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THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, JULY 27. PRICE OF STOCKS TI - US DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Consols, for money, 67j—for A.Eguet. 64H--Oinnion 1 1 pre. E,.teliequer Bills is. 12s. pram PRICE. OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. s per Cent. Red. 644 India Bents, 19s. 40%. pr. S per Cent. Conc. 68 113 Exch. 3:11s. 7t 138. pr. per Cent.64i 74 °minium, 1 Otprem. 5 per Cent. Navy 9s l +99 State Lottery lekets E 21.115. Long Ann. 18 11-16 i Coss. fa . opg. We have received Hamburgh Papers to the 19th instant. At that date the people in the North of Ger many seem to have been ignorant of the misfortunes of the Austrians—the spirit of the Hanoverian% is described as having been roused in - favour of Great Britain, in consequence of an expected Expedition from this country. We are prevented from entering further on the contents cf these papers, from the press of other matter. We intended this day to have offered to the consi deration of the common sense of the Nation, some ob servations called fnr by the calamitous result of the campaign on the Danube ; but we are prevented , by the length necessarily occupied in our columns with the proceedings of the Court Martial now sitting on Admiral Lord GAstsan at Portsmouth.—They shall be given to-morrow. THE BRAND EXPEDITION. Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock his Majesty's ships SUPERB, Admiral KEATES t and CLYDE, Com modore Owax, got under weigh from the Downs with the first division of the Expedition. There be ing but light breezes from the Northward, the whole brought up the Gall-stream. They were expected to proceed hc:wevcr the moment the wind permitted ; and it has bc2n fair :11l this morning. " DEAL, JULY 26. lig Rear-Admiral Sir RICHARD GOODWIN MATS ) in thz.4 SuPrRP, with the Co VA AGEUX, B UCEPH ALUM, CLYDE, HUSSAR, POMPEY, SPRIGHTLY, and a number of trans ports, sailed this morning to the northward, compris ing the first division of the Expedition. a P. S. Lord CHATHAM is this instant going on board the VENEN ADM" ANOTHER LETTER, SAME PATE. de The 2d battalion of the K ing's German Legion has just received orders to embark in men of war ; the Staff in the VALIANT. " Lord CHATHAM has gone on board. " Some ships sailed this morning ; their destina tion is certainly for Holland. _ _ a P. S. Four o'Clock.—The VALIANT IS this mo ment ordered, by the Admiralty Telegraph, to go to Flushing, sa that there are no shipn for the Sd light battalion. N General Hops and Staff embarked at 4 P. M." ANOTHER LETTER-SAME DATE (4 P. M.). U Sailed, his Majesty's ships SUPERB, Admiral KEATS ; and CLYDE, Commodore OWEN, with the first divisicn of transports; but being light breezes from the Northward, they brought up in the Gull Stream.—Lord CHATHAM has this moment embark ed on board the VENERABLE ; Sir HOME POPHAI'd went off this morning ; as soon as there is any wind, they will proceed." " MARGATE, JULY 26. " Some of the sailors of this port have volunteered their services to attend upon the Epedition ; one large boat has already sailed, and another is ready to go out this evening. Several smacks are going from Whitstable and Hearn's Bay." • Intelligence, brcught by a cutter arrived in the Downs, has reached Government, announcing an attempt.of the French fleet which had been in the Scheldt to elect its escape. The vessels of every de scription draiped down tco Flushing from the Scheldt on Sunday morning, with all the sail they could crowd, and had actually reached the Durlow Chan nel when the wind veered to N. W. which prevented their getting out. They were consequently compelled to return to their anchorage off Flushing. Admiral GARDNER was left watching Them with six sail of the line, and has been since, no doubt, reinforced from the Downs. The enemy is, in the meanwhile, not inattentive to the means of protecting the point's to which our at. tack, as it is supposed by them, will be directed. 