The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-20 00:00:00

Ti I E MARKETS.

-CORN-EXCHANGE; JAN. 20.--We bad but few
arrivals of any kind of Grain for this morning's
Market. Fine Wheat supported its price, but
ordinary was dull. The same remark applies to
Oats. Having a large quantity of Malt, and no
demand, it was exceedingly dull. Fine Barley,
had any appeared, would have sold readily at
IVednesday's prices. lit other articles there was
nu alt

Foreign Wheat 38-1.485. 58s. Grey Pease - - -30 s. 365.
Fine ditto - - 665. -s. -s. New Grey Pease -40 s. -s.
English Wheat -48 s. 585.. Tick Beaus - - 303. 345.
Fine ditto -61 s. -s. Old ditto - - , 325. 40s.
Old ditto - - -s. -s. Small Tick Beaus • 25i. 375.
rsYe - - - 255. 275. J Old ditto - - 325. 43.5.
Fine ditto - - ,J9e. rc,a Clatb 17,,
Barley -.- - I3s. 20s. -s. Fine ditto - - 235. 255.
Fine ditto - - - 225. -s. Poland ditto - - 155.• 18s,,
New ditto - - ns. Fine ditto - - I9s. 295.
Malt - -60 s. 655. Potatoe ditto - - 31,. -s.
Fine ditto - - - 725. -s. Rape Seed .301. 361. per last..
WbitePease (boil.) 455. 495. Fine Flour - - 555. 60s.
New White Pease - 535. -s. I Seeinids r 50s. 555.

SMITIIFIELD, JAN. 30.—Tliis tkty's Market had a short
supply .of varinns hinds of Cattle; Beef was cheaper ;
Pork was deaf rr ; Mutton and Veal su?ported last prices ; and
the trade, f r the roost part, was not °vet' brisk. The salesjn
the Hay-tuai hrt were- ; Hay, Straw, and Clover,
fetched last prices. The under-mentioned prices anti num-
bers are a correct stateinext : • •

fo SOIL the Offal, per stone of 81b.

• Beef, 4s. (1. to ;*.s,. 4d. Mutton, ss. Od. to Gs.Od. Veal, 6s.
to 7s. 6(1. Pork, (is. Od. to 7s. 6d.

I.3easts, 590. Shin, 3470. Calves, 150. Pigs,,2oo.
1-TAY-MARKE'r.

Hay. 31. to 4L lOs .Straw, 11. 4s. to 11. 10s. Clover, 41.
Os. to GI.

THE: THPATRE.-Mr, KEAN, -last-night was well
'enough to resume his station at Drury-lane Thea-
tre, in the character of Macbeth, which he per-
formed before a numerous audience, and with his
usual success. He was warmly greeted on his
iiist appearance on the-Bridge, and when he came
forward on the Stage to meet the salutation of the
Weird Sisters.
IRISH BLU NDER.—A ludicrous occurrence took
place here on Thursday Morning, in the hanging
of one Baronet, in effigy, in mistake for (mother.
The authors of the :mock execution meant, by,it,
to express their disapprobation of any alteration
in the Corn Laws; but not lunch in the habit,
we supi)se, 4'd reacting reports of Parliamentary
proceedings, they placarded the figure (which
was suspended in the course of th..; preceding
night, from one of the windowi in the house
lonie years ago burned, oppo.)ite the Exchange)
'with a name evidently not intended, although the
name of a Pariiamentary Baronet. The populace
in the evening, vented their indignation, by
dragging the figure through all the streets. There
was no Meeting itch! in, this town, on Thursday,
on the subject of-the Corn Laws, although one.
was called for that 41;1) by the Sheriffs, in conse-
quence 6f a requisition to them. ' The outcry of
the populace here
,is violently against any change
in the Laws as they stand at present..--(Galuthy
Chronicle.)
A considerable reduction has already been car-
ried into effect in the establishinent of the Adiu-
tant-GeuerWs-Office, and arrangements are made
for a speedy conformity to the peace effective. In
the other Departments connected with the army,
similar reductions- are meditated. Two troops
more of each regitncni of cavalry eie to be re-
duced, and all -the "additional battalions of the
infantry regiments, with the exception of the
Royals, the 60th, and 95th, as soon as the Ra-
tification of "the Treaty of Ghent shall be received
froth America. The regiments serving abroad are
to 11ave'Depe4 companies for r,ecettang recruits.:

.
The travellers complain that -the innkeepers in
the Worth road front Wandsford and upwards
continue to charge at the rate of Is. Gd. per mile H
for posting, notwithstanding the low price of
horse corn. From" Wandsford .and downs and
they have, reduced the price to 3d. per mile.
The person wo committed the forgery on a.
Banker in the. City the other day for 4001. has not
yet been taken into custody, although he ran
great risk of being so. He sent a man to the
Banker's,-in-the name of the person upon ‘vbrun
he forgrd, for bis Banker's book and cheques,
and instead of giving them up and following the
messenger at a distance, one of the clerks accom-
panied him ; the consequence was as might be
expected; the offender ,bad placed himself in a
sitaation to see all that was passing, and upon
seeing a person in company with his messenger,
he decamped. '•
We understand there is a cause at present be-
fore th,e Court of Sessions in Scotland, of a
,very
interesting nature, in which a young Lady charges -
her Uncle with usurping her.right to her paternal
property for the' space of 18 years during her mi-
nority. .
'Deis is the age in which criminals of all sorts
affect to suppose the Public will rather believe
them than Judges and Juries. It is an a'bsolnte ,
fact, that Nutt, the swindler, convicted at the Old
Bailey on Wednesday, sent round to the News-
paper Offices, last night, tendering a full copy of
his defence, " with some judicious dservatioks !
Teri iliousand Two Hundred Pounds. The
Ticke,t, No. 2502, drawn on Wednesday last a
Prize of 200/.,and being the-first above 251. enti-
tled to 10,0001. in addition; was shared and sold
by WEBB, 17, Ludgate-street, in- one Quarter,
three Eighths, and six Sixteenths. -The first
drawn. Prize above 251. next Friday, being the
second day of drawing, will also be entitled to
20,000/. 'Tickets and Shares, warranted undrawn,
are selling at ‘‘Tria's Lucky Office, 17, Ludgate-
street, near St. Paul's. Orders by Post duly
executed.

[l-1-E!.D AT WINCHESTER.]

THURSDAY, FOURTH DAY.

Lieutenant-Colonel WILLIAMSON'S Examination was

this day renewed.

Q. Can you state the quantity of stores- which
were left behind on raising the siege Not
exactly. I should suppose that there was about
two days' consumption of shot and shells left be-
hind. As to the powder and the more valuable
stores, they were ail gqt off.

A return of the preci.e amount -of -the said
•
stoves, waiell the Commissary of the -Artillery.
had sent to Admiral 1-lalh;%i'ell, was then handed
to•the.witness, who was asked as to the correct-
ness of it.

The witness answered, that he had no doubt
but that that was the paper which the Commissary
of the Stores bad shewn him before he sent it to
Admiral Hallowell. He had not signed the paper
at the time, but he had so little doubt that this
was the paper shewn him by the Commissary,
that he was ready to sign it now.
A doubt having been expressed of the admissi7
,7bility of this evidence,
Admiral Hallowell said, that he had produced
the paper, because he conceived that • the Court
.might wish for the exact account of the quantity
of stores lost. lf, hoWe'ver, they did not con-
ceive this to be necessary,. or had a
_doubt upon
the admissibility of the evidence, he did not wish
to press it.
• Sir .I:Murray said, that it was evident that the
witness .could not speak of the accuracy of a re-
port drawn up. by another person, and casualty
shewn to hint. If the Commissary had, however,
been produced as a witness, then he might have
questioned him as to the report.
The paper was then withdrawn.
The witness then said, that he could speak of
his own knowledge to the artillery telt .behind.—
There were altogether i 7 -pieces of ordnance that
were serviceable, and one'whlch was not. Seven
of these pieces were 24-pounders, the iethaiader
mortars and howitzers. 1110) the guns left in
the batterivs, every thing belonging to theta was
left also. Some of
.the carriages were burnt, and
others not. The guns had travelling c..trriages,
the mortars had iron beds and platform carriages. •
When he received the orders in ;,he morning of .
the 12th fr,an General Donkin, he 'hardly knew
cl hat he was to do, as Sir John Murray had -pro,
wised hint to stay till night. General Donkitt also
_told hint, that.it was: the directions of Sir John
Murray, that the guns in the battery of Oliva
51)0111(1 be spiked as soon as General Clinton's di-
vision should have passed ; but he also told hint,
that General Clinton!» division was expected on
the beach in half an. hour, or three-quarters
It that was the case, General Clinton's division
must have been already past those batteries, as it
was a full hour's march from Tarragona to the
beach. -_

Sir John Murray produced to the witness some
returns sivoted by himself, %%lieu lie admitted.

O'Oss-excunincd by Sir J . MURRAY.

