The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-23 00:00:00

Myou racoltea hating shifted your flag oh the
14th of Angugt to the Camilla, in the West Scheldt ?
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Do yon recollea What ;was the state 'Of. tho,flo-
t;lla ‘,l;ci, .sias with' you 'at ' that linie?On 20;
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ua ship, ten siuops, seven gun brigs, 'one rocket
tbytte: ot gunboats, and 30 flat boats.
armed with carronadeg.

Di you consider yourself at that' time in a state
proeee4 io.the ultei ior objects of the Expedition,
the army.had been ready /n'co-operate Wnth you ?,
I did not .consider that the'haval foice was
iutfic.ieni at that time to-have, justified me, had the
artily been ready, to have entered into any opera-
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ToK,what, purpose• did you .write to Lord ft aslyn

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Al Debate of considerable length yeiterday took•
place in the House of Peers, upon the so' bjea of
Portugal. We are sorry to find that the Opposition
still retain their former opinions-respeaing the lib
policy of affording assistance to Spain 'or Portugal.
If the ,Coantry had no 'other reason fur deprecating
the return of that Party to power, . their determina-
tion not to assist any Power struggling far its hide.:
pendence against the tyranny of -.France, would
alone be suffiejent.. They say, that much blood and
treasure has been expended in. Spain—that Spain is
now lost—and that Portugal must 'share the same
fate. We do -not mean to deny that the affairs of
SPain have taken a most disastrous turn but cer-,,
tainly Spain is net:yet lost, and even now, if her
resources were wisely employed, she might recover
her independence. Great Britain, it is true, has
made considerable sacrifices to assist 'Spain ; but it•
must not be forgotten that irr:aSsistin Spain,we have
been most effedually promoting, our own cause.--
If we cannot prevent BUONAPARTS •from ulimately
succeeding in
_llia conquest of Spain, we shall at
least make him pay dearly•for it. The contest in Spain
bas.occupied
,near two years, and has cost BUON A-
PAR,TE,..upOn the very lowest computation, 120,000
troops. Shall we then be told that we have con-
tended in vain ? In discussing this subject there is
one point which it is necessary always to bear in
mind. We are contending against a man, the
great leading obje& of whose mind is our destruc-
tion ; that in war he will pursue that object with
all the immense means which he unfortunately pos- ,
sesses, and that he will 'consent to no peace which
will not lead to the accoMplishrnent of his views.
We have, therefore, no other alternative but to fight
or submit. We' have only to determine fwhether
it would be better for us to remain -quiet at
home,' to let 11UONAPARTE proceed without in-
terruption against foreign countries, and to wait
until he had completed all his arrangements for
attackiirg us with effeEt; or whether we ought
to seize every opportunity of weakening and
harassing our enemy, of thwarting his plans, and of
affording assistance to those: nations that are willing
to contend for their independence., Upon these
questions it appears to us impossible, either with a
view to our national honour or our national'interest,
tq entertain a doubt.
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- - nasty,
on tho.„l7Lli .of August ):—ln 'tonsegtience of my
14. received orders. fiom :my CoMmander
Chief to fortn.my phiqx and to adt with my Lord itbss-
lyn t'or the...accomphslunient 'of the -ulterior objed,-
parnely,.the desruetion of thefleet at Antwerp.
bid you consider.the force then under-your coni-
'nand sufficient: to have induced ybti to proceed, if
the array, had been 'ready .to co-operate?—l wouldhavegone, but I knew att he time wrote to my Lord
11.)sslyn; that titer army was not ready ; I had every
le,ason to, believe they, were not ; I had -seen my
Lord Rosslyn on the 15th, and I was in eXpeetation
,of --men: of, war, ships Of the line, and
frigate's,
_and drat. I must' have, had a sufficient
naval force before any plau•could have been fort:tied
to ad upon. -
1),), you mean lobe understood, that if Me army
};ad at tigit_time been ready --to` co-operate with you,
you had,not a stlicient naval force ?—No; I think
it would have been my duty to have gone on if the
army had been ready.

