Letters and Orders', being copy of a letter received by Lord Castlereagh, Secretary of State, from William Bligh, 15 March 1806 (Series 40.014) - No. 0003

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New South Wales.  As it is a Station where a King's Ship may remain for double the time of any other Station it still adds to lessen the dread of behaving ill, and as confinement or suspension may be of considerable duration before the cause of either can legally be tried under the existing Articles of War, and thereby subject the Prosecutor to a Case of Proof, of the Crime which has been committed, as well as the Prisoner support in his Defence; I beg leave therefore to ask for due authority how to act in such Cases, to prevent litigation either on the one side or the other.

I have the honor to be
My Lord  
Your Lordship's
most obedient
humble Servant

Wm Bligh

The Right Honble
Lords Viscount Castlereagh &c, &c, &c.