The Sun. — London, England, 1812-07-10 00:00:00

The Purly cutter.sailed 'from Guernsey on the 4th instant, with four vessels under convoy, for l'Cewfoundland. • On Wednesday se'nnight, as . Roliert Watson, e . . ngme-keeper to the Dock Company at iiull,"was endeavouring to iectify something amiss in the operations of the engine employed at the south west angle of the New Dock, in grinding poree- 4 lain for mortar, hi. eloaths were caught by a winceattached to one of the wheels, and he was drawn into the works with . so much violence as . almost to be. crushed to piec es. Of . . his .d rea d ful, Co' ndition' no person was aware till the engine sud- , denly:stopped, when the attention of the people in -other parts of the building being drawn to ,the, spot, he pi.escnted a spectaclewhiciktotally °vet-- came the feelings Of ,his fellow. : .Work`rnen, and pre vented them for some tune from pursuing the ne cessary, means of re*ntiing his deackhody, which had become so. entangled : amongst: the goer as to require the machine to be taken. ~ }ie vas a respectable man.ancl.y.al*ible-.servant, and, .what . .rendrs the accident - Very singular, had at ten'de'kupon this engine -at leot.eight,years4 Jltis prior man has been peculiarly- unfortunate ; for, not •many months ago, leis daughter had' 6ti arm :mutated an. consequence of an:accident:at the a • lead works, - and About four years _ago lie. had :a dc.e.tir.: . • . , - • The-Court having met at 11 o'clock, Sir James Athol-sfWopel . produced - his defence, which .was read by, the Judge Advocate,, and was as. fol- , • lows :-- -. • • ,President and Gentlemen of the Court.—, In abstaining from making any comments, how, or in what manner the ,present investigation ori git:nated, I need not., say, that, after ,the many ohservatiowinacie on the conducCof his Majesty's ships, .1 feel great satisfaction in having this op portunity' of explaining mine, as Captain of the Pornpee, on the 10th and 11th days of •March last.• is thereto& incumbent on me, in the situa- • tion I am now placed, -(;• shew„ as I hope I ,shall do, to the conviction of every member of this Court, that no zeal or exertion...were wanting on my part, for the good of his Majesty's service,— Although I am not directly charges with any spe cific act (xf iniscondnet. on these dave‘mentioned„ yet the opinion with much delicacy hazarded by. Admiral Lord Neith; Commander in Chief, in report; foundetll(as - his Lordship has candidly ac-, knoWledged).on logs, • and• documents apparently ; inaccurate and irreconcilable, constittite. the sub ject of your present . investiga.tipn. In weighing, the evidence.before(;this llonontable. Court„ and the testiniony.Of.the witnesses.l may think neces s.ary.to 7 adduce,..,tarn sanguine enough to antici-, • pate th e e most favourable judgment ; and Itriist,. that..no blame whaterer will be imputable to me, tcprti. ,the, time I fir At saw the enemy's, ships, at citrye P. M. of tie 10th,. until half. an. hour after midr~ght~ as subseq r nent-to that time, when I lost sight of them: The subject now under considera tionaf thisllonourable Court, so far as as is,ap plicableto. the Poinpee',s proceedings, for the sake . of • perspieuity, may, bedivided into three princi pal•heads.--71&t. Whether I did my duty as be coming -a zalons officer,. in keeping the Pornpce close-upon-the wind, on the larboard, andstar- . board . tacks, sof.as„.to near the eneiny'S frorri,..the time,l. : first saw-them,. until after sun-set okhe .10th of. March. Whether, nuclei , the circumstances of ,my using the_ utmost.' exertions to -nearthe 'eflellrly; so as. I might be ecabled.to: observe his movements before the close of day, ,it would-have been trident to.have•tackedthe Porn pee ,00ner than I did ; or at the tithe the ,two, strange ships (since •.supßosed 'to .be friends, bitt which 'I never had the means of aseertaining)9l were discovered to windward of the .enemy, withi their upper sails, emerging from the horizon.