Star. — London, England, 1810-02-24 00:00:00

THE INQUIRY. MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. EIGHTH DAY, FEBRUARY 19. Rear-Admiral Sir Riciimin KE.AIS examined. ((.oncluded from yesterday's Sr.ta.) Da you know whether any difficulty was experienced from the want of sufficient pilots by any part of the fleet ?--Frolit the ex perience I have had, I think myself justified in saying, that of all classes of men in society, or at least of men attached to the Navy, Pilots are the least to be trusted to, and I ehuuld not have thought of taking a fleet up either of the Scheldts, upon the most positive assurances of pilots, without having examined the ttavigation and satisfied myself; my experience of pilots nukes that caution ne cessary. _ _ How long do you think it would require to have nude that exa- Vnination of the navigation, as far as Santvliet ?—ln examining the navigation, very great advantage would have been derived from the survey with which we were supplied by the Admiralty, a very excellent survey ; the time that it would have taken to have examined the t.•:vigation, must have depended greatly upon the weather : under favourable circumstance*, being, as we were in possessi.nt of South Beveland, cii the Ist of August, I should suppoie a very few days would hate been requisite, for we were ♦cry well supplied with the means, small vessels, buorboats, masters, attendants, and people accustomed to sound and buoy navigation; it would he very unjust not so say that Government Lad very abundantly supplied us, in my opinion, with the requi site means Were you acquainted with the state of Ulla, and the boom across the river at that place ?-1 had the advaneoge only of seeing 1.1110 within a few miles from the ship in which my Bag was hoisted, and on my approaching nearer it in smaller vessels ; I was never nearer, I presume, than three miles and a half, or foot miles; the boom was early thrown across, I ant not certain of the day, for I ant not sure that we perceived it immedi ately, but l think it must have been thrown across the 14th _of August. Do you mean that it was not thrown across the river earlier than the 14th of August?—Their flotilla retired to Lillo on the 11th, on the arrival of our flotilla, and, I think, on the 13th, went above the boom. 1 think, on the 1::th, or the 14th, the boom was thrown across, when their flotilla was all above the boom. It was then that the boom was closed ; probably it had been constructed some time before ?—1 presume it is always in con struction, ready to be thrown cross Were you consulted with respect to the possibility of forcing the passag e ?—i was present at a conversation on the subjetet of Lino and Liefkenskoeik, with my Lord Chatham, Sir Richard Strachau, and several General Officers, on the 2tith of Auguse. State what took place in that conversation ?—lt respected the advance of the army, and the measures to be taken for getting posse-lion of Lillo and Liefkenshoeik, but the navigation being open to where the river narrows, a little below Doh, it was con sidered liy Sir Richard Strachan that no further measures could be taken in prosecution of the ultimate object, but in conjunction with the army. Was it your opinion that the boom could have been forced ? If the boom could have been forced, I see no possible good that could have resulted from it, except the forts of Lillo and Lief. kenshoeik could have been Aiken possession of. Supposiag it possible for the shipping to have proceeded up the Scheldt towards Antwerp, in case the army were compelled to retreat, would it have been possible for the large vessels to have effected their retreat, except with a very favourable wind ?—i hold it impossible fur the fleet to have passed up the Scheldt unaccom panied by the army. Their► return, in the event of the army re treating, in that narrow navigation, must have been greatly de pendent upon the winds; for I believe the ch Lima is in some places so narrow, that it would have been impracticable to have tided it down. The, these would have been danget.that the fleet, in its re. ereat, would not have - kept pace with theletreat tpf the army ? I think, with strong westerly winds, the fleet might not have been ato.e to have got down but with a change of wind. Isit your opinion that the fleet could not have proceeded up to Antwerp, unless the army were in possession both of Lillo and Lief ken.4hoeik ?--it is. Supposing the army in possession of those forts, could the fleet have proceeded and returned with safety, if the French were in possession of one bank of the river, between the forts and Ant• werp 1-1 think there would have been considerable risk; but with. such an object in view, I am of opinion Sir Richard Strachan would have attempted it. Considering the extent of the armament, and the number of transports, is it not probiLle that a considerable space of time would have elapsed, from the period of the fleet sailing from Deal, till the time when the troops could have been all disem barked at Santeliet ?—lc must have been dependent upon weather; One of thi.,e measures that is subject to great chance. Is not Vie chance of delay considerably increased by the nar oowness, the vrindini!, and the intr:cacy of the mwigatioe ?—Cer tainly ; but the channels once buoyed, with the strength of tide there is in the Scheldt, the ina , ters of transports being generally much accustomed to tide up and down rivers, I think the diffi culties would have been got over. Would it not have occasioned sotto delay to buoy those chan nels ?—it might, under favourable circumstances of weather ; I think two days , with the advantages which I have before enu merated, which we possessed. lVoold there not have been considerable difficulty in carrying so large an armament up the Scheldt with several winds ?—lt would have been more difficult with foul than with fair winds, and certainly considerable difficulties must have been expected, and would have been experienced, in moving so large a fleet up ; but t'ley would have been surmounted, our means being great. !sit by the East or We 4 Scheldt, you imagine the armament could have proceeded with the greatest expedition, supposing Sant vliet and Antwerp their objects was et opinion, judging from the charts only, before I sailed from England, that it would have been more advantageous to have moved the Eapedition up the Eastern than the Western Scheldt, but the knowledge I now possess inclines me to give the preference to the Western Scheldt. From the knowledge you have of the Western Scheldt, do you think it probable that so large an armament couldbe conveyed up to the landing place, and from thence proceed by sea and by land up to Antwerp, without giving the enemy a very considerable for preparation ?--.lconcee, under favourable eirenmatan. if weather, the armament having arrived on the Illth of July, it is possible it might have been at Santvliet in three days. you include buoying the channel?--I include bodying the ine o you include taking possession of the batteries either of :hem or Cadsand ?—The batteries of South Beveland were nui possession • bet for a &et of transports to have gone up Western Scheldt. I conceive the .possession of Plismbhig or 'anti would have been requisite; hut I understood it to be the inal intention, that all the troops intended to proceed up the t tick-tat were to be embarked in men of war, which 1 eon rd, being in possession, as we were, of South Beveland, might passed into the Western Sitheldt, notwithstanding Cadsand 'gushing were both in possession of the enemy. In reference Former question, I would beg to have it understood, that, in 7vent of going up the Scheldt with a fleet of transports, the , er I gave was supposing Cadsand or Hushing to be in our I would not attempt to take a fleet of transports up Cadsand and Flushing in the possession of the enemy; hut troops, which, I understood, were to be in men of war, I do tonsider eintsand or Flushing at all material. point of fact, were the troops which were to land at Sant tunveyed in men of war ?—The arrangement, I believe, was • to take thent all in men of war,; but, by some mistake, at line of embarkation. sante troops, intended to have gone in hf war for the Western Scheldt, were embarked in trut h • - ail events, must not the ordnance, the mortars, and the ar. horses, have been conveyed in transports ?—I believe that vision was made for their being conveyed in transports. "hen it would have b.:en necessary for an army to have pro. with a view to besiege Antwerp, with all that was neces- Tnr that siege, to have been in possession eiths:r of Flushing Cadsand ?-11orsea might have been kindest on South_Beve-- and marched to the other end of the island, and the number insports in whkh the artillery and mortars would have been irked, I , hotild eoreeive might have beet towed by the men at, or taken wins the mesa of war. 'could the the•t o r e; AtiOUS have been considerably retarded, fort at Baths bad liven defended as it might have been ?-- would have been retarded; I presume Bathz was a work the army v. QUI% have got into in the course 44 a few days, ugh it had been defended. • 4el you Una:l . rand that Lillo and Lientenshoelk were capable sitsiderable defence?-1 understood such to be the opinkm of cary ; the vitt* of August. at Baths; 1 believe they arca,: that COliki nut hat been rtdaced by the Ma , / y. think tw • merated, Walk so large would in and ecrt and wou but t'ley Is it 11) aqu'id hal ',het ant from the have bet the EilSti p04,4:111 i From think it t 4 t he lin up to A time for edt of W that it it Do r channel. Do y Walchei in our I the WIN CoOsand original . Wes Se ceived, b have pas • and Flus to a forn the even an.wer I possekin with Cat with troy not eons' In poi Ott con' Made to the time men hf arm. At 3tl fliery ht provisics Then ceeded a tory for .or of Ca l.mO anti of transr embarke of Wiit, I Woult if till its They wi that the although Did yt of COiWi4 Slailitary art re WO mosimws... . • • Was it hot understOOd that they might have been detlntled for a considerable number of days ?-1 believe certainly it was, but the enemy ailltat time had had abundance of time to provide modes of defence that possibly they did not possess on our first arrival What modes of defence do you allude to, that came w Wain your knowledge ? Strongly garrisoning them ; probably mounting guns that might not have been mounted, for we obi:a - wed them j busy at work at an old fort near Lillo, which they pot into a state of defence; and they opened a mortar battery near Doel, whilst we lay off it. On what day did you observe this battery constructed ?— r They were construving a battery at Fort Hendrick, which is the lint I allude to, I think from the 14th of August to the '26th or 21th, ' when most of the guns Were mounted ; and the mortar battery near Dori was opened, I think, on the 29th or 29th. Have you any reason to believe that the forts of Lillo and Lief kenshoeik were not in a state of defence when the armament sailed from England ?—I incline to the opinion that there were few troops in the country on our first arrival; but I do not know that those forts were not perfectly garrisoned. Have you any reason to think that the fortifications of LillO and Liefkenshoeik were not in a state of defence, and that they were not provided with a sufficient number of guns at the time of the sailing of she Expedition ?—No, I have not ; I meant to allude to troops, which I was of opinion the country was almost destitute of at the time of our first arrival. Then you have no reason to think that the forts were not in a perfect Vitt of defence, with respect to their works, at the time of your first arrival ?—No,certainly not. From the extent of the works of Lillo and Liefkenshoeik, do they require many men to garrison them ?—1 do not know the extent of their works, but I should apprehend they must require some hundred men at least to garrison them. Supposing there were some hundred men to garrison those forts, would it not have been impossible, until those forts had been reduced by siege, for the fleet to have co-operated in any at tack upon Antwerp?—The fleet could not have co-operated in an attack upon Antwerp, above I,illo and Liefkenshoeik, until they were reduced. Had you any knowledge of the state of the fortifications of Antwerp at the time you arrived at South tieveland ?—I had not. Had you any knowledge of the amount of troops iu Antwerp upon the sth of August ?—No : there were various reports as to the state of Antwerp, some stating Antwerp to be destitute— others the reverse. _ _ What part of the service did you conduct yourself ?—My ori ginal orders directed me to proceed up the East Scheldt with the reserve of the army, to get possession of South rieveland and the islands of Sundt-it and North gel/eland, and to secure the naviga tion of the Eastern Schelde; 1 was aferwards ordered by Sir R. Strachan to take upon me the command in both Scheldts, and on the 14th I shifted my Rag from the East to the West Scheldt. In the execution of th'e orders which you received, how soon did you arrive with the naval force under your semmandat South Beveland?—l landed the principal part of the reserve of the army with Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope bn the lst of August, but at that time not well understanding the navigation,.sloops of war only were taken up with me, but we afterwards moved up the frigates and even ships of the line. At what period did the frigates and ships of the line arrive?— I cannot at present state the days, but I could Lave earlier moved them up if I bad found it requisite. Can you state sviti,in a day or two of the time ?—On the 6th of August I ordered !•ome frigates up, and on the Bth the Superb, a ship of the line; in the command I had in the Eastern Scheldt, I kept ships eff Ziricl.see with a view to cover that island, as we found it very useful to draw the supplies, to keep theinhabitants, in order to overawe tbnn, and to keep the enemy from it, and my ships were frequently very variously stationed in the Ewe-n Scheldt, conformably to circumstances. I could have ordered every thing up, if it had appeared necessary. On the 6th you ordered sonic frigates to be moved up, and on the Bth a ship of the line, but you say you could have ordered them up , sooner if necessary; what circumstance induced you to think it was not nec...ssary to move them up sonnet ?—Accordiug to the command with which I was left, I stationed my ships as I thought best calculated under all circumstansts. I fon.:d it re quisite to station some ships in the Keetan; some I kept off North Beveland. My object for stationing ships in the Keetan war to cover the islands of Duiveland and Schowea • and my object in keeping ships off Coltesplaat in North Beveland, was to protect the few transports which I had ordered there; and also conceiv ing that the final embarkation, whenever it took pLsce, would be from Coltesplaat in North Beveland. You thought the ships were snore usefully employed In other services ?—Precisely so. - When did all the ships arrive, having those things that were ne cessary for the equipment jnd acting of the army of reserve ?—I believe on the Ist of August there was a victualler, and I believe a ship with some horses absent. I think those were the only ships that were at that time. abs. nt ; it appeared to be by mis take. When did the ships having the heavy artillery, and having the horses for the draft of the artillery, and when the ships having cavalry on board, arr:ve ?—There was one of the cavalry ships got on shore near 7.cricksee, and the horses were carried up in 4111211 vessels; but I believe all the horses belonging to the reserve and all the artillery of the reserve required to be landed, were, if I mistake not, larded on the Ist, 2d, or 3.1 of August. When did the battering train destined for the siege of Ant werp arrive ?—lt went up the Western Scheldt, acid must have arrived between the 20th and 24th of August. Was there any unnecessary delay In their arrival ; so far as you know, could they by proper management have arrived sooner ?—I know of no unnecessary delay. Masters of trans. ports left to themselves, if they are without men of war, we know are very idle. Were those tran'ports left entirely to themselves, and were then• idle ?—I do not know ; I have no knowledge of movements of the transports, or indeed the men of war at the entrance of the Western Scheldt. Do you recollect having shifted your flag on the 14th of Au gust, to the Camilla, in the West Scheldt ?—l'ertectly. Do you recollect what was the state of the flotilla which was with you at that time ?—One ‘2O-gun ship, ten sloops, seven gun brigs, one rocket-ship, three divisions of gun-boats, and thirty slat boats, armed with carronades. Did you consider yourself at that time in a state to proceed to the ulterior objects of the Expedition, if the Army had been ready to co-operate with you ?—No; I did uet consider that the naval force was sufficient, at that tune, to have justified me, had the army been ready, to have entered into any operations. Far what purpose did you write to Lord Rosslyn, on the 17th of August ?—ln consequence of my having received orders from my Commander-in-Chief to form any plan, and to act with my Lord Rosslyn for the accomplishment of the ulterior object ; namely, the destruction of the fleet at Antwerp. Did you consider the force then under your command suffici ent to have induced you to proceed, if the army had been ready to co-operate ?—I would have gone ; but I knew at the time I wrote to my Lord Rosslyn, that the army was not ready; I had every reason to believe they were not ; I had seen my Lord Ros alyn on the 15th, and I was in expectation, every tide, of men of war ships of the line, and frigates, and that I must have had a sufficient naval force, before any plan could have been formed to act upon. Do you mean to he understood, that if the army had at that time been ready to co-operate with you, you hid not a sufficient naval force ?—No ; I think it would have been my duty to have gone on, if the arm had been ready. Do you consider that you had at that time a.sufficient force to co-operate with the army, if it had been ready ?—I had not; I had no, other flat boats than what I brought with me from the Eastern Scheldt, the flat boats from the Western Scheldt had not arriv ed ; I could have transported at that time bit a comparatively small body of men ; if the question is in allusion to naval force in the situation of the enemy at Antwerp, and with their boom across, with myself in possession of a very formidable flotilla and IS frigates or sloops, I %boobd have considt red it my duty to have gone on, knowirg also that a much inore formidable naval force was on its passage to me. When did you receive any reinforcements ?--I was daily re ceiving reinforcements. On the next day, the 18th, one ship of the line, one fifty, near twelve frigates, one twenty-gun ship, eleven sloops, four bombs, eight gun-brigs, and five divisions of gunboats. Did you on that day or the next send Sir Home Popham to Sir Richard Strachan ?—Yes, I believe it was the 18th. Winn was your object in sending Sir Home Popham to Sir Richard Strachan ;—My object in sending Sir Home Popham to Richard Strachan was to beg that Rat boats might be hasten ed, and expressing my wish that the Commanders in Chief of both c:rvice, would accelerate, by every means iu their power, what ever measure were to be undertaken. When you were informed by the Admiralty that you were to take 3 part in this Expedition, what was stated to you by the First Lord of the Admiralty to be the object of the Expedition ?•—The taking of tkshirg, ;Ind the destruction of the enemy's fket ae present circti as Vacancies °cell • — i f. - Z - r - ..,, r _-_ •4 , . . der the AnlWerPs AMR tti inc as the great ob)ecti tot -, itght, as diet were lately a ll owe d to h o l d I a 040 (commission, and were promo te d the ExpeditlOu formed. A nt . Did you express any hope to the That Lord of the Admiralty, . A that you should not be encumbered with the siege of .11itslabili s or I Icu wil ' en m il td Q ered uarter in - c Ma apa s . t h er le of un the occupation of Walcheren ?.a..1410, I did not; I was not consul- 'stances, army pass 30 or 40 years in the Army, an red, no opinion was asked of me, as I have before observed, When you expressed to Lord Viscount Castlereagh your hope .Serving, it under th e ne, cessity ref • of tring on half-pay, that the Expedition would not be encumbered with the siege of • 1 . which does not exec. Flushing, or the occupation of Walcheren, what observation did . • Lie pension now granted to Serjeants, after servi • ng 21 Lord Casdereagh make to you ?—1 think my Lord Castlereagh I years. It is therefore hoped that Government will (but I am not su) said, that it was tho io ughtWa cheren could hot be i n d uce d to a d opt such steps as may lead mpro4 be passed withou re t being taken possessn of. to i ' Are not westerly winds the most preval e nt wi n d s i n th e Scheldt Quarter-Masters situations. --From , during the time when the Expedition was to that river !—At that AN oLD soLDIIII4 season of the year, I think westerly winds generally pr eva il, an d, I think, they prevailed in the Scheldt. When you were asked, on a former part of your examination, your opinion as to the practicability of breaking the boom, you said, that even had the boom been broken, you did not think the ships could pass up without the occupation of the forts of UUo and I Liefkenshoelk ; do you think that, considering the bend of the river, and the oblique position of the boom, it was likely that your ships could have had head-way sufficient to have broken the boom I—l think it very doubtful, but the preferable way, per ' bops, of breaking the boom, would have been by approaching the gen boats. I think it would have been difficult for the ships to have broken the boom, and, indeed, extremely difficult in every way, without having possession of those forts. Would not the vessels, whatever they had been, which had attempted to break the b:toin and failed, have had their heads thrown up under the guns of Leal/admit, and would they not have been consequently r.tked by that fortress f—Withona more mi nutely knowing where the ends of the boom were fixed relatively with the forts, I cannot precisely - answer for the situation in which they might have been thrown; certainly their situation would have been very awksiard. What was the naval force which the enemy had immediately behind the boom ?---There were as many small vessels as the na • vigation would permit mooring there, and I believe at one time there were forty of different sizes, mostly brigs, besides gun boats. Had the defences of the boom been forced, were there not other forts upon the Scheldt, which our ships must have passed before they could have reached Antwerp I—There is one mark ed in the chart, Ido nut know t h at they had constructed a new one. In point of fact, opposite that one marked in the chart, were there not two sail of the line stationed to protect the reach of the river leading to that fort I—There were three frigates, but I think, on the 9.4 th, there was no ship of the line below Antwerp; there were two line of battle ships there some time, which moved up to Antwerp ; I cannot recollect the precise day. When, in ttie conversation with the Secretary of State, you discouraged any ooeantions against Flushing, state what your rea sons were for thinking soy measure of that sort improper or in expedient ?