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Helena, it, was'deemed advisable to bear tip tOr that.
I,land, not only on account of the Ocean, but be-
cause it had, been suggested as pOssibl that: Go-
vernor might be able
_to spare a few hundred troops
to strengthen the 'Expedition, especially as it had
been proposed during the late war to attempt a simi-
lar enterprize with toe troops of the Island only.
That no time might be lost alter tais decision was
taken, I ViSpatched. the. Encounter: to Caps. Honey-
min, who was cruizing oft the mouth of the River,
to •warh him of 'the probable arrival, of the Ocean,
and the Narcissus was sent to St. Helena, with letter
ti to the Governor, and although I have not yet.,
recei'Vedati otiicial .answ`e'r,. yet he has ordered One
hundred and fitly infantry, and'one hundred artillery-
nien, with 'fivo hoWitzers, to join the Expedition,
abd'a's"l'`truSt they- will be embarked either this
nior►aing, 'or early to-morrow mornitig, I hope we
shall be able to sail inimediately in the execution 'of..
this Service.-

I am, &c.

HOME POPHAM.

Since writing the above, I have received the Go-
vernor's answer, No. 2, td which,l have
,annexed nay
ancwer, No. 3, for their Lordships' information.
The inclosed contained'the letterg referred to in
this piwisript,

No. 17, dated Rio de la Plata, July fg, is the dis:-
patch from Sir Home to the Admiralty, summoning
the capture of Buenos Ayres. This letter contains.
the copies. of two letters, •the one. addressed to •any
()Ulcer senior in command to Sir Home Popham at-
the' Cape of Good Hope, and the other to any Ofli-
- cer junior.. Bosh press strongly for reinforcements,
in-order to be„enabled. to , proceed to farther offen-
sive operations, particularly, against Monte Video:
In the letter to the Junior Officer, .Sir Home states,
.I think it-right to dire 6 that you lose no time in
dispatching.; all: the naval force, at, the Ca'pe to this
place, except such part as Sir David. Baird and your-
self may think it absolutely necessary to detain there."
No. 13, is. a letter from Sir George Shee'to Mr.
iNfarsden, inclosingthe copies of two letters addressed
by Sir David Baird to Lord Castlereagh, and dated
atthe Cape of Good Hope, on the 14th of April and
sth of May. The first of these letters-communi-
cates an account of 'the detaChment which Sir D.
Baird had sent out with Sir Home Popham to the
Rio de la Phtta, 'and states the reasons which induced
that Officer to concur in the enterprize, 'rea-
sons are 'quite• tantamount to those which appear in.
Sir Home Popharn's letter to the Admiralty, detailed
in No-: 15.—General Baird expresses' his hope that
the importance-of the objea, and the apparent faci-
lity of attaining it,. will serve to reconcile his Ma-
jesty's GoVerninent to his condi-lain undertaking it
without any ,zpecial command.—The second letter
from Genet-al Baird ( Ontains an account of the Can-
nonier,Fretich frigate having on the 3oth of April
anchored in Simon's Bay; and having sent a Lieute-
mot on shore, supposing the Cape to be still in the
possession of the'DntCh thnt that the Lieutenant
was; with his boat's et:ew,Ataken-prisoners, and the
Cannonier escaped by• cutting and putting to sea
again v.ith the greatest precipitation, leaving two'
.p,•••1,--'•••• behind her. This letter further
'• rr.o p..• e • •,-•
mentioned the capture Ti; • , the [lag vor-
tona, under Melanburgh, bound to the Cape, and to
. _ mentionS. that ssnons sonari
.tJatavia. J. ; _ _ . .
dispatches which were found
,on board this brig if
vas' an order to the Governor' at the Cape (sup-.
posing that place of course to be in possess' ~-,_ of
the Dutch), to receive any French Droops -which
might arrive in a distinguished ',2..,anner, and to yield
the command of the Fre::.Z.ti-and Batavian forces to ,
,the senior OffiCer of the former,. although of inferior
rank, "An inference," observes General 'Baird,
"-may, I think, be fairly drawn from this circum-
stance, that the French meditated to send out abody
of troops for the purpose of either' taking possession
of the Cape, or of forming a conjunct expeditio,a
against St. Helena, or some of our I:l:jai,ic poises_

