The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-02-06 00:00:00

W.* , firer .fir. and and Was (Ik e me. 116 0 Fes• tsed fish • Tx ; the on. ha: lice sl; Ot. ith per In. all cli, Ist. ck rck Ada tan DUEL BETWEEN ,11R I O'CONNELL AND MR. D'Es7'ERRE. An affair of honour (as it is called) originating in political diff, , retices, to k place on.the Ist instant, at Bishop's Court, in the county of Kiltlore, in Ire land, which has caused a very considerable sensation i n that country ; our limits to-day will only permit as to give a mei outline of it :—A few days ago, at , the Aggregate C.tholie Meeting, Counsellor O'Con nell, rirt illustration of some part of a speech he was , then delivering, applied the word 66 beggarly" to' the Corporation of Dublin. Mr. J. N. IYEsterre, a Member of that Corporation, thought proper to take it up, and wrote the letter, a copy of which we subjoin, to Mr. O'Connell ; this produced an mistier, which we also give : the consequence was a meeting at Bishop's Court at three o'clock on Wed. sesfiay last. Mr. O'Connell was attended by Mr. fl N ath an', as his second, and a Surgeon Macklin ; wit Mr.lYEaterre had in the same capacities Sir Edw. its irey, a Mr. Piers, and aM r. Esterre, of Limerick. A gr oat number of the mutual friends of both parties vot e cm the ground, as is usual on such occasions I:t*id. A case of pistols were delivered to each rrty ; toy were to fire at discretion. Mr. D'Esterre it ri first, and missed ; Mr. O'Connell fired instantly atioratird., .ititleed almost at the same moment, and onunded Mr. D'Esterre dangerously in the hip. An krinonse effteti.ita of blood followed—he was imme diately removed to Dublin. On examination, it was found that the hall had passed through both thighs ; a violeut hemorrhage of the bladder ensued—it is hoped the wound (dangerous as it is) will not be mortal. The Dublin letters and Newspapers abound in atiimanversons on the extraordinary cipi cumstance of Mr. D'Esterre standing forward as the champion of the Corporation of Dublin, in which he held. no immediate official responsible situation.— Mr. O'Connel is extre ely popular in Dublin, and a convulsion of joy tan through the wale city when it was known that he was safe. This is a summary of the alfair—we will to-morrow give the details. Sub joined are the letters which passed previous to the imeet ng. The following is a copy of the first Letter which Mr. D'E•terre addressed to Mr. O'Connell:— " Ssa,—Carri'k's Paper, of the 211 instant (in its report of the Debates of a Meeting of Catholic Geutleinpn, on the subject of a Petition), states, that you have applied the appellation of Beggarly to the CI)1 ooration of this City, calling it a Beggarly Curporatiun ; and iaerefore, as a Member of t:.at Body, and felliug how palatal such is, I beg leave to enquire, whether you really used or expressed gout elf in any such largo ,ge ? " I het the more justified in calling on you on this occasion, as. such language was not warranted or provoked by any thing on the part of tile Corpo ration ; neither %, as it consistent with the subject of your ebate, or the deportment of the other Catholic Geritleu , ea who were present; and, though I view it so inconsistent in every respect l , I eta in hopes the Editor is under error, and not you. ' " I have further to request pauf reply in the coarse of the oveuing.--Aud remain, Sir, your obe dient servant, " J. N. IVESTERRE, 11. Baehtlot•—witlk, 26 Jamary. 1815. N To Cutureller O'Ciusucli,lllrrriale-efivare." Mr. O'Connell's answer was as follows: " SIR,-111 reply to your Letter of yesterday, and without either admitting or disclaiming the expression respecting the Corporation of. Dublin, in the print to which you allude, I deem it right to inform you, that from the calumnious manner in which the Religion and character of the Catholics of Ireland are treated in that Body, no terms attributed to me, however re proachful, can exceed the contemptuous feelings entertain for that Body; in its corporate capacity — although, doubtletb it contains many valuable persons, whose conduct, as individuals, (I lament) must ne cessarily be confounded in the acts of a General Body. " I have only to add, that this Letter must close ossr Correspondence on ads subjca.—l am, &e. &c. .