The Sun.
London, England, 1803-04-23 00:00:00

DEAL, Arßiz. 22.

THE East India Company's Ships Ceres and
*Pusick Cade: sailed this morning to the River.-
The 'Warner Castle, from China, arrived in the
Downs this afternoon, and remains with the Rqy a 1
Chariot', and PerseetaYantr, Dor.tetthire, and Ccy-
/vs Indiamen.

Account of the permanent Taxes of Great Britain
in 18oz lull.' 803 :

the Years ended
th ian. 1802. Sth 1211. -t33.
nr
,C. , s. d. •-•
xcise," Stamp,
and Incidents, prior
to the Year 1793 t0,826,114a 8 51 71,335,309 19 7
Add proportionate part
of Sugar now an-
nually granted 1,678,554 3 e 205003 to 61
Additional Duty on
Malt, ditto. 325,598 0 o 341,330 6ai
1347 Y 011 Tobacco, do. 39 t,068 o a
.442,922

, 13,421,682 11 51 14,726,E65 16 31
That of Duties pro
AllllO 1793 - - 00,517 4 11 310,412 9 2
Ditto, 1794 • . - 742198.5 10 iii 796,688 18 4
Add . proportionate
part of Sugar, now .. , •
Anntially granted 362,541 is tot 444,49$ 1 2
. '
Total of Duties pro
Anno 1795 - . 1,476,19, 9 61, 1471177 2, ill
Ditto 1796 - - - 1077020 ij 11 1,376. 92 97+
Ditto 1797 - - - .2,557.444 16 2 - 2,761,616
13
84
Add proportionate
part of Sugar, now
Annually granted 340,16; 19 otc 416,716 18 ,8
Total of Duties pin .
1.1.40n0 r 798 - - 593,354 4 8 683,7557 to 61
—lnc' 1799 - - - 165,578 18 01 354486. t' Si
Ditto riko - 461006 13 4 097.451 1% ot
Ditto iSot -- - 929,681 2 o 1,730,753 t 9 to
DittolBo2• - -, - oo 0 1.9;7,340 12 lot
, ,_ .
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JAMES ElSll4lt.
Ztegurr, tht 2-th cf 21/4) el) 0303.

The KING of PRUSSIA has given, to the PRINC e
9f ORANGE the Lechtenan Palace; at Berlin, for a
constant winter residence. The Princess receive.,
from His Maje..ty 30,000 tix dollars per annum for

The Morniq'Herald, of yeterday has the fol.,
lowing very curions paragraph :—" Yesterday Sir
JOSEPH nolNitifidel his addresses to His MAJESTY at
the Qui.eres.house."

PUS
L TC-OPF IC R; BOW.STiII terdaytwo
very notorious offenders were, examined. before. N.
BOND anci.E. READ, Esq. on a cliarge'of attempting
to pick the pocket of two Gentlemen on Thttrsday
night at the Opera House Masquerade It appeared
that a numerous gang of pickpockets had obtained ad.
,nittanec, and by being masked, prevented the peace.
officers who attended from recognizing their persons.'
The Geraletnen, however, on whom they at tempted
• their depredations,: with great 30'114 seized and se
Cured them, notwithstanding a desperate resistance
made by theie,assOciates. The fad' being proved
I's to the. titteinpt, they were both committed to
take their 'trial at the present Middlesex Sessions
for a Misdemeanor.:.
•
TWO "41'1;4010 had been apprehende' on suspicion
of house.breakirtg,• and had- woundcd one of the
Bovv-street,patrale, and for want of evidence had
been Wit on board the tender at the Tower, in or.
der to serve His Majesty, one of theM having been
on hoard a man of war, were !Drought back by Mr.
Bell, the High Constable of the Holborn Division,
Who stated that the Regulating Captain would nut
keep them, as--they, were men of such bad' charader,
and unfit for His. Majesty's service, one of them.
telling the Captain thathe was a common t,hief, and
at diarent times had been cistody near -eleven:
• Years, itpd could.nat. keep his hails _ from stealing.
The Magistrates were. thud-tut Andcr the necessity
of discharging them.