'no List letters from Holland state k that the. butch Go vernment had seat reinforcements of troops to the Island of Walcheren. • ' • Yesterday, a little before twelweechickvisia Jure arrived .at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, where be was received by the Dukes of Yoax and CUMBERLAND. At half past two o'clock his MAJESTY held a pri vate Levee. • The following had thtboaeur of being. presented to his MAJISTY Vice-Admix t who bad the beßionr of kissing his Majesty's hand, 012 his morn froinktitsa NS Mr. STD sir nese, Commissioner of Excise. His MAJEstir afterwards held a Privy Council, and Awe audience to the Cabinet Ministers and to Mr. itunta, the Judge Advocate, who laid before his Ma. testy the proceediags of several Courts Martial. Soon after six o'clock his MAJEsTy left taws for Windsor. Princess CitAßLorm of WALES left town yesterday inorta'.ns, fur Bognor, accompanied by Lady de Cur. i — GurricrucißTlAL7o37 - 1,11111 Yesterday morning commenced, nn board his Ma jesty's ship the GLADIATOR, lying in Portsmouth Har bour, the Trial by Court Martial, of Admiral the Right lionotirable Lord GAMBIER, for assembling which the following Order was first read: ORDER FOR THE COURT MARTIAL. By the Commiihi , :otrs for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, &c &c. WHEREAS Admiral the Right Hon. Lord Gambier has, by his letter to our Secretary, of the 90th of May, 1809, requested that his conduct, as Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet =Oared in Basque Roads, between the 17th day of March and the 29th day of April, 1809,. may be enquired into by a Court Martial; _ _ And whereas by the log-books and minutes of the signals of the Caledonia, lrnperieuse, and other ships employed on that service, it appears to us that the said Admiral Lord G ambler, on the 12th day of the said month of April, the enemy's ships being then on shore, and the signal having been made that they could be destroyed, did, • for a considerable time, neglect or delay taking eff,:ctual measures for destroying them : We, therefore, in compiiaace with his Lord ship's request, and in consequence of what appears in;the said log books and minutes of signals, think fit that a Court Martial shall be assembled, for the purpose of examinin into his Lordship's con duct, and trying him for the same. We send you herewith his Lordship's said letter, and alio his letter of the 10th ofthe said month therein referred to, together with au attested copy of a letter cf our Secretary, dated the 29th of last month, and addres sed to Lord Cochrane, and his Lordship's reply thereto, with the log hooks and minutes of signals above-mentioned--and we do hereby require and direct you to assemble a Court Martial on Monday, the 19th day of this month (if the witnesses shall be then study, and if not then ready, as soon after as they shall be so), to try the said Admiral, the Right Hon. Lord Gambier, for his conduct, in the instance herein before-mentioned : and also to enquire into his whole conduct as Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, employed in the Basque Roads between the 17th day of March and 29th day of April, 1809, and to try kiln for the saqie accordingly. Given under our hands, the sth day of June,lBo9. (Signed) Mu L.G R AYE. To Sir R. Curtis, Bart. Admiral of the R. BICKERTON. White, and Commander in Chief of W. Doss LT T. his Majesty's Ships and Vessels at R. MOORSOM. Spithead and Portsmouth Harbours. By Order of their Lordships, W. W. Pots. The Court was then sworn.—the following docu ments were then read : A Cepy of a Letter, dated March 1, 1809, from the Secretary of the Admiralty to Lord Gambier, ordering his Lordship to proceed off Rochefort or elsewhere, in pursuit of the Brest squa dron. A Copy of a Letter, dated March 19,1809, from I.ord Gam bier to the Secretary of the Admiralty ' desk big some adstitional gun brigs and fire ships to join his Lordship, with the answer. A Copy of a Letter, dated April 5, 1809, from the same to the same, acknowledging the receipt of letters on the subject of an attack on the enemy's fleet. Orders, dated 14th and 19th April, 1109, to detach squadrons off Brest and L'O dent. A Copy of the Gazette Letter, dated 14th April, I lint, from Lord Gambier to the Secretary of the Admiralty, giving an ac count of the victory of the 10th and 12th of April. A Copy of a Letter, dated t2d April,lBo9, front the Secretary of the Admiralty to Lord Gambier, congratulating his Lordship thereon, and directing him to return to hpithcad. A Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of the Admiralty to Lord Gambler, with the Admiralty direction; of the 26th of Maxeh, to employ .Lord Cochrane inthe attack of the enemy' in Basque Reads. A Copy of the following Letter : DETAIL (IF TILE IitOCEEDINGS IN BASQUE ROADi, IN CLI..DED IN A ',Erma FROM LOS) GAMUT= TO TILE IIJN. W. W. London, May 10, 1509. 