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

TUB EXPEDITION. • Deft, JULY 28.... This morning the first and Fecund divisions or the Expedition, consisting of •feral sail of the line, frigates, transports, ts;c. and the Amethyst. Admiral Sir K. Strachatt, , ailed with a fine breeze at W.S.W. and it is ex pected the remainder will sail this evening or to. morrow morning. Admiral Otway, with the fleet from Portsmouth, remain in the Downs, and at one P.M. the 2tl light battalion of the King's German Legion cmharkt d from the beach in the Deal boats, on hoard the transports, which arrived here from Portsmouth vesterday. The well-known Mr. Thomas Johnson is going out on the Expedition, in the Ilftwk Excise Colter, to superintend the landing of troops. Four P.M.---Wind at S. W. and cloudy wet. they ; several transports are now going to Rams gate to take in horses. HARWICII I JULY 28.—The frigate appointed convoy to the part of the Expedition collecting here, is now at anchor off this harbour; the transports with the troops have dropped down lower, and it is understood they will sail to. morrow morning. Of the projected operations of the formidable armament which has, at last, quitted our shores, the following demi-official statement has been published: — The first operations will take place at the West Put, at the entrance of the Scheldt, or the Slays tioads.comprebend ing the coast of Cads.vid, as the weather may 'Asa. wbcre the men of war are to anchor. " The immediate intentine is to embark on board the boats the troops destined for the main attack of the Island of Walcherea, in the IVsst Put. The first attack, however, will be made upon Cadsand ; and South &Ireland ail! home diately after be wailed. The possession of the former beiag necessary to the future operations, it is to be attacked by the whole of a strong brigade, and this brigade. if neres- Miry, is to be joined by another, as nearly the a hole of the brigades of the ri,;ist wing will, at this Juncture, be in the Ilffieling Channel. Schnaen, Dayvelnnd, and North Bevy. land will, at the same tia , e, be attacked. and in this enterprise * brigade of Guards will beemployed. In the van simairon Mill be embarked the brigade of Gen. !tope. which destined ether for Dombargh or the Veer Gat, as circumstances may them expe!ient : and this brigade will aba have a view to the service of 'Yenisei, on South Reveland. One of the bri gades is to be held in readiness to laud below the None Wa tery, is the event of the enemy sending any treat force to aoutland m repel our force, by which means his retreat to ?lashing may be cut off. The principal attack upon the Island of IValtheren is to be made by the Portimouth ▪ emsmauded by General Coore, and a brigade is to be allotted for a service of demo , stratioa. Ihe rowing-boats, to *great number, are to precede the fiat boats, and when they are within reach of grape front the shore, they are to open upon the enemy, draping off in equal divisions to the right and lett, making room fur he dat boats to pa h in. a d covering them till the field artillery is r•ady to move forward. The b om b s n take meant stations, and to be ready to coat. Mame a bombardment when directed." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. TOITSMOVTir. .112 LT 21.—Arrive3 the Goshawk, Capt. /Dom from off Ctlerbergh. Dripped down to St. Helen's the Sarpedoo, Ind Prevol ante, _ _ Jett , 2:S.—Arrived the Niohe frigate, Captain Lorii , g; Mermaid frigate, Captain lleaneker I and the Port Mahon sleep, from Li.booltild Oporto, with MO sail of light trans ports wider convoy: they sailed on the 91st alt. Also the al 26 gum, Hun. Captain Rndney. from Jamaica, eleven week. passage, with a convey, which are goer by for the Downs. Sailed the Sarpedon, Captain limn ; and the Woolnich sad Prevoyante •tore-ship•, fur Plymouth. Paned by the Diamond frigate sad convoy, from Jamaica. PLY mourn, Jots' V.