Star. — London, England, 1810-02-28 00:00:00

Supposing those two or three and twenty thousand men to have arrived at Santvliot within four days from the sailing of the Ex pedition, and to have landed • under favourable circumstances, what portion of that force does your Lordship think would ai that time have been necessary to cover the communication with Sant 'lief, threatened, as it would be, from Lille and Bergen-op- Zoom, supposing the intention was to have marched direct upon Antwerp have stated that no distinct plan had been formed for the operation against Antwerp. It is extremely difficult to give an opinion upon a supposed question, and under circumstan ces which never existed; it must have been by the circumstances that I found to exist upon my landing at Santvliet, that I must bare governed the distribution of the Army, as well as every other consideration. _ _ _ If your Lordship had been able to effect the 'anal"; of the whole force originally intended to he landed there by the 6th of August, would it have been possible to have marched to Ant werp, without leaving a force to mask Lillo and Bergen-op 'Loom ?—i-By the 6th of August 1 should not think it possible that the whole of that force could have arrived, and been lauded there with its artillery, cavalry, and provisions; I do not think I have stated that it could in that time. Some of the divisions, I believe, did not leave the Downs till the snth of July, two of the corps did not arrive till the 91st of July off Wakheren. Under the most favourable circumstances, what fslhe earliest day, from the sailing of the Expedition, on which your Lordship conceived it to hr posible that the whole of that fovea might have been landed in Santvliet ?---It is very difficult for me to an swer that question, because I do not feel myself a very compe tent judge of the time it would take for the armament to arrive at Santvliet : if that was stated, I can form a judgment as to the time at which .he armament might be likely to be moveable. Your I.ordahip having stated, that under the most favourable circumstances the passage might have been effected in loin days: taking that as the basis of your supposition, on what day does your Lordship think that it wasatossible the whole of that force might have been landed at Santvliet do not apprehend the whale of the armament could have performed it its four days— they sailed at different times; the *hole of the armament could rot have arrived certainly in four days, there was a considerable difference in the time of their sailing. Sepposffig that to have been the time employed in the passage, sailing at the times at which they did sail, on what day might that force'have been assembled at Santvliet t---Supposing that to be the case:tliiiii might have arrived by the fourth or fifth of August; I believe tilt lart sailed on the 30th of July; I sailed myself on tht According to your Lordship's most sanguine expectations, on what day of August did you think it prubable, that under the most farourable circumstances throw two (ir three and twenty Thousand rn;ght have been *disembarked et flartvllet ?—I do not feel myself competent to speak to thefirne of tb. it arrival ; I can state how long I think possibly they might be disembarkitig; but it is rather a naval question than one I conceive rtyself able to speak to, as to the time they would have taken in sallying. Supposing the whole of that armament to has a arrived on the fourth of August, in what time would the whole of that arma ment have been disembarked, and have been ready to aummence its march to Antwerp ?—That must depend very much, in the first instance, on the nature of the landing-pbce; and, secondly, on the naval means that were furnished to land the troops. But, supposing the landing-place to be favourable, and assuming also that there were sufficient naval means there, I should suppose that perhaps the infantry and cavalry might have been landed in • two or three days. and I suppose the heavy ordnance would pro bably,have taken three or four cf.Tys; I should think so; but it is impos.ible to speak with any certainty, as I am not acquainted with the nature of the place; so nttich`svuukl depend on the na ture of the landing-place. Does your Lordship mean that the whole might have been ef fected within three or four days, or that the heavy ordnance would have taken three or four days in addition to the time ne sessary to disembark the troops ?—Tkat must have depended en tirely upon the naval means, but I should dila the whole might have been disembat ked at the same time, and i believe there was sufficient means to have done so. Taking the shortest period, and supposing that on the seventh of Auattst the army had been ready to march, would it at that time have been possible to have marched to Antwerp, without leaving a strong tleachment to mask the force in Bergen-op- Zoom and Lillis ?—I am not qaite aware what the force iu Set.