Star.
London, England, 1807-03-13 00:00:00

A GOTTENBURGH MAIL

Arrived this morning, but the Ratements which it
brings are chiefly extraas from Gdneral Bintric-
Iles letter of the Bth, and therefore reed not be
here repeated. In one account of the battle of Eylau,
it is fired, 4, that a great part of the French army
(chiefly chofen troops), were fairly cut down by the
Ruffians ; and that on the Ruffian fide, four Generals
were killed. It is remarked, that in cafe BONAPARTE'S
defign had fueceeded, it would have been conclufive
of the campaign. He knew that General Bin s acissn's
divition was Rationed at Muhringen, and General
ESSEN'S at Wifocke Mafewick. and as they were
confequently at a great diaance from each other, he
threw himfelf with his whole force between there two
divitions, in a right line with Konigfberg, in order to
feparate them, or cut them off from each other, and
fall with more effe.ft upon the weaker part ; but the
fuccefs of this plan was prevented by Gen. BENNlG-
scs's operations, and rapid movements. Toward the
conclufion of the battle, there was a:want of cartridges
on both fides ; and, therefore, recourfe was had to
the bayonet, which canted great carnage."

" ST. PETERSBURGH, FEB. ts.
66 On the Bth of this month the Ruffian army
gained a fpleneid vidtory over the French at Preuf-
fifch Eylau. The French army on this occafion con-
fined of more than t 2,000 men ; the Ruffians of Ge-
neral BanNIOSEN9S ciivifion, and of that which was
formerly commanded by General BuIHOVDIN. The
battle began on the 7th of February, at three o'clock
in the afternoon, and continued till fix o'clock on the
evening of the Bth. BONAPARTS renewed the attack
eight different times, and was as often replied.
44 According to General BENNIOSEN'S letter to the
Emperor, dated the Bth of February, the Ruffians
have loft in this battle more than 6000 men, and the
French above 1 moo, among whom are reckoned t 000
who were made prifoners ; betides this, the Ruffians
have taken 12 Rands of colours."

.4:VIENNA, FEBRUARY i 9.

46 A Turkifb corps is faid to have pallid the ba-
nube, and advanced as far as Czemiz, when an ac-
Lion took place between the Turks and Ruffians, the
refult of which is not known. Czemiz was pillaged
and fired on that occation.
66 The operation of the Ruffians proceed very
flowly, which is attributed to the impreflion which
the energy and fpirit of the Porte has made cn the
Ruffians, who expected, that the Turks would yield
without combat, and renew their former treaty of
alliance, and alfo to the retrograde movement of
the corps of General Esssm, who at the moment he
was marching from Podelia to reinforce General
MICHEL:ON§ received orders to join General Bam-'
SIGSIIIII.
It is reportatil that a Ru&an fctuadron has made
its appearance in the Black Sea, which has taken up
its Ration at the mouth of the Danube. The Porte
on her fide has alfo fent a fquadron to defend the en
trance of the channel. Several companies of can-
noneers have marched to the Dardanelles with large
quantities of ammunition.".

81R HOME POPHAM': TRIAL.

FOURTH DAY.—(Concluded from the STAI of yefterday.)

Wm. Nitrides, Efq. fworn and ermined by Sir Home Popham.
QHow tong have you held any official &nation under the Board
of Admiralty t A. Upwards of twelve years.
(Lin the long official experience you have had,uChief andUnde
Secretary in the concerns of that Board, I slit you, whether you can.
Hate to the Court, whether, in the Trials of Admiral Byng Lord
Keppel, Sir H. Pallifer, or the more recent ones of Sir J. Duck-
worth and Sir Robert Calder, the cLanie againit there Olken was
worded in the fame manner as the one which has given rife to the
preient Court Martial? I mean, if tbefe orders for holding the
Court Martial in queßion inculpated the prifoner; and by impli
cation, called upon thole Courts to pool& the petfon to be tried, by
inferring in the order words to the following circa, viz s• Where
as a due regard for the good of his Majetty's (entice requires
that fo flagrant a breach of public duty tikould not pats, &c."
Admiral ROWLEY..." I cannot fee how this can bear upon the
(object—we are not to arraign the Admiralty for wording a charge
as they may pleafe."
After a few obfervations by the Prefident, Sir Home Popham
ottferved, that he only alked the queftion for the purpofe of thew
lug that the whole of his cafe had been marked with a feveri•y and
harihnefs not ufual to other officers in fimilar Swaths's. The quef-
tion was then ordered to be expunged from the proceedings.
Q. Do you recoiled whether any force, as a itationary
force, for the Cape, was lent there after the receipt of my let-
ter of April st, 18°6, Rating the arrangement I bad made for going
to the Fall coaft of South America with the fquadron under my
command ?--A. To the belt of my recolletftion, the Sampfon, I
think, was fent as a Slip intended for the Cape of Good Hope Re
Lion ; and I thin!. about that time Sir T. Trowbridge was ordered
thither from India.

Q When did the Sampfon lame England I do not reed.
ka the recite date.
Q Nitas the ordered to call at the Rlo de la Plata ?—A. I think
the was.
Q._ then yon could not confider her as a Clip ordered diredt. for
the immediate protection of the Cape ?—A. Not directly for the
Cape.
Do you recolleet when I was employed in Rulla. that I had
fevcral Commanders in the Navy under my orders ?—A. Ido not
molted the fat. although I have no reafon to doubt it.

tZ Have you brought with you the trial of Captain Thompfin
—A. 1' halls bramght the fentence.
Hete the Caill interpofed, and faid, that the fentence of ano•
the: Court could not be a fubjed for its eonfideration.
Sir Home ?ornitta---i" I only 'riffled to flew that I adted from
precedent; l do not mean to didlate to the Court."
By the Cou r.
_ _ _ _ .

Q. Sir Ifaac Coffin, do you know the nature of the ferviee on
which Sir Home Popham was then employed ; was it of a military
nature, and fubjent to military difeipline ?—A. My recollection is
fo faint, that I cannot (peak with certainty.
By Sir Hosas Poru Am.
(t_Do you know whether the Sampfon was corning home with a
convoy ?—A. I do not.
Mr. Thomas Matron fworn and examined.

By Sir HOPE POPH A 11.
Q. I believe yon are a merchant in London. and have bad con
fiderable intercourfe with the Rio de la Plata ?—.A. Yes, I had.
Do you recoiled feveral converfations I had with you in the
rummer of 01.:5 ?—A. Yes, I do ; about the month of June ; they
were tefpeding the produce of that country, and its ftrength, from
what I could coiled through the perfons I had employed therc.
The refult was, that all the information I could coiled was from
three perfons, and I made an appointment with one of them to go
up to Mr. Pitt, with Sir Home Popham, on his return from
Portfmouth.

