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Mackenzie and Gen.. Clinton, respecting the _in tended attack of Fuerte Reale! he could not- re colitect particularly the nature of the communiCa-. .ion at the time mentioned. Q. Was Pot-this communication by orders from Sir John Murray, and was it not a direction to storm that fort • - - The witness not appearing to recollect the na ture. of the .cornmuniFation at the particular time mentioned; Sir John Murray said, that he had not the least objection to admit, - that iip to half-past eight, he bad been notking every arrangement for the storm ing of Fuerte Real; and that about nine those ar rangeme!its were countermanded. His admission of these facts might save some time. He also ad mitted, that in the Ajight of the 10th, Officers . were employed in making mortar-batterie3. Tho-se admissions haVing been received in evi dence, !The witness proceeded to state, that on the night of the . 10th some batteries had been com pleted, 'which had been begun on the 9th ; and • the Olivia battery was enlarged, so as to contain six guns instead of four. ► He had no notice to prepare for a retreat previous to the sudden order which was giverj for raising the siege. He was then asked, whether from the know ledge of the country about Tarragona, which he most have derived .from reconnoitring it., he could say how long it would take an army of 8000 men to march from Villafranca to Tarragona, supp(is ing the march by thelhigh road tube intercepted by the position of the armed Vessels He thought that it would be two long days' marches. lie conceived the distance from Tarragona to Varilla, and from thence to Villafranca, was cacti of them -a long day's march. But if the rood to Villa franca was covered by the fire of the 'ships,, and the other road being secured by our possession of the pass and fort of Balaguer, he conceived that the French would have So great-a circuitto make, in order to find a road that an army could move on, that it must have considerably inct eased the distance of the march . . .He did not think that it. could have been made in less,than two days. Q. WaS it, in yew-judgment, possible,fortbe enemy to have prevented the army from carrying off their guns and stores . I—A. He thought not. That was the opinion lie formed at the time, and saw no reason since for changing it. He stated • that opinion to Sir J. Murray at the time. Q. Do you know any cause that could have made it necessary to raise the siege in the preci pitate manner that it was rsised I—A. I know of no cause that. made it necessary. . Sir John Muiray objected-to the mere opinion of the witness being received as evidence against • hire. v The JUDGE ADVOCATE replied, that it was usual for all Courts of Justice to - receive in evi dence the opinions Of persons belonging to any trade or profession, id matters respecting the trade or profession. The witness being the Com- Mander of the Engineers, might; therefote, be , asked his opinion or judgment in this instance.— Whet her this Opinion was Nvell or ill-founded, would subseoently, be determined on by' the Court. Witness mos theft cross-examined by Sir J. MURRAY. Q. Do you know the exact period of the arrival of the French troops -at Villafranea and Varilla ? A. N0,.1i10 not. - Q. Can you then take upon you to. say, that the cnemy coAld not have arrived at Tarragona, before time had been gained for the endiarkiition 01' the whole army, with all the guns and stores ? No, 1 cannot take upon me to say so. I, think, however, that, supposing the enemy to have advanced, our detached parties could always have given such inforniation of their approach, that the order to stop the embarkation of, guns and stores Might.be given at any thne i and the troops embarkedin safety. 6 - . Q. How much time did the witness calculate as sufficient for embarking the whole, of the" army, including the cavalry as well.as the infantry, the artillery; and their horses ?—A. He could make no calculation,„as he had no account of the number of boats which were disposable for that purpose. Q. What did the witness mean by his expres sion of-the troops being embarked. Did he in clude the cavalry as well as infantry, the field ar tillery and the infantry horses ?•-••••A. , He cerrainly d:d not mean to include the-Commissaries: mules. Ile conceived that sonic of the horses might•he lust. lie conceived, - however, that Capt. Withers and the Naval Officers were best qualified to speak upon this subject. Q. Do you mean to. say that MO horSei and mules (which-was the number. we had on shore),. could have been embarked, if we had been pressed by the enemy ?—A. Certainly not, if the army was pressed by the. enemy. 1 think, however, • it theiuss of some horses, in order to save our guns. A paper was then handed to him by Sir John Murray, and he admitted it to he his hand-writ ing. It was a translatiOn made by the witness of a memoir sent by General Copons. lie was not quite master of the Spani,ol language, but he could positively say, that in his translation he had given the sense and Meaning of the memoir. l'he witness was then asked,—From his know ledge of the country'about Tarragona, could he say, bow much - of the road from that city to Villa franca was exposed to the fire of 3un-boatS answered, that he could form no calculation.-- The - road sometimes - approached very near the beach, and was consequently exposed to. the fire of gun-boats at other places it receded front the . Mach, and was consequeutly less exposed. He did nut suppose, however, that there was any part of-it which was so exposetilor two miles to gether. lie thought, however, .that this was a question upon which the Naval Officers command . 1,,g the gun-boats were better qualified to speak. • Those who - had often fired from their gun-vessels • upon this road,.must have bad bett er means o f obseryation; as tohow ,much of the road w as ex hosed to'their fire. . Q. Might out the enemy bya short detour from . the main road have easily avoided the fire front the shipping off the coast ?—A..I - should rather thiuk nut easily. Q. Might they not during the night have arriv ed at Tarragona without any interruption from our gun-:mats i—A. Yes I should think it possible,, as gun-boats are of , very little consequence or use in the dark. Q. , What is the'sliortest time that it would re gnire to march frojii Villafrattea with field artillery, if the enemy was unmolested by our gun-boats ? A, appreheud the distance is too great fot one march ; I believe it is nearly 30 miles. Q. [low much of the road from Vanilla to Tar ragona is . exposed to the fire of shipping ?—A. The road is very irregular ; in some places•ap proaching very near, and in others'receding from the sea. In some parts it is so open as to he im if were to anchor with springs on their cables. I have seen - the dead -bodies of men and bors...'s above a mile from ,tbe sea and the trees very much cut up ; which 1 understood to havelifterwards happened from the fire of the In vincible upon Marshal Suchet's army. Q. Di? you •+.got know that Marshal Sucher.s army passed this road, notwithstanding the fire of the Invincible ? —A. Yes, I do. Q. Would not General - Decaen then .have been• 'able to march from Villafratica, on the high road, notwithstanding the fire of the -gun-boats ?—A. Yes, 1 do not think he could be prevented. It must be a. very heavy fire, to prevent the march of an army. , Q. When in a former part of your evidence you spoke- of detachments being lept out, did you mean detachments to give information of the ap proach of the enemy, or to keep the enemy in check To give information by proper sig nals.. On ome side the firing might he heard from the Col-de llalaguer, and on the Villafranca road the signal might be received from the shipping. _ pe : excimpied ,b 0 Admiral HALLOWELL. _. Q. DO yon f Tecollect an arch near Torre de Barra, and - for what distance the road near it .is within the range of shot from the sea ?—A. I re coliect •au ancient Roman arch, but not precisely the ex - tent •of road exposed to the fire of shipping. Q. Was not the ,arniy, with its stores, mules, and field-pieces, disembarked in a few hours on the morning of the :7;cl of June ?—A. 1 cannot exactly ;tote in how short a ,time. Q. In point of fact, did not the cavalry and ar tillery proceed to the Col de Balaguer, and re main there several days after fir J. Mm:ray's re treat, Without tiny niole;tation from enemy ? A. Yes, they went by hind, and were embarked them without having . any affair wi:tt the pnemy except some little skirmishing. Q. \Vas their embarkation interrupted ? A. No. Q. Do yOll recollect seeing the road %%11k.% Marshal Suchet was obliged to cut in consequence of the fire of the' Invincible ?—A. Yes, 1 under stood it to he cut in consequence. Q. Do you know that when the army was or dered to embark, we held a. fort which command ed the road to Villafranca, and that the Invincible and Thames were,at the Col de Balaguer on the other I—X. yes, I knew there was shipping there. Lieutenant-General JOHN MACKENZIE sworn. Q Did you command a division of the British, army in Catalonia under Sir John Murray, in the month of June, 1813 ?—A. Ye s , I did. Q. Did you receive any orders for spiking the guns on the 12th, trout whom, and at what period of the day I—A. Yes, Lieutenant Drewe, Acting Brigade Qrfarter 7 Master, brought me an order to that effect, about a quarter before ten o'clock, in the name of General Dunkin. Q. As yon.are acquainted with the roads both to the east and westward of Tarragona, will you state your oOnion, whether it was 'possible for an enemy to prevent our , taking off the guns and stores is the event of raising the siege ?