Upon reZog the first inclosure in the last num-
ber, Sir Home.Popham pointed out an omission,
probably in the copying the letter, as it only men-
tioned " the WeSt," whereas it should have been
`'the West Indies," to whiCh the French fleet had
prOseCuted their voyage, according to the informa-
tithihe had received, and Sir D. Baird had his intel-
ligence from him--L-therefore there must have been
a mistake in the omission of the word " Indies,"
-Which he wished to have corrected, lcastoany impro-
per impression shOuld be produced by the statement
as it now appeared.
Mr. Jarvis was not prepared to speak to the omis-
sion pointed ont by the Hon., Captain, in thiS Copy,
as-he had not the original dispateb by him. He'waS,
ho‘Vever, not disinclined to admit that there might
be such a mistake as* that alluded to by the Hon.
Captain. However, ache had not brought down the
original; he could not state positively. ThiS original,
indeed, he did not think material, as he did not mean
tot oiler the letters referred to as evidence against the
Captain; 'althongh read in the statement of the'
charge. .
',Sir Horne PophaM was aware that such letters
were not admissible evidence against him ; but yet
he wished that any document laid before the Court
shOuld be correct, and in that case he had no ob-
jeeion 'whatever' that any letter and paper at all re-
lating to the subje& of the charge before the Court
should be brought forward. Indeed, he could not
butbe-aniions that every thing connected with this
business should transpire--concealment was not his
interest. - . •

'Mr, Jarvis, after observing that perhaps this con—
versation was irregular, agAin remarked, that as this
Oper was not adduced asevidence, any mistake in it
could not be material. However, he should have
rio obYe6ien to accede to the Hon. Captain's wish.'

. _
Sir Home Popham begged not to be understood
23 asking for any thing which he could not prove ;
but it would save time if the Learned Counsel would•
accede to the admission required.
After some further conversation, Mr. Jarvis ad-
mitted that Sir Home Popham represented his belief
to Sir David Baird that the .French. Fleet had gone
to the 'West Indies; which admission was entered
accordingly.
• The Judge Advocate stated, that the papers Which
'he had read composed all that was referred to in the
charge before the. Court.
• Mr. Jarvis asked, whether the Hon. Captain ad-
mitted the receipt• of the original instru6tions of the
2gth July, 1805 ?
Sir Home Popham.—" Certainly; and I admit

every dccument reftrred to in ale Charge, which
purports to have been written by me ; also such a 3
I received...;,. • ; =1 • • - .
The insfruetions were read over again as evidence;
but some of Pie doeumeiits,''whibh immediately fol
to fired bei.~g but ccqiied,4ith'sonle blanks, the Court
adjourntfd for some timo-„ until the originals were
sent for ashore.

Sir Home Po2ham stated, that_ he.never received
the numbers 3,4, and 5-,:until the other day on his
return to England.; he therefore contl know nothing
of the orders they. contained. There was goad rea-
son, , indeed, that thw'se Dispatches never reached
hitn, for the 'Belle Poui4acket, Which contained
some; was,, as he understood, captured by the ene-
my.; and the Lyar, by Which the Other, was sent,
never touched at the Cape..
Mr. Jarvis admitted that these DispatcheS did not
form evidence 'to affect the Hon. Captain, as know.-
ingtheir contents : • he adduced them Merely •as evi-
. dence, that such were issued, by the Admiralty.
Sir Home Pop-harn asked then, if not against him,
why bring them forward at all upon-.his trial ?
Mr. Jarvis.--`` TO spew that the Board of Admi-
ralty believed the Hon. Captain to be at the Cape to
rece►ve orders."

The President.—" As there is no eiidence of the
rec,.ipt of these orders,, of course no charge ofdis-
Obedience can arise out of them."

Sir Home Popham.—" Theo for what purpose are
they laid before the Courrif they are not.meant to
affea me ? I really cannot. conceive the objeft which
the Learned Counsel 'h in view.. Idu not mean
to 'argue.a.,point of law with the. Learned Counsel."

President. —" He is not here as Counsel—he ap-
pears here as Prosecutor, to which the Admiralty
have appointed him."

sij• FL Popham.—" Then he officiates a double
capacity-4-as Counsel and as prosecutor."' •
President.—' 'We know him here only as Prose-
cutor." •
The Judge Advocate asked, whether these letters
should be admitted ?
President.—‘‘ -Let them be received, the Court
will consider afferWards how far they bear upon the
case before it."

