The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-05-23 00:00:00

FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1821.

Present—Captain Charles Siewsrt, President ;
Captain Samuel Evans and Captain Charles Morris,
Member. ; Henry Wheaton, Esq. Judge Advocate.
The mutates of the proceedings, and the eri-

The Court having proceeded to examine into the
matters stated in the warrant from the Honourable
the Secretary of the Navy, dated the twentieth day
of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
one, do report the following statement thereof as it
appears to them :
It appears to the Court, that Captain James
Barron was, by sentence of a Court Martial, bear-
ing date the Bth day or February, 1808, suspended
for five years from his ply and emoluments, and
from the service of the United States. That the
two letters accompanying the said warrant, and an-
nexed to their proceedings, being a letter from
William Lewia, Esq.to Charles W. Goldaborough,
Esq. dated Pernambuco, September 7, 1811, and
• letter from Mr. Thomas P. Goodwin, dated
March 4, 1819, to the Secretary of the Navy, were
written by the persons whose signatures they bear,
and received by theveraons to whom they were ad-
dressed. That the said William Lewis has since
deceased, being auppased to have been lost in
the United States brig Epervier, on her return
home from the Mediterranean, in the year 1813 ;
and that the said Thomas P. Goodwin also died
some time in the month of January, 1820,
at the Havannah. That the said letters (con-
taining allegations that the said Captain James
Barron, during his suspension, being at Pernam-
buco. did make to Mr. Lyon, British Consul at
that place, certain declarations and representations
respecting the President and Government of the
United States, highly improper and unbecoming
an officer of the United State.), were coinmuni.
cater) by the Navy Department to the said Captain
James Barron for explanation, and copies thereof
delivered to him in 1819, soon after his return to
the United States. That Captain Barron passed
through Baltimore in the spring of the year 1819,
where the said Goodwin then was; but, whether
Captain Barron saw the said Goodwin. does not
appear to the Court by the testimony; and it is
stated by Captain Barron that he did not.
That it appears to the Court, that the said Wil-
liam Lewis was a man of the strictest honour and
integrity, and an officer of distinguished merit ; and
that the character of .the said Goodwin for troth
and veracity was highly respectable, but that he
was of a very ardent temper, which was particu-
larly manifested when excited by conversation on
political subjects. And that the said Lyon was also
a man of respectable character.
It further appears to the Court, that Captain
Barron did not, during his residence at Pernam-
buco, in the year 1809, live with Mr. Lyon, the
British Consul there, as stated its said Goodwin's
letter, but that the said Captain Barron lodged •
part of the time in a tavern, and the remainder of
the time in • house which he rented jointly with one
Fernandez, who was the supercargo of the vessel in
which Captain Barron went out to Brazil as mas-
ter ; and that it appears to the Court by testimony
of two respectable witnesses, who were in Pernam-
buco in the year 1811, and had frequent couveraa-
tions with the mid Goodwin at that place, and with
the said Lewis and Lyon, that said witnesses never
heard from any of these persons any doing respect-
ing the facts stated in said Goodwin's leiter to the
Secretary of the Navy ; nor did they hear from any
other person or persons at that place any reports or
rumours of such conversations having taken place
between Captain Barron and said Lyon, as are
stated in said letter ; and no legal evidence has
been produced to the Court, tending to prove the
truth of the allegations contained in said letter.
And it further appears in the Court, that Cap-
tain James Barron left the United Stares on or
about the 6th day of April, 1812, as master and
supercargo of the hrig Portia. belonging to Messrs.
Armistead and Kelly, of Norfolk, and proceeded
to Lisbon, where he arrived in said brig in the be•
ginning of May. 1812, where the outward cargo
was dispooed of, and the proceeds remitted by him
to London, according to instruction. from the
owners, except • part of the same, which was in-
vested in a cargo of fruit, with which he sailed
for Gottenburg, where he arrived on the 311 day
of July, 1812; and from thence sailed to Copen-
hagen, where the proceed. of the cargo went into
the hands of the Danish Government. The vessel
was subsequently sold for the sum of 7,500 dollars,
of which 7,000 dollars were remitted by Captain
Barron to the owners, and 500 dollars retained by
him to pay his own expenses, and those of his crew.
That the news of the declaration of war by the
United States against Great Britain, reached Co-
penhagen some time in the month of July, 1812,
and that Capt. Barron was wholly dependant upon
his labour and exertions as a ship-master for his sup-
port and the maintenance of his family, while sus-
pended from his pay and emoluments.
And it further appeara to the Court. that no
order or proclamation was issued by the Govern.
ment of the United States in consequence of the
declaration of war, directing such officers of the
navy as were Osseo% from the country to relent
but a proclamation was issued by the Presideat of
the United States. on the 19th day of June, 1812,
announcing the declaration of war, and enjoining
on all military and civil officers to be vigilant its
the execution of their duttea. That no special
order was sent by the Navy Department to Captain
Barron. directing his return ; nor were any other
orders given to the said Captain Barron previous or
subsequent to the expiration of his term of 'aspen-
non from service, and before Isis arrival in the
United States; nor was ally permission or leave of
absence from the country given to Captain Barron
at any time.
It further appears to the Court, that the suspen-
sion of Captain Barron expired on the Bth day of
February, 1813, whilst lie still remained at Copen-
hagen ; and that on the lid of July. 1813, Cap.
taro Barron wrote to the Secretary of the Navy two
letters, one of them marked private, which were
duly received at the Navy Department, and copies
of which are annexed to these proceedings.
That no answer was given by the Secretary of the
Navy to said letters, nor were any other communi-
cations received by the Navy Department from Cap-
tain Barron, until his return to the United States
in 1818.

