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COUR tvINQUIP Y. (11E1S EA COLLEG E.

• SIXTME DAY. Ney.te.

The Codrt resumed it. stain's this morning, at
half pant ten k.
The JrDOC ADVOCATE communicated to the
Beard, that in cousequesice of mow oheervation.,
winch, on a former day, had fallen from Sir Hew
Dalrymple, relative to a supposed letter, wntten
after the conclusion of tlw Armistice, to the Bishop
of Oporto,'by Sir A. %Veil...ley, lie (the Jut!re Ade
vocate) had conceived it In, duty to snake an appli-
cation to the Oft.: of the Secretary of State, in or-
der to ascertain whether there was any copy of such
document„ 'fhe result of this inquiry was, that no
such letter existed there.
Sir Hew Daiavitece stated. in explanation,
that his object, in alluding to this supposed letter,
was to prove, from the tenor of that communica-
tiou, and from the mover which was returned to it
by toe Bishop of Oporto, that that person had
differeut opinion of the Annietice, on filth Sep-
tember, to that which he subsequently expressed
on the lath.
The Julius ADVOCATP thee proceeded.tc read
the reply of Sir Arthur Wellesley to the uarrative
of Sir Hew Dalrymple; or which a full report was
giveu iu 1311AT141 PEEIS on Wednesday.
Sir Arthur Wellesley siguitied his intention to
the Board of eentniuino Colonel 'Ferretti, Captain
'alcolm, and Colour, Tucker.
Colonel Torrent; was brit culled in, and examined
to the following affecl, hi Sir Arthur Wellesley :
Sir Arthur—Colonel forrens, do you recollect
my haviug a conversation with you, either on the
aight of the 22d of August, or On the moron%
of the Oil, relative to my having signed the Ar.
taistiee ?
Answer--At day-light, on the morning of the
2t-sd, Sir Anhui Wellesley uwatioued to toe the
occurrences that had taken place the evening be-
fore, and said, that he had elicited the Armistice,
the desire of Sir Haw Dalrymple, .Ithotigh be to-
tally &improved of imag ponies in it, and of the
tom of the a .gunge in which it we> riniA., up.
keuesuoti—ethd I state to you the part of the
Armistice of which l disapproved ?
A. Sir Arthur principally suited, that he disap-
proved of the article that provided for the neutra-
lity of the ituanuos, and of the forty eight hems
suspetteim winch had been granted to tile enemy,
from the termination of the armistice. before bovti-
lithe should reco.uintitce.
Q. Do you recollect tar having expressed to
you great use:animus oil tut t2ilof Anzust, on find-
ing that I did not poems' the coutideoce of the
Commander in Chief.
A. I do recollect that Sir Arthur Wellesley did
express, lifts r he had a useeing with the Com-
mander of the Perces, on lauding at Macent,
that he, tie- Arthur, ti al ti that it was appa-
rent lie had mot toe coilibieiti'e of the Com-
mander of the force., that effect.
Question—Did I state to you my reasons for
forming that opiaion.
Answer Sir Arthur did este to me his reasons.
Is it the wish of time Court that I should state them.
The Count.—State them ?
A n-wer—Sir Arthur told me, that on the landing
of Sir Hew Dalrymple. he had gone to him to re-
present the necessity oldie anuy advancing, at the
swine time stating lois reasons for thinking each
adrance net:emery. That Sir New Dalrymple
reply was, that he had but just arrived. and was
comegueutly unable to form any judgment ma the
matter. Upon which an Officer of the Staff spoke
apart to Sir Hew and then followed Sir Arthur
Wellesley, and told him, that it was the desire of
the Commander of the Purees, that he, Sir Arthur,
should make preparations for the march of the ar-
my. acid givewhateedere bathing/lit necessary for it.
Question—Was that Officer of the Staff Colonel
Murray
Answer--It was Colonel Murray.
Questiesw—Doyea whiled that I told you. that
Colonel Murray had *pekoe to the Commander of
the Forces, epee the aecessity of marching, in moo-
serpteuce of my haviag urged thou Deceenty to Col.
Murray after the COIOIINOMILT of the Forces had
declined lo atiead to nip recoanneudatios ?
Answer—ml certaisaly did widenstaud from Sir
Arthur. that Colossal :Murray had urged the ueces-
bll2 of all advance. to the Commander of the Forces,
in consequeace of his Mein had a conference with
toe Colemil, as that 'abject; bat I cannot reesH to
my secollectioo. whether or uotffir Arthur Welles-
ley told me die had this coofereisce with Colonel
Murray, after he had urged this matter himself, to
the Commander of the karma.
Sir Hew Dalrymple declining to put any ques-
tions to Colonel Term" that °Star withdrew.
Captain Maleolut. of the Navy. was uext called,
and mansimul by Sir Arthur Wellesley.
Sir Arthur—Do you recollect my waiting on the
Commander-in-Chief. in company with you, on the
morning of the 16th of August i
Answer—l. do.
Question—L/0 you recollect my having. recoin-
mended to the Commander-in-Chief to announce
to General Janet the termination of the suspension
of hostilities. in forty-eight hour*, without reference
to the detail whielt.had been received of tbe senti-
ments of the Admiral, naspecting the artiele of the
Armistice which referred to the Russians; leering
Geneve! Juoot to renew the negociatioo, if he
thought proper'
Answer—l do.
Question—Please to state what passed.
Answer—On my going into the room, Sir Hew
Dalrymple informed Sir Ai thur Wellesley that the
Adam al would not agree to that pert of tile arms-
nee that regarded the Huseistu fleet. Sir Arthur
replied, that he thought as much. Sir Hew then
nuked Sir Arthur W'elbreley fur his opinion of what
steps ought to be taken. Sir Arthur thought it
most advisable to inform Grimed Jutiot„ its eeneral
terms, that the Admiral disapproved of the armies.
tier, a. he, Sir Arthur, saw no tweessity tor point-
ing out the particular article of which Sir Charles
Cotton disappreved. Sir Arthur also proposed that
General Junot should be MA that the suispeosiosi
should be at an cud in forty-eight hours, as *reed
upon he the Armistice, leasing into tint tieueral
to pro!'se terms of negotiation mew.
Sir Hew Dalrymple not wishing to put any
questions to Captain Malcolm. that offiat then

