The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-13 00:00:00

WEST mnrA DOCKS.

REPLY TO MR. MARRYAT'S OBSERVATIONS
ON. THE WEST INDIA DOCK CHARTER, Ike. &c.
(cortmurp.)
(N-0. n.)
$O. 2.-I..OIIVENIZNCE OF SITVATION.

Under this head, 111r..MannYaT has informed his renders,
where the different Docks are situated ; states that " e great
saving of cartage is made, on all articleS intended foe home con.
suroption, by their being .deposited in tilt .London, Ducks;"
and that " on the other hand, all West India produce is sold
by stomple,, and therefore no inconvenience, in this respect pis
felt by the West, India Trade -being confined to those Docks."
Be Admits that the West India. Docks; " possess the same
" advantages as to commodities intended for Exportuicn, that
" the London Docks have as to those intended 53r Berne con-
" suroptioit ; 0,111 adds,' the cotoperitiai. iattween them were
" thrown open, 'these advantage's and di's:Advantages of Situa-
, " ition woultleither Iced to such a detrience in ictis, a~s 'would
" secure to each of them a pardcipaticn in the genera busi-
" nesse of the Pbrt, or would confine the busitem of each to
" those commodities fee the reception and deLvery of which
" they are moat conveniently Placed.' "
Without competition, a great differ.cnce Les alOays existed
in the rate., and the distance of the West India Docks consi-
dered in fixing them; the subject *as kikiled to in tlie Grocer's
Petition, arid :attempts Madotto give it importance. !a. Inglis

went as far w to declare his belief, th ct as between the txpeire
from the West is tlia Docks and London Docks, " there wouLd
be as much cartage in rocas cf van as would Wild another
Dock." •

The glifferenee of expenceisnder oV:slit-alba% been ninth ex-
Aggeratia but, 'independent of Attit cirr"itin4fe,, Anil of other
local ndvantages, which rtnlrl or be °lst:Lined at the Isle, of
Doga, the' conipllinahrs ih•this itisttsice :Ell e rActieSis which
is infinitely more saiutble to thins titan any trifling saving in
the. expenee of cartage—they-ay• no delivery chlrges at the
Walt India Dow. • , •

Mr. Chapman, when wilted respecting a Bill, of the London
Dock Company, "Is there any charge made there 'for deli,
very ?" replies, " None, tka.t is the buyer's charge;"
This, the chief point of objection, cannot therefore be consi-
dered 19 of great weight, but the advantages or ditadvarttages
otsituation will be best considered under the following head
o. 3 s.o.vrY Ara) FACILITY Or ACCESS.

