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ham, and took rtic4t of the papers respeeting the Romney with me. 'I wish to ask, not whether any of the observa- tions in that Report yon can confirm, lint whether you know any of the tarts youtself ?—Yes, with re spe& to the Romney. Do you know the fa6ts contained in those papers that you examined ?—Sorne of them I certainly do with respe& to the Romney. Will you state the particular points which you know of yoUr own knowledge ?—I Went out of Town, by dire&ions of the Admiralty, -late at night ; / got to Chatham the next morning, and went into the Dock Yard ; I had the papers in my possession respeaing the repairs of tile Romney, and the stores supplied at Calcutta. I went to. the Commission ers, and from thence to Sir Home Popham, - who was in lodgings ' and we went on board the Rom ney ; pointed out such parts of the repairs as had been done, and dire&ed the Officers of the, 'Yard to fix the value of particulaf articles, and' to state the v aloe of the work,if it bad been done in this Country, knowing nothing of the prices in India.— 'spent the greater part of the, day there, and we were dire&ed to examine the Warrant Officers on Path ; there were two of the Carpenters in the ship ; the Caulker, and I believe the Boatswain, were the only persons we considered as Warrant Officers : the diredion we had from the Admiralty was to exa mine the Warrant Officers : those people were exa • nilned that day, and I was direiSted, to return, my services being required in town: After spending part of that day at Chatham, I came up the next day, and attended my business in town : after that, before the return was made, il•om Chatham, I was ordered to proceed to Riga at a very , short notice ; and when T came back the Report was framed, in a great degree, by Mr. Tucker, under the inspetlion of Mr. Rolt, a Clerk in the Office. There are 'vouchers which you examined ; is there any thing M the vouchers ?—I saw the vouch ers, and of course examined them ' • but the chief of the business was d o ne by Mr. Tucker and Mr. Rolt. As far as the examination went, did the inspec tion of the Romney correspond with, the papers v.yhich you took down with you went over the Romney with the Carpenters, and pointed out the particular articles ; whether they agreed in ,part or the whole, was left to the decision - of the Officers afterwardi i I had no time to go into it. Had you an opportunity of forming any judg ment whether they corresponded, or whether they, - ere fabricated charges ?—I could not' certainly. Was -Sir Home Popham present when you in speaed the Romney was; he went on board the Ship with us. Did Sir H. Popham make any application to you for the purpose of examining any otheepersons than the Warrant Of ;, any of the Commissioned Officers, for instance believe -Sir H. Popham. wished to examine the Lieutenants, bUt the. instruc tions which we had, and which.we adhered striEtly to, were the Warrant Officers ; it was the expendi ture of,the stores and the repairs which we were to Attend to ; but the price of repairs in, this Country 'was no rule for that Country. He applied to you to examine the Commissioned Officers, and you,declined it, on the ground that it was not in your authority ?—Certainly ; we said that the 'Warrant Officers were the pertions we were to . examine, they, having the charge of the stores : Commissioner Hope and myself determined -that, the' warrant was direEted to us; he is resi !lent at Chatham : as the Report was not made till February,. 