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as' ng tire ouls Raises inu of guns and horses. He then tlesiretl 'Cape ins Hill ana WilliaMs to attend to no orilisys but from him. General Donkin then -told him, that Sir J. Murray had ordered 'him to stop the ernhatkation of horses and guns, and thatike boats should only take the troops —He could prove, that almost immediately after, directions had been . given to Major Wil liamson to spike the guns that were in bat tery, -and destiny the carriages. While pre- Tarations Were making. for carrying these or der's into execution, he waited on Sir J. Murray, 'and informed him of the disgraceful way that they were going- on at the beach : he also pledged him ' self, that if he - would suffer the army to remain tilt night,- he would carry .every thing safely off.• Sir J. Murray then denied that he had given such orders. A short time after, a Spanish officer ar rived from General Capons, informing him that the. French -were - at Villa Camp, and that their force was between five and six thousand men. Wahine - a quarter of au hour afterwards, Sir J. Mainly' said, 'that he was determine - 4 on a re embarkntibe of the troops, and leaving the guns behind.. By abrint eleven o'clock, all the horses, mules, .and field-artillery, that was brought down to the beach, were carried off trithout the least mo lestation on the part of the. enemy. He was alter wards informed by Sir J. Murray, that his instruc tions were to land in the province of Valencia, as far to the - North as possible. He, however, afterwards determined on re-landing the army at talaguer, for the professed object of cutting off 1700 of Suchet's army. When the army was partly landed, be was informed by telegiaph, that about 2000 French were advancing-towards Balaguer. He then gave orders for stopping the landing of arty more horses. The French party. was, however, fired on by the' ships, and retreated. He then renewed his orders for re-lauding the whole army. He thought that he had now advanced sufficient instances of the indecision of Sir J. Murray, to justify that ex pression in his letter to Sir E. Pellew. If, how ever, • Sir John wished hint to bring forward in stances of his indecision after that letter W;IS written, be could produce a great many. It was undeniable, that twenty-one Pieces of heavy artillery had 'beets abandoned, and the re-em barkation effected with great precipitation, and that at a time when there was no consider able force of the enemy in his neighbourhood. it could not he deni e d, th at after having ordered General Aiekenzie to storm Puerto Real, at ten o'olock, he suddenly countermanded those orders. He had conceived it but justice to Sir J. -Murray, to inform him, previous to his leaving Spain, that he had, in his public letters, expressed himself as strongly as he felt upon his conduct at Tarragona. The Geuerars reply was, that it was what be had expected. He cons id ere d i t due to himself to state this circumstance, as he had been informed that it had been whispered about, that he had hot acted candidly b y t h at Officer. He would so lemnly assure the Court, upon his honour, that no personal feeling towards Sir John Murray dictated the representation that lie had made of his conduct but that his, sole reason was, that being fully convinced that no good could be expected from an a r m y under his directiOns, his sense of duty to his Xing and country made him feel it necessary to express this conviction. He had- *secret!' on many 'conjoint expeditions, and - _ •a_ • 0 tra ' Astivebilltiule -of his cordial 'support. He should hare here closed his statement, if he bad not thought that Some expressions in Sir J. MurraVa letter to Lord Wellington appeared to cast a, reflection, ill some degree, on the manner in '‘V;itich the Naval service seas performed. He coilld . prove that the , telmole of the infantry was landed' on the 3d of June ; that every succeeding day during the siege, horses, scores, and provisions were landed. On the Silt, ((lie day on which •Sir Jolni:Morray 'supposed that there was no Communication' between the ships and the shore) 260 horses and six mortars - were landed. He must' again repeat, that he never gave any opinion as to the question of the pro priety of raising the siege, amid consequently re embarking the army. That was purely a military • question-, and he had never presumed to give an "opinion upon it. It was not of the re-embarkation that he complained, but Of •the manner in which it was done,---a manlier which appeared to hint `to he altogether inexcusable. When the Admiral had made this statement, lie seas then-sworn as a witness. The Deputy Judge Advocate then recominended to' hint to look over the paper in his hand,. amid swear to such parts-as were within his immediate knowledge. Admiral Hallowell said, that he