5111-1 have received your Letter cf the 2d Inst. :teknowledg ing the receiat et the List containing the Names ofi>ie Officers and Men employed in the Fire Ship and Explosion Vessels, on the night of the 11th tilt. w:th toy OhservatitAis on the result of my inquiry respecting their cocduct oil that occasion; and signi fying, that yen are commanded by their 1.4r41144 to acquaint me, that, in order to have before them full r s nd complete inforn.a tion of the proceeding of the several ships employed by me irt,„the varionsbranches of thevery important operations carried en agairs. the enemy's fleet in the Aix Roads; It Is their Lorthships' direction, that I should call upon Rear-Admiral Stopford, Captain Bligh, Captain Lord Cochrane, and any other officer I may have entrus ted with any part of that service, to report to me their proceed ings, together with such observations and remarks as they may have made while they were executing my orders against the ene my, and that I should transmit the same to their Lordships with any observation I may think proper to make thereon. You will be pleased to acquaint their Lordships, that I have written to these officers to make reports to me accordingly, and shall lose no time in transmitting them to you, as soon as they/ are obtained ;—but some time most elapse kefore they can reach me. On the 23d I gave directions to Captain Wolfe to put two of the Aigle's 18-pounder long guns into etch of the four gun brigs, and use every means In his power to drive the enemy out of the ship near the Touras, and attempt to set her on fire. The whole of the 24th WILS employed in this attempt, the ten inch mortars throwing their shells occasionally, but witkout success ; and as Captain Wolfe reported to me that this attack made very little impression upon the enemy, and that the ships and vessels which were advanced above the Buoyart shoal, in order to carry on these operations, were in a situation muck exposed to attack from the enemy's gun boats, &c. I considered any farther attempt would be fruitless, and therefore withdrew them fiont their ad vanced position. The enemy's ship continued aground near Touras till the night of the nth, W111;.!11 having lightened her very considerably, and applied great ex , Ttion to get her afloat, the spring tides having set in, they succeeded in their attempt, and got her up the river. Their Lordships will perceive from the foregoing state: teat, as well as front their own knowledge of the local situation of the scene of action, that I was obliged to have a second object in view, for besides the destruction of the enemy's ships, the greatest care was required that his Majesty's fleet should not be sacrificed; the state of the wind and tides was more materiedly to be attended to, and without reference to the chart of the anchorage, nothing can better exemplify the limited space and danger of lite raviga tion than the circumstances of one of the enemy's lin , •-of-th:tle ships, having, en their fleet entering the roads in February last, run ashore on the share of the Paths, and being there totally Wrecked. From communications I had since bad with their Lordships, I am led tcrunderstand, that a more large and &tailed account than I have transmitted of the proceet!kgs of tlfe fleet under my command, during the whole of its operation in Basque Roads, would be desirable. I shall, therefore, in making suck a state ment, endeavour to admit no incident that may he in any de gree connected with any of the operations since, to elucidate the various movements and proceetlint s of the fleet ; persuaded that doing so cannot fail to promote the satisfaction, which, in com mon with the officers and men under the conuuand, I feel upon that occasion, ard of the success which has resulted from its Their Lordships are aware, that soon after I had taken the an chorage of Basque Roads, I stated to them the strong position of the enemy's fleet in Aix Roads • that their fl eets were moored in two compact lines, and that the most distant ship of each five, within point blank range of the batteries of D'Aix, explaining, at the same time, that they were under the necessity Of mooring in such close order, not for the purpose of opposirg a more formid able front, but to avoid the shoals close round the anchorage, and their Lordships will also remember, that I then pointed out the impracticability of destroying them by an attack with the ships of the line, in the position they occupied, but that I conceived them to be assailable by fire-ships; having previtinsly suggested to Lord Mulgrave the expediency of sending out 20 or 50 vessels for - that purpose. This suggestion was anticipated by their Lordships, and they were pleased to order 12 sail of fire-ships to join me, and to di rect me to fit out eight ot h ers on t h e spot Upon tie ardval of Captain Loid Cochrane, whom their Lordships had ordered me tussock)* in sondocHng