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'Witness in continuation.

The distance which the enemy would have to come
from l'errellio to Tarragona, in consequence of our
troops occupying fort Balaga, as was the case at the
period alluded to, would be very considerable—he
was not prepared to say how great—he understood
the circuitous road was then impassable for an army
with cannon, a fact which was rendered manifest by
Marshal Suchet having marched, at a subsequent
period, on the sea.road, where be lost both men and
horses from the.fife of the ships, in preference to at•
•tempting the other road.
Admiral Hallowell thought it proper to remind
the witness, that at the time to• which he last alluded,
there were no gun-boats in Tarragona Bay—the In-
vincible run down, he believed, and just caught the
enemy.
Witness—Afterwards passed the road, and saw
the dead bodies. In the circuitous route alluded to
by witness, which he never saw himself, he heard
two light guns, less than su•pounders, had passed.
It was a very bad road, especially that part through
the mountains. Did not think it could be passed
in so short a period as two days. Did not think
it possible, from the observations of distance, and
other obstacles which he made, for the enemy to
have prevented us front taking our guns and states
from Tarragona, at the time of raising the siege.--
He did so at the time, and he had no reason to think
otherwise since. He meant, he thought we might
have btought off our guns and stores ; and he stated
that opinion to Sir John Murray at the time.—
Knew of no cause whatever that could have made
it necessary for the siege of Tarragona to have been
raised, in the precipitate manner in which it had
been raised.

Hare the examination in chief closed.

Sir John Murray having slightly objected to the
anFwer last put on the minutes,
The JUDGE-Arys-tcete said, it was always the
practice of Courts of Justice to call upon witnesses,
.in particular cases, to give their opinion upon sub-
jects of which their professional knowledge render-
ed them competent judges. The Court would of
course ultimately treat that opinion as they thought
proper.
The COURT.-" The witness founds his opinion
upon the opportunities which he had of forming a
judgment."

by Sir JOHN MURRAY.
Did not know the exact period of the mival of the
ninny at Villa-Franca and Perreilio. Ignorant as he
was of the exact distances from Perrellio and Villa
Franca to Tarragona, he could not take upon him-
self to state that the embarkation of all the guns and
stores might have been completed before the arriVal
of the enemy, but he 'thought then as he thotght
now, that if the enemy had been advancing, they
would have had time to embark all the guns, stores,
troops, and other things, if proper precautions had
been used to place detachments to cover the embarka-
tion—from which such information would have been
received as would bave given them time to desist
from embarking the stores, and to embark the troops.
The time which it would have taken to have em-
barked the cavalry, infantry, and artillery, with
their horses, etc. supposing information had been re-
ceived from the detachments to which he alloded,
which would have tendered their embarkation neces-
sary, would have depended upon the number of boats
and the number of men and horses on shore. He had
not made the calculation. The troops, as be said, be-
fore, could have been embarked. -
Sir John Murray said he wished to know what time
the witness allowed for the embarkation He had
answered Admiral Hallowell promptly, he (Sir John
Murray) wished hint to• be equally prompt in his
answers to him..

The witness said he had only answered Admiral
I lailowell in peneral terms. By the embarkation of
tire hoops, he never conceived, if they had been pres-
sed, that the Cotnmissariat mules and hones, amount-
ing to 11110, could be embarked. Captain Withers
would Co l,eit able to answer the question on this
subject. Did not mean to say. if pressed, they would,
have had time to embark the cavalry, artillery, and:
horses, amounting to upwards of 1600, but he thought
it worth while to have run the risk of losing a few
isstimala, for the sake of seeing the stores—much of:
the stores were los:,
' Sir John Murray now handed to the witness some'
papers, fur the purpose of proving his hand-writing :
' which he admitted. This was a translation made by
witness for General Muiray, and was a faithful tran-:'
slation to the best of his abilities, of a memoir from.
General Copons. He said at the time. he was not
quite master of the language, but he was certain it
was the sense of the memoir.
Cross-examination continued.
From his knowledge of the vicinity of Terra
u,
considerable part of the road from Tone del le
Barre
was exposed to the fire of the gnn-bolts, but be could
not say how much, the naval officers would be
best able to. answer this question. In some places the
road receded from, and in some places came near the
sea. He knew that there was much firing from the
boats on this road. There were no parts where the
road was for two miles together exposed. He did
, not think the enemy could by a short detour avoid the
lire of the gun-boats. The enemy might have passed
this road almost without interruption at night, be.
cause he eoneidered the fire of gun-boats of little con:
sequence at night. lithe dewy marched with. field
artiilery only, and without interruption from the lin
boats, from Villa France to T a, by the h h
road, he thought it would be 1702E4 a march r

