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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1810.

Oates it the island of Walcberea aid Catisand, or in the
weighbourhood of liantrliet ?—tbe bad, in the island of 'AM-
cheren, and at Cailsand; not so perfectly at Cads:mil, and
at Sautvliet iinly_• general ,destbat there was a good lauding
tgelace ; but Mediums Popham did state, that as misty could
landed at SillalVlitt. and Captors Melina corroborated
that statement.

What others do yen allude to !--neuterar Aiesnader Hope;
Gonave! Cal Terri, Colonel Gordon's, and Gaunt Brown-
rigg's, together with some nymoirs of Sir Home Pophirsn's.
There were other papers, not o: much t onsequeute
When you returned flume opinions, did you maks any
comments upon them did not.
t‘irl they occasion any 'lteration In your opinion ?—.They
rather confirmed my owe opinion, that the success cif Pim
Expedition was doubtful. _ . _

I/o you conceive lit.at the whole of this Expeditioe, with
the artillery warhorses could, iu twee proceeded
safely. to Sasityljet, itliout the delay mei saucy to buoy the
Cbesurel sheidd &obi rely lunch that the whole would
have procreated iii safety up the Scheldrodthout *Aaiun to
buoy ; but 1 eantreire a era y prat part of it would, try tosses
that we should bare Liken to prevent weld...ids.
fro you know what portion a the arinauseut was intended
to 3ei.aganlYt Antwerp .!•—At this time I cons•d exactly soy
what proportum ; hut it will appear in the orders that were
gives., and the arisugeraeats that sere made for the progress
ads. army, thAt do:Arian» of it ruder Sir Efre Grote was
intended for WActieren • the other part of the unity, under
Load Roselyn (add will; that part I concluded Lord Chas-
lutns proposed toto) was intended for Antwerp, awl would
have bees, joined .by Lord Hood. y'r sod Sir Jolor Hope's
dit talons.

You have mentioned that one of the objections to the Bret
proceeding to Antwerp, was a boom between the forts of
LIN and I.lefkinishoetk; do you kaiser wheo that boost was
plated then !—.l think it was placed, if I is to believe the
totclligetiee a e got, iu the month of April.
Dow soon after the >2.1 of August. when the fort of Bathe
was taken, was the British navy iu possession of the Bergen-
ep chased and the WesternAelieldi !—The }kip:m-
op-Zoom channel, or a part of it, I think, bat I cutout speak
pusitrvely, was wearied by the navy, on the 3d of Angina,
11111 in the Western Scheldt about thy nth, sod on the toth
of August some of the flotilla got up to Baths.
- Now long was It before the British navy were in fall pot-
of the anchorage at Baths '—tip hen the flotilla got
up there, the uotry might he said to be in possession of the
anchorage ; it is out a r..gniir anchorage, it is only • reach
in the mei I wish not to be u orterstd to stale posttively'
that our flotilla was up by the toils, hot I thtuk it wig I It'
was under the coninsaud of Sir noose Popham.
Did you understand hat there wail a ford gonad between the
ithiud of South Beveland and the main land near Bergen-sp.
Zoom ?—I knew of that ford ; it had been there many years.
Wan not the possession of Flushiog considered, iu a basal
sad aattilary India of view, as of ate streak-10 miportance to
this cosutry '—l thought so; sod /intik Ito still.
What iminher of line. of-bottle skips is the basis of Flush-
ing, capable of cootaimag believe twenty sail of large
ships might be moored in Ore basin.
What depth of aster was there to the basin at Isigh•walor
and spring tides!—l cannot positively say, bat I believe is
feet.

Du you imagitie ll at the Canoe whirl, you have nosy stated,
Winkel with lb? pruportiou ut artillery end artillery horses,
Could with safety hare beeotuaneyed up the %testers Scheldt,
without a adiug to buoy the passage ? have already Egret&
opiatou spots that lead, that If every lbiuj •Issid been
favonratile as it-was-at Grid intruded fur our catering the
Westcra St laeldt, we *hunk! certainly have endeavoured to
proceed up uttl.out the delay of buoying the passages, but
la cottansatece of our being under thews-mkt, of going into
the Rouwpot fur security, owl lig to the blowing weather,
the ueignial tole of the Espedit was . diverted to smother
channel, ah,.l was the reasuu we took time to Lucy the
Western Sal., lit.

