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NAVAL. NEWS. V ;), ORTSMOUTIT, FEB. 3.—Arrived his Majesty's s k ip Zephyr from ymoutlßlucher, Mary, the St ately, Thames, Eliza, Ann, and several other nlerchantmen,..from the Downs. Released from quarantine the Bonita transport. His Majesty's ahtp Acbar is appointed convoy for the Cape, East Indies, and the South Seas.—lt is now under, stood that the fleets hound to the West Indies, Mediterranean, Cape, East Indies, and South Seas, sail on Sunday or Monday next, wind per leatting.—Wind S.E. - DEAL, FEB. 3.—Sailed the Griper gun-brig on a cruize off the North foreland. Arrived the Argus Deal cutter from a eruize to the West. ' w ard, and the Swan cutter from a cruize to the Ir arth Sand Head. Remains his Majesty's ship kercurius.—Wind S. E. I3OSTON, DEC. 14.—Sailed on Monday evening b t ne . Aballi no b r i g privateer; on Tuesday; the ''` e tn(leer brig privateer, of 14 guns and 132 men, cand David Porter, of 9 guns and 86 Men—all on ui zes• Th e Ranger brig privateer has sailed °lll Portsmouth on a cruize. 1171 „, tett the last advices came away horn New f ork, t h e President frigate, Hornet and Peacock t el° °Ps - of war, together With five brigs of war, ~! dropped • down to the Hook, all well manned -i.,n,(1 equipped, and ready to start on a cruize.— ' ; n e frigate and sloops under the command of DE-. 4 , T ur•., and the brigs under PORTER. Letters: from St. Bartholomew's state, that 18 " 16 f French merchantmen had arrived at Gua tilair, --4,,up e. _ . • • ~:Not less' than 12 or 14 s hi ps are now b uilding Lr-I. -Plymouth, and will be launched early in the ';‘,i'',7, for 'the g Ali purp oses o f tra d e, pr i nc i - Y for that of America. ills Majtsty's ship Acbar, appointed 'to sail 7 1 th the Indiamen from St. Helen's on the sth lalittant, will give protection to al ships bound to . Lope Of Good hope and India. VThe 'William,. M‘GoA, from Senegal to LiVer °}, which was taken the 31st August by the i,eatVr privateer, arrived at Ocracock about the 4 November lel'epon.Joze Prineiro, MARTrus, from Lisbon , ala utta, has • returned to Bahia, not .heing tzl to get round the Cape, and was expected to 4.,,again about the 9th of November. i ll ;he Unity from:Lisbon, was taken the 24t1 ult. ~, .lat• 40: 39. low , - 11. 11. by the Reindeer brig rriv at , , - -b• i , L cr, ut i• guns. and 140 'men, p.uu n and after being • eren of part of her cargo, stores, &c. was Zitt en Z,,, had'"and is arrived at Plymouth. • The priva -1: .i, Previously captured and burnt the Wil arid”' "golsr, from Whirehaven to £t. Michael's, b o „ 4 :,- el)oober from NewfOundland, with oil, it to I? 1161 • Hi New yuL,ll,Bovill schooner, has been taken near tai th e ~ '''. and carried into St. Bartholomew's, Aiolli . Th e ,B‘ ,. ns, of I;altnnore. • fb tintaa i'lft schooster, from St. John's, New. hy t h e .1 1 ; , , 1 x % , ' 'via! taken,.on the sth of November, ,sei nti arri ved . --,,,, on privateer, of New York, and Th - `Lt 1- narlestow n on . the Ist' of December. At e Privweer a's o captured the Eliza Ann, from ` ltt ink(itte to Halifax, and sent her for America. EAST -INDIA SHIPPING.) .I , I".S.terday a C ourt o f Di rectors was held af the -` ast India H ouse, w h en Capt. J. Ross was sworn I nto the command of the 'ship Carmarthen, eon- P f . . ( i g i lled to Madeira, Bengal,, and Bombay. 'llbe id()wilig ships were taken up and stationed, viz. captainll, 550 tons, Captain Pearson; James Sibbald, 647, 1, Forbes; Fairlie, 698, Captain Ward, for Madeira and "re gal. Bari(' !Zr. A „ -- ''' (3 tt, 'MC CNA Heating for Madeira and Bombay. -- y FG "a, 662, Capt. Tar . but, for - Madeira, Bengal, and Bum ., resterfilay the dispatches were finally closed at i i 't .I?,ast India I-lonse, and delivered to the I .I'set's of the undermentioned sWps, riz•— litlrgntt‘elsh.erc;enCaesrtalie,ill:arp, i t s ai Captain C. Nieil()srttelaT ; an ß d ri . te la w s ate c r . , ( 1; . . 4- I : ; 'Yne; for Madras, Prince of 'Wales Island, and China. t*et,,tral Ryd, A. Nairne ; and Herefordshire, C. Le Blanc, ' t •• r. Ilelena,'Prince of Wales island, and China. i,l,rozwcnt,,,cr.,- per Lowther Castk . For Madras, Mr. J.. P a.... 