The Sun. — London, England, 1823-11-18 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS. ( From the Monitesor.--Offteial Port.) ARMY OF THE PYRENEES. the Turks. nr.rott'r OF THE MARSHAL DUKE OF CONEGLIATIO TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER or wan. " Barcelona, Nov. a. " Sta—l have the honour to acquaint your Excellency that, as I had already announced to you, the French troops took possession of the for ,rtress of Tarragona at seven o'clock in the-morn ing of the 74. The militia who were in the place, after laying down their arms, have been sent home, and the troops of the line, to the num ber of about 5 GOO men, have commenc?,(l their march for the caotouthents which have been as 'signed them. " This occupation took place with great order and tranquillity, und er the direction of General Baron de Motttgartle. To-morrow Te Deana will 'be performed in the Cathedral of Barcelona, with thanksgivings for the occupation of this place . by the French troops in the name of his Catholic Majesty. The greatest order and the most per . feet tranquility,prevail in this city, where the coufidence' with which we had inspired the in :habitants daily becomes more consolidated. " have the honour to be, " The Marshal Duke of Conegliano, MONCEY." • IP rant the Drapeau 1310ne.1 Pants, Nov. l4.—Tits Liberal Journals are endeavouring to transfer to Spanish America the 'European' interest Which has to long been fixed. upon the Peninsula. This interest, it is true, has has in some degree Subsided since the denone. Mad of Cadiz, and - it is in history that hence. forward will be revived te eClat of our arms. Let us then, since it must be so, pass from one hemisphere to the other. Is England, who remain ed neutral' during this social 'struggle, disposed all at once to.arouse and interfere, under the shield . of her armam.ents, at a distance of 2,QQO leagues? Is she disposed, in fact, explicitly to recognize the independencnof the Spanish colonies, in or der that these vast and rich possessions may no longer rank under the influence of continental Europe, whose concert appears to excite her dis quietude ? Will she confine herself to mere de inonstrations, to indirect menaces, or at length, ashamed and wearied of her political nullOy, will she again -wield the trident of Neptune ? These questions form the order of the day. At the moment that her interested policy is dis co vering itself, the Cou rts of the ,North, it is said, are about to publish a declaration of the ,nott-recognition of the independence of the Spa-, nish and Portuguese colonies. This vig,nrons preliminary would be worthy of the Holy Alliance : it would nobly answer the insular speech delivered at Plymouth by Mr. Canning; in which will be found, what we already knew, that the grand object which the English 41i n ist e rs have in view is the exclusive interests of England. Are not the Cabinets of the Continent equally bound to promote the interests of the people who live under. their laws, and the re-establishment of the social powers of Europe and its colonies ? They who delight to set all England in mo tion, in tie hope that there would result from it a new combustion, affirm that the. English au thorities of Corfu, conformably to secret instruc tions dispatched from London, have opened ne gociations with the principal Greek ChieNoma fs, to engage them to place the Archipelago and under the protection of England. Is this presumable at the very moment when the English oegociators seem to .not in concert with the two principal Courts of the orth, re specting the affairs of Turke y ? This N would' be a new proof of the inconsistencies which an ambi 'germs policy displays, the only regulators ,of Atich are fraud and v iews of aggrandizement. In virtue of the Roya l Ordinance issued yesterday, a nd pub lished this morning in the Moniteur, " the public funds and loans of foreign Governments will be quoted on the Coors Au. thentique of the 'Change of Paris." This measure (the wisdom of which is demonstrated in the introductory observations) terminates the struggle .between the illegitimete lean of the Spanish and the Royal l o an con tracted for under the Regency by the firm Guebhard and Co., and confirmed by the special authorization of King Fee nand. fn fact, from this day forward, the latter loan takes its legaistation on the Register of the Cool Authentique of the foreign funds, and the former loan is radically erased from it, since the pretended Government under whose authority it was unlimited, is itself, in fact and right, erased from the political list of the Government); recognized by France. The operations in piastres are, conserfuently, from this day divested of all cha • meter, even an apparent one of public legality, end no person has a right, authentically, to quote the price thereof. Under this point of view, which is only the irresistible cense quepee of the Royal Ordinance, this speculation, which is anni hilated as a public lean, cannot even sustain itself as a private, operation, mince the guarantees assigned for its liquidation, on the domains and revenues of Spain, irrevocably escape froth the 'hands of the contracting parties: The Courier Frongais and the Journal du Commerce will but vainly console themselves with the transitory rise which it hair enjoyed. The plausible cause of this momentary im provement was the payment of the last dividends. Now these dividends were only liquidated by a sacrifice of the capitol it self, of which there remained 20,000,000 in the hands of M. Ardonin, when his partner, M. Hubbard, was under the ne cessity of hastily quitting