Q. theAVIMCS; saw General Donkin on
the morning of the 12t1r, and stated to him, that
his orderS but ill.aCcorded with the promise made
him by SirrJohn Murri'y on the preceding night,
did he conceive that what he called a promise was
so far binding on Sir John Murray, as to prevent
his issuing new orders or making other, arrange-
ments, if fresh information, and a elinbge of cite
cumstances should make it advisable ?=—A. Cer-
tainly not, lie looked upon promises of this
kind as conditional, amid cpntingent on circum-
stances.

'Q. Do you remember •any order given for the
landing of someCongreye rockets ?—A. 1 do re-
collect that -smile Cdngreve rockets were landed,,
but cannot speak precisely about the orders, as
they were not under tnY charge. I have no we-
Morandunm concerning them, -as 1 •did not con-
ceive them tl.i be under my direction.
CL'Uo you recollect the day on which rhey
were landed No. , As I found every thing
going on right, and.that the supply of every thing
-necessary for the
.siege kept pace with the opera.
tious,- 1 did not iaki.:.partic.dar notice- of the days
that the different stores were landed. 1 knew
that 1 was ready for every thing that might offer.
• •(.4.- Can you recollect whether y,mti did not tLII
Sir J. Murray that the Congreve rockets had been
kept in a boat for two (jays, as they could not-he.
landed on .account of the surf ?—A. I think I do
recollect it; but as 1-never considered the rockers
under my commtind, 1 paid but little attentioo
to them. • •
Did the witness then speak from his own
knowledge, or from. the report of others ?—A.
spoke from the report of th,e Commissary of Ar.
Admiral Hallomvell then offered in -evidence ink
notes which he had daily „madaduring the siege.
Although Colonel Williamson might not recollect
at what time stores were landed, or whether it
was Oways ,practicable to land them, lie cona
prove the practicability of landing stares, by shew•
ing that they actually were landed.
The Judge Advocate said, that certainly it would
be competent to Admiral Hallowell'to prove from
minutes taken.by himself at the time, any thing
which his:witnesses could not spe.-ik posirkely to,
from their not having made such !ninnies. He
recommended, however, to the Admiral; as the
better course of proceeding, to finish the exnuii-
nation of his _witnesses first ; and _ then, if 'Mete
,was any thing which he could speak positively to,
and they could not, he might afterwords be ex-
amined as ti• witness.

Admiral Hallowell. acquiesced in this sugges-
tion.

Lieutenant-Colonel THAcKunv, , the Royal Eugi-

veers, wos next sworn and exNinined

Q 1 Did not-the witness command the Engineers
employed in Catalonia ;—A. Lie did.
R. Did the witness recollect haxing been sent
about halt-past eight in the evening td the ilth
General Mackenzie, with directions for -sto;%nii,g,
the Fuerte Reale ?—A. He had 'natty coinukuu.ca,-
, both With
tious in the course of that day

Mackenzie and Gen.. Clinton, respecting the
_in-
tended attack of Fuerte Reale! he could not- re-
colitect particularly the nature of the communiCa-.
.ion at the time mentioned.
Q. Was Pot-this communication by orders from
Sir John Murray, and was it not a direction to
storm that fort • - -
The witness not appearing to recollect the na-
ture. of the
.cornmuniFation at the particular time

mentioned;
Sir John Murray said, that he had not the least
objection to admit,-that iip to half-past eight, he
bad been notking every arrangement for the storm-
ing of Fuerte Real; and that about nine those ar-
rangeme!its were countermanded. His admission
of these facts might save some time. He also ad-
mitted, that in the Ajight of the 10th, Officers.
were employed in making mortar-batterie3.
Tho-se admissions haVing been received in evi-
dence,
!The witness proceeded to state, that on the
night of the .10th some batteries had been com-
pleted, 'which had been begun on the 9th ; and •
the Olivia battery was enlarged, so as to contain
six guns instead of four. ► He had no notice to
prepare for a retreat previous to the sudden order
which was giverj for raising the siege.
He was then asked, whether from the know-
ledge of the country about Tarragona, which he
most have derived .from reconnoitring it., he could
say how long it would take an army of 8000 men
to march from Villafranca to Tarragona, supp(is
ing the march by thelhigh road tube intercepted by
the position of the armed Vessels He thought
that it would be two long days' marches. lie
conceived the distance from Tarragona to Varilla,
and from thence to Villafranca, was cacti of them
-a long day's march. But if the rood to Villa-
franca was covered by the fire of the 'ships,, and
the other road being secured by our possession of
the pass and fort of Balaguer, he conceived that
the French would have So great-a circuitto make,
in order to find a road that an army could move
on, that it must have considerably inct eased the
distance of the march.. .He did not think that it.
could have been made in less,than two days.
Q. WaS it, in yew-judgment, possible,fortbe
enemy to have prevented the army from carrying
off their guns and stores .I—A. He thought not.
That was the opinion lie formed at the time, and
saw no reason since for changing it. He stated •
that opinion to Sir J. Murray at the time.
Q. Do you know any cause that could have
made it necessary to raise the siege in the preci-
pitate manner that it was rsised I—A. I know of
no cause that. made it necessary.
. Sir John Muiray objected-to the mere opinion
of the witness being received as evidence against