Q,. Did you endeavour to perfnade me to imprefs upon Mr.
Pitt's mind the neeeffity of having a footing in Spauiffi South Ame
rica ?—st. Yes, on Mr. Rofes mind. Mr. Pitt I never faw pri-
vately, as the appointment did not take place ; and in code-
quence of an intimation from Sir Home Popham, that the mat-
ter VAS waved for the prefent, and an affuratice that I thould
hear from him hereafter. Since rya, I had bees in the habit
of trading to that country, by licence, in neutral veffels ; andl
feveral times I have fern Sir S. Cottrell and Mr. Falkner, and have
ruggefted to them what henefit a trade to that country would be to
Great Britain, and how eafily it might be tffedted by Britilh yet-
(ds, the place being fo weak.
(2,, Did you ever mention this to the Board of Trasict—A. Yes,
1 I did, feveral times.
Witnas withdrawn.
Mr.Thornas Browne fworn and examined.
By Sir Hors POPHA AI.
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(LWere ynn not Nikfter Attendant of the Cape of Good Hope,
after as capture in January :Sob ?—A. I was.
Q,Did you confidtr the Cape in a perfed state of fecurity. after
I ha failed from it with my fquadron for the Rio de la Plata?—
A. I did.

Q Did Sir David Baird fo confider it, trim any eonverfation
you had with him on the fubjcd ?—A. He did.
Qz_State to the Court the fubltance of there converfations on
the ttate of defence in which the Cape was ?
The JUDGE ADVOCATE ohjetted to the queftion.
Admiral Sraouora—" Sir Home Popham has a right to aft
this queftion, as it is a past of the Charge that the Cape was in a
defencelefs ftate when he left it."
Q Did Sir D. Baird ever confult you about placing any batte
ries; and what did be fay to you on the fubjcdt of the defence of
the Cape ?—A. Sir D. Baird never confulted me about placing bat.
series—but he told me he ended additional batteries for the pro-
tedtion both of Table Bay and Simon's Bay, and I went and taw
them. I have often heard him repeat, that he wifised Bonaparte,
with to,ooo of the Bower of his army, would come and attack the
Cape, and he would give him Inch a drubbing, he would will► him-
(elf back in his own country again. I have gone to the batteries a
dozen times, and 1 heard Sir D. Baird lay, that all the round towers
and batteries were in complete good repafr, and it was impolablc
to make the Cape much ftronger than it really was then.
Q. Were you at the Cape when the Canonnaire French frigate
anchored there?—A. Yes.

Where did the anchor in Lille Bay ?—A. Outfide the Ro-
manßock and Noah's Ark, a long way ; the never came into Si-
mon's Bay: (Preduce. the Cbait and Pointe out the fpot.)
Q, If 1 had been lying in Table Bay, with the whole of my
ftitwaron, thould I have been able to have taken that frigate ?-11.
I do not know.

Q. if I had been lying in Simon's Bay, under the eircumftances
of wind and weather, and the came in from the eaftward, or under
general eircunutances of wind and weather, at that time of the
year, and with the commonen look-out on the part of the enemy,
do you think it poffibic that ! could have taken her ? A. Ido not
%State your reafons ?—A. when the Commodore was lying
at anchor in Table Bay, with soft of his l'quadron, there was
fignal made from the Tower, on the Lion's Rump, that there was
an enemy's eruizer bringing to a (hip in the offing. A naval was
made for the Leda and Narcialts, to prepare to flip and ctafe the
faid (hip. !tut it continued calm all that night, and the neat day, in
Table Bay, and the enemy had a breeze in the offing. One of
thefe (hips nipped her cable that night, I think it was the Narciffus,
and went to tea ; and the veffel (he had hoarded ! went on board
the neat day, and found the enemy's cruizer had fired a (hot right
through her maintnaft ; and (be told the officers who had boarded
her, and who faid, that the was a French cruizer, the Piedmontefe,
that the Cape was in poffeffion of the F.ngli(h, which prevented
her coming in, and our capturing her muff inevitably have follow-
ed. as (he would &only be in the calm, and the current would
have brought hi r in.
qz., What time of the year was this ?—A. The latter end of
March, or the beginning of April. The log book of the Leda,
now in the polleflion of the Admiralty, will thew all the parti-
culars. _ _

lZ When you fay the French frigate bad got into the calm,
and been captured, 1 fuppofe you mean Ike would then be com-
pktely under the fire of the b.itteriea ?—A I do; both under the
fire of the batteries, and under the fire of the Slips. Every fkip
coming into the bay Inuit keep clofe to the taftward.
If the Piedmontcfe had not received the information of the
Flight!' being there, and had attempted to come in, could the not,
if the breeze had continued with her until the difeovered our Blips
in Table Bay, have made her efcape; unlefs we had had fome
croizers on the outfide of her ?—A. I am certain the could.
slate to the Court the reafons that occurred to you, why, in
all probability, I thould not have captured the Canonnairc, if I had
been lying in Simon's Bay with all my fquadron ?—A. The fblps
coming into Falfe Bay, routed the Cape of Good Hope, hat a con-
fiderable diftance, on account of two rocks, called the Bellows and
"bell, and Rand over towards Cape Hauglet, North of the Bay,
for the purpofe of getting into a true breeze, and avoiding the cur-
rent which generally fete out in the South part of the Bay, and keep
to the Northward of the Whittle Rock, and by that meals
mon's Bay is ezpofed to any &iris lying there at anchor. On that
account I believe that cruisers would make private fignals. and I
am certain that the Carionnaire was in poffeißon of the private

Apia *fed by the Deed at At Net Ae had drpatebes; as .the
°Beer, who was made premier with the boat's mew, Paid. be had
difpatehes for the Dutch Governor Janice; and alto the winds, on
that day, on the South Ede of Simm's Bay. ut •re light ao,l vars.
able; and the kept working up to the Northward of the 8.4. till
the CMOS to anchor. The bier lying in Simon's Bay at that time,
were, the Rolla, a tranfport, and two or three neutral velrels; the
Rolla srls an armed brig, had no rigging up, and her guns on Ihore.
Q,As you fay you know the Canounaire had the ;rivate agnate
of the Dutch, I fuppote you intagit.e ate would hay • ufed rbcm it
any matt of war had been lying in Simon's Bay I—A. I think the
would.
Q At what &taw:eon &kw, lying in imon's Bay, be fairly
made out by crofters coining from the Eaftward ?—A. ALleatt at
four karma they on be made out perftdtly plain.
Q. Is it not in general a calm in the day in Simon's Bay, wbile
there is a braze both in the Pattern arid Southern parts of the
Bay N-A. Yes, fonsetimes awe days In the week.
Q_ When did you leave the Cape ?—A. About the sat oti
Augutt.

By the PROSECUTOR.
Qt. On what day did the Canonnsire come to anchor, us y ns de-
fcribe f—A. I am fure I dome remember; but I beiltve on the
30th of May.
Q_ Wee it after Sir Home had left the Cape Yes it waa.
By the PR MLA NT.
lZ If the French frigate, fupprt,:d to be the piedmnbeere, had
not been prevented from going into the Cape by fpcakiug the vef-
fel, and had got into the calm, could the have anchored out ut the
reach of the hatterics f —A. She could.

