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Dent.-Genes She hMori:, cell, le
State to the C;;Ssinaninsi7leteirlioihr: CONll.ltiee.
11011 Proceeded mi....
Mien !—The retort e of the army moinirkiA at
we sailed ,pull the until, anchored npoo net
Lust the aurae escalate, weighed azain 0.4 444144eb"-,,,..."'
auchored in the hoompitt, and upon the Ask
Keats CJlllt-tii Lit id...re will( the shoe II t" .4° --,„"
with an interim* to dmenthark the 'roots s sue f,:;"
lard. I should state that there wag a (Lai .""
giscu the (reserve I feces,. das urderugt.
Wand hkhoweu fur the safety of the amerniraa „.•
•"`
Routspert t upon reaching that authoress., it wa,
the wearily of it urinate depended noun th:,:11.".t
Schowea. I salowtrii that to the Commoilre. m.c.„'
Sant 14,111Y1l my proceeding up the East schridt, ow,
.
the original intention tutu animation, of disembark.,, ~ !
ialru~id South Iterrlanii, near Goes; atom the
'
fore kSir Hume Popham hawing periirosly.,..44,h ~'.^-
ticl) Sir Ito hard Keats priarcedual to Zwieksee, whoa foe end to come The hoops were that day put • ▪
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boat., bat owing to a envie gale coining an, it a
hie to carry the landiug lato exteutime, Cpua the 1,1 .f
tessAulSui:ollhs Behe s"T'lerlaud,c' andfrom ;lurk :tip°
newly the tuts •k,a,tad
rf.tethekmospotirfalitiieoi!nint 7rul*illiesr.:ll!Zurt:
its the ins:
Juhs Hope then proceeded with • replier do 4
from the tat I.,!.tugust.l
Did you final horses and ptuvieious its the abundanea aler
you had expected from your instructions to flail the.:
_L minion of horns ; a very consiilerattle supply tait,-
„r bone., but in pilot of cattle I bad rano. et lust to t. 4.
here we should nut be well supplied ; 1 b la re that then,
sourer" of South Ileac:mil went afterwsirde Merest,'
bt plow drawn from the ialatud of fichusen chiefly, and few
North Beechnut, and the troops certainly atter wark,;
any shape except in apirste; there is.., at Gni a eery r ,tst
want of spirits,, Mich were out to lw had in the istiad.`
Howe.. after your arrival is did toe ri,
reice any istellimnace of the state of the enemy's force, us.
preparations ?--Upon the evening of the tut Iliad ennri.
cation with acveint of the iiiitalmants of Gino, and 4.. the,
• wide-tumid that the enemy Lad certainly thru•o trays it
Bergen-up Loon.
Hat,: mi. ganloces to state to the Committre the idol.
Illation you merited at ddhrrent times during t one coati..
ante in South Bei elnaill—U pon the clis August, the as
telligeme of the enemy baring thrown tem-mime Bercer...?
Zoom was contirini-d ; R was Ilk° 0314,1, teal 1n41,14a
aides-able numbers were eitatiand bete tea Berenseploo
and Antwerp. It aas nail that ricuch, arid too It..
troops e ere in Antwerp ; that the people belongan4 to t
aired esiablishinents in Antwerp had hr.% for a coasoltni
I time trained to arms, and dot duty in the lowa, ur hat 4,
duty its the town, and that trout•ts wi re expected at Alien
from Itruesseic Upon the loth, it sta. atated tu me that the
were troops in Twirls ; that the trees rotted:lie town, epos(
glacial and its the intuiedisie neighbourhood of that
were ratting down; :nod that prep.:ol4d* wire melon(
inandate the culotte) beta ern 1.01, u and Ile, zi atm./son
that constant pairolcs were npou she roads; that an firths'
been c,ven in Bergen-op Zoom for the inhabitants tom
'branch T 9 with provisions for a certain period, or fu ern.
Iowa; and tli it in the usitiarlis, or certniu parts of the leer,
Ike inhabitants hail been &aired to quit their hoists. rir
Cantinittee ails moles stand, that iutilligence of that kilt
cleniag from varioue sources, requires t, tic compared by r
person who receives it at the tone, awl ain receive its silt
from the circumstances' atteadin; it ; I do nut therefore pre
tend to coach tor 11, or say that I give the ti h.., of a
pheit credit. Twesty•Gre thomatoi to nwt n eztid to he
Anteirp, I state that, because I had uo Leann titan that
many men were Its Antwerp at the time ; r. as Ale
said to he et week open the works 11l Antwerp at ilia ts
lire loth of .tti,;iist ; th:s dale, the pas..o mho ailed
Me there wait a veil bilge garrison is Di e,reti op Zoom,
same time, its 11,, 0.4111111:11loy, remarked this iiicouax,.
of the inhabitant, bring desired to quit their tonne% or,r
