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COURT MARTIAL ON SIR JOHN MURRAY. WINCHESTER-FIFTEENTH AND LAST DAY, I‘IONDAT. FEB. 6 Upon the Court being declared open, 'Sir Jot MintttAY addressed the Court, and observed, that be had not hitherto adverted to the publication of the Minutes ,of the proceedings of the Court,-con. trary,..,tfttli!!rspress wish,qf i!s,lllpTibev.s, what ev'r tniAt ,baye been his feelings on that subject. A mistake had' occurred, however, in those pub lications within the last frii - d4s, which he could 'riot overlook—he alluded.tn - -fl; report which had been made of the extract of a letter from the Duke 0 - Wellington to him, dafed the 23d bfigay. The passage which• bad been read, -and the i - eptirt had been given, he woup take the liberty iaf re f Aing ; it would be for the _Court then to adopt that course with respect to . this mistake, which their own judgment might dictate. The gallant .General then read the passage to which lie alluded, from which it appeared, that the Duke ;,I , ' Wellington had 'stated " that the Freneh forces . 'night' at :all 'times be taken at more than the% Were stated t‘o be ; and that whatever he (Sir Murray) might have been informed th.c:ir numbers 1-ere, he would find them more than a match tor IHn." The report of .this pas age, Which had appeared in a public piper, was. as • fol,`; lows lie acknowledged he hati always-found the French in the field fully mor e i n 'numbers than r!-.ev were represented to be ; but ! , e'thougit that General j\forrny Wonld he fully a niateh for him." This mis-statement was so obvious, that he con-. sidered due to his own cbaracter to point it out, so that it might be corrected. The Judge Advocate said the matter must rest bere. In all probab;litv.the purpose t)f S'r John :\lurray would be answered by the statement which he had made, as those through whom the mizuaka had gone abroad, Would no doubt feel anNious to correct it. ADMIRAL HALLOWELL'S REPLY. Admiral HALLOWELL. 1101 V prOCCCded to address the Court in reply on-the Third Charge , - .The examination of the witnesses on both sides, ' Said, having now closed, 1 shall beg your pet-- tuission to oiler a few observations ' - on the evi dence which before you; -and . ti) reply, to . the ~,wr ess of Sty John Alurray, which has been read to the Court in his defence. That address, Sir, is full Of declamation, without Offering one sub stantial reason for raising the siege -of Tarragona in the manner he „ • To - follow him throughout all his yoluminotts statements is im p ossililt ; will, therefore:, select only sath of them as have - been offered with intention of attaching severe criminality to -my conduct. Sir John s srts out by stating, iltat.pri y;;ie animosity had induced rate to write the letter which' is before the Court ; and that it' - is owing to.the manner in which I transmitted that letter, and its publicity, that he owes not only all the iWberal abuse poured out upon him, and his sus rension, from all :niiitary command hut also it is owing to this letter that he is- now placed in his rre , ,ent situation before this Court. la reply to this observation, I beg to state, that I had received ‘ritten instructions from tny'Corn" 'Dander in Chief to transmit to the Admiralty an account of ity proceedings whenever I had an op portunity of th)ing it more expeditiously than by sending the information to him in 'the first in stanee,.taking care to forward the original letters to hithself • by the first.. opportunity afterwards ; but on inb account to send a man of war out of the limits of the station if it could be 'posSibly avoided. - In obedience to this order, -I have been in the habit of- sending to the Admiralty duplicates of my letters to Sir 'Edward Mew, When on de tached service, and the receipt of•thoseletters had been acknowledged by their Secretary. • This letter was sent in the same manner. I sent it in the usual way that every dispatch of int 7 portanee is forwarded: I -sent it by an 'Officer who..was capable of giving every explanation their Lordships might require on .the subject. That' letter, Sir, was never seat by me to the Duke of WelliogtOn ; iris Grace could have no knowledge of that letter until he hail received . colty of it front Lord Bathurst. Its publicity,. of which Sir John iilurray . complains (if it did exist) did not originate with toe, "and-I do -not believe it has .ever-appeared in any public paper, therefore. it cannot be by the publicity of this letter that he lots soffered.any inconvenience, but more likely by the - publicity of his conduct, which caused . the cessity of my writing it. Sir John Murray wishes. - to establish an impressiou that I sent this letter away in:great secrecy, and that I had determined yu • seniliii,; it as .early as the I*. That .1 dill. determine. to send a letter to my Commander-in-Qhief, as soort-at .1 could after the embarkation of the troops, is-natural enough.