The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-03 00:00:00

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I ordered 'lle.O.:set In hemn noared immediately I the.
wigs at hi. W. and the tide war then nearly at the last quarter
ebit. awl much too W.-pest. to admit of a force hetng rent
in. Li as to elect any thing with a pnwihility of returning in
rate of discoter. before the snaking of the flood. st bleb would
elfectaal.. have luck al ills our ships within the memo's eon-
fine:l anchorage during the whole of that tide. lime they
scatlid hart heen evpmed nut nary to the poio•-blank shot
from the h Mertes. hat alai to the broads' 'el of the above
mentimuyi lan line or Willie ships thew lyio in Ai y Road,
sari *which even. withnaf nssistaore from the batteries, must
have entirels crippled every note of our ships in their ap-
rr tacit throw! h sit narrow a eltaoriel t besides which, some of
the getweiriel ships were scOfteleatly upright. and so situated
as In enable them to bring their glues to bear upon the vi-
tro/cc.
I would here submit In the Coin, whether the idea which
riPP•lttm to have been emertained by lord Cochrane, that a
f tree rout I have been se* in, so In have arrived heftire low
water in the et bruin; um oat in itself preposterous and int-
Upon the fullest ran ideration that tin possible attempt
enoLl he 'mule until the tide had flowed for some time, Mims
a pr •wionis change a wind should tike plate. all I had to do
nit- to make peeperatien far the attack no the enentv's
Ay/monied solot I ercordinly I made the signal fir the fleet to
well's, ani the Itestr- Admiral and Captains being rtmernbled
ms 10.) .rd CaledAttia. I care fled rs to the Commander of
the Enet, the n .1v bolo present, to proceed, as soon as the
tide wool 1 permit that ve..el to approach near enough, to
bonshn it the enemy*" ships; I at the mop tint- ordered the
libolent. Coetairt. and Growler :so-hrir to accompany her,
lad directed the Captains of the Valiant. Belloona. and Re-
vell!" wits the frigate., to take no adeaured anchorage as
bear as po.iihle tot the Bunyan shoal, to he in rendinees to
proceed to the attack as stem as the water had sufradeally
• lowed melt-Mir them to do kt.
At h.., a! n and la A. which was snueh before the
11 rod was se Mewl. mote to commence effective opera-
lions, the fleet ran in. anti mime to, an anchor within about
three rode- distant from the enemy's fortress of Ail t the three
ships lief 00-asentioied, with ibefriewtes. anchared about a
stile n oar.o t the Ruuyart, bet the bomb and brigs did not
terse is,.
, At t O eel ti le mad-. three of the seven ships which hid
ay-moiled on the Pallas shoal, aud were the farthest torn us.
be or lightens 1, succeeded in warpilig off, and made for the
Gib 'renter.
T.e inn line-a•-battle shit:pistil' at their anchorage, in the
situation befor.• 'oak, at the same time, advantage
or the flied, and proceeded likeo Ist towards that river.
Moo, tr met all anew lye ships now ran agrtund at the
month of tie Chsoente, and here never msailable.
These umeensests of tae cruan,'s ships were not, as I sob
pelt to t le Court, In be prevented 'iv any means that I enol I
adapt. wit's the smallest rbnnee of success, and without his
Malest.'s ships briny put en the toast *Dwane tattle peril
and warn, ts Rear-Admiral Stoopforil hits, in his evident* an
the part of thy pe ssecutioo. moot emphatically described,—
" One- wanid have been all the los., and the enema's all the
otivao.iire." •
Thr 4* ind blew ;Werth in. so that in the event*, our ships
bc,,tx cripple I. white the A and-tide WA= riesling. which aP-
pe.fryd i•ievitable, it would have been impossible For theism
Lave worked not, or to have retreated to an anehorngeost of
the reach of the atemy's sOnt and shells ; the rievemerwee of
which cauld scarcely have been less than their utter de-
s'
These serloot impeiiments induce:) me to delay the attack
until the latter pin awe told, In order to give say *biro.
which might be disattird on their approach, eels/me of re-
turuin„e, b. means of the reeeding tide.
• i1.5.•1 the wind been firmorahle :or sailing both in and not.
or even ate latter nude. th-re enuld have been no doubt that
the IrUiIIMY tile eemy's ships were attacked the better.
And I taink the Comm still allow. that I am completely
hone out in what I has.* stated, by the sentiments which, it
Will he proved. w• sus e tpreased to nse by Lord Cachoun
when he come ',Ohmura tae Caledonia after the action; that
had I acted upon lois uißusa. and sent in at that time half the
lie he calculated uann ill Lot of three or four of hi, Ma-
jest, 'w Hoe-Ist-battle raps. .Itel i have moreover to observe,
that if to Ike:tore of the obstrortioo of the other ships of the
rue iv. I had sent In a farce, before the three ships had
warped la tar Pallas 410411. .t positive fact, that it
rood mot have tidy:towel t • the attack of thee! three Alps,
ea acetate* of the Areal water.
It atipean `or use lag.. -wilt of the Loperieuse, that at JO