After the letters, Brc admitted by the Prisoner,
had been read in evidence.:— •

Mr. Jarvis' stated.;. that the case for the prosecution
was. closed. Tlie Learned Gentleman obser'ved;
that the Hon. Captain, in a letter, officially received
from him yesterday, placed a gOod deal of emphasis
upon what he called the introduaion of new.niatter
into the charge, which. had been recently conveyed to
him, But having seen the charge; a copy of which
was transmitted to the Hon. Captain immediately
after his arrival, in England, he declared, that •he saw
no material difference between that and the' former.
He was sorry that in the former•the documents to
be 'adduced in evidence Were• not specifically de-
scribed, as the Hon. Captain professed to feel- some
inconvenience on account of that Omission.

Sir Home Popham observed, that the differedce
would be obvious to any matt wlio reviewed, the
documents then-1,44e5. Indeed there were seine
papers read to-day which he' had never seen
heard of.

The President telling Sir Hotve P0p1,9-
he was now at liberty to enter npon _7`n, that.
t defence Sir
nonce requested liberty to retirP with his
unsel
for a few miee,;xs, which
.vas granted. Upon his.
:cimn to Court,
Sir Home sai~' he Mast confess that he could not
feel hins'l comfortable if called upon _to 'enter into
his 11',"efenee beforP Monday. He should be happy
io come forward to-morrow if it were in his power,
but he hoped the'Court would feel it very• natural
that he should be prepared; when they refle6ledthat
there were some letters advanced in evidence against
him which he never heard of until this day, and that
some proceedings had, been taken by his Prosecutors
of which he was not apprized until he came to Ports- *
mouth.
President:--" There are Officers here who have
been called away- from various stations, where they
are engaged in the service of their country, there-
fore every convenient expedition is desirable. Per-
haps by .to-morrow you may be able to prepare your
Defence 5 in that hope we shall adjourn the Court
until then ; if not ready, -you will state when you
can be so. I trust you will endeavour to come for-
ward as soon as possible."
Sir Home Pophain." Really, Sir, I am anxious
to come forward as soon as possible 5 but from the
variety of new matter that has* appeared—from the
publicity which is likely to be given to this busineSs,
through the number of Reporters now present, I
hope this Hon. Court will feel that is it due to my.
chaster to leave no endeavour unremitted to meet
every part of the accusation. T shall use myutind3t
exertion to comply with the wishes, and to abridge
the trouble and attendance of the Court ; but I hope
they will feel the propriety of my prOposition for 'far-
ther time to consider my case."
One of the Members of the Court (we understOod,
it to be Admiral H011oway) expressed .a
wish: that
the Defence should be entered upon to-morrow, or
at least that a sati'sfae-lory reason should, be assigned
for the propriety of farther delay.
Sir Home Popham thought the new letters. brought
forward this day quite a sufficient reason for the de.7
lay he required. Besides, there were some letters
for which lie had applied to the Admiralty, and which
he had not yet received.
Mr. Jarvis• was sorry that the Hon. Captain should
*feel any reason to complain upon this occasion. Any
letters he had it in his power to furnish should be at
the service of the Hon. Captain. He held in his
hanci copies of all the documents referred to in the
charge, and would immediately present them to the
Hon. Captain or his agent.
These letters were accordingly received by Mr.
Lavie.

After same further conversation, the Court ad-
journed till eleven. o'cloCk.to-morrow=the President
expressing a hope that the defence would be then
ready; and the Hon. Captain statingliis fears that' it
could pot, . although he would willingly st:.y up all
night for. the purpose, if that would enable him to
comply with the wishb of the Coqn.

SECOND DAY.--SATUADAY, MARCH 7.

Sir Home' Popham, upon his appearance in Court,
was asked by the President whether he was ready to
enter upon his defence ?
The Hon. Captain replied, that' however anxious
he must be to gratify the wish of the Court, and to
bring this business to a conclusion, he was most

