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,• day closing in Alight he an additional tab& for their Q. Did you we the explosion vend blow IT ?-mi
returning. A. Yes.
Q. Did you on the 11th see the Imperieuse inforfn Q. From every opportunity you had o ohs-m-,1.0e•
the Commander in Chief, by signal, that if allowed the proceedings of the b..mo, the slo,ys of war, and
to remain he could destroy the enemy I did. the gun-brigs, did it appear to you that any of these
Q. Was any additional force sent into Aix Roads vessels were in any instance whatever ()pet ly
in consequence of that signal ?—A. Several brigs conducted ? -A. I d n't recoil. et tha there did. I
came in after the 13th, but I do not remember whe. think if there had I should have seen it.
ther after or before that signal. Cafilain MALCOLM sworn and examined ay the Court.
Q. Had any plan been concerted between the Q. From he first attack on the ships of the enemy,
Captain of the Imperieuse and yourself for destroying on the evening the Ilth April to the time of your
the enemy's ships ?—A. None. leaving Basque Roads. was every thing, accardin< to
In answer to other questions, the witness was of your judgment, dune that could be done to effect theft
opinion, that no good effect would have been at- destinatton ?-.A. On the morning of the 12th a great
tended by the frigates going in, as they could n. t ap- part of the enemy's ships was men on share, the tide
proach sufficiently near, or remain there long enough. ebbing about eight o'clock; in my opinion it would
Q. Upon the attack of the Ocean, on the 13th, have been highly imprudent to have ordered in any of
what number of vessels went in ?—A. I think the the large ships to attack the enemy. There was no
Beagle, with three gun-brigs, and the Etna bomb. imnediment to small ships going in ; about that time
Q. Were the bomb, and the several vessels that the bomb went in.
went in on the several attacks on the Ocean and Re-' It being near five o'clock, the Court was adjourned
guilts obliged, on going in and returning, to pass I until to-morrow (this day) at nine.
under the fire of the batteries in the Isle of Aix ? —A. I
They were, at a greater or smaller distance, in pro.
portion to their draught of water.
Q. Since from your situation on those occasions,
you could not fail to have observed the conduct of all
the vessels employed against the enemy, did it appear
to you that they all were conflicted with every becom-
ing zeal and judgment, for the benefit of the public
service ? —A. The whole of the Commanding Officers
appeared to me to be actuated by the same spirit, and
I saw nothing like a failure of duty in any vessel
whatever.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST 1.

EXPARTE ANDEL:SON.

Two Insurance-brokersi-etned in their hands some
policies of insurance, upon the ground that they had
a lien upon them. The Insurance•brokers were part-
ners in a Banking-house, and it appeared that it vras
on account of a debt due to the Banking-house, and
not for a debt due to the Brokers, in their separate
capacity of Brokers. that the policies were retained.
The Loan CHANCELLOR thought they had no right to
keep them on account of a debt due to the Banking•
house ; and they were ordered to deliver up the secu-
rities to the Assignees of the Bankrupt in this case, to
be sold for the benefit of all the creditors.

Q. Can you state any instance of neglect, miscon-
duct, or in,ittention in the proceedings of the Corn-
minder in Chief during your service in Basque
Roads ?—A. None whatever, save and except the
Commander in Chief thought proper to have sent the
ships in sooner, there was a possibility of annoying the
enemy more than they were, but our ships must have
been subjected not only to the fire of the enemy's
ships at anchor, but also from the batteries of Isle
d'Aix. I cannot presume to place my judgment in
competition with that of the Commander in Chief,
how far it was proper to have sent ships in.
Q. Under the circumstances of the annoyance which
the ships earlier sent in would have been subject to
from the two French ships remaining at anchor, and
from the batteries, and considering the state of the
tide and wind at the time, would you, had you been
the Commander in Chief, sent the ships earlier in to
attack those of the enemy on shore ?—A. The risk,
I think, as the wind and tide was, rather too great,
-rid a want of a perfect knowledge of the anchorage
between the Palais and the Oleron.