--. And whether it was then practiCable, in the rela-.. live positions of the enemy's 'squadron and, the said two strange ships, that I could have acted otherwise-than -I did- after sun-set, • whem the ene my bore up,. than by tacking the ship, and stand ing elose hauled on the larboard tack mail after midnight, at which time the enemr-got.:within gitn-shot of the:Pon:Tee: 3d. Whether my eon 7 duct, in a Situation o . soine.ditEenlty,. in promptly_ eviting the manceuyres of fig superior a force of the enemy's ships, - when• within gun-shot cif the, yompee, as well as my subsequent .moveineras until day,liglit of the•llth, were proper aulljudi-t cious %—This Honourable Court, ,holding in view the several points and. facts bearing.. upon..those. ants 'of mine, and divesting than of the apparent inaccuracies in the logs and -reports. of his. Alajcs-. ty's ships; with respect to their relative positions toleach.other,- or to-the enemy, 1 shall, proceedjo give a. brief-statementi.to be substantiated 'by cvi -1 dance, (so far-as is-not already before the Court) of the Pompees: transaction, as falling under- the Itt.ZIJOV • rr,inteilohy THOMAS - WOOT), W,C),riVs•Maititn=lne; .Goretif.!;araen; Publilthed by' V;ILLI:VNI AIIMIGETt,SCICIPrS; Moitost•lstieet, Grosvenor.ser:4l , c,- fni• the runner. Leitt:rs for the Editor, &c. (post paid), mu.tt alaressed; .... . . . . . . ..... ;.: . , -COAL MARKET, JULY 8. ~ d' Ships. at.:Marlset, Ships sold. . Pr' Le 6 . o;' ti•• 4 ' , 2'lJ 2 Neweastle •. ' . . ' 171. '. . . 395, Od. tu .../5 . , . 7 1. Frunderlatid .: .• . ._ 1 . . . 435. 9d.. ta ',/ V' %--H 1 CI 1.. 1 ' 'kV A T F,R AT LONDON BRIDGE TO -11— r 14'qi11ii.,2V59 .47iin. after 3.' Evening, 24 Win. o 'l/ -.................-‘..----- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. In consequence of a strange lettol!„ signed "'W. SMITH," and dated "'Park,'-sireit,, Westntiw:ter, .1124:1 4th, 1812,'whichhas aitpc'eted in the _Morn- . ing Chronicle of the inst. I deem it quite ne .cessary to it,ifrrogate..h ilttle that Gen'tleraaii be-, fore.the public. Mr. WILLIAm, Ssita - H, "so inter ' rogated, .shall uo .longer have to say (as he leas stated in his printed letter) that he . can ‘.‘ „neither reply," nor " regularly notice , " my proposi tions. • Asa t: arm, zealous, and sincere friend of re ligious liberty,4 is my duty tnWards those rail- lions of clients -*:os e jus t -and sae . pfl cause I have voluntarily eF;poused i to,expate teittteir.:particular -notice every atteuipteitlper --to maintain. the . foul and execrable cause of-intolerance, 'or to-support the no less .despicable system of mere tole'ratian - . Liberty,. duly - recognised, in matters - - of religion, breaks the : people's. chains btit, toleration (Which always necessarily implies a..rigkrto be intolerant) tends. to rivetthem. • ; I have now to ;i.sk, this Mr. WILLIAM Smirn; a few pima and honest questions ; and to.:!wWelt questions the public will expect clear and' dittiact answers: - First, let me ask him, What the future system of law would have been, snp.POsing , that his 'intended Fill had actually .passed - • . by. that ; question, What would have been those lawz, if carried into execution - , which his, nroje;_;t would have urLre?ealed • Setondly, , to come with iyan to._eloser quArters, still, I will ask Whether any - Methodists., or. Proteseant _Dissenters, or- any_ Non-conformists, either men or women, could, notwithstanding the. passing of Ls 3.i2.1, go to any rneetingi.iiouse le-' gaily, and without fear of purfishment, till after such:men or -sne'n-vrornen respectively shall have travelled to the General Sessions of the-Peace, - in order, in open Court, to qualify