'one tie beliettil the distaste *as sheet thirty
miles: Could not tell the distance from Arbos
:fungous; it nal between Villa Franca and the lat.
ter place.
Sir John Murray said, his object was to chew
grounds upon which the. witness's calculations wen
made, as to the approach of the enemy, and the con-
sequence which was to be given to them.
" Witness had been upon the road, but he could
net tell the distance."

Sir John Murray.—" It appears rather singular that
witness cannot tell &stances in cross-examination,
when he could give satisfactory answers to such ques-
tions in his examination in chief.".
Witness said, he had not spoken to distance by miles.

Cross-examination continued.

The mad from Polak, to Tarragona was so much
esposed to the fire of the shipping that he considered
it almost impassable. This was near the Col do Bar-
raguay, and some distance from thence. Knew that
Marshal Suchet had passed the high road to Tarra-
gona, notwithstanding the fire of the Invincible.—
This having been the case, he did not think the army
of General De Cons would have been prevented from
marching from Villa Franca to Tarragma by the
fire of the gun•boats. It must be a very likavy can-
nonade to prevent troops from passing a road.—
With' he spoke of detachments being out during the
embarkation of troops and stores, he meant detach-
ments to give signals, but not to keep the enemy in
cheek—might have received signals on the side of the
Col de Magner of the approach of an enemy, as
'they were within hearing of guns from thence. On
the Villa Franca road they might have had informa-
tion by signals from the ships.
Sir John Murray said he had no further questions
to put to the witness, but signified that he should call
him as a witness on his defence.

Re-examination by Admiral Hata.oWELL.
Recollected an ancient Roman arch to the East-
ward of Torre del Barre. Did not recollect the dis-
tance from Villa Franca. Did nut think the arch
was out of range, but could not say that them was
any part of the road from that arch to Torte del Bart e,
which was not exposed to the fire of the ships. He
did not recollect the road sufficiently to give a certain
answer on this subject. The part near Tune del Barre
was the most exposed. He knew that a considerable
part cf the 'army had disembarked on the 3d of June,
but he was not acquainted with the details. A con-
siderable part of the artillery and cavalry went atter
the 12th to the Col de Balaguer, and were embarked
there, after remaining several days, without interrup-
tion from the enemy. There might have been a little
skirmishing, but no interruption of consequence.
General Murray having asked a question respecting
the passage of Suchet—
Admiral Hallowell now asked witness whether he
did not bee the road which Suchet had been obliged
to cut, on being interrupted by the fire of the In-
vincible

Witness said he did see this road, and was told it
:lad been cut by the enemy.
Sir John _Murray said it was not necessary to prove
that the French army could cut roads.
Witness in continuation—Knew that at the time
the troops were embarking at Tarragona there was a
naval force stationed off Balaguer, to cover the road.
iCcield not say that there was a signal post at Cape
Salon to communicate with ships to the westward.

Questleitect. by Sir John Murray.
• There might have been some skirmishing between
the cavalry and :nf entry after their arrival at Bala-
guer. Hr could not speak with certainty on this
sutint.
The question was withdrawn.—Witness withdrew.

Gen. M‘Kenzie %warn and examined.