ply themselves with provnitow. That curfirmed tar is I
belief that n can ism was in BergemripZoom, and that a,
• floe wag to be made; irtlid not abew Int Oat a tettitiu
ter of men was in it.: bet that the enemy hid Shoran men
to it, anti acre deteratiewil to derelict it. Vista the bah
Attempt, it was also stated, sad to that I gate tmplwit rr
for I saw the ships, that the Fri itch ant were mouriC
kln the town of Antoci p. Upon the s tth of Asaest, it
; slated, that the enemy's eabionmeat hetwoen Lit',, mil Br.
gesaip•Zonin lied lire. considerably reniforcerl....lC,ll3,lN
of 3or dolor men; that I had unreason to doubt,
'about that tine, we had ptrerired more fronts ot par-,
slung the coast, and more nuwessiesit of tomes than eel
hefore perceived. Upon the ttth of A 1,;13A t, it Wall it,
that the gasessost of Negro-op-Lima had been cis"
that French troupe had !wen sr-at iu lieu of Dutch
I weer had way mcaris of ascertaining the truth at li
and am rather inclined to believe it was out the case. T,
awns:and men from the khine were said to bare it,.'
at HIVISCIP, a few days previously to the I ttla ; it itra,e
said, that about that time, there were about lase dr..,
men at Lillis, mud five hundred at Lief keinannik ; ups, n
1 bars tasty to say, that I believe the number was poki
exaggerated. Upon the tath, Ike ietellictuce we bail f,
different quarters gave the 1414.01 complete reaosus label
that the inundatium Dear the lines of Siecrhergro,
Telco and Bergen-up-Zoom, hail been carried Whit&
On the lath, the whole of the intelligeace relating It
garrison of Bergen•op Zoom, the cantonment of the ear
and the arrival of troops, as well as the immolation of
right bank of the Scheldt, wore count used. U poo the Ito
I Yard there wee a still more partkular, and a Wring or
archon of she foregoing witeltigarce. 1.-port 'Lc isits
bad iutelligenes of inundations all IN kft batik Mew
laefkenshoefa, and below It towards the pull of Desch
Cps the tritli of August, we were tafortned by a peras stn
knew Attire's), or stated that he km, Astwery, thst
hae•tit• battle slope could go ^heat lbw fuer nillm slant
tuna of Antwerp. Upon the gist of Aug's?, ti
Ours went alined to lie ae high .a the citadel of
and that a bones bad Leas thessern across from Lille lobe
Itionshorth ; the gurrisou of Autwgrp was then st.a d to 1
electsl thousand men. Upon the egil of Auguo, it
etoteil, through a channel that as thought a ',a-eve
the gut min 0. Berges•op-Zooni eousistol afro's sun
nine hundred sneer ; that there were twelve thous: std ran
eslitonments between Bergcoop•Zorini nod Lillo ; sad it
in all minces, thousand men were said bi be along Ls
Itaisks or the Scheldt, comprehcading, I conclude,
weep, the cantonment of Lillis, sad alai the tom! wet
have nn the left bank ; sod that troops Were at shot u
daily arriving at Antwerp ; and that the earn. had
pilled the noundatiun on the !Oahu& near Liifkin,Lii
and were preparing to sink veseets la the channel. Upon ii
ard of August, is consequence of some converratwa
had takes' place mintier to the works of Antwerp, it
been determined to endeavour to obtain peee,se iltforta'ts
✓eapectiteg the rewctiltsent of the walks that etre noir':
to exist, and upon that date, the odd of depot, it an, r"'
fit incil that the stole re, ettmeot of the tatolni.aa a Pr''
en had been lately lc paned. Oa the asth ursine r,eeha''.'
enumeration of the ear my'riforce,from a eurvey,ul.iiii
than amount to 41,730 mco • it was elated thvi Thiene,
hail bees in Antwerp, and thiC retnissatt of the as heal,
the citadel wee confirmed. That was the suhstence o(. IL
inferseation that I received, or that passed thromth ewe, tle,
in; come from 011icers under me, and which 1 trammed w
to beed.inatters.
▪ th
On sit gt.il4, the ietelligesee rewired by yell
enem)`• force amount to 11,710 men ; hew Co yev ern
for the difference between those aunibera, and don, steteJ
the paper addressed to the LlentrnaorGi rel. the tilt 1":;
ceding, which makes the (wee amount to 3:.,0it0 rnrm
giving that 'tisk...cut, I donut give it as s stale:seat 1•7,
can is any mauler vouch fur ,se
a• coming boo a r"
employed; the generality of pervnus are estrew'? ~
~
unrest, sad as to numbers, 1 would in ter give eat r"
thew' whatever, ankle stroogly coatis need by other ego,.

