‘The unfortunate master has apparently been guilty of no less than three different felonies within the jurisdiction of the Lord High Admiral, _i.e._ on the high seas. The three felonies are (1) scuttling, of which he is wrongfully convicted and transported; (2) being at large during a sentence of transportation without lawful excise--felony under 5 Geo. IV., c. 84, s. 24; and (3) of being concerned with other convicts in piracy with bloodshed, under 18 Geo. II., c. 30, s. 2. As to pardons: All convictions are to be presumed, of course, to be correctly made until the contrary be shown. By 7 Geo. IV., c. 28, a warrant under the royal sign manual is equivalent to a pardon under the great seal, and this only as a pardon as to the specific felony committed by the pardoned, and does not avail as to any offence committed subsequently to that pardoned and not mentioned in the pardon.’ The seizure of the _Childe Harold_ had occurred subsequently to Butler’s conviction for attempting to scuttle the _Arab Chief_. He was also at large whilst still a convict. Miss Johnstone, with much spirit, but with a good deal of wrong-headed obstinacy also, persisted in struggling in the direction of a pardon for her sweetheart until certain convincing representations finally determined her to desist. Having made all necessary arrangements with regard to her property, she joined Captain Butler abroad and was married to him. They ultimately went to the United States, and it is understood that for some years Captain Butler had command of a fine clipper ship flying the Stars and Stripes and trading between Boston and the western South American seaboard. The award for the salving of the _Old Stormy_ made a considerable sum. The cargo proved to be exceedingly valuable. Some of the pictures were by great masters, and the consignment of china alone was valued at eleven thousand pounds. Captain Butler, through Miss Johnstone, refused to touch one penny of the award; the money was therefore paid in sums proportioned by the rating to Mr. Bates, Will Johnstone, and the man Collins. It is remarkable that the cabin story of the abandonment of the _Old Stormy_ proved absolutely true. A single survivor of the crew was rescued; he was carried to Sierra Leone, where he died; before he died he detailed the facts of the mutiny, murders, and abandonment, precisely as they were recited in the document found in the brig.