The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-03-15 00:00:00

dlr ...is . - ~1 TFIV, eSTATF,,SM—A34I.. works upon the 'shod of Waleheren, Kern those at Phehinc? Ms oaten that re‘pent waipreheadi d the ten defences, and escry thing that relat4.4l tw a Gavot depot, or naval +mead. Did ant those instructions order yoa to destroy the de fences towards the laud, as %sell as those towards the sea Na. Thee is the Committee to uuderrand, that. the defences t,O- welds theland were meant Its hay: bee h n preserved ? Tlert• 1 was no lastructiost to preserve theta, tey were all earthen works. Allowing that they were all earthen works.. would it not have taken the evenly a considerable tinie.• Intl they been thrown into the ditch, to have reinstated these earthen works; and under this cunsideratioo, as it not considered. by rotor consequence. to render Flushing of as Fide importance to tbit enemy ni ? it certainly would have taken the euemy• a considerntslistime as have reinstated those works.; but with regard to Flushing, -the g reat übicci was to destroy the works to warjs the river thatl coinpreheaded 'was the spirit of say Istructlims relative to the. works. • Would yos have thought lt cumistent with the safety of your army, and tine seeuritt of sour positino.. to have de stroyed the land works of klushia:;,prevfously to - the evacua thsa ? Certainly not. I had prep *red every meats in my power for the defence of those .works to the Mat mateent; al!bough I disniantled all the woglor, yet L kept thp works in the state they were In, to'eitable ',sae to aria them with. geld liaht artilkry. • • • E. W. C. R. OWEN, EN. Captain ri( hii'Majetty% ?at' • r the Clyde, calletkin. llad the hatterirs tor,eadratiti bera . &Wowed 'upon the SOth, would you have had the means ..afterWird 4 of ratting nit' tutu% I v the rmontinication het VVCP/I CalFiot.l and Flash. jar, and of bitercitptiv the great military reinforcements which .lariat; the large got into FluAiwz fiy the rnioure of Cadiand, we should Other have l'erused or driven away the vessels which conveyed those rehtforeemeitts• 1)11 the Aisle of the weather, daring the WPM 11111 admit of toed Oartltter's uluadrowloinin; and co-operating in the IV alio Pa7:nge with ynu in the operations aea 4 tht Cadsard ? ite did not arrive till after da:k on the -2Mh ; there wws / 1011 hing to my kitowledge on the • Vlti to prevent I.ord Gardner's taking a position in readiae.s to co-operate with as; sill the 29th be was too for to leeward. ' On the 30th is the tnor ii ill Lt Were the wind and weather aneli as to admit Lord Cardner's.approaching nearer to you ? Lordtiartiner did approach nearer, he took a station of the Duerloo. by Had the Wain Passage been -secured upon the Itith, the destruction of the enemy's batteries en Cadsand, might not the whole of our transports and vessels have passeit into the We-t Scheldt without running for shelter into tlr• Room pot ? I do not at all know what girders the transports were under g if they were ordered to the Stone Deep, they would be to the leett Supposing the original destination of the transpOrtg and yessels to have been the West Scheldt, and taking it for granted that the Widen Passage had hem secured, would net those tran.Qports and t e.sels have had a clear p as s a g e u p as far as Smith Rolland nithoot going into the Itoompot rertaiirly they would. • During the fffilliOUlllire of raw.' ly winds, and ,blots ire weather, supposing that we had a large fket of twenty , sail of the line in the Dourest; and as many atthe Nore, wonal it pratdicable for such fleets to sail to the north eastward for yy thaourposeof protecting the Essex and Not theta coasts of Eaklandagainzt any meditated attack from an enemy ?—Cer tuiWy not.. Upoit such occasions, therefore, would not sort' fleetsly:- come almost totally useless nod inefficient towards giving protection no the Northern coast ? They could um get therc, except under eircomstances of very tine weather. . Front your great expetience and knowledge of the enemy's coast, as well as from your deserved high naval character, no Officer's opinion appears to me more to he respected than your's, respectiag the importance of Elushiog its a naval and military station, torraids the safety and protection of the coast of England, oht•re a fleet of English men of war might have been kept in constant re.aliness to have acted, and to have attacked the enemy the instant he quitted his non coast. State to the (7ommittee of what importance son cone alder Flushiag, re;;arding it iu this point of view, and having "reference to the immense exertioia making bre Booaparte• to