sincerely uu ill7ng to occasion the Court any delay
thkitcould consistently be avoided. But from the al-
teraftOn which appeared between the charge origibal-
-ly-served upon him in London, and that which he had
rec..-ived from the Judge Admcate since his wival at
Portsmouth ; the tOrMer rokirring 'to but three let-
ters, ;the latter to no less than eighteen, some of
which he had heard for the first time yesterday, has-
tily read, in Court ;. from _the very—severe anitwAVer:
situ;:; upo, his conducl, which, had been, made in the
Senate; and the party animadverSion s still more severe
which had appeared in some of the-periodical-fall----
cations; he felt it essentially necessary to his chaa4er
to enter at large into all the faCts-whieh he hadiitig
his power to advance in his. defence.. He therefore
found it-impossible to come prepared at that morneht„
the more especially as it wr.s,. among other circurn
stances, his misfortune recently to meet with a very,
serious domestic affliCtion. arising out of tri),animad-'
versions he had already alluded to. For:these rea-
sons, which he hoped.. the .COurt would feel, suf-
ficient. to enervate and .disarrange any man's mind,
he regretted to say, that he .was quite unable to Com-.
ply with the wishes Of the Court, &entering into
his defence at present. .But there were some let-
ters which, in order to save time, he wished now to
hear read., These letters Were, that which ;was ad-
dressed to him by the Judge Advocate, and dated
the 4th instant ; and also his own letter to Mr. Se--
cretary MarSden, renniring a copy or the trial of
Captain Thompson, with whom he (Sir Home) had
sailed as a Midshipman for three years; also his let-
ter of the 30th of April,. from St. -Helena, the mere
addenda to-which was read by the Prosecutor ; also
The Gazette of the 27th -of Tilly last, in order to-
compare it with his- letter of the same date ; also
the inclosures in his letter to the Admiralty of 'the
gth of October; 180.5.

The 'President .asked Sir Home, ,whether the
letters.he,required to have read . were 'necessary' to
his defence ?

Sir Home replied,
,that in his defence he meant to
refer to them.

Mr. Jarvis Observed, that the charge before the
Court was word for word the same ti ith that- whieh
he had seen before the Hon. Captain came thEngland,-
and which was presented to him, he under*tood,
immediately upon his arrival. The Learned Gentle-
man then entered into some legal objections to the
right of the Hon. Captain to demand papers or evi-.
deuce from .his prosecutors. He did not'. wish-to
press this objeaion, but yet he wished it to be under-.
stood, that he felt it to be perfealy tenable. The
Learned Gentleman was .proceedink, w hen he W.:W
interrupted by the Court, who told him that be',
could not be allowed to b 6 into any observations
that nature. - .

The, jUdge Advocate ,-' -
from hiln
<,oserve the letter
meant to
apprise the of the ‘ only
intended trial, ins
order the:,
fully prepared.
.;
S'lr 11
°94e Pophain.--.." But' I only received
that of,not-
Preparation on',Wednesday last.
this ,H-Onourable, Court with great de-
..
lerence, and I -offer,,my sentiments with extreme
dittd<mce ; -but L insist deprecate. the Learned
Gentleman's perseverance in his legal discussions.
I am rather surprised that the Learned Prosecu-
tor_should take advantage of the _absence of my le-
gal friend and adviser (we understood the Hon.
Captain to mean Mr. Harrisan, who was absent),
to engage in discussions of this nature.. Although
am aware that .I am under the protedtion of a more
paramount Counsel, the President of. this Hon,
Court, cannot help remarking that it would ht,ve
been. More liberal in the prosecutor to .have. sus-
pended, under the circumstances I. have.tr;entioned,
his animadversions upon the law of ' evidence. I
am upon good authority justified. ;:n believing, that:,
instances have occurred, in which such requisites
as I have made for plipki.s,' and as the Learned'
Gentleman deprecates, :,ate, been immediately com-
plied with. - But even supposing 'no precedent had
existed, would it.'oe derogatory to the dignity of the
Admiralty to 'introduce a liberal precedent in my fa-
vour; as has thought proper to establish a pre-'
cedent ?,ti new as that of sending down the Learned.
Geeieman, as the prosecutor against me; as it has
thought proper to appoint one, who,' independently
of the advantages derived from his conSultations
with that Honourable -Board in London, is also en-
abled to avail himself of'the information he had the
opportunity of obtainingfrom the ingenuity and pro-
found knowledge, of
,t 4 Counsel to the Admiralty,
with whom no one is more intimate than the Learned
Prosecutor ? But my idcapacity,to contend with:tbeH
Learned Gentleman, particularly
.upon questions of
legal difficulty, will be still more evident to this Hon.
Court, when Istate, that even here he has it in his.
power occasionally— to resort to the advice. of the
Counsel for the Admiralty ; to the advice of one who
has never before been heard of in -a Court-Martial,
although, on this occasion, hiS profound judgment
and elevated talentstan, be referred to by the Prose-
cutor, while this Learned Counsel is, by the use of
sort of invisible ring, concealed,froM the light-, and
from the avowed knowledge of thiS Court.
The President' desired •the Lion. Officer would
read the list of' papers he deemed it expedient to
have read to the Court."
Sir Hom© gave in, the list reqnired, and after the
„Court had consulted for a few moments with Mr.
Jarvis, all strangers were ordered to, be excluded.
The Court was cleared for about an hour, and upon
our re-ad Mission the Judge Advocate read the fol 7
lowing decision, addressing himself to Sir H. Pop-
ham : • ~
" The. Court havingitaken into consideration your
application, to be allowed Until nine o'clock on Mon-
day morning to prepare your defence, have consented
to your request;
,but as the principal reason you have
given for asking for niore time is the introdu&ion
of a great variety of new matter auto the charge, the
Court think it necessary to observe; that between.
the copies of the intended charge as sent by the Se-
cretary of the. Admiralty, and that delivered to you
by the Judge Advocate, there is no material differ-
ence that no new matter has been introduced, the
only difference is in the insertion of a list of papers
intended for the support
.of the. charge, and the
Court* consider it to be more regular to hear your
defence before any other Cli/cLUllent:: shall be pro-
vided."--Adjourned.