the execution offthe service to be per formed by the fire-ships, I was induced, at his suggestion, to add the isleiliator to the number. The preparations were completed on the 13th ult. at night, and • , having previously called on board the Caledonia the Commanders A Copy of the following Letter : and Lieutenants who hid volunteered their services, and who had LETTER FROM THE HON. W. W. POLE, TO LORD COCH beep appointed by m e to comman d fire-vessels , / furnished them ' with full instructions for their proceedings in the attack according RANE, REQUIRING THE GROUNDS OF Hls tonnsistp's to Lord cochratte's plan; and arranged the disposition of the fri- OBJECTION TO THE VOTE OF THANKS TO LORD GA M gates and small vessels to co-operate in the following manner. BIER. The Unicorn, Algle; and Pallas, I directed to take a 'station My Loan, Admiralty Office, May 29, 1809. near the Buoyart shoal, for the purpose of receiving the crews Lord Mulgrave having acquairited my Lords Commissioners of of the fire-ships in their return from the enterprise, to support th e Admiralty, that he had communicated to you the intention of theboats of the fleet which were to accomp a ny the flee-ships, and his Majesty's Government, to move the thanks of both Houses of to give assistance to the Imperieuse, which ship was still further I Parliament to the Commander in Chief, and the Officers, seamen, advanced. The Whiting schooner, King George and Nimrod and marines of the Fleet, employed on the late.service in Basque cotters, were fitted for throwing rockets; and directed to take a Roads ; and that your Lordship had declared, that you should tees station near the same shoal for that purpose. it to be your duty to oppose any vote of approbation to Lord The Indefatigable, Foxhound, and Etna bombs, were to take a Gambier, for his conduct on that occasion ; I ant commanded by station as near the for t i n t h e I s l e o f Ai x as possible; the two their Lordships, to signify their directions, that you state fu ll y to 1 fbmier to protect the b o mb- vesse l s , w hil st s h e threw hells into me for their information, the grotlads on which your Lordship the fort. The Emerald, Dotterel, and Beagle sloops, and Grow- t objects to the vote of thanks being moved to Lord Gambier, to ler, Conflict, and Insolent gun-brigs, were stationed to make a the end that the i r Lordships may be enabled to judge how far diversion at the east end of th e I s l e f Aix. your Lordship's objections may be of a nature to justify the sus 'l he Redpoie and Lyra I directed t o b e anchored by th e M as - pension of the intended motion in Parliament, or to call for any ter of the Fleet ' , (one near the Isle of Aix, and the other near the farther investigation. I am, my Lord, your Lordship's very Buoyart), with li g h ts h o i ste d togulde the fire-ships in their course . bumble servant (Signed) W. W. Port. to the attack ; an d t h e b oats of the fleet were ordered to assemble ' Captain L o r d Conat&O ta . alongside the Caesar, to proceed to assist the fire-ships, under the • —.. .suptlin tendance of Admiral Stopford. . . With these p reconcerte d movements, the f eet was at th i s t i me A Copy of the following Answer unmoored, in readiness to render any service that might be prac- . LORD CIOCHRANZ'S AN S WER TO THE HON. W. W. POLE. I , Usable; but b e i ng anc h o i l d i n a strong \ tide-way, with the wind lint ? Portman-aquae, May SO% ne 0. There are some circumstances mentioned in my letter of the 14th ult. which I have not thought it necessary to repeat or en large upon. , • When it is considered with how l!ttle, or comparatively no loss, this cost important service has been performed, their Lordships, I am persuaded, will agree with me, that there is a great cause for rejoicing at the result of the undertaking. I hate the honour to be, &c. To the Rt. Hon. W. W. Pole, ice. (Signed) GiadISIZIt. Mob ism thaliCrpes the weatimmelimaltins, it moons] to prevent the ships from falling on beard each other. . At about halloo* eight. P.M. the explosion-vessels and 6r.