The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-28 00:00:00

PORTUGUESE PAPERS.

LISBON, VEB. 16.—0 n the 10th inst. his Ecel-
leney Lord WELLINGTON reviewed in the Campo Per-
quino, 14 squadrons of Portuguese cavalry, and ex-
pressed himself in terms of the highest satisfaeion

at their soldierlike appearance and excellent disci-
! pline. On the 12th of the same month, the Portu-
guese regiment of infantry of the line No. 20, em-
barked for Cadiz, having been likewise reviewed on

the loth by his Excellency Lord WELLINGTON, who
expressed complete approbation of their good
order and discipline, and they have proved how well
they deserved thi, praise, as not a single man of them
has deserted. This it is true might not be cbnsi-
dered as extraordinary in troops ac •astomed to ex-
peditions and embarkation ; but is highly deserving
of praise in soldiers not used to service, and only
raised since-the war.

On the quay of Meat, where the embarkation
was made, the people honoured the regiment with
many acclama-tions, as they also did its worthy com-
mander, J. PR 1011, to whom it owes its present ei-
cellent and soldier-like condition. Being detained
by centrary winds, they set sail on the 14th. Four
English regimenls, and two brigades of artillery of
the, same nation, -had set sa;l for the same destina-
tion the preceding week.

LISBON, .FEB. 17.—Mr. Vu.r..tEns sailed yesterday
for England.

This has been a week of alarm. I believe it is
petty well ascerta►ned that the French are in great
force towards Badajoz, for which .place General
HILL's brigade has marched. The fort at Elvas
may bid defiance to the united enemy's force, could
it be supplied with provisions, but these are not
easily to be procured, in consequence_of the ex-
hausted state of the country, in quantities sufficient
for a Lige garrison in a state of siege.
It is astonishing how the. French forces have,sub-
sisted in thOse Rifts of Spain through which they
have marched ; their plan must have been to have
taken Cadiz by treachery, which, in this instance,
has been defeated. -They, however, marched for-
ward; in full confidence of succeeding in this affair;
disappointed in their objea, they are in a most
wretched' situation, and some Spanish troops hav-
ing been detached from Cadiz, great hopes are
entertained that they may be defeated.

Reports which have been circulated at Oporto for
the last futr days of their defeat and dispersion, are
certainly without foundation.

, The cavalry received orders yesterday to march
with all expedition to Btdajoz, in the neighbour-
hood of which the French have arrived in , great
force.

EXTRAORDINARY EVENT.—The following story
has been circulated within the last two or three days,
and was commurlicatetl to us 'as a fa6t.:-----A woman,
who bad been left in the sole care of a house near
,Hendon, in which' there was some valuable pro-
perty, had been uneasy several days, front an ap-
prehension that some attack might be made upon
it in $o unproteaed•a state. Her uneasiness was so
great on Wednesday last, that she went
.to a neigh,
bonring cottage, and requested the woman who re-
sided in it to go and sleep. in the house with her, or
to induce one of her family to do so. Not being-
able to succeed at this place, the servant proceeded
to a.public,house for the same purpose. A young
soldier, who was quartered in that house, agreed to
go with the poor woman. When they reached the
mansion, they found one of the windows open, and '
on ,entering, the soldier was attacked by a man
wlth a large knife. The soldier iruniediltely ran
his, biyonet through the ruffian, and killed him on
the 'spot. Immediately. after another man came
forward, with a pistol in his hand, which he aimed
at the soldier, 'but which luckily missed fire. The
latter then attacked the second robber, and killed
him immediately. It is said that, 'upon inquify, it
was found that the two robbers were the husband
and son of the cottager to whom the house-keeper
had first applied for assistance.

We are happy to contradiEt the report of the
death of Sir WATKIN LEWES ; lie was very well on
Saturday last, and likely to live many years.
Two new Commercial deCrees have recently been
prdinulgated io'France. The one has for its object
to prohibit all ships from leaving French ports with.
corn, unless half their cargoes consist of wine or
brandY., That of the other is to lay a double duty
on all merchandize brought by ioreign ships into
French ports.

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gECR Er COIII2:SItTE.

THE REPORT OF THE SECRET COiMITTEE RELAT-

ING TO THE EXPEDITION TO THE SCHELDT.

Th-re were laid before your Committee 16
closures,; contained in Lord .Castlereagh's dispatch
to the L'arl of Chatham,- of the Bth July, 1809.

Your Committee have also examined three in,
closures, the last of them bearing date, Holland, the
17th July, 1809, which were communicated to
11i,1r. Cooke, and duplicates transmitted to tt'e
or Chatham previous to the sailing of the Expedi-
tion, the substance of which is as follows :---

