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I THE IVUIRY. MINUTES OF EVIDENCP.. Twn.FTH DAY—FEBRUARY 27. T z !. H ,n. the Earl of CII ATfl calierl in, and ex,onineti by the Committee. Tr ate: ter from Lord Castlereagh n your Lordship, dated the 2d Rt o•etolier. t SOO, to he found in paper (A.) in No. 6, your Lord sh.r of rf) , :it.ve instructiors relative to obstructing ti nits . n..e.m of •he Scheldt ; the words arc these:—" lam to x : :tier t.n tt.hip kis l'sl,jesty's confident persuasion that pr.vite: • o your ret urn, asul in conformity to your instructions, Your 1:to io w•U co-operate with the navy in givirg effect to at:) Sir Richard Straclian may think fit to adopt for ob stri:c ohm of the tictielcit ;" what steps did your ' 7 ..• • .•' 'v.. effect to that his:ruction ?—I bad it not in my power to give any. r. t .‘• employed from the taking of Flushing on the I stli r.th of August, till their retreat svgs resolved on ? The ::rtry was mit employed at all during that period; it could inot b. en:plo..e.: during that period. liefore, or at the dane of the sailingof the Expedition, was your Lordship been:et:el to e Antwerp to be pregnable by a cm-o de-main ?—I had intell , gt nct: communicated to me, that the fir ti tic:t ions of Antwr rp wore in so bad a !•tate that perhaps it might be open to a coup-de-roain. It sure ss had attended the attack on the Arsenals of Antwerp and the l'rench was your Lordship instructed to look to any ulterior object ?-1 had no other nlstructions than are before the Committee. Your I .orelship haviog stated tha; 7•nti 'nod received information that from the state oCilits works of Ain.w. p. Antwerp was liable to be ::ikeit by a ceup-deon,iin;:rom whom did your Lordship re ceive tht•t iniormati..r?—h was it.. ietoroa , ken which has been upu.: ; 1 received it front tes, Secretary of State or.- any conversation between your Lordship and the Se eretary of State, te.on th: snbject of the nikitet of Aotwerp by a coup-d.on;ain ?—I sio tut absolutely by a ; but I had conversacioes as to whetic.r it might not be t:.ken with sat a regular siege, or withnat a hoinhardment. ie 'Alto way was it proposed at that time that Antwerp should he ty.liee, if not le; a coop de main yet without sli-ge: or bomhar.lineie ?—lf ths.re had been an t:penieg for it from the state of the works, and the we:at:less of tile garrison, prot•abiy by assault. Did Lord Castlereagh eepross to your Lordship any expecta tion that A3twerp wmed he taken by assa'ilt ?—Flc certainly ex presses: such expectation, unAer tle: circumstances which I have stated. Those circurostauces mezr the intelligence to wiii :di your Lord *hie has reterred ...votks bei. - g in so ieid a state, and the gar ri,on so weak as te a :mit of such a measure. Did Lord Castlet eagh inform your Lord,hip that be supposed the worics to be so weal:, and the garrison to be in such a ant:e that year Lordship wculd be able to take it by assault ?—He seemed est-cab:le to th:ri: that it alieht be possible under the fa vourable circumstances I have mentioned. With all the intellhience submitted to your Lordship hy Lord Castlereagh, you7Lordship ever entertain any expectation that you shouldbe able to take Ant vverp by assaith ? if that ir.telligence, which represented the very decayed state of the works, and the sliserce of trooes to the great extent stated in some of the intclli • genre, had menus! not to be true, i certainly thought it might have been ptsi!ele to have taken Antwerp by some vigorous attack, prshably Will your t.oreship state to the Conunittee the narntx of any Cem. rat (I`.li.o•rs with whom you converted on the subject of tak iu istewerp by assntilt ?-1 should thiuk I must have mentioned it to all the General Officers, or to all probably wish whom 1 had eui:versation Ott the sul.ject. Yr evioes to sail'ng fir at any other time did your I.ordship ever • h. the opinion of sir Eyre Coots:, as to tha practicability of tait ' An e..erp by tv.sault, or the probability of success in that en ?---I did noi ask apy formal opinion on the subject of Sir -e; hut conversed with hint on different modes of ope see might pursue. • , • Coeielis tee to mod-roans' that no opinion was ached of or seas eiv. 1. by ;sir Eyre Coote on that paticular point ?—No formai ;.pi-Or-r at all, formal or informal, given to your Lord s'iip by For Kyr.: Come, on tl at subject ?—1 do not know that thei 0 was any ..I.iti;on a a'.l wee!: ; cause I know that he cou sin:ll:J mu opt retiets sou - 1 be rezalte.ed by citcurnstanees when WV al Can pitiV I .ordsliii , name any other General Officer besides Sir • Eyre C. Jt..?-1 conceive, ai I bail before, that the questiot. must • itrbeit in conversation with all the General Officers; we talked getteraXy of the wear: of our forth :r operatitats, but ..o di,titun opinion was asked, because I dud not conceive they could give woe. Does your Lordship recollect any marked conversation on that subject w..t!! Lord •?- —I lull a good det , l of conversation at - dirt' rent ti:iles with i.orn i'a : -.t ;I do not re.. - .1 1 ' ,. • any marked cto. , veisation, that is, any ford.al or distinct opinion givin by lulu upon drat suliject. IV . ,ttt :;eneral Gross . enor ?---I have had conversation with Ge net al Gt.svenur 611 ;so ith Generfll.ltoworig.7 ?---I had. . ;hat poinz ?—on that point. l)oes your Lordship recollect the conversation that passed be e.... pair i.ortlsllip r.d GtPeral iirownrigg on that particular ? ceonot re,•o;:, et any parCcular conversation ;my con s wi Brownri2,g w. re very frequent. J the inettioranclunt or stateirent, was the attack on Antwerp described a: to be a simultaneous operation with the dt.,ceitt island of Walcheren ?-- It certainly was. not r.rlaor:lndurn also !lye a general description of • t'le of which his 1142jesty's Government. at that time 10 ;5,„i,,n, with res.:fct to the tkiencts of the Schehlt, of Autwrqi it die, as well as I 1)1d it not coniafir a genr.ral reference to certain military obata cUs that the Army :night exri..ii:t to nteet on their arrival before A itwerp, to imped:• the complete execution of the service, and fill it .iot parirculzirly cunieniplace the posePaility of the enemy's being triatshid to avail himself of the yrotecricn of the guns of the C , tacle: to secure euherthu whole or a part of the stirpti afloat; and did not your •Lortfship understand that the decision upon the policy of the .e.xpeditioli was formed, having those difficulties in view ?-•-1 elicl. Upon the information Lord Castlereagh was enabled to lay before your Lords:11;, fere you left England, what degree of hope did you feel you; is:t justified in entertaining, that the ulte rior objects of Ow Expedltiott might he sueeessfully accomplish tie! fleet all-via a: bantvliet upon the ssi August —I think that if the imelligerce turned out to be a and that every other eitcunistance also turned out favourably, I should have entertained (:14 I believe I said when I was before examined) a confident hope of success as to the result of the Expedition: by circumstances t urainl out tavouralily, I meat , if the fleet could Dave arrived by the ed or 2tl of August at aanevliet. Suite to the Committee in a general way what number of days you apprehend would terve-been necessary after the carps arrived at Santvliet to disembark and advance it to Antwerp in a state to Aorta the town, if the situation of the works admitted of such en operation ?-.-I cannot poisibly state how long it would have taken to have landed the Army, as it must have depended en tirety upon the nature of the beach, arid the naval means there were for that pur i ose, but I conclude that it might have been Slone in the course of ten or three slays.' When slid the fir-it ;,;'l.earances of sicktiess to any extent chew themselves in the army ?-.-1 think towards the 20th of August, to Ifni: considerable degree. Had the army been healthy prior to that period ?—lt had been very healthy. Suppose the army had been cart led up at once to Santvliet, and diseinnarked there for carrying on operations against Antwerp, hus your Lordship any reason to suppose that the health of the array would have been exposed to sufferb g from the same disease that alLeted the troops in Walcheren and South lieveland ?---1 believe that the vicinities of Antwerp (but I cannot speak from soy own knowledge) is certainly healthier than the Islands of South Devela - d and Waloheren, and that whilst the troops re n.ained embarked they certainly would not have been exposed to at v sickness. Your 1 crdship having stated that you did not conceive that the Expedition the Schelslt Li:posed either the army or the navy to immluen: hazard, will your Lordship have the goodness to state generally to the Committee the grounds upon which that opinion is formed, so far as *elates to military operations ? There Blight be more or less loss, but T did not consider that there was any very great risk in the expedition against Wa/clie cr in taking possessicn of South Beveland, or in the subse quent lAtidieg . of the army, awarding to ;be intelligence received • of the strength of the enemy ; and I was eontrmed in that *pi nion by the intelligence I afterwards received; there was no force collected at Antwerp that I could consider as exposing the army to imminent danger. Is the Committee to understand your Lordship's opinion to be, tha• in case the fleet bad arrived on the 3d at Baths, the army mihht have been disembarked, and continued on shore from the 3st down to the 2 - ,t;), withoat prejudice, hi your Lordship'r iudg .li, to, to its secure re-embarkation I—The army Might certainly have continued to that period, bad it been collected in the field; hut I am by no means sure it could have remained insecurity, em barked in any operations to that period, that would necessarily here divided the army very much, and not placed it in a state to mr.ite head against the enemy. From the infer:nation your Lordship received, what do you cenceive to be the composition of the enemy's force, in a military point of view ?