—Arrived Ids Majesty's ship Cos sack, from the coma at Spain; the Swallow, brig of war. from Liverpool, with linprefoe,l seamen ; the Pheasant sloop of war, from a cruise ; and Pickle brig, from the West ward; the Maltese ship Euripide, Francisco French, Mas ter, from Malta, lades with wine and fustick. Sailed the Tisipbase brig of war, to Portssouth ; the Cod ing brig of war, ea & cruise. A lket is now pawing tip Channel, supposed to be the swewaril-boond llediterranean, of about 40 sail. FALMI6OIII, JULY 26.—Arrived the Evprem Parket, Bullock, with Mails from Cadiz, 19 days ret•sage. Yester day, or Scilly, spoke a convoy of about :10 vends, a n er one sail Of the lioe, forty days from Gibraltar. The ac counts brought by the Express tocsins the defeat of Blake's array, which is stated to bare happeoed thrnit<b the trea chery of General Caere. Blake lust 9000 n, but effected a asamerly retreat. The French, is Spain, had auscrotrated their force, comprisiog 75,000 men. Joseph Bonaparte had put him,elf at their bead, and Madrid is stated to he left without any French troops. The united British and Spanish armilK, under Sir A. Welleuley and Cuesta, are s d to amount to no more than 66,000 troops. Also arrived the Diana Packet, Parsons, with Mails trims Jamaica, &e. seven weeks pamagr. Sailed from throe eis company akb the ships Comet mid Lackeus for Loots,. On the 6th of Jane the expedition against the city of t. Do ming° sailed from Jamaica. The convoy fur Eaglall ss e loud eight days after the Packet. Om the 19th inst. i.• lat. 4 9- I. lung. 10. 39. spoke the Jamaica of Liverpool and Her cules of Bristol, part of the Jaromica cuavoy. The LON then in sight, three or four leagues to leeward. A singular occurrence took plac, yesterday morning at the Custum.house. A Ditch v isel, which had arrived with a cargo of three tare, cases, weighing each nine hundred wei :ht, with its supercargo un board, came to entry in the ni'irn. and upon the owners appearing, it turned out that each case consisted of dead bodie.. Nell Pre served, and the cases entirely lined ‘tith lean, with directions that they should be ititerri.tl in Cam bridge, and two other counties. Th • Captain o f the vessel seemed motionless upon kn 'wing (brig cootents, notwithstanding he had ruc.t.rvd t..)00 guilders for their freight. THE STAILS AN. . IREQUISI77O,.I IV THE LORD Mditiß. The Loon Slivorr wilt Ito/t1 a Court of Corn. neon Couecil on Tuesday next, at twelve o'clock, at Guildhall, in consequence of the following Re. quisition, numerously signed, which was present ed yesterday 66 N r Logo—Re, the undersigned Ilembets of the Court of Common Council, deeming it highly improper and dero gatory to the character of the Court, to safer the notice of a motion to stead over, which proposes •to rescind a vote, pawed on the titli day of April lasi, after the finest discus sion, expressing its thanks and gratitude to Gwirt.Llts Lt.orn W.tante, E.sq. for his zeal, intrepidity, and patri otism, in exhibiting and substantiating serious chlrges against the late Commander in (Thief; do hereby request your Lord ship to r.‘ll a Court of Common Council upon an early day, for the purpose of considering the s•e+ne."' L‘111 , " INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. Friday, July 28. MORRIS versus COI M 1,1. Sir S. Rontut.v, on the part of the Plaintiff, moved for have to produce additional affidavit'', for the purpo.e of showing mismanagement in the affairs of the Ha) market Theatre ; and added, that Mr. Colman had thought fit to withdraw one of his pieeis from representation, which hid very much tended to diminish the profits of the concern. The LORD CHANCELLOR appointed the fur. ther hearing in the cause tO stand fur Monday next. LONDON SPECIAL SESSIONS, GUILDHALL, .Ivry 28. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. John Philip Davis was opposed by Mammon and Co. of Fenchurch-street, grocers. on the ground of obtaining money from them under false pretences. The Pris2ner went to their horse, and rrpre. rented to them th ,t he had 12 bags of coffee to dispose of, out that he had tint paid the duty ; that he was desirous of sellin4 the coffee to Messrs. Hammon and Co. at A price tt Heil he stated, pro vided they would advance the money to enable hi•n to pay the duty of Excise and Customs, amount ing in the whole to about 4311.