'iser writer; lss.stint-Surreo 1 Rirrock and family ; i . ,, ~... 1 t - .1. . . b j , . , %I .-Colonel Kenny, Mrs. nunro, Misses Dickey and Wil- , ;•;,'-'-'l,or Ceylon, Miss H. Cameron.. „,,, ,cr Brirkeivoter.—For .Matiras, Captains Hurdis, Car "ll,s, and brown • Lieut. iVillows and Lady; Mrs. Ptitzler 4 ' 11 '441 1 j . .-- 't. • . . It tlgs ..! ); Misses 4 hea,ll and Jeffreys; and Mr.M. Hest -11,131.tr1.' eenerol garris.—For M a d ras, Messrs. Bannerman, fir lgtou. and A n d erson, writers; Rev. W. Roy, Chaplain, AI, Assistant -Surf, - con Tait ; M rs . H a r i ngton and family ; i.,7. Aiudson and'Lieut. Perry. --For Bengal, A. Campbell, Ali (1. ; Nor -Broughton and. Lady; Mr. Montague, writer ; Pe? earnpliell and Ilarin4ton. r brN t "P e ru! Kytf---1 . or Bengal,- Mr. C. K. Robinson. — &lull "' el ena; Mr. - Spalding and family ; Mr. korlaet and 1 , , 1 ; and Mrs. S. ll.4rnsay. • • pt.rll,'Jfordshire—For S. Helena, Messrs. Cole and Gates. 1 . "-11, -(-:4,"04--For Madras, Mr. and Mrs. Groatlitng .; Mr. '' ft . • n 'tn tr,Writer ; Rev. J.,itllan, Chaplai-i; Mr. Assistant -n,,Ogilry; Lieut• Moberly, and Mr. Taylor Misses M. 'Ci e •i. e naghten and,E. and C. Taylor.--For Bengal, Mr. . ~, Writer. ' * I b, I"'ent complaints are made in the American "Pe'rs of `attemp t s by some boats which ttr have en , ed the rivers of Virginia, to carry off the blacks `'ltael la, he to the plantations, and the experiment 1 ) 0 ' °I) 'natty 'ice lions been attended with serious 1:'Il'8* It seems that - the Americans have had for 4le tit ne noti ce o f the expedition to New Or ,. in addition .to the fOrce under JACKSON, e 4 ..t) volunteer's were embarked f ront the Tenessee tt;iittitry, to pass d own the Mississippi, in order to lll N l ! bitte to the d e f ence of. the settlements at the 'tie‘' of that river. General. Ci AME is to have f i t . eoaltnand. - ti, e lat»ent to fiud by the American Papers, i at ~ , , le t 'Ne•V Providence has ztgain been visited by a J, ~,,Oestructive.Lurricane :—. Ith ) ,", tw . YoRK, DEC. 15.—Uis Majesty's brig tap!'',“`le, which arrived on Tuesday last, spoke off ki t c ;iNlcholas Mole the sloop Lark, BERNARD, Ilii i[llt days f• New PrOvidence, .., kit i o , ii to Sthonym Nassau , that op - , and learnt from her, litit‘lii) I)l.ovidence dhr again been visited by a In"' ;11 41 e l ' which : had destroyed a part of Nassau, 4 C' 4 l/ t , -ult ,, Uileged Island had every house swept .I .c - t I.‘ltit Inost of its inhabitßnfront ts, the yio of, the " ind. and waves." E T it Y. IMPROMPTU On the Superb Dress presented by the FRENCH KJNG to thu PRINCE REGENT ! The Mantle superb —all so tasty and fine, No spectator to praie sure can ever decline; But rich as it R, yet the Toq must confess • It isfairly surpass'd by the REGEN Ad -dices New inn, Jan. 31, 1815 THE THEATRES: TARTAR . - DELTRY-LANE.-The talents of MISS' WA LSTEIN, which enable her to. appear.with success in both Tragedy and Comedy, but more particularly the latter, lase night had abundant .scope for their display iu each province of the drama, as the part which she assumed was Lady Townie!), in the admirable Comedy of The Provoked Hus band. It may lit easily conceived, from her . merit in other comic characters of fasltionable life, that in the earlier scenes of: Lady Tuumley, she exhibited all requisite spirit ,and, gaiety. Nor Was the mortification, disappointment, and ddec than of the concluding scene, rendered less effec tive. On the.whole, she . appeated to more a& vantage in this character than in any of the fur mer, because she had an opportunity of mani. festing a diversity of powers,. which afforded amusement and pathos. Lord Townley .is one of POPE'S best efforts. Lady . Grace has sel dom had a more interesting representative than Mrs. ORGER. Miss KELLY,_ for the first time, performed the part of ;Via Jenny, and with the same sprightly humour as generaily marks her performances. It hardly need be added, that Sir Francis Wronghea4 had an able supporter in DOw- TON.