Du you consider that you had at'that time a suffiz.
cleat force to
.co-operate with the-army, if it had
been ready. had not ; I had no other flat boats
than what I brought with me from the Eastern
Scheldt, the flat boats froM the-Western Scheidt
bad not arrived ; I could have transported at that
time but a comparatively small body of men ; if the,
question is in allusion to naval, force in the situation
of the enemy at Antwerp,-and with. their 'boom
across, with myself in possession of a veryformid-'
able fhitilla, and eighteen frigates or ships, I shotild
have considered it My duly to have gone on, knOw.;.
ing, also that a much more formidable naval force,
Was on its passageto-me.
Are not westerly winds the most prevalent vtrinds
iri the S,..heldt during the time when the. Expedition
was in that, river,?—,At' that 'season of the year I
think westerly winds_ generally prevail, and I think'
• they, prevailed in the Scheldt,
When.yon were asked, on- a former part of your •
examination, your
.opinion as to the practicability of
breaking 'il.e boom, you said,. that even had the
boom been broken, you did not think the ships
could pass:up:without the occupa,tion of the forts of
Lillo and Lief ken4roeik ; do-you think that, consi-
dering the bend-of the river, and the oblique position-
d the boom, it wzi§ likely that your ships could Bat e
-had head-way sufficient to have broken the boom ?
I ihipk. it .v...ry doubtiul ; INA the, prefeiable way,
..perhaP4; of breaking the boom, would have been. by
-approaching the gun-boats ; I think it would have
been difficult, for the ships to have broken the
-boom, and indeed extremely difficult in every way,
without having. possessi(,n of those torts.
Would not the vessels, whatever they had been,
which had attempted t., break the boom and failed,
have had
,theirheads thrown up under theguns of
Lief kenshoOk, and would they not have been con-
iequently raked by that fortress ?--:Without more
minutely knowing *here the ends of the boom were
fixed raatively with the forts, I cannot preci-ely
answer.foi4liesituation inwhich they might have
beep khrown,-,Certainly their situation would have
been ‘awk-ward.
W;tat.-4,.as the naval force which the enemy tad
hnin:.N.1404.1. behind the boom ?—There tiL ere as
.sivaltyessels.. as the naviguidit would Permit
there, and I believe a one. time Were Were
forty of dittertnt.sizes,- mostly brigs, besides gun-.

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gad the defences .of the boom been forced, Were
the4,..not, other forts upon the Scheldt which our
ships must
.have passed' before •they could • have
rekpe4:Antwerp•i—There is -one marked in the
clo•not' know_ that they had construded a "
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In point of fa6y, opposite that one marked in the
chart, were tlrert not two sail of line stationed,
to protedtthe-teach of the river leading to that fort ?.
There were three frigates ; but I think on .the 2411 i
,there Nvas-no: ship of the inc below Antwerp;
there, were two line-of-battle ships there some time,'
niovetj up to Antwerp, I cannot recoiled the
'precise day.
When you lay off Bathz, was a fOrd discovered.
'across the Bergen-op-Zoom channel ?—A ford was
early discoverea. I early learnt front Sir John Hope,
that tile pass-age w,ts fordable in some parts from
Soutli,l3eveland to the opposite land
piA you examine that ford yourself, or order it
to be examined ?—I did.
For how many hours, at any period of the tide,'
-was it -practicable for infantry ?—I beii'e for one
hour; ~

What was the width of that ford ?.-Thero was
only an old pall, which would have taken, I believe,
about twelve or -fourteen men abreast, which ap:-
peareu to have something bard at bottom, as if
stones 'had been thrown. down-, -1 believe it was
an ancient pass. • At the other_ parts that were ford-
.
-able it_was..muddy; and had
.holes7and that was of
considerable exteta
_but what the difficulties to be

