Star. — London, England, 1810-02-13 00:00:00

1160 1 NEW THEATRE ROYAL., COVENT-GARDEN. INIORROW EVENING, FEBRUARY - 14: w ill be acted (for the sixth time) a New Drama, in Three • interspersed with Music, called THE FREE KNIGHTS ; Or, THE EDICT OF CHARLEMAGNE. To which will be added the New Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN PEDLAR; Or, THE HAUNTED WELL. Thi s Evening—(fifth time) The Free Knights ; with We Fly ty Niht. Plac g es for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. BRANDON, at the New ses.Officc, in Princes Plate, Hart-street, from ten till four. _ _ This day was published, price 24.6 d. THE FREE KNIGHTS ; or, The EDICT of 1 CIiARLEMAGNE: an Operatic Drama, in Three Acts. By F. REYNOLDS, Esq. N o w performing with peat applause at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Printed for Westley and Parish, Strand. Of shorn may be had, the Pour First Numbers of the WaTca liaN. TO-MORROW The State Lottery will begin and finish Drawing. R I CHARDSON,.GOODLUCK , and Co. Stock Brokers, corner of Back Buildings,- Cornbill, and facing the Gate of the King's Mews, Charing Cross, respectfully Inform eye Public, that they are selling Tickets and Shares, and have t ow on sale, Two, Three, and Four Tiekets of the saute Num r, which may obtain the following great Prizes : Four Tickets of one !slumber - aeno,ooo Three ditto - - 60,000 Two ditto 40,000 Oue ditto 20,000 Shares In proportion. TO-MORROW. SIFT and CO. remind their 'Friends and the Public, that the LOTTERY will Begin awl Finish Drawing pp Wr.nrosis.te, the 14th.—The Scheme contains only 5.000 Numbers, and the iollowing caprrAL PRIZES: ---- - 4. ... .of £20;000 112 0f... ..... ael,ooo 4 ..................... 5,000 20 5OO Besides 4,960 inferior Prizes from £lOO to £l5. 4,09........ a ....... £5,000 753........ a ....„ £2,000 545.................500 54S 5OO 4,955.. 5OO 2,697 • 5OO Were Sold and Shared in the Last Lottery, at stvirc and CO.'s OFFICES, . • I.ls.ll,Poultrr, No. I‘2, Charing Cross, and No. 32, Aldgate High Street, Prbes in former Lotteries , am ountin g to u p wards of a MILLION STERLING, have been Sold in Shares. TO.MORROW. EISH, who in the LAST LOTTERY. Sold • its Shares : 1618 ... A it 20,000 2,618 ... ... 020,060 4,01 D 5,000 3 8 3 .. B 1,060 82) ... A •.. 1, 000 830 B. 1,000 548 ... ... • 500 4,855 r. C 500 5 row telling Tickets And Shires for the Grand Lottery that Begins and Finishes TO MORROW. The Scheme contains 5,000 Numbers, 40 Capitals, 5,000 and 5200,000 in Money, all to tie distributed in ONE DAY!'! And one Number must On Ernarr Tnoossrin POUNDS. • • Persons in the Country may be supplied with Tickets er 'Moto, by sending their Orders (Post or Carriage paid) .2C- Compitiled with good Bills, Bank Notes. or Post-Office Orders, to either of O ffi ces, No. 4, Coanutt.t., or 9, CHARING.. CX n; 5. FOR SALT, 1:11F PUBLIC AUCTION, 37 Order of elt• Hon. CoMmissioners of his Majesty's Customs. At the Custom House, Rochesler, on Thursday the 15th instant, at ten o'clock itk the forenoon, THE following GOODS, in several LOTS. •••• TOR items CON3UMPTION. IP. Gallons Rum 127 pieces Chinaware 15 Gallons Geneva. 1 Time Piece .nn Comet:in Stones 25 Necklaces, beads 64 Pounds Tea 65 Foreign Skins 3 Shawls And various other Articles. rent 55 pcntrArtost. 29 Pieces India Sills Hand- I 6 Silk Shawls kerchiefs,and 6 single do. 13: Pair Gloves Pietei lYirtelona ditto s Pieces 1 Remnant Silk. 1 lielatTTOTe tiventy-fire . oer Cent. will be required as a Deposit. I‘iONF.Y. • -------- - - MSSA& LUCAS and Co. beg l ea ve to inform tinite that maw b. in want and desirous of borrowing tern porur or permanent sums of money, that they can at all times advance ally sum from 1001. to 90,0001. and upwards, on personal w any ether security arising from Marriage Settlements, Money lathe Clergymens' Livings or Freehold, Copyhoid , and Leasehold Estates, on the most liberal and honourable terms.--. Personal application Messrs. Lucas and Co..d:tily reczive at their !louse, No. 19, lermyri-street, St. LIMN'S e ith e r personaliy or by ti4t-;aid. N. B. Ten years yuiC.has e will be given for veil-secured Annuities. TO GENTLEMEN OF LANDED PROPERTY. ONE THOUSAND POUNDS: PERSOI of Property and respectability being is- ilesikuus Of renting on Lease (for a term of not Iris thin 14 NrSl from 500 to 800 Acres of Land, at a fair and liberal rent, will present the Sum of £lOOO (more or less, according to eir cmstances) to any Gentleman who will grant him the Lease of Farm that may meet his wishes. If withhi from . 