Celebrated naval
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共 52 题- BY PETER BURKE,
- LONDON:
- WM. H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W.
- JAMES HOLBERT WILSON,
- WHOSE TASTES ARE SO CONGENIAL WITH HIS OWN,
- THE AUTHOR,
- WITH MUCH PLEASANT REMEMBRANCE,
- INSCRIBES THIS VOLUME.
- CONTENTS.
- CELEBRATED TRIALS,
- CONNECTED WITH THE ARMY AND NAVY.
- ADMIRAL BENBOW AND HIS TREACHEROUS CAPTAINS.
- CAPTAIN KIDD, A PIRATE WITH A ROYAL COMMISSION.
- SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS IN THE TIME OF WILLIAM III.
- The proofs were as follow:—
- The proofs were as follow:—
- THE TRIAL OF ADMIRAL BYNG.
- Captain Young examined:—
- The admiral addressed the court in his defence, commencing thus:—
- After consultation, the court came to the unanimous opinion—
- THE TRIAL OF LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE.
- THE DOCKYARD INCENDIARY, JACK THE PAINTER.
- The indictment was thus opened by Mr. Fielding:—
- Mr. Serjeant Davy then stated the case, commencing thus:—
- Mr. Baron Hotham pronounced judgment as follows:—
- He might have said, with equal truth, that
- THE TRIAL OF ADMIRAL KEPPEL.
- The court-martial consisted of the following members:—
- THE MUTINY OF THE “BOUNTY.”
- The circumstances of the mutiny were as follow:—
- THE MUTINY AT THE NORE.
- The _Gentleman’s Magazine_ for 1797 thus records this singular affair:—
- THE TRIAL OF GOVERNOR WALL.
- I think you said Captain Lacy was there?—He was.
- William Rosser, assistant-surgeon, gave the following evidence:—
- Cross-examined by Mr. Gurney:—
- The prisoner thus spoke in his defence:—
- THE TRIAL OF COLONEL DESPARD.
- THE COURT-MARTIAL
- OF
- VICE-ADMIRAL CALDER.
- Sir Robert Calder put in the following paper, which was read:—
- Rear-Admiral Martin was further asked,—
- Sir Robert cross examined Admiral Martin:—
- His defence concluded thus:—
- In Captain Lechmere’s examination Sir Robert Calder asked:—
- Some of the interrogatories and answers that followed are curious:—
- Underneath has been added the following:—
- The following is the exact list of Benbow’s naval force:—
- ELIZABETH MARIE.”
- Byron, with wonderful poetic accuracy, recounts the actual mutiny:—
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES