The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-29 00:00:00

. • directed to take, the ieadtestoten 4110,111 tats that were assembled on.board.the Cesar, but there be ing so math wind and sea, ftlipur e fit*Jkloold nut act with effect in sit ppriA oftle firitAfts. fore directed tl.e Ca taro of the Cesar, about sun set that evening, to kv`tst theCortigander in Chief and suggest to his Luribrhip the propriety of the boats remaining e`rith r tiii - Cesir, I thought they tenth Oct withl elfeet, of *Mich tib.Cordship atiprovell,. and I selected a boat belonging th Burp; thiebtit towing boat I coda Ihuti to dee Ittspreeletete, and atcpsei.it Lord Cochrane of such bitention, and desiring his itirdship to send me wiped bark if he wanted any other asaistance, but Utiwetither Kis MI had as to perstent them retern ing that night. With respect to the •hasard of the, tligketeking, it was (truly exemplified' by one oil the fire fillips of the Cesar : she went in before the Weplnsion, and betere the Mediator, and un get ting near the French fleet, she brought to, by si;- nal fi.otn the whets ; the Explosion blew up close to her, killed two men, and damaged one of the boats in which the men mere to come away. The Men Were Much crowded in the boat in which the men were to return to the TesFel. On their return olte run di•ol of fatirete, and another was picked up, who died in the bottom of the boat of the rsi gen-brig, which drifted in so near the French snips, the was obliged to cot her, cables. .Q. (By the Court). As that which occurred to An fire ...ssel did not pass under your obsfrvation, Toe will inform the Court how yule came by a. I.nooleige of it ? N. Front the individual and fictutent information of every officer and man w4te tete, neil, I have no doubt of the fact. • Q.. Did you receive it as the official report of t' Othter of the beat ? Ar I did, is. wilily as I Terollect. ,Q. (try Lord GA name.) Under the circum. AAAice a! the iirne before mentioned, was it nut sypri,ieg t h at 10 large a proportion of the fire. ship pa‘sett through the enemy's, and the smaller nemPer failed ? . A. Every circumstance was ex trent, ly far ourible for the fire ships, and there. Itlre ,1 took it fur waisted, that when Gems placed properly, they .mast inevitably go down upon ute caouty's ships ; this has no reference to the tutu coming atsey ; with reference to that, it was Erourined by the Partrover. Q. Was lilt biAtiation of the Caesar near to the m 1 %1% 4 1° 181 01 the fire ships, previous to their .be. lug sent on the service ? A. The Crier did not . eauga her situation before theme operations took place ; and I do not think she.was uear them or any Wier ship. Q. Did) rut observe the manner in which the fire ships a ere cundert ii generally towards the enemy ? A. As far as my observation went, the firoships seemed all to have answered the perimeter atosoying the enemy ; although I did afterwards boar several were set fire to at too eatly a period. 4. ,From your own observation did it appear to sou that every fire ship was conducted with equal "hilily and resolution towards the enemy ? A. It was impossible for me or any person to form any opinion of the conduct of every fire ship ; in the general blase of fire, objects were so confounded it was out of my power accurately to ascertain the conduci of the lire ships ; therefore I cannot an swer that queNtion sati,faciorils to the Court. Q. From what you really did observe, did it appear to you that any fire ship was set on fire at too great a distauce from the enem) 1 A. Some were certainly set 11%1 to sooner than others ; it appeared to me, before they had run so near as others ; but it was impossible to observe whether they nen , uear 1.4101411. ' lle enemy's line soon hen :t to scatter, they coy and the shies might have been prowl) , 40ileg i . ,,e one part of the hoe, tle,u;ll improperly for another. Q. 11:.t meet, the Periotiv mentioned in the charge did the who% conduct of the Counnamier in Chief ippear to you higttty meritorious 1 A. In the ge. ueral queitiou put to me yesterday, I answered this inquiry most fully : that answer eas then re. t tell to, and was deemed highly satisfactory by ale Court. Q. In passing the nuoyart shoal in the Cesar, at ). hat distance were you from it 1 A. About a quarter of a mile from that part which is seen as the water falls. The depth of water was about eight fathoms ; and the next COW WWI on the shoal. The fire of the