Q,lf a lquadron of !hips had been at anchor in Table Bay, could
the have anchored out of the reach of their guns ?—A Mott eel.-
tainly the could, out of the reach of all the guns in the world
Q If Ole had got under weigh a: any time, is it tot probable that
fame fhips of the fquadron might have, at the fametime, got under
weigh alto to chaee her P—A. They might or might not: becaufe
&mediates, in Table Bay, over half the Bay it blows • froth breeste
about eleven o'clock front the foorhward. I have teen !hips in the
. _ .

fouth part of the Bay in fuch a gale as no boat could ply, and on
the oppofite fide a light breeze; and at four o'clock in the after-
noon the breeze in the fuuth ealt is the offing lets in, while there
is a light breeze to the weftward ; fometimes and generally about
four o'clock in the afternoon, Ile breeze is all over the Bay, tro.n
fouth eaft ; while, in the offing, I nu an outfide Green Point„there
is a light breeze from W. S. W.
Were you at the Cape when the Volontaire came In ?—A.
I was

Q, If there bad not been any (hips of war at anchor in the Bay.
or cruizing without, might the, by cuttirg her cable, have got to
tea and efeaped ?—A. She could not, when the anchored, as there
was little or no wind when the let go her anchor, and the was
within mufket (hot, between the Amfterdam Battery and the Che•
veaux, and all the batteries were mantieti, and red hot (hot in the
furnaces ; and I think the thould have been either funk or blown
up, before the could get out of the reach ut the guns. The wind
was then from tke weftward, a light air.
fly the COURT.
Q. Did the ftrike before anchoring, or after the had anchored ?
A. I cannot fay; but believe it was about that time the men were
furling the fails ; I believe the anchor was juft in the adt of letting
down when the ftruck her colours.
Q Did the make any private floats, before the anchored at the
Cape ?—A. I cannot fay whether the did or not.
Q. Did you fee the officer of the Canonnaire, who was taken
A. Yes, I have ken him many times.
Q._ Did be know or futhedt that the Cape was in the poffeffion
of the Englith ?—A. I believe he did not.
(I._ Do you know whether the General or the Commodore had
the private fignals of the Cape ?—A. I am certain they both had
them.
Q_ Then, if a °lip going into Simon's Bay had made a private
fignat to any of his Majefty's (hips lying there, that fignal would
have been anfwered ?—A Certainly.
Q4You have Paid that a (trip lying in Simon's Bay might be clear-
ly perceived at four leagues dittance ; is the land under which they
liens that Bay high or low ?—A. High.
Q And do you mean to fay, that maps lying under high land
can be diftinguithed by a (hip four leagues off.—A. I do.
Q._ Do they lie near the land ?—A. Yes, they lie near the land ;
and on the north welt (Ida of the Bay, where there are great high
white land hills, any (hips lying there mutt be dikovered by (hips
coming in, keeping north fide of Falfe Bay.
Q. If the Canonnaire had gone into Simon's Bay as incautioully
'as the Volontaire did into Table Bay, could the have anchored out
of the reach of the guns ?—A. She could not ; there is no (hip
can enter Simon's Bay, out of gun Mot.
it If the had anchored within reach of the batteries, could the,
by cutting her cables, have gone to fa and raped ?—A She
could not that day, as it MI calm in Simon's Bay almuft imme-
diately after the anchored in Falfe Bay.
(t. I mean now generally to elk. whether any (hip anchoring in
Simon's Bay, under reach of the batteries, as you fay they mull be,
could, by cutting her cables, efeape, if it was not calm ?—A. I do
not think they could efcape; the mutt either be funk or blown up.
as the batteries arc to thong. and they always keep the theft in the
furnaces, whenever say velfel is leen Rending in.
Q. How near to the battery Is it neceffary to anchor ?--A. Yon
may anchor within half gun (hot, to have a good birth, to avoid
the fouth eat ; you cannot go too dole in, it is fo fine a bay.
Q_ If at the time the Canonnaire anchored, !hips had been
cruizing without Simon's Bay, and other King's Blips had been at
anchor within, is it probable that the would have draped t
do not think the would have come in then at all, becaufe the would
.have ken them before., and made a private fignal
Q You have already laid that the private fignal might have
been anfwercd ?—A. Yes.
Q. Were there any (hips under fail off the Cape when the Vo-
lontewe went into Table Bay?—A. There were two.
Q Why then do you fuppofe the Canonnaire would not have
gone -into Simon's Bay, if (hips were cruifing off, as the Volon-
taire did go into Table Bay, although Sips were ensiling off?—
A. Becaufe, I fuppofe, the had the private fignal. I don't well
know bow to enlace that queftion. I would fuppofe the one
would cake more precaution than the other; becaufe the one came
from the lae of France with difpatches to Governor Janfen • and
the other cane from Europe, and might not have bad the fignals.
I know the came from Europe, becaufe the was boarded three
degrees N. of the Line.
Q. Did you fee the Captain or Officers of the Volontaire
I did, the whole of them ; I dined with them frequently. •
Q Did you know then that they were bound to the Cape
A. I (poke but to one, he underftood Englifh ; all the others (poke
nothing but French. I never heard him mention particularly that
they were coming to the Cape; but underftood chat the French
Admiral was cruifing off the Bank of Laguilia, and they came in
there for the purpote of getting rid- of their pri oners, as they
were very fickly ; and the alto came in to get water.
Q Were any additional batteries railed on that part of the
cealt-where Sir D. Baird and the Englith army landed ?—A. I do
not know.
Q. If an enemy bad attempted to land in the fame place, would
not the pretence of Clips of oar have rendered their landing more
difficult ?--A. I (hould think fo.
Q. When Sir H. P. Popham failed from the Cape with his
fauetiron, what yeah of war were left T—A. I was not at the
Cape when Sir Home failed; I was away with difpatches, but
arrived the next day.
After your return to the Cape, how long was it left with-
out any Chips of war ?--A. Only a brig which I bad the commacd
of, the Rolls, of s 8 guns, was there for a fortnight or three
week. Captain Blies, withl the Porpoifc, Ste. came on her way
to Botany Bay, with the Woolwich (tore (hip, and the Siodair
Indiaman ; after that came in the Adamant and the Lion, of 64,
about a fortnight before I left the Cape, in July. The Adamant
arrived two or three days after Captain illigh ; alto 114 Medufa,
with a convoy. The Lion and Medufa were bound for India •-•
Captain Bligh Raid a few days at the Cape.
Q:_ State the period of your return to the Cape ?-41. I believe
it was the asth of April, the day after the Commodore failed.
lit How lung did you remain there atm wards T—A. Till Au-
tuft, tBc6.
(t. Between the time of your return to the Cape and your Inv-
log it, did any reinforcements of troops arrive?—A. Yes.
Q How many ?—A One regiment, and about two hundred
men, prifoners on board the Volontaire, betides a Hottentot Reo
giment, of c or 600 men, railed under the command of Colonel
Green.
Q.._W here did the regiment come from P—A.Ertgland. I believe.
Q.... Within the lame period, did any number of merchant vef-
fe is arrive?—A. Two or three Englith only, befides neutrals and
a convoy.
lt Did the Canonnaire make any private fignal when the UM
tered the Bay I—A I do not recoiled that the dtd.
Q.. Did you bear when the two hundred fiddlers were made
prifoners•?—A. I underftood in a tranfport, off Mint, going to
England.

