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4 •• • ' • . • c'ed • . Q. After the euelityl; klitpe had run tip the . _Charente, cculd they have even approached by a:ly .of the Bo itish ships ?—A. Ni. Q. 1,; the navigatioit of Are Roads • dilhcelt for large ships, and tuueh limited in space ?—A. Very, difficult for large shills, deeOraler very much lie • Ander]. • - Q. Their the space for nnefroarage mast be very much eentined, and water around it simal?—A.Yes. • Q. Were hou essiple)ed swim-fin:4and surveying withia the Safe of Aix,?—A. I wa,, Irmo the 17th to 41Ih of Apo el. Q. Did the geticral kowale.l;.roo you obtained, while so entploytd by my order., agree with the churl, or : Peptone Francoes, of that part koe.A. le some pi'lts it agreed, in other parts I have fermi a. wide difference ; the Neplerre Francois we v nere water then found in many places. pa yeti would between the Boyar: Shoal and tlit. PelKis Shred ?—A. I ! wised between them tliro-oe or four time, ; I took aouniliiigs at those tenet. Q. IA *O , - account that you gave of 16 awl 12- het miter, at low water, between these two shoals, rtrived from the information of your own sound ing, ? A. Not entirely from my eivoi frit Foin the soundings taken by the master of the Dotterel!, whom I sent for that purpose, who re ported, in writing, to me those *number.. Q. Hat you any opportunity of ascertaining what is the rise of the tile no Aix Raids. or the vicinity of Aix Routs, at spring tiales?-a-A. The lead was hove, awl the depth of water carefully ascertained, every half-hour, nil board the CeThrio isiu, emit her departure from Basque Roads, whereby we ascertained, beyond all (1111113er of doubt, that the actual rise of water in Basque Roads wits 19 feet in spring tides, and eight feet in dead neaps. Q. If the riser of the tide is 19 feet in Basque Roads, must the rise lw greater or less in Aix roads ?—A. The rise of the tide found in Aix roads is 21 feet at high sprang tides, which iv inure than we ever found it rise in Basque roads. Q. Could the three French ships which were aground on the sand, and afterward, warped off, and run up the Charente. ever have Weis attacked by hue of battle ships?—A. No; they never could have come near enough for the shot to reach. Q. Could any wore of the enemy's ships have been destroyed, hail tiny of the King's ships been sent to attack them at day-lilt on the 12th of April ?—A. if we had attacked the enemy's ships on the morning of the 12th, iu the posiiion of the Foraroynat, and tho? dirce-ileeked ships. I think we should have sacrifired our own ships, without anakon; any impression on the enemy; the only time that they could have been attacked, with any prospect of siiccesi, was at the time the sneak was made. The tide hail then ebbed, nod the ships were fist on the ground, with their' sterns to the westward, and they .could not bring any guns to bear on the attacking 'hips; and tinder that circumstance, in my opinion, w owed our whole !wefts ; for had the French ships grounded with their broadsides, in flanking the passage, they would have been able to have de fended themselves, and could not have been attatked. Q. As you weie employed some time iu the In ner Road of Air, you had an opportunity of ascertaining the strenath of tue curteut of the tide in the Road of Aix T—A. I had. Q. Was it sostrong as to pryer in fast-sailing ships from working over it and beatim4 out against the flood ?—A. The flood tide and the .prilogs run at leaat three knots at hour, so that it is impossible that ally ship call work agaiust the tide. Q. Then, ships going in at the eml of the fhb, must necessarily remain during the whele of the flood They must. Q. You have said, that if any ships of the line had gone into Aix Raids on the mooning of the 12:h April, they could not possibly have got out *gain that day ?—A. They conlil Q. Is that en opinion you line formed since yon left Basque Roads, or was it your opiiiam leo the 12t1i of April ?—A. It was Inv opioliom on the morning 41 the 13th, and I have twee had any reason .• it ever to alter it. Q, W.