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Particular &woes. , rat EXI'E 1)ITION • 110CSE .wwwea INUTEII of !WIDEN( of the WHOLE HOS. pattry awl caaihict WHELDT. Hue. Sir J. AN itas (Continued (roma oho most Rear-.l4Miral the Right Jraulimed neat 1)11 year Lordalop eon Ent to the late Cipeclll it At what thee did run It Byer der Deneee.'..3l tlair 11111 sail re a d erieonaily iotaidcd rat sl anti t anmed at Deal leis heard the Blake II OW you order ; I reeeivi .1 no Had tour Lordship tee lel, rue quitted Loash, t 006 Usoler slat maituctio toqe hien the deal at 1.1,51 ber• fader what iestrectior to )(mike Beet at Deal ' l'lol4l 14 are deg on board d IS p t wit. 6,0 4 11 l l Ivor Lucebbip aril 0,13 h, 1311,11 out r your airia. dog .:phis a n dor to sad '. rood to toga as I psi I awl coaatit:tiratitai. ut ut Ind your Lordsher r 6. I. Witham tu urist Cori you dnialatt "(the feet, I Coututodoes Omen's duo 4t. a letter dated Jai, itlew 11... , But I beg leave to ince, lu oar krure um House, ht to 44 receive; sad as that psy tier s l oops of arm in ~s et. 4, vibe to date, that 1 d !ult. It tic h ae, dated Judi goo it I read reuse a cep", Deere • I 'seemed (oriher ILA, 613041 Vrurrable , c At what time did you] deur , c 1 it 'ma lie .one di etinire, 'boat an hi i, I received swathe trios The ovnt liter 1 reeci , „, • is Caeiumbee Ueen, ..4 1. Tlo a letter is tined CI) ro lo ht ore :cab July Or- .6-Chief, by c omm . it the I 6" " lath " lett". r d CI cow I nod dial kart roe th IS a hie 16. hard Sire I 1 ha hen, which I receive imul Ual your Lordship eye ospootom to joie hi nalv . that requisition to 11 " h I hose, dated CI 1hrt4(4.1 tLeeveniue of it 1 , • Yr a. r I 11341 the aril elm llll "il....muso u l ooe ()wee I. j,,, ..... 1; ••Iv , ito Lordship aO . l. o w oa toi take pl th e %%ethic TI o• fro m me .e., t • .• . PI"; 'mod. to. hs boat r .o 4- feimi the Blake also an the Hut I had not t' tort' to . ..snidest I r►4tlliat IN` p; 66 1 st el.66ttliag his r-. to vowatra Ike as '44l2l.llolva tr. 015 " ena rhe *me:atoms mili, ' b r the teti e r, an ‘heit its tho ~„ „"..+ it Cadaauda 1, •••• the 44.14aci t-- f tor.a lAA ~.$ • 44 6 406% in; ,J tOTAIL, COVENT.GARDEN. 1, SATURDAY, Feb. 24. gl,(l3th tire) a New Drama, In with Hash., called THE FREE EDICT OP CHARLEMAGNE. (eighth time) a New Fame, called IDERS. 1111 THEATRE. J, SATURDAY, Feb. 24, &mom 014 pertons Hu Comedy IVES OF WINDSOR. To which furies! Enterloiouseut of THE RE. IGS OF WINDSOR. .AY-HOUSE PRICES, ON THE D FRIDAYS DURING LENT. ILEY most rea.w,• fully bet; •the Nobility, Gentry, and Public ;viers will commence oo WED jib, the NEW. THEATRE ,EDEN, sod that Madame CATA tI are cugiged (or the whole sea will he announced in due time. be tame of Mr. Ekaseloa, at the r, Hart-street. , LLENS AND IRISH LINENS. J. DONNE ;LI. BY AUCTION. tient Iteacrve,) use, Threaditacalleortrert, en 'YVES % Wan. at Twelve o'clock, .artatesit ~ f Couptry and levees and &tar Broad Cloths, Kersc-g -lesiva Timers prior Asiumer.hlrarlird yak, particalarly ritcosoniendrAl, fur sec, to the atteatiwa of pi mat. fawn. iped Jeans; with a variety of other .rtieulam to be bed of Mr. Donne, No. 7, r;rcat Anuell.rlreet, Covuut-garden ; use. Curabill; who coati:me, to ad eutiotned to immediate oak. ABORGII CORDAGE. w.,. DONNE t. BELL BY AUCTION, Meese, tie THURSDAY, the 29th iiist• •tOetitieleek, PETERABURGH CORD !molars of which will be expensed is TO TIIE SCHELDT. OF COMMONS. OAT.--Fkg. —NCE takes before the COMMITTEE 1110V8E, 0pt00t.0.4 to consobtr of the • of tb. late EXPEDITION to the ANSTRUTHER, Bart. iat the Chair. Ares Paper of Toes Jay last,) Vie Hun Lout GARDNIIII, called in. imed by the Committee. rwnmund • division of the Logtisk tion to Hie Scheldt ?—I sail with th..l divihiors of the Beet ciINIY , . sail at is melirr period than it int utt sitiitil.l tail with that divisive of the !kat 00 7th, 1 ; bollard my - ua the sib, and sa.led by tekgra ao alhrr trceived nonorder from the Admiralty ...ondoo ?