—T0 this they con semi! ed, and advanced that slim of money to him, fur thu purpose which he mentioned. It turned out, however, that he hail scarcely' cot the money in his pocket, when he scampered off to America, where remained several months, and, that so far frem hi► wanting cash to pay surf, duty, he had nut one bag of cutlee in the Customs ) or else. where.—lle was finally remanded. BRLANING THE RULES. John Dowling BuVke was opposed, upon the ground that he had extended the rules of the Fleet Prison, Ludgate.hill, to Vauxhall Gardens. A Gentleman in the Law happened to be at Vauxhall Garden , . during the la►t summer vacation, and at a time (a. he cunjecttir..4l) when the Defendant could nut Obtain day miles; and he saw him and .hok►• to him. On hi 3 cross.examinvion, how. ever, he *wild nut swear positively whether, at the time he saw him, it was, or uas not in Term ; neither could hu positively swear whether, at the time be saw him, it was after the hour of 11 at night. The Court, thinking that the escape wa% not proved, allowed the D..fetidant to avail hi:uself of. th:: benefit of the Act. CUM. CON. Geore,e Samuel Harris. Esq. late an Officer in his Alajegy,s Forces, was lieu introduced to the notice of the Court.—lle was opposed on that clause of the Ac , , which precludes from its bene fits all who arc in custody for adultery, seduction, and malicious injuries done to others. From the statement of Mr. Bo!land it appeared that in the year 1801, a judgment was obtained by default against the Defendant, for criminal conv e rsation with Anne French, wife of James French, Esq. of the Island of St. Vincent, and damages given to the amount of 10001. That he was nut found until about two years ago, when he WAS taken in execution at the suit of Mr. French, and lodged in the Fleet Prison ) where he has ever sine;: con tinued. Proofs of the proceediti4s in the superior Courts were giv►n, and of the judgment and verdict of the Jnry ; he was also identified, And the Court, after hearing Mr. Alley, at c' n ►siderable length, in his behalf, observed that the. Act was ►mandatory upon them, and he Tnst be filially remanded, as this Act dues not reach hi; case. The Sessions C.en adjourned to Monday, the I Sth September next. liis Grace the Lottb LicuTINANT of Ireland has refused to grant a Patent to Mr. TA6EOT, or soder any infringement on the Patent granted to Mr. Jolt's. It is conceived that it would be an evident injustice to the Proprietors of Crow_ street Theatre, aha were hound (in considera tion of a n exclusive Patent) to tory Mr. DALY 10001. a-year, and 7001. after his demise, to the survivor of nine children. IVe are assured, from the best authority, that 10,000 t. have ba:en ex. 'moiled mu the improvements of the Theatre, and the disbursements of last year were upwards of 18,0001. The Theatre is now untlergumg a thorough repair, the roof is to be raised, which will give a better tiew from the galleries, and the entire Theatre will be painted by the celebrated artist, Mr. Maittamt, from the Opera Dottse, who has been some months employed iii executing the de.ititis. Mr. Consols performing at Glasgow. During his engagement at Ealitibil); l l, he, in the must li beral manner, volunteered his services fur the be. iit of Mrs. and Miss M evic t at Glasgow, where he arrived in time to play .Skylock, io public, and the kind and benevolent tro lid in private ; refu. sing all remuneration, although obliged to post with four. hors..s, the next morning, preparatory to his performing the ensuing mot, for his own benent at Eifitibur;,h. —llr. itoCx , also, most generously volunteered his services upon the same trecastoll. GENERAL ORDERS. " hone-Cururdu, July 43, 1109. At a General Conrt-Mattial, held at Chelsea on the 3J Julie, 1809, and continued, by adjourn ment, to the 15th of the same month Captain Francis Drew, of the 45th Regiment of loot, was arraigned upon the followhagCbtrges, viz.:— I " First—That Captain Dresi Ald, nit the 4th busaarj, IRO% at or near Las