The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-19 00:00:00

CORK', .tuLY I§.

THIS clay, at t•xo o'clock, a Kintes Mes;entter .rr-
rived in town with Dispatches for Sir EYA* tooTE,
K. B. Fie left Lon lon on Tueiday last, at four
o'clock in the morning. We have not heard the
purport of the Dispatches.
Lieutenant-General Sir EYRE Coo-rn, K. B. it is
expe&ed,' will immediately emblrk for Jamaica.
Four Regiments of Infantry, it is understood, will ac.
company him, the 89th, 93d, Bth, and Sad. The
Transports at Cove, not employed in this ClDlrarkfi+
tion, will, it is return to Portsmouth: , The
24th Regina it will disembark, and do duty at Mid.
,dleton. -

Two eneamptitents are to be fortned, one of ID
Regiments of inftntry, and all the Flank ..ittaliNts,
supposed to amount to 18,000 jwn, at the Curragh
and another, of Woo, on Cork Mountain.

EXTRACT OP A LETTER PROM AN onicEit ON'

BOARD LORD RELSON'S FLAG 8111? 'TILE VICTORY,

Tu A FRIEND IN LONDON.

"-Antigua, junc 11, IEaS.

" Since our arrival at Barbadoes on the 4th inst.
we have been daily amused with the hope of tneet.
ing the enemy, who were, at 'Martinique from the
14th May to ,the'fith June, with a' fleet an& ahoy
equal to the reduetiotruf all our Islands in that time,
Upon. our arrival at Barbadoes, intelliTence was ,re-
Ceived the(they had sailed the 9.8t11 May to attack
'Trinidad, Two thousand troops were embarked on
board our Squadron. under Gen. MYfists;. and 'on the
morning of the sth we sailed to the Southward,
having beeri joined by Rear-Admiral COCHRANE,
with two Ships of the Line. On the 6tli we were ..
near Tobago, which island was so much alarmed
at our appearance, that the Shipping run towards
Grenada for better protedion, and . upon our ex.-
change of saltites with the Fort, reported the bland
to' have been attacked. Here we learned from an , •
American brig, that he was boarded three days
ago by one of the Frigates of the Enemy's' Fleet„
then steering towards Trinidad, and that he sup-
posed they.would pass Tobago the etening before ;
our course was immediately shaped towards Trinidad
with a certainty of meeting the enemy in the morn-
ing, And when day-light appeared, we distovered.
that the Island`Was under alarm, and notwithstand-
ing all the signals we could make, we could nut
prevent the Trnopi in Fort Abercrombie blowing
up the Fort, and snaking- their 'retreat towards the
Town.' -This circuinstance confirmed us in the
opinion that the Enemy had arrived and carried the
Island ; but upon our entering the Harbour, found
the English,Colours flying, and that wewere dice
supposed Enemy. Finding our information_ was
incorre&, nothing was left to us but to go to
the Northward, taking all our Islands in their turn.
'On Sunday-we reached Grenada, where we fonnd
the. Jason Frigate, whichi, on Thursday,, had seen
-the Enerny's -Fleet steering North towards Guadae
loupe, having left Martinique the same morning.
.
Tl»sinformation relieved. us. greatly, as after, so
long a Chace we found ourselves not more then .3
Idays sail after therti, and if they meditated an at.,
tack upon Antigua, or elsewhere, we should cee•
tainly reach them, Monday we passectetur bland,
St. Vincent, and St. Lucia,
,without any further in-.
formation. Tuesday we communicated with Mont-
serrat, from whence. the :Enemy were seen on Sa-
turday steering Northward; supposed to attack Art
tigna, as they bad 'reported that they anchored at
Guadeloupe to take on board mortars, We
were' alSo amused by another. American, who told us
that he had seen in the Meriting ten sail under Guam
daloupe, steering to the, Southward ; but. as
American leads us astray; we continued our course
towards Antigua, and this morning dispatches reach-
ed us froth Lord LAVINGTON'; the Governor,l:on-
firming the information from Montserrat, that the
Enemy were gone North werd, and were seen from
Antigua on Saturday evening very distinetlyi'
have therefore little doubt but they haVe shaped their
course homewards, as froth all accounts they hide
already lost one-fourth bf the Seamen and Soldiers
which came out in the Fleet, and the rainy season' is
justtcommeucing, which will prcv,.'nt any Orem
on shore, an&six-weekslience the hurricane me iths
commence, of which the French have everhad the
greatest-dread. From every circinsteece,• we are
therefore led to fear that they are now four
dles sail a-head of us upon their 'Cotirse to
nipo, and, no donbt, are running from our Squadron
as last as possible, of the arrival of which
at Barbadoes they receiVed. intbnnation on the
sth, and communicated that.::information to-. De-
minkie thelleXt morning: We were SCC trl two days
after we passed Madeira by one of their Frigates
left upon the 100k-out, which arrived at Martinique
On the sth, and confirmed the information they imad
received from their friends at Barbadoes.
‘, I have little doubt but much abuse has been
heaped upon hi London, :where people do nut
usually admit tht. .t4possibility ,Lsf" coutenr7.•,4s
the certainly 00 ,Fle,:.!•t was ever more fa,
nor any ,al3rittilseitienyo'
morel opposed
sec:d, stiheavnerwy cbuet Ltea iv;
quitted the Mediterranean ; but perseverance has at
last brought' us so close to them, that we have Cer.,
tainly saved. the West India Islands, as no doubt.
can now be entertained but that their capture W,3,3
' Ithe grand objed: of their Expedition, which, by ()er
arrival, has completely' failed, w.,th the loss, fr•mn all
aceount.s, of seine thousands ofmen ;' compensate
which, they haVe taken the Cyane Sloop of war,
16 guns, and the 'Sorbet/en outward-bound Packtn.
Our Fleet coritinuemirfe6ily healthy, and a = -,f.t!w
days will carry us Our7o" these burning re nuns be-
fore the sickly season temineeces I trot
continue so.','