—A. No, 1 do not think, whilst our army remained there, that there was any chance of the enemy interrupting the embarkation of the guns and stores. Q. Did the enemy appear in any force to' the eastward of Tarragona before the 16th of June ? A. Understanding that there was a division of the enemy at Valdilos, Sir J. Murray sent me with' a body of infantry agaitist‘them. - They retired, and 1 entered the town of Valdilos, 1 believe on the night of the 15th. Q. Do you know any cause whatever,that could make it necessary to raise the siege of Tarragona in the manner it was raised by the British army before Tarragona ?—A. 1 know of no other cause than that assigned by Sir John 'Murray, that the French were at Villafranca. • Q. ,Do you . know whether a great qu a nt it y o f beef, pork, corn,- flaur, spirits, and forage, was left behind at Tat ragona ?—A. I saw a consider -able quantity of provisions lying on the beach, and found fault with the Commissary for refusing .to' take. charge of it. - Q. Supposing an army of 8000 men to have been.,at Villafranca, could they have marched in ' one day to Tarragona,so.as to have'attacked- the British army with any, prospect of success ?—A. With respect to the questi o n o f distance; I con sider it possible for an army, to, make the march • in'obt but in the ease of their. nicking an attack, their success must have been very doubt ful. I should rather have expected brilliant sue ' ess on our part, the eqUipment of our force was so complete. It'beifig now three o'clock, the Court adjourn ed till ten o'clock to-morrow (this day.) CORONERS' INQUESTS. :Yesterday forenoOn an inquest was held at the Shakespeare Head, Percival -street, Clerkenwell, before GEORGE HODGKINS, Esq. Coroner, on a view of the body of Richard Litley, a boy five years and four months old, in Fremantle-court. Mr. Hazil, who lives tt the next door, said, that on .Tuesday he saw the deceased run across the room in a blaze : he went to its assistance, .and extinguished the flame ; but the child was so dreadfully scorched as to cause as death soon after.—Verdict„lecidental Death. -The next was on Adam Swaine. It appeared that the deceased was a Skinner by trade, tsnd a l so "a Chelsea Pensioner, and lodged at the Carpenter's Arms in Berry-street, he was 58 years of ae. The deceased went o n T ues d ay l ast to Chelsea, where he received his pension, and returned home about five o'clock in the evening. lie ordered a beef-steak for supper, which was got ready ; after he had eat the second mouthfid, he stood up, and went into the yard, where he dropped down and expired. Mr. I'EACALL, a Surgeon, came an d opened a vein ; hut he was quite dead—Verdict, Vied La - the Visitation of G9d, • L kIV INTELLIGENCE. counT OF cIIANCERY, JAN. 19. LUNATIC PETITION. 'IN THE MATTER OF LORD PORTSMOUTH. In this matter (the merits of which were cor rectly stated in our Paper of Mood y, under the head of " Interesting - Case,") a Private Petition was presented fora Commission of Lunacy against 'the Noble Personage in queoion, grounded on charges of acts of irrationality and improvident conduct, denoting mental derangement and in competency to manage his own affairs. A certain deed by him, executed, was made a material feature in the case, but it was not pro duced in,Court. Mr. HEALD appeared to oppose the Petition, and stated, that there was no foundation toe this Petition, as Lord Portsmouth was not at any time, nor now is, a lunhtic in any manner. The want of the deed alluded to, induced the LORD CHANCELLOR to postpone the further considera tion of the Petition.—The matter was postponed. AGAR, ESQ. V. THE REGENT CANAL COMPANY. This long contested cause came before the Court this, morning, on the motion of Mr. HART, the leading Coiiusel of the defendants, taw wish ed the terms of the Issues on a former day, di rected by'the LORD CHANCELLOR tO be amended, by inserting in the plans and Linea of demarcation through the plaintitr's domain, required Of the parties respectively to be gi►•en in before the trial, for the course of the Canal insisted on under the Act of Parliament. The Learned Co►insel, stated his reason to he, that ninny Issues directed from this Court were so loosely Nvorded, that•on the return of the verdicts upon them, nothing appear ed in fact to have been decided. His Lordship granted the application. HEIR LOOMS. MORRISON V. ORCHARD. This Nvas'a motion made, by Mr. HAAT, support ed by Mr. BAnaca, for an order to dissolve an Injunction issued in this cause, at the instance of the plaintiff, for restraining the, defendant, the widow and executrix of the late General Orchard, from selling the jewels, trinkets, plate, and fix ture furniture of the testator's house, in the county of Devon, which, by the will, were made Heir LoOms as long as the law would permit, and the plaintiff was Made heir in remainder of all the said articles. It w as stated that Lady Lawley, the mother of Ole defendant, had given to her a stun of 10001. iu I .;ddition to her other marriage portion, which. woult! entitle her to sell the Heir Looms. Sir sottlEt. RomiLLY, supported by Mr. TROL LIVE, °pp )m! the motion with great force in support of t;te Injunction they had formerly ob tained.