- Wzi

bAt-a•PkiDAYi APR TL

triter Marnamara was intlide4 for manslatith:
tee, in killing Robert Montgamery, Esq. in n
Duel which took place between them, on. the even.
ing of the dth of-April last. , ;
The following are the names of the Jury who
were sw*orn to try the case :

t
am m
es Needham,. Thos. Chars,
Lames :Merrick, . Rich. Plomer,
!ch. Hale, Geo. Pearce,
Edw. Wheeler, . Thos. Harding,
_...

George Usher, Chas. Saunder;;
John Sumner, Thoi. Saunders. ; •
. • The cir unstances of this case are ,alteady. sb
amply b he Public, that 'it is unnecessary to
go over their again in detail, we shall, therefore'
pass over several of them, for the purposed mak.
ing way, for the most material, together with such
as have not yet appeared in print.
Mr. KNar P ,OEened the Case on•the part of the
Prosecution, and said, that the offence of which the
Prisoner-stood charged by this, indianient, was that
of manslaughter, in having killed:Col. Montgomery
in a duel. It was unnecessary for him to make any
observations on the nature of this offence, or on the
law which applied
.to it, because the Jury.would
hear. observations upon these topics from the much
superior authority oldie Bench.; neither should he
make any comments on the circumstances of- the
Case, lest they might possibly excite a prejudice
which the evidence afterwards. might not warrant.
Nor was it necessary for him todesire that-the Jury
might dismiss from their attention, every thing
they might have perused either by way of account
of evidence, or cominentary on this case, 'in the
public Prints ; he knew from the experience he had
had already of the manner in which the Jury had
• discharged their duty in. that Court,
,that they un.
derstood it too well, ,to pay any attention to any
thing they might have heard out of Court upon
this case, and that they would be governed entirely
by the evidence as it should appear before them now
upon trial. The charge, although not of the deepest
species r f homicide, was . yet of a very grave and
.serious
.nature to Society, and one which demanded
the serious consideration of iCoutt of ; irut
Ithe question which the Jury had to try' was a very
plain and- a very short one--4t was this,, Whether
the unfortunate Gentleman who lust his life, as
was stated already, did so lose it in con,equenee
of the rencontre with the unfortunate G4otleman at
the Bar ; if the Jury.' should he of opinion. that the
shot he received at that rencontre was the cause-of
is death, there could be no 'question but that the
Prisoner was guilty of that wh:ch the law called
Manslaughter, and which was' properly described in
this Indidment. Both these unfortunate Gentlemen,
the deceased and .the PriSoner, were men of rank,
the deceased a Colonel, and the Pris Oner a Captain
in the Navy, and they were also the objeas of the
affedion of those who knew them. He had nothing
to say against the Priioner further than related to
his having given to the deceased his death-brow in
a duel, for he was only the instrument of-the fami.
ly of- the deceased, who brought this case 'forward
for the determination of a Court of Justice; and he
had nothing to do l.nr en Li‘r 0:180 before the
JOry, and they, -
.under the dire of the Bench,
would disposed it upon the- evidence according to
Ow rules of laws t•le- then proceeded to- tecite the
circumstances of the case as they. appeared in' evi.
(knee, and said that he should prove the case as'he
!rail-Stated it, and then he should leave it for the
Jury to draw the conclusion. He felt no anxiety
at all upon the subjed, neither did those who sent
him into Court to condlta the case ; their only wish
was that the law shOuld be administered, and he had
nu' doubt . that the Jury would give that verdil
which. the law would call upon them so give upon
the evidence," and which the interests of Society
called upon ,them to give; and be could not help ex.
pressing a hope that the event of this trial, thus
brought ;about by ,a,fatal accident, would be ofoil.-
titnate advantage to Society; by causing- the evil
which produced it to be diminished. Mr. ICNArr
then called his, Witnesses.
William Sloane, Eq.--(1 I was. in Hyde Park
on Wednesday, the. 6th of April instant, between'.
four and five in the afternoon, on horseback; in
pany with Colonel Montgomery, -the deceaSed, and
another Gentleman. A Newfoundland dog fillimcd
Colonel Montgomery. I afterwards saw another
dog, which belonged to Capt. Macnama fa, and there
were three or -four Gentlitnen near that dog; the
Prisoner at. the Bar was one of them. It was he,
tween the Bridge and the Barrier,' flit. dogs-, he'-'
gan fighting. They were Newfoundland- dogs.—
I observed Colonel Montgomery turn round and
.get -off his' horse to separate, the dogs:. They
were separated: I. believe by Colonel •,Mont.
gotnery., I heard Col. Montgomery ask, "whose
dog is this ?" Captt Mactiamara. said, " that is
my dog.", Col,. Montgomery- said, " if you tin
note call your dog off, 1 Will 4.tock ttitn.
Capt. Macnthitara said, " have yon the arrogaoce to
say that fodwill knock my Ling downs".' Colonel'
MontgomerY said, a yes, I will knock: the dog
down if it falls upon mine again." About this time
my lArd Burghersh came up, and the, same sort of
conversation was repeated, and, I think, I beard
the word "arrogance' made use of'agam.'o
Mr. Justicelisam asked, " who complained of
the expression, of arrogance P'
A, 4(,-It was not 'complained of."

