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denier point tenant recolltet nny rrlienlor conversa-
tion 1117 conversations with Genera( Br.iwarirg were very

frequent.
As the prespeet of li,kine Antwerp bv assault mold only
bate ettisied tlr tinily part at the-enterprise, and 'tome.
diatelv Tito i the loi.ding oldie troupe. buil Lordship
formed auy disposition in paw own mind, ut settled who
should he the officer to command so iniportsnt an under-
taking disposittun, fur that purpose would hove been
mind: arrouling to circumstances, sod when the phre had
hciti reconnoitred; of comae there could he nu disposition
previously made on the sulijeit, and of Currie no utsetr
xed to the command.

Was say reeonn ,ia3oCe of Autwerp made it any time ?—.•
; it contd u't be, because we uever landed on the
Coatis:mt.
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Does your I.nrdship recollect, before it was derided that
your Lordship should receive instructions of a 44. ni 1,1 lit.
acription under the sig.' manual. seeviviug a me ttttt random
of a more detailed description, in the form of instructions
from Lord Castlereagh, shout Ilse ,11.1 of Julie last, which
Mated the gent-rill ground itpoit which Lord Cast!, reach con-
trived at that tone that the Expedition was to twomed •.—I
donut remember such a paper.
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Does your Lordship conease that the general outline od
tie plan laid clown in that paper, correspouiled with the
pin your Lordship proceuled to exeristi under the instruc-
tions tinder the sign manual, which bear date the both of
July '-1 conceive that it Gild entirely.
Li that nirmiriin.lutu or statement, wan the atiark on Ant-
werp ilescri:ied -is intruded to be a sintultancions inwration
with the devout int the island of Wok•heron certainly
an.
lint not that mcinoranduns also give a general description
of the intritiatio.i a lOrla Iliollskitty's Government at that
tune were in !muses. ***** , with respect to the airrenreo of the
Scheldt, including the works of Auto erp ?---1 think it did, as
well as I recollect.

it rot contain a general refire-nee to certain military
obstacles that the army aught camel to meet with on their
arrival before Antiverp,sto impede the complete cm entiou of
the service, and did it not particularly comeniplate the pos-
sibility of the enemy's being enabled to avail Morsel( of the
protection of tbr omits of the citadel is ware either the
whole or a part of the ships afloat ; and did nut your Lord-
ship understand that the decision soon the polity of the Ex-
pedition se formed, basing ihse.e difficulties in view ?—1 did.
Upon the iuformatiun that Lord Castlereagh was enabled
to by before your Lordship before you left Eve:land, what
degree of hope did you feel youreelf justified iii entertaining,
that the ulterior objects of the Espeilitiou ine:lit be sneer s-
tally acc•implislied, supposing the fleet armies at Santvliet
wpm* the ad of Amcast thiuk tl, it if the intelligence
turned out to be true, and that every other circumstance
also fumed out trivimiably, I should base entertained (as I
believe I said when I was Miura ex.:wined i a confident hope
of elleeleaa as to the result of the Expeditiou: by chrism.
si awes taming out favourably, I mean, if the Beet coold
have wired by the -211 or ad of August at Santvliet.
. Were the equipments of the army framed on such n prin.
eipk a. to admit v( the most rapid advisee on Antwerp after
its debarkation, with refit-I:nee particularly to the heavy ar-
tillery attached to the army living liormd, sod to its being
accompanied by a cuiesitleiatVe force of cavalry, for the inte-
rnee of oliserviiig the mielsb Hiring pietism... tool rose, elc
the catumanicatiosis of the army think that a as, sup.
p,ating delver? to have bees mocha state as that it might
hair hems t •!:ris by • eoltp.rk-eau, or might have yielded to
a botithentaretit alone.
Cali >per Lordship state to the Consieittee generally the
mount of limey ordonore completi ly bossed that as. at-
tached to tliat por.ion of the el ms do wet think I could
state it exact's. iii ?Lit any, the number "(horse. that would
be re.quired to mullet eerie' piece of o,4lYllllre would th-peuill
so much spa citcumetances, the state of the road., male
great ',fitly of other circutustauces ; there weir lietscs
gh to 'tomtit a traits equal certainly to the bosubardnisiit

