CHARLESTON, Aug. J. fpj
Most fhameful account of French depfeda- ne
tions arc rtceived by the arrival of the fchoo- (ht
her;L»bert"y v Capt. Barner, in ie days from via
Cape Frvmcois., an
Their capture of American Vefiel eiliends pe
.even to those bou;i(' to their owh ports The j pe
ftlir, Hetty Capt. Heyfhem of this port, j ,
\va>cleared out, hound to Petit Guave ; on j Ur
lier paftkgs, fhefell in'with a Bi'itifh cruizer, al'
who ordt red her for an Engliih port, endor-» tu
tiing i}poti her regiftef, that if detected in a' re
second attempt to enter a French port, or ci
if taken coming from one, (he should be
condemned both vrffel and cargo. Having
got thtn clear of the Englifti crbizrr, Capt. hi
Heylham still direfted hip lourfe for his firft d<
destination, arVd was captui dby a French ir
privat "rr, carried into Port de Paix, and |
there vefiel and cargo were condemned. I o
The sloop Gen. Green of this port,bound d
to the Cape was takeA on her pafiage by an j b
English cruizer, sent into the Mole forced to I
fell 200 bbls. of pork of her cargo andallow- ll
, ed to depart, which file did, and in pursuing | j
her destination "Was taken by a French priva- j t
teer, carried into the Cape, and there cleared ft
by the interest of Capt Bufchman, when
through the villainy of the capt. one Lew- f
is, (lie would have been condemned, he ha- a
ving voluntarily signed a declaration that
the General Green was-hound to the Mole. I
The market at the Cape is glutted with : r
all kinds of American produce, except pork
wkich will command 18 dollars cash per c
barrel, if the administration at the Cape do {
hot fci?e it. c
The administration at Cape Francois seize 1
yet, all cargoes and jsay for none ; tljey give
receipts for the seizures, payable next crop. 1
Their pradticeß and their payments have
been and are Well known, and the merchants 1
are not to be pitied, who thus foolifhly facri
fice their property.
Accounts were received at Cape Francois , J
before the Liberty failed, of a very valuable ' J
American, Indiaman, a Prize having arrived h
at Porto Rico; is supposed to be the Alia,
belonging to Philadelphia, captured on the
9th ult. off the Capes of Delaware.
The brig Friendship, capt. Hodges, of
and bound to Salem •from Bengal, (which,
ten days ago we mentioned to hare been cap
tured by the French privateer brig Trium
phant, on the 26th of June, and part of
the crew put on board capt. Woodman, of
the brig Aurora of thisportfrom Rochfort,)
had arrived at Fort Dauphin, and vessel
ftnd cargo been condemned.
Extraft of a letter from Pendleton county,
Wa(hingt»n diftrift, July A, 1797*
" We have just finifhed a most pleasing
< day, made so by a combination of happy,
circtimftanccs* The recurrence of the an
niversary of our independence, although
our sensibility may have been awakened,
has been hitherto witnefied in silence ; but
the return of the present, the 21 ft, when
America arrived at age, made it too strik
ingly interfiling to be passed 6ver without
fixing upon it the marks ot our sincere joy
and exultation.
" General notice of the celebration hav
ing been given by the managers during the
fitting of our court, on the 27th ultimo,
and that general Anderfon had very politely
accepted a request of the volunteer compa
ny of light horse, to deliver an oration on
the occafioti, as large a concourse of the
inhabitants of the county assembled as was
ever before known.
" At day-break this auspicious morn
Was ulhered in by the firing of a field-piece.
" About ten, capt. Earle's volunteer
company of light horse paraded before 1 the
court-house. The uniform, with the en
s signs or colours, being quite new, and the
men well armed and mounted, their truly
martial appearance afforded great pleasure
to their fellow citizens. The corps after
wards retired to exercise, jn doing which
they (hewed great proficiency. After go
ing through a variety of manoeuvres, the
party divided, returned to the town, and,
having made a spirited charge in the pre
sence of all the fpedtators, dismounted.
