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ducted to the (adore of the armsnient, intended against Antwerp. In direct contiadiition to the as sertion of the Cornmander-in-Chief, Sir RICHARD shews, that no agreement, such as he mentions by which it was Ullderatooll that th , fleet should at tack Flualiing. " at the moment the trays pre 'rented themselves before the place," did, or " could ! have been made." before the Expedition quitted this country. He denionstiates, that neither the possession of Cadsand, nor of the Breskens bat tery, was indispensable to the accomplishei.t of the leading objects; though, as far as naval opinions can be deemed just ground fur belief, lie seems to think, that hoili Cadaand and Breskens might hate been carried by assault. Above all, he prove■, that " impediments to tic further progress of our army," could only have arisen from three quarters, or operations ; namely, "11 military force of the enemy, occupying South fleveland; or from the French fleet in the Vest Scheldt ; or, limn the enemy's flotilla." " But," says Sir flit HARD, " these obstacles bad totally disappeared. The corps of Sir JOHN HOPE became possessed of the whole of South Bevelaud, a► the 2.1 August. The French fleet had retired beyond the boom of Lillo on Me let of August; and the flotilla, on the first appearance of tile Blitish flotilla, retired in confu sion, and never afterwards repas►ed the boom of Lillo." Why, then, we naturally inquire, did not, or would not, Lord COWMAN' advance. or at least detach Sir Juan Hops, towards the great ulterior objects of the Expedition ? Eternise, though, as Sir RICHARD STRACHAN shews, " twenty thousand men, and four thousand horses, might have been (muted fro= the Slough, in forty-eight hours ," and Wight have esareked across South Beveland, from the Slough to Baths, in thirty-six hours more, the dist:race being only from 30 to 33 miles; and, though artillery, fully adequate to all our waists, was found at Warrdea cod at Bathe, abandoned by the enemy ; yet Lord CHATHAM would not land the troops, or the hones, as common sense required. He preferred making " a fleet of four Arland trim. sports, besides frigates, sloops, and flotilla," beat up against contrary winds, " throogh a very intri cate chanuel," where they could not even warp the vessels, on account of the violence of an adverse wind. " With him alone," (Lord CHATH•SI), adds the Admiral, " was there an option between a march of 36 huurs, and a voyage of an indefinite length." When we read this clear, simple, and intelligible expositiou, can we ask, to what causes are to be attributed the failure of this great armament ? They are obvious and erideirt. Even Mr. PERCLVAL cannot mistake, and Lord Ltvgairoot. cannot skis pate them. Pad:truest will, no doubt, after their long, tedious, and to note investigations, from which the public has been shut outorneerd, vhort ly, to decide on the C%iltinCt of the Commander-in- Chief, and so that of the Atli ll ill istration who chose, and who sent bun. Of the event, we entertain no doubts. Ministers mai procrastinate, hut they can not overt the joso ?Wry -public indignation. Ireetwrdiry Orem tir7.7,4,71Tie1d a public day at his oilier in the Hone Guards, sod gave audi ences to several military officers. The Election for a %whet' fur the town of Fivtlie, in the place of the lure THOMAS GODPARY, El. Came on on Monday on two o'clock : when the snarl left that town, ar four o'clock, the following was the state of the iron 7 Sir Inks Pernoe. Barr. William Busk, in J. q. Drydgcs, Eq... Thtre are not above 190 voters in all A Gentleman arrived in town, on Tuesday, from Gibraltar. wbii.h place he left on the ht inst. He says, that so lair as that date our troops had not obtained possession of Ceuta. The accounts •f the 48tb ult. stated in positive