thin 1301'14," say: Mr. Mar:yet, " the evidence is very
contradictory ; and the minds of Some of the witnes mast
either bare laboured tinder veeyy, erroneous impressions, or a
strong Ines to favour particular interests."
This is a gentle and liberal remark, in to euthoOso obvious-
ly withtrat bias himself. .
Under his first head tp, 2.), he says, " if anv'additional evi-
dence were wanting, it is abundantly furnished in thelesti-
inonyof Mr. Driniald, " thereby giving to the evidence of
that Clentlem an theWetght to Which it was entitled.; but here be
says, "Mr. Dririlteld (;.•1.0 is a Propyietor qf 'Vert India Dock
Store)." Before proeeeding further, in the natzie of every thing
which is riot, why did tot the Honourable Committee on F.co
reign Trade, if they thought that the circonistance iiintla give
this Orealerretn " a strong bias to favoue particular interests,"
why did they not deem him to leave the witness box ? That
which would disqualify 2' witness would disqualify a .juror.
But the Committee were too honourable in their sentiments to
nttecla more snepicion to a. rrtpecthle witness, from his being
a proprietor of I.l'est India Dock Stria, than they would to one
of dint' arse Membtes, from hie beinga large hoWer of the
Stock of the London Dock Company, and not alxoprietor of
the West India Docke...o.But to ptoceed— . .
44 Mr. Winkaltl, (who is a;proptietto of West- India Dock
osnek,) Mites, that the ativentegee of the
.West India vmsels
entering rat once from sex IWO thoot Docks, is very ooest
deed;" talks of its being " madness on dropurge ship
down, with a wind to the e33tWa7ll, after, not being ab/e
4 get her into the London LNocks and says, there woeld be
no 'place for her to go to.' It would seem, forever, from
another part ofliiti examination, that he ii apt to take rather 4.1
exaggereted view of cases in which he is an interested party ;
fer acing unestioned Whether he had s comprosation paid to
him as a lrehternan, he answers, ' 1 fever conSidered. that I
had. Pho:d in my house, for nearly eix mantles. two v.:causa-
-1 ante, and they mile :out my loss. arum'', a year ; and
I got 3..4.04" You thought you Ilea net an adequate Ctitll.•
pensatkn ?" No : it wits made out, nut by :Mt,: but by
Plitt" eallAuYeo,' The comminionenajoeur te have sort,.sleeted Mr. .Driokald'e claim fora loss, whsdh aficOrding to his
estimate amounted to aeons 3,1i007. per annum, to have been
1)11.1611311.v compensated by the sum of 3,4:G1. ItAty were
terrect in this award, the extravagance orlsii. 'estitnate on that
occasion renders any extravage.tic:e Ins.estineate Of the dlifi.
cult and danger of entering the Leedixt Decki tbe.less sero
prising."
Mr. Marry:at seems to consider that Le it in the eituetion of
a Judge ; says' in his introduetien "if tile stemming up of
Judge, be necessary for the Information ofa Jury, in (wee'
" where the evident* given occupies only u few hours, hoefoiu
" more eectesary mnSt veins simiiar,prroe.ss be With a lsrge
" volatue evidence, that has occupied a .Conimittee of the
" Reuse of several months to celleet
The public may feel some satisfaction in knowing that there
it; t.o judge ca the Bench who would sum up evidence in this
way s Uent!etnan of sfairnpaschable cheerier gives a long
drat able evidence upoe a .subject with whieli the habits aims
whole life havernatia him.'familiar ; • one p, :tot only is taken, it
is not contrasted' With any conflicting testimony, it is not am-
peached in the slightezi degree, but it la sand, as he orce over-
eetimated the prouts et his business, it must be assumed that
he has votive:rated the difficulty of navigating the River
Thai nes ! ore the foes as stated, the J adge who would thus
attempt to mislead a Jury would be disgraced ; but how stand
the facts; Mr. Drinkaid distinctly says, that the estimate in
question was made out,' not by him, but by officers employed;
ie is nevertheless almost in the next line,,ealled .hit estimate,
and the hypethetical conclusion drawn, that se—of she con,.
teiesioners efgze correct in their award, this Gentleman is hot to
be believed,

" Mr. Dotnett, a ship-owner of the highest respectability, in-
ter .11t.,x1 In eateen ritips in the Jamaica trade, arid. baying for.
ineily commanded West India vessels, giv.44 evidence to the
same points as Mr:_ DrinkaLL: • - _

" Upon the neuticei. part of the question, which as creating
delay, and affording. the opporttunty for plunder and zmug-
gling, le of,the i;reatelt importance to :tie r.everiue, he says,
Ve-isels frequently 0:4,i-telt West India Doeits the setae tide
they cone up the rtv.er—Very often without dropping anchor;
there is no other dock above tne. West /Adis Dock which has
the sarne cenyenif.inees ; the Lor.dOn Dock 13 certsinly act so;
it is higher up, and is crowded with *hips ; the depth of water
is dezreened upwards, and• along the whole of Li/het:ease
Reach on the Siirrey side e 'shoe- extends half way across
the river ; and if .1 sill does not- read; the Iron don Dock in
one title, I do ra; know above one or two pieces where.she can
lie a:feat at lewivater ; there is no choice. but to Lay her where
'she will take the groiihd, which weele of Course iniure the car-
go :—that sugir in hogsheads is vszy liable toi.tury from such
a cireucastance ; that, the higher Ur; a s'..;ip gets, all the (lift!.
euitles are increased, and great delay a.;caiioned ; that a de-
lay ef ial.lll d373miqht cf:ea OCCV; CO a vessel .wle;„.;ilig to gf.:t
into !Ando:4 rat:4lr ;i:a.. the W. :tea, Dceks ; that the
sto, 112itt 1:4 33 :14...i, 3t V 74 :I'.le, :433 at any tune
at.
3 to the docks being opened."
This is evidence tar. Marryat ceuld not get rid of, in hie
own wey, and has therefore r.et vent re' to • comment upon
.;
telent for summing en evidene.: hoWever, eminently
(0,--.1p1,:uc:44 in, his very :Cale cornnyir.- ...rel..: that of Mr. Clip..
Pingdale, lei erparitecedßirtr ; this
Mr. Cgipoingdale, the pilot, do: statiag that • there is a 9
d'keger et in navigating Large v.:53,311; W'eat Indis
hut considerable danger in navigating them to the
;' onsbeing sake, whettlea. he aver .heard of
at, if risk or dar.ger to ships going into the London Docks says,.
Lein not raeoliect any :' but on tile &erne 1-neitiort u,ting put
to hsgsi, as to 17413111 entering the West India Docks, he an-
swers, • Oh, yes' So that, according t.O :123 testimony, there is
great danger where no 1(1330 have ever napper.ed ; hot where
they have repeatedly happened;there no danger et all."
Solornien.l because there is IN danger at all in n0v421-
vslis to the West India Docks, bet considerable danger
in 11'6i/rating atm to the lewidon Docks, and there is agreater
risk in. the trier:into the former than going tote the
tl:u:t2 is greniter de.eger where .v 103333 I.lelo 2iVer
hap-
Faan'S, but where they lave repeatedly happened there is no
derii!er at all!!(;

