Star. — London, England, 1807-03-13 00:00:00

E she mita& of this Honk, et be allowed to low - bis hard earned laurels, without obloquy and re.! proaeh (Repeated cries of hear ! hear 'j It was an awful profperß for the Country, it was an awful leffon for the Naval and Military Gentlemen of the Houfe, to reflea, that they were to earn their profeffional cha neer and fame, by their Cervices within thefe walls ....(Lard and reiterated crier of hear, hear !) Mr. WINDHAM role to explain. The fpeeeh, be laid, of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman who had juft fat down, was a fpeech of paffion.— (Here the Right Hon. Gentleman was called to or age).-41e denied that any off zer whatever owed his T ank to his Parliamentary conduet. A tumultuary cry o f 44 oeflion Qseftion ! and Order ! Order !" refoundedrom all quarters. Mr. FAWKES Paid, he did not know what com mand the Honourable General held in the expedition alluded to, nor to what part of the world the expe dition was gone, but if the Honourable General fhould fumed in the attainment of his original obje&, and Chould afterwards go beyond his orders, and travel out of the fphere of his command, and fhould in con. i e guence be tried by a Court Martial, and found guilty on every charge, he hoped he would not re ceive, as he certainly would not deferve, the thanks of his mafters,—(Ham•, Hear, Hear .') Mr. PERCIVAL now appeared on his legs, amid a tumultuous cry of " Hear ! hear I Order ! order! Qseftion 1 queftion !"—He raid, that the allufion he had made to Come gallant officers—Hear, hear ! entirely applied to the capture of the Cape of Good Hope alone..--was that captured without orders alto? was it not a valuable fettlement ? and why were the thanks of the Houle not voted for that honourable and glorious atchievement ?—Hear, hear, bear ! The Houle then divided, and the numbers were— Tor Lord Caftlereagh's Amendment 6o—Againll it i73—Majority 113. The Report y.rfas then received, and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time.—Adjourned at half part one o'clock. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MAR€H t 3. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Coofob, for matey, 6af—for April 63.1-.-Omniuttt xi. Exchequer Bills, par to is dif. The Jnno, THOMSON, Mailer, which has arrive,' in the River from Memel, has brought a copy of the public notification of the battle of Eylau which was polled in that town, announcing the refult to the public. The following is a tranflation : PROCLAMATION. " The Governor and Chamber of Magiftracy, have to congra- tulate their fellow Citizens, that Official Accounts have this day been received, that after repeated battles from the 3d to the 9th, the Combined Armies of Ruffia and Pruffia had r,btained a Co bt• !ERTL VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH. Tb' refult of the vitiory bad been Twenty Eagles; fourteen of which had been awarded to General BENNIOSIN and the Ruffian Army : ;he remaining Gs Dad been prefented to his Majefty the King of Paussta. The French had loft Twenty Thoufand men, who were dead on the geld of battle. " The conteft bad been fo obftinatcly maintained on both fides that both French and Ruffians had refufed to accept of any quarter from each other. A body of ',son French, who had been cut off during the battle of the 7th, had been furrounded on the Bth by the whole of the Ruffian Army—they refufed to lay down their arms or accept of quarter; but General BENNlost tv, after a (harp attack, made them fenfible of their frultlefs refiftance, and ruinous dcfperation, and induced them to furrender at diferetion. Tilde are the only prifoners taken. The RUSSIANS amanita IN• CANPID ON THE FIELD OP IATTLIC on the loth; the French bad retreated two leagues. General BEN N IGSZN expetted a ftrong re inforcement of Coffacks, and the Junction of the Silefian Levy ; when, it is fuppofed, that he will purfue his vietory. • By Order of the Chamber of Magiftracy, " H. KLOPSTOCK." The above notification accounts for the dreadful (laughter on that day, by Rating, not that neither army would give, but that both refuted to take guar• ter. That is, they both fought with fuch defperation as to preclude all thoughts of furrendering. FOREIGN JOURNALS. Ilamburgh Papers to the 4th, Paris Journals to the 6th, and Dutch Papers to