On Saturday afternoon, the 15th of July, the'
French squadron were lying at ate same place;
ahreac. of Kroningen, about 26 English miles faint
Flushing : their nuentxrs as before, t 0 ships of the
line, one frigate, two corVe,ttes'(which he nearer to
Flushing)., and 21 gun-brigs, and 40 small luggers.
It is believed they are to try for Brest, but they will
certainly not attempt it while the English are lying
before the coast ; they have Provisiuni for three
months on board. From Lillo td the Flemish, side
they have sunk ten heavy anchors, and a strong iron .
chain 4o each anchor, whieb is paseed through two
stout cables, stretching each nearly half across the
and made fast on each side of the shore- with
chains ; there are heavy timberS tacked round (hem,
about the size of a ship's main-mast, to-float them;
and to prevent' their being cut. Round .these tim-
bers, in different places, there are beau: chains
lapped round, so that they form two strong booms
across the Scheldt, leaping only an ope`eing" for one
ship to' pass through at a time, which opening can
also be shut by another booth on a similar con-
stration. They are ofopinion, that inside this thaw'
they will be safe float any attack_-made upon them,
covered the batteries of -and the otherside ;
certain it is; they are much afraid.
With regard to troops in-Antwerp, there is not
a soldier, except a few ship-carpenters; the citi-
zens are obliged to keep watch and guard the
town ; at Lilo there are not 50 !nee ; on the
French side of the Scheldt, there are not 100 men;
at Zerikzee, none ; on the whole Island of Tergoes,
not above 20 men. It is believed that at Bieskins
there are none, or if any,-very. few ; on the Island
of Walcheren, in all about 3500 men, the greater
part foreigners, and many sick.
This is the real state at present, nor can any men
be spated from Flolland in case of an attack ; and
from France it is certain they could not muster any
number for a week at least... With 10,000 British
troops there is no doubt that all the places above-,
mentioned might be taken, provided a British squa=
dron attacks them at the same time in the Scheldt;
there never was a better opportunity than the pre•
sent; what it herein stated may be relied on.
Your Committee then proceeded to examine Ed-
,' ward Cooke, Esq. and the Right Hon. Wm. Wel-
lesley Pole, respecting the nature and substance of
the. confidential
.communications which Govern-
ment' had received respecting the state of the ene-
my's force and preparations in the Scheldt and its
vicinity."
No, alterations bad been made in the fortifications
of Antwerp since the French had become its pos-
sessors, with the exception of two batteries, begun
to be eretled early in the summer of 1809, both of
which were in a very unfinished state in the middle
of the month of July.
Of the citadel less detailed information was trans-
mitted than of the town of Antwerp, as no stran-
gers were admitted within its gates, and all informa-
tion respeEtiog it is derived from Ei view of its ex-
ternal appearance, or frOm report.
On the ramparts of the citadel the guns were al-
ways mounted; there were-no palisades discernible
from without ; the citadel is mole elevated than
the fortifications of the° town, but was. represented,
in conversation with'sorteOffiCers, to be in a weak
state of defence. No alteratioe:was understood to
have
.been made in it by the' French.
The.ramparts of the town were in many places out
of repair, and were in no part palisaded.
There were but eight or nine guns mounted upon
them, but many were lying dismounted on the grass
in June Isete.

Stich, according to this report,, was the state in
which the fortifications of Antwerp remained in the
middle of July. Respeeting the-Tete de Flandres,
a work on the opposite bank of the Scheldt, the in-
formation Is less positive, but it' was not known to
have received any additions or resent repairs. It is
a work open to the liver, but inclosedon its front
and'fianks. The breadth of the 'river opposite to
Antwerp was supposed to be about half a mile.
Respecting the dock=yards and basin, the follow-
ing account was received from the same quarter
The dock is situated betweety the town and the
citadel, about a hundred yards from the latter, by
which it is commanded. The dock-yard Was begun.
since the commencement of the present war. Its
extent is sufficient to admit of nine sail of the line
being constru&ed at fhe.same time, and that num-
ber was actually on the slips. There were ❑o dry
docks of masonry for repairing or receiving ships.
,The fort 1)f Lillo, about twelve miles below Ant-
werp, was viewed from the water. It appeared to be
in a. strong state of defence, with guns mounted,
and palisades. Lietken-hoeik is opposite to it. Of
the two, the site of -Lill° appeared to be the most
elevated. 'The informant did not balieve it to be
botnb-proof:
A strong boom was thrown across the river, near
Lille, early in June, with a view to defend the
Shipping from an enemy, and to protect it from the
drifting ice in winter. At that tune the enemy
appeared to entertain considerable apprehe.nsiops of
an attack upon their fleet in the Schddr, but were
not supposed to be in expedation of an attempt
upon Antwerp.

Of the state of the enemy's force previous to the
sailing of the expedition, the following intelligence
had been transmitted to'Governwent at different pe-
riods, and from the same quar!er.
From June to Clic middle of July, 1809, there
were from 200 to 300 Dutch troops in Beigen-op-
Zoom.
In Tholen, Rosenthal, and South-Beveland, tie
troops, excepting a few gunners at Bathz.
In Williamstadt about 150 Dutch troops. There
appeared to be no troops in Lillo or LiA'kenshoeik.
In Flackee none, P. nd but 25 Men in Goree. •

In Walcheren there were in June about 4000
men, of whom 1000 were the French Colonial
gitneot, 400 the Irish Battalion, about 1100 the
Prussian. Battalion, and from 700 to 800 the bih

butch regithent, besides Oid titcil

Gt,t)(62rs

IL ,'a4 TUChOiltedpq OniCerS teat there •tA.'el-6
cin,ly 3t, YRlSskinSln

In Jane i 809 there were Ai twerp about Iliad
French troop, of rheline, some at whom were hi;
lio.idsret.Jrned Spftin. ••
Thee Burghei- guard consisted
.of from- 406-, td,
SW), who were sof the :nature of a . police. gu:%rdi
and were.not at that time called upon to'd6m:lttilry
duty. , , •

There- were from 630 to 700 'sNps',crirFeHnters.;
clotired soldiers, -and disciplined as a in;lit;izi
though not_usUall2, pertOring gattisonduty. •
There were-_besidesffoin Otto to 89 g4.lley slgi'e4"
•
Chained together, and not trained. to arms.
Ondhe 16th :of July, dhe garrison, o'f iltitwcro,
consisted of ._trout 400 retculars among whom were.
some invaliA. Of the 1500' who -were: (here in..
June, a part were sertingon board titre men of''‘';ar
as-marines part.ot the 48111 regiment of the' hue
‘1):Id marched to Fidshing; where they a.fterardi sur= -
rendeied; the ships' calpenteis had' been to the
Da tlubf:

In jdne and July, according to this
thrre were from 200,0 to 3000 men in canlp of
,Nurden, which. in. September .wtfe_ in,J-easect tai
-
8000 or 900()..-

In the month of June anti Julys. there
_were. do
other. Camp at Leyden, near Ilotterdarn7; or else,.
where; but there were some troops at Calais and at ,
This, with
.the exception of the force _encanip-k
ed at Harden,' in September, was the atnimnt.
the infOrmatioa. Which Government • hat deti,;,ed
from this sou ice previous to the Sailipg of• the tx-
yedition,
Ou the iFt or August, troops. were tuarching-
Antwerp from, al, quarters, but none had 3-et 'arrive
esi 'there.. •

On Ike sth the garrison of Antwerp cón',,isted. if
conscripts, clo9aniers, atqi volunteers' .
On the sth min 6th, troops trot.: Calais and Bc>,i-
logne were rnarehhz !o Cacisand and are'skinS.