— I should have neglected toy duty if 1' Itad not thine • so. • - By Captain. Carrol I also 'AS rote a letter to the Duke of Weliington. On my arrival at Balaguer on the afternoon of the 13th ofJune; I found Sir John INlutray on shore 7 -tin the evening he went on boara : theNialta, arnll . soon followed him. _ I asked him if he meant to Write to the Duke of Wellington. His answer appeared to wire - donbe; ful. I replied, I should write if he did not : and I wrote a letter : that eveuin e ,o - ,, stating to his Grace the precipitate manner in which we lid,retp4ated from lari•agona, but without stating the oiler I liazi made to.tpke of On die nforning of-the 1-ith I s . pol:e to Sir John Mut•rt titi about w.riting,' as I thought our opera': 'were so- combined with the 'Duke of V:ellin.. ) : , , , li'sttiovetnents, that every nnittAnt'S* lay tva . . .ThiS*Waq: my reason for Grace.. How far it was s'&lt. away' in set ; . .:ey, the Co . nrt.w.ill lie able to jutigit=---but I do not tija! , :much sgcrecy cotOci . b. attaelmf , an event Iwhich was palCsbcd'by. generA . to the whole fleet. Captain:Carol "wns .superseded the eowntand offiis ship to .gti'w4ll - it.. Sir J. ?array ivas - informe& of his intended journey, and he- 1‘ as_ the bearey,p,f ..I.,..gurrork -I.l.spatch to the Duke of Welti•otfon• - The charge of haviLg sent th : e,--1 - :lyaeinth away in a hurry,:nits hcen clear!y disproved by t#ft; -detice already before the totirt. The tnisttres: tau upon tqlctter were unlcriwwn to rue until I received notice thereoe from tlte - Admiralty ; and my being placed in the situation of a prosecutor was unknown to me.nntil.after Christmas last — the letter ofi - ill.e , Secre'tm-yzeit State leading me to suppoSe,thatTwas only tOL be ek.T4nined as a wit Hess. ..e. (Sir 3, Hurray Via. riliar;., , ed me aglin with ii4iberal. conduci iriswriting . this letter to Sir .. 1 Edward Peliew, after mv•having perused his dis patch ro the Duke of Virellington ; and that I did - not . give - liiimi notice of - my - haring % , •ritten this -lett - et-mail 37 days after it tea; dispatched, when _I knew that long befi'yfe,it must have reached its destination, and produced its desired effect on the character of the man for wi:it'll was even then professing a personal . regard. As he (Sir.T. Mur rari ints- Stated that is :w cite letter, I will not flatly deny his assertion ; but I do most solemnly declare, that I have not the slightest recollection of such a circtunstanCe having taken place. Colonel D'Aguitar; ‘Vho is now before the Court, was sown mo2ths ago at:farragona, col-,1 lecting documents for this trial ; he then as k e d the if I had seen the letter of Sir John Murray, ..before , it seas sent; ftW4: I told him I had nut. . expressed Ile his astonishment, and . said lie lin derstood the letter .had been shewn .to,me before :it was sent alvy. I a g ain denied my having seen it, and told him, that if I had perused it, toy opi nion of Sir 'John-Murray would not- have been altered hy•it. - • 'The anxiety which many Officers of the Malta have witnesSed on toy 'part, to see the letter al luded to, and the asuwishment ..1 expressed on reading time .first line in •it, which states,. " Ad miral lialloaveil has just informed me, that the Hyacinth, i's just going to Alieant," will strengthen th e Belief, that I . had no knowledge of its con tents, .until it•appeared in the pilblic Papers. His letteC, detailing the proceedings before .Balagner, under Captain Adam And Lieutenant-Colonel Pre vost, I saw, and,•probahly, Sir John - Murray limy have ;listaken this letter for the other; with the permission of the Coniit, I.Will here read it, r s , l , 3,sty's Ship Malta, June 14, 1814. " S7°—After the fall of Vort St. Philippe, same days elapsed before I got the oliicial.report of .antl the przJisdre of the husines.; in iciiicli ac liacc bush litlen engaged since, has prevented we from 1 - ,outfei: expres::;itiF to you the high sense of o`iligiitien I feel for the very ;.to: pie rind itn pottant assistance the not? r.R.elv.e& oil that ot casino - , from the naval fore'e sent there Oy your. orders. . " The' ‘xliOle army is of theii obli;-.4.iions to you on this, and, ioileell,oir every other,occasion,'4ni no person in it, I assure yon, more