1802. ] 
for his reception.. The object ‘of Lord 
Elgin’s voyage, is faid to be of a political 
nature, and that he is empowered to fettle 
fome differences which have arifen between 
the Captain Pacha and General Hutchin- 
fon. It is tated, that this general has not 
only. taken under his protection two fugi- 
tive Beys, whom the Captain had ordered 
to be apprehended, but that he had far- 
ther demanded the enlargement of eight 
other Beys, whom the Grand Vizier had 
fent to Cairo, under a ftrong efcort, be- 
caufe they not only refufed to fubmit to 
the authority of the Porte, which withes 
to recover Egypt from the dominion of 
the Beys, but alfo endeavoured to form a 
patty in the army of the Grand Vizier. 
The Mamalukes at Alexandria having 
taken part with their leaders, the Captain 
Pacha was obliged to fend troops againft 
them. An engagement took place; feven 
of the Beys were killed on the {pot, and 
two effected their efcape to the camp of 
the Englith general. 
The trials of the mutineers of the 
Bantry Bay fquadron commenced on the 
6th of January, at nine o'clock in the 
morning, on board his Majetty’s fhip, the 
Gladiator, at Portfmouth. The Court 
obferving feveral perfons taking minutes 
of the proceedings, confulted for fome 
time on the propriety of publifhing the 
evidence in detached parts, and at length 
came to a determination that notes might 
be taken, but not publifhed till the con- 
clufion of the trials. The trial of Par- 
ker and his affociates in 1797 was publifh- 
ed daily; that of Captain Williamfon in 
1798, daily, without the leaft impediment. 
The trials being ended, thirteen receiv- 
ed fentence of death. On the 1asth of 
January, fix of the mutineers were exe- 
euted in Portfmouth harbour: the yellow 
flag, the fignal for execution, was hoifted 
on-board the Temeraire, at Spithead ; and 
by a few minutes after ten, the boats from 
the different fhips were all affembled 
round the Formidable, the Temeraire and 
the Vengeance, the veffels appointed for 
the awful fcene. At a quarter before 
eleven o'clock, Chefterman, Fitzgerald, 
Collins, Mayfield, Ward, and Hillier, ap- 
peared on the quarter decks of the above 
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veflels, viz. four of them in the Teme+ 
raire, one in the Formidable, and one in 
the Vengeance. Thefe veffels lay, almoft 
clofe together. After a few minutes {pent 
in prayer, about eleven o’clock the fignal 
was given by the firing of a gun, when 
they were launched into eternity. 
They all behaved with great fortitude.” 
Chefterman folicited the favour of a glafs 
of wine, which he drank with great com— 
pofure. 
In confequence of an order received 
on the +3th of January from the Admiral. 
ty, by the Commander in Chief at Portf- 
mouth, a Court-Martial was held the 
next day, on-board his Majefty’s thip, 
Gladiator, to try William Allen, Edward 
Taylor, George Comayne, George Dixon, 
James Riley, and Thomas Simmonds, 
feamen, belonging to his Majefty’s thip, 
Temeraire, on charges of mutiny, &c. 
fimilar to thofe exhibited againft the other 
prifoners. The profecution was clofed 
on the fame afternoon,. when the Court 
adjourned till half paft ten the next morn=— 
ing. The Court met the next morning, 
according to their adjournment, and hay- 
ing humanely given time for their de- 
fence, they all, except Comayne, received 
fencence of death. He is to receive two 
hundred. lafhes. They have been fince 
executed according to their fentence. 
The book(fellers and printers of the 
metropolis have agreed to petition Parlia-’ 
ment for a repeal of the laft duty upon 
paper, as the only means of preventing 
the greater part, if not the whole of their 
export trade, from being transferred to 
the hands of foreigners. 
At a meeting of the Whig Club, on 
the rgth of January, Mr. Sheridan was in 
the chair. On his health being drank, he 
addreffed the company. After explaining 
the origin and progrefs of the Club, and 
the active part which he had taken in its 
inftitution and eftablifbment, he alluded to 
the report of the prefent Minifters having 
an intention of repealing the laws againft 
popular meetings, and expreffed a hope, 
that the report was well founded. Mr. 
Sheridan was highly applauded on the 
occalion. . 
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