplied themfelves with 
water and provifions from the fhips they ftop- 
ped, and a party of feamen landed in the Ifle 
of Grain and carried of a number of fheep, &c. 
The accounts, however, of their plundering 
diifercnt trading veffels were ridiculoufly exag- 
gerated, the chief aét which they. perpetrated 
of this kind, was robbing a veffel of 300 facks 
ef flour, of which they found themielves in 
“need, and which were, diftributed throughout 
the fleet. ‘ 
A deputation of the Admiralty, at the 
head of which was Earl Spencer, went down 
to “Sheernefs, but they had no conference with 
the delegates, demanding uncondi ional fubmiffion- 
as a neceffury preliminary to any intercourfe. 
Earl Spencer departed from Sheernefs, without 
any attempt to compromile the difpute, aiter 
having caufed it to be fignified to the feamen, 
that they muft expe@ no conceflions whatever, 
than fuch as has been aiready made by the 
jeg flature, the benefit of which they might 
yet enjoy on returning to their duty. 
Gn the 30th of May, the Clyde frivate was 
carried off from the mutinous fleet, by a com- 
bination of the officers, aided by fome of the 
feamen 3 as was the St. Fiorenzo, the officers of 
which cut her cables, and got under weigh at 
the inftant when the boat{wain’s whiftle was 
piping ail hands to dinner. Thefe fhips were 
fired at by feveral other:, and the St Fiorenzo 
futtained fome damage in her hull and other 
works. 
All the buoys were now removed from the 
mouth of the Ti.ames, and the n ighbouring 
coaft, by the order of government ; a precau- 
tion which is faid to have greatly perplexed the 
mutineers, as any large fhips which might at- 
tempt to fail away, were in danger of running 
aground. Great preparations were alfo made 
at Sheernefs, againit an attack from the fhips, 
and furnaces and red-hot balls were kept 
teady, &c. 
On Sunday, June 4, the whole fleet evinced 
its perfect loy 1 difpofition by a general falute, 
which was fired from all the fhips at the Nore, 
in compliment to his majefty’s birth-day ; and 
the fhips were decorated ia the fame manner 
as is practifed on rejoicing days; the red flag 
being, however, kept plying at the main of the ~ 
Sandwich. eels 
June 5, about nine at night, the Serapis 
‘frigate, of 44 guns, and the Difcovery, attempt- 
ed to defert the fle.t, making for the fort at 
Sheernefs, with a view of returning to obedi- 
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ence. When this was perceived, all the line of 
battle-fhips within reach, inftantly poured out 
broadfides at them. The frigate, however, 
got out of reach, although much fhattered and 
damaged in their mafts and rigging The 
noife of the cannon heard in this firing, had a 
tremendous effect on fhore. : 
On Tueflay, June 6, in the morning, the 
Agamemnon, Leopard, Ardent, and Ifis, men 
of war, and the Ranger floop, jcined the mu- 
tinous fhips at the Nore, having left the fleet 
of Admiral Duncan. Lord Northefk, captain 
of the Monmouth, at the defire of the delegates, 
went on board of the Sandwich, where he re- 
ceived propofitions for an accommodation, in 
the form of a letter, * which he was defired to 
lay before his majefty. Being furnifhed with 
a paffport from Ricuarp PARKER, he went 
up to town by water. The demands in the 
feamens’ letter beimg thought improper, Capt. 
Knight, of the Iniexible, carried down the 
refufal of the Lords of the Admiralty. . 
Meatures were now taken by Lord Keith, . 
and Sir C. Grey, to attack the fleet from the 
works at Sheernefs, with gun-boats, &c.3 the 
defection, however, of the Repulfe, Leopard, 
and Ardent, on the night of Friday the oth, 
with other fymptoms of treachery among the 
multineers to their own caufe, rendered the ufe 
of force unneceflary. 
On Saturday, June 10, feveral other of the 
fhips pulled down the :ed flag, as a fignal for 
the meichantmen to go up the river, and the 
ftore and victualling fhips to remain behind ; 
all of thefe, however, profited by the oppor- 
tunity to effect their eicape, after having been 
fired at by the fleet. The whole Thames, at 
this time, appeared covered with veffels, and 
fuch a multitude of {hips never, perhaps, 
before came up, by one tide, to its port, 
The mutineers now framed a more moderate 
fet of articles, defcribing the nature of their 
grievances and demands, which they fent to 
the Admiralty by Captain Cobb. Minifters, 
however, were fuliy determined not to grant 
any demands, but to force the feamen to un- 
conditional fubmiffion. Gn the rith, the 
Neptune, of 98 guns, manned with prefs 
gangs, volunteers, &c. Sir E. Gower, com- 
mander, fell down to Longreach, with a view 
to act offenfively againit the mutineers; the 

* Jo the Right Hon. Earl Northefk. 
MY LORD, . 
«« YOU are hereby required, and direéted, 
to proceed to London with fuch papers as aie 
entruited to your care, and to lay the fame be- 
fore our gracious fovereign, King George the 
Third, and to reprefent to our gracious fove- 
reign, that the feamen at the Nore haye been 
grofily mifreprefented; at the fame time, if our 
gracious fovcreign does, not order us to be re- 
dreffed in fifty-fur hours, fuch fieps will be 
taken, as will aftonifh our dear countrynien,” 
By order cf the Delegates of the whole 
Fleet, 
Ricuarp PARKER, Prefident, 
Lancafter, 