1804, I was returned at that ,time, and then T . signed, the Report. Did the Documents you carried .down with you relate to the bloyes expended in, the' repairs of the Romney, or any other point p—To the repairs of the Romney. ' • . . Did year examine the cable bitts did-net. T.l49qq . iimotoop, giv : was called in, and • exa mined, Your name is to the •Report of the coth of Fe bruary, too+, i•espeaing the repairs ,of the Rom ney ; are there any of thy, feels stated in -that Re port, pr the Vouchers .accompanying it, that you know of your own knowlOge ?--'Though my name was to it, I. was not one of the Committee to exa mine it, There are, none of the fa as in it which come, iithin your own knowledge ?—No • •it only came to me officially to sign it. , Sir Jon ;-lutssLo , ,v was called in, and examined, • Are there any of the fatal contained in the Re port of tho Nlvy Board of the 20th Feb. 1804, re lating to the repairs of the Romney, thot you know of your ol.vn,knoWledge ?—No, I did not belong to either of the Committees which had to regulate that business ; and, thengore, I know nothing of it. _ (Ti be eonthmul.) MAII4. ?4.441.1,V sp-.1 DuWin, 2 Waterford. Put Harnbur&h, Gutiei►burgh. PRICE t)I STACKS 7J 11 4 Piri A Twas.vi, P'cLqr , `-• . i;A 11 4 0 11 I cli Rai. 4nn. 58 OrnMPfTl 4 3 T SUN, 33f,t14 4461 Alps* 1 0 4.94 tYliz4l* LQNi QN FRIDAY 4 J114,y 26 1 1105. WE are at length enabled to lay before our R ea ders soiree authentic intelligence respektirg Lorcl /Insp.:. The Decade Frigate arrived in the Tagus pn the i nth inst. with Dispatches from his Lordship. His Lordship's Letters ? we understand, are dated on the 15th June ; but the Decade dig riot part from the • Fleet until the igth : at that time they were in lat. 27. N. long.6o.West, and were under a press of sail. pur Readers will i fecollea that it, was on the same day ? . viz. the, lOth June, the Curieux saw the Combined li'leet lat, 33, N. long. 60. W. ,So that there is the strongest reason to dope that the 11.,,ritartir"Atvra_ Chit hit Lordship woul4 be able to overtake them, vial be confirmed.. - It appears that Lord NELSON, 'after landing the Troops which he bad on board, at Antigua, sailed from that Island on the morning of the 13th of June; he had received such intelligence as left , him no room to doubt that the Combined Fleet had sailed for Europe, and it was his inten tion, if he was not fortunate enough to fall in with them, on his passage ; to make Cape St. Vincent, in order to intercept them, in case they should run for Cadiz or the Mediterranean... Immediately on the arrival of the Decade in the Tagus, the Marlin Sloop of Warwas dispatched to apprize Admiral BICKERTON and Admiral CoL- Lirlbwoon of the return 'of the Combined Fleet, in order that they might keep 'a good' look out for them. The Decade also sailed from the Tagus on the i i th' for Cape Si. Vincent, for the purpose of meeting with Lord NELSON. Captain STEWART, of the Decade, informed the British Consul,that the day before he quitted the Bri tish Fleet, one of the Frigates that were upon the 100k -out, reported that she had on the day before fal len in with an American Ship, the Captain of which stated, that he had fallen in with a large Fleet, which must of course have been the Conlbitied Fleet. We may therefore exped almost every hour to receive further intelligence of the British and the Combined Fleets. POsitive information had been received at Lisbon, that the Carthagena Fleet, which had made two or three short Cruizes, had finally sailed on the 25th June,and that Sir R. BICKERTON, who had received an account a their sailing, had passed the