The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-06-15 00:00:00, page 1

RICHMOND, 1'liIDAY, JU.YE 15, 1810.
[No. 11.
y[j* Published by Thomas Ritchie, nearly op
posite the GLbe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia.
j'jr' CONDl'l IONS :—live dollars a year, to
be paid annually in advar.ee. Those who wish to
be considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter
designate it at the time of subscribing, otherwise
their papers will be Uiscor.tinucd at the expiration
of the first year. ___
FOil LONDON,
TUB SHIP
SYLPH,
CAPTAIN WATLACK,
Will sail about tlie 20t.li inslan’ —For Irtigltt or
passage, apply on board, at West’s wharf, or to
WILLIAM BROW It & C>.
june 12. '2t
PURSUANT to a Deed of Trust executed
to the Subscribers by Samuel Parsons atul
Sarah bis wife, for the benefit ofWiiliam Cocke
stud Thomas and Amos Ladd, and other credit
ors of the said Samuel Parsons,will be sold, At
public Auction, on the respective premises, on
Monday the 2d day of July next, the following
property, situate in the City of Richmond, vix :
Nearly three-fourths of the half acre of ground,
designated in the plan of the said City, by No.
436, between Thomas Ladd’s and the Hay-Mar
ket Square, bounded on the North-East by the
Street which passes between tbe llay-Market
Square and llie Public Ware-bouse.
Tlie lower half of that vurt of Lot No. 413, on
the North-East side of the llasin, which is
bounded hy the Street running hy the Bank anti
ltobert M’Kim’s to Cary Street—thence hy the
latter Street to the Brick-House occupied by J
Smith as a Bakery—thence at right angles to the
alley between the said Lot and Robert Me Kim’s
-—thence by the said alley to the first mentioned
street.
This lot is held hy a deed, which conveys all
the interest of Byrd’s Trustei-s and Heirs, but is
subject to the appeurence of a ticket—The title
papers of both Lots will be exhibited at the sale.
The grounds will be sold entire, or divided to
suit purchasers.
Terms of sale will be, 12 months credit, on
notes negociable and payable at the Bank of Vir
ginia, satisfactorily endorsed, and titles to be
■withheld as further security, until the notes be
Jolly paid; or, at the option of th* purchaser,
one-fourth in hand, and deeds of trust on the
property sold, to secure the other three fourths.
The sak; will commence at 12 o’clock, on Lot
No. 413.
E. CARRINGTON,}
R. ADAMS, £ Trustees.
G. GREEN HOW. 3
May 29. cplcls
Y Virtue of u decretal oi uer of llie Court
of the United Slates for the fifth Circuit,
and Virginia district, pronounced outlie 21st
day of June, 1809, amended by an order entered
on the 24lh day of May, 1810, in a suit wherein
John Lloyd, executor of the surviving partner
of Cupel £t Osgood Hanbury, was plaintiff, and
Robert Patton and others were defendants, I
ahull, on the first day of August next, sell to the
highest bidder, on a credit of one, two and three
years, the whole ofthe Estate called MANS
FIELD, Subject to the dower-rights of the el
der Mrs. Page, and to a tenancy, during llie pre
sent year, on the balance. This elegant and val
uable property lies within one mile of Fredericks
burg. The houses are among the best in the
State. The situation is extremely healthy, and
supplied with the best water—The soil is suppo
sed to be equal to any on the Rappahannock Ri
ver ; on the border of which, inexhaustible quar
ries- of excellent free stone may be opened, pro
mising great profit to a man of enterprise. Mrs.
Prgc’s dower is in 1,014$ acres ; the reversion of
■which, aiter her interest is spent, will constitute
one Lot The part held by the tenants of Ro
bert C. Page, consisting of 572$ acres, will con
stitute another Lot: and the balance, of 1,137
acres, on which the improvements- c:e, will
make the third Lot. On this last, there are a
bout 5j0 acres of wood land, and on the others,
there is the usual proportion of wood- If I
fchould find that it would suit the view of purcha
sers iletter, the Lots may be modified on the day
of sale.