Madrichem the 27th of May last, after 'sthe entrance of our troops, to escape the pursuit of'tbu Cartes, who demanded paymantof the loan. But this resource (how ever regular in itself, and by the aid of which the next depds Might also be lkoidated)dow perishes altogether by the noittretind force of things; in the hands of the detainer, for any other application than that Of reimbursing, au mare le franc, *ith this residue of the capital, the holders of the stool to whom' these 20,000,000 unquestionably belong. W e do not in- the least doubt the prudent promptitude with iviricb . they will act to prevent the trivial remains of their advances from being longer exposed to the dangers of cif. cutudtances. Advices;which appear to US ivell-founded,but to which it would, perhaps, be prlident not to give entire faith, state, that at their intSryiew at Czernowitz, the Emperors of Rus sift and Arabs agreed 'to restore to the throne, of his ances tors the son of a King whom the ,events of the regime of Buonaparte dethroned. His successor is to be, it is said, nominated.Fiug of Greece., arid will found a new dynasty .in ,the East. It is'also said' that the Knights of Malta are to be assisted in re-conquering the isle of Cyprus. God grant that these projects, if they have a real existence, may tran quillize all parties, and preserve , the IVlCrea from those pha tiariot Princes who are as much cxectateti in that quarter tut ( Prom the Ettille). limos, Nov. 16.—it is affirmed that in a letter addressed to he King, M. the Prince de Talleyrand demands an investiga bn by the Chamber of Pecrs,uf the accusation brought against him by the Duke de Rovigo, respecting the affair of the Duke d'Enghien. „ r The Count de Nessebode has communicated by a note to the AlHeil:Courts, the progress and enSuing concltision of the nego ciations with the Porte. Thii document will be an epoch in history, and will be an'eternal monument of the moderation of the Emperor Alexander. •• NEWS FROM SPAIN. • • nonID, Nov. B.—On the sth instant, in consequence of :he orders of his.. Majesty, the Allied troops entered the for. tress of t arthagena. We have this instant received a copy of the General Order of the fortress of Tarragona. It gives details of the armistice concluded .l?etween the Duke de Conegliano and Don Fran cisco Espoz de Mina ; and contains the articles of the guaran te:s otrered to Mina by the'l4larshal. These articles, which are to serve as t basis to the treaties, are to be concluded on a future , day :-- " Head-quarterfq Sarria, Oct. 22. " Art. 1. The Militia, after having laid down their arms, ' may return to their homes, where they shall never be jrioleged on account of their previous conduct ct political opinions, Art. 2. The troops of the line shall proceed, by corps, to the cantonments which will be assigned to them, with their arms and officers. " Mt. The individuals who desire to quit Spain shall be conveyed by land and sea, to the .different points they may designate, and according as may have been arranged with them." • The King, our Sovereign, has ordained, by a Decree of the 3d of October, that.the pasts of Supernumerary Adjutants of fortresses 'shall be suppressed. The officers now holding them are maintained in their functions ; but in future no solicita tion for obtaining these place'► will be received, except in the event of a vacancy occurring in the number fixed by the Ordi- Although, of course, the Dock-yard is to make every accom modation which may be necessary, and which can be done without delaying the ship. (Signed) "A. 1. COCHRANE, Admiral. ".Capt. Harris, Hussar.,' • Tuesday, both Sir Alexander Cochrane and Commissioner n Shield expressed their entire approbation on Sunday. On my return from \Vembury, I was overtaken by Mr. Turner, riding, who perceiving me to be much fatigued, the wea ther being very rainy, and the road scarcely passable by a foot passenger, very pelitely offered me his hotse, and as far our road was the same, I gladly accepted his offer. Ott my return on board, that neither delay nor misconception as to the arrangements of Coats might retard the embarkation of Sir Edward Therrenn's baggage, I left with Lieutenant Gos set, die then commanding officer of the ship, written order:, explicit es to the approeriation of all the boats, the tune and respective places of their destination, so that they might meet the 'baggage the instant it arrived at the water side. 'I he wen' :t ther being unfavourable on Monday, it was Tuesday evening before all the baggage could be embarked. At about a quarter before faille - ten Tuesday afternoon, Sir N. Thornton' embarked, and the Coureevill naturally ask why I -did not instantly procceel to sea ? My' reply . is, that with the Honolirable the Comm ander-in.Chief 's 'permission, I hart made an arrangement to send ltis barge to embark Sir Edward Thor nton at the time he appointed, five o'clock, Gut the state of t he weather was such, that I was induced to wait on the Admiral , for the purpose of ascertaining his opinion whether the service would be forwarded by petting to sea in such weather, and he will tell you that he concurred in the opinion that the ship could not proceed to sea with advantage that night.; I then d is p atched a cut ter with an officer to convey the information toSir Edell; " Thornton, but he preferred to sleep on board that night, al I informed hien by that offictr it was ray intention to sail early the following morning, end, accordingly, on the folleivin4 morning, Wednesday, I did proceed to sea, though the win° was then at West to South • After having delivered his defence, Captain