—A good house. . COVENT-GARDEN. —The chief .attraction last night at this theatre was the return of MATHEWS, in the farce of Killing no Murder. As soon a 5 the voice of this popular Actor was heard behind the scenes, a general shout of ,applause.hurst forth, Which was increased and reiterated when he ap peared upon the stage. The farce, as usual,-ope rated powerfully upon the risible muscl . es of the audience, as it was supported by the whimsical efforts of MATHEWS and LISTON. The meeting between these Actors, who both '' limped in pure love," th e i r cor di a l greetings, and mutual refer ence to their situation as they " halted by" each °diet', had a ludicrous effect, and excited much laughter. There was a very numerous audience.. MYSTERIOUS CASE. DIM:NI A PARIS PAPER OF THE 3IST JANUARY.] The Council of War of the Ist Military . Division of Paris are now sitting in jodgment, employed in the investigation of • a mysterious affair, in which an Officer of some rank, and heir presumptive to considerable - property, stands charged with the murder of a female, and for which no motive can asyet be assigned. In defence, it is alleged that the woman had decoyed him - into an hotel, where he was attacked by two ruffians, robbed of his watch and money, and would have been murdered by them, did not the girl inter fere personally, and in effecting the rescue of the Officer, received her death at the hands of his as,-• sailants. The affair is regarded as one of great mystery, and no fewer than 34 witnesses are sum moned for examination to-morrow. It is remarked at Vienna, that Prince EUGENE has become of late a constant .attendant of the. Court. • . Mr. WELLESLEY POLE gave.a grand entertain ment this day, in Saville-row, to his Royal High ness the Duke of YORK, the Dnke of MoNTRosE, Earl of LiViiRPOOL, Earl BATHURST,aII(I the other Cabinet Ministers. Mr. BARTLEMAN'S engagement at the Oratorios continues only till the Ancient and Vocal Concerts commence, and is the last public appearance of this inimitable Vocalist. . _ C6l l lMEltCl).—Havre de Grace, Jan-. 26.—As had been foreseen, it was impossible that many Areas should pass without our manufacturers being obliged to replace their stocks of the raw com modity. Never was our machinery in so much activity, and never was the demand for its pro duce so considerable. It is utterly impossible to supply the quantity required. Scarcely a . single piece is in reserve, and it may be asserted with truth, that our manufactures will so:m attain the highest degree of prosperity. We have only here unused 1800 bags of Brazil, and 450 bags of , Georgia cotton. CITY INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARi.-A.Mer chant of some consideration returning to town, the other morning, at rather an unseasonable - hour, detected an illicit commerce carrying on between his active and sleeping partners. The consequence was as might be expected,--a determination on the part of the husband to seek a divorce on the one hand, and a dissolution of partnership on the other. AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—Some few weeks back a dreadful outrage was committed upon a Gentleman of the name of DEACON, in the Shepherd and Shepherdess Fields, the particulars of which we inserted in our Paper at the Mr. DEAcoN, having recovered strength sufficient to go to his N% arehouse in Wading -street, from his lodgings, packed up a small parcel of silks last Tuesday evening, and informed his clerk he was going to show them to a customer, from which time he has neither been seeN nor heard of, not withstanding the most diligent inquiries.- There are many circumstances connected with this strange affair with which we are acquainted, but from their mysterious complexion, we decline at present making public.. This -Much it is but justice to state, that Mr. DEACON = is a Gentleman highly re-, spected ; that the present appearance of his affairs do nut lead to a conclusion of embarrassment.; and that; upon - inspecting, his apartments, there was not any thing to indicate but what he meant to return the same night. What is rather remairk able, an anonymous letter waslound in his room-, threatening that the party who began their work, in the Shepherd and .Shepherdess fields were de termined to make it wore sure when. ..they next laid hold on him. CuuitT MARTIAL ON SIR JOHN MURRAY. IVINCHESTER—THLRYEENTH DAY, Fainax, FEn. 3. Major-General SMITH'S Erdmintion continued. Cross-examined. Q. Do you not, recollect that head of the column (Suchees) turned off to the village of Cr6sels, and halted there for the night ?