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~_ - LI might have been sent in, I meant with the risk of oar owe ships, of which the Commander-id-Chief was the best judge. Q. Do you recollect the names of those ships that were removed I—A. Two got up the Char Ante, all the others grounded in the mouth of the river, or on the bar. They moved between the hours of oae and two. Captain Butl.TO 3 called in and sworn Q. Were yo►( in Basque Itoads ou tie I tub of April, and When dud you quit it awns; end left it on the lath. Q. From the drstattack upon the ships of the enemy, on the evening of the 11th April. to your fi nally leaving Basque Roods, was, accoriliog to your judgment, every thing done that could lie done to effect the destruction of the enemy's ships?—A. I think there was. Q. From the time of the Cornosander-in-Chief's leaving Basque roads, to the time of your quitting it, can yon state any instance of neglect, miscon duct, or inattention to the public service, in the l o ocecilings of the Omni:linter-in-Chief ?—A. I of untie. Capri: BALL called is and sworn. Q. Were you in Basque ruaul. OH the II th of April, and when did you quit it ?—A. 1 was; and left it on the elst of April. Q. From the hod aitiiek glum the enemy's ships, on the evening of the 1 lth of April. - to your finally leaving Basque Roads, was, according to your judgment, every thing 11911 e that could Ire.futie. to effect the destruction of the enen - iy's ships ?v—A. 1 think there wets every thing done. Q. From the nine of your arrival in Basque Roads, to the tow , of your quitting it, can you .state any instance of neglect, misconduct, or inat tention to the public service, iu the proceedings of the Commander-in-Chief?—A. Nu ; I cannot. Captain NEVIMA 14 called, and StVOTX. Q. Mien did you arrive iii Basque Roads, and when did you quit it ? —A. I went in with the Commander-in-Chief, and remained there till the t.sth of April. Q. From the first attack upon the enemy's ships, on the eve • g of the 11th of April, to your fluidly leaving Basque Roads, was, according to your irtigment, every thing done that could be done, to effect the destruction of the enemy's ships ?—.A. Perfectly so. Q. From the time of the Consinander-iii-Chiers leaving Marque Roads, to the time of your quit ting it, can you state any iustance of neglect, mis conduct, or inatte..tion to the public service, in the proceedings of the Cominauder-in-Chief? —A. None whatever. Captain Ilitotossero.x called. and sworn. Q. When did you write in Bovine Roads, and wlism did you quit it?—A. On the 17th of March I went in, and quitted it un the 2.5 th, with Capt. Newman. Q. In your service in Ba aloe Roads, hail you any opportunity of makiug auv observation upon the state of the enemy's fortificabous on the lola d'Aix ?—A. Yes, I had. Q. What were these obsrvatious was on board the Alatetis, lam pretty rertain, on the ht of April, when she was ordered to dislodge the enemy from the Bogart Shoal, and being widths gun-shot of Isle d'Aix, I observed the fortifications; they appeared to me to be iu a very different state from what I observed them before, when serving with Sir Richard Keats; I thought they were re pairing the work, from the quantity of rubbish there was throw') up ; I counted, on a semicircle, • battery which commanded the passage near which the moms,• lay, of between 14 unit 20 guns; there woo a smaller battery lower down, near the . see ; I do not know the exact number of guns there were on it. but suppose from six to p u re guns ; what I had before taken for a hlock-house. above • semicircular battery, seemed to have no guns whatever; it oppeareil to bra barrack for continuing a guard. I thoirOst from this otniervatiou that the fortifications of the island in that poet were not so strong as we sUppo.etl, end I reported my opinion of the sante to boil Gauthier. Q. Are these the only guns you observed upon the Isle of Aix, doe i nimbi hear upon the anchorage, near that Ishoil ?—A. I observed no more ; there might he more. Q. Did you notice any furnaces fur heating shut? —A. No, I did not. Q. Do you know whether there were any mortar batteries upon the Isle of Aix ?—A. Only suleac rjoestly, from their throwing shells; it was suppos ed so at the tient.. Q. Did it appear to you that the enemy MIA el.ll rllCtillg new works, in front of the old ones, and nearer to the see 1--A. It appeared to one. that they were repairing or improving the old work-i. Q. Did it tippets,' to you dust the heaps of rub bish that you sue , were the remains of works that had been destroyed, or collected there for the par. pose of constructing new work. ? A. I think the rubbish was the remains of the old works that had been taken down. Q. Did you sec any tither cannon on the Isle of Aix, than those you, have stim•il I—A. The whole of the hand seemed to lw fortilieel with commit. I only spoke of those that appeared to hear upon Aix Roads, and commanded the eutrance. By Lord Gunibier. Point out in the chart the situation of the Amelia, when you were on hoard of her, and mule those observatious.