terms that every thing having been regularly arranged with the Spauish Guvernos for the purpose, our troops had been landed and put its possession of the place. The Amerie in frigate JAN Adams is under or ders to art rail to-morrow from Cuwes fur the United States. The inhalniants of Newhaven are about to reti ti,tto the Lords of the Admiralty fur an enlargement of thrir harbour, to an extent that will, at all times, Alma safe whuis.ion to cruisers of lure, 1111f fici•nt to pro.. t the trade, more effectually, ou that pact of the coat; as well as to ships of con,:derahle tmien. The York Rangers, who distinguished them dirket.' tar much in the capture of GuarWon iw, err a new corps, for *lode a nutotter of recruits were meted to Lewe•. Nlaj .r I-IrNot.asoa was the officer commaiaitog the 'Voile Ratigris. Memorials haring been pretreated horn the guards, anal other regiments of the haw, as well as tile nithtia, to consequence of a late regulation re specting cpsukties, it a understood the said order will not be eiehtrienl, and some method will be adopted tH distinguish rerimerittil rank, on the s rap of the epaulette. Officers will he allowed to we.• out 01.1. epualettes iH present use. be point of te nsiom , the Howe plait would net hare beet' ntc 1.4V111K 10 .48 631'r!"11 1/therr*. vor 1111E11. it to said, will shortly take ••at :it it e Ht•usr if Commons 1%4 Weathur. Ti. Br 1111 l gh of Wei-mends. it it said, has de r:ll..ll the tumour of Yulilla for its lirpresen- t ,•tte. fir I Ll.l (: orr. Nll4.fer or the &c. I!,.etar or Mart-chel Col- I zr upt Iver•ity ut A herder'''. e Mosier and N erdems of the Beier . ' Cum ' - Lorel tiovor. •I4y, to .11 •f Bread. M. Lordbbirt. ..r .%.111..1 , .: thr Meolsrf.igiter's Reprt. 04- tiJ Th.' ut Brcod to bt co.atin , .e I I. :41114 ct A. o wlrd on , • ; bet:, .1,•1 ' ! • ?c . • e; 1 -11 • '-'4O • NEW MUSICAL FLLVD. Oil Monday, this excelle•it Society, formed for the laudable purpose of relieving their distressed members, their widows, and orphan., held their anniversary festival at the GOWII and Anchor Tavern, Sat vii. J litTS A Rani D, E• q. President. The entertainment consisted cot only of a sump tuous dinner, and plenty of good w in e , but a lso of a most delightful vocal convert, by a number of the first-rate singers. After the cloth was removed, Non Nofrit Dowhte was sung in a highly-finished and grand style, by Messrs. Goss, Ev•ris, VAUGHAN. TAYLOR, and a large asseinidage of professional Gentlemen 810 This was followed by the celebtated glee of Glorious Apollo. A charming glee, corn• posed by Mr. G. T. SMART, WAS deservedly encored. Mr. TAYLOR sang several songs; amang them was one, burlesquing BONAPARTE wanting a son, which was encored. Messrs. W•LKER, Maass, and SAWYER, sang the comic catch, caged *. Me Al dermatt's Thu Mb. " The following toasts were given " The Kiag, daces, toad the rest of the Royal fmnily, ex cept the Patrons of the hocieh. - " The Prince of Wales and the Royal Dukes •ho Patron. afar the Society " . _ . . " Ilarinont.cl Concord all over ibe world " " Prosperity to the New Musical rued, and success to the eumuhig Coucert."__ _ _ The worthy PRESIDENT ' , Weaved the Nlretioue at con.iderable length, and stated the rive and utete of the Society ; it has been established tiveuty-four years, durivg which tune they h.d given away 12,0001. He cooclnded his ►peed' in a very h u . tnourous strain, and strongly solicited new sub icri AVM.. Mr. (;. T. SMART apologised for the absence of the Duke of Sussex. one of the patrons. but 5a..111,. was commanded by his Royal Nightie's to pay ttu guineas fur him, as a life subscriber. A great number of life and other subscriptions were given in. Mr. SMART, senior, the Treasurer, proposed the health of the worthy President ; in doing whii.h, he observed, It was a name that