- gen-op-Zoom was at that particular time; it certainly would have required to be masked; Lillo would have required tinder those cittunts antes very little I should apprehend at that time. Would it not have been a necesiary precaution to have left a esalderable detachment in the neighbourhood of Santvliet, to have protected the rear and the communications of the Army ? Not a very large one if Bergen-op-Zoom was masked and South Ideveland occupied. Would it not have required a considerable detachment to have masked Bergen •or-Zoom on the 7th or nth of August ?—it is very difficult to form an opinion upon that subject ; it must have depended wholly upon circumstances with which I am unacquain ted, so we nober landed. Previously to your Lordship's sailing, had you concerted any plan of operaticels with Sir Richard Strachan P—We had had * repeated conversations upon the subject, and, I thought, per holy understood each other, as to the mode of prosecuting the enterprise. • Has you Lordship any reason to think now that there was any misunderstanding upon the subject?—No. I have none. Can your Lordship state the number of fortified towns within SO miles of kntwerp really cannot. Can your Lordship state the number of fortified towns within 60 miles of Autvrerp ?—No I cannot. Beft - re your Lordship sailed upon this tipedition was the opi nion of Colonel Gordon given to your Lordship for your perusal? —I have saki that I saw all the Military opinions that were given it tom not given mine in any pat titular way distinct from any of the others. Were the opinions of Colonel Gordon, of General Calvert, of Sir DaviCl(Dundas, and of General Browttrigg, or copies of those opinions, given to your I.ordship I—l thick they wen, I am pretty sure I had them, but I AG not at this moment recollect from whom I bad them, but probably from the Secretary of State fur the War Department. Did your Lordship consult with Sir David Dundas upon the subject of his opinion ?—I have already add. that I had general conversations with Sir David Dundas oa the subject of his opi- Dion, but nothing more. . Does your Lordship recollect in the opinioffof Sir David Dun das, the following sentence: " In whatever way Antwerp is to be approached or taken, the service is one of very great risk, and in which the safe return of the army so employed may be very precarious ?"—I remember that passage certainly. Does your Lordship recollect having any particular crtniterst tion with Sir David Dundas upon the subject of that opimon be so expreased?Not particularly. Does your 'Amdahl') recollect that you had any conversation with General Calvert upon the subject of his opinion ?—I rather think net. . Does your Lordship recollect in the opinion of General Cal vert the following passage: " It must, however, be remarked, that the citadel of Antwerp is formidable, and the works of the coon itself such as would demand regular approaches and a train of artillery, which could not be transported without much time and labour, unless we could secure the navigation of the Scheldt, which could only be assured by the possession of the forts ott the left as well as on the right bank of the river ?"-1 recollect that passage; I saw General Calvert very often on the subject of the equipments, hut had no particular conversation with him upon the subject of his opinion. Diss your Lordship recollett having any conversation with Colonel Gordon on phe subject of his opinion ?—I bad saute con versation with him ; but mere tonversation oily, not any official intercourse w i l t, hi m. Did that conversation between Colonel Golden and your Lord ship amount to s discussion of Om opinion, or tiny port of the opi nion of Colonel Gordon t—To &certain degree, it did perhaps. Will your Lordship have the goodness to state what passed in that eouversation, in discussing the opinion to the degree in width it was discussed ?—I really do not recollect it sufficient- Pa to he able to state it; I saw Colonel Gordon oaten, but there is no particular day to which I refer, nor do I allude to any particular conversation ; I saw bins often on the subject le the F tradition, and of course talked with him on the whole sulsjers of the Expedition. 11ii1 your Lordship at any time call upon Colonel Gordon, po'ntediy, for any explanation of the opinion he bad so delivered? did n**t. When your Lordship was First Lord of the Admiralty was any project submitted to your consideration, in your then official situ ation, far thelittack of the island of Walcheren i—l have no re membrance that any was. , • Had the first project which your Lordship has stated to have been lc rased fur the attack of At.twerp the sanction of gout Dion, but Does dart, the Y f be aPProa in which precarious Does tion with s o express Dtie4 /deb Gew Walt ria , Does y' wet the f • that the c to an itsel of wilder and labou which cot left as we passage; equipmen the mibjei DoL , -s Coloisel versation inter cola Did th ship liana run of C Will 74 that enu wi.tch it tr to be there is to any :11 spf the FA 311.1eit n o :3; TtO ~.