batteries crossed us.on both Odes, but more from the Isle d r Ais, fur about one isle. Q. * From the fire you observed, could a judg ment be formed of the force at Isle d'Aix, amine diately opposed to. you at passing 1 A. They did leo tire their guns fast, they occasionally fired sin gle shot, and I think four mortars wort kept play. big on us. Mr. Spading, the Master of the Insperieuse, was then called and examined. Q. Did it appear to you, at the time a signal was made by the Imperiense fur the ships,to crone up, that there was a safe and sufficient anchorage, without the range of shot and shells, for the line. of-battle ships, so as to enable them to destroy the enemy's srpradrou, on tile 12th of April,.; and how many line of battle ships could have Mien an chored ther.., and what was the depth of water*? A. On the morning that the Imperieu4e retreated out ut . the [cub, the Varsovie and A guile° being then on fire, we were upon the Palais, above Where the Imperieuse was at anchor, in five fa thom' water. It was . high water when we, about two o'clock, were standing towards the blind of Aix. The soundings given by the man 1 :1 t h e chain, to the best of my recollections, wa, six to seven fathume, the depth might be snore -towards the island ; as we did nit stand in vi.ry close I could net ascertain. When we all. *clawed, which was out of the roach of shut or shell, we Ime in 3.1 fathoms, at low water. There was t a, about the distance of fres 9 to 4 cables nearer towates the Patois shoal than the Imperieuse hiuratichohd, a good tick for th.ree or four sail of the lilts to anchor in Si amid six fathoms deep low wow; Tite markt for such anchor:Ago I took leyself, which are, the stern of the wreck was on the Palais directly oa with the square tower of Span Plitt Island, „and the windmill ass the Bag. !Mg of the Isle of 'Tile mesas by *MA I 0404 this lcostelodjo, , was by my Omm obese. STAiStIOANg ., ' vadons ; I did but kni•st t Wow only by Mt ppearanee of the chart; but I did sot choose to ost it, but wished to prove it. Examined by the Pusrsanr. • 1 Q. What time of . tide was it whoa yes weigbed i .the inner road of Aix ? . A. About last quarter oud, neat high *star.% the wind was net fiar ; p wn worked out, and k*O# the lead ;dug the whole rre oil bulb sides. , found between the tail f. the Palsis shoal asrd•the Buoyart six and &half - - • it seven fatboras. Q. }lad you . an opportunity of ascertaining, durrectly what is.the rise and fall of the tide in thy neiAlibourhood of the Isle of Aix in spring tides ? A. I never had. Q. When yea were in six fathom in runnintoat from the anchorage you left, how near were yrit to the batteries of Isle il'Aix ? A. Something less than half the level range of either. Q. How many tacks did you make in going out ? A. Some four or fire. _ IQ. Then you were four or five times, as you slippier, oithin a half point blahk shut of the batteries of Aix ? A. The last two tacks we might be rather further, as the ship was working I old» Q. flow long were you at anchor within the lisle of Aix ? A. From two o'clock of the 12th, till three or foir o'clock of the 14th. Q. Then you had time to observe the strength of the batteries, how many were there, and in whit state were they ? A. I did not exactly ob serve the number or the state, at my duty in at tending to get the rigging repaired after the ac tion, prevented •my making any observation. 1 . obaerved en the morning of the 12th, before, we began to engage the enemy after she Imperieuse was proceeding to annoy the enemy then on shore. I was desired by Lord Cochrane to lay a buoy on the Citoyart eboal, %%Melt I did in six and a half fathom water, sufficiently distant tit allow any ship to tack round it. After which I observed on the Isle d'Aix 'about 20 or 24 pieces of cannon, ready mounted ; hut I well knew the execution that those gnus would do, would be very little to any ship passing, who chose to oppose ; they he. ing only placed in an open platform, as it ap peared to me from the ;lass in the boat. Q. Did you observe any considerable or ma terial part of the works on I%le d'Aiz to be bloats up or destroyed ? A. I did. On the part that flanks in as we run along the shoal of the Buoyart in going into the harbour. Examined by Lord GAMBIER. Q. Did the Imperieuse ground on the night of the 12th of April ? A. Yes ; on the tail of the Palais Shore, which was the anchorage at which w a s bad been tiring at the French