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Sheres dined with us, but after dinner I left him and my wife, and with Commissioner Middleton and Kempthorne to a Court-martiall, to which, by virtue of my late Captainship, I am called, the first I was ever at; where many Commanders, and Kempthorne president.
April 1st. Up, and with Colonel Middleton, at the desire of Rear-Admiral Kempthorne, the President, for our assisting them, to the Court-martiall on board a yacht in the River here, to try the business of the Purser's complaints, Baker against Trevanion, his Commander, of "The Dartmouth."
Up, and with Colonel Middleton, at the desire of Rear-Admiral Kempthorne, the President, for our assisting them, to the Court-martiall on board a yacht in the River here, to try the business of the Purser's complaints, Baker against Trevanion, his Commander, of "The Dartmouth."
He was still very passionate. For instance, when a man was "ragging" him in the College Hall at dinner, he was so furious that he flung a knife at him, which stuck quivering in the panelling of the wall. Kempthorne, his old friend, was at Cambridge with him. They used to read the Bible together and Martyn became a real Christian and fought hard to overcome his violent temper.
The Golden Horse being dismasted, and 109 of her crew killed and 120 wounded, and having six-feet of water in the hold, surrendered. In the same year a 42-gun ship, Captain Morgan Kempthorne, beat off seven Algerine corsairs, after they had made several desperate attempts to board her. Unhappily the Captain and eight of his crew were killed, and 38 wounded.
Sheres dined with us, but after dinner I left him and my wife, and with Commissioner Middleton and Kempthorne to a Court-martiall, to which, by virtue of my late Captainship, I am called, the first I was ever at; where many Commanders, and Kempthorne president.
Is there any gold? when Kempthorne said, 'Yes, my gold is in the portmanteau, and I trust you will not take it all. 'Well, I said, 'we must take you away one at a time, because the range is steep just here, and then we will let you go. They said, 'All right, most cheerfully. We tied their feet, and took Dudley with us; we went about sixty yards with him. This was through a scrub.
Is there any gold ? when Kempthorne said, 'Yes, my gold is in the portmanteau, and I trust you will not take it all. 'Well, I said, 'we must take you away one at a time, because the range is steep just here, and then we will let you go. They said, 'All right, most cheerfully. We tied their feet, and took Dudley with us; we went about sixty yards with him. This was through a scrub.
But certainly it is a thing of great antiquity, and I am mightily glad to see it: it is near to Alesford, where Sir John Bankes lives. So homeward to Chatham, Captain Allen's, and there light. 25th. Up, and by and by, about eight o'clock, came Rear-Admirall Kempthorne and seven captains more, by the Duke of York's order, as we expected, to hold the Court-martiall about the loss of "The Defyance."
In the deep twilight of that forest solitude four desperate rascals Burgess, Sullivan, Levy, and Kelley ambushed themselves beside the mountain-trail to murder and rob four travelers Kempthorne, Mathieu, Dudley, and De Pontius, the latter a New Yorker.
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