stances.
Ilad pow any information of the state of Irllal sad /
heoshook, when the Expedition arrived at Baths, or P '
after, end their sneeze. of defence,-11 was sta•ci r'''
rally, by the prisons whom we employed, as well rs t) e
sl.4l.itaisis of S,mth Ileveland, who pretended to L00...'
'Stole of the r, that the furls of Lill.. end I seikroe,
Mini in a gate of **mime meg the 'mks : s ith tofccl'

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Ar garrison.. I bare staAed, ,bat, epee eme occasion, one
tommad men trtre 'JOY to be illliu, and live I teed in
Lielltembneilt, but that I believed they wrap cumulated, par.
tteuiarly La). 'I he t:liratly ‘‘l-1 c very early observed to be
wok f.tutpruvinw the •uika, I presume) at Liao, aml, I
brlunr.sukrepteutly, at Liefkeoshoeik.
It as any pan of the faipmlitiou coutinankated to yuu pre-
yluus;y is your sailino.l saw a web draft Or eLttCh of
bat ie rte .:GAY culledthe disp..aitiont All no f trinnl
rotawauwation at all relative to it beyoud aty 'mu instrue.

wow •
Wei e wit ev,e consulted with by the Commander•io-Chief,
ur His alalestys 31inisters, previously to the sailing of the
Earslitiou, relative to the objects of I. Expedition ?—1
was nut tossnited; the day willuwqrsetit to Lord Chatham's
arrival at It.unsgate, I waited upon him, as was my duty at
that time m • very short visit, nut lasting a quarter of au
hoar, his Lindrhip mentioned gener.illy, the whject of the
f,epedition; but, in no shape, will, a view to consult me,
tertaialy; use. was there soy detail mitered into either by his
Lordship why me.
What did you understand Is that conversation to he the
principal object' of eke Expeditiou Ili nut sure that the
object,. were at all detailed in any shape? I had undeistond,
77nious to that, what the objects of the Expedition writ ;
that the capture of Walrheren, and the rapture or destruc-
tion of lira enemy* arscuals to the Scheldt, were the objects
the 17:pedalos.
wrist communications had yam with Lord Chatham, after
his Lotilship's arrival in *oath lit reknit Lord Chat.
muse to the vitiate of behoure, where ley quarters
-sem the day after Idle to-rival in the island, npuu the ;
ticit ass the that detailed communication a any kind I had
aid% howl Ch ablis. respecting the Exit...ldiom ; I had sot
arcs his Lordship sabsequeutly to his embarkation at all.

