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he said that Lord Cochrane had informed l
believer' there was water to the -north Ward,
was under ilieliaairjea.
Q. From every opportunity you bud of
the bonals,•the brig, sloops Of star asi.l g,
upon at" the services nn *loth they were nisi
agaiiilie pie enemy, did ybu see army imam** of
conduct, of ariy,..knd wh4eVer, iu any vf them
Ids t'—A. Nona Shaiever. •
Q. From the state you, left the enemy's to
the. morning of the ISth,.iwtiren you cause nut
Rood nf,A" x. atui 'cup., plaeeriation tretereis
the afternoop of the.ietin do,rou consider'
any exertions more than writ used be
inunder-in-(aviefs snore of the enemy'. ~eiti,
could have bees destroyed ?—A. No; most certaine
ly not. .
Admiral SToPanno called ia moist.
Q. What information did you receive before yea
left Basque Roads, respecting the enemy's ships
that escaped op the Charante, after the attack on
the 12th of April ?—A. The information is con.
tained in this paper, a tech paper I transmitted I.
the Cominander-iii-Chief :it the time:
Rerun's and Patriot so much dam ijged an to be mat for
sea, repieted to be cat dawn fur eaurter-vessels the Ocean
had hove all her gene overboard except an an 30; provirio a
and stores, hove ovrelesard 4 auction and cables cut away;
l'ustdrsm ant, of so vacs, only 26 guns saved; provnions inns
alOte4 hove overboard, and her asehure sad CAI4IIIII cot away;
the Coward of so gain, damaged, but to be rapeseed."
I received it from a seaman, who called himself
an American, Imlcinzin;: to the French ship lest-
droyarit, deserted trim i lie squadron 111 Basque
Roads on the -27th of April.
Captain Wotec called is ci:,ain.
Q. When you joined the Laperieuse an the I.
of April, for the purpose of relieving that shy,
for courineting the further operations of the vessels
*Kismet the enemy, what communicatiou hail y
with the Captain of that stip ?—A. Sliortty after
we anchored, Lord Cochrinie Caine on board, land,
after saying I lied come to relieve him, I asked
lien what he *timid recommend with the vewsels
I tinder any orders, far the destruction of the enemy'.
' *hips; lie told me that the large mortar on board
the Etna was burst, and the only thing we lead to
deo was to fire as lonic as the shells of the silver
'worts? lasted ; that, if ass opportunity offered pf
"betiding the tire-vessels, it should be done by day;
,lighteirs mazer of -the ncer) or the fire vessel's hail
made such a laid buseress of et the alight the fire-
vessels acted ; as he %84 departing, I asked him
if there robs ally thing eht hr could stinest
for the eliern)'s destruction 1 I thiul he said is...
thing more, thin to Weger/I them while the shell.*
lasted, -and- I think they were all expended that
nigift. •
Q. Had you fireasltipe srlth yeti ?—A. There wee
four.
Q. Was any attempt emulate employ those ship
against those of the eiriay N.-et. None, as I d.d
•ribt think it prudent so to do, from the impractic...
Witt, of my getted at the Freileit Mops for want of
;•, .
eurrr, as the tides would reeve only at day light ,
next day, they were well protected by the bat.
(tries, uunierous arined-vessels, boats, and men,
thut were detiqg,all that ley in their power to
• them.. soriseinove these when the tele served.
Q. Lord .Cochrane having remarked to you that
some of the fise.sliwe upon the first attack of the
«item, he +win its etanie!et, do you know of
any partieular tireweliip or fire-ships (het were
properly etinebsexed oat the evening of the 11th ~..
April .:—...11... i cameo partienlanse those that wen
badly masaged, the ship that passed between e
arid the Island of ilerou, was the only one
I particularly noticed.
Q. .Do 'sow knot !rev verse?—A. Ido not. ,
tented five that ellnle, very near us. (?err own ship
was rent nestle set tire, to ; I omit' only learn the
mune of the officers of re o of them, who behoved
well. Captain Newottitie, who desired me to re-
member he had passed us. Lieut. Costley, of the
Gibraltar, was another, who Legged I would keep
my ey* sue him, is he should net fire his vessel till
he vele amongst them. I did, and saw hint run ow
I board the two-decked ship of the enemy, from the
fresh breeze of ',Md. I could not hear the suitors
.ot the officers comniandiii;; the otle e., who did
• not tire their ships until they had passed me.
Q. Dad you see the explosion-item! blow lip 1—
A. Yes.
Q. How was she situated with respect to the
"Aligle ? —A. We lay about two cables leorth front the
Itaperirtisr, the explosion verse' I thins went Irvin
the hirperiewse tomards the enemy 'i anchorage ;
when she exploded, I think she mug have been a.
breast of the. Isle D'Aie.
Q. Were any of the tire-ships stt fire to, before
the explosion vesseVilers ue I—A. Noise.
, Q. From every olitportuinty you haul of (amercing
the proceedings of the bomb, the sloops of ware
and the gnu-brigs, dill it appear toy oe that auy of
these vessels were in any instance
.whatever napes.
perly conducted ?—A. I made no sileh observe.
two; I think if there had I should Isere see.n them;
I saw nn misconduct hi any of these vowel*.
t'aptain MAt.coui called. am! geom.
9. Wee you in Bisque Roads frum the 11th of
April to the 39th I—A. I was.
Q. From the first attack up3o the ships of the
enemy, on the evening of the 11th of April, to the
time of your leaving Basque Roads. was every thing,
according to the best of your judgment, done that
could be done to effect their destruction?—A. On
the morning of the lith of April the tide was ebb-
ing, it was low water about eight; in my opinion,
it would havelst en highly imprudent to have ordered
in any of the large ships to attack the enemy till at
least half flood, and because I had always undei-
atonal that the anchorage in deep water was very
confined in Aix Roads ; it would also have been im.
prudent to have attacked them with frigates, as
two of the enemy's ships of the line were at anchor
in a situation to have brought their broadeides
upon them, and those ships that had quitted
their station ; there then was no obstacle to prevent
a small ship from tyoing iii, or even 74 gun-ships.
lied they here light, bat the fire from Isle D'Aix,
a hich they could nearly avoidslry keeping near the
Loyart -. shout a little after oneilehes the two Alp.
quitted their anchorage, the initnb went in ; our
ships of the line were very deep, each having silt
months' provisions, and hewing cleared the trans.
ports, that were prepared for lire-guy" of their
water.
The Court adjourned till to-moan v, at Niue
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