The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-18 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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nett of the troops ; observing, that the great object
was, that wen and not guns or horses, should be
embarked. do his expre,ring his surprise at an
arrangement an very different from the orders he had'
received early in the morning from Adm. Hallowell
(which did not seem to imply any particular urgency),
he informed hint that the enemy were within two hours
and a half's march, and that such were the orders
of Sir J. Murray. Ile theft asked General Dunkin,
whether any oil he itaantry had arrived on the beach,
or were immediately expected. The answer. was,
that General Clinton's division would probably-ar-
rive in about three quarters of an hour. He then
left ; and after informing Captain ,Ingleby, who
superintended the mint rkatiott „of the guns on an-
other part of the beach, he went in search of the Ad-
miral, whom he found in conversation with Major
Williamson. Ha% ing informed the Admiral 0f.1144,
new orders, the Admiral desired him to continue the
embarkation of the guns, and said, that he would
Immediately wait on Sir J. Murray. Afterwards,
fresh orders were received to continue the embarka-
tion of guns and horses till two o'clock, after which
• the boats wise to be clear for taking in the troops.—
About three o'clock the boats were assembled in suf-
ficient number to commence the embarkation, which
then commenced, and continued without interrup-
tion till after sun • ref. The rear-guard•did not arrive
on the beat Is until past eleven; but by about twelve,
all were safely re-entbatked. During the time this
embarkation of the infantry was going on there was
also an emb;irkation of staff horses, and of the horses
of the 20th Light Dragoons, atWestern Cove, which
was at a short distance, and where be had ordered a
stage to be erected fur that purpose. The embarka-
• lion of the horses and mules went on there till the
fallowing morning at 11 ; and all the animals that
were brought down to the beach, were got off with-
out any difficulty or molestation from the enemy.
' . Some questions were then put to the witness at the
suggestion of Admiral Dallowell.
Bing asked what ordnance stores, artillery, or
horses, were lauded on the Bth ?—The witness an-
swered, that about 268 horses were landed and six
'snorters. They landed provisions and stores every day
during the siege, but not so much as usual upon the
Bth, as the wind blew fresh.
Its answer to other questions, he said that two mor-
tars were landed on the 10th; and that between the
3d and 811 s, about 1670 horses were landed. lie
'saw Gen. Donkiu oil the 11th at about eleven o'clock
:at tsignt, and was informed by him that it was neces-
sary to make every preparation for re-embarking the
-army. About 12 be met the Admiral returning from
tie batteries, who gave him the orders he had before
•stated.

Admiral Hallowell said, that his reason for put-
ting those qoeslions, was to show that he had no pre-
vious information respecting the, intended re-em-
tarkation.

Ti. witness Asa►•' then cress-examined by Sir John
Itin;ray.
_ _

The first quipstion was, enald boats at all times go
between the ships and the beach at tarriagotta ?—A.
Certainly !mt.

He a as neat asked, was there not generally a surf
upna the bent+, while the army lay before Tar.
sngona %—Witoess auswr rt ti that there was generally
a surf, but that it was nu impediment to the landing
or otobark:og.

Ile wa. next est ed, if the surf did not amount to
an actual imprdisnent, dirt it not often produce great
diffi ?--Ile answered not often.

lie wa. (lien a,ked; supposing a defeat or other
ci:cum.tinces 'should make a re-embarkation neces-
sary, c.:uhl it be covered by the fire of the ships in
the r .ads ?—A. Certainly it could by the ships and
gulls-boats; not by the ships alone.
Q Could gun-boats or ships be brought in a posi-
ti,w to flank Ili* embarkation, if the army were
titan n up with their' rear to the sea ?—A. lie con.
eehell that to be a military question that he was not
tflrepP:ent to answer.

Same Wails of the bay of Tarragona and the Posi-
lion of the beach were then produced.
Af,^r having given an account from the reports of
hi• Ofnrcry of the nunilicr of horses and mules car.
rind 1i ii om Westertt Cove, which amounted to about
400,

wirress was ached, why the two mortars
hod been Witted on the 10th, and not on the tith or
V i ?--A. Ikeause they were not required to be
luoded sooner.

Oa his re.ortmination by Admiral Hallowell, he
said ant 1110%e two ndditioi:al mortars had been sent
in coo-ego/we of a fresh requisition. Sii oely had
teen laneed on the Sth, because no more bad bees
demni,ded.

The witness then, in explanation of ports of his
ecid..live, said, thnt as tit the exact number of hones,
and ?mount of stores landed or re-embarked, be took
it' prilripally from the daily repeal; of the °Akan
cmp'ove.lun;ler him. •
A:laziral I luslozzcli c rauthuql by the Court.

Q. The list witness having stater!, that after Sir J.
Mnr ray bad given orders for embarking the troops,
received contrary orders from you, the Court
ni411,-,-, to know whether that is correctly stated, or
l+•►t •our reu we►e for so doing?
A. On landing rn the morning of the 12th, I
found that the Qaatte:-Master.General had directed
liM e:nharkation to be stopped. After having re-
ported to Sir John Murray Gen. Donkiu's order to
ilkrontinue the embarkation, and to desist from
spiking the guns, I was desired to go on with tbe
embarkation of the troops ; and finding at one
o'clock that the Commander in Chief bad decided to
embark, and leave the guns behind him, I still con.
tioaed to put the ordnance and other stores on board
till two o'clock, knowing that it was impossible for
the troops to he on the beach before that time, and
wishing to take advantage of every moment in saving
tl►a (1011.4.

l'inhurst, of the Rayed Nary, calk(' in and
exlmined by Admiral flaw:cll.
_

Q. Were you employed on the 12th of June,
181:1, in carrying on board military rtores from be-
ft,re the town of Tarragona whilst the siege was
raking ?
A. 1 was.

[On the Admiral's suggestion, the witness was
tyro allowed in assist Ilia recollec!ion by referring,
Me pror-eiled in !,ics testimony, to a written nor-
• at the time of the transnetion which it
and attested by himself. It Was in sub-

stance, that on Saturday, the 12th of June, a signal
was made for all the boats to assist in itnmediatOy em-
barking the troops.. Ile welted 'en Itear-Admiral
Hillowell, and was desired to superintend this ope-
ration on a wharf on the west side of Tarragona,
.from whence the cavalry were to be put on board,
and having the flat transport bags under his direc-
tion to be employed for that purpose.. During the
forenoon many of the 20th Dragoons were embark-
ed, when ate order came, he believed from the
Quarter-Master.General, to stop any further em-
barkation. In the afternoon ,he received two mes-
sages, informing him that all the boats were to be
sent to that mart of the beach where the Admiral was
to be employed in immediately putting the troops on
board. About four o'clock GeneralDonkin came
to. the wharf; end said he had come to look for an-
other place to put guns on ; ._that the enemy
were approaching, under General Decaen, with
eight thousand men ; that they were ,then enter-
ing Tarragona, and might attack them in an
hour or so. That it was nec sary, therefore, that
every boat should assist in ing off the troops,
and if there was not time, that t e horses and mules
most be destroyed. Seeing some fishing-boats at a
distance, General Donlan enquired whether they
could begot for the same service. The fishing-vessels
were procured, and sent with the boats. After hav-
ing seen them off, be joined Admiral Hallowell, and
remained on the beach with him till the whole em-
barkation was completed about midnight. During
the remainder of the night, a brigade of artillery was
shipped from the wharf; and early on the 13th he
came a-shore to superintend the removal of the horses
and mules. In the course of the forenoon every animal
of burthen, horses, mules, and asses, were safely em-
barked, and every thing else brought away from the
west-end of the Hay. Ile had also taken the wharf
up, when he received orders from the Admiral to re-
build it, which was done without any interruption
from the enemy. His ship remained in the bay the
whole of the 13th, nor did 1w perceive that the enemy
got any reinforcements, or that the picquets or de-
tachments advanced. On the 14th, at half-past four
P.M. he sailed without descrying any alteration in the
enemy's appearance.
Q. Were you employed on the 10th in taking up
guns and mortars to the battery on the hill overlook-
ing Tarragona ?
A. My people assisted early on that day in car-
rying up howitzers and ammunition, as well as in
raising mortars.
Here Sir J; Murray observed, that if the object of
these questions was either to ascertain the fact re-
ferred to, or to prove the exertions of the nary, he
was ready, if it would be of advantage in saving the
time of the Court, to admit both the one and the
other.