" At twelve a signal gun was fired to
form a procession to the court-house. The
ladies were placed in the fropt, conduced
by major Farrar j general Anderfon, pre
ceded by the cornet with the colours, fol
lowed, saluted en pajfant by a field-piece,
and accompanied by Messrs. Thomas Hun
ter, Striplin, and Miller, the managers for
the day. Capt. Earle at the head of his
•company of horse, succeeded; and the
whole was filled up by the large body of
citizens
" The ladies and gentlemen having taken
their feats, general Anderfon delivered a
patriotic and well adapted oration, replete
with political information and judicious ad
vice to his fellow citizens.
" The oration being closed, the compa
ny returned, in the fame order, 4o a civ(c
arbour prepared for the purpofe,under which
a handsome dinner was served up, and of
which the ladies firft partook. The gentle
man succeeded, general Anderfon presiding.
'( During dinner, the following Poafts
were given by the President, each accompa
nied by the discharge of a cannon :
1. The United States of America—May
wisdom pre fide over her legislative councils ;
and justice her judiciary } and prudence and
resolution, her executive.
2. The Congress of the United States—
May their councils' be governed by modera
tion and firmnefs. ,
3. The President of the United States—
May the manly determination of sentiments
delivered ih his speech on opening the pre
sent Congress, tend still to secure the blef
\ sings of independence on terms compatible
with the rights, interest and honor, of the
American nation.
a. The Vice-Prefiderit —May his great
ab lities be continued in exercise for the hap
diuefj of his country
r, Major-General Pinckney-, our belov
ed fellow citizen —the determined patriot,
-and' thi enlightened ftatefroan. : A
(5. May we while deprecating any &|-
toj-ts wkich ni/, r be made to dissolve the con
nexion of the people with the government jy
(hew ouf fenfi biiity of injuries, dy? determi- I
nation to retainthegoveriiment o't oUrselves ; ,
and, above all, that irt supporting our inde
pendence, -we are an united—'not a divided p
people. tI .
,7. May the tone of the American people,
United with their government, thamfeft to g
all nations a sincere and unchanging folici- j,.
tude for peace, accompanied with a fixed n
resolution, if it cannot be obtained by ncgo- j
ciatiofi, to repel hoflility- _
8. The Congress of 1776. w
9. The memory of those magnahimous a >
heroes who fell in defence of the indepen- jj
dence of our country —May they long live Q
in Columbia's warm remembrance.
iol George Washington., theTather
of his country—May the evening of his v
days be as happy and tranquil, as his life has v
i been illustrious. j
I 11. La Fayette, thp disinterested and gal- j (
! lant affertor of our freedom—May the hap- j
! pinefs reserved for him in this land of liber- j,
| ty, be commensurate with the unparalleled
severity of his fufFerings.
12. Agriculture and Commerce—the ba. j
lis of prosperity at home, and refpe&ability
abroad.
13. The Fair daughters of Columbia—
May they be equally diftinguidied and ho- j
' nored for their virtue, as for their beauty. £
14. Captain Earle's volunteer company j
of Light-Horfe—May'they excel in disci- j
pline—-and, when glory and their country s
calls, in their patriotic zeal be exceeded by <
none of their .fellow-citizens'. ,
15. Pendleton County—May her popu
lation and civilization ever go hand in hand. (
16. THE DAY—May its due influence (
be wafted into the regions of flarery !
After drinking the toasts, the folldwing j
song, on the Fabric of our union and inde- t
1 ' ftndtnec, was sung, to the tune of, the top- |
■ fail., See. .
Fair freedom, lend thy gracious aid, i
, To ling our fabric's feme ; '
By patriots rais'd, celellial maid !
It hnafts thv sacred name : I
: On thv broad basis, may it be
T he pride and fafeguard of the free !
Herejtiffice halds her even scales,
And grasps hef rightful sword ;
F As truth dire&s, (he never fails
f T< punish or reward :
I Here equal law is virtue's guide,
And virtue's sons therein confide.