pur: it, she weighed aod rut' use, in comp for with
the Etna huoitt and n gan-hed,s. The fact is. that the Ems
passed the Imperietide w bilat at welter, about one, and
that rx maw ilk: attack same • one before tar Imperiems
arrived up t half ItO how tiftera..re- t ,e tipperieuse and the
B•nzfp faii..tred tale Ftna and gun-brigs in to the attack,
sue between tea mimic- before, mid begets foliates after tan,
ea with seen by a reference ta the tog-boohs mu the tcolk,
1 ordered those Inolefatizable, Unicorn, Aigle, and EMerahl
frigates. with the ‘'alitint mid Retries. (and the Pallas a few
"Mialete• to weigh ; Caotaia migh. the stator Officer.
Aar ek: ovine huum lietare received my /inmates for his pro-
ee.ottiag a nino theemetuy. .
• The Imp-rine open vi her fiir, nt about `:0 minutes after
two. the A at thee, nod the other skips as soon after as
tbe *min silk permitted.
IA ronermielee 111 .trot„ mirth-westerly winds, the flood tide
en:timed nee:lino until pit three lot I se afterimou, which
Lord Corlinvir has not antic/A in his evidence.
la my letter of the lath Mae to the Admiralty. I could
.mt state these. cieruyeaances sninutelt. as lam mow m-
alted to do. lit a reference ostee made to the Ing-bock'.
At lea minute. ofterfone, P. M. the enemy's shops Calcutta.
and the Vlitu de Vaninvie an-I Avian' attain an hour after,
were tales piesession of by the boots of the advanced squa-
dron, and it net tire. as snort as the prisoners a err removed I
*short time aner, Le Taimere seas bona by the enemy. Tnis
ship is al niltr‘i by the evidence of Lord Coebraoe to have
been out of the reach of our fire; and it is a notorious fart
th u the tree tirether, and the other two 'hips that god afloat,
ball beets aground at some di-lance beyond Ibe Tonnere.
lo Cots manner she Court will find, that the four ships ca-
pable lime attacked at the time the signal was made (if
the To nnere may be so ronsidered. of which I doubt) were
coomplooely de-troyed ; the other three of Ike octen first on
Aare, never haves!, as I have already gaited, been in a situ-
ation to be .tsusited.
Au I I venture most positively to mere, that the destruc-
tion of those ships would mot have been eliectid, if had not
dela. ed the attack moil the time I did.
At the close of the afternoon, I judged it advisable to at-
tempt to ailloa up our Weft/ by ms attack upon the fire-
ships that hall c-caped to the month of the Charente which
I thogzhi it might presible to effect during the night I
therefore sent Rcar-Adai. Stepfard, it the Come, with the
Tbrheoft fit d the fire-sititm and boats of the fleet with Mr.
Cou,:rsoo. s rockets, and gave the Rear-Adm. discretinual
orders to pooceed no he 9110.1t1 judge proper, and for his mp-
g/tying that force as he should think tit, and according as tie-
s essweasees shield reader it expedient.
Scarcely bad the Cesar reached Air Road, before she
and lay io a very perilouts situation (as has been
I Ise the !tear-Adm.) reposed also to the point-blank
sbat Late the batteries.
?, The Rear. Idmiral. perceiving that-nothing could be ef-
fected tit tac lone-of-hattle Ships, all of which hipi grounded
(as bad ..nve of the frigates), and that they lay to immi-
nent Jaeger, awl satisfied that if any thing farther could he
hebelea t ords the destruction of these snips. it could only
be fits„alloy vessels. he therefore very judiciously, before
de -1i emit* 4,14, .airaitcd hit:itself Of a providential shift
ist•tii • whithillocittle him. when the line-of-battle ships
She ,to ehttriesite them from 'that danger, and to return to
N„-gnat dtimadi.
Captain of the Valiant, also on S:s return reported
to me. that it was foetid impractical* to destroy the tnree-
decked -hip, and others which were lying at this emeasee of
the t haranar, as the former (which was the eater out was
protected by three lines of boats placed In advance from her.
In addition tot the itwootestible proofs already adduced of
the imp ractleabilor. of effecting any further destruction of the
enenit (fret, I will adyeet to the high profesaineakehaninee
of Rtar•Atlesind atopttird, and Captaue•herestord, Bligb,
• aid ii.err, who cahoot for an instaat be *apposed likely to
on it an s- circumstance that cloud elect the object for arlsltit,
they were seat by me into Aftivalls; and I ant morally
certain, that they did not witlds'aw their skips nail it wasp
wholly impracticabk to annoy the enemy Caliber, 'omen lit'
appear-) to those Ogicers-thatthe dostrection of their own
ships wield he the certain coosequence of their longer cooti-
es:awe in Ais Road.
Lord t:echraite remained in the Road of Ms daring the
'4th nod 14th, accoetspanied by the Pallas frigate, the sloops
and gun-brig', and Etna bomb, but taithiug wits attempted
by the frigates. Daring the 13th the Furs was employed in
thrusting shells, the Orbiting schooner is trios rockets. and
tie other small vessel, firing upon the enemy's ships at shore,
when the tide permitted them to approach, On the 141 h/
keying by ,igual directed the Imperiettse to join Ise, 1 ordered