was ready- to swear to the whole of the statement. Atter some conversation about the regularity of swearing to the whole of a statement, of which some parts were to be proved by other witnesses, 'Admiral Hallowell was allowed to swear to time truth of every part of the statement which he had given in, which came under his own know ledge. Sit J.Mnrrav being aAed, whether he wished to cross-examine the witness, declined it, but said tl►at he should examine him in his defence. Capt. Thom as Withers, who had the direction of the transports, .was the next witness called. Admiral Hallowell proposed, by way of saving the dile of the Court, that the witnesses whom he should call might be permitted to read the nar ratives that they had drawn up at the tiqe, and then - swear to such parts as m ere witht their knowledge. There having . been no objection to this proposal, 'C pt. Withers proceeded in his narrative. On the . 12th of June, about one o'clockin the morning, be received rid.TlAllovell'sorders toprepare for - the embarkation of the battering train, military stores, provisions,, and cavalry. lie then ordered the boats to be assembled on the beach by.daylight. It was then day-light at 4 o'clock; : but the boats Were not actually assembled till a little after five. An bour previous to receiving these orders front Admiral Hallowe:11, he had been required . by General to send some boats to,earry the books - and papers (if his departtnent,• which boats he acervrd ' ingly furnished, During the- operation.; of ens barking-the guns and stores, and after many *of, ttie licavy"on s - had.been sent off; cietieral kin arrived at• -about half -vast eight, and desired that the -embarkation of the guns should be discontinued, and the boats kept char foi the rc,-embarkation of the troops ; observing that the great object r7-is, that men, and nO guns or horses, should be embarked. • -Ow pfessing his surprise at-an arrangement so very dif- - fererrt from_ the orders be had received early in the . morning from Adtuirat,tiallowell, (which did not seem to imply any . partieular urgency), he informed him that the enemy sere within two hours and a half's march, and that such' were the orders of Sir J. Murray. He then asked General Don kin, whether any •of the infantry had arrived on, the beach, or were immediately expected. The answer was, that G.meral Clinton's division would probably arrive in about three quarters of an hour. He thea left him,; and after informing Captain Ingleby, who superintended the embarkatioti of the guns on another part .of the beach, he - went. in search of the Admiral, whom he found in conver sation with Major. Williamson,. Having informed the Admiral of those new orders, the Admiral de sired him to continue the embarkation of'the guns, and said, that, he would immediately wait on Sir J. Murray: Afterwards, fresh orders were re ceived to continue, the embarkation of guns and. horses till 2 o'clock, after which the boats were to be clear for taking in the troops. About 3 o'clock the boats were assembled in sufficient number to commence the embarkation which then, commen ced, and continued without interruption till after sun,,set.. The rear-guard did not arrived on the beach until past eleven ; but, by about twelve, all were safely re-embarked. 'During the time - this embarkation of- the infantry was going ou, there was also an embarkation of staff horses, and of the hOrses of the 20th Light Dragoons, at Westem Cove, which was at a short distance, and where Ire had ordered a stage to be erected for that pur pose. The embarkation of the horses .and mules -went on there till the following morning at 11 ;. and all the aoimals that were brought down to the beach, were got of without any difficulty or mo lestation from the enemy. Some questions were then pat to the witness at the suggestion of Admiral - - Being asked what ordnance stores, artillery, or horses, were landed on the Sth The witness an swered, that about 268 hor's - es were landed, and six mortars. - They landed provisions and stores every day during the siege, but not so much as usual up... on the- Sth, as the wind blew fresh. In answer to other questions, he said that two mortar's were landed on the 10th ; .and that be tween the 3d -and 8111 . , about 1.670 horses were l an d e d. saw General Doukin on the 11th at . about 11 o'clock atnight, and was informed by him that it was necessary to make every preparation for re-embarking the . army. About twelve he met the Admiral returning front the batteries. who gave hint the orders he had before stated. Admiral Hallowell:said, that his reason for pnt tingthose questions was to spew, that he had no previous information respecting the intended re emb;Lrkation. Tbe witness was then cross-ex am i ne d by Si r Jobn M u rray. The first question was, could boats at J ill times . go _between the ships and the be.ieh at Tarragona? Certainly not.