The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-07 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

The private licensed ship Francis Sherburne, was
dispatched from Saugor Roads, for Ragland, the
16th August.

The Company's ships Europe and ilstel arrived
in Bengal River, the former on the 29th, the latter
on the 30th July.

PORTSMOUTH, FRB. 6.—,Arrived the Pickle
schooner from Plymouth ; also the Queen, Prince
Williams, and IVellington, from ditto. Came in
his Majesty's ship Conflict from Cork, with the
Contest, .I,,Asonot, undit convoy. Passed by
the Trowbridge, BaRCLAY, from Bengal-71ailed
from the Ace the 24th Augost. Came into harbour
his Majesty's ship Bermuda.—Wind Southerly.
FALstotrrit, 4.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Sealatk from a cruize ; Nimble cutter from
ditto; -and , General's Friends from .Leith, for
Leghorn. 'Sailed several sail to the Eastward.—
The Giace packet, for Januida, is gone into the
Roads —Wind \V.

DgAL, .VEB. 6.—Arrived and sailed for the Ri-
ver the Guilford, JOHNiON). and Mary Ann East
Indiamen, from Portsmouth, bound to-the River.
Caine down from the River the Britannia, George,
Neptune, and Loyalty, bound to Jamaica ; the
Governor Harcourt, for .s.t. Domingo ;s and . the
Richard, for Demerara, and remain, with the
'whole of the outward-bound.---Wind S. WV.
MADE/RA, JAN, 11.—The Valiant man of war
and l3acchus sloop of war arrived on the 2d inst.
with four vessels hound to the.Brazils, awl sailed
on the 411 t. The Swirtsure man of war and Drake
sloop of war
.arrived off here on the 9th inst.
with about 201) sail front Portsmouth, &c. bound
td the West Indies, - and proceeded. immediately
with a strong fair wind. The .General Paid*x.
and the Molly, bound to Pernambucco, sailed from
hence the .27th ult. under convoy of the Tyne
clasp of war.
1.,i-The gale in. which three
vessel's were unfortunately wrecked in this neigh-
bourhood, continiied, though with abated force,
through the As hole of 'Friday, Saturday, and Sun-
day, on the last of which days, two vessels were
seen in the offingin the cour•ie of the morning; a
smack and a Akalliot. The minds oldie spectators
were instantly filled with the most painful anxiety.
Thousands crowded to the pier and to the beach,
many -of whom had been witnesses to. the heart,
rending' devastations of the former. day ; and,
though the surf was not so tremendoils,as on Fri-
day, vet the appearance of the. breakers was sum&
eieut to-appal the stoutest heart: A little before
two o'clOck, the smack led the way, standing-for
the harbour mouth ; and as she came among the
breakers, never did we witneSs seamanship more
consniceous. She Was steered in the most mas-
terly style, through the lofty surge, and in a few.
ininntes placed, with her crew, in safely, at the
quay. Not So. with her less fortunate companion,
she followed the course of the _smack as correctly
as her exhausted crew could guide. her ; but when
• within fifty yards of the pier, 'she was struck on
'the beam by a tremendous sea, which caused her
'to yaw round to the northward ; and the succeed-
ing ',wave laid her among . the stones of the pier-
head,, how partly thrown clown by the late 'gales.
The sea then -broke over • her with . irresistible
force ; and her. crew,
,with nothing apparently
.but death before their 'eyes, jumped, one aftet
'another, front her deck. • Time master and three of
them were providentially rescued from the
Vouring-eleinent'by •the exertions of the .people at
the pier ; another, after_Awimining a considerable
way through the breakers, was saved by a • pilot
boat, when on the:eve of -Sinking ; but the mate,
.a fine young Man, had been so exhaused' before
the vessel-struek;that wliei he jumped overbOard,
lie was unable to clamber over the rocks, and the
succeeding sea rolling the,-veisel over, crushed
him to death. The smack was the Thetis, KERR,
from London, which she left on Wednesday.

Orders arrived at Plymouth on Friday to pay
off all ships of war at that port under 20 guns.
• The Martin sloop of war was left in chase of
the Reindeer American privateer off Cape Clear,
on the 22d ult.

The Mary, BAGGS, from Newfoundland, is
captured.

The (lute Hoffnung, from Gottenburgh to
Drogheda, struck on a bank -nt the entrance. of
Londandory Harbour, on the 27th ult. ; she af-
terwards drifted oil. the Bank, anti put into Till-
more Bay. The waster kind mete were drowned.
The Favourite rtrul Sarah, ftom Newfoundland,
to the 'Mediterranean, ‘vere taken off cape St.
Vincent's, in December, by the Warrior privateer,
of 21 guns-and 160 men ; the former was sent to'
Atherita„ and the latter lournt..

The Spriii;*(srove, from the. South Seas, sailed
from St. ll:Jena in company with the Gtriliord,
which arrived at Portsmouth the 31st. ult. and-
parted the 22d Dec. in Jit. 10. long. 25. 20.
The schooner Ftuiny, from La Quyra to'Lon-
don,. and IVil.liaw, from Orat*va and Fuerte Ven-
tura, were taken off.LArizarotie, the 6th Decem-
ber, by the. Laurence -pritattef, and sent for

EPRICE SIXPENCE-HALFPENNY.

BRUSSELS AND FRANKFORT PAPEIZS.

[RECEIVED THIS MORNING.]

RoME, JAN. I I —Since the day that•his Excel-
lency the Chevalier de Lebezelterre, the Austrian
Envoy, had refused to transmit to his Court the'
complaints of his Holiness, it was observed, that
his 'Excellency, avoided seeing the Holy Father.
Yesterday he had the honour of paying his court
to the Sovereign Pontilf,-and announcing to him,
that his Majesty the Emperor of Aostria had
Charged him to offer to his Holiness 1000
thuy-
keta, and 200 hors:es. It is reported to-day; that
this present is designed to arm the troops that- re
to be garrisoned in the Marches.
CR4bI(*A;J N IS,--Yesterday two Austrian
regiments arrived here gOirig to the Venetia-1i pro.
vinces, where large corps of troops continue to be
collected.

Yesterday three Officers were arrested, supposed
to be implicated in the conspiracy of

VERONA, JAN. 3.—The people, inflamed by nu-
merous arrests..which. criminal counections with
the authors of the cons Piracy at Milan hall.caused
to take place, has broken, out into open insurrec-
tion, and.opened the doors of the prisons. The
garrison did not make any opposition, but ran ed

to its quarters.
Numerous arrests have also taken place at '•llan-
tua, which the conspirators seetn to intend. to
make the centre of their operations. •
MuNrcu, JAN. 19.—The greatest preparations
ate making to receive the Emperor and .Empress
of Russia, whom we are now certain of seeing in
this capital.---,(Jeurlial de la Belgique, Feb. 2.)
BRUSSELS, Fan. 1. --This day will he memor-
able in the annals of Belgium, it is that in which
brussels was delivered_ -last year from the most
dreadful tyranny. For 20 years we have groaned
successively Under the iroty.rod of revolutionists
with red caps, whOse hands were dyed in blood
under that of those wicked men whose rule will
be an eternal di-Sgrace to France ; and lastly, un-
der the yoke of that Corsican, who, in his vast
projects of ambition, perfidy, and conquest, had
at least ideas of grandeur, ofgreattiesS, and
tart' talents, of which th.chtbbisfs to-whotia
sucleeded were destitute.