ships; but not qiitil the last quarter ebb.. Q. At *hat dine did she first strike ? A. About seven to half piat i fight in the evening ; but not to hurt till about eight, when she made a great deal of water, and shook considerably. Q. Did any person communicate to you, be fore you surve)ed the anchorage you before men tioned, for three or four sail of the line, that there was such anchorage; or was it a new dis. cover) . ? A. I discovered it myself, V ing or dered to sound round the ship at some distance. Q. Was it known on board the Itnperieuse be fore you you went in, that there was such an an. chorage ? A. Only by the view of the French Chart. We had no Freiteh pilots ua board, nor never took ally. T Trnir• . ♦, No; I karma° recollection of any thing of the kind. Eassimed by the Prisernartr. Q. From the first attack upon the enemy's ships, to the final cessation of the hostilities against theta, WAS every thing done that ouold be done to effect their destruction' A. L think there wits, with the clam of vessels that were pveseut: Q. Do you know of any vessels that were with. held that might have been employed in that see., vice? A. None whatever. When I speak of the clan of vessels that were present, I mean that there were no vessels under hisLordihip's command, with the draft of water they had, that could have further effected the destruction of the enemy.— Every application that I made to his Lordship to effect their destruction was always complied with. Captain ROOD, of the Indefeligabk, examined. Q. Did you before you went into the inner road of the Isle of Aix, to attack the enemy, know of any .anchbrage where six or any other number of line-of-battle ships could have safely anchored out of .the range of shot and shell ? A. I never did before, nor have I ever known that lium.of-battle ships could lie there, until. I saw the frigates after the action lie there ; I did nut know they could lie there until that time. Q. Did it appear to you that the Commander in Chief bad fur a considerable, or any time, ne. glected or delayed taking effectual steps fur the destruction of the enemy's ships after *they were on shore on the 12th of April, and alter the aigual made by the Imperieuse, that they could be de stroyed ? A. I know of no delay. • Q. Did it appear that any blame was imputable to the conduct of Lord Gambier, as the Comman der of the Squadron in Bisque Roads, between the 17th of 11arth and the 29th of April ? A. None whatever. Q. Frart the first attack of the enemy's ships till the final cessation of hostilities against them, was every iiiiiig done that could be done ? A. I believe every thing consistent with safety to his 1 Majesty's ships. ti. When you say with safety to his Majesty', shipi, do you pleas without their being exposed to any danger, or without their being exposed to inure danger than circani , tunce; would jus. tify ? A. I n►can by their being exposed to more danger than circumstances would justify. I think if they had gone farther up they most 'every one have been lost; there %AS a thonsand chances to one against thou► ; as it was, we were aground for upwards of au hour in the Indcfati gable, and were striking fur some time before that, and if we had not warped the ship► off with two hawsers she would have been dry. On the Palais Shoal, and in the direction the anchor was lying, I could not find more than five and a half, or qiiarter less six fathom of water. - Tht tide was about a quarter less ebb. .It was the"- the action was over. Q. Did you, on the morning of the 12th of April, Ice the imperieuse infants the Commander in Chief by signal or telegraph that one.half the fleet would be sufficient to destroy the enemy ? A. I did nut ; part of the firm! made 'by tho rietse about that time was reported to me, which was, that 'mat sail of the enemy's line of battle ships Were on shore. Idu not remember what the :tither signal was. Q. At what time did you go into Aix road ? A. The signal was made from the Commander in Chief for tke fleet to weigh, about two o'clock P. M. I was all ready fur weighing, and did so immedi ately. Shortly after, a signal was made for the In. defatigabic to proceed to the assistance of a ship bearing southward, that wanted immediate assis. lance. The wind was. light, and I went in under all sail, and anchored about half past three, suf. ficicistly close to held conversation with the 'nye ' rieuse. We then commenced a lire on the Calcutta, and some