—No, none. _ tractions dot your Lordship quit Loudon al 1-1 quittyl Yarluultla, not London. !kris do! your Lordship quit Y. mouth *...T0 ib - occed to the Downs and such slap as Si, Richard Strathau any commuuicatiou with Sir Richard .at at Dial, before you received the .d mrt Sir Richard Straebaa os paired to Deal from Yarmouth we receive any instrections front Sir :stiiiiiodute (twee with the hues of (04 the purpose of landing lite troops . 11 sepiadroo apse Cads:not ?--Yes, I I sloth, reuse the drectisyst in the to state to the Committee, that a leo t,:dated Amethyst, July gath, I serer t letter appewes to direct me to em the beach, it is necessary did receive a letter from Sir Richard nit, winch I beg permission to read. (Letter read.) bet I pusses. the originals, which are et direness (rum Sir Richard Sirs , of West Cape,. July 09th, isog roue Lordship receive that letter ' day, towards the 'eveetng. Towards hour after the receipt of the above dim, dated Yeuerable, July d 9. 'Leiter read.] !iced is willniet dote, inelusing one It was received by me eu the dull.. Leiter read.) lyde, in the Weilines Channel, - -..y, taort, addre.sad to the Consume- Commodore Owen, sod inclosed to me. :Letter trod) datt 4 Veutrabk, July 11, 1,09. IA ttrr reatl J the purpose of %mut; as 4:tract from .rachan's !elicit. to toe, •htch 1 have received .dent the ever receive fr.itis Commenter.. Omen his squad:ire is the Weilio!—.Ye, I by signaler Ay Irttcr '—ffy Clyde, off Cadiand, July 31, leo% ti. S3IIIC day. 1. tier read.) _ - restanuisicetiun your Lordship received fit!—Yes, the Arai. scud the boats iu consequence of that did oat; 1 considered that a cu dace by tbe line-ofhoitte *lisps pant 'lie distance of Cieumindure oven 'valve miles es a direct hoe, the op. Jets, using to shoals. tie wind as I ilse's Log : ' 5 Prcsli lu. eves mid cloudy Is* " I /mention this as a nautical the smallest ides t►at the CO4IIIMII - wad the hosts of the squad. at with the boats Vf IL squadron at its appeerauee every as iiiii est, w oleo qoadrou to the IVvilin Chnuoel, enabled to ►ate eo.opt 'rated sud co- Allatt ( . 10161113otitire Owen. I was also ottract bf *halt I read t., t►c to CuutvhauJer•ta•C Kw( elate*, that might net be tact-teary at thet lco:. :e of sir 11:0:41.41Straelta..'s ploy tee nthatit., at that time lt,cdsrd as eow situat.uwi toeuetartaeb bg . 4,..ri . tt4b 40 ashore, sometimes in the Yemenisle ; the Venerable was in theltoompot, about twelve or fourteen miles frets ma. . . Why clod not the squadron under your Lordship's torn nand join Commodore Owen's stpae.ron in die Wcilio !--I never was ordered to join Commodore Owen. Is the Committee to so:lei-stand Irvin your Lordship, that you sever actually received any eider to join Commodore Owen in the Weilin, our that any pilots came on board to conduct you into the Weilin !--I never received sny orders to join Commodore Oweu in the %%Vain, nor did any ptiuts arrive to take my ships into the Welton. What answer did your Lordship send to Commodore Owen, it eonsrgsenee of his requisition for the boats of yusr squadron ---"lfhis letter is dated Blake, iu the mouth of the Ducrlorr;-August sd. _ (Lettrr read" If all the boats whirl. you could have seat from your squadron had bees sent to join Commodore Owen, what cumber of troops could they have put 011 shore suppose the whole of the boats of the squadron I had the tumour to command, might have carried fruits four to live hundred men; that is my opialoo. Was your Lordship's squadron provided with any hosts beyond the 'Lumber which a squadron of that description wagtail, ranter to sea understood some time after this period, that the Centaur bad Vire tat-honoured Lints on hoard, rpou my basin: received directions to send her to eruize off the Trani, hot at the tilt I received the requi sition from Commodore Owen, uo report had been made to me of those boats ; the utile! ships of the squadron bad only tbe 111141.11 number of bouts. Does your Lordship know the reason why the two gat bottomed boats were put Sri board the Ceutaur Cen taur was equipped at Portsmouth originally to carry troops, but being wasted to reinforce the squadron under my com mand, she sailed is so great's hurry as nut to have time to laud the two flat-bottomed boats, winch wu hitended. It wee intended to have landed the two flat-bottomed boats from the Couleur 1 --Yes. at