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Captain Wolfe, of the Aigle, to take the consumed of the
small meets admired ; these, with the Etna, continual fie-
ine• ou the enemy's ships at the rotenone of the Charente, us
opportunity ntfered, during the remainder of the day, boa
ss 'thou, effect.
Oa the 15th I dispatched ir three Nettle to their Lned-
ship-, iirthe Impeneuse, with my pithily kner of the [lii
of Open, giving an account of the service n hich lasi bent
pefinened.
. From the 15th to the 24th, the attack on the enemy's ships
on shore:it the mouth of the Charente was continued by the
bombs (the Thunder having arrived on the 19th), assisted by
'the 'mall vessels, as wind and weather permitted; but the
enemy had, by throwing overtmard their gum and stores, got
so is:An up. that even the gun-brigs and other vessels of light
driaght, frequently gtenntled In their endeavours to ap-
pmach, and uever could get enfficieutly Dear to produce any
elfert. '
The orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
to me of the 14th of April, to detach two squadrons of fear
ships of the line each, to cruise for the purpose of intercept-
ing the Frenels ships which had escaped from L'Orkut, in
February, having with the other orders which t reeeived,,
from their Lordships between the 17th -March said 29th of
April, being read upon openingthe Croon, I take acesseatfo
observe, that I hatianticipated the orders of their •
in this respect, and the se. ceto in the operatioata the 1
whored the loss of any of the King's Mts,
use to do so. 1 bad previously apparent two ilhe
that seesrice, one of which had actually sailed befog* tea-'
ceived the order of their Lordships thereupon.
From the 24th to the 29th of April hs:hing menial elei
curved. and having received the Admiralty letter of the I
of April, siguifyine, " that their Lordships eintwitlering the
Mate of the enemy store, in consequence of the brilliant sue-
eels of the fleet under my command, so much reduced as to
render my fhrther presence unlit-crosses, directed me to re- ,
pair to epithead in the Caledonia," I accordingly completed
ye arrangements of the fleet, and proceeded in the Caledonia
to England an the 19th April.
. Previous to my leaving Basque Roads, one of the enenty's 1
fiigats was set ou fire by themselves at the entrance of the
Charente; another was observed to be wrecked further up
libel miser. The nu:nber of ships that escaped whereat to-
Jury, did not, from the best information. e weed one or two
fte-o&battle amen and two frigates; what may have bens
' the fate of the remainder. I leave to be considered by the
Mee hers of this lionoor.:ble Court, who are well qualified
be liege of lii condition of ships which had been so It:tossed
1 a repeasedly w'en'd.
By the foregoing narrative, as well as by the log and simnel
leg of the Celt-dote& (to which, es also to every correct log
of the fleet, 1 am as desirous to refer to as Lord Cochin*
Say bet, it will. I conceive, be seed that I fully meet the
charge which has been preferred agal.nt me, and if the ha-
pftwiun arising out of this inquiry should prove less focueirable
to Lord i 'adults/is, tam t oat w inch may have bees produced by
ney letter to the Lords Coramisioner‘of the Admiralty after
litb April. Isis Lordship must be 'curable. that .1 the instiga-
tes- of ibis Court denial, he will himself more been the cause
ef bib change of sentiment. I have ouen willing Li grant to
ais Lordebip the fullest credit for Ids personal bravery, and
*.e his judicious manner of appear-aim the enemy in the lap
• ,to which poiuts the commendatioa expressed ha itie
letter ernes 14th of April related.
For to fact. the amen of tbe first part of ,ehe enterprise.
as I have before observed, arose from the terror excited by
toe appeanmee of the fire ships. as they faileit In the prince.
1141 edect they were uuteaded to produce and the blast of the
expl seal vessel's .der his Lordship'. immediate direction,
did not take place by any Incase so near to the eueiny's snips
as his Lordship hod pr..jected. The general result, boa ever.
of the attack was so successful. tau under that jewellik' I
Jim mu hesitate to empress in my public ler the degree of
approbatlou which le therein marked, paillug over circum-
stance* sue altogether, satiseictor, to me. mad not at teat dose
ueressary tole brought into public notice.
The Coen is maw le possession of all tile facts aid r ircum-
stances its which I rem my justificative, and it remains so be
considered bow far they are directed by the evidence produced
ou the part of Coe prosecution.
1 nave first to refer to the evidence of the Second in Com-
mand, and to that of the Cap.aius of 'woo the frigates en-
ogee in the attack, vie. Rear-Admiral Stopfurd, and Cap-
tains Redo aid Wolfe.
f hese o.llcers. far (rain supporting any part of tar charge
*pert use, have &meanly denied there barley; bent an neg.
lect, deloy or dedcieacy hi any part of ins cuoiluct in
Knees; ;ad I am persuaded, that bad the Prosecutor
all thi sneer witnesses he surunsooed upon the trial, • OW
requnaliag testboauy would have bees given by ask eit
thew.
1 beve next to refer to the evidence of the log and
boosts of the fleet, en. whirls the charge purports to be led
ed. and 1 east Isere beg to call year mammon tootie very no.
ussat circunautoce of there beiag alre, es year table two
I log books of the same ship (namely, the Imperieuse). ,
_and ,
materially dile:rim from each other ; one of theta ptiodeted'
by the Neater of the isoperieme, es the authentic palate doe
mutest of that ship, to the accuracy of which be has depos-
ed ; and the other presented by Lord Cochrane, and admit
i (eft by his Lordship to he a co.itpilation by himself in Los-
(dun, from metes-tee is bleb are mot produced to the Court.
In addition to these circainstancer I stave tv lay epos vale
table a tuird paper, purposing to be aLo a log-be kof the
Impel-icier, but differing from the town already before seine
This paper was delivered to me by Lord Cochrane, in ibe-
diem to my order of the 12th of May lad, to furnish um
w ith " a copy of the books urines and signals of his Majes-
ty's ship Imperinee, under his command, from llth to 15th
April beiusive ;" and to this log the Coon would find af-
' axed he Lordship's signature.
The Casa itvelf having so attentively inspected the Master',
Mg, l'oeed ant paint out the alteratioes evidently made there-
in, and It moot fail to observe the variations hi the other
two logs ; I must, no:sever, remark, eat .among the devia-
tions in teem papers from the ship's original 10,,, the signal
ins nediotely lu question, wheat is recorded in the latter to
have been for " half the fleet," mends in both these compile-
times as nava( been matte for " part et the fleet" only ; and
of use two logs received from Lord Cochrane, that ouly pro-
duced in Coon by binuelf records tee. eiretiaseusce of his
having bailed the Indefatigable, and propteed to hr a jabot
attack upon the enemy's ship the Orem ; and I cannot lelp
*re reminding the Court of the applicateso made by the Mw
ter of tie eisperleme fur access to the In 'elatigable•s log. I
beg leave to submit, whether documeob formed sine time sr-
ter the event they record took place, and ye contrary to
the practice of the Navy. can be deemed nucleonic. or ought
to be referred to as, or in support of, evidence before thl.
Coon.
I have no doubt the signal made by Lord Cochrnoe on the
inuritieg of the 12th April, which forms a part of the charge
agnitin rue, will, combined with other subsequent signals, ap-
pear to the Court unprecedented and improper; of this his
Lordship now seems aware from the manlier so which he has
expectant hinseelf in his evidence; and that there may be so
doubt of the accuracy of toe shoal log-book of tne Cale-
&vela, I mat again call oefore you the Signal Officer. to
thew that thesigual of recall ou the 13th April, mid to have
been observed by the imperieuse, was Bever made by the Ca-
ledonia ; and also that the signal of the 14th, recorded in the
CaledisMa's In% as wade by the Imperieuse. 4 that if permit-
ted to remain calm destroy exicy" is denied by Lard Cochrane
ever N have best made.