of the bow guns were puiutcfl to the Varsuvic. _ _ Q. In going into the situation next the Impe rieuse, were you exposed to the lire of the bat. teries of Isle d'Aix ; or, did you pass uithoitt range of their shot. A. The shut went over us, passed ahead and a.steru of us, and the shells from 011eron crossed us. .. Q. When you were at anchor near the Impe. ricuse, were you still within range of the batte. ries of the Isle A. A shot passed through the main-top-sail of the Indefatigable from Isle d'Aix. Q. Was the situation in which you were at is. chur as good a one as could be chosen for de stroying the enemy's ships' A. Fur thos.i that I was nearest, the Calcutta and Varsov ie. 1(1 had gone further in I must have rim aground. Q. Was it a situating in which ships of the line could have been placed fur the destruction of the ' ; enemy's ships ? A. Not nith safety ; but at the most imminent risk of their loss. Io case of a ; strong wind coming in, they could not veer cable. Q. Was there any other situation in the road of the Isle ~ f All In which ships of the line could 1 1 be so placed as to destroy the enemy wits ant risk of being lust ? A. I think loot ; fur where I.M enemy were was surrounded with shoals. . Q. When you were within the Isle of Aix slid you observe the state of the batteries ? A.:•I I thought the enmity shifted . their guns from Übe part to the other. I do nu t know the number bf guns on the batteries at Basque , ; there appeared to bu four 114nItiog guns at different times poi;iliiig towards tire ships. The works in some places *ere ender repair. I don't know of - their bAng blowu up or destroyed; Q. When the Indefatigable was coming out of the harbour, slid the Impericuse hill her, and pro pose that the Indefatigable should go on one side of the Ocean, and linpetieuso on the other ? A. Lord Cocltrauu hulled mu from thu Imperieu,c, but what he said I could not distinctly make out. He asked me if I had l'etn aground ? I replied, yes. lie said, I should like to take your birth.' Had be sent a boat to me and proposed that to e t e, I could nut hays thought it my duty to do so. I do not think, with the.water there was, 1 could have got Dear the Ocean with the todefatigablo. Q. Mos yew were called oat by signal from do tale d'Aix, could you, by remaining am; leave destroyed owe alit. ewes " s ibs skips ? A. dunt't think we toentheitigot bp to them. Q. Milan obsorve the position of tbs enemy's t*u line-uf.hattle ships that were longest all•at A. I don't know csactly how they lay. Thcy were not in a altuortiern that liturataf.botde ships amid, without risk, or Mug 'Atkin aim reach of the batteries of the Isle of Air s bare attacked.; the ships going to attack. must have beau disabled by the batteries in coming in. ' Lord G Amerce declined askittg this witness any questions at present. Here the Court was cleared, and On our re— admission the PaosiDEST informed. Lord Gambier that the Court had determined not to call auy oth r witness on the part of what wits called the Prosecution. It now, therefore, reosaleed with Lord Gambier to signify to the Court ou what . day it would be cOurenicnt fur him to outer on his defence. L•ird GAmmen thanked the Court for the in. diligence granted, but said he could not Vitaetly say at that mousing. Hu was (earful, he sever, Ile should be obliged to detain the Court till Slue.. d ly. The ri:VIDENT then informed his Lordship, That the Court must sit ag4in fur the purpose of adjourning, •it his Loretship would have an op purtunity of naming the day on tibia he should be ready, The Court then adjourned till to-morrow (this day); and it wail sigiiitied to the witnesses they need not attend till Alonday. Tuesday lest, a person of the name of Taylor, a printer in Chester, nudertuok for a wager of a guinea, to pick qp 100 stones, and return indivi dually with them to a basket placed at the com mencement of the distance, each stone being one yard asunder, in the space of 47 minutes: he ac. cnmplished the ardnotts task in forty.fonr minutes and a half, and a few seconds, to the full faction of the spectators present. The distance is nearly five mules and three quarters. Sum ot:.