—The south point of Isle d'Aix was just shut in with Fours. Castle ; the ',tonnage were S. E. and by E. where it was open, we were first out guii-shot born both shores. Q. Could you ascertain from sour position the number of guns on the South-East side of the fur tress ?—A. Certainly not iu the S.F.. port, except ing as far as the If emicirc oiler battery went. Q. From the first attack upon the enemy's ships, on the evening of the 11th of April, to your finally leaving Basque. Roads, was, according to your judgment, every thing done that could be dour, to effect the dentriselion of the enemy's ships?— A. 1 think it would have been more advantageous, if the line-of-battle ships, frigates and small vessels, had gone in at half flood, which wan,-1 think, be tweeu eleven sod twelve. Q. Were there two line-of-)rattle ships remain ing at anchor in Aix Roachi.'—A. Y4O. there were ; the Rear-Admiral and Commodore renianied at their anchors. Q. Did yo:i take notice of the position of the ~s .~ I French three-decker, when she was on shore ?—A. I did. Q. At whit time did the two ships that remain ed et anchor remove to the entrance of the Chit ratite ?—A. I cannot speak positively as to time ; the two Freed) ships at anchor, soon after noon got off, and shortly after the French Admiral got off, and went tip the Chanute. Q. As the Iwo ships that remained at anchor did not cliutige their situation till alter it was noon, and the French Admiral and the Oceans continued in their position till about the same time, it the Bri tish ships had been ordered in at between eleven and twelve o'clock, as ou then thought was more advantageous, wouid not the ships so sent in have been exposed to the tire of the two ships that re mained at anchor, the French Admiral's ship and the batteries of the Isle of Aix, at the same time? A. Certainly; but I conceive they were partly panic-struck, and, on the appearance of a force coming iii, might have been induced to cut their cables, and try to make their escape up the river. Q. In the event of their proving mint to have been so panic-struck, and had defended themselves, aided by the batteries on shere,'are you of opinion that the British ships must have suffered g reatly on the occasion 1-1. I think they would have suffered; but s ship or two might have bceil placed, iu my opinion, against the batteries on thesouthern part of Isle d'Aix, so as to take off their fire and si lence assts. I mentioned to Sir Harry Nesle, on Laird the Caledonia, when the signal was made for all Ceptaius, in the morning, that I thought they were attackable, from the euil:'iteed state in which the ships of the enemy appeared to be at that time. Q. How near can ships of the line approach the batteries upon the Isle of Aix, on that part where you world have recommended an attack ? A. Judging by the chart, I should suppose very close; I should sappose about two cables' length. Q. If ships had been so brought up against the batteries of the Isle of Aix, seal it should have hap pened that they met with such damages trout the attempt. as to render it necessary to withdraw them. and such a case nattirullv implies damages iu mast and riggin4, consideriug . the strength an d - direction of the wind at that time, where could these ships have retired to I think, as the wind was northerly, or north-west, they might have found safe anchorage in another part of the road, where there are 30 or 40 feet water, out of all range of shot or shells, from the batteries in every direction. Q. Do you think that ships having been subject to the fire of the batteries from the tae of Aix, at the distance of two or three cables' length, and litiaitag a necessity to retire from these butteries, could possibly be in a condition, with reelect to masts, &c. with a strong northerly wind, and lee tide, to fetch the anchorage you have described from the Isle of Aix. without driving spnit the Pallas Shoal ?—A. It would depend taper circum stance.; : I conseive the possibility of the batteries being silenced, because it would bo slack water about two o'clock, and the wind then moderate ; they would have been able to have reached that anchorage in a crippled state ; but I only speak with the conviction on any mind, the possibility of silencing these batteries not going to the above conseq trances. Q. Are we to understand, then, that you would have recommended the measure of sending the ships in against the batteries of hie d'Aix, upon a presumption, that the batteries might he silenced, without adverting to what would befal the ships, in case they should not be silenced ?