---A: _ do not know,.,for I was . not ,then WI the spot. Q. By what road did'. Sucliet finally advance with his army ; when lie. came forward, on the 15th of August, to Tarragona?. —A. I ant not. abte_to tell. Q. By statiOning. an Officer at Vendrils or - Athos-, and detachments of • cavalry there; might not. hourly, intelligence. oPthe advance of the .enemy have been received on the 12th of June, and his advance ascertained to a certainty ?—A. 1 think it might. Q. Do you conceive that a zealous -and hearty cft-operation has been afforded by the navy, acting under my directions, to the army. serving in Va lencia and 'Catalonia Most certainly. • Q. Do you not believe that General Copons had Cavalry and, Staff-officers on the road between, Villafrava and Tarragona on the 12th June ? A. I. do. Q. Supposing the enemy to have marched from . . Villafranca to Tarragona, how much time could have been gained on them by any Staff Officer stationed near-them, so as to give correct intelli gence of his movements.?-- 7 A. An Officer station ed at A rbos might have gained seven or eight hours upon the enemy, is I think ; that is, supposing he got th e i n f ormat i on at the time they started front Villafranca. Q. In how many hours do you think a column of 8000 men could march from Villafranca to Tarragona I think in 12 hours. Sir JOHN 11IttattAv then stated that he now closed his evidence. - Letters front Earl Bathurst, in the name of the Prince Regent, and from the Duke of York to Sir John Murray, thanking him for his brilliant ser vices on the•l2th and 13th April, 1813, in de feating a Freneb foice in 'Valencia, were put in and.read over to the Court. General Murray then rose, and began to read some - observations which he conceived it neces ssary to submit to the Cinrt on closing his De fence. None of tile documents which the Judge Advocate had brought forward went to prove that he was so convinced of the decided superiority-of the enemy on the 9th of June, that he could ex pect no benefit' from continuing the siege any longer. Such a conclusion was disproved by every subsequent operation of the siege. But even sup- . posing- any expressions in his l e tt er t o the Duke of Wellington could he •so wrested as to appear to bear such a meaning, still this would not avail, because if the Judge Advocate could not also prove that the continuing the siege after the 9th, did not further the general plan of operations chalked out 'by the Duke of Wellington, this charge fell to the ground. With respect .to the other charge, of not proceeding immediately to Valencia, t in so doing he had violated no written order. The mo ment the siege was raised ; which was not till the re-embarkation at Balaguer, the order of the Duke of Wellington was carried into execution._ With respect to the Third Charge, brought for ward by Admiral Hallowell, he had. rested his de fence on thestrength, movements, and position of the enemy. • When the Court considered all these circumstances, and that after 'the morning of the I3th it was -no longer in his power to send the cavalry to the Col de Balaguer, he had no doubt they would approve of the course he had followed. So far front flying from an enemy insignificant 'in numberi, as had been stated, he had yield ed only to' an overwhelming superiority, which threatened'. bis destruction. Flu had followed the course which, of all others, was the least de structive to the army under his command. Sen sible that in so doing, he laid himself open to the clamour of the ign yant and the malevolent. Up held by a sense ••of. duty, and by the conviction that he was acting in the letter, as well as the in— structions of the Duke itf Wellington, it would • perhaps, be unbecoming in him to to remind the Court of all he had suffered, at the moment that those sufferings were at an end. His, however, was no common case. Every Commander was