At the same time, & in pursuance of the same
orders, I will sell in different Lois, on the same
terms, about tl yen or twelve hundred acres on
Wm**I r 1 ' d ' ised by the 1 ,tc Col. Page to his
hi n J. on T. Pa e. The sales, will commence at
32 o’clock before llie front ooorof William
Herndon * Tavern, in Frederi ksburg, and be
adjourned, if necessary, from day today.
1 lie purchasei of each Lot must give bond,
■with approved security, for toe purchase money,
and the land is to remain bound &. he re sold, on
default ol payment, for so much ready money,
as may be sufficient to raise the balance llien due,
and the residue, on credit, to me et the future in
stalment, or instalments ; the proc.-cds of which
re-sale is to be in like manner secured; nod this
operation of re-sale is tube made as often as such
oessive defaults shall require ; conforming each,
to the terms prescribed tor the first.
A comuieat map id the land will be left with
Mr. AIsop, ut Mansfield, who will show the
premises.
BENJAMIN BOTTS.
May 29.
9 r l 'He. SUUSCK1 liliK, has ROK SALJ:—A>
i Ins Gl 'g.s ami China Store, first door above
tlie Eagle-Tavern : A supply oi fresh Teas, viz.
, Imperial, Hyson, Gun-Powder, Young Hyson tc
Souchong Tens,
Old Peach and Cognise Brandies,
Lomlon Particular, Madeira, jury Slierry, Claret
and Port Wines,
10 Mild*. New-Orleans Sugar,
Test refined Philadelphia and N. York Loaf do.
Havanna Sugar for preserving,
10 Hampers best Florence Oil,
20 Crait'3 Liverpool Ware,
10 Boxes C-bss, consisting of quart and pint
Decanters, Tumblers, Wine Glasses, U Cru
eta,
50 Cask:; first quality Whiskey,
50 l)o. Apple Brandy,
10 Do. Ltmced Oil,
20 Sells Table and Tea, Liverpool and Canton
China,
Preserve and 1* -kling Pots of every description,
B by 10—10 by 12 and 12 by 14 superior cjuality
Window Glass by the box,
llichmoiuland brandy Wine F & I F Gun Pow
der by the keg,
8,00(1 lb* Sa't Pelred Bacon, consisting of Hams
and Middlings,
20 Boxes Spanish Cigars.
DDlfARD NALL AM.
june 1. tf
{* T'OUKTEE N 1 i 17nT)HE 1) Sacks Liverpool
. Ground Salt, Sugars, Coflee, Tens, Hai
amv in Ikixvs and Kegs, Copperas, 8 by 10 and 12
by 10 Window Glus, White Lead, f* Spanish
B.x.wn, Hi-vanca Segars, Playing Cards, Dimi
• iu,< »?m.'”irus—«nd
HUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS.
For fAw. a
M is B MYKRS.
LANDS FOR SALE.—The Subscriber of-i
fen for sale, his
TRACT OR LA MO,
Lying in the county of Amherst, on the waters of
Pinev river, adjoining the lands of Junes Frank
lin, Joel Franklin’s estate, Micajah Camden,
WilliamS. Crawford and Bartlett Cash; con
taining near DUO acres. This tract lies extremely
wt-U ; upon it is a considerable quantity of mea
dow ground, it is very fertile, well watered, and
well adapted to the culture of corn, wheat and
tobacco ; upon it is a plantation suliicient to work
eight hands, a considerable part of it is fresh land,
and the whole of it is in a high s', ate of cultivation
—well enclosed, and divided into lour fields t
each field in its turn has been sowed in small
grain, a part of the grain has been rolled in the
Fluisler of Paris, and the whole have been sowed
in their turn in red clover, which grows luxuri
ant on thisplanlat ion; that, together with the
white clover, which grows naturally upon it,
produces very fine pasturage, there is also upon
it a very good apple orchard, and there has lately
oeen built thereon, some useful and valuable hou
ses. A lurlher description is deemed unnecessa
ry, as it is presumed that no person will purchase
without first viewing the lands. The overseer
living on the plantation, will shew the land to ally
person wishing to purchase.