• D 4 \ 11:1 0%. OVNELL, Merietn-square, June 27, /815. •• T• J. N. IrEsterre, Esq 11, Bachelor's-walk." Mr. D'Esterre addressed a second letter to Coon senor O'Coziaell. It Kas returned, unread, by Mr. James O'Connell, and accompanied by the follow- ing :-: SlR,—From the tenor of your letter of yester day, rn i brother did not expect that your next com munication %solid have been mid i s in writing. He directed me' to open Ms letters in hii absence; your last letter, bearing a different address from Aeronaut one, was opeeed by me; but, upon perceiving the name subscribed*, I bare declinvd to read it, and, by his directions I return it to you enclosed, and unread. I inn, Sir, your obedient servant, " JAMr.S OCONNELL, Meitien•.(l.lllge. really Everieg. " To J. N. D'Esterre, Esq. lit Bochelor'o•wall- It is said that Sir E. Stanley addressed Major M'Namara on the ground in the following words:— " Well, Sir, witelt each has discharged his case of pistols, I hope the affair will be considered as termi nated, and that we leave the ground". To which Mr. M'Namara replied—" Sir, you may, of course, take your friend from the ground when you please. You Sir, are the challenger, and you may retire from the ground whenever you think °roper ; but I shall not enter into any such condition a s you propose. However, it is probable there may l'e no occasion to discharge the whole of a case of pi4tois." It is said that Mr. D'Esterre's wound is very dangerous—we sincerely hope, however, it will not prose mortal. The ball passed through both thighs. There was a violent hemorrhage of the bladder last uight, but it had ceased before morning. TIIE KING'S llEALTll.—Yesterday LOU) ST. HE rrss and Gen. CAMPBELL, as Lord and Groom in diting, attended at St. James's Palace, when the f ,, l'owing Report of the state of the Km during the I,IA month, was exhibited : Windsor Castle. Feb. 4. " The KING continues in good health; but since the :sst Report, his MAJZ6TY has been less uniform ly tranquil than be was during yarns pr tug miuuths." THEATERS. ~~ ■ woad* -..,essoorsct. lie could conceire that oue,plaiz • and dried answer might• have been given to both those charges. suppose that Sir John Murray. bad • been in a condition to give this answer, 64 preflotii, to the 11th. I had not heard of the advance of Su-' diet, hut only of I)ecaen, whom I was prepared to fight : on that day, however, I was informed.of the' rapid advance and protimity of SAchet, and saw that it was not possible to save the whole, if I had. staid, without giving battle to a superior erresny ll which Would have risked the whole." Serb, an ass.. ewer 1,44, in his opinion, have been perfectly ea- Vattotz. I'f Marshal Suchet had desseaded front. the Perillo, on the 12th of Jane, with • 1 . 9 9 000 men,. when Sir J. Murray • had_ every realms. to .believo hiM on the Zucar, . ralencia, that woeld have been a sufficient justification for tetiwii ing at that particular time, and for .Peeving the guns behind. Sir J. Murray had, however,.proied, both • by his own It tters, and by the evidence he* brought forward, that he did know of the advance or Suchet long before the 11th. It was therefore his - duty to have calculated, Previous to that time, on the ,-tans of saving his army, with its guns nod stores, in the, very probable case of his being obliged to raise the siege of Tarragona. Sir J. Murray had stated, that he had ,brought no evide s swe in, support of the first and second, charges. ' • He 60414 however, that Ire 04 bre Oght sir leas evidence, in producing Sir 'John% ewe letters. case was, that after Sir John had rij) ed a deellirtit opinion that Tarragona ciuld not , be taittp, he stU . continued to land guns anti stores. All i thst were exposed to risk, after this conviction wst for 9 x - his mind, was .ea in vein. Pr/Rick • of Dccaen, Sir John appeared' to be perfectly•stelt informed of it; and by his letter of.. he - 'lll4,:he , • ' stated that Siichet: had left the Zucitr Aft and arrived at 'rotiosa on the Dth. Whito he ita:f' heard of the actual arrival of WOO at TortOsa, - and of 2000 at Lerido, he could have no doubt but that those were advanced corps of Sachet's coming 0, raise the siege of Tarragona. By the oth, all doubts of the movement of Suchet to the North were re- Toyed from Sir John's mind. What other object could Suchet have in this movement but to relieve Tarragona; and when Sir John was well informed of