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TRIAL OF ADMIRAL LORD GAMBIER.

SECOND DAY.
Lord CocuttAut's k.. 1 emulation medalled.
Q. When did your Lo,iiship first discover that
in the inner [toad of ,l• s, there was anchorage sof-
deiently capacious to contain six sail of the hoe,
tb ride without range of shot or shell ?—,A. I nave
been in possession of the Fri.nclt charts, iii who I
Wave not found a defect in any matt rnii :mint, for
a period of y cam ; and those charts I have at
all timer drawn any couelusioas, with relive' to the
depth of the MAWS', or other circumetance. winch
relate to itavigatiou upon that part of the enemy's
coast ; and m, them, is this case, as in all others, I
place my dependence. i went iu—in my nay 1
foul'd them correct, and 1 k...... the chart, that,
when in pursuitof the Calcutta, l eats to hod a hank;
w' found it, and anchored upon it ; sod this 1 did,
k owing what I eta about. 1 have se.:l toot I
I.,Jitil the soundings correct, upon toe track, close
t•• ate &yea; in fact, I Intl coulliknce in the
,lact, by *web it loth Ion,;, als•
efinrige might, if any object ern:: in view, be te.kru.
Q. In the chart that your Lordship cousulteii uu
this occasion, are tile souailings so marked nu it,
as to afford a stinee sufficient for six sail of the line.
toot within ran e of shot or shell That con-
viction was upon ,ily mood ; but by referring to the
chart, which is es.Ae thy time same as others whicii
have hero on me tilliise:nloll. Oil W11.44:11 I.IIOIIC 1104111&
in:pi are ininited, the Court eau decide the
Q. %Viten you found, by experience, upon going
into Aix Hint I-, by t lir 1101111t1:11gS that you ten nil, that
the sounds -1 chart yen made use of welt. cor-
r.:lly laud rin su ; and it from thence you threw a
to i •In•ton that there :•-ds dare anchorage ill( SIX Will
of it. line; did you make ally cotninunication of
t eat imbasetdat fact to the Comittautier-ini-Chief?—.
ThaCominander-in-Chiel has the same charts
below as 1. was in possession of, upon which, as
1 have nrearly stated, I term my conclusions with
et:Lite:A to the anchorage above alluded to. He had
l're,,e't pilots on boa:110m whose reports front I•re-
~u>
ape: war: I knew the Commander-in-Chief to
i .ly above all other authority ; on reconnoitring the
11,-et the first day, I went so near as to induce the
caeiny to open it tire from almost his while line ;
1 reported to the Commander-in-Chief the moons
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stair of the isle d'Ais, it having the inner Mathi'.
tioua blown up and destroyed, whirh I not only
:a...art:lin-LI from the deck with perfect preciei n
:o t'.e isle towards its, but also a. to the
rite side, ft4).11 the maintops of the skip. .1.1:-; -
were oai lil gush moulded upon safe, tyro
whish I hod formerly been, to the twit of my revid-
la-tiuit, about fifty. lia snaking these observations
to his Lordship, for his iisforreation, he stated his
perfect retie...es upon the opinion of the pilot% and
assured me thee tole &Ail( was exceedingly strong.
anti that it had these tier of guns mounted
towards the shily.iig. I then observed to his
Lordship, that the tacos:est:suers alitch I bail relas-
eil fen
within my own observation. witch did not
alter his Lordship's opitrion. I 'intimd also the
little confidence that was to he placed on these
prlutss and sof to his Lordship, as well as tit Sir
Harry Neale, that I never had a pilot who (Moot
4irld a shoal, ,earticuliirly a .h pilot, wherever
there was s g ; and his on the day of
my leaving Waal, still continued in the
same Ili:Mimi with respect to Isle Witt:, notwith-
standing my assurance then, when I had had full
t..ne to make my observations upon every part of It.
And as the whoole of the frigates, with the exception
of the Pallas, had been withirawn, and it was est-
ra.eiitly with the knowledge of every one of there
officers, that those frigates might hove continued
where the laiperiesue and Pallas then were, I held
their beiag placed in that sitnatiou, a nutter for
sus Lordship's decision; I conceived maternity, that
as even there were not ordered hick Agaiii, that his
Lordship did not require any imormation of which
lie was not possessed.
Q. Can ships of the Gee arrive at that anchorage
et all times of the lidr?—A. fly following the track
which I judged lust to take iii the Imperieuse, that
being furthest off from the lire of the enemy. I do
believe, as I hose already stated, that ships of the
hue may patio in at say time of the tide. I sat
upon the netting. atteaduiou the leiil, dariog the
time we were writhe in ; it was then li.gh water. and
luLiug remarked that the rise and talt of the tide
was stated in the charts to be about 10 feet.
the inspirssion non my mind was, that I should
not, with a ship ce the line, hesitate to go iu ; the
impression aim upon my nhind WO', that at the
dead of ebb, (which there wos nu ncessimi to use)
it would not be proper to csrry one of our three.
deckers; we passed very dose to the Boyart, and
I thiuk 1 could Nave t:i-owis a* penny piece on
shore.

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Q. All the information pour Lordship has of the
ri-e and falling of tine water, was obtained from the
charts oily, 1411,1 without any soundings of your
own I—A. l have resnatked, in cruising before
oil that coast, the rise and fall, about Sable
D'Olonor, which is not far distant, to be abut ten
or 12 feet, at the litg!ii st tide. I frequently land-
ed on the beach, a loch confirmed my observation ;
mod I thought afterwards, when the French ships
lay agromai, that the :binders had dried aliont ten
feet, and think it must hart! been the deed of low
water, about eight o'clock, on the 13th, or a
little afterwards.
Q. You hare said, my Lord, that Airs of the
hue 'night hare brought•to, with their heads to the
north-east, near the Loyart Shoal, and might have
engaged the two French sinus that rem:toted at
anchor, without claimer of shot or shell ; would
they have been 'miner to those ships than they
would hare beau to the Isle of Aix I shoostil
Dot hare thought of bringing any ship's broad•ide
to ail enemy, when at a distance so great as from
tlw LL d'Austo the lloyart, bat should have mo-
tioned ow the seine course thet ships *mild do in
g wini34piee,the inner sichoraLre, until the en ray's
a" hot to tell, and then I should hare brought
tl to broadside of the shine to twit iw the inausscr
I) afore described, tiering their beads towards the
Ortheard awl eastward; or. i' their shot did
in at tell at if!. so as materially to injure, I should
p rulasbly hate proceeded to bring the larboard
g hang LO bear, lay passing gym) the epilogue side, to

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pals d'Aias until I had placed my ship in such Si.
SislitiOn, as sot only to ceiptare or destroy those, as
wail as those whieh were lying, as in Chart, No. as
Q. YOU said that after M time they might put
thew helms up, and run under the stern of the ships
at auchoe, and engage there bull, those ships and
the shops that were op shore. tVes that annuatiou
io which any of our ships were, at that time pieced ?
A. l have said Mod is, provided I found it wore
expetheist) that I would have dune an, provident the
autl several of the oilier ships yawed the
isverieusg. about 3 o'clock, on the lith of April,
and placed themselves, or ,other passed the po-
sition above alluded tr. stud went on towards the
Lid of the shoal, which in tie case stated in the
question would not have been necessioy.
Q. Your Lordship having stated, that if two or
three sail of the hue, iu coining in, bad borrowed
close upon the Boyart, and then laid their untin or
fore top-sails back, and aster a period they then lira
bore round up, to have gone under the lee of the
enemy's, two line of battle ships then a-Moat ; was
there space enough for either our, too, er three sail
me the line to have taken up no anchorage with es en
part of their broadoties to hear oil those two Slll,ll,
I without taking the ground ?----A. I did not cousitler
the tide ander the lee at a went esaenti.,l
the hearing up ; there was sufficient room. 1 c..i.
speak with positive certainty. fur tar, its the impe-
rious, when working out from the position which
we occupied, as sheen in chart Nu. 3 ; we hselred
repenteilly and traversed all the space between the
shoal of the Boyart, tool the buoys of the enemy's
ships where tiler nut:haired: ,sent /should not pave
stood so far towards these buoys, lied it not been
that the eoetuy brefurit tittle incliiied to disturb us,
which I not ouiy attributed to the rui tttt tie elate
of their works, hut vont:lusted thcrefrum, that they
were without powder and (Mier issilitary stores. 1
should not hats euctien, however, any distant sta-
tion, but should probably have brought up slang-
side of them, and on th it side itireetly opposite to
Isle Witte. The three-decker, mid other ships oil
shore, winch appeared to have their insists locked
togeeter, could it ire g.reti too di4torintoce in such
si pO•sitIOAI; mot three three might have been de-
stroyed or tilled with water by our 74, had she been
seat to attack the it, or elms a frigate or two, while
the ties, French line of battle ship. were occupied
at their anchors, as above supposed, had they
penicverrd, contrary to *net afterwurds was the case
in that sitoation.
Q. Wert the Revenge and Valiant recalled by
signal frotu Aix Road understood that
hive fights were sheen. to indicate an order for
tar Asps to weigh. 1 did not myself are any sig-
n I to, ileit purpose, but the above lights referred
to; and Ide not know by whom the signal was
mide, hut l have since understood, by Admiral
Stopford, who had hoisted bus flag nu board the
Theseus. I 'should also add, that when I arrived at
the outerenchorage, I mentioned to Lord Gambier,
that vtl there could be nojealousy with respect to
would
Admiral Stopford, it be a matter essential to
the service, to send the Admiral in with the frigates
and other vessels, whichever his Lordship thought
best. as Its zest for the service would accomplish
what I considereed yet more creditable thou any
thing that had been dour. I apologieed for thy
freedom I had used with his Lordship, and stated
I took that liberty as a friend, for it would be int-
I possible, things remaining as they were, to pre-
vent a noise being made about it in &team!.