•
Re ezatnineit by Sir Hosts Pau am.
12_ Tret have &Id that Fir D. Baird and irwfaf were In poifef.
of the Dutch private final. I fnnofe you nits,' the colo-
nial fignals, or the Beals from the final Rations ?—A. I certainly
do mean tbe'coloalial fignals.• The fame man who was fignalman
to the Dutch, is now fo to the Enghlb. He is an old Dutchman,
has been there thefe twenty years
Q ro you mean to fay that I 'bad any of the Dutch Ibip's fig-
oats r—A I do not; 1 matt the Ggnab made at the Cape.
Q Could the merchants (hips have lain either in Simon's Bay
or in Table Bay. completely protected from soy infult of the
enemy. by bring properly moored in either of thofc bays ?—A.
Certainly tbry could with mica Coley.
QAs you have f d I it is generally calm in the day rime in Si-
mon s Bay, while there is a ftreing breeze in the offing, do you
thinkthat any of the enemy's cruizera, !landing in for Simon's
Bay, would riot have clearly made out, from the rigging, &c.
whether the Clips lying in that hay were Britilb men of war, and
confequently have taken the advantage of the breeze they were
in, to make their efcape, while the (hiss at anchor were becalmed?
—A. I certainly sin. . .

AS G.ltelte of Lord Nelfon's adion with the com-
bined fl-ets of France and Spain, publiihed at the Cape In the
courfe "t three weeks or a month after it Was captured by us
A. I perfedtly remetither its being publilhed there, but cannot
.ipeak to the day. I know a filute was fired from thee-411e.
Q Is it not in your recolledlion and knowledge, that Sir D.
Baird had equipped and exercikd a very Strong corps of flying ar-
tillery, to fend to any part of the coaft where an enemy might ap-
pear, upon the fmalklt fufp!cion of his meaning to land?—A.
Yes. I bare ken th:an exercised everyday, under the diredtions of
Major Spicer. I don't knew their numbers, but the line stied to
reach the whole. length of the ftreet.
Q. If the enemy had been in poffeffion of fuch a corps of flying
artiTray, would they rot have molt feverely anno)ecl us in land-
ing, in confequence of the very heavy furl there was in Gosfort's
Bay, and in general on that part of the coaft, provided, I mean,
the enemy had fent it, to be ufed againft the difembarkation
Mott certainly they would.
Qz.Do you remember having captured the Fortuna brig, under
national colours, in Table Bay, by one of the boats of your de-
partment, and the perfon who boarded her brought en fhore the
nephew of Schimmelpenninck, Prefident of the Batavian Go-
vernment, with all his difpatches ?-t-A. I do, perfectly well;
they were (earned in the drawer of a trunk, and opened in the
eaftle by Colonel Vafrall. and I heard them read at the Govern-
ment Houle, before Sir D. Baird, loose time after Sir Horne's
They directed the command to be delivered up to any French
Officer,even of inferior rank ; and I heard Siraliaird fay, he would
fend the difpatches home to Government.
By the PRObICUTOR.
Q Do you know when the dilpatches bore date ?—A. I do not
know the sl I.e ; they came from Anifterdam.
• Was the Fortuna taken after Sir Home failed for South
America ?—A. It might have bsen a month or two.
Q Was the purport of there difpatches to inform Governor
Janie n that a Frencll force might be canceled at the Cape ?—A.
All that I can recoiled of it was, that if a French Officer, even
of inferior rank, arrived, be was to give up the command; I do
not recoiled,. the menden of any troops, only, to avoid any difpute,
the men were direeted to go hand in band with the French, whom
they were to confider as their brothers.
Captain King [worn and examined.
By Sir Home 11011111 AM.
Q How long have you been an Officer of the Royal Navy ?
A Near twenty years, three of which I was Ading Lieutenant.
Q Where did you chiefly terve ?—A In the [aft ladies, Cape
of Gond Hope, and on the Home Service.
Q Were you twice at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope?
....A. I was.

Q. What time were you appointed to the command of the Dia-
denl7—A. In January. act).
QDo you. remember the circumftanee of the boats of the
fquadron capturing the Rclla brig, by which the letters front Ad-
miral I.ltois to (loverror Janfen were intercepted, hating his t%-
creme dlftres for provifions, and esprefting adt fire that he world
procure fome for him, againft his arrival, which he hoped would
be by the ift of Mardi ?—A. Difpatehes were brought to me as
Captain of the Flag Ship, and forwarded by me to Sir Home
Popham.

Q`Do you remember my examining the Officer who command-
ed the Rolla, about the Rare of the Marengo's proviiions, and his
exprt !nog a ttreng befit'', that the could not remain to longs the
lit of March, without coming into port, unlufs the could procure
force provillons ?—A. Certainly, as he made no fecret of being
defined for the Cape, knowing that w had read the letters.

Do you remember hailMg the Volontaire French frigate to
firike her colours, when the paired the Diadem, coming into Table
BaT?-7A. Yes._

Qz.. A report hting made to me, that the had fearcely any water
on board, do you recoiled I &fired Come fupply fhould be Cent
immediately for indent ufe, either from the Diomede or Leda ?
A. I do. Ile Cigna' was immediately made, but from what Chip
I cannot recoiled.

• C Was not the Volontaire confidered as the forerunner of Ad-
miral Willeaumcz's fquadron ?--A. It was.
Q_State to the Court. whether, from the converfation you had
with the officcrs.of the Volontairc the Cape was the firft deftina-
tion of Admiral Willaurns z's fquadron ?—Prom all the converfa
tions I had with the French officer , I had no doubt but they
were defined to the Cape of Good Hope ; and in a converfation
with Captain Britttl, who commanded la Volintaire, he ex.
reffed much anxiety for the fate of the French Rating hi,
fears, that they would arrive, t..vu at a time, to water and rc.-
f (h.

Q. Pid yon not coiled that the French tquadron, all or 1,1,1,
might he hourly eTpc.ted at the Cape of Good Hope ?—A.
as la Volontaire had been long partesi from them, and had
been 1(1;7 at fea
ct %Vila- did you sinlerfland to he the ultimate ftination of
the French Fleet. front any information yt.o have hated to have
bad frotraconvertations with Captain Brittel and the other efficers
of the Volontaire ?—A. I obtained information, which appeared
to -me to he certain, that they were bound ultimately to the Bra•
zits for rare thmew , and then to the Kett Indies : which infor-
mation I communicated to Sir H. Popham, having cbtaincd it
from an officer of la. Vulontaire, whom 1 did not thick. in the
French interett.
\Vila rank did he hold?—A. A Lieutenantev.
`Were you nut aware that I had been acquainted with the
oill:cr in queftion before the preterit war Yes, I was.
Do you not imagine, from th., circumftances which teen-
fpirLd, that the officer in cuellion was exceedingly inclined to
give me every information in his p svi,r. with reiped to the
Btu:atoll and final deftination of Admiral Willcaumees lquailron?