set up a naval force of from 11l to ir)ratif of the line at An twerp alone? keonsider the -port of Flushing the most don gerous to thil comer" of any the enemy. has; doubt hee,er a force there Can he well watched without hliviag ships io the Downs, and skips'ett Yarmouth alsts. • Da you out, from that very consideration, consider the p is session of Flashing to have been of infinite importance to • A its eruatiy, ~ JWJ we have preserved it ? tlilak so. Did you ti:,:erve tlw sea. line of Flushiug ? I stalked once alcing it. . . Was it of such a construction that you im ag ine that with. slitps of the line, gun-burn:4. and bombs. without : mak sea attack by land, it would have been vracticanle-for n +la val arattinent alone to hate taken Flushing without, tundiug any military force ? Not it' it was propsrly defended. • ' You have staled, that in order to watc e a naval. fitree sta tiooed in the Scheldt, it would rt quire a force Sat the !Mali, and also one at Yarmouth ; dm you mean that it would re quire an equal or nearly equAl fleet to that of the enemy to be stationed at.each of those points? I think to, to watch it ed . ctually. If we had been able to retain effectual possession of the Nand of Wall-here's and the Port of Flushim:, do you think that any naval force the enemy could have assembled at An twerp, and the higher parts of the Scheldt, could have ore sated effectually front the Scheidt agaiust the naval interests •f this country ? 1 think not. Would mit the possession of Flushing alone, without hav ing pas-ession of the Island of Walcheren, have been ofequal . importauco to England, and probably more, by requiring a smaller garrison, and all the purposes of having a harbour to windward thereby answered I I think not ; the Wielin chan nel is commanded by the batteries at Cadsand, and the in ward parlor the Duerloo by the batteries of Wyeheter and Nolte. Supposing that the inundation had extended as far xis those; situations mentioned by you, so a- to hae preventeilrlie etie;. • my having any batteries in those situations, would not that have effectually obviated the objections which you have ated to the posse..sirin of Flushing atone ? The Wychetee b it wry is on a high sand.hill, part a long ridge, and therefore . could not have been inundated. If it had been practicable between the 27th of'July and the Bth of AnAust to have passed a division of the fleet above . flushing, in your opinion might it not have thrown a great' impediment in the any of the enemy passing reinforceamoti • . to Flushing ? I think it was desirable to have a force Hone, end l only waited fit Lord Gardner entering the Duerlou to take that station myself. Do you think that Lord Gardner was able to enter the Du erlon did the o ind permit him ? The wind was fair. Do you recollect that in the conversation you held tsith Sir Richard Strachaii, %%Iwo you state Sir Homo Popham to have been present; on the subject of th e boats,' Sir Richard Strachan told you he hail directed Lord Gardner to assist you 'with his boats ? Ile did so; it was then I was informed • Lord Gardner was to co-operate with me. After Sir Richard Strachan told you that Lord Gardner'; boats were to assist you, did you niT:ltTr Kicaarif Strachao to supply you with any noire boats? Certainly not. Had you any opportunity of examining the basin of Flush ing after the demolition had taken place? 1 had nut. Supposing the demolition to be complete, what do you ap prehend would be the effect of Pie demolition on the nasal interest of the eamny in the Scheldt? ,At present the enemy has no other place to careim his hips; for the preseid it wars enderstard that be had taken theos into a Mirk above AM., • warp, to be sheltered from the ice duriaA the winter; [WY therefore cannot be kept nearly so ready for sea. Do you think, in consequence of the destuditiors of the basin at Flushing, as stated, it would he safe or eipedieat for this country to neglect the enemy's force in tine Scheldt alto g ether for the present ? Nut to neglect it altogethert• but lthink you most have more .entice before they ran be Maly for sea. How much more time ? Ido not feel myseit nidequat-• to • give an opinionmpon that: a great deal tuna depend Upon the means of tittinz out; at Flushing they lie with ,any of tam stores on hoard ; to the. Seheldt they must have osery . thing . brought from Ailtwerp in lighters. W hat diminution of the. naval force of this country do you Alia would he justifiable in consequence of cubit' has taken place at Flushing ? fife advantage of•what has taken place .4 but consider as arising from the ;;renter waroin*you will