Star. — London, England, 1810-02-14 00:00:00

THE INQUIRY. MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. FIUATH DAY, FEBRUARY B.—(Continned.) Lieutenant-Colonel GORDON goat called in, and examined by the Committee. • , Did you not act as Secretary to the Commander in Chief pre viously to the month of July did. Were you consulted by the Commander In Chief, or by any Member of the Administration, isespeeting the projected Expesli uou to th 6 Scheldt ?—I was by the Commander in Chief. Did you give your opinion , in writing or verbally l—The Corn mend* in Chief desired me to put my sentiments in writing ; 1 • did sa, and delivered them to him. re unse opinion delivered in by Lieutenant' eolonel Gordon was ad.] Memorandum upon the supposed practicability of dwroyi, , r, the French ships and vessels its the Schelsk,and in the Ar senals at Antwerp, May 31,1809 : og The only practicable modes by which an attempt to this elect could be made with any pros p ect of success, appear to he, " First, by a conjunct operation of the Navy and Army, the former acting In the river, and the latter lags ' - sg on the coast and moving direct upon Antwerp. " Second, by a maritime operation exclus vely from mr ships Ad vessels in the River Scheldt, and acting from them %%Oh our land forces against such places on either bank of the Scheldt, as may be netessary to facilitate the operation upon the city at Ant werp. " Tile primary considerations upon both the above moles are the extent of our means compared with that of the enemy and the eb , tacles we should have opposed to our attempts both by land and Water. • " There does not appear to be any datum that can lead to any probable guess at the extent of the fort.: which the enemy may possess at Antwerp and the strong towns adj-tc•mt, or even at the extent of the armed population or militia of the neighbouring .tricts, bur it is imagined from various concurring tv , tiir.oilies that the whole regular force has been drawn off towards Get'- many, and that the courtry its the vicinity of Antwerp has beta left more destitute of troops than at any former period' This appears to he the utmost extent of our information, and upon the "accuracy of which must depend the success or ailure of our project. " The means which we could employ upon this service are as e. Qtr Ships of the line, capable of containing sash 500 soldiers. S MOM ships of the hue. 0 MOM mac. 30 Ships of the line. " l'rleates atid smaller Vessels of War, capable of cor.tai:Jng 14 Sono ..oldiers. " Making conveyanceoa board ships of war far al army of 25,000 CAM:try. • " 'the utmost extent dLana Forces that could be sparee' from. the United Kingdom for this service is as follows, v:z. 80,000 Infantry apoo Cavalry Total 3'i,000 Land Fortes. as l'o this must be added the usual proportion cif felei artillery, sae 12 brigades at least, sue four troops of horse artillery, the hems of which may be calculated, at least at 2000. o this must be added a curtain proven:on of guns of larger call re, which with the; equipage might requis e SGO horses more. rr to this is added zoo horses rno:e for the Staff and other services of the army, the land force wiilainourt, as follows, viz. Men. Horses. Infantry 30,003 You Cavalry 6,000 6,000 Ordnance 2,G00 '4700 —.— Total 314,000 fy:CO " Of the *hove the ships of war could rOnVey f.?3,0e0 infantry. " Transport tonnage must therefore lose •;.rovided for 141,000 men and 0.000 horses, besides ordnance and camp stores. " The whole of the above force huiog embarked, it must then be conducted to its final destination, which may be supposed near• ly as follows, viz. " it must he evident, that if a land operation is to he attempt- ed, on part of the above iltree can be spared for any purpose of co. opera! mu with the seamen by partial descent. front the fleet upon shores of the Scheldt, but it must be wholly and solely ap. propriared for the attainment of its object by a march through the enemy's country. The plac.s for disembarkation of this land force appear to he Ostend and Blackenburg ; and though it may be supposing a great deal, it must, to render the preject at all possible, Hr ,stipensed that Ostend, on the appearance et such an imposing force opens its gates without opposition. The army could not move forward without having a place d'armes for its 'tot es, &c. &c. and least of all, kavLg a awing place of defence in its rear in the hands of the enemy. It must be there- fore a fixed thing, that before the army moves forward, Ostend must be in ourpossession. " Front Ostend to Antwerp there are two great roads, viz. " The , one by eruges, Ghent and Lokeren, and the whole distance el-out sixty miles ; but it must be