ALSO—One other Tract, lying in Goochland
county, on both sides of Tuckaboe creek, on the
north side of the Three Chop road, adjoining the
lands of Benjamin Hughes, Benjamin Watkins,
and Ehslia Leak's estate, containing three hun
dred and fifty acres, a considerable part of this
land is cleared, and none of it has been in cultiva
tion for some years past ; it is land of good soil,
and is well adapted to the culture of corn and
wheat, and is very convenient to ms1 ket, being
about twenty-three miles from the city of Rich
mond.
These Lands will be sold on time, and the pay
ments made accommodating to purchasers. For
further particulars respecting this last tract of
Land, apply to Col. Robert 11. Saunders, living
near it in the said county, or to the subscriber in
the city of Richmond " WILLIAM GALT.
April 3l. tf
M A N C l IE ST E'll T U RN PI K.E COMPANY.
AT a meeting of toe Board of Directors, on
the 4th June, 1810:
Resolved, That all waggons, running upon the
Turnpike Hoad, having wheel* with tyre toe
width of four inches, shall be exempt from the
payment of the toll which is established by law,
on return waggons ; and that waggons so used,
with tyre the width of six inches and upwards-,
shall be exempt from the payment of one half of
all the toil allowed by law, both in going and re
turning.
That such exemptions shall continue so long
as the waggons which may be entered under this
regulation within twelve months from this date,
shall be employed upon the Turnpike Hoad.
Resolved, That the clerk be instructed to ad
vertise that he will receive proposals for building
a wooden bridge across the canal of Mayo’s mill,
in the town of Manchester, till the 1st Monday,
in July next.
Extract from the Minutes
'JAMES BRAND Eli, Clerk.
J«ne 8.tl.-tjuly
, A DVERT1SEMENT, Will he sold on me
18th of June upon the Estate, of the late
ColonelWilliam Nelson of King William—all
the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURN1
TURE—a good Carriage and Horses, some ve
ry valuable three and four years old Colts—the
stock of Cattle, Hogs and Sheep—which arc ge
nerally good—twelve months credit will be al
lowed for all sums over ten dollars, the purcha
sers giving bonds with approved security, to car
ry inte est from the date if not punctually paid.
All those who have claims against the above es
tate are again requested to bring them forward
for settlement-and those who are indebted
w ill please to nuke payment.
CHARLES C. PAGE.
Administrator with the tuill annexed.
J^ne 1. ____Gttf
NO TICE.— By virtue of a deed of trust made
to the subscribers, hy .Samuel Shelton and
John Staples, for the purpose therein expressed,
and recorded iu the County court of Albemarle :
Will be sold, for ready money, to the highest bid
der, at Brown’s Tavern, in tho town of Warren,
Albemarle county, oil Thursday, the twelfth day
of July r.ex>, the following Property, viz :
TWELVE NEGRO SLAVES;
Bob,\V ill, Nelson, Stephen, Phillis, S) Ivia, Luce,
Diner, Nan and her child, Charlotte & her child,
auu the increase of said female slaves.
ONE TRACT OF LAND,
Lying in the county of Albemarle, containing
six hundred and fifty acres, more or less, adjoin
ing the lands of William Hughs, Wilson C. Ni
choias, estate of Owen Lewis £t Thomas Gools
by : Also, one other
TRACT OF LAND,
Lying in said county, ( Albemarle) containing five
hundred and thirty-nine acres, more or less, ad
joining the lands of Wilson C. Nicholas, estate of
John Lewis, estate of Jacnb Morris, captain John
Harris and Doctor Robert Morrison ; 8t one othe4.
