The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-03-12 00:00:00

The -~,,,.., MINUTES DI EVIDIA;I4 Ar tiiti OF T TAKEN BErOlta 'TIII.I COMM , RE MHOLF: ROUSE, APPOINT *TO CONSIDER OF THIS POLICY AN D CON ,_ el! TIM Liak EAPEDITION TO Tim SCH4DT. -.: .. *acclimated op the river before tbearammeat attivtd oil t.. coasloof Zealand. . • It Was also is my coatemplation by means of that semdfall to meaperate with the army in any Mulct 'von Flushing, tvhcreat the assistance of the navy should be tnentbt de l • r4 "' bk. This is proved by my orders to Lord Gardner of the 16th nod. tioth of July; but it is goer Amu being tote that this view of mine was the reedit of any agreement preconcerted with L.urd cipitham, as the Statement seems to imply, that the first spuattusedis offer of such en-operation on my part was peeved by without any its oottee by his Lordship. 'l; hie offer was captained is my letter of the kh of August, no • which I shall shortly hive occasion in allude. For particulars of the co-operation and aoistanceactannY afforded them by the 'wavy lathe tommentement of our ope rations, I may refer to the last paragraph of Lord Chatham s .dispatch of the 2d August (No. 1. Military Letter B.) lu answer to the imputation of misconduct thrown upon me for nut having realized the hope, " that by a powerful co operation froth the sea at the woman the tomes presented themselves before the place, the labour and delay of a regu lar siege might have been avoided," it A perhaps sufficient to state, that such a hope must appear chimerical except op on one or two supposition. If the Conuomeder la thief, from a convictive' that the works of Flushing on tbe land-side were either too weak or tort extensive, or manned by a gar rison ten ingdequate to resist a sudden and general assault, had Proposed a simultancties attack from the Hue-of-battle ships, our filll might certainly have contributed to the suc cess of each a project; but an enterprize.so desperate as this, , udder the well mcertnitied circumstmees of tbe fortress and garrison, can mver have been for a moment in contempla tion. • If for the purpose of sparing to his army 'the labour and delay of a regular siege; the Commander in Chief had wish esi to make bit attack Int the sea front , to emhark the assail ing =in the boats of thedeet, and to la nd them under the Oa of oar ships of the Hoe, I Deed only say. that I was perfectly- reedy to shire the hazards of such an attack, and that the ships werb prepared for the service. It could not be for me to suggest such a measure, _which of course must originate with the Cssinitettoder la Chief, to whom, how ever, I thought it my duty to state in my letter of the Bth of august (Minute* of Eeldence, p. 160) my readiness to " act ender a previous concert for ci.operatiou with the army in. such a plea of attack as might accelerate the surrender of Flushing." , Hut such a proposal, in point of fact, was red made to me ; from wltedee I must conclude, that it was ant thought to o ff er any ratiiaad pro-peel oftad4mat advantage. A tautened .nod combined attack, it should - seen', was thought hopeles. , , until the land batteriee should be in &condition to act; but that n " vigorous attack by the navy upon the sea frost, an attack undertsseen at the inomeot the troops presented them selves before the place," would have affurded reasonable grounds of hope: m ajthough it is evident that in this ease the eneaty, after sit y ilentum their gates agaima the army, whose stusquetry, anaoisted by great gnus, could have douse little mikhief to the 'garrison, would have directed their whole lire against to and having crippled a part of our fl e et, could have bees still able to. impose upon our troops the la bour and delay of a regular siege. • 1 will ovit advert to the charges wed insinuatiom, in relation to my emitted, hi having failed in perform nice of an assu educe that the vs holi of t lie armament should lie at-once trail...- purled up the Scheldt," in having adopted a measure which, though of great advantage as applied to the division intended for the attack of Walcheren, was not a little et sariance with the leading purpose of tie Expedition, namely, the running %hit the right *tag, and the advance of thatermy at once up the Scheldt. These observations are accompanied by a denial that even tha change in the destination of port of the fleet from the West to the East Scheldt, " would have delayed the advance more than three or four days:" a remark in which I entirely concur with Lard Chatham, though ou grounds very different front throe assumed in the Suitement. U pint this part of the cave I most recur shortly to the ori ginal discussion, and plans, relating to the Expedition, and the circumstances under which we arrived at Vt akhereo. It had been at one time proposed before we quitted Lou t don to land the whole tinny in Thole') and South Bevel:m..l, as presenting fewer difficulties than the tumigation of the Scheldt, which, water the most favourable eircuosetances, most ad ways be liable to various coutheolicies. 