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Culke-Hease, nu FRIDAY NEXT, at One there Mere Sams lo dlogpaspoeti Where oat or two people might AletU4l, or itlA illmo two people could a."'" abreast, could mot them pilmottsie been su repaired. as not materially to diminish the defensibility of the place?—Un doubtedly, if such places did exist, the place mottlel Ye mooch weaker on account of them; m to the quidtacas of their Imiug impaired, that depended etelitely upon the number of bands and the materials, whether they were :ictualls upon the spot to repair those places; any thin else would be I matter of opinion. Supposing these places to have been merely of Inds a eli tism, that p. mous wisbilig to pass by night could let them selves over the rampart, could that rampart not bare hero repaired with earth, its • very short time, with vuy little la bour I—l rituitut give a direct sasws rto that question, lam out a professional engineer, 'hones I have made that patt of my profession my study. Are you aryl-mite' with the situation of the dorks and arsenals at Auto crp;—l ato aequatuted with the situatiuu of the docks and tuseuals at Antwerp, by information while on the lute Expedition From the information you received, do you believe they would be cump:rtely protecte.l ;iv the citadel arsenal it situated all along the batik of the river, from one mare , may of the town to the otherrstretetring to the Mattel ; this arsenal has been made within them few yea.. try the Frew h ; the houses that fortnetly stood In that situation have been pulled down for the purpose it is divided from the town by a a all,eaci-pting upon what is called the esplanade, which is an open glowed; betwevu the citadel and the town there is may a palisade. No pow know whelks any pert tense town of Aatatrerp emit he covered by an tualidatioti , ;a-A small part of the lower ex tremity of the town,*that is, the northern face, I believe, to the extent of stout two bastiotai,can be marred by an ends dat ion. _ _ . AFEW TONS PETER.SIWROI CORD AGE. Psi-limier* of skid, will be expressed in Ca 1 1111.4u...6. Tim day is psblisimid. is Tree Vols. lasso. Price 16e. 6d. lyt/rder of die Coot of Dieret..rs, 41/1111V PENS.%N, Regisiror. YANIEWICZA MUSIC-IV/0 MS and . . rrifF. WIFE; oN..e ~ tI d ;MISS BENSON. A Printed for Longue:us, Horst, fuss, sod Orme, Pater ouitrr-row Of trim* may he I.IA, by the sooty Author, 1 110117GHIS no EHIJCATION ; t gnu. se. beards. Os ! 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NNOMPIU, and MIS CELLANEOUS POEMS; ausesmot which an Otkrussor's Child, tad Mier Puss sewer lief tote published. • By THOMAS CAMPBELL, • Author of "The Pleasures of Hope" . . _ Prllied fur Longman, ilursl:Rees,aaJ Orme, Vernor, liuud and Sharpe, awl J. bluffs), Lotedua. This day is peldralsei:iii ecu. Pries tea: ►cards 4 N INQIIIItV intot,a NATITRE.t.:AUSES. Ili and CURE of !IVOR' /THORAX ; illustrated by nth rr*line Cases, 5.. d nun) Lhiwß Examples of the auc c.•.s of the mud.: of triatosk•ut reeutusiradert. By 1.. I 4( 14, 51 U. Prabaid far Loasseang, Ha. 4, Utz, and Onset, Paternal trr•row, and Huns, , Great Qacea•staact • Lyndon •$ and J. Swilinry r is puliliabeil, iu um: large s ' olUisie aro. with a Pur iralt ur his Lorcliilitp, price lua iu 1.11:F. of .111*IIRA L. LORD N E 1..- 0N,K.8 (rum his lauilship's 111.4111111C51 Aloidgeal 'quarto eilitiou, lit Rev. IA MES STANIER CLAIIKE. FR c QCEsTIONS TO 114117RRAY111 GRAMMAR. This tiny are pulthslied, price yla. lid. !mind, the td Edition, ranssitierably improved, of 1 . 1 11 A 11 NI A I &CALQUES I'IONS. orNottil to the (.11 AMMAR of LIN IM.EY M IMItAY Nutt •, By C BRADLEY, A.M. .