Portsmouth. • Has your Lordship reason now to know that it was the in. teutiun, if there bad been time, to have equipped your squad rim with any number of hams beyond that usually carried by ships of that dsscription eatinot state whit was intes4. ed ; I 'appose them intended to be effective ships of the litre, to act against the squadron 'AUK enemy, and sot to catty Yon do not know that there was any part of the intended signupatent of your squadron defective, in cousequeitee of the haste with which it sailed :—Nu. Your Lordship slates ' that you did not I-eerier. Sir Richard @traction's letter of the oith of July at the time did your Lordship receive that letter at any sule.eimesit time No, I wer saw that letter until it appeared in the public e ra7your Lordship any other papers you wish to produce , hayr various papers respsiting Cadsa,id, wle,ch I do not think it material to produce ; COrrellptllKiellre between the Cuinneauder-imChief and neise,f, :awl Commodore Owes mad myself, till I was ordered to soother station. • What is the g I objei t sod teudeuey of that cartes por.elence k—Resoreting the landing at Cadsaad; that it was Not thomen necessary to laird, Sc. Was it alter the lauding at Cailsand was gives up?—lt was stated to me, that it was mot thought necessary to land at Cadsand. Stale the date of the first letter of that eorrespoodease '— It Is a letter of August 2d. When did your Lordship's squadron move from the sites tith it occupied twelve miles from Commodore Owen, and twelve tildes trum Su• Richard Stracnau —lt was moved to the such. age of bykshook the 'ironical I received orders to de an, and the prints wool,' take charge of the several ship*. °tithe letla of august we weighed to thorad wits tie Was. the Harlots, Ind osigg to little 'muds were amino to anchor. On the t I th, the squadron again weighed, Nil pasteeded to the midrange of Dykshouk until the itth, when they passed tote the Scheldt, sod were engaged with the enemy's batteries. Has your Lordship copies of any correspondence relating to the transactions of your squadron with the Commander toil other Officers, up to that period have the whole of the cortespoedeuce, mita the Consioaudor-in- Chit f joined, and took the command of the tretuadruu Will your Lordship have the gooduess to deliver in that correspondeace [His Lordship delivered it in.] Have the goodness to stale to the C•mmittos your Lord ship's opinion, whether it would nave been possible, con sidering the state attic wind and weather, to have stationed troops, or any p:rt of the Aeolis that was out otherwise em ployed, In sneh a way, between Cailsaud and Fleabag, pre viously to the sib of August, as to have prevented reinforce ments being thrown from Cadsand to Flashiest ?—I believe every part of the diddle was employed, and that every ma. tion was made by Commodore Owen, with the means he had io his power, to produce that effect ; the wind sod the wee. Our were particularly marrow able at that moment, arid the vessels were otherwise employed. [His Lordship withdrew. [The Chairman was directed to report progress, and ask have to sit again.] PAPERS RELATING TO TRZ EXPEDITION TO lliZ SCHSLDT. 41,r A TAPES, 11171VITTTO ST LIBOT,O AAAAA L asowpatoo. IIAITER-4111.11LAL. TO TOT LIES?. G AAAAA 111 Olt THE mum ASSiUMILED AT TORT MATEr.4I/0. 47, 111,09. Fort Batt, Aug .. .36. 1309. The areauseat Lavin arrived at the point, , from whence blether arraarriwnita arc I. be made fLw carrying into vtlect the ulterior object of the Expedition; and various important cunsiileratiims combining to call fur an immediate dttcrmiusa lion—how far that object can be obtaieed with the means in our power, it becomes necessary to detail these means, and to advert to circumstances which have elapsed from the com mencement alike dudes taking. And first, it may b.. rewired, that, according to the ori ginal plan of operatonei, it was intended that a division of the army should be leaded ins Cadsiusrl, and by that means secure to oar Peet an entrance into the West Stitt lilt, awl p►event maccours being thrown into Flushing ; thus Me atball, blockading the fortress by sea, while the army which dieellsheeked on the worth side of