- .
Q. Who Made use ofit -
A. 44 The Prisoner, Capt. Macnamara."—Abetit
this time some people joined us,
,and weprocd,:d
on 10 PiCC4ldi4, all of us. Col; MODlgOthvry
10.Ciipt. MI0)411100, " It
..wasnot .my
eitilirrel with you, but if your dog I:11k up in
mitiO; l will knock him down," or wor(b. flea, ly to
that effed.. We all went towards Piccadilly, and
we took leave (ACV- Montgomery at the top of tit.
James's-street, With intention of going house. I
turned round and saw Capt.'Naenamara, turning
back to go.dowti $l. j;nnes's-street, and at that time
We were going up Bond.st rect., and had 'got a little
way : gal. Montgomery went down St. James's.
street. I afterwards saw the Prisoner and the de-
ceaied, and othera, in jermyri-street, but not very
near, perhaps thirty yards distant.- A person, rode
up, to Col. Montgomery, and s.p.oke to him,. hut it
was iMpossible for- Capt. Macnamara ter hear what
was said same Gentleman rode back asttin_to,

d,lifi iii:lfiit4. iiiii: fdo tfoilinii tirinci diai e';ri.
, ...
tihnln kvai, 'NA. I hive Since heatd it wfts. Car,t.iin
Harty: What pissed at this time J c9:4,1' nut iledr,
-OM - ci-gss:exaniination 1i) Mr: ii.ko-..:, chi:
Gentif,..man said " there was no reason to suppose
that thesdog had been set on to fall upon. Colonel
iVronigomery's dog."
al. •
Mr. justice HEATH said, there was no supposi.
tion of the kind. , . .

The- Witness proceeded, on the examination of
Mr. ERSKINF, to say, Captain M4cnamara was
dressed as -a-Gtntleman,, and had every appearance
of a Gentleman and Colonel Montgomery said to
hini,." If. you do :nn-t call. oft. your dog, I will
knock Itim down..ll'.44tt!not see that 'he toOk'his
hat off when he "sikke;''ittlit desite'Capfairi
namara softly to tiike :his ilkit off; nor any,thing of
the 'kind-: hut he 'saii4;: If'You do'not- take your
dog off, I will knock him. down." He did not
say that in a gentle manner, but I do not.thiok he
said-it in a very loud tone of voice. Captain' Mac_ -
namara said, " Have you the .arroganee tolay, you
will knock my dog down ?" shit ColUtiel
gomery said he would knock the dog dlwn if he
attacked his, and he said to Captain •MaCtiamara,
" that,if he was offended, he knew where to find
him." _ _ _ _ _

.......
Stephert Slowit, Esq. brother of the last Witness,
gave evidence to the same eff-di.
Here Mr. GARRow,' on the part 'of the Prisoner
proposed, that all the rest of, the WitlieS,Ci should
he called to hear this evidence, and to ask if they
concurred in the account, it) order to save time and
trouble, but,

