The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-29 00:00:00

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vadons ; I did but kni•st t Wow only by Mt
ppearanee of the chart; but I did sot choose to
ost it, but wished to prove it.
Examined by the Pusrsanr. •
1 Q. What time of . tide was it whoa yes weigbed
i .the inner road of Aix ? . A. About last quarter
oud, neat high *star.% the wind was net fiar ;
p wn worked out, and k*O# the lead ;dug the whole
rre oil bulb sides. , found between the tail
f. the Palsis shoal asrd•the Buoyart six and &half

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it seven fatboras.
Q. }lad you. an opportunity of ascertaining,
durrectly what is.the rise and fall of the tide in thy
neiAlibourhood of the Isle of Aix in spring tides ?
A. I never had.
Q. When yea were in six fathom in runnintoat
from the anchorage you left, how near were yrit
to the batteries of Isle il'Aix ? A. Something
less than half the level range of either.
Q. How many tacks did you make in going
out ? A. Some four or fire. _

IQ. Then you were four or five times, as you
slippier, oithin a half point blahk shut of the
batteries of Aix ? A. The last two tacks we
might be rather further, as the ship was working
I old»
Q. flow long were you at anchor within the
lisle of Aix ? A. From two o'clock of the 12th,
till three or foir o'clock of the 14th.
Q. Then you had time to observe the strength
of the batteries, how many were there, and in
whit state were they ? A. I did not exactly ob-
serve the number or the state, at my duty in at-
tending to get the rigging repaired after the ac-
tion, prevented •my making any observation. 1
.obaerved en the morning of the 12th, before, we
began to engage the enemy after she Imperieuse
was proceeding to annoy the enemy then on shore.
I was desired by Lord Cochrane to lay a buoy on
the Citoyart eboal, %%Melt I did in six and a half
fathom water, sufficiently distant tit allow any
ship to tack round it. After which I observed on
the Isle d'Aix 'about 20 or 24 pieces of cannon,
ready mounted ; hut I well knew the execution
that those gnus would do, would be very little to
any ship passing, who chose to oppose ; they he.
ing only placed in an open platform, as it ap-
peared to me from the ;lass in the boat.
Q. Did you observe any considerable or ma-
terial part of the works on I%le d'Aiz to be
bloats up or destroyed ? A. I did. On the part
that flanks in as we run along the shoal of the
Buoyart in going into the harbour.
Examined by Lord GAMBIER.
Q. Did the Imperieuse ground on the night of
the 12th of April ? A. Yes ; on the tail of the
Palais Shore, which was the anchorage at which
was bad been tiring at the French ships; but not
qiitil the last quarter ebb..
Q. At *hat dine did she first strike ? A. About
seven to half piati fight in the evening ; but not
to hurt till about eight, when she made a great
deal of water, and shook considerably.
Q. Did any person communicate to you, be-
fore you surve)ed the anchorage you before men-
tioned, for three or four sail of the line, that
there was such anchorage; or was it a new dis.
cover). ? A. I discovered it myself, V ing or-
dered to sound round the ship at some distance.
Q. Was it known on board the Itnperieuse be-
fore you you went in, that there was such an an.
chorage ? A. Only by the view of the French
Chart. We had no Freiteh pilots ua board, nor
never took ally.

T

Trnir• .
♦, No; I karma° recollection of any
thing of the kind.

Eassimed by the Prisernartr.
Q. From the first attack upon the enemy's
ships, to the final cessation of the hostilities against
theta, WAS every thing done that ouold be done to
effect their destruction' A. L think there wits,
with the clam of vessels that were pveseut:

Q. Do you know of any vessels that were with.
held that might have been employed in that see.,
vice? A. None whatever. When I speak of the
clan of vessels that were present, I mean that
there were no vessels under hisLordihip's command,
with the draft of water they had, that could have
further effected the destruction of the enemy.—
Every application that I made to his Lordship to
effect their destruction was always complied with.
Captain ROOD, of the Indefeligabk, examined.
Q. Did you before you went into the inner
road of the Isle of Aix, to attack the enemy,
know of any .anchbrage where six or any other
number of line-of-battle ships could have safely
anchored out of .the range of shot and shell ?
A. I never did before, nor have I ever known
that lium.of-battle ships could lie there, until. I
saw the frigates after the action lie there ;
I did nut know they could lie there until that
time.
Q. Did it appear to you that the Commander
in Chief bad fur a considerable, or any time, ne.
glected or delayed taking effectual steps fur the
destruction of the enemy's ships after *they were
on shore on the 12th of April, and alter the aigual
made by the Imperieuse, that they could be de-
stroyed ? A. I know of no delay. •
Q. Did it appear that any blame was imputable
to the conduct of Lord Gambier, as the Comman-
der of the Squadron in Bisque Roads, between the
17th of 11arth and the 29th of April ? A. None
whatever.

Q. Frart the first attack of the enemy's ships
till the final cessation of hostilities against them,
was every iiiiiig done that could be done ? A. I
believe every thing consistent with safety to his
1 Majesty's ships.
ti. When you say with safety to his Majesty',
shipi, do you pleas without their being exposed to
any danger, or without their being exposed to
inure danger than circani,tunce; would jus.
tify ? A. I n►can by their being exposed to
more danger than circumstances would justify.
I think if they had gone farther up they most
'every one have been lost; there %AS a thonsand
chances to one against thou► ; as it was, we were
aground for upwards of au hour in the Indcfati-
gable, and were striking fur some time before that,
and if we had not warped the ship► off with two
hawsers she would have been dry. On the Palais
Shoal, and in the direction the anchor was lying,
I could not find more than five and a half, or
qiiarter less six fathom of water.- Tht tide was
about a quarter less ebb.
.It was the"- the action
was over.

Q. Did you, on the morning of the 12th of
April, Ice the imperieuse infants the Commander
in Chief by signal or telegraph that one.half the
fleet would be sufficient to destroy the enemy ? A.
I did nut ; part of the firm! made 'by tho
rietse about that time was reported to me, which
was, that 'mat sail of the enemy's line of battle
ships Were on shore. Idu not remember what the
:tither signal was.
Q. At what time did you go into Aix road ? A.
The signal was made from the Commander in Chief
for tke fleet to weigh, about two o'clock P. M.
I was all ready fur weighing, and did so immedi-
ately. Shortly after, a signal was made for the In.
defatigabic to proceed to the assistance of a ship
bearing southward, that wanted immediate assis.
lance. The wind was. light, and I went in under
all sail, and anchored about half past three, suf.
ficicistly close to held conversation with the 'nye-
' rieuse. We then commenced a lire on the Calcutta,
and some of the bow guns were puiutcfl to the
Varsuvic. _ _

Q. In going into the situation next the Impe-
rieuse, were you exposed to the lire of the bat.
teries of Isle d'Aix ; or, did you pass uithoitt
range of their shot. A. The shut went over us,
passed ahead and a.steru of us, and the shells
from 011eron crossed us.