TRACT OF LAND,
Lying in Buckingham county, containing 103
acres, more or less, adjoining the Land* or James
Staton, Thomas Carter, Janies Slaton, jr. h John
Couch, or so much of said Property, !.s will be
sufficient to pay the balances due by said deed,
and cxjie.iccs in carrying the same into effect—
Being interested only as trustees, we will convey
to the purchaser or pm chasers of the above na
med properly, such title roily as is vested in us.
RICHARD ANDERSON,
SAMUEL DVEli.
ANDREW HART.
June 12.
Ids
WE have on hand, to be tb posed ot ju private
? ale
20 Jlhds. prime Antigua Korn
10 — Windward Lund uo
20 --Molasses
20000 -Green Coffee
150 Barrels 1st quality lo&fSnjjJt
20 lllids Brown Sugar
1.50 Barrels «lo. part of whioii 1st quality
40 -Apple Brnetly
6 Cases London Hats, Vrcsh imported
(> Bales lndu Cotton
0 -Hulls and Hum I'ami
6 Boxes Glass Warn Assorted
2000 Bushels Liverpool G:uttn . Salt.
Al.SO f
Salt in sarks, Imperial, Y«hjtuj Hyrott U. Sun
chortg Teas, Gin, i'rench Bi.mdy, iVppor, Gin
ger, Nutmegs, &c. a variety of other artu ies, too
tedious to eminiemie. Ail of winch will be sold
low lor ca«h, or npnroved psp»r
I’UOSSEH is MON CUR K, Au:'rt
June 12 if
B LAN iv H,
or tvuv rtscsn iiox,
I'Cli H.iJLJi .IT Tills Ol’I'JCK.
Dancing academy_Mr. dakrap.
a french Dancing Master, lately arrived
ii»U»is t<>.vn, respectfully informs the Ladies and
Gentlemen, and the public in general, that he has
opened a Dancing Academy, in the upper apart
ments over 1’lcibaniii’s Hook-Store, on the main
street, ■w here iie will teach the art of Dancing,
in its various parts, on moderate terms. Mr. D:»r
raq flatters himself, that any persons who mav
honor him with their confidence, will in a short
time, meet with the satisfaction expected, for no
care or trouble will be spared by him.
Ladies will he taught on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday—Gentlemen on Monday, Wednes
day and Friday, every week.
Mr. Darwj will also give private lessons to
any person, \vho will apply to him, or leave the
direction at his Dancing Academy.
_june_12.__ 2t5f
MURPil Y & CKUM l’, fourtit door above
the Bell-Tavern, have just received
PEls NS\ L V AN IA WHISKEY, in Hhds
And a Jtv) Barrels
CUT HERRINGS.
Which, together with a general aiaorttnent of
GROCERIES, GLASS and CHI hi A WARE,
They offer for sale, on the most reasonable terms,
jone 12. _ lm
BY Virtue of a decree of tire County Court of
Cumberland we shall proceed to sell (on
Saturday the 30th day of June next) the tract of
LAND belonging to the estate of Win. Hudson
dec'd. in this county, on which the said clec’d.
formerly lived, a credit of twelve months will be
fiveu—A final settlement of all accounts pro and
Con, touching the estate of said Wm. Hudson
clecM. will take place on the above day, and at
the late dwelling house of said dec’d. where the
above sale will take place.
THOMAS BRACKETT,-)
THOMAS GORDON, C Commissioners
NOTUN GOODMAN 3
Cumberland County, May 18. 4w
W O or three lautuf Ladies, (from the coun
try,) whose parents wish them benefited by
any seminary of learning, in Richmond, may be
accommodated with BOARD, in a respectable
family. For particulars, apply to the Editor of
the Enquirer.
J«no _wtf
* S'MIE Subscriber intending in a few d.n-3 to
* leave this State for Europe, gives notice
that Francis R. Strobia is his attorney in fact to
transact his business in his absence.
THOMAS GILLIAT.
_june 8.__2m
rK^HOMAS S. POPE, has removed his Shop
£ to the house lately oc< upii-d by Mr. Thos.
Diddep, on the Cross street, leading from the
Main street to Shockcn Warehouse, where he
hopes by attention and punctuality, to merit the
patronage of his friends and the public generally.
