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THE SCHELDT EXPEDITION.

Mr. PoNSoNRY again addressed the House, and
stated, that the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) had in
the course of his speech, last night, maintained that
the principal inducement which led to the adoption
of the expedition, erns the asdetance which thereby
night have been given to Austria, at the time -hr
was making her must arduous struggle against our
enemy. Looking at the probability of such an
expedition being capable of producing this effect,
the assertion of the Noble Lord must always be
considered extraordinary ; hut it was still more ex-
traordinary. wheu he read a lever from the Noble
Lord, to the Commander-in-Chief of the (stitch-
tiou. (Mr. Ponsonby here read the letter he al-
luded to ) Now it was evident the Noble Lord, in
that letter, directed the attention of the Co 11111 l un-
der in-Chief to another object, which lie describe.
as the priinary olject of the expedition. lie there
directs the Commander-in-Chief to consider, that,
although the result might be favourable to the
strngles of Austria. yet the most essential part of
the urelertakiiig was the taking of Antwerp, and
the destruction of the works and arsenalsof Flush-
ing. But how could the Noble Lot& defend his
conduct, when lie resolved on the Expedition,
contrary to the opistinti of the Officers whom
he consulted ? mode the Noble Lord re-
sorted to for framing boa excuse. was not a
little surprising: If (said he,) your own Counsel
should be against you, yet that might not prevent
you purchasing the estate." But would the Noble
Lord argue., that if Counsel should say, the title is
bad, and you hare no chance of legally acq wring
the property ; at the same time, if the risk were
run, and the estate could by any means be got pos-
session of, there was some ground to expect pos.
se,,riton might forcibly be maintained ; would the
Noble LOlll. under such an opinion of Coulisel.
proceed to the purchase of the estate ? Whatever
he may have done in respect to the Expedition, he
would girt him credit that he would out venture to
purchase an estate in oppositon to such au opinion.
It, indeed, is Minirer proceeded at env time to set
contrary to the information he receives, it became
the House to punish his conduct. • The Noble
Lord had nomle it matter of complaint that hi,. No-
ble Friend (Porcliester) hail not brought forsiaid
the evidence of General Brownrigg. In aflaw.-t,
he must observe, that it was the wish of his Nu-