Had the Lspeditious not beep diverted into ar.otber chan-
nel, would not the attempt to pats without buoying will. *o
larmsa force have been attended walk consoles ra,k
would have beets attended with some a isk , but the object,
think, would hmejustified the risk.
What length of time would it pro:reds hare taker, to lrive
conveyed that part of the Expeditiusi from the nao.aila of i lie
Scheldt to Sentrltet, taking such pre, aathmui ai were Mills..
pensable?—rlt adi colt to answer that titat-ation positively
with regard to tone, as it would a good depend upon the
weather, to enable us to place the differrat biloy-eeniels that
sere indispeoiably necessary to insure the armament pursing
up the Scheldt, through all the intsicaries of that river •
even ahem the ditfereet ebonite's were buoyed we were istatigel
to bete vessels with aims statitmed at diternit parts as
guides, indepseeleet of the buoys.
What leumh of time de you think it •nuld.have taken,
supposing thr Wrath'? to have beans favourable think the
resets might have bean stationed aliumt as tau as the 'Abets
could proceed lip.
What length of trine do you think it wood have taken, in
favourable weather, to have perseeeilerl with that amount of
force, (ruse the mouth of the Scheldt to Ilentvliet I—.l think
in two or three dais after they had towed Flusloug , by the
third day the whole ought bare berm up.
His you think they could liars posse.' with the whole of the
twee, ineturlane 6-estimates. bulls tVaicheren and t'aibmaid,
without oacupystes eollter posisibee certainty to pass,
but 1 iltilik a very rop•iderable loss, Bud many seriututs
would haw• happened. if otteh an attempt hail h,'en to tile.
yea think it would have been practicable a ith trios
parts?—li o practicable, under 111111/Itar Cif rUttletilllClll of
great iota

In Sweaty there fact of water, could tuella, sail of the liar,
baring theit gum mad stores on board, cud harm( two
months' provisions. go out by the Scheldt in one tilt ?—No,
it would be orcessary to lighten the ship., to enable theist to
go out of the Moils ; *hire is a 1.0 at the entrance of the
begin, therefore I believe the hips cannot go into the basic
or come nut of the bauu alth their guns, for I know, ist the
mouth of March or April, when the ~my bad reason to
thick it was intruded by this Government to attack WEl-
cbertu, they hurried their ships out without either
.their
glans Sr stores, and they seat up to Ternewse to take their
game and atom su, which were oral eller tham is ar-heyb.r.•
The great &dramas., that the enemy had derived frost this
hisio was, that their ship* runlet tie so mimrity from the km,
cud, being at the mouth of the river Scheldt, told maws .
go to sea than they would have been able if they were fitted
oat at Aataerp i and I have beard, that, no rowsequemee of
our baring poice.Mini of Watchmen, they have been obliged
to make slips fur their ships above Antwerp,,lisat they wiry he
clear of the ice, so that it would be eery-Joliette', if not
impracticable, fur the emeriti tu It out a squadron is she
Muter.

Is the event of the enemy ever being metaled to At ens a
fleet o 4,, er ,e sad of the hoe. to toverioinalinta to this
routtiry, ....aid at net he necessary to bare a Inn to s 0W-
...4, to tic sole to aet exempt the creasy. Won ens liftts
b. leeward probaltly would he moittred. lamas of a salaam-
Itte of easterly .4 olds, totally 410 II ifiCWlll4.ll4 to is Mee
I suppose, I. uncoot near OM C Willi of %Vskberes. If the
euemy bad it 8c..1 of Jig or • 0 4.114 we 44%114 of avert, I
couclade, have • fleet of the MEW stouiber a vowels ot
per tin.' Stationed um the coon of al'oleispees.
Wqmold it Rut be eictrewtoll obwerer.i, to keep esa En**
fleet ep• s. an roam v's coast, without having soy port or any
shelter for our ships f.... 11 would Do &magentas, but it might
be aeceesery
Would nut the possessing' of Flushing have greatly lessen-
ed that danger with regard to the ships ; but the es-
Fosse of brevet Flushing, and the greet loss of meta that
would attend it, mike a men thong out to keep
the Island of .IValet.eira

Would it not have required considerable toneto have die.
eialinikerl the troops, the honors, mini the milder', iu the
neighbourhood of ♦taleliet thistollossulatillt brier
than v thseenharkat•on at any volt, r place.' •
% bat length of time would it probably have taken !--I
t►ink the whole of the infantry, and the artillery belonging
to t►e isteutiy, would have been landed is one day, ■ad a
great part of the cavalry if not the whole ; trials regard to the
ballerilig-tram, I moot exactly how ion it might he,
hot not more than two dais

