The Sun. — London, England, 1815-02-02 00:00:00

E i TkE MLA FIZE3. 4 1) RtRy-LAxE.--The admirable comedy 'of 4 ": 1 You Lik e I t, supporte d b y the attractive novelty 4) f Miss IVALSTEIN'S Rosalind, was very well at tended last night at this Theatre. Comedris SO ,i'brionsly the forte of this Lady, that, though she I ' l i respe cta bl e un d er the b anners of :the Tragic 'llse, we would advise her to confine h erse lf to 1 1 , - --, sprightly sister for the reTainder . of her en g';gettent. H er p er fo rmance of Rosalind was i a rch and an i mate d , w i th some touches of, seusi .,"ility in the earlier scenes that were, affecting,- 4"diss IVALSTEttz speaks With a distihct and'forcible 41lic ulation, but, occasionally, whit so rapid an utterance, that the ear cannot readily follow her, liirticularly as she sometimes falls into a lower : „ i n e at the close of her sentences ; but - as there is ; I '‘raYs truth, energy and feeling in what she says, i'le emotion is evident, if the words are not exactly ,„" 41.4 - She sung the " Cuckoo Song" with so ..a i ~:: lelt spirit, that she was applauded into a repe i`tiQn., but she did not sing it thrice, ,as mentioned la -11 4 Morning Paper. The mistake, however, was i 4: " l ral s she repeated the first verse each time -l e s ung the 'air. Her performance afforded ge ihieral s atisfaction, and excited much applause.- 1 . 7 e Were sorry to hear two or three (not more) fti3enotented spirits vent some disapprobation `against WRouGitTorq in the first scene of Jaques, Phe is so respe i ctable a veteran of the stage: Bit 4 bad a good effe c t,. as i t drew f ort h a zealous eaunteraction, and roused him into-such an exer -1,s1" t hat we n ever tam hi m perforin the character i.ett er. He was particularly successful in the Seven ages, Which, familiar at it is, he gave an air of humor ous nove l ty. RAE ' S Orlando was Judi. lions and interesting. BAZ,4NISTER did not l o s e Sight of hi s a bl e predecessor KING ins Touchstone, ill ill evinced or i g i na l humour in supporting it.— c Comedy a l together excited much attention ~ nd applause. CovE NT - GAnntly.—A Musical Diama, in two I lls, 'eniiled " Brothe - and Sister ,7 was last '11;4 produce tat this House. The following is tl; outline of the - Plot, which is lively and enter -I,initig, and at least new to our chief 'theatres 44.t?onlaa.Isidora 'Miss STErift;xs), a young Widow of Ca,stile, (I'•i‘, l. „! he death Dia barbarous It usband, retiies,..accomoani . ed 'l,.`"tterriai, ro . :teadants, to a castle in the vicinity of Madrid, ~p o' re thky all 'make a solemn rosv of celibacy. The piece l,' with the arrival of Don Christoval de Tonnes (Mr. 1, ," ctrr), tliti Uncle of Donna Isidora, wlfo uses his entlea -14 to persuade his niece to abjure her vow and accept the Ii; ) ,,: ( 1,"f Don Sylvio de Flores ( Mr. 1.) u ausc - 2). Donna Isalora, troN"Zr. eiintinues obstinate, and refuses to a admit visit _ iti4 i , l ,, r w ylrio. I n the mean time Donna (, amilla . (Mts. e ' '' • tii- Sister, hurt at. the iadifrereneo s'ith which he 4 . eived, s ee •,•,iv eveciit,•• a plan for inducing Isidera to 41141 11 1_11 . , thed, addresses of bro'ber:• F•q• this porpose she as ,l4;o7ille disguise of her own maid, and being 11111ing+WO to maum.au:.Prcreeds to her castle,' and requests permission to t,,,,_ , she to bet an important secret, On gaining admit tile_.lll ,states that her Mistress, whorl% she represents as 'Ae,,,,`Y?:" _of Isidora, intend, to visit the Castle under the Ct isl "„ lu ' 4 f her Brolher Sylviu, and after having ; gained the to th e r i c i i ° ,,; iii doiA, to throw off her disguise, and expose her b3iti e , t , : -fi c of her friends. Isidora consequently deter- Invite s . I ) .O n 'r' the joke against her expected visitors. She wi1r 0 ,,,, r 1 sn'lvio t o the castle, expecting that his sister IIY his ni l lO " -1 - P, l ace• The real Don Sylviu, accotapanied f i r Castl e ti,: a :ecu (Alr. .LISTelsl), stran g e accordingly arrives 'at be Women' obse,i4iuter... They are both astonished at the 1 0 t_ ns of the ladies; whu, believing them to ehicieate , i, -' them a variety of questions, tending Utterly ig oor . 