Here Hue ey'd peaceAvith gentlefway,
Extends herblefiiitgs far;
, Though by her dilates rul'd, we may
Be still prepar'd for war s
r The force which from our u»i*n grows,
| Slull aid *ur friends and cfuJh our toci-
Thus is our independence rear'd •
1 On freedom, strength and peace ;
, By virtue tov'd by faiSion fear'd,
t For fji<aio«'s felt" mult ceife. ,
I Contented now we'll happy live,
' While industry and trade fball thrivel
C Come! Cers* come! in golden pride,
T Adorn each waving field ;
Come ! with Pom«na hr thy fide,
Aaal fruitful harvests yield:
f The heav'nly pair their favors Ihow'r, •
And agriculture owns their pow'r.
'« >.
Y See Commerce witli extended-hand,
l- Flies the restraint ot kings ;
n Ard fortign riches to this land,
e Frnm tv'rj climate hrinjrt s
Blif-'d by her fniiles, we f.xin shall find,
13 That where (he's free, (he's always kind.
n May Science and her handmaid, Art,
To thi* new world belong !
Jr And infant muses joy impart
' In drains of fporrivc song !
,e Apollo fee ! wirh glory .Ircfl,
>■ Appears refulgent in the weft,
te 1
[y America is thus become, ,
, e A feat lar freedom dear,
Where virtuous strangers find a home,
'j* ' And no opprelfion fear.
" These riftng dates (hall be renown'd,
3- By plenty, art, and science crown'd.
le " After dinner a feleft ball was given by
the gentlemen, at which appeared a cou
e" fiderable number of most refpe&able ladies.
« The business of the day, throughout,
to wis condu&ed with great order and Jeco
ie rum ; and the citizens, in general returned
-d a t an ea rly part of the evening to their re
e" fpeftive homes, highly delighted with a scene
so novel and interesting; (
II MEMORY.
or The late Doftor Franklin, in thp more
,; s early part of his life, belonged to a deba
se tingfociety in Philadelphia! At one of
0 f their meetings, it was the doctor's turn to
propose two questions, which wer« as fob
en low, —Who of aH people in the world, have
a the best memories?—fecond :—Who of all
, te people in the world, have the worst raemo
(j. ries? This occasioned much learned dis
quisition amoupg the members. Ont irgu
ia. Ed that people of the best memories, are
those bleiTed with health and strength, strong
nerves, vigorous apprehensions, and in the
G f prime of life.—Others pretended that as
| e . memory, like all other human faculties, is
improveable: those have the best memories
that had during a long course of education,
, a . been obliged to learn much by heart, and
thus became adepts in the art of remem
ay bering^—Multitudes of arguments were
s . brought according to every one's fancy; but
„ j on the other qucftion it was universally a
greed that very old people mult h::ve the
_ worst memories of any, as in the declining
ra . ft age of human nature the nerves become
weak, and the organization of the brain so
far calloused as to retain but weekly the
lts impreflion of past events. There was no end
re _ to the learned theories broached on the oc
ef. cafion. At last Franklin got up, and with
3 ] e the gravest face in the world, informed the
h e ! that of all men livi\ig, Creditors
had the best memories, and Debtors the
;at worst. _ .
ip- Act laying Duties on Stamped Vellum,
Parchment and Paper:
,v " A FEV,'copiss tif the above aist may be had at
3t, the, Office (if tha.Ga2ettc of tks Unit«d Stales, No
j 119, ( hcliiut-flreet. Ju'y 19.
J*. L_-L— 1 ■ j
NEW-YORK, Augud 26. j de
National Debt and Refaurces of France and . . .
England j'■ <' jg (
Citizen St. Aubin has jud made a com
parative statement of the public debt of
France and that of England. He dates P r
the capital of the debt of to be P
400 millions, that of France "to lie 200," "
833,6661. derling. The population of j
England 10 millions ; that of France 28
millions. Share of each individual in the
debt of England, 301. derling ; in France,
71. 3s. 4d. fteiling. Each acre '6 loaded Jr
with a portion of the capital, in England,
about 6k ss.- in France, il. 13s. 4d. fter- j
ling. EfFeftive specie in England 25,0.0, .