Mr. Justice HEATH desired Mr., KNAPP to go
on examining the Witnesses in the usual way.
. Mr. Sloane added;' that niter the dogs had been
fighting, Colonel Montgomery said, "-I will ktm.oc
that dog down if he uses violence to my dog or
words to that effe. Captain IVlacnamara.came up
and said, If you knock that dog down, you must
knack me ,down afterwards." Colonel Montgomery
made some observatioOs, which 1 tao- not exactly
recoiled:- he said :to; Captain Macnamara,'" This
public place is not the proper place for the adjust-
ment of •any dispute i my name is Colonel Mont.
gomery, you 'may know where to find me.", Capt.
Macniureqa said, " My name, is Captain Macna.,
mara, of the Royal Navy.", Colonel Montgomery
then observed, that Captain Macnatoara could not
suppose that he meant any Offence to him by de.
siring him ID call off his dog, or by saying that he
would knock die dog down. Captain Macnamara
then obsetvell, very nearly to this effect—" That
he did not find himself offended by what was past,
but if Colonel Montgomery did say any thing that
was intended to offend •him,- he would take it up
with the greatest 'eagernes," or words to that
died; but I cannot give. the very words, because
at the time other people came up, and desired me to
say what hid,happened, which took up, part of my
attention, 'I recoiled Captain Macnamara using
the term airogance,". • several times, to Colonel
.Montgomery, saying. it was arrogant. Colonel
IVlontguniery had. said rather harshly, " Call off
your dog—Cull off your tiOg ;". but it did. not ap-
pear to me that he knew. Whose dog it was when
lie • " , . .

Lord Buithersh gave also an account Of-as much
of the affray as he saw,' for he did not come up 'at
the beginning. 41 When came up," said t his
Lordshipi " Colonel - Montgonpt y said, " Very
wellySir, I said; 1 will knock your dog down if
he- attacks mine." Upon which .Captain IVlacna-
mares answer was, " But your desiring me to ,call
off my dog was not language to be used to, or by,
a Gentleman "—I do not ,know which. Colonel
Montgomery said, " If you feel yourielf injured,
you.know. where to find me," Upon which. Capt.
Micnamara said, " No, note 33' to what has yet
happened, but if you will so), any thing to affront.
me, I 'will rake it up as soon as any -roan in. Eng-
land." Colonel Montgomery said, 61' It is not my
intention to quarrel*,ith you,..;but I must adhere to
what I originally said—lf your dog attacks Mind,
I will knock him down." .

-Charles Smith, was in• the .Park, on
Wednesday the 6th of April, in the afternoon. 'I
was going between the tbarricr and the' road. 1
saw the deceased Colonel,Montgoinery there, with
...other Gentlemen,
,four or five other Gentlethen were
riding by the barrier; At that time two dogs were
fighting; they kid been fighting before I came up.
Colonel Moivgrimery,. whom 1 had seen before,
turned hack and got off his horse, and,' standing
over the dogs, he said, he would knock the dog
down. lie did' not. 'strilee one. of the dogs.; thee
separated. Captain Macnamara then rode up, and
said to Colonel' Montgomery, << If you do knock
the dog down, you' must tak:: the consequence, or
knock me down fob." Colonel Montgomery then
said, " Why did not you call your- dog off," Capt.
Macnamara replied, ti No, Sir, -I do not chOse to
-call my dog.otf, and I will not be dietated-to by
you or any Man." Colonel Montgomery: got on:
his horse immediately. fie then said, " Well, Sir,
if your dog fights mine, 1 repeat to you, 1 will
knock him doWn, and you are very welcome to
know where to find me—As a Gentleman you might
have Called your dog off." Captain Macnuthara
said, " No, Sir, I did not chose to call my dog off.
I chose to let'Thin fight; and I. tell you again, I
will not be did:tied to by you or any inan, ought
to know, now, Sir, where -to find you for tenat
you have already said." At this. time different
persons Caine up, so that I had
.not an oporiunity
of hearing what passed. - 1 did not know 'Colontl
-Montgomery befOre, thongly I had seen hitay.nor
d:d
.I.know Captain Macoamara.
cross.examiaation ,• by Mr.. GARROWi he
lie was not called on to lie .examincd before
tht Car Oner, he was called on .to be examined he.
fore Sir Richard ,did not
.go hefore Sir
gichard-Ford of own aceotd ; he sent for. me,
and 1 teak to him. J, know nothing at al of
either of the Parties.