Wednefday lali, arrived at * late hour WI night. They contain the Fiftyninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-fira Bulletins, the Proclamation of Booararra to his army, and fome other articles, worthy of a perufal. It appears from them, that the Grand Army is retreating towards the Vißula, and that all idea of offenfive operations is for the prefent abandoned. The expediency of going into winter quarters, "• for the purple of covering the line of the Vitlula," is avowed in the firft o f this fe. ries of Bulletins. The fecond Oates, that the Ruf fians had retired behind the Pregel, " beyond which the French had no interefi in purfuing them."— The third and lafl, with an affectation of humanity, proclaims, " that it was fortunate for Kouinglberg that it was not among the objeds of the French General to drive the Ruffian army out of their D ot in that City." The two firtt of thefe Bulle tins ale dated on the t4th and 17th nit. from Pruffian .Ey:au, and the !all, on the 18th, from Landlberg. An article from Berlin mentions, that the head quarters had been transferred, on the loth, to Lich lladt, from whence they were immediately to be removed to Otterode. The baggage of BONAPARTE, which had been lying at Warfaw fince the middle of December, as well as the cannon, Ilandards, and prifoners, which they boaft of having taken from the Ruffians, were all ordered to be font to Thorn. There is a pail - age in the Goth Bulletin which leads us to think that the Ruffians have obtained Tome cefs fubfequent to to the Bth. It is Hated that a corps of tom Cofracks had releafed 3300 Ruffian prifonms. This proves, too, that the French will not be fuffered to remain unmoltiled in their (platters. The lots of the French in the late battles is paired latter. ever with general notice. That of the Rates is Dated at 40,000 Med, wounded, and prifoners, and 65 pieces of cannon. The lots of flandards by the French is denied. General D'Hauv rouLT died of the wounds he received on the Bth. MAMMA has arrived at Virarfaw, but there is no mention of BONAPAItTE quitting the army. From all the French accounts we cannot doubt that the Ruffians were the viaors on the battle of the Bth. The reafon why they did not advance after their faccefs, appears to have been that they were expelling the reinforcements under General Voss Essay, who, it is clear, had not been in the battle of the Bth. Indeed, a, letter from Berlin of the 28th ult. mentions, that General SATAIIY, commanding the corps of Marfhal LASNES, had on the 16th of February, fallen in with General VO/4 Essay, at Of trolenka, and defeated him with the Ids of 1,500 killed, 1,200 prifoners, and eight pieces of cannon. The latter news, however, is not official, and is probably much exaggerated. The fame letter Rates, that on the zoth the French ' head quarters were to be removed to Ofterode, for the purpofe of keeping the troops concentered in their quarters. They feem indeed to be chiefly in thas. , neighbourhood. MURAT, with the cavalry, was in the right wing on the Pregel, behind which the Ruf- I flans are faid to have retired. The French, it is evi• i dent, are afraid of being again attacked. The pretence Ifor not following the Ruffians is, that the thaw pre- vented them from croffing the Pregel; we apprehend they wiU be very happy if the Ruffians do not recrofs it. If, as they r\pr dent, the people of Koninglberg were Co apprehenive of the Ruffians being attacked there by the Freneb,, why did not the latter try the experiment, but that they dual not advance after the battle of the Bth. The Swifs are threatened with the diffolution of the alliance between them and France, if they do not raife fixteen thoufand men for the fervice of the The liege of Stralfund is likely to be a very tedi ous operation. It does not appear that the French have yet opened one battery aglinft it. The intelligence from the Turkifh provinces is vague and indefinite. MICHELSON, at the bead of the main Ruffian army, is laid to be marching upon Conflantinople. Another corps is Rated to have eroffed the Danube at Widdin ; that fortunate rebel P.I3IIWAII OCLU is reported to be dead. A letter from Breft announces the arrival of Ad miral WILLAUDIEZ in the Foul:mown-, at Brea, from the Havannah. Thus this fquadron is at laft accounted for. The FOUDROYANT, Caisaan, and Vermin, have arrived in French ports ; the Pa rzior and Eout are in the Chefapeak, and the bersirvaux was Branded and delfroyed by Sir R. STRACHAM'S fquadron. The French funds are 75. 