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shall now exhibit a correct list of the officers and men who were on board when the mutiny took place, shewing as far as lies in our power, the manner in which each individual was afterwards disposed of. The sufferings endured by Mr. Peter Heywood will next occupy our attention.

Turned adrift in the Launch.
1.	William Bligh, Lieutenant and Commander;– Died a Vice-Admiral, in Dec. 1817; aged 63 years[1].
2.	John Fryer, Master; Deceased.
3.	William Elphinstone, Master’s Mate;– Died at Batavia, in Oct. 1789.
4.	John Hallet, Midshipman;– Died a Lieutenant, on board the Penelope frigate, in 1793.
5.	Thomas Hayward, Ditto;– Perished in the China Seas, when commanding the Swift sloop of war, in 1797.
6.	Robert Tinkler, Ditto;– Nephew to the Master, died a Commander R.N..
7.	William Peckover, Gunner.
8.	William Cole, Boatswain.
9.	William Purcell, Carpenter;– Resides at Greenwich.
10.	Thomas Denman Ledward, Surgeon’s Mate;– Remained at Batavia[2].
11.	John Samuel, Clerk and Steward;– Returned to England with Lieut. Bligh. Died a Purser, R.N.
12.	David Nelson, Botanist;– Died at Coupang, July 20, 1789.
13.	Lawrence Labogue, Sailmaker;– Deceased.
14.	Peter Linkletter, Quarter-Master;– Died at Batavia, in Oct. 1789.
15.	John Norton, Ditto;– Killed by the natives at Tofoa. See p. 758.
16.	George Simpson, Quarter-Master’s-Mate;– Deceased.
17.	Thomas Hall, Ship’s Cook;– Died at Batavia, in Oct. 1789.
18.	John Smith, Commander’s Cook;– Deceased.
19.	Robert Lamb, Butcher;– Died on the passage from Batavia to England.
Settled at Pitcairn’s Island.
1.	Fletcher Christian, Acting Lieutenant;– Brother of the present Chief Justice of the Isle of Ely Murdered by a Toobouaite.
2.	Edward Young, Midshipman;– Nephew to Sir George Young, Bart. Died of asthma.

1. For farther particulars of Lieutenant Bligh, see Wentworth’s Description of New South Wales, p. 166 et seq.
2. Mr. Thomas Huggan, the Surgeon, died at Matavia, previous to the mutiny.