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zl'ay be retained until the Go..Trnment hf s .heard
4)1 the opinions for and against it A plan for its
'-fence is now 'copying-off, aid if I find the enemy
likely to make any active moveinents of annoyance
shall remain here, and will send a confidential
Person with the Aan of defence, which is chiefly;
naval to communicate' with your' LOrdship.•
have the honour to be, &c. &c.
Right. Hon. Lord 1%164;1-aye, &c.

R. ►7TRAGHAN.

Letter from. Sir IZ CHARD STRACHAN to Mr. Poca, dated
off r '
Sept:
St. Domingo, o
liishirig, l3, inclosing a
Proposition'for a Maritime Defence of the Island of Wal--
cheren, which says—
" The:defence of the Llancl of. Walclieren must
,?e principally Ngval, and
:when the description of
'oree which will be hereafter tianiifd is ready to a6i,
and stationed in the poSii ion§ which will be assigned
it, then J 2,000 men may be considered fully ade-
luate to the duty of the Island."
,Piere follows a Lyng description of the diffrent waters,
`cations, accd •
1
Letter from Mr. CROKEit to Sir R:lClifitieD STRIICI-IAN,
dated tyt h ()farther, 18c9.
SIR--4 am 'commanded by my Lords Commis-
s'oners of the Admiralty; to ,signify their direction
toh you, to let the know, for their information, whe-
ther in the proposition of a maritime defence of the
°pod of Walcheren, transmitted. with your letter
ut the 13th of las't month, and the estimate you
made, cf the foice necessary to secure that Island,
Cu had in„ contemplation any difference that may
.Produced bar a Continental peace; and also. that
,Y()u state your opinion in what degree and kind the
Laval force necessary to seal up the French force in
e Scheldt, would differ from that whiCh would be
tescl'Aired to watch that force, if we were not in pos,
"siOn-Of Walcheren.
I am, Sze. J. 'W. CROKER.
Rear-Admiral Sir R. I.: Strachan, Bart.

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rrorit Sirß. ST R ACII AN AO Mr: C R OX. E it, dated Lon-
tn.
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don, .Oct. 20, . tBos ,
have had the honour of, receiving, your
1,`,„17 of' yesterday's date, signifying to me the di-
rzr,.'c'ns of my ..Lords Commissioners of the Admi.
`..Y to let you know for their information whether
ielle proposition for a
,maritime defence of the
tlia.nd of Walcheren, transmitted with my letter of
13th of last montli, and the estimate .I made of
c,e„c're ri,:::(.-”,sarY 16 secure that island, Iliad In
C'emplation any difference that may be produced.
Continental peace ; and also that I state my
tt.%',/11611 in whit degree and kind the: naval force -ne-
-IvrY to 6,140 the French force in the SOheldt
,
differ from that which Would be required to
\vleb that es if we were 'not in possession of
alchern
,
.--When the p.,--ft'r
lA;lti reply, nave fo oh:erve, 4
re`ia You.have alludkt to was W ten, there was
)11. 8,`',11 t 0 expect that hostilities would re:commeri?C
(or" Continent,conceived W 41chet'ett !St-
siderabie importance with a View tutuie enter-
("l2e.
4,8' the .Cotitinental peace basgteen -great in-
ase,,6fpower.to the enemy, the force necessary
P 4 111:I the Scheldt must be in proportion to the
41.parations' the et;erny may snake with a view of
s Waleherea, for to force the Bcbeldt, I ant
refore of opinion that, independent of the flotilla,
Ir,cii,uadr9o 'should. be in readiness hot inferior
s}ri4at Which might be necessary intercept the
1)0s11' of the enemy, if Walcheren was not in our
sssion. I have, &c.
W. Croke'', Esq. &c.