—lle was next ast.(U, Wag tllcre not generally a surf upon the heae 'lay before Tarragona ? Witne,s Weri2( ,r11)V there was generally a turf, hut th:Lt pediment to the lanclitig or next asked, if the.sarf (U(I not 11.io:.I1,t to :;1! .tua'l impediment, qici it clitiiculcies ? He answered -;-1,,! great ----He was then asked, supposing a defeat or Other circum stances should mate a •re-embarkation necessary, could it be covered by the fire of the ships in the roads ?, Certainly- it could by the ships and gun boats ; not by the ships alone. Q. Cthild gun-boats or ships be brought in a position to flank the embarkation, if the army were drawn up with their rear to the sea ?--A. lie conceived that to be a military question that he was not competent to answer. Some plans of the bay of Tarragona - and the po sition of the beach were then produced. After having given an account from the reports of his Officers of the number of horses and mules car , tied off from Western Cove, which amounted to about 400.. The witness was asked, why the two mortars had been landed on the 10th," and not on the Bth or 9th ?—Answer, because they were not required to be landed sooner. On his re-examination by Admiral Hallowell, he said, that those two additional mortars had been sent in consequence of a fresh requisition. Six only had been landed on the Sth, because no more had been demanded. The witness then, in explanation of parts of his evidence, said, that as to the exact - number of horses, and anthunt of stores landed or re-embarked, he took it princi pally from the daily reports of the Officers etu!- played under him. Admiral HALLOWULL examined by the Court. Q. The last witness having stated, that after Sir John Murray had given orders for eh barkini the troops, he received contrary orders from you, the Court wishes to know whether that is cor rectly stated, or •what your reasons were for so doing ?—A. On landing on the morning of the 12th, I found that the Quartermaster-General had directed the embarkation to be stoppell. 'After having reported to Sir John Murray General Don kin's order to discontinue the embarkation, and to desist from spiki ng the 'guns, I was desired t o go on with the embarkation of the troops ; and finding at one o'clock that the Commander-in- Chief had decided to embark, and leave the guns behind nim, I .still continued to put the ordnance and other stores on board till two o'clock, know , ing that it was impossible for the troop s to be on the beach before that thaw, and wishing to take advantage of every momenteinS4vint- the stores. Capt. BATHURST ) of - the Royal Nagy, called in and examined by Admire k VAJ r 'Q. Were you employed on the t' tit c June, 1813, in carrying on board military istoilis from . befor e the town o f Tarragona whilst' lbe siege was raising )—A. I was. - - • . On: the Admiral's stigge - tion, the ‘ . vitness was here allowed to as s i s t hi s recollection by refrring, as he pr ocee d e d in hi s testimony, to a written .narrativ e made at the time of the trattsaetion which it deSeribed, and attested by himself, It Was in silbs!'aiice,• that on Sathrday the 12th of June, 4 ;, , ign I , iistuade for all boats to assist in niediat,Ayen, liark log the troops. He ,:•aiteti onßeir- Admiral and was desired.to superintend this 0 , oration on a wharf on the west tide of Tar ragona, from whence the cavalry were to be put on board, and having the flat transport boats un der his direction to be employed for that purpose. During the forenoon many of the 20th Dragoons were embarked, when an order came; he believed from the Quarter-Master-General, to stop ally fur ther embarkatiorL In the afternoon he received two messages, informing him that allithe boats were to be sent to that part of the beach where the Admiral was to be einplOyed in immediately putting the troops on board. About' foor o'clock General Donkin came to _the wharf, and said he had come t 3 look for another place to put guns on ; that the enemy were approaching, 'under General De coct), with 8000 men ; that they were then enter ing Tarragona, and might attack them in an hour Or so. That it was necessary., therefore,' that every boat should assist in getting off the troops, and if there was not time, that the horses and mules Inv be destroyed. Seeing sonic fishing-boats at a tlis tance, Gen. Donlan enqUired whether they could he got for the same service. The fishing vessels were procured, and sent with the boats. After having seen them off, he joined Admiral well, and remained on the beach with him till the whole .emharkation was completed about mid night. During the remainder of the night, a brigade of artillery was shipped. from the wharf; and early on the 13th he catne.a-,snore to superin tend the removal of the horses and pules. .111 