I said, my Lord, you desired me before to speak
candidly to you, and I leave used that freedom ; 1
is no wish or desire but for the service of my
country. To which hie Lordship replied, that if I
threw blame, it would appear like errogasitly
claiming all the merit to myself. I assured leis
Lordship. that I had no such intention ; and men-
tioned to him, at the same time, that it was not Illy
desire to carry the dispeitchrs, or to go to London
with Sir Harry Neale on the occasion. fits Lord-
ship iimuediately after delivered to me an order,
directme the above, *lieu I weighed. I had the an.
titifactiou to have. It reported to me. that the signed
had been isdale to Attuairal Stopford, which I con-
eluded to tie for the purpose of going in with the
vessels.
Admiral STOSroan called and sworn.
Q. H:svitig heard the orders received by Lord
Gambier from the Admiralty. do you think there
was any delay or deficiency on the part of' the
Commander-iii-Chief, in executing the service en-
trusted to his Lordship's care?-4. Under all the
circuinstauces of the case, viewed in every paint
of which I am capable, sod giving to the Com-
mander-in-Chief the free use euil exercise of that
discretion, which every Commaiider-iii-Chief must
possess in the execution of the measures for *kith
Ins alone is repoosible, I do not think there was
any delay or deficiency, on the part of the Com-
inaader-m-Chief, in executing the service entrusted
to his Lordship's care.
Q. WAS the fleet in Basque Roads unmoored, pre-
vious to the going in of the frigates I—A. The st ips
were unmoored the first part of the day on the I ith.
Q. Do you know why they were unmoored ?
A. In the conversation I had with the Commander-
in-Chief at the time of narnooring, on board the
Caledonia, I understood it was fur the purpose of be-
ing ready to take advantage of any lavostrahle cii-
ctimstatice in which we could act ; I must also add,
there were some conversations that had no practical
effect, becatise they were not carried into execution,
respecting the making a show of getting smiler
weigh, in order to deceive the enemy, for the p ir-
pose of preventing the enemy's boats coming out
to interrept the tire-ships.
Q. Was the fleet moored again in tho course of
the: due ?—A. Tne signal wee mode, and every ship
moored except the Circle, near shoat sunset on that
day ; the reawm the Caesar was not moored, was,
on account of her having the launches and
boats of the fleet 'ringing by her; I veered two CM.
WV] fo. her Kreuter .ecurity, considering the fresh-
ness of the breeze ; smother reason why the Cams
was not moored, The was lying at one extremity of
the hue. and could have sheered where no other ship
was, and without getting foul.
Q. DJ you know what induced the Commander-
in-Chief to order the ships to be MOM" ligillw—or
if you sin not know his rearm', did you see ails sul-
nrieut cause for its hieing done ? A. The Coto- '
inauder-iii-Chief did eat, at that tint. commisoi-
is.te to me his moons fur uitsoriug the :het • but
non, the close order in which Amite part Of the
fleet was originally moors*. and considering so


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the strength of the tide. 1 think there might have
been some risk of the chip*, Interest to each other
getting foul, had they remained at single anchor.
Q. [lie morning alter the tire-ships were sent in
agsiiist the enemy is fleet, some sigmas, and tele-
graphic signals, were made from the rusperieuse to
roe Cooonandeoin-Chief; do you recollect what
they were I—A. I must negro:tint the Court that I
nowt siwak to the signals from, recollectiou. and
out f the sigual-log, as the Signal-Liesteliant
vim sent in one of the tire-ships and had nut re-
turned ; but I can speak to those that were offici-
ally reported to me by the Captain of the Cesar,
with a baler:till:. degree of eertainti; the tiro signal
reirorted to me to hove been mane by the Imperi-
ISISI, W.II, us well Ur I can recollect,
"Roses anise enemy's ships ram dur, the fleet can de-
struy dim." _
Q. Did you gee, or was it at spy time of that day
ofli..ially reported to yon, that the I:nperieuse hail
iiiforiiiid the Commander-,n-Chief, by telegraph,
that two mil of the line ,would ha suflioient to de-
'troy the enemy?—A. Nu such signal was ever re-
ported to me to have been made, nor any such mon-
rouriication to have been delivered to tbe Cum-
ineurler-iii-Chief.
Q. Way ally official information given to you of
the Cominsioler-ia-Chief having recalled the bnpr-
rice'e oir the morning of the 12th ?—A. so such
official communication was made to me.
Q. The Reme.rge, Valiant, and Carer, am stated
to have t.teri 'wilt oat. the nod of Air, did they .40
in i— a. Toes went in indifferent tint, of the day,
the Ca, var Amur hours after the Valiant and Revenge.
Q. Were they recalled by signal, or in any other
way. by the Commander-iii-Chief ? A. They were
recalled by no orders from the Commander-in-
Chief ; but past of them, the Carer, Theseus,
arid Valiant, came out by my order. I ordered
also the Revenge out, hut I um not sure whether
Captain Kerr received the order.
Q. What was your reason for calling those ships
from the service on which they were ordered, with-
out directions from the Colainender-iii-Chiefl—
The imminent sod evident danger to which the
ships were exposed by long continuance in that ser-
vice in that anchorage; also the certainty that they
could not he employed with effect in forviardieg
the destructiou of the eiseray's ships.
Q. Did you cousider the dauger to which they
would be exposed, by remaining there, to be occa-
sioned by the enemy's batteries, or the badness of
the roads, or both ?-4. From both. The pre-
ceding evening, when the Cesar was goiug in, the
ship gut on shore, cud remained there three hoots,
;tattoo rouge of the shot or the enemy's batteries ;
and this, contrary to the exoectatiou of the pilot,
who told or there %vs- suffieieut outer; the Va-
liant and Theseus had atno been aground.
Q. On what shoal was the Cesar aground ?
A. It roust either have been a coutirmation of the
Boyart Shoal, or a detached bank ill the line of the
Boyert Shoal. At the tout we got on shore, it was
dark. and the enemy did nut perceive oar situa-
tion; and therefore only owe slots, from the loot-
ten', went over the chip, after o e were agrorind;
but if it had been day-light, I should have despaired
of getting the ship off.
Q. Did you know that within the Road of Aix
there was an auchorage outfit Milt tot:outwit six sail
of the line, peifectly out of the reach of shot or
shell from any of the enemy's batteries ?—A. Pre-
vious to our frigates going lo„ I certainly did not,
although some pilots were of opinion there was. and
others there was not; cud respectiug the number of
[ ships that place is Male to contain, I have under-
stood that it will not contain more than four sail of
the line, iii five fathoms, without the rauge of shot
or shell ; but I must add, that, had I known toat,
before I went in with the Cesar, I should have ex-
pected little good from any of the ships going there,
as it was completely out of the reach of annoyance
to any of the enemy's ship., on shore.
Q. One of the reasiiii• you have given for with-
drawing the rhipr from the road of Aix was, that
they could not be employed in the further destruc-
tion of the enemy's ships. Were you, before it
was dark, in a Situation from which you could so
see the enemy's ships. is to feel quite satisfied the
ships of the line could do them no more mischief ?
A. Before I went iii, and iu g.iing iff; I observed
the enemy's shoes, oho had lint struck, lied got rio
near the batten. a of Isle il'Aix, being in a putt
of the ancliorege with which we were very ill
acquainted, except from seeing a French ship
wrecked on the Pella*, that I was of opinion, both
with respect to the navigation, and exposure of the
English *hens to the batteries, they could not be
employed without iiiiiniiirotly risking their safety.
Q. You have commanded a squadron a con-
siderable time in Bisque Roads, have you ever as-
certained how ntrauli the water rises at awing tides ?
—A. We generally estimate it from 18 to al feet,
according to the set of the wand, the N.W. making
higher tole.
Q. When the laperieuw made the signal in the
morning that the enemy's ships were on chore, and
the fleet might destroy them, would you, with the
experience you have hint as a flag-officer, have
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thought it peU.leot or prover to lend to the fleet to
destroy thew. ?—.k. In my opinion, the dislodg-
ment from the anchorage of the enemy's ships, by
' areoiliips, removed but a small part of the obstacle
that ever existed in my mind ; mod in those of the
other officers alio had preceded me in the MUM
alaudo, towards the British fleet going in to attack
them, the difficulties of the navigation, and our
imperfect knordedge of it, with the wind right in,
would, I think, have made me unworthy of com-
mand.
Q. When the Inperieuse made the sigunl;
that half the fleet were sufficient to destroy
the enemy, would you have led ii, half fleet 1.--
A. With the wind as it than was, cud with the
broadsides of the three Alpo still commanding the
proewge. I think I should have been so crippled in
going in, and in enildivuuring to work out, to apess
sage of tittle sines thou a mile and half in breadth,
that 'think. I should ion have risked the ship.. had
;hey beers :toiler my COurinentt.
Q. The louperituse made the signal of distress,
d waned immediate itaistaoce-,—were any. ships
mediately sent to toward her? A. 1 will not
' arm' to my Bun the frigatimorderial in try Lord
iit
•ritbitr were ordered ia before or after that 44.