would ever he retneuibeied with veneration and esteem be the lovers of harmony, sod particularly by the Mem bers of that Soc.ety, as so many eminent services had been rendered it by his late worthy father, Dr. Arnold. Mr. S. concluded by observing, that Mr. A. had then paid his 10 guineas as a Life-subscri ber. Earl Pomfret, ■ntl a numerous assemblage of ptr►oos of distinction, were presrot. LYCEUM THEATRE. The new Opera attracted a crowded end fa shionable audience, last night. anti, with the Force of His ur Miss, produced at, overflow, ra usual, in every part of the theatre. Mr. Ma r maws war rapturously eaeored in bolh his songs. PROVIACIAL THEATRES. MARCH 19. The Theatre has been well attended during the last week, and the pertormers exerted themselves to merit this glimpse of public patronage. The bespeak of the High Sheriff, on Tuesday, attract ed a fashionable display in the boxes ; that of the Mayor, on Friday, drew a full house an every part. liaison. of the Lye-urn Theatre, performed the character of Sir Aninany Absolute, and much de- I ghted the audience with his accurate and chute delineation of the character. It is announced that he will perform three more nights. Mr. Crisp closed, last week, at Wolverhampton, one of the most prosperous theatrical seasons that hat been known in that town for a an:niter of years. The company, like all other provincial companies, is good and bad. In point of merit, the ladies car ried it against the gentlemen hollow. Miss Whet don, M►ss Wood:all (now Mrs. *Gibbon) and Mrs. Chambers, are actresses, in their respective liner, of considerible merit. Among the gentlemen, there is a dead level of provincial mediocrity ; excepting however Mr. Cnsp, and him only m his properforte. country buys, &c. With their strength lying all on the side of Comedy, the tows was amused with Tragedy—deep Tragedy—nothing hut Tragedy! This is au error that is common to the whole pre. vincial stage. Tragedy travestied is the princirl entertainment that the country can boast. It puts in requilatioa all -the thunder and lightning, the Otter ■nd gewgaws, of the company We are stunned with the roaring of declamation—drums and trumpets—fire, hail, and tempest! Tll E* BR I 'l' I PRESS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 21. 1 One of the great arguments urged by Ministers j a defence of the Expedition to the Scheldt is, that it 'operated a diversion in favour of Anglia. It appears, however, from papers laid before the House of Commons, given in a preceding co- w o n, that this boasted business of a diversion. n i votriag, in imminent peril the sower of the 1 .,! 1 a rmy and navy, was so little understood by .istria, that she expected it at the Ellie instead of , tie Scheldt, and fancied that when Cuxhai en was possession of, the force employed is that .10tration was the van of Lord CliaTllan'il army. England expects every man to Jo his duty, and the B u tigh Davy and army will do their duty ; but what fare d cnold we expect to result from all their tier. tuns, in a Cave where the parties did not under- ', stead each other, and the auxiliary so little con. • stilted the views and wishes of the principal, • that Austria did net even know the point on the glebe adore Lord Couissx was to debark and shale buds with the friends whom be was come to • The more maturely we consider the actual state of Eor.pe, of the war carrying on between France 1 and Etihin.l. as well as the relative position and crculastances of the two countries; the stronger • 01%i:it out conviction he, that our own ministerial .rots, disunion, and incapacity. have couduced, ter wore than any other cause. to produce the .t is:ie state prostration of the Continental Powers, - Al the feet of their Corsican Muter. Not that •D t• law to depreciate, or wish to detract, from the esilablage