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th it the discipline of the Repiment required tha. something more should be done than Was determined by the Court-Martial.-- Colonel French having here read the Regimental Order on the subject, observed that his conduct in the affair had met with the full approbation of Lord Edward Somerset, who was sent down by his Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief to inspect the Regiment. The three Ser. jeantq, *Laughlin, Byrne, and Gilroy, had . acted • most improperly, and it was necessary that a suitable punishment should be adjudged in consequence: 1114Laughlin and another serjeankhstd indulged in a deep-rooted mutual animosity, and such a spirit re • quired to be treated with more than usual severity, as it was subversive of discipline and good order. IlLsving taken into consideration the previous good conduct of serjeant Gilroy, for a series of years, he had temitted the sentence passed upon him, hoping • that he would see the error into which he had fallen, and'act better in future. Those who had observed l!is - Cotiduct as a - Military Officer, would readily al : lo V , that his invariable practice was, rather to remit 'fiii;ifshOnt, when he could do so consistently with ilirintelffa . the service, than enforce it rigorously. The Court.would perceive that he might have re duced the serjeants to the ranks in the first instance, without having brought them to a Court-Martial at After adverting to some discrepancy in the evi `tience,rielative to the revision of the order of the Vourt-Martial, he nekt • proceeded to reply to the third &tree, With respect to his having dealt in bases. - Thie charge, he' submitted, was completely disproved - by the evidence of surgeon Hayward. Ac cording to that evidence it appeared that he (Colonel Frcnclr) had never comniissioned him to purchase horses for him ; he did not deny, however, that he had purchased horses, but certainly not in such a manner, or in such numbers, as could prove him to be a regular horse-dealer. He therefore submitted reTectfully to the Court, that no stain in this respect cciud attach to his character as an Officer, holding n reserctahle rank in his Majesty's service. The t - ourcwould see to what an extent he had purchased 1,-rses during, the last three years, when it appeared tl :t the citric number was not more than twenty lam, waking only eight for each year. He would rcceiest of the Court to lcok at the hocks of the Re ginient, aud satisfy themselves as to the regularity and correctness with which he had kept them. It was very grateful to him to have met with the approba tion of all those superior Officers who had an oppor tunity or witnessing his conduct. He would ask the Gant if they saw anything in that conduct, as it came under their consideration, to warrant his being cut off from the harmless amuscPent of buying horses? Could any man say that he ever in the course of his life had recourse to those schemes and artifices which characterize the regular horse-dealer ? He believed that no man, however disposed he might be to injure him, would have the hardihood to answer in the af firmative. He now came to consider the fourth charge, which was contained in the statement of his having fraudulently sold a mare to Cornet Hall. The whole of this statement, as made by Paymaster Hay, was a gross falsehood.. It was, perhaps, very fortunate for him (Cu]. French) that Paymaster Hay had given his testimony on the occasion, as it enabled him to shew by the evidence of Cornet Hall, the shocking intiimy of the present prosecution. Yes, he would say infamy; for he submitted to the Court, that never WAS prisoner brought before a Court-Martial, by the most malicious proseCutor, under a string of more wicked aspersions. Cornet Hall stated, upon his oath, that no sale had taken place, and that it was only a conditional agreement.' The Papernext com mented on the evidence' in support of the two re maining charges, which it represented to be entirely groundless. As to his having destroyed any of the Troop Accounts, the charge was grossly. false; and if they had been destroyed, it was certainly without his knots ledge or concurrence. But even admitting that they could not be produced there was still suffi- . cient evidence, from the monthly and half-yearly re tains of the Regiment, to prove how he had acted, with respect to the interest of the service. He la- M:arted that in this particular the Noble Lord - had shewn so much ignorance of the common forms of military duty. He should now for a moment beg leave to revert to the third Charge. That Charge he referred entirely to Captains Hay and Stephenson, together with the Riding Master. These indulged feelings towards him quite different from the other Officers, and he knew it was customary to examine the motives by which persons giving evidence against a prisoner were actuated. In Courts of Jus tice this rule was strictly attended to; and he doubted not but the Cant which he now had the honour to address would- he Aquaily observant of it. He could not possibly think of charging either Captain flay er Captain Stephenson with a wilful falsehood ; yet :•zte thing was certain, that Captain Stephenson had so set himself in array against him, as well as against' f:e