Thol#ol 141 Cb, servant to Mr. Dean,' a Stable.
keeper in Bond-street, gave .tn account of his
going with a chaise to Dover_street on Wednesday
aflernoon, of the 6th of April instant, of his taking
the chaise first to Captain Barry, in St. James's
Street, of that Gentleman pulling out of a h!tekney.
coach a case, and putting it .in his
,chaise, and going
to No. 8, Dover.street, and afterwards of Mr.
Heaviside, the Surgeon: owning withbanothet Gen.

ihom . it not now. • of it
,Ica
. .
goins
_together into th 6 And Mt;
orditing him to-Chalk ram; Which
the \\rimless did :tidt. know hitt after soul?. &sec.
ti Ina, .he drove .ther.- He pdlled tipi rind a Gen::
tiernan l?eni out. in'a.shott Hold afterwartibi
tainairty got out of the chaise, and walked tp to
• ilre field- with the Ge.ntiermtn with one arm; but
what pita, the Witness. did not. know.. In a short
af:erwatils Mr.' Heaviside got out of the:
chaise, and they, all walked in the field together
The .Witness then went to the public-house and got
sthne beer. He said, 'that
safterwards Colonel
Monigotnerr was hi-ought down, and that was is
about twenty ; mintiites or half an hour after they
went into the fieldi

Panid Fair!! A post..tior, belmiging to Ifni
Three Kings in Pictadilly, gave an account 'of bio
going. with a chaise to.Chatk Farm, also at the,sathd
;time, and his seeing the: Other cbtisc there
said he saw the parries in the field at Chalk Farm:
did-nut heat a word spoken ; but after they had
got into the field, -he,heard the report of a pistol
tied; but not rittre than one.' He-saw two per..
sons standing, just before the time of the report,
With pistols, in their 'hands, and there was Mr.
Heaviside, And a Gentlethan with one artn: tHre
was oneGentleinan who might be standing three of
'four yards from Col. Montgomery, and another the
same distance front Capt. Macnamara 'he saw Col.
Montg,othery'fall, and he was with hint.in a, mo:
Mon, 'as he might Say-when he came up,- Mr.
Heaviside was there, putting a bit of lint to the
wound ; and anotherGentletnan said, that Capt.
Macnamara was Wounded. . Mr. Heaviside desired
Gentleman to„ pct his nand to the wound, with
the bit of lint, while he went to Capt. Matinamara
to .put a bit Of lint tin his wound. They did not
both fall : only Col, Montgomery fell: Col. Mont.
gomery did not die then :.. he was carried. up stairs,
in .the house near the place ; Capt. Mitcnamara was
helped into the chaise, and taken to Bhke's Hotel,
in jerthyri:street. It was almost dark when the
Gentlemen cameout of the field'. •

jame4 Ilardiak _stated, that he
.:resides in
James's-street : he was at .Chall: Farm on Wednes.
day evening,*the.6th of April, and saw. the patties
in question, Capt.' Macnamara, Col. lkilonigortiery
and other Gentlemen ; they ascended Primrose.hill :
he did not know what the business was at first: he
followed them. One of the party, he thought Capt.
Barryedesitedh servant to bring the case out of the
post.chaise. It was then about half past six o'clock ;
he was about fifty yards di,itant from the parties on the
he saw Sir Wm. Keir and Mi. Heaviside • in
some private con'ersation some of the other par,
ties were also inconverYation : he •saw them prepare
the, piltols, Batt could not exAttly tell 'which of
theM one off' the pistols was previously dischargitd,
for the purpose,' as he supposed, of aFeerraiiiing
what condition, it was in : he did not• recoiled by'
whom. The parties separated : the, distances Were,
taken : Col. Montgomery and Capt. Maenamara-
both fired : they stood at the distance of about is
iar 15 yards : • they stood fiice ; hoth the pare
ties fired abbot the same time : he saw Col, Moot.
rmwzry : Capt. nieriamara did not fall: the
sVitne,s „then: went uir to the patties; when he
i!atne op,: ,he :abscised Col. M ntgotnery lying on
the ground ; Mr, licaviskie was assisting
lire opened Col. Montgomery's waisteciat, and look..
ed at the wound. Mr, Heoiside admix istered what
relief be, eb Lthi. to him. While Capt. Mitenarnara,
was bleeding, the Witness did not recoiled to hear.
him (the Prisoner) desire Mi.lfeav iside to go to the
a'ssistance„of.theiColonel. The Witness assisted iiTf
carrying Col. Montgomery 'co the hackney-coach.
the'Colouel, seemed at that time: to be quite
lost ;
,he, was groaning and his eyes were axed; he
hai every appearance of dYing Flu after.
wards saw the corpse olCuL,M,,mtgornerr,
Lord Buigbersb was called up a secAtime. He
'stated (is a reqnisite formality) that the' ChteiStian
riaoll of Col Montgomery Was Robert; that he
a6erwards saw his co'rpse, which was that of the
identical Col. Montgiimery who was engaged in the
quarrel with the Prisoner in tii;: Park.
c.L.e for the Prosecution being closed, and
the Prisoner upon for his defence, .he begged
pertnissiim sit while lie read what he had to ad.
dies's, to the Court. being granted, Captain
kIACNA4.I-4S.A read a written paper, of which the
folloxing, is it copy :
" G6NTLEMF.4 or TUE JURY)