this movement, and firmly believed the Information, why did he not sooner calculate 'the time that Sachet would 'probably arrive, and carry off his army with all their guns and stores ? While there was a chance of taking Tarragona, the stay of Sir J. Murray in Catalonia might have been excusable: but why should he stay there when every rational prospect of taking it had vanished? Previous to the 10th, enough had been done to draw Decaen from his posi tions in Catalonia. Enough had been done also to Make a diversion in favour of the Duc del Parque in Valencia. He could not see any practical or mu. ral effect that was produced by continuing the siege longer. Ile could really nut discover nor imagine any bad moral effect that was to result from pursuing a different line of conduct. But Sir John Murray had endeavoured to show, and as he thought fella cloudy to show, that he had no . other alternative than that of pushing on the siege as late as the night of the 11th, or of suddenly abandoning it. If he (the . 4 7311 ',..• :',.. '', : - - .7.4f7 1 7z `,..;-• _,,, * • •0' •.-...: ir. .-... 17111,11 r ' ~::.;•..:` :''',--' - i'' • - X, ' . , . .. JHP• ) . , . • , . - •••••••• 7. 1••••• I.ao ore iiIIINSW: . .....s, ..., his oil -ctinduct. He could couAve that one j piaip •,.., . .'s 7 and direct answer might• have been given to. both s• those charges. suppose that Sir John Murray. bad . . • .. been in a condition to give this answer, 64 pre,loa, . v. to the 11th. I had not heard of the advance of Su.' • the Chet, hut only of Decaen, whom I was prepared to im. fight : on that day, however, I was infosmed of the 4 ion rapid advance and proximity of SAchet, and saw to that it was not possible to save the whole, if I had ~tit an staid, without giving battle to a superior enemb h 1 Id, which Would have risked the whole." Soch, an ass., . ~ , • ne, mei Timid, in his opinion, have been perfectly ea- . tad - tlifeetory. 0 Mnrshal Suchet had dessamded fount, ow the cloud's. at Perillo, on the 12th of Jour, With • ~ 1 ich 1 . 2 .3 000 mess, when Sir J. Murray • Isad_every moo& ote to .believe hilt on the Zucar, ..ie ralesscia, that ort woald have been a sufficient justification for retreat- , or- ing at that particular time, and for leaving the guns . Ile behind. Sir J. Murray had, however,, proved, both • •I or. by his own otters, and by the evidence he' brought he forward, that he did know of the advance of Suchet If so- long before the 12th. It was therefore hisduty to hat have calculated, Previous to that time, on the sotans i to of saving his army, with its guns nod stores, in the, ,:k. very probable case of his being obliged to reit!! the • as siege of Tarragona. on Sir J. Murray had stated, that he had ,brottgbt no led evidgw in, support of the first and second, Algot. ' • the Het°4,l4 however, thet he 04 broiXist seirsageot ell evidence, in producing Sir 'John% ewer totters. Via ' sn- case was, that after Sir John h He opinion that Tarragona cauld i itrte ed ltep a , der he ili sti nk lk . in continued to land suns snit stores. All ,thst were ea- exposed to rkk, • after this conoiction visit for I;1 - - !" • It his mind, was .exposed in vials. "fa PrOich . • ' go the of Dccaen, Sir John appeared' to be perfectly welt clan informed of it ; and by his letter ier- heltlii . „he . . : li! m i. stated that Sorbet' had left the ZuCar qlt . ._ .i , I so- and arrived at 'fortosa on the Oth. Wiiin Fit. tt has ' • .- sd. heard of the actual arrival Of 1000 At Tortesa; and vas of '2OOO at Lerido, he could have no doubt but that • da- those were advanced corps of Sachet's coming hat raise the siege of Tarragona. By the 91h, alt doubts • si . , if of the movement of Suchet to the North were re- Alia, no moved from Sir John's mind. What other object -, could Suchet have in this movement but to velieve \ ave Tarragona; and when Sir John was well informed of / . this movement, and firmly believed the information, our why did he not sooner calculate 'the time that Sachet his would *probably arrive, and carry off his army with the all their guns and stores ? While there was a chance be of taking Tarragona, the stay of Sir J. Murray in rer, Catalonia might have been excusable: but why rse , should he stay there when every rational prospect of taking it had vanished? Previous to the 10th, an- enough had been done to draw Decaen from his posi- . i rer, tions in Catalonia. Enough had been done also to ons Make a diversion in favour of the Duc del Parque his in Valencia. He could not see any practical or mo. ace rat effect that was produced by continuing the siege ear longer. He could really not discover nor imagine .: [led any bad moral effect that was to result from pursuing ,it a different line of conduct. But Sir John Murray of j had endeavoured to show, and as he thought fella.