Reims, fo Spain, behave in a Sapper highly disorderly and unofficcrlike.. la addreashig Lieutenant- Colonel Colonel Peacocke (then commanding a detachment of this" British Army employed on a particular service, In which be; Captain Drew, belonged) in a peremptory and disrespeetfal tone, and insittint upon his proceeding with the said detach meat by a particular route, which he. Captain I)rew, pointed oat, mid remonstrating w ith Lieutenant-Colonel Peacocke, his Commanding Officer, for not consulting him on matters ogle** to his command ; ruch conduct being a breach of his duty lb an racer, and to the prejudice of good order and mi litary discipline. " Secondlv—That Captain Drew did, on the 4th day of January, IRO9. at or near Les Besnue, is Spain, begin and excite a mutiny in the (brach:neat of the British Army, under the command of Lieutenant-(7olonel Peacocke, consisting, amongst .there , of part of the 45th Re g iment of Foot, to which Captain Drew belonged, by ordering the said detach ment to halt, without any authority from Lieutenant-Colonel Pe cocks, and in the presence and in the Iscariot of other officers, son-consmissioord officers, and soldiers of the several regiments composing the defachment.demanding, is a most pe remptory manner, of lientenant-Colonel Peacecka, the en tlouity 6y which 1w permed the line of march he proposed to take, and debiting, that if Lieutenant-Colonel Peaeocke would not show Ilia authority to him (Captain Drew), be (Ca l itaia Drew) would not proceed in the march. " Thirdly—That Captain Drew did, on the 4th January, ISM, at or near Los Memos, in Spain, behave in a mans r highly unolficertike and di-orderly, in taking neon ithleterf to order a detachment of the British Army, under the com mand of Lieu telmat•Cettonel Peacocke, to u Kieft he, Captain Drew, brimmed. to halt, without any aetbority from Lieu t. Po-arm-kr ; and in a peremptory and discs-specterl manner refusing to proceed on his march, unless LkaL-Col. Pear..che would thew to him the authority by which ha acted. cut+ conduct being in breach of his duty as an °Seer. *ad to the prejudice of good order and military discipline." Mom which charges, the Court came to the following ticeigion : The Court, after duly weighing the evidence, aryl whit Captain Drew has urged in his defence, is of opinion that he is guilty of the first part of the first charge, viz. " That he did, on the 4th of January, 1809, at or near Los Banos, in Spain, bel►eve in a manlier highly disorderly and unolii rerlike, in addressing Lieutenant-Colonel Pea cock', in 3 peremptory and disrespectful tone, such e.,nduct being a breach of his duty as an officer, and to the prejudice of good order and mi litary discipline ;" but that he is not guilty of the rest of the said charge, and doth therefore acquit him thereof. The Court is of opinion, that Captain Drew Is not guilty of the second charge, and doth there. fore acquit him. Tho Court is of opinion that Captain Drew is guilty of the first part •of the third charge, via. " That he did, on the 4th of January, 180, at tilt near Los Besnos, in chain, behave in a manful/ highly ttoofficerlike and ilisorderly, in taking upon himself to order a detachniest of the British Ar my, wider the command of Lieutenant-Colunel Peacocke, to which Captain Drew belonged, to halt without any authority from Lieutenant-Col. Peacocke, such conduct being in breach of his duty as an officer, and to the prejudice of good order and, military discipline ;" but that he is not guilty of the rest of the said charge, and cloth therefore acquit him thereof. And, upon the whole, the Court doth adjudge that Captain Drew, of the 4.5 th Regiment of Font, be dismissed his 31 , yesty's Scrrice. Thy Court trusts this example will deter other officers from hereafter interfering with their Commanding Officer, in a manner so unwarranted and unpre cedented, and so subversive of all good order and military discipline. The Court, in justice to Lieut.