; but there were several mein& wider weigh in
siege, peaty ie. I. do. net racertlett any Arai'


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beast made by the Commander-in-CIO? r,vitiie-
diAriy, in consivielice of that ti;iial of. Mt lei-
perieesi.
The Court adjourned at four o'clock, until t.-
!arrow morning at nine.
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TIMID DAY ..-Flill.bit. ..
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Lord COCHRAN E called in 4nd epes(i4ned by the
euert.
Q. Are the eliaits pr e10c.,1 iii Coint li,y toot
buitsliiti, Na. 2 ...t i 3, itop.eil ~r (Air., hoas
the chart, No. I, which roar Luaillhip pro Iti,'.irin
Court ?—A. It MA.: Jolt were uumi.•.' .nth a !wh-
inl from the chart, Nu. 1, and afierii.,r.l....-,aidiesl
over with i• pen ; they were taken by .i(kersuis wlirp
I .mpliy •,1 hit that purpose ; and I poet is ale
1,,,%iti0n. ~f rise fleets es near us it War "liisisible ;
and the fli nisi' fleet is marked as it uppesee from
the Imperiesse, when off the Home. About loaf
past eleven, oil the morning of the lith, die fri-
gates, which then appeared hear the Iniperiee..e,
ti,,le to the Bo) art, lisd weighLd with the /Nor
/tit tire in the snoridiig, and were at that boor wit
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the fleet.
Q. There being no sate dpors these two charts;
by what scale or rule did tour Lordship place the
figures of the ships as represented Intro %—A. Hy
the scale of the chart m which they are copies,
whieh is of the seine sis,„md now before tbe Court,
marked No. I. The distance of the brigs rotn the
Imperienve, I inewsured by the flight of shot, and I
believe it to lw Heady e‘urect ; the distillive of
the Celeittra, Varsoeie and Arprilon, wire a't•
certained by the point blunt range ; our shot did
not roach the Tonnere, which the enemy kindled
themselves; and the 3-decker was towiudstlie North
East, a little farther off; she hoeing beet. wavped
over by Hawsers, and got i,.to that situatton lye the
furce of sail and other mean,. She pled a numb,:
of boats a-head of her.
Admiral STOPFORD called in again.
Count —44. NVhen the signal was made by lice fra..
perieure. on the noon .. i.. g of tilt I'M), that the ene-
my's ships were on shore, **about tiling t:iolleill con-
sequence of it ?—A. Soon after date heneriestse made
signal, the Counnander-M-Cloef wive oilers to un-
moor ; hut I cannot speak to die exact time La-
tiAeifil the two signals; efterwardy the signal ems
made to weigh; and the fleet; in eistamwitoomes. moved
nearer to the Isle d' Aix; the Comnsossieesin.A..iiivf
informed Me, for the parpose of being Mositicuation
himself better for observing the ' of the
enemy, and with the intention . is alt!. the
Beet, if the wind had shitted so tar so tho.E.set-
ward, as to allow the fleet to come nut spin : for
which event, the Commander-m.4_ hie( repealed
the greatest now:tenet sod anxiety.
• Q. At what tune was it the Commander...in.
Chief informed you of his reasons for genie in i'-:--
A. It was sometime between the haur,..t eight ai.d
ten—lisiiig then uu board the Caledonia.
Q. Datlits fleet anchor again?—A. The Ree't
anchored rather more than there miles funs 1.-i.e
d'Aix, finding thete was no change in the whist.
Q. At the time the Beet again ntirlioreal, would
it have been prudent or proper to have avnt half of
it in to destroy the enemy ? A. For reasons I yeated.
day stated, in my evidence, in answer to that ques-
tion, I think ttutt the Conmsander-in-Chief desired
the Etna bomb and the smaller vessels to proceed
in and boalliard the enemy's "Mips nii shore, giving
directions also to the Captai w ~1 the raftartt. Res
veva, and Bellows, and some oilier -hips, which I
do not recollect, to tidy/none towards the Bolan
Shoal, in order to support the bomb-reset.
1,). Did the ships and vereis su ordered to ad.
vomit., proceed without ant horiog with the fli•et ?
A. The Etna and smaller vessels immediate:t• pro.
ceeded, without anchoring, to bomb:ollie mince;
the line-of-battle ships slid not proceed till stabie-
pliantly ordered by si;cial; they then anchored.
Q. %'ou have said ihreetious were given to some
oilier ships to proceed ; were those difectoma bf
biggul ?—.i. No; by the Commiitider-m-Chiel, on
board the Caledonia, and in my hearing.
Q. Were the same directions given to all of them,
or was there any distinction wade between' the di.
reetiuns given to the Ilne-of-bittl* ships, aryl re
those of the smaller vessels I—A. As they tiere di..
rections that could only be ex,eccpted atceuelimg is
the skill of the pilots, who were sometimes ex-
tremely ignorant,• the orders were spiced disrtie-
tionarily to the larger steps to go in as rat' In they
thought safe, or as far as they coyld contident!y
rely on their pilots.
Q. At the time of your hearing those or.!:es
given, did you understand it to be the intention of
the-Coraniauder-in-Chief that every ship of every
1 description so ordered should go is, as soon nod as
far as the discretion of the Captain would admit 1
A. From the general signal then made ter slips to
prepare for battle, with sprier on their cables, and
to bend a sheet cable through their stern-ports;
also, from the conversation I had with the Com-
inaiider-in-Chief, and wiluessing his impatience
and disappointment, froth circumstances not al-
lowing awn to gu in with the fleet : it was iny fug
conviction that such were the Coin mander-in-Chief .
intentions, that ships should go in as far as they
could, and as soon os they could.
Q. Do you kuon from the Captains of those
ships of the line their misons fur not goihg ininn.=
diately in ?—A. Ido not recollect ever to have
beard those masons distinctly stated.
Q. What were the voisels that slid accompany
the Erna, when 'she Went rti I—A. Chiefly gun.
brigs and meet of war brigs.
Q. WItI year he so good to add, wero.there any
frigntes I—A. Afterwards every frigate *tit in, in
consequence of the signals from tile Contimandee.
iii-Chisf.
Q. 110 w !trio after the brig-sloops, the gun-
brigs, and the Etna were its, wt.s tt that the frigstts
went in I—A. 1 do not think it could exceed half
an hour. a..
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Q. At what time did the line-of-battle shim, 0.,..
in, and which were t!..0..c line-of-battle ships 1---.. t .
Ido not think it was ore than half an litmOdk e M :
the hie:sits, that the Vallissn'imd 160tisirt writ in.,
Q. When the fleet broag..t. op 4 tbe..dWance •
you ineritioned from the fide D'Aix, whet was the
.tat; Oren wriether ?—A. Fine weather, and a .
fresh breeze from the MhT.Wi wigs • flied tide.
Q. At the time the tee-Aire emelt in, ou the
eeobi:i of the MN what oils therefore of die webs •
Ibtit...A. 3qualty, with sstiesel.P.W. WOOS
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sad oa mink seas that few hosts could pull against
Q. How did it continue till day-light in the
mottling ?—A. Beilig up all ntglo, I observed the
-wind to be strong till 1.2 o'clock, when it mode-
rated ; it then freshened up mato about day-light
in he moriiiiig.
./. U.d the frigates proceed by signal ?—A. They
al.
Lord fleitibier-•••,Q. I would ask Admiral Stop-
ford, with a gale of wind Win/ring Irma the north.
ward, high sea., the night extremely dark, great dif-
ficulty of getting any communication to be kept up
from ship to ship, if, an his opinion, the service ulna'
which those officers and men were empleyed in the
Sri-ships was slot extreitivly hazardous, and mutant-
ed with /40 much gauger us to give reason to appre-
hend thAt they could llflt morn 011 the evening or
the 11th of April ?.—A. Being directed on that
night to take the direction of the lautiches, they
were all asseaddcd 4.11 h0:1111 the Crewe; there was
SO much winil and sea, aid thinking thes rotild not
act in support of the lire-.hips with effect, I dirt...tell
the Captain or the about sun-set 011 that
eve• g, to go to :lie Commaiider-iii-Chivr, mid
iti.r.r4est to his Lordship, from me-, the propriety of
t hosts renivaniii4 ou Feaird the (..‘ Isar, until I
t on •lit they rool.l net tiled; of which hi.
LOll4llll s- proved : ands Aelreed a bust belong-
ing to the Urn', be,d, rowing-host I could dad.
to go to the Imptrieuse, to mequaiiit Lurd CIU:11-
Tilue of eiltril lutrutllll of ketamiA the Islets, Owl
deored his Isordihip to send use ward back by the
boat, ir he wonted any assistimee; the weather was
so bad as to prevent the boat retui ii iii g that
night ; with respect to the hazardous
taking of the 6re-to-Noels, the one fitted out lei the
Cater oral 141 before the explosion-erred, and
berms, The Mediator; gettiog lie ar tin- French
fleet, she hrmiglit-to, beeing no other vesid urar
ter, until tine explosion close to her killed two
mei, o,i lair r a of :.er, data iged one of the boats
in which the nom were to come away from her;
the own, therefore, were much crowded in the
other float, by which they were to return from her.
The Acting Lieuirmaor and one man died in the
b Atom of the bout r fatigue, tool the others
were picked op bi the Myra, winch Milted in to.
ward* the Fretful% fleet, nearer than tiny other ves-
sel Of the Got.