themselves; even to hezr at a ineeting-hate a discourse about re-- • ligion, or to say their .prayers there publicly,. sup-. posing them to he so inclined. - : Thirilly; The e.,s.pence atterttling- - -the carrying the Yorkshire freeliders:onli). to•the place of poll, as the last general - election, being estimated . at One - hundred thousand Founds, will ask Mr. LIAM SMITII, wheatr the travelling ,experices - of the whole body of the male mid female Non-conformists of the county of York ahnie, wkich 'would b.e iticurred for the purpose of obeying-the law, would not arnoinit..to two millions of money, or to some, other enormous surn,-itideperidently of the.loss•of their valuable titne.? . And. let hirn re collect, that tide is the poorvian's Tropetty and depriving him bf it wantonly is, in fact; - rob bing him of hiS estate: Fcteth/y, Does - Mr.:Witt:tor •SMITI-1, who af fects in his lelter such mighty respect- for deco.; - deem t either decent or decorous, that-the feuraie,paq - of the community, of all ages, should he stuck up, in open Cotirt, in presence of a grave 7.3ench of Laical and Clerical Justices,'-and Ix gazing public, to take oaths, .and to, make de clarations, Wore thOse fermles are to be; by law, r ,,,:,-,;tt.;ci to a tte-0-- -` -f worship, to clear-up r. • Pithly,'i Will now ass. riim, vViiether any Man, (and what man by name) except himselt; has,. since the commencement of this nineteenth cen-. tury, ventured to propose to the Ministers of the . Crown, either the revival. or the cfratinuanee of laws of such unbounded absurdity, so conte'rnpti : - ble in principle, so repugnant to every sound no tion of liberty, aid in practice so in finitely oppressive ) . if Mr.,SmtTg should not choOse to answer theie pointed questiOns, the .:Non-conformists of all'de npminations will supply the propQr answers theni . -: selves. EMITS shall insist that his prolect is a p.kise.• one; this grand question, be tween hhn and ine,..may. o.e submitted to: the.de-. cision, either of the liberal and enlightened'pnblic at. lar , e or to that of. worthy citizens :of Not-. , viich in particular. Berners-street, July 8. 'S.r:i►.-xopr~. The followiner is the letter to whiCfrtiieiiiiive . is an nswer TO THE EDITOR OF THE I‘IOTUNINGpIRONICLEA— , SIR,—In the account ofLord StanhoPe'S speech, given in your -paper of. this moi. -ning - ,;1 - ...observe so -very extraordinary art attack. made on me,' in so very extraordinary alnargier 40Q, by,.nanle, in a place where I could. neither reply,- nor even eke, where regularly notice what was there said, that cannot but .hopethat vour:ri..porter !has. been in correct.; as-Otbeywisei J am nnavoidably reduced to the necessity: of t-lotbting decorurn,, the accuracy, and the candour of the Noble •Lo7d. your obedient humble , servant, • W. SMITH. Park-street, Westminster, July 4, •1 qj 2. COURT 0!7 tAPTAIY.SIR JAM!- • WOOD A:7D CAPTAIN - • i• ,:•:`, T. .:-... (~,..cP.SELL. tr:Thatinueri tron . l o - ar ' .1 - t;t: of Tuesday.] • Lieut. LEWIS PRICE 1%.11.D.DE4j R. M.-sworn.. 4s F',ooll as the !Alan at,-the. mast head reported the fwo ships were in, siOat, 1 went up to the maintop ; 1 saw' twv larc ships, - apparently ci the - line', etniiing sail; .I shortly af-- terwards observed the enemy:s squadron-bear np and set studding „sails, from which I concluded thev were friends', and reported it on the, quarter de4. I tol:?. Capt. Ferris, ttat I thought the two `ghips might be'fresh shiiis: Three guns.weref4d -by the headthost ship. ' It Was then about sei=cn ; in ten minutes after 1 tost'sight of them. We . had loSt sight the French . squadroja.:boiit 20 minutc . khefore. The. Mpee.tacked 15 mni nute - s "aftersixly' my Watch, TheleneMy 'did not alter his coarse when the ,Poinpee tacked. Ido not think as the night was coming 'on, and the atmosphere hazY,. that it.