At half-past one no news was come. If I hear more before the post
goes out, I will add it.

God bless you, dearest brother.

MR. T. GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

Charles Street, May 11th, 1797.
MY DEAREST BROTHER,

Great anxiety again prevailed here by an account which arrived at
midnight, that the delegates were on board the 'London,' and it
was feared they were urging for the execution of Colpoys and his
captain; but a few hours afterwards, news arrived that Colpoys'
crew had resisted the delegates; that even the most mutinous ships,
viz. the 'Duke' and 'Mars,' were returned to their duty, and that
most of the ships had desired their officers to join them again. I
have also read a letter from Payne, who writes in high spirits, and
says that there is now a complete hostility on the part of the
well-affected as against the mutineers, and that he has just spoke
a cutter from the 'Queen Charlotte' with twenty or thirty
well-affected men on board, who were going to every ship in the
fleet, to insist upon everything being quiet, and upon their going
instantly to sail in quest of the French. Lord Howe would arrive
about nine this morning, with a warrant under the King's
sign-manual, for making such final arrangement as might be
necessary for the sailing of the fleet, if he should find it so
disposed to sail. Not a word from Lord Bridport, except to
acknowledge the communication of the Act of Parliament!

Under these circumstances, there is every reason to suppose that
one may hope the immediate storm is a little blown over, and that
no new resource need be looked for such as you suggest; but the
apprehension of my mind is still extremely great, because I am more
and more convinced that Jacobin management and influence is at the
bottom of this evil; and till that influence is traced and rooted
out, there is, in my view, no chance of safety. The tampering with
the soldiers by conversation and handbills is another unanswerable
proof of the system by which all this mischief moves forward; and
the activity of Brest in the last accounts, seems to confirm, as
far as such preparation can, their knowledge of, if not their
participation in, this mischief.

Orde has written from Plymouth, that he hopes to get the ships
there to