COI CT -- As that which occurred to the fire-
s .el did out toms uu.ler your observation, inform
Curt how von came by a knowledge of it.—
A lily individual exainiiiation of the officers,
ao men on those re.tirn, vont:virile, sliest' accounts,
st ithig the result to the Cominateler-iii-Chief,
leactu.; no doubt on soy mind of such, being the
fact.
13i,! you receive it as the efficial report
from the Coininandin4 Officer or tie boat I—A. I
d,d, a- L 0'.4 recollect.
Lord Gamatra arked;
Q. If. under the etreuinstancea of the time, as
before niciationed, was it not surprising, that a
larger plooorrinit *I the fire-ships persvil through
the roe'uv's fleet, and that sr, small a moldier
failed Every circontstanee was extremity fa-
vourable for the fire-ships ; and therefore I
took it for granted, that. wheii mice placed pro-
perly, they moil inevitably go clown upon the ene-
my. This is Ito ieference to the men coming
away--so far to the contrary.
4..foultt---./. Was the sit...atom of the Carer
oear to the renders a s of the tire-Akers, previous to
their being sent inc this service P—A. The COSOI
AO ant ehinige her situatiois in the her hetore those
operations took place ; and I do not think was 4111• ,
nearer situatino than the ships and sqiiadron were.
Q. Did you la'Jsei've generally the manner to
which the 'ltri.-shios were conducted towards the
enemy P—A. As far as soy observations went on
that night, the tire-ships seemed ail to answer the
purpose of harassing the euerriy.
From your own observation, did it appear to
you that every tire.ship was cotidgirted with equal
ability and resolution towards the enemy ?—A. It
is impossible for lIIIS other man to form au
opinion of the conilioit of every lire-ship in the ge-
neral blase of tire that took place ; many objects were
so that it was nut of my 'lower accu-
rately to ascertain the conduct of tne tire-ships at
the two distinct times of being wider command,
and being left to drift, therefore I cannot auswar
that question satisfaettoily to my cosiscielice.
Q. From what you really did observe, did it ap.
pear to you thikt any fire-sliii, ma.. Set tire to, at tots
good a distance roan the enemy ?—A. Sortie were
certainly set tire to before they appeared to inc to
run so Dear the enemy as the others did ; but it is
impossible for roe to say whether they were tau fat
from the enemy or not; the enemy's line soon bis.
ban to scatter, th, y cut, awl the slops uri4ut he
going properly for one pact of the her, though
improperly for another, which I 'night be then
looking at.
Q. In passim; the Boyart Shoal, what distance
did you pas., flout it ?—A. We kept as near to it
as we could, to avoid the batteries of the Isle
D' Aix.
Q. Did you nic,•rtain the depth of water?—A.
Eight rothooo., and rudilculy five, and dies; on
shore.
Q. Did you receive any shot from the Isle d'Aix
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in us from both sides, but more from the.side of
Lie ar Aix.
Q. Could a judgment then be formed of the
force of the battery a; Isle d'Ait, immediately op-
posed to you in passing ?—A. They did not fire
their gnus fast, heat they used iu general single
shut, and I think four naortars kept ',laying opus
us. The shot from the Isle d'Aix passed over us,
but not far.
Master of the latperivise called again.
Q. Did it appear to you, at the tune of the at-
tack upon the enemy.* ships which had got aground
(the laiperieuse being one of the attacking ships)
that there wii* a safe and sufficient anchorage for
shirrs of Or,- line in the inner road of Aix, without
the range of shot or shell from the batteries on
shore, to have enabled them to attack and destroy
the two ships of the enemy which were seen at an-
chor on the tnorinag of the 13th of April, and the
other ships that had grounded ?—aird if so, he
phrased to point out such anchorage to the Court,
and state the depth of water, and how malty line-
/ a-40de ‘shipsjinishit have Leen anchored there,
• sod by what atempposiobtaioedsuch kuowledge.--.
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A. (lathe wortiint tbe Inaperietue retreated out'of
the resell of the I arrow and Avalon, un the 13111
of April, they being both on tire, we worked from
the Pallas shoal where the ship was at anchor Hi the
flialt i t4Ctioll, in b.c fathoms water ; It meta
water o heti we anchored Minot two o'clock ; to
st:tioliog in towards the, island, the woo tidings given
It, the men at the lead, to the lost of my recollec.
Poo, acre from six and a half to befell latllo.llb ;
the depth might have haen more towards the ishsil,
hut as we &Jon. stand in very close, I could nut
ascertain; when•we anchored we were out of the
fellelluf shot or shell ; we lay in five still a half
ft-
tliusns low water; there was, 'bout the distance
of four cables nearer towards the Pallas than the /al-
perieuselmil michoreshilicre was a good birth fur three
or four sail of the line to anchor in Are and a half
fitlitipise, at dead low water, the marks fur •at:11 an-
chorage I took myself, which ars the stern or the
wreck, which is ois the Ppribts, directly oil with the
alluare tower of Tuttros, and the witidutill ur te:e-
grisoli,ott with the flag-staff on the island. TheWallte
by which 1 attained this knowledge, were in, then
observations; I diti nut know it before, only by the
appearance of the charts, which I did opt choose to
trust to, but wished to prose them.
Cuu a —Q. What time of tide was it when you
weighed from the timer road of Aix.?—A. shout the
last quarter flood, very near high water indeed.
Q. Was the wind fair for you when you came
out Yes, we worked out.
Q. Oil yon keep the lead working the whole of
the time ?—A. Yes.
(4. Dad you ever an opus.? unity of ascertaining
correctly what is the rise of the tide in the is
botihood of the lite of Ail at ark spring tides.—
A. I did nut ever try :t.
Q. Whets you were iii Six fathoms, turtling out
front thy anchorage, from which you retreated,
hew near Wire
„you to the butteries of the Isle of
A•tt ?—A: Something less that Itslf rouge of paint
blank shot.
Q. flow atioy tacks slid cote snake in gain;; nut?
A. [think sotto! four or five; leaNuot say Rua sin-
gle tack.
Q. Then you were four or five times, as you
suppose, within half polio-blank range of thr but-
teries of ',le The last two tacks we
might be further, fur as we worked out we were at
greater thcance.
Q. flow bug were yon at anchor within the Isle
d'Aix?—A. Prom two o'clock of the kith, until
ali ut three r f Vr o'clock of the lath.
Q. Theo you had time to observe the number
and the state of the batteries on she Isle ''Aix ; how
malty ws re there, and in what stale?—A. I could
not exactly obaerve the ntttiaher nor the state, as
du's• in attending to get the ship repaired after
the action prevented toy 'oakum; say ulreervattotis.
Q. Did you not, hotiwe you began to eitgage,
make any observation ?—A. Yes, on the morning
of the I 10, prior to the Imperiewse ',proceeding to
annoy the enemy, then on shore, I was de.ired by
Capt. Lord Cochraue to Inc a bony nit the Marna
Shoal, which I did iu six and half fathom watt-roam'
at a distance so as to allow any ship to tick room'
that Lowy; after which I observed on the !ale of Aix
:shoot nor 24 pieces of onion to lie gusguatril,
kitoo tug the execution those guns would do
would hi:very little to any ship pass n 4 them, who
made any opposition against it, they being only
placed on an open ',Littman, as it appeared to We
with the glass when I was to the boat.
Q. Did yon ohs-rve any COO-id •r:11)le part of the
works of toe 1.. e d' Aix to be tabors up and de-
stroyed ?—A. 1 did.
Q. What part of the. I.le ''Aix ?—.l. Oa the
part that Rooked sou as you ran almig the Boson
Shout in rdnning
Lord Gatithier—Q. Did the laperirtse ground
on the night of toe kith of April ? —A. Yes, gin the
toil of the Pallas Shoal, which is the atichormze ;
we had been tiring at tile French; but Hot until the
last go user ebb.
Q. About what time was it that you tir-t struck?
I —A. About 7 to Itsilf-p•tst 7 ut the evelitaig ; but
nothing to hurt her, until :depot ei:tht o'clock.
when she shook a great deal, drawitoi more waiter
aft than forward.

Q. Did any person ever cominuilicate to you,
before you surveyed the anchorage for three or
four sail of the line, or was it a new discovery ?
A. I discovered it myself, being ordered to wool
round the ship at such a &static,: as statist in answer
to a Tiestion before-ruentimed.
Q. Was it known on board the Insperiense, br-
foie you went in, there was such au iillehOrdge ?
A. Oily by the view of the French chart; we had
nn Frenelt pi;ot toi board, user ever took ally.
Cam. Wor.trs, of the Argle, called in and sworn.
Q. Did it appear to you, ut the time of the cue-
m ships tieing .ground, that there was a Sai.fa
mud sufficient anchorage for 'hips of the hue, in the
Miter mail of Aix, without the range of shot or
shell fruits the batteries on shore, to have enabled
them to smack and destroy the two ships of the
enemy which were tee.' at anchor nu do, morning
of the 1216 of Auld, and the other ship* that
had grounded ; and if so, be pleased to pant out
such auclinia4e to the Court, a id state the
depth of cater, awl how many hue-of-battle
ships might have been anchored there, and Isr
what meow; you obtained such knowledge?—
A. I know nothine of the issuer anchorage but from
the pilot's information on the day the attack was
made on the enemy's ships in Ail Roads ; but af-
ter we hid got in, at the tune of the attack, I
think, if the ships had renniiiied there, without re-
moving to the second aisehoraze, they most all have
been destroyed by the shot mod shells from the bat-
teries of Isle tl'Aix. At the second anchorage, from
ins own observatioos, having been there fifteen days
after the enemy's ships were burnt, four or five salt
of the line, I think, might have lain clear of their
batteries; but must have moored very short and
very close, with other moaner ionised* to tilt op the
intervals, as I lit' there with the Pallas, shed fifteen
or sixteen smaller vessels.
