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COUIiT 111dficrbiL. should knew that copy if be saw it. A elsv w 44 , then shelves to witness, which he stated oat tit he the nue to which he alindrei, though this entgltt have been taken from it.—CA spectator wasptt.ies time. at the de.ire of the Prisoner, ordered los leave the Cnittt.)—After he made east copy, pot it week into his Lordship's hands with the original, snit boo not seen it sisic.r. I Viiliigi * ENlN(;, THURSDAY. Aisgnst 5, U. trill be performed a Oinwily in five acts, called ...THE WONDER.. Vou FrEs, Mr. War,le; Colonel Briton, Mr. Connor; Fre. struck. Mr. Barnard; Gibby, Mr. Term; Lissardo. Mr. Lister. l)unua Viulante, Mrs. F.dorin ; Donna i.ahella, Ills. Blanchard ; Inis, Mrs. T. Hill ; Flora, Mrs. Gibbs. After skirl], the Drumatic Entertainnat nt of . 1 FIE CRITIC ; Or, A TRAGEDY REHEARSED. raff, Mr. James: Dangle, Mr. Barnard ; Sneer, Mr. Con. nor; Sir Fretful Plagiary, Mr. Terry; Don Fernln Whis. kermulus. Kr. Bassett. Mrs. Dangle, Mrs. Connor; !mein*, Mrs. Gilds*. 3s.—First Gallery, ?Ir.—Second Gal lery. Is Tl.r Doerr to he opined at Sis &Clock, and the Perform ance in begin at Neves. Pkres for the Buses to be taken of Mr. blessingliam, at 6, Theatre. Toanturow. The Castle of Andalusia—The Green Man— tilla Wrt Wi•ni h er . Us lettnrilny, Tgezior made Eawy—The Agreeable Sur prior—and a mew laterlside, called Ladies at Hume, or Gen tlemen We e n dv without Too. • - - THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH DPARA-1101 1 3E, NTRA ND._ _ _ THl` I'ILESENT 7 1 : 1-IURSD AV, August 8, will he performed, 12th time, a Mesita' Os sly, ie Iwo acts, cased MV OWN RIVAL ! Or, SIOPHY. LUCY; and LUCY, SOPNY. Chsrsrlers—Mr. Wrench, Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Wilkinson, Mrs. Grnvr. Miele as.l (Her Owe Rival) Miss Kelly. To which will he added, :7616 tine, • new Entertainment in one art (in the modern style), to hotrods= a sew Imi tator of Actors and Imitators, called ONE, TWO, VI It F.E, FOUR, FIVE, BY ADVERTISEMENT. 01.1 Coaplrtem, Mr. Loweasier i Harry Alia% Sir Peter Ihweer F.uJall, Sao MIAs, and Actor, Mr. John Rrevr. Sophia CA.rupleion, Alias 1. Meyerson. - • - • Tu cvneln.l.• with (4th lime) a new Musical Farce, called WALK FOR A \VAGER; OR, A BAILIFFS BET. Mereington (ever head and care in love and debt), Mr. P.nrsuau ; O'Slittimus (a in:Milling brother to a Magistrate), llr W. S. flintterley ; (lob Lovelock (3 professional Gen ie:ll3n). Mr. Harley ; llookry Walker (a Pedestrian five (pm .ur bigh, rims's forty), Mr. Wilkinson ; Knobba (a Parish and Constable), Mr. T. P. Cooke; Livermore (a fat sionsine cloirocter), Mr. Sailer. Emma (a curious young Lady). Miss Kelly ; Mrs. Kildeary (a cstious old Lady), Mr.. Grove. flNes. ss; Second Price, 311.—Pit, 35.; Second Price, 4.l.—Lowee Galleer; ; Second Price, ts.—Upper 6 41 4 4 y. 1.. ; Serous& Price 6.1. Amaleurs and Actors—One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Its Advemisement—and Walk forAWayer. LAST NIGHT OF TIIE PRESENT EN fERTAIN- M ENI3- SURREY THEATRE. run Augusts, EVENING. THURSDAY. A COMIC DIVERTISEMENT. Alter which will be presented, for the 10th tine, a New **Firms Metwarautaiic Romance, in Three Acts fowinleil mu Vita altered from a Tragedy, by B. B. Parlby, Esq. cellist THE ABBOT OF SAN MARTINO; Olt, TRUE REVENGE. wet), Abbot of San Martino. Mr. Huntley; Doke of Milan, Mr. Lee; Ludovico Carardani, Mr. Clifford ; Mar. clove de relestini, Mr. Goatcry; Florian de Roiodba, Mr. Ilatkrivr: Bortario. Mr. Fawcett; Friar Jerome, Mr. Ridg way. Emits., Pf 104.11.1 of San Marini°, Mrs. Smith; Olivia wart Victoria, daughters of Carautani, Miss Taylor and Mrs. Gootrv.al. With. preceded by the Grim.) 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Bowater, 3d Guards Dn. Moultrie, 19th Unseen. Do. Matsu, Royal engineers Do. Fairfield, 3d Guards. Do. Adyr, Royal Artillery The accused having beta asked if he had say objection to ■ny of theta, argt he haviug replied it was imposs►ble he could, the Officers were sworn, and the charge preferred was read by the Deputy Judge-Adroote-General (Mr. Woolastoo, we nu• derstood) in the following terms:— " For scantlaluo. conduct in addressing a letter to James Deane, one of the Surgeons of hie Majesty's Forces station ed at Chatham, dated from Duke-street, St. James's, Febru ary 18, 1819, signed Owen Lindsay, and containing the following paragraph:— "' I ;as much disappointed at the two men of the 64th regiment not having been mut to the last Chelsea Board ; as I had arranged mailers in sorb a manlier that they were to have gone to the Board, and the attention of the Commis sioners was to have beta directed