—A. I did not give it that consideration at the time; I only state, that, in my opinion, I conceived it was practicable to acquire that anchorage, although disabled. I heard my Lord Gambier that time state it had been his intention to have gone against the butte. ries I now speak of, with the Caledonia, and sonic other ship ; but as the enemy were on shore, Ise did not think it proper to ruts any unnecessary risk with the fleet, for the object of their destruction seemed to be already obtained. Q. Dud you, on the nth of April. know of the safe anchorage, you have now described, for hne-of battle ships, out of the range of shot and shells 1— A. Only by the French chart, which, from havine, been long accustomed to use, I imagined to be correct. Q. Did the French pilot on hoard you state to you the soundings were correct ?—A. 1 never asked him any questions respecting them. My conjecture of this bring a proper anchorage for ships was from the conversation .I had with my Inciter of ficers ; that, should Lord Gambier think of at tacking the enemy in the situation in which they were, a lien first we came into Risque Roads, in case of being materially damaged by such a hazardous undertaking, if the charts were to be believed, there appeared to be water enough in that position. _ _ Q. Do you know that, from the anchorage in Aix Road, to the imiliorage you have just now described, there is an y 'holder water betw e e n th e Boynrt and Pallas Shoo Is; I mean in the entrance to this anchorage ?—A. No; 1 do not know any thing of it, whether there he or not ; I did not sound that wily': I sounded as I came in, but I did not find out any bar. Q. You have spoken of a conversation you had relative to attacking the enemy's ships at their an chorage near the Isle of Aix, by the British squa dron ; hail you commanded the British squadron, the enemy's ships being moored in two close and compact hues, supported by the batteries on the Isle of Aix, and without any other knowledge of the souiolings in the vicinity oft hat anchorage, than was possessed of by the fleet previous to the attack upon them by the fire-ships, would you have gone in with the squadron to have attacked them in that position P—A. Most certainly not ; I only men tion my knowledge of the anchorage to have on my first arrival, in case there was a possibility of such an event taking place, of which no one had an idea, as there would have been no prospect of success attending it. Q. After the two ships that rernsLied at audio, had got into the entrance of the Charisnte, and the (Weal, and other French ships, which got off the Pallas, had obtained the same situation, do you know if any practicable attempt for destroying them was omitted to he carried into execution ? A. I was not in -shore, therefore cannot pretend to say; the Comtnauder-iiisCinef appeared to me to send them every assistanca they couid possibly re quire for their destrwctiou. Q. How many ships do you think would have been sufficient to silence the batteries on the Isle d'Aix ?—A. I should think two would be quite sufficient. Q. How many do yon think would have been ne cessary to have sent into Aix Road... to have at tacked the ships ?—A. 1 should thiuk live or sip seriall bite-of-battle ships,of the least draft of water. Q. If two line-of-battle ships had been sent to sileuce the batteries, and five to attack the ships in the Road, must it not, according to the common circumstances attending actions, have happened. that several of those ships would have been detanied. and many men killed and wounded'—A. 1 thin'. by the batteries they would ; hut I conjecture I hat the discomfirted French squadron would have 113:tlic very little resistance. Q. As au attack, not proper iii itself, should ne ver lie made on the mere conjecture that the eilemy would not resist, I do not mean that the attack you propose would out be proper, what would probably leave happened if the enemy had resisted? A. It is impossible for me to say what would hip pest, but from the munition in which the enemy were, not having recovered their fright the night before, I think the loss would have been very little, us few of their ships were in a position to tight th.ir guns. Q. Does Captain Broughton know, that five or six of the British ships that ,he proposed to attack the enemy's ships, would be subject to the tire of other batteries, besides those he proposes to attack with the two ships ?—A. From the view I had of the batteries, when in -shore, I should think there would not ; I speak from subsequent knowledge *lieu on hoard the Aigk. Captain Keats, called is again. Lord A NISI sit—State from your experience of the effect of the enemy's batteries; what damage the Revenge would have sustained, if you had been an chored within two or three cables length, for the purpose of attacking those batteries.