Q. During the tune that you remainott sat the
second suchorsee, had you :sae oispertituity of as-
certaioing., what was the rise of the tido at spring
tides i—A. Upon the itircrie'm, from the time we
were there, it appearodto iresstrout fifteen, sixteen,
or seventeen feet.
Q. During the tune that you continued at this
auchorage, did you cause soundings to be taken
between the l'allas and Royart Shoals ?—A. I re-
ceived orders from Lord UIVILIbier to assist lair.

Stokes, second MuStec of the Caledonia, with beats
rod whatever Mr. Stokes might resmire is surrey-
tog the anchorage, which was done with the es-
ibt nc e of our Master and others, whoever'iMr.
Stokes applied for.
Q. What was the depth of water between the
aced Boyart ?—A. I had no opportunity of
observation.
Q. bit! it appear to you that the Commander-
in-Chief, her a considerable, or any time, neglected
or delivs ed taking effectual measures for destroying
the enemy's --hips, after they were on shore, oil the
12th of April last, and the signal trade by the la-
',crier'se that they could be destroyed No.
Q. Lilo' it appear to you that any 'blame was ice-.
putable to my Lord Gambier, for any part of his
copiltict or proceeding*. as Commander-in-Chief
of the Channel fleet, employed iu Ilasipie.limids,
Irma 17th of March tee tlpth of April last A. I
have nu recollection of any thing of the kind.
COURT—Q. Erotic the drat attack upon the me-
tuy's Alips, to the Huai cessation of hostilities
against theca, our every thing dune that could be
done to effect their destruction ?—A. I think them
was, iiith the class of vessels that were pre:stilt.
yon know of aoy vessels hues withheld
that might havelweo to that set vice ?—A.
None whatever; alien 1 speak of the class of the
vewse's that were prewnt„ 1 mean there were nu ves-
sel' under his Lordship's command with a draft of
water that could further have effected the destruc-
tion of the enemy's vessels ; every applientlim 1
aside to his Lordship to effect their destritctiusi wits
always complied with.

Lord e;ausbier declined askiug any questions et
present of Captains Wolfe.
Captain Kuria, of the Indefidigable. called and
sworn.
Q. Dal you, before you went to the attack of the
enemy's *hip's, or at any time efterwarile, know of
any it:Manage within lel*, il'Aix, where six, any, or
wluit number of bue-of-inittle ehips could lieve sale-
ly anchoted out of the range of shot or Mash. from
Ore batteries on shore ?—A. L never did ; nor hare I
ever known that line of battleships could he there,
until I ewe the frigatee, after the action, move to
the anchorage they took up, and I slut not know
thut they could he there, clear of shot and shells,
nuts that tour.
Q. Did it appear to you that the Commander-
iii-Chit f, rvr*conaiderable, nr any time, neglected
or delayed taking effectual taeumres fur destroying
the enenay's ships after they were on shore us the
ieth of April last, said the signal made by the
Imixtitase tliot they could be destroyed ? A. I
ktin v f'; tun &ley.
Q. Did it appear to you that ally blame was im-
putable to Lord (;a4 aa i aa er, for any pan of his
duct or proceeding,. as Csiumunisiersin-Lisief of
the Channel fleet, employed us Lisfapie Reads, be.
tween the I7tli day of March and t Jus Apriislost ?
A. None we:never.
Coy ter —Q. From the firet attack upon the ene-
my's "hum to the final revitatioa of I'4/n1101e:A against
them, was every thing done that could be doue to
effect their destruc • ?-8. l believe every thiug
with Nearly to His MalljtatV.lll
Q. When yon say with mire, to His 31}idity's
you menu without their being exuessett, to
any danger, or without their bream expeeldto inert
danger than eirctivnetatices wands Justify ?—.t.
Without their being expressed to more danger that
sireisiustaticee would justify. I think it' they had gone
np further, every ship Must have been lost, as
it was a thousand chances Wane ageiost thetn.;, we
were upwards of all hour aground, in, the Indsfit-
tigable. and sticking some time Isefute that ; tool
the pilot remarked so inn, it I del not warp the
ship off, we 'Mould he nearly dry ; res which I raii
out two hawsers, and warped the shi:s off Irmo the
Pallas, and in the direction the atichiir was laid,
I could not end gore than live and a hula, or a
querter lees six. I believe it wan afmut halt' ebb—
it was dice the action was over.
Q. Did you, on the morning of the 12th of
April, bee the loperieuse ;Airmen the Commanders.
in-Clitef, by signal or teleitraph, that half the fleet
would he sufficient -to destroy the enemy ?—A.
did not; part of the signal made he the loops-
rieuse, about that time, was reported' to site, that
severs mil of the s netny's line-or-battle ships ware
on shore ; but I do ant fesiteitilefr the other .signal
made; I was uU.I. r weigh it the time, awl occu-
pied ill working the shin.
Q. At what time did you go into Aix Roads ?
A. The 'signet win made by the Coaunateler-iri-
Cniei for the intklistigoddr to weigh at two o'clock
in the afternoon ; I was all ready for weighing, and
weighed immediafely ; shortly alter, within a his
minutes, the signal was made to the Lidefatigabie.
that a ship was aground, and wanted iinine.liate
assistance, hearing south ; the wind was light, and
we went in with all sails. royal and tap-gallant
4torlditig sails set, and anchored. nearly allelic ha If-
past three, within distouce of couverstition with the
!Aperients, and cuisitneticed lire on the L'efeertai,
aid smite a the hew-dens were directed tow ads
the ra,sorie; I had been under weigh.iit eight ill
the morning.
Q. In rev lute the @astatine yolk mentioned
near the Litetriease, were you expowsd to the tire
of the batteries from Isle d'Ais ; ur did you pass
without range of their shot?—A. The shot wept
over us sic pressed, a-head and intern of us, and
shills from therms crossed us.
Q. When you were at anchor ;tear the Imperieuse,
were yon still within range of the *hot of the bat-
teries of Aix ?—A. A ghat trout Isle d'Aix trussed
through the to of the /adefatisab/e,
the hole of which measured seven inches, :mil
wounded the mein-topsail-yard.
Q. Was the situation in which you were at an-
chor as good an one as could he: chosen to destroy
the Prit'Uly'S ships ?—A. For those I was tie:treed to.
the Calcutta and Varsocie ; it' I h.ui gone further
in I must have run le-Jelin& 1 lurid wily between
four mind u half and live fatlioneloOter at Ina cable;
the anchor was nearly $4 seven. sand nearly the top
of' high water.
Q. Was it a satusition in which alsips of the lute
ought to have here placest r.st. the
for et,,,04 t. Nut -.tit, to the
shies ; I meet the risk sit the hew of ti..iiii„.;:for.
if it had come oil to Wow. it would, be impoesihie
for them to veer her cable.
Q. tiVass there any other situatiess iii the road a
Air, in ahich ships of the hue iiiight have been
placed to destroy the tactoy, without risk of their

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being lost I.+A.* I thmfttot ; for where the enemy
were, they were turrouudtd by .basis, or Oh- the
rlioalw.
Q. When you were within the Me of Aix., rftel '
yon observe the state of the defento.of the Island?
—..t. 1 did ; but the enemy got mute guns, or shift.
Cli their gums Irmo one part to another, at lent I
thought so ; I 110 not know exactly the 'loather.,
gang that were abreast, but there atipeared tome
to be four 'flanking gulls at cach end' of the hstte.
ries, pointed towards the ships at different times;
and they errtansly moved their guns front cite poi's
to ttnot hut..
Q. Did von obstrve e consideralde part of the
works ..f the island blown op jut destroyed
The works were evidently out of repair; but I do
not know of their being blown up or destroyed.
Q. At what time did the Indefatigable leave the
Road of Aix?—t. I believe about half...past four
ill the morning of the 13th, in Censegneerceof'siY-
ual from Lord Gambier.
Q. Did thi. Captain of the rospirriease UM het,
and propose that the I n'Affiltiglak shuuid ge mat
one unbolt r of Ott. Oeetris, and the Itaperiettee lake
the other?—.l. Lord Cochunie 'Nailed the lade-
.fatigable ; Fait what he said,' I could toot distinctly
hear. I Mid hint we were ordered out; when he
asked me, tl*4 well :la I ronld undtorstand him, osioe.
titer I had been almond ? I replied, sec. lie said,
•• I should lake to take your birth:ll Had he mot
a boat to ate, and proposed ti thin of the kind. I
should not have Outright myself juitilled to iteaug
in the restore of rvo senior Oftieeis, *blatant
orders ; nor do I know that the bob/litigable,
with her draft of water, could have et
nes'. the Cceast, where Ate !tutu aground.
Q. When you were called out by signal from Ot
Road of Aix, could you, if you had remained there,
have destroyed more of the enenty's slops?—A. I do
not knobs that I could, I det not think we could
hay. got to them.
Q. Did you obserye the position of the enemy's
two fine of battle ships that were longest afloat itOst
the Isle d'Aix, on the mar • g of the' Y2tb
do not exactly know their beathrgs. rl
Q. Were they in a shuntion that line-of,bet
ships, withoot being eitilingerell, and hi risk of
tug a-ground, or lost, or bring within range to be
essentually'injored by the batteries of the Isle of
Aix, could have ottoek 11?:--A. I do net know thg
they would have .mended, but they must hate
been whoa) disaltl.:d by the {taut:ries, mud two line-
n&-battle ships—in vomit% ill, 1 touiit..d 13 guns,
whist were placed on the battery.