towards the state of their eyes, and all this was done quietly, without any one con nected with Sir W. Adams knowing any thing concerning the business. I would recommend you not to medtion their names in any correspondence you may have, at all meats, till they are snugly lodged in York Hospital. I hope you have not meddled with their oehos, and that you well not prevent their getting drunk, au that they ally have proper vascular cornea.' " He the said Staff Surgeon Lindsay thereby intend ing and endeavouring to persuade the said James Dense to be guilty of neglrct of duty towards corporal John Philips and private John Pyke, soldiers in the 64th regiment, who had had a complaint in their eyes, and were thee at Chatham, 'on their way to Chelsea, to he examined by the Board—such cuaduct being highly prejudicial so the service, and dis graceful to the character of Mr. Lindsay, as Staff-Surgeon to his Majesty's Forces." To this charge Mr. Lindsay pleaded Not Guilty. The Deputy Judge-Advocate-General then ad dressed the Court in the following terms:— " As no person appears in the cbaracier of Prosecutor is this case, it becomes my duty, as the representative of the Judge-Advocate.General, to state to the Court the CAUSE of their being assembled upon ibis occasion. " The Commander_in•Chief having received from the Se cretary at War a communication respecting a letter stated to bare been written by Mr. Owen Lindsay to Mr. pease, one of the Surgeons stationed at Chatham, his Royal High. ness conceived the conduct of Mr. Lindsay, as represented to him, and the teatime and expressions of that letter, to be so highly improper ■nd detrimental to the service, as to famish a fit 'abject fur investigation before a Court Martial; and his Royal Highness having subsequently transmitted the documents upon which his opinion was founded, to the Judge•Advocate.General, the charge was framed upon which this Court is now assembled to inquire. " In the ordinary course of the limeys", the Secretary at War, with whom the complaint originated, was called upon to return a list of the witnesses by whose evidence this charge might be substantiated. A lost was returned accord ingly, and it has become also my duly in the absence of a Prosecutor, to call these witnesses, and to put such gars sions to them as may be most likely to bring the facts in the easiest and simplest manlier before the Court. In order, however, to enable the Court to understand the application of the evidence, it may be to state that the letter in question was written in reference to two private soldiers of the 64th regiment, who bad been affected with the ophthal mia, and placed tinder the care of Sir W. Adams. In the first instance these men were reported to have been cured, and they were sent to the depot at the Isle of Wight, with a view to their being passed to the regiment at sail. A doubt afterwards occurred whether the cure was complete, and the reduction of the army haying in the mean time taken place, the two men were thought proper objects for a discharge, and were sent from the Isle of Wight to Chat ham, to remain there till they could be forwarded to Chelsea, lo be examined fur admission, under the care of Mr. Deese, and in reference t• their situation, the letter upon which the charge is founded was written. " Vl'lleibcr the original letter will be produced, I am an. able at present to state; but a summons has been sent to Mr. Dense, with a nluisii ion to him to bring the letter with him. If he should fail so to do, ur if the letter should ap pear to have beets destroyed, I understand thnt an authenti cated copy of it, taken at the War Office, will be produced, and I presume that the witnesses summoned will be able sa. tisfactorily to show, that the original was in the baud-writ iug, or, at least, *ivied by M. Liousay." The accused then raid, that understanding it to be r wittier of course that he should be f bed with a list of the witnesses intended to hr produced against Ism, lie had wade an application in the initial form for the purpose, to theJadge Advocate- General. but had not hero able to obtain it. The Depuiy Judge-Advocate replied, that that was not • ulattcr of course. The tir-t witness for the prosecution, Mr. James Deasy, Ststi=►urgeon to the Forces st Chatham, was then ealled in, sod sworn, arid soy other witnesses 011 the same side were ordered to leave the Court. The witness wee then virainitied by the Deputy Judge-Advocate, and gave evidence to the following effect :—ls stationed us Staff Surgeon at Chatham; recollects receiving a letter about February last from Mr. Owen Lindsay ; got a summons requiring him to produce the letter, of