'He fact, bat of the drift of which they zare t Uspect e i i b , 4 .7 . Al Ivrigtb the manhood of the servant is tuo re thati 4 `Oe.itttetidarns;brieis kissiirT same of thetas with e tused ..ifi, l'!"!'ne.tvdatir.' 'a he Mastir's sex 'is also ( 1'5 th,,,.,,' th,,,.,,' .tr.scriie Inilicnies • • • i which encouraged by ibre7restrain,td cuntoice, SCCiprlSr,., t n ' d he makes iiulent iiit,„(e),,4_,:rta-eld 6e ats: . her n u e n Y el: at t e h l e ' llia ' ll-sword, when he ,pukit;" In.terrily the imagioest feinale into confessitin and Is 13 0 ,4 iIW I•vdr,-tiow6-er still confident that Dou 'Svl rip Ita,, d. ''',",,er thrill Donna Camilla in disguise, give's- hitii her "de rite real Camilla then Makes tir appearanceand itisist•W'efiarated .with the generosity of Sylviu, who scorns to +Delis & taa.,aProluise which had been. extorted by fraud, con , suell'l.',uoion with him. ' Up on I 's the slight yet whimsical fable of a piece ti,,,, „ vrui ch, as we arc certain it will long erion -1„4" lie ) be, as it deserves, a favourite with the , 44e.,a.Lwe shall offer a few more remarks than we tb at: c.,rilYbettow on such bagatelles. We imagine tl it r ri . ather card Sister is a free translation frorn iji.4o:',gn stage, though we do not recollect the fa,, s i c ial L 1 4 merit consists in the plot and the cli, lo .' the poetry being far below par, and the itt,cgoe neither remarkable for grace nor spirit. ir,_:!'slrever,• flows naturally enough' out. of the t.,,te_!l,ents of the Opera and situations. of the elm ilp.;, th,o aiiid,. 1. k:1i...r s from . their abundance, ' does not' li(ei. , . eg 1 it might have been mote attic and ills.t.,i`_4lnhig. The sole broadly comic part is that t hz. tit ined b- r y LaISTON, and endeavours to burlesque h usii k li g u ago of diplomacy by applying it to the dt. .. 1 , ts of common life. At this mOinent,' such li,te.lig,O.might have been rendered very amusing; 41 1 ,1 flt,`, 13:rathtr a sketch than a finished picture, ea,' I Mi l e to . produce. the effect. "of which it was t' , lhl e • qut o O r .' It also afforded fine scope ' for an ttl . ' ll ls' Son).- ' 1 • ' t . 1` • . • I ....._4li, , ~ nc I may ), C ,t. trittcn tiC- Isid.o:B 61 "EPFLENs Was delightful in Donna el .' Th e ,: , ~ sa llm: . L th, a natural ease and unaffect t ant- lli b City in her acting which would war kart c - Gunn eitdat i o It were she not still fl u entitt 1 ' 1 , ris of "I to encomium from the , fascina .,c,. h e t . . late ' sna gsx lee. Last night she executed all tiee.d bee in in the sweetest style, aud even en -erniiiing• t ;' re Ntation by an Echo Song, - re -,k4 ita s „ ; lat to which the vocal powers of BRA.- ‘4l ct • b'vCn .50 lebrity. In these pro, lo os „, ~witch ce 41 41 Lne Sin". • r* • a series of Notes, , , af,...” „el yl es. 4 ip ‘ , s" a short pause, imitates them in k l:I . 1.. key s1;,1 as if answered by a distant 4 till '• When if mrformetl, this produces the:. sensation, aud Miss STEPHENS (with to .lcception of one ' • goes 1 • , tit two notes in the - two last t,, ex6,lliw,.tic.n Ive. re rather high) fulfilled the idea ttl t 4 SittlY as to u r - draw down •an nenthusiastic 4, e• Mrs. L i ,- -• Irfti a a ,, , ~, LON and Miss MATtiEws, as 44, •.(i .toran the, two'aftendants upon Donna -111,, fa, verv t ,„,.„,„-,, 1 1 . .:11, d e ) ' b'-'"J'Y suppott the - inferior bustle, ,e, 1 efuls on their equivoques with Pack'w°' }, ,to • e "her i S a Prude the latter a flirt, and they ,4, p i c a quarrellin, duet, l it al t h e .;5 litre that' in Midas, in t % i y accuse each Other of these propensi h'l g° o d-set t••• i s g, a b ol , L 'lnN• Mrs. L. has also a comic AT 4 h __ It a wcif wantiug to eat a goat, but it Iktrur til:n‘r. A Bacchante sow , b M . - Il I EI/vs ~ •p''' y. : Is., tr, 4 iktter, _taste, 0 taste this spicy cup," .is q greater ()rider' nod we never taw this Actress qu e (lid twice va.ntage than in singing it, which - str o , , i ce and chat-min.