observed that this route, besides leading .lillough a low country intersected with ca- nals, only bringe you to the banks of the Scheldt opposite to Am. weep, and the means of passing the river having been probabiy removed, very considerable delay must ensue heiore even as at. tempt could be made by us towurd the object of our tot( ize. 1 his route therefore must rot be followed. " The other road, and that by which the wile mutt March, leads from Ostend, through Thoroue, Oudenarde, Aloft or Brunt sets, Malines to Antwerp, end is about leo or 110 miles. " When iris coesideted teat the melt mentioned capital towns, or rather fortresses, are within three days forced march of any pert df our line of operations, viz. Lisle, Tournay, Valenciennes, Melts. Ghent, it must be evident, that even admitting the utmost possible success to attend our advance, that a retreat by the same route would be, it practicable, one cominted battle throughout the whole march, against the collective force ef that whole country. " If this reasoiting is correct, it follows, that against the de- steuction of the enemy's fleet at Antwerp, must be put the risk of the loss of the whole disposable force of the empire, and with this addition to the comparison that the risk Must be suffered, and the ohj..ct may not be attained, and that unless the army could be embarked at Antwerp, and proceed down the Scheldt, the loss a the greater part of it would be almost certain. " It must also he. observed, that in the foregoing estimation of the- enemy's resourrese, no stress Las been laid upon the Mice he brine front the other side of the Scheldt, from the, neigh- eoarhood of Bergen cp-Zoom and Breda. " lit leev fir the Navy might ce-operate with us, by enter- ing the ecleldt, and how far they might be able to navigate it, must he ' ,, ft for naval opinions to determine; but it would Ippear that al 'es, we were in possession of Walcheren, Cadsand, or the Shure on one hank of the river, that our ships of suer cottid net afford us -Ley effectual or indeed any asststatee at ell. ". N ;w to enable the 11-et to possess themselves of any of the above advantegee the assistance of a floating land force is indis- fen Age, and it has been shtwn that we have nut tuff ekta torch 'for tot pui•pos... The whole success of this operation would de- ?mane:rely t ;eel our military means, the extent of which, and the erobeble mode or t maloying them, if diseosed of for this pur- pose has heels already fully set forth. "'t'he setord mode for consideration is the maritime opera- by Wire - xith a land force from our steps and vessels of was he batiks cef the lever Schelet. 'She force r u t this purpose may be stlected front that' above n''eret;letel, to the -vent judged neceseary. The first opera- iietie that voted he necessary appear to be the possession of Wai cee len and !•ott.h Beveland, or of Cadeand and South Beveland; the possession of Ihe latter appears to be indispensable. " It is imegieed that the disembarkation of the troops :nigh be. protected as high as Sanelvliet, which is within 4:0 miles o Antuterp. Kens could he done, and a landing in some force ef feted at Santivliet, it might be possible to search direct tem Antwerte, et the eante tin: that a coips endeavoured to take pen gesslon of the forts and batteries upon the rimer, and that th 'boats of the fleet well-manned, armed, and towing imbeciles wit troops, pi ocecded with the tide direct t. the city. That this would be a wost desperate erne:prize cannot it doubted, and that in the attempt, whether successful or other wee, a very large proportion of our Naval and Military niter would be put to imminent hazard; but it appears to be an enter prise of less risk, and one which could be brought to an earlie belie and attended with less espence, than that which has bee eunsitlered in the first part of this paper. (Signed) " 1. W. Goitoon." At the time you vr!re asked your opinion was the infonaut& iffseifiammisso of Ceevernmeat, stated to you upon which to foil • that opinion ?—The only hifonaatioh I had xectiYed was that T have set forth In the paper. - Did you understand that that was the oily information which Government could communicate ipon that subject?—!t was the only information that Government cotnmunleated to, the Com nder in Chief upon that stftvet. You state that you had no to as to the extent of the Militia, do you understand from whist information you may have re ceived, that the French had a considerable Militia or National Guard in an organized state throughout their dominions ?