Walcheree completed the lavestment oa the land side. The landing on Cadsand be came impracticable, f the tempestuous stale of the wea ther, the force of the cur my, anal from a deficiency in means to debark, at once, a body of troops capable of contending with the unakiers, there was every fc:631.11$ to ouppose, would Le 'hemmed to &termite a laudite,t. These circumstances, winch it woe oot proasilde to control, gave the veiny the op poet ssss ity .r largely augmenting hie garrison of Flualring, which, together with the astute of the greeted on whirls the attack was to he carried ion, rendered still more difficult from the extrusive powers of nrtuulatwa in the enemy's hands, protracted the reduction of the place to fifteen .leys front the period of our appearing before it ; riot witbetaadiug the ware entitle* reel thesis of the navy and troops engaged is the open shoo. Walt these uocontrol•hk otertaelee to ireetead with, the prospect soon vaunheil, of being able, by a rapid and stroultatormis effort, to Gerry the obi, ct of the Expedition to its altimate exteut, awl which coedit tarmac maitre the com plete success of the enterprise. The runny having for stone days eido)c.l an intialerrepted communication with Carhiarel, and haring, to this moos, more than doubled lain for7e, kit to thr urcrnsity of arldiug to the besieging corps, • large portion of the I MCC sit stoical to proceed by the West ficheldt, to tl.. mine iludatit paint■ °fetlock ; and resolersd that force us.arailable fur that utricet, soda we became poss.:seed of Clashing. farm; than stated tlaz actual ctrcutuutaucts saltier attic\ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1810. rtfo. the armament has arrived in its present Situation` we most nrxt consider what we lime yet to neeumplisli, nod the Torre likely to be opoused to us. The strength of the enemy, by cuocorring intelligence, ap pears to be nearly at follows : In Bergen-op-Zoom (,000 Breda Cant °tied between Bergeo-op.Zsois, and Antwerp... In Antwerp Ou the Ldt Bank of the Sahel& la Tholes stio T0ta1....33,500 Our total number, including artillery, cavalry, and infan try, amounts to abo ut ao,oou rtfectircs; of this, tiouil are left us tVelcheren, and :p.m must necessarily be left in Smith Beveland, giving • disposable force of only se,otio men for the siege of Antwerp, and the other operations connected with it. In proceeding to the siege of Antwerp, it would, nu doubt, be a leading object in the plan of uptratiuus, to accommo date it, as far as possible, to obtain the to-opi ration of our naval means, without w►ich, tie enterprise would b. clogged wit► the difficulty Mtruempurtiag by laud, Guns the point of debarkation, through, an esemy.'s country, all the ordnance, stores, and entrenching tools, utcessary to undertake the siege of a considerable place, and to provide the means of suhmistesie for which we could Lot well cognomina the re sources of the couistry beyond the reach of our arms ; mid it would be • consOlerabk increase of these difficulties, total. lest, if they can be ►ad, or to transport, if they be prepared, the vast quantities of Oakes's, Immure, sod gab uus , re quired fur such •siegs. The plan by which only the co operation of one naval force can be obiaiued, ovoid be by the reduction of UK° and Liefkenshoeck, sod the complete investment of Antwiap on both beaks of the I leer. The necessity of Buskin; her gen-uP.Zoons and Breda, with a corps of at least s,tiou men, would, in the divided state of the reinsuider, actliic on this plan, offer to our enemy some opportunities of attacking our force in detail, with means less formidable, and, consequent ly, sooner collected, than those with ulitcli Ls would dare to inert our united force. Attending to all the objects essential to this extensive plan, the part of OM army, on the right hank, and which may he considered the besieging army, and trout which all other laborious duties must be exacted, would not MON d leijauu men , as appears from the statement herewith detailed Total force 341,000 Walcheern 6,upuo South liereland .. gorou ••••••••• SAM For further operations Covering array, and to gamd the drpirta of stuns nod prot isions, sag