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woo part. -
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of the Briiiiiii
constituted
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,ed by tip,
the town itself. Lisbon was, he weiclowswoue
supplied with provisions. The Contractor
provided for the Vreuch, had, previous to
Hew's departure from Lisbon, contracted to
ply the British army on its march tonsr:dit:hi
Dish frontier ; and the Contractor ii ibtgt
hend any impedimeut to exist aglinstAbe
mint of his contract.
The Earl of MOlll.l then put serer*
of minor importance to Sir flew MIK
natoryof the asowers he hadgiveu

.

terrogatories.
Sir AILTSUR WIIILLSSIAY eshet)
the Board to put the fallowing questioas to
Ile* Dallyniple. which was granted':
Questioe--Did yon aver issovievisneate to roe the
contents of the Secretary of btate's letter to Tod.
relative to me. which you reeskto the Beard ?
Answer—Certeauly net. , , .".
Queslieu—What were the Tar et ,ceenau nice.
tions and positimis left To the beat Of the enemy.
in consequence of my adopt* at the tine of id-
'ranee to Lisboa by the sea comet?
Auswer—Of this great WIC4II Ire I had formed
my opinion before I landed in Portugal. and, con-
sequently. the lUembers of this Beard. who are
murk better jodges than 1 am. may well know
what degree of winglit is attached to the observa-
tion.
Question—Do you recollect my giving you any
statement ou the t3d instant, relative to the me-
morandum I gave Lieuteestet-Coionel Ilerray.
Answer—l refer you to my fount, answer. Ido
not recollect that you did ; but I know Lieutenant.
Colonel Murray got the memorviodum from you.
If you are anxious. 1 will admit 1 did receive the
statement from you, oltliougli my memory sloe, not
tell cee I dill.