•re ynu consulted on the pr.i'trability of going sir awl. -cut of the Road of Aix, et. the Nth of Apr. -k. I was not particiitailv coesulted ; but Si- i tarry Ne4tic. on the nioniiiia of the 13th, seesit; • oc enemy's ships on shore, asked me what I thou;_ait (or words to that eerie) could he clone, is taking the line-el-battle ships in to attack the enemy ? l told him, perh ups we inioxlit destroy some of their ships. bet that we slionild sacrifice Our Ow•i. hotting uo ides whatever of any of the • ships hews ante to return. Q. Are ion quite clear that yon ore that ispi- Ilion to Sir 11. Beale. en the um gof the 12th EFir'r l7 ' ~ t Ve% E. 1 think you haven't' that you had no komvs. i •vhatever of the anchorage within the Isle of I n'•ere shit" of the hos- may title in five L t . •• ar.,1t0., till after the litle of April I tot tcnorlydse of that aochorage until after Q. It yt.a !ti"O of that anchorage hefore th. IVI of Apr', Wo ,i.l t.o: ilde have admitted shy , ~ t• the line !are NOWc to it 11.1 the noir 1111 l g of that day I.:••-• The tide would pot have atAnnt tA the ships of the hue to have gone to that an ebarage, until twelve or one o'clock - on that day. Q: 'Were you on latard the Caledonia on the afternoon of the I nth April ?—A. Ver. Q. Do you know the ranee of the fleet being sowed that afternoon I mentioned to esp. teio Bedford, *boot seven in the evening.the items sity of mooring the fleet, that they might not swung out board of smolt other - A.460s the weather tide; he insotioned it to Lotil Gauthier, and the fleet 1V.,14 111011:1•11. To unmoor nits solely the basil- 1 moss of half au hour. Q. Had three or f o ie line of battle ships been. *demoted towards the Isle of Aix, and laid dorm; t h e night at single anchor. could they. by weigh-. ing when Lord Cox-home made lite signal. about fie- in the morning, at that time of tide, have go..e jitto the road of Aix, without the greatest damzer, to have attacked any port of the enemy ?--A. !lad four sail of the fiber gone into Ate hoods, alien Laird Cochrane made the signal. liter *mild there have mat a force equal to thensselve , ; they would have in 41i, an 1. •, 4C1.: miler every disadvautage ; the ti •• of Isle na wet; os the are of the 1411. Avarua. the Costard, and Oita*, would have been .r • . • • • • • - • • • • • • • directedon them, they had no place to retreat. to, and their only safety remained in the destruction `Otf the enemy's ships, and in silencing the batteries from the Isle d'Aix, which 11111 sure it would have been iippossibte for them to accompliah. Q. Did you know guy thing of the Caketta striking ?—A. Yea; she had not struck when I was on board the Insperieuse; and the Aisle, Unicorn. and Emerald, had anchored and fired on her; one of her shot struck a boat usteru of the Inoperiesse af ter they had anchored and fired ; the Indefiitegatik had not anchored when I left the Inoperiease. Q. Were the ships mud vessels sent in to attack the enemy as soon as it could have been done with propriety, considering the state of the wind and tide?—A. They were, w my opinion. Q. From the first attack made on the enemy's ships, to the final cessation of hostilities against them, was every thing done that could be done to effect their destruction ?—A. Every thing was done that could be (tone to effect the destruction of the enemy's ships. Captain BLUM called in and sworn. Q. Do you recollect the situation of the enemy's fleet, on the inorniug of the teth of April, at day light ?—A. I do ; I think it was represented in tYadehart of Mr. Stokes, now before the Court. Q. Do you recollect the telegraph signal being bade from the Inoperiesse, on the morning of that day ?—A. I do. Q. Whit was.that signal P....A. I think that half the fleet cared destroy the enema's ships. Q. At what dalliance was the Imperieuse from the enemy. and from the Caledonia, wiles) they made that signal ?—A. The Caledonia wits about six miler, from Isle d'Aix, and the Imperiensc about half way, shout three miles. Q. Had I sent in line of battle ships that day to Aix Roads, early in the morning, or soon after, Were any of the enemy's ships in a situation to have caudated them to rake or annoy our ships as they advanced Two of them were lying with their broadsides towards the entrance, and would have considerably annoyed any ships sent against them. Q. Were any of the enemy's ships that were. aground capable of annoying our ships ?