rules of the service, as to subject himself to a levrimand from high authority. This he had never forgiven him iColunel French), and he therefore did not hesitate to be the bearer of a most unbecomingg, message from the Noble Lord, who was the prose- 1 cutor. Captain (lay was the son of the man who was the great mover of this proSecutien. He did not object to him on that account, though it was natural to suppose that the mind of Captain Hay s!lould be influenced by an undue bias against him. Most sincerely did he thank the Court for the patient attention they had given him, as well as for the cour test and indulgence he had experienced from them since the proceedings commenced. He would leave his honour and his hopes in their hands, under the full assurance that they would restore him to society with a character unsullied by this investigation, which, in place of injuring him, would only prove the vindictive malice of his enemies--CCol. French was "we svery much affected.)—His only fortune was his sword, yet he would rather hide himself in the deei.cst caves of the wildest desert, than be at M.eiltto range.the universe witha stain upon his ho- LO6r. Colonel French having concluded his statement, .Lord CAINLANIPTON expressed a wish to see the reaimental.account.boOks; which were accordingly pi . o,.i.ced, and the President informed his Lordship is 4...1u be c.,mpetent to him to inspect them. The INf was entering into some conversation with . fiench,, relative to certain documents which to nave been taken away by the latter, . h.:. was beep upted -by the Court, who stated L p that such a course of proceeding was a:, and xould d nut be allowed. Colonel FRINCH now proceeded to call witnesses, and the first that was called was Lieutenant-Colonel &mummy of the 33d Foot. He had been a Major in the Carbineers, and second in Command in th absence of the senior Major. He quitted the regiment in Sep tember, 1813. He was appointed to the regiment In January, 181 t, and joined it in Jul,. He served in it till Slumber, when be was promoted. lie did not know the lady in question in this case. had never seen Colonel French at any place of public entertainment with her. lie never saw her with him at all, whether walking or riding. He never heard that the cir- ' cumstance of Mrs. French being in the barracks of the regiment gave offence or pain to any married lady of the regiment. He never knew of Mrs. French conducting herself in a manner to hurt the feelings of married ladies, or to set a bad example to the junior Officers. He had known Colonel French since 1812. He always considered him a man of high honour, and as an Officer, very attentive and zealous. In the opinion of the wit ness the regiment, while under the command of Colonel French, was kept in the highest order. Cross-examined by Lord Caaffaurrox—Witness is a single man. A conversation here took place between his Lordshlp.and the Court upon the point, whether the witness should answer a ques tion respecting Colonel French's having dealt in horses previ ously to the last three years, the period mentioned in the charge. The Jenne-Ai:woe...re was of opinion, that the question ought to be admitted, as it canie within the object for which the wit gess was called, which was to depose to the general character of Colonel French. The question was then put accordingly, and the witness an swered that he heard Colonel French bought and .iold horses-- 11e could not state any particular time or number. lie-cfrimirud by Colonel FRENCH—IIe had never heard that in these dealings Colonel French acted in a manner contrary to the character of an Officer and a Gentleman. The witness was here ordered to withdraw, but was again recalled. He was then asked by Lord CAMSAMPTOX, whether he was not present upon one occasion when a Serjeant of the Carbineers ►hrew up his cap in the air with joy, and said.he had got leave of absence, because he had bought a horse of Co-. Wadi French ? The Court decided, that this question not referring to any period of the last three yeah', was inadmissible. Colonel Fa x' begged that it might be admitted, as he should be enabled to give a satisfactory answer to it; but the Court, however, said it could not be allowed, and the witness retired. Najor CHARLES IRWIN was the next witness sworn; and The PRtSIDENT observed, that nu evidence but what related to character could be received, beyond the period of the last three years. Wine was then a resident in London; was a Major in the Car:)iorers, and quitted that regiment fourteen months ago. He had served in the regiment upwards of twenty-three years. Hy had been six years, or very nearly that time, a Field Officer.