Question—Do you recollect the propositiousuesis I
by General Kellerman. on ue.cocisting.,itbr Amiss I
tice. respecting the Bussiau Beet barn alltivissi to
return to the Baltic?
Anuser—l cannot my that I cesocastscr such a
proposition being inaile by Geashul Kettersamot. oit '
associating the Armistice, but I.wl ore K lifyt MO.
;strongly ur,rl, or Ina.thst:uswil. &A if it it
*mad bare made an impression ou lOW
• Geoeral Ferguson ir as nest culled nits Caries,
and the followtog wr:tteta iiiterrumAtomies were put
to bins ; Isis answers were iris° lb Sit be
reed
Question-03 the ?Ist of August, Lmvisoo tlsa
elotv,is of It•owl•e, what were the %Me;
anro-
aourves of the rtie!cy ?
(intl. being cenfitleri to his own

Alip .. :This having been charged with immortal.
!tips A of the embargo,
_imposed for wain-
and having allowed judgment tom.
okain:irs",.ugliul• oustAfortOullgelatilt. ;st
• blesiosialeinty-extenees. as is II kb*
. lampibeipipadjed tlitilllitopriweinagallids.
iv yik, *03;241.4gi s. **a toasty of asserm
wi LAtl AM PA Linn.
attaiiiniffitat Vid hers tried before Lord Chief
r4siltiatillifillifilli, it the last Assizes forth. musty
itipediriduilpsisd..ceavieted of an assault upon'
areletioo. to whoa) sod her children
:111tajttf:p_poiated, by her hosbaird, trustee.—
' It appeared that a dispute bed. arisen oboist a fen:*
which 'separated the vas from the other, silos.
which seise abusieelsilliage teased.' and tit* Dew
fendeatietsews Obe Prosesetris. For this •
offense be was4l :oil adjudged by the Court
to pay tri Kis& a .2 lt
isiarid to be ( oinniitned,
No the. com 4 edy
. tbN • et the blizA.ats
nail payment ;'itid- to give secirity for h 4
OM belts: Arse f* two yearn; honest, is the *rut
of sol. and two sureties in 6.51. each.

COURT OF CANYON PUMP, Gessimiatill

Wings at Nisi Prim, tirfore Lord C'Airf Jetties
M Litwin LLD.

antastioLos ts. tassel:a sed MOLT.
Mr. Sevjearit l3usT .tared thin to be us action,
brought by the Plaintiffs. timber-inerchants,
toptinat V.s Defendarns, upon $ remissory note.
peered for wood few making mensal iostruteents.
Ne ut.deraourt the defence to be vat up by the De.
feird,tit H.:tlt was, that the note was tent .igned by
ath.l Unit he was aot the peruser of tbe ctinr
DrAredint Weaver, by whom the arts was passed
for self u..d LT*.; but he *mold knot., that the
liefentiants were the purelta,ers of a patent far
making flageolets, train a prison of the MUM' cf
Pirrintari. and that Mitt egiraily iwertered in the_
conduct if the busineis oat] tt cats: and if he
did, he would be imultd to • verdict i4ainst thus
WilOhn Shadhold, the brother of the Plaintilfus
and their clerk, proved that Weaver had ottrti par
hes'ed from rhtni wood for numutintin sag fla4etsii
leis: that !hilt land fur some of it, and that Wea.
ver aemelwed lA% in question for himself sod.
Host. Lbio4iir'enteseezansitiation he said he •
tievardlift Heft at 11re Amp, but at the brewhoute
of Meak. Untlore, it here he woes clru L.
Amtreiv Kvilinais, the origival patentee for mak-
ilageb!ets. pawed belied said hi. interest