- I did n When project s 1 ado°, tnl mentbrai Had t hien ft r Lordship's approllation ?--.1 was never called upon to give a dis- tinct opinion upon the subject militarily. Was it at any time proposed to your Lordship to carry into execution that plan which had been so formed ? —lt was. Had your Lordship undertaken on your part to carry that pro ject into execution ?—1 never understood the measure to have been decided upon, it was a measure, I apprehend, upon which the opinion of Sir David Dundas and the General Officers was re quired. In your Lordship's narrative, you have sikted " Your Majesty . . " will permit me here to recall to your recollection the change " which took place in the original projec: forun.d for the attack of " Antwerp, and of the French fleet in the West Schcldt, in con " sequence of the opinions of the General and Staff Glazers, to "whom this question was referred;" state to the Committee whe ther before the reference was made to the General Officers, your Lordship had received his Majesty's commanth, through the Se cretary of State, to undertake the execution of that project ? Certainly not, I never understood eveu that the project was decid .cd on. Was your Lordship consulted by his Majesty's Ministers upon the propriety of such a project as the one there referred to?-1 had cmversations certainly with the Secretary of State upon it, but 1 knew that opinions were asked of Sir Darid Dundas and the Ge neral Officers upon it ; I never considered it as decided upon, but merely a proposition made ; it had been the original proposal. Was the opinion of your Lordship ast ed upon that project ? Not formally asked as a General Officer. • with who- Does your Lordship know whom . —1 do not feel that I can with propriety answer that question ; I do not know that as a General Officer. When was it first agreed that any notice should be taken of Cadsand in the Expedition ?-1 really cannot state wch any pre cision, it arose out of the discusions upon it ; but I should think rather early, I cannot state exactly, so many different projects were arising every day, but I think it was pretty early after the Expedition was decided on. Does your Lordship realect it was a proposal at any time, and a proposal somewhat decided upon, that Cadsand should be en tirely neglected tather think not after the Expedition was in any forwardness; I rather think Cadsand was always insisted upon, particularly by the Navy ; I understood so. Did the importance of Cadsand appear greater the more it was considered ; and was the force originally destined for that pur pose increased gradually till it came to the division of the Army under Lord Huntley ?-1 rathet think the importance of it was more felt every day by the Navy; great anxiety was expressed for a considerable force being employed, but it is a midake to suppose that the whole of Lord Huntley's division was destined for the ser vice of Cadsand; there v:as only one brigade destined for the ser vice of Cadsand, the other division was destined to make a diver sion near the*Knowle liatrery, at the same time I .ord Huntley had directions, if necessary, to support the force that leaded on Cad sand ; but it was never expecaid it would require more than one brigade at the most ; I fancy one regiment would have been suf ficient. Was your Lcrdehip furnished with any intelligence of the amount of force you might expect to find on Cads:nisi ?-- I think that very much appears in the intelligence before the House ; it was supposed to be extremely small. Was your Lordship intnished with any intelligence of the aintlut of force you might expect upon the Island of Walcheren —Not further than as has been already before the House ; none more precis:. Is the date marked upon the intelligence presented by your Lordship, viz. this :sth of October, correctly nrarktd ?--It Is. Was that the time of its being . drawn up ? --It was in a great measure drawn s,p at that time, and therefore it bears that date ; I did not think it proper to deliver it at that time, it was not de livered of course till the 14th of February ; I had reasons for not delivering it, but I thought it better to preserve the date at Which it was in fact drawn up; there were after that time none but ver bal or critical alterations, I considered the report as fiaished on that day. Is this the call Narrative or Memorial, or Paper of any de scription, which has been delivered to his Majesty by your Lord ship on the subject of the 4xpedltitio 1.