—A. Early • in the morning they lay with their broadsides to wards the entrance, and I think they were capable of annoying the ships. Q. What number of gains were there on the bat teries of Aix \Viten at anchor iii Aix Roads. I counted fifty; there might have been more; but lam certain there were not IcSi. Q. Did the enemy throw shells from the Island ? A: They Did. Q. Can you speak at on of the number of mor tars they hail ?—.I. No, I cannot. Q. If any of mar line of battle ships, advancing under the circumstances just stated, had become crippled, could they have returned that day before night; or what would Inure bean the consequences? —A. I do not think, under all the eireunietailers, that if the liiir-ofebattle ships had been sent in, they ever , would have returued ; I think it would huve been sending them to irretrievable destruc tion. Q. When I sent you into Six Road', what were the orders, iu the afternoon of the t2th, I gave you ? were they *discretionary or tint ?—A. To use lay iitinnst endeavours to destroy the enemy's ships; I considered them discretionary, in the same mea sure, as the sole responsibility rested eat the Cap tain ; the Pilot leaving refused to take the ship in. Q. Do you recollect what time I gave you the orders?—A. Tile first order I received from the Commander-in-Chin, was at eight o'clock in the morning, to anchor near the Boyart Shoal, and with in the range of shell of the Isle d'Aix. The second order I received was at two o'clock iu thaafternoon, to proceed in. Relate to the Court your proceeding in Aix Roads, instil your return to Basque Rowds.-••• Ahout half-past two I weighed anchor; I went in, sat company with the Revenge. to the attack of the enemy's ships ; our frigates were lying in close line, about N. and by W. to S. and by E. rather a tooted line; I anchored to the southward of them. close to the Indefatigable. and a little after three we commenced our fire on the Cakatta, when shortly after I observed her crew abandosaing her, leaving her colours flying. We than directed our fire to the "salon, Vilk de Vareovie, and Thonere, as we emild get our broadside to bear on them. The Ville de Varsock's crew partly left her. and I think she was taken possession of by the Unkera's boat. The ,igsri/oullives the only ship that struck her colours, and the Tosonere, at five o'clock, was left by her crew, who set her on lire. As the title fell, the Revenge grounded ; but by the exertions of Captain Kerr she was soon got off, and went between the Boyart and Pallas; the frigates all followed her, except the loperiewsr, which din) grounded ; at six that evening, m moor ing the Vs/idiot, she grounded oil a shoat, and re mained until 11 o'cloCk that night ; the tide rase red she gut uff. Atlow water, there were 17 It. water alongside her.Tbere were four fire-ships prepared by order of the Commander-in-Chief, and sent an arter wa rd. ; two to have gone against the Foadroyant, un r tioe orders of t7aid. Seymour, nod two against the Ocean, a three-decked ship; it was half past eleven o'eloek before they were completely ready, wh:oi the wind being laQliug, and at times blowing di rectly out, I applied to Admiral Stoptord, for some gun-brigs to cover the retreat of our boats, the cue nay's boats heilig moored in twolioes across the stern alio; Mears, with boats in advance. As the oho( emit dto blow directly out until four o'cloik sat the morning, I judged the attempt to be sin praeti• able, and therefore ordered the fire-ships to move to where the looperieuse was lyine, and hillow the threetimis of Lord Cochrane. At half post three o'cicek, the prisoners being arrived teen the AptiAnt end Ville de l'arsneie, and the touter out that time sip to their orlop decks, I or al, reit them to be set on fire, and at day-light I weighed, in obedieme to a signal from Admiral Stophird, and pruee(deil to Basque Roads. Q. Was not the Vasfrant, and were not some of I lir mkt r ships that were aground, in a very perilous sit iiation ?—A. The Valiant was in a very perilous eitustion ; and nothing hut the wind shifting. and blowing directly mit, saved her from lacing wrecked. State the Enemy's ships that were destroy ed, as well as those rendered iiiifit for service.— There wet , four of the French ships destroyed. I think the others must have been considerably da m aged, excepting two, from being on shore. - 4 . rr - . , . Q. Whit is your *Onion of the position taken by Captain Kerr, of the Revenge?