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OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Jaa. 27, 1815.
THE MASTER-GENERAL and BOARD df
ORDNANCE having, on the 2?-d July, 1814, thought
proper to issue certain Instruction* for the guidance of Nook
om
rnissioned Officers and Soldiers, pensioned from the _
Corps under the Ordnance, and it being necessary that all men
who may have beets placed on the Pension List previodslyibilie
10th August, 1814, should be furn as welt as
duly-mustered; these arc to_eiveautleerthat-all-P-evisioners wbo
ma) have been discharged prior to the 10th August,lBl4, from
The Royal Horse Artillery,
Marching Battalions of Artillery,
Invalid Battalion of Artillery,
Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers, and
Corps of Royal Sappers and •Miners (formerly seed tilt
Royal Military Maws);
Ars'. are now resident at Wcmhvich, in London, or their F.nvi-
ton:, and who may have usually received their Pensions either
at WoolWich or in London, are.to appear personally' on the days
and at the places hereafter mentioned, and to bring With them their
discharges and other do,:nnients under which they may have re-
ceived their Pensious respectively, viz.
The Men resident at Woolwich to assemble at the Office of
the Chief CoMmissary of the Field Train at Woolwich, at eleven
o'clock in the morning precisely.
'The Scrjeants and Corporals on Tuesday, the 7th March next
The Bombardiers and Gunners, and all others whose surnames
begin with the letter A to H inclusive, on Thursday, the 9th of
March; and
'Whose from l to Z on Saturday, the 11th of March.
The Mon resident in London and its environs, to assemble at
the Office of Ordnance, Tower, London, on the following by.,
at eleven o'clock in the twining precisely.
The Serjeants, Corporals, and Bombardiers, on Monday, the
13 h March next.
The Gunners' Nlattrosses, Drivers, and Horse Brigade, from
A to H, on Tuesday. the 14th of March; and •
Those from I to Z on Thursday, the 1 etli March.
Such of the above Pensioners who way be incapable of per-
sonal attendance at either of the foregoing places, from bodily
or mental infirmities, are hereby requited to trauamita cezdficato
of that tact from the Ministers and Churchwatdens of the Pa-
risliee in which they reside, together with their di.charge,or other
documents rider which they receive their pension. The letter
to be addreved "'lb WilGam Lees, Esq. Tower," unleer cover
s To the Secreeary of the Board of Ordnance, Pal-Mall, Lon-
don," marked on the Lack, " Certificate, Sec. for Ordnance
Pensimiers:" Ihe letter to be forwarded so that the same way
be received on or before the day stated for the appearance of the
Pensioner.
And the aforesaid Pens'oners are desired particularly to notice
Ilia: if they. do not personally attend, or transmit the required
Certificate in proof of their inability to appear at the foregoing
laces, at the dates and in tine manner specified, they will be
considered as 44, or otherwise provided for, and their names
struck off the List accordinelv.
By Order of the Board,

R. H. CREW. See.

COURT-MARTIAL.

TRIAL OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR JOHN MURRAY,
WINCHESTER—FIFTEENTH AND.LAST DAY.
MONDAY, IPZIOVART 6.
Upon the Court being, declared open. Sir Joan
Murtaav addressed the Court, and observed,• that he
had not hitherto adverted to the publication of the
Minutes of the proceedings of the Court, contrary to
the express wish of its Members, whatever might
have been his feelings on that subject. A mistake
had occurred, however, in those publications within
the last few days, which he could not overlook—he
alluded to a report which had been made of the ex-
tract of a letter Yrom the Duke of Wellington to him,
dated the ‘23d of May. The passage which had been
read, and the report which had been given, he would
take the liberty of reading ; it would be for the Court
'then to adopt that course with respect to this mistake,
which their own judgnient.might dictate. The gal-
lant General then read the passage to which he al-
luded, from which it appeared, that the Doke of
Wellington had stated—" that the French forces
m;glit at all times be taken at more than they were
stated to be; and that whatever he (Sir John Mur-
ray) might have been informed their numbers were,
he would find them more than a match for him."—
The report of this passage, which had appeared in a
public paper, was as follows :-4I He acknowledged
he had always found the French in the field fully
more in numbers than they were represented to be;
but he thought that General Murray would be fully
a Match for him." This mis-statement was so ob-
vious, that he considered it due to his own character
to point it cut, so that it might be corrected.
The Juuoe ADVOCATE said the matter must rest
here. In all probability, the purpose of Sir John
Murray would be answered by the statement which
he had made, as those through whom the mistake
had gone abroad, would no doubt feel anxious to
• *correct it.

ADMIRAL HALLOWZI4I;s REPLY.
Admiral liaLt,owati. now proceeded to address
the Court in reply on the Third Cbarge :
The examinatioa of the witnesses on both sides, be
said. having now closed, I shall beg your permission
to offer a few observations on the evidence which is
before you, and to reply to the address of Sir John
Moray, which has been read to the Court in his Je.
fence. That address, Sir, is full 01 declamation,
without offering one substantial re:, SOD for raising the
siege of Tarragona in the manner be slid. To fol.
low him throughout all his voluminous statements is
; I will, therefore, select only such of them
as have been offered with an intention of attaching
severe criminality to my conduct. Sir John sets out
by stating, that private animosity had induceAne 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 illiberal abuse poured out upon him, and his
suspension from all military command, but also it is
owing to this letter that be is now placed in his pre.
sent situation before this Court.
In reply to this observation, I beg to state, that I
bad received written instructions from my Cowman-
der.in.Chief to transmit to the Admiralty an account
of my proceedings whenever I had an opportunity of
doing it more expeditiously than by sending the in.
formation to him the first instance, taking care to
forward the original letters to himself by the first
opportunity afterwards ; but on no account to send
a man of war out of the limits of the station if it could
be possibly avoided. In obedience to this older, I
have been in the habit of sending to the Admir.diy.
duplicates of my letters to Sir Edward Pellew, whey
on detached service, and the-receipt of those letters
bad been acknowledrd by their Secretary. nil
letter was sent iti the same manner. I sent. it in the;
usual way that every dispatch of importance is for.