-1 - Sate • fterw-rO.-. q 4, . J'e'll I l _ .f. , . b ) •.1 et 4, 1 i tliit at i ol ' i la ()Enable impression by ; taat pre f. Dial: o • . • ; 1 % , ,,, tliat a w e .° .. ' ~ - Iniss which never pleases, 1 y tu ,:_ . ctation I vhich . operates in a stronger %I ticivelte (1410- ' tier, 1 .,,, +e• .We wish she could think '''' and more of her assuuted sell while 1, on the Stage.. Mo. .'E: Litr%)::'s part is.o“.rltoF.n.---- her diclosures of the secrets, of the female prison house are.offensive and ought to be curtailed. A splenetic satirist, and *not a just observer - of na ture,_ was the author of thlilibel on the loveliest sew. Of the male ChAracters we have not left our selves room to say much. FAWCETT'S Don Cris toval is a picture 'for the stage, richly coloured, and excellently managed throughout, He has an indifferent song with the bitrthen of the'" Je ne scai.'quoi," of 'which, as ofevery thing eke, he makes the most. DURCSI:T performed and sung wliat was set down, for him in good.style.: He is a rising favourite with us, and we were only sorry he had no, better songs; to afford him an opportunity of dis'- playing a full toned, pleasing, and flexible voice. BLANCHARD, in the Old Steward, was as meritori ous as possible. His performance was chaste and lnunonroth --and it is a ple.t3ure to. us to notice so much skill bestowed by au able Actor upon an inferior part, which in common hands would stand for nothing, but which is made by his talents prominent and amusing. Th 6 Music, by BISHOP and REEVE, is extre mely . pretty. The O ver t ure i s very good, and thesoio pArts, without much originality; are.charmingly culled and new modollcd from earlier harmony. Many of the airs bear a striking resemblance to the most ad mired of the Irish melodies, and will, no doubt, become the ornaments of our pianofortes. We do not know that Mr. REEVE is a Cockney ; if so, lie has'never got the sound of Bow Bell out of his head—if not, lie must have been suckled under a belfry in the country. He is so fond of yet his comp os i t i ons are beautiful. BiSHOP 'has certaiuly•augmented his reputation by his present productions.. 7 The scenery is also pcssessed of great beauty, and a Garden Scene, painted by GalEve,..is parti cularly entitled to notice, as a captivating repre sentation.of rural scenery. LAW INTELLIGENCE. counT OF CHANCERY, FEB. t. IN THE MATTER OF LORD PORTSMOUTH. The LORD CHANCELLOR sat again the whole of this day in his Private 'town, to hear the final arguments in this important and novel initter. nie arguments were concluded late in the even ing, his Lordship fi xe d F r id ay next for . indgment, adding, that on that day he should re ceive further affidavits if offered. •Strangers were excluded. COURT OF KI\G'S• BENCH, FEE: !. The Judges did hiot ebrne down .to the Court to-day, Lord Ellenborough - having appoint e d .to sit at Nisi Prizes in the City. Mr. J►►stice BAILEY, however, sat 'during the morning, for the justification -of bail, aiid a6o fur the bearing of ordinary 'notions. NATIUNAL SOCIETY . --- Yeserday the General Committee of the National Society for the Edu cation of the Poor in the principles of the Esta blished Church, held .their Monthly Meeting— present The Archbishop of Canterbury Rev. Dr. Bell Earl Of Shaftesbury . Rev. H. H. Ncrris • Bishop of London Rey ; George D'Oyley Bishop tit Chester Rev. Richard Lendon Speaker of the House of Com- Francis Burton, Esq. mans - William Davis, Rev: Archdeacon Pott Joshua Wats,•on, El/. Treas. Rev. Archdeacon Cambridge Rev. I'. I'. Walnisley, Sec. The Committee_resumed their benevolent la bours of receiving fresh SchoolS into the union, and making grants -of money towards building'or fitting up of School-iooms, in • sums from 301. to 1001. each, according to the urgency of the seve ral cases submitted to their considertnion CNLEnotviaa ASYLUM.