—l should certainly have expected, from the heavy fire they kept up s both in going in and coining out, that ships anchored there must have been completely dismasted and suifered a severe loss of men. Q. What would have been the probable fate of those disabled ships, with the wind blowing from the northward, as it (lid on the 12th ?—A. If dis masted, in all probability they must have been lost. Q. if ships so sent in to attack the batteries on Ise d'Aiz, did nut , from the strength of the ene my's work ' s. and the resolution of those defending them, succeed in silencing the batteries. and found it indispensably tact:esti:try to retire from before them ; could they, in a crippled state, with the wind blowing fresh at N.N.W. have got to the anchorage latterly taken up by the Imperiesse, Palmas, and Aigle A. If a vessel so situated had lost her foremast, she certainly could not have got before the wind; and, without that, and hoeing quick away, so as to he perfectly un der commaud, she must have drifted to the south ward and eastward, and have gone up the Charente, and on the Pallas Shoal. Q. Did you see any other batteries on the Isle d'Aix, which could have horse on ships sent in to attack the enemy ?—A. None but those immedi ately connected with the works altogether. Q. Did you receive any orders from the Com mander-in-Chief, before the ships weighed on the morning of the Wth of April ?—A. I did; I re ceived the Commander-in-Chief's orders, at aa iaa e in the niorning, to anchor close down upon the Boyart Shoal, within shell range, to be prepared and ready to join, as I inight be able, to prevent the enemy's ships warping off. Q. Did you at any time in the cour.e of that morning receive any orders contradictory to these? —A. None whatever. Q. Did you understand that these orders autho rized you to do whatever, in your discretion, soil according to the best of your judgment, you shout.' think would prevent the enemy from warping off? I did not think these orders authorized me to wove my ship ; I considered myself particu larly under the orders of Captain Bligh, who was likewise sent down. On anchoring, I waited on hum, to know if the situation the Revenge had taken wits, as he thought, right ; end likewise to state, that the Pilot would not take charge of the ship further. Captain BUOY called in again. Q. Ditl you receive any orders from the Com mander-in-Chief, previous to the moving ofthe fleet on the morning of the 12th, to the inne► anchorage from the outer anchorage'—A. I received orders from the Commander-in-Chief that morning, at eight o'clock, to proceed and anchor close to the Bogart Shoal, within range of shell from the Isle D'Aix. Q. Were you directed to anchor there for any purpose ?—A. To support the smaller vessels in the advance. Q. Did you think that order authorised you to use your discretion and judgment in the mode of supporting the smeller vessels, and to move your ship far that purpose ?—A. I do not think by that order I was at liberty to move from the stieliorage without further orders from the Commander-in t:Mel. The whole of the evidence bring closed, and I.onl Gambier having expressed a slag to the Court to make au addition to his defence. the Court tuljouriwil until to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock, when he will make the saute; mot the Court will immediately after proceed to consider and pronounce their sentence. Ou Sunday morning, the Rev. FIENRY PMIL rorTs, Rector of Gateshead. and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Duanalsr was inducted into the ninth prebendal stall is Durham Cathedral, vacant by the death of the Rev. Davin DUISI.A. On the let of August was published, the Eighth Number of ACMIIII.4IIII . * Repository of Arta, with two extra plates. and ten page. of letter-press, be yond the u►ual quantity ; w that it contains. this mouth, eight engravings, five of which are coloured; and 78 pages of the most interesting letter-press, fur no more than four shillings. The extra embel lishments are, a mast interesting and well-executed Portrait of the Arcltduke CnAaLgs, and a beautiful engraving from the design for the honorary medals °tiered for the best Essays ; a feature by which the Repository is distinguished from all other peri odical FOREIGN IN LUG I: E. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. sec JULk 18. %%Then the insurgents cf the Tyrol saw the Ana troops evacuate their country, they sent a deputation to the Bavarian advanced port►, to iin plor.