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208 THE NAVAL MUTINIES OF 1797
to the enlistment of volunteers. In fact the government
and the nation received mutual support in opposing the
seamen. These measures—the two acts of Parliament,
the orders in council, and the proclamations—comprise
the whole work of the government against the mutiny.
Some account has been given of the three classes of
opposition to the mutiny ; the active preparations of the
naval and military authorities ; the efforts of private
individuals; and the legislative measures of the government.
It must now be shown how, with the help of
dissensions among the mutineers themselves, these
measures were successful in defeating the rising.