— He knew the Lady in question in this case; he had never seen Colonel French at any place of public entertainment with her— not, he was sure, within the last twenty years. lie had never seen Colonel French walk or ride publicly with her, not even on the march; for he never marched with Colonel French, ex cept on one short march, from Iladdington to Edinburgh, about nine years ago, and then Colonel French marched at the head of the re intent. Ile had never seen the Lady walk in the barrakks, except from her bed-room to the sitting-room. He had even heard It observed by married Ladies, that they lived for months near her, and never saw her by any chance. Witness is a mar ried man. He had never heard that the circumstance of Mrs. French bring in barracks, gave pain or offence to any married Lady. Ile had never seen anything in her conduct, or that of Colonel French, that could, by any possibility, be considered an outrage on society, or on the feelings of the married Officers : it was far from it. He had never seen anything particular that could operate as a bad example to the junior Officers, further than if Colonel French was not married (and whether he was or not, witness could not take upon himself to say), then, he be lieved, that wtuld be a bad example to the junior Officers. Lord Caauastrrois here observed, that if Colonel French copid prove his marriage with the Lady, it would set the matter at rest at once, and he would withdraw the charge, after having first apologised to the Court for having brought it. The Coral' said, that that depended entirely on the conviction which Colonel French had on the subject, as well as on his own views and feelings. Cross-era mined by Lord CARHAUPTON%—Witness did not believe that his wife, Mrs. Irwin, had ever seen the Lady in question in the course of her life. Major W:LDMAN sworn.—He is a Major in the C,arbineers, and second in command. He has served with the regiment two years. lie saw the Lady in question once. He had never seen Colonel French at any place of public entertainment with her. He had never seen him walking or riding with her in public.— He had never seen them walking together in the barracks. Wit ness is married. He never heard any complaint made of Mrs. French bring in barracks, •r even the subject spoken of. He had never seen her but once—never in public, nor did hr believe she went into public. He saw nothing in the conduct of Colonel French that could set a bad example to the junior Officers. Of the Lady he knew nothing. Cross-trammed by Lord CA IMAM rrotr.—Mrs. French was in the Barracks of the Regiment before witness left the Regiment to attend the Court-Martial. He could not state positively whe ther she accompanied Colonel French on the march of the Re giment from Newcastle to Birmingham ; he conceived she did ; he did not know for certain. He had never spoken to the Of ficers on the subject; he imagined she accompanied Colonel French, but could not say positively. Witness commanded the Regiment on the march. Be-crammed by Atoned Faxitc-a.—Witness believed that Mrs. French was now allowed to remain in barracks, in consequence of an application from Sir John Byng, the Commander of the District, to his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. Sir John Byng desired that the apartments of Colonel French should not be interfered with tIU the answer of the Commander-in- Chief was received. In answer to a question from the Passiormr, witness stated that he had received an order from Lord Carhampton for the removal of Mrs. French from the barracks. This order he skewed to Colonel French, who referred him to a letter of the /14jutant-General, in answer to one from Captain Stephenson relative to barrack-room. Witness then referred the matter to Sir John Byng, who gave orders that Colonel French's apart ments should not be interfered with till the pleasure of the Com mander-in-Chief was known. A short conversation here took place or. the order which the witness had received fur the removal of Mrs. French, but it ap peared that it did not refer to the matter of the charge, as it was dated an recently as the 10th September. Captain Nl'Doweee called and sworn. Ile was the late Adjutant of the tith Dragoon Guards. lle had served upwards of twenty years in the re&imcnt. Ile knows the Lady in ques tion perfectly well. lie had never seen Colonel French and her .out together; he had never seen them anywhere together in public ' except on the march; he had very frequently heard her quiet and retired habits highly commended by the 'married Ladies.of the regiment ; he had heard them express their sur prise that they had never seen her oat, and express theiseappre hensions lest such close confinement might injure her health. He had heard those Ladies say, that they had lived for mondas in the same building with her, and had never seen her; he had never heard the slightest complaint made by married Ladies of Mrs. French living in barracks ; or thateit gave pain or uneasiness to any of them. Ile certainly b#ieved that there was nothing, in the conduct of Colonel French, or of the Lady in question, which could set a bad example to the junior Officers; quite the ' contrary. lie knew General Goldie to be married; that Ge neral had the command of the regiment for five years, and had I been in the same barracks with witness, who never heard that he made the least complaint of Mrs. French being in barracks. Witness knew that General Goldie, while in command of the regiment, had frequently gone to breakfase with Colonel French, In his room. General Goldie had not been in the regiment for tat last nine years. During thirteen years that witness had as opportunity of witnessing the conduct and disposition of the Lady in question, lie found both to be praiseworthy in the high est negrce. She was mild, humane, kind, and charitable. She invariably administered to the wants of the