Further copy of a letter received by William Wellesley-Pole, Secretary to the Admiralty, from William Bligh, being 'Copy of my [Bligh's] Letter to the Admty respecting Actg Lt Symon [sic] & Mr Jno Blaxland leaving the Colony in the Rose.... - No. 0003

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[cor]rect:  for although he was superseded in the command of the Porpoise, he was not discharged from the Ship; and Captain Kent ought to have kept him on the Ship's books.

          My situation as a Prisoner prevents my taking any farther steps, at present, to detain him, which it was the duty of Captain Kent to have done; but I submit to their Lordships how he should be treated, on his arrival in England, who was a Mutinier, Deserter, a Rebel Magistrate, and a member of their criminal courts.

          The inclosure marked C I take the liberty to Submit to their Lordships, for their farther information, on the Subject, it being a correspondence between me and Lieutenant Colonel Foveaux, by which I endeavoured to detain Lieutenant Symons, and to shew Lieutenant Colonel Foveaux, he had no right to interfere with the naval service.

          On the 15th August I had an opportunity of