The day was ushered in by the ringing of
bells, and the thunder of cannon. Te Den in was
celebrated' in the great church, which &mil►d
carcely contain the immense crowd. The Lleie-
ditary Prince of Orange was present, accompanied
by English, Hanoverian, and Belgian Staff-Offi-
cers, and- those of the City Guard, The Civil
Authorities went in corpore.

The-parade was one of the most brilliant IVQ
have seen here. The English Ist Regiment of
Guards, the Hanoverian Hussars, the English
Artillery, the Belgian Infantry, &c. were drawn
up in order of battle, and made a most noble ap-
pearance. Soon after, his Royal Highness the
Hereditary Prince, of Orange, at the head of his
Staff, rode along the line; the crowd wastim-
mense, and cries of—" Long live the Prince of
Orange !"—resounded from ereq'quarter.—(Ora-
sle, Feb. 1.)

A Brussels paper, remarking upon the. French
Journals which say that France hopes to obtain
an increase of her northern frontiers by the abi-
lities of her negociator, adds in a note, "It is
the Journalist Who is so able—a Minister, had he
the ability of a Mazariue Or of a Richlicur would
not succeed in our days'in persuading the Powers
of Europe to make concessions in contradiction to
the dictates of a wise and enlightened policy."

AIX-LE*CHAPELLE, JAN. 23.—Several move-

tents among the Prussian troops in our
hood have led to conjectures, that these 'move-
ments ‘vere military demonStration3. This is not
so, well informed persons justly consider them
as mere changes in the cantonments of the troops
occasioned by local circumstances. For the
rest, the relations of the Sovereigns at Vienna

seem to secure Prussia against any war. A new
-conflict cannot take place unless a foreign Power
is allowed rnore inlinence than it has a tight to,
and the 'liberal ideas of Prussikt.should he offensive
to others. Then, indecd,:Pr.usia %cold rather
take 'arms than Suffer this kind give up its rights,
which are for the good of the cooptry ; hilt this
cannot be supposed as likely.--(Frankfort Gazette,
.Tan. 29.)

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COURT MARTIAL ON SIR JOHN MURRAY.

WINCHESTER-FIFTEENTH AND LAST DAY,

I‘IONDAT. FEB. 6

Upon the Court being declared open, 'Sir Jot
MintttAY addressed the Court, and observed, that
be had not hitherto adverted to the publication of
the Minutes ,of the proceedings of the Court,-con.
trary,..,tfttli!!rspress wish,qf i!s,lllpTibev.s, what-
ev'r tniAt ,baye been his feelings on that subject.
A mistake had' occurred, however, in those pub-
lications within the last frii-d4s, which he could
'riot overlook—he alluded.tn --fl; report which had
been made of the extract of a letter from the Duke
0-Wellington to him, dafed the 23d bfigay. The
passage which• bad been read, -and the i-eptirt
had been given, he woup take the liberty
iaf refAing ; it would be for the _Court then to
adopt that course with respect to. this mistake,
which their own judgment might dictate. The
gallant .General then read the passage to which
lie alluded, from which it appeared, that the Duke
;,I,' Wellington had 'stated " that the Freneh forces.
'night' at :all 'times be taken at more than the%
Were stated t‘o be ; and that whatever he (Sir
Murray) might have been informed th.c:ir numbers
1-ere, he would find them more than a match tor
IHn." The report of
.this pas age, Which
had appeared in a public piper, was. as • fol,`;
lows lie acknowledged he hati always-found
the French in the field fully more in 'numbers than
r!-.ev were represented to be ; but !,e'thougit that
General j\forrny Wonld he fully a niateh for him."
This mis-statement was so obvious, that he con-.
sidered due to his own cbaracter to point it out,
so that it might be corrected.
The Judge Advocate said the matter must rest
bere. In all probab;litv.the purpose t)f S'r John
:\lurray would be answered by the statement
which he had made, as those through whom the
mizuaka had gone abroad, Would no doubt feel
anNious to correct it.

ADMIRAL HALLOWELL'S REPLY.

Admiral HALLOWELL. 1101 V prOCCCded to address
the Court in reply on-the Third Charge , -
.The examination of the witnesses on both sides,
' Said, having now closed, 1 shall beg your pet--
tuission to oiler a few observations '-on the evi-
dence which before you; -and. ti) reply, to. the
~,wress of Sty John Alurray, which has been read
to the Court in his defence. That address, Sir, is
full Of declamation, without Offering one sub-
stantial reason for raising the siege -of Tarragona
in the manner he „ •
To- follow him throughout all his yoluminotts
statements is impossililt ; will, therefore:, select
only sath of them as have -been offered with
intention of attaching severe criminality to -my
conduct. Sir Johnssrts out by stating, iltat.pri-
y;;ie animosity had induced rate to write the letter
which' is before the Court ; and that it'- is owing
to.the manner in which I transmitted that letter,
and its publicity, that he owes not only all the
iWberal abuse poured out upon him, and his sus-
rension, from all :niiitary command hut also it is
owing to this letter that he is- now placed in his
rre,,ent situation before this Court.
la reply to this observation, I beg to state, that
I had received ‘ritten instructions from tny'Corn"
'Dander in Chief to transmit to the Admiralty an
account of ity proceedings whenever I had an op-
portunity of th)ing it more expeditiously than by
sending the information to him in 'the first in-
stanee,.taking care to forward the original letters
to hithself • by the first.. opportunity afterwards ;
but on inb account to send a man of war out of
the limits of the station if it could be 'posSibly
avoided. -
In obedience to this order, -I have been in the
habit of- sending to the Admiralty duplicates of
my letters to Sir 'Edward Mew, When on de-
tached service, and the receipt of•thoseletters had
been acknowledged by their Secretary. •
This letter was sent in the same manner. I
sent it in the usual way that every dispatch of int 7
portanee is forwarded: I -sent it by an 'Officer
who..was capable of giving every explanation their
Lordships might require on .the subject.
That' letter, Sir, was never seat by me to the
Duke of WelliogtOn ; iris Grace could have no
knowledge of that letter until he hail received .
colty of it front Lord Bathurst. Its publicity,. of
which Sir John iilurray. complains (if it did exist)
did not originate with toe, "and-I do -not believe
it has
.ever-appeared in any public paper, therefore.
it cannot be by the publicity of this letter that he
lots soffered.any inconvenience, but more likely by

the-publicity of his conduct, which caused .the
cessity of my writing it. Sir John Murray wishes.
- to establish an impressiou that I sent this letter
away in:great secrecy, and that I had determined
yu •
seniliii,; it as .early as the I*.
That .1 dill. determine. to send a letter to my
Commander-in-Qhief, as soort-at .1 could after the
embarkation of the troops, is-natural enough.—
I should have neglected toy duty if 1' Itad not thine
•
so. • -

