text:  In order to obtain the proper court he had directed the prince to take his ship to the Jamaica station on his way to Halifax in Nova Scotia and the following paragraph contains their lordships' decision:-- "My lords are not satisfied with the reasons you have given for altering the destination of the Pegasus and for sending the Rattler sloop to Jamaica; and that for having taken upon you to send the latter away from the station to which their lordships had appointed her you will be answerable for the consequence if the crown should be put to any needless expense upon that account