---There was certainty a very large part of that force which, though applicable to garrison duty, would Rot haye Leen formidable in the field. Does your Lordship recollect information received by Sir John Hope, which bears date the 23d of August, and which states the enemy's force on both sides ot the Scheldt, including the garrisons of Berger-op-Zoom and Antwerp, to amount to 21,780 men, ex clusive of the workmen of the Arsenals and the crews of the ships ?—I think there was such intelligence received, that ac cords very much with all the rest of the intelligence, which male the whole number about 35,000 men at the time of our ar rival at Bathz Sueposivg your Lordship had found yourself in a situation to land your army at Santvliet, at tilt:beginning instead of the close of the month of August. what hope do you now feel yourself justified in entertaining with respect to the prospects you should have had of accomplishing the ulterior objects of the Expedition? —lf the intelligence, which I am not able to speak positively to had been true, respecting the st ate of Antwer p , which I received in the communications from the Secretary of State, I could cer tainly have had considerable hopes of success; but if Antwerp was in a state that the works were completely repaired, I should certainly have thought that success, even if we had landed at the early period named, to have been very doubtful indeed. [Here follow several questions respecting former assaults upon Antwerp] la the Committee to understand your Lordship sailed with the I Expedition from Deal, believing you should find the situation of Antwerp accord with the information your Lordship had recei ved I—l knew nothing whatever of the truth of the intelligence, of course I could only know whether it would turn out to be true or not. When I arrived a: my destiration, I had no ground for believing or disbelieving it ; I bad no means of knowing the tiler the intelligence was from good sources or otherwise. Did your Lordship believe that the ultimate success of the Ex pedition against Antwerp depended upon the fleet arriving at Sant vliet by or about the Sd of August, according to the intelligence which your Lordship had received:l-1 think it depended very much on the early arrival of the army at Santvliet, as of course the enemy would be in a state of less preparation. Then, as your Lordship sailed from Deal; having received in formation that the fortifications of Antwerp were in a state of decay, and that there was but a very small garrison there, and as your I.ordship believed that the object of carrying Antwerp was' mile likely to be attained by the speedy arrival of the armament at 'sant - viler, did your Lordship make any arzangement, and what, for disembarking the army, in the first instance, at Sant vliet I—That arrangement could only be made on the arrival of the armament at Santvliet, in concert of course with the Ad miral. Is the Committee to understand that your Lordship sailed from Deal without making any arrargement for landing the ar my at Santvliet I—Without any decided arrangement for that purpose, certainly none could possibly be made, from the nature of the circumstauce. Did your Lordship neon your sailing make any arrangement at all for the landing of the army at Santvliet?—No detailed at arrment certainty ;1 did vet it was a thing that con' j be made ; he'ere. I stilc<l ! bed no rt ci e know! dge where v• should be to laud, or the me tire of tlt t landit.g.place, till it reconnoitred, or whether the corps would arrive heather or bt parately. Did your Lordship receive any errections from the Eccotary State to make such arrangement 1--i do net reeellact any. In coneequence of the Admiral's communication re c.u - -1 ~r ship on the Bth of Aue,est, relative to rival co-onerati tt : reduction of Flushing, did any thing pass bt tree a ye r ' ord le and the Admiral upon that subjce:?