Phil roust, lsaYF, been intendeA a..; a puzzle for the youppr
of the Tionourable ftl.prb.er's family • how adroitly
134 :whir:. the isle of Dogs, got. rid of .istl the difficul-
tie': of the Gird:at:ou; na7.gation, the d.eLsy at tidel, depth
of water, prevailing wines, Ctn. ; hi; slight °mistier) Mt.
krgry SCOrrifi to consider an warranted- by the reference
he 1:x; to the evidence of Mr. Inglis, and Mr. Tooke,
and Mr. w;11/in ; the two latter aeknowledge theinselv?,.l
to lie altovl).er Liniriforrn-A open the suhject ; but the
fcgmta. c.-„rtriJd,:r..iglit hay, 3p 6:-.er: to t!.ti 'Met) Asked

* ,r 1r ,m) lfarf.,h 221, *Wei, " I have
111;4e'rpr,;4ia strantit,l Aeptforii and Outkeds.;
at me itut."

if it was not pan of the original plan of the London boas 10
have had a canal communicating with the River as low as
Blackwall, be replies, " in order to avoid the navigation round
' the Isleof Doge, such a plan was contempt- led." " Was not
, 4
''that plan amtariplated on the ground of the inconverneoce,
" delay, and plimdce, wEcti took place is Loge vessels going
I
"round the Isle of Pops?"—" No, I do not think it was on
" thoo.ground ; there vueuld tiLV;.' been a cc aveuierite in pte-
;ss venting plunder, but it was the couveniehce of the 'noVIC-
" Lion."—" For what respect for the coavehience of the ran-
., taboo ?"--" liera...4r, the nal igatiotz rosinthe Isk of Dogs;
" is conridrred -as tsyliors and inconvenient ; but I ought not to
" Roemer naixth:al questions, perhaps." It may Where remeek-
ert; that Ne.:lnglie'sauswer le not the leas imporre.rit, seesaw
it is given aith,this mercation, andthat this hat t of hie evi- 1
'deuce, altontigh supper...teed by 31e. l'ilarryoft, is more appetite +
to the hiutattionthan that 'which he has quoted. The examine
„lion piceoda,,_.." In 179 t `you have spoken; pon this nautical
.4 point; do you_-recollect Boding, ' I hhve frequently known
" ships lying its the wit ready to proceed upon their voyage;
" afraid to *Nt under weigh ream the crowded state of the river
below, which to :s detained them Many tides; and there have
" beer, instances of ships loosing the opportunity of fair wind
" to
.preceed arm there voyage--and some instances of r'hipe
teeing thei: corivoy from that Cause""--" That is a mutely
" ililievent question to thume put to me before-..sat relates to
" outward-booed !ships deptetiog frail the river ; that is not a
" nautical question at till, for it us a question of eatreliee‘e "_
The it/selection' here made is not obeioae, but if three be
au" it is strongly 4anat .11Ir. diary:Xs wrgumeht, under the
bead of facility of scree, unless he should huh roams r4ua eh},
Oh t 1 did momenta egreos;—the former is a nhaticel qiestiou,
which can only -he judgEd of 1.4 y profeseional Men ; the latter
is question of experiente which every merebarit tau ruche of,
whether possessed' of nautical knowledge or not. The alit-
calties and delays alter. taht. upon ciatward'-boutil teasels are
matters cf de.iiy. occUrreote - within the knowledge et every
shipping clerk in every couriliog-houee ih London. ti,o tie It ; I
but let the reader compale• the ex:meta which the llonourible
Gentleman has made nom 'Alo. Inglis'e eiilence with those ,
here given, he will fled. hiin thdeiteouraig to chew that the 1
~ state of the River is very different to what nfarmetly was.
'Abe substance of the evideoce given before the Committee
of the iltrose of Cuiraiians in 1';,99, is stated in the Ist Ap-
pendix to the remarki" which the Company laid before the
foreign Trade Committee, a's containing the substance of their
' Memorial to the Board of Trade; es follows -..-
" Inaccessibility of the proposed 'Voris; ' to the Motet Ohl
more valuable part of the Trado.of the' Port." . . 1
Under this need it is necessary to preiniae an obiervhtion,
which should seem of itself conclusive with respect to the. situ-
ation of the propmeti Deas, whiehis, . that even admitting, for
argument sake, that they were how generally accessible, they .
cannot long continue so, if the Ricer shalitebtince to fill up,
as it has done for the last twenty. of thirty years.
" The general imacceanbility of the I:Copping Packs stems,
however, to be.establisheil beVotid doobt or controversy by the
following evideoce 7.--.
" Alattliiaa Lucas (the gentleman before rhentioiled) a Cas-
torn House Ughtermab ,;, „employed ins the : River , more tan'
sixteen vas (page 84 ' • • •
" Mallill 'Seaton,- a -Teinity :- House Plot for thirty yeats
(page 13.)
Bonny well Church, th e tiara ...'. foe thirty-eighty ftis tr.g!ls-)
Captsia David Watt, A' West:at:llia Captain, acquainted
smith the Navigation of. the P.tiSai. '.'Thanars thartY-five Ye':l
(page 47.) • . .
. johnDeffel, En. formerly 3 West Ini..-a Ciptain, now a
West Inter illerehont, and an El.? Brother at the Trinity
ROM (page 49) .- . : -
" Captsin Datil Robertson, a 11.'tst India .captain, AC-
quftinted ' with the Navigation. of the Tbainas tram year..i
(page 50.0 . . .