- Sir I cloudy to show, that he had no other alternative . Jch !than that of pushing on the siege as late as the night sad jof the 11th , or of suddenly abandoning it. If he (the ' o- raw I-Judge Advocate) were /educed to make Ms choice ow' -- -• ~- ' 4 in to which of these measures he approved, he ;bestir , , 'er, I certainly choose the latter, and refer to the Int..' -- . , . he ' dence of General Donkio for an ample justification, • 4. k ion lof this opinion. But there was another and a • ' the ' third rousse which in his view of the question ought. 4. Sir ' to have presented itself to the judgment of Sir John ~ do Murray. Why was the siege continued till the 12th, hat I after all hopes of success had vanished, and the ces - did ! tarn approach of a superior enemy had been known ing for several days before ? During these proceedings ~ not 1 on the . eastern coast of Spain, an enterprise was ;ed ' going on in the west, precisely similar in its objects, ten . and in all its circumstances, except the conduct of wn !the different Commanders. •The siege of St. Sebas- be . than . had been brought to that crisis whets every pre. thil paratlon was matured for the assault. The French lat General, the Duke of Dalmatia, selected this period urt for the purpose of making a desperate effort to relieve ten Pampeluna, by turning the right of the Allied om j Army ; well knowing that if he succeeded in that ter object, the left, which supported the investment of ire St. Sebastian, must be compelled also to fall back. ith What was thee, the conduct of the Duke of Welling.. 01. j ton, admitted to be one of the first Generals of this tat ; br any other age ? He immediately ordered all his w. heavy ordnance to be removed to a place of safety, 1e.. , lest he should be obliged to abandon the siege; and although it considerably retarded his operations, he me did not deem it advisable to expose to possible loss ich 'or capture any part of his battering train. And yet ice if there was a Commander justified in calculating on et- the favours of fortune, or in drawing on that ample it stock of character which he had previously acquired, ras it certainly Werth@ Duke of Wellington, who felt / ht that he (tired not do that at St. Sebastian's which' Sir . r ag J. Merray had done at Tarragona. Gen. D.'4 testimony he foreished ample confirmation of the indecision of Sir ice J. Murray;for bow could he have been induced, 4. ,unaccustorned as he was to disclose his intention to others, to have communicated his design of raising the liege so early as the 9th to Gen. D., asters his mind had actually been Acii• up as' to that saiasare, which r he he, nevertheless, delayed carryiit Into execution . lit until the morning of the 12th ? How cold he have hn ; contemplated such's proceeding, Mess assured of • :a- I the certain approach of Marshal Suchrt's &city, it' le, I being his resolution not to raise the siege, as stated :e, ' in his defence, in consequence of Decaest's advance, or but to risk in this event an engagement witlithat co. . sts lupin of the enemy ? General Dunkin, It appear. Id ed, had also then forwarned Sir John Murray re- in specting the possible loss of the guns ; and yet no i ass preparations were made, no steps taken, no precau- ty tions used up to the morning of the 12th, to guar l as against that disaster. On the I.lth, Marshal Suchet tit was known to be at Tortosa ; but his certain ad- , I- trance in force for the obvious purpose of relieving a- Tarragona had been known three days before by • . id confidential and authentic communications, and Go 7 , w time at which he might arrive was therefore a merit 1 sy matter of calculation by the Quarter-Master-Gene. ? 