:Tnet with:on the Bergen-op-Zborn side,. in going
from that fcrd to. the dye night-be,.,l' inn not in-
forint& '•
-,rnention that circurostati4 in
eTbeCanel n
the BL.Veland side, there, Were. diffieulites'Jir etting
upon tip.; land whets a person ciime`,elbSe lir'it; al-
though' he UM:a with riogreat difficulty in corning
over tlte. strearn.; :watetkortr-fies in the-
land would have very-m,leh inipedc..-(1, and
'peril-14)s stopped an army .entirely- ;so that-=) think
the only p..,:t cotild ha v e bccf depended upon,
Was torti..ble‘pail., which would take about' 34
rner. t.t; It_tiT, impediments were as great on .
the oppos•J‘J AiLle as bil-the Beteland, the army would
tit,4,;10.,ir,11t:3 deceived, bt.t .1-ttO not lin;;44;
whether :there_ ‘‘, cry thuse ditiicaities, "tire could
never ascertain,
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: Vrirted '.!'t Ci;
At the Surz-,Oprice,
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do not hopped -to please BUONAPAR/T nor w i
they think his implied approhgtiori: of ':the Oppp-
iition- a strong reco-Mrnendatlon to their favour.=
'this extraordinary coincidence . of opinion between'
the 114:oniteur and the English OppOsition hai
been manifested' in another -instance—we mean
in the case-. of Lord. WELLINGT9N.'..-;Buo
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NApAaTe, who -most certainly is not very desir-
ous -of being opposed by. skilful Geneials; has
yery candidly told us that. Lord WELLINGTON is not
sn able General, and- that therefore we ought to re-'
move him. 'his excessive anxiety for our interests,
ih an enemy, is really astonishing. But the Oppo-
"..silion hold the same language ; they have de-
preciated his. successes, -they 'have decried his
merits, and they; too, of course, would re-
move [him from the command. Ther-People,.of Eng-
land . think differently; they . feel and apknow-
-I,edge the services of that gallant and persecuted
Officer, and they will not be induced to change
their opinion of him, either by the invectives of the
Moniteur, or the attacks of his political enemies at
home.

Yesterday Lord GREY presented the Petition from
the English Roman Catholics, which will he found
in our first page.

It is confirmed that two of the batteries in the
harbour of Cadiz have been destroyed.
Within the course of ten days a coachirom
don to Dover was stopped, and a seizure•made of
three thousand guineas. . • -
The last advices from Portugal state, that the Bri-
tish Army was in excellent order, and, in 'high
spirits.

The following Letter is from a Correspondent re-
siding very near Seville : •

" Banks of the GuadalquiVer, fan. 31,

" The news from Seville of yesterday morning is,.
that the enemy had, arrived at Aleala
.two leagues from hence, and that the few troops
which were posted there and at Corunnaliad retreat-
ed to that city, froin vvbenCe they withdrew on the_
,same day to • proceed to EstreinadOra to join._.the
army lately under the Duke del P.AnOus, but now
commanded by therMarqeis de la Rona NA.
" The departure ot• the DUke de ALBUPWER,QUE •
was, On the: night
.of the 30th, for' Lebrija, ten
leagues froni Seville, on the high road to Cadiz,
when the -advanc_d guard of the French was at
Utrera, five leagues from Lebrija. On the morning
of the 31st, ALIWIWERQUE marched from Lebrija
to Xerez, five leagues nearer 'to the Isle of', Leon. •
Some stragglers who left Seville on the night
of
,the 30th, said, that the place had 'capitulated,
but we .io not place confidence-in this *omit.

`.` Atter the. French had been three dap Ia Cor-
&lra, they 16001 a contribution of 25,000 bald dol-
lars upon that city."

The late Mr. Tow.NLEy.WAan had not, we find,
retired" fioin has:neis, -but literally expired in his
office; after having bOta..shoii time- before given
orders to two Clerks, ,in his usual .colleaed- and
firm. manner. This'Gentleman was in the profes-
siO-n of the law for abont .five-and-forty years, with
unblerniihed iepil tation.