CORX-EXCUAIsTGE, JULY 19.—We hava but few
arrivals of Wheat to-day`, emoiderable tinantities of
Foreign are on bilnd, and sales of tine quality ra-
ther 'at an ady“tico Barley in very' short sup..
ply, at better prices ; Malt and ILIVO $111:111
variation ; good White I'o 1,4., dearor ; illpe
Seed arrived ; good Oats at lull higit ten w;,
and, not, Any flesh Mille to band ; the tialvi Fiour
are quoten b 3.
per seek
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galla POPI .

•
SECOND REPORT.
[Continued from our, Paper of-Yesl.erd4,3
After tin interval of two months from the date of
Mr: BartholoineWs third Letter. to 1.40 rd St.
,cent-„he= ppe:_trs. to have renewed his solicitations. to
his Lordship in a' fotirth Letter, dated the 9th
cif No-
vember„ .1803, -in which he. refers to his;fcirtner.
Letters, stating his services and pret ; ens.ons, and re-
questS,'in very respeetful ."..that his case may
be taken into consideration."
The reply to this last-mentioned letter appears to
htwe .been only an acknowledgment that tt had
been rexeived, and on the.oth of the same month
he appears, in consequence,: to have addressed ano-
ther letter to Lord St. Vincent, achnowledp.;ing the
reevipt. of, that 'reply, and c:,:pressiti his hopes,
that not Oile iota of his former a1)1711,_-ations had
been deethcdpreitimptrtous." In this letter he pro-
ceeds to say,' " My service ht the' Marine precludes
rby aid to the Country in other xlepartments ; and I
need not describe to yeur Lordship my fettlings, in
being at this jundure necessitated to embara._ in ano-
ther line than that of the serviee of the Nation.—
No consideration would have •induced me to have
thus troubled your Imrdiliip, but a settse'of duty to
my Country.; and I trust your Lordship's gOodness
Will etcuse my freedom, and grant me your sup-