We Friend to have hail, in the first instance, the
evidence of that General, and lie was applied to
accordingly; and it he did not sootier appear to
give his trains:flue, K was no &nit on the part of his
Noble Friend. However stud General did after-
wards appear, and the Noble Lord had a fur op-
portunity of gui JJ IJJ g every evidence from that °di-
rer, relative to the present ritie.sti.m. But what was
the ceusequeuce of his esauriiietiori ? Why, Ge-
neral browirrigg asserts, that if the army hail art
rived 01/ the 3J of August, the Expedition, iu his
opinion, would have been successful. But this was
the mere testimony of inference, founded 'spoil con-
jecture.. The Noble Lord himself dons not concur
tit the testimony of Gen. Brownrigg, which he consi-
dered so important ; for, the Noble Lord had ob-
served, there was no date, when he conld say the
Expedition might not have been successful.—
Though General Brownrigg made the statement,
that, if' the Expedition had arrived on the 3.1 of
August, it would have been successful, nut the
Noble lard had considered that evidence so veiy
material ; vet the Noble Lord, who went to se,
the embarkation, who saw the whole sail, stint
was at Deal at the tiine, must have known it
was impossible the Expedition could arrive on
that day. He had further alleged, in his own
defence, there spiny accidents ensued, which '
it was impossible to prevent. To be sure
there were, in the course of things, many accidents, •
whirl' roinelinies were nut foreseen, nor could be
prevented. But the Noble Lord was answerable
to the Howie, not for the event of accident, but
fur undertiking whet was, in the course of al hit-
fuse things, an impossibility. The Noble Lord
had inquired if Lord Chatham did not once send
an expedition to Rochfort, and it failed ; and yet
the Earl of Chatham was not called to an account.
But the wide diffesence between the Noble Lord
and that great man ought to be called to their re-
collection. Lord Chatham had long deserved well
of his country, and was held in great estimation..
His services and talents were very dissimilar loin
thoie of the Noble Lord. But could not the nu-
merous successful undertakings of Lord Chat-
ham be 'Petitioned for example, and not the
only one in which he failed ? They would
also consider the prosperous limes, when Lord
Chatham sent the expedition to ttochfort, and
even then he start only 7000 men; but the
Noble Lord sent the whole, and the last disposable
force the country porsiessed, and risked them cm a
perilous service, and, at this time, offered an ex•-,
ruse, by quoting the example of Lord Cluithem,
iii the only rape/boleti where he failed. Though
the Noble Lord had considered the evidence of
General Brownrigg as the most material, yet be
called upon them to look at the Juurual of thearmy,
and they would find what it scud upon the subject.
Upon the 4th of August, the same journal stated.
that the naval pastorals were in a situation In which
they could he protected, by the guns of the citadel,
which, added the journal, was not an understood.
It stated, also, that upou. the nth of Augult 2.000
French and upwards of I,ooh Dutch troop% Were
in Antwerp, ten squadrons at Bergen-op-Zoom, and
great numbers moving in every direction. If this
was true, supposing that the Expedition had arrived
'on the 3d of August, he would ask. where was the
ground or excuse for allying that they would have
found it in a state riot prepared to resist them? The
Maisie Lord bad talked of the quality and courage of
our troops, and concluded his pauegyric, by saying,
that he would not fear to commit an inferior num-
ber of' British soldiers to an undertaking of the
kind, not fearing but that their thirst for military
glory, and talent for military achievement, would
bring them triumphant over superior numbers;
but, before the Noble Lord determined upon any
such experiment, he would do well to reflect
upon the resistance which a people is capable of
making to any force ; he would do well to re-
flect upon the sieges of Gerona and Satagoma, in
which the efforts of French discipline were so
long withstood. But, to return to the journal ;it
proceeded to state, that, upon the loth of August,
45,1100 troops of the hare arrived at Bergen-Op-
Zoom. Intelligence was even obtained by the Com-
mander-in-Chief himself, from confidential quarters,
corroborating such representations, and confirming
all the previous intelligence as true ; yet the Noble
Lord had told them, notwithstanding those facts,
and this confirmation of them, that there was 110
force,, at that time, at Antwerp, or in the vicinity.
Again, the journal proceeded to state, that upon tbd
petit or 19th of August, information was received
'us to the state of Antwerp; The Noble Lord ad.
nutted the fact, but asserted that it was informa-
tMo received by the Commanders of the forces
alone. He (Mr. Ponsouby) had reason to think
otherwise. Upon the same authority it appeared
that no accurate Recount of the citadel could be
got ; none but military men, to whom the charge
of it was entrusted, being admitted ; yet-this.
very garrison the Noble Lord had been pleased
to represent so 'needy neglected by the French.
—The information of his own spy upon those
topics, should have opened his eyes. With re-
spect to the forts of Lillo and Likfkenshoeik,
his own spy had given information, representing
Lillo as a strong place of defence, but Liellten-
shoeilt ss not, in his opinion, bomb woof, though
otherwise well secured. It appeared that, on the
sth or 6th of August, five. or six thousand French
troops were at 'Bergen-op-Zoom, and, on the
lith, there were twenty-six thousand troops
at Bergen-op-Zoom and Antwerp. exclusive of
the garrison of Flushing. Yet those places were
considered by the Noble Lord, to be so frivolous
and unimportant in the estimation of France,
that he did not expect to find any difficulty in
getting possession of them, so fully was his mind
occupied with that idea, and so successfully did he
labour to disseminate it, that perhaps almost all who
went on the Expedition went with eh impression that
they would scarcely have in enemy to meet. The
Noble Lord had uodertuken to justify the Expedi-
tion by the iuformstain upon which it was uuder-
taken. The authorities to which he (Mr. Ponsonby)
had appealed in the venous instances which he laid
before them, were selected from that information
upon which the Noble Lord had professed to pro-
ceed, with what coasistency the Haase would judge.
As to the naval part of the question, he thought it
NM reprehensible as the military. It was known
that the num igstion of the Scheldt was so difficult
that a pilot would have been necessary to every
lure-of-battle ship and frigate, and that not one of

