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at air, of the movements and position of the
enemy ; and that, ou the 2d of August. his Excel-
lency reminded hint of the order and instructions
give• by His Majesty, with respect to the manner
is which he should 'act, to prevent the enemy from
taking a povition in the isle of Watcheren; that
the instructions of his Majesty ordered this Ge-
neral, incase he should find himself pressed by the
enemy, to cut the dykes, rather than surrender the
place ; that this General seemed offended at re-
ceiving this letter from the Minister at War, and
answered to the General and Senator Rampon.
that it was useless to remind him of his duties, mid
the firm intentions of Ills Imperial and Royal Ma-
jesty ; that at all times, awl iu utl circumstances, he
should know how to fulfil the our, and confoi in to
the other; yet, nevertheless, General Modtet, be-
ing pressed in Flushing by • superior force,
toted to cut the dykes ; that he pierced only one,
on the side of Rumekens, which he stopped again
during !4 hours, and then re-opened ; that this
opening produced but little effect, because the
point where it was made had not been well chosen;
that it ought to have been made filly attires fur-
ther, on the side of Itatnekens; and besidcs, that
the dyke on the side of Old Flushing ought to
have been pierced, which would have produced lEfl
onsidiately a sufficient inundation—
Considering, that, according to the statement
drawn up by General Momn•t, on the 15th of
July, 1509, the garrison of Flushing consisted
of 4,481 men and 17 horses, of wl►um 3,813
men and 17 horses were in the place ; that the
Gessrals Rampon, Chainbarlhac. and Rousseau,
threw into Flushing, hewers the first of August,
and the sixth of the same mouth, 3,143 men; viz.
on the i•t of August 6tM men of the 341 battalion
of the 65th regiment; oil the 2d of August 1003
men, of whom 6uB were from the 4th battalion of
the third demi.brigade of reserve, and 375 from the
‘2sth, 72d, •end 108th, with 20 gunners; on the 4th
of August 320 'nen of the 4th battalion of the 48th
.regiment; cos the fti► of August 1160 men, of whom
150 were from tile Bth demi-brigade ; 420 from the
48t1► regiment, and 190 from the regiment of Pros.
acs, forutiii4 a total of 6996 men, and 17 homes
and that, tu•eordomg to the letters written to the Mt.
ui.tt r ;I: Vt ar, by Gen. Monnet, and dated Lich-
!l ld, the 8111 of October last, there were only 1963
nonn killed, wounded, and made prisonets—

Considering, that, at the moment when the ene-
my appeared lief"re the place, it contained pro-
mime, for 4.onn men and 100 horses, during
dly. ; that (en, ral Moinict, to his before-
uses.tiosied letter, dated Lichfield, u.serts, that the
fire of the enemy consumed four principal maga-
zines of 'pram-ions ; ..%liereas it has been declared
by the Sienr Dourster, of the Guard of Engi-
',ril, that lie knew nothing of this ; by the Sieur
Kozlowski, Commandant of the Ist Irish bat-
taloa, that the tire of the enemy destroyed on's.
ther prori•ions nor any thing nectssary fur the
cleftmco of t!:e place ; End by the Mayor of
Fla !line. that it had only burned two magazities
of forage—.

Considering that the place haJ only suffered a born-
barrhsent of 36 hours on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of
August ; that this bouihardinent. or the cannon of
the enemy, ha 4 not done any remarkable damage
to the body of the place ; that, at the moment of
capitulation, three was al (ream in the ramparts ;
and that the place had been surrendered before the
enemy had effected the passag.• of the fosse, with-
out living sustained any assault ; and when the
trorys were still in possession of the outworks—
Considering that this capitulation,which reassigned
on the night of the i,ith of August, excited the dis-
content, and even the indignatian, of the gerriwin—
Considering, in tine, that it results from the de-
claration' of several persons, that General Moisnet
received to his profit, from IRO3 to 1406. without
giving, nor causing to he given, acquittances to the
parties interested, a rate of to Dutch sous, or 1-1.
tons tournoia, for every half auker of (..mera ex-
ported ; and that the house alone of a Madame
Week., at Flushing, paid to his account from 50
to 80,000 Grim; within the space of about three
years—
The Council of Inquiry. &clams—
(Wm C.lions the Sentence already published.)

