The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-19 00:00:00

Cross-examined.

Q. In what language did the conversation pass
which you held with Col. Mansol and the Spanish
peasant I—A. In the Spanish;
Q. Do you understand Spanish I—A. Yes.

Was•vottr knowledge of it such as to enable
you to underitaiid the peasant's description of the
-enemy's force, field-pieces,- and position ?—A.
continued my enquiries till, pith Col. Mansol'a
assistance, I perfectly comprehended his report.
Q. Did ,!.,on understand'the peasant himself, or
Colonel Mansol's interpretation ?---A. I under-
stood the peasant's description.
Q. Did he .rise the Castilian or tbt Catalan dia-
lect ?—,ll. The Catalan chiefly, b4it with a mix-
ture of the Castilian.

Q, Could yon.understand a dialect so-trifferctit
from the common dialect of Spain that 'out- best
instructed Oacers feud it ditECulr to convene in
it ?---A.Yes, en'ough to make ont
,what the
peasant reported.
Q. How came you then, to require Colonel
Mentors interpretation ?—A. Because there were
one or two words in the Catalan dialect which I

ilia rot -eta-ire:ly IlTraerstatiL etante titA matt
directed his conversation teColunt'l Mansol.
The •wittres-4, iA answet to another question)
stated, that be kue%v Spanish sufficiently well to
undvrstattil perfectly__that the peasant said that the
French titre at Villafranca.

Captain John Stoddart, the next witness, com-
manded the Strombello bomb-vessel, 'ion the 12th
Jtme, 1813. He was sent on that say to Torre
Barra, and (Skated by the Admiral to take a
nosition for covering the road to Tarragona, in
case the clienty should advance from the eastward.
lie was also directed to,obtain what information
he could respecting the situation of the enemy.—
He went on shore accordingly at Torre de Barra,.
and saw Colonel de.-Mansol, who stated to him,
-that he had received orders about an hour before
to Leave his position, and asked him if the troops
were about ;to embark from Tarragona. He re-
plied, that he-believed .they were. Col.: Maniol
expressed great regret and astonishment
.at hear-
ing it. - He then asked Colonel Mansol whether
be could give him any information about the ene-
my, and whether they were likely to advance.---...
Colonel Maim' gave it as his opinion that .they
were not likely to advance.
Te Court considered that the mere opinion of
Colonel Mansol was not evidence to be admitted.
The witness then continued his narrative,• and
said, that he bad also been informed by other per-
sons of the situation ofthe enemy. He went on
shore the next morning for the purpose of ob-
taining information. 'About ten in .the morning
of the 13th, he conversed with a peasant who had
left Villafranca at half-past seven, andjnformed
him that he bad left a' French division of about
5000 wen there, having two mountain-guns, two
ho ld-pieces, and a.howitzer.-. He asked the pea-
sant, was it probable that the French were ad-
vancing, but the peasant could .not tell. After .
having received this information, he returned and
jollied-Admiral
The witness was then asked, was the Strom-
belio in a position to have prevented the-enemy
from- coming on the highroad front Villafrauca to.
Tarragona He answered, that there was.a broad
road leading. along. the beach, which he couceirvd
that iie was perfectly us a situation to. cover• lie
did not-know, however, whether this was called
the .high road or Dot.

Adtnia Hallowell observed, that this was the
TOA which- he was enquiring about.
Tile-witness further stated, that he was all the
time in inunediate. communicatiou with the Ad-
'wird, and could have immediately informed him
if the enemy had been advancing.
Admiral Hallowell - then stated to the Court,
that he-was extremely sorry that the information
derived froNkthe opinion of Colonel Man Sol could
not be allowed to be given in evidence. That
Officer commanded the brigade in advance, and
was the must likely person to be well informed of
the situation of the enemy. Ile, however, often
received his information front the accounts given
Yy peasants.

The PititstneNT of the Courtinformed Admiral
EaHowell, that although 'ltch informatioo might
be very good ground for an Officer to act upon,
'yet that it could not easily be Anade good legal
evidence before a ,Court,-martial.