20. A GOTTENBURGH MAIL Arrived this morning, but the Ratements which it brings are chiefly extraas from Gdneral Bintric- Iles letter of the Bth, and therefore reed not be here repeated. In one account of the battle of Eylau, it is fired, 4 , that a great part of the French army (chiefly chofen troops), were fairly cut down by the Ruffians ; and that on the Ruffian fide, four Generals were killed. It is remarked, that in cafe BONAPARTE'S defign had fueceeded, it would have been conclufive of the campaign. He knew that General Bin s acissn's divition was Rationed at Muhringen, and General ESSEN'S at Wifocke Mafewick. and as they were confequently at a great diaance from each other, he threw himfelf with his whole force between there two divitions, in a right line with Konigfberg, in order to feparate them, or cut them off from each other, and fall with more effe.ft upon the weaker part ; but the fuccefs of this plan was prevented by Gen. BENNlG scs's operations, and rapid movements. Toward the conclufion of the battle, there was a:want of cartridges on both fides ; and, therefore, recourfe was had to the bayonet, which canted great carnage." " ST. PETERSBURGH, FEB. ts. 66 On the Bth of this month the Ruffian army gained a fpleneid vidtory over the French at Preuf fifch Eylau. The French army on this occafion con fined of more than t 2,000 men ; the Ruffians of Ge neral BanNIOSEN 9 S ciivifion, and of that which was formerly commanded by General BuIHOVDIN. The battle began on the 7th of February, at three o'clock in the afternoon, and continued till fix o'clock on the evening of the Bth. BONAPARTS renewed the attack eight different times, and was as often replied. 44 According to General BENNIOSEN'S letter to the Emperor, dated the Bth of February, the Ruffians have loft in this battle more than 6000 men, and the French above 1 moo, among whom are reckoned t 000 who were made prifoners ; betides this, the Ruffians have taken 12 Rands of colours." . 4 :VIENNA, FEBRUARY i 9. 46 A Turkifb corps is faid to have pallid the ba- nube, and advanced as far as Czemiz, when an ac- Lion took place between the Turks and Ruffians, the refult of which is not known. Czemiz was pillaged and fired on that occation. 66 The operation of the Ruffians proceed very flowly, which is attributed to the impreflion which the energy and fpirit of the Porte has made cn the Ruffians, who expected, that the Turks would yield without combat, and renew their former treaty of alliance, and alfo to the retrograde movement of the corps of General Esssm, who at the moment he was marching from Podelia to reinforce General MICHEL:ON § received orders to join General Bam-' SIGSIIIII. It is reportatil that a Ru&an fctuadron has made its appearance in the Black Sea, which has taken up its Ration at the mouth of the Danube. The Porte on her fide has alfo fent a fquadron to defend the en trance of the channel. Several companies of can noneers have marched to the Dardanelles with large quantities of ammunition.". 81R HOME POPHAM': TRIAL. FOURTH DAY.—(Concluded from the STAI of yefterday.) Wm. Nitrides, Efq. fworn and ermined by Sir Home Popham. QHow tong have you held any official &nation under the Board of Admiralty t A. Upwards of twelve years. (Lin the long official experience you have had,uChief andUnde Secretary in the concerns of that Board, I slit you, whether you can . Hate to the Court, whether, in the Trials of Admiral Byng Lord Keppel, Sir H. Pallifer, or the more recent ones of Sir J. Duck worth and Sir Robert Calder, the cLanie againit there Olken was worded in the fame manner as the one which has given rife to the preient Court Martial? I mean, if tbefe orders for holding the Court Martial in queßion inculpated the prifoner; and by impli cation, called upon thole Courts to pool& the petfon to be tried, by inferring in the order words to the following circa, viz s• Where as a due regard for the good of his Majetty's (entice requires that fo flagrant a breach of public duty tikould not pats, &c." Admiral ROWLEY..." I cannot fee how this can bear upon the (object—we are not to arraign the Admiralty for wording a charge as they may pleafe." After a few obfervations by the Prefident, Sir Home Popham ottferved, that he only alked the queftion for the purpofe of thew lug that the whole of his cafe had been marked with a feveri•y and harihnefs not ufual to other officers in fimilar Swaths's. The quef tion was then ordered to be expunged from the proceedings. Q . Do you recoiled whether any force, as a itationary force, for the Cape, was lent there after the receipt of my let ter of April st, 18°6, Rating the arrangement I bad made for going to the Fall coaft of South America with the fquadron under my command ?