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‘e'r from Captain Cocxbeu, to Lord ;',1.0 dat ed
Loudon,LoudonLoudon, Z9lll Octo;:er, 18:.,9. (Lxtra t
LoRD-11ri consequence of the conversation
i';il,l-,‘rfich your Lordship honoured m e yesterday,
he desire your Lorpship then expressed: that I
,i
nld state to you my opinion of 'the oossamli y
tetainin possession of the Island of 'Wolcheren;
advanrgagesvv'hich would result to us from it
t:43ll,,,,,ideringit merely as a military station .; and
d as to be retained) the force _necessary for its
1 -defence ;" I have the honour 'to inform your
)'r-shil), that having considerd'all the circumst Are
111. Pealt-Ig Its situation, I feeli no hesitation
it as my decided opinion, abut Lt its in our
t, to be,hut ns the enemy oft course..,
i,,, it,s
fr nn itl)and to
N'' vtino-t (2iluos .to force
)14tk1-11: S the' possewill be necessary;
tr'.l) a very considerable Military and Naval. foralt:
tttv`itll should recommend iis prote6tion.. The species of _Naval for
best, adapted for this
411(,,,ee; is gun-boats and bomb-ships,;. I think there
'14;,41 be of the latter, six, and of the former islt.
fiveons, each division conSisting of fifteen, boats;et
these divisions with four of the bomb-ships,.
p44.uln station from fer Nreerclose to the northern,.
t °f St- Joostland • and three divisions of gun- 1
ktl: with two bomb ships, I would station at the
hetof he East Calotland, extending from close to
111,,ati '4llpoint of St. Joostlarid, in front of the Ram-f
j4si aud on towards Flushing. The Island o
ttle . (which is within shell, range of the
t4(11111Y.S shore, and which would in this case ehX-
tlie -11.'144°11e grand division of our forces to the
't(kit,,' should be sunk, by which means it would
'ier to without much expence, an impassable bar-
tie that part of the coast of Walcheren, and afford
c,°llneOed chain of defence completely,out of
reach (Without he should fairly, advance
'or the whole extent between Flushing andf
," Eastward, and with the ships that will,o
to,ilne constantly at Flushing, and a small squa-
thereaf:lo kept on the Roompot, I do
.not conceive
hkt- any thing to fear on the western ;side.
.* * * ae* *
'lls i;ire4 of the mil
'' y force necessary to keep
1(1 4`41, I roust confess my want of knowledge
VitstLcQusary information, but as 'youi- Lord-hip Ie-
I wouhl also give my ck,ituon hereon, asfar-
-411:111,44 been to form any judgment on it, , I
'I think pooti men necessary for this ser-
,,t,
'Ped „?," of which should be stationed at Flush-
an advance from it to Rrn amakins; 2000
146.1,d as or halted on the eastern extremity of the
kk ' bear to the dykes on the water-side as
eet;,ll, placed; 1000 should be divided be-,
°I the V(2er and the southern and western point
qtaek b's'and (which-I conceive to be Secured from
.41"1-kircrlY the' position of our shipping). In Mid 7
and
its environs, I would place the fe.
"ili,a4 4000, as'froln its central Situation effethial
.4tiy P:rtnip_;lit be sent horn it With the least
3't of ate Island seriously attacked, Bcc..&c.

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• - [here follow answers from,Sir Richard Strachan and Rear- y Tie. honourable testnnooy borne by your Lord.-
Adinir4l Otway, to several Queries from the Admiralt} , re- ' .ship to the enter rid :di,cipline, and courage
lative to-the nature of the Roadstead of Roompot, and other. . ,
neighbouring parts of the Scheldt.] „..
..
i winch has marked the •conducit of the troops in pre-
-- ~ . .. • . i .sence of the enemy,. has. ratlorded his Majesty the
... .
(Secret.)--Extraft of a Letter from Lord ',iv ER kOUL to highest satisfACtion. Your LOrdship will be pleased
General Dom.
• ! to signify to Lieutenant7General fir tyreCoote, the
Downing-street, gith Nov. t 809. - , .--. tye
• deral and other Officers'employed on this. occasion
SlR—Your dispatches of the 3d and 4th instant .
under your Lordship's peisonal -command, as also
have been received, and laid before the King. As ,
to the troops.in general,' the sense his Ma
ti jest}' en-
the -determination to evacuate, the island of Wal-
E. remains of their services, and the confidence' ' - a-
chererr has been taken, it cannot be necessary'for
--..- ...•..t,'..
me to enter into any of the particulars stated in you jesty feels in their future good conduct.r , I fulfil with oreat personal satiStaCtiof..,q.l.4.l: k
. •-,,,,,,- - •
i n .t'' -:,*
-dispatch ilio. 7, respecting the best means of pro- thus assigned me, of.,conveying to• T.Ur• ri..„J, f ip.
viding•for the permanent security of the island; in
the. King's entire approba4on *of, the who e of
case it had been thought expedient to. retain it. 1
your pro ceding's, in the execution of the: orders
have great satisfaction .however in informing you,
which 'your. Lordship has received 'from his Ma-
that the diligence and attention with :which you -
.;esti,. / arn,. 6z..c.
have so early examined this part of the subject has i, / sitv,d)
.. -,
met with his Majesty's most- gracious approbation, ! To the Earl of jtiatharn, K G.., ~ ,
~, .
Brc. &C.
.-. 'IT kwo (Aer letters f w 0110 also ex pressiVe of his Majesty's
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• --- . , approbation, patticularly ih regatd to the capture of Elulting]
. ,