-4 hate stated • that this paper was prepared as my report of my proceedings in the Scheldt, and that it was delivered to his Majesty as such on the 14th of February ; that is all 1 can state upon the subject of this paper which is before the House. Was there any other narrative, paper, manorial or memoran dum of any sort, delivered to his Majesty upon this subject by four Lordship I- -I have already stated that this paper was pre pared on the I tth of October;. I am very ready to state, if it is wished, the reason I did not deliver it then ; the reason I did not deliver it was, that I did not think that it was right for me to state, in face, what would constitute my defence in case of any enquiry, whether civil or military, that was the reason I did nor deliver it ; i did deliver it as my report of my proceedings, on the 14th of February ; that is all the explanation I can give on the 'subject of the paper that is before the House. Was any other paper, narrative, memorial or memorandum of any sort, * delivered to • his Majesty upon this subject by your Lords Lip ?--This paper, which is now before the House, is my official report of my proceedings ; when 1 am asked with respect to any other paper, or to any other circumstances not cone eg un der that description, I do not feel myself at liberty to enter at all into any examination of that sort, and I must beg to decline giv ing any answer to the question put to me. sVlras the narrative now before the House submitted to nny of his Majesty's Ministers, either officially or otherwise, previously to its being delivered to his Majesty ?—Not previously, it was submitted to the Cabinet the day that it was delivered to the King. Before or after its delivery ?---After. Was any communitalion made by your Lordship to any of his Majesty's Ministers of your intention to deliver smell a narrative to the King previously to its being delivered i--It was delivered after the Levee, I think I stated to several of his Majesty's Mi nisters, that I meant to deliver it that day. Did your Lordship acquaint sevi ral of hi; Majesty's Ministers at the Levee of your intention to deliver it previously to its being delivered ?--I think I stated it merely in conversation, I meant to deliver it myself to the Kirig, having received my instructions under the Sign Manual, I thought it proper to present my report immediately to the King, which was atterwarus laid before the Cabinet. Will your Lordship have the goodness to state which of his Ma. lesty's Ministers were present at the Levee, and to which of them your Lordship made the communicption ?--I really cannot recol lent, i btlieve most of the Ministers were there. 1 did not state it to them in any official way, therefore it appeared very iinma terial whether I stated it or not. that anj that you were not consulted as a General Officer?—mot was hardly consulted as a General Officer after my return. I ceased to b in command of the Expedition in Zealand on the 25th of September. Was your Lordship consulted in your military capacity on the propriety of retaining the Island of M'alcheren after yo.: Lord ship's return ?—1 think not ; not officially ; I was asked , some questions connected with it, but I do not think I was asked any distinct opinion upon It. What were those questions your Lord:hip was asked • quesriu think there were some perhaps reppectin how far It was defensible, with respect to the number of men it would re quire to garrison it, and some general questions upon the proba bility of an inundation, dthereut circumstances of that sort ; but I du not think I was called upon militarily to state any distinct opinion upon the subject; it is alluded to in some of My Dis patches, I think. Did your Lordship in fact state, either asked or unasked, any op:nion t.iion the propriety of retaining. thelsland of Walcheren ? —1 was not called upon to make any report upon that subject, which is the only way in which I can possibly consider I could give an answer to the question. Your Lordship did not of your own accord deliver any opinion upon that paint as a military man ?-110, I did not. Your Lorddlip has stated that your reasons for not delivering • your narrative to the King earlier than the 14th of February were, that you chose to reserve your defence till the time when any military or other enquiry might take place; will your Lord ship state your reason for delivering it on the precise day of the ,rojeet originated ? your 'n sa ets il in yourrom Lordship c`ountry had formed no pla n or oper-tion: prior t a g f this ?—No detailal plain of operations. Did your Lordship o n your arrival in the Scheldt, find ilk • state of Antwerp and the preparations of the enemy in the field and in the fortresses, such as was represented to your Letts' ip to be the state of the enemy prior to your Lipdship's sailing from this country ?—I gradually obtained information as well as I couia of the state of the ene'my s force, and the state a' Autwo.p, I not find any such information on my at rival in tht Scheldt. Did yi* Lordship . : Curt ths.sta3; cbghlY'b To.:TrLsses Antwerp mid on theScheldt; sad the eheaters foice at AntWe:lst and in the neighbourhood of sflattivirp„.on your Lord,W.p's as v 24; to correvondssitith ring repretteteed-to be the state of those fortresses, and of that force, prior to your sailing front Englaial? —I had no means or knowing the state of Antwerp ; on my rival in the Scheldt, I obtained • gradually information us dka subject: Prior to youreLordship's sailing from Ergland, hail ycur Lord: ship any intelligence a, to the *tate of Antwerp, ::;id the of the enemy in Antwerp and its heighbvdthtiod ?