--A. To the belt of my recolletftion, the Sampfon, I think, was fent as a Slip intended for the Cape of Good Hope Re Lion ; and I thin!. about that time Sir T. Trowbridge was ordered thither from India. Q When did the Sampfon lame England I do not reed. ka the recite date. Q Nitas the ordered to call at the Rlo de la Plata ?—A. I think the was. Q . _ then yon could not confider her as a Clip ordered diredt. for the immediate protection of the Cape ?—A. Not directly for the Cape. Do you recolleet when I was employed in Rulla. that I had fevcral Commanders in the Navy under my orders ?—A. Ido not molted the fat. although I have no reafon to doubt it. tZ Have you brought with you the trial of Captain Thompfin —A. 1' halls bramght the fentence. Hete the Caill interpofed, and faid, that the fentence of ano• the: Court could not be a fubjed for its eonfideration. Sir Home ?ornitta---i" I only 'riffled to flew that I adted from precedent; l do not mean to didlate to the Court." By the Cou r. _ _ _ _ . Q. Sir Ifaac Coffin, do you know the nature of the ferviee on which Sir Home Popham was then employed ; was it of a military nature, and fubjent to military difeipline ?—A. My recollection is fo faint, that I cannot (peak with certainty. By Sir Hosas Poru Am. (t_Do you know whether the Sampfon was corning home with a convoy ?—A. I do not. Mr. Thomas Matron fworn and examined. By Sir HOPE POPH A 11. Q. I believe yon are a merchant in London. and have bad con fiderable intercourfe with the Rio de la Plata ?—.A. Yes, I had. Do you recoiled feveral converfations I had with you in the rummer of 01.:5 ?—A. Yes, I do ; about the month of June ; they were tefpeding the produce of that country, and its ftrength, from what I could coiled through the perfons I had employed therc. The refult was, that all the information I could coiled was from three perfons, and I made an appointment with one of them to go up to Mr. Pitt, with Sir Home Popham, on his return from Portfmouth. Q,. Did you endeavour to perfnade me to imprefs upon Mr. Pitt's mind the neeeffity of having a footing in Spauiffi South Ame rica ?—st. Yes, on Mr. Rofes mind. Mr. Pitt I never faw pri vately, as the appointment did not take place ; and in code quence of an intimation from Sir Home Popham, that the mat ter VAS waved for the prefent, and an affuratice that I thould hear from him hereafter. Since rya, I had bees in the habit of trading to that country, by licence, in neutral veffels ; andl feveral times I have fern Sir S. Cottrell and Mr. Falkner, and have ruggefted to them what henefit a trade to that country would be to Great Brita i n, and how eafily it might be tffedted by Britilh yet (ds, the place being fo weak. (2,, Did you ever mention this to the Board of Trasict—A. Yes, 1 I did, feveral times. Witnas withdrawn. Mr.Thornas Browne fworn and examined. By Sir Hors POPHA AI. - (LWere ynn not Nikfter Attendant of the Cape of Good Hope, after as capture in January :Sob ?—A. I was. Q,Did you confidtr the Cape in a perfed state of fecurity. after I ha failed from it with my fquadron for the Rio de la Plata?— A. I did. Q Did Sir David Baird fo confider it, trim any eonverfation you had with him on the fubjcd ?—A. He did. Q z _State to the Court the fubltance of there converfations on the ttate of defence in which the Cape was ? The JUDGE ADVOCATE ohjetted to the queftion. Admiral Sraouora—" Sir Home Popham has a right to aft this queftion, as it is a past of the Charge that the Cape was in a defencelefs ftate when he left it." Q Did Sir D. Baird ever confult you about placing any batte ries; and what did be fay to you on the fubjcdt of the defence of the Cape ?