of Antwerp
What number of horses ger the service of Hee hears artil-
lery were attached to that corps of the alma twem nine
hundred and a thousand; 1 am mot quite .ire whether they
were all actually arrived by thes.lil of Aug,u,t, but they wntild
bane hero within a very few days.
State to the Committee, in a general way, what 'miniver of
days you aprrYlita.l would have 111,11 arec..iry. niter the
corps arrived at Ilantrlwt, to dueniheik and :Oconee it to
Antwerp in a stair. atom the town, if the ,itilattoo of ilea
works admitted of suds an oparsteuis'-1 cannot poosibly
state boo long it vandal have token to have lauded the army,
as it mind have •Mornaleil entirely upon the satyre of the
breath, and Ilse nen al meats. there were for chat purpose, het
I conclude that it 'Might bale been alone is the course of tam
or three 1141)4.
How 5550% slays Ike. your Lordship conceive it would
have re qu,rcd to disembark nail move the Carla, to Anise p
in a lalaallaa so bombard the lowa, wash the necessary
mesas of bombarding the town'-1 think, with the COMP
issusiestions f but with Übe Wheels of artillery uouu that
salkiert, that after the heavy ordnance and bursts were all
landed, lb. y might have arrived before Antwerp is a state
to begin the bombardment in fare dabs; that is on the sup-
position wf aaAinz 30 pieces of heavy ordnance.
In that commeinication ix the time !rtiaired for &sem-
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borkiug the army included, or oot?-4 it not included
When did the first appearances of sieknees to any extent
sheer thecuseit es in the army ?—I Hook towards the guth snf
August, to any considerable degree.
Had the Irma beeu healthy prior to that period l—lt bad
bre, very healthy.
Did your Lordship understand that the crews of the ships
employed in the Scheldt, or that any of the hoops ad long
as they costumed on board the int.:aeons, affected
by the disease prevalent m the lalaust of tt airlines% wad
South Hevehend did
Sapposiag the army had been carried up at OUrr to :..111111,
t, and do. mb.rkrd Oere for carrying On Uptratlioll Jig ftia.t
Antwerp, bas your Lordship any reesima to euppoar that
tr.- health of the army would have been exposed to suit, rug
bout the same &seam that affected the trir.ps in N'akhenn
and South Itevelanil believe that the vicinities of Ant-
werp (but 1 caunot speak from my own knowledge) are eve-
tautly healthier than the Wanda of South Hit rimed mid
tValeberen, and that whilst the troops relnalin'sl eueliarked
they etstainly would nut have barn fl,iiiracti In any alekewea.
Hai yOUr Lorddrip any ri.itcoll to Nitrite MAI the disease
prevailed at all tti the weighboui hood of Antwerp, eiders
quite oat the edge of the river, *loch is subject 10 maw
dation cannot speak to that feet, for I really leave we
Lanes ledge upon the subject : but 1 believe the oeielibeue-
Lund of Antwerp is not generally etmaidereil as unhealthy.
Was landinz so large a partairauf the army, and continua'
ing them for au Inez a period of tow im south &Villain'',
any part of the urigiesal plan of the Expedition, or did it
arise out of cirentustancea attar it bail r, iv, the Scheldt:
—lt wan DO part Of the original 031110 till' r tastiest any more
of the A..ruy in South Heerlen.' thim was aleolutely neaseasey
fur the tahiug the several batteries, to en Ide it,. diet to pro.
teed, and to have eolleettAl list iL.von.., of the filmed ea
bonier., waggon., OiX. far the woe of the min!, *0 cruder it
moveable wheel it lauded at Santa:Lag ; the hooting so large
a portion of the corps arose entirely from eireumatanees attar
our arrival in the Scheldt.
Your Lordship lonised stet. d that you slid not roneeive
that the Expedition to the Scheldt exp....ad title., the navy
or the army to erreminest hazard, will your Lord-hip have
the goodness to stale generally to the Committee the grounds
upon which glut opteion is f..rined, so tar as r: lairs to SOF
Lary operatirms re might be mom or less loss, hut I
did not cotuader that there ass any very great risk in the
Expedition against %Veldts-reel, eu taking pow:minus of
South Bevelmed, or in the subsequent landing of the army,
s received of the streortle of the
in that opinion by the intelli-
tbere wan tat force collected at
as exposing the army to itu-

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et elnyi lb
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and Ihweeireu.lii::;:u7dnitacctil'teadt uotoint ion"lrs7ltlitti: inftsit.
grove I ofttrwarda re-rived ; there was no force collected at
Antwerp that I could consider WI exposing Ike arusy to tut-
Oltneut danger.
Supptoing tire army !tad continued in perfect health on
the lals of A iizust, and that Sir Wchard Strachan had con-
sidered at of onitortattee that an endeavour shoeill be wade
to open the `n heiat to the enterprise of the wry, by the re-
duction Of lin• Fintt of tello sod I.irfteu.hurtlt, so Co Si
concerns the stru,a, of thr artn‘ ...tit.' your toldth,l, h're
1 liceitatril t • ssinlettake a !Awing,: St that prr.o.l'.-1 think I
certainly shout.' hate howl,. I the trim, if or R. Strachati
had required at at that tnne. sopp.n.nic 11. e army to no
Hi perfect btaltla i volattleei I avoid hair uuntatitAteu as Ea