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tiftt of t:ttes but a dill' sailing ;if the ee.etny
sr..re ii.clized to ast•iid a battle. certainly not.
Cap!. Charlet Elphinstone rleming, examined.
rmi take one of the prizes in tow alter the
IRinn ?—Yes, the LI Ferme.
In what state was the trice wl.eu yon took her in
to,sv --leer sudsier disabled. rn my of her ports
blown and she rr.:4.!e s'i mach w iter through
-hot Voles, that we could jn.t keep her Tree.
We-e you able to have to ved •r up to the 69'12.
it 1 had not edged up to you ?---No, the / yr p-
hew ,% rudder was von?. and the prizris were di,-
that we could rake very little w:iy.
Did rots eontirne he in t iw till you parted from
the stiii.!; tut )•..-No.

Did the swell of the sea prevent yntir getting up
jury-masts ?- •Yes, these wat a he,ivy swell, which
prevented the boats going al•ongsi,!e her, and pile-
vente I our getting up jury-masts.
D. r!•e nri,te of the Sirius, in tow, also lose her
masts i'--•Yes, all het masts were gone, except t. e
foremast, which was not fit to carry tail.
Could yon hive taken the prisoners and wounded
men out of the pr;yet in onI••r m le✓r'•+ them, if
necessary ?—I inten 'ed to do so, to let ti.crn •ink,
there was so much cl,fficulty to get the Spaniards :Li
the pumps.
How I. ag were ynn at Rechfort before you tailed
with Admiral Stirling ?•--I do not teeniled the ezad
time ; I came in June and left in
What was the force of the enemy in that Prirt ?
Five sail of the line and five or s'x ft iiates, I do not
recoiled which, and three or four brigs.
When did they sail ? --I do not knovi; I heard
they sailed the day atter. I was tol I sio by A Fre Ith
poisoner. I took, L'.4ft,opt, a French cnry lie; the
Captain of which informed me, he had tailed with
the Rochfort squadron the day after Admiral Stir.
hog lef: that port in Oduber last.
Lieutenant Thomas Warren ex.ar,;:led.
Were you my Signal Lieutenant in the n.Olll •.1
July last ?—Yes.

Did you observe the enemy's ships on the morn-
ing of the 23:11-1 did.
Did you perceive they had a smaller number ..f
ships --41 the morning of the `Lid than they had o•t
the t2d, the day of the anion, beside. the twd
prizes we had taken from them —1 di 1.
Did you observe any of th • enemy's ships advance
from their weather-bow ?—1 did ; tour sail (6 the
line, besides frigates, were separated tiom tke fleet,
apparently in good order.
Did they appear to have sustained material da-
mage in their masts and yards?—Nothing of con-
sequence.

What was the signal made to the Defiance on the
morning of the 24th? No. 77, to being to.
\That is the number of the signal made to re-
connoitre the enemy ?—No. 19.
Was that number made to the Defiance that day ?
Court—Was any signal made to the neff *Ore to
Ion!: out between the British fleet and that of the
enemy, or to watch their mttiocs, previous to that
signal for her to bring to ?.—Nio, none.
Do you know by what acci !eat the Dr
.:pace came
in that situation?—Being the startanswt ship of the
weather line a signal was made to bring her to, r s
one of the enemy's frigates was coming up a-stern
to reconnoitre us, previous to which a signal was
made to the Dras/ to Tacna mitre.
Was any signal made afte- that to call in the De- .
Auer to join the Beet, befi tc he made the signal to
the Vice-Admiral,to ask %shelter hes!torld any longer
keep sight of the enemy ? Nine, except that of an-
swet ing her signal.
Did tilt four sail of the line on the weather-60+w

appear to be part of the fleet you engaged. or were
they fresh ships that had not been in the alline ?- -I
conceived them to be part of the fleet with w:rch
we had been engaged.
What was the number of the enemy's line of bat-
tle ships at that time ? lb.
Was the signal which was made to Captain Dur-
ham to bring to, reheated by A4mieal Stiang, be-
fore it was answered i---I did not see ir.

[lt was here propused by Mr. Bicknell, to call
back Captain Durham to explain his evidence, but
Admiral Gilder saying, that he conceived his mis-
taking the signal to be accidental, it was cle,meki
unnecessary.]

Mr. John Sutor, Chaplain to the Phenix,
.Idmiral Calder---I call this witness to spew my
apprehensions of the Rochfort and Ferrol squadrons,
which I have mentioned in my defence to-day, and
that I expressed them at the time. If the Court
think this unnecessary, I have no farther trouble to
give them. I mean this, that 1 may net be sup-
posed to have taken up the ground since the 23d.
The Court thought it evidence proper to be re-
ceived.

Do you remember my sending to you a copy of
the duplicate of my account of the anion, io coo-
sevence of the illness of my Secretary do.
When ?-01 the 2►:h cf July last.
Did I say any thing reap el.ng my further inten-
tion ?--You observed, that, from account. you re-
ceived of the clamzer of the different ships, it would
be very imprudent in you to attempt to force the
enemy to renew the anion; that the damages were
very considerable, and that, if you hal it in your
power to renew the anion, you must abandon the
captured ships and the Wind,or Cattle.
Did I make any, and what observations of the
probability of the Itochfott squadron being at sea ?•--
You told me you fully expeOed they w as the
wind was fair for sailing at the time Admiral Stir-
ling left the blockade. .
Did I say any t:iing of the French squadron ?-•Yont
obterved, it was very prcbable they wou'J be at sr
as they would have been apprised of the cronbined
squadron being returned from the West lonics, and
that the wind had bees fair for their sailing many
days subsequent to your leaving the blockade of
Ferrol.

Sir Rol.ert Cal dor—l have no farther trouble to

give thy Court; I have no.other %hum to call.
The Court adjourned WI Thursday.
[The Sentence of the Court will Riven in ye.teiday's Paper.:
r. 14 RATA
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r. in Q.t.. trt.ce the Prekteeern D sup.aib, mut
t Lop-sal Is.

At the ..,41uf tee Deposition et Caot.Citattit!, in the Ps-
f one. atin—ier Mr freettlni t•I4
of Vie Cntirt, I contrive Cipt.Cnintnit t. b: the penen moo
comp-teal to si e.k tt. the qeettenn po• to him by me. Oft I
• int 4 have no eitfieuity tit ettbraittl.:, `the time cutnitiois to
treaty Canto in the Fleet."
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