,
(‘ I appear
,before you with the consolation that..
rny, tharader .has already been delivered, by the
verdict of: a Grat4 Jury, froin the shocking imps .
tati()ll Of murder ; and that
,although the evidence.
was laid before theint without' any ex.
ionorev iLL:nce of the sells:Awns which brought
ute iniai my present milk/Ty ,ituation, they made
their
,own impre.ssion ; and no charge of criminal
lanuicidewaS found,winst me.. I. was delivered
at once 'from the whofe eTekc.t of. the indiCtment. •I
theiatoto ti. 6%, stand ISfore yc.n. upon the incrtaition
only, taLen before the coroner, upon the view
the body, under cifeunistan,es extremely affecting to
the minds of thOse who we're to delibefate or, the
transa.diOn, and without the opportunity, which the
benignity of the law attiir4 the at this inomenl,
repelling that inf.:it:nee of e v ert sudden ItStilte
kgainst dr::easeti, which is the foundation
of this inquest of manslaughter.
' 'fife origin of thc difil:rence, as you see it in
the e‘Ntlevt...e., I.V3S the heat of two
persons, each defending an anitnal under his I,r.itee.
tion, was narar:ila an:: con!,l not have led to Joy
qt)tictiVetti;e3. It W.!, not, the deccaseWi
f•Nling his o‘C,n cll., or his threatening to deslroy
chin , that led ta';‘,-,-e fAtal ca,iistrophe. It Wil3 the
d.,::ianc,!, atone, ivliiclt inJ:t unhappily ‘iecompa..
flied what was said : words revive their interprei,
taiinn from the avowed invention of the speaker.
off:nce was fore, d upon tin., by the declaration,
theft he invited ine to be Wen:fed, iirldvhalleng63 me
to vindicate the offence, by cabins' upon him for sit..
tisfaetion.-1-4‘. If -you- are offended with what has
passed, you kno* Where to find me," Then words,
unfortunately repeated and reiterated, have over and
over again been comidered by Criminal COWIN of
JuStiCe as sufficient to support an indietment for a
jutigniettis of Quirts are founded
upon the universal understandings and feelings of
mankind, 4pLi common candour must admit that an,
Officer, hoVvei,er'ilesirOes to avoid a cpaucl, simian