—TI►e Meeting of the Subscribers to the Caledonian Asylum, with the • Members of the Highland Society, on Saturday next, will be exceedingly interesting. The In stitution is of itself so important to the best feel ings of the Public, that any thing relating to it must produce a great effect. It is seldom that ~any thing of -equal consequence has beep more opportunely proposed. The National Establish ments at Chelsea and Greenwich have - long been inadequate to accommodate above a tenth part of the •claimants for admission; and the Asylum, by providing for a part of . the Children of Scotch Soldiers and - Sailors, tends to enlarge means of relief. It will, indeed'be a very suitable monument to com►uemorate the triumphant ter mination of the late war; Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE is now performing at ,NeWcastle several of his favourite characters ; he conlutles his•engagement at that Theatre on Thurs day next with Shyloc/c, and then proceeds on, to 'Edinburgh. The Right Honoitroble Lord COLERAINE has ap pointed the Rev. A. IV. StIARESFEAR, Vicar of Wapley, Gloucestershire, his Lordship's Domestic Chaplain. • A respectable glass -cutter carrying yesterday along the Strand an elegant argotic! lamp in each hand, accidentally let one of them fall : a. friend who was passing at the moment, immediately ex clahned--" My dear fellow, how I lament to see you reduced to the unfortunate state of being a lo mp - light e r ." On Saturday, the 21st ult. the Mayor, - Sheriffs, and Common Council of the City of Cork, unani mously voted the Freedom or that ancient'and loyal Corporatio❑ to the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM M`MAHoN, Bart. Master of the Rolls in Ireland, .and to be presented in a silver box. 'rile 52d regiment arrived at Cove 'last, Satur day week to embark for America. The 28th and 79th embarked last Thursday and Friday, the 71st on Monday, and the 91st arc to embark to morrow. LAST DAY OF DRAWING. ---NO. 1130, drawn a Prize of Ten Thousand Pounds, was sold and re gistered by HORNSBY and. Co. who shared and sold in the last twelve months upwards of One Hundred Thousand Pounds in Capital Prizes ; namely, three of 20,0001. three of. 10,0001. be Prizes of 2,0001. 1,0001. 5001. &c. &c. JANuARY 31, 1815.—The 'Picket,. No. 10,188, drawn this day a Prize of 1,0001. was shared in one Quarter, one Eighth, and ten Sixteenths, also, No. 1,999, a Prize of 2001. in one Quarter, one Eighth, and ten Sixteenths, were both sold by PERRY, at the Locky Office, No. 1, Holborn Bars,. the corner house. • CL:)UaT ON.Silt- JOIIN aiIUR /LAY ~ . . 0 • nu e.l2.2otint of"-the‘Stir;, .., , . -- iiie. l 1 nCe%cr,:ed tht:r landing, - . . . . Q. Did yotr give Or sehd Sir John Afurr , -y any intelligence :on the •Ilth Of' .nine ? • Relate whiit ! .- ..passed_ that day subseq - tiently.L-A..Sit J. Murray ,•was,.ubseut nearly.the•whole of that day. A Spa nish General came- to rnylfotise, and told ni,e he 'brought- intelligence for me.: He acquainted' me ~. that General De Caen . was on the tuareii with a ,considerable force from Barcelona, supensed.l o be 10.000 men, and that he would reach Villafranca that evening. At Six' o'clOck in the evening of the same day another Spanish Officer 'came to my house, and told me that: lie brought intelligence - for the General, and was anxious to see him. As this Officer was more. circumstantial in his ac cotrit than the former, I desired he would allow me to twice down in writing the amotint.Of what he said, which I accordingl did, and this is the original memorandum which I took then :•--- "lith June.