May 15. L tf
C'Ul'ype.
LATE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
London, April 15.
We have received a letter from our cor
respondent at Madras, by the late arrivals,
dated October 10, lf>09. It states—“ gene
ral Ward, (recently arrived from England)
is directed to be president of a court-martial
'vhich is to assemble on the 20:h instant at
Bangalore, for the trials of lieutenant colo_
nels John Ball, John Doveton, and major
Storey, who were concerned in the late un
happy u sputes, adverted to in my letter by
the Ganges I am sorry to say, that the
mild and gracious general-orders published
by lord Minto, on the 25th ult. have by no
wean// bad the effect intended—in truth, dis
content appears to pervade the Comfiany’s
troops as much as ever. Nothing but the
tear inspired by a potent and numerous bo
dy of the King's troops keeps those oflicers
in check-The declaration (or test of o
bedience) which lord Minto directs to be
signed, is exactly the same as that render
ed to the army by Sir George Barlow on the
26tii of July last; and which nine-tenths of,
the officers, of all ranks and corps, refused j
to sign ; and, in consequence of which re
fusal. they were exiled to the sea coast, on ;
both sides of the Peninsula; and theie the
major part of them still remain, and there
is every reason msnppose, that many of them
will finally decline signing. Mow Lord
Minto will act concerning them, we have
yet to learn. He is aware, no doubt, that
the Jire is only covered, and it may break
out with greater violence than before.”
THE WALCHEUEN EXPEDITION.
The following is a sketch of the speech
made by Mr. Windham in the course of the
late adjourned debate, upon tile inquiry into
the expedition to thr Scheldt:
Mr. Windham—I shall not occupy the
l time of the house by commenting upon the
theories and sentiments of the honorable ba
ronet. ( ir Francis Burdett,)' the judicious
argnnnents of the honorable gentleman who
spoke last but one, (Mr. Hragge Bathurst,)
| having precluded the necessity of any ob
servation of mine upon the subject. 1 shall !
therefore proceed, ns shortly as I can, tool-1
ler to the house my sentiments upon the dis
astrous expedition to Walcheren-hat
monstrous child of presumption and folly—
and in order to present to the house a full
and clear view of the subject, I shall feel
it necessary to take the ma.tcr up at an cur
ly period, and to discuss it upon broader
grounds than the gentlemen who have pre.
ceded mein this debate, have thought itex
l>edient to do. In stating this, 1 beg the
Iimis j not to be alarmed at the idea, that I
initml to occupy any very material portion
ol their time ; the mode in which I propose j
:o discuss the question, will probably be I
found to lie the most concise which could be 1
adopted; it frequently happens, according!
to an old proverb, that “the farthest way i
; bout is the nearest way home.” T shall at_ '
tempt to shew, not only that this expedition j
could not possibly succeed, but tnat even
success would not have justified the national
torc.e to the purposes of this expedition.—
I a n aware that in supporting the laltev
proposition, I shall have the popular roicc
agiinst me; but it ha# frequently been mv
1°* to contend against the senseless clamors
of the populace, and 1 haife. nut unfrequest
ly, hail the satisfaction to find that measures
which hav<* been proposed by me, in direct
opposition to popular opinion, have ultl*
rnatrly been sanctioned l>y that very opinion
Notliiig, sir, can be more derogatory from
tbe character of a statesman, tbau a perpe
tual hankering niter popularity; to a desire
ot this sort, on tin* pure i t his majesty’s mi.
nistefs, do I attri!>...e this most calamitous
expedition, and all tbe disgrace and ruin
which have attended it; and I do say, sir,
that if the persons entrusted with the di.
ruction ot the energies ct the kingdom, con .
linue to be actuated by this sentiment, it is
not dinicnit to foresee, that the utter de&truc
lion of the country must be the inevitable
consequence. To demonstrate the folly and
impracticability of the plan (d plan it may
b * called) of this nmasutous expedition, it will
not be necessary to go into a very minute
detail of the mass ot evidence which has
been laid upon the table. I shall content
mvselt with selecting a few of the more pro
minent points. In making this selection I
shall have little difficulty ; the whole con
duct of the expedition is so pregnant with
ignorance and lolly, and presents such a
choice of blunders, that, had it been divided
among ten administrations, it would have
been sufficient to have condemned them ail.