Admiral Hallowell said, his object was by no
means to show any thin,' affecting the conduct of the
navy; but he preferred having the circumstances in
question established by evidence of his own, rather
than by the General's admission. His object was to
show the indecision of Sir J. Murray's character, by
proving that he did not change his mind finally
11 o'clock on the night on which the order for em-
barkation was given.

Witness cross-examined by Sir J. Murray. ~
Q. Did General Deakin mention the idea of de•
stroying the horses as entertained by me, or es re-
ferred to in any instructions he had received from
me?

Arr.

A. No, lie only mentioned to me In the course of
conversation.

C,l,t. Sam. flood seas next wiled.

Q. Were you employed on the 12th of June, 1813,
in embarking the heavy guns and military stores from
before Tarragona ?'

A. I was.

Q. Can you stets to the Court what orders you
received, and what passed in their execution?
The witness, occasionally referring to a paper
drawn op under his instruction, and signed by him
at the time, then deposed, that in the morning of the
12th of June, 1813, he was directed to take 200
seamen from the Malta, and superintend the em-
barkation of ordnance stores, which he accomplished
before noon. Whilst employed in this service, Lieut.
Withers, principal agent for transports, came be-
tween nine and 10 o'clock, to the best of his belief,
and said he had received orders from the Quarter-
Master-General to suspend the further embarkation.
►Shortly after, Gen. Donkin came to that part of the
beach where he was, and said the enemy was appear-
ing in force, which made it absolutely necessary that
all the boats should be ordered to that point. Hav-
ing gone to another part of the beach, he was in-
formed by several Off►cers, that Sir J. Murray had
desired all the boats to be kept empty for the accom.
modation of the troops, and he in consequence sent
off no more military stores. The• whole army was
embarked in the course of the night. He afterwards
proceeded with six transport boats, stores of various'
descriptions, viz. tracking tools, sand-bags, plat-
farms, &c. froM the engineer depot nearest the town,
and returned tp the Malta about five o'clock.
Q. !lave you not seen the whole French
stopped in their march by the fire of our gun-boats,'
and compelled to take another direction ?
A. I have seen that whilst Lord Wm. Hemlock ,
commanded, but not during the time of the siege.
Admiral Hallowell observed, in explanation,. that
he had put this question from ..persuasion, that he
could, at the time the siege was raised, have covered, •
with his gun-boats, the advance of General Gopons'
army, which was precisely in the situation from
which the French had been driven under Sachet
himself.

Some doubts being expressed es to the regularity
of the question by the Doputy Judge-Advocate, they
were overrated by. the Court.

Q. Were any provisions destroyed, or left beibindt
at Tarragona, and of what description ?
A.. A great quantity of corn, flour, beans, and
firewood was left behind.

Q. Do you recollect that the British media signet
on the 14th, of the enemy appearing, near Balegwer,
to the number of 2,000 cavalry and infantry, with
some cannon.

The DEPUTY JUDGE-ADVOCATE here 'observed,
that this question referred to A point Of time not in-
cluded in the third charge; and unless Geo. Murray,
therefore, should admit it, the propriety of the ques-
tion must bo determined on by the Court, which
must be cleatmi• for that pttrpose.

Admiral-Hallowell said, he had beendirected by
theSeoretary of State to substantiate by evidence the
assertions contained in his letter, dated the 14th, and
was, therefore, desirous, 4n !indication of his own
character, so to do.
Sir John Murray replied, that he was fully pre-
pared to meet the charges which the Court was as-
sembled to try, but could not be supposed to possess
the means of controverting whatever new matter
might be introduced.
Admiral Hallowell observed, that Sir John Mur-
ray had been eighteen months in possession of a copy
of his letter.

The public were then excluded, and it being near
five o'clock, the decision on this point will be an-
nounced to-morrow (this day).

FRENCH PAPERS.

