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Veit, or soon afterwards on that morning, were
any of the enemy's ships in a position to have raked
and injured our ships us they passed ?—A. Certain-
ly ; I thick they were.
Q. At what time could our ships have returned
during that clay ?—A.'The wind blowing very
strong that day, they could not have returned
until theiltAl, and they must have wtorkrol out, and
been probably di,:,hleri by the batteries, or the
ships they had to engage.
Q. If Sitiy of the English ships, advancing under
such etre iiiii stattc,,s, had become crippled, what
would have been the consequences ?—A. The int-
, pression made on my mind et that time, was, that
they would have been burnt with red hot shut.
. .

Q. limier the circumstances of the wind and
tide, did it appear to you, that, no the taunting or
the 13th April, or at any time when the enemy's
ships ,r, re on shore, and the signal had been made
that they could hedestroyed, that there was on me
port any neglect, or unnecessary delay, in talon.:
effectual measures for destroying them I.—A. Ott
the contrary, I think the happy tune was cliosdii by
tke

• coußT—g. From the first attack made on the
ships of the enemy, to the anal cess.st inn of hostilities
a;miast them, was every thing done that could he
done, to etf, it their destruction P—A. to my opi-
nion every thin was done that could be done.
Q. War the Bellosa in Ilaspie Roar's, whew the
Comm-tinter-is-Chief arrived there ?—A. We ar-
rives' there wit s the Coninsander-in-Cht..f, haring
called limo l'iy, th with nnun.
Q. Ca., yoi ,ta.e, fro is tne time rsf his arrival
Heaths to the time of has leaving it, any
instance of neglect in Ins tutu and procredssigs
as Coinivander-tut-Chief of the Channel Fleet ?--•
A. As far es I can judge of the conduct of the
Commander-in-Clnet, hr, enured 0,1 all oersasiaus,
the. greatest r•el for the public acrsietr, sad Idu
not know of any neglect whatever.

C'aptnin (...it3f)FilLY, of the Etna Bush, eallettix
oad swum

Lord Critothier ankra—

Q. Were you ordered by me into Aix Roads on
the 12th Airrit, to bombard the eintuWs ships
sgrouud—and what time of the day was it?—A. I
wit", by sigma, about half past ten hs the morning—
the 'Etna to weigh, and myself to go ou board the
Caledonia.
Q. Did yon get into Aix bowl:. before the Ins-
periensr cussimeneril firits,, OH the enemy, before
she went Mtn action, mid how long?—A. Yes;
nearly half au hoar.
Q. What time did you pa,s the Imperiemsel—
A. About one o'clock.
Q. What gun-brigs yna wits you ?—A.
Cenglim, Insolent, and El4CUlthilst.
Q. Were you employed ea the 13th throwing
shells on the enemy's ships aground at the.wouth
of the Charente ?—A. Yes. _ _

Q. Did it produce any effect ?—A. I thought it
did ; but it is really a matter of opinion.
Q. When was your 13-bich mortar split ?—A.
On the 13th, at might.

Q. When were the io-inch shells expended ?
A. On the 13th.

Q. Did you 10-ep up Bring•at times as the wind
and title altered.—A. Yea, 1 tnt.

Count- -Q. Were the ships and veseels sent in
on the lilth April to attack Ilse shins of the ens-sty
, as it consil be done with pmprirtv,VOLlN:tler-
' mg the state of the wind and ode?—A. tes.
Q. From the tirst attack swot. the ships of the
esiesny, to the final cessation of hostilities against
loin, was every thing done that could be slime to
effect his destruction ?—A. I'e3; rissat. certainly.
Q. Was the „Erma anchored iu a situation (.011 of
the range of the batteries on Isle sl'Aix?—A. The
shot went over us; the shells went far beyond us.
Q. Was that a situation (loin which any of the
enemy's ships on shore could have been detroyed
by guns ?—A. No.
Q. When were you ordered to leave the Road of
Aix I—A. On the 29th ; 1 was lying 17 slays with-
out the range of shot or shell to the Southsvard
of where l was engaged.
Q. flow was the wind when you left it?—.l.
Light airs from the Southward.
Q. Was that a fair wind out ?—A. Yes, right
out.

Q. While you were-ot anchor in the Road of Aix,
did you observe the fortifications on that idand ?
A. Yea.
Q. Did you perceive that they were blown tip
and destroyed ?—A. No.
Q. Did you teereeive that they were under re-
pair?—A. I did see people at work when the tide
was out, niakiiig a Initteiy of iitw utak ; they
were making new ground at the S.W. pima, clo,er
to the wetter.
Q. Did you count the number of gun. ?—A. I
hive.
Q. How many can you distinctly say there were?
—A. On the tirst ;lay 40 at least, commanding
the entrance of the Charente, on the south
the island.
Q. Do you mean, by commanding the entrance
of the Cliaraii!e, that they a.iuld hear on any shios
which might lee sent in to destroy the Freoeis
squadron ?—.A. Certainly, about :in of the gnus
bore on the anchoring ground wh. re onr shila were.
Q. Did you observe any heaps of earth, rub-
bish, or atone, by the fortifications in the Isle
d'Aix, which indicated that any part of these
works was in a ruinous state?—A. No.
Q. During the time the &Ina was in Basque
Hoods, can you state any histuove of negh.ct or
misconduct in the proceedings of the Commander-
in-Chief of the Channel fleet ?—A. Most certainly,
not.
Lieut. HOCILINS, (tf the Caledonia, called is slut

sworn.
Lord GANCEII asked—Q. W the signal of
wean made to the Impericuse ou the 13th April
—A. Not that I reeollert.

Q. Shoold you not have known it, if there had
hero a sigma! made ?—A. Certainly.
Q. Did you observe 3 telegraphic signal made by
the froperieumr, on the tali April, that if permitted
to remain, she could dc.iiroy the enemy; and at
what time of day ?—A. Yes, I recollect that sig-
nal; I think it was ise.t after the signal of recall was
made, about 40 minatea after mile a. es.
Cuurr—Q. You will he able to speak to all
signals mole by the liaperiease, ott the merinos of
the 12tIs?—.A. Yes, I cart.
Q. Cast you say positively, that a telegraphic