—I un derstood it to he so, but I have no positive inforrnatitin of it; as a great military country, [hake for granted they could not be with out some such force. .At the ti ne you were asked your opinion, was any plan sub mitted to you of the country, of its defehem and its fortification ? —Norte. Heise yon any knowledge of the fortifications of Antwerp, and the state of its defences ?—None but what I have derived from an iespeetiatt of the best maps. When that opinion was asked of you, was no information commurecated to you with respect to the actual state of the forth iisations of Antwerp, of Lillo, and the other Forts upon the Scheldt ?—No more information was given to me than that wh:ch is hated in the paper just now read. i: the seeped: ism that Antwerp was a fortress that had a cita del, vseuld net the Militia force that Prance is supposed to have be of cersikreble avail in its defence ?—Undoubtedly it would. Do you think it possible that a train of Artillery could have been transported front this country, and conveyed together with a besieging army to Antwerp, without considerable time lasing given to the enemy to prepare for its reception is so very general a question ; talking of a train of artillery, I should like to know the exact proportion of the artillery I am to answer to. Such an amts as would be sufficient to undertake the siege of Antwerp, on the supposition that its defences were strong, and that ice garrison was capable of sustaining a siege ?—lt would cer tainly require very considerable time. Do you think that it is possible to form a jest estimate of the practicability of such an attempt, without knowing what were the nature and extent of the fortifications of Antwerp ?—it was the wart of isoormation that induced me to give the strew opi . nioe i have already given against it. Do you not think that if an army bad been sent to besiege Antwerp, it would have been necessary to have made great de tachments to cover the different fortresses from which the enemy might nterch to its relief; as well as to uccepy different posts in the Province of Zealynd, to cover its communication ? —I believe there can be no !:It h; upon that subject. Do you know wheteer any plan of the country or of its forti licatiors was L iven to fend Chatham, when he was intrusted with the command of the expedition ?--1 do not know. Do you know -stother any instructiors wive at any time given to !.ord Chatham hem the Commander in Chiefs Office ?—Yes, there were. Do you know what the nature of those instructions was ?-- There were instructiens in writing for his guidance on points of military detail. Do you meat! the detail of military operations?--No, the lute rigor detail of the army. After you had del:vend in that opinion, were you consulted by his Majesty's Ministers, or the Commander in Chile, upon tam subject of that °Olden ?---A good deal of conversation passed at venous times between the Commander in Chid and myself upon that subject. Did you at any time stn Lord Castiereaoli or any other of his Majesty's Mieisors on the tibject of toe Expedition ?—Lord Castltreagh frequently in da: colmse of the business of his office. Did any conversation arise upon the subject of that opinion between Lord Castlereagh and you ?—I think not. You do not recollect having been asked sity questions by Lord Castlereagh on the subject of that opinion ?—I do not. Did net Lord ('astlereagh hold various conversations with. you in the cc se of that service; and did net you know that lord Castlereagh was in possession cf the military opinion you Led given ?---I certainly knew that the Commander in Chief had transmitted nay eoinion to the Secretary of State, and during tae course of the fining out of the Expedition I had almost daily eontinunications with the Secretary of State: but what I mean is, that I was never examined upon the subject of that opinion. In the course of those conversations, have not the general diffi culties of the cperations passed under the consideration of Lord Castlereagh and yeurself ?—it is very possible that they might, as matter of conversation. Were the particular difficulties stated by you in your opinion, ever made the subject of conversation between yourself and Lord Castlereagh ?—I think not. When were you first consulted by the Commander in Chief upon the subject of the Expedition to the Scheldt ?-1 cannot tx at t'y say the exact tats; it must have been some time a little prior to the date of that opinion. Had you undsrstoxid, before yeu were so consulted, that it was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to send a lame Ex pedition to the:Scheidt ?