- I had so - 'e to vasatie 0 ,11 think with the Admiral at that tine upon the et If the Sett could have rise up the 5C1146 11•114.1'. veou!4 yqu r Lordship have proceeded to at tbe tatissata object of the armament, without waiting for tha:wedories •of Washing ; I mean after the originally-prOpeeed plan of operatibes was frus tested by the necessity of - carry ing so aansiderable a partf tit. armano to into the Reomput Ameba aas n? had relights etd Flu shing to so considerable an extent, and after additionlitrocps t ad been landed to accelerate the reductiou ot that fortress 1-1 err tabily should. Is the Committee to understand that the reason your Lortleh., remained so long on Walcheren, and allowed those troops te r : were landed in addition to Sir Eyre Coote's original corps to de so, eves, that until the whole armament xclus.ve of Sir Ey r. Conte's force should arrive in the neighbourhood of Lathe, re operation against Antwerp could be undertaken ; that the forwal ding of the armament to that point depended solely upon the na vy, and that the anxiety which your Lertithip felt upon ibis ;üb jt ct, arising from a conviction uf the infinite importance of et le rity towards final success, was from time to t'ytie conmmicatee to the Adroiral in the urgent manner in which it was the heti: pensible duty of the Commander in Chief of the land forces t• make such representation ?—The corps under General Grosvt nor, which was the additional corps lauded, necessarily remain until the transports could arrive to carry them tip the Scheid , it was impossible for any operations of any sort to be under - mkt' till the armament was collected, particuiariy the cavalry and et.. naece ships and the ships with the ammeter ion enO with the pro vidona : and therefore until the whsle was collected at Bathz, sot questionably I should Gay it was impossible fur any opera:tee whatever to have been undert ken, and therefore I remained fan that reason at,Walcheren; the corps which bad been landed remained on shore also for the same reason: with respect to any communicatien I had to make to the Admiral on the sub ' jest of the expeditimi, I urged to him the necessity of expedition and I had every reason to believe he was imprestod with the same sentiment. Did your Lordship ever give any authority or instructions to Lord Rosalyn or Sir John Hope, :o concert a:.d undertake any operation with the Navy before you should arrive in pi rsou on Smith Be.veland Z . -9r John Hope was landed for the execution of a particular service, which oval merely to take the batteries, and to open a way for the fleet, and to collect the resources in provisions, cattle, and horses : I certainly never gave any orders to Lord Rosalyn, who commanded there, after the landing of Lord Huntly's diithion and his own, because it was impossible' any operation of any sort or kind whatever could be undertaken till the ordnance ships with the ammunition and provisions could have beets carried up the river. Did the Admiral communicate to your Lordship the older he sent to Sir Richard Keates to concert operations with Lord Rosllyn, and request your Lordship to give orders of a similar description to that General ?—No, he did not ; the letter from sir Richard Khates to Lord Rossiya was communicated to me by his Lordship. Was every possible arrangement for the speedy execution oh the pi-ejected plan of operations made by your Lordship and your Staff in such a manner, that if the naval means could have been employed, no delay would have happened on the part of the army ?—'There. certainly was. After the whole of the army had assembled at Bathe, did not all the intelligence your Lordship received represent the works of Antwerp to be in such a state, and the garrison so strong, as to , make it impossible to take the place without a siege I—l think all the intelligence went to that effect. Did net the intelligence at this period also state that the enemy had already collected between 30 and 40,000 men in Antwerp, Bergen-op-Zoom, Breda, and that neighbourhood, including rise force in Cadtand, that this force was daily increasing, and that every preparation was making to oppose our landing at Sant. vliet and Antwerp I—That was certainly the substance of all the: intelligence I received; I had no very distinct intelligence as to the extent of the preparations making to resist the landing at Santvliet, but I understood the enemy had constructed several batteries on the Dyke: the inundations too were reported to be' very considerable. Did not this intelligence, and the sickness of the army, and your Lordship's own reasoning as to the use the enemy must me cassarily have made of the interval between your first arrival off Walcheren and the period to which I allude, to ameliorate the defences of Antwerp and the other forts, and to collect a consi derable defensive force from all quarters, determine your Lord ship's judgment against the practicability of then Wading Ant warp ?