married women of the regimeanziv ins them money,wine,victuals,and other. necessaries. Cartain C.terrazu.sworn--ffie had been in the Regiment since Marcia, 1019, and is married. He once saw the Lady in ques tion. lie had never seen Colonel French at any place of public entertainment with her, nor did he see them walk or ride toge ther. Indeed, he had never seen them out together, though be had lived for five weeks close by the apartments of Colonel French. Witness had often vobserved how very quiet and re tired the Lady lived. He had never heard that her being in barracks gave pain or offence to the married Ladies of the Re gime; t. He saw nothing in her conduct, or that of Colonel French, to outrage the feelings of society, or of married per sea., nor slid he observe anything that could set a bad example td the junior Officers, except the lady's not being married could be so construed. 'This, however, was mere matter of opinion, and he hoped the Court would not call upon him to pronounce positively upon it. Captain Rurn.znos examined—Witness is senior Captain ; has the direction of the Mess Committee when at head-quarters. latterly Colonel French paid the bills, and kept the accounts of the mess. Colonel French took very great interest in the mess of the Regiment. Cross-eramined by Lord Caanastrros—Colonel French evin ced that interest, by exerting himself in every respect to make the mess comfortable, respectable, and reasonable.—Colonel French had kept the accounts of the mess ever since the Pay master gave them up—perhaps about a year or upwards. Colonel French dined at the mess; but witness did not believe that he paid his quota weekly, as the other Officers did. Witness is not a married man. Lard Enwaas► Someaser was examined on the second Chart?, relative to the punishment of the serjeants with more severity thin the Court Martial allowed. He had received an order from bi, Roy..! Highness the Commander-in-Chief in March last, to make a minute inspection of the Carbineers, or 6th Dra goon Guards. He had been two days and rather more engaged in that duty. He passed part of that time in examining the books of the Regiment in the Adjutant's office. Ile was per fectly satisfied with the state in which he found them. The Court-Martial Bank was here presented to his Lordship, and he stated that he had examined the whole proceedings relative to the Court-Martial on the serjeants. lie had seen the order which Colonel French had issued on the subject. He entirely agreed with Colonel French that the sentence was inadequate, and he approved of the animadversions made by 'Colane! French in the regimental order on the conduct of the serjeants. To the best of his recollection. Sir Andrew Barnard was in the room at the time. Ile found the Regiment in extremely good order, the interior economy was well attended to, the horses in good condition, and of a good and serviceable description. No complaints were made either by the Officers or Privates. lie had received the order of the Commander-in-Caief to inquire into some particular circumstances which occurred between Colonel French and an Officer of the regiment, and which form ed the subject of a Special Report to his Royal Highness. By Lord CA lIHAMPTON.—Did your Lordship approve of the ad ditional punishment ordered to be inflicted on the three ser jeants?---I do not reccllect that I made any particular remark on that part of the order. Certainly, on due consideration, I should not have approved of it. Ilere the PRESIDENT observed, that however high might be the respect which they must entertain for the opinion of an Of ficer of such long standing as Lord Edward Somerset, the Court must not be bound by his opinion. . The Members alone must be the best judges whether the punishment was excessive or not. Some difference arising among the Members as to whether the question should be put, the Court was ordered to be cleared; and when it was opened, the Paissossir declared it as the opi nion of the Court, that the proceedings should stand as they were. He also declared it as the opinion of the Court, that a question put to Major Irwin on a former day, with the answer, should be expunged from the minutes. _ _ . _ Lord Caen/surto); then put one or two questions to Lord Edward Somerset respecting the inspection of regimental books; but one of the Members of the Court observed, that the witness could not be cross-examined on points on which no questions had been put to him during his direct examination. The witness had seen books with leaves pasted, and whenever he did so, he generally asked the reason of it, and in general he received a satisfactory explanation. Upon some other questions being put respecting books, one of the Members of the Court observed, that the books now alluded to were private memo randum books, and had nothing to do with the charges. Were you satisfied with the appearance of the books when you inspected them? The Psxstexter.—Lord Edward Somerset has already said he was satisfied with the appearance of the regiment and the books; he has said that the regiment was in very• good order. Des your Lordship recollect whether the officers were well mour.ted ?