By Captain. Carrol I also 'AS rote a letter to the
Duke of Weliington. On my arrival at Balaguer
on the afternoon of the 13th ofJune; I found Sir
John INlutray on shore 7-tin the evening he went
on boara:theNialta, arnll.soon followed him. _
I asked him if he meant to Write to the Duke of
Wellington. His answer appeared to wire-donbe;
ful. I replied, I should write if he did not : and
I wrote a letter:that eveuine,o-,, stating to his Grace
the precipitate manner in which we lid,retp4ated
from lari•agona, but without stating the oiler I
liazi made to.tpke of
On die nforning of-the 1-ith I s.pol:e to Sir John
Mut•rt titi about w.riting,' as I thought our
opera': 'were so- combined with the 'Duke of
V:ellin..):,,,li'sttiovetnents, that every nnittAnt'S*
lay tva. ..ThiS*Waq: my reason for
Grace.. How far it was s'&lt. away'
in set ;..:ey, the Co.nrt.w.ill lie able to jutigit=---but I
do not tija!,:much sgcrecy cotOci.b. attaelmf,
an event Iwhich was palCsbcd'by. generA.
to the whole fleet. Captain:Carol "wns
.superseded
the eowntand offiis ship to .gti'w4ll-it..
Sir J. ?array ivas-informe& of his intended
journey, and he- 1‘ as_ the bearey,p,f
..I.,..gurrork-
-I.l.spatch to the Duke of Welti•otfon• -
The charge of haviLg sent th:e,--1-:lyaeinth away
in a hurry,:nits hcen clear!y disproved by t#ft;
-detice already before the totirt. The tnisttres:
tau upon tqlctter were unlcriwwn to rue until I

received notice thereoe from tlte -Admiralty ; and
my being placed in the situation of a prosecutor
was unknown to me.nntil.after Christmas last—
the letter ofi-ill.e,Secre'tm-yzeit State leading me to
suppoSe,thatTwas only tOL be ek.T4nined as a wit
Hess. ..e. (Sir 3, Hurray Via. riliar;.,,ed me aglin
with ii4iberal. conduci iriswriting.this letter to Sir
..1
Edward Peliew, after mv•having perused his dis-
patch ro the Duke of Virellington ; and that I did
-not. give-liiimi notice of -my-haring %,•ritten this
-lett-et-mail 37 days after it tea; dispatched, when
_I knew that long befi'yfe,it must have reached its
destination, and produced its desired effect on the
character of the man for wi:it'll was even then
professing a personal. regard. As he (Sir.T. Mur-
rari ints- Stated that is :w cite letter, I will not
flatly deny his assertion ; but I do most solemnly
declare, that I have not the slightest recollection
of such a circtunstanCe having taken place.
Colonel D'Aguitar; ‘Vho is now before the
Court, was sown mo2ths ago at:farragona, col-,1
lecting documents for this trial ; he then asked
the if I had seen the letter of Sir John Murray,
..before, it seas sent; ftW4: I told him I had nut.
. expressed
Ile his astonishment, and .said lie lin-
derstood the letter .had been shewn .to,me before
:it was sent alvy. I again denied my having seen
it, and told him, that if I had perused it, toy opi-
nion of Sir 'John-Murray would not- have been
altered hy•it. - •
'The anxiety which many Officers of the Malta
have witnesSed on toy 'part, to see the letter al-
luded to, and the asuwishment ..1 expressed on
reading time .first line in •it, which states,. " Ad-
miral lialloaveil has just informed me, that the
Hyacinth, i's just going to Alieant," will strengthen
the Belief, that I . had no knowledge of its con-
tents, .until it•appeared in the pilblic Papers. His
letteC, detailing the proceedings before
.Balagner,
under Captain Adam And Lieutenant-Colonel Pre-
vost, I saw, and,•probahly, Sir John -Murray limy
have ;listaken this letter for the other; with the
permission of the Coniit, I.Will here read it,

rs,l,3,sty's Ship Malta, June 14, 1814.
" S7°—After the fall of Vort St. Philippe, same days
elapsed before I got the oliicial.report of .antl the
przJisdre of the husines.; in iciiicli ac liacc bush litlen engaged
since, has prevented we from 1-,outfei: expres::;itiF to you the
high sense of o`iligiitien I feel for the very ;.to: pie rind itn-
pottant assistance the not? r.R.elv.e& oil that ot casino-, from

the naval fore'e sent there Oy your. orders. .
" The' ‘xliOle army is of theii obli;-.4.iions to you on
this, and, ioileell,oir every other,occasion,'4ni no person in
it, I assure yon, more than tty,elf.
" As the proper channel of cornmunie,iion, J. hope you
will excuse niv reque,tiii of you to en:i,aninicate to Captain
Adam, and the?- ta::cr!s-and .sdnicen under his immediate
command, how nr;•cl; 1 feel imleindi for their merit oyions
services on that occasion. Captain Adam's exettions• were
unwearied, and the arrangernents-he matte and saw executed,.
most mein ;ally contyibutcd ;to the success of -the under-
taking'.

" Captain ('arrol, of the Volcano, took a most active part
darin the siege, and to thin was'entrustuf the -placing the
f. gins on the breaching battery, within 250 yards of the place,
t..:;ik had by bis. activity and gallantry nearly effected,
w!, :n be was disabled front further exertions, by the explosion
shtll. tytain Stoddart ,s!acceeded hint, and most ably
finished awl at Captain Cartol laid left undone. , -
`° The services of Lieutenant Corbyn, of the Invincible,
have been parf ienlaily noticed by Lieutenant-Colonel PreVost,
--and in the ma naement of a battery enttust ed to his charge,
he was particularly distingni"She'd. I shall esteem it a favour,
if von will draw the attention of the COmmander in Chief in
the-Mcdkterranean toliisserviecs on this occasion.
• " I have the honour to be, Sir,
t " J. MURRAY.