VIENNA, J. 3.—On New Year's Day a crowd
of curious people repaired to the Graben, in expec-
tation of their reading some interesting publication;
but the day passed over as tranquilly as the rest ;
there was nothing extraordinary but a prodigious
number of carriages crossing each other in all direc-
tions. That of the English Ambassador was remark-
ed as being very superb.
Prusssia is now placed in a very delicate position
in regard to Austria. All Europe, and especially
Germany, would see with pain the violation in re-
gard to that kingdom of the sacred principles of
humanity and the law of nations, which were so
solemnly proclaimed and acknowledged last year in
the face of the universe ; but, on the other hand, the
King of Prussia builds his claims on the formal pro-
mises which were,made to him, when the King of
Saxony refused to accede to the coalition against the
common enemy. In the mean time, Saxony is sub-
ject to the arbitrary government of Prussia, who
prohibits the addresses of the Saxons to the Con-
gress, stops the circulation of Journals unfavouruhle
to it, and displaces functionaries who remain at-
tached to their Sovereign. _

PARIS, JAN. 14.—Vari s private letters, received
from Belgium, coincide inof ming, thiit for these pro-
vinces 50 millions are to he paid by way of indemnity
to Austria, by the Prince Sevemign of the Low
Countiies. The hurthen, it...is said,. will be very
much mitigated, by the mode of levy iti ; 'l.'s oxtraor-
rlinary contribution. Hitherto-the Gilvoriimmt nas
confined itself to augmenting by a fourth, or at most
by a third, the various taxes este Wished under the
Fr'nch domination, and which then amounted to a
sum (4411 of 72 millions. The Belgians appear, in '
general, to be satisfied with, the commercial vegeta-
tions introduced by their new Government. The in-
terests of the F.:chequer have been wisely combined
with those of commerce and manufactures. Care has
alto been taken to confine exclusively to natives all
the advantages attached to public office, even in the
most insignificant places under Government. The
small number of foreigners who remained in office
have been dismissed. They would seem to have
written on all the gates,—nova sint omnia. •

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QiuEwes Burrn-DAV ine.r.—Uviiday al the Punk Wow

THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1815.

By Brussels Papers which arrived this forenoon,
we have intelligence of considerable interest from
Italy, by the way of Vienna. It is stated is private
letters of the 2d inst. from that capital, that 64 the
plans and connections of the malcontents at Milan,
which have been discovered by the arrest of Gen. Lecchi
and two other Generals who had conspired, were very
dangerous, not only for Italy, but for all Europe,
by the extent of their ramifications. It is said that
eight persons, chiefs of the conspiracy, are con.
demned to death. On the other hand, Gen. Koller
is going to Elba. There is a talk of conveying 80.

naparte to Scotland, where an estate u ill be assigned
for his residence, and the same annual sum be paid
him as Gsed by the 'rreaty of Fontainbleau."
The following are some further eztracts'from the
Brussels and Frankfort Papers received to-day :—.

I VIRRNA, JAN. 3.—The King of Wirtemberg left
not only very valuable presents behind him, but
also a very interesting letter to his Majesty the ge-
nerous Emperor Francis, in which he thanks him
for the many- proofs of friendship which he has re-
!ceived, end declares, that nothing bat the advice of
his physicians, who think it dangerous to prolong
I his stay, after so many attacks, could have induced
I him to resolve' on his departure.' That he left the
Crown Prince to manage the affairs still to be settled;
and that lie will, for the future, show to the House
of Austria, in whose greatness and prosperity he
sees that of Wirtemberg, the same attachment which
he thooglit himself bound to evince to the present
system as soon as it became the prevailing one.
SAXONY, JAN. 3.--On the :6th .f December 600
troops of Neufchatel, which entered the service of
Prussia, arrived, at Leipsic ; there is at present only
a Russian Hospital at Leipsic. The Prussian hos-
! pitch for the garrison will be maintained at the ex-
pence of Prussia.
The Garrison.of Dresden consists of troops of the
Russian German Legion, which is now in the pay of
Prussia ; their conduct gives great satisfaction.
FRONTIERS Of SAZONT, JAN. 4.—The Admi-
nistration of the Kingdom of Saxony 'penetrates
deeper into the-internal concerns of the country, and
strive to relieve its distressed situation by large ad-
vances from the resources of the Russian monarchy
ive see how the credit of the whole kingdom int-.