I he noble lord (Castlereagh) however, in
defending the conduct of himself and his
colleagues upon this melancholy occasion,
has expressed himself witli a degree of cai
lous indifference, intermixed with pleasan
tly, ill adapted to his situation ; for my own
part, I could not listen, without horror and
indignation, to the arguments, so full of no
thingness and delivered with such flippancy,
by which that noble lord attempted to defend
himself for having wantonly consigned thou
sands of his countrymen to an inglorious
grave. 'Fhe right hoh. gentleman, (Mr.
Canning,) lias certainly conducted himsell
with great propriety ; some part, at least,
ot his usual presumption seems to have for,
saken him ; and it unquestionably docs now
become his majesty's ministers tube humble
-their wings have been damped by the
fogs of Walcheren—they ate like wasps in
rainy weather-we may examine them
without tear of their stings. In discussing
the conduct of this miserable expedition, this
concatenation of blunders, this long lane of
mischiefs, which has no turn except to de
struction ; the first thing to be observed is,
that according to all their evidence, the
planners ot the expedition could have nu
hope of success, unless all the chances turn
ed out in their favor, unless all their cards
turned to be trumps ; the wind must blow
from acertain point, and it must blow with
a certain degree of force ; if the wind chang
ed, the expedition could not arrive at its des
tined point, and if the wind blew fresh, it
would produce a surf, and prevent the land
ing. Now, considering the proverbial cer
tainty of the wind, the expectation that all
these things would happen, must be admit
ted to have been extremely rational; but
supposing that his majesty’s ministers could
have had sufficient influence to induce the
wind toblow exactly as they wished it, st:l! to
insure to any thing Jikn a prospect of success
to the expedition, this mighty armament
must, in all its subsequent operations, have
moved with all the regularity and precision
of n piece of machinery ; one operation must
be performed in thiee days, another in four,
the artillery must move thrr jgh the sand
without friction, and there must be “ nocn
emy to light withal.”-What a pity it is
that our sober ministers have not been in the
habit of frequenting the gaming table ; had
they known bow to calculate the ode’s, they
would never have sent out this expedition.
Hut, sir, the truth is, that this gallant army,
this last hope of liugland, was committed to
iminent hazard and ultimate destruction,
without any tiling like a plan fur the gui
dance of its operations. The noble lord
seems to have thought it quite sufficient to
send out an expedition and leave the rest to
chance. My lord Chatham was sent out to
try experiments. I remember a s/ory o! a
man, who, being asked if he could play on
the fiddle, said, “ he rould not tell, but he
would try.” Such was precisely the situa
lion of my lord Holland—(a loud laugh. J I
must beg his lordship’s pardon for haring
substituted his name for that of my lord
Chatham ; but his lordship is always near my
heart, 8chis name has involuntarily slipped
from my tongue. What did the military o
pinions amount to ? Precisely nothing, and
how could it be otherwise, Seeing that the
officers had no data whereon to found their
opinions ? Ministers indeed tell us that they
had information from their spies, that theit
"Were so many men at Antwerp——so many
at I/illo, and so manv at Bergen op Z .om ;
hut it must be recollected, th if it is the in.,
terest of spies to smooth the difficulties that
lie in the way of their employers ; am], in
dependent of this con* ide ration, how is it pi v
siple for spies to form an estimate of the ft
mount of the small detach tm. its which ait
scattered ali over the. country * It must also
be recollected, that a great p u t of the |>np
illation of the country consists of men who
have been accustomed to the use of .;! ms ;
aye, sir, ami who have seen fire too. The
very sweepings of such a country would have
been sufficient for the defence of Antwerp.