—A. Sir D. Baird never confulted me about placing bat. series—but he told me he ended additional batteries for the pro tedtion both of Table Bay and Simon's Bay, and I went and taw them. I have often heard him repeat, that he wifised Bonaparte, with to,ooo of the Bower of his army, would come and attack the Cape, and he would give him Inch a drubbing, he would will► him (elf back in his own country again. I have gone to the batteries a dozen times, and 1 heard Sir D. Baird lay, that all the round towers and batteries were in complete good repafr, and it was impolablc to make the Cape much ftronger than it really was then. Q . Were you at the Cape when the Canonnaire French frigate anchored there?—A. Yes. Where did the anchor in Lille Bay ?—A. Outfide the Ro manßock and Noah's Ark, a long way ; the never came into Si mon's Bay: (Preduce. the Cbait and Pointe out the fpot.) Q, If 1 had been lying in Table Bay, with the whole of my ftitwaron, thould I have been able to have taken that frigate ?-11. I do not know. Q. if I had been lying in Simon's Bay, under the eircumftances of wind and weather, and the came in from the eaftward, or under general eircunutances of wind and weather, at that time of the year, and with the commonen look-out on the part of the enemy, do you think it poffibic that ! could have taken her ? A. Ido not %State your reafons ?—A. when the Commodore was lying at anchor in Table Bay, with soft of his l'quadron, there was fignal made from the Tower, on the Lion's Rump, that there was an enemy's eruizer bringing to a (hip in the offing. A naval was made for the Leda and Narcialts, to prepare to flip and ctafe the faid (hip. !tut it continued calm all that night, and the neat day, in Table Bay, and the enemy had a breeze in the offing. One of thefe (hips nipped her cable that night, I think it was the Narciffus, and went to tea ; and the veffel (he had hoarded ! went on board the neat day, and found the enemy's cruizer had fired a (hot right through her maintnaft ; and (be told the officers who had boarded her, and who faid, that the was a French cruizer, the Piedmontefe, that the Cape was in poffeffion of the F.ngli(h, which prevented her coming in, and our capturing her muff inevitably have follow ed. as (he would &only be in the calm, and the current would have brought hi r in. q z. , What time of the year was this ?—A. The latter end of March, or the beginning of April. The log book of the Leda, now in the polleflion of the Admiralty, will thew all the parti culars. _ _ lZ When you fay the French frigate bad got into the calm, and been captured, 1 fuppofe you mean Ike would then be com pktely under the fire of the b.itteriea ?—A I do; both under the fire of the batteries, and under the fire of the Slips. Every fkip coming into the bay Inuit keep clofe to the taftward. If the Piedmontcfe had not received the information of the Flight!' being there, and had attempted to come in, could the not, if the breeze had continued with her until the difeovered our Blips in Table Bay, have made her efcape; unlefs we had had fome croizers on the outfide of her ?—A. I am certain the could. slate to the Court the reafons that occurred to you, why, in all probability, I thould not have captured the Canonnairc, if I had been lying in Simon's Bay with all my fquadron ?—A. The fblps coming into Falfe Bay, routed the Cape of Good Hope, hat a con fiderable diftance, on account of two rocks, called the Bellows and "bell, and Rand over towards Cape Hauglet, North of the Bay, for the purpofe of getting into a true breeze, and avoiding the cur rent which generally fete out in the South part of the Bay, and keep to the Northward of the Whittle Rock, and by that meals mon's Bay is ezpofed to any &iris lying there at anchor. On that account I believe that cruisers would make private fignals. and I am certain that the Carionnaire was in poffeißon of the private Apia *fed by the Deed at At Net Ae had drpatebes; as .the °Beer, who was made premier with the boat's mew, Paid. be had difpatehes for the Dutch Governor Janice; and alto the winds, on that day, on the South Ede of Simm's Bay. ut •re light ao,l vars. able; and the kept working up to the Northward of the 8.4. till the CMOS to anchor. The bier lying in Simon's Bay at that time, were, the Rolla, a tranfport, and two or three neutral velrels; the Rolla srls an armed brig, had no rigging up, and her guns on Ihore. Q,As you fay you know the Canounaire had the ;rivate agnate of the Dutch, I fuppote you intagit.e ate would hay • ufed rbcm it any matt of war had been lying in Simon's Bay I—A. I think the would. Q At what &taw:eon &kw, lying in imon's Bay, be fairly made out by crofters coining from the Eaftward ?