nt was not inattentive to the perilous state of
the country. His majesty's pardon was offered to such of the mutineers
as should immediatety return to their duty; two acts of parliament were
passed for restraining the intercourse between the revolted crews and
the shore, and for the punishment of any attempt to seduce seamen or
soldiers into mutinous conduct; all the buoys at the mouth of the Thames
were removed; and batteries were erected along shore for firing red-hot
shot. Government was assisted in their efforts to quell the rebellion by
the two divisions of the fleet lying at Portsmouth and Plymouth, each
of which addressed an exhortation to the mutineers, urging them to be
content with the indulgences granted, and to return to their duty. But
their warnings were all ineffectual. The mutineers sent Lord Northesk,
who had been confined on board his ship, the "Monmouth," with conditions
to his majesty, on which alone, they said, they were willing to
surrender the ships. The terms they demanded were submitted to the king
in council, and were instantly rejected; and all hopes of accommodation
being thus at an end, preparations were made to enforce obedience to
the laws. The bold tone which government assumed, being seconded by
the voice of the people, at length had its effect. Several of the ships
deserted the rebels; in those that remained the well-disposed rose upon
the refractory, and some lives were lost; and by the 13th of June every
red flag had disappeared. President Parker and some of the delegates
were executed, some were flogged through the fleet, and others left
under sentence on board prison-ships, while the mass received his
majesty's free pardon. This general pardon was proclaimed in October,
after Admiral Duncan's victory off Camperdown, which will be noticed in
a subsequent article.

GREY'S MOTION FOR REFORM, ETC.

While the country was agitated by the mutiny of the fleets, Mr.
Grey rose in the house of commons to move "for a sweeping reform in
parliament." This motion was seconded by Fox and others of his party;
but it was lost by a majority of two hundred and fifty-eight against
ninety-three. Not one of the Foxites could have expected that the motion
would pass; but pretending to despair of succeeding in their plan of
reform, Fox and most of his friends seceded from parliament, declaring
that their attendance there was useless. Some of them returned
subsequently to their seats, but none of them