'INA proposal waS, 1 anderstand, a goal drat isisZatoed, and on ilia p tint it is only necessary to refer to my instructions to Sir R. Keats, wises be was directed to give every assistance in the craw porting 11w troops to South Beveland and Tholea. Another lean had nt raptised a disembarking in e Slough, marching across b p outh lievelaed, embarking agaitho at Heinz, awe Lintiiiig at Santliiet. (Min. Iv. page 197.) This plan appeared to he approved its , many Amid judos , of military operations, for one proof of a Bich 1 tatty refer to the Miliaria Evidence, page 197. The third plat' which was suggested as preferable to either of the former, provided tee met with vs thetacles, was to pro ceed, directly up the West Scheldt, mid this (see Mein. Mitt. Ev.) was ultimately adopted,- because, by keeping the troops in the transports it promteed to preserve tam iii an e ffi cient state until their immediate service should he called fur. To this arrangement the' command of the Wielieg passage was tlitsught to be accessary. for which reason a respectable force was destined to *crispy Cadsand. Speaking of the failure of hie attack on Cadsand, Lord Chatham say*. " in the first place. the beach was so exposed that iss blowing; weather it was found impossible to land." — Secondly, " from what cause I know not, the Marquis of Huntley's division could not be taken up in the Aral instance high enough to attack the Breskens battery, the oily one ftom its situation of much importance." Lastly, his Lord ship says, ".Commodore Osten appears to have experienced great desappnintanent in not having the support of Lord Gard ner's feet and his boats." . , I trust that I shall be able to SlDSt%er, inn very few words, the preceding insinuations. 1 confess that I was aware of , the importance of Cock:and befae we sailed frost England; Lord Chatham, from beingimpressed with the 'ewe idea, was induced to send over au engineer (Captain Phisley), to report on the practicability of ellketing I husdin (lathe beach. The same Epgineer iu his evidence (Imo 87, Alin. Er.), and speaking of the time to which Lord ZWAltam alludes, when he says, " the beach was so exposed," &c. answers, " it appears to me there was no difficulty in landing, unless what might have arisen from the enemy having a greater furce than we-could oppose to them hi the gist instance ;of the enemy's force I am oat a judge." I do not believe, that the Bmkens battery bad occurred to apy person until I stated in the printed secret circular me morandum, " that the lirst,thing the cavity would do would he to erect a mortar and fist nave battery at Breskeits, &e." I never beard a wish no the - mbject of passing the Weakens battery, battery, and I do think if it had been represented to me as so extremely strong, I should have urged • the propriety of landing below It, and taking it in reverse, topreferetice to the risk which the troops in transports would be subjected to by psis( it. The Engineer. in Minutes of Evidence, pima Ili lays, " the batteries appeared to ate to hare very little eltreoglit, the batteries appeared to me to be open batteries." i 1 refer to these Minutes of Evideuce, merely as proofs of the inaccuracy of th e Statement. 1 selected Commodore Owen, an Officer of gitat basin and professional talent, for the purpose of co-operat -1.1 With the Mariptof Nasky ; L gave him every latitude rice dikretions the., c arter -Master-General sent L o rd limit ' ky a eassaat tea, 'immmodore's hatructiOns; and I appre hend there is ims position liffmatar the reersele toseithanAhtg4 and the Ghent canal, on which he would not have attempted. to effect a landing, if any proposition or request had been made by Lord Huntley to that effect. • I only require on tab point that a dispassionate attention should he paid to my orders, that my letter of the 24 July to Lord Gardner, coupled with that of the 16th, should be read with attention, and that a reference should, be made to the evidence of Commodore Owen and the Marquis of Htsattey, which I think unequivocally prove, that no applicatiou was ever made to me for it proportino of bouicheYoad what *al carried by Commodore Owea's 'quadrat. Our original determination of landing in Zoutlaod Bay was laid aside, in consequence of intelligence received at Deal of the preparation of the enemy on that part of the coast, and a memoir was drawn upon this subject, which was submit ted to Lord Chatham and .Lord Castlereagh. and app rn vedef by both; and it was consequently detenained to land on Dom burgh Beach; but on our arrival at Ifaklierea, the sort was found to be so heavy on Dooshurgie Beach, in consequeoce wf a strong westerly wind, that lauding there we, impossi Met it became therefore absolutely necessary to take shelter lathe Roompot and Veer-gat, and the contact succession of gales for • many days after our arrival, made it impossible, 1 . li t i v d&Rodently of other oho:wive. to recur to. the orig ina l in of entering the wester° month of the Scheldt. ''ill'iproilths7tchange h e Galati ( ' ard no r s i n l i t e e " ol e t s tie w w h e ic a ll t her s s I t h m us tu f t or e'e r! beg lease to offer a very few remarks: It is admitted by i Lord Chatham to have been in some respects advagtageous, 1.11, placing the transports and small craft in 0 place of sent ' shy, and by facilitating the disembarkatiots of the OPP 4 0 13 ' the .BatC Saed• Ills Lordship farther states, that by this chin. of the dew -1 dilation of the fleet the Orrilpilti ffff of Cadsaadtmeame Gone- Amery, and that if it could Mire been accomptilltml Reread have sweat/Aimed a very jisconvessient separative, or-aus liircr• -I=4e other band, this change iie deutioatiist ItharellatitY to predate some delay la he Duval Is. by' . . . . EITISERFATIONS ON THE EARL OF CH ATIIAM . B ST oarmrty OF NM PIiOCEEDIIGS ; DAM) OCT. 15, FREhENTf:D TO THE LING FES. 14. No. I.