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the officers was acquainted with die place. What
then did the Government do under such diem:i-
v:vices ?It procured one pilot, one single man, for '
the purpose of conveying four hundred vessels to a
difficult destination. Let them nest see how Ge-
neral Brownrigg himself thought upon those mat-
ters,at the Conned of War,which was held ar Bathe.
Ile had undertaken to state the progress of the Expe.
dition, for the Metter deciding of the judgment of the
Lieutenants-General ; and in this statement he had
offered it us a reason for not occupying Cadsand.
that the number of troops made it impracticable. or
at least imprudent. Such was the reel condition of
Cudsand, though the Noble Lord hod thought it
right to say that there were not 200. men there.
Generil Browntigg had been questioned as to the
Marquis of Huntly'o conduct, of which he 'hail
stated his complete approhativo, saving. that, ill it
stinil4r situation. he would have adopted a similar
hue of courloct himself. It was evident, therefor,.
that lathe blame was imputable to Ministers, who
hail sent out a ffruce not adequate to the purpose
for which ml was deeigued.—(Hertr ! Ater 'l—la
another part lathed stated the forceo of the enemy
at 35,500 men. Thus_ the recorded opinions of
General Browttrigiwere in direct hostility with the
professions alai defence of the Noble Lord. But,
would the Noble Lord insinuate that Gen. Brown-
rigg had deceiver{ the Liesitenants-General uomi
that occasion ? It was true (bet General lirowiirigg
had declared upon his examination that they hurl
but 30,000 meals but was not that Dumber us ef-
fectual in preventing the object 111 COllleMphi,/01),
As 300.000 ? The success against Antwerp, he said,
depended much upon promptness, and upon the
powession of the two forts. It was known on the
Ist of August, that the enemy's fleet was above the
boom of Lillo, arid in the opinions of most, com-
pletely unattackalde; the armament had but one
option, either to proceed by land or by water, but
as for celerity of operation, it did not seem by any
means a thing capable of taking place. General
Brownrigg had meutinned in his atatemen., that
the forces w.re not sufficient to invest Antwerp, he
who had talked before of taking it on the loth by
bombardment; indeed when they looked to his
ei idence, and to the other doeurnints of General
Brownrigg 's opinions, they ennid scarcely think
that it was the same Gentleman whore 'sentiments
they were contemplating. Were those Generals
wrong in the advice they bad given, or did the
Quarter-Master General deceive them? was it wrong
to leave it ? The Noble Lord had said, that, if it
was tried, he had no doubt that it would be suc-
cessful. Who then was ? why was thee:-
pertinent not made? If the Noble Lord thought
it was conducted wrong, why did he not say so
openly ? why, when Ministers informed His Majesty
to say that the failure !needed no inquiry, did he
not accuse Ministers of saying what was not the
truth ? and with what grace could he 1600 conic for-
ward to make a defence, grounded upon charges
which he had hewer made, until every other
species of argument had failed Inuit ? But it was
contendea, that a diverbion w tu%our of Austria
was necessary and applied for. But did Austria
apply fur a diversion in that quarter ? Was the
Scheldt the point to which she was anxious that our
endeavours aboald he directed ? No, it was in the
Nerth of Germany that she would have ors act—
( Hear ! hear !) and that not by a great arm..
meat. The woldi vi ner appticanoo renuieed olsty
some cavalry and some artillery ; and insisted. in
one place, that even a detachment might be of con.
siderable service. It was impossible, therefor's.
that the Noble Lord could defend himself upon
the desire of Austria, which was directed to a dif-
ferent and a much more limited operation. From
the gesture, the mariner, and language of the
Noble Lord, last night, one would have been in-
clined to think, that lie had done something
great, or listened to something pleasant. instead of
bring occupied in debating the disasters which he
had brought upon his country, and the many
thousands of his countrymen whom he had caused
to perish—(Hear! hear !)—The tone of his feel-
ings must surely be very different from those of
other men. when levity and cheerfulness were the
characteristics of his manner upon such an occasion ;
but the responsibilitycould not be lessened by such
conduct. The Noble Lord had linked been guilty
of the greatest impropnety in the Expedition—he
had sent it one entire month later than. according to
the opt mou of Slirfl.Popliarn, it ought to have gene;
he had treated the opinion of Sir It. Strachan with
the same levity he had that night pursued towards
the House; the flippant answer which d him
upon all occasions, was, " Go on ; go on ; I dare
say you will do very well." But the Noble I -.I
had said it was necessary, in order to raise the mi-
litary character and spirit of the country. As to
military character and spirit, there never was a time
when either stood higher, or more justly so, in this
opinion of the country and of the world. than at the
present moment ; but supposing that they required
to he improved, was this,the way to improve thew ?
(Hear ! hear !)—lit was a most assuming and pre-
sumptuous declaration, but it seemed to be a test.
fall and favourite one : it was resorted to by the
same Noble Lord. to excuse the failures in Spain ;
but for his part. be was yet to learn what silvan.
tage could result to the military character anti spi-
rit, by sending out expeditions which every one al.
lowed were impracticable. The Noble Lord had
asked triumpluitstly.would they censure Nelms"' for
his expedition to Copenhagen or to Aboukir ? But
did the Noble Lord mean to draw a comparison's
between Nelson and the Commander 'shout he hail
appointed over the forces? It appeared as if the
Noble Lord could willingly throw the blame noon
others; but at best he would only throw it from t is
own shoulders upon those of the Commander,
created by himself. and *eat upon IN utiderruking
which almost wholly depended upon celerity-.
sagacity, and dispatch. The Noble Lord had
expressed his contidence 'ist the House would
acquit him hot lie (Mr. Poosonti3 ) was confident.
that in its justice it would paw the resoln:losis. lie
House might' be said in Roma degree to have brought
this evil upon the country, by permitting sucb men
to continue in office. after such proofs of incompe.
wag, and rashiseso. It hail passed over the Convects
tine of Chan ; ( Hear ! hear:) it had passed over
Sur John Nloore's inifortustate campaign in Spain;
it had passed over such Acta, and those whom it hail
so often pardoned, conetised themselves similes:el
in the error, which accordingly they had the re..
suniption to repeat. Was the Noble Lord right or