Streights in hopes of meeting , them. A Letter from Lord NELSON, dated on "the 14th June, at sea, incloses a Letter from the Com• mander of the Welly Schooner, - which was, Convoy .to the Merchant Ships sent offfrom Antigua by Lord L►vxxcrow,which mentions the Capture of thirteen out of fourteen Sail, of which the Convoy consisted, by th© Combined Fleets, a day or two after the Convoy sailed from tarbuda. The accounts brought by the Staunch from Ja. maica are of the 'tnost satisfaaory nature that Island, .and indeed all our West Indian Possessions, ate now in such a state of defence as to bid defiance to any Force the Enemy can bring against them. The Auckland Packet, which sailed from Lisbon on the 12th inst. and the Walsingham Packet ditto, ditto, on the 14th inst. are arrived at Falmouth.-- The Mails will not be in London till to-morrow. The Prince ef Miles Packet, from Falmouth, ar rived at Lisbon on the 2 st June. • ' Yesterday a Council was held at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, on the busiuess relative to Gen. PICTON. The Council was adjourned to a future day. His . Royal Highness the DUKE of CLARENCE bad yesterday a grand dinner party, at his house, Bushy Park. The Duke and Dutchess of 131:DFORri left. the Earl Of EGIt EMONT'S serif,. at Petworth, in Suffolk, on Wednesday, for Brighton. The... Earl of ABERDEEN arrived in town on Wed nesday- from Scotland, and set off immediately for the Marquis of AnzucoßN's seat, the Priory. Yesterday afternoon the St. James's and the Mary. le-bone Volunteers were reviewed by Lord BANBURY, in Hyde Park. They went through a variety of manteuvre s i n a ver y corre 6 t and soldier like style, and the firing was excellent. 'the Corps were very highly complimented by Lord BANBURY for their steadiness in marching in line. Yesterday the Loyal Southwark Volunteers were reviewed on their encampment on Epsom Downs, and this day they march off the gro,Und on their re turn to town. Yesterday the lArestminster Volunteers had a grand field-day in Hyde Park. • At eight o'clock yesterday morning the Fourth Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers assembled on their parade ground, from whence they marched to Paul's Wharf, Do&ors' Commons, and were em barked on board the River Fencibles' Boats, under the command of Commodore Lucks, • They pro ceeded in the following order :—the Commodore, with four Barges armed with heavy cannon ; two Barges arMed enflute ; and ten Barges, on. board of which ware the Fourth Regiment. • • The Commodore took the lead, and abreast Nine Elms supposed an enemy to appear ; he attacked them with the two boats, armed enflute, and having succeeded in beating them off, passed the troops un der his command in safety, Until their arrival at Putney- bridle, Commodore Llielq continued to keep aloof, and occasionally was firing at a supposed enemy hid to annoy the Regiment 4nder his com mand. Their lauding being effeaed, the Regiment formed, ttnd without delay proceeded to Wimbledon Common. On their arrival an Enemy was supposed to be formed to oppose them :.they immediately en tered the woody part of the liepth, and,odyanced, driving every thing before them, until they ruched the very extremity of the Corri Mon, where, from the thick underwocld, they became very much di vided. Hostilities here 'ceased, and the Attacking Party were declared Vietors, 'What refreshment the gentlemen of the 4th Re. giment of Pyal London had taken with theth they were now permitted to enitw, and in the evening they marched down to Pqtney, where they were again embarked on boarri. the