THIRD DA\ .7MoNDAN, MARCH 9.

The court net about nipe o'clock, awl Sir Home
Popham was immediately called upon, for his De-

fence. Tlie Hun. 'Captain proceeded in
as follows :

" Mr. President--After having devoted the greater
part of my life to the service of my King and
Country, I am brought before you and the other
Members of this Honourable Court, to vindicate my
condua, from a charge of a nature as extraordinary,
and as unprecedented, perhaps, asewas ever submit-
tedeto-t he-it/vestige-Rion of.a-CourteMartial. in ap-
plying the epithets of eXtraordinary'!eand.` unpre-
cedented,'
-. to the accusations ethibited against me, I
speak of it generally, and not with a particular
feren c 4 -Gird Ttaievcal I \their ven-
ture to add, the illegal.inanuer in which it is word-
ed. On. this. point-I shall animackVert hereafter :
I cannot,'.Sire enter 'into the' substance of my de-
fehce, without observing'to you bow extraordinary
it is:that-I should-be-brought to trial by that snper-ior
authority, 'to -which every Officer in his Majesty's
Naval Service looks up for reward and proteatidn,
for having- employed-the means placed at my dia-
posal in Making a successful attack 'ori a possession
• belonging to the, enemy, instead. of suffering them,
to 'remain inadtive and- dormant. Nor do I eon-
ceive that it is less' unprecedented to criminate alt
Officer, entrusted with a command of some import-
ance, for having exercised that discretioneey power,
1, without whiehno serviceecnn becarriedon with ener-
gy or efFe6l, -when the result of such an ea, so far
from having hen attended -with sny ill consequence,
haa, oe the contrary, been 'gloricus to his Majesty's
arms, and honourable to the.Coentry. Yes,- Sieathe
success which true ned the united exei tioes Gene- •
ral Beresford . and myself, seconded by the bravery
and perseverance of the land and sea- forces un-
der our orders, was proclaimed by' his Majesty's
Ministers, to the inhabitants of the British Me-
,tropolis by. the usual aignals of triumph; and the
news of the conquest of "Buenos -Ayres was
re-
ecltoed, with- exultation and gratitude, - thtough,w
out -every quarter of the 'United Kingdom.- This
being premised, will it not, Sir, strike e\e,er tin Pr-
ejudiced Englishman Whe'shall refleat on the prefent
trial, that it must have arisen from some of her cause
than that ostensibly set forth- in the accusation? lam
of that opinion; 'nor have I the smalle-st -,beeitatioo to
assert, that if the Administration by which I was se- .
leeted for the command which I lately had the honour
to hold, had still remained in poWer, I should have re-
ceived thanks and 'approbation for Illy Cotitibp; in-
stead of having been supereded, Tee:flied,' then
very uneapeCtedly put` under arrest and brought'to:
• trial. I am; Imwilling to oeeepy the time of the
Court.' ore than is' abselt?.:•elnecessary foi my-own.
-it-I".e:iticatibio ar it ,:...7111(1 not have 'been difficult for
me to haVe este:Polished, these 'fai-tsin the mosf:posi--;
tive manner:. .But, under alh't,heeireumstanCes
the case, it it, ptirhapaerather fortunate,for me th-t,
after the prejudices which; hi alithsSt.e4'ery diree'aioro
have been so i-edustrioes.ly Propagated tea,
than I am- atforded.the opportunity ofa teat:lie trial ;
of peeling, aall trust I shall' 'most Eatkeaaaarev,
that these prejtdices are compleft:iy urifound
However, akhetOm I alb 'CoPsA);°.:(2: in sonie Measure
by, this reiWtlol, I cant;: *:lielp coropfainiog, that
the Jim?. of proct.,!edihg br thy prosectiOrs
had not •lats.en' Wit& 'Of a idiftererit'cliar.Aer. lam
.not willing to asei?Oe• to-tneia in power a diSpositiOn
to perseeutearty nian e or to deprive aUy one whom