Oa the gtia and 10th, there were at Breda.and
Bergenop-Zoom (rota 5000 t, 6000 Dutch troqp3,
On the till at Brecht, .6;.-rgen'-op
well) and its vicinity, and Cadsai,d, thett vt.ve
26,000 troops, exclusive of the garrison of.Yiu-liing.
Tice head-quarters were at Rosen, and the 4,my
_was commanded by the-- King of rid in pe!son.,

The force-consisted of two or threeferritnerlts of
French Guards, of 1000 men each, from I:,:r.s)
1200 Gens'd'At met cavalry; 6000 Dutch trom
the troops in Cadsand were tegulars:; the re-mlind, r
of this force was composes of douaniers, conscripts,
and volunteer s. They were assembledfrom,kiholo,oo.,
Calais, every p .rt of Holland; and' the Low Cotm-
triLs, wherever they could press men.
By accounts from Antverp 4.the it tli of
August, it appAred that they were inunchli-ng the
country between Antwerp
,anZ Lilo, alit' were
creaing below Antwerp four strong batterit_F, twt.)
on each side of the river, which were coii:ln,”lced
after the arrival of the expedition in the 6ch,2,1.

FEMALE. FASHIONS FOR 1112.11? CH.

EX.TRA,C*T;II FRC'. " LA BELLE ASS£MBLEE,'; A7.OA TILE

PRESENT

Al OR t, i vc DR6ss,Es—Aresti,ll made in plaincambrici With
oblong spots or sprigs or lace let in ori the onsoM ant sleeves.
Small lace caps tied down with coloured 8:1k-of gauze liaod,'
kerchiefs, ornamented in front 'with 'a dciYii-tiarp ct. tet cps
flowers, or a knot o?pinks or r‘anuncillus, G 'laves and,suoes
of correspondent-colours.
DINNER, OR HOME DR-ESSEf —Are Mostly cipraposed.pt
stuff, cloth', or iteltef, einbroidertid or trimmed
:with long sleeves and moderate trains ; either -high in the
neck with a fallingcollar of worked niusi:rl, or full
lace, or just above the tse of, the bosom with a while crape . -
habit-shirt, Or, standing 'frill of_ lace plain round the neck,
Velvet Turkish.caps, sold bands, and spangled nets, are much 1,
worn on the head. '

• Bands in every species -of' je.,vcla are now tire- prevailing
ornaments. for the
_head ; they are` worn lori over the face,
with a diamOnd, or other open Woilt clasp or loop in tliecentre
of theToreheal. The hair curled on
the
.hind hair brought forward, and disposed so as tci fall ovft
the left side.of the tace...—No variety leas taketrplace in shies;
they are still-embroidered in gold or silver, in the device of
a star.

,
in.respea to thejewellery; the greatest novelty is tlieband
for.tlie head; they are formed,by two rows,Of coloured stones
or. Pearls fastened to an ornament inith c e entie. Girdles in
coloured gems -distinguish the woman of -fashion: Ear-rings
are made in the to and drop fashion." Brom;cl.l.S in the forum
of sporigs.pr flowers, with geinh appropriate..hu,s. Ire
prevailmag colours for the season ale ruby, garnet, puce, pur«
ple, orange, grass--gi2een, and ebquelicor.

Mr. KEMBLE is so much recovered,• that Ite. was
able to resume the Bart of king Lear on
,oDtlay
last, at Covent-Garden Theatre, anti W2B receiv‘d
throughout with warm applause" by,alcrowded'au-
dience. . . •

The new Farce of Hit oriklip was repeated last
night at the Lyceum with
_great succ,tss, s, It was
properly retrenched, as it was originaliy.mnch-too
long. The audience were highly diverted by.:11.,;
ridicule against the Four-in-hand Cluli, 'AVi;O,C man'.
ners and language were; adniirably ,assitned
MATPIEWS. 'ilk piece has the'recornmendaciOn of
some excellent niusic final J3lsao'r. •

The remains of the Hon. Mr. Eden twerd t

night removed from Lord Auckland's house Olit
'Palace-yard, and deposited in ,the family vault at
Beckenham. " They were- attended 'by the Ho,.
George Eden, the kart of- Buckinghainshite, Mr;
Hugh Elliot, Mr. Wedderburn, and theltev • G o.
Moore-. ,The funerai service was pertbrared
.by 0;9
Rev. Mr; Ruse, Rea-tor of the parish. •
We have seldom had the misfortune to concern,

plate an event which has more inthrested :the ptit)itit
than-the disappearance •of - this young-
,Gel'iflinian,
not only from the high estimation in
,which. he was
hela,•but from his .aanal situation and futtgc pr. 4
. • •

•
speds 3 and it is the inora-ditlicult • ascourir for, ai
in evidence before thecorDner's inquest, it appear-,
ed that-there vvas ticosynptotu of mental derange-
ment in any ri,t. of his conduct ;
,but that to the.
very hour of his leaving he was engaged in
transak-Ithg business with that precision and pundu-,
ably for which he was \remarkable:
Le 'As iCestershire Attorney has rordecl., on,
. .

tne.