It does not appear to the Court that Cap-
tain Barron muds au) actual attempt to re-

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tare Co the' fjeltect gt..tes until the summer of
1814 s when, in pursuance of the advice of the
Honourable Henry Clay, one or the Ministers
of the United States, then in Europe, to whom
Captain Barron had expressed his earnest desire
to return to the United States, and serve in
war with England, he proceeded from Copenhagen
to Gottenhurg, and on the 11th of June, in that
vest, applied to Captain Samuel Angus, of the
United States corvette John Adams:, for a passage
on hoard that vessel to this country.
That Captain Angus expressed himself willing to
comply with this request, but referred Capfuls
Barron to the Honourable John Quincy Adams, and
the Honourable Jonathan Russell, two of the Mi-
nisters of the United States (then about to embark
on hoard said corvette for tae Texel), for their opi-
nion whether this could be done consistently with
the character of the satd ship as a cartel.
That Captain B irron stated to the said Minis-
t►rs that his motive for wishing to return to the
United States at that time, was his t desire to
offer his professional services to his country in
the war in which she was then engsged, and to
claim employment in the station to which he was
entitled in the navy; but that the said Ministers
felt themselves compelled (though with reluct-
ance), to give it as their opinion to Captain Angus,
that he could not, consistently with the terms of the
cartel, give a passage to Captain Barron. In con-
sequence of which Captain Angus declined com-
plying with Captain Barrou's request, and be
returned to Copenhagen.
That Captain Barron subsequently applied by
letter to Mr. Russell, at Ghent, during the summer
of the year 1814, renewing his request for a passage
to the United States. in the corvette John Adams,
then lying at the Trite!, and received an answer
from Mr. Russell, stating his and Mr. Adams' de-
sire to give effect to Captain Barron's request, but
that the British Government would net consent to
permit any other persons than those attached to the
legation at Ghent to embark on board that ship.
It does not appear by any evidence produced to
the Court, that Captain Barron made any subse-
quent attempt to return to the United States, but
he remained at Copenhagen until the close of the
war with England, and did not return to this
country until the latter part of the year 1818.
That Captain Barron has been paid his half-pay
from the Bth day of February, 1819, to the 28th of
February, 1819, inclusive, and full pay and rations
from the last-mentioned day, to the 91st of
January, 1821. That he drew on the Accountant
of the Navy at Copenhagen on the 29th of Novem-
ber, 1817, directing the said Accountant to pay to
the orde► of Mrs. Elizabeth Barron, or to Mr.
Wilton Hope, of Hampton, Virginia, any balance
of his half-pay that might be due at that time.
That it does not appear to the Court at what
rate of exchange a bill on the Government of the
United States could have been negotiated at Co-
penhagen during the late war; but that it appears
f►om the evidence extremely difficult, if nut im-
passible, to have negotiated bills on this country.
It further appears to the Court that Capt. Barron
war in embarrassed circumstances, and in want of
pecuniary means while at Copenhagen; but the
precise extent of his embarrassments, and of his
means. at different periods, does not distinctly
appear.
And it does not appear that he made application
to any of the Ministers, Agents, or Consuls, of the
United States in Europe, or any other persons, to
obtain an advance of the funds necessary to enable
him to return home. Nor when he reported him-
self for service in 1813, did he apply to the Navy
Department for funds, or at any subsequent period
of his absence, or make known his wants to the
I)epartnient. Nor could such application to such
Ministers, Agents, or Consuls, in their official capa-
city. have been successful. as they had no special
authority to make such advance.
It further appears to the Court, that Captain
Barron hail, during the wa►, the choice of three
different routes by which he might have returned to
the United States. _ _