Stale what the cosuatssicatlisna were which you had with
lard Chatham ?..11 was a courcrsation %loch lasted a con-
viderabie thee; daring which. Lord Chatham certainly did
meth, humane to ask lay opialoa relative to the ulterior pro.
ediap attic army.
state what waii the sabstance of the opinion yews Rare to
Lard Chatham F—The seibatanee of wy tyneiod was, that
them was sio p.olaabs6ty of our success •;aivat Antwerp or
the *rt. . . . . .

n.., ‘,.ti state the grouude oftl.at opinion, and, if you did,
chat ware they ?—t staled tl.e grounds that led me to that
wpiaion; they were, in geues.4l, that the enemy was iu a
s ate of preparation, which would, i. fallibly teak. 7t neces-
sary to hsiug, 'testy ordnance agasind the !two ut Antwerp,
rob lily, by the witueti 111 l of the low • de.
tears ; by which I uoiler•tood Lill" and Litfltenshoe.k. I
it., stated, that I e0n...-.recl no • Tactaal °porgies could
e tarried un monist .litorerp, eal. we were enabled to ia•
rr.t the lowa on both sides the That if that was so ems.
traplation, it became necessary, that the taros detached to
thr kft hank of the ricer should be ',goal to its tetra supput t
moony. That, from what ce b ..1 reason to know,
tf the noisily's of the enemy, or his state of preparation, and
I econderi. g that a coasiderable thrlay must necessarily occur
prorermng to • siege, I did not sec that, meth our num-
hes we had the slugfest proLability of succeeding
st.de how early ton had formed that opinion?—l cannot
teate, the preesar data; I Call only sa, that, very early after
ay arrival South, Liewelaud, bat 0111121.)N was con-
firmed. Preiious to the sailing of the Lxpeihtion, I was not
singuitse is 01% expectation ol sore, ss ; but soon after my
antral ut South Berelasd, that opinion because a positive
vs,

Did Lard Chatham, then, or at any time, commitnieate to
yae any plan iif operations by whirls it was intended to effect
the illterigo objects of the F.apeditian '—l recollect no such
yap einnrunntrated by Lord Chatham at all.
tt lien ins it first notified to you, that yes were to
Lie a cosnmand is tha lispeditio•li—As nearly as I recut-
Ito, in the latter red of June, or the becinsiagrifJ•ly, the
ltter of service ..ia the first notice I had edit, which I re-
mind (nun the Commander-in-Chiefs office above the end
game, or the beginning add sly.
V. our nputior asked of TIM by the Commander-di-Chief,
anal .41, . f His ‘fajenty's NI misters, either in wntio:: 1/f ver-
bal!, pees musty to the sailing of the Expeditioa !—Whitu I
a Jed apt' any Lord Chatham at Itaunsgste, hr e,rtainly,
Wn. camersat IWO s e li.d, asked generally what toy opinion
,Attie Ispeddion was: hat, as I bane already stated, bin
1
Li.l..y mitered iota wee *ism/ otitis use, um !will say up
psdawtr ‘..f Uotneen unit hno, Der win I at all called ..,pcst
h au SY hi the ClieUnitilutieeß at that Clint.
o,4Y'rr.rs any general Omutas to laud Chatham, in tn."
trwesor of Owl ri quest made by Lied Chatham to y.m '—
lamed. it. f .:.s 1 raw recollect, that I did out think it pit,.
Saar we ihnitil owned.

Lor•I Chatham make any oldorrations thereupon ?
Mt Lot :Chatham made to, W.-Amami tttt spoil my opinttet ;
I liitittc his I.oritshiyi 11161.1,, that it certainty was on arduous
ovirthikiny, awl that there Maa nn orapon to suppose the
fritwy 1,101 11, an CO1C1314.1) UlliwtpareJ state; 1 north that
tuthr whiik that paned.
Did Sir Wlll rut &skid,. communicate to you the intelli•
rote that lie from time to lime rereivcd respecting the state
the Ivitihrittioas of Antwerp, Idllo, and the dieweet
taco in Flasiltirs ,—Sir tVillians Erskine cornommeated to
Si sll roil imetheenee as he hod received, and that intelli-
had. In set alkint procoring in romorpienee of orders be
armed Loin ow. Intelligence of that kind I immediately
trusunted to latad•quortero. It ohm occurred that Sir
Frakine, ou one or two °cranium, whikt he Irans•
mood for imehigenee to use, transmitted it slain direct to
keviivrters.