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—A. Yea.
• Q. Did I not appear perf..a.ly fatiaCed, from the it.forma-
tint) which I bad from this effic.r, materially corroborated by
Captain Brittel and the other officers, that Admiral Willeau-
Fitz had failed for the Brazils, long before I expreffed any in.
tension of procetAing to the Lail Cuaft of South America
Certainly.
Q Do you remember me receiving intelligence that Admi-
ral Willeauinez had really arrived at St Salyadore, in the Brazils,
on the aft of April, and failed from thence to the Weft Indies on
the aoth ? —A. Ycs.
Q That information was, I believe, received by us en our ar-
rival in the R:o de la Plata, and I alit yt;tt, whether it did not
completely confirm the _information I received trona the French
oflici.rs, previous to my failing trona the Cape ?—.A . To the firft
r.trt of that f anfwer it was, to the heft of my recolledlion ; that
i-, from the information I received on our arrival at St. Salvador e.
"I'n the latter part I anfwer that it did confirm the information re-
ceived from the officers of la Volontaire.
Q. Do you remember my going on fhore at the requeft of Sir
D. Baird, accompanied by the Cagrairs of the squadron, to make
a regular infpedtion of the Rate and poll:ion of the batteries, and
how far thole already erected and rreding, in coact:pence of my
fuggeflion, would eemplettly command what is called the an-
chorage in Table Bay, and all tic landing places from Three An-
chor Bay to the Welt of the Green Point down to Craig's Tower,
on the Ballet-union point ?—A. I do, as I attended you on that

occafion.
Q Do you recoiled Sir David Baird espreffing hinifelf molt
perfedly fatis6ed with the liate of deter re in which the Cape
'was ?—A. I do ; I have freeticntly heard him exprefs hirafelf in
a way which convinced me 'he apprehended no danger from any
attack_of the etiony.
Can ynu inform the Court, rbetkr you formed the fame
°pluton yearfelf, from the ohiervations you made on the tlreneth
pation of the batteries ?-f•-•;‘. hr as I t,a) j.idge of a mitt
-ary potation, I fhauld confider ti,,! Cape, "in the hand,' of Sir
I)avid Baird, and the'roops he had there, as nearly impregnahle.
Q. State to the Court silirZer, in -yotir hpigon, all-the yearly
.)mmerce between Engl..titi and if it cud he cclied,;(l is
would be perf.....7.4 fccare from any :,ttact,e of the eye-
.. 1 thin:: an; Lettile of war; Itiat inigLt atuet them

would be tiefttoyed by the &eel of the batteriel, proVided the
merchant Clips were properly moored.
Qr_ Do you remember the Gazette, with Lord Notion's viCi.ory
over the Combined Fleets, being publifhed at the Cape of Good
Hope ?—A. Yes.
QWas that antecedent to, or after the capture of la Volontalre?
A. I cannot recoiled ; but I think it muft Save been fubfequent ;
bit! I cannot fpcak with certainty.
Chuplirg the impreflions which you had on your mind by
the &tailed tkitruetion of the Combined fleets, from the different
aizettes which came to the Cape, with the intelligence which
we recrivrd by la Volontaire, of the Rate of the French {hips at
Breit, and other ports, would you imagine that any force could
he colic& ed in Furope fufficient to make any attempt outhc Cape
of Good Hope ?—A. I have no idea that they could.
EL Is there any place within your knowledge that is fo difficult
to make an impreffion upon by an invading army as the Cape of
Good Hope ?—A. No, (peaking generally ; but I do not mean to
include Gibraltar, Cadiz, and fuck forts as tbofe.

QDo you know that Sir David Baird was equipping and prac-
ticing a very ftrong corps of flying artillery, and had railA a Hot-
tentot r‘giment before I left the Cape for South America ?—A.
Yes; they were then railing rapidly ; the former he was equipping
and conftantly priectifing.
Q If the enemy had been in poffeffion of fuels a corps of fly-
ing artillery, and bad attempted to oppofe our landing w:th it,
fhould we not have very materially fuffered from the heavy furl
which role on that beach to the northward of Craig's Tower, if
the expedition had nut been totally defeated ?—A. If the enemy
had had fuch a corps, and it had been well ferved, and dove its
duty, I think the landing would have been impothble, as a land
ing at the Cape of Good Hope is, at tbc belt of times, very diffi-
cult.

Q.. Do you apprehend that any naval power is fo expert in
their hoa:s, and fo accuftomed to land under circumftances of
extreme difficulty, whether from the fort or perfonal exertions, op-
pofed to them, as the officers and feamen of the Britilh Navy • is
it not almolt imputable ?--A. Ido not ; but I only (peak of Table
Bay.
Q._ Was it not generally underftond by Sir D. Baird, and the
principal military officers at the Cape, that the belt poffinle de-
fence arrainft an invading army, was a ftrong corps of flying ar-
tillery ?—A Certainly.
(Z_ When I failed from the Cape of Good Hope, with the whole
of my fquadron, did you not know, and was it not generally un-
derltood, that I was going to attempt a out de-maht againit one of
the enemy's poffeffions, in the Rio de la Plata ?—Yes.
Q. Could I have poffibly left behind a frigate, or even a gun
brig, without riding the fuceefs of whatever attempt I meant to
mlke on either of thofe filaments No ; a. our force was
altogether (mall, when combined.
Q.,. As you fay our force was (mall, I with to afk you, from all
the information which we were in puffeffion of, relpening the de-
, fencelefs Rate of the enemy's fettlements in the Rto di. la Plata, was
there the fmalleft doubt expreffi-d by any officer in the army or
navy, employed on that expedition, or by General Baird, of oh-
taioirg quick pothrtonof the places above alluded to, provided
we failed immediately, and meted whit promptnefs and vigour on
our arrival in the Rio de la Plata ?—A. No ; not the leafl.

(.I_, Did you ever, directly or indirealy, hear, that Sir David
Baird offered the left objection or argument ag dnf nay taking
the whole of my fquadroli from the Cape, of which lie was the
Governor, or exprefs a with for any thing to remain, except the
Charlotte fchooner, which was to be rea,ly to fofluw me with any
difpatches that might be nereflary ?—A. Never.
Q Was there any thing that ever came to your knowledge,
which could induce you to believe or fufpedt, that my objeet for
undertaking the attack of Buenos Ayres was not to advance the
public interelt of the country, and to meet the wither of thole un-
der whom I thought I was riding, by endeavouring to eltablifh a
permanent pofition in the Rio de la Plata !—A. From the various
con vitiations I have had with, and the knowledge I have of you, I
am confident you had no oiled in view hut the annoyance of the
enemy, the honour of the fervice, and the public inrereft of the
commerce of Great Britain.