fur escorts.... ii,ooo Fur the restuctsuss of Liefitenshocck, aud for the occup►tion of the left book of the Scheldt 4, , e00 Fur the siege of Antwerp I utOW, When it is considered, that the concurrire testineoay of the istellsgesice r.iriveil, states the garroms of Ants flop to exceed in strength this small corps, it sushi be unjustifiable to act by a plait, which would place our army in a situation, in which it may he fiorl, rat hosed possible we should be obliged to raise the siege, and tisk an action in letting, s ith the probable loss of our battering train, and the greater part, if out the whole of Mir cavalry. Thus sircumstaacal, the detached corps on the kk bank of the Scheldt could out mos _ Tkis plan of operations, therefore, 'bough so principle the best, is, evidently, not ended to our comparatively 'mufti ieut SU • ; and it will now be necessary to consider, if, by any other murk of proceeding, the object can be Attained. In seeking such ■u alternative, which would first imply the abandonment of the operation on the left bank, we must at once relinquish all the advantage of naval co-operation (fur it is impossible to obtain it, but by possessing both banks of the river) and to confine the assistance to be derived (ruin it to protection in landing, working guns iu batteries, and furwarthog stores and provisions. In this case, we have, to addition to the fortresses of Berg en.op-stimes and Breda, that of Lino to *Weise , which would now (the left hank of the Scheldt not being occupied) become a tett de poet fur such force as the enemy might have it in his power to send front Flanders to act on our line of operatics., ; which, added to the increased diSe *spies of transporting to a greater distance our artillery and Stoics, must further diminish the besieging force, by the necessity of establishing a yet stranger corps at the depot, where stores are landed, sued between which sad the army, every convoy suet be strongly eseorted. But by this plan, imputed as it Fs, front o=ur w sat of strength, Antwerp would nit lie I ample tidy invested, nti.l the communication be open with all the cuunts y on the left hank of the Scheldt, to receive the incalculable means *lnch the enemy has of inereasiug his force, chile we are preparing for the attack of the place, nod which wou:d iircess it) oc cupy • period of not less than flog e weeks 'rum the time asf landing, during the must sickly season of the year, in • country strictly hostile, sod incapabk of formatting any sup plies whatever. Thus, the safest and best way of attacking Antwerp, far exceeds our 111‘14011; while the ahem - satire Is liable to a“ the disadvantages of • want animal no-operation, and an incom plete invest went of the place. if both these modes lie abandoned, it may be proper to inquire if, w ithout laying siege to Antwerp, any at tempt can be mad e, with much prospect of maecess, to destiny the toe my's Arsenal or Nbipping; and although any mode of attar It, which has not system and co-operative force to rerommend it, can wield with few advocates, yet any measure of bald en terprise is to congenial to our notional feeling, that it becomes necessary to make some observation■ us the practicahility of any plan of this character, which dues not embrace the pre violas reduction of Antwerp, to which single point, hot/evil., the vacation of success certainly resolves weir Mauch attacks, the first to be considered, is a bombard meld of Antwerp i w hide, as it woutd not require any west. meld of the place, might possibly he thought practicable (with all our forte employed) from the left bank of the Schrldt, having hest reduced Litrkeashoeck tad the fete de Flandre. The Mondation, which our infamutios states the enemy to have made there, ►■s probably rendered every approach to flits. surks Maccessible, hut by the Dykes , a which, hum our not possessing the river, our works would ha: en. bladed, and cannonaded from the Tpusate soJe. If e'en we eller erdCli Iu these prchtninar) sti pi to the bentbardmeut of Autwcrp, we can but promise uun.clires the destrwction of army mitertils fir chip building. whilst the docks, sluices, works, !cc Sri% which render it formidable