which a part was demi:fibril iii the suinnions; has not got that letter with him, it having been destroyed along with other useless papers; well in the habit of correspouding frequently with Mr. Lindsay; was perfectly well acquainted with his hand-writing ; the letter which lie was called upon in the summons to produce, and which he said was destroyed, was in Mr. Lindsay's hand writitig. The extract from the letter was then read to the witness, and the examivatitni proceeded, All the letter• lie received from Nlr. Lindsay were in her hand -writing; recollects receiving a letter much to the effect of the extract, interspersed with other matter, but as fir as his recollection gore, not in exactly the seine terms. To the hest of his recol. the letter came in the month of February, but mount speak to the exact date. .Eramined by the l'resi.leot.—Wax summoned on Thursday last. Tile pipers were destroyed long before that, thr e e o r four months ago, and he be lieves three or four days after the letter arrived. The letter Wro isrlierte; It raise Itst.tagil the War Oilier. The eduse of the I tter Icing destroyed .1114. th»t it was thrown side aith i.tii-r and an ilestroyed. Did not re ollect decaria kg it ut any time. but looked fur it, sail it wa■ not to be finned. It was destroyed decidedly before the speech made by Lord Rilinerston is tin. House of Commons ; because witness looked for it on read ing that speech the next morainic. and could not find it. Witness then retired--and Geo. S. Powell, Clerk in the War Office. was called and sworn.—The charge, and the extract on which it was founded. were read, after which he was examined.—Kecollected the letter containing the jamsge he had heard read, 'teasing through the War Office, among dithers. as well as he could charge his memory. id February last. On exa mining, the letters, a duty which. as franking clerk. be had to perform, discovered, among others, • tester from the Army Medical Depa►t• rent, which appeatiaiktis him to bre entitety of• prig vice nature, signed Owen Liudsay. and addressed to James Deese. and which, to the best of his know ledge and belief, contained the part he heard read ; in consequence of which he thought it fell within his duty to ►ubmit it to Mr. Marshal, who was at the head of his department, and on a consultation with that gentleman, it was deterwiued to forward it to the Secretary at War. It was forwarded, and witness neve► saw it after ; but to the best of his knowledge and belief, it was contained under the same cover as before, which cover was sent down to him again by Lord Palmerston to be franked. and after being franked, was forwarded ar ad dressed. By the President—Thought it his duty to take no tice of the letter, partly from its private nature, and partly from its contents. It was open, as all letters passing through the Office on hi' Majesty's service ate required to fie; reading the letter did not mise from any curiosity on his part; conceived it an im perative duty under the regulations by which he was bound to act. The extract in question was a continued passage, without any break or other matter intervetting. Crosodexamined by the Prisoner.—By what autho rity did you read that letter ?—A. Because ■ part of it contained matter relating to private, and a part to public business, and therefore it might have been 'sec y to submit it to the Secretary at War, to know whether it was sufficiently of a public nature to be passed. In answer to a question by the Court.—lf • let ter was entirely private, it would be, of course, rejected ; if part of it were private, and part pub lic, and the latter greatly to outweigh the former, perhaps it wopid be suffered to pass. By the Prisoner.—Did you copy the letter your sclf?—A. No; I knew nothing more of it from the time I took it to Mr. Marshal. Witness then withdrew, and Mr. Edward Mar shal was sworn and examined.—Recollected the letter in question being 'hewn to him by Mr. Powell ; Mr. Powell was the franking clerk. and was sitting in witness's room; witness heard him exclaim, on reading a letter. " that is most abonii nable," or words to that effect ; this drew witness's attention to the letter, and Mr. Po well d II to read it—did so, and was so mach struck with its tendency and expressions, that he suggested to Mr. Powell lie should bring it before hint officially, for the purpose of laying it before the Secretary at War. %Vitoria forwarded it himself to the Secre tary at War. There was a memorandum at the bottom, written by Mr. Powell, stating that the letter came from the Army Medical Department, and was of such a austere, that he (isir. Powell) thought it necessary to submit it to