1.. d. the, neennling told.e information you re-
A"dsa the astir of August, the siuulsot of the eiortity's
e,. arlw.'en Antwerp nail Rerifell Oli.Z•0111, aid 'en both
atria the Scheldt, was 21,751 men ; whit PeoPwwilwa"
It fore bad pm mason to stilipO•e sere regular troupe -
I I'.
c• =sans of komwing that i irtilaislilailve at all rustily ;
• ttie same time the roc...a colour of the tittelligrtiee lad
10 to believe that the whole comprehended I. that number
owe regular troops ; maul of them depot. of the Freoeb
Not. inlay of them Vet) yailiisg men, but regular troops ; its
63" 'btu one instance, pa/14.111m* its that alludioll to is
alk" masters...a of the troop., the corps ate Illeliliss•rds boa
, hy memo vouch our the untubere The geoeral ef-
tof the atitrl!,eeiter was, that the enemy's (tore (*misted
af regal.", to„ p., many of them, lonseser, 'Prat. of rev-
to the I reach art vote, sod rose) of them troops has-
itlf Med.
i_L),° Poe know of a ford that win Iciin.l nut not far from
acmes the Beeeen-op-lomeo rissunel I—Ttir channel,
Libvitela, up•Zioni is at a particular time a the
-7,'"•• tomieserst.le eutent near thr fort of Baths.
,"'n, mom was that channel in possession of the British
?—The channel betrime in our roartrott.on from the um.
614. ....Dm run of the f -etot phut ha. . , •
you toMate that the fort of Bathe was attack-
;:..▪
.**Ke by the of doe ; Ilan. was the whole of
channel In mammies tithe tint bat r--The attack of the
swns.'s flotilla was one by the Western Scheldt.
:C.; Id troops bare pared across that twit at soy time with-
-1416R untitled hy any "(the enem', small ere; or era.
▪ —No annoyance roisld proceed :r to the cursis's Small
became the riotnnel was marl) dry, stud *mall craft •.o.d out be ii, it to low ester.
▪ pont of (set wits it pramirah!e, at an early dot,- Aer
sos,
ostimpeemasto• of 'builds Berelarti, to low, touted for-
am% any force tusards Amster'. by that ford ,—The f..rd
Ms practicable I helium fur infantry, probably in .mall
helm, but I enceore newer was practir tide at all f,:r stay
Or
n 7 m military pure ac ; the Cavalry lid artillery could not
npmett poi it, out accutditil to soy lorlniuU that onto:oil al the time.
Win ,ray attempt mate ht pass it, nr to take p 005,0061 Of
Ibto;h.r aide, clr to thew,. •p any •wr his the other side t—
np works no the other
hy men fir the
pirposit es( tat nig it o but no
attempt nit ovule, Out was soy attempt made to
cilia
_ `,ptssi did lon'. Chubut, tips m: ,re at Bathe think
7 i:ad, head quarters arse IA t'rehlwtokkr, and hie
'w
ter 'rap ens, I believe, that day at Woltz ; he ass I know lath.
it had been mart irolds to hem londrd o Ilritnh
7,t`r • mortal of 2.1,1.,0 nwu, ,4,ar
Ito et;aa,wu art
'Pkbd been his; tlytt ehlw to the l:gUhca,6n,a shirr
bees a IrtVouris that limed 1 iter (ur
.ssms with a British three ;ad st 'lse.; :IV[wills
stolid.ll°l"7l,74•Y artlikris ine7,4 • wrist is.is
fitted not ,s your Imo'
hare • bl
batteries a-aiusi the . Praft." 'I"
--4".
*bag rip is, 'Zack.'no,i, of the plurr, ti ill. int
as 4tiriyetio r rite:tittoisttd

sock flu bleat eirentneditaree the pkee; M the lase tint'',
I h.tvr uu Juubt that ouch a force taught hare reached Aut.
wtrp, sad 'night have uncured the operation of a aic4e
Whew the Earl of Ikrol)ta arrived as !Synth Berelatot, di•i
not his Lordship tike the command of the &rosy is South
&&•''cloud t.-He certainly did ; I believe ! stated that on the
9th, or 'Ws toy rmitainusd ceased.