0 ; . se rat's office. Why, then, did Sir J. Morray act as • : t f if f. if he was totally destitute of issformation ; or where t i 7• '• l i g was the di ffi culty of calculating the ordinary rapid s . ('''; t- ty of a French army so as to prevent the necessity of • ' st leaving any thing behind ?' Why iss cue case give as the enemy credit for au almost pretertsaturalactivit), • . t ; ".%. i • . • # . • •''.!'a . . ' ' • .vrg, COURT-144.112 1 14L. his oi —oes-- THE OPERA.—Ors Saturday night the grand se- TRIAL OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR J. MURRAY. rims, gut not tragic, Opera of Ad e l as i a e i ll craeto —....... • ss as again repeated to a brilliant audience. Signor SATURDAY—FOURTEENTH DAY. Gest, who has hitherto performed the part of Ottons, Sir John Murray made a statement in reply to the being still unable, in cousequenc. , of indisposition, fresh evidence which had been brought against him. io resume the character, Signor atom sustained it .Admiral Hallowell had complained of his accusation apparently much to the satisfaction of his auditors. .of his having kept back the first letter from him to Madame Suet wits in excellent voice, and her usuallir E. l'ellew. He had never, however, made that as share of applause was willingly bestowed. The I.;ifecusation against the Admiral; he had only said, Scotch Divertisement Lcs &tiles Bracconiers again that he had regretted that circumstance at the time, afforded DEL CARo an opportunity of display. and still did regret it. As to the letter which he had = tag her tasteful steps and ballet acti on . She p er - writte n t o th e Ad m i ra l on t h e 9t h , ho did not know Isonates the Captain of the little armed band, with' that it had any particular reference to the last which all the dash and spirit of a first-rate officer, and he had received from him. At the time he wrote 'greatly promotes the interest of the piece.—VEsvats, that letter, he did, however, disbelieve the report sets. made his third appearance in the grand ballet of communicated of 2000 French having arrived at Tor i the Caliph of Bagdad, and was received with the tosa, and a body of their cavalry at Ampulla. Ile same approbation which marked his first appearance did believe, however, that 1000 had arrived at Tor after a long absence from the British Metropolis. His tosa (as General Copons had informed him): and he dancing seems to have suffered no diminution either believed that to be the number also from a propel. in grace or activity. Ile is very deservedly a fa. sition made to him from Tortoise, to attack that Ivourite, and the audience regretted that it was ne. place, and that the inhabitants would endeavour to cessary to shorten his dancing in order to finsh the deliver ep one of the gates to him during such attack. I Ballet in reasonable time. ; He had, however, received no such information as Dan R Y•L A ,IF. —Mr. KtAst's performance of Hain. would make it necessary for him to raise the siege on /et, on Saturday night, was even superior to his former the 7th or Bth, as the Mg... Advocate had contended representatioiss of that character. it abounded he oeglit to hate done. Ail* the manner in whiCh the throughout with those striking touches by which &witch .of the 14th wire sent - 0 % , Admiral Hallowell I Surprises the understanding, and so frequently cle f had waved entirely the secrecy, and had 'merely en trifles the audience—while the spectator forgets, in deavoured to prove that there was .uo hurry. 'He the grace and energy of his action, the want of those must, bowe.ver, say, that he wrote tee dispatch. in requisites of figure, which have in vain been urged the idea that there was great hurry, and for that rea against this extraordinary Mall. The hoarseness which WI he , did net wait to have it regularly copied. It has for some time past impeded the full exercise of ' alas barely by accident that he discovered that the his powers, appears to have entirely him ; and if 'Admiral had written a letter ; and if it had not been breathless attention, alone interrupted by spontane. ! for that accident, he did not believe that the Admi. ous bursts of applause, be a criterion of public feel- cal would have ever made the signal he stated, of 'm ing, the audience felt as we did, that in no one of the , lice to the fleet that there was an opportunity of send.. characters which he has hitherto assumed, has he eli- ing letters to England. Major-Gen. Dottkin was cited more glossing beauties, or presented a finer ' still here its attendance, and, although, from lauds illustration of the meaning of the immortal author. ble motives, he had refused to answer a question that. The novelty of the evening was the introduction of , he had asked him about those circumstances, yet, if Miss L. KELLY in the character of Ophelia. We , the Court would put the question to him, he had no have watched this young Lady with particular atten. ' doubt but that he would explain it. lien in the character of Juliet, because, in pointing 1 As to the variety of orders he was said to have I out some trifling defects in her first appearance, we ' given on the 12th , he could easily explain them.