than tty,elf. " As the proper channel of cornmunie,iion, J. hope you will excuse niv reque,tiii of you to en:i,aninicate to Captain Adam, and the? - ta::cr!s - and . sdnicen under his immediate command, how nr;•cl; 1 feel imleindi for their merit oyions services on that occasion. Captain Adam's exettions• were unwearied, and the arrangernents-he matte and saw executed,. most mein ;ally contyibutcd ;to the success of - the under taking'. " Captain ('arrol, of the Volcano, took a most active part darin the siege, and to thin was'entrustuf the - placing the f. gins on the breaching battery, within 250 yards of the place, t..:;ik had by bis. activity and gallantry nearly effected, w!, :n be was disabled front further exertions, by the explosion shtll. tytain Stoddart ,s!acceeded hint, and most ably finished awl at Captain Cartol laid left undone. , - `° The services of Lieutenant Corbyn, of the Invincible, have been parf ienlaily noticed by Lieutenant-Colonel PreVost, -- and in the ma naement of a battery enttust ed to his charge, he was particularly distingni"She'd. I shall esteem it a favour, if von will draw the attention of the COmmander in Chief in the - Mcdkterranean toliisserviecs on this occasion. • " I have the honour to be, Sir, t " J. MURRAY. --- " Admiral Hallowell, &c. &c.". The public i letter to the Puke of Wellington, detailing these proceedings, must .have been the one shewn to me, if any one was shewn. . Unwilling as I am to make Any thing like what concerns myself the subject of •this reply, yet the very peculiar situation in which I stand, compels me, -in justice to myself, to trespass a few mi nutes upon the time of the Court. It was not till I arrived in London, a,ftw days after Christmas day, that I knew I,was to be the prosecutor, and not till the day before I left London, to proceed to this place, which %vita the day on which the Judge Advocate left London, that 1 first heard, That in contradiction to the orders from the Se cretary of State, that I should substantiate the . statements made in my letter to Sir that I found _myself confined by tbe terms of the third charge.to the transactions up sty the 12th instant inclusive, awl that I was not•to go into the full detail of my letter. with the very different mode of carrying on Naval Courts 7 Mart,iul, will, trust, account satisfactorily to this Court- for some of The irre gularity of, the examination of the witnessses-, • being the first Militafv Court Martial at which I • was - evel present, anti has deprived me of the evi aience I wished to produce. . - If abuse were - plod, if invective werci,cvidence, I should stand a bad chance, but Sir - john Mur ray forgot to whbw he addressed hintself; he foe got,that the judgment of this Court would lead them to cOnciture, that when a man substitutes abuse for aeience,- it .i . s because he has no better evidence to produce; 'and when ,a nUita evade.s to. ansiver the charge made, by a discussion tery.irre -valeta to the subject, it is because he dare not meet the charge. It is tio, wonth.n. tlfat, brooding over and disappointmentfor so ,ntany.inonths,, such a mangnaut • production should,have beCil brOught forth ; this is a harsh term, hot not too much so by any means, for those calumniating charges • made in his-address, many of which were too bad for Bill) to-support,even by a shadow of evidence, and - some of which; to avoid discussion, he would have abandoned. The admission of the infirmity of some of those charges he has-as readily allow ed, as they were'deliberartly a nd un j ust ly ma d e. • Surely he had little respect to the .Members of tkis-Court,• So••welt informed in their'profesSiOn, to suppose - that they would be deceived by high-t .iown-1.- bad almost said bombastic langange.-'-- .a.iy reply shall be slibrt, anti facts,-nut mefaphot, shall be laid before the Coml..' • Having -stated most •solenanly to the Court, that I had no personal•illWill to Sir Joint M urra y ; , .ao el.: any assur ance to t he- but t, that., to the best of my recollection, not even an angry :word passed between us, is he varranted iti - his Address to the- Court ?' ‘• Winds were used, in this Address,'l am con vinced, in moments of reflection, which 'hishabits, knd the circle in 'Which he moved, must have pre- V'ented ihe use of. With .