---
" Admiral Hallowell, &c. &c.".
The public iletter to the Puke of Wellington,
detailing these proceedings, must .have been the
one shewn to me, if any one was shewn. .
Unwilling as I am to make Any thing like what
concerns myself the subject of •this reply, yet the
very peculiar situation in which I stand, compels
me, -in justice to myself, to trespass a few mi-
nutes upon the time of the Court. It was not till
I arrived in London, a,ftw days after Christmas-
day, that I knew I,was to be the prosecutor, and
not till the day before I left London, to proceed
to this place, which %vita the day on which the
Judge Advocate left London, that 1 first heard,
That in contradiction to the orders from the Se-
cretary of State, that I should substantiate the
. statements made in my letter to Sir
that I found
_myself confined by tbe terms of the
third charge.to the transactions up sty the 12th
instant inclusive, awl that I was not•to go into
the full detail of my letter.
with the very different mode of carrying
on Naval Courts7Mart,iul, will, trust, account
satisfactorily to this Court- for some of The irre-
gularity of, the examination of the witnessses-,
• being the first Militafv Court Martial at which I
•was-evel present, anti has deprived me of the evi-
aience I wished to produce. .
- If abuse were -plod, if invective werci,cvidence,
I should stand a bad chance, but Sir-john Mur-
ray forgot to whbw he addressed hintself; he foe-
got,that the judgment of this Court would lead
them to cOnciture, that when a man substitutes
abuse for aeience,- it .i.s because he has no better
evidence to produce; 'and when ,a nUita evade.s to.
ansiver the charge made, by a discussion tery.irre-
-valeta to the subject, it is because he dare not
meet the charge.
It is tio, wonth.n. tlfat, brooding over
and disappointmentfor so ,ntany.inonths,, such a
mangnaut • production should,have beCil brOught
forth ; this is a harsh term, hot not too much so
by any means, for those calumniating charges
• made in his-address, many of which were too bad
for Bill) to-support,even by a shadow of evidence,
and-some of which; to avoid discussion, he would
have abandoned. The admission of the infirmity
of some of those charges he has-as readily allow-
ed, as they were'deliberartly and unjustly made.
• Surely he had little respect to the .Members of
tkis-Court,• So••welt informed in their'profesSiOn,
to suppose-that they would be deceived by high-t
.iown-1.- bad almost said bombastic langange.-'--
.a.iy reply shall be slibrt, anti facts,-nut mefaphot,
shall be laid before the Coml..' •
Having -stated most •solenanly to the Court,
that I had no
personal•illWill to Sir Joint Murray;
, .ao el.: any assurance to the- but t, that., to the best
of my recollection, not even an angry :word passed
between us, is he varranted iti-his Address to the-
Court ?' ‘•
Winds were used, in this Address,'l am con-
vinced, in moments of reflection, which 'hishabits,
knd the circle in 'Which he moved, must have pre-
V'ented ihe use of. With.- respect ito my keeping
back hi;.-16tter' of the,2d of Xtine, it stands, upon
,the minutcS 'Of '•• the enureniairtial, that •Sielohn
Murray slid not deliver it to the until the ad.
that I had no vessel by which I could send
away immediately; and it is proved by Sir John.

:ette•rs to me, .:;rich are bef.n.e the
Court, that he knew it was seat, on the 4th, with
theqther letters dated on that ,day ; and he-has
confirmed. hiS knowledge of the tact by a verbal,
eonfessipnof it before the Court..• • {
WT ether it was Sir Jolin Murray's; intention,
in making this statetnent,-to impress on the minds
of those who heard hitn, that I had designedly
kept back that lett:L:l., I will not pretend to say ;
but that it had that effect no person will doubt.
.1 next come to' thecharge:exhibited against me
respecting the Bristol being ordered to anchor at
a considerable distance It oia the landing-place at
Bale. -tter, with no other view than to prevent the
Quarter-Master-General 'from repairing to head-
quarters ; and Sir J. Murray continues, " Well

might. the Adiniral predict ►misfortune, if he pro-
posed by this exertion of his authority, to de-
prive the army of the service of one of the. most
active and intelligent of its.Oilicers, and to crip-
ple the most importiort of the department, by the
absence of its chief." On the afternoon of the
12th of June, about three o'clock, the troops be-
gan. to march down to the beach for ethbarkation.
A little after sun-set, Sir J. Murray %vent on board
the Malta. I reurti!led onshore till between two
and three o7clock in the morning of the )3th,
When I returned to the Malta, and went to bed.

it having been repored that the enemy had
discovered a piss ro.md Balaguer, .1 had pre-
viously ordered the, Volcano to go there to assist
in covering our troops, which had been sent
thitherthe preceding- evening for embarkation.—
On my rising about six o'clock, found the fol-
loxing note on my table, written by Sir John
Murray
." My DEA tr Sirt—l will beg Captain Carrol to mace the
signal to any infantry embarked at Salun Bay, to come down
with us. Before you sail, perhaps it would be possible to
pni.the troops in some order, that is, to get the regiments a
little together, that they way be enabled to disembarh. My
orders arc to disembark as far to ibe northward as possible.
" Yeur's truly, " J.. MURRAY."

After all the stair horscs, mules, &c. were em-
barked at Tarragona, 1-pracectled in the 'Malta
to'Balagocr, leaving all the transports in charge
of Capt. Bathurst, 'of tie Fame, to be ready to
weigh with them, ‘vhen. 1 should send him orders
for that purpose.
,The Bristol had been sent
round to Salon Bay, on the afternoon of the 12th,
for the purpose of embarking part of the 'troops,
and remazued there in charge of the transports at
that anchorage.
After I bad passed the Bay of Salun,'lbbserved
the Bristol getting under weigh, and made the
signal to remain at anChin, and while l was at
dinner, it was observed to me, that she had got
under weigh, notwithstanding. the signal I. had
made to her, and "immediately directed htr by
telegraph to return to 'Sabin,

From the letter which Sir J. M. had left on. my
table in the morning, it wilt appear evident to the
Court, that it was his intention when he left the
Malta to ernbark the troops which were at Bala-
guer immediately, and that they were to be land-
ed again as far to the northward as possible. It
was, therefore, %Yid) a view of keeping all the
ships in a state of readiness to Move together as
soon as we should have completed our embarka-
tion at Balagner, that I ordered the Bristol to re-
turn, and not from. any desire to keep General
Donkiu. from repairing to head-quarters. The.
ships went there solely for the, purpose of:embark-
ing the troops, and General Ponkin, has declared
before the' Court, that he_never.altered the em-
barkation or disembarkation of ybolis, except at
Tarragona.- 'What injury then could they suffer
by the absence,of that Officer ? I can only say
that I received no assistance from him in the em-
barkation at Tarragona, for I never saw him after
Sunset: Had _ General
.Donkin been disposed
to visit Sir John. Murray, he had the means
of doing it by boats, in the same • manner, as.
other ,Officers did.; and I found no difficulty, in
keeping up my communication with the Fame,
through the same channel, although she was
laying in Tarragona Bay, at a considerably
greater distance than the Bristol. Sir J. Murray's
head-quarters were at this time on board the
Malta; and the Bristol joined the next day, when
Sir John Murray directed- the troops to'assemble
at Balaiguer. But,- Sir, the impression intended
.to be made against me is of a nature to affect -my,
character, and even my life, were it nosSible that.
I could he guilty of the crime -alleged to me. It
charges me with suffering my private resentment,.
if I had any against' an individual, to affect my
conduct. in the execution of my duty to my. coun-
try. •It is not an'insinuation, it is a direct charge;
but I trust that this insinuation rill fully do away
such an idea from the `minds of the Members of
the Court,' -with whom I. have.not thy: honour of
being acquainted; and Lam sure that every per
.sou who. knows me, will have no:hesitation in
declaring that I am incapable of such conduct.

The folliming litter from .S;.r John 'Murray,
and my answer, ''S.upport: me in this last
assertion:. .

