John Pearce comes back from Corsica demanding that Captain Barclay the man whopressed him and his fellow Pelicans into the Navy be tried at home by acivilian co... » 

John Pearce comes back from Corsica demanding that Captain Barclay the man whopressed him and his fellow Pelicans into the Navy be tried at home by acivilian court. Against the background of the siege of Toulon and with theRevolutionary Army massing to attack noone in authority sees this as a goodtime to accede to his requests. «