-1 had heard that some conversation had passed upon it in the latter end of March ; but from that time until the beginning of May, 1 had no further information upon the subject. What was tke information you had the beginning of May ? A conve ?Nolen with the Commander in Chief, chick led to these opinions. Supposing the operation against Antwerp to be conducted by the course of the Scheldt, do you consider that the occupation of Wetherell and Flushing were necessary. to that operation ?—1 have stated in the opinion that the first operations that would be necessary appeared to la to obtain possession of Walcheren and South Beveland, or Casisand and South Beveland; the possession of the latter appears to be indispensalOe. I wish to point the question particularly to the possession of the fortress of Flushing ?—Unloss the fleet could pass up and down the Scheldt without being damaged by the batteries from Flushing, it would appear to me that the possession of Flushing was indispensable, but net otherwise. If Cadsand could not be taken, was not the possession of Flush ing indispensable ?—I think my former answer applies equally to that question. Suppose the operation intended bad been limited to the capture of Walcheren .and Flushing, and thet we Lad failed in getting possession of Cadsand, would not the same besieging army have been respired, and would it not have been necessary to have oc cupied Leveland and Waive rsdyck with a force to cover the siege of Flushing, and if so, to what amount of three ?—lt is very possi ble; bat I do not think I can give an accurate opinion upon the subject, those only upon the spot can be competent judges upon that subject. Dues it require the same force regularly to besiege a place as it does merely to invest it ?—I have always understood that when an al my besieged a place it was necessary to have a covering army, and that investing the place was preparatory to the siege. [The Witness was directed to withdraw.] [The Witness was again called in.] Is it the practice of Government to apply to the Commander in Chief to name Officers to command Expeditions ?---ft certainly is not the practice, nor do I recollect any particular instance of that being the case. Was an application made to the Commander its Chief upon the subject of naming a Commander for the Expedition that went to the Scheldt ?--I cannot toil what direct communication may have passed between the Secretary of State and the Commander in Chief upon that subject. 2.• Was any application made by you, as Military Secretary to the nd Commander in Chief ?—No, that is not the common routine upon these confidential occasions. Had you, as Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief, oa- ! any record in the office of the military services of Lord Chat ham ?--A short time before I left the office of the Commander in Chief, I suggested to the Commander in Chief the expediency of calling for the military services of every officer in the army above the rank of a Field Officer; 1 believe that the Commander in Chief did so, and that the services of every officer above that ; rank are now recorded under the signature of the respective OM- ' cers, in the office of the Commanding Officer. might You apprehend that those records are to be found in the office? of , —Certainly I do. ef- Do you recollect that application was made for Officers to go upon out to Walcheren, after the surrender of Flushing, to command ? cos- --After Lord Chatham returned to Walcheren, application was the certainly made for a Lieuteuant-General to be sent to relieve Sir Otis Eyre Coote, who was left in command of the force at Walcheren. As you have referred to the services of General Officers having be been called for, and stated to be given by themselves, do you or ,her. do you net veceellect that the Commander in Chief so calling fur means those services, calling upon the Officers themselves to state those enter- serrates, marked his communication to them as secttt ?—The cir earlier cular letter is marked secret. - b ee n Was it not meant, if it is consistent with your knowledge, that the secrecy so used on the pate of the Coinmantkr in Chief, should convey to those Cenerel Officers, that se, h returns were Arm solely intended for his information, as Commander in Chief of L ogos the Army take it for granted it was inttstded for the informa tion of the Commander in Chief. rat 'the idis 'de • .• • • yott know that Lord Chathartaserved, in America ?—I can not speak to the points of service of a General Officer so generally as I could wish ; I have understood that Lord Chatham served is America. In the capacity of a Field Officer ?—I do not know in what ea pacity. Have yon been Informed that Lord Chatham had even served in the West Indies and for what period ?—I donut know. Do you think every possible exertion w•as made in every depart ment of Government, to tit out the Expedition intended against Walcheren ?