port." - ,
To this last-mentioned letter your Committee, do •
not find any reply to have been made; but from a
memorandnM made. on this ; letter,' and from other
evidence, it appears, that an inquiry into his situation,
was made after the letter was received of the Ma
,ring Clerk, and that in answer to that inquiry the
Marine' Clerk stated hint,to,be a Midshipman.,
IVlr.Bartholomew, not having received any reply to
his letter of Nov., addressed another short letter to
Lord-St.Vincent on the 27th of that month, in which
lie says, " that having had the honourof soliciting his
Lorddlip'S patronage,: he kegs to know whether the
.;..ateinent of. his. serVices merited his notice." On,
a comer of this letter, a .ntemoranditm appears :in.
the .following words : "No answer ;" and your
Oaninittee that Mr. Bartholomew, on the 4th.
of December 11;03,
.again, addressed a•few lines to
.Lord St. Vincent, by which he referred to his letter
of the .(27th of November ; adding " that. he doubted
not that More important matters of State, prevented
his having an au,mer,,and that he flattered himself
his zeal to serve his Country Would insure,his Lord-
shigys.patronage and proteaion,"
No- ItllSWef having been returned, to this last-,
mentioned Letter, Mr. Bartholemew,. on the sth of
Dec.,agdm addrassed si short Letter to
,Lord St. Vin-!
cent, in which, .fifter stating that be bad solicited his
Lordship.s aid, he adds, " If your Lordship
deign to say No, I z shall ti(-).t. presume to trouble, you
any more :if I shall anticipate the pleasure of
discharginga duty. and trust eoually satisfgtory to
my, Patron, and serviceable to ttaez Nation) as credit-
able to myself." ,
To this last-mentioned Letter an Answer was
transraitted by Mr. Parker, stating that he had been
(Ali-cacti to acknowledge the receipt of it, and Te.
queiting Bartholomew to call upon him, at the
Admiralty any inerning after eleven o'clock,,eNeept
the fbllowing morning. •
On the receipt of that answer, which appears to
have been. addressed to him at Chatham, Mr. Bar-
tholomew set out for London ; and on the I.sth of
December 1/83 waited on Mr. Parker, and had an
interview with him at the Admiralty ; in the course
of Whiell a conversation passed, of which Mr. Par-
ker and Mr. Bartholomew have given an account
in their testimony' heforti your Committee.
• In the eourw.; of that conversation Mr. Parker'
stated, '' that he ilifi>rmed Mr.. Bartholomew there
were I .',OU Lieutenants' out of employ; that there.
‘3.-N no promotion going *On, but for brilliant: ser-
vices ; and thlt it was impossible he should be pro-
_ meted, except he was in adivo service:" and Mr.
Parker adds, " that Mr. Bartholomew. said it, was'
very hard, and stated' several of his services, very
respe6tfully at first ; but that he at letoh.dechtred,
if he had no way to prorubtiOn, he had of views ;
•nmining,• as Mr. Parker :understood, the :\ lerchant

Serviett '
Mr. Parker further. state.s, '' that Mr. Barth°.
lornew dicl not say the Alerchant serOee,
116 said, he
,liad other views, and should employ
self in another 'N.vay ;" and that on hi.inq• hy•
Mr. Parker " that his best way was to offer hini,,,,df
to sorne Captain, and that then no doubt, he would
ivive promotion in due course ; Mr. Bartholomew
said he wonid do no, such thing, and \VQI,II away 1
evidimtly 111 a pe.cr
the general porpOrt. rif tilis t-onver3ation, as
ititted hy.Mr. Parker,'. IMr. lkirtholoimny adds, that:
Mr. Parker infoiTned hint I,ord St. Vincent had .1.-e7
Letters' tliat hi.•; Lordship highly ail-
; con‘in(l- :11R! zeal for the service, and
the la -..hich 11,.• had v, ritten leis Lt.tters, but
triP Lord ht. Vinr,..•nt yeas displeftsed at. his '
urginl4! 'hint -,o tltitc Ii on tile ; and that if
would embark again in another Ship, lit (ir.
i.vas thitili..lg Lordship would
tint ioi•ger ;11:ii that Air. Piniter presied. him to
tit, on BitrtholOrneW ;11s0
'.,aLer h& felt hirns4f. hurt in
el' infOrtriation that might. have
been cortunoilic..,, ; and di': he -thinLs
lie said to 2yir. ',is to ne iit
the expence. Ut c1).:.1i, t i'low-Li ttl I'VO.e:;:t•v that in_
•
formation.
Bai-tholo..p.e\k` ;11 y i oint
r,
to Admii-al,
veri,, and sLtilr flume l'op!;.,` id,,
were in gf?nerA tel . ,
that could be .seiril to , ~.•
.I\lid•Thipo 11 ,„.or
I them er with guy otL,
any •One
fit ing for sea, bt'it that ;
it)" d tu'd, ,b,e. I:""
his memory, be told dit,a, it Lord
'.incent had pointed oat Ship Whioll.
_Lordship \s;:i..,hed him to (1'; Mateot-
he would have complied---a declaration
00.;ritniitee observe in appear--; on.the.next dLiy
Duntrun and qr.
to IClWated Lletiteriallt
Lill when he Was hnpressed.
After thi3 inVerview with Parker, Bar-
,
tholornew appears to have gone from the JUITni-