-Colonel Pea. cocky, the prosecutor, think it proper fertiler to add, that in so far as the Court has had any op. portunity of judging cif his, - conduct during the course of a long, fatigiiing, end hatardniii march, it has appeared to have,Pcon highly. exemplary autd creditable. . . His Majesty has been pleased to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court, and to express his concurrence in their observations on the conduct of Lieut.-Colonel Peacocke; and t' Majesty has been pleased to order that it shall lie intimated to Captain Halderson, of the 4th Regiment of Foot, and Captain Paylen, of the 52t1 Regiment, that their conduct thrtiughout the transaction, which has thus brought disgrace and punishment upon their brother-officer, was nut such as ought to have been adopted by officers of their standing in the service; but, as it appears to his Majesty to have proceeded from a want of due discretion and attention to their relative situations with respect to their Commanding Office{Lieitt.. Col. Peacocke, and not from any wittul desire to interfere with his juA tuithority, his Majesty trusts that this admonition will have its due weight in impressing upon their minds a more cautious and respectful obedience to the authority of their Commanding Officer in future. • ' The Conimander in Chief directs that the charges above stated, together with the finding and sentence of the Court, and his Majesty's pleasare thereon, shall be read at the head of every rei giment, and entered in the regiineutal orderly: books. By order of the Commaoiler-in-Chief, (Signed) HARRY' CA LVIAT, utasafGeueral. In a city, the streets of which are so crowded, as are those of this overgrown metcoitolis,. it is greatly to be lamented, that Traceable passengers should so frequently bo annoyed by boisterous persons rushing along the foot.pavement at. full speed—regardless of the injury w hich they may occasion by such inconsiderate behaviour. On. Sunday evening, three men of decent appearance ran with great velocity against an elderly I.sdv, and knocked her dow n, in consequence of which her arm was fractured. The accident fortunately happened at no great distance from surgical aid ; and, being carried into the house of Mr. Taylor, U re.ellll, of Dyer's-buildings, Holborn, she re. ceived front that Gentleman every assistance that surgical skill could Afford. We regrot "te t at although instantly pursued, the perpetrator• of this (mirage wade their escape. Stis Mary Rnhertwa, of Woodforrf, sister la the late Metres/ It ia Itoberuuti, C roumsfilt, Orseawleb. .-1.- COURT MARTIAL os LORD G.4.11181ER. -..111M....- THIRD DAY. FRIDAY, JULY 28. I Lard COMA NI was called to and this ex*: pined: Q. Are the charts prodtleed by your L , rdship to the Cn.irt (Nos. 3 and 4) copied sir taken from the chart No. 1.1 A. They are fac.sitrila of tho chart No. 1. done by a chart-drawer in London, whom I employed for shit purpose.— The French ships, as the hours mentioned in those charts, were in the position in which they appear. The position of she British Beet is marked as it ap i •eared froni the Impersense about half past eleven o'clock in the morning of the 19th. The frigatr' w Inch appear n.ar the Im. perteuse hid weighed anther nail' the Imperieuse that morning. Q. By what scale did your Lordship trace the figures of the ships a• represented, there hying no scale to these charts A. li) the •ca'e of the chart of which they are copic-, *ll:ch is the saute size, and now before the Cour , marked No. 1. Admiral Sroeconti foriher cx twined. Q. Whcn the signal was 1.13.1 e by the Laps,. rieuse on the morning of the 121 h, that the eno. toy's ship were on shore, was any thing dune in consequence of it ? A. Shortly after the signal was made, the Commander in Chi.