000 L in France 66,000,c001, derling.
■Tit Fajhtim at Paris for Women-
White, violet, Date-blue Shamoy robes, °
with a triangular opening vpon the bosom,
1 with a neck a Vantique, like men's Shirts. ™
liead-Drefs —Wigs of chefnut, lighter co-
' lour, or alh colour; chignon turned up,
Spencer hats, caps tied under the chin with
J black velvet ; iron grey or slate coloured
dockings, and flat (hoes. 1 J
The Hull r'dvertifer of July 8, fays—
' Monday, July 3', died; capt. John Eaton, a
' who had been appointed by lbrd Bridport
afting captain of the Marlborough, of 74
guns. He arrived in town on the preced-
ing day, and attended ou Monday at the
admiralty about ten p'clock, and sent up
' his name to earl Spencer. The meflenger
brought down wqrd that his lordship could
not be spoken with until twelve o'elock.
' Captain Eaton waited in the lieutenant's
room till near that hour, and several persons
pafled in and out without obl'erving anyr
' thing particular in his condu&. A capt.
e Oughton was the only person in the room,
and was looking out of the window, when
5 hearing some noise, he turned round, and , j
saw capt. Eaton bad dabbed hijnfelf in the
belly with a kind of dirk, and was making
further attempts to hinifelf. He !
immediately called for affidance, but be- j
fore any could reach him, capt. Eaton had
dabbed himfelf in the fide and in the neck, ,
but the firft wound was mortal, as part of j
the entrails had burd out. During the
agonies of death, several loose expressions
escaped the Suicide. He cried out, " Jus- J
tice, lord Spencer, justice !"—I have
done my duty!"—" D nto all 1
Traitors!" and then mentioned the names
of two officers. A medical gentleman was '
called in, but the unfortunate officer died 1
in about 20 minutes, and was laid out on
the floor of ' t room, with a (heet to cover
his body. a. was to remain there till the
morning, then to be removed* to the duke
of Clarence public house adjoining, where
the coroner's inquest is to fit. Capt. Ea
ton was about 30 years of age, had the
character ps an excellent officer, and orders
had been given for his being made pod as
yederday. It is difficult to account for
this paroxifm of rage ; but he is supposed
to have been much affe&ed with the mutiny
onboard his (hip.
Price of Lilerty.
The have paid for their union
to France 850,900,0 :o of livres, besides
1,500,000 of the fined tree* in the forefts.
When John Bull was told this, he (hrugged
hi* (houlders, and declared " all the liberty
and equality in the world was not worth a
quarter of the sum !—850,000,000 ! ! !"
LONDON, June 21 —22.
Ead, the meflenger, we underdand, on
Saturday, brought advice that the property
(if the Englilh, at Venice, had been seized
by the French,, who had also attached in
the bank a very considerable sum belonging
to his majesty.
June 23-1—24.
Genoa ha* followed the fate of Venice.
The Senate has yielded, and the whole
power is conceded to Buonaparte, who
has placed it in a provisional council.
The Lion and Agamemnon still hold
by out; they refufe to give up their delegates.
11- The Neptune, it is said, is expefted in a
day ortwo to take coercive measures againd
jt, thein.
:o- Stanton, a seaman, at the time of the
ed Leopard's efeaping from the mutinous fleet,
re- drove a half pike through an officer's body,
:ne but he was lliot in the back by a marine.
The ball is at this moment in his groin, and
he will not fuffer it to be extra<fted.
A neutral veflel arrived at Dover on Sa
irc turday, with pafTengers from Calais. The
>a i c ipt. has given information, th?t on Friday
morning an Englfh smack arrived at Calai*
from the Nore, with 17 or 18 seamen, and
0 four women, who were all committed to
prison immediately on their going ashore.
The lords of the admiralty have felefted
1° the members of the court martial wholly
from the (hips fitting in the river ; nojt one
•, u " captain of the rebellious (hips being chosen
irc on it.
"K A convoy is petitioned for and expefted
here the firft of July, to take to Spithead
a . s the (hips now loading for Portugal.
