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pert me. I brg that their names may be entered
upon tie minutes, as havilig been callcd by me."
PR /AID CNT--" The Court t:ink you ate at
libeittr to 0- n ; and to add. that the Court Were
perked,/ tat.,•fied. and did not think it uecessary to
gall them." .

Sir Gotta Porissu-14 It was my intention to
base called Captain Parker, who had formerly
Ilaßed from his station off the Cape of Good Hoge
• to the Rio de le Plata, conceiving it to be within the
limits .dis commands I also proposed to call
Mr. *Loan, Secretary and confidential Agent to
Admiral Cbristian, in order to spew that he had
secret orders to attack the Spanish Settlements; and
1 alsr, meant to have called Captain Dundas. 1
stall further 'leg the Court to allow Me to deliver
jot several pipers, all of which, two or three only
excepted, ave been already read in the course of
my defence."
The List of Papers Was then read, and it ccn-
sisted irf
Tiic r•oclamation, declaring war wish Spain.
Ihe tPder from the Admiralt), for Su Home room to
boor ti. broad ,eittleot
A Letter ihrit the Secret Committee of the East India Com.
pant, cl.ted the 2riih of June, 1803.
T• 10 Leiter. lions mcknow and Mr Mniden,
A L :tier from Sir Mg* Prrnha.n to the Gorernr.r.Gerteral
of India, upon the canter ;il. the Cape of Goal Hope.
Letter cmi gaining the derailed IseC31.11111o: the Eau, diner'.
L retie, from Sir D. Sao& to Mr. Windham, i.•• re the Peace
hi 1114111.
The orihrt of the Admiralty for Sir Hume Pophares return
to Pe.g'vrd.
Latter. from Sir Home Popham to Mr. Marsden, and
the latter, aelorrnaledpuent of the same, relative to the Ira-
ieert:t.rori, the Ca,rturit ar Simnel Ayres, end expressions (lithe
appnbation of the Admire/tr., of Sir Home Pop:la:We conduct.
Letter rai Itlehuchons in Ceit.rol Achmuty, upon his going
%curtains.* the tremsa in South America.
The Gam to Letbff Of the recapture of Buenos Ayres,
With rho e:qr, nil, aodahe 1111111110110111 marked thereon.
Sir Horne Popham% letter in the GlOl,lll-4 of Ntonts Video,
on the re-ca.rthre of Silent* Ayres. The surrender and Arti-
stes of Otto:nest ion.
Tiw .after from the Admiralty to Atli:6ra! Stirling, su-
ywr • ding Sir Home Popham 111 110 Command.
Note from Lord La.iderdale re Tallerrand, rcapeAing the
Ilvrceys of th- rn•CCII 3 a Sot.th America.

Itopnri ea a CnnsMatee at the noose of Commons, upon
Sit H nue I'vfMain's c.oduct in tli..:ll:ed See.
The I's csinser.—" Many of those papers are
irrelevant is the charge: all those repeSieg
th pr•iceedi;.gs at Buenos Ayres are totally distill&
from the matters of f:-.e charge, and you will recoi-
1-A, that any refl. r.ien which may hare been made
in the House C-‘mmrins, or elsewhere, upon your
conduct, can base no influence whatever upon our
minds!!
fir HONE POIPII•M-.--" I shall only beg that a
lettc- may be read nom Sir Francis Vincent, upon
the subjeCt of some papers I wished to have before
the Ci.ur, in order to slice, that I meant to tango
all personal interests for the public service."
Admiral ST A NINOPZ—" Surely ; it is very proper
this letter should be read, Sir Home. I am sure
there can be but one opinion oiym that sul,jett."
The letter wits then read, cortaining the reasons
• lot nut suffering the papers applied for to leave the
Admiralty, being of a nature too secret to be
disclosed before the public ; but in answer to the
application, Lord Howick observed, that the
ree.te.; confidence had been placed in Sir HomePopham, by the Emperor of Russia.
Sir Home Kirwan then said—" I here close my
defence, an, thoov myself entirely upon rt.e justice
and si.esdom o this honourable Court ; I have
suffeted ninth in my feelings and charaCter; but I do
trust and hope your judgment will relieve the one
and rescue the other. If, in my zeal for the service,
I hare esceedvd the limits of due discretion, I
frost it will appear, that I was solely actuated
by an anxious desire to promote the interests,
the honour, and the glory of my country.
Aided by my brave followers, and under the pro-
• illeakassi Divine Providence, I was put into the pos-
session dorm capital cities, in two different quarters
et the globe Upon an examination of my defence,
I trust it will he found that " the head and
hon• of my offending," is this, no more. 1 retire,
trusting in your wisdom and justice, for my ho-
gametal, acquittal."
Sit Home Prphans having, with his friends,
withdrawn, the Court was cleared about eleven
o'clock, and, after four hours deliberation, was
again opened, and Sir Home having taken his place
a: the font of the table, the Members being covered,
the Judge-Adv.:cats proceeded to read the sen-
tence, as follows :