—Bareelona le Altdines, to deLlley,3 hours— Molines del Rey, to Tarragona, 15 to - I6 bonrs-10,000 men marched -this day for Molines. del Rey—will not get tuirther than Villa Franca to-day, the 11th, or a little farther —march ing all day — at 15.' to-night will rea c h Tarragona in about 7or 10 hours, that is, to-morrow, the 1 , 2 th." The distance from Molines del Rey to Tarragnna is, I believe, not so lunch. The above intelli gence was communicated to-me by the Spanish, Officer, bringing a detailed statement for Sir J. Murray. This Officer having kft me, I 'went to Sir J. Murray's house—he was not at borne—he returned about nine or, half past nine in the even iug—l met lam on the road between his house and Tarragona walking, apparently just got off his horse ; he then told me, that from the intelligence he had that day received of the certain advance of the enemy in fOrce.. he was determined to raise the' siege hinnediately ; he told m e t h at b e h ad countermanded the orlersfor storming the Puerto Reale, giving as - a reason that it would:be a use-; less waste of blood to-assault a place whichwould not be followed by the immediate surrender of the town. Previous to my leaving Sir John Mcirrity, he told trie he should 'immediately give - directions for bringing the battering‘, cannon down to the beach. I soon after left -him, and on going to . iny own quarters, I directed the Officers of my • department to hold themselves in readiness for my ' orders all night. I acquainted them that the siege was to be raised, and that the cannon would' probably be brought down that night, and 1 di rected one of them to goon board to the principal agent for transports, and acquaint him with Si-,T. Murray's intentions,: that 'he might be prepared; I desired this Officer; at the same time, to pack up the books and papers of my department, which, being contaihed in two boxes, was soon done. I understood afterwards that•six- boats were de-, mantled for the conveyance 'of those papers and hooks. I have no recollection of any such requi sition being made, nor can 1 well comprehend by what calculation I could purpose to -put two boxes into six boats. I remained in niy quarters all night, expecting to hear the cannon come down to the beach. • Q. At what time did you first see me on the 12th, .and what paSsed before the embarkation .? —A. 'Very soon after day-light I went to head- • quarters to take Sir John Murray's orders; he then told me he was sorry he had not been able ' to get the battery guns down during the night, and that he 'should he unable to get them away. He then acquainted me with the order in which he meant to embark his troops,'which was, that he should first withdraw General Whittingham's corps : that General . Clinton should cover the march of it with his division ; and that General ' Clinton should then retire with his division, with drawing hiS picquet, destroying the carriages, and spiking the guns. This Sir John Murray tom mtmicated to me as his intention, but not as an . order for e xecut i on . O n l eav in g him soon after,. I met the Commanding Officer of Artillery, and told him what•was about to be done, asking, at the - same time, if his Officers -in the - battalions had ' implements for the destruction of the carriages, • and spiking the guns,aS I apprehend orders to that effect would shortly he gi Yen. The Commanding Of ficer of Artillery expressed his regret at the loss of his cannon, and said he would go and speak to the ' General about it : he left me 'on this. In about two hours I rettirned,to head -quarters, and found a con- ' siderable number of Officers waiting for Sir John Murray, who had gone out on horseback. .After waiting there myself:for.. some .time, a Spanish Officer rode up in 'great i haste, and asked for the , General, saying, he had important intelligence for him from General Copons, holding, in his hands, at the same time, a letter. After some more time had elapsed, this Officer came to me, and repre- - tented the necessity there' was 'for 'a speedy an- • swer to that letter, as General De Caen's corps' • was in movement. Knowing as I did, that Gen, , ' De .