. ls The embargo on veflels trading between
ie 9 this port and London is now taken off, and
3n ' we understand, that armed (hips will fre
quently be failing from hence to the Nore,
m ~ to give protection to such vessels as (hall put
eie themselves under their convoy.
Capt. W. Clayton, of the Prince Wil- 1
. a " liam armed (hip, fails this day for the Nore
with the London traders. She has feur
in£ teen 24 pounders on her main deck.
™ June 24-25.
QUARRELS— at PARIS—
;mj 'Also betwixt the Council of'soo
oc- and the Dire&ory.
ith We have received the Paris journals up
the to the 22d inft. The spirit of party runs
>RS high in France, where the people, with
the that facility of temper which has always
charadterifed them, seem on the point bf
jt! being led to retrace the steps of the revolu
tion, and to recal some principles which
j a( they so totally overthrow. Every thing is
No governed by faction ; and it is nqw the
), mock of the elegant circle of Paris to apo-
" . \ •
- ; t -V. . -- .
logize for prejudice. The Smigrsnfs of all di
defcriptioiis are crowding back into the tc
country, and aristocracy no longer shelters fz
j itfelf under the made even of moderation, h
1 Societies are formed avowedly for tlip cor- ti
reftion of republican ideas, and a venal h
press is a&ively engaged in preparing the c
public mind for a gradual retiirn to the fu- f<
perdition of their ancestors. v
The arrogance of the French dire&ory d
lately received a mortifying check'; Gilbert t>
Defmoliers, at the close of a masterly fpeee'n k
oil the finances, said, addressing hinifelf to 0
the council of 500, " The directory pre- c
fumes to criticise your opinions, It has
been proposed that my report (hould be t
' sent to the directory. Ido not wondei' at t
this motion, sinCe one bf the diredlors de- c
manded, in my presence, that I (hould be Q
obliged to lay the speech I delivered on '
their table.—(Tbe council (hewed it the 1
mod marked difapprobation.)—lt is high 1
time that the directory (hould be taught not '
to alarm the public by indecent meflages, '
but to confine itfelf to its functions, to 1
wait your orders, aud not to. meddle with 1
your discussions." This speech was listened
'to by the council with the utmost attention, <
and received with drong indications of ge
' ner l applause.
The discussions in the couucil of five bun- 1
dred, on the fubjeft ot finance, h?ve been ;
long and violent. In the course of them,
| the dire&ory have been .treated with little
ceremony. Males, one of the members of
I the council; observed, that there was the
greatest danger in leaving five men maders
J of the public fortune ; and that their re
s fponfibility -would be of little advantage
r when all the public refourcCs (hould be ex
hausted. The projedt of Defmoliers • wis
adopted ; the objetl of which was, to de
' prive the executive direftory of a difcrefi
, onary power in the application of the pub
lic funds.
~ A late meflage of the direflory to the
' council of JO'J, read in secret, contains a
I mod alarming pifture of the aftual date of
the finances. 7 It begins communicating to
the councils a memorial of the Bureau of
£• Police, refpefting the hospitals, the pri
sons, and all the institutions of humanity.
s Bitter tears of agony (lied when
• one reads the following details contained in
' this report.—Out of 1800 infants placed
U in the foundling hospital at Paris, since the
s month of lad December, 1500 have perifh
s ed in consequence of bad nourilhment, or
rather the want of nurses, who were oblig
n ed to quit the hospital as their wages were
not paid. The prisons fuffer the fame pe
e nury, and there is good reason to believe,
that for want of care, the prisoners may
escape. The public funftionaries expeiri
t the greatest delays in the payment of
their salaries, and several of them ha*e de
stroyed themselves. A long silence of con
[g fternation succeeded the reading of this
message. Gilbert Defmoliers br ke this
j silence by reproaching the directory with
the bad fydem of adminidration which it
continued to pnrfue, the pra&ice which it\
' had of swallowing up, by anticipation, the
n produft of the contributor?, on the privi
l«ge which it regularly'gave to the contrac
" tors on objefts the mod sacred, such as the
j hospitals and the prisons. A warm discus
sion took place, which ended in the meflage
being referred to the committee of finances.
—(Tableau de la France et de l'Europe.)