•
hire. v
The JUDGE ADVOCATE replied, that it was
usual for all Courts of Justice to -receive in evi-
dence the opinions Of persons belonging to any
trade or profession, id matters respecting the
trade or profession. The witness being the Com-
Mander of the Engineers, might; therefote, be
, asked his opinion or judgment in this instance.—
Whet her this Opinion was Nvell or ill-founded,
would subseoently, be determined on by' the
Court.

Witness mos theft cross-examined by Sir J. MURRAY.
Q. Do you know the exact period of the arrival
of the French troops -at Villafranea and Varilla ?
A. N0,.1i10 not.-
Q. Can you then take upon you to. say, that
the cnemy coAld not have arrived at Tarragona,

before time had been gained for the endiarkiition
01' the whole army, with all the guns and stores ?
No, 1 cannot take upon me to say so. I,
think, however, that, supposing the enemy to
have advanced, our detached parties could always
have given such inforniation of their approach,
that the order to stop the embarkation of, guns and
stores Might.be given at any thnei and the troops
embarkedin safety. 6-
. Q. How much time did the witness calculate as
sufficient for embarking the whole, of the" army,
including the cavalry as well.as the infantry, the
artillery; and their horses ?—A. He could make no
calculation,„as he had no account of the number
of boats which were disposable for that purpose.
Q. What did the witness mean by his expres-
sion of-the troops being embarked. Did he in-
clude the cavalry as well as infantry, the field ar-
tillery and the infantry horses ?•-••••A. ,He cerrainly
d:d not mean to include the-Commissaries: mules.
Ile conceived that sonic of the horses might•he
lust. lie conceived, -however, that Capt. Withers
and the Naval Officers were best qualified to speak
upon this subject.
Q. Do you mean to. say that MO horSei and
mules (which-was the number. we had on shore),.
could have been embarked, if we had been pressed
by the enemy ?—A. Certainly not, if the army
was pressed by the. enemy. 1 think, however,
• it theiuss of some
horses, in order to save our guns.
A paper was then handed to him by Sir John
Murray, and he admitted it to he his hand-writ-
ing. It was a translatiOn made by the witness of
a memoir sent by General Copons. lie was not
quite master of the Spani,ol language, but he could
positively say, that in his translation he had given
the sense and Meaning of the memoir.
l'he witness was then asked,—From his know-
ledge of the country'about Tarragona, could he
say, bow much-of the road from that city to Villa-
franca was exposed to the fire of 3un-boatS
answered, that he could form no calculation.--
The -road sometimes -approached very near the
beach, and was consequently exposed to. the fire
of gun-boats at other places it receded front the
. Mach, and was consequeutly less exposed. He
did nut suppose, however, that there was any
part of-it which was so exposetilor two miles to-
gether. lie thought, however, .that this was a
question upon which the Naval Officers command-
. 1,,g the gun-boats were better qualified to speak.
• Those who -had often fired from their gun-vessels
• upon this road,.must have bad better means of
obseryation;
as tohow
,much of the road was ex-
hosed to'their fire. .
Q. Might out the enemy bya short detour from
. the main road have easily avoided the fire front
the shipping off the coast ?—A..I -should rather
thiuk nut easily.
Q. Might they not during the night have
arriv-
ed at Tarragona without any interruption from our
gun-:mats i—A. Yes I should think it possible,,

as gun-boats are of, very little consequence or use

in the dark.