The witness was then cross-examined by Sir J.
Luray, and asked the following questions :---
Q. Was the puasant known to hint, or a perfect
stranger I—A. He was a perfect stringer.
Q. Did the Alcalde, or any other respectable
man in the village, answer for the peasant's being
deserving of credit, or even for his not being a
Spy of the enemy ?—,A. No.
Sir• J. Munn slated to the Court, that his ob.-
jest in asking those questions was .to spew on
what slight groundS those chaiges were.s'ipported.
The witness being examined as to his know-
ledge in .the Spanish' language, said that he did
ink understand it sufficiently. well enough to carry
on a conversation it, bnt.he understood it well
enough to kiionr perfealy what the peasant said
to him about the French being at, Vilialranca.
On his, return to Admiral Hallowell, he re-
to him both, the opinion of Colonel Man-
-501, Ruth what he had himself- heard front the pea-
sants.

Upon his re-examination by Admiral Hallowell,
ke•stated, that those. reports had been also con-
firmed, by, meeting. the inhabitants of Torre de
Barra retqrtiing on the. 13th to their [lonics, truni
v.:itielt they had fled, on hearing. that the French
-were at Villafranca.

The next witness was Ljeut.,C6l.
w.ho vaumeanded tic artillery at the siege of Tar-
ragona. fie, like most of the
.preeeding' wit-
net,:s-e5, proceeded by riscatement in the war of
narrative. About ..half-paSt 11, on the night of
the 1 lth, tin met A. Staff „Officer,. who informed'
him that Sir J. Murrro.: desired to see !kiln at
_his
head-quarters. Ile arrived there about 12, and
Sir John told him, that he. intended to raise the,
siege, and desired him.to make p:;eparations for
get tiog the gtins immediately off. He expressed
great regret to Sir John upon the circumstance,
anti Olathe had notmade him sooner acquainted
with the eircnnistance.: He also represented to
him, that as it was then half-past 12, and that
it, would be day-light in atAmt threv., hour', it
wciidd be.impossible to get stitficient worltingpar-
ties, and to yenuire .the gunS from Oliva before
clay-light,-Wflell the men.would be exposed to the
firo ofyrarrg.otiii, .which almost enfiladed part of
the road -to (be Jte told hint that he had
tiever burn led „to suppose that he would raise the:
siege. in a hurried and precipitate in:llmin., without
-previous- arrangenients or prypar.ittiois and'
pledged himself,
_that' if S'ir would stay till
the next night,, %you'd take every thing Safely to
she laar.-.11, where by the as6istaitee. of Adm. Hallo-
well, they might be ail embarked'by.six or seven.
'clock the. next morning. 11e,a1;io assured the
Ciene7:.ll, .that by this, arrangement ail' the stores
that had been landed, t•onlil ha ve.been safely clu-
b trisedywid no-art:ries left behind. Si,' 4, Mur-
r,l.„- of.every thing that he said, and then
th:;t he should wait till the next night.
prOceeded to remove to the
beach all the heavy grins that rcay,men iu foe de-
puts; imd in the o.theLbattetivs,, !ntemling to re-
juove the g" nusirtm, 'Oh t ',iglu.. while
tlt embarkation of the guns und stokes wac go_
the inoloing of the 12th, Gen. pontiin
of4.iced on the beach about nine o'clock, ;And or,
dcred that the embarkation of the guns should be

dstont.intied. also infortned rue \t:ilhet4,
that General Clinton's division was expected td
arrive the beach in half an hour, or three
quarters s anti that t wat the orders of Sir John
Murray, that as soon as this division had passed,
the guns at Oliva should he spiked and alean7
domed. Witness was also desired to take imme-
diate steps to carry those orders into execution.
He immediately dispatched Officers with the ne-
cessary instrtictions to the different points, but
directed that.the guns should not be spiked with-
out further orders, either from him, from the
General commanding at the post, or front the
Como tinder in Chief. He then told 'General Don-
kin, that those orders ill accorded with the pro-
mise which Sir JOhn had made him the preceding
night. If that proMise had been adhered to,
every thing might be carried off without noise or
confusion, and in a military manner. Adin. Hal-
lowell then begged of him to suspend the execu-
tion of the order for spiking the guns until he had
seen Sir John Murray, and immediately went to
look for him. On his return he informed the wit-
ness, that Sir John Murray denied that he had
given the order for spiking the guns,, and said
that he would remain till night.
The witness was then asked, if the guns had
peen allowed to remain till night, 'would there
have been' any difficulty in removing them to the
beach

Elk answer was, none in the least. If Sir Joint
Murray had given him but three bours previous
notice, he could have removed every thing in the
night of the 1 I th. There could have been no dif-
fienlty in removing the guns from Oliva on time
night of the 12th, if Sir John had staid till then..

