The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-02 00:00:00

the wrenat d;p'aibrie force in Catalonia is 13,i)00
men.
..As Quartermaatei-General of the Army,, and
acquainted with its equipment, was it in your
opaiation in 3 state to utfdertake active operations
inst an enemy in the field, hi June, 1813 ?
A. It was not in a state to undertake distant
operations, from having few or no mules attached
to the Commissariat, to carry provisions, and from
the artillery- hemg inadequately hosed, and sup-
plied with a very small proportion of ammunition
waggons, not being able to bring horses and
mules .to the necessary amount,from Alicant, to
enable an army to take . Stici field—about 600
hors:es and mules being left behind at Alicant,
from want of means of. bringing them, belonging
to the field artillery ; and all the Conunissariat
moles. There were about one hundred or more
innles.attached to that department when at Tar-
ragana, but they were hired in that country.
Q. Are you acquainted with the roads passing
over themountains from Tortosa and the plain of
the Ebro to Tarragona ?—A. Thete arc seven of
them, not including a good carriage road ovcr-
Montblanc. I have been all over Ave of these
roads myself, and have marked them in a map
xvhich"l always carried with me, and ‘vhieli, if the
Court thinks proper, I will lay on the table. Of
the seven toads of which I have spoken, the
who!!! are practicable* for cavalry and infautry,
with some difficulty in sonic. of them, for the ca-
valry six of them are, not practicable for artillery,
unless light and (iismottted.
Q. Are you acquainted with the roads from
Villafran,ca to Tarragona?--,—A. Seyeral miles be-
fore the road from Villafranca :approaches-Tar-
ragona, a branch of it goes to. the right, and then
branching again, one of these roads passes over
the Col. de Saute Cristina, and the other through
the Ihoca de tiever, consequently there -are three
roads all earriagerthle, by ivhich.T'arragona may be .
approached from Villafrafica ; besides which there
are several other roads, some carriageable and
some not, which branch off to the on a
nearer approach to Tat ra►gona, and ‘t hich aremark-
ed in pencil by me, were not before engraved mil he
map I have laid on the table. The carriage roads
are distinguised by double lines,. and :there is not
-one of then( marked on that map, which was not
done ton the ground ;• consequeotly I ant quite
certain 'of them. The map relates merely to the
ArchhishOptriek of Tarragona.
Q. Was the embarkation of the 12th of June
conducted with'regularity As much as an
embarkation on au bpen beach, with sonic surf,
could he.
Q. Did you perceive any.confttsion which could
bear the construction 6f disgraceful or discredit-
able to his Majesty's service ?—A. None.
Q. Would it not have been imprudent to have
left 4000 men on shore on the night ot the 12th
of June ?—A. This question . involves so many
considerationS that it is impossible to give an an-
swer without going all through. I can give a ge-
neral answer. I think 4900 men, on an open
beach, .Vith'out any advantage ot position, might
have been very much harassed by the garrison of
Tarragona itz•elf, which could scud out 12 or 1300
men to keep them in cheek till
.General Di Caen
or Marshal Suchet came down.
Q. Knowing on the night of the 11t1i, or.
morning of the 12th. the arrivallof the enemy . at
Villafranca „ of 800.0 men, or 12,000, and another
at Perillo, could any embarkation have taken place
without hazarding the troop, or saute part of time
equipment %—A. I can conceive no chance of
saving the gqns it: the batteries without waiting
with the whole army to cover them, and consider-
ing the situation of the enemy, as stated in the
question, and our inferiority, both as to number
and quality, I do not think it would have been
'prudent to'have risked an action under the, walls
of Tarragona under such circumstances, and for
such a purpose ; but I must confine this answer
strictly to the 12th of June, and to the supposi-
tions contained in the question. I think there
would have been a.great hazard of the loss of a
considerable part the troops and of their equip-
ment, in case of our being defeated by a superior
foree, under the guns of a fortified town, and on
an-open beaeh„infording no position whatever to
cover our embarkation in ea:,e of disaster.
Q.-Would you have risked the loss of any part
of the troops or equipments, in preference to time
ahaildoning. V/ pieces of ordnance ?—A. 1 would
not have advised risking suchat loss by fighting an
action tinder the walls of Tarragona, bebause de-
feat thco- would probably have been followed by
the loss of not part of our equipments, but the
whole of them.
Q. Would you have concilled the deferring the
embarkation Of 'ally part ot the troops from the
12th to 13th, ?—A. I do not think that detering
the embarkation of the troops from 12th to the
13th of June, wthildliave.been prudent.
The Court then adjourned to ten o'clock next
day.

CORONER'S INQUEST.-Yesterday an Inquest
was held at• the Spanish Patriot, ip Conduit-
street, Penionville, before G. Hopos9N, Esq.
Coroner tor' Middlesex, on the body of Joseph
Burns, 'a boy about tkvelve years old, Mal met
his death, laSt, Sunday, through falling into the
Great Wheel-pond, tin that vicinity. The de-
ceased was a fatherless boy, whose niother is now
Confined in a mad-house in Mainal-green ; 'he
was brought up by a blacksmith in Field;lane,
whb intended to teach him his trade. Sunday,
•after dinner, he strolled with other boys into the
fields, where the.); 'Slid on ale above pouch, when
be unfortunately was drowned.' Verdict—Acci-
dentllly Drowned.

The Magistrares of •Huntingdonshire have re-
solved to •tarry strictly into execution the laws
Against vagrancy ; with that view they have or-
dered all constables to apprehend and bring to
punishment eintnnOn beggars,gypsieS, and other
persons.wandering about, who refuse, or are un-
able to give a good account of themselves.
young than named BRYAN, in the service of
Mr. liAaKEtt, at Elsthorpe bodge, Lincolnshire,
had paid.shis addresses toe some.. tic to it voting
whose banns of marriage with a rival he
vas unfortunate enough to t-teallm;)lislied
upon he went.and.hanged himself ! When disc -
yered, the poor iellow was quice dead.