CAS'HAREiG,Ef.

. (Most Secret.)
~ . . ! • • . .
Dispatch from :Vise. CAs-i•LER. Er. GM to the Earl of CHAT- i
Doti-street, t3th Nov. 18-9.. !
.14 A 141 dated ad‘Sep.teMber, 1809.:;- .. ..
SlR—Your dispatches, No. I 0 and 11, have been f. MY 'Loup' -7--Yutir Lordship's dispatch cif the 29th
received, and laid before the King . I am,now to ' ult. from Ritz has been _received and laid before the
.:
signify to you his, Majesty's. Command, that you 'Ring. Under the-Opinioll stated byeouy'l.,ordship ;
evacuate the Island of Walcheren with the forces tin- that the ulterior Ojeets ot the expedition, so far as ,
der your command ; but lam at the same tillitt, to Telat'es to operations againSt.iiittwerpand, the ene-
inform you that it is the determination of his Ma- my's 'fleet ate no longer praeiicable, in which opi-:
jesty, that previously to the evacuation you should . nion the tieuteteint-Generals of the army appear I
take such measures as you may Judge Most 4TecOye unanimously to have concurred, 1. hate only to con-
for the de,truction of the bacon of Flushing, and Of :vey to your Lordship the king's commit ds that,
tie naval defences of the I,•larid.
after providing, effectually for the
,securnyeof ,Wale
You will adopt for this purpose the plan first, sulk-- 'cheren, you. di,) return with the remainder of the
gested by Lieut.-Colonel Pilkington,, by
.which the i
island' will be exposed to' the consequenees of in army to England.
I am to expres;, however, to your Lordshiphis
undation in as small a degree as can be consistent ':Majesty',s cat &den t 'perstta;on that, previous to your
with the effeanat execution of the service. It is to , return, and in conformity .to your instruCtions, 'your
be regretted that Col: Pilkington, in his Second report; i Lordship will cooperaie With the Navy in, giving
did not ,explain with more particularity the meansT
~. 'ef)ect to any measures Sir Richard trachan may
, , ..
bywhich he intended to conpuct tbisoperation.. 4 t , .think, 'fit to adopt (Or obstructing the na‘igation of
does not appear whelher the suggestions. contained in elle Scheldt, and that ybur Lordship will al,o Confer
tfie report of Messrs. Rennie and Whitby
.of de- . with that 'Officer Upon the pradicability of' destroy=
strOying the sills of the floo4 atei and the jetties, ...'
In g. any s ~.'
and of obstrAt.,l6ting the channel into the basin, form a.. Ternettie, .should they be found of sufficient im-
part of hi 4 li.ran. To ,this operation, it, may proper, portance to justify the underta.king of operations
therefore, that Colonel Pilkington'S attention should a, - .t ahem. -. I am, akc.
eains ,
be direaed.
,CASTLEREAGH.
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As the greatestinaportance is attached tb a service, , . .
.... „,....e_L
..„ ~
..by which the re-est,sulisliment of 141ushing, as 3 Dit-,•patch froiliViscohin CA sT t.v.k an'c it to the Earl of Chat.
naVal statiOn, and depot of the enemy, may be most HAM, dated 2d. Sept. 1809.
,
effeetitally retarded, . and .obstruCtedefor the 'longest . MY LOab,--The orders transmitted for the return
period, I liai'e felt it .my.cluty to-, bring, under your - of •the army to England with the exception of the
consideration 'every suggestion, find •to 'ithird you fOrce requi,ite fur the defence,of Walcheren; m:11,-..es
every assistance,
whic'h would redder the operativn . itlteiirible t hat I should receive from your Lordship
~.....
as complete as.possible. , . *IOC report- Upon' the State and defence of that
I inclose a Pzter co:it aining the athount ofton- .Il.,iiia without toss of limo, for• the couslderaticioof
nake NV hid) it 'Will be in the. pot.;er of the Trans- - his j.Vltiesty's - Mittitder, , a;so-- with tespeet
.to the
,porn Co ira
,nii\v, tc ilrovide for the einOarkalion of air-inure of force that tiely be renusite to d.,-tend it,
the troops, and of sores:l
of all descriptitaiis. the and the expellee which it m cesi ay by ileary to I:,cur
Adltiralty wilt I' trust, be, able, by means of ships fur covering the troths, and ietiail w 0 and improving
of war, to ::atfor3 some accoinmodation to the the worts.
healthy and effeotive part of the garrison.
As the season' of the year -is so\ far advanced, I ! . .(Signed)
. haVe nodoubt you will see the importance of 'mak- To the Earl of. Chatham, &c.
ing everyineces,:ary•exertion to bring the service to
a conclusion Within reasonable time....
. ' 1 have the liJnourtb be, &c.
• .
- : (Sinned) " LivE4ioor..