Fit PA RTE DAWSON.
This was a petition from the bankrupt, Ditirs,,i,
to supersede the commission taken out against ;,,o
on the ground, Ist, That he was no trader ; 2d, "1.
he had committed no act of bankruptcy.
Sir ARTHUR nom' observed, that the petitioning
creditor had been advised to take out the commission
by his Solicitor, and that he had good ground to be.
lieve that Dawson had been a trador, and had corn.
mitted an act of bankruptcy. But as he had not suf-
ficient legal evidence to prove this, he could riot
object with effect to the prayer of the petition. The
commission was accordingly superseded.

SIR WILLIAM CURTIS AND HIS YACHT.—Tt is a
proof of the good spirits of the Public, and of their
confidence in the final success of the Expedition, that
there was more conversation yesterday, in some circles,
upon the subject of this worthy Citizen's adventure as
one of its attendants, than upon any other topic c -n-
-nected with it. In the banking-houses especially,
there was abundance 'of laughter, arising from the
following account of the first five leagues of his
voyage. We give the anecdote as it is circulated,
without answering for its truth.—Sir WILLIAM'S yacht
is the finest pleasure vessel belonging to any British
subject; and those who know his unaffected manners,
will believe that when he spends 16001. a year upon
it, he does this, not for the sake of any fashion, but
for the sake of" the genuine pleasure derived from it
by himself and his friends. With his zeal for the
prosperity of his country, and hearty enjoyment of
all that does it honour, it was natural enough, that
he should desire to see something of the progress of
the present Expedition from the deck of this his fa-
vourite summer dwelling. He accordingly wrote a
pressing request to Mr. Peactvar., for permission to
sail with the fleet. Mr. Peircivst. answered, that as
a friend, he did not like to refuse Sir WILLIAM, but
as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he could not write
upon the subject to the Admiralty, unless the worthy
Alderman would consent to put his vessel under their
orders. Sir WILLIAM readily accepted this condition,
and immediately began to perform his navel duties by
storing his vessel with every kind of viands, substan-
tial or luxurious, and abundance of the finest wines.
The Marquis of HUNTLEY, and several General OP
ficers, readily enough accepted his hospitable offers to
entertain them on their passage.
About three months ago the shop of Mr. Welch,
goldsmith, of Plymouth, was robbed (by means of
incisions made in the window-shutters) of property
to the amount of near 5001. and, notwithstanding the
most diligent search and inquiry, added to the offer
of a large reward, no trace whatever was discovered
of the robbers, till yesterday se'nnight, when a very
unexpected discovery was made at Taunton, in So-
mersetshire. An officer, on the recruiting service,
went, on the day above-named, to the shop of Mr.
Bunter, mercer, in Taunton, to look at some mus]ins,
and during the temporary absence of the shopman,
contrived to steal a piece, and-secrete it in his pocket;
but the shopman, after he went away, missed the
piece, and informed his master ; who, shortly after,
obtained a search-warrant, went to the officer's lodg-
ings, broke open a trunk, and there found the stolen
muslin, a piece of cambric, and many other suspicious
articles—such as silver spoons, belonging to different
inns, for the absence of which, without leave, the ser-
vants had been repeatedly censured. A great num-
ber of gold seals, together withother valuable jewellery
articles, were also found-41e latter conjectured to be
part of the property stolen from Mr. Welch. Mr.
Welch is gone up to identify his property ; and, in
the mean time, the officer has been committed to ll-
chester gaol, to take his trial on the charge of privately
stealing the muslin, which is a capital offence.
FIRES.—On the night of Monday the 17th ult. a
dreadful fire was discovered to have broken out in
one of the out-offices of Mr. W. O'Loughlin inn-
keeper, at Killimore, county of Galway. The O'Loughlin;
owing to the drought of the weather, and a scarcity
of water, instantly communicated to his dwelling,
and adjoining houses, which, with a quantity of corn,
bay, straw, turf, timber, &c. &c. in about an hour
presented a dreadful heap of burning cipders. The
loss sustained by Mr. O'Loughlin on the above die..
tressing occasion, it is supposed, cannot amount to
less then eight or nine hundred pounds. From an
attack being made on the above gentleman's house
on the 12th instant by some villains unknown, there
is great reason to suspect it was the effect of design.
while in the ace of rescuing his horses from the
Mr. 'Loughlin narrowly escaped being burned to
,
stable.