tAlty,tri the Golden Cross, at Chm4tlg-cosft, rinA
Oen to have address.ed the tollowin Letter to Lord
'Vincent
!, Golden Cross, Charing-cross, Dcc, 16, 45,3.

1 " mv:i.oito,
In obedience to your T.ordship's direCtions, I - waited on
11, r. :Parker; tar what purpose I am yet to learn'; but my
ri*lution, is fixed, to lay my services and various applica-
tiOnS.Tiefore an impartial Public, who wilt then judge what
.tltey, are to expert if they embark their children into the'
wavy without interest. 1 have the Honour to be, with due
r4spea,,, .
"'ll4y .Lord,
,
" )(Our Lordship's most obedient and.very humble Servant,
" D. E. IsMerIIOLOMEW.”

'' Earl St. Vincent."
Soon after the receipt of this letter, which Mr.
Bartholomew says he wrote hi the heat of passion,
adding, that he has since been, and still'is sorry for
ha% ing written it, Mr. Parker, 'hy the order of the
Earl St. Vincent, on the same day addressed the fol-
l Owing letter' to Capt. Itiehhell, the Regnkiting Cap-
tain of the Pre ,i-gang at Tower-hill:

SIR,
" tr/tltSliiit. the last of eight letters from a person named
1)• L. Bartholomew, who appears to have passed in ,dune
last,- but declines serving without promotion. The letters
are written in rather a superior style, hut in •a presuming
tone, and Lord St. Vincent thinks the Gentleman's address
will, be more properly deposited with you ; on the other side
you will find the dilletent residences of this personage ac-
cording to his letters. 1 havS ellle Honour to be,
41 Your most obedient and humble Servant, ,
. • "CEO. PARY:EII.

44 Admiralty, Dee. t 6, •
4. Mr. E. Barth°tow‘v, last of the Golden Cross,
Charinpi. cross ; but the, letteis were Rfincipally diteeted from
No 4 9, Prim:es-row, Atal No. 5, Vi hittakees-tow,
New toad, Chatham."
Attetthis Letter was written, it appears to your
Committee that it was cotninunicated to Admiral
MarkhaM, then one of the
.1 4ords.of the Admiralty,.
and that Admiral Markham 'wrote the Memoran-
iltitn appearing at the top .of the Letter, in the
following ivords :

