Editing Rum Rebellion (section)

==Aftermath==
Macquarie reinstated all the officials who had been sacked by Johnston and Macarthur, replaced the alcoholic Atkins with [[Ellis Bent]] (the first professional lawyer to occupy a public post in Australia) as Judge Advocate,<ref>{{cite book | last=Hughes | first=Robert | author-link=Robert Hughes (critic) | title=The Fatal Shore | publisher=Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. | year=1986 | isbn=0-394-50668-5}} Chapter IX, § 3.</ref> and cancelled all land and stock grants that had been made since Bligh's deposition. To calm things down, he made grants that he thought appropriate and prevented any reprisals.<ref>''The Australian Encyclopaedia Vol.II'', p. 196</ref> When Bligh received the news of Macquarie's arrival, he sailed to Sydney, arriving on 17 January 1810 to collect evidence for the forthcoming court martial of Johnston. He departed for the trial in England on 12 May, arriving on 25 October 1810 aboard {{HMS|Hindostan|1804|2}}.<ref name="SLNSWBlighBanks"/>

Having informally heard arguments from both sides, the government authorities in England were not impressed by either Macarthur and Johnston's accusations against Bligh, nor by Bligh's ill-tempered letters accusing key figures in the colony of unacceptable conduct. Johnston was court-martialled, found guilty and [[cashiered]], the lowest penalty possible. He was able to return as a free citizen to his estate, Annandale, in Sydney. Macarthur was not tried but was refused permission to return to New South Wales until 1817, since he would not admit his wrongdoing.<ref name="AustEncII"/> Bligh's promotion to [[rear admiral]] was held up until the end of Johnston's trial. Afterward it was backdated to 31 July 1810, and Bligh took up a position that had been kept for him. He continued his naval career in the Admiralty, without command, and died of [[cancer]] in 1817.<ref name ="AustEncI"/>

Macquarie had been impressed with Foveaux's administration, putting his name forward to succeed Collins as Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania because he could think of no one more fitting; and considered that he could not have acted otherwise with regard to Bligh. However, when Foveaux returned to England in 1810 he was court-martialled for assenting to Bligh being deposed and imprisoned; Macquarie's recommendation was ignored. Foveaux was taken back into active service in 1811 and promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the [[1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry]]. He pursued an uneventful military career after that, rising to the rank of lieutenant-general.<ref name="AustEncIf"/>