- respect ito my keeping back hi;. - 16tter' of the,2d of Xtine, it stands, upon ,the minutcS 'Of '•• the enurenia i rtial, that •Sielohn Murray slid not deliver it to the until the ad. that I had no vessel by which I could send away immediately; and it is proved by Sir John. :ette•rs to me, .:;rich are bef.n . e the Court, that he knew it was seat, on the 4th, with theqther letters dated on that ,day ; and he-has confirmed. hiS knowledge of the tact by a verbal, eonfessipnof it before the Court.. • • { WT ether it was Sir Jolin Murray's ; intention, in making this statetnent, - to impress on the minds of those who heard hitn, that I had designedly kept back that lett:L:l., I will not pretend to say ; but that it had that effect no person will doubt. .1 next come to' thecharge:exhibited against me respecting the Bristol being ordered to anchor at a considerable distance It oia the landing-place at Bale. -tter, with no other view than to prevent the Quarter-Master-General 'from repairing to head quarters ; and Sir J. Murray continues, " Well might. the Adiniral predict ►misfortune, if he pro posed by this exertion of his authority, to de prive the army of the service of one of the. most active and intelligent of its.Oilicers, and to crip ple the most importiort of the department, by the absence of its chief." On the afternoon of the 12th of June, about three o'clock, the troops be gan. to march down to the beach for ethbarkation. A little after sun-set, Sir J. Murray %vent on board the Malta. I reurti!led onshore till between two and three o7clock in the morning of the )3th, When I returned to the Malta, and went to bed. it having been repored that the enemy had discovered a piss ro.md Balaguer, .1 had pre viously ordered the, Volcano to go there to assist in covering our troops, which had been sent thitherthe preceding - evening for embarkation.— On my rising about six o'clock, found the fol loxing note on my table, written by Sir John Murray ." My DEA tr Sirt—l will beg Captain Carrol to mace the signal to any infantry embarked at Salun Bay, to come down with us. Before you sail, perhaps it would be possible to pni.the troops in some order, that is, to get the regiments a little together, that they way be enabled to disembarh. My orders arc to disembark as far to ibe northward as possible. " Yeur's truly, " J.. MURRAY." After all the stair horscs, mules, &c. were em barked at Tarragona, 1-pracectled in the 'Malta to'Balagocr, leaving all the transports in charge of Capt. Bathurst, 'of tie Fame, to be ready to weigh with them, ‘vhen. 1 should send him orders for that purpose. ,The Bristol had been sent round to Salon Bay, on the afternoon of the 12th, for the purpose of embarking part of the 'troops, and remazued there in charge of the transports at that anchorage. After I bad passed the Bay of Salun,'lbbserved the Bristol getting under weigh, and made the signal to remain at anChin, and while l was at dinner, it was observed to me, that she had got under weigh, notwithstanding. the signal I. had made to her, and "immediately directed htr by telegraph to return to 'Sabin, From the letter which Sir J. M. had left on . my table in the morning, it wilt appear evident to the Court, that it was his intention when he left the Malta to ernbark the troops which were at Bala guer immediately, and that they were to be land ed again as far to the northward as possible. It was, therefore, %Yid) a view of keeping all the ships in a state of readiness to Move together as soon as we should have completed our embarka tion at Balagner, that I ordered the Bristol to re turn, and not from. any desire to keep General Donkiu. from repairing to head-quarters. The . ships went there solely for the, purpose of:embark ing the troops, and General Ponkin, has declared before the' Court, that he_never . altered the em barkation or disembarkation of ybolis, except at Tarragona. - 'What injury then could they suffer by the absence,of that Officer ? I can only say that I received no assist a n ce f rom hi m in the em barkation at Tarragona, for I never saw him after Sunset: Had _ General .Donkin been disposed to visit Sir John. Murray, he had the means of doing it by boats, in the same • manner, as. other ,Officers did . ; and I found no difficulty, in keeping up my communication with the Fame, through the same channel, although she was laying in Tarragona Bay, at a considerably greater distance than the Bristol. Sir J. Murray's head -quarters were at this time on board the Malta; and the Bristol joined the next day, when Sir John Murray directed- the troops to'assemble at Balaiguer. But,- Sir, the impression intended .to be made against me is of a nature to affect -my, character, and even my life, were it nosSible that. I could he guilty of the crime -alleged to me. It charges me with suffering my private resentment,. if I had any against' an individual, to affect