—1 h c t‘s more precise informatian epon that subject than what is tuniaintd in the inteili;it - :ce that is before-the House. 1/11 yoar . I.Ordship tn.& thit Intelligerte correct?-1 do rot know how to answer that question eaacity, or how ic, e••tt ascertain whet/ter it .was Corti4l; is it meant to be asked wet; then it was COM& at the time it was gtsu n, Win ther the state in Which your Lordship found the tmen:y and his fortresses on your arrival in the Scheldt, correspondei h that rept misted tb your Lordship to be the st a te o f the ep ac.._ st ate ot enemy prof 4th of February ?—I had no particular reason for doing it on to your Lerdship leaving this country ?-1. did not find thl fla y that precise day, except that it happened to be a Levee day ; why arrival' any ioformation on this stfoj , et, I acquired nentjueiredmattoao;', I wished to do it about that time was, that I conceived there was gradually of tit, strength of Antwerp and t h e t iterny's fo cr. no objection at that time to my so doing, and besides that felt a Did such it:forenoon as your Lordship gradually a desire that as 1 bad not been called' upon at that time to he ese ter your arrival there, correspond with the imormatiou previous!, amined here, and that the Admiral had, my account of the pro- received here ?--I i•hteik it t entirely as to the state of Autwtt e ceedings in the Scheidt might in some way or other tome belore materially defier as to the omen ofeditstwespl o ljoei: ie the public, and I knew that could not be done but by my deliver- that the inteWsence so far as it went e hot tioneedottely oa my i git to the F iug. I here think it necessary to state In addition, rival but at a subsequent time, went to state that the Works of tat one of the reasons why I wished for a cettain time to delay A.utwerp bad been put intodistate celdepaide d:livering this report was, that I was in expectation that some ac- Does your Lot &hip believe that the. works of Antwerp, pare, count of his proceedings would have .been delivered in by Sir ticularhe the citadel of Ar twerp, were net put into a owe of Le . Richard Strachey; I had indeed understood that he had been -pair tudit e: the arrival of your lordship in the §cheldt?-4 called upon fur something of that sort; I know that with a view should fancy before that time, but I cannot speak correctly, to it be had asked for particular reports and details of several of Had your Lordship any intellieenee beat& you soiled Bons the Officers under him, I conceived he would be called upon to this country, that the guns of the citedel Autwerp immusne make some narrative of his proceedings, and I teas very anxious red what are called the arsenals et ,Ant weep ?eol believe 1 blue al. that they should both come up precisely at the same time, that I ready answered that question, as tar ae lam enabkel to do it; I should not state my narrative first before any statement was giveu lad no curtails intelligent& I believe up - nodl; subject. in by him. Lid your Lordship expect when you sailed to find Antwerp in From whom did your Lordship understand that Sir Richard a bad state of tieleoze, both as to its fortifications and its earn- Strachan had been called upon for a narrative of his proceedings ? sot ?—el. great deed of the intelligence certainly went to that efface —I did not knew it from any good authority; for probably the Did your Lordship issue soy private or conhdential ins:Metiers thing would have taken place if I had. I allude to that which to the General Officers under your command?-1 cannot speak was very generally understood. 1 knew that all the Officers un- positively, but. 1 apprehend the instructions, at least many of der Sir Richard Strachau had been called upon for minute reports them, to the General Officers, are . upon the table of the Hoo k _ of their proceedings. 1 suppose I was mistaken, or probably a • Was your Lordship furnished with heavy artillery suitable to report would have appeared, if it was railed for front him; but I the siege of Aariverp, in the event of its being ncaessary th in understood it from rumour, and I thought It probable. • dertake a siege independent of that used fur the siege co alue• Was it merely from common rumour. and not from anyelfficial ing 1-1 cannot answer that question without knowing undtr person, you had this report I—l do not think it was from any what circiteestances it is meant. official person. Was your Lordship furnished, prior to your sailing from this . , Or any one who had been an official person ?—i think not. country, wish-heavy ordnance, in the event of its being Nees e :e t Or connected with any official person ?