The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-21 00:00:00

Dn., HOND'AY, NOV. V.

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Th:s;morning the doors were opened,. as, usual,
abo eleven o'clock. The Court having taken their
seat- Sir • •
FIEw DALRYMPLE addressed the President,
•observing, that on a forMer' day,. he had mentioned
a difference between the. original of the Dispatch
which he-"transmitted to Lord CA4TLEREAGH, and
the copy Which was published in the Gazette , he
had •
now discovered that the error was in the Dis-
Patch, as prepared by his-Military Secretary, and
therefore begged leave to• Withdraw that part of his
former statement which alluded to this difference.
The Judge'Advocate stared, that he had applied
to the Office of the Secretary of State for the War
Department, for the original Dispatch sent by Sir
1-1' DALRYMPLE, and that it had been found that the.
Dispatch in the Gazette was correaly copied. from-
the original.
Sir FIEw DALRYMPLE assented to this statement,
arid then delivered to the President some official re-
turns.

Judge Advocate stated, that the Court had
—eeled him to call upon all persons who had infor-
.lllatiort to give respelling the objeCts under the eon-
I'leration of the Court, to deliver in their names and
*ldress, in order that they might be examined in
due time.
Ile then stated that the Court. had direCted that
all the witnesses present, who had been summoned
tc):ttend should withdraw.
I:1'Q. Pursuance of this order, Brigadier-General
cEitueotsr, Colonel TORRENS, Major TUCKER, and
Vt. ATALcoLm, of the Navy, withdrew from the
Court.

The JUDGE-ADVOCATE then proceeded to read
'4e statement delivered by Sir ARTHUR' WELLES-
Which Sir ,ARTHUR himself read on Sat9rday,-
-aud Which is given in THE SUN of this day.

Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY then addressed himself
to the President, and stated,. that if any illustration
°I his statement was required. by the Court, he -was-
readY either to give evidence or to call evidence,-
' After some private deliberation amongst the Mem-
beor s of the Court, the JUDGE ADVOCATE proceeded
,
some questions which had been sent by the
res.klent to Sir A. WELLESLEY, with the answer of
the .
Litter-, in writing.
Tho first question inquired, when Sir ARTHUR
ntst received his orders and instrations ? To this It
N'as answered, that he received orders from the Duke
clYoax, on the 15th of 'June, to take the command
a force to be assembled at Cork ; and 'that he re-
'eiveki his instruaions from Lord CASTLEREAGH, at
On the 30th or
4() the second question, as to the time of sailing,
it was answered, that he arrived at Cork front Dub-
lin Ott the 6th of July, to take the command, and
sailed from thence on the t ''!.tll of July, having under
his
command 12,300 men.
tt7}T° the third question, as to the orders under
before he sailed, the answer was, that they were
5:.7e the Court : he had not the original in:his pos-
t:::°n* The principal obje&, however, was to at-
tack
the French M the Tagus ; but with discretiOn
to attend to such other obje&s as he might deem ex-
Dedient.

To the fourth and fifth questions, respeeting his
Progress, the answers were, that it was already'de-
tailed in his dispatches.
• To the.sixth question, as to the knowledge which
he had-on his. arrival- at 11,Iondego Bay, of any re-
infOrcements:Oii their way to join them , the answer
that on his'airival there on the 30th of July,
'ceived letteFs, ,stating, the sailing of Brigadier,
tife-t_44l F.ENdER, with 5000 men, to join him, and
ma- Bf4itifty htIRR,ARD had orders to sail with
ane.n to join him, and he.therefore received
%de
t' to. give notice, by ships- ,of war,. where he
fictind.
-410--4kther_questions- the-answers were,—that-thei
fa,
• with which he marched consisted of 12,300,
-
''.l); that there was'a,.Portuguese Corps of 6000;
: FRICRE, a Corps. of 1500 Spa-:
"11 ish infantry; and about the same nurnber of Por
1-1
°Cueze Troops. employed:in defence of-•Oporto.
-it was also stated in thee ,answers, that the Ex-
qion from Cork was originally destined for the
11lop
'st of/Spain, to as as circumstances might re-
-9"i1*.,-*:l(Was for thiS reason that regular artillery
I.°l.Bes were not' provided, and horses were taken
r°qi the Irish Commissariat, 298 in number, 282
which were, on their arriv6l, fit for service. 4
It was also stated, that on the.l6rhof u&ust the,
troor •
126 had 14 days supply of biscuit.

rnelancholy accident happened in Portsmonth,
ziatijbtpur on Saturday afternoon: As the boat of the.
.1-Icunilto4 Transport, Capt. GARDNER-0' was;
,T,)'IIiULE on shore with the Captain, Lieot. RICHARD
/\;T.I agent of a division of transports, and Mr.
lIEDITH, late clerk to Mr.. lawrs7,-- agent fur
Transports, she upset, by which accident the two
I,.atter Gentlemen
anda four men were drowned.-
9AttnNEtt, man, and a boy, after swimming
iltl'riee mires,. Made South Beach, near the Castle.—
'" eY, Were saved by the 'exertions-of the soldiers at
6uutosea Castle.