•„ Teachers and leurotrs, alto make use of Illswesfs E " 00 01 ( i1:11111111.11 . , Of his Abridgment or the Grammar, will find them •• Grammatical Questions" of great import awe to hkeru. They are adapted, *sib areal precoi ~,,, to 1111 . drbu•liooy , rides, and podiums, contained in those honks ; a-nd they art welt calculated to elucidate the radon, points of grammar, to make *trout impresetons on the mind of thy learner, and tor Six the subject* pyrunmently in his Ow y Printed flr Um/man, Hwrst, Rees, sod Orme, Pater. nosses•tou ; and Nilson and Sum, York —IR whom may be had, the fallowing woks, by Mr. MURRAY : I. A. ENGLISH GRAMMAR, tont edition, as. 9. An ENT of the GRAMMAR, wsth edi lion, es. J ENGLISH EXERCISES, lath edition. 21 64. _ _ —,...... Do you know ',hereabout the Red Gate la ?—.l du not know the name of sac of the gates of Antwerp, excepting Rom a plan ; I never waked the mums of the gates ultra I was there. ' Art you acquainted with the Tete de Flandre '—l am ; I pas in that work at the same period that 1 was at Ants erp, muirly, 1794. Will sue state your opinion of that work, and whether its hatteries would command any troilism of the ricer approach ing to Antoci p "—*l he fort of the Tete de Flani!re is a crusts work, it consists of three bastions and two rarebits ; ;t is si tuated tit the angle of the river opposite the town ; undoubt edly from that part of it which touches the river, gum might he brought to bear upon shtps in the river; the ramparts and c.tunterscarp are faced with stone; and I remarked, that the ramparts are considerably higher than the ramparts of the town of Antwerp. Supposing there were io Antwerp a garrisse of 10,000 men, including irrezulara, what forcrshould mm think cuspid be necessary tu invest or b +lege the place:—Phut (in iy I bpresume to say) is so vague a question, that I cannot possi ly answer it ; sf the question could be pin in Ilse relative situations of the French and of the Briiit-h, as they swop at , any time be supposed to be, that I could aus sir distinct tr. Supposing a British force of 25,into weir sp;icarert blurt Antwerp, and :list there sere in Autires p .:.,teoii troops, I3diu pendent of the lot, ,ther guard and artibeer•, and the tires of the ships whirls were in the Scheldt in the smooths of July and August last, amounting to lire Ar ma thousand owe, dew you think that that force would knee been cspahle of teeing Antwerp?—chat would entirely depend upon the enemy's foie lb t wit in the tield, independently of the g irriton. Stipp sing the force Minded to in the last quest tun to be in A 11114,111, do you think it could be taken 'Whim the tires i faill.llls of a regalar siege ?-I.7artortitcdly not. r Hullo the Fritter, stud Chaplain to luu 1tu).,1 High 11..u.Khold Artl JOHN 51`AitTHUR, I.L. I) Late Sceret.try to A.httiral Lord Otaruunt Hood. l'rutted fur T. Caddluud W. DAVIWI, - 1111 may he bad, a few rem:sitwog topi.s •of the . . . a Edition,, artrittlidly printed la ta i• large utumn., (111 al pap..r, awl illustrated by 111......r0us eugraebias, by si raiincill Artists, from pictur.s, pnivited expurasly rusk, by MI siirs. West, Wessell, Pocock, lie. Pike in (Still boards. 4. .11 kEY to the EXERCISES, 1[444 edition, 3e. Gd. A FIRST HOOK for CHILDREN, 4th edition, ud. i As ENGLISH SHELLING BOOK, qth edit is 6J. 7. INTRODUCTION to the ENGLISH READER, ;th editiou, 3s. v. Tie ENGLISH R r..t DER, 9 th cdesinn, 41. 641. 9. SEQUEL tu the ENGLISH ItEAUEII, rd edition, 4s. 6.1. IN as LECTEUR FRANCOIS, LF.CTEUR FRANCOIS, id edition, ♦1 Gd. I. POWER of RELIGION on We MIND, t3th 4s. • bridges, iu the comm.•n manner At what period did you tiederaland that the stone.bridges were matured, and the draw-bridges erected in Viet.- riser!. —1 &mind pivetw•ly sumer that question, bat 1 spoke with a mason iu South tteseland, nod never,il wo►kmen, whet had Icru employed the year hams is the reparation of the works. Do you know whether the citadel commended the dock vied at Antwerp'—The citadel commie:Ay commends the whole arsenal. Do you know how far shove Antwerp ships of the line might be carried with their lower tins net, and Inis high tier might be carried, supposing 311 their gunts oat du nJI know that (thin my own premoal knots ledge, lint from iiiMetnition, which . I kerne is mom perfeetty eorteet, .1 kontmalriwilf the line, with their gone anti ettir.