The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-13 00:00:00

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such a subjea without having time. to c,,,risidr the
situation (if the ;.laUe,.thp nature of its:re4rarce4,
!he nature-of kts d. fence, and the nature of the
country round it.-

In order to invest Antwerp would it not be ne-
cessary to detabh corps to mask- Bergen•op-Zoom,
and the other tortressei in that nei,hboornood
I conLeive it. world.

Can you foun any opinion what the amount of
those detachments must be I—lt must entirely ri.,1;^...
pen& upon the force that the enemy had in those
garri,ous. '

Supposing these fortresses to be competently gar-
iioned ?-=LBergen-op.-Zoom i!sel f if compet,ently gar-
risorktl,l believe wiatld require 6006 or 7001 i
the lines from Bet ,en'-op- Zoom to Steenbergert
might be calculated- to hold 10.,0oCti _including the
garrison of Berg/en-lop-Zoom. -
Was nut it in point • ld lAA -round that several 01
the rrginients coull not be ready for service as soort
as the 'nth of Julie, and that the equipment
Some of them rettlained incomplete till the end of
that month ?-I,l::ere were several regiments, parti-
cularly second bitttalions, repotted unfit for service
as late as the result of the Inquiry of the 23d of
May.

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In your-opinion, did the state.of the army admit
of its hying eallivr sent upon service ?—I rcally con•
ceived the loth ,of June to be as early a day. a; the
main body of ttie army could be considered fit ,for
active service. .

Have'you not, known places more respeolabie its
their defences than Antwerp that have been rer-i,
duced by au artny' with adequate means appearing
before them, .1 ithout the necessity of undethiking
a siege of a more regular description ?—I conceive
a fortress Cannfiti be taken, without treachery, with-
out a siege.
- -Have not fortresses been reduCied by bornbod-
nient ?—A bombardment -implies some' degree of
siege; but I should suppose a very extensive for—
tress, .if it is defended as_it ought to be, should floc
suirender from a bombardment;

Was not tho fortress of Copt, riliagen reduced
a bornbardn;tetit of three days, and was not Copenl-
hagen a place more respectab'e iu its'defencesithatt
Antwerp was when you knspeCted. the work?--4
really do not feel competent .to answer that ques-
tion; I. do not kndW sufficient of -the defences di
Copenhagen to say. what they were.- .
Do you recollect that Antwerp, including, ale
citadel, was reduced -or surrendered; aithoug-ii
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tended by an Ausirkin gatrison;to the army of
patriots, in the -year 17go know it as 3
fact, without -knowing- any of the Circumstakei
connected h it.

From the local knowledge you. acquired of Arttt.
werp in the y'ear 1794, do you think it-was eitliec_.
probable or possible to take it .by a coup de Wain ?•;-'•
I do not 'think it probable such a tortress could be
taken by a coup de main, the works being very i!x;,.
tensives I not say it Was impossible, bu,t
shoUld think. it very improbable.
Night nut the terror or a bombardment in a city
so_populous as,Antwerp; Where the inhabitants coal
be supposed not well affected to the French govg111:.
meat, and the garrison not of regular- tr,,ops, but
armed burghers, ha'e produced a sulre.lider Oiffel eat
from what would be expvct,d flora a fortress v. itli
a smaller; population, with.' a garrison- o 1 regul3e
troops ?-1. beg to state that the answers I have
given have been. in a military point of- %levy, when
I have been asked questions as to the place
salter) by, a bombardment; certainly in a military
point of view, a fortress should not surrender vn
bombardment ; lAA if you put the case of a rich ,
and populous town, such as Copenhagen; it, is not
merely a military question, but a political one.
Have you any reason to believe that the infiabi- •
rants of Antwerp were ill affected- to the Goviern4
meat of Bonaparte•?—No fari her than I should sup-
pose all inhabitants of towns of that kind would
ill affected to his Government.

[Colonel Gordon's And Sir IT. Popham's £ ]aminati;.n to.*
morro w.i

- The Theatre of Havre de Grace was burnt (lowa
in the night bet'ween the 28th aid 2pt It' ult..

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poor !—The purchase of a Ticket or- Share an tl,a_
Lottery is' a. duty which every man w'hu can spare
the means owes to himself and family. A Capitol
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the industrious. SWIFT and Co.'s Offices have beef)
remarkably fortunate to those who have pnr,chase4
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is fair to 'presume that the usual good_ luck will. at-
tend their Offices in'To-morrow's.Draiving.

S IP NA WS .

GRAVESEND, FEBRUARY If.

Arrived—the Queen; ilillyer, from. Lisbon; Martiar
'Bund, from Martinique; Diamond, More,- from SeviileJ
and the Mary, Daverd, from Curacoa.
Sailed—the Surry, Newcomb, for New Providence ;
kers, Irelatid, for Martinique; Maria Dorothy, Antlienff
for Africa ; and ,the Better Luck Still, Potter, for Mob's
dore.

BIRTH.

On Wednesday last, at Portsmouth, the Lady of Capta
Matthew Buckle, of the Royal Navy, of a llautpter;

MARRIED.

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On Tuesday last, at Leiston, Edward, Fuller, Esq. 01
Carlton-Hall, Suffolk, to Miss Tatnall, daughter of Wil,"
Liam Taman, Esq. of Leiston Old Abbey, in the same
County. 7
On Thursday last, at Mary-le-bonne Church, ThomaS,
Prince, jun. Esq. of the Island of lamaica, to Mrs.,/iO-."
cock; "widow of the late Captain ,l'ococke. . .