I have yet Sa call the attention of the • Court to the plan
drawn by Lord Coehrohe of the position of the enemy's ships
as they lily aground 016 the morning of the Itth of April, and
to that pre.ition as..rked open the chart, verified by Mr.
Stokes $ the fanner laid claim from misertain data, the lamer
from angles measured. and other observatioss made upon the
spot ; the diference between the two is ton apparent to
cveapc the notice of the Court, and the respective merits of
these charts, will not, I think, admit of a comparison.
The atearacy attributed by Lord Cochrane to the Frenth
charts will, I doubt not. seem very extruordinary, after it
'hog he abewo is evidence that his Lordship expressed a very
opposite opinion.
It now only remainv for one to examine in what manner
Lord Cochrane hiss attempted by his umupported opioion to
maintain the charge. This is to be collected from toe long
narrative evidence gives by his Lordship. It tethno, I am
sure, be dressed necessary for me to follow him timough the
'rouge of this evidence. There are, however, some parts
of it thatrrequire particular animadversion.
In the coarse of Yl5 evidence Lard Cochrane, in allusion
to the danger which would attend his going wiolooot ellenli-
tuipaiket to tbe.anack of the, ships at the mouth of tne Goa-
ratite, ays, mama* of himself, ' A heavy, a very heavy
respmaibility would lie upon my sbnuldets in ease of disas-
ter, which In military °madam is sometirnett assvoidable.
If I ILA* my cableshaS away, tee *mom, I might have
been soak.' Yet, whikt os owe hand his Lordship seems
0 to Lave beeu so sensible of the weight of responsibility
imposed upon himself by the cowhand of a frigate and a
fesemsolle'r" vessels, be appears do the other to have bees
autaialfal of the far beavier degree of respoosibilits attached
to iny cappand daring BO complicated an sossernsking, in
alludiu lo the danger: of which. I ma-t take this eitime-
nosily t illembon Ivelirbeces for heating Coot. whim boa
Cochrane oeplorStuf to septa have himself discovered when he
s‘enii- to . previous to the attack.
Lot C.se be plates. Ord 74-gun ships may go into an
• lane;; , literdeikstbe Beloyart Shoal soothe Pallas at
I soy time seflida.. • .

