Star.
London, England, 1815-01-31 00:00:00

bed, notice been' given of this. Meeting, which
be was conviticetwas the reason why so many'per..
sons had not attended, who might have assisted wt
their judgment; and he was fully persuaded that; if
the opinion of those whose authority ought 'tb have
weight, were to be fairly taken, it would be, not to
interfere by petitions with the wisdom of Parliament,
and to "submat cheerfully to the continuance of the
tax, iE necessary, • for another year.
Mr. HOAR recommended the original motion to
the attention of the Meeting.
• On the suggestion of the Rev. CHARLES THORPEI
the resaltition proposed by the "Earl of Strathmore,
was put as an amendment to theoriginal motion, and
a shee-uf hands being called, 'it was negatived by a
large majority.
The Resolutions proposed by Sir RALPH Mu..
natme, were Glen respectively pat 'and carried by a'
very considerable majority, as was the Petition
founded upon those Resolutions.
Mr. Sprivro moved, that Lord BARNARD, and
Mr. LAsln I N. he requested to present the Petition
to the House of Commons.
Mr. BAK Kit seconded the motion. -

Mr. LASIBTON declared his readiness to comply
with the wishes of the meeting, in conjunction with
Lord BARNASID. _

The thanks of the meeting were then voted to Mr.
CARR, the. Chairman, and the meeting broke up.

TRI4L OF SIR JOHN MURRAY.

WINCHESTER-NINTH DAY, MONDAY, LAN.
The Court met for business at the Usualhour.
Admiral HALLOWELL said, when the statement oft
the force of the army was laid before the Court, be'
was unable to produce the correct or official docu-
ment, and since that time betad obtained from the
Transport Office the official returns of the army, ac-
tually embarked at Tarragona, and he was anxious
to lay it before the Court.
The Junoe ADVOCATE said, this was not the time
for the Admiral to offer any thing to the Court.
Sir JOHN MURRAY said he was. at the time alluded
to, in possession of the paper now presented by Ad-
miral Hallowell, which, however, he did not produce.
If he had availed himself of it, he should have pro-
fited his defence by it to the amount of 4.00 men,
which was the difference between the returns of the
4th and 12th June.

The PRESIDENT said. he could see no reason why
the paper off,red by the Admiral shOuld not be placed
with the other papers left for the future examination
of the Court.

The JUDGE ADVOCATE did not object to the pro.
duction of the paper in question, but merely to the
time at which it WAS presented ; it could not be re-
ceived till Sir J. Murray had closed his evidence, but.
a refusal to receive the paper now did not preclude
its reception hereafter.
The Court then proceeded to read such doenotents
ai had b.en received in evidence at the last sitting.
The JUDGE ADVOCATE said, the first paper which
had been properly proved was an extract of a memo-
rial of Colonel Cavane's, relating to the quality of
the troops of the first army ; it was dated Vick, 13th
of March, 1813, and described the army as. being
brave, but destitute of disCipline ; the troops were
active and fit for mountain warfare, but the infantry
was uninsti ucted, and the cavalry without the neces-
sary experience for acting in a body. The army
wanted the means of being terrible to the enemy; the
corps of sappers were in the cradle, and besides the
whole were almost without equipments.
•The.secand document was dated Pernik, 4th of
June, 1813. It was from the Alcalde of that place,
and - that 7000 men were then arrived at Tortola,
with 2000 baggage waggons, and that boats were
assembled at Ambosa4or their transport.
Sir John Murray said, this was produced to prove
that the information of the peasant, at CoL Maaso's,
was false.
The third was a letter from Colonel Prevost, dated
Col de Balaguer, June sth, 1818. It apprised Sir
John Murray of the deficiency of the farce under the
Colonel to reduce the fort of St. Felippe ; and men-
tioned the probibility of Sachet advancing on the
place, in which case the five pieces of cannon used
in the siege must be lost ; the tort was much stronger
that had been imagined, and would take double the
faro then betore it to secure its fall. The letter con-
cluded by saying how much the corps was in want
of artillery and ammunition.
The fourth was a letter fromGeneralWhittinghatri
E 0 Sir John Murray, dated the Bth of June, seven
p. m. and contained a report from Villa Franca,
which said that the enemy, with four or five thousand
men, had put himself in motion Lhis object appeared
to be to interrupt the siege of Tarragona, but the
point for uniting the force destined for that object
bad not yet been discovered.
Thelfth was a letter from Mr. Tupper, the Con-
sul, dated the sth of June. It gave an account of
the advance of two columns of French troops from
Vullaria; it appeared to be Sachet's intentions to
reinforce the garrisons in Catalonia, and then march
for Arragon. It stated the French force on the
Xucar to be 5000, and informed Sir .1. Murray that
the army of the Duke del Parque had been provision.
edfor a month.
The sixth was a letter from Admiral Hallowell to
Sir John Murray, dated four a. m. June 9th, inform-
ing Sir John Murray that he had received a letter
from Captain Adam, and also another letter, which
said a person had been sent from Altafullo to Pa-
atllo he had a communination with the Governer
of that place, who said 2000 men were arrived there,
and that Marshal Suchet was expected with 6000
snare. The Admiral would dispatch a gun-boat to
intercept the road to Tarragona.
.The 10th was a letter from Captain Sharp, R. N.
to the Officer commanding at the Col de Balaguer,
dated from the Hyacinth, June 20th.
.Froin. information received, the French advanced
on the 6th from Valencia..Suchet departed with 500
cavalry ; the whole force which had marched
amounted to 10,000 men, the peasants said not more
than. 5300 remained in the garrison.
The Bth was a letter horn the Alcalde of Pernello,
dated. June 10th.
the Governor of Tortoni had told' the Alcalde,
that .by the morrow Suchet would be in the latter
place.
.Tbe 9th was a letter froin Colonel Prevost to Sir
John Murray, dated Invincible, 10th ofJone ; stated