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Q. When you were at anchor near the Impe.
ricuse, were you still within range of the batte.
ries of the Isle A. A shot passed through
the main-top-sail of the Indefatigable from Isle
d'Aix.
Q. Was the situation in which you were at is.
chur as good a one as could be chosen for de-
stroying the enemy's ships' A. Fur thos.i that I
was nearest, the Calcutta and Varsov ie. 1(1 had
gone further in I must have rim aground.
Q. Was it a situating in which ships of the line
could have been placed fur the destruction of the';
enemy's ships ? A. Not nith safety ; but at the
most imminent risk of their loss. Io case of a ;
strong wind coming in, they could not veer cable.
Q. Was there any other situation in the road
of the Isle ~f All In which ships of the line could 11
be so placed as to destroy the enemy wits ant risk
of being lust ? A. I think loot ; fur where I.M
enemy were was surrounded with shoals. .
Q. When you were within the Isle of Aix slid
you observe the state of the batteries ? A.:•I
I thought the enmity shifted. their guns from Übe
part to the other. I do nut know the number bf
guns on the batteries at Basque,; there appeared to
bu four 114nItiog guns at different times poi;iliiig
towards tire ships. The works in some places *ere
ender repair. I don't know of- their bAng blowu
up or destroyed;
Q. When the Indefatigable was coming out of
the harbour, slid the Impericuse hill her, and pro-
pose that the Indefatigable should go on one side
of the Ocean, and linpetieuso on the other ? A.
Lord Cocltrauu hulled mu from thu Imperieu,c,
but what he said I could not distinctly make out.
He asked me if I had l'etn aground ? I replied,
yes. lie said, I should like to take your birth.'
Had be sent a boat to me and proposed that to
ete, I could nut hays thought it my duty to do so.
I do not think, with the.water there was, 1 could
have got Dear the Ocean with the todefatigablo.
Q. Mos yew were called oat by signal from
do tale d'Aix, could you, by remaining am;

leave destroyed owe alit. ewes "sibs skips ? A.
dunt't think we toentheitigot bp to them.
Q. Milan obsorve the position of tbs enemy's
t*u line-uf.hattle ships that were longest all•at
A. I don't know csactly how they lay. Thcy
were not in a altuortiern that liturataf.botde ships
amid, without risk, or Mug 'Atkin aim reach of
the batteries of the Isle of Airs bare attacked.; the
ships going to attack. must have beau disabled by
the batteries in coming in.
' Lord G Amerce declined askittg this witness any
questions at present.
Here the Court was cleared, and On our re—
admission the PaosiDEST informed. Lord Gambier
that the Court had determined not to call auy
oth r witness on the part of what wits called the
Prosecution. It now, therefore, reosaleed with
Lord Gambier to signify to the Court ou what.
day it would be cOurenicnt fur him to outer on his
defence.
L•ird GAmmen thanked the Court for the in.
diligence granted, but said he could not Vitaetly
say at that mousing. Hu was (earful, he sever,
Ile should be obliged to detain the Court till Slue..
d ly.
The ri:VIDENT then informed his Lordship,
That the Court must sit ag4in fur the purpose of
adjourning, •it his Loretship would have an op-
purtunity of naming the day on tibia he should
be ready,
The Court then adjourned till to-morrow (this
day); and it wail sigiiitied to the witnesses they
need not attend till Alonday.

Tuesday lest, a person of the name of Taylor,
a printer in Chester, nudertuok for a wager of a
guinea, to pick qp 100 stones, and return indivi-
dually with them to a basket placed at the com-
mencement of the distance, each stone being one
yard asunder, in the space of 47 minutes: he ac.
cnmplished the ardnotts task in forty.fonr minutes
and a half, and a few seconds, to the full
faction of the spectators present. The distance is
nearly five mules and three quarters.
Sum ot:.—On Wednesday night, as the watch.
man %las going his rtionds in the Ncw.road, at?
twelve u'cloek, he discovered a genteel man fast.. •
riling a rope to a lamp-iron, and on interrogating
him, he gave et asive•ansiters and departed. At
four o'clock, yesterday morning, the same per-
son was found hangiug in afield leading from the
Harrow-ruad to ‘Vurintrood*Serehs. Be turned*
out to be a Mr. Sault, lately merchant in D.
vonsltire, which• he had fdt in embarrassment a"'
month since, and taken apartments in Portland-,
road. ••
'lnnsatecutt INTASIOL—At no period of our,
history, has the efficient strength of our.brare sol.
dicrs and sailors become of more importance
than at this eventful crisis. The wars ef .Veitas,
as well as Mars, have not unfreqttentiy obstructed•
their exertions on the ocean, And in the 't tented,
jfeht."—lt may, therefore, be deemed a itational
good, that a REICEDY is now discovered, which ins
ran absdnte preventive of Venereal -Ittifection,,
mid is likely, in. time,-to exterminate it frost Ihn,
face of the ea;•th. --The A eta:tun, or MenicArre•
Ao.tt, according to the opinion of the must re-
spectable of the Fleulty, will be folindoa -.per-t
feet tide Attu in every climate, and is siiiit,-with • •
'full directions, in boxes, at 41. each,
and retail), at thAttlllfi.gliib :1 u. Bed-
ford.emirt, Covent-prim Any Gentleman re-
, sidin., in the country, inclosing in a letter a outs
pndndl note, may have five billies coda-Anil' in .t.".
• small package (by coach or tatherwise).ta any Reit
of fire United Kingdom.'