CASTLEIIEAGH.

Dispatch from Viscount CAS ri. EREAG,H to Sir Ey a s Coo./ s,
dates!sd .sept 1839. - •
Sin—l have received your letter of the 31,t Ult.
With it itiCigSUl:eS, I".(Vliriog addilional inedical as-
, si,taricelOr the boops in the Island of Walcheren,
in cunsequetece whereof J. have
,desired the:Coni-
. ,
• . i wander in Chief to instruct the Medical Bearfito
From ViscOunt,CA si 1. sR E...cx to the Earl of CnAT n Am. !
: send Out, without delay, the assistance you have re-
Dispatch front Viscount CASTLEREAGH to the Earl of ‘
quircd, and also a sufficient quantity of . such medi-
cHATHAM, dated July to, 1809;inclositigthe following: ! .
cities as may be beSt suited to retrfedy and counter-
GEOiGE 11.-==-InstrUctiOns to our Right Trusty and : act the disorders there prevalent ; and I have also
Well-beloved Cousin and' Councillor, John Earl of i desired the Commander in Chief to consider wLet
Chatham, Knight of the most noble Order of the additional 'comforts may be necessary for the troops...
Garter, Lieutenant-Generalhlour Forces'. Given ___, . I am-, liee. * CA-STLEREAGH.
at our Court at St. James's; this 16th day of July, To Lieut.-Geu. Sir Eyre Come, K. B.
1809, in the 44i h year of our :reign. , . . .
Whereas we have thought fit to appoint you to Dispatch from Viscount CASTLEREAGH to the Earl of
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have-directed to be assembled and transported to the ; My LORD—The painful and* indeed alarming ac-
Scheldt, in order to attack ' and -destroy the na- : counts received of the progress oft he disease amongst
val force and establishment; which. the enemy is; the troops under your cernmand, has created the
so rapidly* aecUrmilating in that river, in the island . utmost anxiety in the minds
sof his
ee Majesty's Go-
of -Walcherene and at Antwerp. You are, there- • vernmen - Every arranger:lea has bees suggested
fore, upon the receipt of those our instruaioils, to . for f the retntlV:ll Of OW tck to Eng' ,and, and for the
repair-with Our said troops to the above destination, accommodation of those which are to remain, has
and there to carry into effed the following orders, ' been ordered. , I cannot, however, avoid desiring
in conjunEtion with the *C5i-iiri-i-a-mder of our naval Your Lordship will incl,ide, •in the Report' *called
forces" who shalt Accompany you-in this Expedition... for:on the ',land of Walcheren„ such it-dor:nation
You' will consider . that this -conjoint Expedition,. as may enable his Majesty's- Servants to judge of
haStor its object the capture or destruCticn of the the general influence' to be appeelleaded trout the
enemyls Alps, eitherbuilding at Antwerp or Flush- nature of. the climate upon. 'ttle ttoopse-equired for
ing, er,afleat on the Scheldt; the destruction of the its defence. I ant, *c..
arsenals and dock-yards at Antwerp, Terneuse, and. i (*tied) ' . -
Fiti4hinge the reduaion of the island of Walche- i To the Eati vt. Chatham, B.x.
,
ren; and the renderinb-, if possible, the Scheldt no', ' . — . . •
i'Vliddlebu!gh; Sept. it, 1809, .
longer navigable for, ships of war. - f r
• Sta—The communication I Ili% 44 been honoured
the attainment of all the above-mentioned ob- ! with from Lieutenant-Gen: the Earl of Chat-
je6ts should be rendered impossible 'by the enemy I ham, is of so important a itatuee th.,t I roust beg
colleding in such strength as to render persever-, l
-leave to trouble his ,LOrdship with 'more deiailed ob-
atice