Hinckley- Eank to the, amount of 200 1. wie
which,-and 'about 40001. of his Clients' iponey; b
has taken leave of :absence, and is suppo,tet to Lie
one to France.'

A lady at Moulton, in Suffolk, -made, twelve

! guineas 'last year of Elie produce of one hen turkey.
j Last week an ewe, `the property, (if a fanner at
1 I-Togshaw, near Winslow, Bucks,.yeaned five 14in.las,
who, with the &auks are all likely to kip

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r. .
.14-cm Ike LONTION.44ZETTE,..Feb.. 27,

/Par- Office, 8 co. •
ARMY M+:I3,ICAr. DE PAR'i NI ENT.

. .
TAis I.V.,jesty has been pleased to approve of the
-tiarwingofßeers,being.appoiAted and tottped into a
Board'for spperintending and- condaling the whole
Medip4l liusi'ness-Of the; At yiz.

Cohn Weir. - F SO. from half-pay as Inspeaor of Hospitals,
to Lie Pireltor2Genefal.
Cruirles icer,.M.l). arti Inspcilor of Hospitals, to b.: Pilo-
cipal Inspector.
TileottorGordon, M. D. from half-pay a 5 Inspedor of
Hospitals, to be rriiiopalniispettor. _

• Cain tro: s.ons s Lned 6y,the Lord Lieutenant .of the County
of Bedforii. • .
Charles Hervey Smith,:Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant,
Commissions in the Royal Pembroke Regiment of Fuzileirs
P. Militia, signed by the L, rd,Luterant -
, . Steplie-n. klacdrinald, Gent.oobe/Second Lieutenant. :
...
_ - Commissions in the Dorsoshire Regiment of Militia, signed
. _ -• . 'by-the Lind Lieutenant. '
Quarter-,Master Isaac Banger, to be Lieutenant, by Brevet.
1,.
.. , . yli,th Mackay, Gent. to be Ensign; 'vice Pringle, re-
! , signed. .
!' •., , , ,
1' Coni'mi-ssions signed bysthe T,ord Lieutenant. of the-County
I i • - - " of Kent. -
- -._ Sevenoaks and Bromley Regiment of Local Militia,
'Halleird, Esq. to be Captaih, vice Walloni, re-
signed. -Lieut; George Wilmot, to be ditto, vice Kelson,
' • . resigned, - ' , , ,-
' Cranbrdok and WOodsgate Regiment of Local Militia.
- Adjutant Edward Lorkin Walford, to (...'aptain,.by Brevet.
. - - Rlackljeath Regiment of Local Militia. ~
•
Sir Thorns Nl.,ryon Wilson, Bart. to be lieutenant-Colonel
; • , Commandant.
- South-Kent Volunteers.
."- - To be Lieutenants. Ensign Williani lennings. Ensign
• Thomas Swaine. -
Rolfe-Marsh, Gent. to be Ensign. . •
• Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant,of the'Countyi
of Air,
. ,

Cs.- 38th, or Ayrshire'Regiment of Militia.
,„ William Grieve, Gent, tote Ensign, vieeNoung resigned.
. c 2.i1 Regiment of Ayrshire Local Militia. ' to-
! _.
'Patrick Maxwell, Esq. to :be Captain, vice Cunningham,
: resigned: i - . ~
. .
' ~ 3d Regiment'of Ayrshire Local Militia. .
- Lieutenant William Rankine to beCaptain, vice Fajrlie,•re-
signed. -r.' • . ..-., -
. _
Connak,sinn in the Cardiganshire Militia, signed by the Lord.
' Lieutenant. , _ ' •
. .
;, ' Thomas Parry, Esq. to be Major.
..

_ Ordnance-Office, February 26, 1810.
Corps-of Royal. Engineers.
To be Second yet, c... Cadet Cltarles•Ab-,
bey, vice Gu ctwi, , ploitiotekt. G otieniau Cadet .Fennel
Cole, vice ,Darner:,, promoted. 4.,,entlemau Cadet W.-14.
Dovegier, vice Colby, promoted. Gentleman Cadet J,S.
_•Kitboit-, vice Macdonald,: roinoted.