This Court having maturely Consldeftd the minim of the
el:Mrs—beard all the evidence, sod haei ,g fully deliberat.d
term the whole of the ease, are of opinion, that the chirges
have been prove) against the said Captain Sir Home ito;,h am ;
that the withdrawing, without ottletsso to di, the whola of any
Laval force font the place where it is directed to be ern,deyert,
the em,•tinying it in distant operations against the enemy,
more especially if the success of such opct..tions should he
likely to p•svent its apcedy return, tn.iy be attended with the
most merinos inconvenience to the public ‘eivice, as the Bocce'
of any plan formed by His Majesty's Mininers, for operation.
against the enemy, in which such naval force aught he in-
abided, may, by such removal, be entirely prevented; cd
the COWL w ivitacr of opinion, that the coudutt of the to •
Captain Sir Horne Popham, in the withdrawing the whole
of ti.e naval force, under his commtnd, (•em the Cape of
Good Hope, and the proe,stling with it •o the Rio d.• la Plata,
ttwahidhls ciensttshle—hnt, rn considei silo.' et rite u m.t a
Me Court alorli adjudge his to as *war SEVERE I.l' RF-
Sa 1 MIA NDED--Ami he it acCUrt iII gly hereby severely Ter
inautled."

The Provost Marshal then proceeded t the Pre-
sident, and present.: l die swnrd of Sir Home Pop.
ham to hint, when he was nrdered to return it.
The Provost .Marshal returned to the the
table, and, with a respectful salutation, returned
the sword t• Sir Home Popham, dud the Court WAS

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY, MAICN

TLeTri.lof Sir Hour PueliAte terrninatei yes-
farday. The Calm found the charges ;nosed, and
aejadged cossidesation of circumstances,
to he estfi "seedy n'rilliest/a." We gave the svi-

deems of Viscount Mcs.rit.l.l, Ms. thstis:Og, and
Mr. ST 1::31.11 B /HRH!, yesterday, oirtattvdv. We
give the ecnclusion of the Trial this day. S.r
POPH AM, upon his departu .e from the Court, was
greeted by a great number of N.sval and Military
Officers. An immense concourse of p•ople waited
his landing at Sally Port, where tit! PROVosr-NIA
VIAL'S carriage attended his arrival ; the crowd
chiefly cons:sted f persons belonging to the Navy,
and the inhabitants of the own. They had pre.
pared to take the horses from his carriage, in order
to draw him home, brit he avoided this mark of
attention, and walked thr„ugh the to mn, amidst the
loud acclamations of the pi.pulace ; he was saluted
by all ranks of people as lie passed. file bells soon
after rang a merry peal.

A detailed account of the battle of Prussian
Eylau has not been transmitted by the Marquis of
Dovnt Al. It is said, h ,waver, to have reached
Petersburgh on the 17th, the dry before our
Messenger set off. but as the EIAPISROR was not
at Petersburgh, and all the letters from General
BENNIOSEN, were, according to the stria com-
mand of the EMIPCROII, to be first opened by him-
sa, the Marquis could not learn the contents.
Other letters, however, had arrived at Petersburgh,
by the same Messenger. Toe intelligence by these
is some Jays later than the official dispatches.
We understand they state that General B•NNIGsEN
has, in consequence of the exhausted state of the
country, and with a view of facilitating a junaion
with the reinforcements on their way to join him,
fallen back behind the Pragel. The French are re-
treating to the Vistula, which, it is supposed, they
mean to cross.