The JUDGE ADVOCATV, previous to the General's
examinAtion, -apologised fur his appearance out o,
unit,.sm ; he had been sent for 6 vr 700 miles, and
wasurprovided with that costume.

The PacsinENT observed, that he ht.d also been re-
queste d to make an apology for the General.
The COURT considered this apology sufficient.
Witness was then examined by Admiral Hallowell.
Commanded a division under Sir John Murray, in
Catalonia, in June, 1813 ; received an order on the
12th of June to spike the guns at Tarragona, from
General Donkin, through the medium of Lieutenant
Drew, about half-past ten o'clock in the morning.—
Being acquainted with the roads on the east and west
side of Tarragona, he did not think the enemy could
have prevented us from taking away our guns and
stores from thence on the 12th of June. There did
not appear to him to he any chance of the enemy's
interrupting the embarkation of guns and stores
situated as our naval and military forces were. Did
not know of any military force of the enemy appear.
ing to the eastward, or Tarragona side of Barraguay,
hefore, or even as late as the 16th of June. • He never
heard of any force appearing there on that hand, ex-
cept a corps that entered Albillios, against which he
WAS sent.. On the night of the 16th he believed he
was in the village of Albillios ; he had been sent
against this force on the 13th or 14th ; could not speak
to precise dates. From Albillios be was ordered to
IA back tat•the place of embarkation. Did not know
of any cause whatever which could have warrant
the preeipitate embarkation of the troops at Tarrat
gong, except the account received. by Sir J. Murray,
that the enemy was at Villa Franca, which was told by
Sir John to witness. The division under witness's corn.
mend embarked as early as two o'clock, on the 12th.
He did not.embark himself till after dark, and at that
time there was a considerable portion of provisions
not embarked. He found fault with the Commissary
on that account. Witness did not think that the
army, reported to be at Villa Franca, 8000 men,
could have marched from thence to Tarragcna with
such an equipment as would have enabled them to
oppose the British army with any prospect of success
it opposed on their march. The distance was not
beyond the powers of men. He had repeatedly
marched that road. If they were not opposed on the
road, he thought they could march, but they could
not attack with a prospect of success within a day,
as any General would be glad to give his men a little
rest. It would be hard work to'attack after such .s
march, bat of the march he had no doubt. Their
success would be extremely doubtful after such a
march. He would rather expect brilliant success on
the part of the British, the state of our army and ar-
m were so complete.
he hour of three having arrived, the Court ad.
Preened till 104110rSOF at ten o'clock.