„ was possible to have communicdted by day signals; , with the Tremen ' dous any time . we were in. sight; no signals were made from the Diana to the..POmpee, after_seeing the Ships to Windward; the Diana was distant from the enemy, about ,20 mil utes before seven o'clock, 8 or 9 miles . the course"of the enemy was W. N. W. under studding sails. .Cros.§-excvhined.by Sir J. A. Woon. The strange ships were reported on board. the Diana at a quarter past font ; Capt. Ferris said they had been already seen by the Ponapec, and was ratber . angry,; they "_Were seen by the Diana after Capt. Ferris returnoil en hoard from the Pompee ; they appeareki to me like tine of battle sbips,-and ..cchn 1 left the Main yard, I could see the head of the cor i rses of llc headmost ship'; I think" heard soine say, they saw' the hulls•ni the • Diana about four 0'c10 , .;'4,. was t% 't near'er - tine enemy than the - whew I s-aw ahe head of the :-...utirse3 of -the two sir anger§ , about a mi±e" and a half.; the French. squadron-did not I.mg lie to, as I observed their-. sails -xere soon filled again. , . .sr. 3f%STSREi, ' Guyer of the Diana, sworn.- The' strange - ships firod-each two guns, and terwards 'burned a blue light for-some time ; after eight p , clock the Poie*rs find. Tremendous neared. os„,_ ant-I - we neared the enemy they did not alter their bearing, Join , HOPKINS $llO7ll. His evidence 'produced nothing new. The evidence here closed for the prosecution.--' Sir . .huiet : -, Wood wisliing time for his defence, the Court adjourned until eleven o'ciogjc. on. WednAi day worning. THIRD DAY. ahove s mentlorted heads, that the whole. ma 'appear in a connected chain before. you, ' 1 .shall after wards take the liberty of Making a few observa tions-on such parts of tbeetecotnpanying the or der fotethis investigation, ias .vsell as the evidence elready' gone through, as 'Appear contradictory and irreconcilable ; and shall endeavour to prove the whole•of statement, by the conCarring testi mony of. witnesses; who ought to be.the best qua litied to observe, from their situations on board the Pompee, her several movements; and relative positions,-at different-periods withthe enemy ;_ as well as the bearings- and distance. of the two -'stratasee ships'scen before sun-set of the .10th . 9 f March, as well -as dive ships subsequently seen in the night, and reported.. to me onethe morning of the 11th. ist> At one P.M.-of the 10th March-, while walking on the quarter deck, . and, tbe ship steering S. by W. the man at the e ntastehead rep ported two sail to ,windward, pointing about two points before- the,larboard beam., ..the Wind, then about E. They were soon ascertained:by the sig e nal-man at the mast-boad -to be. two line of `battle ships, -and-soon afterwards; two sail more of the line, and two frigates, were -discovered to windward of them. The watch- ssra. immedis ately ; turned up, the sails trimmed, and the t rorapee kept close to the wind, on, the larboard tack, with a, top gallant -breeze, and clear '. wea 7 they. About two, P.M. ,the' top-gallant sails, and .part of the-top-sails of the four line-of-battle ships, were visible from the deck, and were then judged to be French, • lietween two and three, P. M. a frigate,. which had -been seen two hours before, to the S. from the mast-head, was visible from the Ponipee's deck, :which proved to be the Diana ; whose Captain communicated to me by signal,,thatthe ships in view -were L'Olient squa dron, consisting of four sail of the line and two frigates, avlitch s had sailed from that portals nine the-preceding morning. :In. pursuance•of my sig nal, Capt. Ferris, of the Diana, came on board at. four, P.M. to whore Lgave instrasesioestoendeae your to get to the N. and E. of the rsnemy's ,sqins e dton, • and' acquaint.all- Bei tish :ships he might fall in with, that the enemy -were-at sea ; also -to (ha patch the first-vessel of-war he. might fall with:, to Plymouth, or the first poste . and to. send the. second -vessel he might-fah in with: 0K Brest, to acquaint the squadron thereof the-enemy's situa tion ; and 'I 'further intimated to. -Cantata Fereis, that while he stood to the N.