in terested in the decision which would now be awarded. He had borne in silence the unme-- rited clamours raised against hint—his military character- had been aspersed—his Majesty's arms bad been said to be degraded by him. If the Court was convinced that he merited these ithpu .tations, he asked for no lenity ; but if the mo ment was at length come when these Charges should be pronounced without foundation, it was his last request to the Court that it would take his wounded honour under its protection. If one word had escaped him in the course of the prosecution which bore the appearance of personality, he deeply regretted it. • He had been obliged to defend himself against personalities, but in doing-so, he was not aware that he bild' - i ndulged in them hiMself. He was willing to be -1 ieve that the personalities of Admiral Hallowell originated in his zeal for the service ; ' but a little • more candour on his part might have prevented him front falling into them. The Admiral had said lie was accused, in the defence, of bolding back his (General - Murray's) letter to• Sir Ed ward Pelle w, of the 2d June. Of this lie cer tainly had not accused him ; he regretted that it was not sent off immediately ; but he had suffered, --too much from false imputations himself, to allow him to accuse others hastily of that of which be was. uncertain. A Member of the Court had put a question, with respect to the possibility of a rear guard remaining on shore, on the night of the 12th, to cover the embarkation.• It was not sun :prising to him that this question should have, been put. He had once entertained the idea himself ; but when. he reflected on the situation of this • corps, that it would have remained exposed on an open • beach, without position, in the neighbour hood of a fortress, he did•not deem the measure advisable. The garrison of Tarragona would most certainly have attacked it; and. succeeded in pre venting it from embarking till the advance of the enemy would h ave completely precluded spch a, measure. .He had', therefore, selected two Officers :ti.;h in rank, whoz,:e local information enabled to state an opinion mOl regard to the practicabi lity ofleaving a corps behind. This he had done as much out of respect to the Hon. Mecbcr'who asked the question, as for the ,sake of .his own justification. Before he closed lie wished to advert to one pecidiar circumstance., which marked this trial. He defend, himself against two prosecutors, both contending for his conviction : and with less liberality than had been sh.cwn by the present Judge-Advocate, heimight have been deprived of the ben e fi t o f that advice aiid 'assistance which, from his office, . lie was bound-to affbrd to ei.'ery prisoner; It was seldom indeed, that a man could be found so iniiartial to divest himself of-every leaning against the party whom he was accusing ; for it is a feeling; of our nature that we should make a common causewith those who have a- common :object with ourse l ves. These observations he humbly and respectfully submitted to the Court. . . Admiral HALLowELL then rose and said, that as several charges had been made against him by Sir John -Murray, lie begged to be allowed to call witnesses to disprove these charges, and that they would also examine himself, Ist. With re gard to his conduct relative to the Bristol. `4tlly, With regard to his having recommended .the Ca valry and artillery to proceed to Magner. 3dly, As to the letter of the 3d of June, stated by Sir John Murray to have been withheld. And 4thly, As to the hurry in which he obliged Str John: Murray to send of his dispatch on_the 14th June. These were heavy charges against Lim ; and he wished to be examined on oath respecting them. The Judge Advocate Observed, , that those new points first stated in the defence which had not beewproved, could only be noticed 'by the Ad miral in his reply ; but with respect to those which had been proved_ in evidence, he was at • liberty to oppose other evidence. .The Admiral must, however, 'confine himself entirely to such points as were first brought forward in the evi dence for the prisoner. General Montresor observed, that the