—copy of a Letter from RearfrAdthielit Sir R. J. STRACHAN to J. U. CRONE%;;Esq. on Lord CHATHAM'S luiVill o w produced a pri. vale Note of the Rear-Admiral's, respecting . Provisions, tfc. SIR, London Feb. 28, 1810. I understand that Lord Chatham last uig i ht predated a pri vate note of mine, under date the nit of Augast, tie the soh int of provision stud other matters, to the House of Com- mom. The allusion to provisions in that note was in coesequente of an error in the stateineet which was given to me from the principal agent of tranverts. respecting the provisions of the . army ; but it was immediately corrected, and I think (I mu not certain) suhsequently'retorted to their Lo rdships. I mention this that their Lordships ifiay be convinced of my anxiety to prevent any improper impression in regard to the. supidy of provision for the army. The observations which I amide in that note, to meet the feelings of his Lordship, on the vie* he had taken of the Att.: fieulties which presented theeasefies on his expectation' of appear to c•e unimportant; the thing was derided' ;pan; it was not a momeat to analyse the prwciples of that decision; and niv public letters„andexamieation at the liar of thn House of Commons, will, I tryst, have explained ley sentiments and decision upon Una *object. • I base the honour to be, die. your very humble sermat, ((Signed) RD. J. ATItACIIAN. John Wilton Critter, tsq..tite. hc. &c. Adszlialty. • • No. 2.,—Copy of a blur from hour-Admiral ) Sir R. J. SrstAgeliAN to J. Cnonzn, Esq. respecting the statement of the Earl of Cildi. DAM. SIR, • London. March 5. 1810. When I solicited my Lords Commissioners of the Admiral ty to procure forme on authentic copy of the statement of Lord Chatham open the late Expettition to the Scheldt, I eflade that request in the hope that I should be permitted, af ter esomining the suhiect of that paper, to submit to their Lordship,' coasidcrat ion such observations as might arise from it; and I have now to request that you will convey to their, Lordships My thanks for the transmission of the paper, and at the same time solicit their attentiou to the observatious op ou it which . I have bow the houoar to enclose. Feeling perfectly conscious that every exertion had heel made by me in forwarding the oljjects of the Expedition.aed that no blame could be justly imputed to myselt.tr the Nuvo, I could not possibly suspect that Lord Chats:nit, to the irri: gularity of presentingimmediately to his Majesty such a pis . per as that which I hose received, had added thelmpropriely (to use no stronger term) of endeavnuring to exculpate ht self by private insiiiisations acninst the coridacrof others. Every Officer has a just right, mid where be realty believe. failure to have arisen (ruin the misconduct or negligence of those with whom he has been associated in a joint commands . 18 in duty bound, in many cases, to suite his opinion officially to the GovernMent. It is then for his Majesty to judge of the propriety and ne etssity of listitming any inquiry upon the suhlect ; but to as swine the privilege of conveying private, inslnuatmas to the preledite of others, from whose knowledge they are stu dioosly toecealed, must prove utterly destructive of all =s teal confideece in joint opera• ions of the army nod navg. Their Lordships will now he able to judge whether Mere is any foundation for the imputtuinns,.tliat the delays origi nated with myself, or with any others in the naval service ; • or whether, during sly command oaths late-Expedition any proceeding on my part has in any respect testified the lien of ensiled which LordChabiam has thought fit to adopt to wards. me. Upon this 'abject, that I may net interrupt my dllktiltra. lions span his Lordsisiph Statement, 1 will saw adrift to my_letter to thigitk of Anvil. That letter Was an officiefone; I have already expenned sty regret ihatt wassatittdverteutly worded, as to excite any suspicion of my iimputing blame is the Guessiantler in Chief of the of s the pound of his then deteruilain4 to . abandoa any (nether attempt in the *helult. I was not aware thatany expriviions ,which I might have considered tnyself tuitieed in using for the permute of con veyiag my sentiments to their Lordships, w.o*l have been giver to the world, if they should have been thought OW to the character of the Lenlmonder in Chief of the Farces. Iu my letter to Lord Chatham of the %A of Asp** Ow closure to Ni. 29, Admiralty ropers, No. 3.) I elated di* fullest eiscsperation of the Navy ut any further attempt In the Scheldt, and therefore I thought myself hound to state In my offivial letter, the 1-had made such ofer; and I was .of opinion, as I have sinoe explained in my evidence, that it would hive heeu advseable to have attacked forts Lillo .and Leif kensitoetk. It appeared to toe that this offered a clnince of openiagsome further grid of enterpria.Nor the navy, or at all events of as certaining whether the destruction of the enemy's fleet, or of any considerable part of*, was indeed practicable ; but in • esprersing my wish. I meant to represent it to tie more of a military t hail a naval question ; and I never presumed to set my opinion upau that subject against the professional opinion of the asmy, still less to impute any misconduct or blame, as attaching to their deteriniaatiea that sects an attack was not advisable. Wain all these eircuiestancas, their publicity, and my rea diness at all times to do justice in this respect to the army, are considerta, I cannot think that a rolduterpretation of the geeeral expression Ma public official letikr could even palliate, touch less jnstify, the secret attack which has Iseeu made upon my character anti conduct. • With these general obvervatioro I submit to their Lordships that it is much mote easy to answer direct charges than indi rect insine.:4oas, and, I trust, they will therefore excuse my troubling them at greater length than I should otherwise have thought necessary. have the honour to he, Sir, Your meet obedient humble servant, (Signed) RD. J. Slit AUHAIV. John Wilton Croker, Esq. &c. &e. &c. Admiralty. ..,. . . SIR R. J. STRACHAN's NARRATIVE.. London sth March, 1810. Upon the first point to which Lord datham in his Narra tive has called his Majesty's atteotion, namely, " the ground upon which after the army Was at length assemble d near Bath*, a loading is peosecution of the ulterior objects of the 16:pedition was mot deemed ndviseable," it would be impro per fur me to make any observadom, because the reasons which nre add to have rendered it " clear and evident that as further operations could at that time be undertaken with any prospeeted-samosa, Wore.sorikos • I was not comp:tent to appreciate, and therefore did not presitlfeltrefirelaWr.