—The .1 - notion was refused. • OLD BAILEY, J ‘:.c. 1.9. • John Trinder and Inn. Burke!) stood Meth:fed for ste a ling a male deer, the property of the Dune of . Devonshire.—His Grace's Bailiff at Chiswick stated, that the d eer h av i ng b ro k en , his leg, it was killed and hung up in the slaughter-house., whence it was stolen on the 21st Dec. He pro 7 cured a search warrant on the 22d, and pall of a carcase of a deer was fouild on the premises of Badsey, at Turnhatn-greed. - Wilsey said, that he and a man named Trioder had found it near the five mile scone, and that he gave his companion 4s. 6d. for his share of it. This story was con firmed by Trinder, but the venison found in Bad sey's house having-a broken leg, left little doubt of its being part of the carcase stolen -from his Grace's premises: The Jury found Badsey Guilty, Trinder Not Guilty. William Shackleton was indicted for stealing.a silver watch a clasp knife, six 1/. notes, &c. from Thomas Mattinson.— Verdiet—Guilty. Mary E.vtonwns found' Guilty of stealing two sheets and a • pair of shoes, the property of William Goddin. , John Martin was found Guilty of stealing a hair trunk, the property of Samuel Pratt. John Sheffield . trillium Clark, David Kelly, and James Smoker, were inaieted for stealing, on the Ist of December, a pair of Brown leather gaiters, the property of John Scale.— They were all found Guilty. Isaac Levy was indicted for stealing a silver watch and a metal hey, the property - of fleary Barnet, on the 29th De-' cember.—..-/epitted. Sarah Martin, aged 72, and Mary Rather, were indicted for stealing 27 yards of printed calico, the property of Tho Mas Pearsou, on the 21st of December. The Jury found them both Guilty. Both have been tried before in the name of Rodney. ' POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 21ARI , BOROUCiII-STREET. CURIOUS CHARGE OF FRAUD.-Walter Perkins Bond was charged with obtaining 10/. from Francis Start, by means of false arts and pretences. The,prisonef,' it appeared, had succeeded in get- ting posscssivi-, the greater part of a house, No. 9, Bennet-street, St. James's, under pretence of establishing what he termed the Grand Union Club-house, under the patronage of a party of the Nobility and Gentry, not one of whom, how ever, could he name. To carry on his plan, he issued announcements throughout the town, and he endeavoured to get goods from different trades-. people tO furnish this noblii Club-house, in which he did not suCceed. On the Gth instant an ad vertiseinent appeared in the Newspapers for seven servants to engage at the new Club-house, and on the application of the complainant he was shewn a plan, which held out the-advantages to be derived 3 , that he was to receive 150 pounds a-year, as head-waiter, provided his perquisites did not exceed that stun, and his %vie was to be housekeeper; but he must advancie 5 )1. to aid in furnishing and decora'.ing the fancied club-house. He advanced la- out of the 501. Which consti ' toted the fraud. All the furniture obtained was one hazard-table, and the housekeeper has seized it. Another man advanced 101. for a situation porter. Start was a- waiter both at the Rainbow and the Stock-Exchange coffee-house, and bears a good character. The prisoner displayed much volubility of speech, and stated himself always to have been a Gentleman : his servants would have been well off had he carried his plans into execu tion, In answer to a question from one of the ' Magistrates, be said, " he never let his left band know what his risht did," He was confiderst he had committed ,no fraud but the I%Jag►stratr' thought differently, and he was committed for trial. MANSION-HOUS -7 . co I NERS..--YeSterrlay William Late*, John Leonard, and Sarah Kennett, were brought Lefore the LO . RD MAYOR , the former charged with utter ing, and along with the two latter, having in their possession a quamity of . base .coin. Alt e r• a suitable commendation from theLORP MAYOR on the vigilance of the Officers in detecting so ne. farious a gang, the prisoners were remanded for .another examination. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Sarah Jennings, • Sarah and Jan. Lenard, were chrrged before Justice go SIER, at this Office, with being taken in the act of colouring counterfeit money. They were all remanded till the Solicitor of the Mint may have notice to attend. , HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday,. John Lane, a boy, 16 years of age, was brought up in the custody of William Read; jun. and examined on the following charge Mr. Smallhorne, an undertaker in Little White • Lion-street,• Seven Dials, being the. prosecutor', deposed, that on Monday last the prisoner was playing and loitering about witness's shop a great part of the clay; being a school-fellow to a younger brother of 'witness, there was no particu lar notice taken of him. The same (lay witness put - 141. in notes into a small box, which vas screwed down to the desk in his