armed, from the ship or vessel you respectively command, to Her Majesty's ship, as soon as the signal shall be made from that ship, in order to assist at and attend the said execution. To Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The respective Captains, Commanders, and Commanding Officers of Her Majesty's ships and vessels at No. XXXV. Memorandum to be sent to each Captain on the Occasion of a Sentence of Death being carried into Execution. Memorandum. H. M. S. at 18-. of Her Majesty's ship Having approved of the sentence of death, passed by a court-martial on I transmit to you herewith a copy of the said sentence, together with my order for carrying the same into execution, both of which, as well as the articles of war, I desire you will read publicly on the quarter-deck to your officers and ship's company on instant, at o'clock in the morning. next, the You are to be present, and remain on board your ship during the time of execution, and on the signal being made from the , you are to assemble the officers on deck, and cause the ship's company to man the rigging. Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. No. XXXVI. Order to the Captain of the Ship to which the Prisoner belongs to carry the Sentence of Corporal Punishment into Execution. By &c. Whereas, at a court-martial held on board Her Majesty's ship at on the instant, being president thereof, a sentence was passed to the effect followviz.: "The Court, in pursuance of an order from, &c. (here insert the sentence.) ing, instant, at on morn And whereas I have thought fit to approve the same, and do hereby require and direct you, when the signal is made to that effect, on board the ing next, the o'clock, or the first favourable day afterwards (Sunday excepted) to cause a lieutenant of Her Majesty's ship under your command, to attend and see the sentence put into execution, by the said receving lashes on his bare back with a cat-of-nine-tails, alongside the ; and you will herewith receive a copy of the sentence which is to be publicly read by the Provost Marshal alongside that ship. You will order the surgeon of the ship you command to attend in the boat with the lieutenant, and one of the assistant surgeons in the boat with the prisoner, and you will direct the lieutenant to stop the punishment till further orders, whenever the surgeon shall give it as his opinion that the prisoner cannot bear more with safety. To ship at Given under my hand, on board Her Majesty's the day of, 18—. (Signature of the Commander-in-Chief.) Esq. Captain of H. M .S. ———. By command of the Commander-in-Chief. C. D., Secretary. No. XXXVII. Order to the Captain of the Flag Ship to cause the Signal to be made for the Boats of the Squadron to attend at the Execution of the Sentence of Corporal Punishment. lashes been sentenced by a court-martial to receive on his bare back with a cat-of-nine-tails alongside, or on board such of Her Majesty's ships and vessels at this port, at such time or times and in such proportions as I shall direct: You are hereby required and directed to cause the proper signal to be made from the ship bearing my flag, at o'clock in the morning of next, the instant, or the first favourable day afterwards (Sunday excepted), for the boats of the squadron, manned and armed, to assemble alongside Her Majesty's ship — the said punishment. To Given under my hand, &c. Esq. to attend (Signature of the Commander-in-Chief.) Captain of H. M. S. —. By command of the Commander-in-Chief. C. D., Secretary. The order to the Provost Marshal to attend at the corporal punishment of the prisoner. The General Memorandum to the respective captains, to send boats manned and armed; and the Memorandum to be sent to each captain on the occasion of a sentence of corporal punishment being carried into execution may be framed from the forms given, Nos. 32. 34. and 35. No. XXXVIII. Form of Warrant to be issued by the Commander-in-chief to empower the Commander of a Squadron ordered on separate Service to hold Courts-Martial. By Vice-Admiral of the Red, and commander-in-chief of Her Majesty's ships and vessels employed and to be employed in the Mediterranean, &c., &c., &c. Whereas I have thought fit to detach a part of the fleet under my command to be employed under your orders, I do, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the 8th section of the Act 22 Geo. 2. cap. 33., for the better maintaining a proper government and strict discipline in the ships so detached, hereby authorise and empower you to call and assemble courts-martial as often as you shall see occasion, until you shall rejoin my flag, or come under the command of any other your superior officer, or return to Great Britain or Ireland. And, in order that the Crown may not be put to an unnecessary expense, and the officers and companies to great inconvenience by being kept out of their wages, on the occasion of the loss of any of Her Majesty's ships or vessels, you are, in case of such accident, to cause a court-martial to be assembled as soon afterwards as possible to try the respective officers and companies for the same. But you are most strictly charged and enjoined not to permit or suffer any lieutenant acting as commander of any ship or vessel, to assist at, or compose a part of, such courts-martial, the judges of England having upon a question referred to them by His Majesty's order in council of the 2nd of September, 1791, given it as their opinion that persons so situated are not commanders within the meaning of the Act 22 Geo. 2. cap. 33. Given under my hand on board the at (Signature of the Commander-in-Chief.) -, Secretary. By command of the Commander-in-chief. ODL No. XXXIX. Memorandum to accompany the preceding Warrant. at Memorandum. 18-. It being enacted by the 7th section of the Act of Parliament 22 Geo. 2. cap. 33., that no commander-in-chief of any fleet or squadron of His Majesty's ships, or detachment thereof, consisting of more than five ships, shall preside at any court-martial in foreign parts, but that the officer next in command to the commander-in-chief shall hold such court-martial, and preside thereat, it is my direction that, so long as there may be a sufficient number of officers under your orders qualified to sit at and form a court-martial (either actually present, or separated from |