The witness then stated, that the order to spike
the guns was not given through him, but pro--
bably by the General' commanding at the post. --
Two mortars were landed on the I Ofh,
.and every
day throughok the siege stares and provisions
were landed. A supply of stores siltLient for two
or three days' consumption was landed in the first
instance, and every day after enough Ira§ landed
for the coilSittapiloU: _l-te never founq the leasr.
difficulty in being supplied froth the 'ships with
every 'thing that he required. Admiral Hallowell
.anticipated all his wants, and grave hint the most
prompt and ready Assistance at all times. The
witness also stated, that he was:present when 0.
Spanish Officer brought a 'Fetter, from General Co.
pons to. Sir J. Murray, stating a dirision of the
French to be, at VillafiAnca„ He believed that
the order for 'spiking the guns was given almost
immediately after the, receipt of this letter.
The further' examination of this witness was
postponed till to-tuorroC—Tbe trial' is expected
to last till Tuesday next.
Erratum—hi yesterday's Report, fur Capt. Sato. Hood,
R. N. read Capt. Ingieficlil, R. N.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CrIANCERY, J. is.

HAY-MARKET 'THEATRE,

MORRIS V. COLEMAN.

This cause came forward this morning, and oe-
eitpied the Whole day.
It teas a motion' made by Sir SAMVEL ROMILLY,
supported by Mi. Disi.L, on behalf of the
praying for an order - tri set aside an award made
in this cause by ITenry Butler, Esq.. of Lincoln's-
Inn, who WES called in as an umpire by the two
referees to whom all the matters in dispute be-
tween the litigating parties had been referred un-
der a submission that was made a Rule of Court.
There were. (livers objections urged against the
legality of the award, and more particularly to a
certain deed for a co-partnership in future, pre-
pared by the arbitrator as part of his award, and
to be executed by' the respective parties, which
Varied so essentially from the original articles or
deeds of co-partnership entered into in the year
1805, that had laid the foundation of an original
and amended Bill, for a specific performance, filed
-by Mr. Morris,- and a cross Bill filed by Mr. Cole-
man, on the ground that he hall not contracted to
give all his dramatic compositions to this Theatre
exclusively, but merely those he had or should
bereatter assign to them for a valuable considera-
tion, and a mere right of pre-emption or prefer,
ence before all, other purchasers of such works,
,some of which be bad in his necessities and duress
already sold or assigned to the Proprietors of Co-
vent-garden Theatre, which formed the subject of
oilter.laW7shits with such ProPrietnrs.
Mr. HART, supported by Mr. SHADWELL) On
the other side, for the defendant, strenuously sup-
ported the award as legal and perfect in all re-
spects, at great length. The former, on find;ng
his Lordship strongly against his argument, de-
'sired to cease,-but -was desired by his Lordship to
proceed as long as• the Learned Counsel pleased,
since ibis being the Queen's Birth-day, it would
be as well to be amused here as in viewing the
exhibitions in the streets on that occasion,
Sir S. ROMILLY made a very pointed but eon-
cise reply to the leading arguments of his adver-
saries,resting on the law only. His Lordship observ-
ed,that in a case so much discussed before, he only
wondered that the great judgment and learning
of 'Mr. BuThes.hed waded so far through the mass
'of matter submitted to him ; oil which, if the
award cannot be supported as he wished, if pos •
sible, although differing on the law of the case,
the suit would not be ended, from the spirit of
the parties, till his Lordship were dead and Int-
' tied. I! must read the papers again carefully.
---JudgMent deferred.

OLD BAILEY, JAN. 18.

CI-ILD ,STEALING.