boats, and wit;iout further tnanectly'res proceeded to Paul's Wharf, where they were disembarked about tight o'clock. • O tit Tuekclay two Troops ti, Itoyal Dragoons, lately quartered in Copntry llartacks, marehedintq Derby on their route to, York, N A Y f Lr,, NEWS PLTltetrrn; JULY pc—Arrived the American Brig Belisarius, Capt. CURTIS HOLMES, from New York, laden with sugar, coffee, &c. detained by the Staunch Gun-brig. - The Staucla sailed from Jamaica on the 17th o June, on which clay a Frigate 'arrived there with Dispatches frord Admiral Lord NELSON, in four days, from off ,Martinique, off which Harbour his Lordship's , Fleet are stated to have been on the lath blockading the Combined Squa drons at Martinique. Orders were dispatched by the Frigate for a reinfOrcement of all the Ships of War that might be at Jamaica to proceed immedi ately to Martinique, to reinforce his Lordship ; .and, on the 18th, the following Men of War were to sail fdi that purpose, (viz.) St. George,, g 8 guns ; Cen taur, Atlas, and Eagle, of 74 guns each. The French Fleet are stated to be extremely sickly. .The Theseus, of 74 guns, was to sail in a few days with the homeward-hound July Fleet for England. Arrived the dirge, of Hull, laden with wines, from Oporto, captured by a Spanish row-boat Pri vateer, retaken by the Naiad Frigate. Sailed the Goliath and Defence, of 74 guns . each, to join , the Channel Fleet ; and Wolverine Sloop of War on a Cruize. EXTIA,CT OP ANOTHER LETTER. Having seen a - person who came in the American Wig Belisarius, sent in by the Sta.unchi I find the fa&s are, that Lerd NELoos, on his arrival, sent down to Jamaica a Frigate to order the. Ships:to join him, as mentioned; which Frigate arrived on. the 14th of June. The Staunch sailed on the 17th of June, direa for England, and • the Men . of War were to sail the next day, the lath, to join Lord NELSON ; consequently at Jamaiqa nothing more was known of the subsequent movements of the French Fleet ; and leis only conje&ured that the Men of War on that station were ordered down to blockade the French Fleet,, known by them to be in Martinique : the Curieux's intelligence, there fore, of the French, is the latest, h a ving seen them the last on the. 19th. ' FALMOUTH, JULY 23.—Arrived the American Ship William, HALL, froth Boston, wah tobacco, and proceeded on for Amsterdam ; and the Ameri can •Brig Rover, WAmr., from Norfolk, with to bacco; in 32 days, for orders : she brings no account respelling the Combined Fleets of the Enemy, or. Lord NELSON. Sailed the Danish Ship Fama, TBUSEIN, for Lon don and•the Daniih Gallia Anne Elizabeth, J. Lo- SERB, for Guernsey, with brandy. The Townshend Packet, with Mails for Liobon, waits the arrival of the Auckland Packet from thence, and which may be soon expedted. • The.. Manchester Packet waits for a fivonrable wind to carry out the Malls for the Lee Ward islands. COWES, JULY 5 /his morning the Prussian Ship Friedrik Wilhelm, Capt. ROYOI4, from the Havannah, laden with sugar, coffee, and Indigo. Arrived last evening the American Ship Sapphro ,nia, Capt. ROBERT BEOMLEY, • from New Yak, laden with sugar,. coffee, and cotton, for orders, which she received here, and sailed this day for Rotterdam. Sailed to join the Convoy tor the West Indies, with which she is to proceed the first wind, His Majesty's Schooner Charlotte, Lieut. ALT. PORTSM,OUTit, JULY 25.