-r; j Not being aware from my own observations that 11.1 her success was uusstminable, I ventured to offer the fine/ its- 1 sistatme sod io-operatttan of the naval armament opiee ray command in any ulterior:matures which might be deehod. advisable; mod 1 trust that in making this offer 1 shall r ei t.rd r l thought to have bees guided by a too forward and iod aril rather than by a due sense of my professional duty. Upon the second petal, namely', " Why the army was se sinner assembled at Baths to recommence farther opendiat,". 1 feel confident that I shall have mi diNeulty in proving, is direct castradictioa to the ominous la Lord Qhatham's Stalls.; meat, that the delay did is aollibie mot with me or de upon any arrangements in :Whit lbw aavy was ex ee , concerned, but that on the cootatry weary facility-dm . ed b) the navy towards acceisiatisg as 1101i*Matet OAS *t• my, and every exertion ored'by all *es osier wirdistoglil In the various and complicaled service esesieliedllp ; o p . 1 have iu vain endeavoured to oseettain , the on upon which the assertion rests, that it " *as nail y screed upon that a vigorous attack by the navy epos time sea front should he made at the same time that the MINIMs see effect ing their lauding, advanced to invest Dodds* it bobs balk ed that by a powerful co-operatiap from the as A the mo- 1 meta the troops gnawed tbehrAves before th e Out,* " la bour aid delay of a regaiar siege might have bees tivisitied. I cannot bud anylastructions, orders, fetters, or 'adttliblisto• •tion4, either prey ut to our departure from the wow or soborquem, :left to any such agreement, and can lees s• iLticulty, not merely in asserting thist no such *remand w a s man; bat that from the satiate of the thing itself, It is glide impossible that any suck agreement could have hemp Slat. Ittaitalnly si Is evoteoperion, if the enemy's Beet bid /remised is tie pad edtbe river, more psrtieulartjr in seeisiaaky Pf ~I. have pushe d a Beret of lioe-af. b at ik 0 ties to attack them. aga a squadroa . fp , t b at fillAtiltis *as rea y under the or. *so af ' lk _ onendrou I intended to bag re eeesbad to 11101A1** 1 11 the notray'l beet, if it had THE. STAT VAX ' ~ ~~~~, .hire how assembled at.Baths,hod coed they, onieu it have heed deemed 'Reaped lest for the arnrj to have ad rtattM ll6444 upon Antwerp, until wt should have brobue the boom Lillo ; I dill think that not more than four ships could h av ii : been required fol. that purpose. In the mean time our fi ntr h: wo uld have beeo amply sufficient to have protected the a '' --- tinge of the army from Botha -to Sandlliet, In it s h he i g r out have agreed to any proposition fur crossbar, tae army, tu d„ ' i had been quite certain that I had the most a mple means of giving it the fullest protection. Sting, however, partieul ar , Iv anxious to pursue the hue of conduct most congenial l„ in : Lordship's wi s hes, and consequently heat :ale pted to proin t o; a cordial co-operatiiin, I proidistid every exertion is eau ) ; inn his intentions tutu evocuttoa. • l ACCOEttillgty, oit my return from Lord Chatham, 1 e cii g = smell my arrangements for accelemthr• the vuritrus, comph : Gated object, n Lich were to be attead;tl to. The first part of the flotilla which got through the Stoseh i were applied to the cutting off the crimanunication betue e d Cadsand and Flushing, because his Lordship had regrett e d (though without ur lied it as a subject of conq.laint) that sap, plies had been so throw . into Flmbing. In fart, a s i o t sifter the ith, 4. ' ' . the tuned so bad, %on toe wind alt . *. .. ICS. Vi r .'ll we were don d e to to , territitt the commuuic.ttion of the enemy, as the only verseh Gby which we could effect it were eteotw::ttunetlyetidernilvyr,nvoi:4l obyeuttililde ales, and could nut keep the :.ea. The v, ind which was Ink :rdr:ner6eCatdos:u.usdi was be tl T:w i e f :it vatj ia t i:o: i b t,„ l: l l j u n4 sl:it a ig t,d u t i ) t n li t o : u le t 9 th ti e l a p t s:: '• bility of soterruption. (.s the ith we were able, by the weather moderating, to s e ttl l' e l :a ti ft thheortf.eyaribfiutchiceil:flealtilila, tooter the command of Si t Home Popham. was carried torisugh the Swatch-nay of th e . Caloot Sand lit the entrance of the Slough Passage, and pr.. ceeded to Bathe, where they arrived ou the- 11th. At she . Pattie tune a squadrins of frigates pled Flualting to join iiii i flotilla, and proceeded on till: 10111Atittg day ap the Scheldt. With respect Iss the that-of-battle sillies, gr.nit difficulty hid occurred tram the objectrios of the pilots, but I regiettel this leas because I had coosidered these ship s , if i il ‘ . 4,1t,.. quenge of my oifer they should be called furl)) Lou c m! . bans % as opts:b . :dole to the c,!-aprration in the amok of t h e tu w And having placed the salforesit divi‘ioessuf !littlest y em tye(' Is the yahoos ierviees is East. Scheldt( at lath, 111 the Sii)4l, and iti Cie /A - Cat Scheldt, snider the co:sonoed of Officers of retpose:ihility, with directions to press vie Ira. saner of the: transports through the si c Sloagli, I rematues. a. i ; vicinity of W a leirerea for the purpose of commusticata4 nits laird Chatitallt, In I conceived it Illy duty ter tits, num b e . should _think it right to proceed to Staub Revel:lad. Ti e I ships of the line, therefore, whir..e • ini .ediate p.vseme st Ilailez did not for the reasons which I nave just raenti..u.