. .
Extract of a Letter dated
.Cactal!a, May IP, 81.5, and ad-
dressed by 'Sir John Murray'to !Lear-Admiral
" There is a 'Point on whicli L must say a.fsym wards, It is
respecting' General' Donkiti rn eba..itation. going with
me is.tOtally oat of the question ; but it is extremely desir-
able that he should be in a man of war. A transport is sub-
ject too be •scparatrA, and the:Quartier-Master-Genural,is a
person •so nceesSai'y that' we should heput to a
very
.greAt ineunyeniehee were absent. I atu therefore
aiisiojie that you c•,;(iuld'l.q.: hind enough to attach some man of
war for Ina]. it is for the Quarter-,,filster,,rfeneral;.and nut,
for General that r this, request. The stone
holds good for ilujui I,:etibt4, in so strong. a degree.
(Sigiicd " AICIARAY.."„
- - •
Extract of a Letter from Pear-A dm iral Hallowell, to Sir John
• 19th-,ay. let 3
ii "L Al saw..jor.Laitig-yesterday,--teihild;bini Gen. Donkin
ntt liar„e e; he •Ilristol which infemlen. for 'a Gzne-.
rnl ()nicer) •ey .Ironse",ship, "or ,any, ether :ship he
cliose to:,.n.t.pie. I I bought the:second nimandliad a prior
claim to.the FaLief and Lail thPi
arraiu 'for General •
Clintork.to:go In bor. I b:e.very.ltappy to do any thing
ppy.;etf.toac,erm;:iiod4te qenural'lhnikilf:atid -shall be
obligedto:you, or "ipyou will point .0ut,11...1y w;iy iit
which I cap,cilui rhinte,to:his couiti.nti in the, expedition that•-
is now iii...crontt. ' • • • •
-• lIALLOWNLL.P.'
S.- GencralDolikin'may tro in Thaints if 11. e prefers
it." • • • • :• • • • -

Extract'Of a Letter, r :N:Zty 20i ..1813, -from'
Cas,talla, and addresed by fir John ;.turtay to.Hea an r-Ad-
ral H illvaell. - ' • _
" I arar" extri4-ly for Jo t.aceanunod at io
with 'riciier,kl.--:potAiTit.., Op t.,lii.4,,sttbject will
write likewiseto-morrow.The:.kost i)3,..j04t 64-ing out, Ltlcl I
hare a good tkal to do. _ .

, . - •
• •••- • • .(Sio-nii) " J..MURRAY.?-
Extract +f, anotlwr letter, (fated Castalla, htay2l, 1813, from
• Sir J. Nturray t;,, Rear-Admiral Hallowell
" My DEAR SlR,—Geueral Dookiu, to whott I conil&lnni-

such parts of your le:ter of the ttth Rs coneeinel Lae.,
is touch obliged to you, and accepts
;our otter of the Bristol.
(Signed)
," J. MURRAY."
Here, Sir, yOu will see the line of conduct I
pursued on our embarkation at Alicant, previous
to our sailing to Tarragona, and I solemnly as-
sure the Court, that from the time of our em-
barkation at the former place until the period
stated•in Sir John Murray's charge, I do no; rell
....collect having had one single word of private al-
tercation with General Donkin. As to the charge
of writing to Lord Batherst on the 14th,:,1
otily say I wrote 'no Suca letter, notwithstanding
the comments on' my doing so. Sir Murray.
charges Tine with making the following signal
We are delighted." Ido
.not deny it. The .
America informed me by signal, m tire 17tb, that:,
Lord William Bentiuck was on board. I
swered, " we. arc all di.dighted." In making this
reply I spoke the sentiment of the whole army,
and I really believe of Sir J. Murray
.address to him on the morning of the 12th, at tell
o'clock, and to which Sir J. Murray has made no.
reply, fully disclosed him thy sentiments of thy"
proceeding. I told hint that the object of my-
sit was to inform him of the disgraceful manner -
in which they are gbing on Opthi the beach--that
General Donkin had given directions in his name
to. spike the guns and destroy the batteries—that 7
we were bringing disgrace on the British charae
ter by such conduct, and 'I intreated hint, if he
was determined to raise the siege, to do it in a
soldier-like manner, and not in the disgraceful
way in which we were then doing it. I concluded
by saying, if you will allow the gins to remain
till night, I pledge myself to take every thing tiff.
Sir John Murray says, that in a paragraph of nil
letter, I tell his Majesty's Governinent and the
Duke of Wellington that I had promised to
bark the whole of the guns if he Atlltild renjairl
till night ; of my advice and opnion.he, says he
knew—but of such offers he has nu recollection.
I refer to Sir John Murray's dispatch to recall it
to his - memory; and I do my,elf speak posi-
tively to having pledged myself to execute the
order. I did not make that pledge without hay,- •
ing given it due consideratiOn before I anadelf7:
I knew_ the extent nt the 'operation, and the Means
I possessed to execute it ; and I never made a pko-
wise to the army to perform ans,r‘ service without
fulfilling it, and there is no reason to suppose I
should have failed in this instance.'

h:

• After such a declaration, and. Sir John Murray
having persisted in raising the siege of Tarragona
in the manner he did, could he imagine I would
be silent ? Certainly no. His answer to me,

when 1
,communicated it tolim that I had written
as strongly. to Sir. Edward Pellew as I had ever
.
spoken, convinced me that he • was prepared for,
it, he replied, "I dm aware of it—F had every
reason to expect it from the manner in which you.
have always spoken—l have made my report to
Lord Wellington, and I feel myself accountable
'to no one else." With respect ,to the personal
regard which Sir John Murray says 1 was pro-
fessing for him, I cannot recollect having any'
communication with him after •his leaving Bala-
guer, that was not official. On my arrival
.at

Alient, I waited on Lord William jientinck as
'the. Commander of the. Forces, to pay my visit of
respect to him--my next visit was to Sir J. Mur-
ray, who had just resigned the command, when
refused to see me—and, I never called upda
him againuntil the day we tnarched from Micout
for Valencia, when 1 waited on him to inform

~~

him that I had-allotted a ship for his accommo-

dation, whenever he wished to move. 1 have

never failed to pay immediate attention to every

request that Sir John Murray made to me ;
it was a duty I owed to his rank. Sir

J. Murray has Made great complaint of the delay
in bringing forward this .trial ; but he must be,
'aware that the delay has 'been-in a great-measure
created by himself. The Court Martial was at
first ordered to be assembled at Tarragona. Some
of the me-Dbers had actually arrived there, and J
had assembled the naval.witnesses to attend there.
The Judge Advocate in opening the prosecution
has explained' the reason of its being afterwards
directed to be held in 'England. Sir J. Murray
received notification -of this change •so early as the
28th of July, as appears by his letter' to me, This,
he thought proper to resist, and wrote home to
that effect, complaining of the injustice of such a
determination. Perhaps" it might have ;been less
favourable to him if it had been held at Tarragona,
for that spot would have produced the fullest evi-
dence against him. Would Sir John Murray at
Tarragona have ventured to produce such evi-
dence to contradict the proximity of the high road.
to the beach, when the morning ride of any of the:.
Court would have given flat contradiction to the ,
assertion ?