On Thursday there was a meeting of the
proprietors of the bank of England, when
ft appeared, that government had already
repaid to the bank a part of what was ow-
ing, and that in the course of the year the
' whole debt of 5,500,0001. would be dis
charged ; besides i,200»oool. lent on the
° malt and land taxes, 500,0001, on exche
quer kills and- other advances, making in
e the whole about 8,000,0001. derling.
Tsiax and/SENTENCK of PARKER.
The trial of this dreadful mutineer came
on yesterday on board the Neptune, lying
off Greenhithe. The charges against the
prisoner were—for causing or endeavouring
j, to cause mutinous assemblies on board his
majesty's (hip Sandwich, and othew of his
majedy'p ships at the Nore, on or about the
t 12th of May lad, —for disobeying the law
' ful order* of hi* superior officers—and for
treating his officers with difrefpeft.
The «ourt wai composed of the follow
ing officers :
President, Vice Admiral Sir Thomas
Palley, Bart.
Commodore Sir Erasmus Gower, Nep
'T tune ; captain Stanhope, do. capt. Willi
amfon, Agincourt ; capt. Markiiam, Cen
t tauf ; capt. Wells, Laneafter ; capt. Sir
° T. Williams, Endymion; capt. Rion,
Princess Auguda Yt. capt. King, Sirius;
. capt. Lane, Acafto ; capt. Pierrtpont,
Naiad ; capt. Ramage, Prince Frederick.
Capt. Mess of the Sandwich appeared as
prosecutor.
j Vice Admiral Buckner was the firft evi-
denee againd Parker. He was cross-exa
mined by the prisoner, as were mod of the
n witnefles ; and he appeared to do it with
more ability than could be expedled in his
" situation. The point of his heading the
1 C " mutiny, as might be supposed, was clearly
edabli(hed, as was also that of his being
U one'of the mod aftive in getting the (hips
•1 , to fire on the Repulse when aground, in
endeavouring to escape from the mutinous
)rC fleet. Thomas Burry, a seaman of the
Jr " Monmouth, deposed that Parker came on
board that fliip, and ordered one Vance to
assist in direfting the Monmouth againd the
Repulse. The prisoner said, " damn you
20 flip y our bower, and go along fide the Re
pulse, and fend her to hell, where (he be
up longs to r and (hew her no quarters in the
ins i lead." Parker cross-examined this witness.
ith He said, " you have been telling a great
lys deal about hell ; I wi(h to know if you
bf have been promised any thing for advanc
lu- ing this helli(h account." The witriefs re
ich plied in the negative. The evidence took
;is up two days. At the close, the president
the then informed the prisoner, that the evi
po- dedce for the prolecution clofcd, and
dc fired to know when he Tfrould.be prepared
to proceed in his defence. The prisoner '
said he must beg some time to prepare for
his defence—it wc'tild be necelfary for him
to have extradls from the evidence. He
had no friends with him, and therefore he
could not be ready to go on with his de
fenccto-morrow. The cotirt told him they
were willing to allow him every proper in
dulgence ; but at the fame time it must be
recolle&ed that there were several officer*
kept from public service, and therefore all
linuecefiary delay must be avoided. The
court then gave him till Mondav.
Parker has written a very submissive letter
to Sir Thos. Pafley, expressing his fatisfac
tion at so refpedlable a charadler being
cbofen to preiide over his trial. The wife
of Parker has,prefented a paper to the ad
miralty, slating to the.board that her Ijuf
bafid is at times in a state of insanity, and
has inclosed fn her address to them a certi
ficate of his difebarge from the Royal Wll-.
iiam, in 1794, on account of symptoms of
mental derangement; which of course will
be laid before the court.
Monday, June 27.- Tht4 day Parker
entered upon his defence. He read it hirn
felf, and brought a number of evidences.
The whole was coodu&ed'better than might
be expected from" a person of his talents,
and in his fituatibn.
The prefideirc advised him, as there were
very heavy charges brought against him, to
consider whether there wa3 not any Other
person whose evidence might weigh in hi»
favour.