. .
Do you conceive that the possesaion of the fortress of
Flar.hilig, and the Island of Welchem'', was necesiiiiry to the
farther n ceess oldie Expedition ?—I entweive indispensable
Is it with a view to the advanee ataiust dativcrp, or to
the retreat, Mu yust esoceive the possetaiiiii of %Valcheren
was iiiikisperisehleP—ln bulls points of view.
Do yOsteoueelee that after the taking of Flushing, and at
the period when the army was 'may to advance against Ant-
werp, the further success of the Expedition hail become
hopeless do ; I Where I have stated as lunch.
Do you conceive that the toperstious against Antwerp, sad
the operations against Flushistr, could havegune uu together?
—I conceive certainly out with the force we had.
Are you of opinion that Antwerp amid have been carried
by a r.,sp-tirmaiN ?-4 certainly never had 'lily such imam-
non. kuowilie nothing of the works; however, it never struck
wens a possible cave at all.

The urnly plan of alinelcYou knew proposed as naiad Ant-
werp, wan Itt rapid novels of the troops front Auntybet, ar.
isonipanii..l by their field-pieces?—That was the only plan
that wan cot ttttt muitateil to one.

Would the myrrh of the army from Satityliet to Antwerp
have been secure without cavalry ?-1 entieeiye certainly nut ,
but 1 he to he understood, that is founded oily on geeteial
prineiples, and uut ou any knowledge of lb' country, fur I
bad none.

When did envalry and artillery horses arrive first at Batbs,
and in what number ?—I nppielteod the first nrnvals utast
have been betwrea the antis and 2316, hut I have no return,
or reports of the uuuiber, auJ had no mean* of knowing
them.

la the rough sketch of operations sheen to you, was the
previous capture of Lill° considered necessary to the ad.
Wiggle agaion Antwerp !..-1 do not recollect that it was stated
as access, ; whether it was alluded to or uot, 1 have nut at
this moan' ..t a perfect reeolleciton.
lu that same sketch wrestle possible inundation of the roan-
try before Lillo taken tutu the aecouut?—.As far sal rerullert,
the practicability mid the probability Brut the enemy would
resort to that n. sone, were generally noticed; whether with
respect to Lillis or nut, I ito not at this ounsent recollect.
In what you slated caocerinsig the march from Santirliet
to Antwerp, did you take iuto the account the probability
of the camatry being inundated ?—t certainly did; the
mat ell tr. Antwerp of a considerable corps would have coot.
preliended the dose column proaably by the higher
country that was mit *Bested by the Ininidstion, in which
cavalry would have titled • besides that, the mivemeut of an
ara., without cavalry, is always ,crippled movement.
rbe %Varian withdrew.
Limit -General the Earl of ROOMY* called iii sod examined.
What were your Lordship's instroetiess when you sailed
on the Expeditiou to the Scheldt?-1 had so instructions On
sailing with the Expedition to the heheidt, cretin to embark
with 'ay ; keen my divione, was to rail one day
later then the divismo that preeeded it.
Will you. I.irdship state what were the operations of that
part of the ea iiiy which wee seder your Lordship's imme-
diate command!—We sailed on the noib July. On the 31st
we arrived within sight of the Idend of Waleherea, arid were
directed by • frigate into the Roomput, and anchored off
Veer Gat ; the troops remised us board ship till the 9th,
when they were leaded in South Beveland. 1 remained in
the command of the Island of South Beveland from that time
till the evacuation, which took place us the ath of Septem-
ber; one part of my division was however landed from the
transports to reinforce the troops before Flushing; see bris
gale of 'dowry lauded with nee in South Beveland ; the es.
valor ion:mined un hood ship during lbe whole time, with
the exception of the 9th Regiment, which mere properly
balongod to the corps under Sir Eyre Craws.
[His Lie ddiit. ea• here questioned es to the intelligence
received sis him 'eopectiag the state of the enemy's forces
and meal,' in defence, bet his ,sewers merely corroborated
the irtesessents of Sir John Hope.]
Can roar lvhip state what woe the plan of operetions
the retnat,l• •.f the army were intended to pongee
derstoud that the ge'ienl purpose to which the remainder of
the army *tee QrrtluM, was to land somewhere et or near
Santeliet, +all to proceed to Autos:re for the purpose of se-
rene( airdestro% roe the eci t.