50 to 60 Miles London, and with a good residence; it Will be the more de v.rable.—lmmediafe possession is not yeti , material; and the above sum will be now equally given, although occupation may not be granted for a twelvemonth or upwards: the most satis factory references will be given as to the relpensibility of the tenant. Letters addressed to Messrs. Epley and Stotler, Solid •ors, Furnivat's Inn, London, will receive attention. No appre- N ,, :ision need be entertained of a breach Of confidente i and the innre frank and explicit any communication is, the less Wobble delay will arise to both parties. As the Advertiser can Command a large Capital; this will be I..lntt a most advantageous opportunity to any Proprietoriwhose tr:ste is but partly or imperfectly cultivited. Just published, price Is. 6d. TRUTIt in PURSUIT' of WARDLE, being a Letter addressed to Colonel GM. L L .. WARDLE, M. P. " Letters oft have mused the Writers, " To curse the day t'sey were itiditers The public is recommended to peruse this Letter. It contains a develtipement of Colonel Wardk's political scheme, of intro. dating Frenchinen into the National Militia! accomp anied with J ctters ftorn Sir W. W. Wynn, M.P. and Wis. Henry Lyn's ton, M. P. oa. this interesting subject. It *ho exhibits the Mott Patriot in his true character , --A Taylor and a Govern rre•nt Contractor !!I—and gives smite curious Anittititei or do *IA Wardle, Major Dodds Scc. &c. Written By T. FARQUHARSbN. Paislished by Mr. C. Chapple; No. 66, Pall-Rfall, and sold by frost of the respectable Booksellers. Also m ixaminiticin of Colonel SN'ardle's Letter to Lord Pllentorough, being a complete Virdicatiou et his Lordship, by %Timm:4,l)l4e 'A. It Al At , Cep y din ecio eats rek cris is vegjil var.' thou' rir or+ iousi bejl .l e r(r. , C , r 4 pr.tc s, 1 , Os eica. e r4t , .(1 lir n 3 Om? star. • . • • • . •el A-. /• \• • az .11 •.%). . • . 1! • *4) . N 1 • • . t 4, • 't• •• -. 7 • ;k:ri 4.• h. • -•••• . LONDON. . _ • PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY. 12. On the Scotch Appeal, Gordsn'versus Tough, Mr. Broughan wee heard for the Appellant. Further hearing deferred till to- morrow. Lord CONNINGHAME presented a Petition from tbe *Ca tboat of the County of Clare. Lard HOLI.AND brought up a Petition from the Prisoners In the Illarshalsea.--Ordered to lie en the table. LIDO GROSVENOR moved, that the House be summoned for Friday nett, for the second reading of the Reversion Bill. He was Wiwi to urge this, particularly seeing that though Ministers Immiaarty expressed themselves averse to hs object, they seemed It late to entertain different sentiments. Wellesley 's Divorce Bill was read in a Contmittee of the House, when the Duke of Norfolk objected to a clause in it, which ee eluded Lady Charlotte from the advantage of the Setdeaseek 1, which had been made upon her, of Li 5,000. His r acee ed. that by the Bin as it stood at princes, the lady wa leik toes: pad*. Lard ILDON observed, that the Clause in question was ists 1 Way a new one. hut was introduced in compliance with a stand ing order of the House, enacted last year. There were, how- , ever, other. Settlements in the Bill alluded to but not txpreesed„, which be thought the House ought to be distinctly put in posses sion of before their Lordships, came to a decision. The Duke of NORFOLK acquiesced in the suggestion of the Lord C The DOli cv e li° ei r islOßFOLK gave notice of his intention to move for an Inquiry, whether since the lit of May last any Sdpulatioos had been entered into by his Majesty's Ministers with the Go vernmeet of Portugal, respecting any further assistance to that Government in men or money. The Marquis WELLESLEY stated, thet he should very shortie find it his duty to bring to Of House a Message from his Ma jesty upon that subject, which he trusted would answer all the objects of the Noble Duke's intended motion. The Duke of NORFOLK acquiesced so hr as to withdraw the notice of his motion. I Lord HOLLAND desired to know whether Ministers, in beer Neeoelations and Treaties with Spain and Portugal, had paid at tention to the objects of an important Act