On the spot they would have known that the
beach is almost always smooth in summer ; an(t
that when it is not perfectly so on one side .
Cape Salon, it is so on the other. My object was ..
to lay before the Court every fact---his to conceal.
When he asks if at all times yoti could eafrY orx
embarkation in the bay of Tarragona,- every man.
whoever saw tire coast would say, certainly not;
"but if, to throw light upon thy questicn, he hack.
asked, conld an embarkation almost always take ;.
place in the months of June, July, and August,
and ,if not to the eastward of Cape Salim; to,
the .westward ? the answer would have beefit

Cert4irily, " Ye S :" and if, to evade the, trua •
statement of facts aad things; be did not call bac,k •
Snch.men as Williamson, "fhackaiy, and Clinton
—such men as Bathurst' and Inglefieldi be aid
.wise:yt

Sir John Murray pays very little compliment to'
the army ; for, while: he is treating every one of,
My opinions witli the utmost contempt,' he
- cases the army of looking to them as the standard •
of Military .perfectiOn. He can best settle_ this
Frith. his own professions. If the utmost amp.' •
tion,to shelr wants—if the most perfect respect
their rank and merits,
.he a crime in a naval coin' -;
tlnander, I pleld. guilty. My desire to do, every
think for the army met a return I am proud to ae'r
;. I would appeal for the truth of this
every one of the Officers I have calkd
were it. _not for the very honourable testimony•
borne to my character by the Court, I shonkthave
lin:night ample proof, in • addition to Sir JohlY
.Murray's•own letters, to disprove this assertion:,
I shall now proceed to remark on the Tbira
Charge. Sir J. Murray endeav on_ eel to offer as as

, .. . . , • . ,
' " ''&le"r is wiii.ti lie
excuse for die piaicipttate Iti:.
.•
ditii..
raised the siege of Tarragona,- (-41er3 and i
edlties which never existed ;,. he has endeavoured
to establish a belief, that he could not have got
:
Ilia pins and stores on hoard before an enemy ar-
rived, but he has never yet been able toprrove that
the enemy was neareron one side than' N illafran-
ca, or that any force •waS ever as far as Perillo' on
Ithe other, when he decided, on leaving "the. guns
"eland.. It appears that Col. WillianiSoll pledgei
(
himself' to Sir John Murray that the guns and all
the 'stores should have- beet brought down to the
beach ready for-embarkation on the night Of the
12th, and I had pledged myself that every thing
thottld have been taken off. The means I pos-
' lessed,were More than ample for the execution of
that service.. That no enemy could have. been
Pear is evident' from Sir J. Murray's-conduct on '
stir arrival at Balaguer.' on the 13th. :Sir John
Alarray decided, immediately On. sending for the
Ivhole army to land again. Surely if Suchet was
211
(It 'too Powerful for him on the 14th, when he
11ad time to haVe collected hisrarinforcem ients, le
11.,,,.°P1(1 not " have been in slifficient force on the
:41), to -have created the Plarin he did ; and so little aid
Sir John Mttrray think of an immediate
4clvance of Sucher, that On the evening of the
14th or 15th, he.proposed to me the re-embar,i,-
,ing the troops at Balaguer,' landing them at Cain,
'els, and thence to push on 5000 men, to end ea-
to to Surprise Tarragona.
The proposal was made in the latter part of the
afternoon, on the starboard side of the quarter-
de ck• Sir John informed me, that although we
had differed respecting the raising the siege, he
had only, obeyed Ilia orders ; but that every thing-
did now was an act of his own, and he wished
to submit his ideas to me, and to have my opinion
(lo;aitetii ; 'he then made the above proposal, Stat-
irig that:he knew the enemy had received no rein-
,TeeMent; and supposing-he was going away they
that
off their givard. I gave him my opinion,
:saat as- he (lid not feel *himself equal to. such an
~t'lltise when he was there with his whole force,
--''' bis batteries erected, that I did not think him
-(111alto'it now with 5000 men. Here he asked
t:IY advice. I gave it, and he followed it.
~s a:forther peoof that there was no occasion to
-gtie the •seigts. in- the Inatiner it was done, I will
lt,l4te, -that Sir John Murray did, oit•the ' 15th,
14,'Ll all his troops again, except a part of-Gene'd
in:tttingliarn's division', with an intention'of tak-
to thelield to fight Sachet. His artillery, and
: remainder. of the 90th dragoons, were landed
tit(' this day::::: On the 16th I received -an applica-
o from him tO have 900 marines in readiness to
Po' in the Fort Of Balaguer, to enable hint to take
tt-1,1 field With 'all his force,. which he had propos-
. ell (10i0g7 T Pte marines were paraded and kept in
.e/nstartt readiness to land the moment they should
15 ealied,' and in the :afternoon I landed two 12-
poander earronades, with 50 seamen, to serve with
the artny.
cozkutritd 'here? beg .
to call the attention of the
4)-C°l°"el ‘Vitli• nsOn's evidence, by Ivhich
it appears On Cut
1, rt ,':' ' r
letter f r, le -:-'"1--''es 0. the Court, that the
that till:cnlca'-uriTnosi. (trly, informed 'Sir J. Murray
ill lrmt-•lool, mid „int:, flcteltly at Villafranea was
would vir(f hint orders Isee the -British General
'duct he• le,,is to pu.,:_lic , 'Pect.ing the line of C 0.11.-
IS j blit It does not tell hint
what way the e emu' ,
t'oin Colonel .." "---J 'were Pointing. The letter
Lan (I ar, which is .
before the Court,
Zle:'• i-hat. 'On. th:if, evening, the enemy returned
h are• tmla• The statement of Colonel Villa:-
till will he seen in Colonel Williatusows evi-
Aeuce w 1 •-'
at t 1 :at •• 'cull) he relates the force of the enemy,
v... :at !joie, to be between 5 'and 6000 men pt
joiltil"fi'ana" Colonel Williamson is not mistaken
4:41 le tiine of the Spanish Officer's arrival. I was
I,,th, beach With General Donkin at half past.
„:04eliwdere he Was speaking to me of the move-
ir, :1. tile enemy. 'This induced me to look at
I,?:,_watch, 'T
-id I informed him of the lrintr, which
t,s'xss me positive as to the time. We then went
14.7ethar to the General's head-quarters, where we
,11.. thi.!-.B.pitaish Offieer.4 accompanied them from
~..cnce_to look for; and after ive met, Sir J. Mar-
..i':l3:. deeidett :to embark the troops immediately;
Mar-
aud leitVe the guns behind.' I mentioned this eir-
i4'n„state.e to. spew that I 'could not be mistaken
b.. “?e to.
the Officer arrived ; and that General
Lii:trin hits not been correct in the statement he
The' tn4d,e, of its being between eight and nine in
oat Ploriting when he met that Offiter, instead of i
qizAi tc° tti. indecision Of Sir John Murray, a (lay
.
4et
.(-4 pass ivithottt instances. He 'seemed
to
...,,li`(:.°lt. the spur of the Moment, froni the last
te,,.e or opinion he had received; one while all
~,,,g;'l'tr, Iteit ti/I doubt ; one while to fight, one
Lis
,e.t(tlvitildraW.; and had' he either wadi up
1). .I.'ll{l to fi,,,,lft or;to re-embark, ;ill might have
aeic
.._ , ~ .
tver,.. welt • but his Colistatic vaccilatiohs made
orde2r..trteasiir..e Useless, and the orders and counter-
t..4ee:;; tell Owed so faht upon one anc,ther, that to
itit_i,,,e theta was impoWhle. If so active and
foliZl"lceit.t an (Meer .as Lieut.-Caen:..a.:ll -Clinton
it lib • • .
thin,
_,
.Possible to keep paoc with their rapi-
tti-Irt", i.wds it likely they'cotild generally have been
~,'piited With
41 Nit,_ J , - ••
e . .Igurray meant to light De
.Caen, did
~. tat,e
nt _
id - • -IY proper measure to do So; and if he
1- •-I to rein,-
Li4ll2°l.t,'.lvhen lie El:id:Made up is min.. . -11,1 t. '‘ '9), not.t4ke proper ideas:fres to reimbark
'iiia
.; '"*.verit?t; between *these two
.measures, he
.q...,s'?either as' it ought to;liave'been done. It
q._i, 11,41 §nebet iv; .r.
ii-o 'inoine'_nt'ardY
.expected,
11'144.ln:it insanity .
conlilve.indneed Sir John
Rite,..:
.to sen(l..bis artillery .-..nd cavalry to Bala-
.ll),' ? V.attly, and Cacti en:accompanied bvinfan-
tiv`)all . ll'lt but the''lno,'-t unwarrar;table -neglect
i .dve ~.. •- - - • •
se ilisfi . !‘:ett, rise to seell:extreme ignorance ttiti,,l` nee of the enemy, as to. produce an as=
;':11:,.y,;i:!t: four oclock ire the nuirtting, -that the
T. r hr,,i, 'gilt he hourly expeeted, tinder the walls
lliy),;;(.)'111? lint bad •.as the ildeci4ion wasat
~
tillle (f,„ ..i_t waisointhing to that of I.l}:.lagticr.
, i•4li, -.oarkation and the re-ettiharkation con-
(.
ati„os
..-, t, was 'enoiigh to confoniol any
tivveled. .'4 tike world. ' livery mast4tead waS.
• vv,n I , .
',,3 ;yet" `1 111$ Sigitals, atid four ' faitlrOwidg
ili,'ls 'i,.j-lc(IY sufficieuctO Convey tills orders.
". tii..:-,9'111 Aitiiira, has repeatedly in :his ad-
ll'Y
`; '''ji
I°' 'F'" 'e("olt...i;:t,..Wliicit•:.ll*r held.
(Hiss Noll
a c', tkt " '''t military subjects it. may not be
-he • rire 1 . • - Y 1 'il,, . "thelode ray reply, to. adduce one
.e (0,,,:-,tance of i • -
,4 hi itself in
41.‘ ~.Nri)eai to that opinion, when
a case dittenlty.. ,