Q.' llatl the Vateaun, or any of the ettemy's line-
orinittle ships, slraek the Javelin's, before roil
anchored 1114 contmcm•vil the orttott ?—A. Most
outiredly sem Several broadsides were tired et
:be CailipiThi .1w the huh:fatigable and Vast*.
whet TAM Cochrane, or some person fermi the
Imperietme. hailed me, and said the C'alest eta
had -*truck ; I ovoid only see her at .ittervals,
through the smoke ; f then desisted tiring oa
her, nod turns) the whole of 'our are on the
Lille Vorsorie, **hose colours werenever hauled
down until taktu rolisesaion of by some of the boats
of the sipoulroti; the mode the enemy took to shew
they had surrendered war, by waving the union
pack out of dm nitre** chains ; seeing that, I left
off tiring. -
All evidence haviott been heard on the part of
the prosecatiott; the Court adjourned till Moodey
next, whey Lord Garebier's ~ititeases will he beard
to defence.

Tii 1:: ill ,t UK ErS.
CORN- EXCII AN G E, h tx
The Market, to-day, grout:nava is dal Atate aa our reports
in the tur;y part of tke w.ek, unlit the ti:nharge is takeu
vo few linyent vtentl, ne intim eft', tied. at the little
torleties, that the price' are eesneid-red elemet nominal—
bee Flour eapporta the late advauce ; and FM.: American

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and maw& ma, that few boatecould pull agaiug A. Qll the morning the loaperiewse retreated out'of - Stokes, second Muster of the Caledonia. with • In . ,or where the ewerss
e the reach of the S'arsecie mod /12ation• on the 13111 and whatever Mr. Stokes might resinire is surety- were, they were surrouudtd by shod., or on-the
Q. How did it continue till day-light iii the or April. they bring hash an tire, we worked from iug the anchorage, which was done with the as- olinalw.
. morning ?-A. Beteg up all mght, 1 ratservell the tire Palters shoal where the ship was at anchor at the sietance of our Master end &Ahem whoever ''Mr. Q. When roll were within the Isle of Aix, dia
-wind to be grime till 1-2 o'clock, when it mode- time of Action', ill ii..e fathoms water; it mete lila', Stokes applied for. pin ribsi-rve the state of the defence.of the Island?
rated ;it then freshened up wen about day-light water %%Imo we anchored about two o'clock ; ill Q. Whet wits the depth of water between the s -A. l did ; but the enemy got insure gulls. or shin.
in -he mortitolg, etaniliog in towards, the island, the aouoidinge given Pallas and Boyart ?-A. I had no opportunity of ed their :twos train tree part to atwitter, at lent /
'I. Lint the frigates proceed by signal ?-A. They • h,. the men et the lead, to the best of toy recollec. observation. thought so ; I 110 not know exactly the nuttily? .of
viii, thou, were from six and a half to beret, lothOisis ; . Q. bit! it appear to you that the Commander- , guns that were Abreast, but there atipeored to tae
'' Lord Gaitibier-Q. I would.aak Admiral Stop- the depth might have horn more towards:, the eilawd, in-Chief, for a considerable, or tiny time, neglected 'to be four flanking gulls at each coat of the bete.
ford, with a gale of wind bldwing Irmo the north- but ae we &demo etittel in very close, I cOtilil not or delaved taking effectual measure. for destroYille ries, pointed towards the ships at different time.;
ward,high sea., the night extremely clerk, great dif- micertailo ; when•we anchored tie were nut of the the enemy's --hips, after they were on shore, ell the and they (relent!). moved their guile how one point
acuity of getting filly 4:11111111UniCat1011 to be kept Up feat:llof shot or shell ; we lay in live and a half fa- 12th of April last, and the signal made by the lir- to souther.
from ship Wilhite if, an his opinion, the service upon (home low water; there was, übout the distance • reriease that they could be destroyed ?-A.• No. Q. Did von elreerve a enesiderelde part of the
which thane officers and men were employed in the of roll,' tahleatieurer towards the Pullin than the ins- (4. Did it appear to you dolt any 'blame was 411', works or the kilned blown up and destroyed ew,..A,
fire-ship% was slot extremely hazardous, and atteini. perieuselmil atichored,thcre was a good birth fur three putable to tuy Lord Gambier, for one part of his The works were evidently out of repair; but Ido
ed with so much danger us to give reason to appte- or four tail of time line to anchor in live and a half emitted or proceedings. as Commanderem-Chlef nut know of their being blowy( up or alestroyed„
bend that they could tint return on the evellino. of fathoms., at dead low water, the *nitrite fur -each ail- of' the Channel fleet, employed in Baboine-Ifolule, Q. At what time did the Indefarigaße have the
the I Ith or April ?-A. Being directed on that eliorege 1 tank myself, which are the stern or the frown 17th of March to IttAlt of April hod ?.-A. 1 Road of Aix 1-..1. 1 believe about I..a.peoe four
bight to take the direction of the lauttches, they wreck, which is on the Pa//ors, directly out with the . have nu recollection of any thing of tbe kind. in the iworning of the lath, in tonseqviewcoolsig.
were ill 'wormhole/I ou boatel the Caesar; there was esioare tower of Tomas, and the windmill or te:e- j CoURT-14. From the tint uttack upon the one- nal from Lord theuilner.
so much wind and sea, and thinking tort rosild not graph,on with the flug-eteff on the ieland.'rhe mewls my's AMA, to the Real cessation of boidi)ilies Q. Ditl the Captain of the hapirrierse bail her,
act in support of the tire-ships with effect, I dire led by which I attained this knowledge, were in, then tawniest them, oar every thing done that could be and propose that the finfgrofigoLk should ge ~,,,
the Captain or the ('.roar, about sou.sil ..0 that observations; I dill not know it before. only by the done to effect their destructioe ?-A. I think there one quarter of tun Deters, and the fesperjecor 0,,e,
eve ~t, to go to the C‘iiiimaoder.ut-chis f, moil appearance of the charts, which 1 did not choose io was, %stilt the class of vessels that were present. the other?-.1- Lord Cochreue 'bniled the ix*.
suggest to his Lordship, from inn, the propriety of trust to, but wished to prove thrum. Q. Du yon know of tutus vessels bent„ withheld fatigable; tint whet he :mid,' I could not distinctly
t.t oohs remsannee ou honel the Caw, until I Cou a i -14. What time of title was it when you that might heretweis applied to that artyice ?-A. hear. I told hint we were ordered out; when be
tnu •lit they emil,l tier ii is it elieet ;of which his weighed from the inure road of Aix ?-A. ahem the None whatever; %heti 1 speak of the chow of the asked me, ran well ae I could uoderetatid him, ~4,,,,,,
Lordship iv.proeed : aim 4 seleeted a boat belong. last quarter flood, very near high water indeed. velar n 1 tbat were present. I tneau there were no vets- titer I hied been agroond ? I replied, ye.. He said,
log to the i kro, the he,t rowing-boat 1 could find. Q• 11'M+ the wind htir for you when yaw came Bela under his Lordship's command with a draft of w I should like to take your birth.'/ Had he seat
to go to the I niperieuse, to iieenaiet Lord Coelt.. out ?-A. Yes, we worked out• water that could further have effected the destrua- a boat to we, and proposed a thing or the kind. I
raml of earl) noteistiee of keeping the boats, and Q. Del poi keep the lead working the whole of don of the enemy's reasels ; every applkatioo 1 should not hive thought myself justified to acting
desired his Lordship to send toe word back by the the titer?-A. Ye,- made to hi, Lordship to effect their deatrisetwo %tea in the presence Of rnn senior. Office? s„ *blatant
. boat, tr he 'vented any monstairce ; the weather was Q. !Ertl you ever an mime unity of ascertaining al wile complied with. orders ; nor do I ktiow that the 'nth/litigable,
SO bud an to prevent the bunt retto. ii iii g that correctly what is the rise of the tide in the is .iglis Lotd Gambier declined asking any question* ot wit li her draft Of weld!, could reoAitily have got
night ; with respect to the lemardous inider- bonhorel of the lite of Aix at tlfh spring tides.- present of Captains %Volk. near the I !cram . where slits !ma aground.
taking of the 6re-reset-11, the one fitted out It: the A.l did not aver try :t. Captain !toot, of the Indefatigable, called aid (4. When you were called out by sneitalfrunt *
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Cater welt] lit before the explusiMevetwel, mid Q. When you were iii six fathoms, turtling out sworn. Road of Aix, e'mmld you, if you had remained th e,
betilte the Net/2410e; getting Ili ar tile French front the anchorage, from which you retreated, Q. Did you, before you went to the attack of the have destroyed more of the enemy's ships?-A. Ido
fleet, sit., lir:eight-to, teeing no other yeseel twin how, neer wire you to the hetteriee of the fele of enemy's ships, or at any time efterwarole, know of not know that I could, I do nut think we meld
ter, mail rite explmiton close to her killed Iwo A.% ?-A. Something less dim hell' rouge of paint any a;,eiwroge witijit Isle d'Aix, where six, any, or bay. got to them.