Q. , What is the'sliortest time that it would re-
gnire to march frojii Villafrattea with field artillery,
if the enemy was unmolested by our gun-boats ?
A, appreheud the distance is too great fot one
march ; I believe it is nearly 30 miles.
Q. [low much of the road from Vanilla to Tar-
ragona is. exposed to the fire of shipping ?—A.
The road is very irregular ; in some places•ap-
proaching very near, and in others'receding from
the sea. In some parts it is so open as to he
im-
if were to anchor with springs on
their cables. I have seen-the dead -bodies of men
and bors...'s above a mile from
,tbe sea and the
trees very much cut up ; which 1 understood to
havelifterwards happened from the fire of the In-
vincible upon Marshal Suchet's army.
Q. Di? you •+.got know that Marshal Sucher.s
army passed this road, notwithstanding the fire
of the Invincible ? —A. Yes, I do.
Q. Would not General- Decaen then .have been•
'able to march from Villafratica, on the high road,
notwithstanding the fire of the -gun-boats ?—A.
Yes, 1 do not think he could be prevented. It
must be a. very heavy fire, to prevent the march of

an army. ,
Q. When in a former part of your evidence you
spoke- of detachments being lept out, did you
mean detachments to give information of the ap-
proach of the enemy, or to keep the enemy in
check To give information by proper sig-
nals.. On ome side the firing might he heard from
the Col-de llalaguer, and on the Villafranca road
the signal might be received from the shipping.
_ pe:excimpied ,b 0 Admiral HALLOWELL.
_.

Q. DO yonf Tecollect an arch near Torre de
Barra, and- for what distance the road near it .is
within the range of shot from the sea ?—A. I re-
coliect •au ancient Roman arch, but not precisely
the ex-tent •of road exposed to the fire of shipping.
Q. Was not the ,arniy, with its stores, mules,
and field-pieces, disembarked in a few hours on
the morning of the :7;cl of June ?—A. 1 cannot
exactly ;tote in how short a ,time.
Q. In point of fact, did not the cavalry and ar-
tillery proceed to the Col de Balaguer, and re-
main there several days after fir J. Mm:ray's re-
treat, Without tiny niole;tation from enemy ?
A. Yes, they went by hind, and were embarked
them without having. any affair wi:tt the pnemy
except some little skirmishing.
Q. \Vas their embarkation interrupted ? A. No.
Q. Do yOll recollect seeing the road %%11k.%
Marshal Suchet was obliged to cut in consequence
of the fire of the' Invincible ?—A. Yes, 1 under-
stood it to he cut in consequence.
Q. Do you know that when the army was or-
dered to embark, we held a. fort which command-
ed the road to Villafranca, and that the Invincible
and Thames were,at the Col de Balaguer on the
other I—X. yes, I knew there was shipping there.
Lieutenant-General JOHN MACKENZIE sworn.

Q Did you command a division of the British,
army in Catalonia under Sir John Murray, in the
month of June, 1813 ?—A. Yes, I did.
Q. Did you receive any orders for spiking the
guns on the 12th, trout whom, and at what period
of the day I—A. Yes, Lieutenant Drewe, Acting
Brigade Qrfarter7Master, brought me an order to
that effect, about a quarter before ten o'clock, in
the name of General Dunkin.
Q. As yon.are acquainted with the roads both
to the east and westward of Tarragona, will you
state your oOnion, whether it was 'possible for
an enemy to prevent our ,taking off the guns
and stores is the event of raising the siege ?—A.
No, 1 do not think, whilst our army remained
there, that there was any chance of the enemy
interrupting the embarkation of the guns and
stores.

Q. Did the enemy appear in any force to' the
eastward of Tarragona before the 16th of June ?
A. Understanding that there was a division of the
enemy at Valdilos, Sir J. Murray sent me with' a
body of infantry agaitist‘them.- They retired, and
1 entered the town of Valdilos, 1 believe on the
night of the 15th.
Q. Do you know any cause whatever,that could
make it necessary to raise the siege of Tarragona
in the manner it was raised by the British army
before Tarragona ?—A. 1 know of no other cause
than that assigned by Sir John 'Murray, that the
French were at Villafranca. •
Q.
,Do you. know whether a great quantity of
beef, pork, corn,- flaur, spirits, and forage, was
left behind at Tat ragona ?—A. I saw a consider-
-able quantity of provisions lying on the beach,
and found fault with the Commissary for refusing
.to' take. charge of it.
- Q. Supposing an army of 8000 men to have
been.,at Villafranca, could they have marched in
' one day to Tarragona,so.as to have'attacked- the
British army with any, prospect of success ?—A.
With respect to the question of distance; I con-
sider it possible for an army, to, make the march
• in'obt but in the ease of their. nicking an
attack, their success must have been very doubt-
ful. I should rather have expected brilliant sue-
' ess on our part, the eqUipment of our force was
so complete.
It'beifig now three o'clock, the Court adjourn-
ed till ten o'clock to-morrow (this day.)