have betide the enemy is'ready fur sea. Is the Committee to understand from vnu, that that would justify the by. tag up any. number of line-of-mit:le snips or ft gates'? I think not, but it might prevent their being kept in stns e'po'ed anchorage. Have you beard trod good information that any of the French ships up the Selieldt had suffered from the situation in which tiiev were obliged to lie? lieueral Don had ;:for 'entitle that two of them suffered materially. You speak theii from' the ioforination of General Don? Yes. . •Were they supposed to have been rendered unserviceable? I judged not, from toe nature °Utile informative. PETER PUGET, Esq. Captain in his Majesty's Navy. Were you employed io the Eipetlitiou to the Scheldt? 777 i ;Yes. I wa Resident Commissioner nf the Nnvy at Flushinz. ' Hart you s an. leiter or Letters from General Picton upon the stthjort of the sick t Yes., ou the 31.. t of Attgo:t; 'tuts an of- &int letter. (The Witness delivered in the letter which was read:l • " - istir nrAft. SIR. " Flushing , Aug. 1809. 64 From the Very rradv di;positioa which you have always !instir to tnr:et the wants and Wiese the rlr-tresses of the ir°"l" in this .s.'"lrrillon , by every means a nd exertion io your power, I am induced to lav before .sou our present situation. %%e have nearly Nil) men of the different reppenenb conyosiiv, this garrison now in hospital ; too of whom arc bins upon the boards, without beds or paliasses. " If you could, by a. repre.semation to the Admiral, pro cure us a supply for the preseot, t h e o bligations of the ser vice, and mow in particular, would be besond all acknow ledgment. With many apologies for the trouble i give you, " I have the honour to be, ‘‘ Your very obliged and affectionate humble servant, " It. PIGTON, • M. G. -Commanding at Flushing." " Captain Ptiget, R. N. Commiaioner at Flushing, &c." Did you take any steps in consequence of that representa tion of General l'icton, to provide the necessaries for the sick? yens. I did ; I w rote iimedir.tely to Admiral Otway, who elks Commanding Othcer at F:ushiug, and procured some beds from the men of war. Were those beds immediately furnished from the men of 'war ? Twenty-four were furnished. - 1 ' . ..Did you visit the sick at that time at Flushing? Yes, I did. In what state did you find them? Many of them sleeping on the hoards, with their great coats on, mut knapsacks under • their heads. Where were they 'wised? In a great store-house in the arsenal, miti in the large church opposite the Commissioner's house, which I trecupted. Was there any want of medicine at that time among the ick was informed by Colonel Coehrane„ who com manded a regiment of detachments, that they had been with out medicine, to the best of my recollectioc, four days. What was stated to be the reason of their being without medicine? The want of medicine at Flashing, I apprehend. Is it consistent with your knowledge, that at the time at which the troops were without medicine for four doss, there was a quantity of medicine - on board vessels in the Itoompot, or in smite other part near to tValeacren ? Shortly after the 31st of August, General Bland was taken ill, and during Ora • time l frequently saw him on the subject of Ate sick ; and in consequence of those conversations, I conceived it my duty to go over to Ter Veer, where transports were, and there to rumbler thee; in my official situation as Commissioner of the Navy; on the 25th of September followins, I called ter the agent of transports, Litiatenaut Thomas, to state to me what description of transports he had under his charge; lie made a return-of transports with medicine at 'Ter Veer, a':d their or ' rivals are, in the margin. Is the Committee to understand that those transports having • medicines on board, contintted !Whitten from the time of their at rival to the 25th of September, st hem you went to visit them 1 The nee I think arrived on- the 31st of August, the other two on the 2d of September, they were ceetainly un touched as to medicines oa the '2sth of September ; it appears .o by the Agent's report. (7au you state the circumstances to which that was owing? I cannot certainly. Yon have stated that et beds were issued Irma the Nave for the use of the sick ; how bine did the deficiency of bed ding for the tack continue ? 1 have sects Inca iu the large storehouse lying on the doors apparently ill, With their great coats au, and knapsacks under their heads in lieu of beds, after the 25th of September. And before that period? Before that period certainly. Over how Itrog a time do soli mean to extend that descrip tion of men, lying more or less is their great coats with their kmipsacks fur pillow s, and a ;Mout any bedding? 