The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-18 00:00:00

COURT OF INQUIRY.

SECOND DAY.
AroV. 1'
proceelain
The hour at which the COurtCcilleolsseead''its
ings yesterday, prevented us from
the mere opening. The crowd that pressed l:or
mission was prodigious, and great confusion attenu..,
ed the.attempt to obtain 'entrance.' - As soon as etija
der was restored, the business of the day wag bvcgir
by the JUDGE ADVOCATE reading letters froto 4a..
finv to- the Jp.dge Advocate, exPla° a
giving more ti
tory of his condu& in Portnefal.' Among. .others,
letter frorn"Sii-HEw DALRYMPLE to Lord
REACH, requesting the produCtion of the correipon
ence between his Lordship, as Secretary of Slate, t
the Portuguese Ambassador, resneaing the hoe °
condo& to be pursued with respect to regaining Pos;
sessicn of Portugal, Lord CASTLEREAGH'S :3°,`ci,e
was then read, agreeing to produce the eorr6P6'
ence alluded to, with the exception of
munications with the Bishop of Operto. •
After making.considerable progress in these re-
tails, a pause took place, and atterpa short conferac"
among the Members of the Board, if to
The JUDGE ADVOCATE, adressing
the audience, stated, that the Board, infic'eu;L,
by a wish to promote the ends, of public justj'it
were extremely anxious-to prohibit any t`'`lt
had a teu.dency to defeat that desirable obj,t,:;t:,,,.bb
was therefore his determination not -to stilfer;of
publication of any part, of the proeedings
the investigation. The Board wished it tiKe
some cow-
to be distinctly understood, that their proho.:o,
should extet,d beyond the termination of the 04e314'iy
Inquiry, on the result of which would depoode..
MAJESTY'S pleasure, Whether any further investlb
tion of a military nature should take place, It w,i,o
t;
therefore, expe;iient fo require the suppression 0'
publication of all proceedings, until the gene r- 1,
suit should be known.
The copy of a letter was produced, written by
A. WELLESLEY to Gen. BURRARD. The fat
objee i
led to its being publicly read, because he hn
written it in confidence, and it contained frc'eAr;
nions on the charadters of several Portuguese ""
cers, who,._ not being subjeels of our Goverolllet:gli
ought not to have their adieus examined by
Court belonging to this country.
Lord MOIRA perused the letter, and said, thart:
contents certainly did nut refer to the subjea °Ver9
vestigation ; and as the praCtice of publishing tr
of a confidential nature, -abouading with free It,
nions persons nut subjects of our Governoe
would lead to most unpleasant Consequence!' e,
should move that it should not be real publl Yl,
The other Members of the Court coneu red 41,10
Lordship's opinion, and the letter was read by
(litt'ereht- Members of the Board, but not in the bed.
ing of strangers.
Sir HEW DALRYMPLE then came forward 01-A
'0
dressed .the'Court. He stated, thae- before be 011;4
in thenarrattve of his proeeedings, which a wt,s:elf
intention to 13y before the Cow t, he felt
IS
called on to say a word or two in vinclicatiao:4l'll3te
character, which had been grossly aspersed, use
public Papers, to serve, as it should seem, thC.-ipitcl
ot a more favoured Officer. The Coliveollod aat
been very generally reprobated in this Country/A:0
had no doubt that in a short lime it woliied;
more tavowably, because more Justly, apprecitto
By the publications' itt qnestion, however, be re
Convention calamitous or otherwe,e, be veilsr~P
sen.ed as ti,e sole author ot it ; that :troll; tit !,,ir
ment ef his arrival, he had had the stupia restlaitiO
tiott to act in Opposition
.to. the plan of prate lii
previously agreed on, and to order it to be 037'010
that he had dashed the laurels troin the brow! lit
victor ! aid that Sir A. WELLEstEY had prot",via
;
against, or, at all events, had strongly disaPPY
of, the terms of the Convention ! Fur i:imse,j'' th 4
had carefully abstainr-d from stating ally iblf)6
t
puhlie• Papers, altnt,ugh he was not here
a-gions to his quitting the army in Poi tugji? its
werepersons at work there with similar itnlAit'''this
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to those thrown out against his character in of
ceuldly He had purposely:abstained fwcii,
Newcpaper appeals, reserving hiniseit for thiso-
w coeld ill) douTid. tide, and with the c
.dour and openness iecoiningea Offici'r'
his ca-c. He now pleded himself ithatc
sir
and to his C.,untry, that Sir HARRY BURlAl");w1C
ARTHI,R WELLEsLEy, and ludihel!, \se
Geneial KkeecitmAte when the Etna
of the Convention of Cintra tre etiscuPiTlitient•
settled. Sir A. WELLESLEY bore .that .Prt),l tua°
Ent in the di;rl24,iion, to inch Lie r‘ .00
(tun. he hold i I the countlyo he gl reou' "`;`u.ii`carf
-bad lately Eta ned, and the iinportant
more partictilarly of a kcal which he
sensed, so well civil!, d him tozis,ume.
le
fore, had di,cuised, and assented to, not only
i''o4
pr =pie of the Convention, pith the tielat
of it ; and so fai from its being currv;.:l 11!;.
Srl ARTHUR WELLESL,EY had sined the
mires by the order, or rather by the compo'.Tsl%:'
of him (Sir H. DA ea ;21.E) , as leid two' 11. p•
nuaed, the fact was,' that he liinisvif %%03 9;,ie
ping up for the purpo,e 01 putting Ins ow tight
iotortuat.
to the preliminary ariides, xvitett tie was P`l 0 le"
by General KELLEttmASI iontt iat turn), 'Ci.Ol.O
minded him that he, as Commander
nut sign a Preliminary Treaty, w here the Otilcilqir
the other side was only a G coral of Divisiou •no
A. WELLEsLEY, then sioned Eh, Preliminary
without any order tram him (Sir H. DALaYAI7I'od
The conversation, he agreed, was carried tai ill d
French languige, and it aright be nut, he belit;
it was, that General KELLERMAN took minute,-
Jo.
As already sa id,• to,. ev et , e had never inserted
own representations, or his wen wiAles, in ii3e P:4oer
lie prints. He had liot, as was sated his 145 t be
insisted on a Cow 1-,nartial. He was happy rbj.ere Di;
should meet a court like the present, wfltyG
case .would be Wily gone into, and wet ,d 0'", se
checked by the trammels ot legal proceed:he., that
t!i not atra;d of iin enquiiy, conviece' •itea
his eduseand that of troth would be found 1(1W'; oot
in hand. He assured the Court that he 'l"itt sv,er
avail himselt of the privilege.ot dLciining to ")*1 on
any question, test it snould crinduale Itunseli;si,
the contrary, lie. should te.el pleasure the b
aiscif
nets, being sifted to the botiorn, and he 111;bict;
,itouht be 'ready to give every satiih.iction % sill
leigin be' demanded of hill, or which W`,l4,letio
ois power '' to ,rive. He had not, as already '1 big
demanded a Court Martial, and one reasch ..
not d :ing so was, be
-cause no charges .of a do' •