-; appear to me at all necessary, did not pass Flushitis moil iii.. at tack on the 14t it. Thu 'C ouragen x. which ship um b . tendert to go up tho river when toe frigates did, proceeded early ja (be morning of the 151.1 t. 1 detained the onsets, as the anchorage at Bathz• was very confined and at than time extremely crowded. but they : were oily a few lodes lower . down, add witida reach of going up be one tide Wileltel,l7 it SW/aid be required of them to proceed up the river. 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'' bu d time t I scalded under my orders to the point of general rentlegvous. a N 7 i. ,:e i nt i : . .. 7c ::: ,: c t ui hi: r u e se,a l .: : ' : a g° gales Sy tto l: l o) e if. tfi t e mh iti. c ec ii ht elel io e b ci. y ti a ieli set ln i d i s ene , lec o rehh r u optace e r re n t a es l i s t l i e l o e cf u ju s fi ref i s a e tur. t s u p a ur n:e 3 andi l , 4 ll : neepe llt Y t *there the disembark:atm) of the troops took place silk little loss of time and without any lots of lives. I trust 140 not be aetatsed either of a elendiction of my daty, or of 'any inattention so the interests of the army. Irma this period I considered myself bound implkitly Is accede to the wishes of the Commando( in Chief. 0 siti bbn nlone there das an option bets's reel a march of 56 hors anda voyage of indefinite length. I trust that it was acing tar no defect of Zeal mi toy part, and I am sure it was yoieg to no wa:ft of e sertiou on the part of the inanv excellent is mil yOilicers w Isom I have the 11011./Id to CO•1131:10:1, that time pro tress of a fleet which it was uete!•sar , y to wary. or helm jkvliiiical language to haul by,: - humors ,labour, Wrought windi t s of a most intricate ch nine', Ind often disecti lo the teettraf the wind, appeared so tardy% that Lord Clod. ham, " scow pa movearm.t making to posh forward a siosle• ra.tel to the West Scheldt." The exertions of the deaf o:Ecers and men were out rendered less irksoino by the pre. suasion that the labour which, though iocessetnt, often period unavailing, might have been sintreitto them at the caveat itf a short march acrie4 the iskos.l of South Beveland. 'ro is pute to ,rte or to the noisy, under the same of delay, the lei of time which was passed by re inconstant sollehillet aid by the men in unremitting tor:, is nut what 'should knees- , , ported from Lord Chatham. . " It would have been more agreeable to my's)f to have ^l' fend Iv their Lordships at simple jouruat of the daily.trawit tos of the li‘et, as that emote would have afforded re -that of paying u jug tribute of gratitude to the neallwr ;title, and tealowi officers,: by whoa I wairtitled .is thsdif ferent !mooches of the service,. tinder my directions, and *ha may possibly consider themselves' as unjustly suftiert. tone ' . titer with myself, to :mum imputation, from the marked, sat perhaps invidious accuracy, with which the partieulai a;„, of arrival of differeut divisions are specified sit Lord Chat ham's Statement. But I e.m Convinced that it was not the intention et h risi. Lordship, In collecting such a undtltude elf dates,lo attrihe wry blame to those ()dicers. He has rlme.l his Report by, pointing me out as the only obleet of his onim adversiotts. Ile leaves me " to account for the difficulties Which pfr vented the Investment of Flt:shing, as welt ;is no skew duosnb totas4s which pretenteddhentselve. , to the early progress all , armatitent up the West Scheldt." He was sot aware, it seems, that the first paha oat rf *vest impossible by the-state 4.f tbre winds; tie was not eels aware that the circumstances of his lien% blown jute tic Mast Scheldt' bad impeded his early progress up the Wed Scheldt. Concerning Lord Chatham's opiniuns I have now ceased io be solicitous, but I am, and ever shall Ise, sincerely anlb? . ' that your Lordships should not see tame to regre t the ceoL deuce with which you have been pleased 10 honour to •p ,4 this occaAnn. . . London, i gi n h ed il l iarch, • .n..- 6 .. . es Three persons , stained Barton, York Casll4. 1810. Three S'TRAC RAN, Rear Admiral King, Were last week • comnnt4d to irage', 2'14 for forging guinea notes on the.llank ,o(' Mcor': Pease, liatributt and Co. of Hull and. forty 10.' 0 omen It ere !wind in their p o isissiun when u pt ir J. .- - . _ :. ::. eu.aottv On wassa-,...,,, foie* as to roared byli circultess Instead of * * distal isatis gittiou t bat the Main coition is; how far it necessarily tired , ed to'retakt the ottatauseet of the ulterior objects of the 13t 4 pelitioo , have alreadystatmli that for the purpose of obtilining those objects, three places had been proposed, the last of which, as 1 conceived, had been selected as the nowt atlisan moots, study upon t he supposition of our encouirerisse act ofe stades to the narivilon of the whole fleet up the west Scheldt. Now the Asileling Channel had been rendeeed in seetissibleiu so da, , our failure at Cadsand, quid consequently our expectat in this respeet, had been wholly over thrown, and the.ground of reference on which the third plan bad been adopted was in course removed; hut it is critical, that the hopeaticability of the first plan which proposed to carry the army through the whichl to Tholes', or that of, the second, according to the troops were to have been landed on South ffieveland aid to knee proceeded to Baths, could not be materially needed by the euetny's pos session of Cadsaud, or at all by - the ciremostance of our fleet being compelled, by stress of weather, to take shelter iu the Veer (lull t on the coutrary, it will ttio.sar by the mil " itary instructions to Sir John Hope (Min. E v . page Ids), that the navigation of the East Scheldt heiug little understood. and wholtee theee was sufficient depth of water tier the transports , and vic which must necessarily attend this service, it lis DOW judged most adrift-able that the operation should take Iplace by the Veer Passage." Now the