1 cannot speak from recollection, and I have no note of it ; but I think to the best of my recollection, to the middle of October front the list o Ansust. There are mentioned in the lading of the transports so nails hales of bedding; can you inform the Committee how malty lards a bale of bedding contains ? No, I can flat. Was there t a great mortality am on g the. sick who lay .to the exposed situation stated by sou 1 1 do not know, the mortality was very great; hut l cannot say whether,, of those that were taken care of, or those sleeping in their great coots. • Did you communicate (Lowed Pieties Letter, and the re port front the Ageet of Tramports, to the Navy Board at home ? I did not commulicate totem to the Navy Boatd, be .can-e I did not emit:ease it was part of my duty. Dot you know what leerm of time those transports Lich had medicines on board were detained ? No, I do nut; IL had my sufficient duty afterwards is the payment of monies ; and in three oak s I performed, • commissioner, store-keeper, and clerk of the Chccque, which confined me completely at Fleshiest. How soon after, observittg the sick in the distressed si teation you have just mentioned, did you hear of there being those transports at Ter Veer ? 1 cannot speak as to dates, it was between the 31st of August ;aid 25th of Septem her ; but I should suppose about tifteeti days after I had seen (general Picion. IVere immediate measures taken by you, or by any other person at your desire, for bringing bedding mid Medicines from Ter Veer to Flushing fur Or supply of the sick ? I considered the transports with medial" to he under the Misdical Board, and reported to the General of the garrison where I was resident; I, of course, conceived .1 had dis charged my duty. Did Colonel Ceehrane report his waht of medicines to you, officially, or in the course of conversatioa ? l think it was at titmerol .Pictun's house, mace speaking of the want of medicines. Did you take any steps to get the medicines that were re quired ? I think it was merely a subject of eouversation with Admiral °tally afterwards. Cans ou jut ran the Committee, upon the average, what were the number of sick during the period vou have men tioned that were lying without beds ? No, I certainly CMS not. ('an you state the smallest number? No I have been tlVough the. large storehouse and the large church ; almost t.ry day through the large storehouse, but I cannot even guess at the number; there were a great 'man) people lying :Mont in their great coats throughout the day ; and it is im possible to distinguish the sick bat by their countenances. You do not recolleo t the name of the-medic - al man - who so periniended the department of the sick Ring its their great coats ? No, Ido not. Did you report to him that there was medicine and bedding in thrse trausports after yott taut found them there? I re ported it to General Ntontreiqr• Did you acquaint the Medical person there, that there was that in store? I slid not hstow him, not even his per son: there was a continual change there of the Medical De partment routing to look at the sick, I apprehend froth other places ; they were continually :Mont the streets ; but l Can not say who waisat the head of the Medical Department at Flushing. From the time you observed the sickness, was it not very rapid among the troops ?. &pad any thatg I have before -. _ _ isMereettr • _ _ _ CHARLES WILLIAM PASLEY, FOq. Captain in the ragiarers, again called in. Examine Iby the C ))))) mittee. • How long have you served in the corps of Engineers I I served eleven years and six months in thi corps of Engineers, and six months in the Royal Artillery on toy first getting my commission. During - that tine, have you been notch employed ; and, if you feet no•olrieet ion, state to the Committee in what services you Imve been employed during that ti e ? I served ht o month', in Gaeta under the l'rinee of Ilesse as a volunteer ; afterwirds I s,-ried in the campaign in Calabria under Sir Jahn Stuart • 1 was a forth ight in Stralsund at the time it aas besieged by the French ; I serve.; at Copenhagen; in Spain; anifl need not add, on the Lace Experli.i.m. Wee , yon employed to rect.:maitre Cadsand previously , to thesaili.lquf the late txpe4iiimi ? I was ; I uniwered that question,. I Relieve, on a former night. State generally the substance of your report. I have a copy of that upon with inc. [The Witness delivered in the Report, and it was read.) • " His Majesty's Ship Raven, off Walcheren, " SIR ; July LI, ISJ9. " I have to report to you, that in execution of your orders, I sailed on the Sth inst. from Deal in this sloop, commanded by Captain linorliett. 