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1• , ,
1 " - ~ B ANKRUFT C.I.e:i,,ENLARGED. " .<
Richanl Swat low ,of Sel by , Yralltshi re, money-scrivener, from
, keb. 2,7 tu Apra. 17, ;Ai= teal, at Guildliall,.Londop.
,'" ':" • _ BANKRUPTS; •
• -
• , - John Coe, of -Shiereolear Guildforii, &grey, tanner, to sur.:
feilticr 'Match 3, 13, said Apra 10, at, eleven, at Guildhall,
it .. L61ii..04. 2Attorney.•Nfr. Booth, Fenellurch,bUildings,
Mary ,Curtis, ot.-Last .Coker, -near YeoVil,'SomersiLtshire,-
widotv, twine-sitlnner, March 13, r 4, and'April ro, at ele- -
ven, at the Mermaid Inn, Yeovil, AttornieS Messrs.
1' ' Samuel and losepti Watts, yeovir; or Mr. I.•Kiug, Bed-
ford-row, London.
I 'W:lliani laeksorr, ot Clayton- West, Yorkshire, ,money-scri-
vener, March 9, at four,' to, at eleven, at the Black hull
i .
1 .s' -I nil, Wakefieicj,'4nd April to, at eleven, at the fleece Jain,
liorbuty ,A aunties, Mr. Scholetield, Horbury; or Messrs.
' • SS•ke and Knowles,'New•lnn„ London.
1: Henry -Wood, of Green -Dragon-yard, Holborn, Middlesex,
I coach•sinith, 'March 3, to, and April to, at eleven, at
i
Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Sharman, Hart-street, Blooms.
bnry; ~ r i . . •
• - -
loltn Lurch and Luer Luerson,'of Huxtost-Town, Middlesex,
corour-luanitfacturers;lVla.reli 3, T 3, and and April in' at ten,
-' at Guildhall. Attorsties, Messrs. D. Bussen and Son,
Crown-court, A Idersgate-strcet.
. -_, Mary .Tuaer, of :Tiverton, Devonshire, milliner, March i6,-,
47, -mind 'April, to, at'eleven, .at the Three Tuns Inn,
Tiverutii, Attornies,- Mr. -Pendell, - Tiverton; or Mr.
i - Lys, Took's-court, Chancery,-lane, London.
1 • -Jonathan A buey, late of liudge-row,Cadnon-street, London,'
Chocolate-maker, March 3, to, and April io, at eleven, at
,_;iiiiditail. Attorney, Mr. C. Hamilton,' Tavistock- row,
. ' Covent-Gartlecs -
' berm banister Huctson,late of Ilackney.G rove, Middesex,and
also of Old City Chambers, London,""anerchant, March 3,
1 2-7, and April to, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr.
Kearsey, Ilishopsgate_Within. - •
Rich Ad George 'I net, of Parson's-Greenr Fulham, Middle-
! : • sex, baker, March- 3, 13, and April to, at eleven, at
• - ' Guildhall, Attorney, Mr; "Rieltard Nelson, King's-roAd,
i , . Chel.ea. ,
•• -Thomas l'owles, of Hoarwithy, Hentland, Herefordshire,
'l , tax-dresser, March 8; 9, and April to, at eleven, at the
4 .. - White Hatt' Inn, Gloucester. Attornies; Mr, G. Chilton;
, ..._ Exchequer-Office,' Lincolnts. Inn.; 'or Mr. T. ()key,
'I
'•• ' , " - Gloucester. . v. , -,- •
- I.clinsLamb; of Sliepeon-Mallet, SomerSetshire, dyer; March
!
- _.s.. •"Mallet. Attuinick, Mr. litandlord, Mitre-court-buildings,
If caipie London ; or Plr„ Miller, Sliepton-Mallet. ..
Geuigt Wardle, of , Newcastie,upon-1 pie, gipcer, March
i brat one, 17, at twelvt„ 'awl n pea to, at one, at G uild-
i• `hall, London. -' Attorniesi Messrs. Almon and I)Ownalls,
i - - Knight-lcider-street, Doctors'-CounonS. ..
1 .'- •. . . I DII/IDANDS. -• . • '

11jaryt• ;2. George Parker Al.‘Carfhy._ and Pobert Walter
• Vauglian,lef Bristol, tailors, at twelve, at the Witte Lion
I.llistol,
MarLti 12: Anthony Thomas Bowles and Thomas Williams,
of Reut-street, Southwark, Surrey, t'eacers, at eleven, 'at
Guildhall, London.
Mahli 31. Joseph Ludlam, lateofStoke Bruer)), Ncirth-
! . • ampepiishire, vidualicr,
~at eleven,, at the White 'Lion
tin, Banbury. - • . _
1.11 Th9mas Carter. arid, Evitn Gwillim, of Brown's-
fulatings, St..ktary-tdk London, Merchants, at eleven,
• at (;
• - Way (.-;sorgo Boulton, late of' Charing-Cross, Middlesex,
co:atii propriaor, but flow of •Prickiers's-hill, -East
' B.rue-t, farmer, atone, at Guildhall, •J-.oin
don. .
•
Islay 3. john_ Harris, Edward Lowe, Thbmas Gaskeir, and
henry Lox\ e, of Cannon-street, London, tel at
/ ele“-6, at Guiiklhall.
lafcii,2l. Richard Rutter, 6f Blatkburn,- Lancashire, cur-
nert at eleven, at the King'i,Aine*; Preston.
11,4 an et coar!.es Wootheiao, late of Cficesleam, Bucking.
• . wio,,ttlerch:int, at ten, at Guilithall LOndon,
Alaicivii. William Bolteii, Newport, Isle of Wight, iron-
. wooger, at twri, 4t.the-liogielon, Newport. ,
- ci►,z3 lateof Brighthehnstone,Sussex,
i br.cklavet at-eleven at tild.Old Ship Tavern, Brighthelm-
,
4t1.41C. .
9. john Clarke, of Bacchus-walk, Hoxton, Middlesex,
liii-manutactucer, at nine, at guildhall.
May. U. 'David Robertson,' of klnsbury-square, Middlesex,
%Nine-- merchant, at eleven, at Guildhall..
flay 17.. Charles Stuart, of Pa-liaise-street, kotherhithe •
e
4,irreey, apothecary, at eleven, at Guildhall. -
i. Ellis; of Rathbone-place, Oxford-street,
Mid-
diesecl, butcher, at eleven, at Guildhall.
es. Wil;earn Tucker the younger, of Exeter, - serge.
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CERTIFICATES, ,

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•
t'r

20. lohn M'Clgud, of Green's-End,WootvrichiKent,
whccirvrhght.
Cuctiain, of Wood-street, London, hosier.
S c iuetali, of Pemticton, ECCIes, Lancashire, grocer.-
. L,„„ Muckiow, of W.,ilitecross-,sweet, St. Luke's., tvliddle-
,..\,l*.itcher.
late d Birmingham, fador.

• '

THE INQUIRY.

MINUTLS_OV EVIDENCE.,

talcen betorethe Committee oldie whole House, ppointed
to consider ofthe.l'olicy, and Conduct of the late Expedi-
tion to the Scheidt.
TENTH. DAY, FEE. 2,1.