•f mate tit, sig. nil to unmoor, but I can't spwk tJ the exact time. Afterwards the signal was made to weigh, and :he fleet moved iu consequence nearer to the Isle of Aix, for the purpose of being in a better situation to obsurve the proceedings of the enemy, and with the intention of going in with the fleet, if the wind had shifted so far to the E. as to allow the duet to come out again, for which the Commander in Chief expressed the greatest impatience and anxiety. Q. At what time had the Commander in Chief informed you of his reasons for going in? A. Some time between the hours of eight and and tut in the forenoon of the day, being then on board the Caledonia. Q. Did the fleet anchor again ? A. The fleet auchnred about three miles from one part of the Isle d'Aix, Muting there was no change in the Kind. Q. At the time the fleet anchored again, would it have been prudent or proper to have sent half of it in to destroy the enemy ? A. Fur the rca. suns I yesterday stated in evidence, in answer to that question, I think it would not ; but the Commander in Chief desired the Etna bomb and the smaller vessels to proceed in and bombard the enemy's ships that were lying ashore ; he gave di. rections also to the Captains of the Valiant, Re. renge, and the Bellona, and other ships, to ad. ranee towards the Buoyart, to support the Etna and other vessels. Q. Did the ships and vessels, so ordered to ad vance, proceed u ithnnt anchoring with the fleet ? A. The extra and small •essels immediately pro. ceeded, without anchoring, to their stAtioi to bombard the enemy's ship. !'hr ships did not proceed till subsequently ordered by signal. They anchored. Q. Were the directions given to all of them, or was there any distinction made in the directions gi ven t o the Captains of the line.ofabattle ships, and to those of the smaller vessels ? A. As they were directions which could only be executed new cording to the skill of the pilots, the orders to the Captains of ships drawing must water, were given discretionary to them to go in u far as they thought safe, or could confidently depcud upon the pilots. Q. At the time of hearing those ohlers given, did you understand it to be the intention of the Commander in Chief, that every ship, of every description so ordered, should go in as soon and as far as the discretion of the Captain would ad. mit ? A. From the general signal which had been made for ships to prepare fur battle, and springs on their cables, &c. also from the conversation I had with the Commander in Chief, and witnessing his impatience and disappointment, and circum. stances nut immediately allowing him to go in with the fleet, it was my full conviction such were the Commander in Chief's intentions, that the ships should go in as fAr and as soon as they could. Q. D o you know from the Captains of those ships of the lino their reasons fur nut going imme diately in ? A. Ido not recollect ever to have heard those reasons distinctly stated. Q. Whai were the ships or ve•sels that did ac company the Etna, when she want in 1 A. As well as I recollect, they were chiefly gun.brigs and m.:it of war brigs. Afterwards, every fri gate went in, in consequence of signals (ruin the Confounder in Chief. Q. ifow long after the gun.brigs, the Etna, and the men of war brigs went in, was it before th e frigates went in by general signal ? A. I don't tithflat exceeded bill an hour. Q.. At what time did the line.er.hattle ships go ante . which were they ? A. I think after the trigates• went in, it was not more than half an hour s when the Valiant and Revenge %Wit in. Q. When the fleet brought up at the distant% you have mentioned from the Isle d'Ais, what was the state of the weather ? A. Fine %gather, with a fresh breeze from N. N. W. and a flood tide. Q. At the time Fre-ships were sent in, on the evening of the 11th, what was the state - of thu weather A. Squally, with a strong breeSe from N. to N. W. and so much sea that few boats could pull against it. Being up all that night, I obsert. ed that about t welre o'i luck at night it moierated, and freshened again in the morning. Q. (ay Lord GAisatru). On the evening of the 11:h, it blot. iug a gale of wind ft tl a North, with a high see, the night octreftiely clni k, and great difficulty in keepingitp a commu , iration trims ship to %hip—is it your opinion, the service in I{ hick those officers and men were employed in the tire ships was extremely hazardous, and attend nith so midi danger, as to give reason to ap. prcheud that they could Dot return ? A. &lug t Iv i, j ~~