wrong in the planning of this expedition? if he was
riot, why should his colleaglies be so apt. in di,
MISS hint; if wrong, upon what principle of duty or
of conreieuee, would the Hume CUllititii:llMe
such conduct? Hr made sonic Ver), erVeir
ani-
n►advemiuus upon the conduct of the Cabinet,
for the concealment which it had agreed to
maintain toward' the Noble Lord, soil charged
them with having pertietted him, while tinder a
sentence of incompetency, to send out the great-
, est, and, perhaps, the last Expedition which
E.e.:latel was capable of forming, fur the purpose
of having an additional ;tegument Inc seudiug liim
out also.—(Hear! hear !)-11e charecteti.ed them
as boll from ignorance, and einititleet trout tinpii-
nth' ; sporting with the lives of the peuplr,
squa.idering the resources of the uutit,u. lie
eluded with recommending, that, in thirst
when libels were complained of ag-tinst that House,
iii.d breaches Of privileges by its own Members,
should out prove to the world. thst the one
is it tke, and the other united, by Kiting comile•
nonce to such proceedings its were now tooter their
enneideration.—(Loird cries of Hear ! hear
Gruen! CSAVPURD denied the policy of
an attempt in the North of Grissiony, chill iiisisted,
that? of all po.sible undertaking., that of the
Scheldt was the most likely to be advatitiorous ;
Antwerp he cotisidereel of such importaiwe to the
enemy, as a means of replenishing his fleet, that
ewer/ effort shoeld be mode to deprive lean tif it.—
Hariug cone through the policy, he wits now ready
to go to a different branch, namely. the o xpediency
of the Expedition. The Commander-ill-Chief,
luau conversant arm all military subjgcts, wits of
opinion that Antwerp could 'lint be taken by any
other menhir than by a regular PAge. There wire,
besides, the opiiiimis of Gem rat Browtirigg
General Hope, in confirmation of this; but Col.
Goolon's opinion was corisidered superior to all
those. It struck him (General Cranford) ilsat.
Colonel Gordon was a in in of useful unileistand-
ing, but one of Ivry little prat lice in his profes-
sion of items. And there sere features in his
moutons, that mutt strike every body smith surprise.
His. as -well as Sir Witham Erskine's seminars' s,
acre' very nlijectionable, far from being founded
on substantial grounds. He supposed it to 4:weeded
from a want of consideration upon the stile of Col.
, Gordon and Sir Wm. .rakine, that their o; . i ttt Olir,
.. which had always been considered as prominent,
were, in this cost., not atatt lobe depen,led upon. And
what did there appose hi costar:nth:bon to the autho-
rities of those two officers ? That of Sir J. Hope, a
Own of great psofro: I excellence and experience;
and his mouton would not have been so decisively
• opposed without a strong 1 dation. It was evi•
dent, that the works of Antwerp flutist live been
in a moat defective state, from what appeared in
the evidence; and, as to the troops in the country,
the channel through which the information yr-
specting them was conveyed, was indisputably cor-
rect and accerate. and inch as to authorise the ope-
rations egainst them. With respect to the prepare-
' texts of the enemy, the idea ens absurd and imp u•
per ; as, upon the 37th August, thci..•! were 'wither
batteries tin, any other mode of defence at Flush-
ing, which actually was in a bare and indefenoble
state; and, if the bill force of the ruemy was con-
sidered, giving credit for 11.000 seamen, there
were 30.000 tacit. and these 30,000 were distri-
buted in such it manner, that the enemy could
• brie; tor more than 15,001 cfficieut men atptiost
tits mighty force of Greet Britain, and these men
moat wretchedly composed. But the positive
form toon received by... Government relative to the
state of the twiny, was most indisputab'e; and
stately the o retro and workmen who formed r great
port or the enema's force, could nut be spared from
their ftveu.l avocatunip. to join the mails body
*gannet our troops, marshalled in such array, and
renown' d for such ischievenreuts ? Upon the ei tire
fete of the evidence there was, lie eutuesoled,
strong cootirsnation of the prettabiley, that the
Expeditio.s would have been attended with the
most sougisine success, had the stem.-tits been pro-
',bows, had the winds Lid weather been favourable.
The 'expediency. as well as policy of this measure,
ws. most manifest, even to a impel tidal observer. As
. to the nistructions which bid been given, they were
such as had been always given upon such occasions.
'the prudent wily of opereting was to send a larger
fore than that of the enemy, anti in this case such
it mode of con Wet was most strictly observed.—
Thirteen thousand men had been sent against %Val-
chervil &cite. And supposing the propitiousness of
the wind a.id weather, Cadsatid most have fillets
into our bands. No man would deplore more than
he would, that aly man :tumid receive pail or hurt,
especially in the effort of any attack or resistance;
but he would beg to know whether 7,nou men wire
not sufficient for the reduction of Flndunq ? !lad he
been el happy as to be engaged upon a similar Ex-
pedition, he would undertake to attack and con-
(pier Flushing with a forceyeduced by a thousand.
Upon the subject of Baths, Sir John Hope was
of optuion that It could have been suk•n iii a few
hours ; sod he was right in thinking so.tHe thought,
with every body of rational opittion, that had
the Expedition been undertaken under the au-
spice. of fortestie, that MOS the co-operation of
wind and weather, nothing would have occasion-
ed a failure of any .1 the objects of it. Antwerp
would have surrendered without a struggle.—
Our treaps had been ajded by this powerful assist-
ant; and if it had not, our soldiers, whose energy
world be raised in proportion to the delay, world
soon have occasioned its demolition. A motley
crew defended it, composed of excise ofbcere; no
order, no regularity; and it had bean said, with
equal folly sod absurdity, that the arsenal, which
wasstowed with combustibles, could not have bees.
destroyed. General Craufurd, after stating several
other advantages which might have accrued. if for-
tune had not denied alt her gifts. begged to know
what number of troops would be mectissary to op-
pose and sure to beat 15,000 of the enemy ? Even
if the enemy were composed of regular troops
of the line, which was not she ease. as there
w..er a nuinoer of Hutch troops anions than,
be sufficient to insure a victory.
et to the Medical Department, this
had beretundertaken with the most
aborione attention. Military hospitals
he regulated with such ease and dips
others. A sufficient quantity of cloth
4 to serve the purpose. of ihe sick ; and
deficient, the fault Ise with the