_ . .
Andrew Stalker, a Trinity Pilot, acquainted with the Na.
vigaticn of the Thames thirty I,eart tpal:e 514
1" John Moil, ft Trinity Pilot thirty-four years, acqUainted
with the Navigetico of the Thsnoes forty odd years (page 6..)
" It is hardly possiP.e'to abridge :via shoe so qi.remely, Om ' portant anti so decisive of the question: tia.t of the other Vl-
tiernen, however, ia. infact~ a euntirinstion of Mr. Lutes , page
i 3). Mr. Seaton tpitgel9t, t,a vain Watt( page 47•Vand Avilisiv
1 Stalker (pegs 511 , -
" The stibistar.ceof the Whole it, that it l'' tli-eilir smelt,ln.
the gent:T*lcount of trade,' f6r loaded ships:• riving sixteen
feet water and upwerds; tti attern?t "aviPtrag'it3'4l2 .eZ,the
River as the
.proosed pinks.. . That three-laorths of the tt e..,t
Inttlatnen, both in punt -cf• nutoher of. chips iidA•uantum ef
tonnage. draw •sixteeri feet water and Upwards. That to pru.
tient pilot would attempt to !bring up snOt,shiP3-at cllf phi
of aneap tide. -Mat they :must Wait, upon sin t.vs:teZe,
eight or nine days for R spring tide tS Ai:coal:in . troll
weatricr th.
Deptford,. and .• tlien • •dipend upon Moderate,
~, 1.: -
want of which tnigltt ; eventually dot ti:. teem t„_l44 Le re:
I turn of the Lean. Ike agairai Plat it toc'Yl- qu hl/41 ,:-.-Y.
imprudent' to ina!:t the' ,attvoar:-,.eierr at slirtng tides ; co.
1
thoagn there woull then .be depth of water enuugh‘to_oroyy
”"i'ig tne :Jocks
them to Lentit,.% Ernie Kee if MeV missed ga...
in ere tide '4'l.;-,;.::: nuelit :fretttenily happen) the ships would
prokubly ground, ar.d pia: damage -if not total loss would
follow, as low water at' swing
.tide a is. four or rive feet lOwer
then low' water at neap tideSi , That the dangers and impedi-
ments in the navigation of the Pool, arise 'partly from' natural,
and partly from casual causetk. That the natural are saVeral.,
large shoals, and mud bariki. spreading up and almuit 4creis
, the River, the water over which.is "extrentelly. iilialiow. 'Pees,
casual are, the-great run;tier of colliers trhlea draw a' muchl
watt: di 1 Vrtlit indismta, that it is literally iMpoasibizi (=at:
pendent &the natural dilliculties) either to navigate the Pool
wit!: large slii.., et to use Cho lower Doek gate (which has the
deepest water) "without the entire removal of the colliers ; ?Lit '
:t is equaily irnpo7sible to ~rtmuee them, th4rd being co ,
place between wotre they now use and "Blackwall,
'this is
hthaersdrniittleddebpli vtthoef
cowanttertnittforeethoeriri7:9ecepti, tvivoni
Jo; (N.B.
at the ,
same thine, deprecate the idea of driving so essential a branch
of trade so far of as Biackivall ; vide their Repi?rt, rage 19-)
That a sense of thae dangers inducoa all the Wes 'Li:di:lmm i
which can obtain room or leave for that purpose, to Ins= at
Deptford ; that such as cennot and are obliged to Come to births
higher up, flequ'ently touch the ground, and that greet damage
ensues, and sometimes an absolute wreck. That when fleets
arrive, scarcely a day • pities that one or more does not get
aground. That the anisequence of grounding is always dm-
estrous, such as destroying the ship's flows, breaking her back,
&c. arid soinetimes fatal—that the witnesses have seen many
inherit es of both. That they would' not suffer a loaded sitie et
thein, drawing IGft. water and upwards, to come above Deptford
on any ACCOiliit whatever, unless compelled for want oftnourOg