Q. If the ships had been sent earlier in, would they
have been subject to annoyance from the ship Ocean,
as well as the two ships at anchor and the batteries ?
—A. I think they would.
Q. From the first attack upon the enemy's ships,
to the time of your leaving Basque Roads, was there
in your judgment, every thing done that was practi-
cable to be done, to destroy the enemy's ships ?—A.
I think there was.
Lieutenant HOCKINGS called in again.
Q. At what time did the French ships slip their
cables ?—A. The Cassard slipped her cable at ten
minutes past one. lam positive to this fact. The
three-decker hauled off at two o'clock, the other be-
tween one and two o'clock.

Captain KEltil again calbd and examined.
Q. From every observation you had of noticing
the bomb, the brig sloops of war, and gun brigs, up-
on all the services in which they were employed
against the enemy, did you sec any instance of mis-
conduct of any kind whatever in any of these vessels?
—A. None whatever.

Admiral STOPFOZD again called and examined ;
gave an account of the state of the enemy in Basque
Roads after the action.

Lord GAM BIER here declined examining any further
evidence, and the Court intimated its intention of
calling witnesses to some particular points.
Capt. WOLFS again called and examined by the Court.
Q. When you joined the Imperieuse on the 14th
April, for the purpose of relieving that ship and con-
ducting the further operations of the vessels against
the enemy, what communication had you with the
Captain of that ship ?—A. Shortly after we anchored
Lord Cochrane came on board, and after saying I
had come to relieve him, I asked him what he would
recommend to do with the vessels under my orders
for the destruction of the enemy's ships ? he told me
that the large mortar on board the Etna had burst,
and the only thing we had to do was to bombard as
long as the shells of the other mortar lasted ; that if
an opportunity offered of sending the fire-vessels, it
should be done by day-light, as many officers of the
fire-vessels had made such a bad business of it on the
night of the 11th. Feeling the great responsibility
on me, I asked him if there was_ any thing else he
could suggest for the destruction of the enemy ? I
think he said, nothing more than to bomb them while
the shells lasted, and I believe they were all expend-
ed that night.
Q. Was any attempt made to employ the fire-ships 1
against the enemy ?—A. None, as I did not think it
prudent so to do—from the impractability of their
getting at them for want of water, as the tides would
not serve only at day-light—next, that they
.were so
well protected by the batteries, numerous armed ves-
sels, boats and men, that were doing all that lay in
their power to remove them up higher.
Q. Lord Cochrane having remarked to you, that
some of the fire-ships upon the first attack upon the
enemy had not been well managed—do you know of
any particular fire-ship or ships that were improperly
conducted on the evening of the 11th of April ?—A.
I cannot particularize those that were badly manag-
ed ; the ship that passed between us and the Island
Olivera, and got on shore there, was the only one I
particularly noticed. I hailed several (five) that came
very near us, from our own ship being very nearly
set fire to by those that were badly managed. I
could only learn the names of two of the officers of
the fire-ships that behaved well ; five behaved very
well, one of them .vas commanded by Captain New-
comb, who desired me to remember he had passed
us. Lieutenant Cooksey, of the Gibraltar, was lOW
ther who begged I would keep my eye on him, as he
should not fire his vessel till he was among them. I
did, and saw him run on board a two-decked ship of
the enemy, from the fresh breeze of wind I could not
hear the names of the other officers. Another came-to
on hoard of me, and begged I would notice his conduct.