TO CAIUNtit Y fiIiNI'LEtIF.,I AN troviEfts,
The fhllowing Restorative Medicine is iu such Repine.' as 1W
.• be used and recommended by amity of the Fatulty• •
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D1..4 'AV,
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Dintriess of !)fight, Ilarrnrs of the Mind.
Pairs uf site ilack and Lois, Paridytic Complairds.
Tremblings‘ dc. .
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111T1Tliit'S'REgT011..1TIVE BAL!tAIIIC PILLS.
Country aldermen and others are informed that hies mai
be applied wlth 'this filuabk dledirine on sendieg their
01..1(4- by Cutchtmen or Newsmen, or by iaclusiog Vials in
a wall .Parcel directed to VVelile, No. 1;1, Old Bond-
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are provided fur sending it
-arts unity to auy part of the
-kingdom, !retard, Scotland, dcc.
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fro- account: of the singular success of this invalaablt Ream.
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enough It, tketarr. that it Les meeneded is caws wises avatry"
oilier Merlicioe pr wed ineffectual.
•, • timniewen of the Erse distinction In this la , tii
nail as others, whoao enanttatinsu wore broken &Wi-
en,
trued, 1.:4 t e experienced the good effects of this swear!
Melicice. ' I ..,r '.Nt'fIOUS Disorders, proceedit frail tiers-
la jerat
site drinking, dissipated *abuses, the i e mete of
te:o, or front whatrter oemiuns great Arbil raillirkia*Wita
of the &dads. a better and safer inedicht. eilesot he taken-*
\ u4riber, n int had undergone too powerfal alone, of set-
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of nri.erable ratio-nee, received the num* began from Wit
Restorative, for after lass of Wreogtb and vigour, they bap.
poly regained their former k•-alth. For pumas the hurt and
i0n.,., gieett• raid seminal neakuesses. perhaps there is nut
:,•i, al.••!it Le in public at private prattiee wide% has bees s
aurae—sfai. •
Gaisiiensen frank the lagst and West Mies, whose habits
were relaxed by the heat of those clitoatess hare cetrised
c,..:41 hem •^t from this Medicine, as Wen as o rs belowl
1,, the Army and ,Nary, whose emanation were •
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'/'eras. far ads:tee, d in years sliAtid fregneusly take a
i fete It .NeS 131 at,: (festal:llre, which Will amazingly
irrertctiren them, be the awash of prevedtiall versions air.
• order , and ll:sonic we., 'arc guard wand tbersvagrs ot limo.
i Tills Itestorauve rimy he t Ikea with great 'alas by both
' sexes. :11 any season of the year, *Utmost rvitmts or was
tinee.ron.
1 xlract of a Latter received train a Geotlentao.
'f .1- to the c!!iciey of the *Rester:dive la my merman
Cntoplaint, I should frel•myself its a artinmer Istitraleful. if
I dia not adman ledge for great bee..mt 1 rtdeived. *MS
twines other kledsciani Mad hero tried ta so pinpose; and,
thorernie, alaurugh I have horn is the habit of amportua; ise
.mall lino* lesiSe 111 the ph .-real nay, I oust sal. that I
have n 'I met with :bay using areal to Heater'. Itestaraase
1iri1.49 al."
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ha: 3d. the lies or 41 /mug f 511.110.. 001) A 1 i. 4. Whicla CIA"
. thin the quantity of six small, u. ni.de u,. of the Army,
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