The first was by the way of England : by which
route it does not appear, from the testimony. that
any particular difficulties were (except at one period)
interposed to the passage of citizens of the United
States, not in the service of their country. But
several witnesses stated their impression that • naval
officer, returning from Europe to the United States,
if travelling under that avowed character, would
certainly be liable to detention and imprisonment;
and, if travelling as • merchant, or in soy other
pacific character, might. under some circumstances,
be exposed to more serious perils.
The second was from some port in the north of
Europe, in American or neutral vessels. It does riot
appear that any of our own merchant vessels
escaped the vigilance of the enemy'scruirers, after
the declaration of war was generally and publicly
known in the north of Europe, so as to effect their
escape from the Baltic or the North Sea. The only
opportunity, under the American flag, of reach-
ing this country by that route, which has beets
brought to the notice of the Court, is the pilot boat
CAamplahs. which► was sent by certain mer-
chants in New York, to give information to ves-
sels in the Baltic of the declaration of war, nod in
which one of the witnesses, Richard Law, Esq. re-
!tartlet to the United States, in the autumn of
1814 ; which opportunity was confidentially made
known to s■id Law, by the person to whom the
boot was consigned; hut was not publicly known
at Copenhagen, nor considered u safe opportunity
at that season. And that the abject for which Cap-
tain Bsrron proposed to embark, might have been
an objection to receiving him on board of • neutral
vessel.

The third route, which Captain Barron might
have selected to return to the United States from
Copenhagen, during the comities slice of the war,
was to proceed over land to some port in France,
or elsewhere in the south of Europ-, and thrre
awuit an opportunity of embarking to • letter of
Insigne. or privateer, or other vessel. The ex-
peu•rs of such • journey by laud, according to the
testimony which has been produced to the
Court, would have varied from 100 to 700 dollars,
according to the period and the circuiustatices to
which it might be undertaken, mud the manner
in which it should he conducted.

It appears that, in the year 1812, and the first
part of the year 1815, Captain Barra►, with regular
passports and sufficient pecuniary means, u►ight
have proceeded from Copenhagen to France,

except fot the British blookatle of passages
tween the Island of Zealand, in which ComlL,_
gen stands, and the Confluent ; which, howes„,,
does not appear to have formed any considerslil.
obstacle. But, from April 1813, to April 1814,
the communications were extremely einharra,,,,l
by the state of the war, and the movements of
different armies. After April, 1814, there was io
very serious obstacle to his proceediiig from Capri—
halter) to any part of France : but the difficulty rif
embarking in the ports of that country for the
United States, was proportionally socreased, fcr a
short time, in consequence of some of those pore
being occupied by the British, and others exposed
to their control mod close itispectious
And ot all times before the pewee of Paris, hi
May, 1814, there was very considerable diticulit
iii procuring passports for American citizens iJ
travel through that part of the continent of Bump..,
and army vexations and interruptions from hi-
police of different countries and the movements
troops ; which latter obstacle did not entirely cease
after the continental peace.
No evidence has been produced to the Court is
spew what detained Captain Barron in Europe,
after the ratification of the Treaty of Peace beluerl
the United States and Great Britain in 1815.
The Court adjourned till to-morrow.
Saturday, July 14, 1621.
The Court met porsuant to adjuu 11111 l ent—pr,
sent as yesterday. The Court proceeded further
to deliberate upon the case, and, miter mature cos•
itineration thereof, pronounced the following opi-
nion :