only imaginable impediments to the forth r pro gress of, our army mast have been apir chended, either from i a military force of the enemy occupying South Beveland, or from the French fleet in the West Scheldt, or fr the cue tay's Otani; but the corps of Sir Johu Hope !seismic pot teased of the whole of South Beveland on the Id of August, the French fleet had retired beyond the boom of Lille) on the Ist August, front the enemy's Mania, which was unable to preyent the corps ruder Sir John Hope front taking posses ' soon of Bulks, or to regain possession of it before the g reater part of the guns, width had been previously spiked , were rendered serviceable, and which, on the first epee:puttee of the British flotilla retired in enufusion. and never afterwards repamed the boom of Lino, nu opposition to the movements o the tuany could at an Oise have been reasonably appre heeded. • With respect to the immediate difficulties whirl may hate operated's , an objection to the disentbarkatiou of the troops I on South Bevelaud, and 40 their subsequent search across that 1 islaad, I need only refer to the opintoks of the Naval Officers who were employed in the Slough, by which I this': it null appear that ‘41,0110 men, and 40.5) horses, hasht have hero hunted from the Slough in 45 hours (p. 115 M. I.); th.a ca valry and ortlaance bonsai might easily perf win this marsh 'frosts the Slough to Baths in thirty-six hours, the distance twin friaa thirty to thirty-11re soiles.—With regard to artil lery, it was stated by Sir John he in nose er to a taiq tion (Min. Ev. pa. 173); as '6 the another of gaits fouta. n liathz and Waerden which might have been used for the ul terior objects, that there were twelve twenty-four pounders in the battery at Waerden, and fourteen- or fifteen at Baths, all of which, as the General believed, were on travesling car tinges. 1 might add, that the tthautity of onto:nice and ord nance stores taken on the island, as Appears by the retura in Journal Army ProceettinAs, page b, was such As I. s. id solipsist to be sufficient for all the putsilae wolas of the army. When, therefore, I.ord Chatham contends in his Statement thst tie second point, 'tamely, " why the army was 'dot besitgal up sooner to the destination leans whence till its ope -1 rations were to commence is purely. a naval coosideration," , 'his position is certainly true in words, but as certainly juror ! rest in its implied inetutino It is obvious that the army (':night have marched to Baths in the course of a few days, 1 hut it is also obvious that it could not he conveyed on board a fleet' of 400 transporus, besides frigates, sloops, one do ", tilbi, through a'very intricate elisions!, without swag delay. ' The difficulty of conducting such a art at Alt through the mazes of such a naeigation, can only be appreciated by pro feitional meat it wits very greatly increased by an adverse I wind, blowiug ter some time with such violence, as to yen der the expedient of warping (the may memo ofproceedittg) totally impracticable; suer onsaticles to our progress were • only to be overtone by great exertions and perseverance, by ; a contildentlika lint not, as I trust, ass unnecessary ex piaci'. ture of hMetirsust time. ' 1 I eitla , 014i.k. made every atrangentent, by op-. . post ' -, tith o e fficers to every sepiolite part of each ryty*,:. ' that I luidevery returns to be sati -lied oith their zeisk . , and exertiom • I . !laving red Ninny of 'three dillicultie-, I attempted, i in ti cosh .Witb 'Lord I:ball:aro on 'the lit of August, 1 t",iinpreit Illuterati bits Lordehies mind; and I. iaterrest from kW emswerc, taut :re inteuda to modify his plaits in conse quence, and to proceed by south liereland mortal of toe West Scheldt. tinder this persuasion I directed Admiral Otway to take the summand of the fleet employed before Waletteren, that I might be at liberty to employ my whole atiestion hi forwarding the iiilTerent prelate:atom actuary to facilitate the progress of the army lo the destioatlan Irma *brace its ultersoroperatienSsiere.to commence. ' 1 immediate) y .dted. - Sir Home Popham to prOrced through the o,ousiessitb several stoups of war, all tae bmnbs, gMtabrige, 41g1 gun-bouts, anti use every exertion in gNing the flotit WOW the West Scheldt, that it might, in the lest itatance..rentaeerate with cammodore ()wen its coat pletitts, the naval lAtektole of Vlushing, mad to be ready to proceed to Bathyal thefsborthist notice whenever its services should be requiredthesii - _„ fur the purpose of prosecuting the ulterior objects or the EaPetlition. I also instructed him to ha-ten as much cuspossibie the pro gresi of the trausports through the Slough. The subsequent mews of the rapid occupation. Of South- Beveland and of the fort of Baths, with a quantity of artil lery and ammunition in the other forts (v. Journal Army Prorealingl, pa. 15. Sir dolor Hope) adapted tot - our labile operatimis; and also of. the facility which might be tatorded 'to our arrangements for crossing to SantOiet, sty a ford re ported capable of being 'hissed by some part of the army, further„strengthened say opinion that the landiagin South 13eveland With all the cavalry and infantry would be the only means of rapidly approaching towards the ultimate ob jects of the lixpedition. Accordingly, in my interview with Lord Chatham on the 6th, - I statedlutly the difficulties I bad to encounter from the untoward state of the went her, and from the intricacy of the channel in passing the resets through the Slough, as also front the difficulties made by the pilots Who refuted to take charge of the vessels, or even to carry. the line-of-battle ships hp° the West Scheldt (vide Lord Gardner's letter.), , The strong impression I felt upon this subject induced me to deviate from the line of conduct I have