ar flew Dal;ymple eett PrOdetteed tkz paper brigade, Ls: had 114 the memo of knowing eel
inten'ofinteeki. viaitas. On. the let day he bad redly---et cap cereal to him they bad 14,000 wed
rived from the Deed for the perpoe. of his in the' and that the resonrcee of the .
Ling vr ritteu emcee. TJtaisalswers steer; fur the loon ney thee eery few. • .•
4 ran, anticipated itt the 'uorciatre of hts pt*. ' Voall*Pqr"-440 Yqu iiitiow,:gie ttrerigth .of the '
dings from the time when he took the c.oluitiand Ikaatiqoaki ?„ _ ci.s
.c ~..s.
the Braise army in forte nil, end which html •'. a(isevcow;- Ala nit know lie nature of its fortifi- ..
r
..... part of the proceedings of the Bond. catiOrs."lll' iefit-hafttiln pt nunity of amnesia- .
e general tendency of his answers wasiStb este- big it; 'lstitat itidetot teeth thffiees if it could make • ..
. ...
h the followieg fac4s:-41•1'he on hi. Ilitbibis ai ref au; gyteit'recorsebrC;; ,a. • . a s
Tial, at Mecetu, he repaired to the oratirtars of. 4./aciatoutpniseaktNialt,efrom the eh:mi.-ter of
HarryLlurrerd, mud fixed the beadvaseerat is. the lirtwell astniaaer, he wouid holm surrender- ."
some house. That he had letssed Um 114) en- .ed before. LISIV)VAIIs dV4l.OYed ? •: •
ire in conversation with that officer. principally Ale.wer--4ettNbasalit-weilal have thee as Othee
on the details of time nction or the if.iv iwrorri ' ierkt44li, ,u 'Ater Ariitnustances, would hart. .
ich that officer had witnessed. lie did not re- upend: ~:o.: .fs• .
we any reports fromhimof thy statc of time edit- Quettioa-v-If Lisbon atiffered a siege, do con '•
yor commisteriet, nor of the supposed strewth. suopse.e.togichproperty would have been destrojetlS •
the French garrisons iu the vulvas torts of the , Auswer—All cities that are besieged is:utt Illf-
14US. or in the vicinity of Liabuii. He we told fir ; but I 11% aotee Why Lisbou should be core. ...
the debilitated state of the horses attached to unfortunate thane* other, oroehy.it would rattier
r brigades of artillery ; but he at tb..4 iniipmed more. •
sir exhausted condition arose from fatigue, and . Qutitioo::-401411.,the enemy sipper after the
t from their total unfi an
tness for the *Promo bout battle of the d Aesensit ?
e beginning. He also learnt/1, that to L 4 Aaswer*--CodOicalfalisituayed and disheiartened. ..
is a scarcity of tnilitary. stores; and the . I"' 1 question—WWif tnaln of sr iHery lied Sir Ar-
my &rendes! upon the victuallers for samples Moor Wellealey•etswebed to his force?
id the victuallers upon the weather. When he ' Answer—Niue pounders were time heaviest:
w Sir Arthur, in the course of the saute d my, that Question—Were these of inifficiaint weight to Le •
Herr gave him, as far as he could recollect, no sherd againstforts? •
!vs iiifoi•mation. An advance of the army was re- Ariswer—Certainly not ; Ind tient would depend
inansended by Sir Arthur, to take place, in the on the strength of the fortilications.
oozing. In the ,new, time, General Kraermati Quirstion=Could not the force of Sir Joins
rived at the out-posts. He sent Colonel Walker Moore be used to advantage? I
'
r the 50th Regiment to being him i:t. He be- Answer—lf Sir Joint Moore had bean at Santo=
eyed that Kellerman redact...l his full powers to rein, after the battle of the mist, the Freoch would
eat. Sir Hew called in Sir H. Berard and Sir have Leen doloptetely eta off in their retreat to •
. Wellesley, to assist in the negociation. Sir Almeida.
harry did test appear to takeee active part: bat Major Gemmel Fergellon then retires).
it Arthur did ; and most cordially cooeto Aid in Sir new DALIITICIMI was spill called ep, and
he propriety of beating for the evacuation of Pot- the Mowing questions were pet to him by the
age by the French. The discussion of the treaty Berri :--
•as short. The bemellts to be derived; mad the Qatetion—rlittiten did yet ffest• transmit the At-