'i.e: weather was so very'unfavourable, that we could do nothing till yesterday, when we had a good opportunity of reconaottring the coast of Cadsand. ,Tie whirie of the beach of that island from Breslon, towards Cassandria pears fit for landing troops, but the best part is near the Wulpen signal post. Near a beat - oil, about two miles to the "westward of this signal post, we observed a battery of four glow: on the other side of the signal post is a second battery, in which we counted five gun., th a c a n bear in a direct line perpendicular to the coast, ba it it i , probable that there may be more guns in this battery, as it ser•ins.constracted 50 09 to be able also to flank the These two batteries are about three miles distant from ei.ch : the whale of the heuch Isomers) th em is good, awl *helmet-AO bebbld it arc low and easy of access. I . T-----..-----,,--- - -% .. Wainer . r St i n te ei ng t h ese o b eee eisho es , c a w, yee t iebeet Oind tats- 56111 Ditto, Lientenahe p.S. N n e rnetit to h e c a ----. , . , . 4 ,Igt, C • .1 a `^'Hir , it Ensign Richard A • - ") Ills so ey 1111 (.11 • of Flushine, standing as near to the c oat o iif Ceitteuel as leis- eremite to b e Le e self went up in boats too witam about three miles and a half pane, wltuout plettieet , sic h re, app,,e- ed tele, rice M'Coe, deceased. Eusig,a Michmtei II " bible, so that the two batteries tire.' ever us. We • dill ,to t . _ . v . — r , "ke to me Of the 57th Ditto, Bivogn Benjamin Hobliouse to be 1 • dm churls, to prevent tvoopt marchieg from this pa.. . •perceiveemy creek or ototaete,,6UCh Wis 'narked in seine of •be emstitenant, sce No man. acuten eet ~ ay triast towards Brest:ens. o,t the point near that place. op- bOth Ditto.. pitsiteiti Flushing, we observed a third battery, in which we 'purchase', *vice Kirby, promtd. To be Lieetenants, w ithout purchaee, reckoned six or seven pieces of cannon. The guns of all the . , It:teeth-4 appear to he either en berfiette, or on traversing , j i learn. ft m the 3d litt isnsien im to o . t ii. ;Ensign John erile, from the tilli West Le e Regiment. platforms, s 1 that 'they may easily betaken by storm. i • It I f 8h if • bark Ensign Ae%atitler ue, rom the t nee that if we occupy chits:tad, it will be possible to disene " Frame die bre tittli of the West Scheldt it appears to me, Ensign Peter Kennedy,' from tlietith ditto. troops up that 'rover without being under the necessity of Ensign James Miller, from the 6th ditto. Ensigo 'Thomas S a tit c .ei , den ri , n fo l o i n e th i e rites beano. wahine for the fall of Flushing. so that active operation; may be carried on bath in IValchereo, and further iti land at the Ensign t ill ma e t, t_ t 6 Eliseo Thomas Smith, front the Ist ditto. same time, it thought proper. 1 hope you will excuse my Ensign Mayne de Ruvarier, from the 6th di t t o , come within the precise limit of my ingroctioust taking the. liberty of odertog this remark, evhicli does not En s ign Hector Weenie, from the Sd ditto. Ensign Edward Fitzgerald, from the Ist di tto . ••I have the honour wbe, &c. '•r You most obedient humble servant, Ensign Robert Ellison. " C. W. PASLEY, Capt. Ittiyal Engineers." dr f the 3d West Eteigei Clement Sit ier, rom le India ft egeert i "N. B.—le may be essential to the success of any enter- Ewes') G e F. Stterne. Ensign Joim blacks ), fr the 4th ditto. of in this art, to have with the Expedition some Ensign Beejasuiii Webster, from the tith ditto , of the most autellesent English smugglers, and to press n Ensign Andieo Leitch front ditto. i t:k! W"leberen liehtnit - holtie before r" tra u l""‘ a y' Ensign Richard Gore, ' from the 4th ditto. 1 pear. By this measure, which I believe has been Eneigo Abraham Nyers. • already recommended by Captains Bolton and Ham &elm Joau 'trea red, from the 2d West India Regi eed. ChM, the best information may lie had of the actual e To he Ensietts, . mete of the pees, which it may be trcessery to at- . Van de Borah, Gem. vice Eilistm. tack." . . , Charles Joseph de Fr: atime tient. %ice Sterr,e. When you arrived off Cadsand with Lnrd Huntley's divi• esseh Itegiafetit of Foot, Lleutenent Thom, m ee ,..„,_ sion _of the army, did the defences of Cadsand appe ar to y on . Captain au Company, vice Lorrs, deceased,' " 9 4 11 to he much in thesanie situation as when you had first recite- 73d fleece Captain Henry• Comae from the iSill F oot 'mitred ? 