LAW INrE►LLICEA'CE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JANUARY ff.
LORD PORMAIOUTII.
A Petition was presented for a Commission of Lu-
nacy against Lord Portsmouth, on various grounds
of inconsistency in conduct, denoting mental i/erange.
ment and incompetency to manage or conduct his
own affairs.
Mr. HEALD opposed the application with mach
zeal and force, as quite unfounded and untenable.
A certain deed, not now produced, became, in the
course of the discussion, a necessary document, or
material piece of evidence, upon which the further
consideration of the application was ordered to be
postponed till 'such deed be procured.—Judgment
Was postponed.
AGAR, "so. V. VTR REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY.
The Loan CIIANCELLOR, on receiving the proposed
terms of the plans or lines of demarcation offer ed by
the respective parties in pursuance of his Lordship's
directions on a former day, after hearing Mr. HA RT,
as leading Counsel foe the Company, in his sugges-
tions for rendering the terms of the proposed plans,
and consequently of the intended issues to be groun-
ded thereon, more definite and explicit, directed the
same to be revised and altered br the Register, so as
to meat the wishes of the Learned Counsel, who gave
as his remits for such particularity, that mail issues
directed lay this Court have bad nothing returned
upon them in the verdicts that cleared up the matters
submitted to the Juries, owing to the louse or vane
terms of the issues: The arrangement was appro.:A.
NENtg.oostso—Nonntsos v. oncual:P.
This was a motion made by Mr. HART, supported
by Mr. BARBER, for an crder to di:solve an I..junc-
tion i,sued in this cause, at the insl..nce of the
plain-
tiff, for restraitiine the citfinJa4t, t!ie widow aid exe-
cutrix of tie late General Oa from the
jewels, trinkets, plate, anJ fixture-turniture of tie toy
tato'', house, in the county of D.:von, by the
will, were node heir lAN:Lusa, long as the law wou'id
prrusit, and the plaintiff was made h.rr in remsioder
of all the said articles. It was stated that Lzdy
Lawley, the mother of the defendant, had given to
her a sum of £lOOO in addition to her other marriage
portion, which would entitle het to s, II the heir looms.
Sir SAMUEL ItO',IILLY, supported by Mt. Titot.t.trE,
opposed the motiva with great force, in support f the
Injunction they had forrueily obtained. The motion
was refused.
OLT) BAILEY.
Yesterday W. Shackleton was indicted for stealing a
silver watch and six 81 notes, the property of T.
Mattinson.—The prosecutor is a seaman ; and on the
4th of January the prisoner took him to a public-
house in Golden-lane, to get him a lodging. The
prosecutor was not sober ; but he had not been long
in the public house when lie found his pocket had
been picked, and he immediately collared the priso-
ner, and gave him in charge of a watchman, to whom
the prisoner denied having taken say of the prosecu-
tor's property ; but when he was searched by the
constable of the night, the prosecu:or's watch and to•
bacco box, besides a-.Ci in notes, and some silvt_r, were
sound on him.—The in his defence, said, lie
met the prosecutor at the s.g.i the Mansi:)::
and being di teak, he tool; the tnisoner with him to
see a girl, who, he said, would take all money
from him ; to prevent which, he gave him- his pro-
'perry tarake care bf.—This Onittenielby-the pToftl
tutor, who said he gave the pris,arer a box WI the ear,
at the sign of the Mansion House, for taking the
candle from him when he was reading the het:spa.
per, and that was the commencement of his acquain-
tance Kith the intoner.—Guilty.
Franco Sampso3 Wis 3 indicted for stealing a piece of
printed cotto::, ty of Mr. Bnoces.—The
prosecutor was a liacc...ir.irer,in ke-street, Manches-
ter-square. OA the evening of the 9th inst. at live
o'clock, his sloop man sow the prisoner come into the
shop, and tear oral niece of cotton in question off a
quantity that hung behind the shop door. He pur.
'sued her, and took her with the popery in her pos-
,ession. He had seen her in the shop before.— The
prisoner, in her dtfence, said, a soldier iu the First
Guards, of her acquaintance tore it off, anal gave it to
her. She denied having been ever in Mr. gave
shop, until 44 that white-laced fellow pulled her in,"
pointing to the shopman.—Guilty.
J. Shfield, IV. Clarke, D. Kelly, and J. _ Booker,
were indicted for stealing a pair of gaiters, value
Ss. 6d. the property of W. Scales.—The prosecutor
is a shoemaker at Islington, and the prisoners, s‘nile
walking through that place, observed the gaiters
hanging at his door, which Sheffield snatched otE.—
Wm. Small, headborough, observed it, and pursued
them. Sheffield seeing that, threw away his hat, in
which he had put the gaiters. They were Li 44. a into
custody.—Several witnesses gave them good elarac-
ters. Verdict—All Guilty.
' J. Triader and IV. Badsey were indicted for steal-
ing a mile deer, the property of W. S. Cavendish,
Duke of Devonshire.—The Bailiff of his Grace, :,t
Chiswick, deposed,, that the deer having t,ruke his
leg, it was killed, and hung up in the slaughter-house,
from whence it was stolen on the Dot set Dteember.
On the 22d, a search warrant was procured, and part
of the carcase of a deer was found cm the Itemises of .
Badsey, at Turnham Green. Bathe), said, that he
had found it in company watt Trinder, near the (iv:-
mile stone, and that he gave his companion 'ls. 6d.
for his share of it. This story was confirmed by
Trinder ; but the venison found in lsadscy's
having a broken leg, left little dou')t, of its heing part
of the carcase stolen from his Grace's premivs.—The •
Jury found Badsey Guilty, and acquitted Trinder.