do an any ordinary occasion. inconsistent with the security of the armyeyou 1 setvations on the subject, than I should presume to
and in that case to 'use your utmost endeavours, in ,
concert with The Officer commanding the naval i
' Indelieudent of the existing records of the up-
force, to secure as many of the objects as circuM- ! healthiness of. Zealand, every object around-us de-
stances will permit, and so soon as the service shall .
piets.it in the must forcible manner ; fire bottom of
be-completed, or such part thereof ss is attainable,
every canal that has'communteation u 'Lilt the sea. is
yoll Will take immediate measures for re-embarkiog
thickly covered w itit an omv., which, whea the
the armyeend returning with it to England, leaving : tide is out emits a most s offensi,e and eoisurne
a sufficient force to maintain possession of the island effluvia ; every ditch is filled. with %%leer, which is
of Waltheren till our further pleasure shall be signi- : leadedeveith atiinial and vegetable substairc-es in a
lied: • - • -.--
' sae of putretaetion ; and the -, whole island is so
During your continuance on this service, you are - flat, and so near the level el the sea, that a large
to send, or cause to be sent to us, through one or proportion of iris little better than a swamp, and
our erincip &Secretaries of State, constant accounts there is scarcely a place where water of a tolerabli
Of .all passes, and you ate to follow all such or- good quality can‘be procured.
ders andedirettions: fiti we shall. send you, either un- i°
The effect of all these causes of disease is strongly
der sign manual, or, through one of our principal Se-
_.
cretaries of State. G. R. :1, marked in the apps arance of the inhabitants, the
greater part of whom are pale and listless. Scro,
phula is a very general complaint among them.
The children are sickly, and many of the grown
per Sous are deformed. - . .
The endemic diseases of thii country, remittent
1
and intermittent fevers, begin to appear 'about the
middle of August, and continue to prevail until the,
commencement of frosty weather checks the' ex ha-
lations from the earth, gives tone to the debilitated
fraMes of.the people, and stops thereby the-fur her
progress of
.the complaints. It is computed that
nearly a third- of the inhabitants are attacked with
fever every sickly season.. - .. •
If individuals- twho have lived in this island from
their infancy, who observe a
,dygree of cleanliness
that can scarcdy be surpassed, and who live in spa-
cious apartmenis, cannot obviate the effects of the

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Lie-ht.-Gen. Dori; &c.
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rAtl the othel' Letters in this Set, relate to the naval pte.
paiutiOn;s Ter the evacuation of the Island.]

cASTLEatAGH.

Dispatch from ViScount CASTLEREACH to the Earl of
CHATHAM; dated Aug. 5, 1809.
I'vl.yLoitn—l have' the satisfaction of acknow-
le6;ing the receipt of your Lordship's dispatches of
the t2d and 3d instant, from Middleburg, whiCh were
immediately submitted to the King. His Majesty
has cotothandecrme to signify to your Lordship his,
most gracious approbation of the promptitude with
which you have conducted your operations against.
the en. my.
The rapidity with which possession has been ac-
qUirtd of the islands of South Beveland and \Vat-
cheren, «ith theexception of the fortress of Flush,
ing, is the best proof of the zeal and energy with
which the ulterior ohjets of the Expedition will be
prosecuted.