•
Sir Joha .Vlntrens. eaneonhave farnat:cai "k-h:lt , then rermesting Sir J. ifirerti,..floky
We deserters arrived at Baiaguer'on the 16(ii, proceed Does not this, I would ask- the. Court,
with the account of the enemy's approach, that disqualify the statement Sir John- Murray. has
be immediately came off to ask my opinion of the made as to his motive in having given this most.in-
line of conduct he should adopt., -On our going einiSistent order, and it having become null from the
on shore, be directed the Chief. Engineer to point I circumstance' ofGen.Copons!pretendedmovement ?
out the positions he should occupy, and having J Sir J. Murray states, in another part o(his ad-
made his arrangements,- he decided :on waiting dress, that the Mite of Well:ngton was fortunate
for the enemy. On his expressing this deternint-: in 'acting alonethat he had no naval coadjutor
ation, I took the liberty ofteiling him, that I was l to impede or thwart him,. and fan the flame of
sure he , had an army that would (JO him credit— . discontent in the.army ; and states also, that I was
that they would do more than any army of the (comparatively speaking).little more than a spec-
same number in the King's service, because there taint of eyents, in which 'my own honour was no
was not a single man under him who did not feel way committed ; my own responsibility was in no
that he bad something to recover, and the only i way compromised ; my own 'safety, by tvhich, of
thing he had to guard against was, being
.pera Course, I mean to understand, of those under my
Suaded to change his deterniination again ; his command, was no way endangered or concerned.
reply was, that lie would not chalice. Colonel 'Phis-is the first instance I ever heard of an Officer,
Thackary was present at this conversation, which j in the command of the naval part of a conjunct•
circumstances now call upon me to mention ; to expedition, having no responsibility attached to
state a new act of indecision, he decided the next i his; situation,oe that his honour was no way,com-
morning to embark again. mitted in the expedition ; f confess that
I must now beg leave to offer a remark on the ! differently. I felt my- honour committed in th I felt
e late
evidence of Captain -Milner of the 18ils Hussars. transactions, and with those feelinesl'consideted
Sir John Murray asks him if he has the means off it nay duty to Write the letter I did. Sir J: Mur-
knowing that his diSpatch Was written in apt great I ray denies his having made al:v charge against
hurry ? Captain Milner, in reply, states, it was me; let the world read this, and then judge ofthe
written a great burry, it only- came on bOard truth of such an assertion. Every one has heard
as 1 was.going. to semi a vessel away'; there was it, and is bis ipso dixit to contradict the voice of
no, time to copy the dispatch. Who could have - all ? Ile Writes a public letter, acknowledging
believed that an Officer, holding the high and ho- l the Cordial co-operation of the fleet ; and a pri-
nourable rank of a Lieutenant-General in the g gate letter-to Lord Wellington, that the delay and
army, possessing the fortune, and moving -in the irregularity of the transpOrts was the cause of the
high circles in which Sir John Murray is in the batteries not being opened 24 hours sooner than
habit of doing,—who could have believed that he they would have been. This I deny in.toto: The
would have permitted his Military Secretary to f transport service was carried on to my Most per-
have fallen into such a spare, for the purpose of .i feet satisfaction, and the Commanding Officer of
eliminating me Who could have supposed -that I Artillery has acknowledged that his wants were
he could have allowed hint to give the answer he even anticipated.
has given on oath, without attempting to set him , I was in hopes that Sir John Mtnray would
right, when he l;nsew that the original, letter waS- have confined his resentment to me alone. See-
in his own hand writing ? No one could. have be- ing with how little candour he has directed all his
lieved it, had not the transaction been recorded attacks against me, 1 have learnt to bear them
on the 'minutes of this Court-Martial,
.and ;t without emotion ; but when he ventures to attack
can never be forgotten., Captain Milner was j the avhole profession, lam called. forward to vin-
warned by me to be on his guard, it was there- I (Heine its character against so foul, so malignant a
fore after • mature aleliberati in that he had stated I charge. What does Sir J. M. mean by saying that
on oath., that he had not time
.to take .a copy of those serving under me were not exposed to dan-
the letter sent away, and it is afterwards proved i ger, when he knows there was scarcely a day
by his own evidence, that the very dispatch which passed that they were not 'employed in boats un-
was forwarded to Lord Wellington was A copy, der fire of the enemy's batteries ?' There was no
transcribed by himself from the original drams work on shore which required kissistance from the
up by Sir John Murray. As to the expressions ships that was not instantly granted; and in all
imputed to me by Captain Milner,.l do not admit-1 working parties during time night; Y• 'well :as day,
that I ever made use of,them ; but admitting that I they shared tile same dangers as the soldiers who
1 did, what have they to do with the .charges were employed with them. The conduct..of the
against Sir John Murray ?. If they were uttered, boats could nut have escaped , his observation ;
it was after the troops had left Tarragona, and 1 eind if Sir John Murray, or any of his Staff, had
could scarcely- believe, that an 'thiicer who 'was I been present with the working partiesnat the bat-
Sleeping in my 'cabin, and living as a pleat at my i tery, be and they would have heen convinced that
table, as Captain M. was, could at the same time J their conduct merited a different representation ;
be making remarks- of my conversation, to bring- and if Sir John Murray considered there was any
forward as a charge against me at a fatiare period, danger from an- euemy on the night of the 12th,
Ido not envy either Sir J. M. air his 'Military Se- when he was. hbatnioaing every thiug to its fate,
cretary, Captain :Milner, the consolation they' the officers and seamen of both men of war and
may derive from their reflections on this occasion. transports were left to share it, while the General
The attack made upon my military witnesses who thus calumniates them was enjoying his re-
cannot have escaped the observation of the Court ; _ pose in bed. I trust it will appear by the evi-
of Colonel Williainson he says his evidence is but thence of those Officers who have been examined,