After the capture of Buenos Ayres, did f not do every thing
by precept and example,to conciliate the minds of the inhabitants,
and to prove to them that the great ()lied of the expedition was
to ettablifh a commercial intercourfe between that country and
Grcat Britain ?—A. You did

Q Were not applications frequently offered to me, on the pro-
priety of immediately embarking the quickfilver and hark, and
other valuable merchandize ; and did I not refute to do fo, until
the fleet was completely provifioned; and by that attention to the
public fervice, did I not make a very material private facrifice,
and to what amount in your judgment ?—A I think it was pro-
poled to you to embark the propctty, which you constantly de-
clined, until the fleet was completely vidualled, and I think you
thereby made a Friona( and private ficrifice of at leaf! ao,o;:aal.
lL Da you remembcr my having fent from the Cape of Good
Hope to England; to Admiral Cochrane. in the Weft Indies ; to
Sir Edward Palm, in the Eaft Indies ; and to the Commanding
Officer off the Mauritius, the intelligence received of Admiral
Willaumez's fleet, and its probable ultimate deftination ?—A.Yes.
q, Do you recolledt ever to have known an inflame of the in-
telligence I received, and which I generally communicated to you
to have been incorrect ?—A. No Ido notret.oll2Cl any.

Q_ Was there eva a doubt entertained by any Captain or Of.
Peer of the fquadron, that tie Rio de la Plata was completely
within the Cape Elation ?—A. Never; I have heard them fre-
quently convetfc on that fubjcd.
Q Dorn not know, of your own knowledge, that Captain
Rowley, who commanded the Raifocable, unecr my oreers, war.
nt the Cape nation Taft war, in different Chips ?—A. He has -told
me fu; and I think he told me be commanded the Imptrien'c.
Q. Do you remember my being fuptifecled by Admiral Stirling
at Mal lonodo ?

This qaeftion was oh.frded to by the Court.
Sir Home POPU AM only wifhed to thew, from the manner in
which he was fent home, that he had nut the stecelTary withetles,
becaufe h: had no idea of being called to a Court Martial.
After a variety of obfervatioes the queftion vises ordtred" to be
expunged, 23 being irrelevant to the charge.
By the PROSECUTOR.
Q. When did Sir Home Popham fait communicate to yon his
intention to attack the enemy in the Rio de !a Plata?—To the belt
of my recollection, in the latter end of March ; we having, gene-
rally (peaking, given up any expectation of Admiral Willaumer,
after the 20th of March.

Q. Do you recoiled the day when a Tonningen brig came in,
and Rated, her having been boarded by a French lquadrou ?
A No.

Q Were the letters which were written by Sir Home Popham
to tile Admiralty, communicated by hint to you I—A. No; I do
not recoiled to have read any part or parts of letters from Sir
Home Popham to the Admiralty, while we were at the Cape.
Q._ I do not aile you, Sir, whether you ever read any 1411 s of
thole letters; hat afk whether the fob:lance of thole lettel 4 'rum
the Cape was ever communicated by Sir Home Popham to you ?
A, I do not know to what letters you allude.
F ROSECUTOR Turn to No 19. t tft March. rfloi."
[Letter read by Witnefs, hating that a 'nitwit gut Lrig coming
in was hoarded Ly a French fquadron.]
QHaving looked at that letter, does it bring to your recoiled-lion
the fart of a Totodugen brig having come in, and flaring that the
had 'been boarded by a French fquadron ?—A. Yrs; but I do not
recalled the time; I have no recolletflion except from that letter.
State to the Cinat. whether the cooverfation you had with
Sir Home Popham, on the fubjedt of his undertaking an Expedi-
tion to the Rio do la Plata, were or were not prior to the date of
that letter?—A. I think I have already anfwered that queltion
fully. I had no knowledge of Sir Home Popham sintention, prior
to the date of that letter.
Q Am I to underhand you. Sir, as fwearing pofitively that you
had no converfation with Sir Home Popham. relative to taking
any Expedition from the Cage, prior to that letter I—A. Cer-
tainly.
Q Upon your arrival at the Cape. and taking poffeffron of it,
did Sir Home Popham obtain the private fignals of the enc.ny, and
what fignals were they ?—A We obtained of courfe the colonial
fignals; theft., I mean, ufed at the fignal polls.
Q Were thole Cigna!' known to the feveral Captains of the
fquaa: osf —A They wire, to the brit of my recolledtion ; I bad
a copy of them, as Captain of the Diadem.
Q. Had their fignals been made to la Volontaire before the
!truck ?—A. Not that I reculleEt.
Q. Were any thips cruizit g without the Bay When laVolontaire
flood in to it I—A. The Rearm able and Nateitfut were at rya,
And chided la Volontaire into the Bay.
Q Suppofing la Volontaire had not Bruck to the Diadem, would
not tatofe thips have horn able to have captured her?—No, becaufe
the Diadem would have funk her or blown lux up.
Q raofiag no titip ltd been there, could not chore !Lips have
captured her I—A. 114, 1 think they might.
. QI, it not therefore manifeftly of fervice to the Cape to have
lonic of tits Maicity's [hips there, which could be Pa employed?—
A. The Beard of Admiralty arc ash belt judge of that.
(ittleition read again.

•
A it would be advantageous at all Arne, to bare figs eruizi us
in every probable fituatiou that enemies' Mips may be found in ;
but. w:th refpeet to the advantage of the Ci2e, I do not fee any
Qucition repeated.
A. If it is underflood that It refers to trade, I think fo.
0„.._ You have deferibed to the Court what you think of the Cart
as a military pofition ; do you not think that fecurity would be
materially added to, in the event of an attempt upon it, by its ha-
ving a naval force icr its protection?—A. As far as I can judge,
the Cape is extremely ftrong, and capable of being well defended'
without fhips—but mat undoubtedly, the addition of (hips. if the
enemy were not fuperior in naval force, would be an aflittance,
(")._ When did Sir Home fail from the Cape for the Rio de la
Plata ? What naval force did he take with him, and v. hat el Ihe
leave behind ? A. He failed in the middle of April, 18.-..6 I think
the 13th or i4th ; took with him the Diadem, Raifonable, 1No•
suede, Nareiffus, and Encounter gun brig. Ido not know of: auy
man of war left behind. _ _ _

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Q Did you return home With Sir House Popham 2 A. I did.
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By the Comm
PRESIDENT—" Did any (hip or veffel arrive at the Cape, from
which you received any intelligence on the day of your filing, re-
lative to Buenos Ayres ? "--A. Not that I recoiled.
Q When the Volontaire was taken, the had ou hoard a number
of Engliih prifoners; do you recollect how many ? A. To the
belt of my recolledion, they might amount to nearly 200.
Q. Do you know the number of her crew ? A. I think about
three hundred.
Q When the arrived, was the very (tort of water ?—A. Yes.
Q: If (be bad not had the two hundred prifonera on board,
might fhe not have continued much longer at fea without being
very thort of water ?—A. Certainly, in as much proportion as the
priforwrs had ufed.
Q You have fpokcn of the intelligence you received from an
officer on board the Volontaire, relative to Willaumez's fquadron,
did you learn from bins bow h • himftlf was informed of that def-
tination ?—A. No; but 1 confidered him, and found him, a very
intelligent man. and one who appeared to mt to be much in the
confidence of his Captain.
Q_ Did he tell you that he had feen the orders of Admiral
Willaumez, or that his captain had intorneed him what thole or-
ders were ?—A. No.
You have faid, that if the whole of the commerce between
Great Britain and the all Indies was properly anchored in Table
Bay, that it might be defended by the batteries on !bore ?—A. I
mean to fay, that as many as the Bay will bold, if properly an-
chored, could be protected.
Q Would thole *Blips be protected by the batteries, before
they approached tear the ihore,going into Table Bay ?—A. They
would.