—On Wednesday night, as the watch. man %las going his rtionds in the Ncw.road, at? twelve u'cloek, he discovered a genteel man fast.. • riling a rope to a lamp-iron, and on interrogating him, he gave et asive•ansiters and departed. At four o'clock, yesterday morning, the same per son was found hangiug in afield leading from the Harrow-ruad to ‘Vurintrood*Serehs. Be turned * out to be a Mr. Sault, lately merchant in D. vonsltire, which• he had fdt in embarrassment a"' month since, and taken apartments in Portland-, road. •• 'lnnsatecutt INTASIOL—At no period of our, history, has the efficient strength of our.brare sol. dicrs and sailors become of more importance than at this eventful crisis. The wars ef .Veitas, as well as Mars, have not unfreqttentiy obstructed• their exertions on the ocean, And in the 't tented, jfeht."—lt may, therefore, be deemed a itational good, that a REICEDY is now discovered, which ins ran absdnte preventive of Venereal -Ittifection, , mid is likely, in. time, - to exterminate it frost Ihn , face of the ea;•th. --The A eta:tun, or MenicArre• Ao.tt, according to the opinion of the must re spectable of the Fleulty, will be folindoa -.per-t feet tide Attu in every climate, and is siiiit, - with • • ' full directions, in boxes, at 41. each, and retail), at thAttlllfi.gliib :1 u. Bed ford.emirt, Covent-prim Any Gentleman re , sidin. , in the country, inclosing in a letter a outs pndndl note, may have five billies coda - Anil' in .t." . • small package (by coach or tatherwise) . ta any Reit of fire United Kingdom.' 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Whicla CIA" . thin the quant i ty of six small, u. ni.de u,. of the Army, N as; . itc. . A Pamphlet oath.? virtues of the Restorarife, with a List of Cures an , rtused,abat he hail of the Y: •.:1% . 0, kicky , ISO , .imm.......................................... ass... .• 4:.2,...1010 4, LONDON : Prinsod seal l'uhlt.aesl lit 1),•Lor at.s., Niko bTaT116)11,11111 OF. al.aig Si, I.l•lrebigeige Capt. Gro. WOLFS, of the Eagle, examined. Q. Did it appear to you, at the time of •the at. tack of the enemy's ships on shore, that there was safe and suffirient anchorage for the line-of. ' t attic ships, without the range of shut and shell, so as to have enabled them to attack and destroy the enemy's two ships at pnehor, and the other vessels ; and if so, Voila O?t the situation ; and fren the depth of water, how many line-of-battle slips could have been anchored there? A. I knew nothing of the inner anchorage but from the pilot's information on the day the attack was made on the enemy's ships in the Aix Read; but t I after we had got up at the . time of the attack. 1 I think if the ships had remained there, without removing to the second anchorage, they must all have been destroyed by the shut and shells from the batteries of the enemy. At the second au. chorege, where the squadron lay on the 13th, which was about cast of the spot where the enemy was first attacked, from my own observations, having been there 15 days after the enemy's ships were burnt, I think 4 or 5 sail of the line might have lain there clear of the enemy's batteries ; but must have been, moored very short and very c lose, with other smaller vessels to fill'ep any vacant space, as I lay there with 13 or 16 gun.brigs and cutters, with the Pallas. Q. During the time that you remained at the se. mid anchorage, had you an opportunity. ef as certaining what was the rise of the tide on spring Odes ? A. ()pan the average of the time vie were there, from 15 to 18 feet. Q. During the time you continued at this an. churagc did you cause soundings to be taken be tween the Palais and Buoyart Shoals ? A. I re ceived orders from Lord Gambier to assist Mr. Stokes, the second Master of the Caledonia, with boats and whateVer Mr. Stokes bight require in surveying the anchorage, which was done, with the assistance of our Muter and others. Ido not recollect any particular remark of Mr. Stakes, our Master, excepting his having said he had found deeper water, and a little more room further to the Southward. I do nut know exactly the depth of water between the Palais and the Buoy. art, with the exception of the Cesar having I grumided much about the spot pointed out in the chart as shoal water. Q. Did it appear to you that the Commander in Chief, for a considerable or any time, nglected or delayed taking effective steps for the destruc. lion of the enemy's ships after they were en shore on the 136 1 , and after the signal made by the Impericuie that they could l t e destroyed? A. Nloc . Q, Did it appear to you. that any . blame what. e r could have attached ste the coed of the C Is Chief deriiig his Con ism* in Ike'ss toads, trite the 141 k Ihsdi ti tbg 29t11 ea