of sublime talents and qualities which meet is thaf extraoutinary luau; and which have guided him, alter enslaving Bruce, to carry his bat 401 tuflueuce, or his triumphant arms, over very .arrounding state. But while we recognise Ins unrivalled ainlity, Industy and political; an shinty which isady surpassed by his crimes and , t , atrocitio; we feel it oar duty to demonstrate, as • unlink we can do satisfactorily to every impartial .ir mind. tint lie owes his success, peculiarly within afar la.t } ear, far more to us, than to &limey: His it to-soy and velocity carried him, we readily own, fio ewe 2 , itrs of Vienna, enabled him to eater that i i „ ta•ntai. snd finally. to defiance of reverses or impe- l. , dement-, which would have overturned the projects soy unlit Commander, to dictate peace. oil his own ern% ti his votiquished enemy. These facts iv- not ciismited. Bat; if the Counsels of nr • r Geist Reisa ;tett been eundaated with judgment, if asr effort' bact been early directed to attainable a, ety, ts, and if leer - military Commanders bad been tross.t, not from court favotir. and cabinet ii.- fizne, cr partiality, but for welt founded public ; is . •tees; Box however successful he might Live been upon the Danube, might have been ehrrlte.l sod repressed upoo the Elhe, or iu the A erie•ie, Even in the Scheldt. though the at- ad tempt to dett.wy his Beet and arsenals in that rift?, lilt was bailie to inviiy objections; wind though even its partial, or total accomplishment, might not have produced, any deciaive advsutages to Austria; yet CM we nut attribute its failure to any other causes. of e than the l a m es t stele divisions, and yrt inure nit !Aoieritabk inability, displayed by our Ministers i.• re at home. tar- order to place this troth in the clearest point ris 0 ; new. we wish to ask. whe:her, its the course of 5r 4 t• r: present reign, at the most utifortunate pie•imls sn of it, the Treasury was ever committed to such he. camil.te debili t y, physical an d i ntellectua l , as distinguished the late Doke of PtillTL•Nb, (Jur- Mr• .tej thelast tear of' his ex sttner, when he w a s t o- - 0,, telly iampacntatcd. by bodily phis and ii,getniry, be • c perfora..nz any of the mns'..vsvential duties of a.. ificr ? !here any instance of two Secretaries ihe a rent Experhtion was actually rut .. t..e store. 6f the eaetny, forgetting every Pr.:f*V alit 10 thetr tiocrret4n and to their country, wig both to ti.etr miserable intugueS, Or d , " 117,11 y ealpahle cansiiirs, a , t 1 toil log the.t %tea- n i 1.. s mg .1•..1 each outer, 'osier! of opposing the I. e r would 'des re to know. sh-iner any Mi n -ter., who were animated by a ▪ dime of meeting the approbation 4.. f the •!..o meant to u+. i.e the prohab , ..itc 0, the c 4. .T . .'yf.s , against .4.0 err., rouhi 114%e causes' itorts ▪ •"1,1 u , . L..e V ru a t Otfitc , s in tne li i•i•h br.• • •11.11 a ('nun winder as L I CH STH 555. tO fuji P .t nisi', who, w hate.er litr..di- At 4'y or fun 4y re.,oilectioi,• hr went avakci.• ' , '''idtcd to impress Us firoursilly Wit hoil 4P • Inas, war kuuo is to *alit etery riodity of a Croc- '4!. et u• her, 1..01..1. of eosieq.to.i., i!•is ..1 ". •h 1 1 11 . % o f 1114.1 •••„ pfollll tall; e, .4t: • •• 4 • I le veto., case ii t 'r. • v. I via it of all thupe •00 .111 mo. h "mar, and which CO. 4..1i. 10. tour, or prodere • - •e cry% ~,t. No rum who has th iseinseil. kind Nene!, The lanes us, at Sir H. Sr at' rvrree to Loral lit iTtlaleS " '`totPlll.l.f, " l ' . • • U.. hesitate to Wool ih..e fa. In r. a 11, "'",'ll3;led tale, we 1.•••• :ma ticolci.d TO tile; or, in ri.e f tie phr.o.- of thy Tres-ore ~;:. .! a rnt9, torgh.Ve, the t0..u..ii,51 ch coo. 11•Nr.liESTFIL Thratre-Royal.—On Friday sleek, Mrs. Clarke made her first essty in Comedy, in the part of Ca- Iberia', whi.