—I do not recollect, as I did not inspect the officers. Colonel FRENCH now proceeded to bring forward evidence to his character. The first was a letter ad dressed to him by Lord George Beresford, in which his Lordship expressed regret at being unable to at tend the Court-Martial ; but declared that he had al ways considered him as a good Officer, and as one who had been always attentive to promote the good of the service. The next letter was from Sir John Byng, who stated, that, during the three years he had known Colonel French, he had always found him a good Officer, afid zealous in promoting the good of the service. A letter to the same effect from General Barnett was also delivered in by Colonel French, and read to the Court. The following Officers of the Regiment were then called, and gave evidence to character : Major lawns said he had been in the Regiment for twenty four years; that he was well acquainted with Colonel French; and that, in all situations and transactions, he had ever consi dered him as a man of the highest honour, and a perfect Gen tleman in every situation in life: and he did not believe his Ma jesty had a more zealous Officer in the service, nor one sn en tirely devoted to its interest. Major WarmAx, the next witness to character, declared, that Colonel French had always conducted himself as a good Officer, and a Gentleman. Captain Iturri.rtscr had known Colonel French for twenty years, and in all his transactions with him, had known him to be a man of honour and a Gentleman • and as an Officer, he had always been most zealous for the goo d of the service. Captain FERGUSON, who had known Colonel French twenty years, said he had always conducted himse)f as a Gentleman and an Officer, zealous for the good of the service. • _ _ _ _ Captain IIACDOWALL said, Colonel French had always been remarkably attentive to the soldiers, and zealous to promote the good of the service and he had always considered him a man of honour, and a Gentleman. He also considered him so much a man of humanity, that, in many instances, he was too lenient with regard to punishment; nor did he ever use unnecessary se verity in any one instance. Here the case closed on the part of the defence. Lord CARHAMPTON said, he wished to address the Court in reply : the Court signified its readiness to al low him time to prepare his reply, and adjourned to Wednesday. SIXTH AND LAST DACr.WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27. Between eleven and twelve o'clock the Court as sembled, and shortly after the Earl of CA RHA mrrott came into Court, leaning on the arm of a Gentleman. His Lordship then produced a written paper, con taining his reply to the defence of Colonel FRENCH, and read it to the Court. It began by a declaration on the part of the Noble Lord, that, in bringing for ward this prosecution, he had not been actuated by any of those cruel and calumnious motives. imputed to him by Colonel French. On the contrary,'he had been most anxious to avoid-making the charges; but when he found that the directions given by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief had not been at tended to—when he found that Colonel French had acted contrary to those directions--he then felt him self under the necessity of carrying on this prosecu tion on the part of the Crown. It was a matter of the greatest moment to the public service of the coun try, and he conceived that a soldier and an Officer must be unworthy of the name he bore, if he did not consider the preservation of military discipline to be paramount to every other object. He felt it necessary to state to the Court, that this business had been pro crastinated during a period of many months; and this circumstance he could easily account for. It was his in tention to have b=ought the charges forward long ago ; but he was prevented from doing so by illness, which brought him to the point of death ; and while in that state, his medical. attendants would not allow him to interfere in any public .business. He was, therefore, under the necessity of protracting this prosecution, ..befonrihe period within which it onghtlegniarly tb have been brought forward. But as soon as an in terval of ease permitted him, he endeavoured to col lect the several facti on which the char i es were t.unded, He assured t he Co urt , t h . t so far from having any malice .against Colonel French. he was the first who had :.ecommended him for promotion. —lle had long wished to bring the Colonel to an r eiplanation respecting the different points connected with the charges ; but such explanation was al ' ways evaded. He must repel the imputation that had been thrown out against him as to the-cause of this proceeding. The fact wa:, that Colonel French had a long time ago propoi&l to him an arrange ment for supplyin. , the soldiers with equipments. He had represented that a saving of £3OO a year might be made in their clothing, by not employing the regimental tailor any longer, but by getting the clothes from Sheffield. He also made a similar pro. posal with regard to the saddles. But he (Lord Car hampto::) told the Lieutenant-Colonel that he did not went to save £3OO or any other sqm ; and rejected his proposal. Now with regard to the first of the charges, he would refer the Court to his opening address in which he had stated his motives for bringing it forward : and the facts of that charge were not