- Caen's corps had arrived the day before at Villafranca—and knowing also that if he conti nued to march, be might arrive before Tarragona in the course of the morning of the 12th, 1 deter mined, after some hesitation, to - open that letter, in order:to send Lieutenant -General Clinton word that the enemy•were near him, that he might draw his troops out of his biVonac, and 'put them into line. On reading this letter, I found it con tained only a. confirmation of fornier intelli gence .that General De Caen's corps 'had arrived ' at Villafranca the day before, and requested Ge. neral Murray's instructions. I immediately went in search of Sir John Murray with this letter, and . after, some time act him •on hOrseback coming from Villa Secca. 1 then translated this letter to Sir John Murray verbatim. 'After considering' it -well, Sir John Murray repeated to me his inten tions for the raising of the siege, as he had done in the morning, and said that they should be car— ' tied into executioh immediately: I requested the General to give me those orders as he chose to have them conveyed, and they were as follows :--- "You will send to Lieutenant-General Clinton", and desire" him to call in General Whittingliam's corps from the left, anti send theni down to the beach ; General Clinton will then put his divisi6n iii motion, and cover the march of General Whit tingham, previously calling in his picquets, destroying the gun carriages, and spiking the guns." As I felt the impo r t ance of the order, I repeat- ed it word for word to Lieutenant Drew, of the Quarter-Master's Department, in Sir John Mut.. .. • ray's hearing. I then turned to Sir John Murray, and asked him 'if I had delivered the orders cot-- • ' rectly, he told me I had, and I then directed Lieu-, • tenant Drew to 'proceed with them immediately. Q. Did you at any time that day send Lieute nant Drew with orders to General Nichr.i.,;.. r„,. WI NCHESTER, —ELEVENTH D4.Y, IVEnNspitv; FEB. 1 The Court met this morning at ten o'clock as foru:edv. Lieut. P . YE'S Exthniuction co»tbitthd.' As agent of transports I am acquainted with the means of embarkation and disembarkation ; but there were other Officers in the feet 'of greater experience than myself, and more capable of speak= tug on these subjects. Q. Supposing an army of. 13,000 men; Ipo horses, with 46 pieces of heavV ordnance, and a tit riety of stores, &c. could the embarkation at Tar- Tagona have been completed in twenty-four hours, •if the weather tVas favourable ?—A. Con-- sidering local circumstances, I am decidedly of opinion that it was absolutely impracticable. IT._ deed I consid er t hi s more a Matter of fact than opi nion. I think it extremely improbable that if this army bad begun to be embarked at twelve o'clock on the I2th, that the embarkation could have been completed on the 13th at day-break - ; but ,w 1; en I consider the resources and great experience of the Officer at the head of the naval branch of the expedition, with my limited experience, I will not say that it is 'absolutely impossible. 1 have answered this question with rJerence to the state of the weather in the afternoon of the 12th. To have embarked the whole number of horses, his Majesty's ships Malta and Fame having furnished working parties to the number of 600 men ; I out of opinion, • that it would have required- 24 hours of perfect day-light. From my knowledge of the beach, nothing could be so uncertain as a depen dence on the weather at. all times. Gross-examined. Q. Do you know how many transports we had ?—A. I understand we had 130 ; but it is not 'necessary to know the precise. number, when I know the force to Ire embarked, and also know that we brought with us no empty transports, ex cepting the hospital ship. sneaking as to the impossibility of, em barkation, have von taken into consideration that the cavalry and artillery .were sent to 13a1aguer or embarkation,' and that two battalions of in fantry were also there ?