room below. That almost the whole of the West ladle:nen and
and the East C,ountrytrolen, drat? 111,32.. t than 14 feet water ; that.
if such ships attempting tire Docks woe to fail getting in the
same tide, whicq might frequently happen, there IA not depth
of water for that to lie till next this, any where alio:Atha pro-.
posed Dock Gates, and that they Mort of course rest upon the
ground, subject to the injuties. stated ; that under no circum--
steno= vvnatever tirni.:id they venture to naviirsto up to tho
Proposed Docks, usless by day-iight, and that during the first •
and last quarters of the tsiocr ; of the months from the latter
end of October to the latter end of January, both Udes are
sake ; that during the months of September, October' Noreen.
bar, and. December, there is considerably less depth of water
than during the fine months, from the winds which prevail, and
that all the ificosivenienees here stated, exist in a still greater
degree, when endeavouring to get from the
,Pool to Blackwell
outward-bound ,• some of the witnesses Laving liw..is detained. acs
fang 2314 days in maiiing that short passage."
A note annexed to t!.1:: paper i; imparts:lt, at being taken
Rorer official returns, and thatfore indisputably oorrohor.i.tive
Of the assenions of me different witnesses,. as ti the rive: being
more crowded now than before the tipening of th..... Docks.
" The quantity or casls brought irate the 'port, taken upon
the 3•Veralin of the three rats prior to the opentrig °E the Docks,
F 34 8371177Cfr711,itnilt s.igi on the three years ending in De-
cariber 1820, was 1:209,28i ohaldruns, being an incraose'of
402304 ellaldront ; which:, sllowitig 200 Chaldrons 33 gn aver-
'' cargo, make 3 an iocrelge of 21110 colliers a:, the River in
the course of the year, exclusive of ties increase of shipping in
other trade;.,
rtir- MairYat, howover, on the authority of Mr. Ingiii, states
that the avdrlgn number of vessels which entered the London
Docks, in 19 years, is i 000; the ashram*: number which have
enter:id the %Vast iiidi, Docks in the same period is 427,
and th.czo together do net in the relief they afford the Ris•sr, mest-
tie incra'l.la in thee; ai. trade alone ; and bait l'atleal bead that
that trade does not go into any of the Ducks, and that other
trader's, the coasters irsdieularly, hays hien-cued ; he it also re-
collected, that vecAlis which go into the Lenders Dotks do not
entirely relieve the River, as they must, and du, crowd and in-
convenience the nzeigatiln coniiderably, both in their entrance
inwards end in going out.
A:; sicsinat all ttiiii public isjoryganesdoltiti
inconvenience,
a and nverilenotcs,nethrake arlig:
dents *Omit occurred to the ships
randa, from • inisiii:i.lagement in taking them into the West
India Do&i,' ire (add upon i; and this conclusion is come to
•by Air. blerrylt, upon iiie important head of " ;:afety and.
:facility of AcCeu:Pw." No accident.whitover has happened to
•"whips ""riu'it-ortyaf thb.otfir 0543; •and thanfare. upon
:'‘ this point, if the juagmeh is
t . to.:0 go 3 verned by facts, the
i4int of aaretY art" access irv.ist belecided against the 'West
i
' India D•Xkl.. 'DJ 1.11/3 If. I; 0111/ necessary to reply, that .1
miser' Mt Viat:V3t car, sheer that no imcident whatever1-.1 happened to snips netwvin tree ki West dia s:: 1,44,,t0n
lloas, lin has not made out hi:t case,