'they were exactly the same; the seeun i time. I a Ctiptein or a Cutup soy, vice Ellis, 6m c.ed. tto si observed two batteries I Mel nit observed the tirsetime, but 76tli Ditto:Nethaniel Jmuees Scott, (lent. to be F 1 • , 1•31 p; those were at some distance from the place proposed for the i eere e, tiel S t ec g eo ,o t e promoted. huting, so that 1 conceive I them of no consequence with re- 82d Ditto, Lieuttmant R. H. S. Malone, from the 7.lth F es ; gard to the o:siert of a I:lndite; there. to be Captaiie of a Company, without PUrela e , -7 ' Di) you meari to state teat you believe those batteries t o ppm, promoted. Ensign I l I. S. Dutmellan t o b e e• s7' e have been canstructed since the dist time of your recoanoi- naafi, by purchase, vice Garton, promoted. eme. trine? No; certainly not. • feeth Ditto, Lieutenant E. W. Margie to be Cam*° fa You have iii NW!' former evidence slated to the Chntiolt- Company, by purchase, vice Forster, who retires, - tee, that on the :}oth of J uly there did not appear to he any BSth Ditto, elajor Christopher Vowel!, from the eh c arve difficulty in landing; upon what grounds did you form such soil Buttelime to he Major, vi. .e Colquhom, p e ed an opinion? The two Wineries upon the &ties of the the! Half-Pay of the 7th Garrison Battaliou. Lieuter s e e 3, 1° of coast proposed for the %audio.; of the troops appeared. to • Moriarty, from the Roscominen Meal:eh, he Eo lee — e. he about three miles distant frora each eteer, So that it We ee t h Ditto, Secone Lienteomit Itobert B reeeth te e; F , landed nearly in the centre bete een the two, I conceive i t Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carr , appoluted*to the a probable that not a single shot from either battery would , Light ()ragtime. Cie.-Umlaut Arthur Cary, f rom t e le have emceed it boat; it we landed not in the centre between G e r.-emu Ilattalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Mack e; 0,14 the two batteries, I conceive that four or • live guns is 113 oh- on half pay of the sth Garrison liattullit. stack to prevent troops' landing; we might have lost some seat piste, Lieutenant J. de Carteret, from the elit F ee, h few men; I cuaceive we could have Liken them by the be Lieutenant, vice Paterson, who exchanges. baytmet. 95th Ditto, Assistant Surgeon Samuel Bement, from the flow did it happen that you, as Chief Engineer to Lord Royal I`eteran Battalion, to be Sergeete vice Dances, Huntley's division of the army, did nut know that a vessel pointed to the Ihth Foul. witii entrenching tools was with you until- Cie morning of the I s t We s t India Itegitnetu, Thomas Kenah Smith, o ne tek 30th? The arraneements fat* steeling engineers and retrench- Eusige, without put-cease, vice Smith, pro:noted i s el Mg tools wit h the e Nlartinis of' Hiattley's divisioa were mate bete time Julie Allen, Gent. to be ditto, vice Fitse e only a few days before we sailed; it was necessary completes , _, ly to unload a smell brig, null partly to noln'el several other el Ditto, Ensign Jame ! hl , Cabe . from the 4rh West 4 , raki, proinotel. ordnance vessels. in order to put a proper asoirtmentof tools Regiment, to he Ensign, without purchase, vice Teets for the service of the division onboard the ,nuke brig; Id CAC . preinated in the 60th Foot. . time ( left time Downs, wee at detachment to join the Mar- 3d Ditto. quis of thintley's division, which was on the 1111 l riling of the - To be Ensigns, Oedema purchase, . - - lath July, this vessel with, eatrenebine mots was. nor ready ; Sanetel Chambers, Gent. vice Heera, pi-emoted Mite she was out ready at the time we smiled. The Maoris of E mit . , . . - lltintley's division sailed fro ii, Ranisgitte Roads white this Willean NM:tetchy, Gent. vice Downie, promoted indite. vessel was tilting oat in the Downs.; I reported that (expect- giehard !tupelo, Gem. vitae Sail ier, pronmed indite). ed a vessel of this description le the .Nlermits of !Nutley', to 'lt Del „ , den t& el e e te e .y ,. ej ect . e ,, b e t e e*, media General Moutresor, and to Cotnetoaore ()wee ; but the an is . pureaase. Robert LottreiN,Geol e ta be ditto, vice Gore,' val of the vessel was not known to me, nor could I possittly 1 , „„ tute d i n t e e wee Forst. .• - ..? .... .. • • know it till the menet% of the lett ; when I bil it the master . • difflietne • . of the vewel, he reverted to titc that he had teem ill time coat- - . • To be Enslgneo wielaut purchase. • voy the day before ; but I had ugly his word fur that, I ti!* lsnaeWood, Gent. vice Kenderiy, promoted in the GOth F - nut know it. '• • Alexander Crunpiseft, -Gine. vice Miller, protium:44oe; Were you employed at the siege of Flushing? I was em- !tether( tiotii n, - .oetd. vice-Jack, promoted in ditto. ploy ell dustier, putt of the siege. • Alexander Knowles, Gle ate viler Reverter, promoted inches& le what time Je vets coocei ve it wettld have been pracilea- .