-I'hey aertabily did. • • Did WI year Ledo* Id die rfth of . Meat *bitable the Lleeteneat - Oehreeh ti the Army lo a Cetera of Wir, and h not their opinion auve before the Haeolto4 oteethhiedtbe Lien tenant-Generals oit than 27th of i Ample & 111111 I believe their opi nion is before the linusit. Did your Lordship Satierstand thartbe Admiral altered treat or concurred in that opinion ?-4 corseeired, certainly, that the Admiral concurred in the opinion, thin nothing further could be attempted. What ind,ueed your Lordship to (orm, that conjeeture t—l re ceived a letter from the Admiral on the 4 2/th, the day the Coun cil of War *Amble], in which he distinctly stated that opinion. Will your Lordship have the goodness to produce the Admi ral's letter of.the 27th of August ?—lt is a letter stating the rea sons of Sir Richard Strachan fur desiring his letter to be sent home to the Admiralty ; it is in that letter he states a distinct opinion that no further operations could, with any prospect of success, be at that time undertaken .—( His Lordship Prodnced a copy of the letter, Which was read.] • cery Or SIR ILICIIMMATRACHAN'S [ATTU. "'st. Domingo, Bathz, August 27, 1509. "My Lord—ln consideration of your note I detain the cutter; there are two others waiting for orders besides this, but I sremind you,yoe have mot a week's provision fir the army, and we have not above four for the navy, which, when we come to divide with you, will reduce us to about sex days; it therefore becomes indispensa bly necessary I should call the attention of Government to this circumstance, and I pray you to let me dispatch the vessel; two shall wait your dispatches. We are now at two-thirds allowance; the most serious consequences may arise from ary delay, when you consider the vast number we have to victual, at least seventy thousand, I ant sure your Lordship will be of my way of think ing" that not a moment should be lost in commuiticathl home." All I shall say is, that you do not propose to go on to Antwerp for the reason mentioned in your letter; and really, when I consider the reduced state of the provisions, the increasing sickness, and the increasing power of the enemy, little success can be , expeaed from any operation; unless it is the intention of our country to keep the army here to the accomplishment of the object, and re inforce it as circumstances may make necessary. " I should have been on shore, but am not well; but nothing should have prevented me if I could have been at all useful; your Lordship may rest assured that I shall be ready to do every thing you propose, and that the Navy is at your disposal for eirery purpose to forward the public service. " I have the honour to be, your Lordship's - " most humble and obedient servant, (Signed) R. I. S•rsAcuAn. " To his Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Chatham." ." Your Lordship might write a slu'irt letter; but pray don't prevent my sending the vessel home . I see the most serious con sequences likely to arise, front the GovernMent being ignorant of the want of provisions." (Here follows an examination shnilar to the former oae, rela tive to Antwerp, Fort I.illo, kc.) Upon the receipt of Sir Richard's Straeban's letter of the 27th , of August, did your Lordship call upon the Commissary General of the Army for a report of the state of the provisions, and did it correspond with the estimate Sir Richard Strachan had given of their amount ?-1 certainly thought it my duty to lose no tinee in looking into the subject, not being at all aware of that b ins 1 the case, and I found it entirely erroneous, for that there were a month's provisions for the troop% . Has your Lor.ishlp reason to 'know that it was deliberately deemed most advisable for the public service that the .supply of provision should he progressively forwarded to the Army, so as •;ot to encuml)rr their movcnivais wit". a greater proportion of provisions a: any one time then the public service could possibly require ?—I timiersto.xl that to be the intention ; and in point of 'act, we always had a sufileient supply et provisions. itis faeltpslite t s NARRATIVE. Does-run Lordship recollect having delivered to his Mejesty any Narrative of the proceedingei in Z aland on the 15th of Ja . -.eery ? --I did not deliver any Narrative of the proceedings in .--,:i.teet to his Majesty, but 1 transmitted it to Lis Majesty at V,. elF.s: en :he 15th of January. . V,' --, : 't; isT er ra t ive aceo.o,esnied ley any Letter ? — lt was r ot .- •.:• ~ :t.e .1 b; any letter ; titre was a note of transmission ; a .. eCt loiael faylor, I tWrek. Liss y ‘er Leriship sty copy of that note ?