always adopted in relation to military matters, of not interpming any opinion; and I ventured to propose to ,his Lordship to commence the disembarkation by landing the cavalry immediately on South Berelaudhud marching them to Bathe, which might be fol lowed by all the infantry not occupied In the stele of Flush ing; stating that much delay and difficttity would arise in get' ti. .g tate numerous vessels Mid transports through the Slough ; , that its addition to the friptes which were already under orders.to proceed into thc West Scheldt, I should be able in a day or two to get a sufficient portion of sloops and flotilla, including the tramports I ordered' to he twined and the lidiehes of the fleet to be fitted with carroandes, to increase • the flotilla through the Slough to send up to co-operate with the army at Baths, and such a limited number of trans ' ports as might contain articles esseatial to the first advance of the army. 1 also informed his Lordship thett every pOisible 1 eaertion was snaking to accomplish the postage through the Vlottillt; mrttrautearelidorthiCit tit Ilion. Irptr,,,n tiolbr tech- I ideal, Ittcu as buoying and unchoritai VISA transpliffirntretits side of the shoals, and making arrangements for warping (the wind being still iidserte), it cannot be necessary for me to dwell. Chat Lord Chatham fully understood the nature and extent of the obstacles to our getinicinto the West Scheldt, which I described, is obvious, Train net letter of the 7th of August (No. S. Military Paper-, It.) written after' the interview, in which I had expioisted them, and *clouted to propose the re medy of lauding the cavalry, atc-on South Beveland. Co this letter I beg to call the most particular at tention, as it is very difficult to reconcile the statement in that letter is ith I , the insinuatiotet which it is my painful ditty to ans:ver. It is no less difficult to reconcile the admission. that " the active enterprise of the enemy, and the reinforcemeto throws) bite Flushing, rendered it oree•sary to land General Grosventies- , division with the assertion in the Statement, that at it is to be remembered that this was only done because his Lordship. VIM no movement making to push forward a single vessel op the West Scheldt." • • , Upon the jostled of the last ohservatioa, after the mover- satioa whirl . ' had passed between. us on the tith, I dare not , trust myself Wlsir gushing any comments. I then thought, and I *ill tkink i *that . if the plan which 1 • hod presumed to suggest bad been adopted, had the cavolrs been landed on Swath &Mand l and a limited *anther of transports been selected; that•a delay of only a few days . would bore resulted from the adverse accident which:bud unavoidahly gives a Malik course to the direction.a. Out operations. . .. • ' *Lord Chatham seemed ei 1114 it necessary that' ail the men of war aid sraesporlaibould assemble in the . Upper i Scheldt at Baths. bty.opioimat on this subject I have already stated. It is ..„..„..,,,,.......______ to be remembered that the Freoch fleet had serrated above -- ' Liflo, so shot the prise*. of OM' line-of-little of ships in Ole LON DON t Ilrituert and Enblislied •by 1 ) . 16 / Ilan llt '''' Wad Scheldt could smile actuary Relit the army illeul'i . , ' *istitastas Oclitcat f9 7 ,: Fleet•er.s . " , , ' r , A . . ' - *. k • ..,$:, !, t 1 ° MI ikti re 11.. .—,, " *.• . % • 14 0 1 . ' . • charge of loing eiratiatdd amain the . Lincoln. • • .—. ...— _ >t, BIRTH. '' ' 1 '.... ''• • f Itt On Saturday. the 3d inrizat. ia.Yeri Inter.— Lady of Thontron Boner, jai. LA. of a erne . .......-- ' .. . ., , - MARRIO.D. • Mr. M'Gibbau, of the Nottioghant Theatre, to Mir , r 44 , , ,,' 1 . 1 . 1 . a the Wolverhampton Theatre, d:ogliter to ~ i ic ,- Williato Woodfall, Ely. the celebrated Parliamestal ••" porter. • I Date Last week . at New Risdnor , Jo hn Jokier , * ear, h .,l This is the third time that the bride bat Ow 11- "%ri ceremony. although but tWenty-Atur *an a t,•- i es o a rd r i s e 7m 4h es u rk :h i. e , buc t ° lW dr t " co l ab i r forui llSril ig i k g h( b .dll : : : hitr aglO 6lllllCellal .iiiijirl 3114119:14:arliF' + r.• her third. , - DIEO. dtfl l e Oo Siturrlay last, at Dalstair, !Ivor-Hackney, ng• ....Li? Hughes, wife ' (Mr. Illoglies.lAw Stationer, lorr i ll o , ''''''/ Yesterday, Charles Neorte WOO, great li i the above. And infant son of Mr. J. Walsh, o the' Oa Monday, suddeety; n IV 63th year of his Cole, Esq. of Peterb. , rul 1 1 , u‘aoy years tilt by -• e.I steward to Earl lite limn. Mr. Win. Wild. in thrlid AcenT of hie Met OM/ SAjeont of Mace for the CISA of Losoloo. 0 - • -.'• ~',~ i 20,00 old Fl rickets npart.rt T A; he r* No. I, I,' Nu. 3, .~Yr~ ticL ~led,il ine toot! the T ccive TO ' Repi tie si !lest 1 lath fdra FO] of ti each Qti (he . . • . .....r. t .............. — . ... 1 115.11titiritta than, ink 4 jj 1 ,1 4444 wit far titeertn, to hate ad rtle t N toted have brokoo the hiii s t . . i li unw il c st a i n en . h r f e ad t u it r to 4nu ctu t r ha nh osse ef or mi r lm li ali c t r s :l o h e t a t il m n4e pl uu e i r se a ang oilli o l . . • it of con t 64. llle d%d S i . nutanalielvethurtair: el;osieetiexivevlateselPsetnedtrirtir,olie4mcot4pBl:o:olll:irlpicarllialirti:7ll"l:t-he-Irti,-1:-. the ld t pai, ..1 , • coos. • ' . aro from Lord Chatham, ,t. to m,. accelemtbr•_ the vanities -.7 . MOO; to be attrded to.- Ma whit' ger through the Slosth , N 0 . off the crinwounication betiot et i ecause his Lordship had regretted r'''',..+ — ...-;;;:• - ' 7 " it s a subject of ronillaint) that sap. ow . Ittii Flashiug. In fart, oath N E" he anted so bad, si t e • .S. f . 11 we were unable to j o . I of lhN enemy, as the wily 'bolt 4 it were coristantly driven why the . 4 tbe ...