repetition; I trust it will be noticed his Was given that many inSianees have occurred of Sir John
before the evidence was canvassed in the News-, Murray's indecision, at times, and on occasions
papers. General M'Kenzie's evidence, it is said, where prompt treasures. and a decisive conduct
was given with precipitation. With respect -to were necessary, and consequently that I had just
'General Clinton's evidence, which Sir John Mar.: reason for expressing my apprehensions that the
ray has thought fit to term an evidence delivered future movenieuts of the army under his direction
with asperity, and which by the concluding ques- would add to its disasters.
tion on the Lieutenant-General's first examina- I presume it. will also appear from the same
tion, it was most unjustifiably endeavoured to stamp evidence that no measures were adopted tovrards
with the impression of having been uttered in a raising the siege of Tarragona previous to the or-
spirit of personal animosity against Sir John Mur- r der width was suddenly given on the night of the
ray, I feel myself warranted' in saying that Sir llth, t,o commence the embarkatfon, and that Sir
John had no right to put such a construction On J; Murray did precipitately order the embarka-
that evidence. Circumstanced as Sir J. Murray
fourd himself, such an evidence should have been tion of the troops under his command; and aban-
' dolled his guns and stores without necessity. This
met by a disproof, not by an attempt to. delay it' will appear evident, from a letter from Sir John
merely, which argues a bad cause, to me, dated on board the 'Malta, June 19, 1813,
Nor is Sir John Murray mote correct when he in which he says, " Upon the late business, how-
observes. that General Clinton was the last man ever anxious I was for this cordial co-operation,
from whom he had a right to expect such evi- the heavy responsibility which I had, and the
(hence. 'ln this instance too, have reason to dangers which I saw in delaying, prevented me
know that lam warranted in saying, that at' an from- adopting your opinion,
.which, as events
early period after the termination of the unfortat- have proved, might have be-en safely followed."
nate expedition against Tarragona, Sir J. Murray That there was no necessity, I trust will appear was told at 'Alicant by Lieut.:General Clinton, on the evidence before the Court.
that he did not think that time Measure of aban-
.Ist. Because the enemy was not 'nearer than
(toning his ordnance at Tarragona could •be Villafranca, (a distance of more than thirty miles)
justified. .
. at thefime he adopted this measure.
Consistent with the feeling which dictated that .
„2dlyeßecause at the time our troops were em-
Opinion, has been the evidence given by Lieut.- barking, add We s'vere destroying our guns and
General Clinton, and hail he .been so questioned, carriages, and at the time such alar:a was express-
lam confident, that with time same consistency eel on the beach of Tarragona for time safety of our
would Lieut.-Gen. Clinton have•spoken to any army—the Spanish division under General Copons
fact, or even to any opinion lie might recollect to was nine miles in our front remaining at, their
have held at that period, which might have beet) post, without any apprehension for, their safety.
deemed advantageous to the defence of Sir John And lastly, Because time enemy was tiot in stiffs.-
Murray : I must, therefore, beg again to repeat cient force to oblige us to raise the siege in the
that Sir J. Murray was not warranted in putting manner we did, even if he had advanced against ua.
such a construction as he had endeavoared to Sir John Murray has attacked my character,'
press on the minds of the Conit and public, with not met nny charge, and every thing I have heard
respect to Lieut.-Gen. Clinton's evideace, in this Court, convinces inc that your decision
I must now beg the serious attention of the will be such as will vindicate the honour of the
Court relative to the first order sent to Lieut.- service, and satisfy the expectations of the Sove-
General Clinton on the Morning of the 12th of,
,aeign
and the nation.
June. Inconsistent as that order was with what On. time Admiral concluding his Reply, the
has appeared in evidence, namely,. that on the Court was immediately ordered to be cleared.—
night, of time 11th all prospect of getting hrdd of The'.sentenee will not of' course transpire till it
TarragiSna bad ceased, and the embarkation of receives' the approbation of the:Prince Regent.
the army had been decided upon ; but setting the
inconsistency aside, what will be the astonishusent
-of the Court When they see Sir John Murray as-
serting, as: he did in the statement he made ''on
Faturday last, in reference to this order, " That
his motive in gfring this order had been to cover a
.retr4rade.movenlent of the dfrision r f Gen-, Capons
army on the great road, but that the movement had
been elected during the night: and the troops from
Lieut.-General Clinton's divisioh were not requir-
sed to assist it,. and the order became mill from
this circumstance." I ask, Sit' JOhn Murray what,
movement had _General Copona, made disriug the
night to warrant such • a statethent on -his part
7Msr none. Is it not in clear evidence ahewn that
Capt. Stocidart :and ,Lieut. Bowie. ;were both in
commtmieation with -General Cop.ons,at Altafulla
and at Torre-del Barra, until sunese4 on the.even-
line of the 12thlane, and that Sir John INltirray
himself had-been.-waited upon daning the 12th,
by an Officer, Colonel Villamill,, with a letter
from Gen. Copons, dated front Tom del Barra

Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Paris
to. his Friend.---" It is impossible for we to
just con-
vey a idea of the' awful-sublimity of the Cere-
mony which conveyed the. remains of the amiable
Louis XVL and his Queen to the place of inter-
ment.—The Oration of the venerable Bishop of
TrOyeS dissolver! conqegation is tears.—The
spirit.of.Massillon rested on himH.ll.lol a propos.
I am obliged toansw9l- sonic of your queries as to
Parisian costume, &c. with the sombre -impres-
sions I received from' the spectacle I so lately
witnessed. I can only say at present, that the
Parisian Ladies- with all their errors, in respect to
their pyramidical; bonnets, have a classical taste
'for dress-,they pay uflcommon attention to the
improvement and decoration of their Hair. The
MAcassAa OIL, of which you have heard so much
in England, is in. high estimation.—Monsieur
Rowland, q.'est une grand' favoriteT with, the
famous Parisian Ladies, some of whom have ac-
Nally. had his TrEntico tynnQbapii ;ntr, Rrniint