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Show EmidcncenfLiEur.C0L. KINGSTON. Erm'dwctquAJor. GENERAL ROBERTSON. 4; up the North River, 33 he knew nOthing 0f the force 01‘ condi- reColleé'it that he found fault, or cenfured any one meafure or Gm Frazer for tion of that General's army. operation of the campaign of 1777 ?--Not one but that of em- employing Bri- - Ihe Colonel begged to explain one circumllance in the mi. ploying the Germans, infiead of the Britifli, on the eXPe_tilh inllead of ("man‘- dition t0 Bennington. State of 47th&liutes of tlie conned ofavar, which, by the paper delivered, 6;d regiments. where it {aid the 47th regiment was not to be depended upon, implied a cenl‘ure on that corps. It was no reflection meant or intended on that regiment, nor upon the other, but merely as MAJ OR GENERAL R O B E R T S O N. the former was not complete, forms of the companies only being capable of doing regimental duty in the line, {hould aé‘tive fervice be determined upon. Germain opened the grounds of his defence, relpeeting his Inain's i‘yecth. conduct as Secretary of State for the American department, The Colonel concluded his examination in replying to feveral quefiions put by General Burgoyne, relative to that General's appointments refpeétiiig lecret-lervice money, and the difpofi~ tion of the money contained in the military chelt. and as having a voice in his Mzijeily's confidential councils.- He obferved that the Hon. General who commanded in chief, and the other Hon. General who commanded the Northern expedition, (Howe and Burgoyne) had produced a valt mats of General Burgoyne had not the appointments of a Comman- evidence to throw the mifcarriage of the American war upon his nefi of Gen. B.der in Chief, but of :1 Lieutenant General; that he was at the fame expence as if he had ; that he was obliged to keep a table, ihoulders ; and that, in the courfe of the examination, feveral Witnefles had endeavoured to prove, that America was, " al- Difinterdied- to which, befides the ofiicers on the fluff, it was cufiomary that molt unanimous" in refilling the claims of this country, and all others lhould, from their rank, or the particular fervices they were engaged in, have free accefs and invitation at parti‘ cular times. That from the advanced price of every article fuited for fuch a table, the General was at a very great expence; and that, on the whole, he was perfuaded, when his appornt~ ments were balanced againft his outgoings, that the General were determined never again to return to their former {tare of obedience. To meet the perfonal charges refpefiing himfelf, as well as an." especiato repel that part of the evidence, which defcribed the majority gm; "rum fien- of the people of that country as hollile to a Britilh government, hub-"H355 evihe had fummoned General Robertfon to the bar. His long re- ""1"- was conliderably out of pocket, out of his private fortune, by fidence in America, upwards, as he underflood, of twentyfo'it‘ the campaign of 1777. years ; his high and deferved rank in the fervice, and his beim; His Gmcrofim On the dilpolition of the fecret fervice money, he faid he ' ept the account of its expenditure ; that a {billing never was appropriated to any other life than that for which it was intend- ed; but on the contrary, he had known advanced lll( ney out of his own purfe to and other diilreilcd pcrlhns, which, by the army, might have well come within hulk"), Chcfl' prefent on the {pot when the rebellion broke out, furnilhcd him With every reafon to expe€t that his evidence would be ac« curate and important ; and that he was eVCI‘Y way, from his the General to have the widows of foldiers, the conltant ufage of the defcription of (g. long experience and local refidence, enabled to give the molt fatisfaéiory information to the Committee-«His Lordflllpi after flaring the particular fatfts, which will be more properly col~ let'ted from the minutes themfelves, moved, that Gen. Robert- crt-t itrvice money. {on be called in. 0n the military cheft, he laid the General had nothing at all t0.d0 With it, further than it was his duty to preferve it in {atety ; that the payments and receipts were tranfaé‘ted entirely , between the Paymalter-general and the Commanders of corps ; Examined 5} L0"! 0605?"? Germain. He had refided in America, twenty-four years ; his experience Gen. R's great and long refidence there, enabled him to be well informed ot'knm‘l'ltdg,e of They were warmly and attec-the American" that he "ndetfiOOd. before the ligning of the Convention, thofe the difpofitions of the people. othcers drew certain fume in advance from the paymafiepge. tionately attached to the people and government of this coun- neral, for which they gave accountable receipts ; and that the remainder was retained by the Paymaflcr-genei‘al, for which, ofcourfe, he flood, repriifible to the public. We forgot to mention one Circumfiance, it was an anfwer of Col. Kingflon's to the following queltion : Does the witnefs, in try. A very fhort time before the difiurbances broke out, he had feveral converfations with perfons of great weight and confequence in the colonies, who all agreed in what he had now allerted. Independence was never thought of till the rebellionlcomznenced ; and he remembered a circumftance that a- all his intimate and confidential-converf-rtions with Gen. Frazer, \ recoll‘cet - i‘ofe in thofc converfations, which confirmed him in the opinion, which "23‘ .1, ~.,,- ‘. "at;e-- 4z u; r.l 111 zme 8111, 177 , Previous to the calling in General Robertfon, Lord George Lord. G. G". ‘- upon fer-vice with the army ; and the other was (a greatly reduced in number, that they were not to be depended upon as |