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climate, it nay i-a`tmaiiy.bt,. con(1 .ded ;What:.a fa-
reignartny must stiffer "by /being exposed, in the
first- instance, to excessive fatigue, and to the inele;-
4nency of the weather; and afterwards #y being
crowded into barracks, where, under these ufan-
vourabie. cirCtinutances, the sudden transition must
have produced.?, severe and. extended disease.

The.healtb which the troops enjoyed during the
aelilie operatic:ins, was. but a proof as I have already
had the honour .tq stag io, his Lordship, that the
ppwers of body •atid when the,energies are
called into aaiou, res,ist for a time .the causes of
disease. The ft:tier whicil now unhappily prevails
in, the army, first appeared among the battalions
which were cantoned in South Bevelaud, and only
began to demonstraie its influence here about the
time, that Flushing 'surrendered to' his Majesty's
2rMs. •

The rapidity with which the diSease has extended
itself daring the short period that has elapsed siace
t hat'. event
.is almost th.exatup'.ed in the history of
any military operations. As the. season has hitherto
hitherto been a fatourab!e one (for hot and dry
weather produces the most destrectiVe disease)., the
cases have ,been slight, but r. very cons;deriible nutn•;•
.ber of them have, notwithstanding, assumed amore,
serious form, and have degeneroted into that,species- .
of low .fever which oft,:nspreval.slin gaols and other -.
ill-ventilated places in England.
, melancholy. Proof of this is found in' the loss •
of• valuable lives that has alreitay heeh_
arid which I am concerned to state is nal diinhal,.:ll-
- Seventeen men died in the regimental ho.,pitals
of this garrison•alone during the last 24 ;lours.
As the progress of the mischief in the short pe-
riod of three weeks is much greater than could ra-+
tionally have been calculated upon, and as s'carce4
a third part of the sickly season ha's elapsed; it is
hardly possible to conjecture what loss may be in-
curred during the continuarce Of it. The causes
which operate on 'the human flame are so powerful,
and so generally applied, that all the precautions and
preventatives which art can' invent,• though they
may diminish, can, ne..er obviate their eftivls in any
great degree; it must therefore be an inevirable .
consequence of the>British troo
s,s remaining in %Val.
cheren, that a very considerable loss must 4e sues
tamped.

Alt hoqgh I have-trespassed so mach on his Lord. ,
ship's time, I beg leave to ad.l one remark, that 1
'humbly conceive of consequence, which is', that
those .men who rn.y be attailed with fever, and
recover from,=it, will have their constitutions so
Affe'eted by the shock, that their physical powers,
when called into action hereafter, will be very ma-
terially diminished. I have, &c
(Signed)

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JOHN WEBB,
Inspector of Hospitals.
Lieut.-Col. C.t:y, Nlilitary -Sec. &e. •

Disp4.ich front 111. of Ll'," P0o:. to Sir E Ira L Coors,
Clittli 12E11 Oc[ober, leo9.

SIR-I have received and laid before the King
your .two letters of the th h instant, with.regard to
the sick in the island of Walcheren. I have. writ-
ten to the 'Coinmanderin Chief with regard to send-
ing out the.heavy baggage for the regiments. lam
happy to find that you have recurred to the employ,
meat of the inhabitants whom you state to have en-;
gaged to the ,nurob..r of 400. lam also to 'approve
of your having. appointed ten inhabitants to attend
each regiment a order
I am rather at -a
loss for the complaint you make
with regard to the Officers of the Barr:;ck Depart-
ment which have been sent out, not having autho-
rity to,or,ler repairs or additions necessary to rendl.tr
the 'barr.teks habitable as I consider you possess
sufficient authority to authorise the expenditure
of such slims as you may judge necessary for (lie
purpose,these Officers are acting under your orders,
and not under the Commissioners for Barracks.

lam, &c.

LIVZRPOOL,

FROM LIEUT.-GEN. SIR EYRE COOTE.
Di.-ipatcli from Lieut.,-General Sir EYRE Coons to Viscount

CASTLEREAGH.