Do you know the 11141110 of the bear h ?—Not feum my
own obacrvatiou, but from Sir H. Poplians'e report, I had
reason to t►ink the heath was good, mud very proper for the
disembarkation of infantry and cavalry ; but I du toil know
what the comaey might be behind the Dyke, a* it was at
too great a distance tor as to observe, from the mast levels of
the wormed@ that lay nose it, ►o that the cesustry algid have
been inumiated behind the hank, for aught 1 know, because
• part of the ronatry was observed to he in t►at slats.
Would the Muse requisite fur that diwntbnekation have de-
posited much spun the state of the wrath. r and theater( !
In that part of the Inver Scheldt, near Saiitirlirt, the weather
would have very lace interfered with us, hot 41( Course it
would ►ave retarded us a Lute we may say leaf a stay.
Do you know what number of men could Mat thhark at tine
time front the whole 1 f your thee !—Ttic liert noon eit err nu
collected as to make it MO obiet t to ascertain what aumla•r
of men could be disembarked at ogee from the 1/ 11.. r of the
belt ; but au arraiigeusetit W:11 mink to land at Cadranil and
Wakh►rra, and a division of the army ou South Iteschnitl,
at Ike ann., time; and afterwards, attest the army came up
to Baths, preparatory to landing at Santvlict, I understood
Corn Sir Itiehand heats, witb %shuns the arrartgernent fur dis-
ernharkieg the troop or left, that he could lime landed
between ten and lash* thousand men, in the course of a few
boat".

Did you elite he■r an Wen soireeeteit, of the possibility of
inattlatlu• Flushing, and tuitmg It Of entirely from the
111:Ilad or Vt ale herrn, when it ...aid 'ignite a vary atoll
gairisoo to hold it, sod, conatqaeatty, the loss b Waives.
...told Ile NI mach tkereased u have braid of it, bat•l never
aporovi d of it ; the coonequesee would be, the anchorage
would be no contracted that me consult rib!' number of ships
could he of the town

H... could it possibly enatrart else aerhorage by insulating
Fleshing f—The teensy would pet passessiuu of Itsasektilis
mud the Cootiol Mier it, and woulil stf tonen .nary all the
•lipping teat bey towards that tad of Flushing ; and to-
oat ds the mouth ut tbs Scheldt, and as she Illuerbto side
of Flushing, the anchorage is Not very secure for small
runs( In.

Dolt°, you think that by mandating a great part of the
Island ofherrn, new Flushortg, 1114* would have been
peveuird -!.-1 .10 not think it con! have preemied the
enemy hum gittiog Itamekiaa aad the Iryk• towards
fluilsrog
but did you consider as the ultimate and meet material
objcct of the Expedition ?-1 cos...ides. the destruction of.
the gctt, and the Jests...pint the docklard mid
aresind at Aatwerp, the pat object of she Expedition, rota-.
hissed with the distinctive of the dock-yard, bun., amilarse-
a.l, at W ahl,rea. . . .

Weis ton moulded with chemist/dyer of boots,Aat boats, he.
sacutioned is the .Irastsiiiii,lfim of the Admiralty, No.
dated the trth oldest '—We had more dat boats than aid
meetioced in that paper; I rerollect Mr. Pole Aewiag me
that paper ie the Secielaty's room at the Admiralty, and I
think, to the best of my recollection, I remarked that that
would do very well, supposing we bail the whole together,
and that It would not On to pot troops is the psi. butts, al-
thosigh some of the gssii•boats sleight he made war of for that
petrpose. I consoler that the means which the Admiralty
famished. were most ample, mid that nothing was wattling
to forward the 1111rIed11 of the Expedition ors the part °f the
Admiralty ; if I had thought there had twee gay thing
wanird, I should hove stated it, and I aro sure It could ha. e
reed complied with immediately '
; I believe all the dat hoots
in this country wrist with the Expedition and besides that,
a great number of rowing and soiling•loimr, were hired at
Dt al, and added to the formas of lauding the troops, as well
as buoying the passages of the Selo I dt.
Were you acquainted with the state of air fort. of 1,1:1n
end Eiellteeshimuk übarrs alum it •porirr,l to 1111',
that they were in *perfect state of 61.1 1 It ut lire°
represented to the Govern's...of, that there foils 11..1 b• tut
much neglected, 'and were not in a state to resist an attach
upon them

Did you consider the destruction of the ducks and srse-
•al et Autwerp as a aisles ul ohjict of the Expeditiou
Do you know whether the lot anchorage occupied by
the enemy's fleet was under t►e protection of the rine of the
st Antwerp part of the enemy's fleet lay on the
era face of Antwerp, and of coarse they were within the
range of the guns of the citadel ; Inst I doubt if the meaty
had any batteries or guns aionatcd on the wharfs at •ut-
werp ; the enemy had Aatwcrp ou their r.gbi, sod the Tele
de Flambe us their left.