Sarah Stone was indicted for fraudulently taking
a female -child, the inf7mt daughter of Thothas and
Mary. Crether, with a view to secrete it from the
parents. The mother of the child stated, that
she Avas delivered of twill children about a week
:before last Bartholomew Fair, and she used to
pit with Ahem and solicit charity in St. Panl's
(..:hurch-yard. Ou the 14th of October last the
frrisoner at the, liar gave her some charity, and de-
,sited her to .go witl: her to A Lady who had seen
the, children in the street, and wished to see them
at haute, arid that,she tVould give the witness half
s guinea. She accompanied the woman; 'who' de-
sired to carry one of the children, and she told her
Ilia Lady lived in the Minories. As they went

ktO4,. the pti§onti• tlesi'M In* tai n inW) :
honst to get sOmethirig &hide; Ilk she refuted,
Saying ske wanted to .ARi.the Lally. The
prisoner turned ttp a court, and as t 4 %Illness had
also another little one %vitli her, which could not
walk fast, the stlimblett over some bricks,
and.she stepping to dis-vngage t 1 child, the Fri-.
soner . made a Sudden turn, and she lost Sight of
.her. • She endeavoured to tra6 'her along ti lie,
and advertised a description of her person, but
she heard nothing of her for a jong time. At last
the Police Officers informed-tier, that a woman,
answering the description of the pt.isonel.,. had
gone, on ship-board. She went, with-the Officer,
and immediately recognised the voice of her child
before she saw it, having heard it cry sits she was
in the boat. When she saw the child she knew
it again, although it was much thinner than when
she lost it.

The officer stated, that he traced the prisoner
by the accurate description given of her person in
the hand-bill. He corroborated the testimony of
the last witness, and particularly added, that he
reemmised a piece of i.tnnel what was part of the
-child's clothing.
A Mts. Wood, and a girl of the name of Ara-
bent 'Gray, stated, that the prisoner lived in
Bliglt!s-court, San-street : that she had a long
time appeared to have been pregnant, and that,
on the 14th of Octoher, she went out, and soon,
after returned
.home with a something in her cloak.
When she went home she said that she had beert-
taken in labour in the street, .and had been deli-
vered at a house in a court in Rosemary-lane, and
she produced her child. She was put to bed, and
continued in bed a month all but two days. She
Cohabited with a sailor of the name of Swail ;
and a day or two after her 'supposed delivery,
Swail and she had a quarrel, and the man left
the hOuse, upon which she jumped out of bed
and ran bare-legged into the street after him, nor
did she suffer any inconvenience front it. The
girl-Gray alsb stated, that when she first saw the
the cbilfi itAlid not appear to be like a new-born
infant; but seemed from. its sprightliness to be
above a month old, hot as.she was, not expel-kneed-
as a mother of children, she gave belief to the.
assertions of -the_Ptisoner. Two other witnesses
Who saw her go out on the morning of the 14th,
described her dress exactly as the mother of the
child described the, dress of the person who took.
it away.

The Prisoner hi her defence repeated nearly the,
same thing she had before stated,. namely, that
she carts hi Rosemary-lane when she was taken in
labour ; that a• woman took. her .honte to. her
lodging, in a court in Rosetna6t,lane ; thats,a
Doctor was sent for,-and site was delivered of the
child in question ; that the_y-put her into a coach,
in which she was carries to the end of thigh-
court ; that she walked from the coach to the
hone, where she met her mother, who put her to
.bed :. She afterwards went to. join Swain at, his
ship, as it was intended ahe should. go .abroad
with hini. The mother confirmed the fact of her
coining home in the manner described, bringing,
the child with her. Neither the medical man nor
any. other witness was called, who proved that
she bad been actually delivered of a child.
On this evidence the Jury found her thiilty.
BIGAMY.
Francis liodenham stood indicted fur feloniously int?rmar-
rying with Eliza Keiitch, his former wife being then alive.—
Verdict, Guilty.

• TRIAL or Nor!':
Last night Thomas Nutt w a put to the. Bar, .chargctt with
having stolen a variety of
.articha, the property of Jiihn lii-
shop. The evidence was prec:sely the same as that adduced
at titaeili,:quitre, which. w.,s correctly reported., lie was
foungGu,lay, awl the itvcottptut informed inns that he gas
too ,lever a Itio to remain in :hi, country.

POLICE .INTELLIGENCE.