Harris requested d called EM. nevidence, Commissioner .17 t a o Dock-yard, ie ' William might b was examined by the prisoner. During the time the Hussar was fitting at Plymouth, he most assuredly never saw an officer more anxious to proceed in oe the execution of his orders ; nor did he; on the 7th of Augu st, at any time subsequently, make any complaint or represen tatie n n w o h f o, h b is ein n g la s jeste wow 'e, to the Baird of Arniralty, or to any one whatever, that CO' Harris had delayed the publiteservice. The Right Hon. G. Canning, his Majesty's Principal.See re ' tary of State for. Foreign Affairs, having attended the Court a witness, on the part of Captain Harris, was next sworn , and examined by the prisoner— ill the Right Honourable Gentleman do rne the honour W to state to this Court whether or not, on the 9th of Atifiti st last, or at any other time, and when, lie received any infoneae Lion from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, or thei r Secretary,, that his Majesty's ship Hussar, under nil com mand, was ready to proceed to sea with Sir Edward (horn: • , ton, at an hour's notice?--The first specific notice thst • recollect to have received of the actual readiness of the shiP was on the 15th of August, on which day the Seero° ll of the Admiralty signified to the Foreign Office that the Hussar was ready to sail, and waited only for Sir Edwel a Thornton, expressing, evidently with sonic surprise, that Sif Edward was not arrived. It was also a great surprise to me t i ° , find that Sir Edw. Thornton was not embarked. He had al:e'" town, as I believed, and still believe, on the Friday prececthe lith of August), and s his instructions had been torwerd l to him on Saturday, the 9th. I took it for granted that lie he' embarked, and I must, therefore, have had upon my leirA e l impression that the Hussar was ready to • proceed, althoeg" cannot recollect, nor find any memorandum of the spec inciv formation, previous to that day. So strong was the impreole° on my mind that the delay was wholly attributable to Sir B e a l ' Thornton, that I dispatched a messenger to him, directing 01°A to embark immediately, and unle ss he did so, that 1 Own' recommend another Minister to be sent in his stead. • Their Lordships having stated in their accusations agaie", me that it was subsequently represente d to them that the service had been delayed in consequen ce of the shi p un command not being ready, and they therefore made in ,ti e into the cause of the dela, may I be permitted to ask i Right Hon. Gentleman hits represented to the Lords Cornt a t . sinners of the Admiralty, or their Secretary, that the Far,i; service had been delayed in consequence of his Majesty 1 1 .,:i; under my command not being ready to proceed to sea 't i e consequence of my message to Sir E. f., mentioned in tnY3 ri ceding answer, Sir Edward stated to tne that on his arro' no , Plymouth on the Bth of August, he had put himself ta i t hat mutilation with Captain Harm, who had ir formed MI! t his the ship would be ready for sea in six or seven days, fr9,:., n ia ' time; but that he (Sir E. Thornton) had boned to Harris, that he should not be ready in less than ten 41 0 ),',„ ceiving, therefore, information on the 15th, that the s l ".,r, pot then ready for sea, and knowing that Sir E. Thornton..yntrn then ready, I certainly cannot have represented fivii,;(l the as the cause of the delay. I certainly alway's attriP be teccl; delay to Sir E. Thornton, until I heard, not otficiadly, tr in, dent:Wee that Capt. Harris was to . be put upon e tilt then supposed that circumstances had cotll o °‘.:, e ,, - 11ah I 96; Capt. Harris, into which I made no inquiry, Nvi`," ~- : T ua de nothing . to do, and therefore upon it could n ot - compliant. q'kornr` the crate Can you have any objection to stateof Sir ton's letter to you ?—Sir E. Thornton's reply was A n te 16th of August, and I probably received it late on w' n ats. (having disptched it messenger the day.beforen d on was communicated to the Admiralty on one of thole t " probably on the morning of the 18th. • jlo: aine After the delivery of ins evidence, Mr. Canning nut,. ne e , Court during the re-examination of Admiral .Sir rave, which immediately followed. f defence Various witnesses were examined in suppor t °- tet- On the third day Capt. BPKenzie, the President, 1/I‘ll.o etc. suddenly ill. and the Court in consequen ce adjottr rwhee. day to day, welting for his recovery, till the 7th die letter was received from the Admiralty recominen!'"" Of' lution. ~fon ts, j e nn Capt. Harris, on the Court being cleared to „ retn, dressed them as follows :—" If I understand the their PPrif,, they are about to clear the Court to consider. of edf .„ o , o f 0, ships' letter of the 10th of November, on the ex') dice d ships letter of the 10th of November, cii the e%Pt 51 1CL 1 of solving this Court, under the distressing circorn i r o p oint . 