—I have not. Do:-. yaer I erdsitep recollect having applied for that Narra tive to be reterned to soar I ordahip by his ?Vales:if ?-1 rt tneether havaig ex! ress4l a wish to hie Niajesty, at the Levt.e, on ihr 7th cf Felt. city i denk, that lie woeid l e xe t h e goo d l y,. to return that Na.rative, I -cause I v ititcd to make sante al teration:, to lenVe eta a r as.sq, e there NVJO in it; audit Was so re • turned. Did your Lordship receive that Narrative bac!: on the 10th, and in what mane , i ?—it was either on the 9th or the 10th, I thedt. it was on the loth I received :t hack; it was merely sent bark ss i Is a note from Colon. i - l'aylor, saying he had the King's caramand to send it back; hut nothing else. Did your Lordship tender the Narrative again to the King on the 14th of February ?—I did. Was it given by his Majesty at the same Levee at which it' was tendered by your Lordship to his Majesty to the Secretary of Mate ?—it was not given at the Levee ; it was given at as au dience after the Levee ; and I received his Majesty's comanendto give it to the Secretary of State, which it did immediately. Without Its passing Into his Majesty's hand ?—Yes ; his Ma jesty desired I would give it to the Secretary of State. Has your lordship any toll of the Narrative as it .s4'as com municate dto his Majesty on the 15th of January?--1 have not. Can ysur Lordship state the substance of the alteration I —I really do not think, especially after so long an examination as I have now gone through, that lean recollect perfectly the sub stance; it was a passage towards the close I.f the report, which contained rather matter of eeninion or speculation, or rather dis cussion, which I thought.would he better out of the deport ; mid 1 wise cl his I‘.le . j.iszy's permission to leave that passage cut of the I report, which I did. Ido not think, after so long an eiamina-. :ion, I could take upon me to state the substance of that passage, ur to recollect it ; but it related only to matter of opinion, and was only one passage, which I though: would not accord in ally respect with the rest oldie Narrativa, which was merely a state me,tr of facts Does your Lordship recollect the purport of the note which bad accompanied the Narrative when it was delivered on the 13th of January ?--it was a note of transmission, sending the Narrative to Colonel Taylor for the King. His Lordship was directed to withdraw. lay before yt, hope did yo rior ol)jectb 11E6, .Aappl,bili think th every other , cntcrtained confident h , eireuinstaoc Dave arrive, State to t you appreht at Saiitvlict 'to itoriu th en operatic , ' taken to hr tircty Upon were for th Shine in the When di themselve, istv: co.iside Had the very health . Suppose &sett - truck- hls your L army woul that aff,:cte believe tha any own hi South Ilev , eni at ♦ sieltnes , Your 1 the Expedi to immlui state gcneJ opini•n is re al there was cr in want /Atm OLD imalr. Vie 13*, icionet, roof* for the following Article : Thursday W. Rants was bsilicted for stealing a vra(cli, rt.r pm petty o f J . R asa& The prisoner got the property runt Ito *tutor's wife, by stating that her husbatid had sent him fur tti— , Gullet. E. Gregory was indicted for orate: Ong &l. the prin. 4.-tt of his employer, Mr. Botheroyd ; bet, the entry-honk Lot being produced, the prisoner was acquitted. W, Baker was indicted for stealing in a shop I ICI note. the property Of b. Turner. The defence was, that the nole had lot , picked up in the shop.—Guilty. Ordered to bp: inv 9 risoned months, and privately whipped. The following wire also cootricted of felony :—W. Wire, fmo stealing a bedstead; I. Groves, for stealirg two sttlue sulks; c: Ernstrom, for dealing .e4O in liatik-notes ; Ce.thi rite Yurre r o: stt *ling a i :e of muslin; Ann Carrick, for simalin. :. 7 2 1;,. lead; I. Coilipton for embezzling ts. Skd E. King, fur st, 41 :rs a copper can; and T. Williams, fur Jura ing a Lon, and breeches. J. Williams was Indicted for embezzling X:3. t!ry.rutt t ,i. his employers. In defence he said, he had 1041. he.f -a. Lt the money, and *as fearful of returning. Ile was nr.:td but, in coaseqbenee of a good character, was liberated by 1,, L, Eliza Ireland was indicted for stealing a sog.,:r silver cups, the property of 3. Emlxlco, nr :..;. •;•.,„ articles had been pledged at the shop of Mr. e' 17 :•,!,, . • by the prisoner, who was servant to the prosecutor in s:1 . r ber last, where the prosecutor hat several titer znich. , c ,l unredeemed. It did not appear that this pavrtii::;; was to Mr. E.; and another witness having proved :try it noticed by him, when any thing was wanting la the . L I prisoner was--Acquitted. A. Hart and E. White were indicted for pick'ng the poelte ;. , 4 persons unknown. S. Hack, a hew-street. (Act. r, scat..',, on the evening of the 12th ult. he saw them rob .t.ver:l ge!v1:1! of their handkerchiefs, and s•:cured bn•h. A i.an.her o• ' kerchiefs found on them were pr.: , .lecetl in Con;:, but ;ha.