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London, England, 1809-09-14 00:00:00

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boats, were from 'three to five days iitmaking their
way. through a channel, not more thou eight miles
loag. The delay, indeed, of bringing up the git
Isu.tes by this merigation, has always been assi4..ed
as the reason why the interceorse oetweiro Calisand
and Flashing war so long open. Certiouly, as sooli
as the gun-boats reached the,Scheldta that inter-
counae was stopped.
" eat, when the frost sets in, what is to become
of any boats we may venture to station in this chime
nell I am aware that it is seldom frozen quite
across. The ice is generally broken by the title :
but shall on: boat* or bri4, lie exposed to &keit of
ice, so drifted down a narrow chemise' ? and whit ea
to be expected lit case it as enere.y frozen ? See,'
mike* have recurred. In 17fse and 1796, the ice
was snelt that several persons pus.ed ove..to neve-
hind .from this town, which is one of the widest
parts of the channel. 'File ice. however, has never
"bees strong e.hingli to !mar artillery, at least within
4ipe inetitoiy of the preseat :4elieration ; hut when
.in iaparte once imikes geoil his tenting in this
i -:e. I, he will not fed Much difliculty is, hitog-mg
his urtill, ry.
Dot even though onr navy in iy be unable, un-
der the cireurnetatices I have stated, to offer any
material assistance to the invasimi of this Wield
B,releuil, it may be said, that such all
iu-
vasßio will I. guarded against by the number and
the nature a the hatteries, which it is proposed to
wren o along the roast. ludeed I have he.,ril this
•aliserted by %nine persons here, butt certainly not
by those who have any heat military expe:ienee
or capacity of observation. For if butteries could
effectually withstand Bonaperte, how limited
wank, his military progre-s hare bees, ? indeed
if batteries. caul.' form u secure deleure against
him, we Might e.talilesh a position on any part
of the French territory, as well as at Walcheren;
that is, if lie afforded us leisure to erect butteries;
'and Every much doubt whether he will &Moir
its -Colt leisure even here. Present appearances
teens to ju.tify that doubt. Already our trao,,s
have Cortipl..tely evacuated Beveland ; such is
the rapidity of the enemy's ttttt 'mitten's, that our
army had scarcely embarked, alien the lintel, flag
was hoi-tell at Buthz. Our seamen coiniug down
the 5,•11,1,1i distinctly saw 1!; 'mil you any depend
upon it, th st mica a spectacle was viewed by them
With peculiar Indeed, they :slit their
eplems on our geltant troops, who are, inifor. ii.irte-
le. confounded so the intscinstlm.t, of Niece Coin-
Invaders. As the transports 1114*!4 Ilium tll'n it ear,
the sailors not unfrequently Csriaim linen thieport
" 13e—n your eyes, you are II; iog its you
did from the II !der."

• " New. am the'ettemy can bring any amount of
force lie pleasee into Utrelsiirl, and construct hat-
eerie* within range of the banks of this ti
rather improbable that lie *ill allow our wo•rkiiit:
Radios to proceed iii their operatvitts.
We•otuat indeed calotihne ulant n must
warfare in this .:roc (ion. t hit trdops anti O,t;
beets will be ..XpUst Io
lard c,ual snout An: e.—
the -meaty may erect his WO a hereto r ire deems
abeinotetli, esmint venture niasto any mem-
um% into Bevel:out to di‘ttivt Into, at least with th.
fixer pmposed to be cruised 1,1 this island. For
bow rAt 13,000 met, vtdtittire to mark force.
frees which our Generals with 25,01.10 have ght it
pendent to fly. But in point of fact we have not
▪ efficitot body of more than 7000 or nnou
inetw.ontere than nalf cur men in the hos-
pitels.wewh.le several or our re4iiiients are mall)
without a sufficient 11.1111 it r if Akers to dim t
theiroperstions. Th.. 3th tvgi int tut have ut this
mein 23 officer,: lyiog Nit k; i:ie .51•411, 17; toll the
32(4-13. ludeed e*-ry regoirent here is siudarly
• circumstanced. Sueh, in tact, te the alsirmim: roo-
greys of those endemic compi.iiiits which affect
cur troop., and which are oniforntly. warms, 40
the native* state, in the mouth of Octotwn., that if
the enemy post;mile his amid; until then, we mt.'
likely to he without au art.tv in any suite to take
the field. Why then will Nlioisters pi.r-•st in
maintaining sod) u position ? why exp - our
stray to iirstruetion 'fret vanilla surely be ig-
norant of the etreorn%limerh 1 have stated, if they
Mare taken any trouble to inform themselves.
Indeed if they bare taken Inlefittate trouble, they
am* be aware or sontethi:et tutor, seriou:. They
fund be aware that the whole of the Boulogne
whieh hat been considered capable of
comawying 100,000 men to the Eit...;lish CO4O, may
be brought into the Selwhlt, by ill, card of (llonit,
en.operttv, if necessary, hi the inv4.init of Wel.
cheren. But 1 shall resume this subject iii my
Wet."