1 ; o t President's ill health. With submission I bef il, derrq that lam here in custody of their Provost-Manne ne , ten , ' , my sword, upon heavy and serious criminal- oh,eortliiiihetitii to destroy my character both as an officer arid, b e en b e en pou, e s The laws of the land, le should presume Lord's lisre n `,p; arraigned upon the charge winch their ' Lord' ss inl blie e t. pleased to institute against me, will give m e 1 en tr o bl o portunity of exculpating my charecter; m id to ow the Court, ere they come to a final deterrig"°,o cop, by the recommendation of their Lord'al`t e 'eon in beg tf the , truly embarrassing and distressing 16 t bu oioo , l ,so, they have placed me. I must, with every 0 . ,. d eennt en inform the Court, that if they should come to °,',;„Tiving n, recommended by their Lordships, thereby, an y tcp,o publicly justifying my conduct, T cantionivit,no an te J of ee justice to myself, or to the honourable ttofr t neeust ° ,4 an humble member, consider myself out 0 be reennne Provost-Marshal, until further instruction:Vag dee rpte; their Lordships ; and in the mean time, 1111 %,, t the ° I i t lF their Lordships, I must beg to protest aill! en of 0 , 1 : bq, , ' the Court-Martial being sent foi the inspe s a' a proeet I , o es<yt ships ; and my reasons for entering tin r te steto r en eh ' their Lordships will have before them ex-Ar e e e.oP The Court was then cleared, and on D el ° t eila ; or following was read : „ sleP b e, At a Court-Martial held on board his IllaJe s Z e , the oe t ee ip Hanioaze, at Plymouth, on Wene s „" w `oetia let ele November, 1823, and by several adiot; r :,,,ree ° t ee 7th, Btb, 10th, 1 lth, and 12th days of ta` k eqe,..ecetl ° o, President—Adarn APlCentie;.„,lo (Pewee d t " Captain of his Majesty's ship ()eau, s r n se‘i Command of his Majesty's Ships and ne nelle ee President (die first three clays only). yi n J ; ,f tr i Capt. Sir T. Livingstone, Bart. Cain. s ll ,r,r a ut NV I Aga" Charles Dashwood, g g e t ilon r George Eastlake, Offiteating J" , g l e)e n j et tee t he , ' oter, The Court, pursuant to an order fro nu n „ o ly Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,fneen.,logel:t;tte October, directed to the President, her "d' e pt. ? c ` l ,, e re.. tlrj ; proceeded to inquire into the conduct 0, 1 0 00 01, 0 c err of his Majesty's ship /lustier, on ; re OlU eif tl O r e in set forth, touching his proceedingsbe , ri et el ° O n' ders he had received from their Lordehtneoitio Sir E. Thornton, his Majesty's Env e l ne ttigsle/ ' hee ' 1 :01 1 1 ° 0 ouster Plenipotentiery to the Court m Jo as e onere, {aloe suite, servants, and baggage, and embarked to proceed with them, r;t:,.,,,„:51 len) th re e tion, to Lisbon, sad, to try the sato J eeent j O. O conduct herein. And the said Cap!ar no ni i s ch t iot: r „o e f Presider.; having, during the bal be, t wb th e t et 4 l; 4° o ° on Friday, the 7di day of Novern _ tire fre to tbe A tio , taken so ill, as to be obliged tofe amid 00004100 the Court having, from day to u a 'n e o ~.",„ to "or .ef• November, received evidence. fli s i „ e buon b i e te ,„ tee M'Kenzie's medical attendants o t f .1, o n not 1%01 l ot the said Captain Adam M'Kent'ilis reeoveleighel 0e l ot et said Court, and that the i pcnod oe.iibtraey ii,!rof tarn ; and having maturely and a"..i e do°, nte) sideeed the said evidence, the Coult s ~e in e l een j ot Court-martial should, for want COUP f $ Members, be dissolved. foe we nt , „pee And die said Court-martial, nive l ne ei number of biembers, is hereby Luse' ee leOganpet ett enie ct , Detect 12th November, 182. (Signed) 1'11 031 40 1)4,14 CHAR' jOre flog 14. sAlqt/ 3. 1 t oll _ ,„ els G. BASTLAII-' COURT MARTIAL ON CAPT. HARRIS. nance. • The Ilestaurador contains a list of all the Addresses in fa vour of the re-establishment of the Inquisition. PETEIIBIIVUOU OCT. 24.—The cornier who was i li s petehed to the emperor with the news of the deliverance of the King of Spain, had orderi to proceed direct to his Majesty whereVer he might be. [From the Constitutionnell Ps.nis, Nov. 15.—The Journal des Debuts says, that, after the execution of Itiego, the people only cried Vive lc Rai; but, according to the .Orifirnene, the cries of Viva el Bey absoluto were the last words which reached the ears of the victim.—;.This Journal stays that not one of the French military was present at the execution, but t h at the French garrison was under arms, and that strong detachments occupied the avenues leading to the place where the sentence was carried into effect. It was useless in tins Journal taking the trouble to tell us this ; all Europe knows that French soldiers never attend at the death of their enemies, but on the field of battle. M. Manuel, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, was, some days ago, at the house of one of his friends at baferte sousJoiterre. and was to have stood god-father to the new. born child of his friend. Every thing was in , re p a ration for t h e ceremony, • when the father received the following letter 'corn the Curt of the Parish : " Lei'raTE-sous-Jotstins, Nov. 8, 1023._ Sin —Having been informed that 111. Manuel is to appear te-morrow, at my church, to stand godfather to your child, I think it my duty to inform you, that, according to a letter from the Archbishop of M aux, dated 4th April last, I cannot perinit him. I flatter myself that you will spare your friend as well as sue the pain of Atte refusal which I shall be obliged to give. " Receive, Sir, the assurances of my consideration. Cure." (Signed) " CAUVIN, As the baptism could not be celebrated at Lafertt, it was performed two days afterwards in the church of a neighbour ing parish, where 111. Manuel was received as godfather, and where, probsbly, the thought of excluding him had not yet penetrated. Such. facts speak for themselves, and we abstain at present from adding any reflections. We ask only, if any decision of the Chamber of Deputies should have the character of an excommunication ? [From the Orifiamme of Saturday.] PAnes, Nov. 15. —Yesterday, before mass, the King ho noured with a private nudience Colonel Boutourlin, Aide-de- Camp of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, who had just ar rived from the °rand Head-quarters of the army, of Spain. The Count.de Villele