• Well 00 Orel ri of :.er, .mull darn-urged one of the boats blind: shot. what number of lim-of-tmattle ships could have sale- Q. Did eau obserye the poeitinteoi the enemy's
in which the me:, were to come away from her ; Q. flow army tacke did yotr make in Kohl.; out? ly anehoted out of the range of shot or Mod/8 from two line ofbattleetime that were loudest afloat ,4,,,
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the 111,11, therefore, were much crowded in the A. I think some four or live; 1 twouot my to *sin- she batteries on shore?-A. I never did ; nor have I the Isle d'Aix, on the mor gof the' Y3tb ?
other boat, by which they were to return from her, gle tack. ever known That line of battleships could lie three, Ido not exactly know their befat.itrits. ti
'The Acting Lieutenaet end one man died in the I Q. Then you were four or five time*, as you until I saw the frigate., after the action, more to Q. Were they in a situation that line-ofebat
h Atom of the tmat fr fatigue, diet the others suppose, within half poitat-Idank range of the hot- the elicitor:see they took up, and I did not know ships, without beiteg ettaleogerell, and ill risk of
were parked lip b, the Myra, which shifted in to- teries of Isle D'Aix?-.-A• Tile last two hicks we thiut they could he there, clear of shot and shells, ring a-ground, or lost, or tieing within raw to be
ward* the Fretful% fleet, mutterer that* eny other yes- might be further, for as we worked out we were at mitd that nine. eesentially'injoired by the batteries of the Isle of
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eel of the fleet. a greater &licence. Q. Did tt appear to you that the Commander- Aix, could hove ettiaa et ?:--A. Ido net know
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Co se -As that which occurred to the Ere- Q. Flow loug were yon at anchor within the fele : ill-Chits f, lee* cuoaiderahle, nr silty time, neglected they would hove trieumilc.l, but they twist hate
we se' did slot passe uu.ter your observe/ion, in d'Aix?-A. From two o'clock of the filth. until or delayed taking eifeetual ineustires for destroying been wholly shealoled by the ham:6e%, dud two lint-
t: • Coma how you came by a knowledee of it.- alo ut three .r f tar o'elock of the lath. the enemy's ships sifter they were on shore us the tit-hatthe ships-oo eolith% in, 1 cousit.al 13 guns,
A Ott my imclisidual exeinlsielion of the officers, Q. Then you had thus to observe the number teat or April last, our+ the signal matte by the white} were placed on the battery.
.„.i ~...„ 0.1. r re. urn, coni:,,,si„." illeir accounts. and the state of the batteries on the fele d'Aix ; bow Itopetieure tli:it they could be destroyed ? A. 1 Q.' I Lut the Coleattn, or any of time ettemy's Ittri..
atel et :clog Cie result to the Comeresieler-ifieChief, amity wi.re there, sari in what state ?-A. I could ktin if orlin delay. ialitittle ships, ierack the Javelin's, before von
kelvin.; uo doubt on my mind of such: being the nut exactly &nerve the it 1111 l ISee nor the state, as Q. Did it appear to you that any blame wits int- anchored 'anti commit:need the action ?-A. Most
fart. et: stay lit attending to get the ship repaired after putable to Lord (:e. ii iii er, lot ally !tan 01 his cull- Olisaltedly aIIM Several broadsides were tired at
t,I, • r)i! v.,u recite it as the ageiat report the action prevented any tualthig say obverrattotis. -duct or proceedings. as omillimeter-in-Chief of :he eskiletemta %by the tattefetizahte and raaava,
from the Commanding Officer of t:ie boat 1-A. I Q. (lid you not, !whore yies began to eirgage, the Channel fleets employed an dsmitte Reads. he what lord Codtra toe, or Nome person from the
del, as nea. t.. e- L ea., recollect. make any observation ?-A. Yes, on the morning twera the I7tli day of March and ton A;)rii last ? Ithnerireost. hailed me, and said the Cakwrra
Lord Gamete a arked; of the I lth, prior to the liaperierse tiroceeding to A. None whatever. had .tritek ; I etaido only see her at intervals,
Q. Q. 11. wider the circumstance» of the time, at annoy the enemy, then on shore, I was desired by CoUST-Q. From the first attack upon the ene- throat:lt the entooke ; I then desisted tiring oa
i before mentioned. was it not surprisme, that a (,Sept. Lord Cochraue to laic a briny of the ituyort tny's shills. to the final eettoition of hositilitie4 %gimlet tier, and turn's) live whole of 'our fire on the
larger mooorrinis tot the fire-ship s persc7l thyougli Shoal, which I did in six and half futhont wateromd them, end every timing done that could be done to
.I-- ille de /..orseeie., miaow colours werenever hauled
r the eueony's diet, and .that so small a mintier at a distance so am to allow any shill to 'bids mond effect their destruc • ?....a, I iteticee every thing down until taktu etweeseion of by snme of the beats
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failed ?--.1. Evrry circumstance was extremely fa- that btioy; after which !observed on the !sled Aix with Nearly to His Majesty's slaps. . or the upotilrooi; the mode the enema took to chew
vonnaile for the tire-ships aro§ .1-1, ; :nod therefore I shunt 10 or its pieces Of enli iiii ato he tUantatenl. Q. When you say with s.lety to His 314iterty's I they had surrendered woe, by waving the union
-took it for emoted, that, when once pieced pro- will kmio-m tug the executimt those guns would do +hies. do you mean withouttheir being escapees( to jack out of doe mine* eluting ; seeing that, I left
! perry, they muet inevitably go down upon the rite- would be very little to any ship pass og them, who any danger, or without their being extemedio more I off tiring. -
my. This is no ieference to the men coining mark any opposition iegainwt i:, they being oils danger than eicenmstatices wend Justify ?-A. All evidence havitie been heard on the part of
• away--eso far to the ccontrary. placed on an opeit platform, as it appeared to we Without their being exposed to more clanger than the prosecatiott tho• Court adjourned till Mondry
Court-'l. Was the situation of the Caesar with the gloss when 1 v/.10 13 the in.tai. sireisinstaticee would justify. I think if they had your next, when Lord Gant bier's • ~itureases will he heard
neer to the remotest •-s of the tir•eettires, preetoue to Q. Did yin' Muerve any cost-id •rable part of the tip further, every ship must have been lost, ss It nos, in defeace.
their iwing sent fe.i tin+ service?-A. The Caesar works of the lii.e (FAY, to be blewn up and de- it was a thousand chances to one against them::: mss • -srs--••• mer•-,...•••,-.
del rot change her situottiois in the her before those strnyett ?--A. 1 del. were upwards of all hour aground, in, the mhislitfa- . Till:: MA UK E TS. -
operations took place ; and Ido not Clink was to a Q. What part of the. I.le (1' Aix ?-.1. Oa the tigabk. and sticking saint: time before that ; wool . .-...---
nearer situation (bun ;lie ships and sqoadron were. part that flanked you as you ran duty the Boyart the pilot reinarkell to tor, it I del not warp du: . CORN-EXCHANGE, lc t.T .1.7.
Q. Did you u'isesve generally the trimmer in Sheaf in rdimill.g in, ship oti, we 'should he nearly dr: ; soa which I ram, Tke !darker, treday, coutirous is the state as OCT repasts
Jo the tub put of eke w.c sant the Embargo is takeu
which the 'lin...ship* were conducted towards the Lord Gambier-Q. Did the laperielte ground out two haaeeneand vrerped time shoo off trom the
-or so fen- hei nt vtreut k'or ordra efts:fed, at aid little
enesny P-A. As far a, say observations went on on the night of tote licit of April ?--.A. v.:l, on the Pallas, and ill the direction the atichor was laid, meiekie, teeeY,Lre.e.„ ~,,,,e std-red almost nominal-
that night, flit tire-ships seemed all to answer the I tail of the Pallas Shoal, which is the aitehernige ; I email not tied dime than tire and a /elk for a btu Flour @airports the tate advance; and Fist.: Alearitila
purpose of harassing the imerny. l we had been firing at the French; but Hot until the piercer lees six. I believe it was ti:mut ball tills- ••.'s- to 40 Per hovel.
Q. I' rom your own observation, did it appear to last itifir•er ebb. • it *tog ate.. the action was over. UXBRIDGE.'
you that every tire-ship was cottilinited withCalmatQ. About what time ea., it that ynu first struck? Q. Did you, on the morning of the 12th of Own-Inspector's Return.--fittlasilAY, .19T.1t 99.
ability and resolution towards the enemy ?-.t. It I -A. About 7to hill'-pia 7ut the eremite ; but April, bee thee lroperiesole infirm the Conlinaiiileo. Wheat, per load 231. -a. to 1191. -.1.
is impossible far nine or only other man to form an nothing to hurt her, moil aleint eight o'clock. in-Chief, by sigma or teleijraph, that hell the fleet barley, per platter 421. --.1. to item —4l.
slay atis. 2. to ii.. -d.
opinion of the conoluet of every lire-ship in the ge- when eke shook a greet deal, drawing more water woiikl be rouffieoetot -to &buoy the citerny P-A. I Braes ass. --4. to 6es -d.
