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The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Report from Halifax details British military and naval transitions: Prevost heads to England, Sherbrooke to Canada, Griffith to Carteret's trial in Bermuda, Cochrane returns home; ships dispatched amid peace shifts before French news.
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From Halifax, April 28
"Sir George Prevost has embarked at New-Brunswick, in the Cossack, for England; and Sir John Sherbrooke will depart immediately for Canada, to take the command there. Admiral Griffith has sailed for Bermuda, to sit on the trial of Captain Carteret, late of the Pomone.—
There is little doubt, but he (Carteret) will swing for it—or has by this time. The paragraph in one of the Boston papers, which stated that the Captain of the Furieuse had been sent home in irons, ought to be contradicted. Captain Mouncey commands the Furieuse; and a more worthy officer does not exist. The printer must have mistaken him for the man Carteret. Sir A. Cochrane goes home, after the command of the whole coast. All the British ships are sent home immediately on their arrival. The Bacchante, Galatea, Medina, Escort, &c. have sailed; and all this before we received the strange news from France. What alteration this will make, the Lord only knows.
The naval Peace Establishment here will be, the Bulwark flag-ship, five frigates, and six or eight sloops."
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Halifax
Event Date
April 28
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captain carteret expected to be executed for his actions; multiple british ships sent home including bacchante, galatea, medina, escort; naval peace establishment planned with bulwark flagship, five frigates, and six or eight sloops.
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Sir George Prevost embarked at New-Brunswick on the Cossack for England; Sir John Sherbrooke to depart immediately for Canada to take command. Admiral Griffith sailed for Bermuda to sit on the trial of Captain Carteret, late of the Pomone. Correction issued that Captain Mouncey of the Furieuse was not sent home in irons, unlike Carteret. Sir A. Cochrane returning home after commanding the coast. All British ships sent home upon arrival, before news from France. Future naval peace establishment outlined.