—No, I :Intik not. •to undertake the siege of Antwere ; bad you any ordineei: , s ass Did your Lordship believe at the time you delivered in that event to undertake that siege indepeudent of the ordeance ter tea narrative to the King, that Sir Richard Strachan had delivered in siege of Flushing, sufficient to enable your Lordship to carry oa a narrative of any sort ?—I did not ; I supposed certainly not. the two sieges at once if necessary ?-1 am afraid I cannot p t e Did your Lordship take any steps to conununicate to Sir fee:ly answer that question, without knowing what ciseten. Richard Strachey that you intended to deliver , in such a mirra- stances are supposed by the -question ; whether under the tiro:L.:- tier ?—Certainly not ; I bad no communication with Sir Richard stance of Autweep being in a perfect state of defence, arid aid S: reclean from the time I left the Scheldt. a sufficient and :Milne garrison, or under any other sue pesi t ioe After the delivery of that narrative, did your Lordship take any I Under the Suppoaition either -of 4ittwerp being su atiintly steps to communicate it to Sir Richard Strachan ?—Most c. r- garrisoned, and in a sufficient stateof defence, and that it wood tainly not, nor should i have felt myself (if i had been incitned to be necessary to underake -a regular tieee, or was your Lordslep• it) even justified in it. Ido not see on what possible ground I furnished with heavy wurttuo sufficieut tiebornband the curet,. in could have communica'ed an official report made to the Ring. i the event of a bombardment being resorted to•i—That is e believe it was moved fur the very day after it was delivered to the fesetenal question which Ido sorikilowl4,l,l to &newer, unless it King ; therefore Sir Richard Streeter' would have it in that way. is accurately sta:e4; I diktisst periretly ritk the question. Before your Lordship sailed upon the expedition, had - your • Was your I.mdship iter•iished with a sisfacieney of holey aril . . Lordship any consultation with one or more, or the whole of lery u. enable you to carry on the two operations, the one ageted the General Officers employed ender you in the expedition to the Antwerp, and the other against. IJushiug, at the same lime ?--I Scheldt ?-1 had a great deal of communication almost daily with had a sufficiency of heavy artillery in proportion to the strengthof most of them that were within my reach ; I had no communise- • the army. =-1 certainly had nut a sufficiency u artillery (nor s tion with the whole of them together; they never were In the it in contemplation) for the siege of the town and citadel of stn - same place at the same time. I weep, eupposine, it to be In repair and sufficiently gerrisonol, Did your Lordship know that there were under your commend such a siege could never have been in wince:ph:tied with rile officers who had been at Antwerp in the course of service I—Yes, t army I commanded. I wish to add, that there tea; a sea:ernes! , I did. of orthiance in any case for bombardment; but in the event a Did your Lordship consult with these officers individually or siege, the heavy ordnance for the Expedition eeelast AialTue collectively on the subject of the expedition ?—I bad conversation was to be furnished.by the Navy. with them or consulted with then' on the subject of the expedi- [His Lordship was direct to withdraw. tion ; there were, I believe, one or two officers islio had been i The Chairman was - diessetwl to report progress; and ask there leave to sit again. Will your Lordship have the goodness to name who those offi- cers were ?—Sir William Erskine had been there, I saw him at Deal, and had some conversation with hint on the subject of the enterprize and I believe General Grosvenor had been there, he had been, I know, on the 'l' ete de Flandre, and I rather think he was in Antwerp. Did your Lordship ask or receive any opinion from the Gene ral Officers under your command, on the probability or improba bility of the success of the enterprise ?—it it very difficult to an swer that question ; if it iPsneant to ask whether I called upon any General Officer to give me a report of his opinion on the pro bability or improbability of the enterprize, I certainly did not.— I had a great deal of conversation whit different officers, but their opinions must necessarily vary front time to time, according to in telligence and other circumstances. Does your Lordship recollect a particular conversation with Sir John Hope, at Deal or Ramseate, on the subject of the probe bitity of success or failure ?—I think I had a good deal of conver s.eien with Sir john Hope at Deal, on the general operations to be pursued ; but I do not think that Sir John Hope stated to me any distinct opinion one way or the other as to the probably suc cess or failure of the enterprise. Did your lordship deliver to his Majesty e any other narrative, memorial, paper, or memorandum, relative to the expedition to the Scheldt, besides the one which is mho upon -the table of the House of Commons ?