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Ceremonial Of The Execution Ofrichard Parker, For Mutiny.
CEREMONIAL OF THE EXECUTION OFRICHARD PARKER , FOR MUTINY .
fJFKOM AN OFFICER ON BOARD THE SANDWICH . ]] Friday Evening , June 30 , 1797 , PARKER wished , before the men who had been concerned with him , to appear the hero to the last , and we are concerned to say , that Davis and another of the Delegates , who were in irons on the outside of the door of the Admiral ' s cabinon board the
Nep-, tune , at Greenhithe , audibly expressed a wish that they had likewise been condemned , that they mig ht die with him . He was confined in the Surgeon ' s cabin . —The utmost attention was shewn to supply him with every thing necessary in his unhappy situation . He was attended by a clergyman of the church of England during the whole day of Tuesday . He had been supplied with pens ,
ink , and paper , and all Monday nig ht he was observed by the centinels over him to be writing , On Wednesday evening he was removed from the Neptune , at Greenhithe , and carried on board a gun boat to the Sandwich , at Sheerness . Friday morning , at eig h . to ' clock , a gun was fired from on board his Majesty ' s ship L'Espion , lying off Sheerness garrison , Vice-Admiral Lutwidge ' s flag-ship , and the yellow flag , the signal for capital punishment , was hoisted , which was immediately repeated by
the Sandwich hoisting the same colour on her fore-top . The Sandwich was stationed rather above Blackstakes , the headmost ship of the fleet . The garrison , on the gun firing , were immediately under arms , consisting of the East and West York , and West Norfolk militia ; a corps of Invalids , and a train of Artillery ; all of which , with fixed bayonets , marched out at the Sally Port Gate , with their colours flingand proceeded in single files along the South shore of
y , the Medway , near to Queenborough , in order to be spectators of the event : all the barrier gates of the garrison were now shut , and each shi p in the fleet at this time sent a boat ofF with a Lieutenant and a party of Marines , to attend the Sandwich . The crews of all were piped to the forecastle , and the marines drawn up on the ' quarter-decks , to be witnesses of the execution . The Prisoner , who
had taken his usual repast in the birth allotted him in the gun room , and passed the night in great composure , was awakened a little after six o ' clock from a sound sleep by the Martial-Provost , who , with a file of marines , composed his guard : he arose witii cheerfulness , and requested permission might be asked for a barber to attend him , which was grante 4 : he soon dressed himself in a neat suit of mourning , ( waistcoat excepted ) sent him by a friend of the name of Tern--plar , wearing his half boots over a pair of silk stockings : he then took his breakfast , talked of a will he had written , in which he had
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Ceremonial Of The Execution Ofrichard Parker, For Mutiny.
CEREMONIAL OF THE EXECUTION OFRICHARD PARKER , FOR MUTINY .
fJFKOM AN OFFICER ON BOARD THE SANDWICH . ]] Friday Evening , June 30 , 1797 , PARKER wished , before the men who had been concerned with him , to appear the hero to the last , and we are concerned to say , that Davis and another of the Delegates , who were in irons on the outside of the door of the Admiral ' s cabinon board the
Nep-, tune , at Greenhithe , audibly expressed a wish that they had likewise been condemned , that they mig ht die with him . He was confined in the Surgeon ' s cabin . —The utmost attention was shewn to supply him with every thing necessary in his unhappy situation . He was attended by a clergyman of the church of England during the whole day of Tuesday . He had been supplied with pens ,
ink , and paper , and all Monday nig ht he was observed by the centinels over him to be writing , On Wednesday evening he was removed from the Neptune , at Greenhithe , and carried on board a gun boat to the Sandwich , at Sheerness . Friday morning , at eig h . to ' clock , a gun was fired from on board his Majesty ' s ship L'Espion , lying off Sheerness garrison , Vice-Admiral Lutwidge ' s flag-ship , and the yellow flag , the signal for capital punishment , was hoisted , which was immediately repeated by
the Sandwich hoisting the same colour on her fore-top . The Sandwich was stationed rather above Blackstakes , the headmost ship of the fleet . The garrison , on the gun firing , were immediately under arms , consisting of the East and West York , and West Norfolk militia ; a corps of Invalids , and a train of Artillery ; all of which , with fixed bayonets , marched out at the Sally Port Gate , with their colours flingand proceeded in single files along the South shore of
y , the Medway , near to Queenborough , in order to be spectators of the event : all the barrier gates of the garrison were now shut , and each shi p in the fleet at this time sent a boat ofF with a Lieutenant and a party of Marines , to attend the Sandwich . The crews of all were piped to the forecastle , and the marines drawn up on the ' quarter-decks , to be witnesses of the execution . The Prisoner , who
had taken his usual repast in the birth allotted him in the gun room , and passed the night in great composure , was awakened a little after six o ' clock from a sound sleep by the Martial-Provost , who , with a file of marines , composed his guard : he arose witii cheerfulness , and requested permission might be asked for a barber to attend him , which was grante 4 : he soon dressed himself in a neat suit of mourning , ( waistcoat excepted ) sent him by a friend of the name of Tern--plar , wearing his half boots over a pair of silk stockings : he then took his breakfast , talked of a will he had written , in which he had