(7ould a landing have been elFerted at tiantvliet, without
bruai/ is pumeasiess of t►e fort of Bath: '-11 might have
bee., het at would have been molter to have possession of
the fuel of Ballet, because in pawn( that fort the ships and
boats vrinald have been under tin hrt: of it, and must ha,'
tiered very considerable loot but Bat LE suncndereJwdb-
Ynl
the least 0pp0.111.405.

Had your nelson 1.. be satisfied with the professional judg.
rent and resources all., Home Pophino, wink acting under
pier orders to the Scheldt '—Most fully so.
Yoe bare stated, that oupposOis the *hole ft, et at.
tempted to pacer Up the Scheldt a dhow F 01..% a areas 11.11 t
steed hate traetteti Satatvliet,ilsough some might suppos-
iug %.00e the ship. had ain,wLnl, 1.11 it ptottalite that tit
troops on hoard Home shire might Lave been ttaitsfewed to
mth-e growls list scald mil have peened on )--ThVy CC, tain-
t., would have horn taken one of thitee trwoch , and Ibe Ohie'ct
if the Expedite°a right hate been g titte.l, that to, the hook
tog the troops, notwithstandnag scow of the vessels got so
shoes; and indeed even buoyed as the river wits, every day at
bvd several vessels us shore and some lay two • cos...stealth'
time, but INT were all at east got tar.
Did you ntederatsod that she deist.. wf f;overnroent we,
to take Ants-sip by a joint @Hark of Ilse army sad navy •••••-.1
reeta,,4l, hoer that Goes ressiveot "kiwi the artery ask
113” tuniA et,. operate Lea.tdy to gain the object 4.4 the
Evvr.Ltion, mot ile,,lleor soy •41lsape that as. made *Peru
•o:wri wmild he Its aa.operatiuof the 'so e,•,ros
rte U•411.1.-.oa that tioveraneent e,,usidentvl the es.
em ration .4 the navy au oeressiery to the taltiog Antwerp
t hot., the Govern's. nt re.pet led it
01 noetellili you stlh air ii'vt of the tsar
r.; slat.- J ths fortideatiuus of Autsre•yr ; I bail
- - -

Did either Luid Castlereagh or Lord fifulgrare make any
observation upon tin vlntruount you made, of the dillicultee
that would attend the iimmatioo to Aut•erp'-.-I do out re-
collect that they ,11,1 I know that Lord kinlgrave was ea.
moiety anxious shout the Expedition, and opus my re-
marking to hum that 1 thought all wc should du wool/ he
taking Valrheren, he said that the country would be very
little satisfied with sash au catmint's*, sennesurat, doing no-
thing more than taklng %Vnlelterroa ; 1 retnarkra to ha
Lordship, that I was fearful it would torn not ro, ; that for
my part I knew eittliiag of the navigation, bet that I would
do my beat to in-1.0.13014i all the obit-clout the Expeditor*.
and that I should be veT7 ready to serve 11141.1.4. avy officer
they had 1/10/1. 4 4.44fideertitl 111.411 re; Loral Mulatto., oh-
Served, that he ha./ the (sines, runtiolenre sa tor, owl that hr
had rearms ta shook am should do very well

Did pwt are, prairie.* to the Expedition, thr military
°riotous that wan given by the Coluntander-to-Chtet Ye.,
have r. ad tb.

H•A smog reed it pra %ions to flip sailing a the Exp,d.trou
—I bait.

U) Osborn was it romTnut:lrated t.. boa. sad alien?..—Tleat
an ~,, g ogLere eras (tat lo se q tLe itleasralty, early atter
tLe

! ',vet le. n soy.
Rd you ressou to homer, from your eautimooleatiors will
I Gofers/slew, has they ea* a iutv•sitot of any 14.40