• mercy, and offer to deliver up the lesoleis of tine insurrection. Experience liar taught what ru t . liderite is to be given to users produced by leer. VIENNA, JULY 11. The news of the Armistice has spread inexpres sible joy here. It iv reported that the lEniperur on the point of proceeding to :a. virtue of the Armistice, the French troop, have occupied Presburg. JULY 13. The Archbishop of this place has :Addressed d mandate to the clergy and itilidlist aids of his exhorting those who fled into the .so u ls, t,, „ to their habitations, and threatetiiiig thost , hrf Clergy olio should fail to comply, with di. I te•S their cures, &c. HANOVER, J 1: EV 10. The Committee of the Government has issued the following Proclamation : “ Having received sarisl iatelligenee that a Lw honer-d Enaliehmeu hod disembarked at the mouth of late El,, ,„ tin: bailiwick of Riesebuttel, the Committee of Govern. i.t the public, that they have to be on their ease ,i against further unauthorised reports. All the toLabil.i,is are equally to remelt' ttanquil, if they wish to avoid the sad CUMNIIIICJIICeII Of as imprudent Sad hostile euoeluat.. " 111111MIL11111118 OS TUX COMAIITTet." MADRID, JOLT 11. His Majesty is returned to his capital, where he was ardently desired, after an absence of 20 dens. He found it in a stale of perfect t►aoquillity. Tins return has destroyed the absurd conjectures of small mouldier of oral-contents, conceroing pretend ed danger* towards the South. They are obliged to confess that the whole has been dreamt by them and their correspondents, since the Elio; I••,e brought back the troops wrha had followed him, a and whose presence iii I.s Maticha arid I.....strenvi. Aura hus been rendered unirecervary by the kg of the rebels. MILAN, JUNE t 6. A troop of robbers, who descended from the neighbouring mountains of the T) r.. 1, after been dispersed by the garrison of Vicenza, attemp!„ ed to rally in the environs of Lonigo. and :WV,' upon that little town. But this project war luu source of shame to them. Thu: gendarme, ie and the national guard beat them completely, awl pun sued them so nobly. and so liar, that it is doubted whether they will , henceforth rally, or m:ike the least ietempt again. PARIS, 111 .Y '23, (Few The Ares.) " The positions which the 1 r rench army hits just taken, agreeably to the terms of the armistice, are a proof of the importance of the brittle of Wirrann. The conqueror is put in posseesion of two citiedels ; one which the army of Italy, iu the glorious rapiditi of its march, had been forced to leave behind it; the other which must have been obtained by force, iu order to secure the positions of the French army on the frontiers of Moravia. " Another advantage clearer to humanity is the prompt evacuation of the Tyrol and N oralbera the Austrians, who remained iu some .untrue, in those countries, after the defeat of their cove-, where their presence was fatal to the tranquillity f the inhabitants. The mere intelligence of the Ar mistice will suffice to 1111flW the weakness of au enemy, who, like so many robbers, has no other means of subsistence than crimes and pillage. " Thus, at the first word of a pacific conqueror, are fallen those incendiary projects which the Cabi net of St. James's thought so powerful. Thus the pride of that great expedition vanished, coucerniug which it seemed to be asked, What kingdom then is to be conquered ? The exploits of this firi..iias expedition are reduced to the capture of s Mlle defenceless town, and it is this wretched (mim .t which is the counterpart to the battle of V. agraw. It is a singular thing, that the first disemborkation of the English in aid of Austria, should take same on the day when the lust hope of that house sus destroyed : so that it might well happen that the ships which transported the rear-guard of the Es ',edition would nut have time to disembark them ; or that, should the Englinli Generals carry lido ei feet this ill-planned Expedition, they uould be conquered before the armistice expired. " This is a new example to the Continent of ti e disasters brought on by en alliance with England. Should its influence cause the war to be recom menced. there is reason to hope it would n. t be ter a long period. l'he armistice will have accelereted its termination. The remains of the Austrian army. dispersed in Bohemia, Moravia, and Honeari without a rallying point, and without commiiiiica tion, fall one after another without a blow, Itiebee victorious army of immense force. strong from its confidence in its chiefs, and the memory of a long series of glorious achteremem.. Every thing ;m -inium:es that it has ouly to gather the fruits of vic tory. The happy results of the atindritieeir of Ma rengo, Austerlitz, and Tilsit, are favourable hie that of Znaim, which the same genius dictated." The Manly guu-brig is appointed convoy to t!. , : vessels botiod for the coast of Holland, %vhiull in soil from Sheerness to-morew. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 3 per Con. Reduced a per Cent Consols 6I IU Ili ♦ per Cent. per Cent. 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