The prisoner aflced whether, if any thing
occurred ifl the course of day, he could
derive any advantage from if.
The president told him, that was impossi
ble—is he let flip the present opportunity
he would not have another.
The prisoner exprefTed his confidence in*
the Court, that they would lean to the fide
of mercy, and the drift Jifftice would be
done him j he thought he had already made
it appear that it was owing to l.iS exertions
that the Sandwich had been delivered tjp to
the command of her officers, and that instead
of being a leader of the mutiny, he had
done every thing in his power to check and
keep it under.
The prisoner was ordered to withdraw,
and the court wa3 cleared for the purp<>fe of
leaving the members so deliberate upon the
sentence-
In two hours and a half the court was re
opened, and .the prisoner being called in,
the lentence of the eourt was read by the
Judge Advocate, which was.
That after deliberating upon the eviden
ces on both fides, the' Court was unanimous
ly of opinion, that the said Richard Parker
r is guilty ps all the charges brought again
him; that in consideration of those crimes,
. as unprecedented in their nature, as they
i were wicked in their tendency, and which
! were no less definitive of the interests of the
1 navy than they were injurious to the prof
t perity of the country, the court were unan
t\ imoufljf of opinion, that the said Richard
f Parked should fuffer.death, and be hanged
- until he be dead. They accordingly ad
- judged hiin to be hanged 011 board what
; ship, and at what time the Lords Corhmif
- fioners of the Admirality may be pleased to
• appoint.
Parker, the prisoner, with a degree of
fortitude and undismayed composure, which
t excited the aftMnifliment and admiration-os
i everyone, spoke as follows:
■f "I bow to your sentence with all dr«
- fubmifiion, being convinced I have adled
e froin the di&atesofgood confeience.—God,
- who knows the hearts of all men, will, I
c hope, receive me. T hope that my death
- alone will atone to the country; and that
n those brave men who have afted with me
will receive a general pardon ; I "am fatisfied
they will all return to their duty with ala
crity!" .
e President, It js in the breast of the court
5 to order you for execution immediately, but
e we think it better to give you time to repent
g your crime.
is Prisoner, I return you mythyks for the
s indulgence. x ' >
e _
Statement of Mrs. Ann Parker's unre
r mitting endeavours to obtain an interview
with her husband, on board the Sandwich,
■- previous to his execution ; with the extra
ordinary u&nner in which flie recovered the
s body from the place of interment at Sheer
nefs, and other events subsequent 'to its ar
-- rival in London, as related by herfelf.
i- After delivering her petition 'in favour of"
1- her husband to Earl Morton, who promised
I to present it to the Queen, Mrs. Parker
1, waited at St, James's till five o'clock in the
; afternoon, on Thursday the 29th of June ;
when losing all hopes of a favourableanfwer,
she proceeded into the city, and got into a
is coach setting off for Rochester/. where she
arrived about 11 o'clock that evening. She
i- immediately agreed with a boatman who was
1- going to Sheernefs with garden fluff to take
le her on board at 4 the next mrrning, which
h was that fixed for her husband's execution,
is She embarked accordingly, as soon as the
le tide would serve, and got down along-side
y th? Sandwich about seven. Tie sentinels
g ordered the boat off, she desired permission
is to speak with Richard Parker—the anfwv
in was, that if the boat did not put off, they
is mull fire into it. In spite of her remoa<-
le ftrances, the boatman now proceeded to
m Sheernefs, alluring that as the Yellow
:o flag was not up, 110' execution wotild take
le place that day. She instantly a
iu nother boat from the dock flairs, and, as she
e- was rowed up to Blackftakes, she observed
e- the fatal flag hoifled 011 board the
le —her application was renewed" with tenfold
s. entreeties to get oa board, but to no effeft,
it .and again she was taken back to Sheernefs,
iu the waterman having stipulated only to put
c- her on board the Sandwich, and being obli
e- ged to go back for persons he was engaged
>k tercarry. She hired a third vessel with no
it more fucccfs ; for jufl; as she approached the
i- ship, ike saw the fatal procession of h<r
id hulband from the quarter djci. ts the faix«