The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-08-28 00:00:00

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"I David Wood, serjcaisit, never hart any thought or in-
tention of bringing any c►arges against Captain Slaw,,, nor
did 1 authorise any pera.li to do au in my Name. I bale se-
veral times heard Thin p making inquiry among the men
about m) being pushed luau, but I never considered it as a
matter of any consequence, cur did I think anything about
it till Tkorp asked me about t►e same.
(Signed) "DAVID WOOD Seijt.
ad T. 11. Militia.

(WitWSW.) " FREDZILICK THOMAS, Capt
fitAtty,r b CLINCH. Lt.
" St O'Sli•VOIIIIILSST, Lt.
a May 10, tow."

1, James Hinton, do declare I never had any intention
siT referring a rha-ge against Captain %Jason. I own to hare
ikaerved what COUlill4.4ll[ol I have receiieJ, alien I was nu
Do minis Kneed. Lieutenant Lewis (-snail ate into the Offi-
cers' Guard-room, and asked me if I was at murk in
This conVersatiou took place in the pretence of Ensign
Squires, since Christmas last.
(Signed) " J. HIN TON.
" Tlittera) "Cit•. CLINCH, I.t. T 11.
eptford, loth May, 181.1."

" inth Mw, 'sin

"Thorp observing Wm. Mourn cap lacing in the tsp.
room at a public-house, Great GeurNstmet, en Thul.clay
last, said, Blunt, in this the eap plate srfiltli l'apt3in 31.116011
bent WINO he struck you on the bead? No : Captain 31.0.isii
did rot strike me, bat gare me a piss]. with his elbow' sod
lay cap dropped °troy head. Sheppersuu replied, youlistue
Meet, he did strike you, for I Rib presrut iu the urdesly.
roam at tie time.

(Sigsed)

"WM ►t BLUNT.
His Mark.
(Witness) "SA It. BA IC 6a, Srrjeant."
The fifth and last miarge could be proved hut
in part, as the case of John Beading could not be in-
vestigated, the period for bringing it forth Inning
expired ; but as far as regards the case cl
and certainly of Wright, whatever may be the
opinion of the Court as to the extent of the offence,
I submit that the witnesses have established it.

" otlealcu-1 Bus now necessarily constrained
to albeit to the address which Capt. Mason has
thought lit to lay before you, because I think that
the nigredielits of which it is composed are of that
nature that 1 should derelict from the cause 1
have espoused, and do injustice to it and myself, if
I passed it unnoticed.—That Gentlemen sets out
wit., obseivin_, that having lived a soldier's life,
lie ha, not .0 b ..44 of literary acquirements : there
we are ori a par—And as he, therefore, looks for-
ward to your indulgeuce--so do I.
•r Ile then char -r, that these accusations
proceed from a c piracy formed against huts :'
but my answer is, that if, knowing of the transac-
tions t barge I to Capt. Mason, and seeking for evi-
dence to support them, be conviney, then Inn 1
guilty ; hut if I am. it is guilty be eownoring to
br•ng conduit to jtistice.—When the
I)....idatit speaks of cionipiracy in me, he should
low, a bill, to himself ; and when I retort that
charg.• on him, I all to his recollection the conspi-
racy lie f.rured to stifle the effects of the testimo-
men•r. of more witnesses whom he and others in-
duced to sign the papers which 1 have mentioned;
■nd then it will appear, that my conspiracy was to
bring truth to light, whilst his conspiracy was to
extioginsh it !

'That the Defendant should have risen from
the humble isatisatioil of a prisms: soldier to the rank
he niw holds, is a matter of great in Illeougrutula.
bon, mei ate has a right to be proud of it ; and that
he has produced testimony of character that de.
serves every mark of consideration, I freely acknow-
ledge ; and that ti.is testimony was given by men
of considerable impertiiiice iu life: but where facts
•re proved, character, wilt all its Import, can only
be of value inasmuch as it may operate to soften the
Lrh sts of the law. ‘Vhilst, however, Capt. Mason
is so jealous of his character, and estimates it so
highly, he ought not, without foundation, to be
lavish in his reproaches of mine. I nevi r iv.is con-
rimed feriae any tribunal in the world—l never
committed pe,jury—l never was a disloyal man ;
1 did indeed desert fioni the 2.1 Regiment of Royal
Tower Runlets, because I had been grossly ill.
treated; sought redress, and demigods-41 a Court-
Martial; but tit rain. I never did that act in the
whole course of toy life that lam ashamed or afraid
to AVOW. It is nut by ins rhuracter, whether goad
or had, that Capt. Nlsson's e °iflict is investigated.
Even my character, were it Wantons, is :.o it/stifl-
e:a:MA tit lOU Wrong. I w•s oo witiiems against
Iles he lal-hied the tet•timully or inatingiled the
character of oi.e •that was? But if I were the
cad base person whom he has &embed.
and whose truth and loyalty have been so tainted,
why slut he, Ull Officer holding Ili, Majesty's com-
mission, • screen me from cam-
bia account tor that, nor do I imagliie any other
person on earth can or will.
" Instead of tilling his address with invective and
unforoded reproaches at one, it would hive been
better to have furiiisheil you with one (feel:mem to
defend himself; if, instead of abuse, he had intro.
diked argument founded upon feet, it would have
been inure creditable to him, and beneficial to the
service and his cause. If he could have assigned any
reasons why he withheld from the prior recruit his
indefeasible right, instead of purloinin.; f him
that which was his due; that would hove been a more
*dignified as well as isholesorne safeguard for him-
self, than all throblogny,tlererved or not, which he
has printed forth against me : end here, tor ttic last
time, I must avail my :elf of the OrCASIOII to declare,
that los imputations against my fame are as halve
as they our 1174111f10U1l 1111.1 foul.
•• Tins came. Mr. President and Gentlemen, is
not mut., it is the cense of the service, of
the humble private, of the inesprris !iced recruit,
and of the public at large. On your deterministic:li
the eves of all these R.I. fixed, mid they umertaiii
nn d übt that you will, as mew of h:gii honour, do,
elia:ge the duly w loch your countsy hair called
upon you to perform wills judgment and anti
Jti tier.
** Re ;devoid to accept my profound thanks for
the persiii.-1 kind rut I hate rx periems ;In y I
teind.r. must huinkly, those t 1,44.1,5; n lull n,y g a•
s.tie.le to the lii. lit 1 boos. am' I-ratio-II Judge-A !-
vs. ate, In abmn the t...k of frt.! 11:4•,...'s
rot ..1 us.s sour proceeding.. ha,
aa hose hands ii has keen sow, II anti to a n.t Ot
.ii, Inure now done."