• w a rp no prosecutors. One of the haus:kerchiefs had a i-ari; I ?it l and witness saw a handful Land_.'Land_.'away to a hack iL traattatto, when he had the prkoaers itt ct:s. otiv. Ater the vlieac: had been gone through, the Common S...rj ant 'r l .‘ eictraent had been mosi neglifently drawn out. .1 - !.... were iudicted for stealing josnt properts, wi , itt for which they were indicted should have ben n toh• p ;, of nue only. The peitoners were, b.wever, de:atn..t.l t, „ c Sessioret, and another indictment was MICR (1 'o Le lcontu; was another man, charged with a similar crone. Same day the Sessions ended, when set truce of Le'etlt era passed on W. Tristram, for privately stealing in the , p „; j . Grant; J. Smith, fur returning front trans;:oriatio,: ; llama ,for robbing J. Perry on the hthvf..y; Ann 1-; ,i;. May, for privately stra f ing in the shop of L't . 2.. ; do:, for a burglary in the house of W. Custard ; E. Dufty, for a burglary in the house nf Litz. Lu ,1,•.; Howe and J. Lander, for burglary in the !Mille of E ; each. Brown, for privately stealing in the shop of ;. I t•;.4..:; Dari, for a highway robbery ; W. Alterman, to:. ssea!1••:: boos: of 1. Richards •' , J. Welch, for burglary in the Pen:lino:o ; W. Her4y, for stealh.g in the beast of dell; and Grant, for horse. ste..h..g. Amelia &liars and I'".'t herder, were ordered tote ti.a•t x r tbr 14 r ars ; were ordered to be transport.. d ter $o:• four to he imprison. , in the I louse of Com c-ion for ...-; 17 tar six months; it in Newge;e for trrritoes pei ic sl.; !,• ' : prmately, and fly publicly whip, ed ; nine jtount. and 14 , liioarged lay tr ocla.liata..n.--..jes , ais I of Art iL Chambtrialb, .alto standing cliar ; ted xvi!it cot:nty f Buckingham, is ordered to be scot to gaol of that couitty for trial. • I..CCLIN ISI PRO: , t l . . OX FOR 11, Alaactt 3.—TuvsdAy last, Yr. B. , College, W4S Chosen Ft II:AV 0; 3.11. /. ;:ev.Charles Eaten Plater, of Whizszablz, has oven a!a ..0 by his Grace the ArcltlAshop of Canterbury, to the vlr.i! River, near Dover, vold by :11e'dec. ase of the Rev. Josht t..r. The Rey. Jan Nulsor., B.A. to the Rectory of 3teston, mar Nliichani, Not The R. . F. Ntiddleton, D. D. of Pembroke Hall, Cam. bridge, to the Pre:iet d of Thartigate, in the Cathedral ofLinesia: The Rev. Cl' irks Kipling. LL.B. of Wadherts Cssi:ege, M afal Univer-ity, and Perretual Curate of &cur Stratford, to the 'id enrage of Newport Pagnell, 'ode. The 'icy. James I.ongmore, of Doddinghurst, Fuel, to the Vicarage of Yeabneton cum Revelst.ite, Devon. The Rev. Jonah Pratt, B. D. has been *Nu:Anted by Cranial Hastings Wheler, Esq. of Otterd v,,lace, Kent, to the Ptri:erial Curacy of Sir George Wheler's Chapel, Spital-square, void by de d ash of the Rev. George liuddetford. 13114:111: 4 . Thursday tnornins, in New-street, Spring-gardens, die lira. Mrs. Morri.., the lady of Edward M , trio, Itsq A'. sfa dsogister On the 24th nit. the Lady of Captain' Bair ad da mil Mit • DIED. Oa the. lad of !act Month, in the SSA year of his age, Mr. Thomas Cha l‘berlain, late of Greenwich. Lately in Bland.ord• street, Lientenant.Colonel Haw• den, in the East-India Company's service. The Rev. A. Wade, vicar of 'notate!, Cornwall. This ilYisg is in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Windsor. At Ozenford Castle, on the 26th WC Sir John Dalrymple, Ban. late one of the Barons of Exchequer in Scotland. He Is succeeded in his Ode and estates by his eldest soa, the present Mt John, who is a Colonel in tit: Guards. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning............. - ..... 40 minutes alter 2 Afternoon ..... 59 minutes a't:r 2 REN VAT ED HEALTEI. IT has been too frequently the subject. of just ad general reprebatioe, that men destitute of the elem. nts et the medical art have offered themselves as candidates fer patronage in the profession of Physic. For the purpose of donut justice to the result of our studies and experience, and to peer.: us from being classed among those empiric whose impudent pre tensions have, unfortunately fur society, been too favourably re• ceived, we beg leave to submit to the liberal and enlightened , faithful statement cf our pursuits and acquirements. After having received a regular medical education, as the per 'ls of MrirS. Grindel and Mend, whose lectures and practice e. carefully attended, as Professors and Surgeons of theLordor.Hee pital, we tntered oUrseives as students in that justly eel:Alta::: school for medical acquirements, the Royal Collree cf Edi:l - and were instructed in the different branches of Anatanes, Surgery, the Theory and Practke of Physic, Chemistry, All .