Lieut.-General Sir JOHN HUFF, allied in,,and
ar- ningd by the Committee. '

How soon•after your arrival' in South Bei,eland
did you receive•aq intelligence of the state of the
enemy's force or preparatio74s ?7-lipon thecvning'
of the Ist' I had. communication with several of the
inhabitants of Goes, and from them understood •
in general v:hatwas aft.:rwards confirmed by more
pariicular intelligence received at different dates ;
upon tie. 34 of August there seemed to-.be no
doubt, from the; intelligence .vre had; tlrat the
enemy had certainly thrown troops into- Bergen-,
pp-Zoom.
The General then entered into.. a detail of the
state of the enemy's force from the Bth, to the 28th
of August; on which latter day the enemy had from
Bergen-op-ZOom to Antwerp, including Antwerp,
21,780 men.. ,
°—
• Had you-any information of the state Mill° and
Liefkenshoeik when , the expedition, arrived at
Bathz,' or soon after; -and their tnea'n defence'?-
-4i wag stated generally, by the persons ,whorn-
'we :employed, ,Well as by- the inhabitants of
'South Bevelarid, wlio pretended to know any thing
of the -matter, that the' Forts 'Of and Lief
kenshotek were in a state. of :defence as to the
works ; with relied to the garrisonS, _I have stated
that upon one occasion one .thousand men were,
said to be -in Lillo, and •five-hundred, in Liefken-
shoeik, but that I believe they %fele over-rated,.
particularly Lillo. The enemy was very e;arly ob
-
sepfecito be at work (improving the works L Pre-
sume) at Lillo, and -.I believe subsequently at' Lief-,
kenshoeik.

What communication-had you with LQrd
,Chat-
ham alter his arrival in South Beveland i,--111y Lord
Chatham came to the village Of SchoCite, where my
head-quarters were, the day after his arrival in rlie
Island, upon the 22d-; that was the first cltaileci
communication of any kind I had with. Lord ChaV-
ham respecting the expedition ; I 11,A not. seen,his
Lordship subsequently to 111, embarkation at all.
State What the communicanons mere which you
had with Lord "Chatlill'in ?-7-It was" a. conver,s.ition
which lasted a Considerable time, during which
Lord Chatham- certainly did me .the honour to ask
my opinion relative 'to the ulterior proceeding, .of
the army.. .
State what was the substance of the opinion you.
gave ,to Lord Chatham ?—The substance of my-
°poll-oil. was; that mere- was no prebability of our
success against Antwerp or. the fLet.
Then the COmmittee' is to understand, that very
„soon after, your arrival •in, South -I.3eveland, wis
you opinion "that you- had very little chance of suc-
,,cess a;ainst Antwerp, which opinion subsequent:
events confirmed ?--Previous to the sailing .of the
expedition I. was not sanguine in my expectation of
success but soon- after my arrival in` South Beve-
land, that opinion became a positive one.
What was
,the earliest day ,yon'.considered the
army off Santvliet, in a state to commence opera-
bons with its-necessary estvpmemi, of cavalry,ar-
tillery, stores,-&c. ?—1 think the 24th of August,
which was the date of, the arrival of General Gros-
venor'sdivisionl and I believe the remainder of the
cavalry, the 'last -transports-which came up to the
Scheldt. •

Of the 21,780 Men. whom you have stated were
pitisoned in the cantonments in the neighbour-
hood of Lillo; Antwerp', , and riergen-op-Zoom,
how many - do ibut suppose
,that the enerny, after
leaving proper garrisons in those different forts,
could have brought:into the field have no means
-of knowing the distribution 'of -the.erretny's force,
and cannot' ther=efore speak with any sort of preci-
sion to that question. .
DO yoU conceive 'that the possession of the for-
tress. of Flbshing, and the island of Walcberen, was
necessary to the further success of the expedition ?-
1 conceive indispensable.
Do'you conceive that after the taking-of Flushing,
and at the period 'when the-army was ready to ad-
vance ag2inst Antwerp, the further success of the
expedition had become hopeless ?-1 do believe
I have stated as much.

Then the Committee is to. understand,: that the
taking of Flushing Was indispensable, and that after
it .was taken, -it was impossible to eitecute, whatremained of the prbjed is the- opinion I
have' formed ; at the same time I never limited
that-opinion to the period of the' termination of, the
siege of Flushing, ,
Are,.you of opinion' that Antwerp could haVe
been carried by a corm-de main '271 certainly never
hird any bud.] impression, knowing nothing of the
works; however it never -struck the as a possible
-
cast; at al].

the Earl of RossLY.N. . -
.Does yOur Lordship know, according -to the ori--
gFnal"plati, 'what was the aniciunt of the force 11.1 t
was destinea ,to the ulterior operations by Sant•
vliet ?:—lncluding the r;:.Serve under Sir John. Hope,"
a part of which or some other corps; must :have been
left in SOath Beveland, the *hole force would hive
arnotufted to ahout-23,-000 rankanditile; exclusive
of The waggon train and gunner drivers; \as nearly
as can recoiled, they consisted ot. Sir John Hope's,
Gen. Gros.venor's, Lord Huntly's divisions, and Illy .;
awn.