-h she performed in • manner superior to time expectations of her warmest admirers. Mr. Joles', Prlrrehis r as also loudly and desarsediy Mr.. Cl•tke has since performed Lady Eiranor /nem sort Mass Blisoniford. On Jilonday she apixt a., in Caliata, :u The Fair Peni tent ; on Tuesday. is titen.4 time thia sew....n. 1.1 flee Grecian Danehter Wednesday, second time, as Ekiea ; Rolla. Mr. Elliettro. and 09 Thursday. (her b• netirj in Isa&ella, her JIM app , ar , rice tw that character; with Farce, in which 3dr. Elliston and Mrs. Clarke *ill both perform. The lime expected to tour. thi. 44y, from IVisakor. to hotel • prarahe Levee and Privy Coun t II at the Quiz N'S Planet. On Monday and vest.iday mornintt HIM MA. J rode on ho,atliack in Waintaur Park. accoaa- P anted hi the Princes. A UGUITA. Lowly Try sot, Earl n(W I. rMOaI. A %D. COY fit M D Mac R. Grnerals C•otrwßionT fi mot , . mod Cot. TAT 01. ne dress of vie Fello• Com:losers, at Cain br dge, hitherto '0 touch obj-cted to by ',grew.. 011 iscc)iint of it* witoenee, we ere beimy to hear. shunt , : to be ruducest to a plain silk gown. wow-- h:tt res rnt.l Lig that which is worn b! the Get. , ...- ma . .w.incrner at Oxford. Such a change, .nd t.t. ii a time. far, is the hirthe•t credit o t• , o.e heal. of C.lleAes, who Lye exerted titetn•elees nt s• p•ud- tit a 11311 V rr. DUBLIN. Masai I. The Duche4s of Richmond Knee a children's bail on Thursday eve 00000 g ; the company were select, so.l amounted to about 3443 persons of distinction. The 1.411 opened shout ern o'clock, to the lively trine of The Richmond Reel, which was led off by L:nly Mal Lenox and Captain Stanhope: about sue o'clock the company were sunintoned to sa 'roost splendid supper, alter which dam iug recosamem:eds and continued till three o'clock an the nsoroing. Among, the comorwe tiresent were— The Duchess of Gordon, Dowager Coonirss of ituainstare, Countess of Claurirarile, L oly Messer., Lady glary saaria. Lady T 3 air, lord sod Ludy Ashtown, E ail and Countess or LadyFarnham, atly Norwood, Cuinteas of Meath, Lady Morsel.. Lady Scutt, La,ly Trench, Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Treueh, Graham Toler, and several other persses of dislisictiou. The Lord Chancellor soil Lastly Mainers enter tinned the following distinguished person-., at din ner, on Saturday, at :heir house in Stephen's green : Ilse Duchess of Gordon, Lady Mary UMW, Miss Was well, Countess of Kilkenny, Mrs. broke, lady A. Gregory, Lady Norwood, the Misses Tekr nod Mesa Graham, Lady Jose Loftus the Alto, ory.Gearral and Lady May Saariii, Bnitinpof Down and Ma Browse Bishop of Derry sod M.A. Knox, Mr. Archdeacon Fowler, Mrs Marsden, M. and Mrs. Pumeioy, Mrs. Ball, Mr. Mid Mrs Galbraith, Ml. Busch, Mrs and Mts. Mneartney, 1)11 Sunday they lied another elegant pony of righters' persons to dinner, among whom was the Duchess of Gordon NEWIMVEX. MAKCM 19. The connonading at sca, which created ennui alarm to the inhabstanti of Seaford. an mated i.w s former paer. it has heels since atcertained, war the effect usi action between the sa/plieis schooner, owl two French privateers, eluting winds one a the latter suddenly disappeared ; but whether she stole off unuerceived, by the help of her sw.eps. er feso• dered, is not known, as Cie fog was eery thsek,e. Soule sails and dead bodes were afterwards picked up. but they led to ■aching from which auy coo tie...was, is so the fact, con;il be - - • Last %Vedi.e.day, the brig Tyrole, from Yar mouth to O.braltar, with • general cargo. was cap tured by a French p.ivateer, off Fairli4ht. Tne enemy took the whole of the crew from the brig. and put on board her 15 Frenchmen, who had nearly reached the French coast. when one of our cruisers, the Speculatnr logger, luckily fell in with the Tyrde, and re-cartured her. On Friday, the logger brought her prize into