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LONDON,
WEDNLiIIAY. MARCH eB.

Mr. LETIIIIIIIO66, the Member for Somerset-
Inst night, to the of Commons, re-
sunu•d the business of Sir Insects Bienteittr's
letter, which we inserted yesterday, and moved two
Resolutions : oue stating that it is a libellous and
scandalous piper, refit cting upon the just rights
and privilege. of the !louse; and the s-coad stating
that the Dm. Bonnet, having ocknowledged him-
self the author of the some, has violated those
rights and privileges. Mr. Possoo BY wished
these Resolutioes t r be discussed on a distant day.
but that would nut answer the purpose of the parties
interested in the Walcheien Inquiry. They are to
be discussed this day, in the Douse of Common.:
thus breaking and dividing the great debate upon
that most important sobject. If ever there was a
man, who, if sound and true, had caught an op.
pot twill), to outshine the good men of mud
it was Mr. W•IIDLE; but this miserable mendicant
patriot hasshewn the cloven foot, and we doubt much,
whither. by the display of his unworthiness, lie has
not done more mischief to the country, than lie has
yielded it service, by the correction of military
abuses, and the degradation of the Duke of Your.
We were not, therefore, less di-appointed than dis-
gusted, when we found the ►louse of Commons
described by this Geutleinan, its some of Ins tavern
speeches, as this room ;" that is, this cornllll)fte
place. unsanetioned, and private meeting. That
the Douse of Commons is not p►et•isely constituted
as we wish, is, we believe, a point in which every
man, but Ministers and their creatures, admit ; but
we, at the some tine. think, that we are not to
throw off our allegiance, because our Government
may have some imperfections. owl that the beet
way to avoid anarchy, is to throw every thing into
confusion. We, therefore. most sincerely and
deeply regret the appear:ince of Sir Fa A We Bun-
OF:TT% letter, at this particular moment. No per-
son will suspect him of playing a juggler's pert, and
yet the most zealous friend of Minister, could not
have rendered them more essential service. When
the Expedition to Walcheren had converted every
house in England into a house of mourning. Mi-
nisters had cunning enough to conjure up the Ju-
bilee, and thus convert every house into a house of
joy, under the pain mud penalty of disloyalty and
disaffection. The msnmuvre succeeded for the time,
but jestice though lame is sore. and Ministers are
now before the hor of the public, when, in an I vil
hour, up starts the letter of Sir F•atstis lA:a.
DeTT, and he is pressed, us the Green Ass, into the
service of Ministers, to divert the storm of public
indignation from their devoted heads. The reso.
'lotions moved by Mr. Irrmtinintsr. will produe in
animated debate this night. If car'ied, the
neat question will li-. whether the lien. Barn.

net be expelled, or merely repritoanded by the
SPILIKEII, •r committed to prison? In the case of
so popular a character as Sir Fitsicti nuaorrr,
none of those questions cut be euterta tied, without
sioleutly agitating the public mind ; and whetlitr
they succeed or miscarry, th. y will tlu illy etibwer
the purpose or Ministers. They will divert and
tract the public attention from the Walch,reit Ex.
pedition, cud Sir FRANCIS 111111.13LTT will br tilt ir
Green Ass.

The American frigate John Adorns, passed
through Cowes Rawls, un Monday, from Putts-
mouth, fur Muria's, with Mr. Et.t.tut on board
with dispaielies for General AKIIISTILUNG. from