as a Naval Arse us!, cannot be much injured by dm mode urproceeiling. - - - Another Flan Of eettinc at the cues”'. Beet vow (with one elm-piton of two sail attic hue, and a cowman able Sutlll it !pug about four miles above Antweip, might be mia;tsteil by smirching with ull our fnece, to astack them with midi ordnance as we can take nal' ea fru:u Hi: right bank of the riecr. to thin plea, naval co-operation cannot be calve:Med nano; and the attempt would be su rush, and inildreiablr, that it is only noticed, ae harm( here stiggestisd, air 00. it.eans of acc , :niplistinsi the deNtraction of those shape. Agar the foretains exposition of circumstances, connected with this armament, it is feared, that the ultimate objet: is which it was directed, truant be undertakeis with ars ra tional hope of recces*, yet, it cannot be ditilsted, that of Austria hoe col bra reduced to the werviwi4 of .ob , r.hieg to terms of prate, tier force usny be so employe.' as to act Middietnirg, nth August, int*, MY Lon o--The letter whirl' your Lordship dill me the honour to write t.. nee on the 4th instant, I only recei►ed no the anti I have ever silica. been in premed a tth tisaineos that I had twit as opportunity of answeriou it; which I hope IY the I. as material, u I bare bad the honour of a eouverus- tiuu with yuur Lordship on the subject ails Collielli* YOltr Lordship tainit be aware bow very adverse the state of the weather has beta to all our operations but shil s wader the difficulties that hare arises% a twat 'Julian, of ves. oil, of different dereriptuins, have been carried tir•Jugli the intileate passage of the Slough, and are now in the Wet Scheldt. The impOrtinee of the blend of Cadeand was perfectly int dimtuuel before we left England; and I aat %IVO' to find your Lordship was impressed with the Saint arat:,nent • hut it is to be regretted, that the 4iarcugial of the ant my, a d the footmen of the we-stber, prevented the drrunou of the Ha . "al. of Huntley limn landing at that place . The distance betwea Flushing and Bieskins it so short, that it is impassible entirely to cot off the cosainsunicid.os ; but it may be so impeded, which I t. wit it now is, as to ausie it very ilangerou, fur the enemy to attempt any thong bey.sid • siugle bust, though there are au maul eirearustruces is hw (avow, of 'stud, weather shortneasint ilistaur•s, with coatis ing liaderir s on each side, and dark nights, that he may occa signally effect it. Lave ordered all the frigates to pass op the Scheldt, sad the liet.of-bottle ships to follow y and haring dissected bray ) ; Rats to be assonteduo based to cot" , light transports and she long bo a ts o f the fleet Jruee4 sigh their cerronikfes. I hope I .hall be able, by the day after todosorrow at forilii,t, to proceed op the Scheldt with the flotilla and tire-reswir of every description, except thaw just mentioned, to be Whor ed by the frigates as they come is, aud the lore•uf haute ships io surerwriuts _ As Suath Bei/eland is in onr possession I ens not aware that it will be seminary to trouble none Lordehip to alter any of lour military arraneemeots; but if the Heivoeisityke Channel is timed, of which these as a repent, and the eottiay has erected any winks above Ternesiso s then it may he ,tea .alll to recut to your Lordship's Opiiii•ots about a eu•opeiai.se force for that paint. I Mope we shall be able to prevent any communication with South Beveland and the Snub coast of the river, tie. cause the canny has none of anise advantages there, that he has between Breskins and Flushing. Inregarit to the Can Scheldt, I have placed a scions squad ron there minter Admiral Keats, except in cuii.sessets, which has is deficient, in cOtiseqinusce of the number ermined for the operations in the W. al Scheidt ; and I will again his attentiuu to the importance of the Zype paseog., and strengthen him in regard to guu.sessels, whenever I hose a slifficient number to spare. If by the practical effects of a determined ire from the battery slow ready to open upon the tows of Flushing, yam Los dship should be of opinion, that, by still confining your uperatium pri,cipally to the land side, the siege will be pro. longed to any