Newhaven harbour. and delivertd her op to Nlessni. Brown and 'frisker.. agents fur the captors. The Frenchmen, who are all very fine young fellows, were landed, and escort ed to Bletehington barra•lts, where they istat placed under a proper guard, to be otherwise disposed 4 as the Transport Board may direct. Ferrell privati.ers mast uow approach oar coast with mere caution than they hare hitherto done. et they nil!, probably, pay drarty for their temerity. as the following cruisers have takes their statism in the Channel, viz :—The Tremolo. Xepir. and Sarpedon sloops; the Cordelis and/trap& cliquy ; and Alp/es schooner. TUE LllB "KZ IN HOLLES-STREST, CZ.Aki- MARKET. The rui•is of this pace have, aim it last There. day, been surrounded, from the break of day until dark, by an iiiiinesPre - Oneou►se of people, oho have been attrac•ed there iu cousequence of the various reports that have been in emulation con. ceriiiiig that mo.t alarming tire, at which, by thw evidence of Mrs. Ingram, given in our Paper of yesw terday, it appeared, that four persons. rut. Mr. and Mrs. Brodie, !tad Mr. and Mrs. Rakes. bled peri►hed in the flames. sod an la quest vim held on Friday la,t upon one of the female sufferers, and another on Madly, upon another female and a man. terdsv, another body was, about four o'cleek, taken out of the ruins, supposed to be either Mr. Brodie or Mr. Rakes. It was taken in a shell to St. Cle ment's bone-house. I'he remainder of the woman was not found; but, furtuuately for Mra. Ingram, who lodged on the first floor, and had lost cash to the asseent of sax hundred pounds, she recovered it yesterday; three hundred and live pounds, eta bank-notes, having been found in the ruins. in I. leather pocket-book, the notes wily a I , ttle winched ; the remainder of the property, which was in east). wad taken oat of a closet, which had escaped the conflagration. SUICIDE. Yesterday a moo, by trade a carpeotee, of the name of Davin, cut his throat with a razor, at his lodgings, the sign of the Greyhound, in Bugg street, Sheolver.fi-market, Mayfair. Surgical as sistance was immediately procured, the wound was sewed up, and the was was ordered to be taken to St. George's Hospital. On his way down stairs be tore the wound open, sod was takeo io that state to the 110-pital, where he expired in about two hours afterwardN—An Inquest will be held on the body this day. Geo. Fos, Goseynor of the garrison * arrived at Portsmouth on Suoday. The fallowing extract of a letter from Lord EA *WAY to one of the Sowards, was rend by the Tres-toer of the Benevolent .Society of St. Patrick. on Sara-day, itt the Loudon Tavern, and trailed with Inc most unbounded applinse:--- consequence of my instills:militia 1 tome it mat May p o or, '•lstirls I fail, losendeg; to here the henna of putrid tag the Meeting of the beneyoknt Society of St. Patrick. /. therefore, request that you will repent, M nr same, the i^. closest men, the am4:l4/1.1 of who b I bate 'herded to be paid antilsslty, as a trilled. I think doe to the shiermeed of • country, smile natives base, cm 8.1 iscroshois, veen psoef• of the most eampsisiseal mod prene.oorthy I beg you to espies* my regret, Ilea I canout welt on the Gen. testes at the Meeting, as the 17th instant." Thus sum, the Treasurer al-sired, made he Lordship's donation to the Ciinnty amount to MI guineas. . On Nl..nday itertnieht• " Mi. °I" T. a r tMiirt • • fii, t vester..as return.rg home f out Mr. wino . .., his 14.11•:•iii•km. at Boilotrre, n •-a- My % with ht. wife and ehild. about three year. old s ia a • n ue ..finr., (+tor, the spring ben ke nett Its-ters theta *I "tot. OK If If w .• math ; hto.(hib had his tong -bone broken r ood the eiti,4 tike. tip 'lin tereisteh I.y Dr. Baanw. the Plev.n tow. Op WI ▪ 101 beat at h.u.t, and aspired teeleet...i..tel j W has stew