denied by the Colonel. It was not denied that he had been in the habit of driving about the streets in the most public manner with that woman, and the notice and observations of people in a great town upon an Officer acting in such a manner must be highly prejudicial to the service. With regard to his absenting himself from the regimental mess, the Colonel had stated that he knew of no order which corn2elled him to attend the mess: but it was well known to have been the wish of the Com mander-in-Chief. As to the second charge, he was at a loss to know how the good of the service could have been promoted by inflicting an additional pu nishment on men against whom a punishment had already been awarded ; and .it such an act was suffered to pass without notice, it might sanction the greatest injustice on other occasions. On the subject of Colonel french being a dealer in horses, he grounded his defence against that charge on the fairness of his transactions ; and declared that he had done no more than what every other Cavalry Officer had been in the habit of doing. He should leave it to the Court to determine whether that had been the practice, and whether it was a practice that ought to be suffered to exist ; for it was allowed, there could no longer be any competition in the selling of horses to young Officers, and it would be most detrimental to the service ; and besides, Major Hartley had written a. letter to the Colonel recom mending him to give up the practice, because it would be impossible to preserve due discipline in the regiment if he did not. He denied that the transac tion with Cornet Hall originated with Captain Hay, nor was it from that person that he (Lord Carhamp ton) had an account of it ; but he had obtained his information from various other quarters. On the subject of the sth Charge, he had only to say, that the horse which had been purchased; and after wards sold by Colonel French, came to the regiment along with a lot of troop horses, and he (Lord Car ' hampton) did conceive, on that account, that . it was a troop horse in which the Lietitehant-Colonel had been trafficking, and making an undue profit. On the other charge, that of having made altera tions in the regimental books, the Colonel did give an order to Captaiu Hay to paste paper over the leaves of the books; and that he conceived could not have been done for any other purpose than to shut out the information which should always be given respecting every transaction connected with the regi ment. He was, therefore, justified in supposing that the leaves had been cut out for the purpose of con cealing the transactions relating to dealing in horses. The books had been sent from his (Lord Carhampton's) office ; and Captain Macdowall acknovdedged that they had been mutilated. The act, therefore, must have been the act of one operator, and the spoliation must have been done. with the knowledge of the Commanding Officer. His idea was, that regimental books ought always to be kept in a regular and given form ; and that the mutilation of such records was a matter of the most serious consequence, and ought to be strictly inquired into. It was with that impression he had used a certain expression which had been noticed by Colonel French.-- [The Noble Lord here referred to something stated by him in his address to the Court, which he was not prepared to deliver on the first day of the trial; but which, we understand, was delivered on a subsequent day-after the strangers had retired from the Court.] His Lordship concluded with observing, that he had now stated everything which he considered material in this case; that he had done no more than what he felt to be his bounden duty as an Officer; and that he should respectfully take his leave of the Court. Colonel FRENCH now applied to the Court for per mission to make some remarks upon whit had fallba from Lord Carliampton. The PRESIDENT told him that as no new fact bad been given in evidence, he could not reply to wha; was considered as the concluding part of the trial. Lord CARIIAMPTOL- 44 If Colonel French is per mitted to addre,s the Court respecting anything I have said, I claim the right of replying to him." The PRESIDENT.—" As no new evidence has been brought forward, it would be contrary to the rules of the service to allow Col. French to make.any reply." The Members of the Court expressed themselves of the same opinion. The Pftitsfoxtur stated, that Colonel French had just informed him that Lord Cathcart was then wait ing in an adjoining room, ready to come forward, and speak to the character of Colonel French, if the Court would allow him to be called. It certainly would be very material for hilt to have the benefit of so respectable a testimony. The JUDGE ADVOCATI said, that the proceeding would be altogether irregular. Colonel French ought to have called his witness before the prosecutor ad dressed the Court. • The Court agreed in the opinion, and the Pant- RENT declared that the trial was concluded. The sentence cannot he made public, until it is sub mitted to and receives the approval of his Majesty. • Yesterday, a Court of • Directors was held at the East India House; when Captain DALaYMPLE was sworn into the command of the ship Vansittart, con signed to St• Helena, Bombay, and China. ..: .