of the British Legisla ture, passed about three years since, for the purpose of abolishing i the Skye Trade ? . I Lord LIVERPOOL observed, that there was a material dis- I tinction to be made between Portugal and Spain. With the for mer Government his Majesty's Ministers bad made stipulatiOns and arrangentents respecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. ' which had been acted upon. The Government of Spain presented woe diSculties; notwithstanding which, many parts of that obriltad been strongly enforced. HOLLAND was not quite satisfied with what he bad heard from the Noble Secretary, and said he should, next Thurs day week, bring this important subject, in which not Only the Woos: of this country, but the dearest interests of humanity were concerned, before their Lordships consideration—Ad journed to To-morrow (this day.) cFor the proceedings in the Hous(of Commons, see the last page.] TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Cent. Cons. for money. SI 88—ace. 68-1. Reduced 641—Ornnium 2 prey.—Etcheq. Bills 4s. to 9s. pre. The Correspondence between htr. Secretary CAte xmo and the Hon. DAVID Eastutm, and two other sets of papers respecting America, were delivered, last night, to the Members of the House of Commons. — We shall communicate. their contents to our Readers as soon as we can possibly find room in our columns. A duplicate copy of a letter dated Rotterdam,,,22d January, received this morning, says—" Id my last I informed you of the confiscation of all American pro perty at Naples and in the Spanish ports. This is confiriued. I have now farther to inform you, that in consequence of the interference of the French Am bassador at Amsterdam, the American vessels lately arrived with cargoes of produce in the Tezel, and which had obtained permission from our Govern ment to discharge, have got positive orders to put to sea again. From this we infer that the French Co vernment have resolved upon the general exclusion of the American flag from the Continent." It is ascertained that there are thirty-two tons of silver, in coin and bullion on board the Canoniere, be sides a valuable cargo of assorted Asiatic goods. — She is ordered to the River to unload the treasure. A duel was fought in Heston Fields, near Houns low, yesterday morning, between Mr. MARSHALL and Captain REDDON, in consequence of- a dispute at the Opera on Saturday last. Mr. MARSHALL had his right hand slightly shattered, and his thumb shot off, by the first fire, after whith the duellists retired. The Theatre at Havre de Grace was burnt down in the night between the 23th and 29th of January. A Moniker of the 3d February contains an official report of the capture of the British frigate Jusosi, by the French frigates Clorinde and Renommee. after an action of forty minutes, yard-arm and yard-arm, the enemy's ships lying on both sides of the Jtmon. Ninety men 'were killed and wounded on board the English vessel. Captain SHORTLAND, and one of his officers, are among the wounded. The enemy state their loss at twenty-one killed and fifteen wounded. The enemy was in the act of boardin" when the JUNON struck. The bravery and skill of Captain SHORT LAND has drawn a warm tribute of approbation even from the enemy's officers, in their, dispatches. Preparations are making for the journey of the French Emperor to Spain, and relays of horses are ordered on the route. An article from Bayonne of the 26th ultimo, states, that the French armies have actually penetrated the Sierra Morena at three points. The Moniteur contains a long Solidus Comultmn, relative to the endowment of the Crown, and the al lowances to the Imperial Family. This new arrange ment is stated to be in contemplation of the Empe ror's speedy muriage, and his hopes of issue. The Legislative Assembly was opened on the Ist instant, and the Penal Code presented to it. Mr. POWF.LL, the Gentleman whom Mr. PINKNEY sent some time ago to Paris, arrived at Dover on Sun day on his return. Intelligence was received by the vessel that brought him over, that an Embargo was ordered to be laid on in all the French ports. FALMOUTH, Feu. 10.