the said last-mentioned supposed crimes and offences, (that is to say,) for delaying and discouraging the public service (meaning the service of our Sovereign Lord the King) on the said 16th day of April 1781, and for disobeying his the said George's verbal orders and public signals, in not causing the cables of his Majesty's ship Isis, then under his the said Evelyn's command, to be cut, or slipt, immediately after his getting on board, in order to put to sea after the enemy, (meaning the said French squadron,) as he the said George had directed; and also for falling a-stern, and not keeping up in the line of battle, according to the signal then abroad, after the Isis had joined the squadron, (meaning the said squadron under the command of the said George,) and cleared the wreck of the fore-top-mast, when he the said George bore down upon the enemy, (meaning the said French squadron,) about sun-set of the said 16th day of April. At which said trial the said court-martial having heard the witnesses produced in support of the said charge, and [85] by the said Evelyn in his defence, and having heard what the said Evelyn had to urge in his defence, and having maturely and deliberately weighed and considered the whole, was of opinion, that it appeared to them, that the said Evelyn did not delay or discourage the public service, on which he was ordered on the said 16th of April 1781; that from the circumstances proved of the condition the Isis was in, it appeared to the said court-martial, that the said Evelyn was justifiable in not immediately cutting, or slipping the cable of the Isis after his getting on board her on that day, and that after the wreck of the fore-top-mast had been cleared, the said Evelyn aid his utmost to regain his station in the line of battle, and that the Isis was in her station about sun-set of that day; the Court did therefore adjudge the said Evelyn to be honourably acquitted of the whole of the said charge, and he was thereby honourably acquitted accordingly. By means of which said false, malicious, and wrongful proceedings of the said George, he the said Evelyn not only suffered and endured a long and grievous imprisonment for a long space of time, (to wit,) for the space of two years, seven calendar months, and nineteen days, but during that time lost and was deprived of divers sums of money, (amounting in the whole to a large sum,) to wit, 20,000l. which he would otherwise have gained, if he had not been suspended and removed by the said George, from his rank and post of Captain and Commander of the said ship, called the Isis, from prizes and captures which were taken and made from the enemy by the said ship the Isis, and the other ships of the said squadron in the course of the said service and expedition, and during the said arrest and suspension of him the said Evelyn for the time aforesaid, and also suffered, sustained, and underwent great hardship, pain, grief, vexation, and anxiety of body and mind, and was thereby put to great and heavy charges and expences of his money, amounting in the whole to a large sum of money, (to wit,) 5000l. in and about the defending himself against the said false and malicious charge and accusation of the said George, and the manifestation of his innocence in the premises, and was also thereby greatly aggrieved, hurt, and damnified in his good name, fame, character, and reputation, (to wit,) at London aforesaid, in the parish and ward aforesaid. And also, whereas on the said 16th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1781, and long before and afterwards, there were open war and hostilities between our said Lord the now King, and the French King, his Most Catholic Majesty, and the States General of the United Provinces. And whereas during such war and hostilities, and before the committing of the grievances next herein-after-mentioned, (that is to say,) on the 16th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1781, a squadron of ships and vessels of war of and belonging to our said Sovereign Lord the King, had been sent out and employed under the command of the said George, as Commander in Chief of the same squadron, upon a particular service and expedition against his Majesty's enemies, and the said squadron, under the command of the said George, had proceeded in the course of such service and expedi-[86]-tion to Port Praya Bay, otherwise Port Praya Road, in the said island of St. Jago, in foreign parts. And also, whereas the said Evelyn, before the committing of the said grievances next hereafter-mentioned, (that is to say,) on the said 16th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1781, was Captain and Commander of one of his Majesty's ships of war, called the Isis, being one of the said squadron, and under the command of the said George, as Commander in Chief of the said squadron, and which said ship, called