Dial 'nor Lordship, thra, conceive the alicrior object of
the Upped.a aim t: to tt'e destruct inn of the fleet,
or woo to is Imre nrl, the arsenate and docks at Antwerp ?
—Certainly to the it • ....Os and ducks tuo.

Can your I.ordshin iv by what mode of operation it wee
propelled to effort the th tern:item of the arsenals and docks
at Ashissep wad nut acqesiiated with any details of the
plan fur tenure operations ; 1 knew Coat a considerable nuns-
her of asortais a, thowitss.s and tenue gnus were embarked
under the title ot the ore,.,:d oper ohms, which 1 understood
to he destined to go np the Scheldt with the army.
CM your Lordship Matt s. !ther these funned any part
of the trail used to the •of Huston:to or were • in parade
train destined fora distinct office !—They formed no part of
the train prepared for the s age of flashing, but I am not
competent to say whether ems past of aliens were afterwards
lauded; Cory were embarked separately, and there were ia-
!tractions given to keep the transports with those gout sad
stores ow board separate.
Does your Lordship know whether it st.d. intende I that
Antwerp should have bees attacked by the ar.ny alone, sit
whether it was to line been an operation combined with the
navy apperlicuil that that must have eutirely depended
.0 eirromstanees ; there could he nu douht of every possible
co-operation on the part of the navy, to forward any purpose
that might be undertaken ' • but unless the forts of Lille and
Lieftenslitied, could have Aeon previously reduced, I am not
aware how the navy could have co-operated in au attack atom
Antwerp itself.
Dees your Lordship know whether it was intend, d to at-
lark Antwerp by assault, by bombardment, or by a regular
siege ?-1 nut, hut, 1 apprehend, not by regular siege.
Supposing the foree, intended for the attack of Autwesp,
lauded at Sastvliet,what time dors your Lordship think must
have elapsr.l before the whole of that force, with such trail
as watt:nib:liked fur that purpose, could have been brought
to .tatiserp, and preparations made to commence the bora-
lasrdmeut of Antwerp '—l have some didleulty In answering
the question, because it Insist depend upon a variety of things,
of which I am not sutliciently informed; in the drat place,
meth upon the roads ; in the neat place, much upon the
"nudity of homes for draught, that we might have been able
to have asminitled three lint, believing that we had front
shoot nine bandied to a thousand horses embarked for the
artillery, and counting moos such assietanms as in all pro-
bability the Island of South Beveland might have fee-
wished. deducting h he comber of homes that melt
have bees, necessary for the service of the Commissariat
department, I aboold think that after the Mewling of the in-
fantry and cavalry was completed at Said, liet, it would hove
Ikea a very favourable ralretation' if we could have hoped to
oprou the hombardinint in lets than Reveal days? 1 appre-
hend, that tlis homing most have taken two day, at the kant
previous to that, but, in glen calculation, I am certtkinle se
sussing every possible eireunntanee to be most favourable,
that one 01.1/1 wish, or almost iseative ; but the Committee
most ace, that is a eakulistiuu, which most necemarily 111,
its nature, very loose, without perm! and particular know-
kik* mem the spot I never irm )11 Antwerp, now spoil the
rota from Antwerp to Santrliet ; and much mint depend
also upon the state of the heath anti the ficility of land.
Mt, because the diflieulty of 'sadist gime and mortars, and
the heavy stores Iwlssiging to them upuo a lornrh, 'lemmas,
in the first place...cry much arms the of the ground
itself. •ottl,cry nowh upon the weather that Inns orcao at
the tin,, 11.1 that sou erairelatinn made upon that subject
mint lc liable to murk atortctalitly.
tinitposigig the a.ny to be arrived at Aitteerrp, Ulla and
ftrreeo-up-Znotat ruin timing in the hand. ui the tieneh, by
what imams was that army to be pro. maimed —From the
beech at Saint-het.
Would not that h Ire tetoltrol is necessary to have de.
taclonl a strong corps 1.. toml: Iter.eantp. Zoom, and another
'trims r otos to mask that the
latiOn to the rite, would always hare been open to that pomp
—lt would -•,-telly tree hers nrressnry to leave a
strong corp• al 100 t, for the permute of thnmistx loopworlds,
worts, L,.ta at cur • Ilir litadiog of totop!ka, and to iMere
the ye.i.lal tc tt .aerate It nenlJ have been sermear)