—The Princess Elizabeth packet, from Lisbon, left lying there the Princess Charlotte and Wahingbant packets ; the former was to sail on the sth inst. The British troops were fast recovering from their late illness; their head quarters was at .Abrantef. Also arrived yesterday. the. Puzzle schnoner,HOLLINGERUOIC master, from St. Michael's, with fruit, 3 slays passage ; three days since fell in with a ship laden with fruit, (water logged) and without a soul on board.— . Sailed this day, his Majesty's brig Eclipse on a cruize, his Majesty's schoo ner Phipps with dispatches for Lisbon, and the Chesterfield packet, Captain GisaaN, with mails for Gibraltar, Malta, and Sicily. The Prince of Wales packet, with mails for Lisbon, is dezaiced till further orders. • PORT Istoutn, FED 12.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Sarpe don,,Filot, and Monkey and the Woodford, Alfred, and Ceylon East Indiamen, from the Downs.—A large fleet is standing in— particulars not known.--Sailed the Columbine and Rapid on a cruize. --The Mediterranean deer, which sailed yesterday, are at anchor in 'Yarmouth roads, We of Wight. Dem., Fee. 12.—Arrived the Idas cutter (2), from a cruize off Flashing.—Rernain in the Downs his Majesty's ships as per last, and the Huddart East Indiaman, for India.—Wind N. GRAVESEND, Fr seusay 12.—Arrived the Hero, Strachan, from Seville ; and the Caledonia, Richie, from the Brazils. Sailed the Starling, Coulson, for Martinique; and the Minerva, De Costa, for Oporto. The Augusta, --, from Lnndon, is arrived at Chartestnien. after having been plundered by a French privateer in the Channel. The Dove, Middleton, of Maryport, from Ireland, is lost near the Isle of Man. The Ann, Flower, from New York, for St. Sebastian's, was warned off that port by the Antelia frigate, and is arrived at Pot ts- THE INQUIRY. • MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. ' FOURTH DAY. FEBRUARY i. The Right • Hon. Sir Iona; ANsvawroei, Bart. in the Chi tr. General Sir THOM As 'retool', Lieutenant-General of the Ord nance, was called lu.—Examined by the Committee. You ire Lieutenant-General .of the Ordnante ?--; I am. At what period did you receive instructions to pre pare ordnance for the Expedition to the Scheldt I-,- On the'l9th of June 1809. When were the ordnance preparations completed ? It was about the end of June 6 but I really do not recol lect the precise day on which they were 'completed. Could that amount of ordnance haie been prepared at an earlier time, if earlier orders had been given ? They could have been prepared at any time, if orders had been given ; I beg to say that I really AM not at all certain as to the time at which they werceortipleted. Has any account of the aniount of ordnance been prepared ?—I believe it has, I do not recollect parti cularly ; I know such accounts have been made aut,, hut whether they have been given in • for the use or the House, I am not certain. I Do you recollect what amount of battering MA; lery you were directed to prepare ?—There.were 70 pieces of battering train of guns, sixty-two 24-poustd. ers, and eight 68-pounder carronades, and 74 mortars. Do you recollect, in the instruct ions you 010111bd from Government to prepare ordnance for the Ecpe dition for the Scheldt, that two distinct battithig trains were to be prepared ?—I nevet dart any Oft instructions ; I only knew the amount rif the ortutnee t to be prepared, and what I have mentioned *IA the si battering train only ; I have not mentioned the ll eld artillery. . Are you aware, *liether in the embarking the bat tering train, it was allotted iiitd different ships so.iiii to go into different branches of fhe Scheldt- at the same time ?—No, I am not able to give any inforens. tion upon that point; I never knew iti what manner the ordnance were obbarked as to partieulak ship!: In whose departmenf is it to superintend the em barkation ?—The embarkations are superintended by the Officers of rank in the Artillery at Wo olwith, with all the other Officers .of different ranks tinder their direction, and also by the Civil Officers of the . Ot dnance ; I never understdod it to be my business 1 ,- I am generally attending the Board in London: Were any instructions given from the Board as to the particular mode of embarking the battering train, with a view to the dividing it into different trains at the same time ?—I believe not, I have no knowledge of them. • If any such instructions had been given would they have come before you in the discharge of your ofEcial duty ?