Knowing what your Lordship, dOes of the erre-
MY's force, do you conc,eive.t,hat at any lime spb-
sequent to your arrival at South Beveland, the force
you have stated would have been sufficient to have
Masked Lillo 'and Bergen-op-,Z00m,-to-lrave secured
the convoys, and to,have attacked Antwerp with the
least probability of -success ?-4 do not.
Supposing the army had advanced against Ant-
werp and had been repulsed, without having
,se-
cured Lino 2)r Bergen-op .Zooni, does your Lordship
think they would been'exposed to imminent risk id
their retreat ?—To very considerable hazard, more
partiCularly'lf they had not time to throw up works
to Cover their re-embarkation.
In any conversation with- Lo?d Chatham-before
the sailing of the Expedition, or
,in South &vela-cid,.
d:d lour :Lordship cofurnutficate yoUr datibts re-
speaing the practicability of the ulterior objects

of the Expedition ?—I. collniunicated' my opinion
to Lord Chatham 'to the effea now stated, *when I
saw, his Lordship in South Beveland on ,the 2.;,)d or
23d of August.
Does -not your Lordship think- thatithe whole of
thE\xpedi!ion. was rather too laic .to answer any ma-
terii?l, purpose am not prepared to, answertliat
question, h.or I do/11.ot Icnow at what time it- would
have:answered the porpse.
Supposing the fluet_notto have moveclup to Atit-
Werp, or
_to have moved ,up,above Antwerp, in what
way would the possession-of Antwep alone haVe
affected .it he destruetion of the fleet "?—lf- the fleet
had. not-moved up. to Antwerp, then, undobbtedly,,
by the pOssession -of the banks of the river, the
-ships rifight'-have been destroyed by fire from the
- -•
At any time after the communication of the obje
of that Expedition to your. LOrdship, were you of
opinion-. that that ol;je4:1 was attainable? —I was not
in possession of the Inteliigence,Upou which the Ex-
pedition-• wad 'ordered, and without some knowledge
of the f+rceof the enemy, not only in the coon,.
tries against which,the Expedition was inimediately
direCted,. but in all.*.surrciuncling districts, it was
not possible to forni a -decided opiniOn upon that
subject.

, 01,1) BAILEY.

MONDAY, FEB. 26.

Roe,•t-Jones was india-ted-for, feloutiously embez-
zling 151. the property of his master Thomas Da-
vis, the landlord of the Golden' Lion public-house,
King-street, Westminster.

It was stattd by the, prosecutor; tbat ,on the-22d
-of Novetnber last, he sent-the lirisoner to M6sSrs.
Moreland and Co. bankers, in Pall-Mall, ~to get
change of two country bank-notes, the one,for five
and the other frrr ten pounds, with which he'-ab-
sconded.—Guilly.,' - • • -,
•
Anne Onven and Frances Sibley were clpitallyin-
diEted for assaulting Soloinoh k‘brahaihs In. the
Kiogrs highway, and taking troth' his person
_and
agairiSt .his g pocket-book containing 351. in
bank notes.

The prosecutor stated, that on-the night of 'the
28th of January, he ncet-the prisoners ,hi Whitecha-
pel, who women' of-bad character, and" while
- in conver,ation.withcowen, the other prisoner came
behind- him, acid seized him by the neck,' while
Cgwen took from his breeehe....locket the .property
in.questidn.—Not Guilty.
_William- JO neiwas also itidiCied for robbing John'
..Vurley, in White. Chapel; On the night of the 7th 'Of
February, ofa silver watch. Guilty. '
Thomas Williams was.capitally convi&ed, for as-,
saulting and robbing .a young' rnaQ named Pe(ry, of
three and twenty shillings, at the bottom of .Py-
coiirt-', Holborn.

The prisoner, in company. with two- other men,
knocked the prosecutor' down, _and. 'while be was
senseless robbed hith of his money. The faatswas.
substantiated against prisoner by a 'lad tiatA
Calk, who witnessed ttie

Henry Clarke stood indeled for stealing from
the Bath mail, on the 2d of JAiluary-last, a parcel,‘
containing Wotton-Basset bank-notes, to the amount
of 1 8251. - The circumstances of this case are al-
ready before the pubic. ` The prispner was found
Guilty. , . ,

TU4SDAY, FEB! 27.

. - John IXane stood capitally indieled for, privately
stealing; in the di.vellirlt,bons'e of his- master, -MN
Bright,- a linen-droner in 'Holborn, .a piece of-Irish
linen; and a. shawl, value five pounds. ' •
The prisoner, Who was shopman to -the-prosecu-
tor, took the goods-in question to his.Washervvornan,
a Mrs. Read; yvho-procured for him a person to
make up the linen ihzto,shirts-
- - There was 'no proof that the-prosecutor dwelt%
in the house where' the robbcry was committed
it- appearing 'that be .only rented the shop, conse-
qUently the prisoner, was _acquitted of the cant
tal part-of the charge, but conviaed of the simple
arcetty. -
- Thomas lignites' and Margaret Hughes were
itt-
diEted for stealing from the person of Joseph. Mein-
tnitiss a watch, value el. two dollars, and a pocket
book, containing 31. in Bank notes, on thq 12th of
January last,
.in Whitechapel.- •
The prcisecutor had been- spending ~the evening
with some friends, and in -his way home callcd in at
'several public:houses and drank so often that he at
length became so intoxicated that he knew not whi-
ther he was going. About five o'clock on the eri,
suing morning he found h4wself se tted in a room in
George-yard, Whitethanel,•,ll4 his pockets picked
of all his property. The , prisoners hied
.in the
house; and a pawnbroker . 'noted that RughesH
pawned with him a watch which.the prosecutor
identified as his. :"

,It appeared also, from the evidence.'ala Police
Officer, that 'the female, prisoner had told hith she
.believied the male prisoner, wh'd lived \Nil h her,„
had nibbled the prosecutor's walk h, and sail it he
went up to him he would probably, come it ; but if
he did not, she would tell him where it was /um-
baredXpawriedy in the Minories.'. When she told
this tale, she was a little intoxicated; and on the
ensuing Morning denied what she had said ; but the
Officer' :bade inquiriei' in the Minories' at clifferent
pawnbrokers, and at list discOverrd the Watch, and
traced it to the possession of the prisoners: Tlfey,
were both'found Gui/tg,

-The-total nonibet of men .who eitended",their.
services frOm the Militia io the army in the years
1207,. 18(18 and, !sop, is 49,313.