• . . • ' , , Bth Ditto. ble to hive completed the oteme eaterit of works, hatl the or e To be Ensign 1 !Mout purchase. my been etile to. furnish a stilted:sit 'lumber of„worltareit 1 °- ' Edward Remetereetnetient. vice Sterne, 'promoted in We have been einvloyed timer tee working pliers? e rEight, Imo beret Forts . 'a. - , . Willi :en • e emelt, Gent. viCe Rule, promoted in the fieth Foot. deed men %simnel Omer toirepleumit the whole of the te.teke tele x had thine. in from. of West tioutetegia •tweitty-four limits, in PS tarn Nett 41/11 . Cent. vice Seerideu,- promoted ill ditto. the state I f I teem. N`r Ott began to time other works I - Simon Fraser, lung vice Webster, primmest in ditto. have tneetitmed, they were in so imperfect a state at the. time j ell ies 'Faeloe. Gang. vice Leith, promoted in ditto. I saw them, that I can give titiepositiye opinion. e at Garrison ilattefien, Lieutenant Charles Ili:stings, fend* From your re perience as nn engin e er, cid you inform in, 4 7th Phut, to be Lietwenant, rick Erskioe, whom-atom; t'ornruitiee whether the defences or Flitetiag. were of teej ' Li r otetrant W. J. Ditlou, from the 7th Garrison Manila, nature that it tuight have la .4m retained amid defended without ,to be dip, vice Arnold, placed on half-pay of the ;di reference to-keeping acre ether part ofehe'llelniel of Walctie's ' Cerrisen Bettaliete Ensign Tomitas Fitzeerald, Nettie rem ? I cuticeive that eloping mash( be made a very etiumee 6th Font, to be ditto, vier Pleyttell, deceased. post. I had the honour d restating a report on the suh u ject le t „ ea t v eteran is et t e ti m e Q ueee ,..m eete , John Boot to Lord Chatham, in which 1 stated that, with. a inotteiette e mus t e e 31 Font Guards, (O. be Lieutenant, vice Juis garrison, I conceived it might lie defended agitiest tile whole military force of the French empVe. . Thompson, dceedsed. mi • Bth Ditto, Captain George Pickard, from the 4th Royal Via Do you mean without retaieing any other parts of the teem ktateilitin, to he Captain of a CoMpeas,vice'Fieod, island of Walcheren ? I did not enter late thatotiscussem at placed on the tetired List. all, bemuse I conceived the defence of Flushing to he the STAFF. most important point in the Island of Walcherea. The Rev. Archdeacon John Owen to be Chaplain-Gtrerd Have you any copy of the memoir or report you made to to the Forces, vice Gamble, who resigns. Lord Chatham en the subject of the defences of Finsiiing ? HOSPITAL STAFF. I have an extract of the report I made to Lord Chaeham. I Staff-Surgeon Thomas Thompson to be a Deputy bre* should have made a report at die same tiine upou the defence of Hospitals, ill the West Indies only, vice Dunkin, Moss of the whole island, only that I was badly vistunitt•d, and had apimiutinent tins o u t taken place. not an opportunity of recoil:Mitring it; and moltootiell my opi- Drivel nion Turn that it 'alight he defended, I should not wish to Thomas, Gent. to be au lehspitaleNtrite fi e :.h.lllll Service. speak on whet I have ant actually seen. - William Lemotmius, Gent. to be ditto. BREVET. Captain Charles - Lefebure, .of the Royal Eagibten, is k Akijor in the Army. . The Ding's German Legion. 2d Lipr,iit Infunry 2:itinlicol, Lieutenaut George A. Heists, be Captain of a Company, viee.thi Foy e deceased, les tikes N wholes Leueners to he Lieutenant, ve - e Heise. , ' " • MEMORANDUM.. . Lieutenant Richardson, .of tile 75th 1 not, who was scree seded, as stated in the Gazette of the 21th tilt. is (chew iii his rank. % 1 Ensign Lee, of the 38th Foot, is superseded, being abek without leave. ER Li At U m in the Gazette of the 6th January let. let h Foot. For Joseph Pollard, Gent. to he Ensign, vice &twit. R..ad John Pollen, Gent. to be Ensign, .vice Barrett. From the LONDON C (IZETPE, March 10. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. • war Office, March 10. 211 Regiment of Life Guards, Comet nail Sub-Lieutenant A. M•limes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vicc St. Felix,. who retires. William Paxton Jervis, Gcnt. to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Whites. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons, Captain Mansell Bowers, from toe 48th Font, to be Captain of it TlOllll, vice Whittinghani, who exclpinges. lltli Ditto, Lieutenant Daniel Capel to he Captain of a Troop, by purchase, vice Stirling, who retires. 