— ,___, I : not iced many passages in which she promised so much The first given to General Clinton at an early hour talent u induced us to form sit high opinion of the in the morning, to advance three battalions of his intellect which directed her judgment. In this opi- and as many of Gen. IVhittingham's division to the nion we have been strengthened by the visible im- Guaya, was to cover a retrograde movement to be provement which we have noticed from time to time; made by Gen. Copons. That General, however, and we do not hesitate to predict, that if her im- having fallen back in the night, the order, of course, pros etnent in future keeps pace with that which has was countermanded, having no longer any object.— beets °NCl...able in a few nights only—if she conti- As to the second and third order, they were !Osten ' noes to listen to, and profit by, the suggestions of tially the same: the principal difference, however, criticism--and receives the applause of the public as was, that the last did not give such precise directions ..it encearaget fto perseverance, rather than as a about keeping out of the fire of Tarragona on his trioute to excellence, she will ere long attain a de. march. The order for sending his baggage to a place servedly high reputation on the boards, and with the where it could he embarked in safety, did not appear great advantages of personal loveliness which she pos. to him to be an order that could be well complained sesses, e ill undoubtedly soon rank among their very of. As to the last order for his final embarkation, it highest favourites. ' was not surprising that he should trust some part of Her performance of Ophelia was every thing we the arrangements to a General of such rank as Sir ever wish to see it. The character is of so little im- William Clinton. He had never recollected so much portance in the Drama, that an attempt to give it an accuracy in orders and dates as General Clinton had artificial promiuence, must inevitably end to failure. shown en the present trial, "IMO was Jle more re ....:nacre at Miss L. KELLY, in the early scenes of tfie•play, markable, as he was deficient in his recollection in :to which of these measures be approved, he should spoke the cords of the author with correctness, good many other points. As Sir William had, however, I certainly choose the latter, and refer to the evi ' sense, and meaning. In the mad scenes, her action never himself commanded an army in the field, he' dence of General Donkio for an ample justification and her looks were wild, natural, and highly in. , thought that he should not put s o h ars h a constru c ti o n lof this opinion. But there was another and a teresting ; and the audience were surprized and de. on the number of orders which were issued on the I third rouse which in his view of the question ought lighted in the " snatches of old tunes" by a voice of day of the 12th. It was singular, however, that Sir I to have presented itself to the judgment of Sir John peculiar power and sweetness, and which will, if we W. Clinton should not be able to find ti.ne to do i Murray. Why was the siege continued till the I2th, mistake not, hereafter prove a valuable acquisition what he was desired to do by those tattlers, but that after all hopes of success had vanished, and the ces. to the operatic part of the company. A young ac. what he was expressly desired not to do, that he did , taro approach of a superior enemy had been known tress like Miss L. KELLY, was much wanted at livith the greatest alacrity. He alluded to the spiking for several days before ? During these proceedings Drury-lane Theatre, and we congratulate the Ma. I the guns, and that strange mistake he made in not 1 on