—Not necessarily so ; the orders of that kind are given by the Master-General, and he communi cates such parts of his orders to the Boaid as be thinks proper, and I do not believe he made any comment• cation of that sort. In the absence of the Master-General, do you not •••••••• supply his place I—Not exactly ; I have n ot the same To-morrow will make rich many , who to-day are poor! The I po wers. . . purchase of a 1 'Wert or Share in the Lottery is a duty which . and a rewar d 1 execute d toff y sign who can spare the means, u nto a himself and fami- 1 By whom are the powers of the Maiter-General ly. A Capital Prize is a tefief te k tite unfortunate, when the Master-General is absent ?—By the to tbe buiiistrioudi Swirl and Cb.l Mess have been r emark- 1 Lieutenant-General and Board conjointly ;in matters liar foftunoto to those *h° have Orals" Tidied and Sh in ' purely military, the Lientenant-General 'gives - °Merl in former Lotteries ; therefore, it is tar to pressure, that the of his own authority, because the command of the usual good luck will attend their Glees b twassermr's drawing. ~., _. .4 . _, hi m , - , colonel To-morrow morning the wheel goes roved, when every Tie- mintary mops aevotves to as being aeo bet Must be &min, and every Prise, ammo* to two hundred second of those Co but all other business is done thousand pounds. Hoa wink and Co. hope to supply their friends by the L land tbe Board stv. , - - * - with a ;op proportcm of the said Prizes , at N, Cotnbill, or St. Did Lord chathein, the m ., ... Marge ps) Hid, Borough. mouth. The Btitinnis, Thompson, from Liverpool to Ballantyre, is on shore at Lockardwell. The Enterprise, Phillips, frbm London to Tenerife, has put WO Bristol in distress. The Olympia, of 10 guns, Lieut. Taylor, has been &masted, sad the Mager and two men kilted, in attempting to g et a valuable prize, which she chaced on shore on the Isle of hrance. The Lottery, Richards, from Liverpool to Bahuaas, was lost in Dundrum Bay the 30th ult. Ctew saved. The San loaquitn, Jones, from Alicant to Plyrnduth, has been taken, retaken, and arrived at Gibraltar. The Britannia, Few, from Gibraltar, has been taken and burnt. The Lovely Ann, Coleman, from Baltimore to Lisbon, has foundered at sea. - . TUESDA‘ , • FEBRUARY IS t 1810. - • • . [MICE SI]LTEN.Mk . WFI'INNY*- -.......• Ri • ..- • • _ d _, _, , give the orderifor l the ordnance for die EipeZ . .• '• ...iN te - l---He did. • . . • . . To w hom . were thoie order 3 ilhetted ?• - •-a lkblieili 41 5 t an o- iiSlih w e ia • h, :eldt bu l t is on o z i r9t the of .I M titi l e ita h r* is O SeCre fficers tari at ,. W W I I ; - , i ,i 'c a . order; communicated if) the Beard that such cranes . were ordered to be prepared foi foreign service; ,the it4 tO s t o Ce ler Ci t i l il the Oftwers Maltarr .ai moved Master-Gen era l f l recd vic u h e , nt a l l y ui g , Woolwich- for ordnance to be - prepared, and eeried, at t H int e i w t: municates it Soon afteiwanda. to the Bard, hut th \ teemed orders do n.* go through the Ho ut& , nse Wet* .youTtghtly underitond as itititig thst- the o ez : Ordnance Board received instriictiorit tp prep:rigor& ens nance Owthe lOth of June ?-on the 19th Jane the - v- contrnunicatiosvarat made to the Board of e • the ordnance had been before ordered.. • . .-' • - Theft the , ContWinnicatiOn mi. the 19th of ..lenriina not gummier **prepate ordnance,, bit •:a *iftt that such ordnance had been orered NArk - - itienthat such ordnance were ordered, stet with a view that the Board should give Me -order, bui npen,daa • tupposition - that it was already g ive 4. . ! • Who is the Military Officer at Woolwit • wh or t a cer. vies the order of the Master-Genera] of the nee into execution ?----TheMaster-General gives Ws orders toLMajor-General Macleod , Depot,. Adjetant-Gent, of Artillery, he - communicarectheee tided to thq Officer commanding the Artillery it Woolwich Were they are carried into execution. . Who is the O ffi cer commanding the Artillery sit Woolwichil—They have different Agana/tents ; the *kir Officer, General Farrington, I look upon at **Officer commanding Artilleryo.nd General Lloyd commands the garrison ' • they have different duties. Who gives the orders for taking up the Transports for the Ordnance Service ?—The Boartof Ordnance makes a requisition to the Transport Board, acquaint ing them what tonnage they want- .