—As fat as came wi:hin my knowledge, it appeared that dvery extraordinary exertion was made. Was there any exertion in any department of Government, with which you had not an opportunity of bring in some respect ac quainted ?—1 cannot venture to speak in this place of the exertions of any other department of Governinelit than that which conies within my own personal knowledge. To your knowledge, were any particular instructions given to Lord Chatham to lie down for the siege of Elushiug before he raceeded to the ulterior objects of the Expedition ?--Not that I now of. Supposing our Army in possession of the town of Antwerp, do you Imagine they would not have possessed themselves of suffi cient quantity of artillery and ammunition to have enabled them, if it had been necessary, to have attacked the Citadel of Antwerp ? —I have already said that l have no information upon the subject of Antwerp. Do you know whether or not the possession of the Citadel of Antwerp would have been necessary so have enabled our ::-sops to have destroyed the naval arsenals and the ships then beldirg at Antwerp ?—lt appears to me that my last answer equally applies to this quest len. Had • • ' :hat Antwi at the time that our mien t ,, an c t i ngu ttk et o th e :,,, . , .. . rant fella*, *iota the defendant tunletl own purpose. He asked him, " Whether he that th at ~,. plaintiff had sustained the tenth or hundeeth part of a finhiel.."` mages, by this supposed trespass r' No, fur said, he did net think had; upun this the defendant made a flaming talking to them about the nature of their oath. which seas, s.t. ' they a true verdict fi nd according to the evideuce ; " n ... 4 that theievidencewas, that he did not one hur.di et 'a part of a 1 4 , i T.,' damage ; that/ was no damage, they ought to find a verdi " that the plaintiff had sustained no damage." The Jury, 4 , the influence of this captivating but delu sive eloquepc e , f„,,,. e ''`r verdict, 6:2 tirg, "That the plaintiff had su stained nod e/na e The Sheriff refused to record that verdict, and rent the Jury b a , desiring thern'to reconsidet their verdict, which thry di4 returned the same verdict, " No darua,ge to the plaintiff;' that was the verdict now con:plained of Ile muv.ti thei; : r a . for another writ of inquiry, upon the well known anti estalli t t . pound, that where the defendant had suffered juilzr:rie it! F , by default, there would be Mgt damages for the rI;,i.IT-..,,,., ithe defendant's own admicdon. This defendant was a i.: t,;" allowed to arrogate to hiliself a rijtt ofdisiu ii?e.ieli . . - .4 , • •ii • rules of law, for they were rigid and immo veable. linrd Ettrnsoeouon—" How cam the L-Lerlf t,-; t t ,,., such a verdict ?" Mr. Cstssouatt-" My Lord, I don't know ; f.ut hcrrr tr .. was recorded ; it was demanded by the defendant that it hi ~,, • be recorded." Mr. Justice I.t 13i.A mi....." YAW should take your Rule to:I. : , • cause Why the writ of inquiry Could not be eat ctued b ea „, Judge at the. Assizes." I Lord ELcsta no It 00 On•-•- 04 And why thr defendant shiien,4 l i pay the coots of this applicationouid of the fanner wra 0te.1.4.%-. 1 1 lisle to skew saute granted. . you never heard tt :erp, ... _ ___ army went against Walcheren, was in that situation of defetice that t klAntAti CORIPUR• some parts of the curtain and bastions were is estate of ruin, and ! A Gentleman at the Dar, whose name we could not asp , might be escaladed by our troops ?-1 humbly beg leave to ob. ! moved for a writ of Habeas Corpus, to be direct ed to .1 Geni i ,. serve, that my last answer equally applies to this question also. i man of the name of John Langdale, a Lieutenant fi e t e e erews What time do you imagine it would have occupied for our . commanding him to bring up the body of Elizabeth Baylis,, i t . troops to march from the place they were intended to have landed Years of age, who had eloped with him on the asti r o f J ana .1 . at to hive reached Antwerp 1-1 do not know what place thef last.—Motion refused, on account of the Woman's age. were intended to have landed at. I KINO la. lIARRItiOnii IN itltnOlt. Do you not know the distaace between Santvliet and Antwerp, ; Mr. GARR oiv shewed cause against this Rule uhteined by M e as you have had reference to plans of the country?—Thedistence • Adolphus, calliug on Mr. Harrison to chew cause, why the ee. between Sanvhvt and Antwerp is between three and four leagues, thou Issued against the goods of Mr. King•—the printing materna something tinier twenty miles. of the 13i ii ish Guardieu—should nut be set aside, on the gros a d Supposing our army had not been detained by the siege of of a welt of error having been allowed helmet the execution ile um !, Flushing, but had proceeded immediately to Saetvliet, what time The cause sitewn was, that bail was not perfected in t a t would it have required to have reached to Antwerp supposing case, as the rel. of Court requires, a:::i that therefore the writ ci no great army assembled to oppose th e ir progr e ss ?