by John Marshall

“ Nicholas’s Point; and he was likewise, under Captain Hoare, zealously, arduously, and usefully employed in conciliating the Bantamese, supporting the cause of Achmet, Pangorang of Bantam, and procuring, through his power and influence in that kingdom, supplies for the naval and military forces employed in the Java expedition. ”

“ The evidence of the prosecutor’s other witness, Lieutenant David Bolton, went to shew, that several persons were examined in the presence of Spain and the clerk, prior to the punishment, and proved that they had been drinking together in the commander’s cabin; that Spain was punished for theft and other offences ”

“ That, during the next seven years, viz. from Jan. 1809, at which time he was appointed acting lieutenant, until Jan. 1816, when he was appointed acting commander of H.M. sloop Cameleon, he served in his Majesty’s ships Arrogant, Minden, Theban, and Revolutionnaire; with Captains Flint, Reynolds, Hoare, Skene, Woolcombe, and Leslie; and part of the time in Sir Samuel Hood’s flag-ship. [1]
“Further, that for a considerable part of the last period, your memorialist had acting orders to command H.M. ships Arrogant and Minden ”

“ Morrison (acting surgeon of the Cameleon) , and Mr. Rowe (surgeon at Portsmouth) .
“Your memorialist, therefore, humbly trusts your Lordships will take all the circumstances of his services and claims for promotion into your favourable consideration; and your memorialist, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
(Signed) ⁠“John M‘Arthur Low.” Six days after the date of the above memorial, a letter was laid before the Board of Admiralty, signed by George Spain, of East Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, accusing Lieutenant Low of tyrannical conduct, and indirectly charging him with murder ”

“ That, having arrived at the head of the list for promotions, after thus long serving and suffering, in anxious expectation of advancement in a profession to which he is, and ever has been, zealously and entirely devoted, your memorialist was appointed, by Commodore Sayer, acting commander of H.M. sloop Cameleon, at Bombay ”