mforr the sheer! VVI• re 0, the court
to as then clean.J. on order that it• Altlut•Tri night

deride nn their teutenee on the ritenner, Capt. Ana
Adjutant nitwit; which will not he promulgated
till sanctioned by H•s ‘lsirsts.

FOREIGN IN !ELLIGEI'CE.

PORTUGUESE. pAprAs

LISBON, ♦VG. 11.

By the last accounts from our army, it appears
that the enemy had relaxed in his attempts agaiust
Almeida.

PROCLAMATION CRUM Ills MUELLER CY TIIE MAR-

1111,11.-I:ENERAL LORD WELLINGTON.

" It having came to my knowledge that certain persons
have been sent by the enemy into the interior of the king.
dons, with letters and messages fur different
cities, and Rowan.; all such immune shall la• arrested as vi-
talism!, and sent, with the letters aids which they may be
char..; il, to my head•finariers.
r• Those who shall receive letters from the enemy's army,
and nut amweliend the bearers of them, shall be consideied
as accomplices, and subjected to the most rigorous pentsb-
ment. " WELLINGTON."

Ilcad.Ouarters, Aug. I, 1810."
Ois the .td nr.tant t4O cavalry entered Ataluia,
near Alpedroill-1, where they mene etigaged be
o etinadroos o' the regi new of Alcautara, elto
wade lti imen:terN and lolled 12.

lu the Order of the Day of the 2rl of Augir,t,
dated from the Head-Qoarters ut Lagiosa, and
in the Ga:ette of 3 isterday, the Mr:cabal
Commander-in-Chief te.tities his srtisfaction with
the good conduct of the Portugeese troops who
mere in the battle of the g ith of July. at the bridge
of Almeida, and %%lit, were toe two battalions of
Chassetirs. Nos. l aa.iti 3. Tile %lin-dial declares
that the reports circulated, and which in souse
measure compromised the battalion Ni. i, were
absolutely false, since it deserved equally with the
other the praises of his Excellency, who hos re-
warded the brilliant conduct of the Ensign of the
Battalion of Clui-,seors, No. J, Ant 111 l id Correa
Leiteon, by appointing him Lieutenant, agreeable
to the authority grunted him by the Prime Re;:ent
to promote officers who distingui►h themselves in
any action. His Ercelfency also declares that he
will request his Royal Highness to insert in large
characters iu the patents of officers who shall thtts
acquire promotion, the cords—r• FROMOTED
GOOD CONDUCT IN TIIE FIELD OF BATTLE."

The General Marquis de Romans %as on the sth
inst. at Olivettzs, whence, it is t•aid, he will xrt mot
with 42,0n0 men, to meet General Nlortirr, othoto,
forces arc from to to 11,000 men. It is said nal
the enemy has fallen back to the other side of the
Coa, and that they give no inslicstions of intending
the siege Almeida. General aipen,s to
be will in Pinhrl. Our armies reserve lb. it poti-
timis, observing the moveme•its of the Frrni.ll.

Offici4l communication from his Excellrawy Mair-
shal W. C. Bertsford, to his F.xctlleacy Don I.
Forjaz :
" It Or,. me rend. pleasure to is your Exeellency of
the dispositions of all classes of the people thron4hout this
past of tht kisigdom, shriving everywhere the utmost mill
and loyalty is dcfeuce of their country, and the unit
Jett st at Mrs of ihe common enemy, s ho just ly deserves it, by his
unwarraistahle conduct, and by the art• of violence sad VA-
r• sbes of every description which hr daily commits. In all
places the people rather Isaac their homes than submit to the
necessity of affording the enemy any assistance, and thus
evince the must &resat hive of their country. The peasants
also oppose the enemy whenever it is in their power; and ■
light party of them, con►isting of too men, sutler the cum
mead of ■ person called Jose Ribciro, attacki:el, on the ad
instant, in S. C 01131114 a detachment of French troops, 25
of • hoot they killed, and took several heads of cattle, ',Lich
they brought to me, but which I gave them Irate to tell for
their own use and benefit. I have formed them into a Cum
irtny, awl gives the command thereof to the above Ramiro,
tin account of Lis gallant nod patriotic conduct, with the
rank of Ensign in the army. W. C. BLELSFOR U.
" Ilesol•iptartria, Lugsosa, Ang. 7."