Benjamin Walker informed the Committee that Mr. Yates was informed that his ship was below; that he, Mr. Walker, went down in a pilot boat, expecting it was Mr. Yates' ship; that when the pilot boat came within a mile of the ship, they sent out a boat and pressed John Carleton to pilot the ship up; that he, Benj. Walker, was present and knows that they did press him as a pilot; that an officer on board informed him that they had 200 men on board, and were part of 7,000men from England, and had been nine weeks at sea.

John Carleton examined, says, he frequently told the captain that there was not any person on board of his boat who could pilot the ship up; but that they insisted on it and obliged him to go on board; that Capt. Kennedy told him he was under the necessity to press him, and did press him to carry up the ship, and charged him on pain of death not to run her aground; that between the banks they saw a wood boat; that a jolly boat put off from her and rowed towards the ship and came within 20 yards; that they then ordered men into the main tops and on deck; that thereupon a pilot on board of the jolly boat, who said he had served his time with Fundran, 2 was taken on board; that near Staten island he got on board of his own boat; and that ship Caty is from Boston; that they said there were 200 men on board; that he saw between 40 and 50 men, as he thinks; that there were 8 or 9 officers on board; that he told them Genl. Lee was in New-York, and that he supposed there were 6,000 forces there; that he understood that ships in the whole had sailed with them; that Capt. Kennedy told him that the night before he got down they had 40 men on deck, and some men in the main tops. Carlton had a certificate in the words following, to wit:

We certify the above.
Lieut. Benson Lieut. John Campbell		44th Regt.

Thereupon a certificate was given to the said John Carleton, in the words following, to wit:

In Committee of Safety,
New-York Feb. 10th, 1776.

The case of John Carleton, as to his having piloted up the transport ship Caty, has, at his own request been heard by this Committee, and Benjn.Walker, of the city of New-York, merchant, who went down with him in his boat, was examined as a witness. The Committee of Safety are of opinion that the said John Carleton was innocently brought into such a situation as to be necessarily obliged to pilot the transport ship Caty with troops; and from any evidence that has appeared to us, the said John Carleton ought not to be injured, or considered in a worse light or esteem by the public on that account.