"DEAR RICIIBELL,
6, The under-morahmed appears to be a proper subjed for
you. Yourtraly. I. M.
" Send him to the.Nore as scum as you catch him."
• On the receipt of this Letter, which Captain
understood, and which Admiral Markhant
and Mr. Parker avow to have been intended. as an
Order to impress 'Mr. Bartholomew, Captain Rich-,
bull gay direelions to Lientenant Dunham, who.
commanded a Press-gang, to take' that measnre,
d6iiring hint not to let Mr. Bartholomew slip thro'
his lingers and adding,' that it would be a- .leather
in his cap if he caught hunt.
iii obedienct to these orderi, .Mr. Dunham hay-
ing on the Same day proceeded to the AdmiraltY,
sent one of his Midshipmen to inquire for Mr. Bard fo-
loniew, at the Golden Cris, Charing-crow, and not
finding him, there, the same Midshipman was. bentby Lieutenant Dunham to Mr.l3arthblomew's
ings in Pitolico, and being introduced by a h.,' ady
who came to the door, he informed Mr. Bartholo-
mew that he was an Admiralty .MeSsenger, stint
to
desire his attendance at the Admiralty. This
formation the Midshipman states to have been an
invention of his own, for. the putpose of procuring
his attendance, in order that he might be sE.tized by
the .Press-gang who remained at the Admiralty ;
and Mr. Bartholomew immediately followed
liiin .to that place, accordingly impressed by
Lieutenant Dunham in the Hall of the Admiralty,
and was thence conduaed through th-2, Streets to the
boat, which waited at Whitehall,stairS, attended by
Lieutenant Dunham and his: gang, two Of whom
:held him under the arms as they proceeded to the
boat.
The complaints made by Mr. Bartholomew of this
proceeding at the time it took place, though' stated
in lite evitlence, your Committee do not think it ne-
cessary particularly
,to notice in their Report ; but
your Cotatiiittee have thought it their duty to in-'
quire Whether 'any pi eeedent- could he adduced of a
. similar nature in similar circumstances, nild whether
it was conformable to the usage. of the Navy, or in
_any, that]\vhit degree, a .vielaticni of tir..it wage, or
tO'be injurious to TTty'Majesty's service 5' and
.on these 'points several Naval Officers have been
eKaminvd, to whose testimony, as it appears in the
_4\ ppendic to this Report, your Committee itre de-
sit-(”1,i of calling the attention of the House.

From this testiinony it does not appear to -4 your
Cominittee, that any case which can,be callod a ,pre,
cedent for this proceeding has been brought to sup-
port. it, and Oil the roestions, Whether it ought, or
01:;!;1.0. not, to be (teemed a Violation of.,the usage of
the Navy, or likely' to be injurious to His Majeity's
r"ervice? your Committee find it to be the concur-
ing opinion of three: i\lavid Officers, rairnely
Adini-
ml Berkeley, and Captains Cardin and Winthrop,
which' opinion,- however, is opposed by those of
Adiniral•Markham and Captain Richbell, that the
impressing of Mr, Bartholoinew was a violation of
the tt.;:igt't of the Navy ; Admiral Berkeley, :in par-
ticntal , 4ioaking of it ..as a most arbitrary and violent
.aCt, i. n ti. ni..ist disgust `all young men who haw
nothir.g tatt,ritsto recommend them, and
1i kt w A-1 ore to be highly,injUrions tri His Majes-
ty's ser‘ict,. •
From the testimony' Of Adiniral.Markham, on th.e
other head, that the.impressi)lg of Mr. Bartholomeiv
ippears, in his opinion, to have been perfeetly
justi-
daole ; and Admiral Markharndeelares, that though.
he does not recollea any instance of impressing
'a
person who had been a Midshipman or Masters
niter, arid had passed the examination required for,
obtaining. a Lieutenant's comniission,.' yet that he
wciuld !Hve impressed live hundred then in cireurn-
stimo to those of Mr. Bartholomew. Ad-
ndra! :I.Lhani further shttes, that Mr. Bartliolo-
n ;.e himself :had not previously 6C:11,
1. to him a by Mr, Parker, .and some
ligers, to have the appearance, of a boat,
Lin on his personal apttearance and original
in life, as Wen ;IS eel a conclusion which
Admiral i\Ltrkharn declares lie drew. from one of
:\ Ir. it'.ttrrs to Earl Sr.,Vincent, that.
iittenileci to go into the Blest limit service, AdMiral
hirl:harn :irwars to have- foencied his ()Pinion that
it justifiable to irppreSl4 Mr, Bartholo-
Cpoll OW lasi point, however, your Cor-
n-11111 It, Sill , only lit ter from Mr.BarthOlo-
tO I:,ord St ;N• (;(held have led to any
conclusion that lie ir'n:ended to go into the Merchant
Uri ice is that bearing date the '2oth of November,
tsoa, which Nvos Wiiitea at Chatham, betbre Mr,
Bartlailomew was desired by Lord St. Vincent's or,
ders to come to I otitiornfor the purpose of calling

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