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LIFE OF LORD CAMELFORD.
Lord Camelford surrendered himself to Captain Matson
of the Beaver sloop.
This fatal event excited the most lively sensation at
Antigua, particularly as Lieutenant Peterson was a na-
tive of a neighbouring island, of a respectable family,
and much esteemed; and the populace of St. John’s
were only restrained from personal violence against
his Lordship, by the most solemn assurances, that a ju-
dicial investigation should be instituted. The verdict of
the Coroner’s jury summoned to inquire into the circum-
stances of the death of the unfortunate lieutenant, was
that he “ lost his life in a mutiny.”
In the Beaver sloop, Lord Camelford was conveyed to
Fort Royal Bay, Martinique, where a Court Martial as-
sembled on board the Invincible to try him for his con-
duct on this occasion. The court continued to sit from
the 20th to the 25th of January, when they came to the
following determination: “At a Court Martial held on
board his Majesty’s ship the Invincible, in Fort Royal
Bay, Martinique, Jan. 20, 1798, and held by adjourn-
ment every day after, Sunday excepted, until the 25th :—
Present William Cayley, Esq. Captain of his Majesty’s
ship Invincible, and senior Captain of his Majesty’s
ships and vessels in Fort Royal Bay, Martinique; Cap-
tains Jemmet Mainwaring, Richard Brown, Charles
Ekins, and Alexander S. Burrows. The Court being
duly sworn according to act of parliament, in pursuance
of an order from Henry Hervey, Esq. Rear-Admiral of
the Red, and commander in chief of his Majesty’s ships
and vessels at Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, pro-
ceeded to try the Right Hon. Lord Camelford, acting
commander of his Majesty’s sloop Favorite, for the death
of Lieutenant Peterson, of his Majesty’s ship Perdrix, on
the evening of the 13th of January, in the naval yard at
Antigua; and having heard the whole of the evidence
adduced
LIFE OF LORD CAMELFORD.
Lord Camelford surrendered himself to Captain Matson
of the Beaver sloop.
This fatal event excited the most lively sensation at
Antigua, particularly as Lieutenant Peterson was a na-
tive of a neighbouring island, of a respectable family,
and much esteemed; and the populace of St. John’s
were only restrained from personal violence against
his Lordship, by the most solemn assurances, that a ju-
dicial investigation should be instituted. The verdict of
the Coroner’s jury summoned to inquire into the circum-
stances of the death of the unfortunate lieutenant, was
that he “ lost his life in a mutiny.”
In the Beaver sloop, Lord Camelford was conveyed to
Fort Royal Bay, Martinique, where a Court Martial as-
sembled on board the Invincible to try him for his con-
duct on this occasion. The court continued to sit from
the 20th to the 25th of January, when they came to the
following determination: “At a Court Martial held on
board his Majesty’s ship the Invincible, in Fort Royal
Bay, Martinique, Jan. 20, 1798, and held by adjourn-
ment every day after, Sunday excepted, until the 25th :—
Present William Cayley, Esq. Captain of his Majesty’s
ship Invincible, and senior Captain of his Majesty’s
ships and vessels in Fort Royal Bay, Martinique; Cap-
tains Jemmet Mainwaring, Richard Brown, Charles
Ekins, and Alexander S. Burrows. The Court being
duly sworn according to act of parliament, in pursuance
of an order from Henry Hervey, Esq. Rear-Admiral of
the Red, and commander in chief of his Majesty’s ships
and vessels at Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, pro-
ceeded to try the Right Hon. Lord Camelford, acting
commander of his Majesty’s sloop Favorite, for the death
of Lieutenant Peterson, of his Majesty’s ship Perdrix, on
the evening of the 13th of January, in the naval yard at
Antigua; and having heard the whole of the evidence
adduced