Ir,llis nit* state of the fortifications at Antwerp do not
halo whether Govenaniest had any plate.
licom your cummouications with Goierdusent, did yaw
support them to know whit'. r the &het* was usmitAble
fur ships of the line shove Autaerp, or Mot'—ln camerae.
thms I had with-Lord Mitigative, and .bent of the Member*
of the 8,..4 orAdmaralty, I think tiely•did nut seem to
•nderilMt4 that ahopa of the line amid go shore Antwerp.,
I was always ofopiniun myself that they could, sod it has
locoed out more, that they have gene sheer Antwerp, and
diatom oke of my reasons for thinking (bat at should find
it a dialcult matter So destroy the enemy's fleet, if they should
go shave Mowery, and our aria, not be able tu gain posses.
Mara of that place.
Is the t uninsittee to saderstand, that pour (Vision wait
oat distiactly tales by tilotrottseat opus the fact; whether
ships d.-the lute ruat4 piss above Autwerp or mot ?—t
druid out satisfy Cute& anent upon that bead, become I
bad no lucttl kitewledge myself, .and it was quite matter sat
opinion with tee p• 1 stated al) ..pitiiiis Crum my observations
of the lest french survey.
Was your opinion asked upon that point ?—.lly opinktat
was asked, sad I gave that unmet.
Vt,ce you familia:id by G meat with Any Omer the
state of the forts of Lille and Lief kenshumk was net ;
soil t do net hetiwee Government bad any. pleas
' Mate to the Cotamlihres oh -lime, pa mieusly to the sailing
of the Etpeditiun, you were star rowelled, conjuiutl) eith
the Cumniander-imUtief of that Expedition, oat the best
model. °keening it into effect, either by Lord Maltreat or
Lord Castlereagh ?—1 was frequently cousulted by Lord
Multrime, and Lo:d Castlereagh was occasionelly primal;
sod I frequently had sternest with Lad Chatham; but
there never ea. a sneettat between Lord Unitise/a and any
of the members of the Government and iimor:f.
Wb.t day did you appear &AI the Schad', with the Hut
taste year coinatatad ?—lt ade an the 211 it uf July.
[The witness west:Waded to withdraw.]
[The witness was agma called nil
At what time were you ambled to put that part of yi*
(estimates.' into retailitia; to push up a milli:mut samiat
of year forte shove the tows of Fleabag, to prevent lbw
escape of say vein& is Realmog, or the enmity of it, up
the Scheldt tido& it was no the ad or ad of Astute, that
a considemble pert of the flotilla gut into the West ocheldit;
it was not necessary to pooh any part of the larger lA*
tats ths Sfrkehli, in compliance with that part of my otitis
because the enemy had no forte at Flashiag that the gas.
Mats could set intercept ; isideer:st that time they bad NMI
any sewed vessel in the mouth of (be Scheidt. A part au*
sigasdron would have been ordered Mao the liciveldt, if I bed
oat received intelligetam that the enemy's /let hail get above
lbw boon at Lillo ; I thertfore did pot iriasirier it was proper
to expose the ships suareessarity, wlies mar objet could Mt
obtained by it.
Then the Committee daderetand, • could have
robed but
for the
r ,