" l'he Court is of opinion, that the conversation
alleged to have taken place between Captain Janos
Barron, and Mr. Lyon. the British Consul et
Pernambuco, in the year 1809, has not been proved.
" And the Court is further of opiiiinn. that NI.
though the evidence produced by Capt. Barron este.
blushes his sincere and earnest dvtire to return to
the United States, at certain periods, and the dif-
ficulty of accomplishing his wishes, let the Coon
in of opinion, that ilia evidence of his in.
ability to return sooner than he actually did, is not
satisfactory ; and it is therefore the opinion of the
Court, that his absence from the United State.,
without the permission of the Government, was
contrary to his defy as an officer iu the navy of the
United States.

a CHARLES STEWART, Presides,.
M H. WHEATON, ledge Adrocak."
BALTIMORE, APRIL 2.
Office of the Federal Gazette.
We have been favoured by a friend with a ti'e
of Caraccss papers, received here to-day by the
schooner Blocher, Capt. Stevenson. The fallaa-
log dippatch of General Soublette is the only astu-
cle which we could prepare for publication to time
fur this Casette:—

OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY BESIEGING IPORTO
CABELLO.
Hendisarters of Yakseia, February 17, 112?„
Yesterday a (ores of shoot 100 of t►e enemy preseutrl
Itself is she seigbbosrlsood of Virgil,lma, which was best.*
mid completely routed, leaving many prisoners is our huh.
Oar guard, cossisti•g of about 85 gresadiers, adraircid
epos this point, fared t►e messy, and checked his pore..
Having ascertained his aas►eraaad hi■ int' slims to erniebloi
himself in our neighbourhood., • company of goesadi.r.
was marched agaiuA Idol, which obtained this gismo% &A-
rmitage, beating double their somber.
Arcurdi•g to she declaration of the prisoners, this orrtrh.
ed corps came confiding is the friendly disposition of
country, and calculated that it would not wily had an dAh•
culty is establishing itself as the heights of Virgin's., but
indulged the hope of reuniting tab the bands with which the
enemy supposed those valleys so be infested; bat they hare
eves received fresh proof of the resolsiioa of thooe inhini-
tants to moistais their liberty, sod defend themselves agaimt
t►e Spaniards.
The militia compasies of emir, of Gums, IN. Dives.
and Gsayos, without waiting for ordeal, waited theiondris
most promptly, matched to the invaded point, jawed tM
gresadiets, ond took part with t►em is the action sod
victory. God preortve your Excellency many nears
C. SOUBLETTE.

On Thursday the General Assembly of th.
Chuseb of Scotland was opened by the Earl .1
Morrom, Majest)'s High Commissioner, when
an appropriate discourse was delivered io the 110
Church, Edinburgh, by the Reverend Doc,nr
Thum's, Moderator to the last Assembly.—Dr.
L•MONT was chosen Moderator for the present
Assembly ; and, after some other routine busimi-,
he Assembly adjourned.

CORN KICHANGE, MAT It
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W. had a few fresh arrivals frosts Suffolk this intorsiet,
chiefly with Wheat and Barley. both which ariuctes met very
heavy aisle at blooday's quotations. The supply of (his
bs
also increased since Monday, sad what few pales were mole
were at rather lower prices. la Beaus and Pease there is uo
alterstiva.

COAL MARKET, M♦Y 22.
Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Prove.
29/ Newcastle
S Senderland
2 Yorkshire
1 Elgin Maio ..... .... 1
2 Culm

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY
Book Stock
3 per Cent. Red 7m3f I hobo Stock .. 243 i
3 per Cent. Cone. 791 E I India Bonds.. 52 55 yl
31 per Cent. r49l I 01,1 Annul, e•.... 7s!
4 per COW*. 9-11; I Ex. bilk, 2
5 per Ct. N. An. 1029 I Y pr. par 3 pr.
4 per Centa. IS2-2 954 I Ditto Smell 5 pt.
Batik L. An. 19 15.161 Lottery Tickets 191.10'.
'2O 19 15-16 I Cons. for Acc. SOL 79:?,

MARRIAGE.
Lately. at Denton, the Rev. T. We'by Northmore, ehh‘t
non of T Surthmore, Eaq. of Cleve, Ilevonsh,.e, to KttlP.
thud daughter of Sir W. E. Wellly, But. of Dutton