the course of the forenoon every animal of bort hen, horses, mules, and asses, were safely embOrlied : unt every thing else brought away from the west-end of the Bay.. He had also taken .the wharf up, when he received orders from the Aduniral tore build it, which was done without troy jute' ruption from the enemy. His ship reMaitied in the hay the whole of the 13th, nor did he perceive that the enemy got any, rehiforceinerits; that the picquets or detachments advanced, On the 11th, at half-p as t 4 p. in. he sailed. without descrying any alteration in.the•enemy's aPpearance. - Q. Were you employed_ on che 10th in taking up gims•and mortars to the battery on -the hill overlo2king• Tarragona I;cople.assisteil early on that day in carrying t io howitzers anti ammunitions, as well as in raisin r mortars. Here Sir - John Murray ohseryed, that if, the object,of these questions_ was . either .to ascertain the fact referred to, or to prove the exertions of the navy, he was ready, if it would be of a d va6t::ige in saving the time of the Court, to admit both the one and the other. AdmirA Hdlowell said, his object was by no means to shew any thing affecting the conduct of the navy; but he 'preferred haying- the circum stances in question etabliOied by evidence of his own, rather than by-the General's admission.- His object !VHS to shew the indecision of Sir J. Mur ray's character, by proling that 'he did not change his mind till II o'clock on the night On which the'o'rd..r for entbarkati'bn was giv.e». Witness cross-examined liy Sir .3. Murray. Q. Did Oenet'al. Dunkin wention the idea of dc 7 stroying the horses as entertained by.m - e, bi as referred to in any instructions he had received. rrut;l ate ?—A. No, he only mentioned to ore in the course of conversation. C , , apt. Sim. Hoop was next called. • . , Q. Were you employed on the 12th of June, 1813, in embarking- the heavy guns and military stores front before Tarragona i—A.l was. Q. Can you state to the Court what orders you received, and what passed in their execution The witness, occasionally referring to a paper drawn up under his instruction, and signed by hint at the time, then deposed, that in the moo ing of the 12th of June, 1813, he wAs directed - to take 200 segmen from the Malta, and superintend . the embarkation 'of ordnance stores, which he itc complished before noon. Whilst employed in this service, Lieutenant Withers, principal agent for transports,came between nine and ten o'clock, to the best of his belief, and-said he had received orders from the Quart...T-Master-General z to sus pend the further embarkation.. i , liortly after Ge neral Dunkin came to that part of the beach where he was, and said the enemy was appearing in force, which made it absolutely necessary that all the boats should be ordered to that point. Haw ing gone to another part of the be'ach, he was in formed by several Officers, that Sir John Murray had desired all the boats,to be kept empty for, the;. accommodation of the troops, and ,he in -conse quence sent off no more military stores. The whole army was embarked in the course of the night. Ile afterwards proceeded with .six trans port boats, stores of various •descriptions",.vii. tracking tools, sand-bags platforms, .&c. from the . engineer depot neare s t the town, and returned to the Malta about five o'clock. _ _ Q. Have you not seen the whole French army stopped in their march by•the fire of our gun boats, and compelled to talty,tinotlier direction % A, 1 have seen, that, whilst Lord \Vni. Bernina commanded, hq not duriug.the time of the siege. Admiral Hallowell observed, in explanation, that he had put tails question front. a persuasion, that he could, at the tide the siege was raised, haVe covered, with his gun-boats; the advance of General Copons' army, which was precisely in the situation front. which tbc French had been driven under Suchet himself. Smite doubts being expressed as to the regulari ty of the question by the Deputy Advocate; they were over-ruled by the C6urt. Q. Were any provisions destro'ye(l, - ,or left be hind, at Tarragona, and of' wliat description A. A great (timidity of earn, flour, beans, and firewood was - left behind. • Q. Do yinn recollect th at the British made a signal on, the 14th, of the enemy appearing, near lialagner, to the number of 2000 cavalry and in fantry, with some cannon? The Deputy, Judge Advocate .here observed i tliat this question referred to a point of tint e.ot included in the third char . g - c.; and unless: General Murray therefore should admit it, the propiiety of the question must be determined ou by-the Court, which must he cleared for that purpose. Admiral lIALLowmt. said, be bad been directed by the Secretary of State 'to substantiate by evil. deuce the'assertions co:A:lined in-his letter, dated the 14t1,h, and Was therefore.desirous, is iindica tion of his own character ; So to do. Sir John .:;lurray replied, that lie was fully pre pared ty meet the charges •which the Court was As:scnibled ti) try,' tut could not b toppoged to poSSC.S 1.1: means of controverting Ivhatever 11CNV Matter might be introduced. A , ltuirhl Hallowell observed, that Sir Joint. Murray had been 18 months in possession of a cony of his letter. The public were then excluded, and it being near five o'clock, the decision of the Court on this point will be announced to-morrow (this day.) DUTCH PAPERS. VIENNA, JAN.3.