• ont, ran g• to Dendermonde, which is twenty lune, akene Antwerp, and that tolling of the line, with all their vote aid states in, may gu withm about one mile irt Keplemuaii, which is nearly title miles above Antwerp. Is nut Dendernson.k a fortified town l—lt is afwt,fied town, but I du nut believe the works have barn kept in • very good state or repair. Is it always usual, in fiwtressee of the extent of Antwerp, to keep the guns in the embrasures at all times l—Certainly not. . What length of time, supposing that there were no guns in the embrasures of the town, du you think it would have taken to have armed the butteries thick, to bone 'Loused the town against a toup tirmn,“, that is to say, to have pat the rule iw the batteries, without laying the pinifornsa, that might hive been see 00000 plished, with a euthenist loam's'r of hands, in use day ; but if the platforms were to he lad, to stand a regular siege, that woohl depend linens the imiatny of materials, and the number of workmen that could be cm plo)ed 'man such a wank iu the town. W hat number of workmen de you think would hare heels necessary to have placed tit, town in the comae of tote se- k in such a state that we could not hare taken it without a •iette 1.--11 would minket urtsiene linty to 111 dm that cateu. 'Mimi, I can snake ,t if it is i.reesso y. Supposing, beside' Ibt min neon, there were frim6 tot'w workmen in the ducks, would nut such a body of lab turtle hese made eery rousiderable mwgress in the course el, week'—Undoubtedly they would, probably in ibti time they would have emnitleted the obute of tae platf •rias, if was wood enffirient in the mental. _ _ . Do sans boot" obethet there .err any p'.tia'ooms of fixed snosiosti y in Anti, tp %--I do out know. Wire con any knowledge of the fats of Lille and Lief k-itshoeik'-1 newer was prtsmoilly in ettiaet the fort uf L.do or of Lit flienshoefit, but 1 Moo hos! • crest dial of toform atth inspect In both of them, apou •Itieh 1 eau pet fectly tit peed, wort by "rivet I eon 44 s..rthe thole places Will sou d.aretbe these forts, H well as the memo. by "ditch tilt, /113 V be &fended I of Idlln is a regu lar pentogoo ' it has root-lots before alt the curtains, the , to also a euiercd way, the ditch", are deep awl ethic, the am ports onJ ensatetscorps of all the works are fared with show, it is abatet tie site and pretty *tort) of the s tme constr.,- lion sa the citadel of Antoerp, hot the esaittatt• are not nail art hies nor the datioe so brood there is a 5.n311 taffy in the pistee t the whole emitter); loam' Fort l,ilh , e be 1/1111/14ted .4 fir as Ant If re, that time piece CAS only be approached reptile ,tie nano. dykt, nod more than tlio ty Ikea b o ost. At the pinto lii.. Itrittsh Psortliottal was to this Sihialf, a part of Ibis intos.ht tt t tt ea. 1114.* ; boi I ettootto new iri . e „ k memo.) ge to the eh 'el polt'ius inuadstetk; b y p.m.,s l mesa the p0rt...., of the Wad stierotiatked h) • te-lect to 1- . o,:alitteik it is a , luodeva.e.i., I." I. stsn 'mg upposite 1.111. , the works of that tons .140 are all laced with moos and the dtti.Les are deep , time whole MR. GIFFORD% LIFE OF MR. NTT Ms day is publish. d, in biz large ulum.r, Octay.l, wait two Portraits of Mr. Pitt, one from as original pirtnre, by Mr. Hoppner, the other froin the host executed by Mr. Flazersau, price I. 48. in lourib., 4 I Is I Oily of the I'4 )1.111(7AI: LIFE of 11 the Right HOW WILLIAM PITT, iacluiliog wine !count of the tunes in which lm Inca. By JOHN la FEOlt P, Esq. Printed fur T. Cadell and W. Davits, Strand. _ _ A few l'opits, elet.only primed ill those volumes Qusrlo,hauy had, 'wire •s. ill I..vids. CH lIIR F. 