—A. ALleatt at four karma they on be made out perftdtly plain. Q. Is it not in general a calm in the day in Simon's Bay, wbile there is a braze both in the Pattern arid Southern parts of the Bay N-A. Yes, fonsetimes awe days In the week. Q_ When did you leave the Cape ?—A. About the sat oti Augutt. By the PROSECUTOR. Q t. On what day did the Canonnsire come to anchor, us y ns de fcribe f—A. I am fure I dome remember; but I beiltve on the 30th of May. Q_ Wee it after Sir Home had left the Cape Yes it waa. By the PR MLA NT. lZ If the French frigate, fupprt,:d to be the piedmnbeere, had not been prevented from going into the Cape by fpcakiug the vef fel, and had got into the calm, could the have anchored out ut the reach of the hatterics f —A. She could. Q,lf a lquadron of !hips had been at anchor in Table Bay, could the have anchored out of the reach of their guns ?—A Mott eel.- tainly the could, out of the reach of all the guns in the world Q If Ole had got under weigh a: any time, is it tot probable that fame fhips of the fquadron might have, at the fametime, got under weigh alto to chaee her P—A. They might or might not: becaufe &mediates, in Table Bay, over half the Bay it blows • froth breeste about eleven o'clock front the foorhwar d . I have teen !hips in the . _ . fouth part of the Bay in fuch a gale as no boat could ply, and on the oppofite fide a light breeze; and at four o'clock in the after noon the breeze in the fuuth ealt is the offing lets in, while there is a light breeze to the weftward ; fometimes and generally about four o'clock in the afternoon, Ile breeze is all over the Bay, tro.n fouth eaft ; while, in the offing, I nu an outfide Green Point„there is a light breeze from W. S. W. Were you at the Cape when the Volontaire came In ?—A. I was Q, If there bad not been any (hips of war at anchor in the Bay. or cruizing without, might the, by cuttirg her cable, have got to tea and efeaped ?—A. She could not, when the anchored, as there was little or no wind when the let go her anchor, and the was within mufket (hot, between the Amfterdam Battery and the Che• veaux, and all the batteries were mantieti, and red hot (hot in the furnaces ; and I think the thould have been either funk or blown up, before the could get out of the reach ut the guns. The wind was then from tke weftward, a light air. fly the COURT. Q. Did the ftrike before anchoring, or after the had anchored ? A. I cannot fay; but believe it was about that time the men were furling the fails ; I believe the anchor was juft in the adt of letting down when the ftruck her colours. Q Did the make any private floats, before the anchored at the Cape ?—A. I cannot fay whether the did or not. Q . Did you fee the officer of the Canonnaire, who was taken A. Yes, I have ken him many times. Q . _ Did be know or futhedt that the Cape was in the poffeffion of the Englith ?—A. I believe he did not. (I . _ Do you know whether the General or the Commodore had the private fignals of the Cape ?—A. I am certain they both had them. Q_ Then, if a °lip going into Simon's Bay had made a private fignat to any of his Majefty's (hips lying there, that fignal would have been anfwered ?—A Certainly. Q4You have Paid that a (trip lying in Simon's Bay might be clear ly perceived at four leagues dittance ; is the land under which they liens that Bay high or low ?—A. High. Q And do you mean to fay, that maps lying under high land can be diftinguithed by a (hip four leagues off.—A. I do. Q._ Do they lie near the land ?—A. Yes, they lie near the land ; and on the north welt (Ida of the Bay, where there are great high white land hills, any (hips lying there mutt be dikovered by (hips coming in, keeping north fide of Falfe Bay. Q . If the Canonnaire had gone into Simon's Bay as incautioully 'as the Volontaire did into Table Bay, could the have anchored out of the reach of the guns ?—A. She could not ; there is no (hip can enter Simon's Bay, out of gun Mot. it If the had anchored within reach of the batteries, could the, by cutting her cables, have gone to fa and raped ?