Duns.—Wednesday se'nnight a meeting took
place at Kilrush, Ireland, betwesp Dr. CT E And
Mr. S—, but the affair terminated without blood-
shed.

Friday last a duel was fought at &leafy, near Cas.
debar, between C. HIGGINF, Esq. of Westport. aod
H. P. BnowNe, Esq. of St. Audries. The parties
exchanged shuts, and the a tfair ended w:ti:out injury
to either.

About six o'clock, yesterday evening, the Chatham
tad Bromptoa stage was ov:t turned in Cl.eapside,
through the obstinacy of the driver of a coal waggon,
by which a woman, with a child, was thrown from
the roof, and the latter, filling between the heroes,
was killed, by one of them trampling on its head.
The mother was also most severely bruised; as was
a man, also au outside passenger.

MAN.

Away! away ! ye're all the tame,
A Batteriarg, vile, deceitful race ;
Yours the seduces's. boated name,
Ours the desertion and dlegrace.
• Qinettote eberm'd, yet turning soon
from Beauty in disgust away;
*Velipttrn'tie prtget=;.becznse 'tit Wen,
Ara oral not Mead—beeinuid ye tray.
Of each unmaisfy Conroe,* vein, '
More dote it'swelt your empty lade,
• Ten virgin characters to stela,
Visa nubile WI Edthful maid ,a bride.
,•:Awayl *Way ! whatier, kind Haav'es
. Awaits.me in:therintore's plans .
~.• This Anirfasoring boon giv:n.
;Protection hum iteoribliovritin!

AEFU4agArrEE b)st)t#l

lii

. NARY.

, . ,•
inne,ge rtilhasthroptc. institutions
. 'thbf the Me-
tropolis, t ftquie.lot nestitate in e Batt-
ney-rOaa I.h, pettily!, die"ititinglat. cfalms • on the
munificence of a generous public.• Its object is' to
reeTtim• anti render fit for honest employment,"stich
iadieiduals of either sex as have been led away from
the in"ia •Of recniude, and *lto have been so far no:
viciates in the career of vice as to deserve an exten-
sion of clemency from them
,before whom they may
have !teen brooght in a mitgiv*rial capacity.
It appears froth .the, Itisf,ftnif yearly report of the
Commatee, that during Chet sjx months they trans-
ferred trona the walls of their Institution 35 person',
!hale and female, several of whom had been capitally
Convicted, to situations, which a great majority
of them were living in considerable estimation : and
Oust they admitted 314 persons, neatly the whole of
whom had suffered, or had been liable to suffer the
peniltiei due to -those Who ere apprehended in the
transgression of the laws, of their country. Great
numbers also. of those, who at former peritids of the
Institution had been restored to the means of obtain-
ing ta virtuous subsistence, are still, under the eye of the
Refits, doing well and living iii increasing credit. Trth
report cannot but be exceedingly gratifying, as welt
to his Majesty's Government, WHO ate Minch 'in-
terested in the experimental Success of this estatslish!
went, as to every lover of order and virtue : and it' it
rendered evident, that crithe May be much diasi-
dished by a system of *flirt*, operating upon the
*god of offenders, just relieved from Ounishtfient or
the dreat of it, before they baie become-hardened by
A repetition of guilt. Every generous individual in
the British dOnunions Must feel a satisfaction id
Y:ewing the aims and fortunes of their countrymen
thus directed to promote the welfare and hippinese of
them, whose necessities VIM formerly contidexed irre-
trie.vable and hopeless. And it cannot be dbubted,
that adequate support will be afforded to in Instito-
(ion, in a national point of vie*, of such imitortanCe.