yesterday transacted business with his Majesty. His Excellency had afterwards the honour to pay his respects to his Royal Highness Monsieur. At three o'clock yesterday, a Council of Ministers was held at the residence of the Count de Villele. Colonel Count Bourse, Chief Aid-de-Camp of the D uke de Reggid,isrortioted to the rank of Major-General. [From the Journal de Paris.l Our Nuremberg Correspondent 'informs us, that the most singular reports are again in circulation respect i ng the situation of Constantinople , where events of considerable importance are said to have occur ' cd, of which in all prob Ap abzed y the Rs sway sisn Charge d'Affaires, Minzaky, will be pri on hi thither. Commercial letters say, that at the departure of the last courier from the Ottoman capital, the Porte had not then carried into execution the promis of the Reis-Effendi, relative to the navigation of the Black Sea.es • The Plymouth and Dock Telegraph, of Satur day, contains an account of the trial, at that port, of Captain Ouottox iIAIu t, C. 8., of the 'luster, to which we have, more than once alluded, extending to nearly nine columns. The charges alone fill a column.—The Courtopened on the sth November. . . The sum of the charges amounts to this i—Capt. Harris re ceived orders from the Lords of the Admiralty, dated the 22d July, to proceed without loss of time to Plymouth', there to pre pare to receive on board Sir Edward :Thorntonalllinister Pleni potentiary to the Court of - Portugal, and to sail as soon as he was embarked. The . Hussar arrived in Plymouth Sound the 211th July, and on the Ist August Admiral Cochrane ordered her into Barnpool, for the readier fitting of the cabin for Sir Edward's reception. The Admiralty again issued orders to Admiral Cochrane to proceed back again into the Sound, sig nifying that no arrangements should be made which could prevent her sailing the moment Sir Edward embarked. These orders were dated August 5, and received at Plymouth in the morning of the 7th. On the 9th the Hussar was moved into the Sound. But previously to the receipt of these orders, Capt. - Harris had, on the 30th July, written to Sir Edward, inform: ing him that the Hussar would not be ready under ten or fifteen drys. This statement, rendered erroneous by the orders of the sth August, Captain Harris did not communicate to the Com mander-in-Chief, .nor did Capt. Harris, on the receipt of the Admiral's order of the 7th of August, communicate to Sir Edward, that he had received orders inconsistent with the in formation given to Sir Edward in the letter of the 20th July. On the 11th August, Capt. Harris, in reply to a note from Sir Edward Thornton, lated the 9th, for the first time intimated that he had received orders at variance with the information in his letter of the 30th of July ; but even then he did not state that the ship,was ready, and, that he had orders to make no preparations. The communication was to the following effect :-- "My orders are to sail immediately on your embarkation, even though the preparations for your reception be not com pleted, which, I am sorry to say, is the case; but, Once the wind hangs from SM. to West, it would be folly to proceed to sea, therefore the delay, even should you be prepared to sail, is unavoidable." This letter dissuasive of the Minister's immediate embark ation, and stating, that it would be folly to put to sea, Captain Harris appears to have alga concealed from the knowledge of the Commandetain-Chief, although he admits, in a letter ad dressed by him to Sir Alexander Cochrane, on the 10th of the present month, that the said Commander-in-Chief had, by his constant inquiries, expressed his daily anxiety and solicitude as ,to Sir Edward Thornton's intention to embark, and as to the Hussars' readiness for sea; and although the wind might, at the moment the Captain wrote the said letter of the 11th Aug. be hanging from SW. to West, it appears, by returns from the Port of -Plymouth, that several of his Majesty's ships did sail to the westward between the 7th and 'l6th of August. On the first day evidencein support of the charges was heard. On the 2(1, Capt.. Harris entered on his defence, which is very long. After some preliminary observations he proceeded to state—By their Lordships' order, of the 22d July, I was di rected to proceed, without loss of' time, to Plymouth, there to prepare . to receive on board Sir Edward Thornton, with his fa mily and aulte. Accordingly I lost not a moment in obeying the directions I received, and sailed from Portsmouth on the 25th of July, with the wind dead on end, as the ship's log will testify ; on the 24th, tit P.m., the liiissar anchored in Plymouth Sound, and on the instant the sails were furled I went on shore to wait on Sir Alexander Cochrane, but did not see him, be cause he was gone into the .country. On the morning of the 29th, before nine o'clock, I saw Sir Alexander Cochrane, and received from hint their Lordships' order of the 24th of July— this order directed me to roceive on board Sir Edward Thorn ton, servants, and baggage, and suite, and with all convenient expedition proceed with them to Lisbon. By the word family, in the order of the 22d,. I was led to believe that Lady Thorn ton also would have embarked, and I was not undeceived as to this supposition till on the 10th of August, at twelve o'clock, when I received Sir Edward Thornton's letter, dated die preceding day. This want of better information left me in, doubt as to what preparations I should make, but conceiving it my duty to prepare for a family of such high importance every accommodation that I could, I