We have received Paris Papers, to rho 28th last.
The 3lnnetate does not mention the battle of Eylau,
and instead of reports of military events, contains
only Imperial Decrees, accounts of the late storm,
aad boasts of the success with which the Con-
srription h carried into effrra. One of the
Minor Papers, however, gives a letter from
Thorn. dated 13th February, shich says, that
the Russians made an cob:rt.:rate resistance, that
the loss of the French is Rot a third of the lore of
the enemy ; but that the battle 114: not had in ap-
pearante any othtr result than that of obtaining a
brilliant viCory. A French Editor date not to de-
scri4e the most severe defeat in any other terms.

Persons recently arrived from Holland, scat•,
that intelligence had been received there, of the
defeat of the Fteneh ; but great pains were taken
to prevent the propagation of it. It was rumoured
that their loss was between 10 and 31,000 men, in
killed, wounded and prisoners, with five Generals
The expedition uncer General 1% nit tzocce is
certainly destined for Buenos Ayres. That place
is confidently suppcs2d to be now in possession of
the English.
The Lancaster Petition, which stood for a ballot
on Tuesday last, was not compromised, as we stated,
by mistake, in ou- Paper of yesterday. but dropped,
no Counsel or Agent appearing for the Petitioners.
The recognizance of AWL entered imo by one of
the Petitioners, and his sureties, are consequently
forfeited to the Crown, and will be levied accord-
' itgly.
Tuesday, Messrs. Pucze, BATNIIIIISOC, and
Cu. gave notice to the Gentlemen of the Stock Ex-
change, and others in the habit of bidding for Irish
Loans, that Sir done Newroar, the Chancellor of
the Irish Exchequer, would be glad to see such
parties on Thursday next ,at two o'clock, as intend-
ed proposing for the Irish Loan of one Million and
a half. The following lists have been formed :
Mews Puget, liambridge, and Co.
Maori. Reed, Imo, and CO.
Messrs. Jourdan Shaw, and Co.
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The gun-brigs which have been missing ever since
the late dreadful gale. are supposed to have gone
on shore on the coast of France, as a Gentleman
states, that he saw between two and three hundred
prisoners marched into Havre; among whom were
several Naval Officers. Upwards of forty vessels,
of diXercnt descriptions, are stated to have been
wrecked on the French coast, in the late gale.
The storm has been as violent and as fatal on the
French coast as on the English : many French and
other ships have been wrecked.
Amongst the latter are the following English
vessels:
Two English vessels, names not staled; tits Europa, 110
tom; Ceres, 196 tons; Haethus, ttlo loos ; Foe ; a ship of
000 tons, under Fort Henri; Sdbr, 230 tons; a ship of 250
tons, near Dieppe; two other ships thsmasted, and towed into
Dieppe; a ship of lOU tons, sunk opposite Boulogne, crew
saved; a brig of 1$ guns and 60 m.•o, „;0 were leve•l, near
Sotteville; too begs Ist, one at Nleldekerke, Dm other at
Wendnne ; the Good Intenti,,n.
Sic other easels had a:abated near Dunkirk, they were
taken by einharkatien ir•tet the shore—.their names are, the
Friends, of London, 5.30 ions, laden with naval storm; the
Rorsiewn, 70 tons; Mediator, SW tom; Peel, Ind tom ;
Speeulatioa, 4.341 the Commerce of lieut.', with port
wino, got into Roseof.

t'il-e Kent, of 74 guns, Capt. Roos as, one of the
Rochefort squadron, arrived on Sunday at Ply-
mouth, to be docked and refitted. She has brought
home the officers and clew saved from the Atalaute
sloop, of I ti guns, Captain Robots& (saint) lost a
few days since off the Isle of Rhe. They amount
to about sixty, and were picked up by the buts of
the squadron off Rochefort. The remainder,
about twenty in number, were drowned or made
prisoners. The Sorge on is supposed to be
among the former, and the Purser among the latter.
The Keg: also reports, ti at 6 sail of light vitluarlers
hate been biotin from off Rochefort. in a late gale
at Seat, and are supposed to have gone a New.
fonniUand. It is also supposed, that th. Enal,averisr
light transport, lately blown from the Downs, is lost
od the coast of France. The Ceylon East Indians=
passed the Doi?, on Tueeday, from the river.

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