—Supplaina error was a nullity ; r ated of this opinion was the Court, up on A i the whole army to have landed at Santvliet, and !Inching to have authority of decided cases ; but gave Mr. ring time until Igoe opposed their progress, they could have marched twenty miles I day to perfect his hail. . I suppose in one day. . • • . ' ama 1 2..--.-Wl5O We ANXI:ITIEM. Do not you suppose that ht every Military Expedition, every : The Cuter Jo ules delivered.the judgment of the Courtin, thin almost depends upon energy and exertion, and that the de- special case, whicO had been argued *tone time ago, in which* lay of an hour niey be the ruin of the whole enterprize ?—in question waS, whether, the widow of a pet son of the nam e 4 every Military Eipeaition everything depends upon energy, skill, , William Wyatt Avant was entitled to an annuity of £soayenif and exertion ; the delay of an hour may certainly be of great con- an insurance Office for I eves ? The fadts of this case it are Awe ! eequeime. ' these: The deceased lead, far a long time, been member of a Soca, I understand you to have said in the early part of your exami- fin- prcviding Annnities to Wiclawe e aad hadpaid the premium tvery nation, that all the ItrAviedge you have of the country was Moto quarter, iu the usual meaner. 'l'he rules of the Society weft, maps ; is there any map of the fortifications of Antwerp in the that if the premium was nut paid within fifteen days after tie Commaeder in Chief's office ?—I do not know that there is a quarterly payment became due, then the policy was void very detailed snap of the fortifications of Antwerp, in the office to remain it: farce if it was. In this case a quarter's pre:alum be. of the Commander in Chief. . ' came due on the ttOth of Deceit:her, 1508. On the With, thelat. 1 itederetand from you there is a map of the fareificatinns of son who was to pay it died. The executor tendered the proeitne Antwerp ; can• you reeNlect whether that map is of the fortifica- to the Sock* e, ceeteti dire, that, as the deceased had ten days ems lions of Antwerp In their present improved state, or of their sate to pay it in, had he be aF we, his executor had the same right a before they were repaired mid improved by the present Govern- do the saner thin, as his personal tspre:,entaiiee ;An witize Cies, meat of France ?-1 do nett think I said there was any pardeular the widow weeld be entitled to the annuity, The Sudety tee Map of the fortifications, of Antwerp. fused to take the money, end contended that the de;:h ci th-t When you wrote that opinion with respect to the E:tpedition pimson, without payment of the quarterly premium, put sit sea which has been read, were you aware of a ford practicahle far an to the pelicy altogether ; and of tbk opinion was the Ceurt, la urine from the Eastern coast of South Beveland to the Conti:met point ()flew ; so that, for want of the payment of die sun of ij across die canal which connects tile East aid the We et Scheldt ? . lat. ed. this poor widow has lost £3O a year for life. —1 think I have heard there was a ford across the Llereeti-op- ; nit: KING v. Tut mu Run . AN Ts or aveuiscuiu. `Loam Channel, but I do not know from what quarter I heard it; : it was only a rumour, and I was not certain of it. 1 SUllt E. if you had been certain of that fact, would it at all have al- lite Cater Jeerlea delivered the judgment of the Cazat is i ! ; this case also. The question was, whether a certain bridge,whicla tend your opinion as to the course to be pursued with a view to i had been originally built over the river Thames for the coniono the attainment of that part of the object which related to Ant. Queen Anne In going to her castle at Witidsor, had talks weep ?—That must depend very much upon the natime of the , area of ford a if the whole army could have passed the cavalry and the i into decay, and was rebuilt in the year 177 J ; had taller: down is wheel carriages it certairly would. ! the year 17 tc;, and the materials ofit appropriated tethefileg's ail waase,pone: er a r . • Front the information you had received of the state of Antwerp ! ' P ' l ' 4 ' bridge ?If ainiVil bulge, th , 'lelki'Ocaels with respect to its works, with respect to its fortifications, and i were bound to rebuild and keep It in repair. If a private we e with respect to its means of defence, is it you opinion that it could ,' then the expellee would be to be defrayed by his Majeste. .1 ti have been taken by a coup-de-maul ?