The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-26 00:00:00

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The Captains of La Vale de Penis And Aged.
toe, having been taker prisoners, their statement
of the loss of their ships could out be transmitted
to the Court Martial.
Captain La Caine of the Tourville, one of dug
ships that escaped, hiving been accused of
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his ship for several hones, whilst she seas peso
sence of the enemy, and the accusation heist foe.
roborated by the utioutee of his •wo jeealsai, wai
also compelled to give an account of .his conduct;
before the Officers composing the Court Martial..
it appears that when the fiat catamarasis era
pluded, the French higate La Pak:, whilst en.
deavouring to avoid a lire.ship ran on baud. the
Tour:rale) which thee cot a cable, and was mom;
after threatened by the Revile', to which a Area
vowel had tiled itself. The rearvilk then, ma-
efairred to avoid the surrounding perili, bit got -
end the Captain ordered the gpiepoidee
• to be open, in order, ehnold the libip catch.
lire, that they might he 4atesediately drepoed ky
means of water.pipoe. **hal his apprehensions
preyed unfounded. On theittrivel of a pilot, he
attempted to gain the mouth of the rivers but with
little hopes of success.
On the 12th, while several British frigates en.
gaged the Ville de rarsevie, the Calcutta, and
Aged° 1, the l'ourvilie threw her heavy guns anal
cannon balls overboard, and sent all her Ines.
pericnced and weak sailors and buys on shore,
keeping only the stoutest men and marines on
board. The pilot, convinced of the impossibility
of saving the ship, took French leave, and the
Captain, inforused that several fire-ships were
coming against the l'estrrilk, and conscious in
his grounded position yf his inability to avoid or
remove them, ordered the whole crew to land,
and was the last who quitted the ship. The
wind having undergone a favourable change,
and no fire.ships having reached their destination,
the 'Captain and crew returned on board, with
the same pilot, whom they had found on shore,
and who now expressed his belief that the ship
could be got a-float on account of the alteration
in the wind. Several British bomb-vessels and•
other ships approached at that critical Moment,
to engage the Oceest and Tuerville) both of
which answernil their fire effectually. The neat
night they succeeded in gAting afloat, and sailed.
fur the mouth of the river, but through the
want of experience of the pilot, were grounded
on the other side, near Four's. On the Ifith,
they were set afloat by the warning tide, and on
C......16th, anchored at the mouth of the river, of
the point of Vergerou.
llere follows the examination of the Officers of
the fleet, which, is lesegth, far mese* ther *Mir
took place when the Invoitigation into 1.0441
Gauthier's conduct on the very same occasitmo. •
took place. It seems in general in favour of the
Captains whose ships were lust ; bet as we are
not in possession of the whole, we cannot express
a decided opinion.

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One of the best ordered gifts we have heard of,
on account of the Jubilee, is, two fat bultoaisa
and one hundred gallons of ale, given by the
Rev. J. SOUTIIAII, Vicar of Leigh, near Tes.
bridge, and distributed among the Imo' a We
parish, allowing to each in a family a pound of
meat and a pot of ale. The widows to hue a
double portion.

The parish of Paddington have sheon
their loyalty on the Jubilee, by distributing 010111%
ty-five fat sheep, 350 quartern loaves, and 700
candles, amongst 340 families ; besides a dwarf. SG
near 70 children, belonging to their charit).school.
The above were purchased fruait a au bscri p tio it
collected by the officers frota house to &woe, lives
Sunday Last.

Tile scarcity of gold and silverihas led to the
invention, at Berlin, of a metallic composition,
denominated les caldariiine, because it is said to
be an imitation of the metal so called by the Ro.
mans.—Utensils of this metal, exactly resemble
gold at 14 to 13 carats, is neither tarnished by use,
nor iiernicious to health, and is sold at the rate of
eight grosclien (one shilling) per ounce. The
manufactory of Patzig and Code, of Berlin, make
great quantities of plate, vases, and utensils of
this kind.

An officer of the Royal Stannary Militia Ar.
tillery has invented an instrument, or tangent
scale, with which not only the alignment but the
elevation of a battery gun may be taken at one
and the sante time ; and it is so conserected as to
be applied to the service of battery guns of dd.
fercnt lengths and calibres. The practice hitherto
has been to lay the gun from the base ring, and
afterwards to take the elevation by the quarter
sights, but, in some situations, it has been found
impracticable to take the elevation by the quarter
sights with any degree of certainty.
Mtwaretous EtCAPE.--Yesterday morning,
about two o'clock, a young fatly, in Minima:,
Westminster, gut out of bed in her slectiland went
to the window, which was two:au:it* high, and
lifting up the sash, fell into the area, where, very
fortunately, them being a quantity of mortar,. cto
which she fell, prevented her receiving any serious
injitty.
.The Adjutants of the Mint are lo retire to
have Bs. per day during puce ; and the Quarter.
Masters, who used to have 3s. are to have ss. pee
day in peace.
There were upwards'ef one hundred men lino
pleyed yesterday in putting up the lamps I' or the
beautiful illumination at the Bank. The whole
of the external of the building ass fitantio4ted
wtta 00,ex.X) lamps, wheel, at la. testi lush wilt
sineut to 3t401.