whence,. after receiving him, or his dispatches, she
will proceed to America.

We have received German papers to the lath,
French to the 32.1, mid Dutch to the 34th instant.
lkon.ite.taTe's tyranny over the cm iiiii ercial part of
ti,e C 'lit, is exeruted with increased severity.
At' tlattiburgh. and all over the North of lieriustly,
the i I"•r of French Custom-house officers and
trioqn, has beeu doubled, and in some 'daces tripled,
■ud no persuo date to carry an ounce of colonial
produce Over the French Custom-horse line, under
pain of corporeal punishment and imprisonment.
The prisms% at IlaiiihuNli are crowded with offen-
ders of this de•criptiou.
The 111.j011 ol• Ifintover with Westphalia Ws ex-
cited runCli regret in the former country. The
French It:tendstat baring given a (limier in honour
of the os:casi iiiii the citizens assembled t a mu knoutly
and broke his windows. Many other riots have also
taken place in consequence of that nuance.-I'h, e
ore the only articles of intelligence, of any intei est,
is the liertnan Papers, except a copy of an Edo t
of the King of Prussia, prohibiting the introduction
of all colonial produce into his ports.
The Paris Papers contain an account of the mar-
riage of the Princess M•at• Locos• to BONA.
. by proxy, at Vienna, on the 11th. The
bride was to set out f►om that city on the 13th.
Among the distinguished personages who have ar-
rived at Paris to partake of the nuptial festivities,
in that (ay, is EUGENE BEAVIIIIANOIS, Viceroy of
Italy, the son of the discarded Empress.
The following is the only article of intelligence
in these Papers respecting Spain :
" According to a letter front Bayonne, of the isth March
hat. His Majesty the Kiag of Spans, daring his short stay at
Pint St. Marys, went, attended by the Duke of Dalmatia,
and Generals Senamiont and Leri, to inspect the corps un-
der Marshal Victor, and also the works guiug forward at Part
Royal, Chichusa„ Huts, and Saint Lacer. Deputatium front
Got-nude, Seville, niid other cities of Andalusia, entreated His
Mnir sty to permit them to repair to l'Am cud the Isle of
trim, in order to represent to the inhabitable, in the terms
who h troth dictated to their fehuw•.cuuntrymcn, whet most
b. to themselves, to Spam iu racial, rid muse immediately
1 In Andalusia% the fatal etiosequirtic es of their bliudnesa. sod,
if itossilde, to ra•convert them to those ortilieuruls, which
Apes ought to he professed by true Sp:maids. The King
granted their request, mad gave orders to facilitate it■ (inea-
tion. Twelve persons, accordingly, selected ft the noun-
rues Deputies, went ~ii board a vessel; Inn though this easel
presented herself as a flag of trove, en English ship sums itti-
strnchul her passage. The Deputies, Out dieheastened In this
circumstance, proceeded by laud; hut they experietwed the
same opposit non. The frightful yoke of the English will prices
upon C. 0112 and the tole of Leuvr, which .he French hoops
are 'blockading, mild, at the niumeut of an inevitable surren-
der, Ibtsc reuse English shallot...o.lou them to their, &Noir,
currying olf or destroying every thing, accordiug to their
constant pokey towards their allies.
.. About Sotto troops of the Confederation of 'he Rhine
II•11 killgllolM of Italy passed through Narbonne, at the coin•
Illeseellivlll atilt present mouth; sod the paiivage 11( troupe
was expected to coattair till the dote of it. The rvisiforre.
meat out tl.c match fur the army of Catalonia is estimated el
30,000 men." - ___