- &hips proceedoditis the attack, and at half-put nine the first explo sion-vessel blew up; and at ten, most of the fire-ships were ob served to be on fire, the enemies' forts and ships firing on them. Many of these fire-shipswere.seen to drive through their Eeet, and beyond the Isle of Aix. Shortly after day-light Lord Cochrane, who, in the Imperieuse, lay about three miles from the enemy, made the signal by tele graph, that seven of the enemy's ships were in -shore, and that half the fleet could destroy them. It was visible from the Cale donia what ships Were a-ground, and that two or three-had made their escape utrttlethatinte. I immediately orJered the fleet to be unmoored, and at half past nine Weighed, and came up nearer to the Isle of Aix, with a view, when the time of tides should render it advisable, that some of the line-of-battle ships in -shore, might proceed to attack the enemy's ships on shore; but the wind blowing fresh from the N. N. W. with a flood tide, I judged it smadvisable to risk us , of them at that time, in so perilous a , situation. The fleet was therefore anchored; I made the signal for each ship to prepare with spare or sheet cables out of the i stern-ports, and springs on them, to be in readiness for any of them to go in that I might judge necessary. In the mean time, I ordered three additional fire-ships to be prepared. Observing the,lmperieuse to advance, and the time of flood nearly alone running, the Indefatigable, Aisle, Emerald, Pallas, . Beagle, Etna, and gun-brigs, were by signal ordered in to the at- . A C opythe followi ng of Letter tack. At twenty minutes past two, P. M. the former opened he; fire upon the enemy's ships aground, and the others as soon after LORD OAMMEtt's APPLICATION FOR A COLItT tee t ee m. , as they arrived up ; I then ordered in the Valiant and Revenge to Sir, London, Ma ; .^,p, )8 09. support them, and they soon joined in action. • Having in my letter is you of the 10th inst. det a il e d the whele The enemy's ship Calcutta struck her colours at ten minutes of the proceedings of the fleet under my command, i n the attack past four, P. M. and the Ville de Varsovie and Aquilon, in about on the enemy, in the road of Aix, I had flattered m yse lf that me drat whether an hour afterwards; all of them were taken possession of by the should have received some signification of an approbation of ne t , officers and men under my command, the estinsation in which the advanced squadron, and set OA fire as soon as the prisoners were conduct, and have had the gratifying task of conveying to the removed ; a short time after, the Tonnere was set on fire by the enemy. gallantry and discipline displayed by them epnii de:: occasion Perceiving towards the does of day, that there were some of w" U e nde he r ld stan by dt s g, M ho a t t ver an , t d h th at ei th r e c r i e arc country. the enemy's grounded ships lying up towards the Charaete, which . appeared to be exposed to further attack, L sent in three addi- the fleet is to be so honoured; and feeling that even a deeht tt, della' fire-ships, with Mr. Congreve's rockets, accompanied by such a subject cannot be entertained consistently with ply repute. the Cesar and Theseus, under the direction of Rear-Admiral Hon as Commander in Chief, I request that you will be pleased to Stopford, with discretional orders for his acting as he should think move the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to direct a it, anti according as circumstances should reader it expedient. Court Martial to be assembled, as early as possib:e, for she per- On the following day (the 13th), the Rear Admiral perceiving pose of enquiring into my conduct as Commander ia Chief, and that nothing further could be efected by the line of battle ships an the transactions relating to the fleet under my command, from which had grounded, as had also sortie of the frigates, and how the 17th of March last, when the Caledonia anchored in Ba sque imminent the danger was in which they lay, and being satisfied Reads, to the time of her quitting that anchorage for En g l an d, on that the remaining part of the service cowls' be performed only by the 29th ult..-1 have the honour to be, &c. frigates and smaller vessels, he most wisely took advantage of a (Signed) providential shift of wind, and returned with the line of battle ; The Han. W. W. Pole, &c. &c. &c. ships in Basque Roads. Captain Bligh, on his return, reported to me, that it wasfown4 impracticable to destroy the enemy's three-decked ship, and othe.,o which were lying at the entrance of the Charente, as the former (which was the outer onel was protected by three lines of boats, placed in advance from her. During the remainder of the 13th, the Etna was employed in throwing shells the Whiting schooner, in furnishing rockets, and ' the other small vessels in firing on the enemy's.ships on shore, when the tide permitted. On the 1 eth, at day-light, I observed t'eoe or four of the ene my's ships still apparently agrounel, at the mouth of the river.