refuse to understand what .even the grave juilges of
the Law must interpret as a provocation and a deft.
once, `I declare, therefore, most solemnly, that I
went into the .field.from no resentment agsinst the
deceased : nothing, indeed, but insanity cosh' have
Jed me to expose my owe lite to such imminent peril,
ender the impulse of passion, from so inadequate a
cause as. she; evidence liefore you exhibits, when
separated frbm -the defiance whin was the fatal
source of mischief; and I could well hare over-
looked that too, if the world; in its present. state,
could have overlooked it also. I went into the
field, therefore, with: no determination or desire
'to take, the life of my opponent, or to expose, my
went there in hopes of receiving some
soothing- satiefadion for what would btliertvise
have exposed me in the general feelings and
opinions of the world. The deceased was a
man of popular manners, as I have heard, and with
very general acquaintance ; 1, on the other-. hand,
was in a manner a stranger in this great town, hay.
ing been devoted, from my infancy, to iheduties of
my profession in distant seas. If, under these cir.
CUM6l3llce6i words which the deceased i'itended as
offensive, and which he repeatedly invited to be re-
,sented, had been passed by and submitted to, they
would have passed from mouth t 6 mouth ; hive
been even exaggerated at every repetition, and my
honour,must have been lost,
'sGentlemen, I am a. Captain Of the 'l3ritish
Navy. My character you can only dear from others ;
hut -„to maintain any character in -,that station,- I
must he respeded. When calleV'epon to lead
others into honourable dangers, I must not be sup.
pwd to be, a man who had sought safety, by sub.
mitring to what -cuitom has taught others to consi.
der as, a disgrtee. lam nor preseming co urge any
thing against the !aids of 64,d, or of this 'land. I
know that, in the eye of Religion and Reason, obe.:
dience to the Law, though against the general
feelings of the world, is, the first duty, and
.ntighl to be the rule of action ; but, in put.
ring. .a construdicin upon my motives, so as to
ascertain
..the quality of my actions, you will,
make alloWances for my situation. It. irimpussible
to define in terms the proper feelings of a Gentle.
man, but their existence has supported this happy
Country for many ages, and she might perish if they
wete lost. Gentlemen, I will detain you no lon-
ger ; I- will bring before- you many' honour/hie
persOits, who will speak what they know of me in
try profession, and in private life, which will the
better enable you to judge whether what I have of.
fered in- my defence may F,alOy be-received by you
as truth. Gentlemen, I Submit myself entirely to
your ju4gmr,lrs. I hope, toy Atain my liberty
through your Verilid, and to employ it with honour
in the sefettee of Liberties of my Country."
• The first Witnesi brought forward an the part of
Captain Macnateara was
Air. itynde.f, an Officer in the First -Regiment of
Life GuardS: he was present during a part of the
time in which ,the altercation took place between
Capt. Macnamara and Col. Montgomery in the
?ask ; he was near enough to hear what was said,
recolleded the substance of What 'transpired
while he was ;here. The Witness repeateo the
language which he heard take place, and particu.
larly stated, that Col. Montgomery said, " If that
dog,fights mine, I'll knock him dnien." fle heard
Capt. Maenamara say, " Why should you didate
to me ?" He afterwards heard Col. Montgomery
say, "'Then, Sir, if t.ou have any thing to -say to
me, you know where, to find me."
The following distinguished Personages and Offs.
cep; were then called to the character el Capt. Mac.
namata,

Admiral Lord Pitrount Hood stutrcl, that he knew

•
Captain MACllatllara about S or io years :=-11e had
, the go,d fortune to prnmote him in the year 1784.;
Charafterised him as a most excellent-Officer. In
private life, as far as he could observe, Captain
m,,,,Amara was a man of Gentlemanly manners,
vod temper, and great moderation ; he entertained
the highest opinion of his merit as an Officer and a
Gentleman, and it was in consequence of that °pi'.
ninn, that be had piotooted him.

Vice-Adm;ral Lard riscount Nelson stated, that
. he knew (sm. Maenamars about nine years : dur.
apart of that 'rime, was under his own cow.,
mind. He entertained the highest opinion of Capt,
Macnamlra's merits. lie always understood that
he was a man that never woul.i take an affront,
" hut," added his Lordship, " as I here stand be.
forego(' and my Country, I never knew nor hear 4
that he ever gave an offence to any man, woman;
or (+al, during the nine years of my acquintance
with him.''

Adulira Lard Hotharrt said be knew Capt. Mae.
,namara the greatest part of his lite : he had frequent
opportunities of knowing him, and horn every thing
he could observe, the Captain appeared .to him to
deserve, in privawlife, the best-pf charaaers, with
,resped to his gentlemanly demeanor, evenness and
moderation of temper.
• ,
Lewd Alio° stated the opportunmes which his
Official Situations abroad afforded Min, of knowing
the diTosition and charaaer of Capt. Macnamara :
he had the honour of sailing on hoard the Captain's
own ship. In private life, he had the highest cipi.
nion of him : he had reason to think him a cheer.
ful, good.humoure,l man, and he never understood
him in the smallest degree to have the reputation of
being a quarrelsome man.
Admiral Sir Hyde Parker plated that' he knew
Captain Macnamara since the, year 1790, and ad-
verted to some instances in his prolessiOnal life,
which gave him an opportunity of knowing more
ti particularly the disposition of. Captain Macoamara :
he appeared to him to,possess the greatest modern-
tion of temper; I,e never heard of his being, en-
gaged in a quarrel. He was inclined to deem him
that sort of man who would not receive an insult,
but at the same time, he must say, he was never
reckoned a quarrelsome ;rum, nor did he (Sir Hyde)•
everhear that he. Was engaged in a quarrel ; his
general conditet was that of a very honnur,thie
at„ re,pedahle man, and in his opinion, one who
was very far from being dispo.ied to give an 'offence.
Sir Thomai Tranbridge deposed to the dia.
titter of Captain Macnamara.—Being affated
Ith a severe cold and hoarseness, he was under the