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Is _ you • •
town of flushing, roma it No•t have prevented the trim.
forcements par.' from ea nosed to Eissabing,•••-ben it
etentld out , and at the time those terforcements did pry
Mere was bout of the dere in a situstiou to pose tato the
*tete; rieept the thymus end./ tennendore Owes, sad
-be •a•eattr4r)ed spun that primula/ service of lauding
at Cadres! iv et Miry the batteues, a eustd u it sell posit
tutu the Scheldt , sod :the bat door so, hr wou,d h.'s 1.. sr
Inside to suffer veal. great damage Com the batteries of Cad.
siind. Lem! (aels. r, with his disisinu, as will he seers by
his orders, sheet, betas the Committee, iv,.a um dcred to co.
operate with Count:maths Oseu. aud to push io.tutli, Schelde
after the Imtitries t.f Csdnand were litho, but *boos its
cosseeuence of tl.s setae,. r, w. folio,: it oreemary to gn late
the East Schott is, noes the Ruckert) for the meant,
of the seniamout, I -rut mders to CuraudJors Owen th,t to
land, but to pi es.,rt e a menacing position and Lord Gard.
net bad similar orders to Obeli°, at the month of the Deer-
fu: the same pet4ose. Met the etosebu y might imagine we
iiitesiisd to laud sores here abut &Attire Ba) ,• and it
saaaered this good pure..., that the !Ural! :Omar detached
way of his voice is prevent oar lauding.hum we did, spots
the Bees Sand tier Durnri k battery. 'flit pilots in Lord
iliardaer's &Orem of the neriadros would not take charge of
the large *biro, either to pass them lola the treHin or into
the thierkno, and thtrefl,re it was not in his Lordship's
power to pis lota the Schs:ilt, even The had bees mite: ed
if this division had posited hits the Selreldi, :t sapid Lave
been obliged to'nuchorlbutt Flesising sod a4d se
it blew too Laid du busts to keep la the .pace freemen those
two places, fir sairny could always with the triad, r it
was &S.W. semi reinforcements over, either in the d.y oe
nighty and this will sipper by Corevidore Orectio state-
ment, whir warted Itinmegto the utmost to present it, to.
.dssd it blew us kirelsatione time, that the gun- beats were
!seder the 'Necessity of &ming the West Scheldt, and drop.
piitfiz tits Slough passco fur security.
Cumsuittse is to understood, there Was we part
of year fleet that was le a situation to go up the Scheldt,
se your Int appearance ar the Scheldt t--There was not;
but it was intended that Lord Coroner should hare gene
into the Schelt, as I lire sad before, after the batter es bop
Cadsand were taken and orders were given to how, In Coe-
formity to the order. I bad received *um the Adwrs/th
mime the ken that the euerra drones in a situation to be
attacked by ours ; but when I found that the co. my's Seed'
Lid gown .gels up the Scheldt, it did nut spoor to me sit
✓ich impedance pestling and risking our large ship. through
the dangers' shoal. at the entraiscr of that river, sod there-
Ake I crustrasiced Lord Garduer in remaining at am ri-
cher in the West Putt that is, off West Clippie, as by teat
means he was so a sthrstion to assist Commodore Owes with
his heals, iu ore we bad found it necessary to heed epee
CaJeamd, a :*: pooh is It rough the. Mosher se Welen pus.
Sages, when we cook! get pilule to take charge of the ships
If yoo had thoeiglgt it necessary, could sot you Isnot 'got •
the elope up between the sd and the soh of August '—i can-
ton eitnetly a' tins inouteut nosier to dates, but I thick Itmg
!odors the o,h of August 1 sent orders fur a amoeba of Al-
gres to push into the Scheldt, meaning that they atmeld go
asp to Balla ; bet those frigates did unt pre the hotter+,
tilt the 1 ttb, owing to several canna of wind awl weather
that oireeemed theta but I du not think the pulite rivet
marred from tlome frigates nut passing in sootier; sad t. -
deed, ea it was, they wore insufficient time at Balks to give
Cosutesance to auy operations of the Orals.
Du you admit, that between the Wand the nth of Anger,
the orders you gave for those frigates might base hewn
Obeyed t—ln the interval between the ;Lb, I think, and the
tire that the frigates passed ill, I sent an order to simpeed
their tough., by which order a day was het ; that ors. s•
eessique..ce of sore repot ts I had heard p the last order to
arfores the frigates guilt( i.e., the ScheUt, sod the line.uf-
bottle ships phi, into Dyeeshosit Say, or, to the twit sat toy
Reativettars,liwat the sir, sad it ass etedited as su in a. it
MsN poribly he.
1/id you ~,,, write & letter us the 27i1f0l August ti. the Ad-
essatty ,—Yes, did

Ma. th,t loam of n pahlec or ;Nitrate uatura!—• tut tatter
that 1 mete to the S.-creta.-y al the A lail..tty ta.
ter I bal.t,e au lusbitahat4 %%la's po'llic unbolt
Did )vu to‘ capons 4 tuacrtu that that lame twat r•s.
wows .—Whes I tarot. lbat latter. ft WS, with so islaesewit
that the cattalo ruatJba ~.y math dissatisfied that sawn
walnut don., and I ti..y►t it **a, 1., wan)na,r.u.l Iu ilia
Navy, tit state lethal Wane% a tha Giiwerouw ihat I warn
loader (thir. AJoihrell)) am we woe &sawn top to , or

Lau the t'nermlltee it to eederttind, you could bare
lied a pr.liortion of your duet up the Sceviiii avermr, bet
Le resat.. you have gs eta !r—Yes, certainly we might.
I cum you bad peaked soy part of yuet fleet above dm
a of Flushing, would it wit hare prevented the min-
emote risen from Carissod to Ploaltiug !
'['The Witness oat direetyd to witbdrawl
:The Witness was gem called and Wormed by tbt
Cbeirsein, that if any question r.. 4 pet to
simmer to uhiebwyokk is his uvariou teed l say
il. der e> to halal,. de er.trisioste basset!, be we.
libe.ly to tot"v sneweriag it I
ease wu had paahed any part of your fleet am* Mk
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