l'estrulay morning. liis MAJESTY. and Prin.
ceNars AUGUSTA And SOPHIA. look their usual
morning airing, iu Windsor Park, till II &clock,
accompanied by Count M U STER, GeßerAit CAltr•
WRIGHT and FITZROY, COlolael TAYLOR. and the
Ladies Tur R NIL

The Klan is expected .in town, this dry. from
Windsor, to bold a Private Levee and Privy Conn-
atthe Quaan's Palace.

Sir daMISSatiIIABEZ is, we lerstand, ■ppoint-
eu of the ISaltic Beet.

Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the
East India Douse, when Capt. G. WELT:DIN, of
the ship /mint, took his hind leave of the Court.
previous to departing for Madras and Bengal. The
Court adjourned, at six o'clock, till this day.
A letter front New York, dated January 3r►,
1810, to a tuercaintile house in Glasgow, says--" I
sin decidedly of opinion, that very little dependence
can he had on tic impress on which the idea of a
settlement of all the subj.•cts in dispute between the
two Governments, with Mr. Pinckney, can mike
ori the public mind. Whatever this arrangement
may be, unless it is followed on the part of the Bri-
tish Government by the appointment of a new
Minister to supersede Mr. Jackson, I am quite
certain that the Ameri'an Government still not
withdraw its prohibition lows. In fact, until the
British Government send out a Minister, it will
have no official a4ent in the States with whom the
America's Government will corumusiie-atc. It is a
Act well known, that the American Governmelit
sill adhere firmly to the 1111 l 1 which it has taken,
on the subject of the. British (dire in Council, and
the affair of the theasopeake, sod that, on these
points, Mr. I'INC7KNIT is nut at liberty to exercise
his riiscretiou in coming to a settlemeut.
A Correspondence rrsvect.tsg the Army Medical
Board has been printed, by orde► of the Douse of
Commons. It affords a picture of the shameful
[curio that have distraced that department. The
Surgeon-General (Kg/m) complains of the am-
bitious views, implacable temper, overbearing dis-
position, intrigues, and encroachments, of his
colleague (Kamm.), who sought to usurp all
the patronage and power of the Board. He
also charges him with connecting I self with
Doctor BURL* ND, who, of all men in the world, ex.
cep! Doctor JACKSON, was the most hostile, as well
as disagreeable to the Physician-Geoeral (PErvic)
and himself ; and that they, KRATE and P►:eys, sci
informed him, but that Ire (KNIGHT) ilicirogirdti
the information. and introduced Bna►..4KP into the
01fi.•.• as his assistant. Doctor Boat-too !riving
applied to the l'lrysiciaa-Grneral (Per% s), re-
apeetmg the attack, the latter declared that he
was a total stranger to it, thus contradicting the
statement of the Surgeon-General Kum.

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10.000 would b
—With revpret
preparations had
Minute and lobo'
could not he
Paw+ as others.
wrs provided to I
if medicine was