1116 day, the ?..zith of Nov. 11109, at three in
the afternoon, at the moment when the Council was
rising. the Minister at War had transmitted to him
• letter boon General Monnet, dated Litchfield. the
941 h of ortulwr lart, containing an answer to the
letter of flit Majesty the Emperor and Kim; to his
Minister at Wei, relative to the surrender of Flash-
ing, of the date of the 7th of September last. The
Council have read these two pieces ; and, after ma-
ture deliberation, have determined that they are not
of a nature to cause ally chin.ge in the declaration
they have made.

Done at Paris, at the Depot General of IVar, on
the above day, month, and year ; and all the llem.
berm of the Council of Inquiry,. sod the Secretary,
ligued the precca verbal.
(biped) COUNT A HETI LLE.

COUNT NAMPON.
VICE-ADM. TIIEVCNAND.
COUNT SONGES MASON.

Transmitted to our Minister at War, to cause
the laws of the Empire to he executed towards the
accused. (Signed) N.PO LSO 11.

Palate of doe Thuilteriee, Dec 0, 'soy.

LONDON,
FRIDAY, DECEMNER 29.
The C'astilian sloop sailed on Saturday from
Sheerness, with eight transports, having water on
board, for the ships off Flushing.—They proceeded
to within a few miles of that place, when they for-
tunately met the Gorgon, of 44 guns, which in-
farmed them, that the place had been evacuated on
the preceding day.—l-lad it not been for thiccir-
cuinstance, the Castilian and her convoy would
have gone in, as the town continued to hoist the
English colours, as a decoy.
We lately gave the substance of the proceedings
of the Court of 'mph.), into the conduct of Gene-
ral Mouser, respecting his defeats: and surrender
of Flushing. We now give the article at length,
from the Moniteur. It states, that anterior to the
istli of March, BONAPARTE himself had given
particular instructions to the General of Division
Minutia, to place the town of Flushing and the
Isle of IValcheren in security from any military
attack ; and that, on the 22(1 of April, the Minister
at War wrote to General blutt NET, that a consi-
derable armament was preparing in England, and
commanded him to make the necessary dispositions
to place that fortress in a state of security from the
enterprises of the English.—The Yams division of the
Expedition did not sail from Ramsgate until the
28th of July. We wish to know by what fatality it
happened that BONAPARTE watt aware of ire desti-
nation so far back its the 15th of March? lie is in
the habit of noticing the immense sums which Eiig-
land pays for spies on the Continent.—He cereitiuly
may not pay so well; but, we fear, he is better served
than we are.

Mr. Povem.t., the American Secretary, was not
suffered to land itt Fra:.ce. Ile returned on Wed-
nesday to Dev,:r in the flag of truce which carried
him, with Mr. MAY Piz, the Austrian Nlessenger, to
Calaia.—lt is reported, that General ARMSTRONG,
the American Minister at Paris, will shortly set out
ou his return to America. Mr. Powet.t. was told,
as the cause of the prohibition to laud, that Morlaix
was the only port open for cartels.

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Some of the Mu ' g Papers of yesterday an-
nounced, that the formal annexation of Holland
to the French Empire has been declared; and
sequins of Custom-house officers, cupported by nu-
inerons troops, are on their way to give effect to the
new organization to which it is condemned; and that
flip' intelligence is contained in letters to the 22d
mit. from Amsterdam. to which city it was brought
by cypress from l'aris. We fancy that this is merely
an anticipation of a probable event. We have seen
• letter from Rotterdam, of the id, on which we
found this opinion. The following is an extract
We are entirely ignura•t Isere of B 's plans,
as to our foturc Govcrnae•t: Nu steps have yet been
taken to alter the present state of things. S I vessels
were ready to sad on the lath, fur Loglarid, bat were in-
timidated by the appearance of • tarp French pi ivateer, of
111 guns, and i,SO into, off the Make One of the Captains
immediately protested to his Government, arid the French
/renal was immediately preveuted Irian disturbing the Wide."

Several mere frigates ■re to be sent to the East
Indies.—The enemy's force there bears no propor-
tion to ours ; yet, when the extent of that sea is
considered, and the number of ships that are
al-
ways employed in protecting convoys, it is not sur-
prising that the enemy should run so lung a saucer
of success. The ships, too, on that station are to
be oftener relieved than has beets usuid. This poli-
cy is most imperative. It may be seers by a ;thrice
at the ma►ine list in the American papers, that the
•United States maintai ii ill an extensive trade with
the East ludic'. The critical state of our relations
with America being, therefore, duly considtred, we