7HE STATESMAN.

He asserts also that the tido rises Poly from tat to twelve
het. •By the French chart, which he produced to confirllin
ore
ripsir
err,
liti:tpeptrarts Ant there
wi.iath auk
from en pow
ighteenavtoert went y
Peel *low water. Ilist by (be charts of the Master of the
`Peet, and Master of the ts aledooia„ who *omitted storm the
flanltl it appears that there is only from it ta 19 feet, and
the bosh fulls"! knolls; wader these oiscurostaisees, if, Lord
iii=we'sapinion be correct relative to the rise and fait of
Old %an Inliii senses would veuture a seventy-four
tredk erns its the smoothest water, at kw than three-quartet
I and therefore fro to the refuge that this inner anchor-
ne would aorta crippled ship, haw little would the podia-
' baity be that the opportunity of both tide. and wind should
olkr for a crippled ship nt.the moment at which it was roost
Wanted. to pass over the hank, and get out of the reach of
the batteries; but if I bad even previously known 4inuels of
this later aisehorageas I now do, I would not. pm the win&
wasatthe time, hale door otherwise than I Sid. And if
e:Coeknuse redly knew what he has now professed to
kWh* wheirbe was in Alt Roads, it was a duty ins-
. y istramebeat upon him to have ronsesuniested that in-
MI
oft on the afterglow of ate 12th, to the Captains of
i -of-batdiships which he Saw in so perilous a situa-
tions. wooed within point-blank rangy* of the batteries.
seen Caches.* has expressed as option, that two or three
sill pf the lime mat issoothe mondeg of the l'lth, might, by
r'Poo the verge of the Ilisovart Shoal, have passed
-11111.011ral of the two Preach *ins remaining at anchor.
I declare to bare been absolutely impracticable: as
1 bon tie mkiag fire of the two ships afloat and of the
ones on shore ti our approach, and the fire of the
as from the shoal water dose under their lee‘ The
y of Captain Ruin, the only *Rom e tangoed on
at, Oa the part of the Prinecetims, corroborates my
Vl4mce
which I have no doubt will be further suppartet by
of other comp tent witnesses I propose railing.
. iftspect to the force of the Aix batteries, I apprehend
what appeared to Lord Cochr.me and to the Master of his
*INN ruins of the fort, were in fart materials kw intros.-
big or isereasing the winks. .lodeed, out it be natural to
sippove that the enemy, who are so active in forming bat-
teries wherever they e.ut be useful, and whose engineer are
to be equal to arty, would of all moments (hose
disramotling, or blowing up works, whets they ex-
rt,
these works would be most renaired ; fur it I. very
o, he jointly was as fully apprized of note intentions of
elbsektag their fleet as myself: AO it will. perhaps, he am=
sidered lea likely that the enemy should weaken their de-
heves on the Lie d'A it, raised evidentit for the protection
of their fleet, when sit the Flate time they were esidertyouriog
to foriu others on the &Irvin Saoal ii farther protection
fur it.
Relative to the service that bad been performed, and what
:night irwilhly still be farther attempted towards the dostrue-
tion of the enemy's ships, Lnrd Cochrane states a cewer.
lotion to have passed between his Lordship and mraelf, oa bk;
!omen from Mx Roads, In which be reprewets me to hafte
told. " that if he threw blame it welid appear like rieto
glittiv claiming all the merit to hiinselL" I, however, Wont;
/be Court will not cuoreive that the expression of
ame is a any isthmian to my conduct, for as I More ch=g
7 641.,„ rd Caehraar never expressed one syllable from whilli
M
form the most faint Idea, that be fell disappoint
II awe tents; resting with me. His Lordship's allusion hall
'vibrance only to the several Officers who acted with MO%
Aix Road.; rit whom generally be cast blame, MOON
giving tire smallest intimating, either by word, or manner,
that in his expressions of dissatisfaction he included his Com-
mander is Chief.
By the mousier in which Lord Cochrane has experned kiln-
eV, it might pernep• be cowhide', that I had been deorous
be should bear my dispatebesto England t and aft"( the roe-
that he represent. toe to usve given him, it misfit, if I allow-
ed this statement to pas- ti co.s radicted. be supposed by some
tint I protsreed this as -a inducement to secure Lord Coch-
rane's silence; whereas is 'stet his Lordship creels the circum-
stance .0 his 'Mud it will, t am sure, lead him to acknow-
ledge, that so far Iron pre-si .g this service upon him. ise the
Gm in*tatice. I gave him to tout c.taud that Mir !tarry Neale.
the Captains( the Fleet, was in, beer Inv dispatches nod at
width Lord Cochrane. I positively declare, expressed evi-
dent marks of dibeatisf ictioa ; and it certainly will appear to
every reflecting mind. that my trending Iris Lordship to Eng-
land, with orders to go to the- Admiralty, betra seri no desire
of concealment, nor appreaension of any repreieutation Lord
Cochrane mig it snake of my (-riled.
Ur
a general review of the evidence of Lord Cochrane.
it w II Appel'. that his Lisrdship has founded his statement on
the narrative log. compiled shire hisreturn to England—Her
the French chart—and on the posithin its which is placed has
his own chart the enemy's several ship, aground, soul the two
ships which remained at the anchorage aught mr.ssing of the