Q Weuld thole batteries proted the Mips Come leagues from
• ..
the More ?—A. Certainly not.
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Q„ World then the Commander of the Cape, or (hips coming
thither, be better proteeted by Chips of war cruizit.g off the Capc,
than without ?—A. Yes, ceminiy.
Q_ I think you have laid, from the information you received
from the Volontaire, of the ate of the French (hips, at Ercil and
other ports,that tho enemy could not coileuf, in Europe, any force
to make art attempt on the Cape. Did you obtain, from the Vo-
lontaire, information of the naval force in Holland, of the naval
force hi Toulon, of the Ration of Chips efcaped into Cadiz, or of
thofe vaLkh were left by the Vulontaire, of the fquadron in
kochefort ?—A. No; but in all the converfations I had with the
French officers, which were numerous, I uncicrflood it to be, their
opinion, that the naval forces of the Allies of France, as well as
berfelf, were not in a (tate to attempt offenfivc operations, gene-
rally (peaking; upon which I had founded my opinion.
Q, Do you mean that it was the opinion of thole Officers, that
France and her Allies were not capable of fending any fquadron
to fea ?—A. I do not know what might be their opinion of France
or her Allies being capable of fending out a few cruizers, but I
think it was the opinion of thofe Officers, that they were not able
to fend to (ea a Naval Expedition. •
Q. I think you have Paid Sir D. Baird thought flying artillery
the molt efficacious to prevent a landing of an enemy at the Cape
of Good Hope ? A I did.
•

Did you confider Lim to fay that they were fo efficacious as
to render a naval force unneceifiry ?—A. No, I never heard him
1-peak of the co.operation Of a naval force with his flying artillery ;
but I have frequently heatd him ewers his opinion, that the
Cape was in perfedt fecurity, and that the landing of troops, op-
part' to his army, amounted to almoft an impoffibUity ; and I con.
ceive, that had the Dutch made proper refs flame with their flying
artillery, at Lotfpur's Bay, it would have been very difficult, if not
impoffible, to have made good our landing.
Q Is the road between the Cape and Saldanah Bay of fuck a
deferipti in as to admit of a flying artillery being rapidly tranfported
there, if an enemy fhould attempt to land there?—A. I have
never been there; it is about fixty miles diftant, and the road
is bad.

(t. Yen have (aid you do not know that Sir David Baird ever
übjedted to the whole force going with Sir Home Popham with the
troops ?—A. I have.
Q Can you fay Sir David Mira never did ohjest to fending
them ?--A. I cannot fay what might have paired between Sir Da-
vid Baird and Sir Home Popham, when I have not been prefent,
but I think it likely, iT he had ohjeCted, I should have heard it.
4:l` You have laid, there was no doubt in the mind of any Cap-
tain in the fquadron, that Bucuos Ayres was in the limits of the
command of the Officer commanding at the Cape ; have you teen
any order or inftrudions' which can jollify the belief. that it was
within fuch limits?—A. No; but I Inlve ever underltood fo, and
from knowing that the cruizers of the Cape Ration have gone
frequently to cruizc at the mouth of Rio de la Plata,. and lonic as
high as Monte Video, I could entertain no. doubt on the kbjed.
Do you (peak of your own knowledge ?—A. I (peak upon
general knowledge; I cannr.t fay I law them; but knew it Isom
the men who were on board the Diomede. •

Q Alter leaving the Cape, the fquadron went to St Helena;
did you find there any of the Eaft India Company's fhips. or any
other chips waiting for convoy for England?—A. Not:hat 1 recol-

Q., Yon ftated that under Sir David Baird you thought the
Cape impregnable; do you memo to fay, that it was thought fo
impregnable after the failing of Sir Home Popham and his Nita.
drun, with the troops, for Bueaos Ayres ?—A. I mean to fay, the
enemy muff have fent fo large a force to make any imprtffion, as
would render it next to imp..lli!de to arrive there within any time
of the feafon, as to Milne the fmalled prof-pat of fuccefs.
Q„ Do you know when the winner is fuppolid to begin at the
Cape ?—A. I flit.uld conceive at the latter end of April.
Dn you know what force Sir D. Baird had there after the
fquadron had failed ?—A I ftimild think about 6ocra num.
by Sir Hots POPHAM.
Q. On what day does it appear the Tonningen was boarded by
the french fleet?—A. On the 2111 of February
`ls not the Cape conlidered a very tempeftuous ftation to
crutzt off in the winter ?—A. Yes.

Q_Did we not leave the Railonablc and Narciffus in Table Bay
a day or two previ,,us to their coming in with la Volontaire; and
were they not then returning to Table hay ?—A. Yes, they were,
to the belt of my recollection.
Q. When you laid the Raifonable and Nareiffus would have
tak en the Volontaire, if the Diadem had not been at anchor there.
did you not aflame that the Cape was in polreffion of the Englilh ?
—A. Ycs.

Q From the potation in which you law the three Ships in the
morning, eo you not think the Vnlomaire could have got under
the protedlinn of the batteries, provided the Cape was in pt.fieflion
of the enemy, before the Raifonabic and Narciffus could have got
up to i•er ?—A. Yes.

Q It grrater advantages can he manifeft. as likely to be derived
by employment of the fquadron on other fervice than that of re-
maining in the vicinity of the Cape during the svinter, ouglq not
that fquadron fo to be employed ?—A. As far as matter of opinion
Foes, I lb.iuld reply yes.
Q Di•l you hear of any capture made by the enemy within the
the preondls of the Cape, durirg the abfence of the fquadron in
the Rio as to I'l4ta ?—A. I do Dot recalled that any fuch thing
happened.

Do you remember having been told, on the right of our an-
choring, after weighing on the Loth of April, that there was a per-
fon in the fquaciron who wa% eight years at Buenos Ayres, and
two of thote int( rower to the Cul& n houfe ?—A. tea

Q_ Do you remember what information he gave relative to the
flate of Buenos Ayres ?—A. He gave a good and clear account of
the &union of Buenos Ayres, and its vncans of decnce and front
his knowledge of the people, it would be vary cafy to obtain poi%
feffion of it with a few troops.
Qz. Do you recoiled my going to Sir D. Raird. on fhore, with
that information; and that the troops he gmutcd tor •he expedi-
tion were entturked in 4 hours, and that we f.ilcd as fuon after
as the weather would permit Yes.
Q_ Do you reco!led !•.ow f. verely the Britifh troops, •m board
la Volaniairc, had ft.fferetl from the fcurvy, for want of water ;
and do y•u recoikdt h v:ral having died on their plifage to the
more?—A. I do rceollea they were much afflided with the fent.
vy, and it is probable more allvwabce of wawa! might have

cantralTuel tit, or caufed it; buf as Ila raft atie:-.d then; to •
ihotd, I do not know, except from hearfay, of many fuming died,
By the COURT
<4. Waa Ekely that anys4 would have endure.; fo thort
allowance of water, if the Briala prlfeters were not on board?_.
A. Certainly not.