- • • When was the requisition made loy the Board of Ordnance to the Transport Board Int transpires to take the ordnance to the Scbeldt ?-4 do not recollect exactly the day, but I beliere it was &boat the 19th of June. . At what time were the transports reported to be prepared for the ordnante ?-•-1 do not recollect ; but indeed that quettion cannot be answered. directly, be. • eause the tratisporti were prepared ar different times, and bided as they were ready ; they were not all pre , pared bn the Larne day. • : To whom do the military and other- Asters at Woolieith report ?—They report in general to the I/fatter General. Are those reports . submitted to the Board ?--No t . ,dry are not generally ; the Master General ishanits math things as he thinks may be of use to the Srmed, end not every thing. • . AS you do not reco ll ect that siege artillery Wilior tiered for two .distinct sieges, was there not a integer proportion, both of siege artillery and field artillery Ordered and prepared for this expediCou than for any other since you have been in the Ordnance ?—Yes. • Can you state the amount of the field artillery and the siege artillery prepared ?—I have not the account of the field artillerythe siege artillery I have stated. , • From Whit 'Articular branch of the Ordnance - department is the Coinniittee to Obtain a return of the en Bald artillery ?..-If the Committee orders a letter A a t be written.to Mr. Crew, Secretary of Ordnance, it l ai d • will be clods immediately, or I can myself order it, a sien if the Committee direct me so to do. • A per. Was not the Ordnance preparation embarked, and .wade G A ***di to assemble in the Downs as soon as the other the use beinthes of the expedition arrived there P—l always Understood it to be so; I have no immediate mesas arta. Of ittitAvitig it ; but I believe it was so. 70 , _Wee tot transports tupplied for the embarkation of the Ordnance equipment, in the proportion that they-were required within the time that was necessary tb complete the armament at the period it WU re quited to kssimble in the .Downs P.-The transports were very quickly supplied, and I have no recollec tion of any transports being waited for, for any consi derable time. [the witness was ordered to withdraw.] Sir RUPERT ORORGE, Baronet, Chairman of the Teak- . pprt Board, was called M.. -Examined by the Committee. State to the Committee at what time you were in- structed to prepare transports for the expedition to the Scheldt ?-0n the 20th of May. State to what umount ?-4 was not ordered to pro vide to any particular amount ; but that a number of transports would be wanted. Without specifying either the tonnage or the num ber of men ?.-Without snecifying either the tonnage or.the number of men at that time. At what time was it stated that they would be *anted ?--As soon as possible. I gave notice in the Hall of the Transport Board, that transports would be wanted; and we gave notice also at „Lloyd's ; but that none would be received which would not be ready on the part of the owners in a week from the 20th of May. • ..ge State what passed in consequence.—After the expi . ration of a week, we had not sufficient transports. I ,ould they had daily communication with the SecrAary of State, your official indeed several times in the day, and I reported pro. as of that kind greys ; and at the end of the week, there were not by , and he comtnuni- any means a sufficient number for the services which , the Board as he thinks I understood were determined upon. ,e he made any communi- What number were forthcoming at the end of the week P.--I cannot precisely say, for we renewed. it at the end of the week ; but the whole umber of trans ports we took up for that expedition amounted to be. tween twenty-three and twentriour thousand tons. Was. that the whole number that was required P--- No, not the whole number that Was required ; for we had upwards of a hundred thousand tons employed for the Whole expedition ; but only twenty-three or twenty-four thousand wete taken up, in consequence of the orders we received on the 20th of May. The remaining transport, Were before in prepay* _ ?...N0 ; we had about twenty thousand taus of _ ..........-marerat. Warta 1 Piggott& I cinitrit speak to the Intact *umber, bu t . , . . , - - • . ••. - . . . " .~-.. 4 1.. 4. :Nye'