directed the foreman afloat, un der the sanction of Commissioner Shield, to arrange accom modation in like manner as his Majesty's ship Iphigenia had been fitted on a somewhat similar occasion. This duty, as I was obliged to return on board to meet the said foreman, and point out to him the manner in which the Iphigenia was fitted, occupied the greater part of the morning. On the evening of the 30th of July, perceiving that the joiners, owing to stress of weather, seldom came on board before nine a. m., and returned at threep. m., and that they did not perform more than half a day's work, I thought it my duty to make a representation thereof to Sir Alexander Cochrane, and to point out to him the advantage which would result to the service, if the Hussar were permitted to run into Barnpool. Having learnt that Sir Edw. Thornton was not at his seat, Wembury, I wrote the letter bearing date the 30th of July. Their Lordships, in quoting an extract from this letter, state," in which, amongst other things, he informed Sir E. Thornton that the Hussar would not be ready for his reception under 10 or 15 days." With submission, I must here beg to point out to the President and Members of this Court; the obvious difference of my communication. — In that letter I told Sir Edward Thornton, " that I believed the joiners of this yard would not get their work out of hand, ready for his reception, in 10 or lb days.' . I did not say that the /bazar would not be ready for has reception under 10 or 15 days, I merely advanced a belief that the especial preparations for his reception would not be compkted in ten or fifteen days, and at that time I was not in the slightest degree impressed. r with the belief that there was urgency to the public service on which I was ordered ; but on the contrary, as their Lordships directed, in their order of the 24th, that all convenient expedi tion should be used in proceeding to Lisbon, when Sir Edward Thornton was embarked, I understood that it was their Lord ships' pleasure that he should be received and accommodated in the manner due to hisrank, and that when he was on board, there should be no unnecessary delay in proceeding; and moreover, the lion. Commander-in-Chief will tell you, and so will Corn niissioner Shield, that neither of them was impressed with an idea that any extraordinary urgency or dispatch was required in the fitting of the ship. I could not, from the tenor of this order, understand that the service on which I was ordered was so i ra p o yt a et as to ma to me, in the slightest degree, culpable for having informed Sir E. T. when it was probable that the joiners would have completed his accommodations. I humbly apprehend that, when this let ter, in all its points and bearings, is considered, and particularly the sentence immediately pre. ceding that already (ptoted—andperhaps, you be good enough to it me the probable time you may wish to embark —the Court will not only acquit me of any intention of delay ing the service, but be convinced that it was my anxious desire to expedite and forward it, and to *hew and afford to Sir Edward Thornton all the attention and accommodation to which, owing to his rank, he was entitled. It is here necessary that I inform the Court that Sir Edward's residence is distant three miles, at the least, from Bovisand Bay, the nearest landing-place to it, and seven miles from Ply. ineuth-llock. It will a ppear, in evidence, that, from the 3d of' August to the Bth, I daily sent to Inquire if Sir Edward Thornton were returned, thereby evincing the greatest anxiety to communicate with him. On the 7th I received this order from Sir Alexander Cochrane : " Britannia, in Haman, Aug. 7, 1823. " In pursuance of orders from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, it is my direction that you proceed immediately, with the ship which you command, into the Sound, and that no arrangements be made on board which can prevent your sailing the moment Sir Edward Thornton shall have embarked. To which I replied as follows " His Majesty's ship Hussar, Barn Pool, Aug. 7, 1823. " Sin—With reeerence to your order of this day's date, di. resting that - his :Majesty's ship tinder my command should pro ceed immediately into Plymouth Sound, I beg . to state that our starboard hawse-holes being unbelted and fitting (as I under stand, agreeably to . a Navy Boaid eider), for an additional chain-cable, it will be impossible for me to proceed this day into the Sound, but the Commissioner having directed that the fitting for the chain-cable should be discontinued, and hawse holes bolted as before, when t hat is com p leted I shell not lose a moment to obey your order e and I beg farther to state, that with respect to the necessary accommodations for the reception of Sir Edw. Thornton and suite, the joiners have not as yet com pleted them, but in all other respects his Majesty's ship under my command could proceed to sea at an hour's notice.