DEATHS.
On Wenoesday week, Slytthew Wateshoute. E. of
Aesopley, near Rotherham. *gen ttl, brother of the btu
Thomas Waterhouse, E.q. of Beckinghani. steer Gaiiip•
borough, wbu served the office of High She,tit of Notting.
hamshire.
At Gosherton, Lincolnshire, yesterday se'nuirbt, h,,,
Hogdro. The decamped was married on the precentor n.!•
mod retired to rest on M'epinesday sight, is high health po.
spirits, bet ere Ike matting claimed she dropped noon en
the chamber fluor, sad instaatly expired.
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moue, Blather, Capt. Stevenson. The
; dispatch of General Soublette is the only sou-
which we could prepare for publication to time
this Gazelle :
'ERATIONS OF THE ARMY BESIEGING PORTO
CA BELLO.
Head-quarters of Yaleiseia, February 27, 182?.
festerday a tureen( shoat 200 of the enemy present,'
if is the seighbosrlsood of Virginian, which was bests
I completely routed, leaving men, prisoners is our hand,
r guard, consistisig of about 85 gresadiers, adramid
ro this point, fared the meaty, and checked his purr..
ring ascertained his numbers sod his intralgs to esislAsh
self in our neighbourhood, • company of resider.
marched aphis* him, which obtained this gismo% al-
rh-
Lleacuger'd ibs7gs Ilion rilltdeodvebelles rtitialsoi renitTetofortuhrbfeediripr'sdholtiysosst,:lenoddsenifii.Lsirpocb.iie,uhrgb...,:ititibedtiniiistissasiejoia.rettieadi,i....
I airy,
IrsPe establishing aides i
"e ea calculated
itself
enfilbf a
t
ulged the hope of reuniting all the bands with which the
se
to: ryte:esTesiadselafrideasithibwepiirreilivotabefilio7ylthisueedrb:sodeiutlessrei
Spasiards.
rke militia conspasies sf cavalry of Gemara, M. Dins.
I Gsayos, without waiting for ordeal, waited theinsorris
II promptly, matched to the invaded point, joined the
.nadiels. end took part with them is the action sod
tog. God preserve your Excellency wavy year,
C. SOUBLETTE.
On Thursday the General Assembly of the
touch of Scotland was opened by the Earl .1
(mon, his Majest)'s High Commissioner, when
appropriate discourse was delivered io the MO
torch, Edinburgh, by the Reverend Docur
Ramis, Moderator to the last Assembly.-.-Dr.
LBWS? was chosen Moderator for the present
set ably ; and, after some other routine busuiep,,
Assembly adjourned.
COZY KJICHANGE, Mar It.
7re had a few fresh arrivals from Suffolk this wisester,
tiny with Wheat and Barley, both which articles met very
ivy sale at Monday's quotations. The supply of lists ha.
:orressed since Monday, and what few salmi were made
re at rather lower prices. Is Beans and Pease there is .0
COAL MARKET, MAY 22.
pe at Market. Ships Sold. Peke.
tt Newcastle
Sonderland
t Yorkshire
I Elgin Mai 0......... 1
1 Culm
_ .
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY
ink Stock
per Cent. Red 7mit I lochs Stock ..
per Cent. Cons. 791 E I India Bonds.. 52 55 pr.
per Cent. O9l I Ohl ,%1111111,e..... 7s!
per Cdltes. .... 9411 I En. bilk, Loftus.
per Ct. N. An. ttliti I Y pr. par 3 pr.
per Cents. 1833 95 I Ditto Small ....4 5 rt.
ink L. An. 19 15.161 I Lottery Tickets 19/.10..
'2O 19 15.16 I Cons. for Ace. sot, 79:?,
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MARRIAGE.
Lately. at Dentou, the Rev. T. Welbv Northmore, 41..3
it of T. Northmore, Eq. of Cleve, Deironihnr, to Knit..
third daughter of Sir W. E. %Veiny, But. of Demon
.11.
DEATHS.
On Wednesday week, 51ritthew Waterhouse, Esq. '
aniley, neer Rotherham, aged $l, brother of the
Lte
somas Waterhouse, Esq. of Beckinchem. ewer Gann.
:nruttsdui:gGoieh,,....wheTbuzecdnr:edLaiiwnteodheiwnossailacemre;orrfreHateigordhuaby'Leseipanr•BectriffetaNti,tioif3tidi;
d retired to rest on Wednesday sight, is high hea
lth sir
nits, bat ere the morning &word she droppedduet n
e chamber loon, sad instantly expired.
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