—An apprehension that a delay, injurious to the uld mate objects of the expedition might ensue. Did you think that the necessary delays attending that opera tion would have been such as to preclude a hope of success In the ulterior objects of the expedition always considered that, ex- 1 ceps we were favoured by circumstances in getting the army early 1 on shore, the enemy would increase in such a proportion as to render our ultimate success doubtful. In fact it was one of those expeditions, as I thought, which depended very much upon celerity. If your proposition of proceeding by the Fast Scheldt Ird been adopted, where did you suppose the army ought to have landed, and lay what course to have proceeded in its opera:ions against Antwerp ?—St that time I had no other knowledge than what I derived from charts, and it appeared to me, judging from them, that by landing on Toleu Land, and going between Bergen s t - Zoom and Steenbergen, was a ready way so Antwerp ;—but a more correct knowledge of that country shier has satisfied me, that the military objections to that course were greater than I was aware of, and therefore we must have gone by south Beveland. When you lay off Bathz, was a ford discovered acro:oi the Ber; el-op-Zoont channel ?—A ford was early discover e d. I early learnt front Sir John Hope, that the passage u.as fur.bble In s. m: parts from South fleveland to the itypis,ite land. I d you examine that ford yourself, or order it t o he examined ? did. For how many hours, at any period of the tide, was it practi cable for i;:tantry ?-4 believe for oae hour. What was the'width of that ford ?—There was an old part which would haie Won, I believe, about twelve or fourteen men abreast, which appeared to have something hard at bottom, at if stones had been thrown down. I believe it was an ancivitt pass. At the other parts that were fordable it was muddy, and had holm and that was of considerable extent ; but what the difficul ties t.. b. met with on the Bergen-op-Zoom side, in going from that ford to the dyke might be, lam not informed. I mention that circumstance, because on the lieveland side there were iiiifi culties 1:1 getting upon the land when a person came close to it, al though he met with no great difficulty in coming over the stream ; there were watercourses in the laud which would have very much impeded, and perhaps stopped an army entirely ; to that 1 think the on:y part which could have been depended upon, was that fordable part which would take about 14 men abreast. If the impediments were as great on the opposite side as on Bev elmid, the army would have found themselves deceived, but I do nut know whether there were those difficulties; we could never as certair. You have stated, that, on the 17th of August. when you wrote to Lord Rosslyn to propose a co-operatiou with the army, you', knew the army was not ready to co-operate ; upon what facts was your knowledge founded ?—I had seen my I.ord Rosslyn on the 15th, and I believe General Hope, or Lord Rosslyn, on the 16th; 1 had no reason to believe they had orders to co-operate I with me, and 1 had nut observed any movement or measures that I , allowed me to believe the troops were ready to proceed over; iu fact I had ob,ervt d no preparation. Had, at that period, any part of the transports • with the ea- valry, the ordnance, or the stores of the army, arrived at , Bathz ? —Not any, they yid :lot arrive for several days afterwards ; I think none of the traii.ports before the 19th or 20tb. When did you first open a communication between the East and Wrest Scheldt, or when did you first send boats round to Baths I—l ordered two boats on the ad of August. How long were they going round from your advanced ships —They both got en shore, being unacquainted with the naviga tion, and were delayed; and the enemy's flotilla beihg at that time off Bathz, I believe made their entrance to Bathz difficult, and retarded them ; 1 do not recollect the eaact tune they took to go round. Do you recollect when they were enabled to go round without any prevention from the enemy's flotilla ?—Yes. Have the goodness to state it to the Committee ?—The day on which the Eta ilia off Bergen-op-Zoom went into that port, which was 1 beheve the 15th of August. When did your first boats get trend to Baths ?