It. jilf,slrt Undun

EXPRESS, PROM PARIS

We have received, at a late hour this forenoon,
the Paths Papers of Thursday .eveuing. From
the gepo: t of General BOURDESOULLZ to the
Duh.e of A:root:lams, it appears that the
whole of the Trocadero has fallen into the
bands of the French. The Constitutionalists,
however, are acknowledged to have defended
•theinselves with the most determined bravery
—the carmoneers, in the words Of the Report.,
'actually "permitting themselves to be killed
on their guns," rather than abandon their
pots. Ti:e success of the FrenCts appears to
-have been in a great measure owing to their
having made the attack by surprise; and it
appears tilt, in Cadiz as well as in this 4oantry,
the advaptat;e of a surprise to the assailant was
suspected, to have been obtained by treachery.
4‘„is oniy ,I:ry treachery that Cadiz itself,
notwithstanding the loss of the Trocs.dero, can
be seriously endangered ; but after Atli that has
akesdy ta,l.er: place, and considering the ter-
taint; with which the French seem to calculate
on a trieinvh, there is too much reason to fear
that a powerful conspiracy in favour 9f the enemy
exist:; wit!.:in the city.

( from tiz £tolts of iliarsday )
(WY AN EZTRAORDINART COURIER)
Poivr ,Sr. MARY, S'EPT. 2:6-This day has
pas,spd Without any remarkable event. Tile pre-
parations fur the landing continue to be made,
and. they are occupied in bringing bazic a quan-
tity of ,-iyanish vessels, which went up the GUl-
dalquiweir during the combat. The pa-lumen
made at the Tracadero have been brought this
evening 4 to Port St. Mary. The Journals of
cannot dlssemble the grief which they ex-
petience at the taking with lit, much facility OW
poiition wl.iuh they thought impregnable ;:aO4:
they attribute our stlcce.is tc treason. 'lt is stated

that the Dake of Antronieme resiestel the -eri•
meta which were at the tz'king of the irocadero-
MADRID, SEPT C.—The Cal:etc cl
confirms the evacattion by the hez?e,a: of Iv:1i
Loris and Matage:ea-
GIUND "41EAD-':;/.7.A.1:
The fo::evriutt Report was'arada to ttit

- -
Angoaleele by'Ciont Bordesoult
My LOR:`, —Your Royal EFighTleis.4eatem:.rtta
ar tree a Bruit; of 4.11 e attack of Ow Trocaderu,
San ordered for the 31st. Your vri
Hightes.s prncrilek: a:: the dispositicts fvr the
attack, wtizh z'^oFt dating azd. was 54,7. E. 23
ht. atuals of Fier ter wars Ctnn2l €V24I. As al
the orders were ex,,,coteJ tervre poly eyes; L
sti6ll tow give yoo at-...oant of the tnastar
which the troop-3. tturmoteted 111 the obstaees
ther '1.14 to ettcotntrr, of !Ale times pf tit
Chieff, who condocted the feciarves Lila of zte
intreridity 'iE;h the off.c4.-.7513td
braved ;lit Ilzu.zers: as alsz of the reanlt or
enietinist. tiA‹ bolid W evc-: a 7.
temptii-J.
44 The troops were famed thtee colziams of
attar r; in Ivor; right, etd ft. the .corc:...m.ry.
of. V,14., the 33, 45:h., and 7th baMliets of
Gzarti : tbese gyre haizaiLv.ss of ;;C:11. ccir

posed the fits: toicann- They were Boat/we: 1 ty 100
Snpeurs arid two cornpan'ies of Cannotiers, vie of
them t 4) destroy th..: batteries, try, the othe:- to
torn the pieces against th,.. enemy. ".;:b zee at-
talions of the Royal Guard fitted The 42d
Ulla that of the 34th composed the 3!. ';:!test
coustnanded the attack, and Marshte4 d? Camp
Gougeon commanded the fast cteattm ;
de Camp Count Ev4a3tdre, the StiCob4. These troops
entered the trenches aad gained the C;;;mtrate.
meet in the greatest silence,. where -1.:2-
tettalit Colonel Dcpacque, of the ingineers, =nee
all the necessary.
.dipositions, to that tie
troops could form by divisions; and march out
with ease. Theymg,,;hed and formed therfieOts
nith such silence,' *that at sixty ices off the
enemy did not perceive 0:lilt they 'Were ifoirq to
be attacked, until the head of ISe i%zst colunta carte
out of the trenches. As the en ety -g.eze tonsuntis
under arms during VI-a trnie of the low tide; the
fire of musketry and I,:etircia immediately Co.
'hired the space of 40 steps vrhich eiisted,betvreen
the sortie of the trenz.hes, and,:heopet,!tg of 0. e
Co3tiire, which isolates the Isle of the Trocadero.
But 04 intrepid column advanced in t't.e /toter
without being afraid of the sire of the co.:. Use
33• wises, and its depth of 4 feet. The co-
lumn traversed it; and the moment they got oat
Shouted " X 4-11.." Between
the second rid third Battery of the enemy th...v
also shouted 14 Vire le Ro !'" The boldness
with whi,h this was executed sb;>n wade e
troops svithdraw, and Grenetal Googvon, who itn-
rnptliately snitched after the first division. of this
column, came to. their assistence. His. Royal
Highness ordered the first foot companies to
extend 'left. of the line, and to carry the
two batteries. The two divisions that followed
were also directed on the right *side of the same
line, to crush tlie energy, and to take his cer.tre
battery, and two others, which covered his right.
The Spaniards in vain kept up a heavy fussillade
on our troops, who had nothing but their bayocets
to defend thernselves, as their guns eadartaitt.l::tir4n
were wet in passing the Costae -e. But nothing
,coald resist the. first column. All those who
attempted resistsnce were put to the bayonet.
—The Constitutionalists in -.this affair exr.e-
rienced a sensible loss in their best ccf:ccc-
eers, who all of them died on their