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_.lt is impossible to consider, without some degree i • to the Court of King!s- Bench, yesterday, in the
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of surprise, the. extraordinary coincide;Oallge CHRISTIANA V. KING, the Defendant con-
e, both• in 'serited .- to 5001. damages being taken, •to be vested
point of.language and 'sentiment, bet Ween the corn- ' in the hands 'of trustees,
.for the sole use of the
meats made in the Illoniteur, which we laid before Plaintiff'S daughter, Miss cIiRISTLANA., with whom
the Defendant had •eloped. .
our Readers .yesterday,- and the, speeches and writ- 1. -- In the same Court, -,•?•'—' WOLS'iONIIOLM, all
ings of the Opposition Party-in this:Country ; nay, Officer in the GnardS, was found gmilty of an as-
t heir very. objea seems 'the:same, viz. the removal milt upon JAMES LAPLAND, a Marshall-flan; while
of the present Ministers. We must, however, do
in the execution of his duty, at St. James's Palace,
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tlie,English Opposition the justice to say, that in June
Yesterday 15 prisoners were tried at the Old
their condua appears a little more consistent i Bailey, two of whom were capitally' convicted,:viz.
than , that- of BUONAPARTi. They. have fairly f Catherine .klroivn, for stealing four pieces of gagalloon,value Ws. the property of James
.Etches, privately
tc)ld the people of England that all they want ' i,n..his .s1100:—John Davis for assaulting John is
is to get into place, and therefore it' is quite* na- bister on the King's
.highwiy-, n4tting him'• in fear,
tural that they, should do all in their power to
and taking- from his person .and against
,his will a
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gold chain, seal, •and 'key, his propel ty.---Aeedte
• turn out the ptestnt Ministers. We are not sur-:
. . ... ,
Chamberlain, whose examination at a Police, Office ,
prised at their proceeciings, but we believe that the we mentioned some days since,
.'was, convi±..-ted of
property of Mr. Davis,' but
People of England begin now to appreciate their .-
. was acquitted of the capital part of the charge,
stealingjewellery„the
motives pretty accurately. But we confess we are namely, stealing in a dwclling-hoUs-e.
unable to account for Eueteavatere's tirades against 1 A Cambrian Correspondent expresses .some sur-
Ministers.• Ile says that they are most incompetent: prise,- that amidst •all the. subscriptions-from 'the
P
" Cooserand Gridirmi," the ""'Hole in 'the Wall,"
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that he has the most perfea ,knoWledge of all their. Ike. in .support of Colonel WARDLE'S ''.
patriotist-n,
plans, that all their operations are most absurd, that not a single sixperice should have been.sent up from
their Expeditions are planned without skill, and in a Denbighshire, where the' Colonel so long resided,
~ and consequently was so well known!
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word that they_ are the worst Ministers 'for this
Cotintry that can possibly exist. If this be really '' 1 CORN ' EXCHANGE, "FEB. 23.—This day the
`trainingre-
supplies of Wheat are considerable; fi'oe.in
, .
BUONAgARTE's opinion, -nothing can be more clear ' demand, and rather 'dearer, other sorts heavy sale;
than that it. is his interest to keep these incapa- Barley of heavy and Ordirtary quality. in great plenty,
and again almost. wiihout 'buyers; in White Pease
ble Ministers in office; instead, that, he is
little variation -; Malt, and Beans . of ,the two kinds
labouring;in the Moniteur,..quite as much as the ' scarcely at last prices ; -there are tolerable supplies
Opposition Speakers and Writers are here, to turn-- of Oats; and, tine samples are dearer; .Flour
with-
them
out. But what: makes the 'case-Still mote : - ont alteration.
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j , ' That noted character, who was generally known
extraordinary- is, that BUONAPARTE knbws that by the name of Sir Harry Dim. sda le, and who for
if the present I.finisters -were remccved, the .0p- so many years represented. the, ancient borough of
position, (that. Opposition so superior' in wis.: Garrett, died in St. Martin's watch-House on Tues-7
clocn,:- in 'energy, and talents, to the present day. ,
With his usual good fOrtutie; EYTON has the hap-
.Admiillitration): must, succeed to their places; piness to'antiounce, on Wednesday se'nnight,he sold
and yet out of pure good-will to this country, our of three of the Capital Prizes, Nos. 59,1,•. 3436,
.and-
a tender regard for our interests, he wishes to
4540; in shares. 'rite fortunate holders may re;-
get ceive their money on dent Ind, at No:_2, Cornhili.
'rid of thisimbecile Administration, in order that he :
may havb the splendid talents of their opponents to I _
contend against. We do think that these ingenious i . otiecittsanin staituAtty 21. .
Arrived--the Betsey, and Mermaid, Sims, from
observations in the 111aniteurs, are not well calculated Cadiu" ''- ' ' Collins,-
Salted---the EuphratFs, Hubert, for India; Friends, Ham-
t6attain (heir en 4- thei people of England are not eyind, jnr.,.Madeira, Julia- 'Starling, for Oporto; Hope,
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likely to think worse of their Ministers because they liartien, for -cork ; Mary- Ann, Brown,-for Rio. janeira
aild the l'ohn,llLow,' for Bermuda.
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