11th. . • • ,
When It Is considered how ratentiallv this log differs fralo
8p.% log. and b nth of them from the decuotent Lord
ane has furnished ore with, I conceive not amen' credit
ran be given to either'.
With regard to the reliance to be.pineed on „the-Preach
chart, I have already observed, tilt Lord Cochrane de-
dared before the mane: that it was incorrect.
With respect to the position of the eiteni., ships in the
saseming of the 12th April after thieir dispel:limn It ie. Aso ir ideli,
different front that iu which Vey: are Oiled ip rite chart,.
which has seen delivered in liy the Vaster of tile Caledoeln
and Will be swilled by the 31aster'-ofthe Fleet, thatlt is Med:
*lsi to be outvoted they relate eirthe'same tranimetion. Aad it,
Is very fair here to remark the [Act acktmoledged by Lard
rare
in his evldertee, that he erred no kss than Ave
of the compass in the repoit he ma le tome heroic the.
. . or the direction iv/which the Freneh fleet was moored
in two line* trout the fort of Isle &Aix. •
Uhl Cochnine huts thought fit to resent that the enemy's
gedl
three grounded ships, whirls.eses rom off the shoal of the
Pallas, were lying so near together as to give two of theta,
which he states to he heeling inwards, the appearance of
their 'noes and yard,. locklne: this desertption of them is cer-
talhl y well enleulated to make a strong Impressiont of their de-
fenceless state ; but w hatever may have been their appearassre ,
to his Lordship. such is not the fact; Co in reality, tfry were
lying perfect, s sepia:tie awl clear of each other, or is shown
Sy the aforeinestinne4 chart produced by the nowtar of the
Caledonia, as will also he Proved by evidence. Bat what.
ever their situation might have been with respect to prod;- '
mity; I must here terent. that they coedit never have been li
approve:but by our ships within the tench of our shot, as Lord
Cochrane hia• allowed in retard of the Ton:sere, which was
nearer fo our attack WA forte than either of the Three ships in
quest too.
It no* only rentalas for me to request the attention of the
Court to some coacluaone which I think may be drawn frown
the whole of the statem-nts I have submitted to the conside-
ration of you, Sir, and the rest of the Memhses of this Ho.
Pourable Court, and by which. witn the additional evidence
I have to adduce, It nat.! fl utter myself, di.tioctly appear—
" First. That during the whale of this service. the most
unwearied attention was apirlie.l by toe to its main object,
the destruction of the COCO • ft 00. ,
" Secondly, That in no part of the service was mare 7eat
and exertion shown, than Autism the whole of the I-Ith of 1
April, when I had nereeta.rily in view two uhleett —t he de- 1
structimi of the enemy's elect, and also the preservation of
that under my command : for the eytreme diferulties in -p-
-preaching an cursor closely 41Pcsimilird by shoals, and .trite-
It defended by batteries, rendered caution in my proceedings
peculiarly oerawary.
6' Thirdly, That three out of the 'even nt the enemy's
ships aground on the Pallas were, from their Asst being on
shore, totally nut of the reach of the elms of any ships of the
fleet that might have been scut i i awl that at no time what-
ever. either snowier later, multi they hive been atta•died.
" Fourthly, That the other four of the eleven ships• of
which the enemy's fleet consisted, were never its a -boat lob
to he assailed after the are-ships had tailed in their main
object." . ..
These are the poluts oft whist, I rest my ittstilleation, tree-
ing that it will appear to the Coert,epon their review briny
whole case, that I did take the most effectual measures for de-
stroying the enemy's &et j that neither neglect nor unseen-
sary delay did take place in the executton of this siviee i
and on the contrary, ttt:a it was ,swing to th • time chosen by
me for sentilog a (Ogee in to make the attack. that the screire
wits accomplished wicks' very ineonsiderribk &Jogs. Had I
perused any of tire measures deemed practicable and proper
in the jadetnent of lord Cochrane, I nm firmly persua&4
the success attending this achievement would have proved
more dearly bought than any yet recorded in oar nasal no-
oak, and far from accomplishing ths hopes of and coati. rs or
the espectutious of the Admiralty. ii.u.l have dis ippoitsWil
both. if inch too tram the foundation of hos Lordship's pros. i
peas, it is jest they should yanisb brlore the sitkrier Tani-
iterations attending a service iinoilsing the naval character
and iscot important interests of thenatiou. •
I cowhide by obsersine, that theservicenctualls performed
has been of great importance, as welt in it. immediate effects.
as in Its ultimate roneerramwes, for the Brest fleet is. to ril-
duced as to be no longer etlretive. It wn• upon this lett the
essay relied for tbe.succour isod protection of their West In-
dia colonies; and the dc.truction of their .hip, was effected
la their own harbour, it. .i. ht of *howled- of the French t
tad I congratulate myself and Any country, that this imper-
ials service has been effected, under Providence, with the
loss only of 10 men killed, .t) wounded, and one missing;
and not even one of the smalle.‘ of nor yesseh etiolated ha•
bees disabled from proceeding uu any s;•r% Ice that 'Met tree