—l have the honour to be, Sir your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " GEO. HARRIS, Captain. "'To the Honourable Sir A. I. Cochrane, G. C. 8., Admiral of the Blue, Commander-in-Chief, &c. &c. Plymouth." I trust that neither their Lordships, nor the President and Members of this Court, will consider me to be deficient in due respe,ct, if, in self-defence, I express my regret that their Lord ships, in arraigning In fore a Court-Martial my conduct as an officer, which has hitherto at least been without reproach, do not think it requisite to inform me of the source from whence their Lordships have derived the representations on which they grounded their accusations, which informed the Court that " it was subsequently represented to us that the public service was delayed, in consequence of the ship not being ready ;" but they have not informed the Court , nor even, theindividual ac cused, from whom this information was received. It could not have been given by the Honourable Commander-in-Chief at this port, because I shall prove that I had almost daily commu. nications with him upon the actual state of the ship for the im mediate service on which she was ordered. It could not have been from the head of the Civil Department of this port, be cause he will tell you, that after I received their Lordships' directions of the hth, received on the 7th, that no fitting should cause detention, I more than once expressed meeinxiety to get Sir Edward Thornton on board, and that, in my ne cessary applications to him for assistance, my exertions in completing the accommodations merited his entire approba tion, having regulated and timed their completion so as not to have delay ed the public service : but to have held myself in readiness to put to.sea (wind and weather permitting) the hour after Sir E. Thornton might have thought proper to embark.— Noe could it have been the Right Honourable Person whom I was directed to receive on board, because he possesses too honourable a mind to allow the reflections due to his own con duct (if any blame were imputable) to fall on another person. 1 well know that his just and upright feelings would disdain fully spurn the idea of endeavouring to fix the charge of neg lect,' or delay, in proceeding on his mission, on anyofficer, when that officer had evinced the most anxious desire to mil the moment the Minister whom lie was ordered to convey , was on board • and here, humbly, I p r esume that I may be allowed to remark,' that when an officer is directed to receive on board his ship a person of such high consideration, it is not to be supposed that a person selected for such an important repre sentation was not the best judge when it was proper for him to proceed, and that he was not disposed to execute promptly the objects of his mission, but required urging by the Captain or.' dered to convoy hint. On the receipt of the afore-mentioned order of the 7th, I waited on Sir Alexander Cochrane, and gave him my letter of that date, which I have just read, and again stated verbally that his Majesty's ship under my com mand was ready to proceed to sea direct from her moorings, if requisite. Not knowing where Sir Edward Thornton was, he not hav ing answered my letter of the 30th of July, and knowing from daily . application that he.was not at his seat at Wembury, I stated it to be my intention to get a horse the next morning, and ride to Wembury, as perhaps he might arrive that night, his servants in'the morning having said that he was expected. With,this Sir A. Cochrane was highly pleased, and expressed his approbation of my conduct. Accordingly, on the Bth, di. reedy after my breakfast, I procured a horse, and rode out to Weinbury, being anxious to communicate to Sir Edward. Thornton the orderi had received, hereinbefore mentioned, of the 7th ; but on inquiring foriiim at hisbouse, I was informed that he wits not arrived. 1 then expressed my desire to see Lady Thornton, in the hope that I might be able to learn from her Ladyship when Sir Edward Thornton was expected; but was informed by the serv.rnt who carried My messa ge to her Lady , ship. that teie wan too ill to see me, but that Sir Edward Thorn ton was expected that night, or on the following day. On the 10th, in the afternoon, I received Sir Edward Tliorntou's letter of the gib, and previous to my sending Lieut. Elliot with my answer to the same, I waited on Sir A. Coe:lrene *hewing him my letter of the 30th July, the letter of Sir E. Thornton'* in answer, and a copy of my intended reply of the 11th ; and I immediately wrote and dispatched it by Lieut. Elliot. Not having been able, owing, to duty, to attend on Sir Ed w a rd Thornton's indefinite appointment, as the senior Captain at this port was mustering the company of his Majesty's ship under my command, and feeling that it was not altogether becoming the character of a Captain of a British friga . te to loiter away his time at an inn, on the chance of being inquired for towards three or four o'clock," I considered that did my duty in send. ins a commissioned officer with this said letter of the 11th. It will appear to the the Court thati directed Lieutenant Elliot to state my ship to be perfectly ready for sea ; and again, that on the 13th I repeated to Mr. W. Turner, Secretary of Legation, that I was ready for sea the instant Sir Edward Thornton would come on board ; and that on.the 16th I wrote to the same effect, and in addition, stated that Sir Edward Thornton's tic. commoclations were reported to have been he comp at the leted ; that on 17th I saw him at his house and again said t litissar was ready far sea ; and it was on this day, and not till this day, notwithstanding my previous communications and letter of the 30th July, that Sir E. Thornton informed me the day and hour on which he wished to embark, when he mentioned the 19th, at three P.M. ; and, therefore, it is manifest that the delay, if any, in his embarkation, was not caused From any impression occasioned by the expression of my belief of the time when the joiners would have finished their work ; but, in fact, by his not being ready ; at that time little or nothing of his bag gage was do board, to embark which occupied the greater part of a day. Their Lordships are perfectly correct in stating that it