—A She could not that day, as it MI calm in Simon's Bay almuft imme diately after the anchored in Falfe Bay. (t . I mean now generally to elk. whether any (hip anchoring in Simon's Bay, under reach of the batteries, as you fay they mull be, could, by cutting her cables, efeape, if it was not calm ?—A. I do not think they could efcape; the mutt either be funk or blown up. as the batteries arc to thong. and they always keep the theft in the furnaces, whenever say velfel is leen Rending in. Q. How near to the battery Is it neceffary to anchor ?--A. Yon may anchor within half gun (hot, to have a good birth, to avoid the fouth eat ; you cannot go too dole in, it is fo fine a bay. Q_ If at the time the Canonnaire anchored, !hips had been cruizing without Simon's Bay, and other King's Blips had been at anchor within, is it probable that the would have draped t do not think the would have come in then at all, becaufe the would .have ken them before., and made a private fignal Q You have already laid that the private fignal might have been anfwercd ?—A. Yes. Q. Were there any (hips under fail off the Cape when the Vo lontewe went into Table Bay?—A. There were two. Q Why then do you fuppofe the Canonnaire would not have gone - into Simon's Bay, if (hips were cruifing off, as the Volon taire did go into Table Bay, although Sips were ensiling off?— A. Becaufe, I fuppofe, the had the private fignal. I don't well know bow to enlace that queftion. I would fuppofe the one would cake more precaution than the other; becaufe the one came from the lae of France with difpatches to Governor Janfen • and the other cane from Europe, and might not have bad the fignals. I know the came from Europe, becaufe the was boarded three degrees N. of the Line. Q. Did you fee the Captain or Officers of the Volontaire I did, the whole of them ; I dined with them frequently. • Q Did you know then that they were bound to the Cape A. I (poke but to one, he underftood Englifh ; all the others (poke nothing but French. I never heard him mention particularly that they were coming to the Cape; but underftood chat the French Admiral was cruifing off the Bank of Laguilia, and they came in there for the purpote of getting rid - of their pri oners, as they were very fickly ; and the alto came in to get water. Q Were any additional batteries railed on that part of the cealt - where Sir D. Baird and the Englith army landed ?—A. I do not know. Q. If an enemy bad attempted to land in the fame place, would not the pretence of Clips of oar have rendered their landing more difficult ?--A. I (hould think fo. Q. When Sir H. P. Popham failed from the Cape with his fauetiron, what yeah of war were left T—A. I was not at the Cape when Sir Home failed; I was away with difpatches, but arrived the next day. After your return to the Cape, how long was it left with out any Chips of war ?--A. Only a brig which I bad the commacd of, the Rolls, of s 8 guns, was there for a fortnight or three week. Captain Blies, wit hl the Porpoifc, Ste. came on her way to Botany Bay, with the Woolwich (tore (hip, and the Siodair Indiaman ; after that came in the Adamant and the Lion, of 64, about a fortnight before I left the Cape, in July. The Adamant arrived two or three days after Captain illigh ; alto 114 Medufa, with a convoy. The Lion and Medufa were bound for India •-• Captain Bligh Raid a few days at the Cape. Q : _ State the period of your return to the Cape ?-41. I believe it was the a sth of April, the day after the Commodore failed. lit How lung did you remain there atm wards T—A. Till Au tuft, tBc6. (t . Between the time of your return to the Cape and your Inv log it, did any reinforcements of troops arrive?—A. Yes. Q How many ?—A One regiment, and about two hundred men, prifoners on board the Volontaire, betides a Hottentot Reo giment, of c or 600 men, railed under the command of Colonel Green. Q . ._W here did the regiment come from P—A.Ertgland. I believe. Q . ... Within the lame period, did any number of merchant vef fe is arrive?—A. Two or three Englith only, befides neutrals and a convoy. lt Did the Canonnaire make any private fignal when the UM tered the Bay I—A I do not recoiled that the dtd. Q .. Did you bear when the two hundred fiddlers were made prifoners•?—A. I underftood in a tranfport, off Mint, going to England.