become necessary. The extra of Mk:ollie% and the pm.
pact of danger, in thi) rive price. were carrels,. mad the
gallantry and detaratined spirit of thee engaged most con-
spicuous. Them merits and tbove &Acuities might not to le
depreciated. on mermaid of the inemelderable loos mi.taln•ti
on tire orcitsion; Iby no enc.ow seek to arrogate to my;. if
nay merit b these isb-ts ration. ; but I make them' 4, a tti-
, Nitro? prai.r due to ;be zealous services of the br .ve Ora.
cars and awn under may command, aid with a view of p, • •
ing out how justly they are entitled to the gratitude of die.r
country.

11031 E CIRCUIT.
KENT'ASSUES, 3tAiDSTONE, Tusspay, ♦oc.l

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CIVIL ',ME.
CONLY V. JONEV.

This was an action of trover to rinover the va•
Ine of a horse, to which the Plaintiff and Defend
dant both laid claim as their own. rive question
tamed entirely on the identity of the animal, which
being proved by the Mimill's witnesses, a verdict
was given in his favesui.
it V. wußcat)f An) •110THER.
This was fur an assault on the Plaintiff, a man
uproar is of 74, on whose head the Defendants
poured a certain unsavoury liquid, whilst they
pushed dose with a long pole, because he
threw down a pile Qf wood of •theirs, in ortkr to
tetaliate for their diving his fence. Verdict for
the Piaintilt—Dumageg 101.

wtOWN BIDE.
Robert Girdler was capitally indicted, tinder
the statute ul the ‘2tith of Geo. 11. fur plunderiog
wreckwe the Isle of Sheppey.
The case was opened by Mr. CUEWOOD. It
appeared that uu the I gth of January last a boat
w.as driven on shore un the Manor of Minster, its
ibc tale of Shelvey, and marked as belonging to
tMI Lthd OI 'the Manor until its former owner a
peered.' Tits Wit morning it was found Luken
to pieces, souseof which were found in the pus.
seavion of the'prhoner.
The limit)Cutts, BA eix,said, this was a quev..
tion'elf the tight of salvage, which aught to have
been tried is a civil action, and reprobated this
mode of indictment fur a capital bieuce. The
Jury found the prisuoer Not (unity.
• ././ •
-1111_ •

CORN EXCOAN.;Et Auovsr q.
The Market to.day is very thinly supplied with
Wheat, and tine samples are at tt small eucirase
in price; Barley likewise, and in very II hurt sap.
ply ; in Malt and Peas little variation; there are
several Foreign arrivals of Oats, and usioing the
supplies from the North country, this trade may
bisexpected cheaper ' • Flour at an advance of 5..
per sack ; and fine American 5Us. to 545. per
barrel.