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At what period were you at Antwerp'—in Had you any opportunity of becoming acquainted with the stnte of the fortification, at Antwerp !—I was often is the town of Antwerp at that period, sad I several times went muted, fir the pni pope of seeing the *mks. Will von be good enough to slate the result of your ob servations, soil the opinion you formed upon those aortal— The town of Antwerp, at eliat period, bad nut bee is kept up as a place of war fur nearly twenty years i I belies e the &laid of the place were all dry the ravelins and couotersearps of all the weskit are faced with sterns; by the count, escarp I tuetu the side of the ditch Next the cosstry there ale same eons tersesrpa, three or four if 1101 more ratelins, but all the cur- Mine of the plasm nee net covered by myelitis; water can be admitted into the ditch, whenever it is thought see y, by opening the sluices, sue one tide is perfectly seffiescut to fill the ditch. At the period I was there, the ditches of the eitafle I were full of water, Ant the ditches of the town were all d.y. The emeticl la a regular pentegoil, with myelitis lec• fore all the curtains, the ditibei were extremAy deep and broad, it M a very high wink, it stands Nom rather elevated ground, and it entirely commands the town. What is your <viol tttt unto oh. tiler the citadel of Antwerp was capsule of sustaining • -.lege •-11 is ins opinion that the , citadel of Antwerp was, st that tone, dime''e of testa ttt i t 0 siege, as theedadel of Antwri p waif, at that time, kept ep as • place of war, though the town was not. Supposing the town to be garrienseel, was it your opinion OM the town *ISO, with the protection the citadel would 411, ei to it, geoid wake a conaiderithle dilemma against a hostile twig ?-lUsitioublvdly the lowa of Antwerp, to my spistoes, might have bees pot in a peifect stale in Maud • siege, with a sistficirul numbs:. of baud. efroploycai, is the coarse ofooe week. 1 saw nu d. tides y wleateser au any of the works; there were no brewitis whatever in any 0f tie • ▪ 1.. c only thing Witleatal, to be tiosie was the removing of the stew bridges over the ditch, and the making et. ori tee baskets on the toterme•ide of Mi. No fret, whirls I ',foresee might all here been dime %taloa the tone smelled, with a Se thelent Minaret . of men . Conkt the cant of pallseolcs Lase been easily supplied, cr WIDOW it materially have eiota•nerti.d the safety of the place —Undoubtedly not ; berailee the ditch was set, therchir• the want of palivadie would not hare been suy thing very material. Supposing fiont sights:eh hawing fake is, iw from rind hay • ing act ttttt elated, the ettich might, is snow parts, have been fordobli- ' wool) that have materially eudangered the merely of the place, could those obstacles have bees shortly re moved la-Vudoehtesll), if the ditch was fordaide is any place it would have matte tally injured the safety of the place; with respect to the sinning Mum obstaclev, that deto led upon the quantity ref obstacks, and the number of men em played in rrnitivlng them Ruppimitg dose Merle not to have lees very wide, and the depth of water not lees than five fret, cont. not the place, ▪ estbstaudiag that cirdanistaiice, have been put is a V., sidereal, state of @Wend. —lf the WASS' WAS live feet user those obstacles, I call Haat • wet ditch, wholly isopesetwatele Supposing these we.e we or two plates *avert tits stoat pert of the call had been 'woken down mealy to the edge of the wafer, of no ve,y considerable ankh, wool,' that circus' ✓atic. have rendered the plser indefensibly , —Ceriatedy not, b cause of the wet (Itch in front of it, whir.b might be Gilled he(ore we • meld arise at Old dtfieteney. Supposing near any .of litotes fordalfle places a11uti.41,,, 10. PS WI