they may.fee', t their duty to accuse, of the means eif
obtainil:?-_,-everydriptionofevicjence That litrixffeei.
necessary to tiffs justification. • But I ramt observe teat,:
it eeerea rather singular n&notie Whatever of an in-
tendon to hring'me to trial was in ti rnatett to me whoa
rirstordered lieme from the filo de la Plata. Had the
design of my ProsecutorS been then k amen to
might have pro.curi2d-a Variety of evidence' highly
important to•My case, particularly with regard -to
'my condua in South America. But in cons.VenCe
vof that omission on the part of the Boar-_i of Admi-
ralty, I am left depriVed of such evidence; 'except
such as accident furnishes me with, On that part of
my case, which is so nearly con neated with my no-
mom-, 1 mean my proceediegs. at Buenos Ayres,.
which have been so grOssly Misrepresented-.
the circumstance of no notice having been commu-
nicated to' me at the Rio de la Plata, of the purpose
of the Admiralty.to bring me to trial, must either lead
One to think that they had 110 intention of bringing
me to'trial at that time, or to 'adopt a concluaiore
rather disadvantageous- to their c haraCter: For 'they
could not be quite- unaware' that •an accusation, ac-
companied, or rather preceded„- by • ptiblie animad-
version, which most seriously 'lmpeached my mo-
tieivsetisrLfaayeloiothi,hwazi ciwnillyc;
.t‘ovebree n,AlTeittne,cts,se,i
of
:my
coo_
' dud. These witnesses the Admiralty must have tett
that I could hot procure, unless apprised, before I
. left - the .Rio de la • Plata, of -their intentioo to
prosepate rtie But 'I have said that they do
not appear- to have
.enterfained any such inten-
tion'at,that time, -and -I 'cannot but think that some
change took'place iii their' wind upon this point: For
it is scarcely consistent (-Wait-pose that they would by
their Secretary Clive' written to' ine in-such terms as
appear in 4Onte-of the letters,t ) which I refer,
j .
utter they had been infornled Of the capture of isnthi,s
Ayres, if they ieallye disapproved of my.conduet,
at least if their disapprobation were sb -sericius as to
imply a resolution-to atre4 and bting e- to trial.--
(Here the Honourable Officer read the letter from
the Admiralty in answer to his dis'patch, announcing
the capture of Buenos Ayres) ' this. letter it ap-
peared, that Although the Admiralty 'thought itne6
cessary W mark their disapprobation of my- coin-
duel in having uhdertaken this.eipedition without
orders, still they were pleased to enpresS'the highest
approbation of the able and- jUdiCionS muneer tti
which the expedition a-Vas conducted, and of the
, gallant behaviour of the se.araien and solc!lers•
en-
gaged. From- the terms of this -letter I had
i no reason
to think that any ether punihment was n reserve
I was willing to submit, until
than that which its censure conveyed', and to that cen-
sure,
I portunity of submitting those
sho
should
eiriemaes itthase eiosp,
reasons, which I flattered Myself would Wive served to
satisfy the minds of those from Whorn thesensure pro-
ceeded, that, considering all time circumsearces, it was
'completely undeserved..a.--I will not now stop to in-
quire into the causes which possibly may have ope-.
rated to produce the change I hisve'ailudeet to in-the
disposition of the Admiralty. I will not now &Neil
upon the motives, either political or personal, which
led to a prosecution not long since behere aeo-
thar tribunal-;---however high the gratificatio.)
which the-msult of that inquiry was calculated t
afford- to my feelMgs a. or however ouch it may at
feCt my future life; but the prejudices which Jed ti

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