-1 have said that I delivered, on the t 4th of February, to his Majesty, my official report of my proceedings in the Scheldt, and I must be under the necessity of persisting in my determination of declining to answer any further question upon that subject. As Commander in Chief of the expedition to the Scheldt, did your Lordship deliver to his Majesty. any other paper, nar rative -- ' tendons c that DIED. The Rev. Richard Chandler,D. D. Rector of Tilehurst, terks, Vicar of Ll'orldliani, Tiants, and font:trig Fellow 0: .m4ge•ito College ' Ozlonl. Rev. Henry Grieve, D. D. Senior Minister of t he Ohl flinch of Edinburgh, one of the Deans of the Chapel Royal, ar.dtt Chap , lab in Ordinary to his Maj:fsty, for ;;;:tatiand. • Rev. John Rose, M. A. Rector of ihnington, near I;chtstt9,, and in Commission of the Pelee for the Counties of lott 14.4 Does your Lordship recollect that the concluding paragraph in the instructions under the Sign Manual, runs thus: " during your Lordship's continuance on thi, service, you are to send or cause to be sent to us through one of our principal Secretaries of State, constant accounts of all that passes; and you are to follow all suc► orders and directions as we shall send you either under our Sign Marius!, or through one of of our principal Secretaries of State ? —Certainly ; and I acted always in strict conrurmity thereto. Can your Lor,fihip state any reasons for having deviated from the usual course under the usual instructions (as I s•tppose theist to be) of delivering your narrative of such service through one of the principal Secretaries of State ?—Being on the spot, I thought it more proper, in the situation in which I stood, to make the re. port myself to his Majesty; it would have been open is me, un der that instruction, to have made it through the secretary of State, but I felt it more proper to do as I did, and that it should go to the Secretary of State aftetw►ards. Did your Lordship make any written communications by way of narrative or otherwise, of what had passed under your Lord. ship's command in the Expedition to the Scheldt to hi. Majesty's principal Secretary of State on your return ?--I did not, I thought my dispatches were sufficient. W- -- narrative • Somerset. Rev. John Heathfielci, of Northew. Herta, aped 75. , • • i Rev. Neville Stow, Fellow cf . D 4wici college, aged.7 s . At 11'estou House, near Sit:mouth, .1. Sitickey, ksq. He has left £6ouo per ann. to B. nartlett, 1.-sq. of the l'o,t-Olico. Mr. Stuckey has likewise left £3OOO per,-asus. to ano:her 1 V. Stuckey, I sq. t f the Treasury. Mr. Kitinart..,Apotheary, of Chtliea. At Sheerness, Captain Edward Bass, o the alitatstalt. At Mania, the t nth July, tit 9, Liet Utv.stßeorge:Cheyne, tt . the lion,bay European ite.itnent, in consequence os his wecn in storming the Fort of dallia, which Has given tirtitection t. a tribe of banditti, for some time past, , who have Flotidertd tito mighbouring dcpenaencies of our ally the Givicwoa. IMPOEUI'AbI . I2 Dl:let/VERY. THE Advantage the Public must always derive from regularly educated professional men directing airucr4 eaclusively their studies to one speekA al malady, was never more clearly demonstrated than by the .uitt sampled success whim has attended the administration of their new remedy f and the extra,n (Unary cures it has performed. For a long series of years Messrs: his M ,serrice,kol/1 or mentorandiun respoeting - the opc.--, of , expedi tion, besides the narrative now on the tableof the House of Coin , mons ?—1 can give no other answer than I have already ; I have stated that I delivered my report, akCommander of the expedi tion, to the King on the 14th of Fehru•iry, Upon what grounds does your Lordship refuse to answer the question just proposed ?—1 decline answering the question :—1 have stated all I did in my military capacity, which is, that I de livered my official report to the King on the I 4th of February ; on the contents of that report I am ready to give any information. I understood your Lordship to say, that your military capacity ended on the ‘2.sth of Stptember, when your 'Lordship landedsat Deal ?—No, not my military capacity ; that which T. stated as to my military capacity as Commander of the forces ceasing, was with reference to questions as to the defense of Waicheren ; do not apprehend that my military capacity ceased, but I conceive that I continued equally amenable to any Court of Inquiry, or any Court Martial. Does your Lordship - refuse to answer the question just propos ed on the ground of your being a privy Councillor I—l refuse it generally. I decline answering the question. Did not the capture or destructicr of the enemy's fleet fm, one of the material 'leas of the expedition * t+Tit Cu R R t= and Cb. Surgeons, formerly to iajest made the Venereal Disease the particular object tif their ii:wczi glition, and are happy in having discovered a medicine surtior to mercury, in the cure of that complaint ; it is sufficient to obs,Tvr, that the effects of this remedy ate diametrically opposite to those of mercury, for thot% . h it