-....ArriVed draw But ja, CENRADE, from Amsterdam, bound to Bour deaux, lades.' with wines, &c. detained by His Ma jesty's Ship Locust, Lieut. LAKE Commander. Sailed the lfedrey Margaretta, MARCH, for Co penhagen ; Dric . Gexusters, DOWER, for Embden; and Surinam, JAMES, felt. Dantzic. Na further intelligence has at present reached us relative to the Cornbided Fleet at Martinique. The Bellona, a 7:ft guns, Lord A. BEAUCLERC, is proceeding fast in fitting for Channel Service. The men from the Royol Soverdgn and Desiree., which are to be paid off, will be turned over to her. Cap tin FELLOWES yesterday commissioned the Apollo, a new Frigate of 44 guns. Arrived the Encounter Guu.vessei, Lieut. TAL BOT, from Weymouth. DEAL, JULY 25.—Arrived the Champion Frigate and L' thille Sloop of Wat from a Cruize, and re mains in the Downs with the Ships as per last. The Zephyr Sloop of War has made a Signal for a Convoy to the Westward, and several of the out ward-bound are under sail. BRIXIIAM QUAY, (TORISkY), Jut.x 94.—Put into Torbay, by contrary winds, the Ship William Pitt, Capt. Bayca, from London, botind to Nett• South Wales; the Nemesis Frigate, Capt. SouzavILLEA from a Cruize; also, brought in by the L f orcl Nelson Privateer, the Galliot - row Ilfalwaretta, from Pcrtu'l 1 . 2 .4eP NYil4 wine fo etAaitet4a.M.. -frAvAr,. ArrowTmtssTs AT roATsmouTo. Captain Lord AmELlus 13x0cLtaci to the So' turn. 0 .. D.' t . s. . . Hon. G. ELLIOTT , t o the Aurora. P AT ER, to the liellona. Apollo. C a pt a in . FELLOWES, to the Lieutenant JOHN Lulu, who su nobly distinguish, ed himself in the Locust Brig otf Boulogne, is pro. .mate to the rank. of a Commander, and appointed i to the Childers Sloop, in the Mediterranean, 0154 Wm. BOLTON, promoted. Rao o Li eu t en ant BELCHER, to the R os e, rice DE Z. LieutenantWAaron n, from the Melpomene t o the &Ilona. Lieutenant 'C ooTs , from the Rub y to tls Afk pomene. . the BetiO ßß. L i eutenan t TRIMMER, tO Lieutenant'Boork HARVEY' to the Bellonst Lieutenant PHILLIP WEBBER, to the Benefits. Lieutenant DANIEL &HSI'S, to the &Iloa. Lieutenant G. V. Canon!, to the Zealous. ~ Lieutenant ELLERRY, of the late :Arrow, to tn e Orion. . Lieutenant THOMAS SMITIIi of the Sr. Allan's tg the Orpheus. ~,k , Lieutenant TALBOT, to the Eneountrt Gos'"fo' Mr. W EsTLA gE, to be Master of th e nog. the Saturn Lieut. RIGBY, to th e A p ollo. Lieut. WooDGE , of the Aurora, to Lieut, WILLS, from the Zealous o t the Ral e Lieut. Roaaar lonN HIBBS, trom the 1 1 .0 611 E e yptienne. e Lieutenant A. LYSAGHT , from th hfelptl etle te the Malabar, • • .tarodter Captain HALLIDAY, from the Trusty, lita. of the Orion, and Mr. MuannY to be Parser t o, Dr. hotisoN, M.D. to be Sargeon Of thelfrig Lieutenant STEPHENSON, to the Zeakos . I.,itutenant BATIINVICK, to dittO, in ttio Lieutenant TUCKER and Mr.. Bowysti Orion. Lieutenant Gmtutiau, to the Dryad, Lieutenant WALLER, to t h e Assad/ Gno-bt4' f Lieutenant SWINBUR OE 4 to the Locust, vice l ' ar ' promoted. ir nun -brig' Lieutenant SLIAKELTON, to the 'laxly - Lieutenant ROBB, to t he 'Sckn• Sub-Lietltell3Ett ROBERT INGRAM , OA) ( . 1 v n C. ' ' .-"LY, latelst Lieutenant of tbv prr the Diadem: Lieutenant BIRD, to the Ardent. Lieutenant BRIGHT, tO tbe RePage, , (jolt , Lieutenant Srmicans, to die /loyal ' 2 ° ver ' Lieutenant BOSTOCK, to the Sophie. Lieutenant Jong Bevin Err, to the Queen, to the Bed'. after eastw ard of Cape The Jamaica p ape r' s h a ve a long acce4ntand . .......-- of P o engagement between the Lark, of 6 gt 13.6 rt o themen, who beat off 'a French Schooner Private u aliengagemont M of ai aline' liØeitlr s.tluillild"-"Yer' °.ilitlie*rtlYt; leFrenchnlan , mounted several gals of dlutlich threw calibres, and in ifarticulnr two i -pounders, w, , i 4 ! shot at least half a mile to leeward 0 1 2 0 ' , 1-dark :it was not easy, h e says, to count her 11 ' but she bad at least 100. • ent ea er n t . ain B Old Sloop, BROWN, lately commanding th i e e bo o conin kLd P.:sterday au interview 'with.