Hut wt re ministers, sir, s < very igi.i.r-itit as
not to know that there are between iO and
30 fnrtifird towns, within a few i march
of Antwerp, and that each of those towns
has its garrison f N.ty, sir, it is now known,
that troops were sent even from Haris to
Antwrrp, fiefore onr devoted army teaclicd
the point where its difficult! a were. to com
mence. Did ministers think that the tro' p
of the enemy w e re immoveable i 'J'he insane
calculations of these i neap aides remind me
cf a countryman, who in directing a travel..
ler across the Downs, told him, that lie must
travel three or four miles, and when he came |
to a flock of sheep, lie must turn to the 1 igbt. !
But how if the sheep had dunged their po
si: ion, before he pot there i (.1 laugh )\
What would gentlemen say of Honap me. ii,
ou receiving intelligence from bis spies that |
there were only 7 or 8000 troops in ov near!
Hortsmoiuli, he was to send an expedition of |
40.000 men to take ihc place t Would tin v ;
not nay that he was insane ? The noble lord
(Cantleiragh) however, soys, thatit was in
tended to tike Antwerp by a e cufi de.ir.ata.
What must the. enemv, sir, think of us, when
•hey hear this stated ? With what contempt
tfc ridicule must {they not treat us, when
th’.y learn that the pn jector of this mighty
|expedition is acqnai'.ted wish the tevnis of
jt'm miliiry science, without having the
| ■'lights id .a ot the meaning of those terms ?
I (toikI Clod, ?ir, talk fit si coufi-rie nitiin with
40 oGOmen, and 3a .sail ot the lino! Gentle
nitn nngiit as well talk «>t iicon/t de mam in
the court of chancery. (liOiidu/td continued
laughsi r.J
1 ha-.e i.o wish, sir, to excite merriment
upon this melancholy occasion,but the ••'hole
or the conduct ot ministers is so pregnant
wit’n blunders-so full of ridicule, timt itia
impossible barely to describe it without pro
ducing a laugh. Fat the noble lord (Cusile
rcaglt) has itad the modesty to assert, that
tile expedition went on very will : that Bon.,
apart* did nothing for the defence of Ant.
werp ; and that w! ett out* commanders gave
up tile enterprize, there • ere ot.ly 26,C0d
I troops in and near Antwerp, and of thou;
j t‘oops, the noble lo-d Isas thought proper t<»
I s5,"«tk in terms ot the utmost contempt,
j \\ hat was thve in the composition of those
I troops to induce the noble lo d to speak ot*
; them in tei ms ot ridicule? Were they vo
lunteer*, ur were they local militia?—fA
lau^h.)
this assertion of the noble lord, If it a
mourns to :» j dung, amounts to acensure oi*
♦he officers entrusted with the command bt
the expedition. The noble loud and his col
leagues evidently wish to have it irifjrre»l
that the cmnma.ulers of the expedition bhve
been to blame. Why, then, do they riot
plainly t hi us so? '1 :u y poiut their fingers
at the command s. but they dare not name
them. It is iort :r. ite lor the country ,• hovv„
ever, that the commanders were not mad
enough to attempt to proceed to Antwerp;
j calamitous and disgraceful as the result ot*
theexpedti n has been, cur ruin would, in
that event, have been still more comple -a.
If it be asked why Bonap.trte did not*send
ni lie troops to Antwerp, the answer is evi"
dent-a is troops, though not under the
walls of Antwerp, wern in situliionsfrom
whence they could be speedily seat either
there or to any other [dace likely to be at
tacked by ns. IThe troops then in the garri
son were suPicttti: far present defence ; and
it, tln.-reh.rc, v.isuot worth his wliilc to send
, mure troops, u.iiii ne ascertained that our
CDaini.'.iuiei's wete desperate enough to at
l tempt the siege of the pUce. lie well knew
(though our mini: .e: s did not) what sort of
! a'| enemy our brave army ha l to contend
j with,in the pestilential marshes of VValche
i t en; and much would he rejoice, when lie
j found that ministers had been ins .ae enaujjn,
to send their armament to the Scheldt. When
he lii st heard, that such was the destination
of our boas'ed expedition, with what a
stnde bCsatislaCtion would he say tolus min
isters,
j “ There let them lie, till famine and the ague
tat them up.”