completely eradicates every ve,tige of the virus, in its most confirmed stages, yet it does not ip the La 4 injure the conritution ; on the contrary, it renovates ese ty,tern •ip all its natural functions, promotes appetite, and facilitctes 41 gestion; thus instead of reducing a Str.e:g and rigorous cousti:u- Linn to the fright...el condition that mercury does, it not only pro"' serves that coniikution in its primitive state but restores a we ti and debilitated one to its natural strength and vigour. Nunih:r. ' less instances are on recant record of the superior efficacy of the medicine, its inherent and specific virtues acting as a petpetud corrective to bodily debility, whether proce4ing front an excess• of conjugal or Illicit pleasure, or from the more intidiorset!ds , sh not less destructive, indulgence of incautious youth of hash •et.el. itt a certain pernicious habit. Amidst the meiaocholy varlet: . disorders which are t he consequence of this solitary vice, tfi,,re art! none more affl ctiog than that distressing state of debility and :e ficiency which prevents or enibitters the matrimonial st..te; rn! • sufferer broods his - "*. Mistimed to *eel,. .as any . ...tare or report required by any of his Majesty's . objects of ti to the Scheldt f,--It anhappy . over ~. mitifuststne. Ministers of your Lordship after your return ?--No, none, certainly did. It was so described in the instructions. Ea, until he is reduced to such a state of wpaknes- as 1 Q n4 4'11. . Was your Lordship asked officially by his Majesty's Mi n i s t ers , Did your Lordship know, prior to y o ur sailing from togland, life oppressive. To such persons it nitt•it he a consoliNT f, Bet% after your return, for any account of your proceedings beyond that the French fleet could put Itself ander the protection of the lion to know, that they may now, bY'' trek , ' infailtble 'node of what had been conveyed in the dispatches of the F.xpedition under batteries at Antwerp t--I had no very precise information cam- treatment, b e ii restored to that greatest - tif ail huttienblessings, 3 your Lordship's command ?—I was not. municated to me upon that subject; it was rather a naval question. strong, manl and vigorous constitution. - • Does your Lordship. recollect the circumstance of an Address •In the event that your Lordship should fi nd, on your arrival, i ln all case s of debility, deficiency, f,narn - what;ver cause aridr7, presented by the City of London to his Majesty cut the subject of the fleet had so put itself in protection under the citadel of Mt- , gj t yrell as in every speak-s of vener- A 'nfrrtkin, Messrs. Cure the Expedition to the Scheldt ?---I do perfectly; and I believe-the werp, and that your Lordship should find the citadel and the ind Co. may be consulted by patients of 'either sell with me letter which I wrote in consequence is before this Houle. town of Antwerp in a st.tte of defence, had your Lordship hi this greatest secrecy, and honour, at their house, No. 107, Hatton 'Was "Was your Lordship consulted by soy of his Majesty's Mini. country formed any determin a ti o n us t o what weirs to,be year Uarden. Patients in the country, describing the parficalars.l. I seers previously to the answer given by his Majesty to that Ad- toordship's operations under those circumstances ? i have before their complaints, by letter post paid, enclosing a B ank note, 1v!11 dress, upon the satisfaction he had felt with both the servi ce s fad that no precise plan of operation was fi xed upon before I have the n e cessary medicine and advice sent t o any part of t he upon the Expedition to the Scheldt ?—I should have no (11%0y left this country ;it must have depended entirely upon cireum- kinedoru. 1. No 107 Hatton-Garden. in answering that question. 1 have some doubts cdte as lkt Its Stances and the intelligence when we arrived. propriety, as that question cannot be asked afite as a tallitegi In the'event of your Lordship's finding the enemy in posses. man I bad ceased to he in the counaland 1 L *as unser asked I sion of no army ready to take the field against your Lordship's officially any question upon it. I believe, that by my letter, which 1 army, but in a state of defence in .Antwerp, had your Lordship is upon the table here,,it will be seen that I was noilarty at all; I formed any determination as Co your operation, whether you , that I was - not priisent at auydiscprision whantter reFincting . the . would, in order to 'destroy the Bees, sas one of dm great oh- 1 answerAu that address. • . jects,besiegp Antwerp ?—1 had formed no determination laetrile I, When did your Lordship apprehend your command to teats, watt; as I said, that must depend upon circumstance at the lane; - - HIGH WitTElt AT LONDON /MUDGE ID.NIOILROW . Mon Attentian - .. ... 3t,* ninuers . _ - 15114 M1 4 ~.c . : Printed and published by LEVEL KENT, of CIA , fer.ury-riate, Lambeth it th e STAu-Or►•iesl Ho: I; Corti , ' street. Published also it the STAit•Orsicsfirervple "•.