--The'Kink of Wirtethburgh left, not only valuable presents behind him, but also . a very interesting Letter to his Majesty the; generous Emperor Francis, in which he thanks hint for the many proofs - of friendship which he has received, and declares, that nothing but the adCiee Of his physicians, who think it danger Ons to prolong h,is stay after so many attacks, could have induced hint to resolve on his departure . ; that be lett the Crown Prince to manage the af fairs still to besettled and that he will for the future skew to . the House of Austria, in whose greatness and prosperi!y he sees that of Wirteni burgh, the same astachinent which he thought hirnself.hound . to evince to the present system, as soon as it became the prevailing one- FRos.riEtts or SAXONY, JAN. 4.-L7-The adminis•- tration of the kingdom of Saxony penetrates deeper into the internal concerns of the country, and strive to relieve its distressed situatio n by large advances from the resources' -of the Prussian Monarchy; %I`e see how .the credit of the whole kingdom mpr-oves.; how the paper-money of this 'country which has so suffered by the war, rises in rainy, finw,a vigowns administration inspires Ali parts of the State, and revive order and confidence, It is evident, that this order which distinguishes the :Prussian Finances, depends very much on the justice and economy of the King.; • PETtIISBURG, DEc....24. 7 --By air Order of :his, Majesty the . Emperor, the Russian Armies are now divided into two separ4te Armies, one is Comma:tied in Chief by Field Marshal CoiAit Barclay de Tollv, and the otherhy Cieneral Coautit liet~l;i;ig eta. The regiments of the Guacts imo returned to this city and have occupied. their tcr mer quarters in the barracks. 13.—Rdron Mliyor o this city, gave, the (.! a y esterla: tote, at Avili c h' wcie asscuible:: • the distinguished perscmages end f•ici , ci rt - adi rank no,kv "at Brus_A is. Ells ness Cale " ulster, and among c Duke of ichnioiicl were prescot. persons adinived was 300. FRENCH l'A JAN: 3.—The first day of the year crowds repaired to the Graben, in the hope of beholiNug sonic interesting publication ; but the., day - passed as - tranonilly - as any that 'had precede& it. 'l'here nothing extraordinary, but a pro , - digious number of carriages, which crossed cacti other -at' all points ; "that of the 'English tubas' sador was' remarked for its conspicuous grandeur. " We hear. the plan, of dividing Germany into Circl 's has been abandoned, bec a use it was -thought the 'heads of those Provinces would o 1" tain too Much influence in , the affairs of the States of t-he Gern:an c'onfuLration. But the proje c t of a Supreme Federati% e Trihunal of the Contede , _ ration, as suggested by AUstria, will be adopted, " Lam( Lotteries are, noW much' iu vogue here. One was -drawn the 31st of December, in which the estates of Liezenherg and Walcheren were iho principal prizes. These, districts formerly lie' longedtcrthe Comptes De Kevenhuller, and were lately in the possession of the Baron Aretin. The Lottery consisted of 60,000 tickets.- MAILS. Aft: , IVED-1 France. DUE—I LiAOll, 4 HatnbliCO, terford. QUEES , BO:TII7DAY KEPT.—Holiday at the Exchequer, Bank, East India and South Sea Houses. HIGH WATFA AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROVS% Moriii.; , 4, 47 minutes after 7. 1 12 minutes atter 0' THE SUN. OLLAI 911151 nicEit.i: FA LILIAI AIIDEAT ? • LONDON►, sr~LDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1815. By a Dutch Mail this morning, we have E ccived the intelligence which will be found 1110 4 The following, however, from the same 'source,i possesses so much more ntere s6 that we eopy it into this part of our impressioP' for the particular notice. of our Readers : " Private Letters from Vienna of the 2d OP the i dans and connections of the malcontea ts at Milan, which have been discovered by the or' rest of General Ltccnr, and two other Gencr sls who had conspired, were very dangerous not 0 01 Y for but for all Europe, by - the - es teoi of their ramifications." it is said that • persons, chiefs of th e conspiracy, are comical"'lt to death. On the other hand, General KOLLER is going to. Elba! there is a talk of conveying I;tl°' 1 ) ° :S).2ARTE to Scotland, Nvhcre au estate will that title.