ON WEDNESDAY, THE 26th DAY OF JULY, 1809, And continued by Adjournment Till FRIDAY, the 4th Day of AUGUST following, ON THE TRIAL OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES LORD GAMBIER: ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet, &c. &c. INCLUDING A COMPLETE COPY OF HIS LORDSHIP'S DEFENCE, AND THE WHOLE OF THE EVIDENCE AND TAKEN IN SHORT-HAND BY MR. W. B. GURNEY. PORTSMOUTH; PRINTED BY MOTTLEY, HARRISON, AND MILLER; SOLD BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER- ADVERTISEMENT. IN In order that the public may be in possession N of every particular relating to this important Trial, so materially involving the interests and character of the BRITISH NAVY, the Correspondence, which laid the foundation of it, is published as an introduction to the Minutes, SIR, (COPY.) A London, 30th May, 1809. HAVING, in my letter to you of the 10th instant, detailed the whole of the proceedings of the fleet under my command in the attack on the enemy in the road of Aix; I had flattered myself that I should have received some signification of an ap probation of my conduct, and have had the gratifying task of conveying to the officers and men under my command the estimation in which the gallantry and discipline displayed by them upon that occasion were held by his Majesty and their Country. Understanding, however, that there are some doubts whether the fleet is to be so honoured, and feeling that even a doubt upon such a subject cannot be entertained consistently with my reputation as Commander in Chief, I request that you will be pleased to move the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to direct a Court Martial to be assembled as early as possible, for |