counting-house, and on Tuesday morning, on going to the box, he is covered that the hinges were screwed otf, and a turn -screw lying near the box on the desk, and the notes were gone. Witness gave iniormation to the above-named officer of the rolibery, and his suspicion of the prisoner. Read, the officer appre ' trended the prisoner au Wednesday in Gray's-inn lane, and on searching him found two 1/. notes and 15s. in silver, and some halfpence, on his person. The notes were identified by Mr. Smallhorne, as being some of those taken out of the box, being marked by him in a particular manner. - . The pri soner confessed having; changed a ten-pound note at Mr, Bauting•s, a pawnbroker, in Skinner-street , Snowhill, where he bought a fowling-piece, for - which he paid five guineas ; and 'paid 21. 'for a watch of his that lay there in pawn since May last. Mr. Ranting produced the 101. note, which was also marked in Mr. Smaliborne's Remanded. • CURIOUS RUSSIAN MEDAL, A very curious Russian Medal, made of iron..., and about the size of half-a-crown piece, was lately found by the workmen, while taking down, the Old Church 'at Libbe'rton, in this neighbour- , hood. It appears, from the inscription round the head, which bears a venerable and noble counte nance; to have been struOt in honour of St. Alex ander Nevsky or ..Nevskoy "(usually spelled in this country Newski). Translated, it runs thus : ‘i The . Grand Prince Alexander Yaroslavitch Neflvskoy." On the reverse is the following inscription He bravely conquered the Swedes and Livfmian Germans. attaGlied Nuvogoiod in the year 1e52. He reiguetl 12 I :e.lrs, and Hied 44 years." This Alexander reigned at NovogOrod, , in the 13th centurv, and was honoured with the sirnathe of Nevskoy, !:is glorious victories over the Swedes. on the Banks of the dliver. Neva.-L-Pope Innocent s ent two Cardinals to persuade him to embrace the Catholic Faith ; but they did'not suc ceed. The Russian Church numbers him among her Saints, and Peter the Great built a magnifi cent Church at St. Petersburgh, which 'bears his name, and Ordered his remains to be deposited within it. The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky stands on 'the Banks of the Neva, where the deci sive battle was fought, and, it is said, in the very spot where Alexander Wounded the Swedish King. .The 30th Au ;fist (0. S.) is this Saint's day, on which the Emperor goes to the Church in grand style, to attend divine service. Peter pro jected, and 'Catherine I. founded an Order of Knighthood, called the Ordbr of St Alexander Nev sky, Raid is the third in rank among the Russiaa Orders. This Medal must have been, struck after Alexander's death, and before he was canonised, but at what period be was thus honoured, Ise have not ascertained; The Church was built at the be.- ginning of the last century, and, from the forru . of the letters, we do not think the Medal is of- a., much older date. 'The Chnrch of Libberton was. very old. It existed in the 13th century, and was, built probably long before. That part where the Medal was found was more modern than the rest. It will puzzle the Antiquarian to explain 'how this . solitary Russian production came there, for the in tercourse-between-this country and Russia is of a. very'rec&it date.--L(Edinburgh Courant, Jan. 16.) The Measles were never known to have been so general and fatal in this neighbourhood as during the present season. A military Gentleman 1124 lost three fine children by them in the course of one week, and no fewer than four funerals - were sects at the same time passing through the square. —(Derry Journal.) - Fbilt.THS. On Friday last, at Brighton, the Lady of Aternon Gre vilie, Esq. of a son and heir. On Saturday last, the vile of Mr. F. Humble, Editor of the Durham County Advertiser, of a daughter. MARRIED. On 'Thursday, the sth inst. Robert Carter, Esq. of nilloW , in , Carlow, to Miss Crigan, co-heiress of the Pate Claudtui Crigan, Bishop of Soder and Man. On the 6ih inst. at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Major Wil liam Granville Eliot, of the Royal Horse Artillery, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Serjeant Heywood. On the 10th inst. in St. George's Church, Dublin, ,Francis Henry Holderoft; Esq. of UpperGardiner-stifeet„ to Susanna, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Sutton, Kilmagarty, Kilkenny On the 17th inst. at St. George's Church, Hanover-squa.r.' , the itm'llioinas Hyde Ripley, Vicar of Wooton Basset, Wilts, to Caroline, third daughter, of William Honywood,„ Esq. 01 Sibton, Kent. • DIED. On Monday last, at his house in Gower-street Bedford' square, Samuel Gist, Esq. in the 9f st year of his age. ` Lately, aged 82, Mr. William Rix, late of the East LW" House. LONDON : Printed by J. B. CARSTAIRS, No. 7, CraVei'• buildings; and published by W. A. SCILIPPS, of llrixtolit at the SUN-OFFICE, No. 112, Strand ; where Alecitise . . merits, Orders, Letters (post7paid), &C, lutist be ad I lessed;