By the PatallE)lT.

CZ...You have raid, you did not bear of any capture belag toady
by the enemy, in the vicinity of the Cape, after the faiur of §if
Home Popham, andiiis Iquadron ?—A Yes.

FIFTH DAY.-WIDNESOAT.

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The PRESIDENT as loon as the Court had opened,
having anted Sir Home Popham whether he had any
other evidence to advance ?

The Honourable Captain replied, that he had it.
in his power to adduce feveral other witnefles, phi
ciiiarly Captains Edwards and Patker, and I.ieut.
Madden, who could corroborate the reilitnony of.
Captain King ; but from the time which this trial
had already occupied, and from an unwillingnefs to
trefpals further on the attention of the Court, he
would decline any farther evidence if the Court,
flsould not think it necelfary. He would entirely
abide by their will. ,
The Peastostyr and the other Members espreffed
their readinefs to attend to any wituefs the Honoura...
ble Captain might feel it advifable to bring fo• ward,
but declared it as their unanimous opinion, that the
evidence of Captain King requited no corroborating
whatever, and that if the other witneffes were meant
to apply to the conduct of Sir Home at Buenos Ayres' `.
or to the motives which actuated his proceedings, it'
was perfectly unnecelrary to relent I4VtIICIIIi 84410 one,
could afcribe any fiddler motile trstht blvareaptain.,
Sir Host a then prefented a life4ffilirpews whtet he.
willied to have read in his.riEfet%er:Anif cote-edo*
the minutes. Thole which • iftZlercled- 'WV aorrefpqa...t
dente with the Admiralty, acid tlie-gl4ater parref
which we haVa alreadY:detailed, ivele admitted by,
the Court ; but others they were pleafed'to confider
as inadi; ifilble evidence.
Sir H' then addrdred tlie:Covirr in the follow.
ing have doled my defedce, and I tlittiw
myfelf upon the wifdom and intlif.FaS Honouf?
able Cow t. My feelings aiad inpalaraAilave fuf
fered feverely; but I truftto ratirsifdtmlifftro-feliev'e
the one and ficure the other. if I bare, in the exer:
c:fe cf my zeal, exceesferThe Ilriftell bounds of
difcrction, I hope it Will te evident that I have been
aelti ued fdely by a de are to advance the honour, the
glory, and the intereti of my country. In the profe.
cutinn thole great objects, aided by my gallant
followers, and faltered by the fuperintending hand of
PKOVIDPNCEi it has been my good fortune to be put
in polfiffion cf the two capitals of two quarters of the
globe ; and I troll it will he found, upon a dole ex
amination of my defence, that

" The head and front of my offen ding
Hath this extent—tio more."

The Court was then (about half pail ten o'clock)
ordered to he cleared, and the Members temaintd
in deliberation until three.

Upon the re-admitlion of flrangers, the Judge
Advocate read the Sentence, which, after the ufual
Preamble, liming the time at which the Court Mar.
tial commenced, the names of the Members, and the
Charge againti the Prifoner, &c. concluded in the
following terms :
" The Court ;s of opinion, that the charges have been proved
againft the Paid Captain Sir Hosts Porittass.—that the withdraw-
ing without orders fo to do, the whole of any naval force from
the.place where it is diredled to be employed, and the employing
it in diftant operations ag:tinft the enemy. more efpecially if the
fuccefs of fuch operations fhonld be Hedy to prevent its fpecdp
return, may he attended with the molt fetious inconvenienceto the
public fervice, as the fuccefs of any plan formed by his hlajefty's
Minifters for operations againft the enemy, in which Inch naval
force might he included, may, by fuch removal, be entirely pre-
vented. And the Court is further of opinion, that the conduit
of the fail Captain Sir Home Poruam in the withdrawing the
whole of the moral force under his command froin the Cape of
Good Hope, the proceeding tsith it to the Rio de la Plata, was
highly cettfurable, but in confideration of eircumitances, dolt ad-
judge him to be only feverely reprimanded% and Le is accordingly
ftverely reprimanded." •

The nature of the alteration made in tlt Houle of
Commons on Monday night lath, is file Preamble of
the Bill for abolishing the Slave Trade, has been
greatly mil errefented in (erne of the Newt-papers. It
si true the words of the Preamble, wete altered in
der to conciliate (fame Gentlemen who entertained
fears of the effeCl which it might produce in the Welt
Indies as it originally flood—fears in wt)ich Mini(lets
and their friends did not at all participate. The fub-
fiance of the Preamble, however, was fully retained ;
and it contains, in particular, a dillipet and explicit
recognition a the prii:c'p/e.! VP:PL.; hamaaityi and found
policy, as thole which derlimiliediratliztnent to abolifh
the Trade. This haslsteu tffeeled. by declaring that
it is fit to aboliflb the hrakatpoyoi..#l and roe%
,o,Me
grounds", mentionedf4 Like ItefolUtioni Of ttie
and Commons, on we eAtTaibd 2.lth 160; tati6:;—
Now, thole refOlutioniiitere, thArthe ticiftes K Con.
fidering African Slaw 7 rade to bkcedotraOy to . the prin.
ciples cf JUSTICE, HUMANITY; iurt SOUND POLICY,
would, will all praaicable expedition, tale ffelual saw-
Ares for the Alo)i.fisn of the fame."
An opulent Cit, who died not long trace, had the
following onions item in his v.. 711 :—.4 I enjoin my fm
Edward not to telinquith trade, which is fo produSice
of flerling pounds; and whenever he embarks any
property on an adventure, that he adopts the ose
which makes the quickest return in pounds fleshing."
It is fubmitted to his fon Edward, and the pu'slic at
large, whether the now moll opulent State Lottery
Scheme is not the belt calculated to make the qiiicLelt
return to adventurers of/ler/ins pounds, and that too
to an immenfe amount ?

The return of eruptive complaints at this feafon,
when the cold weather prevents the perfpiration front
ailing as a correftive, is 'hewn in many habits by
itching, and much irritation under the fkin. It know
afcertained that the Aelion of SPILSBUKY'S Patent
Antifcorbutic Drops gives inaant relief, by removing
all obtiruilions in tha fecretory vefTels, evea whea
under the anion of Scrophula. Its good effeCts as a
medicine in giving appetite, pleafant to take, and rt•
quiring An ceffation of h ifinefs nr recreation, and its
ezillence as a remedy in various complaints ti r more
than 3o years in repute, are faits that deny dereplion•
Mr. SPILSBUKY to not acconnrable for any inix:nre
fold, unlrfs the worm., By the King's P.cet.t," Ate
inter ted at length on the bill of di:rttions, hnttle, and
wrapper; the.: 'lamp alfu (the King's duty) isminted
in b:Lcii in'tead of red ink. Sold at the Odra-
Lary, Nu. 15, S ho Squat*, London, in bAlles of
5. 6J. los. and tl. 2s, duty included. Compound
Effence Bs.

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