—I sent them on the ad, they arrived I believe on the lth. You frequently sent them after that ?—Yes, boats were tent two or three times afterwards, between that and the 1 Rh. [The witness was directed to withdraw.) QUARTER-MASTERS. • OLD BAILEr. TO THE EDITOR OF THE. STAR. Yesterday John Lander and Wes. Rostra were indicted A ir breaking into the house of E. Sinclair, and stealing 30 pa; r of sh oe ,. J. W. Ballard stated, that be had been acquainted with the pry. saner, five or at weeks, and he met them at the Gold public house, in Golden-lane, the evening before the robbery. The burglary had been fitted on some days; end after the t; 6 14 House was shut up, the prisoners and witness went to th- pru s , cutor's bout.. Witness was handed over a wall, by the prion.rs, and by ford's; the shutters of a back parlour, got seers, to ll.c house "whilst the prisoners waitedto receive th e b ooty. carried the stolen goods to MN. Jennings; in the neighbouriv,o.l. and retorned for more; but on carrying the second booty, m,,, I. would not take them in. They then left them at a house, u. Ilridgewater-;rardros, whist they returned agoin • but the third booty war refused at this second house, and it vtas taken to tat house of Stanton, a shoemaker, in Providence-place, where it wa s deposited in a pigeon -loft. They then went to the ca t k n i tie Wheel, in Bridgewater-prdzns, where they found Howe, whd bad missed them, ai.d a man called Banbury. Witness, the two prisoners, and ilate,ury. ert to one Wheeler, a t a green shop, i n Long-lane, and disposed of the articles for .C 5. Oti cro‘s-:xartnnat non be described himself to be a hard-worb, ing man, who had never before been in trouble. lie Confessed the robbery soon after be was taken, from a desire to retrieve Lis character. . • Stanton was teat called, and he proved that tbe property bad been left a , his house by the prisoners, and he took client in with. out .suspicion, knowing Lander, who had worked for him... Guilt y--Dcat it . George Upton and Edward Drafty were indicted for breaking into the house of T. thnacan, and stealing a quantity of apparel and other articles. Sin—Through the medium of your paper, I beg leave to state the situation of a certain class of Officers in his Majesty's service, the circumstances of which, ' on a candid representation, I am induced to hope, Government will take into consideration ; I allude to the Quarter-Masters of the Army. All Officers (ex cepting them) are either promoted or receive advan ced pay after serving a certain number of years. Au Ensign may look forward to a Company in the course of eight or ten years. Surgeons in like manner re ceive advanced pay according to the length of their services. Adjutants are atonce appointed with Ss. GI r l each per day, besides rank for promotion. Lieute nants of seven years standing receive an additional shilling per day. And in this mariner all Officers in the Line (excepting Quarter-Masters) have channels through which, either by length of their services or otherwise, they can obtain promotion, and many other considerable advantages. In short Quarter-Masters are the only Officers without any prospect of future advancement in the Army, or re.iping any benefits from their long services.. I am induced to think that Quartev-MaAeis being thus situated has been an over- Elizabeth Duncan stated, that du *red at No. 12, Warren. square. Wapping. On the 19th of October, witness kft her hes* locked up, to accompany her husbond, who is in the navy, to the Downs, and did not return for a week after, when she distovend that it had been broken open, and cleared of almost every in ovrabkie. The apartments of the prisoners were searched, and a part of the property was found. A woman named Murray, stated, that the prisoners brought a quantity of articles to her husband, and he sant her to pawn them at different times. These articles turned out to be a part of those stolen. Guilty—Death. William Tristram, for stealing a watch, in the shop of iota Grant, was likewise found Guilty—Death. Amelia Brian was indicted for uttering forged bank-notes, and in another count was indicted for having 18 forged notes is her possession. She pleaded guilty to having them in her pu.- s •ssion winch subjects her to transportation fur 14 years, an d t h e Bark St-dined prosecuting for the capital offence.-1. Tindal, her accomplice, will be tried in Suffolk. folh•wing were also convicted of felony, viz. F. Mier, for treating tilts. of sugar; Charlotte Adams, fur stealing five hunk-:; Cooper, for stealing a quantity of skins; J. Casey, tut stralw. , 40111 s of brown paper; Mary Tahoy, for stealing a piece of Irish cloth ; and Martin Costello, for stealing a quantity of copper. J. Mitchell was convicted of a misdemeanour, in uttering a counterteit dollar; and Mary Larkin, Elizabeth liarutu, and James Young, were acquitted. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH MARKET. MA 116. toe/curs. Cent St Os. to 61. Os. Kent SI. Ds. to 71. Os. italatX ',I LOS. to 41. 101. s Sussex 41. Os. to St. Cs . NLW GATE AND LEADENHAI.I. MARKE't . Per stone of 811a.by the cartage. ileet 4.. 4d. to Ss. Md. Veal Ss. 4d. to 7s. 43 Outrun St:. to Ss. sd. Pork 61. od. to 7s. 43 Lamb skins, O. ud. to 14.. .oil—Sheep Skins, 3s. 6d. to Ss. Od. lalt IC E. OF TAI.I.OW. Jarneis Niarket 45 ad Town Tallow 76s 6.1 Clare Market 46 ad Yellow Russia 79s od Widtecisavel Market 4s 5d White ditto 76s 04 Soap ditto 75. Oa ISs 10d Melting Stuff 62s 00s ua Average 41 7d Ditto rough —s 40s 011 Graves 128 Od Good Liegs 121 Od Yellow Soap, 98s—Mottled, llatis Od—Curd, 112 s. 04. Price of Candles, per dozen 12. 6d—Moidds, ISt 641 PRICE OF LEAI'Hk:R IN LEADENHALL MARKET, Butts 20d. 26d. Calf Shins SU. 405 Ditto 23d. 24d. Ditto • . Merchants' Backs 111 d. 234. Ditto 265. 3.$ Dressing Hides 18d. 190. Small Se* 2a, od. ss. 2tl Fine Coach Hides 1944. 21d. LW ditto 100 s. 15os. Crop Hides for curt. 19d. 2 4 3:1. Tanned Hone Hides 19;d okt Ditto 170. 194. Goat Skins 001.005 COAL MARKET, February 23. hips at Market Ships sold Price . 70,} Newcastle Cads 42 425. Gd. to 52.. 91. 5 Sunderland 1 • 454. Od. to 147 s Pd. 1 ? , e4t,:h Carl 0 0!Is. Od. per tt.n. 1 Cinders 1 425. 04. to Oos. OIL per stone ul sib. RENOVATED HEALTH. IT has been too frequently the subject of just and general reprebatioo, that men destitute f the eknients of the medical art have offered themselves as candidiites for puhl.c patronage in the profession of Physic. For the purpose of doing justice to the result of our studies and experience, and to prevent us from being classed among those enipirica whose impudent pre tension* have, unfortunately for society, beta too favourably re ceived, we beg leave to submtt to the liberal and enlightened, a faithful statement of our pursuits and acquirements. After having received a regular medical education,as the pupas of Al tssrs. and Blizard, whose lectures and practice we caret's-11y attended, us Professors and Surgeons of the London Hus pita!, we :ntered ourselves as students in that justly celebrated school for medical acquirements, the Royal College of Edin burgh, and were instructed in the different branches of Anatorry, iungs.ry, the Theory and Practice of Physic, Chemistry, 24:id wifery, botany, &c. &c. &c. by those eminent liruiessors, l)rz. Monett, Cr2gory. Black, Hamilton, Duncan, and Rutherfard. We trust we shall not be deemed presumptuous in saying, a.= our proficiency and acquirements are not inconsiderable. lievrtg for a long series of years nude VANEYEAL and the variotsdiseases of DEBILITY, the particular object of our studies and pnactice, it will, we hope, be allowed that wehave acqeired superior knowledge of their treatrat and care. in slight and receni cases of itifection, a perfect re-establisltnent it completed in the short period of two days, mid in those of 64: utmust inveteracy, where other practitioners have faded. o sue• cuss, a proper perseverance in bur plan of trtataltnt eta ,urvsto the patie:a a safe andradical cure. Amidst the melancholy variety of disorders which are the ef fects of a habit long and moat unhappily pursued by the youth of both sexes, there are nom more alarming or more thstrvaing tbS those deficiencies and debilities which frequently prevent or Ctn. bitter the matrimonial state. To such persons it must be a on+ soling reflection to know that they ntay now, by a Sew and infal lible mode of treatment, be restored to that greater of all human iof Venereal blessings, a strong., trimly, and vigorous constitution. in all caws of debility,enetrreoal nmicto whatever fii cause at iting, as well as in every slie ces we •cr !l e ' cl and ybe sultation at home from ten to three, and from six in the evening, fill ten at night. Noonan . libyoupraitioefnt to ss s tf either sex with the great e st in Patients in the country are requested to state the particalareof their case, age, and general habit of livinv, Sm. inclosing a reinit• tance for advice and medicines, when the same will be given or sent to any pert of the.itingtioni. To ensure that secrecy.so es. sential to nur undertaking, the.postage of letters may be adrift LO the account ter medicines. CII RR IR and Cia. Suroons, No. 137. Hatton-Garden. L.ONDUN . 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