The National Register.
London, England, 1815-01-22 00:00:00

TUESDAY, SECOWD DAY.

Admiral Hallowell being called upon by the Court to substantiate
the third charge, began by saying, that he wished. two letters to be
lead, before he entered into the third charge. The first was a letter
written by him to Sir E. Pellew on the 19th of June, correcting an
error that he had fallen into in hi. letter of the 14th, as to the quantity
of artillery lost : tite other letter was from Mr. Croker,Secretary of the
Admiralty, acquabniog him that the charges arainst Sir J. Wire>, were
to be empired into before a Court-Martial. He wide d those letters to
be read, in order to shew that be came forward as a prosecutor, not
.from any motives of personal malice against Sir J. Murray, but that he
had been called upon by the Government to substantiate the statement
which lie had conceived it his bounden duty to make in his letter to Sir
E. Prllevr.
The letters being read, Admiral Hallowell then proceeded in his
statement. Previous to calling and witnesses, he wished to explain
•one passage in his first letter to Sir E. Pellesi. lie bad said that that
.army had already been more disgraced than any British army ever
wits. By this expression, he had not intended to cast the slightest re-
ffio.tion on any of the officers or men who served under Sir J. Murray.
He believed that there were never officers more anxious and zealous
to distinguish themselves than those officeia were. He never saw any
regiments in better condition than those which composed this army.
Alt that lie meant by 0 e expression was, that the army, as a body,
had been completely disgraced by the manner in which they had been
obliged• to act by the direction of Sir J. Murray. Since that period he
had been almost constantly serrieg in the Mediterranean, and had
heard with astonishment, that reports most prejudicial t t his character
bad beta industriously circulated. It had been said of him, mid the
.tepreaehtution was made in very high circles, that be was a man who
'chose to set his military opinion in competition with that of the General
of the forces, and that he had put himself at the head of a sort of
cabal of naval officers against the military branch of the servite. In
refttation of that calumny, he would appeal to Sir Julio Murray him-
self. When the General informed him of his intention to roise the
siege, he gave no opinion at all upon that subject. This was pertly
snilitat'y question ; and as he was asked fur no opinion, hu did not ob-
trude it. But whenasked the qoestion of re-embarkation was decided on,
then lie thought that his duty to his King and•country required hint to
give every ussistazice, not only in re embarking the troops, but in sit v-
i the public stores and the heavy artillery. Ile had the means of
doing so on the 12th, and had pledeed himself, if Sir J. Murray had
• ul:oived aufficient time. If he was charged With disobeying orders
given by the QuarteraMaster-General, for shopping the embarl",tiou of
'gums and horses, 1:e roust plead euiltv to that charge. But, in crise-
osuence of his Out attending to the directions given by Gets. Donkin,
-tsert.ty pieces of heavy artillery were carried away, that would other
ss lac have probably been ithend-ned like the rest. He %%mild appeal
-to every officer in the army, whether he, had not zealously alTorded
'every co-operation in his power.
• lii another part of his statement, he had said tha- every fur•her mare-
"tient of the envy, while under the direction of Sir .1. Murray, would
'he attended with fresh disaster, and he had assigned as the reason of
fear, the indecision which he knew to belong to the character of that
officer. lie should now state to the Cotut many remarkable instances
nrthat indecision. On the night of the 10 11, two new batteries were
completed; and by day-fight on the 1 tilt, all the batteries, bombs, and
gun•vesaels, 'opened their fire on Tnrragona. At stuorise on that day,
Sir J. Afirrav informed him that Gen. De Caen had advanced to Villa
Franca, and he set out to meet him. lie returned about eight o'clock
that evening, ai.d gave directions that Puerto Real should be stormed
precisely at ten. Before that time came, he again changed. his wind