The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-09-19 00:00:00

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In Chief of die Forces, and myself, aided by Wet
.ingui.heland indefatigable engineer Sir Charles
aipley, the places of a debarkation Wit% been tle-
.pi;iniliseil upon, all overtures to the enemy, haring
?seen rejected with scorn, add the rainy and hurri.
rano it :don having`set in, not a moment was to be

I beg you will be pleaied to inform their Lord.
'ships that I sailed on the:llth inst. having on board
the .15th regiment, in company with the vessels of
'war and troop ships as per margins, 'S3 sail of
'yenspnris arid hired vessels, with 5000 men, a corps
of artillery, and the usual appendages to the army,
and proceeded to the weathermOst landing.place,
Sainte Sauveurlit had been proposed to have landed
three divisiotis at the 'same time, but the want of
boats put that out of our power), where, from the
admirable pasition taken up by Lieut. George Top.
man, Acting Captain of the Chanticleer, who swept
the beach of the few troops that made their appear-
' ante, and the troops being covered by the Fairy and
1 Espiegle, the debarkation was soon effected.
We then dropped down to the next landing place,
Grand Ance, where we found a large body of troops
and a battery. commanded by the Comte de Linois
and General Boyer. I ordered Captain Bsker, of
• the Fairy ; Captain Chads, of the Columbia ; and
i Conseil' Fleming, of the Barbadoes, to cover the
ileeding of the troops, and from their wen-ilirected
fire, the battery was soon silenced, and the enemy
,drove hack to a respectable distance; two thousand
men Were then landed, under the command of their
!gallant Coonnander in Chief, without the loss of a
man. It being now dark and late and the boats not
!yet returned; I postponed the third landing until the
the following morning, when it was accomplished
with equal success on'the lee part of the islind, near
Baillif, under cover of the Columbia, Chanticleer,
and Mures, in the face of a very large force, who.
retreated to the heights, and there capitulated on the
morning of the 10th instant (a copy of the term.; I
herewith inclose for their Lordships' information+);
la few ships and the floating property that remained
were immediately taken possession of.
It may be presumption in me to risk an opinion
respecting the conduct of the army after they were
on shore, but I trust, having witnessed the
,gallant
manner in which they immediately advanced anti
drove back the enemy, as well.as the general plan of
attack, I may be permitted to express my admiration
The Commander in Chief of the Forces, Sir James
Leith, having frequently of late honoured nn. *Oh
Ibis company on board the Venerable, Isl Id tint
rdo justice to my feelings were I not to express to
their Lordships how much the country is indebted to
his zeal, ability, and indefatigable exertion's in for.
warding the King's service.
I need not stale to their Lordships the greatelir•'
I.tions and fatigues which the officers, seamen, 111111.
marines of this small squadron have experienced, In
collecting, embarking, and disembarking troops,:
&r. tte. ; hut I can assure their Lordships, shit
every mats moat cheerfully exerted himself to the Ist.
most.; and I lieg leave to recommend them to their
Lordhips' Ile,i("P. The Captains employed on this
service are all Commanders.
rJ. I foal very much itulehted to his Excellency the
Vain, tie Vaugiraud, for the.assi.tance he rendered
the service in sending the two corvettes mid •
sAnoner, as per margint., with troops from
.Mar.
tinique.
, I trust I shall not he
expressing
an injustice to the
squadron by particularly expressing my gratitude to
the foie Officers of the 'Venerable who have an long
to/Iv-wed my fortune, and supipirted pie with their.
meld active exertions its forwarding the service at ill'
• tint*, paiticolaciy •Lieetenint Parr, who lins.rlnne
tee duty of First Lieutenant ever since.l have
• in this tanntry.
' This dispatch will hir delivered by my Flag.
Lieutenant, Francis Welnyss, an intelligent and
' 01000'1'44r, Who will give their Lordships any
further particolarh; and I beg leave to recommend
him to their Lordship's protection.

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MIDbLES'EX'S'ESSIONS, Apr. 17.
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PERJURY.
Sara Norris and Ltetitia Sutton were indicted,
seriatim, for oilful and corrupt perjury, Sarah Norris
having charged Lydia Solomon upon oath with taking
illegal insurance tot the Lottery, and Lietitits Sutton
having charged Catharine Solomon with committing
the same offence. .

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Mr. Thomas, clerk to the Magistrates at the Bow.
street office, proved that on the Rid of May, Sarah
Norris made oath, tbaton the 12th of the same month
she had paid Lydia Solomon elilit.pence, to receive a
guinea if any number betWten 499 and GOO, should
be drawn on the first day of .the Lottery. Dlr.
Thomas also proved, that Lmtitia Sutton made a like'
charge against Catherine Solomon, the sister of Lydia
Solomon. The Proserutrizes, however, were able to
prove most satisfactorily to the Magistrates, that the
accusation was utterly unfounded, and they were of
course discharged.
Miss Catharine Solomon stated, that the Prisoners,
Norris and Sutton, came to her mother's house, on
the 12th of May, and that Norris said, she " wanted
to do D 500." Witness told her she must have mis-
taken the house, for they had nothing to do in any
such business. Witness thinking the women wanted
to get into the house, sent for her sister. The Pri-
soners still persisted in their request, and they had
some difficulty to get shut of them. Witness stated,
that some time after this transaction, the Prisoners, in
company with Salmon the Officer, came again to the
house; herself and sister were apprehended, carried
to a w afeh-hoose, and it being. Sunday, they remain-
ed there till the next morning, when they were ex'.
mined before Sir N, Conant, at Bow-street, and
discharged.
This evidence was corroborated by that of Miss
Catharine Solomon, Margaret Jones, a chair-woman,
who was emplo)ed in the house, and Mr. James
&Jaynes, a gentleman who happened to be at the
house on business, and .who overheard the whole
a filtir. _ •

One of the Prisoners made a defence, but in so low-
R voice she could not be understood. They brought
forward no witnesses in their behalf.

The worthy Chairman summed up the evidence with
hi, uk.ual ability, anal the Jury, after a short dew._
ration, found them both guilty. The Court sen.
tenced them to la months' imprisonment.