Wheat, 764. Reis 944. I rode •entr, -- - - 44, Se.
!Fine diito - - - • Al*. Imir. 0.414,
'Rye, ' 465. ifi4e Poland dkto - - -ilk. Ai.
Barley, - - 11. 4 ...
flak. - - • 14$ ,e... 1.
4 . Nen. (liniku) •9Us. Ithts. Fine Flour -- - - &h. stn.
t.h.e3 Peat, 464. PI Second.
Beam s7s. la.

• Rtenartoson,'Goonuuca, and Co. joint Con.
tractors fur the present state Lottery, ruspect-
' fully acquaint the Public, that Tickets anti Shares
ate on Sale at their Offices, Curnhifl and Casting
Cross, • London, anti by their Agents in the prin.
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Pita 5,000 Nunikers—.lll io lie drawn in One
Woo -1-Yourlirkets 'of each Number. The Pur.
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'TiIIttATENFI) iNreAsion.—At no Idiot of our
biatoi7, has' thfuefitient strength. of ear brave sot.
diets and 'tailors be,-otee more Importance
than at Oh eventful crisiit. The wars of Venus,
as well.is Met% *me not %infrequently obstructed
thrir exertion* tithe ocean, and in the "tented
fiellit"--It may, thervfore, be deenitid a national
good, that a UZNIIDT is now discover( d, which is
an absolute prerentire of Venereal Infection,
and is likely, in time, to exterminate it from the
fuec of the earth. —The AncAiruw, ur MEDICATED
SoAp, according t.. the opinion of the mom re-
spettable of the Faculty, will he found a p..r.
feet .SAVEGV MID in every climate, and is sold, with
full directions,. in boxes, at 4s. each. (wholesale
and retail), at the Medicine Office, No. It, lied-
ford.cuert, Curent-garllen. Any Gentleman re-
siding in the conntry, inclosing in a letter a one
• pound note, may have tire boxes conveyed in a
small-package (1)7 coach or otherwise) to any part
1 of the United Kingdom.

I) F.; k FNESIL—TIte tame extranedioney Marco effected
by L)r. Tai U3lra It ....I 1-,1)1f for s this Complalat the
most handlem and innocent preparation that was ever air ied
to thnt 'trader °man fete Ear). induces es to farms our
Headers with the following par.iculars out of the mown
mode of advertisements.
11. e• tint, by n ktter dated May 90. 1809 (In addition to a
volume of case, which has aces pui,lislicil, and may be had
or all the venders of medicine, dead% demonstrating the sui-
commonly clbcacinus poser. of Dr. Taylor's Remedy), that
a 1,14 y otgreat respectability, In the town of Stained. a be
11... i fir a length of time Wei ttff-eted with ell treat. I)catorw,
w as Automate ea nigh to br recommended to that preparations
and after u,in,-, a -mall portion la one bottle, she was emir
pletety cureicisod oow Nears all well as any person living.
l'ii satisfy the public, may iiiirtiry reaper& • this' *id 14

s itilfi the pin .4, .
. „ Jetta , ~CIVIc at..
:§, wizard (if post 'mid) by mi. sdisrxao, Praiser, Simfred,
the ren.il Ifehder ht that Ittatratrh. Hut if any proof he
wanting of the sloo.lerfal etlieary of tight mild mid simple
ILeoteJy to the earc of a ',Monty which has balled the 4ill
of Cie molt eanmelit Medical Aril. that pro..f nay be had on
application di Mn• hire. the Pauli,her of that reprehebie
aeaspapvr. ' Thf hinitra WeeLly Advettiiier*, primed at
laires. 0 eof the ra.seto v. • .ic.. came mater the c&ersatitms
td-111er Lee, win the nut of Air. ',Vrionell. of l'aidditist! !twit,
n Do nix. &iris cal of h!i heating by a scarlet fewer at the ice
i.orer yr:tis, A uti-to, tulle w:itcli tic latitttlird wide/oda file
'd„ of tit elre, during Which 1/°"1 OA divets tepplicat lb had
tioll feiortr,i In to *min Kappa y. Do w.'t els, nu, perfectly
cared h the alone jja ), seat the 110)'s blather iiii.) since
5
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' could harc.nifinledber e nil kfitr:ina tahlelt ;he tett m hay-
*greased the paper.tissa tidarioal bar (Witte knot% lelge of
~,,t7, aawinart* reineib. •
itesit-dY is sold, lilt•ilesair and Retail, liv she Pro-
, prideeiV Agents. 111ARCI. A I mid 30N. No. 95. Fleet-
'aimetlits sped itrip",,prict lb 6.1. pow KRittlr, woo plain di-
'eactioas, bt 111ditileiri. and iegiam., iB, SI toad, Loadusi i aid
by A Sedithie 4114,8,41 in Iliih AM Critiattiy.
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ht4ll:,tilh• Orricr, -;. I.l.vt,treett.

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