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On the 22nd of June his majesty reviewed the fleet at Spithead, consisting of 20 sail of the line, 2 frigates, and a few sloops, when he was saluted by 232 guns. It was the first of many visits.
I said, 'About N.W., and the old man said, 'Well, yes, rather West of N.W., is not it so, Sir Richard? And Sir Richard did not know what they were talking about, and they pulled out Mackenzie's Survey," etc., etc., etc., more than any man would delve through at this day, unless he were searching for Paul Jones or Denis Duval, or some other hero. "What is the mark for going into Spithead?"
A better lesson cannot be given to a young officer to show that by kindness and firmness that desirable object may be attained which was so eminently proved during one of the most eventful periods of this country. The Saint Fiorenzo was at Spithead when the first mutiny broke out, and the red flag was hoisted on board the Queen Charlotte.
Paid off my ship yesterday at Spithead, and here I am again on Valentine's Day. Temple and I stared hard at a big man with a bronzed skin and a rubicund laugh who expected to receive valentines. My aunt thrust the letter back to me secretly. 'It must be from a lady, said she. 'Why, who'd have a valentine from any but a lady? exclaimed the captain. The squire winked at me to watch his guest.
Your coming back like this seemed to mean something, and so I took the liberty of having a private room for our dinner." "Perfectly right, my dear Merrill," he replied. "Let us go upstairs at once. I have a good deal to say to you, and what I am going to say will have to be done quickly." "We have our sailing orders for the Baltic, and the Special Squadron leaves Spithead at midnight.
She is gone out of harbour already; three days before we had any thought of it; and I do not know what I am to do about Sam's things, they will never be ready in time; for she may have her orders to-morrow, perhaps. It takes me quite unawares. And now you must be off for Spithead too. Campbell has been here, quite in a worry about you; and now what shall we do?
As we got off the Southsea pier we began to feel the wind coming over the common; and being able to make better way, quickly glided by the yachts and small vessels anchored off it, when we stood close to one of those round towers I have described, and then on towards Spithead. Spithead is so called because it is at the end of a spit or point of sand which runs off from the mainland.
I have the honour to be, my lord, Your lordship's most obedient and most humble servant, JAMES SAUMAREZ. Right Honourable Earl Spencer. Crescent, off Spithead, 4th March 1795. I beg to express my sincere acknowledgments to your lordship for having been pleased to appoint me to the command of the Orion.
A short time after he had undergone his sentence, the news of the mutiny at Spithead was communicated; and the vacillation and apprehensions of the Admiralty, and of the nation at large, were not to be concealed. This mutiny was apparently quelled by conciliation; but conciliation is but a half measure, and ineffectual when offered from superiors to inferiors.
The distinction of the designation lay in the fact that she carried guns on two decks besides her upper one, the armament of which, as well as that of her main deck had been got on board easily enough when she was in harbour; but, as she was then lashed alongside the hulk and the lower tier of guns had to be taken in through the ports, this operation could not be very well managed until her broadside was clear of the hull of the other ship, so that the cannon could be lifted out of the lighters and swung inboard, without any intervening obstacle blocking the way and possibly fouling the hoisting tackle and steadying gear, which was not the case until we reached Spithead.
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