- wifrry, Botany, &c. Ziec. etc. by those emincet Brofesiers, Pr. Monte), Gregory, Back, Hamilton, Duncan, and leutberfe r e We trust we shall not be deemed presumptuous in seying, tea our proficiency and acquirements are not inconsiderable. liwire for a long series of years made VENEREAL CONIPLAININ and the various diseases of DEBILITY, the particular objettei our studies am: practice, it will, we hope, be altowed that , acquired superior h.:n:ledge of their tresetnent and care. is slight and recent cases of infection , a p erfect re-estabeetreent completed in the shP.: permit of two days, and in thote utmost inveteracy, where other practitiotters have teiki! 01 "' ices., a proper perseverance in our plan of treatment en errs te patient a safe and radicel cure. Amidst the melancholy variety of disorders which a rc the: fects of a habit loeg and most un ha pp il y p ursued by the both sexes, there are none more abrming or more d.stre4sieg those deficiencies and debilities w hich frequently prevoir r en . bitter the matrimonial state. To such pert:Nis i: must be 3 2 . ,. soling reflection to know that th e y may now, by a nor null. ?.tel i lible mode of treatment , be restore d to that g r..att st of •all iiissise.ts, a strong, manly, and vigorous constitution. in le all c?, e of debility, fromail' w h a t e ver cause arising, as wtll as L cies of Venereal i e'ectiou, we may be moulted by either see with the greatest secrecy and honour. Hoors . suitation at home from ten to three, and frets) six in the est- ' till ten at night. ; m ese Patients in the country are oequested t o state the pert their case,.age, and general habit of living, &c. inc!oir.r ale .r lance for advice and medicines, when the same !scut to any part of the kingdom. To ensere that secery sends! to oar undertaking , the eostagirof letters may l he Jo"' the account for medicines. CURRIE and Co. Someone, FASHIONS FOR MARCH. FROM LA BELLE AssEmni.Eg. Pelisses and mantles have undergone no variation since our last communications. A mantle of very pale fawn-colour Merino cloth, with large hood, lined with pink silk, worn with a Highland cap of the same material, ornamented with two small fiat ostrich leathers of the same colour, is a most becoming dress to a fair complexion. We'bave observed sevel al in very dark green. lined with pink or orarge, With straw cottage bonnets trimmed with velvet flowers or shaded ostrich feathers. Pelisses are made to fit tight to the shape without a band, with a broad trimming el sable or of the Nootka Sound otter. 'f lay are mostly made in velvet of the colour of rubie'S, garnet, royal purple, or peer ; some are ornamented round the buttons with a very broad embossed figured ribband. Morning Dresses are still made in plain cambtic, with oblong spots or sprigs of lace let in on the bosons and sleeves. email lace caps tied down with coloured silk or pause handkerchiefs, or namented in front with a demi-tiara of fancy flowers, or a knot ofspinks or ranunctilus.Glovesand shoes of correspondent colours. Dinner, or Home Dre , :ses, are mostly composed of 'stuff, c:oth„ or velvet, embroidered or trimmed with gold, with long sleeves and moderate trains; either high in the neck with a falling collar of worked muslin, or full twill of lace, or just above the rise of the bosom with a white crape habit-shit t, or standing frill of lace plain round the neck. Velvet Turkish caps, gold bands, and spangled nets, are much worn on the head. 'I he prevailing colours for the season arc ruby, garnet, puce, purple, orange, grass-green, andcoquelicot. FROM ACKERMANS ' S REPOSITORY OF ARTS. BALL DILEss.—A plain slip of white gossamer satin, with short sleeves, and square bosom. A Circassian robe of brown silk net, the meshes terminated with white or gold beads e edging s and tassels of the same. Head-dress, a-la-Diana, of pearl ; necklace, armlets, Ste: .&c. of the same. Slippers of white satin, with gold clasps and bind ings. ' French kid gloves, below the elbow. Fan of white crape, with gold Persian border. MORNING COSTUME.--A morning robe of spotted or flowered Moravian muslin, with high-winged collar, edged with scalloped lace. Bosom formed of alternate stripes of lace and muslin. A KENTI . matron hoed of lace, tied across the crown with grey ribbon. LONDON t Printed and puldished by LINE!. . t . A R OFFIt t Morning slippers cof trey kid s trimmed.with swansdown. An oc- terbtery Place, Lambeth, at the $ T AR Tamils liv• Naomi scurf of Fnucla silk, with rich &swaged burster and, ends. street; lieblibbed 'it tan 3.f " °"" "