° w e or dent , . i d ssioners of the Admiralty, and Noll, rillii ~ shorty .be restored,to af.tive service._ tan Among .....=. n,i MI 5.-. not Officer appears to 11.0.3 17-fia defying ' le foremost in daily clarini113110111,,; Bonk! the cautious Corsican's pigniY ti 'l O We recollea his name i'ltlen, ) ii i f e , sii2_ll,,,e.cifien. terms of high commendation, PY_ .1 c ,„ r tarcrwe Commanding Officers, and undersono`d` i;;1., poa 'BRCIWN'S condo daring the trYinqi, tilno mil t Period Of his Ship grounding! wit ''.lo re, luaaes of the Enemy's batteries, until licord spoken PUY compelled to abandon and sct he, l e j t ar ''en of by Naval Ma as having ditesY,dgrOi common coolness, determined gallantrti ! I ' L ' judgment. - ----------------- At a C ourt ~/.. t_ o f the City of New Y Qr lt., on, the, Ty. the °ll C u e of 41 / 1 1 a n n e las t ' a Frenchman, named, i,o,R i.far`iptic of the: Bank wa3 tried and fbund gitilly offin`fri./1,6010 City ILilI — oycr and Terrnior 1)61 13,t1blei Paper of il)et a ffi rms, ~ That the prioner profe,s!',_, to. the 'United States. .8 r ).' , t oo self li to be a near relation (fast cousin we 1,11 ye Imperial Majesty Niret,fos, FolPen'r T-tott French to ; and that be bad remonstrated in..alwoli of Court • threatening, at the same time, t"' or for redress to 'mit ° - ress to the afieaion ar;d rnagnatn 1 illustrious relation I'!#.(True American). ..,,, the Magistrates against the jOrign,itti#ol., Af .;, t erii 4 DRVBY-14ANS tiIEATRE. riC-1•11.----1, r 0 00 took place at this Theatre the Atinual Meet.inicno Amateur Friends of the NeW Driuy, recePtlY 11010 en d er the modern and more fashionable oil . o . f the Pic-Ar le. Indeed it has,heretofore, ale tho ly so on the present occasiona l osseoeil Irtiticotil , e n j oyments of such meetingshaa even ig, l l, el, VP and i licence have allowed to sah festivt'_ itioo farmer occasions every guest that cote 11,10%:00 was supposed to bring the best dish ; b‘lt ;tra° accompanies each guest is not so Ouch bil l; 4 „of a more substantial counterpart, and ,3ven ~,,ce, Ivey exert a more genia fluence illfin his ttirt:o's ,1, The dinner was served ] tip • the if S"'' !h in . to' thetas • o p ei , o g the King's 80% in the decor, ._,,.‘„,d ever!, te and skill a 4r: Jogrwroris it vo,ic e 00 .0 embellishment that conic' be suggested rrillere i ie, luspieatiOnsof Flora and rertungeD, e 'aill 1101! coven for about 30. Cite abseece .otll:6ied 010 C; HiglinesS the Pitvcs Ws ; lu l the geotill'to fivm the splendour of tile SCOW i 0 ne ver fijkd wit and convivial humour which Ile, ilopliekt diffuse around luny were not rinab!):01;:on es,et what most spontaneously promPo to'oo. The 0;1;0 riding present of sparkliog Chollol,:;005, ne, io offerings. at the j0,,,ial shrine were, i'L 1: oipporeo of hara6teriti.-i W ILLIArd, C,,tig' r;1,6071 0141 the forM of a lively tur tle; men li,L. , the Coo'r t o of' a branching boa, i!tc. A„soostrAnt",o, we more particularly observed Plr's6, Cot, 00'0, Hon, Mr. Sr7scsa, Meier I)'''' Al,,yotto) I I T cy , Air. it LATOVC ti,lVlr.Evel.t,,, .... wsool4 . jo , Mr, GRAita, Mr. CRALI.O?),rIi,-)a'rtstioo 1100..fithe KELLy, Sic. Many. Loyol ant! : elloppeot v r 4 01 fused their proper spirit- into the :,,,, oricte, of evening, which, it ts needie.ss ytivTifmogiii‘r auspices, must too been ciri'n° „( i otA. ch. fea4 of rfason 134 01. PI4IBY ' ' • . . . . - , .M.~~