• nerd blase of tire that took place ; many objects were aft than forward. dial not ; pert of the signal made by the /wee- Old .-..-11. --tl. to --s.-d.
no confounded, tinst it was nut of my power acct- Q. Did any permit ever errant:Jo:mate to you, rituse, aboat that time, was reported' to tier, that Peas
rately to ascertain the conduct of the tire-ship. at I before you surveyed the anchorage for three or seven sail oldie i oetny's line-ut-battle ships ware SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY 95.
the two distinct that* of being wider command, four sail of the line, or was it a new discovery ?- on shore; but Ido ant feineitiber the other ,vigoort Tlsirt flay's market had bat a short supply or difereat
and being kit to drift, therefore I cannot auswer A. I discovered it myself, beim.; ordered to rowel made; I wits timl. r weigh set the time, aud oecu- kinds 107 cattle. Mutton in ele apes than our last rispull.
that question satisfartreily to my cosiscieitee. round the ship at such a &steer, as stated in we pied ill unrking the shin. Weal Wslearec. Bert, Laiuli, and Pork, soppurt lut Orkusis
•Q. Frank what you really did obrierve, did at ap- to a Tiestiou beforesruentionej• Q. At what time did yoma go into Aix Roads.- and tie track ran lint oltiiii',rent. The oars la Me Hay.
t 1 et were rather dull : Hay, Steno, and Clover, have
pear to you that any fire-ship ode see tire to, at ton Q. Wan it known on board the losperiemse. be- A. no. aignitl was, made by the Commander-its- lu dropped lu price since Moodav's riaarket.-The tholer-inetat
4. groat a distance room the emirs)? P-A. Softie were foie yea went in, there was Such JO &illehOrSer ? COlef for the inde:jitigable to weight at ten tit:leek tamed precis sail iisishers are :sil act:mate statement 1---
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i. certainly set five to before they appeared to me to i A. Oioly by the view of the French chart; seas hail in the afternoon ; I was all ready for weighting, and To sink the °Hal per stone of alb.
ir, run so imear the enemy as the others did ; but it is no French pivot ell board, nor ever took Huy. weighed imineditecly ; shortly alter, withus a fsw Beef.. ... .39. ...41 to a. nit. Head "(cattle, this day n-o
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fit impossible for me to say whether they were tau r Copt. Wor.emi, of the *We, called in and sworn. minutes, the signal was made to the Lail.
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from the enemy or not; time enemy's line soon h:•-, Q. Did it appear to you, ut the time of the ewe- that a ship was aground, and wanted tinine.liate 1,-,.% ,i ... „I. ,„ ti.. del Calses IA
ben to scatter, they cut, told the ships migolt tie ms's ships being aground, that there was a Safe a ssistaace, iscarieg south ; the who' was light, and Pork us. sit to us. sd Pies 9OO
going properly for one punt of the her, though and sufficient anchorage for ships of the liar, in the we went in with all sails, royal and top-gallant MAY-M Alt ti. ET.
improperly for another, which I might be tiled : loner mail of Aix, without the range of shot or ntllillliln: Rink Set, and allellOrell, neatly about half- Hag ...... ....st. tea. o,i. to lit Ina od• -• ,
looking at. ' shell fruits the batteries on shore, to have enabled letst three, within distauce of couversetion with the a1ma....., ~11. tea. ad. to 21. as 04. •
(,aver... ....p. 1... ost. w. 71 I:.*. od. ,
Q. In passitte, the Boyart Shoal, what distance j them to attack mid destroy the two slaps of time toperreese, and cootineticeil lire on the Crsicerte,
r . i:lCli ilk a rtb is:. 1 L.S•I'Llt DAY.
did you pas. ft out it ?-A. We kept as near to it 1 enemy which were soca at lowlier on tit.- merniiie :lad some of the how.plitai were directed tow arils
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as we could, to avoid the batteries of the Isle lof the 1211 t of Anti', and the other ship* that the rob.surie ; I had been under weighat eight in a per Cent Heanced '
D' Aix. had grounded ; and if so, be plealtell to trout out the morning. 3 per Cent Cassula. .
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Q. Did yon nseertein the depth of water?-A. such anchorage to the Court, 'aid state the Q. In Ong iota the. situatios yo* mentioned • per tree,
Eight fathoms. mid suddenly eve, and thei; on i depth of eater, awl how teeny liue-of-battle near the harriers... were you repo eel to the fire• S per Cent. Nary •
Shore. . Otitis might have been imehoreol there, and b! of the batteries from Idle d'Aie ;or slid you pins Losz Asonitit,
_ Imperial A anuairs .. .... ...... 71 7-16 tho .
Q. Did you receive any shot from the 14e rl•Aix ? what meow; you obtained such koisowledge?- without rouge of their shot?-A. The shot went thonienu
....A. For ono mile diAisasee the shells were cross- A. 1 know nothing of the Miter anchorage but from over us we pmmms'J, ahead and macro of us, and India Ponds
tog us front both sides, but more from tise.eide of time pilot's information on the slay the atteek was shells from therms crossed us. Exotwearr Wks .. •. .
Isle d'Aix. made on the enemy's ships in Aix Roads ; but af- Q. When you cereal anchor ;sear the lotperieuse, f.ottista i Autry T octets .. - LW.
Q. Could a judgment then be formed of the ter we had got in, at the them of the attack, 1 were nn mull within rauge of the 'Mut of the bat- Consul.for ...... ...... .....
T. KISH, Strielt-broter,
force of the battery a', Isle d'Aix, immediately op- thick, if the ships had remained there, without re- rules of Aix ?-A. A s!)..t from isle d'Aix ;bussed 4, Cuesibill, and% alarigiverar.
posed to you in passing P-A. They dad not fire moving to the second atiehorsze, they must all have through the iu tin-top-mast of the Irr,tri,trisobie,
their Kens fast, bed they used ill general bangle been destroyed by the shot and shells front the hat- the hole of which measured seven incise., moil 51 ARRIAGE. ' '
shot, sad I think four mortars kept playing owes (cries of Isle sl'Aix. At the second anchorage, from eroUndell the mein-topsail-yard. Oa Tim...day, the awl' init. by special limes% at Man
us. The shot from the Isle d'Aix paur:d over us, my own observatiotia, having leteii there fifteen days Q. Was the situation iu which you were at an- la ineaue eloirrh, Chultneley :ering, East. 094 eon et is
but mot bur. t e hennitfoa end
1 after the enemy'* 'tape were burnt, four or five sail cltor as good an one au could lie chosen to destroy I;id-:Ti1nj..)",i;:ii..',,t(1,21.,t, 1, re w . HA, ii.":=4
r Master of the Itaperiettse called again. of the line, I think, might have lain clear of their the teleUly'S ships ?-A. For those 1 max nearest to, tirtionao, tiertfo,*.datit.re' 'l'he erreia.urie 51:104‘,4411111111
i Q. Did it appear to you, at the time of the at- batteries; but 'twat have moored very abort and the Calcutta and Varsacie ; it' I hut •foh . gone .ur....yr tees. George Norio, Horsier of Ilerkbasosted. IVlnt
tack upon the enemy.* elops which had got agroutad very close, with other 'smaller vowiels to till sip the to I must hare run re_rootind. I Isla 004 between dimeb after the cu.:la...mi. Ike 1.14,y vend* .at on 6
(the beperieuse being one of the attacking ships) intervals, as I Ity there with the Pallas, and fifteen four and u half and tire fetlicnue rooter at loilf cattle; sir Ea, ar,l Wring*. hcel...:foi .::at, al Surnindes Demi, i
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that there was a safe and sufficient anchorage for or sixteeu ausuller vessels. the anchor wee nearly mim seven, And nearly the top DF.ATII.
Shirts of die !Me lit the Muer road of Aix, without (al. During the nine that you remainorl tit the of high water. , 1 seueno, on die :id. :est. at his bolus, Illerriow.ror
the range or shot or shell limn toe batteries on m second anchorat.e, had you ail ooportootty of as- Q. Was it in %it nation in which ships of ilia hue Loloto,Tionata, I len.ine, k.sg. as Alderman a that cit
. shore, to have &melded them to attack and destroy certaiiiing what was the rime of the tide et miring ought to have hero phee,t fir the ‘1,..t,.,,,,,,,,,,-a iii.diii essaineot ..04 11.11... r.
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the two ships of Ate enemy which were seen at an- tides i-A. Cron the averaem, from the time we the ettetn4 ships.- I. :I,itit wills safety tie the ryjiaiti,s•-4,---3TAz7-CC,:•'-el=---e-itft E THIR D'.
thew on the tnormag of the 13th of April, and the were tisere, it appearmito he'aleout fifteen. sixteen. ships ; I mean the rio.k of tho• laws or time. .1.4..;:r0. I m„„,i,,g-,i-.4,-. -.„4-7,1A iter,..---"53,„ mei liner 4
4 otlwr ships that lied grounded ?-and if so, be or seventeen feet. if it had come on to blow. it would, be iin sissil i • ssoeoewees-ereese•._foore-eese- ......5...,---.........---
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l planer' to point out such anchorage to the Court, Q. During the time that you cotstinned at this for there to veer her cc 0 ol'a
tile. : 1. ND : !sated by G. 12 tTIDSON, No mg, '
and state the depth of water, and how many line- auchorage, did you cause souitchiiirs to be taken Q. liVes tliere Any other Wilts.:fat,. ill the road of ' ii„..,41.,......,, ,•,_,,,,,,t; and pnitlished at the Ott
f I • No is' II et. of Si el. fat' alurrh Strand by
1' a-Iseult: 'ship...llooe hare been anchored there, between the palled and Itoyert shoala ?-,A, I re_ Aix, in which anti PI the law I.44ight have been ! vtliii..r. "r • 1.,,. Mom' ae, 'tee ems 'Pri,
• and by what MOlhaelatobtamediuch itueteledgc.--. caved orders from Lard Gambier to aaatot Mr, placed to dedrny the enemy, without risk of their I ~.„, ~,,i;,o igtaaul! P sc. ;B'4 does; moulds he.
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