—A. It is impos sible that *Alp could be better placed than the Revenge, and indeed the general condut.t of the Revenge on that day reflects the highest credit coo the zeal and bravery of her Captain. Q. Did the Revenge go within the Irupericuse and other frigates, and relieve them from the tire of the batteries, as well as from the enemy's ships ? A. She anchored the northernmost and easterinuost ship, about three cables' length within the hype riestse, and appeared to me to draw the fire of the batteries of the Isle d'Aix from the frigates to her ; the tire from the enemy's ships throughout, from their helpless situation, ass very slack, and 1 never thought it was an object to he protected from it. Q. You have stated that the. Revenge was very judiciously placed, and you have described the conduct 0 . 1 that ship as hating been highly meri torious on the occu.iou ; were not the other ships and vessels engaged with the enemy, placed as ad vintaroualy as they could have been, according as peculiar circumstances existed ; and dill it not ap pear to you, that the Captains and Command( rs of them conducted themselves with equal zeal for the public service?—A. The utmost zeal was ma nifested by esrry ship yogaged ; 1 think it imp/so *Olio they could be better placed for the destruc tion of the eueiny's ships than they were. The Court here adjourned till to-morrow morn ing at uiue o'clock. KING ROBERT BSUCE'S BIRTH-DAY. The anniversary of the birth-day of King Robert Bruce was, as formerly. celebrated on the 11th of last mouth, at the rains of his-Castle at Lochuw ben.. The company was numerous, and included almost the whole Gentlemen of the surrounding district of Annandale, besides several from Dum fries and the adjoining parts of Nithsrlale. The different parties on the lake having brought to land a profusion of flair, of a deacriptioa found in no other known lake, the company sat down to their Pic Nie, computing a dinner seldom equalled for abundance, variety, and delicacies. On the close of this part of the feast, William Stewart. Esq. of HiHhead, wits was iu the Chair, delighted the company with an elegant eulogium on the lilt and character, heroic devils, and personal acts of valour performed by King Robert, during the nine years preceding the glorious victory which secured to his country and posterity their liberty and hide pe dente. la the grateful enthusiasm of the me, the rue , i.ory of the Hero was drunk, with ihue times three, and peals of huzzas c seine walls that lodged him, the uii a ha It he performed the bold deed that led to his gaiiiing possession of the Crown. The neat toast was--. The legal I heir and Ilepre sentsit:ve of Robert Bruce, as well as of nth, I- mini meruble and immortal Heroes.—The Sot cieign ui the present do}, our veneralim mud beloved hint, long may he lire, and maintain, as ha has done, the laws, religion, and constittitional rights of his peo ple. The cup of gratitude was also filled to the other heroes who contributed so conspicuously to recover and establish the independence of their country—the chief of whom were Sir William Wal lace, Sir John the Graham, and Sir Johri Stewart of Ronhill, who fell by that renowned patriot's side —Nor were they forgotten, the great Douglas, and Randolph Murray, who commanded under Robert at the celebrated battle of Bannockburn, the last. ing happy effects of which :ire felt by those born in the Land of Cakes at this clay.—Several of the descendants of these illustrious characters being present, added to the euthusiusin with which their memories were drunk. The similarity of those times to the present, when several of the states and kingdoms of Europe are straggling to recover their constitutional pri vileges from the grasp of the greatest tyrant and robber of the rights of mankind ever recorded in history, was felt by every individual of the meeting, who drank the Patriots of Spain, Poitugol, Ger many, and the whole Continent; and may the Aus trian armies, guided by the prudence, and led by the valour of Prince Charles, bring the contest in which they are engaged to a close, as signal as its commencement. The train of feelings to which this last toast gave rise, was heightened by the ce lebrated song of Scots, wha sae wi' Wallace bled," given in exquisite taste by Mr. Francis Hen derson, along with several other songs composed for the occasion. The company, satisfied with the propriety of this anniversary lestival, resolved to continue it ; and for this purpose th.y nominated a committee of seven Gentlemen present to conduct the business, against theensuitig year. Mr. Stewart's health was then drunk; and the thanks of the meeting were voted to hint for his pcifite and able conduct while in the Chair. A meeting of the inemneraof the Menai PIT? Cloth war held at the Sportsman's Ina, Carnarvon. no the 13th July, to tastily their veneration for the memory, and their determinatiou to support the political principles, of the Right Honourable MI. ! I.IIM PITT.