the . eastern coast of Spain, an enterprise was stager on having found her. I recollecting the signal which he himself had arranged going on in the west, precisely similar in its objects, COYENT.GARDEN. -OU Saturday Miss O'NEILL with the Officer at the battery. It would have been i and in all its circumstances, except the conduct of made her first appearance in Mrs. Haller, in The natural to suppose that a consciousness of his own !the different Commanders. •The siege of St. Sebas- Stranger, and fully sustained her reputation in those error in this respect should have inclined him to be, than . had been brought to that crisis when every pre. struggles of domestic distresses which have already i somewhat more charitable in his constructions on the] paratlon was matured for the assault. The French gained her so much applause in Belvidera and Mrs. Conduct and motives of others. lie was surprised at General, the Duke of Dalmatia, selected this period Beverley. The audience, with which every part of : Admiral Hallowell wishing to press upon the Court for the purpose of making adesperate effort to relieve the house was filled, bestowed on her the:most en. 1 a letter which he wrote on she 19th of June, when Pampeluna, by turning the right of the Allied thusiastic testimonies of applause. he himself had objected to his produciug a letter from Army ; well knowing that if he succeeded in that Mr. Tupper, on the ground that it was written after object, the left, which supported the investment of the transactions. He probably ought not to. have St. Sebastian, must be compelled also to fall back. felt this surprise, as it was so much in uuisou with What was then the conduct of the Duke of Welling. the rest of the Admiral's conduct throughout the trill. I ton, admitted to be one of the first Generals of this Sir John Murray then proposed to call General; br any other age? He immediately ordered all his Doukin to the point he had stated. The Court, how.' heavy ordnance to be removed to a place of safety, ever, over-ruled the proposition, perceiving it irrele- . , lest he should be obliged to abandon the siege; and vent to the trial. I although it considerably retarded his operations, he The JUDGE.ADYOCATE then said, that there was one did not deem it advisable to expose to possible loss observation in the statement of Sir J. Murray, which l or capture any part of his battering train. And yet he must explain. As to his having given private advice . if there was a Commander justified in calculating on to Admiral Hallowell about the production of a let.' the favours of fortune, or In drawing on that ample ter, all he had advised him to do was to produce it stock of character which he had previously acquired, to the Court, and take their opinion on it. It was it certainly starthe Duke of Wellington, who "felt their province, and not his, to decide on what ought that he dared sot de that at St. Sebastian's which' Sir . to be admitted. When he was out of Court, be was J. Merray had done at Tarragona. Gen. D.'4 testimony as ready to give his advice to one party as to the furnished ample confirmation of the indecision of Sir other.; said, in point of fact, he had . given advice 'J. Murray ; for bow could he have been induced, to Sir John Murray much oftener than to the Ad. unaccustomed as he was to disclose his intention to imiral. -- others, to have communicated his design distilling the siege so early as the 9th to Gen. D., unless his mind had THE JUDGE-ADVOCATE'S REPLY. actually been Ad.. up as' to that tatisare, which a ner The J U LIG E-AnvocAvE then began his reply as to the be, neverthelees, delayed carrying Into executions .sed t First and Second Charges. He hadat first supposed that until the morning of the 12th ? How cold he have `' on ' " such reply would be unnecessary ; but as Sir John ; contemplated such's proceeding, unless assured of .ii ti• Murray had gone into such great length of ergo- I the certain approach of Marshal Sechet's acmy, it' meat, in answer to the observations he had Made, ! being his resolution not to raise the siege as stated =_-_- and as he had taken quite a new ground of defence, ' in his defence, in consequence of Decaen's advance, . Ile ' he found it his duty to claim the right of a Prosecutor but to risk its this event an engagement with . that co. deo 4v to reply. As, however, many of those arguments lumn of the enemy ? General Egankin, It appear ap en' were answered by his first observations, he should ed, had also then forwarned Sir John Murray re is refer the Court to them. He was most anxious, in specting the possible loss of the guns ; and yet no this case, to be considered as not wishing to press preparations were made, no steps taken, no precau .. any point against the Prisoner further than his duty Lions used up to the morning of the 12th, to guard required of him. Notwithstanding the compliments against that disaster. 