Folios 254-255: Joshua Sydney Horton, Regulating Captain, Liverpool. Reports on the...

Folios 254-255: Joshua Sydney Horton, Regulating Captain, Liverpool. Reports on the impressment of five men. Matthew Richardson, 15, volunteered with Lieutenant James Rees on 16 July and declared he was not an apprentice. William Brown was sent by the Magistrates at Liverpool as a volunteer aged 28 and born in Ireland. John Smith, born in Ireland, volunteered with Lieutenant Rees as substitute for John Sherrack [John Sharrock]. William McAdam said his age was 19 when he was impressed, but the indenture he produced said he was 18. Encloses a discharge certificate for John Holloway from HMS Gladiator, but it does not specify the disease for which he was discharged and the Surgeon does not believe he suffers from any complaint.

Folios 256-257: enclosed with folios 254-255. Letter dated 26 July 1809 from John Topham, Liverpool, to the Admiralty enclosing [not present] an indenture for Mathew Richardson, now on HMS Princess in the River Mersey.

Folios 258-259: enclosed with folios 254-255. Letter dated 22 July 1809 from William Brown, HMS Princess, Liverpool, to the Admiralty applying for his release on the basis of finding two substitutes.

Folios 260-261: enclosed with folios 254-255. Letter dated 23 July 1809 from John Smith, HMS Princess, Liverpool, to the Admiralty applying for his release if he can provide substitutes.

Folios 262-263: enclosed with folios 254-255. Letter dated 27 July 1809 from John Steward, at John Palmers, Liverpool, to the Admiralty. Encloses [not present] an indenture showing that his apprentice William McAdam is under the age of 17, asks for his discharge.

Folio 264: enclosed with folios 254-255. Affidavit dated 26 July 1809 sworn by John Philips, Liverpool, before Mayor James Gerard that Mathew Richardson, son of Edward Richardson of Liverpool, is his apprentice as a cordwainer. Believes he is aboard HMS Princess, asks for his discharge.