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Count Escars, who matched at the head of the
t?.d column, after having surmounted all obstacles,
And seconded the attack of the first troops,
marched with intrepidity on the seseive •of
the enemy, who were at Moulin de Gtttzs.—
The third column, with General Obe:t was at
their head, surmounted all difficulties W:ez the
plomptitude as the tNeo first. This 05.11.:er
!ordered the Count Rica" to follow, the riteny hi
All directioas. Mars4l-de-Catop tc,r we
them so close, that he was himself ove:thrt:wn
with a blow of a musket. At lensth emt
Con:titutionahsts took to flight, gainirtg, by a
way uuknown to our troops, the houses of
the Troi.adero, where they entrenched them-
selves. Count f.scars followed them by a !Sort
raid, ttif2i is conducted him to their exitreuch-
tr:ents; but ors= stopped by a co:ttire, and the
darkness did not, perrnA t, ca to engage hi; t-005
in the rnarshesci)

Tize Report.then gcei state, after pra:s«
in the ulceta,

ne result of the.,r two attacks is. Ole takir:g
possession of the TroLadero, and of Fort Sc.
Lue arid the lines of entrenchments, and eil
the batteries, where we formJ 53 pieces of artil-
lery, end frour lliQg to ;,00.1,Fr:304ers' ain"4"
whom are fu.-ty inciodiug the 5.41.1.."'ir
Corntirevhr of l'rucadro, wooed Games.

*The isnemy. Jost- about .'iSO to MO
wounded., and.a great quantity of powder; A
great, number .of men
,jemped into the marchesi
where they -were drowned ; 2or 300 at most
wens saved in the boats. The 1700 urea which
composed the garrison of Trocadero have been
almost destroyed hi this affair.

(Signed)

BOUROESCULLE,"

lFrom the Piletc.oll2th September...l

. DrIADitIDi SEPT. 3.—the 54th. and
9.5 th August, there were zeverai attacks from
Cadiz. The Constitutionalists lost.but few men,
and they have. reinforced the Conic:lnm. They
,speak of an important correspondence, which was
discovered and stopped by .menus of an En-
glish agent. It is said, amongst the papers there
are autograph letters of Ferdinand:lTM to a
Suvereign of the North ; and there is en idea or
the cession to France of the Provinces o:1 the
Other side of the Ebro, end of the Isle ofi3a-
leares to ,ite.s.7;?.. The Constitutional_ Govern-
!Deur wW. not listen to any propositions.for
11.2 accoamodation, so long as the French.,army
ig on the Spanish soil. Fo: some time pisi
f.rtcnets hs.s been exhiljited b/ the

(..:y r 5 it) Cadiz.
, The zroops of O'Daly and Anton have retired
op Q,aedaaa i 5 gone in pursuit of them.

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14!ie allegte. of Athriicnl Hamelin is not

4:1J•

C. o'f;lock.---Comois opened this

m.,,r?;,•,g tS,i, nothing doing.
'The Expresses from Paris have: brought the
Frtu'r:! .1-'.,:c:t;s at 9Of 45:. Spanigh tO
4?.

cur peceding.coittmes, we haye inserted a
contituatio:; of the " Reply to Mr. MALMIATT'S
otse:va.Cons'on Ai West Thdik Ouirter,
Acz, ,Ahich we respectfolly solicit the at.
teuti-,;a Qf our Reathirs.

I,:studay Sit'}SßßußT TAYLQR held Levee
9.3 Secretary ty the Commander-in. Chiefs at •his
Olct ;n the
.Boric Guards.