—A. I made my calcula tion on, the supposition•that the_whole army were brought down Co the beach. I. was aware that the horses and artillery were sent to Balaguer when I answered the question. • • Q. Do you know that after twelve o'clock of the 12;h, there were only 18 pieces of heavy ord..' Nance on shore instead 61.46, as stated by Sir J. Murray ?—A:The number, of 46wa:i -not stated in Sir. J. - Murray's question to be on shore at 12 o'clock. • Q. Were there more than 18 pieces on shore after twelve o'clock I conceive there were no More•on shore at that,period, the others hay. ing been previously embarked. Q. I: the seamen had worked all the day and night of the 12t1r, would any thing of conse quence ,have been left on shore, excepting the troops, supposing the horses to have gone to Ba laguer ?—A. Certainly not. It was the horses which constituted the difficulty. The embarkation of the infantry would have been very light work. Q. Did we dot embark the horses by means of stages along the shore Inever saw those - stages until the embarkation at Balaguer. Question by the Court.—What time would it have taken to. embark 18 heavy guns 'and 4000 infantry, supposing the -embarkation to have.be gun on the morning of the 13th, at dOvr) On the 13th we must have erected shears for the guns, Whereas on the 12th the weather was so fine we embarked the guns by means of triangular gins. Th e guns wou ld h ave b een in the boats in about two hours, and on board the ships in about two hours more, had there been working parties in the ordnance ships. If Bri= tish troops they would have been embarked in two hours ; if Spanish troc•pS in three hours. I . mean the troops could have been embarked at the same. time with the guns, supposing the men of wars' boats to he all disposable for the troops. Q. What time would it have taken to embark the 4000 men, withOtit the guns,'.at day-hteakof the 13th ?—A. The difference would not .- have been great ; I suppose it would have taken 18 . boats .for the guns. Q. Would 'it have taken two trips of the boats? A. No. Captain Charles Patten, 'resident Agent 'for Transports at. Portsmouth, has been employed upwards of twenty years as Agent of Transports. . Sir John Murray having put a question re specting the time it would take at Portsinouth to embark 13,000 men, 1500 ,horses, with, stores, &c. • . . This question was objected to, and the COUrt was ordered to be cleared. On our .being re-ad mitted, The . Judge Advocate stated it to be the deter mination of the. Court, that the question could not. be put in its present shape. On the question being put with reference to au open beach, the witness said, his experience only went to the embarking of infantry from a beach; be had never embarked cavalry from'a beach. Ctiptain John Halstead of the Royal Navy, has been employed between four and five years as an agent for transports, and most of that time as principal agent on expeditions. It would have taken not less than 48 hours to embark on an open beach, the number of men, horses, guns, and stores, formerly mentioned in the question put to the two preceding witnesses. Cress-examination. Q. What time, would be necessary to embark 13,000 infantry, and 18 pieces of heavy ordnance, with 130 transports, assisted by an 80-gun ship, a 74, and a 64, and a good beach?—A. From eight to ten hours. •Q. O❑ what Expedition have ,yon served as principal agent ?—A. Copenhagen, Gibraltar, Fi guera Bay, and Lisbon. Major General DONKIN, Quarter-Master General of the Ex• pedition'un4er Sir 40bn Murray. R. Do you know of any troops having beep put into the boats for disembarkation on the 2d. of June ?—A. The advance and the 58th regiment were put into the boats for that purpose on the 2d June, but returned again on board in the evening,