011 the lath, Marshal Suchet which had been paid him by Sir J. Murray, he felt was known to be at Tortosa ; but his certain ad that it was his duty to endeavour to do away the ef- 'ranee in force for the obvious purpose of relieving fectihat ids argument, which appeared to him fella- Tarragona had been known three days before by cloys, might otherwise produce. As he had not had confidential and authentic communications, and G., time for much arrangement in reply, he should follow time at which he might arrive was therefore a mere the principal points of defence which Sir J. Murray matter of calculation by the Quarter-Master-Gene had set up against the charges brought by him. The rat's office. Why, then, did Sir J. Nittrray act as . first point that he should take notice of, was the dif- if he was totally destitute of ittformet ion ; or where ficulty of which Sir J. Murray complained of having was the difficulty of calculating the ordinary rapid,. been put to, from the contrariety of the first and se. ty of a French army so as to prevent the necessity of mend charges. This difficulty he conceived to be not leaving arty thing behind ?' Why iti one case give from the manner the charges were framed, but from the enemy credit for au almost prate' natural activity , A FRACAS IN HIGH LIFE. A fracas of a very singular nature happened no Saturday morning. the 4th inst. in Port and-place. The case relates to a Gentleman, who give up the possession of his home fo an emi sent Auctioneer, in consideratiod of having advanced 16,0001. Agreeably It, the customary forms,a mita was put into possession of the premises ; he so cordially arranged matters as to gain permission to sup with the domestics, and was afterwards intro. duced to a comfoi ;Me bed. About four in the morning the ul ulates were alarmed by a violent ringing at the street-door hell ; &post-toy got up and proceeded to learn the cause of the dis torbante ; it proved to be an Irish footman belonging to the Gentleman'. mother. The fontboy opened the door.; when in rushed two other men; they were a police-officer and a watch- Mils. The par. ie, immediately proceeded to the bed-room, wherein the mau in possession slept; and, without hesitation, dragged dim out of the h.-d, notwithstanding his struggle, and conveyed him to the Mary -le-bone waich-Imuse, in the black-hole of which he was immured all night; somehow in the senile, the man hid one or his fingers broken. In the morning be was taken to Marlborough-street Police Office, and the awe *wad 1 and determined in a few minutes. in favour of the !optimised party g but, previously to his discharge, he was instructed le bring an action for damages. By the last American Papers we ftud, that a new expedition on Lake Champlain was supposed to be in agitation on the part of the British Commander. Have we not had enough disaster in that quarter already ? CORN-FACUANGE, FEB. 6.- mei% supplied with Englids 1r lity tie from fine. nt no :Idyll hither.—Barley, Bean*, l'eng.l Wheat kEnglish) l6 72 Ditto (H ureigu) 44 76 Rye 45 28 3330 - —The Market was het tootle 'herd this morning. and the qua awe of 4c. ; Foreign Wheat 22. mad Oat. 2.t. dearer. I aeons Old ditto 9l Tlet do. 96 X Old .... Barley New ditto Oats Malt 64 70 i Fine ditto White Peas 96 40 1 Poland do. 2O 26 New ditto .... ....... Feed ditto 18 23 Ditto Boileni 42 44 Fine Flour ..... ....55 60 Grey Peas 33 36 Seconds ..... 5.1 55 —....... SMITHFIELD MAKKET.—Fies. 6. To sink the Offal p er stoat of M. Beef ... ss. 04. t , . Gt. 0.1.1 Head of Cattle this day: Mutton ..ss. 04. to 6. 0. Bows Veal .. - is. Od. to 8.. 0.1. Sheep • • pork ... 6.1. 01. k. 'h. 04. Cara Lomb • ..os. Od. to Os. 0. 1 . 1 Pip II A Y-M ARK ET. Hay Clover Straw • ir,► ~• e J • . THE STATEShfAN: it I ber 11 IS f 'Hi o►t lt or