The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-11 00:00:00

SECOND DAY, FRIDAY, JULY 4.

The prosecutor, in support of his second charge, called
Mr. Ludovick Grant, who hrOduced a letter nom Colonel
Giant of the 24th of September, ISI6, in which he remon-
strated with him 'for having given any support to Mr.
O'Meara, since he had himself said be was no great things.
He also put in his own statement on a former occasion of the
affray of the 7th of August.. He declared' that hr had always
found Mr. O'Meara a man of honour, •and a gentleman, He
bad always concealed the affray of the 7th ; and Colonel
Graiit'a, letter of the 28th of November was"the cause of his
disclosing it.
Conamissary-General Dunmore was behind the scenes at
Lisbon, in 1809, when the a/air took • place which Colonel
Grant described, as collaring O'Meara, and turning him out
from a-box. He vias at some distancelrom O'Meara, and
was.rvhet deaf. He did not see the other gentleman
Mellish), and he heard no expressions. Mr. O'Meara after,'
wards came to • hint in great agitation, and said, reflections.
had been cast upon the Department-general.. A meeting of
the officers was in consequence held. Colonel Mellish, in a
letter to him., of which O'Meara had received the original,
but of which he had a copy (which was received), disclaimed
any reflection oti the corps; but:affirmed all his expressions
to have been applied to O'Meara, whose conduct was as vio-
lent as itwas_unprovoked. He had &lever heard of O'Meara
'having been tumid out of a box; and thought he must have
heard of it, if it had taken place. ' •
Sir GeOrga Cook,was Commander at Cadiz viten O'Meara
served under him as Commissary-General, in 1812 and 1815.
He had no reason to think that O'Meara had there submit-
ted to persohat degradation; and if • he had, he must
have .knowil of it. This evidence was brought to prove that
part Of •ColuitelGrant's statement false, which described
O'Nleara as collared and turned out of a theatre in' Lisbon,
aid equally degraded eliewhere. • -
.Mrt• Commissaty Ailmore gave 'evidence to the same effect
as Mr. Dunmore.

Major Foley, of the 7th Foot, stated, that be received n
letter from Mr. Standing (a challenge for O'Meara on the
. part of Colonel Grant) oil the 7th of August, before dinner,
at least before six o'clock. He was ill at the time, and in bed.
This was the only, day be was in bed. His conespondence
of next day was dated the Bth. The answer was dated the
lith, and declined the challenge, as O'Meara was under re-
etignizances. He did not recollect the day of the week on
which he received the letter. He endorsed it immediately.
He but communications with O'Meara between the 7th and
ilth, but not on that subject. On the 11th he did_ nut know
of the affray of the 7th, Mir till after the Vith of November.
He wrote Colonel Grant a letter on
.the 30th of October, and
another four weeks afterwards (he believed the 24th of No-
vember), informing him that O'Meara was released from his
recognizances. The letter shown to him he received through
Captain Standing.
Here the case for the prosecution closed.
Colonel Grant expressed his readiness. to enter on his de-
fence on Monday morning, and the Court adjourned.

THIRD DAY, MONDAY, JULY 7.

Colonel Grant in defence delivered an elaborate speech,
in strong terms. He commented on the interest the prose-
cutor bad in proving him to be neither.a man of honour nor
a gentleman, as the only means of rescuing his own charac-
ter from the depth of infamy. The only circumstance O'Meara
had in his favour was the high testimonals be had obtained,
whirls only proved the culpable good nature of many, the
greatest and the best men.
Major Grant (brother of Colonel Grant) saw his brother
011 the same evening on which the affray took place; observed
his agitation, and saw his knuckles cut ; and asked what was
tae matter. Next morning he and his brother were writing
a letter to Major Foley, which they both concurred in send-
ing: Captain Standieg came in at that moment, and his bro-
ther said, " You are the very man I wanted to see ; it is you
mast write this letter." Captain Standing read it, and ob-
jected to it as 'too bullying. His brother replied, " Both of
you•have hitherto had your own way ;• for God's sake let me
now have mine, for I have been in a scene at Mr. Grant's."
Upon which Captain Standing wrote the letter, leaving out
some strong expressions. His brother had entered into no•
particulars of the scene at Mr. Grant's to Captain Standing.
Be was perfectly sure, upon his oath, that this letter was
written the day after his brother told him of the scene at Mr.
Grant's. It was a parting notice, the last hope of ob-
.- taining satisfaction from O'Nfeara, His brother remained, to
t ie best of his recollection, 8 or to days afterwards in Eng-
-1 and. The affray WAS certainly told to him in confidence ;
both he and his brother were so ashamed of it, as no satis-
faction coidd bes;ot, as to be anxious nut to dieult.;e it. I-lit
brother' s.tw the answer of the i tth .before lie left England,
and tore it up with indignation, throwing the pieces on the
ground. captain Standing picked them up, and said it might
• - be of use. On the contrary of having any reason to think his
. brother wished tO'bury the transaction in Oblivion, he knew
Isis brother did every thing that could be done to call O'Meara
out. He did at the time consider the letter expressly written
• itsconsegtitnr~enfithe =affray. He certainly had no reason to
believe that Mr. L. erautor O'illcaria bad alleged-as a reason

for not accepting he that it c-;a3 agreed to linty
the thing in oblivion.
Captain Standing gave exactly the same evidence as Major
Grant, so far as he was concerned.
Mr. David Roy Gordon, Ctimmissarv-at-War, at Cadiz, in
181:3, was, in the month of Mav of that year, walking in the
public walli at Cadiz with a Mr. Ili igilak, wh,ll they ntet
O'Meara on that walk together with a Mr. Brialey; Mr. Brig-
dale observed to the witnrss, that O'Meara looked as if he
would speak to him, when he looked in O'Meara's face,know-
ing nothing of him. O'Meara said, " what are you !oohing
at ?" He replied, "i At von." O'Meara shoal; his stick in
his face, avid said, '' your !mains out." He called
a !netting of his friends, who advised a ttailenge. thi sent a
challenge, inn' afterwards sent another. He swore before
God, a man of hotinor—,(A laugh),—that he twice chat.
longed lout in vain. He then called hid out to tight with the
sword, but he would not. IN Stlit, him another challenge,
to give him one other chance--(A laugh)—lint 10 00 clh'ct.
Ile was then arrested by order of the Spanith Government.
It tens very genet-411y talked of indeed. 'The only indignity
lie offered to O'Meara was to hold op his sword sheathed to
bin!, and say, " you coward." This WUS in lb(' pllblie street.
Dlr. O'Meara here put in the copy of the letter sent by Mr.
Gorthin by the hands of Captain Correa, which he denied to
be a challenge. It called upon hint to give the salisfactiont rtf
a Grill tentait. was in the possession uf the Duke
of Wellington. Tile copy was refused.]
Capt. Col rea (examined by means of an interpreter. Major
Bristow) carried a message from Mr. Gordon to Mr. O'Meara.
It was a challenge. It was not accepted. There was a great
deal of talk about the affair in Cadiz, and discreditable to
O'Meara. He considered Mr. O'Meara neither a man of ho-
nour nor a man of courage.