was not until the 11th 1 made known to Sir Edw. Thornton their positive order of the 7th, but the Court will do me the justice to observe, that I could not have done so on an earlier day, because that I on the Bth, in the morning, sent to obtain information of Sir Edward Thornton, and I went to his house myself before noon, intending to skew to him the said order, and that it was not until the 10th at noon that I had the slightest knowledge of his address, finer before hav rt, ing been favoured rtei ipe re pl i e d , ew d weather h, tl e l l anti bweigll r eply, tpermit,of o t a d o prrmdkeoenwaboynyateT communized betweenet Thornton judgment,wet hootn r hl Ineotieap o r nt f mwhi hnt teeyi t lt hoodi e el not niirwa,,,hauhnn 3 arm t heelthstt:uahi thedat ,iefvcamsei such July. On the 16th the joiners being about to quit the ship, - I d e st ith d e as ssgfib v awuh r ersve toaoncetltaut shall be sudinei asdeb t i eytorreeildl could ()bill. Edward Thornton a note from the Admirals Of fice, acquaintinee him of it, being anxious to give him every .1/formation. Of this note written in haste, not then deemed to be of importance, I did not keep a copy, but to the best recollectiono tibTt i nidi m eotrit y tleni evltoioarermorrow otiwieLordships, joiners toha itv have was ,w, worde drae c mrel e ueir m e t hredir wt oeordta o tk t h. i :et,h e ee af fB Ae cwier d tt ma seEird r seada wt al a t o ed ryarl c ot o ni m lladt ple bh t ei ed s goodness to give me the •earliest possible notice of it, I t n dcosd h d ser e y hea sn;watpeus permit,ahmptv ahmepaertcryi Lieutenantneo w oin d ut o o . sitE t eo S ire n dstev i ori owneni thtnaE nd tly 'wcleBoctkw,arithl.at Asa I s re i e t t w ive s (' at th i a s tlatehatimi ° a u n t. ye of the e o v f e w a a ia r g s , all p e a d at to six the e letter from Sir Edward Thornton, I could not the same night inform him that the wind then blowing was no impediment to the ship's sailing; but so anxious was Ito remove any such ; tnly7 expeditet , myself, not being able to procure a non e , prestion from his mind, and se unwilling that any deficiency o f exertion t he thatret a r o t thethe publicfollowing amorning, iri n g a s z o . . e e x ag er e t r io w n as on m I Sunday, the walked to Wembury that I might see Sir E. Thornton. On arrival there, I found Mr. Turner and Mr. Pole. -It was then,m es I shall prove by evidence, that Sir Edw. . Thornton, in direct contradiction of his letter of the previous day, informed me that he was not ready, nor could he be so until Tuesday, at three P.M. I more than once told him h ready, and could sail immediately if he pletasaetdd. le Hume was offered the service of my boats to embark his baggage , of then arn only a few cases were already on board, and-of which only would facilitate its embarkation made arrangements it was agreed to take place at three differenton the next day, and. Ply mouth, the Dock-yard and Bovisand placeii—at the service, when Sir Ed. Thornton Bay. Anxious to forward forgotten to ask permission for °lll informed me that he had the Dock-yard, I undertook to carriage to embark from Shield would not object to it. furthertsromise that Commissioner pleasure of being personally known said, that I had the certain, that although that gentleman to Mr. Whidbey, and was riot object to Sir Edwardgentleman were absent, he would grounds by his Private road, Thornton's carts passing through his saved. In addition t o a ll this I, much time would b e to Sir Edward Thornton s, I, without any authority, offered could afford, and his bargeany assistance Sir Alex. Cochrane Minister on board ;_of alt to convey the Right Honourable I reported Sir Edward Tli which, when en the followin g d a y ornton's intention tO embark on EXECUTION OF The following are the details given by the Restaurador relative to the punishment of RI EGO :--- 4 Meg° underwent the sentence of his fate on the 7th. In his last moments he demanded the assistance of the Dominican Fathers, ' whose religious life and knowledge,' said he, know. When very young I went every day to a convent of this Order and. served Mass. These good Monks inspired me with great devotion for the Virgin of the Rosary.' "The Fathers attended him with much zeal, and Riego "appeared' to have been very sensibly touched by their kindness, and that of many other ecclesiastics, who paid him visits of cons°. latiou.---We cannot pass over in silence the words which he addressed that night to an ecclesiastic, enjoying a high dignity at Court, who had been to see him I know how terrible the idea of dying on a scaffold is ; but I at the same tune acknowledge that I deserve much more for all the misfortunes I have caused, and for all those which have been committed in my WIMP. - I am resigned, and sigh only after eternal glory.' On the same night he entreated that a notary might be sent for, to whom he dictated a sort of profession of his reli gion and political faith, abjuring his errors, and demanding pardon of the King, the nation, and those persons whom he might have offended, and supplicating them to pardon him equally. He preserved a sorrowful silence to the place of exe cution, which to him was not the effect of pusil lanimity, hut a desire to render himself worthy of the divine mercy, by supptessing at that ter rible moment every kind of human consideration. 44 An immense concourse of people were pre sent at the execution. There was not the least sign of insult observed. A profound silence, suited to the occasion, reigned, even after the death of the condemned. o fhre were beard only the cries of Vivc la Religio T n ! ive le Rol !" i E