witness's con sideration, and witness wrote under that, " For the Deputy Secretary's consideration," without any comment. The letter combined both public and private matter. It was addressed "Oa his Ma jesty's service." It was unusual that private letters should be sent through the War Office, but not unprecedented. IVitness was franking clerk for several years, and did not know what others in that situation did, but lie always considered it to he his duty not to frank sealed letters, and did not believe there was any latitude allowed in that respect. Iu reply to a question, whether it was the prac tice to room letters riot franked ? witness said, when he was franking clerk, there was not so much strictness observed as at present—he added, that the last witness was the person who could best an swer that question. Mr. Powell was accordingly called again, sod being asked whither letter.' found to be private, and not franked, were sent back to the writers, said, that they took their course with the others—they were usually thrown into the basket with the rest of the letters, and forwarded unfriiiiked. Cross•exarnined by the Prisoner—Q. By what means was this letter forwarded to its destination ? —A. I suppose by the post. I know no mote of it after it was sent to the Deputy Secretary. The same cover wits retnrned to me, by Lord Palmer ston, containing, I suppose, the letter, and 1 franked it. Q. Are you in the habit of franking and for warding letters, whic•'t y,pis con-Ider to have an un proper triidenow ?—.l. I in not. Q. Do you know why this letter was excepted from that rule?--A. That rested with Lord Palmerston. Q. Were there any other letters enclosed with this under the same cover ?—A. No; it came alone, tinder u curer directed " On Ins Majesty's service." Q. Did you examine it promiscuously in the Course of your ditty, or was your attention particu larly called to it ?—A. In the cour►e of my duty. %Vitoria then withdrew, and Fleury Elliott, Esq. was called lend * star. rogined. Prrlevity recollected the (*.act of Lord Palmerrton , to whom he wee then private secretary, cumuli; into his room *num day in the month of February, with it letter in him hand. The letter he lomid to be from Mr. Lindsey to llr. Draw, vrbirh his Lordship desired him to copy. Took a ropy of it, containing the dates, &c.; Witness was then directed to kn to the race of the Secretary at War. an 6 procure the cony take's by himself. Strangers Were excluded. lie returnti ed in about an hoar with the copy. sad tl,e Court was re-opiened. Ezernistiniwit reenmed.—Witness saw L,nrd Pal. merston, soil procurer! the copy he hmorla rote Court ; it win; written by istinself. and et.ined batio Irwin the origina4 wincb last way forworderl di'.-cterl. The letter was then read. Its contents cossipns ed u good deal of miner besi.ilry the chaeKe.. Ai• msescleskug ponsgrisith, alluded to an accident alio tained by Sir W. Adonis in • fall 'from Ina loan* about the time of the date, as affordinit addit1010•1 facilities in passing the two soldiery at Chelsea. Last witness cross-examined by the Prisoner.— Q. Did Lord Palmerston appear highly disple:airil with the contents of the letter ?—A. He went into no dismission with me on the subject. Q. Do you know of a single inytatice in whirl. letter considered to have hut imprtyrr tendency ever before forwarded through the War-Office 1— , A. I can't say that I do. Q. How long were you private it4w.rt-totry A. About eight years, but in very few instance% do I see the letters ; it is the duty of the clerk to examine whether the letters are of a pithily or private nature; but it is not my duty to have official cognizince of them in general. an that my answer to that question cuuld not lead to moth in formation. The DEPUTY JUDGE-ADVOCATE then said. tl,st he had no further evidence to produce, and that the case for the prosecution was closed. Thi Cou►t adjourned till ten o'clock yesterday morning, the Deputy Judge-Adsocate having pre viously directed, in the name of the Court. and at the request of tne accused (who complained of hav ing been traduced, and or the cause havinu hero prejudged by er-parle statements in the kinri l i t l4). that no purt of the case should be published till it should have been concluded. - - When the Court met pursuant to ou:joornon.ot on Wednesday, the accused entered on his defence, which he rend from a written paper, in the terms here stated ' ° Mr. PREstiMST—GIVITLEtIeN—The situation in *hie, 1 am this day placed, is as novel as it is enalentraasing to Inv feelings. Sixteen years have 1 passed in the piddle %trek., during which time I have maintained so uniartnahed eh. • meter, have lived in the good °pintos of my friend., *oil ort every occasion had the satisfaction elf knowing that me pe... fessional services met the approbation of those who ~.re ca petite of appresiat tug them. Judge, then, Gentlemen. sr tort me feelings must he at dos moment, when 1 am called norm ra answer to a charge, which, if substantiated and I e' t home to me, must fur ever degrade me, not only in the sc.'