19th Dom, Linnenaut L. B. Buckle to be Captain of a Troop, by pin - chase, vice Wilson, promoted iu the 17th Light l/rugmins. Vd Ditto, George John Moore, Gent. to be Cornet, by purelitke, vice Slegg. promoted. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, Captain Alcvnulee C. Woo.liOrd to be Captain of a Company, by purchase,• vice Dyke, who retires. Ensign John Boswell lobe Lieu lemon, by purchase, vice Woodford. 2d Regime:A of Foot, Lieutenant George Nicholson, from time I lb t.arri.,m Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Ross, paced ten half-pay of the 7111 Garrison Battalbin. 6th Ditto, William Power, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Fitzgerald, promoted in the thl Garrison ISotta ' lion. Bib Ditto, Lieutenant Wm. Bradforil, from the North Down Militia, to . be Ensign. Eusiro Alexatider Prittrke, from a tire Westmeath Nlititio, lath nitt.), Captain 11.•A.'Sothertand, front.tbeSth Garrison Mutation, to be Captain of a Company, vice flutebessin, placed on boll-pay of the sth Gorrisaa Battalion. 11th Ditto, lanes Gent: to be Emaign, without The commercial speculations to Prince FAr• ward's Island have been of a magnitude slam' to exued belief ; upwards of 30 carpenters, 1111 i their families, were sent some time ago upon higi engagements, with a proportional number of other persons, in the line of building warehouses, to erect stores fur the astonishing cargoes of ant. chandise purchased with ready money, and slap veil off to that settlement, It would ! what's bi well if Government wouki endeavour tu discord the sleeping partwfts iu this adventure, cocit tfiglat4srobisbAy & litthLAlllea s "c ur ' Countable tletiejenties. Ti • ' It tv.siatt - speculgors ..in tallow have l'c' es , so severely soented within .Stto .I.ist month, Ibo several Of Item are likely-Jo-6nd it their 1 24 melting, tlo:on; these Xviltllty ,Gentleaten co• forted theniselveS with the charitable idea o f ; —Futittake there is tat hig common candle: to half a. crozca per p expected ound' from flacons ly 1.9 Ayres in April, gh l, fur the coosumr• eihn England torlelree years t o come. The Lords of the' Adittiralty have. or drre d Light-house to be. erected of the •Ttiscar 111'4° oa the N. L: coast of Wexford, itt Ireland, uheeilli wilt rto doubt save the lives of waits , tray, `-eo a w enou rt men, and preserve the valuable property of 04 " 1 , a Merchant, so much endangered by the oarigthu° of this rocky Toast. • istirch..re vice 1-ludime, m lin r...igns. • 137:i Ditto, Surgeon Thomas Duilran, from the 99tli to be Surgeon, vice Catmint:o, dece:ised. 21st Ditto, C..p . ain Clerk Calowed, f. um the its Carrivon B.sittilioo, to he . Captatif Or a Compatri, vice J. L. Camp hot, on halt-pay of the iiarrisoa Battalion:l Liviiicinnit Henry Poterson, frvisn the 96th Finn, to he Lk:meal:ant, vice Dc Carteret, who excinuigeit. 27th Ditto. • To be Lieutenants willow! purchase, Lieutenant the Himoornale Es= Stuart Erskine, from the tal Cat rison Battalion, vice Hastings, who Ellii.ll .lolin Betty, vice ' Egan; who resigns. Ensign Tho• MILS " Moore. • • To be EnsicnF, • James Adair Gent. vice Betty. Henry Beaufoy, Gent. vice al lime. 33d Regiment of Foot, Frederic Hope Pattison, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vier Beiteclerk, promoted. nth Ditto, Lieutenant Abraham Wilkinson, from the Lin doniterry Militia, tube Ensign. • 41,t Ditto, Lit utenant Price Edwards, from the Wiltshire t> he Irisigii. • dStli Ditto, Captain S. Ford Whittingliam, from the 131 h; Light Drai,orimt, to be Captain of 'a Company, vice Bowers, unit exchanges. , Lieutenant William N. Wat• • kits to •be dtuo, witainit purchase, vice Wiitson; pro * batted. Emigii John Shaip to be Lieutenaut) without pur chase, vice 1 , 1. augh,. pi mooted. Ensign Richard Moo s ell to be'Llentettant, vice Watkim. William Norman, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Sharp. Benjamin Smyth, Ge i ti. to be tulip), vice Moosell. 50. b Ditto, .Lieutenant Charles Brown, from the Last Mid . dlesex Militia, to he J.:sr:ago. , 524 Ditto, Eii.ito .Francis Whalley to he 'l 4 llPUtellnlit,• by purcha-e, ice lordJsmes !lay, promoted 'satire 4411 'tYch j I ludia R;giusent. • filatH. • In Dmi o ushirr-street, Portland-place, the Lady of Ra e( ' .ghershir, limp. au daughter... • ____._________----• . .. • • * DIED. s . u o r, n cy 'r . luirsday , List , „ ;T , amt 5 . t:ariodon, E;q. of BateOrSilaili On the.9th ItittaAt, Mrs. Baker, %site of John Baker' ofN 01 thatilleerlaud•stri et, SI rad. —Ai Ntr. C. h;i,1!..6 Itstostrtl, Widowar, of No. 36, Carey-I,‘`" thg bi.ttl.year.of tlit :ixe ~7 • _.—.—....... 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