alga, that Bergen-op.Zoora Amid have been masked with
o f trey Illtffiriellt to come:nil the- garrison therein, and in
l lee stoner 4 CO/pi must have Into pouted to mask Lille;
the this,' corps, however, might have been pat is situa-
tions to skied occasinually mutual support to each other.
Does your Lordship kips, accoribug to the urigitial plat,.
what was the osmium of the free that was destiussl to dr;
ulterior operations by Santrket ?....litelading the reserve mo-
iler Sir Jnhu Hope, a part of which, tea of some other corps,
must have been left in South Vreeland, the whole force
would have SIIIINI4Iied SO 49,u00 rash and file, exclusive of
the waggon train soil the gamier drivers; as nearly as t revel-
' lest, they consisted of Sir Julia Hope's, General Grog-
amuses, Lord Hutilley's divisiou, and my own.
Knowing what your Lordship dues of the enemy's fore.,
do yon conceive that at say time a:abstain:id to your ma-teal
at South Bevelaud, the force you have stated would have
been sufficient to hove masked tub sail Bergen-op•Zoma, to
have secured the rout uys, aid to have attacked Antwerp with
the least probability of success du out.
Lows your Lordship know in what tune, as the forming
of the origiaal plan, it was calculated that tie Expeditious
probably would be enabled to laud at Saatvliet casmot
answei that guest:ion. Ido not lhiok Shot, under any cir-
cumstances, however favourable, we could bare arrived at
Sant vliet sootier than the 3d or 4th of August. The divoien
in which I was arrived off the coast on the 31st, sad I think
if the passage had been open, and a nol mid weather f
able, we could not well have vomit before Ike minnow of
the lot. I as. not competent to speak to the tine which it
might have takeu to proceed up the river ; bat allowing fur
that three days, we might, under those eircuinstaucts, pos-
sibly have reached it by the 3d or till.
Suppriteng that part of the areas destined fur the ulterior
operatimis, had arrived off Santvliet, oil the 3d or sth, dues
your Lordship, knowing what has come to your knowledge
of the state of the enemy, coaceive there would bare been
any probability of their succeeding against hut weep ?—1 du
mot believe' from the iufunuatiou I have had respecting the
state of the town, that it would have been possible, even
then, to have taken the town witbout heavy at tidery.
Supposing the army tail ailvaliced against Antwerp and
had been repulsed, without bariog secured Lillis or Bergen-
op• Zoom, dues your Lordship think they would lure been
exposed to iimaiueot risk is their retreat?—Tea very cons'.
derable haaard, more particularly if they had uot liad time to
throw up works to cover their re.euPsihk itom.

!toes not your Lordahip think !lot the whole of the Came.
ditiuo was rather to i late to answer any rtaterill purpose ?-
lam not prepared 11.,,Ter that que:tiom, fur Ido out
know at what time it would have answered the purpose.
(His Lurtiskita withdrew.
The Chairman wu throated to report pnagress, suit ask
lease to sit spin.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OP LOADS, Tugspar, Pas. 27.

X [ARMY ND Wing.

Juditnent wnsaiEristeal to Ibis eau%e, with tool costs.
The C. n I of Hot et A presented too Petitions, one from the
confined dehtors IR the gaol of Winch( stir ; and the miler
Gown Ilunc conhoed no the gaol of Laeter.—Ordered to be
laid on the table.

The Earl of Ltvattroot. 11:10Ptd, o,That a Committee be
appointed to examine the Reports and Memorials uf the
Commissioner. appointed to euadiset the improvements is
the streets cad places is Westminster; and that a Mesesee
be sent to the Commons, requesting they would tearscnit In
this Flitisse a Copy of the Reports and Mcmorials laid be-
fore them, relative to the same subjeet."—Agreed tu.