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Rona ifeitplitr:
•
LECTURES ON praisyscrivt
Mr. Tuitngn's third Lecture, on Monday evening,
(wined the commencement of his insttuttiotir is the
iirietical Perspective; illtistrated on the square, the
feotagon, and the circle. Mr. TUR*IER began With
the parallel perspective, because, though not perfectly
,Concordant with nature, it was, notwithstanding, ley
necessary to the student. Its use is Warranted by the
greatest masters in painting; though it it ptobable
that no other method was known in the time of Rd-
-I`t., Otherwise he might, in the cartoon of the
',taught of the Fishes, have blunted the edge of crib.
tints, by giving us foreshortened boats, instead of
'baking them in a line parallel with the bottOrti of
Iftture The square wis the first object of M. Twit
vsars *auction. The: -various 'methods *ltch had
been resorted to for placing that figure in perspectitie;
he she wed, by drawings, one of which was*designed
4s far back as dr* yeor'l6os, and forrned.en esarispk
Cr the oldest dieetiod couldYMd. On the ketieflettge
Of the square and ot the .circle, the whole of the aft
•Of perspective mey be said to depend. The pentagon
and the circle were next described, and Mr. Tuawart
ended his LecturebtprOdUcing specitnens of the the:
thOtrOf ALHICHT nuttett, for dtastsing the prnpcirtibns
dt the human figures by means cif squares andcirclet.

7 .i w.

. . CHIARO-50,1RA.
Last night Mr. FUSELI ddieezed his third Lecture
'on Painting at the Royal Academy.- The attendance
was numerous, and sufficiently demonstrated the in.
trust felt by the students in the lectures oft this•enti-
stentprofesson The principal point to wbich Mr.
Fussu directed the attention of his auditors was the
Itat44 of Chiaro.sruro, the principles, qualities .attri
'''.ollfts di lkieh he ably expounded and cliarlyilkne•
'ikelX: :Me enlarged with much force uponahe ne;•
serorty of the artist's steadily keeping in OW unity,,
A-girth, and simplicity, in the progtess of his enlarged'
profession. These wettessentsals qf the. utmost Mr
,Portance, which could-not be too strongly redbeied
to‘ The Protenor proceeded-to take a rapid review
of the Roman 'and 'Venetian . Schools, in the ems`
which he critically pointed out the respective gterib:
of the celebrated artists who adorned those tbriesi•
be particularly dwelt upon LEONAIDO us VI NCI and;
CAA. MAIIATTI. The Roman School erred in the
arrangement of shade: the Venetian was decidedly•
its superior in the art; the latter indeed borrowed.
..some of the Florentine lustre. Here Mr. Firm= in-
troduced the illustrious names of RAIVAIM and Cob.
Remo. The great qualiSsation of the former con.,
bisted in that force cot mind which elevated hiq3 into
grand and lofty conceptionst his' pro dactinai travel
not, however, without faults of an ikketionithle.*
tute. gonie .of these Were observable leven in the'
' „cannons, which Were so justly ealqed, and btothei‘-
prodactions of that etninent.master. t tit troksexemsa
;ri:aion•of Comecon's perkilVai magicatand ntititri,l
• 'led ;• his light' and darkness had beefl the adiditati6e,
• ' tif lett/ subsequent' age, and entitled him' to the'
highest rank in their estimation. Who that •
his painting of Flora i in Which the panting i: ta
si
• seemed almost te- palpitate's/1W her- Wliispet; •
could turn- frees the subject 'without being stiooi,
Alit,li Sniiration. at his powers ? ' °diet pk.nti'ags -0.
similar ,splendour were to be found, from the sOlet
Itan iks)te LC;tivtre "and other doutineritiitoliki
• tla he PrOfiSiOf 11.0 t cajltd the attention of the
4ssidsmy to ilic ileOlifiti at caiefilli atfealeng t4l

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