—i have already said, that I judgment of the. Court was, that this bridge was a public bridge s have no other information on the subject of Antwerp than what , co:essluently that th! expeace of rebu 1 hog and repaid. g fells on: ii. contained in that paper; and my opinion upon that is fully set ' the inkabitae t forth. [The Witness was directed to withdiaw.] The Wimess was again called in. Have you any recollection of having sear a letter through the medium of Mr. Moore of the War (nice to the Medical Depart ment some time in the month of September lasi ?—1 was con _ . . . _ __ _ MIR t h. On Tuesday, the 6th inst. at Bodccut. 6uues, hits. !An Ga. Frey Tho:n..i, cfn ton. MARIUU. stantly in the habit of correspoodirg with the War 011ie: on the subject of the Medical department ; 1 may have sent twenty let- On Thursday, the Bth inst. by special •nce, at Barltnua l by the Rtv. 13. Adams, William Orange, Esq. of Wentu•nrth• house, Suffolk, to 141r3. Yates, of Barlaston-house, • StaffarJelike. At Weston, near Lath, by the Roy. I'. Wilkins, Wiliinnlyti. dale, tivl. of litading, li.rks, to Marv, youacest daughter of the Litt Zacitary Eli. of Belle Vt*, near Bath. tors in the comae of that mouth. if you sent any letter through Mr. Mnore to the Medical De partment hi the month of September, can that letter be pivtlucet ? skated believe so. In your opinion was not the army that sailed to the Scheldt in point of efficiency and discipline complete ?—Certainly. (The Witness was d'rated to withdrJw.: DIF.I). On the 911 inst. at I.rnpstone, in Devon.hire, Laity Clarks eld,s; eltughter of the Earl of Londonderry, in the .;ist year lirr LAW INTELLIGENCE. . CtiAl.L.ge GE. -- , ESSRS. CURKIE and Co. Surgeons, late ia his COURT Or KING'S BENCH, FEB. IP. . I M Majesty's Stlevice. challenge the whole world to prove 3 THE KING V. TAYLOR. AND °Twits. single ineetree where their tvledicire and method of cure hate Mr. To ere ee moved, that this Ilule he made absolute. 1 failed of the de-sired effect. The practice of many years in the Mr. Gee atm stated, that this was the case of a coesiderabla ' partieuUr branch of their profess= has not given rise to one number of persons who stood charged will riotous proceedings , uumeceettul case. , at the Theatre at Chester ; the parties lived at eehsiderable dis- 1 They continue to direct their studies to the treatment and cure tenets from each other as well as front town, and there had trot' of Venereal Coruelaints, and tirat &rant ememt of the syetere, - been time sufficient for them to prepare of to skew caus e which is theeonsequence of the pernicious and waerful ti.lec'nf a. anima this rule, which was to file a et-United inform:l:he t 'a; - sine! : 1 habit long and most unhappily purseed by the youths of both steel them and therefore he was instructed on their behalf to 3r.crve that ;his rule be enlarged until the next term. 1 t 1 in the one it will be foued to be the enfailing source of harreee : urns; the other havens rev3geS fatally at:vale d to them by a des- Lord ELLSNEOROU•N said, he supposed that this was' a: trvAsivx . •tate 4A flkitifty, w!i.cii, if not ti..c.k.ly reine! , ed, trrininues matter which did not press much as to time, and diet-ewe, per- : hi OnepoteeiCe. These are it,' remote and ultimate effects, whqe can haps, the other side would have nu of to the rule beieve el sumptiona,lnss ofneuscnier power,aed varions nervous complaints larged. °. usually char:letterer the earlier stages of this solitary "ice. (n ve- Mr. Toenail: did not oppose the motion, and therefore the . sons langai elite; under :lie disordergincident to such a habit, their rule was enlarged until the next term. a treatment is simple and has never proved neetrcesseil, in the Mr. DAMPIER said, be was instructed to move for iris: to coursed a long, latinrutus, and mush ettended pr.:dice.' in the file a criminal information against a Steward of a manor, but he most obstinate andeemelicared cases of Vent teal infeeion, ettlt should state to the Court, that although the discovery had, taken as obstructions in the urethra, spungy excrescences, hard le place very lately, yet the act upon which this applizetion was inotas,caleee. ulcers, eruptions, seminal weakness, sleets, a: also founded happen ed six ye2ri ago; and tae discovery was made by i STRICTURES, means of a bill filed in Chancery ; sad, therefore, if the ceart , Wheteer regent or of long duration, and which have h‘filA lll should think the transaction too remote for a proce ding or this - - skill of other Prartitiorers ; are by their ere sent improved Pe i " a 