Early on Sunday Morning, during. the high wind,
a. tier of ships lying °if the Tower, broke from their
moorings, when they, were ruaterially damaged,
running foul of a number of craft andboats, some-
of which were
.sunk and stover several siinilar,ac-.
cidents happened on the Riveri-. at' Liinehobse, ,
Black wall, and other parts below London-bridge. •
Monday, at eleven &clock, a wild bullock made
his 'cape :roma (from coming from Brojthfickt; ran
up I(ing street, Cheap Side, and made his way into-
GuiAlrall, followed. by a great number Or asons.,
,It attempted to ascend- the steps leading to the C't..frt-
of King's Bench, which was then Sitting, and not. a.
little alarmed ; but was, harri=stritigecf, and taken
away without doing 'any' serious inticpiel., •

JIY E LA A' p

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FURTHER PARTICULARS (3.Fl' IR FA11.1;

A

Balbriggab,.l,Voiinesdziy raorcing, Fcb.
", About eijit o'ct-oakihis morning, three post-'
daises w...yeiobserved driving furjOusly over the
bridge of Knockengin, which j.)insthe counties o.('
• Dubiiitilnd Meath, and • the persons alit 'Were, ,-
.them having alighted, pioceedect to the b•asines-c4,.
markting-but the ground-- and charging the pistal§,'
for a duel between two gentlemen, one of tt,r4r4
of Drew, and the other ,of Whatever
-cause of quarrel might have,b.fen, it was .Sooll deb
tided, for on-taking their plates, and the i;ignalk'cills:
given the seconds, they .ti ett together, whey
instantaneously Mr. thew MI, tlea.l, his opponent"
ball havinc, entered his forehead ovvr the left, clef,
pasting tCrough the brain, -and- coming• oid
`ttback of- his. head ! By this tiit,e'litiipb..rsibi tine
peasaniry we're assembled son - the -banks abo"e Iht
sfloye. SOmething like 'an ;.iiitlistio3;rownlur
expressed, of taking the survivor into Castotl`: .13'4
this was prevented by tilt; immt-diase flight of
self and second to, the Fit-doicie, whlch di-0% -
,with them with th, rapidity (it ; ppr
thel,rest of the tyirt.V :slow-*- ing—for
a tftrarter of an hour had.elvsed frun) their arrii -
all haddisappeard., leaving the breathy: s,
body of their-cc,rnpAni(in 1-0 the proMikuoits Care
the surroundingn:lAitude."

LAW', REPOjiT.

DOCTORS' CONINIONS-, FKB, 26
•
. • ::- .
AUOHTIE AGAINST AUGhTki.:
This was a cage-of nullity of ii;ay., Lige, brought by
Charlotte Aughtlei," widow, falsely called Atighll°'
wife of Win Aughtie; of the parifh of St. Marrs
Bow, London, by reason of afiqnity.-1t .aPPL'are
by the evidenc6 'produced,
,that ,Gabrief:Aughtte (t"
forrnet. husband -of CtiariOtte -Atigblie) .and Wri* !
Aughtie„-the.
own brothers. It also; appearcd by the forrnertraAr''
party-, now :proc..:;e4led .against,: we re
ria4e theye ‘verdissOe ten. ohild'i. n, ti,, ~:;:f whPirl
la ere•still ' living-, and by the .1,.,{t{..3- ,n;.ir;.,),Te on c ,
child. -Those-tacts, together wiiir utti ; ne,_•essilr}r;
fans being
,saii,faclokily ',toyed, the C6uCourt..)..l
)iar4e3,
it had, no diffiet.ilty whatever hi pronouncing hisr",)
have' been an unlawful nuirriage, and therefore pree,,,.,,.
nounced soaccorglingly. - ' < '-'-:'• 4$

qeneral'aster who was,second it .command at
Flushing, Culet!el.,.lVlAdier, and • another Froch
,
officer, prisoners at-Litchfield, broke their parole 011
Thorsday
the first of this month, .and had taken
their4neasures so Well, that, from a lvtter which !!95
been since YeeeiV-ed at the lairer _place,
that thoy landed in 1-I.l,lland within hirt.y-EiY- hoursafterWards. ; r c,cape is' supposed to Vave
effected by stnuggkrs, h
the Ge4ral. was a favourte-, antl, two of t.i.ritorn are
sa',..l to liqro met. him at unit-omlh, and conduct.,o
hit2l to the.st...l7co.is.t, His daughter hi.k't he.:n wul
hits from. •Vhishing, and was sent eta abent a foit-
t-previodsiy,,witl) the General's bagl;dge.'
Monsieur 'Jolie, ptirtWilter of the forces at Fluslii4,
,
also got _away tr44l--Lichfield asout a %%reek before been. .
the General's departure'.' It is probablethat Gene-
ral Osten provided for his escape previefly.to
b6ing taken prisoner; and whatever may be thought
of ti'e breach of his parole, u hAS certainly beets wa-
naged adroitly, and in an officer-like manner.
Scindea has lately wade •atii:ieltange: of soine - -
very valuable lands with the ;East •IndiA
tcrtitoryi
in consequence of their contiguit•y. to, the'
ortc`
of the latter,-7-a circtlinstau t which, it is re,, •
by the\Board of Trade, will • he attendetr,will) vi3t).
beneficial consequences th
to,the Bonibay•Gdv'ill.,el.o.;
An Officer belonging to. a' regiment quattereu
t,
Gdernsey was' brought hefore the Royal
Charged with having committ
a rape upon t
ed f
p&rson an cida woman, upwards of sixty Ye3lCl%
of age, and was Cully: committed to Conlet CaA' - -
for trial.'

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