— I ordered Captain Wolfe,'of the Aigle, to .tlieve Lord Cochrane in the Inver/ruse, in the command of the small vesselsadvanced, and to use les utmost endeavors to destroy any of the enemy's ships which were assailable. At 50 minutes past tom, the Etna bomb, and small vessels in -shore, began their fire upon the ene my's skips, at the entrance of the Charente, and continued to do so during the remainder of the day. On the 15th; in the morning, the day on which I dispatched Sir H. Neale to their Lordships in the Imperieuse, t...rce of the enemy's line-of-battle ships were observed robe still aground It -1 der Touras, and one of them in an advantageous situation ; tete. of their frigates, l'lnclienne, also on shore, bad faVen over, and the enemy were dismantling her. • It blew very strong from the West the whole of the 15th and 16th, so that no attempt could be made to annoy and harass the enemy on the latter day ; their frigate which was nu shore was ; discovered to be on fire, and blew up coon efter All the remainder of the enemy's %hips got up ;Le river by the 17th, except one, (a two-decker) which remainel aground uailtsr the Thum. In the afternoon of the day it was obee-seel that :111.) ther of the enemy's frigates had got on shore up tne river, and l*as wrecked, which was aftewards confirmed by the ziasese 0: a ; neutral vessel from Rochelle, On the 19th it blew too violent for any of :he small vessels to act against the enemy, but on the 20tit the Thunder bomb having arrived and the weather become more moderase, I sent her to assist the Ema in borabsrding the enemy's ,sips, on shore near Touras. The Etna had split her 13. inch mon ar on the 15th, consequently had only her 10-inch effective, end the Thunderer's 13-inch was also rendered unserviceable this day, from the same cause. • The following day I v/ent in my boat into the road on board the Aigle and Pallas, to reconnoitre the enemy's ship above-men tioned, and ascertain what further operations could be carried on for her destruction ; that evenieg and the succeeding days cue wind was too violent and unfaveurable. La* to *knewledge the reeeipt of your letter of yes-r ; ,!- date, signifying the direction of the Lords Commi-sinner, t .r t c Admiralty to me, to state fully`for their informati,in the gg neral grounds on which I object to tha vote of thanks lu•ing rravtd tc Lord Gambier, to the cad that their Lordships may be gn a t s r ed to judge, bow far my objections may be of a nature to justify d: suspeasien of the intended motion in Parliament. • I have to request, Sir, that you will submit to their Lordships that I shall at all times entertain a due sense of the honour the; will confer by any dhectlons they may be pleased to give me; that in pursuing the object of their directions, my exertions wa invariably go hand in hand with my duty ; and tha. to satisfy their Lordships' mini in the present Instance, on the point of iss• formation regarding the late service in Basque Roads, I beg h e y, to state, that the log, and the signal log-books of the fleet there employed, at the period alluded to, contain the patticalars of that service, and furnish premises whence accorate conelutions may be readily drawn ; that as those books are authentic public duet.- menu, and as I must necessarily refer to them as to times and circumstances, any thing that I could offer upon the subject would to their Lordships, be altogether superfluous, and appear pre sumptuous interruptions of their Lordshipsludrment, which doubtless always found itself upon those grounds only that canzu be disputed. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obecLent humble servant, (Signed) COCHRAN/. To the Hon. W. W. Polg:, Sec. to the Admiralty. GAMBLER. The various orders which Lord GAMIER rneive4 from the Admiralty, while Commander of the Chaiu nel Fleet, were then read. Mr, &routs, Master of the Ca/cdonia, produced the log-book of bis Majesty's ship Caledonia, and a sketch or drawing of toe anchorage at Isle d'Aix, and the situation of the British fleet. He said he hid prepared this drawing partly from the knowledge he gained, and partly from a manuscript French chart. Lieutenant HAwicists, Signal Lieutenant on board the Cale• donia, produced the signal log-book of that ship. Mr. SPIJILI.ING, Master of the Imperieuse, swonx and examined. Q. Produce the log of the Imperieuse—Wurc the contents of it written by you, or under your inspecti'n ?—A. By myself. Q. Are the contents of it accurate and true, according to the best of yourknowledge Yes: 1 was employed on ttht; service, part of the time; but it is all from my own observni , n.. Q. Have you made any alteration in it, or addition to it, your arrisfral Ft:gland ?