'nature, he should abstain frem statiue the particulars, b ec ause treatment, e ff ectually and pernsueently cured, without there: rot that would be injuring the character of an individuai wi e . wou ld . attif t .ering . the exervciatLg ita , .ll and alarneng hemorrhage v.' 1 "c o l ; have no (opportunity of answering the charge, which would be tie. often foilows the appecaticin of the I...warms:ie. It the cote' v , case if be Stated the ci:etnnstance, and the Court should after- : t'.e yeart evensive practice in this metropolis, nelinerotte eases et wards refuse the rule. This, however, although the case It.ip. : Strictures Leve been anti are daily under their are, lie toe? pence six years ago, was but lately discovered; and was a v e ry ' tralication of Veicii are effected by a Karr, certain, wet ear-• r strong case; the charge as stated against this Gentientan svgs this,tio.' mode of pre . .ee, superior to any other yet & l op ed. 'i " 4 that he bad included a freehold estate in the deecriprion of a copy. weakne- -, relax: tit a n, anti delt:lity proceeding from ti• s e"nr!" ''!' hold estate, when they were two estates, wholly separate end is speed speedily removei, end the patient reeered to sound 3. distinct estates, that bad no_connection with each other ; so that . gorotts health. /31it where the debillty has for years CO . ° : he had Wailed the copyholders and brought them into the most i n • proper pereevnalice in their restorative remedies, after theS' r. ' convenient, troublesome, and expensive perplexity and vexation.; tore has been elevernyed, is indispeesably rrtlnisite to retire i: parties having beta turned out of possession or estates which they sic ir,hrirg varkr of life, ant to real imete the Constitt . . thought had been their own, & c but although this matter h a d Several ;:frtgern.,:a aid Gentlemen, of the fi rst resitce' C ''' been but recently discovered, atel although the party torr.l.l"in. ' hare been ruder the care of Mt‘rs. Currie anti Lin. t . "' l ''' . Iv. t ing had been thus grievously injured, lie unlit e to say th a t the moval'of con:planet; ot the Urethra, Stctures, &c. ; o ' 4 l'av „,, 7 G.eitleman against whom he was Instructed to move, h,,d not receiv e d a radical and proitarent cur.:, roVeleg that retrt't done any act of which complaint was made in this case, within . nay be ntiOr to thee, as satisfactory evhseeces of the Jc::tle..ll• the last six years.. : rerierity of :.'lessrs. Currie and Co.'s rein of treetnynt. .N ll3l Lord Ettr N El: 4 °tin n said the Court thought this case, trader of these Gentlemen have had Strive:es frum ten to tweet,' f l 2 3 "' all the circumstance', of it, peculiarly proper to be submi tt ed to and had beer under tile care ef Mesnrs. Home and It.ael-alche the consideration of a Grand Jury—,Vl9tion refused, atill other surgeons of weal eminence, who arettueed the a cs . et. It trsr, zsQ. I by the va:Teation oithe l lunae can pie, without seeees. mu Mr. CASSOURN stated, that this was a writ of ingelry of da- . Messrs. Currie ar.l Co. 'rely be consulted by deter seal" , i ,. , mages, for trespass committed by the defendant , by going over greatest delicacy, secrecy, and honour, at th e ir house, No. cole t . the plaintiff's land in pursuit of game. There had been a former Hae ton-Garden. Patient* in the country are requested l n . - se . writ of inqtriry executed in this cause, arta the fury had rteurried the particulars of thee case, age, and general habit of Heine:l7_ 1 "No damages done to the plaintiff," and that inquisition had been incle4,:ig a remittance for atlviet zed more:nes, when the le . set aside, and another had been ordered by the-Court to be heed. It was held accordingly by the Sheriff of the county of Wilt will he given or scut s.-- to any part of the kiteelent. 1 1.• t •I'o ensure that eel, so resaftrial to their ttn4l-Ita‘'ngl The defendant had, on each o .these tse occasions, pleaded his own postage of L.etters meat e added to the account for tnedtc'll es * cause, and unfertunately possessed- that specks. of plausible e l o - • 9 t h Junco 809--107, Flatten Oardere ............•••••••••• ............... , quence which sometimes Whites men of warm feelings and def e c- : ----- - tive judgment, mistake their ditty when they cume to administer' f1111.1.111./111., ••••• the law as Jurors. The witness, who c 'taited the trespass c;ini I ' 'NE aC' .1 LONDON : Printed and published by LEVEL INF, I „ et . . mind by the defendant on the plaintiff's land s was a poor I.riso- ' I hi —I Al terbur e'siace, Lambe'h et the eves -Orrice, No. I. ‘'''s street. lue.isbee se pat she STAlL.Ortlct,TexP le Illr* IP -- .----, et f -..*1 4,41 IT" A 1r '~ lig :71 • 0:1