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Lancafter, which had furrendered on the 8th, 
the Agincouit, and a number of gun-boats, were 
alfo equipped in the river for the fame defti- 
Ration. 
The firmnefs of the feamen was alteady 
fhaken by the formidable preparations of 
government, and the want of freih  provifions 
and water ; and it was evident that the com- 
bination was falling to pieces. On the rath, 
moft of the ihips ftruck the red flag, and hoift- 
éd the union, to fignify their defire of returning 
to obedience—only feven had the red flas flying. 
On Fuefday morning, June 13, the Agamem- 
non, the Standard, the Natfau, the Iris, and the 
Veftal, ran away from the other fhips, and got 
under the protection of the guns at the fort, not 
a fingle fhot being fired at them. The crews, 
however, of thefe veffels, were very far from 
being unan'mous, as feveral men were wounded 
and killed inthe firuggles which took place on 
board them, between the parties of the officers, 
and thofe of the feamen. On board the Les- 
-pard alone, fixteen men were wounded. On 
the evening of the fame day, not a red fiag was 
feen flying at the Nore, and the blue was uni- 
verfally hoifted. On Friday, the r6th, all re- 
fiftance to the authority of the officers ceafed on 
boaid the fhips, and the mutiny was, in effect, 
terminated, although fome of the fhips wh:ch. 
had pfoceeded up the river, were not_reduced 
to entire ebedience ;—the Belliqueux, and two 
or three more, held out the laft. The officers 
-of the Sandwich furrendered their delegates, 
Parker and Davies, to a party of foldiers, fent 
on board by Sir C. Grey, together with Gre- 
gory, Higgins, and atout 30 other delegates ; 
there were committed to the black hole, in the 
garrifon, at Sheernefs. On the firft appearance 
of the foldiers, one of the delegates, WALLACE, 
of the Standard, fhot himifelf dead in the mott 
heroic manner. 
During the progrefs of the mutiny, a letter, 
dated June 4, (which, however, is believed 
to have been fi@itious) was fent to the delegates 
at the Nore, from the feamen of Sir Roger 
Curtis’s {quadron, and another from the late 
delegates of the fhips at Plymouth, exhorting 
the mutineers to return to their duty. Thefe 
Tetters, forged or otherwife, are faid to have 
had confiderable effect in cieating divifions 
among the men, Fe 
On Thurfday the 22d the trial of Parker 
commenced on board the Neptune, off Green- 
hithe, before a court martial, confifting of cap- 
tains in the navy, of which Sir T. Paifley was 
prefident. Parker was charged with “ making 
and having endeavoured to make a mutiny 
amongft the feamen of his Majefty’s fhips at 
the Nore, and with naving behaved himfelf 
contemptuoufly towards his fuperior officers.” 
The trial was continued by «djournment, to 
Monday the 26th. when the prefident, after 
obterving that the crime of which the p*foner 
was convicted was ‘* as unprecedented as 
wicked as ruinous to the navy as to the peace 
and pro'perity of the country, &c.”” adjudged 
him to fuffer death at fuch time and place as 
the Lords of the Admuailty fhould appoint. 
The leading articles of the charges againft 
Mutiny at the Nore... Trial of Parker. 
[June, 
Parker, were, that he had behaved in two ine 
iiances, though not gererally, with infolence to 
Admiral Buckner (the firft in not allowing the 
admiral. to appear on the quarter-deck of the 
Sandwich ; and the fecond, in forcibly taking 
away two marines from the comm ffioner’s houfe 
at Sheernefs, in. fpite of the remonfirances of 
the Admiral; that in the different conferences 
with the officers, he had always taken the lead, 
as fpokefman ; that he had laid one feaman ig 
irons, and ordered another to be flogged ; that 
he had affumed “ the honour of reprefenting 
the whole fleet’? (an honour, which, he faid, 
“¢ he fltould never forget”); that he had often 
proceeded from fhip to thip, haranguing the re- 
{pective crews, wio cheered him as he paffed 
(on which occafions, he ordered the men for- 
wards, &c.) and that he was on board the Di- 
rector, when that fhip opened a fire on the Re- 
pulfe, where he gave his orders to fire, &c. &c, . 
The prifoner, in his defence, which was 
pithy and pertinent, and expreffed with much 
propriety, confidering his fituation and circum- 
flances, made it appear, that he had endea- 
voured toreceive Admiral Buckner with refpeét, 
by an attempt to man the yards, &c. although 
this defign was defeated from other caufes ; 
that, in punifhing a feaman for getting beaftiy 
drunk, he had a¢ted with the approbation of 
the mafter of the thin; that the man laid in 
irons was confined for diirefoe& to Captain 
Mofs;-and that feveral indifputed marks of 
loyalty were fhewn by the delegates, and by 
Parker in particular, while the differences 
exifted ; and that he (Parker) had declared, 
that were the enemy's fleet known to be at fea, 
they (the delegates) weuld take the fleet, under 
their direélion in fearch of them, &c. &c. 
After the fentence was paffed, the prifoner, 
with a degree of undiimayed compofure, which 
excited the afionifhmaent and admiration of 
every one prefent, fpoke as follows: * I bow 
“to your fentence with all due ifubmifiion ; 
“¢ being convinced I have atted by the dictates 
“< of a good confcience.——God, who knows the 
‘¢ hearts of all men, will, I hope, receive me. 
‘¢ T hope that my death will atone to the coun- 
*‘ try; and ehat thofe brave men, who have 
6 acted with me, will receive a general par- 
‘¢ don.—I am fatisfied they will all return to 
“¢ their duty with alacrity.” : 
His condu€t, during the whole of the trial, 
was refpectful and firm; and he remained, to 
the laft{ moment, apparently unmoved. He 
bowed refpectfully to the perfons prefent, when 
he retired. 
In the crofs examination of the witneffes, 
Parker cifplayed a wonderful degree of abi- 
lity, with one or two exceptions, which were to 
be expected from an unictcered individual not 
converfant with the quibbles of praétitioners in 
the law. 
In the courfe of the month the Pompée, one. 
of Lord Bridport’s fleet, came into Portfmouth, 
in confequence of a ~utiny which had broke 
out en board of her when off Breft. Four of the 
ringleaders have iince been convicted, and twe 
of them executed on board the thip at Port |. 
mouth. 