—A. No. Q. (By Lord GANtatr.a.) Do you remember pin; on board the Indefatigable in the month of May last ?—A. I do. Q. Do you remember :.4king for a sight of that ship's leg,?— A. i do. Q. For what purpose, and by whose order did you do so A. For my own information, and not by any per'or.'s crct,:r or suggestion. O. Do 'you recollect attempting to make a copy of that ship's log, and being interrupted by the First Lieutenant, who forbade your doing so, and took the log from you ?—A. I w:,nte t i to mak e a memorandum of the length of time she was in action ; but skip First Lieutenant said I had better not do it, for it would be of 14 service. He added, 1 could :lot do it without "the order.; of the Captain, and I they said it was immaterial. Q. You made no alteration in the Impel - jinn's log afterwards? —A. None. Q (By one of the Coult.r.) Did you on your return to perieuse make any observation to any officer respecting that ioE! —A. Not any. Q. (By Sir HtNRY STaNytops,one of theCcurt). Did ynac-n -fer with your Captain, Lord Cochrane, on going aboard the In defatigable for this purpose, or was it directly or indirectly with his Lordship's knowledu and privity I do not know that his Lordship kav-w ir. I had no communication with his Leroy ship on the subject. Q. What was your mo•ive for going to ask the question ?—.A. For my own itArmation ; nothing further. As I was not en deck when she came into action, I might have gone on board any other ship for the same purpose • but I was acquainted with Lieu. tenant James of the Indefatigabl e. Q. When Was it you made this visit, and where ?—A. In Ply. mouth sound, about a month after the action. Q. in the afternoon log of the 13:h April there are several en tries not in the body of the log; bow comes it there are insertion• of ructerial events and circumstances in the margin and not in the body ?—A, After the action was over, I received orders front Captain Lord Cochrane to proceed wish the boats, and ascertain the depth of the water between the Imperieuse and the French Admiral', ship, which occupied my time until it was quite dark. On my return, I wrote such part of the transaction relative to the action then in oty memory ; I then canteen the middle watch, and looking over my log hook, as I might not have au opportunity to fir. it in on the next day, i found that I had omitted the things which are inserted in the columns for winds and courses. Mr. Raven, Master of the Caesar, produced tl'e signal-log for the ship. Mr. hotr.pson, ?aster's Mate of the Beagle, produced that ship's log. Q. I low does it happen that an Insertion of any material cir. cumstances stated . to have occurred at half-past eight A.bl. of the 12th April, was inserted in the rrnarginal column instead of the body of the log ?—A. In clpy,ng front the log-board, I missed the signals, and copied them afterwards. Q. Who kept the log-board ?—A. The Master ; I copied it into the log-bcok. Q. Were the events recorded in this log-book, which you say you wrote yourself, inserted therein clay by day, as the circum. stances occurred; or is this a copy of any other log-book that -was kept at She slam No,Written into the log every day at 12 o'clock. 'There never was any other sh:p's log-hr:ok kept, Lord COeHRANE sworn and examined. Q. Q. Was your Lordship intrusted by Lord Gam, bier with the conduct of the fire-ships in the attack on the enemy in Basque Roads ?—A. I was. • Q., On what day did your Lordship arrive in the Imperieuse, in Basque' Roads ?—A. It appears from •the log, ou the April, but Ido not myself recol lect it. I think that wasethe day. . Q. What was the strength of the enemy's fl2et at that time, how moored, and how protected by thf• works on the Isle of Aix, and shoals near the har bour ?—A. The enemy's fleet appeared to contain nine - sail of the regular line, besides one ship of three decks, and the Calcutta, of 50 guns, and four frigates : and there yeas another large vessel, I don't know what she was ; she might be a store-ship. They appeared to be moored ) as near as I canjudge, N. and S. er nearly so. I thought at first they inclined considera bly more to the N.E. and S.W. They were defended by their own cannon, and by a strong position. They were flanked towards the N. by 13 cannon in the Isle of Aix, besides the mortars in that Nand. The fi - i• gates were stationed to the S.E. of them, apparchtly for the purpose of flanking the Island en the other side of them, and as. a protection against boats or fire-ves sels. Between Aix and the Buoyart Ido not know of any shoal. The water is not steep at Aix, bat shelves gradually OF towards the harbour. r o