; Upon a consideration, sir, of all the evidence
I la;d :>n your table, I fi- d myself bound so
j Ictniiy to call upon this house for the con**
i demm lion of those ministers who have wun-t
j tonly err jpromised the safety end honor of
I the country, by undertaking an expedition,
;in v/inch success was absolutely impossible.
— I shall now, si:-, attempt to shew, that
e'en success would not have justified his ma
jesty’s ministers in putting w> hazard the
last a<’-uy of the country, upor. this expediti -
on. Th^ administration, sir, with /horn I
ivid the honor to act, made it their uniform
study to hu band the resources<«:the coun
try ; regardless of popular clamor, they de
termined not to expend, in fruitless expedi
tion-., that hl.j. l and that treasure, which, at
j no very distant period, may be required in
t toe defenceoi r.li dial is dear to us. I am,
however, ready to admit, sir, that there may
bo occasions which cull for a departure from
the luies of ordinary prudence ; the .Span
ish revolution tv as, in my opinion, one of
those occasions ; and had I been in office
whui that evt nt ocean cl l iur one n aid.
have concurred in the propriety of sending u>
the 1 emnsula, the largest diaposeabic ‘orce
•vhich the country t aid possibly spare.
When I first heard that tl e expedition,
which was afterwaul; *< r,t to thu Scheldt,
was in contemplation, 1 d:d hope that it was
destined to reinforce our gViiaiu army (lica
in Spam. I was u. that time in the coun •
try, but, before the sailing of th . expt U'n.u
I came t»i L »ml n, where I heai d, fr mi per •
sons upon where information I could rely,
such an account of the state of the public
mind, r.nd of the event.-, then passing in the
uori'i of (lernrtny, as to induce me to form,
an opinion, that to send out- cltspnaeable
force there would be preferable even to send-,
ing it to 'dp tin. Schiil, and many other in
teresting men. had embarked in a cause, in
which their lives were at stake, ami had
they Lren supported by u powerful British
army, some.i.mg might hive been achieved
to avert the sinking destinies of Europet
| i he hopes of the continent were turned to
warns his majesty s ministers ; hut, alas !
how cruelly were those hopes disappointed:
Puffed up with the st'fish expectation of ob"
taming a little momentary popularity, by the
capture of a few ships, and the destruction
’I*n arsenal, the kind's ministers sent this
mighty armament (which might posciolr
h *ve decided the fate -f Iimopc) upon a ,,Te
<’ itoiy exp •dition. II nv oouM Hie expedt
ii >ii to Antwerp produ t a divi mien in favor
of Austri \ ? It ministers had realized the
absurd hope of taking Artiv.-vp. what would,
our army have dune ju * M ist they not
instantly have turned their barks upon the
enemy tnrl go-. on hoard their ships as fast
as their, gs could Carry them ? \V„old they
nrtotherwise hriv- b-eu exposed to inevito
bledesli .it ion f Well might Austria entn
p’. in, ahd bitterly complain, of the selfish
ness and m miners n(V, i conduct. But Min
isters say, that they were prevented fro u
sending the expedition to the t.oub of fAer
many by motives n! humanity ; their human's
minds couhl not brn,>k tli • idea of ixM.in
an insurrection among the Germans, lc»e
the insurgents should ifterwni d* be butcher
ed by the I’rench, nr,.i this, we are t-id by
■ be very men whose tender monies were
exhibited in i\\i attack upon Copenhagen_
ih it base and infamous expedition, by wi»icIx
lH« reputation of this country baa received a
«tab, never tube effaced, while it.e records
o our history shall exist. But how does it hap
pen, that the fender feelings of our minister*,
are reserved exclusive ly for the inhabit ots of
Germany > \Vhy did pa these feeling* ot*;