-that I-should stand to the S.-its order that .one or the other et:: us insiss beable-to gain the wind of ;the enemy e lilts soon after the Diana tacked, and stood to , the N. on : ' the starboard tack, the enemy made more saile, and hauled, more to the "&. on which the Peesnee was also tacked; and stood to the N. on the stase s board-tacksthat -she might not increaee her d",stanete toe -far ,from them; -the enemy's couroes-fteifig.., then visible froM the deck, and:. we neared:the* enemy's ships . .before sun-set, they, apparently , standing N.W. and W. About a quartee.p_aste. five, two -strange-sail were repoetedto -me em s our weather- beam, and to windward of the enemy's, ships, apparently standing- for then]. ee kt six, th e foot of the strange-ship's royals, ordf ro royals set,' the foot of their top : gallant sails- were justs visible ‘from • the -poop ; and. from one tops :we :could i only observe about nane half Cf :their tope.: sails; and that they had studding sails set.. •The enemy's ships were at. sunset hetweeu eight -and nine miles distant from the Pompee e . whicle I esti-, Mate from their,-poops being seen from ours, _and they bore N.-by E. the .Pompee then laYing pp N. by W. wind N. E. by and the , Diana -about two miles_ on our lee bow, At: this time I observed, the enemy's leading ship •wearing round t o o, the larboard tack, . and setting• her la.Siscsard fore top mast. , studding sail, e— The. Pompee was tacked before the' close .of - day, • and we., stood close-hauled to the S E. and by- E. on the, larboard-tack, with a view to prevent the enemy : closing with us too boon, :as well as to shew e the two strange . ships, to. windward, On the event of their being. friends) -how we intended - standing after, dark,--that they- might -be enabled 'to join without being embarrassed by the energy-in this movement.. The necessary-orders were -.given to get as additional number of shot up-for-the guns, and an- additional proportion .of powder. filled, • and, the sllip in-every-respect prepared for action. It was a.-pitch dark night and :no possibility of keeping. • sight of the • enemy's e ships: - .at, much greater distal - me, than musket shot, where no lights. were shewn. About half past eseven, the, race :of.th e flashes :of. 'guns was . repoeted to !be seen to the horizSien. AboUtAhise a- socket -was throWn up, in the.lN-. quartere: in the direction in which the. Diana weeselast'seen, were: repotted to be visible; . at !intervals °O.f., more or leo than half an hour, nearly in ,the direction in which.the enemy -was- last seen, during the ,whole-• of the first watch, until sevensbellsewhen "directed. the bearings of the last light seen to' be-taken by compass; which was N,. by From- the fatigue occasioned by. being constantly .on deck, iwith-; the exception of an hour to dinner, from morning of ' that day; tmntil witlrimm niew initiates of*tidniglat, when it fell little witfl e the ship then Only, goings a-little moreethan, alnot, -and the-men -at their quarters, I went,into: my cabin-and lay down. on •la couch with my clothes, on, haying e previousiy: given to the officer of the watch the .steictest or-. dees 'sweep the horizron with' he-right glass,- particularly in that quarter where; the enemy7ss - - lights-were last seen; -that the. hest possible look; out should. be kept, 'and to itsformjnee of the 'alteration, and that eversetrian should be. kept at : his quarters, asi had reason to. bale that - the lights seen