my conduct. in the execution of my duty to my . coun try. •It is not an'insinuation, it is a direct charge; but I trust that this insinuation rill fully do away such an idea from the `minds of the Members of the Court,' - with whom I . have.not thy: honour of being acquainted; and Lam sure that every per .sou who. knows me, will have no:hesitation in declaring that I am incapable of such conduct. The folliming litter from .S;.r John 'Murray, and my answ e r, ''S.upport: me in this last assertion:. . . . Extract of a Letter dated . Cactal!a, May IP, 81.5, and ad dressed by 'Sir John Murray'to !Lear-Admiral " There is a 'Point on whicli L must say a.fsym wards, It is respecting' General' Donkiti rn eba..itation. going with me is . tOtally oat of the question ; but it is extremely desir able that he should be in a man of war. A transport is sub ject too be •scparatrA, and the:Quartier-Master-Genural,is a person •so nceesSai'y that' we should heput to a very . greAt ineunyeniehee were absent. I atu therefore aiisiojie that you c•,;(iuld'l.q.: hind enough to attach some man of war for Ina]. it is for the Quarter-, , filster,,rfeneral;.and nut, f or General that r this, request. The stone holds good for ilujui I , :etibt4, in so strong. a degree. (Sigiicd " AICIARAY . ."„ - - • Extract of a Letter from Pear-A dm iral Hallowell, to Sir John • 19th-,ay. let 3 ii "L Al saw..jor.Laitig-yesterday, - -teihild ; bi ni Gen. Donkin ntt liar„e e; he •Ilristol which infemlen. for 'a Gzne-. rnl ()nicer) •ey .Ironse",ship, "or ,any, ether :ship he cliose to:,.n.t.pie. I I bought the:second nimandliad a prior claim to.the FaLie f and Lail thPi arraiu 'for General • Clintork.to:go In bor. I b:e.very.ltappy to do any thing ppy.;etf.toac,erm;:iiod4te qenural'lhnikilf:atid - shall be obligedto : you, or "ipyou will point .0ut,11...1y w;iy iit which I cap,cilui rhinte,to:his couiti.nti in the , expedition that•- is now iii . ..crontt. ' • • • • -• lIALLOWNLL.P.' S.- GencralDolikin'may tro in Thaints if 11 . e prefers it." • • • • :• • • • - Extract'Of a Letter, r :N:Zty 20i ..1813, -from' Cas,talla, and addresed by fir John ;.turtay to . Hea an r-Ad ral H illvaell. - ' • _ " I arar" extri4-ly for Jo t.aceanunod at io with 'riciier,kl.--:potAiTit.., Op t . ,lii.4,,sttbject will write likewiseto - morrow.The:.kost i ) 3 , ..j04t 64-ing out, Ltlcl I hare a good tkal to do. _ . , . - • • •••- • • .(Sio - nii) " J..MURRAY.? - Extract +f, anotlwr letter, (fated Castalla, htay2l, 1813, from • Sir J. Nturray t;,, Rear-Admiral Hallowell " My DEAR SlR,—Geueral Dookiu, to whott I conil&lnni such parts of your le:ter of the ttth Rs coneeinel Lae., is touch obliged to you, and accepts ; our otter of the Bristol. (Signed) ," J. MURRAY." Here, Sir, yOu will see the line of conduct I pursued on our embarkation at Alicant, previous to our sailing to Tarragona, and I solemnly as sure the Court, that from the time of our em barkation at the former place until the period stated•in Sir John Murray's charge, I do no; rell ....collect having had one single word of private al tercation with General Donkin. As to the charge of writing to Lord Batherst on the 14th,:,1 otily say I wrote 'no Suca letter, notwithstanding the comments on' my doing so. Sir Murray. charges Tine with making the following signal We are delighted." Ido .not deny it. The . America informed me by signal, m tire 17tb, that: , Lord William Bentiuck was on board. I swered, " we. arc all di.dighted." In making this reply I spoke the sentiment of the whole army, and I really believe of Sir J. Murray .address to him on the morning of the 12th, at tell o'clock, and to which Sir J. Murray has made no . reply, fully disclosed him thy sentiments of thy" proceeding. I told hint that the object of my - sit was to inform him of the disgraceful manner - in which they are gbing on Opthi the beach--that General Donkin had given directions in his name to. spike the guns and destroy the batteries—that 7 we were bringing disgrace on the British charae ter by such conduct, and 'I intreated hint, if he was determined to raise the siege, to do it in a soldier-like manner, and not in the disgraceful way in which we were then doing it. I concluded by saying, if you will allow the gins to remain till night, I pledge myself to take every thing ti f f. Sir John Murray says, that in a paragraph of nil letter, I tell his Majesty's Governinent and the Duke of Wellington that I had promised to bark the whole of the guns if he Atlltild renjairl till night ; of my advice and opnion.he, says he knew—but of such offers he has nu recollection. I refer