—Ille meeting was numerous, and highly respectable ; attended by persons of the first rank, wealth, and talents, in the counties of Carnarvon and Anglesea. Among others, the fol lowing declaration was signed :--,. That were there, in our opinion, shy defects in the Bntisli Ciiivititu don. which required reform, those gentlemen, who were stated in the public papers to hare been dele gated by the said counties, at the erown and An chor, for that purpose, would not be the persons 1 we should flit upon. The Bishop of ELVIIIII• lies dangerously ill at Blphin. Some of the Ministerial Prints say, that the ar mistice of Zosim hi a forgery; ethers, of the same class, that it is coati:tie. 'lll,l affect, we +II prise, to emulate the consistency of their employers. who contended that the Convention of Clara was at once a victory and a efejeat. The war with Fiance way commenced, On the part of this country, on account of the Scheldt. 11 wield he curions if it a ere to terminate as it t.egaii. —Mr. flouter. eiilled it a quartet shout • 1)-.)-...t. At the late cleaner Sessions, held at Liverpool, on Monday se'rinint, Jolts Cowley, for wilfully thrineing a glass bottle from the gallery iif the theatre, in Liverpool, on the stage, was sentenced to be imprisoned two months at Liverpool. - - VTIP 7•'777 .. .- POLICE. stawitioir-worsa. Yesterday, an old man and his wife were the LOAD MAYOR with rotA•ing their it..., lodgings. The old woman said, di h ai l prom;.tt ti to part with the articles whith they had sold, 4nd tuat tI,. i were sorry for the error they had euminittitl. A young man, of very decent apneas:ince, said Cie ..14 couple were his parents, and that lie would make go-td the loss Mr. Push, the Prosecutor, bad austaiued, if tits Loitl ship would allow him to do au. - The Prisoners were remanded for furtber examination to morrow. NAVAL lATALLiUE.VCE. MADEIRA, JUIIII 29. The Dottrel! brig of war, and two line-of-battle ships, appeared off this port yesterdai tifternoon.— It is slid they are looking out fur a French drip), supposed to be in this latitude. The Saracen and Giumens sloora of war arrived on the rytk, with tr fleet from Portsmouth, and sailed on the 15th for the West Indies. The Magicienue fyi, ae, v‘i!h fleet from the Smile, arrived on .the. 1211 r, and sailed the gist. FALMOUTH, JULY 49. Arrived the Carteret packet, with mails from New York and Halifax, '27 days front the latter PORTSMOUTH, JULY 30. Arrived the Dexterous, from a cruise. Sailed the Titiphone, for L)itiiiigtOit the Mermaid, takes convoy to Quebec, &e. The Sharpshooter, to Guernsey.—Wivrl S.W. TilL MARKETS. -CARN-EXCHiI CURRENT PIS( +NIA' 31. cr (;;; Wheat .. .. ~.. 7 ts. eBs. 965. I 1tt.r.... ..... .. ..50 , . 6 la. M Flue dill° lOO2. 104. 1 Turk tlcans „....„ . 1 0.. '., , ..i Rye 4Sa -,i, I t)Ila ...........34' . 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BISH, stork-Maker, 4, Covaltill, and ft. Chat. -to'. r.'• "•• Oa Friday Waal/tit, the Lady of Patrick Lysilglit, of Ans. lurid, county of Clare, Egg. of aARRIAGES son and heir. M At Calcutta, Ist February, Joeish Dar, A!rgander, E.l to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Urethan, Fleeter vf Ickenbani, Miilillrseu. On Munda., the 17th inst , at Eccles, Robert J. ,, t , s /irk' sou Norrie, Esq. late of the Noma, only daughter of Henry Nun's, Erg of Devy-flaline ail , laaruhtre. DEATHS. On F. iday ntornin last, et his .ridginri Msylor.street, a painful unites, Wl4lllll itockets, Lot fin n ett). of the It' regiment flu Thu achy, th , will last, at Otteey thirrarks, in i be be VIM! of life, Lies' Stapittaa, ut the `4. HIGH : ----- • LONDON yoswdl - • • nve".t , r ' il. Ihio. 15, WAITE. 1 . ,