at-different intervals were toose. of ttlie eenany,eand thatthey .appeared'to nte,eo_near, and if7a- good. -look out ewas -Met kept, they would alongside.ot' us before the S them -;. but there :.was little -wind,. ditd rt:a.: think thesr.:Could besup-us'befote dayslight e -butfif i the 'breeze freshened; I. • was to be; immediately, acquainted. A 'little after one _bell, the .:I s ieu tenant :of the watch; , who -had. just r elieved. the deck, informed.'me that -there. were two large ships lriot lei us to: 'ivind-ward; VS;blO43. he believed to be, the• enemy_ linstantly got upon decky, apd with . the night glass.perts ised two large ships abont a 'musket shot from -us,- before the weather beam; and on some 'person saying- that there were:two more- a-stern of-theme visible. with the...staked-eye, I pointed the.glas:7, and distinctly See,v f:e.e-,- , 2- 0 in a line together, appearing to, meto be a ei" tile's length distaet front each other, and abaut' four cables lengths a:;tern of the twe , a -head o . c , of-them, I thought they did not see the Porapeco because they- did not:inneediately alter their ,:ous.-3,:, 1 .directed the - helm to be put up, -with au iee tention -to mole sail large, considering that so;ne. time must, elapse before. studding sails cceld be set in .a pitch .darle. nicht and with so sepe:' e , rior a force near us, it occurred to me to he tbe bestmeasitre in this siniatinn to-wear round, aed. haul to the wind on the starboard tack, more es' peCially as the emnny seemed to-have their larboarti studding sails set,. and this movement would ea" barrass them iu fol46Wing us. •As we hauled to tbg wind on the starboard -tack, the breeze freshear. 4, and I think about that t:Pae shifted. to the nt.;, - tb ward ; I could then perceive-from the weather ?n starboard gangway the enemy's ships almost 1 4 the wind, two- or three points on the weathe r quarter, appearing -to- wear ,round together at the Pompee, but by the time they got to the veid' they were about a point o the Pompee'slee qual - e , ,' ter,• .Here-I- begleave to call to the attention 0 ,,c thiSHooourahle Court, and ask, if any convoy 4 ',' merchant ships would- have wore. : round in thli manner, without signal, and : have :stood after 4 , strange ship on a dilferent tack to that which thel were standing -before, After we had let our reeb. out and -set the yoyals e two or three sail were di'' covered on- the weather-quarter, and I could j° 4 perceive with the glass, that-they were square' rigged vessels, and-as I took them for the-en- e iny .s r frigates, or the ships- seen to wiodwardh-efore titl 4, bearing down upon us,' I- edged away .graduallY' ! About this time two or three shots were: fired Itt. and over the Pompee,,aalarlC,cloud and drizzlid - rain coming on at this-time,- and the wind fresh". ening,,,the-royals were lowered:, and as we corg i " nued to,edge away, we lost . sight of them. 3d- - 1., Tire -Pompee being -so very deep, and much bey o n7 her usual bearings, so as to impede her sailing)i! gave orders to lighten her, by beating in the hello of-the-first tier of water casks; and pumping M . : water out., As we-lightened the ship, she appe 9 r : ed to mate quicker throughthe water, ap.d 11 ,1 ° 4 lost sight of the ships astern, Leortinued-to-edo away on various courses from W. N. W, to S: 6; W. A fter-running about an hour amid .a half olz then,. dltl'erent courses, three sail more, were fg . " ported to be seen, one ahead, one orethe lee bow' and ,o;te ,on • the -lee beam, and that they w''r6 reakiog signals to each other by flashes atO 1411 sitewnfor a few seconds at a tim 1 , e. s,soon . to could Per ceivelitat -they were ships and m akigg ' signals which. I did npt understand, the . -Potol° wasLlci iP2diatelv battled to the wind on the start hoard_ tack, e A lay -up W.,IST. 