Acuities to be avoided, by rgreeing to the Con- ticks of the Convention to this eiuntry t
totting., were detailed at length. Hie reeon for Answer—On the 4th of Saressibor I transmitted
a:ceding to an uslintited suspension of heti- the oe6oitive They:
.It.os, *44 that is the mean tune the *my nit. Question—Did you rind two eopiet of it ; one
Ler Sir John Muure should effect its debarks& in French, and the other in English e .
ion, an object so very much at heart. Where Anowsposulo French eery ;tt wee difileseed and •
he articles of the erinistiet were arranged, he enoseede Vriaeh.
erteinly did get up to sign it, but he treed tilt . fitaisef.k; Seeress wee then called i wine
.
:tm would do him the jet
tiee to believe, that lee Presideit -headed hint seeerill writteu mere. t
would not sign without previously reading Coif " ' «Hitt *he hid mod. and Warbled the •
:o.ivincing himself, that the document mitered he wrobbtritiet en written sewers to illuein. I
with the agreement. When sohoequesstly the Coos -The board &Neared at a quarter Emus three
station, as agreed upon by Colonel ,4i ray sod o'clek, akMil.teti o'clock out Sett:Way morning.
Eileueral Kraemer, • was seat for ratifreatisen, he The Hal was more crowded Allan opou stay pro:
t.sct
hid assemble the Lieutenant-Generals of the army, 'nous day. • ...r. .. •
but not to couditute a Council of Watr. 'He di.4., d ... ~-, HeCiIiMIHNIMMIER ~.: .. . - .
' - ,
Wit think the case required that measure, although . 'oil ad: tilerW /NTt LL/1.; ENCL. ~. /
.
l • • •
he was sleeps anxious to render the- abilities and 3 , --adoi.-.• , :•••
,
knowledge of such excellent Officers subservient to Or lIING's BENCH—Nov. se. •
time greet interests of their country is exigent camp,
but particularly in the arduous sa unexpected : .•-,. `'l 't giblrt.se and JOHN no tar.
situation in which he found himself. •liut.•by act. Thee spied and convicted of aiding in
ing so, he never fancied that be waemot sabjeet to the "If ?.. t. French prisoners. were this (lay •
the sole responsibility, or was incli*d.to give op sicidin jas! nd 'lay. ec.yert to he imprisoned eighteen
his own conviction, by a servile subtee: Ai to the
_„ mcnYthe* I° liti.e.th°7 C 464, in the ecstasy :.
opinions of others. He next described .the particu- of Ihifhiughs"
tar movements of the army, from the ieri of Au- '4,„,'" _ ?SAS. WWII snags'',
gust to the sth of Scpteanh..r. The country from -titruiltritloOttiltatiolbierecsancseieted of IstaflisbUtg•
Torres Vedras to Lisbon, in the road which be r,i, truifft! i rteLteeer°°l.(.:krwiefs 1,
- ntent, sod desertion,
marched, watt open, but the heights were difficult ,i.. -"°
. lef"*" s
of ascent. partteaterrfor ortfnince.-tred tflteolore dm • ' eit this day brae& up for
made it necessary to have dram. horses. It we 'utilttus4it:''' ' ' c°u'lte in the abstinent
so open that every movement or cavalry was die- ere te.ad,endalt° s", .°""fed°, vitt s° behalf,. of the
eullOalt ; after within the ATTOILIVIYAJEKCIAL
eernible, and cavalry could consequently fully act.;.
The garrison of Elva. and its depedeukies ca, Iscwilitieard. on the part.ofihe prosecution, and Mr.
sided of 1400 men. He had receivel no retoms. . , AitLE.T.OI tottletiOh or punishment.
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of the garrisons in the other forts. ',The situation, Taw LueatitirsusWiff 'the question worthy of file'
thet etmgi deritten% 9rdertd the Defendant to be
of the Castle of Lisbon is comitilieding, but the'
old works were of no greet strength; /the new 'were' •f°'°°'stfed t° .the,ftwthdY of the Marshal* 1134
constructed by the French, and were diiticted &pier brought
i,;Ill. Joa
,816klad day of term.
-. • •
• 's n cower
the than itself. Lidon was, he eedositoildo - ; ,„,_, ' • •
_______l...-:....1,-- A...A with minute.