length of inconvemenee, I think it right to state to your Lordship, that I shall have no hesitation in going alongside the batteries with RIX line-of tootle ships, under a previous <mutat fur co-operation with the onus us midi a planet attach. attended hi, I s►osld har - Juftered this mode fe4 ;:our Lot& ship's consideration before now ; but as I owned the dd. structiou of the fleet ■p the Scheldt, es thrash' object, rested, in a great messes, my means of attack es dam& feetive liamoLisattle s►ips; tbough, tf I meet say gaud iu going up the river, I shall leave those s►ips, sad yap. eeed in the frigates, with the small armed vessels to talks, lithe l y I eau more easily decide, from the latest total intel ligence, on the method best soiled to curry into execution, with the least possible delay, the remaining objects of t►e Expeilitioe, as far as they relate to t►e eameys fleet, ►hall previously commuoicaic to your Lordship; and 4 shall be very happy, vs loiterer you ►ave occasion to upply t' me, to mark my readiness to meet post Lordship's wia►o us ■ny co•opuation you may think proper to suggest. I have t►e bonour to be, ley Lord, Lc. ke Ise ' (Signed) R. T. S THE OPIN lON/ •IF THE LI EL 'EFTA VT•GE'VERALLS OS 11141 •111311', 27111 •LIGLIT 1109. Head-Quarters, Fort Paths, , - st7th August 11109. Tbe meaty baring arrived at the point, from elpeamt Ji (be, are lobe made fou terrpimi theiatepot ..b. jettaisfte Expedition into rite( t ; and Marry tireahost elites leweiatrearkebined to alter mattrially the view ta whirl it was tlimilartaken the Commemoder of the hetet judges it proper le have recuemse to the Lieuteamst•Gerrerals ofrthe Army, how for it appear to thew adroatile, that the siege of A istivcrp .hould be eneagedllll j which operation, it is lei 'Laved, can alone injure the destruction of the cnitm'., arsenals at that place, end the poriession of their ships of war, which are new assembled ostler lis L:111..• By it/smarting isitt4lipente, the (wee of the cutesy is re prescnted to be as follows la Bergen•op•Zoom Breda .. Cantonal between Oseendricht and Antwerp 16090 At &sweep On the left bank of the Scheldt 3.400 • In Thole. .;ou • 35,500 Inundations are *IA to be effected round 1.2./e, is tits country between Hutat and Lielkeushoeck, and in (mot of the Tete de rlandre. The defences of Antwerp &restated to be restored, the decsi-resettraent ‘,..1 ambled parapet me is good repair, the ditches are deepened and illed with water guns are mounted on the bastions, and batterar• are cab. strutted on the quays As a preliminary meanie, the pea session of forts Lilto and Liar Stushoeck is considered ludo,. pensable, the Ant of a hieh, being caseanated, cap2N:e of asstainsng a short siege. The debaikment for them opera thous must neceseanly be in presence attic. enmity, en the sands near Ilaseudrieht, a distance of six leagues trout Ant werp and two from Lalto; sod Lierkeoshocck, 'apposing the inuodstiou to be completed, can only be approached by the sea dyke. The probable time in which these objects can he seeN plished, cannot he estimated at less than from three to feer weeks, do. tag *loch the meano the enemy will ham angturotine his f er.• Are isosl effective force, in infantry, exclosive of 6.000 11.1 Poi left in Wa%they're, is reduced by a rapid, sad it to feared in' itirklicss. to 4,00 u site ; and *he h. it ss ea, shook* further operations be detorassossu apin D i talc ass folk.. • To r. m !loath lietetand moo. Cover,, g arms to obverre Breda dual &Semen Op- 7 ;to turd the Once - • of ek..ok .r• and provision*, sad . for eleforsla Refloat.... for the rerfociatin tw Lai , Liefkesohuttk, anti Antsreqi 1.. V The ismlter, lbarefort, for coassikralson, is, is:Jell:a r od r . . IA . IF / .`,, " 4.--1-40.0-4.5 ‘ • ' le'. • . **3 ''7'.; '4 l : 1 , .:: .. ........ S • 'b t I W* ... ' ....."! ...*, .. -- 'VA, r ,: • 1,,..., . . six;....i .. ~ LFPENNY. . irtr6 powerAol7 le cu. •• • • l'm titer struggle si.c wa:. mete. • • (Ni'V . • ROUT. 10401 V Pa NICK., (A true copy.) Q. M. G. Ruhr. t brew/ureic, Q. N. G. COPT •r A LETTER PROM IttAll• A WHIR AL SIR RICHARD /. SIRA9IAN, HART. II R. T• TILL RIGHT lIONO 222222 Tat EARL OS CHATISMR, K. C.