Yesteday tr,e;:ing, Mr. WALT ltiel the King's
n
neeSeriker. arrived at' the .reign DOWn'
10g-stte.tt, from Paris.
under,taod that his IVlA:trrx has given in-
struct;on3 for the renovation of the ancient
Palaces "of Hulyrood and gltham ; and has also
expressed a desire that a -grant should be made
out of , the pro Fer funds.. lot the repair of .tht
ancie'.t Cathedrals of Glasgow and St. Andrew. .

Letters from Stockholm of the,9.9th ult. say,
thAt the iessiOn of .the Swedish Diet, in copse-
.quence of the great quantity of business in ar-
rear, and the slowness of the proceedings, was riot
likely to terrniciat I;efOre Christmas, end that
the Members would then only separate to meet
again early in the next year.
'l'h-e SperEate, of 74 guns, sails dire'ntly from.
Portsmouth for Seuth America, with Admiral Sir
G.EO,RGE EYRE, who succeeds Commodore Sir
IritOTbiAS HARDY in the command on that station.
It is with sincere regret we state that the
Lynn CIiANCE4tOR is at present indisposed at
his seat in Dorsetshire. We have the console-
Aien, however, to add, that his Lordship's state is
not deemed to be: 'of an alarming or dangerous
thtcriptlon.
On the day the New Do;ks at Sheerness
w:ere opened, twelve of the convicts who hP.d
worked in their formation, and were of approved
characters, received a; free pardon.
E:for.teg OPERA HOUSE.—The new Farce of
Dun a Dar was so successfullyreceived on its
first appearance On Wednesday, as to promise a
Successful career, and we were surprised to hear
it then announced for repetition after an inter,
vening day. It was represented afain last
rielt, and its success fully confirmed. BARTLEY,
W. CHAPMAN, SAKER, and ROWBOTTOM ex-
erted themselves ably ; nor should Mrs. WEI?.
PART and Miss CARR be krgotten, as they both
enlivened the piece. On account of the indis-
position of Miss L. DANCE, her churacter in
Frankenstein, was taken by Mrs. AUSTI ; and
this terrific piece went off with its usual horrific
impression.

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It is said that •6000 is to .be expended on
new improvements and embellishments in Drury-
lane Theatre, prep!tratory to the opening of the
ensui:q season. Surely the Theatre was uuffi•
ciently improved and decorated lasi year. ' It.
wo3id be more politic to foster dramatic taleater
and tnengage in a zpyage of diec.overy for
_thee.
fri.;sl gerius, which tow .
" Wasted its sweetness km the rz:.11:: ai: ;"

as doubtles there are many Performers of both
texas Whor,if transplanted to the Metropolis,
wottki use'into- tam,. anti pr4ve the best orna-
ments of the Theatre.
",MILITARY iv:lEl.l,ll.—On ' Thursday after-
haan, at four o'clock, was interred in St. John's burial•greund,
Wetthiltister, the mortal remains of George Edmonds, one of
*the sand of the Cc:a:ream for 2d regiment of Foot Guertis,
with grend military honours, far di.upailing any thlop of the
kind witnessed in srestminster for several years. The dt.
tea eed wai considered to be the but performer on 'the Frervzh..
horn or bugle in Europe. He had the honour of brine pri-
vately introduced, and having played for the gin g, 01 the
Royal Family, and most of the neliility and genuy t and
had frequently attended private parties, till his ferue had
spread all over the kitedorn. Upon this solemn oecalicn, the
Lands of the 3 regiments of Feot Guards attended, and played
the dead tnatt.l tv/ tile proctsrion moved slong: The company
zu whieh the dectesed belonged aeletti atttsided, with cm?:
upon their army, and marched L-. doi-trul and sorrowtel step,
their arts rtvatsid, to the charchlarti. The musical
instruments c the dt..cessed, with Pis cap and belt, were placed
upon ti.* co &n the pall was dec;irated most. he:id:emelt
Tl.L.era awe 40 ice than 10,000 Sp :eaten followed the impel-
;peace's, and the policellod r:iatiSh constables, iri cv:tit•
.quanta of the immense concourse of spectator) who essembied,
were tilled out to keep the streets and avenues clur, and pi.,
Vera, the agreo and ingress ct all carriages whilst the 7.1:6'i:c.v.:0h
Was
.poSSIng aiong, tin their arrival te:;071 the tilLtiaiNgNues:,
they "
were met by the clergyman in his robes, and he reed the
burial service in a loud tone. The coffin 'as then lowered into
the roe, end the otter in eonitnand:giving the word, the sol-
diers rued three vollitt ate, the/rev:in tt4 t: mar.ner, and
tte4tolld instantly dlsperstd.