to Sir John Murray's dispatch to recall it to his - memory; and I do my,elf speak posi tively to having pledged myself to execute the order. I did not make that pledge without hay , - • ing given it due consideratiOn before I anadelf 7 : I knew_ the extent nt the 'operation, and the Means I possessed to execute it ; and I never made a pko wise to the army to perform ans,r‘ service without fulfilling it, and there is no reason to suppose I should have failed in this instance.' h: • After such a declaration, and. Sir John Murray having persisted in raising the siege of Tarragona in the manner he did, could he imagine I would be silent ? Certainly no. His answer to me, when 1 ,communicated it tolim that I had written as strongly. to Sir. Edward Pellew as I had e ver . spoken, convinced me that he • was prepared for, it, he replied, "I dm aware of it—F had every reason to expect it from the manner in which you . have always spoken—l have made my report to Lord Wellington, and I feel myself accountable 'to no one else." With respect ,to the personal regard which Sir John Murray says 1 was pro fessing for him, I cannot recollect having any' communication with him after •his leaving Bala guer, that was not official. On my arrival .at Alient, I waited on Lord William jientinck as 'the . Commander of the. Forces, to pay my visit of respect to him--my next visit was to Sir J. Mur ray, who had just resigned the command, when refused to see me—and, I never called upda him againuntil the day we tnarched from Micout for Valencia, when 1 waited on him to inform ~~ him that I had-allotted a ship for his accommo- dation, whenever he wished to move. 1 have never failed to pay immediate attention to every request that Sir John Murray made to me ; it was a duty I owed to his rank. Sir J. Murray has Made great complaint of the delay in bringing forward this .trial ; but he must be, 'aware that the delay has 'been-in a great-measure created by himself. The Court Martial was at first ordered to be assembled at Tarragona. Some of the me-Dbers had actually arrived there, and J had assembled the naval.witnesses to attend there. The Judge Advocate in opening the prosecution has explained' the reason of its being afterwards directed to be held in 'England. Sir J. Murray received notification -of this change •so early as the 28th of July, as appears by his letter' to me, This , he thought proper to resist, and wrote home to that effect, complaining of the injustice of such a determination. Perhaps" it might have ;been less favourable to him if it had been held at Tarragona, for that spot would have produced the fullest evi dence against him. Would Sir John Murray at Tarragona have ventured to produce such evi dence to contradict the proximity of the high road. to the beach, when the morning ride of any of the : . Court would have given flat contradiction to the , assertion ? On the spot they would have known that the beach is almost always smooth in summer ; an(t that when it is not perfectly so on one side . Cape Salon, it is so on the other. My object was .. to lay before the Court every fact---his to conceal. When he asks if at all times yoti could eafrY orx embarkation in the bay of Tarragona, - every man. whoever saw tire coast would say, certainly not; "but if, to throw light upon thy questicn, he hack. asked, conld an embarkation almost always take ;. place in the months of June, July, and A u gust, and ,if not to th e eastward of Cape Salim; to , the .westward ? the answer would have beefit Cert4irily, " Ye S :" and if, to evade the, trua • statement of facts aad things; be did not call bac,k • Snch . men as Williamson, "fhackaiy, and Clinton —such men as Bathurst' and Inglefieldi be aid .wise:yt Sir John Murray pays very little compliment to' the army ; for, while: he is treating every one of, My opinions witli the utmost contempt,' he - cases the army of looking to them as the standard • of Military .perfectiOn. He can best settle_ thi s Frith. his own professions. If the utmost amp . ' • tion,to shelr wants—if the most perfect respect their rank and merits, .he a crime in a naval coin' -; tlnander, I pleld. guilty. My desire to do, every think for the army met a return I am proud to ae'r ;. I would appeal for the truth of this every one of the Officers I have calkd were it. _not for the very honourable testimony• borne to my character by the Court, I shonkthave lin:night ample proof, in • addition to Sir JohlY .Murray's•own letters, to disprove this assertion: , I shall now proceed to remark on the Tbira Charge. Sir J. Murray endeav on_ eel to offer as as