matters alluded to by the Admiral «•ere foreign to the charges before them ; and on this subject it was neither competent to the Court to otter. an nion, nor, to award any_ punishment. • He did not see, therefore, li6w the 'Court could not enter into the ostensible .matter of the Admiral's present claim.' t • The Judge Adv6cate observed, that with respect to the Bristol, Sir Sohn Murray had been Stopped by the Court from ,going into it. With respect to sending the,eavalty and artillery to Balaguer, that the Court_ had gone into. .As to the sending away the letter which had bden said - to 'be stopped, it seemed to him' that the Admiral was entitled to eXplain that circumstance. 7 The President said he .thought the. Admiral en titled to clear up anything whieolooked like new matter in the evidence. for the prisoner, but area it Mast he quite new matter. The Judge Advocate cited the case of Colonel Johnson and Admiral high, where the one party was accused in, the defence of having concealed, himself under a bed ; and he was allowed to call one witness to,contradict this. Sir John Murray Wished Admiral Hallowell to, state to the Court what the new matter was, with respect to which he wished to call fresh evidence. Admiral Hallowell said, he meant to prove that there was no necessity for going away from Tar ragona in t l he,manner which bad been stated, and that he had the means of bringing down the guns before the enemy could arrive. The President said that would be a new trial and it could not be gone into. .The Admiral had, already proved this not only to have been his.owa opinion, but the opinion of others. The Judge Advocate stated to the Admiral, that, it was the pleasure of the Court - this could not be gone into now. Admiral Hallowell said that Sir John Murray, had attempted to prove that he (the Adthiral) could not have afforded such a naval co-operation . as to prevent the - advance of an enemy from Yil-• lafranca to Tarragona. Now he could prove that he had actually prevented 'Sucher from advancing, and that the grape-shot fired on the occasion had, been afterwards. picked up at the places inhere the enemy was so prevented. The President observed, that this had beets already stated .in evidence. Some of the wit nesses had stated that they saw the (lead bodies of. men and horses strewed along the road.. Admiral Hallowell wished th e Judge Advocate to have the goodnesS to look at the Viestios Which he had framed, to see if they were proper or improper. . . The Judge Advocate having looked over the questions said, he thought 'the Admiral entitled to contradict the evidence for the defence,. and [V shew that there •was a possibility of reaching the, road in' question with grape,-shot, and stopping the enemy. He had already gone into evidence on this'subject, which, it. might be presumed,- he thought sufficient at the time ; but' there might, now be a 'necessity of offering further proof, iu . conseqUence of the statements of some of General Murray's evidence. The first seven questions to: General Clinton related to &tellers advance, and' whether he was stopt by gun-boats. The next question to General Clinton related to the pos sibility of having hourly intelligence of the ad vance of the enemy. Sir Samuel Auccimuty observed, that this point of the possibility of hourly intelligence, had ori ginated with the Admiral himself, and therefore be thought he had no right to go into it. .1-lad. Sir John Murray first :;tated it, then the Admiral would have had a right. • These questions were accordingly rejected. The Judge Advocate--The next relate to the variety of orders anti counter-orders on the lath. General.Slontresur Observed; that this had been' brought forward in the prosecution, and also in the defence. Sir John Murray observed, that General kin had stated that he believed he only received two orders from.hi m on the 12th ; but he might have given Orders through. Others. , - - , ..._ The : question we understood t o be rejected. Judge Advocate.—The-next question was with respect to the period of Gen. Ciinton's division arriving for embarkation. Sir John Murray objected to this. Admiral Hallowell said it hail