-eo. The v. Ind which was most U Favotim,ls'e to the enemy, al t o ew ad . it iota Flushing without the prasti fo 10 le, by the weather moderating, 10 !.of Flashing, and on the 9tha c 0,,.. • 44 Villa, water the command 4 Sir 31i 'led torough the Swatch-way of the , / 860 tee of the Slough Passage, and pn,- / they arrived ou the. 11th. At fli t . ...------ frigates passed Flushing to join 1 1,,, ‘ 20,000 I the lotions iug day np the Scheldt. tad Ay t-of-haAtte ship', grant ditficalty hal rickets °I 11.114 of the pllms, but I repelled apart Tor I cooaidered these ships, if iu mat:. t he wit sloautil be called fur lay Ilia tint. is c,!-. - oprration in the nitwit of t h e ~ tvri :eel the ,ottl'erent divisioesof the flat ' The Pact 1 services iii East. h. held% at i;.inia, e West Scheldt. snider the co:aloud lit y, with directians to press tzte In:. INI o. 1, c 2 • rough the Sloa-li, I rentaisied is a - ' 1 , 2 ' u ' ? 1 • is re the purpose co nintuncatA4 slit 162 anceived it my duty fro ohs, oath be ' o proceed to Staub lievtl , lail. Ti e i t t: fore, W:IO,C • ern .edlate p,anenix at reasons which I tiave just inenti.atet !ssar, did not pass Fittshite; wail dn. • Tho'Cauragesis. vollich ship vyai li- The pact ver when tie frigates did, prialtded I the 151.11. 1 detained the totters, ay 11°..301 a • was very confined and at that time 3.0 it they : were only a few mats lower . hof gong top no one tide wheueor, it i3,C hem to proceed up the river. 3 1 0 tided up the river lie different diva:lust I have stated could he overcome, aid • rrangenientsruatle and the exeniens if with fewer accidents than I believe u large a nett its such a navigation. : • ) , 4 met:ceded in proving the palm ant .10,40 ty, that if the army was not mamas. 4lO delay was in no shape imputatole in iortiettLir. line of tyeroloons which lead Commander in Chief of the Forces and 410 ly to ensure the attainment of the all, xpedit iaa wmsY , departed• front. is inn. . ~ .. eavon red I.) shew that the failure of the' . is not owing to any defect in the urJers * Ana di 1 l by me, and it was evidently linpnoi , ati and Fluslaitag remained hi the mots. tiff; 2,1 carry such a im viii armament as was as' era to the point of general rendetvous. S• 4 tine could secure the fleet and army 2 v l is elements, Of enable u s iik spur o f u t och by tne shortest course um prove SO •et to a seenre place of refuge, and rite , • Itationa of the troops took place with Ile . i without any loss of lives. I toot 1 doll of a dereliction if my defy, off alloy tar ranee depdsfie trestsof the army. - . tiger it I considered myself bound implkitly Is eal, *d i .s of the Commander in Chief. Oils of tar $ s an option beat cell a march of 56 haus 'title Ito diitite length. I artist that it was awing ~ The 2 u;i toy part, and I and sure it was vaiiog ii on the part of the many excellent tonal eltets i e ow hmm on.no i to euan:t, that the pm- -1 8 toi , h lt l by hut*r ' * 4l.' eit w:ts UrtF3lr.y to wary. or to los amaw,lahaur, unmet iotrkeate eh tinsel, Itni often dioecd i s l be tz id, appe.sted so tardy% that Lard t. . • tYe ement making to pasts forward a dialle• Scheldt." The exertions of the aloof tilt! re not rendered less irksome by the p it ' • tieneOts air vs filch, though hicessant, Miro rend the No eve been sowed to them at the espenct a; togetfle c. the iskoi.l of South Bevelaad. To in- the Tie nary, wader the same of delay, the lei ccive th !gassed by me. inconstant solicit*, xi ohich 1 raining tot:, is nut what I should Wert- mit inin. • TO T 1 en more agreeable to massif to have of. MEh hips a simple jotuaut of the daily. troosc GI is that cocotte would have afforded ire 01 tribute of gratitude to the naweteo, fru 4 lotirers, by whoa I was.aitled is ilasdif- Repret lite service,. under my directions. and she . suppot doer theinselves' as naiwotly ,suffierto Me: . •as to st a ...41.110 imputation, front the inarkti, snit upon a accuracy, with which the particaai aao the silt rut divisions are specified tct Lord Chat- hest of fermi need that it was not the intention of hit ling such a multitude cif dates, lo attrilaor (hitters. He has doled his Moat by, the only object of his animadversion My to account for the difficulties Which pre- ration M of Fltmhing, as welt gin to show theca- f o rmat 'rated-themselves to the early prowess a rils. Plane Vast Scheldt." re, it seems, that the firs t point lie r es " 88 iy the-state cif 11w winds; he wr mot era rruintitances of his being blow a late tiac ELL i impeded his early progress** the Wed Famil I Chatham's opinions I have now eeaser! to Mar_kt . run, and ever shall cc, siocerely maw l i as should net see tame to regret the colt. FOR * you have been pi/aired to honour at sr . . L i d .' R. J. iTRACHAN, Rear Admiral. treb, 1810. A t . • n-.- 1 7. • lee of tile ins, ytatactl Burton, each. Ili, &tit st week • comniittet/ to York Cas net tottel on the.llank ,of Meo . • Quay, the se - forfeit sate, to anti Co. of Ilan, and, forty Vasley, a n . , t 1 • On. livers itid in their potsession ain't' pi %ha I ,t itWaie- 40.SIESOlkwiit Ail euttu"l ra n 11. t Alma I3n chi] drill tog circulated thous in time coun t ,' ' ill ca isag t, • BIRCH. t'' • r • tit day rail l4i ~...a.... the 3d instant. in , New II . ma Boner, jai. Loq• of a a."Lt.•_..--- M AR RI P.D. atirol" 4 I, of the Nottimahant Thatre, to • 1 - 1 _ ~ le Th iverhampton Theatre, d u : p i o uLl tibi t ia te i r iaeousec o . r iyah.. l o : .:. i s tl, ew Ely ßad . the an r, ec j d o ebe hn it j to ci . d math ing tl bine , oars I nig li h me bu t tha:4tehit;t3!).gater h a t m got:i:F l ehirt. 1.0 .. tried her firs hind/het tills Illos it ili . 0 , 0 1- ' jest Fad; and disliked the solitary's/ate __ ..r o, aim but am a fortnight's anotaintolKoo 11". aunt •of ti -- . ------i---"--'----. -------- Ti lititC. . 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