•• of society, but debase me ass man. " The charge itself is of a complicated nutnre—the evil! double—cold and heartless inhumanity towards those tiler server offended against ate, together with the nionstrous pro. position to an honest mind to become the aecomplee crime. Did my reproving conseiresce but whisper me that there was the slightest ground fur such an seceisati 0000 0 sever should I have dared to have stood up in the fate of so ma r ry htmourahle men, and attempted to palliate an offence of so dark a nature; hut hating myself as much as I shoot.' hose been justly hated by others, I never again would hate ven tured to appear in society. But 1 now dare to present - self to you, in the perfect consciousness of my Mama me, and deny most solemnly the base iukeution that has been imputed to the letter written by me. I trust I shad he able to preserve a mind suf f iciently clear and anirnffird, an to detail to you the circumstances under which this letter wa• written, that you may be able to arrive at a right and fair interpretation of that paper, which has given sat h °Pore. I feel confident that I am addreseing myself to those wires candour will induce them to listen to me with poker. ; whose penetration of mind will see each fact with elearne••, and whose integrity of spirit will decide in justice. In October 1817, I had four soldiers of the 64th reeintrot under my care at Chatham ; they bad for a constd. rib' length of time been afflicted with ophthalmia, lint were r•,. pidly improving. Daring a temporary 'absence of moo , they were removed from Chatham, by an order from the I .r. sent Secretary at %Var., and were placed tinder glee care of IWilliam Adams, contrary to the usual rules of the tarYlCf, mid without the authority of the Continander.in•Cnr.f. Remaining under his direction for some months, t h ey were at length reported as fit fur service. They were, tM a sent, in consequence of this report, to the Isle of Wion, on their way to join their regiment at Gsbraltar, and, MI being inapected by the Medical Officers there, were tunnel to lie uofit for service. They were eonsequ.utly sent to Chatham, preparatory in their apperring Injure the ells-beet Board They arrived at CliAltani use the I huh of Ver. obit last ; lint they *ere not takers into the Hospital, or. lhe v dill not require medical treatment. (hi the 12th of rchritai I received a note arum Mr. Read (the Secretary to the Me. dical Board), apprising nor that curieural Soho Philips au.l private Joliet P)l4e, of the filth regiment, were caper Ira from Chatham to pass theChelaea Board. I was afterwards devired by Dr. Gordon, the Professional Assistant to the Medical Board, tort to take those men niter the Hospital, hot to allow them to go before the Bused at Chelsea, I was far herinstructed to direct the attention of the G,gnms.no.es of Chelsea College to the state of the eyes of trews , be n. and to explain to diem the nattier of their • uses. Thr,, v..., will perceive, Gentlemen, thst those very men hai patients of mine; that they had, as 1 humb'y crocrerr.e, been onfai l ly removed from under my rate, sad ;diced in the hand+ 4.f Sir Win. Adams, en Auric They were Irkewise the only soldiers that I. oh been rhos all raptly taken from the asipernitendenee of the Army hledie,l Department, and riensigued to the care of another. It was then, and has sister more Owl once been whop...-. eel arid insinuated, that thi• Gentleman bad bees steer r,i effect what the Medical Officers of the army easel not are complish. It was soon afterwards that I wrote the letter that is now the subject of this prosecution—a private emiltd.art to let freely mid carelessly writtrie to a most intimate g is t . with whom hail long corresponded. I had no tle••ac when writing to him of disgsiainC a fm-hag, wr..fcoal - v mcavurr.[ the lan_oage ft, whirls it was rxpees•ed• 1 had beet, tsa;lN to think that letter" were s`ar'i ..i'e..l v,olateA, rrlrsa ruder moat tope • have read of etie,s brio; tllus intercept. d and c opi l us i care of high treason, when rfbelllou existents rf the Slate, rift wiser aMnlrte .e^"iil eu,r. PAW the Gumeninsest to resort to such area enantry. juri n g a r t il l esse hetieze ci i r t il lo se b se e imelirawary:lithat sew me in retibesc,:kb";:i7g.,!i-