'W. , As we pass e h t these Ships: they appeared to ine-- to close e a ' : giber,' and.- st/ evoielost sight, of them. At ." 3 1,:, ; , - . ; light three sail were reported to be seen on t 'e j Pompee' Om , quarter : , and- *fore I could riS ccrt 3 ' the ; bearing .of 44.en e : the ,yeeather -came nr- 5 . thick:that they were:en-010r lost e ight . a f. la 3 , 1 these proceeding - s,47hoPe the Court.-will be o ' , vincedethat t-was.acttioted by time hestimotiv''" ,-,, EcoriecaV.Cti it soy iesreenouut duty in..the tir st , ”' '. stance to reconrnaitea t!: e enemy, and keep t't w , in.vieweas: new-as To iele leel%are e the 1 .1.41.- : 1..',i 4 ; attending at the sanse zieee to the safetV of 1. , • e. -. Jcsty's ship under ley commaed. Here it le e 4 ,, ,, proper to meaion, that the two strange ships st ,t , at a little-past tiveeloni the'l'ompee, at so reni!f a.distauce - CO windAvard(while I was endcavon O4 . to near the enemy) could not be ascertaine d to- t ' ot fri:.'dmise neither Could any signal at that time , P i , A before -the close of day - be distinguished at olio distance ; besides -I didnot think myself justi fieg j j tacking sooner than I did ;. for, in fact, b 9 O tacked the instant I saw the strange ship s, 0 a) a suppesitionthat they were friends, -I initstic the way they appeared to be then standing , l'; e il rather, increased my distance -frona them, 'as i vr as the enemy, instead of - nearing . both 6110 I . e , sun-set 5 and here, Gentlemen, 1 beg leave" oi e, mark, that from what i was then reported °,,.te and from what has since-appeared. in Capt: J` og e son's evidence, respecting the course the st i . 3 4,t, shirs steered -at that time, and during the n%,,( viz. N. W. or N. W. and by N. I could liac a i petted no assistance from -these as friends, h s l xe in lying up by N. and by W. 4allen into the tAibteee of the enemy, .which must -inevitably have a tO ' the case, had the Bompee,continued to stars $0 , the northward -after. darke more particularly -95 00 . were :not within hearing of the report of the hips said to have been fired, althoughthe strange et , were almost directly to windward of us ; will:0 ' did tack after sunset, I judged from my po'. o o and that of the enemy, being in the cleares t , ; to ' of - the-western horizon, that the strange sh'l j o ae' ' windward, : if friends, would have seen our ii' e lf ments,-and.have an opportunity of shaping th tbc course so -as to form an early junction with Pompee. - . , . - (To: be continued.) .-------/. , . . . BIRTHS. - "' e pa Mondy last, at. Champion Lodge, Camberwell, i. Lady ofThomas StatUngl Benson, tz...sq. of ar w ow th€ ., 40, on ,Wedvs,day even,iny, . last, at. Elm Bank, Lea!;" 4, the Lady a William Sta:llq Cl , rl.e, Esq. of a Da.llloTotir• , On the 7th inst. . at - tier fathevr3' house in Blou' i p er squareOn th , 5 9th inst. Edw ardthes,- Ladyn of a So: Lieutenant-Colonel P`• n. , 11 3 ' of-Glantran Park, of a I.)anglit,r , MAUI o f 1 3 't Yesterday, -at Cf:imlick, Esti Johnson, ' coo a bri)oke, in the Ciiimty" of U.:kola,. to Mary Anne , • datightf of Thomas Sec..ar, Esq.. oi••Turaliao-i-gteem. ..el Thu same day, at N.orwoo,i, Jahn Sailluraftf :on, Esq. of *Neil's. College, Oxford, 'to Miss S. 0' of So uthall, • Middlesex. D( .. • , , . • Di f.IJ.. i.. 1 c t 'On last, at Datchet, Mrs. Ilaydoet. , r' C J'alllcA fiaydoe.t, Esq. . ef99 •On Titesdayniortnng, at.hi:3 hintie in Pimlico, G e orrl i) lin,Pn, Esq. Master, Cool; to.the King, who had servea 4 30yal service near half -a ceneury. . ,41? .4.00 'On 'WeitnesdilfeCening, a k 'DaVer, Mary, eidst ,4,/ ofWiltiani Knoclizr, Esq.^. Solibit.cr, aged 18 years. . 0 ,, I 's est . erda.y inorn4tg, at Dover, Captain 'John e D O:, aLthe Nimble 6nstom-house cutter, whilst sitting on. 2iearthe. Harbmar, as elistoniary, suddenly eNp ,rdd• ~..." . __•.___.-------