Mit.l(l4burgh, 31st August, 1809.
MY LORD—I. bave'the honour to transmit to %our
Lordship a letter addressed by the Inspe6tor of Hos-
pitals in this Island to me, applying in the most
urgent manner for additional medical assissance ; and,
I lament to say that the measure is rendered of the
highest consequence, the sick of the army increasing
daily to a most alarming degree.
'1 have,the honour to be,
(Signed) EYRE COOTE,
Lieutenant-General.
P S. I wo:::id strongly recommend that three or
four large. nospittil ships should be forthwith sent
from England, sea air being found of great athan.
tne in the. disorder wiih which' the troops are
atteeted.
To Viscount Castlereagh, Zee,

Middleburgh, Aug. 3r, 1809.

SIR-I do myself the honour of representing to
you that the division of the army which are in South
Beveland and in Walcheren become so extremely
sickly, and the Medtcal.Otficers, both of the Regi,
ments and the Staff; are-suffering so severely from
theeffe6ts of the climate and the excessive duty they
have to perform, that it is with the utmost difficulty
we can have the sick of this island properly attend.
ed to. A pressing requisition Was sent from Flush=
iug yesterday for medical aid,. but it was not possi7
ble.to comply v. ith it. Surgeon Lidderdale, who,
is 'stationed there, was instructed, however, to
make such arrangements as will enable him to carry.
on thm service. for 4h6'present.withont injury to"the.
men.

I have this moment received a positive order from
the Adjutant-Geneo!, desiring that one physician,
one Staff-surgeon, aiid one• hospital-mate, should
be.sent fOrthwith to South Beveland. It is.lwith
concern I am obliged
.tO. add, that .1 have but one
medicif Officer (a Staff-surgeon) whom I can possi-
bly spare from this place, without leaving a portion
of the sick unattended to.

, Under these circumstances of great and evident
difficulty, and with the certainty of our wants in-
creasing rapidly, arid our means of meeting them
diminishing by the'sickness of tnedical officers, I beg
to submit to your consideration the absolute necessity
of sending express to England for medical aid; and
of applying that a ta,t sailing vessel should be ap-
po)nted to bring out the assistance that is so urge:lily
reciti;reci I have the honour to be, &c.

JOHN W. 11138,
Inspector of Hospitals.
To Lieut.-Gen. Sir Eyre Ccote, K. B.

Ilead.qusrters, Goes, 30th August, ISeg.
f,tit-,21 he, stale4ati numbeys, of the sick in this
rtiuiring additional medical assistance, I have
trirt command to desire that on the receipt of this
leiter yow-will'be‘pleased to dire& a Physician to the
Forces, a Medical gaff, Surgeon, aiichan Hospital
T.,,iate, to proceed ftrthu :th from Watheren to this
e. I have .t he honour to be,
(Signed) ROB. LONG,
• , • : Colonel, Adjutant-General.
Dispatch from Lieut.-General Sir E:ya.E.,Cetora, to Vis-
count CASTLY it EACH, dated Midaleburgh, I.lth Septem-
ber, igc,9.--(.Extra6t )
" LORD—On the 31st. ult. I did myself the
honour of inclosing to your Lordship an urgent ap-
plieotion flan: Mr: Webb for additional medical aid.
Qty the ..e.3kl inst. your Lordship was pleased to in-
form me that the Medical Board should be instruet-
ed to send oft without delay the assistance required,
and also a sufficient quantity of medicines, „such- as
intijit be best suited to remedy and counteract the
_disorder prevalent here. ,
I am now concernwii to acquaint your; Lordship,
that to this day we have only received (Ate Staff Sur-
g.:-.on and three Hospital Mates, without any addi-
tional supply of medicines, hospital bedding, or
_comfort of,any kind, so imperiously called for b 3, the
affliding number of our sick.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) EYRE CooTE.
To. Viscount Castlereagh; ace.

Dispatch from Lieutenant-General Sir EYRE Coors to
Viscount C 4sTLEILEA GH, dated Middleburgh, 17th Sep-

tember, IScg.
MY LORD—I hare the honour to transmit for
your Lordship's information, the copy of a letter
which 4 addressed to Lieut.-Genera} the Earl of
Chatham, when I was left in the command of
\Valcheren.

A perusal. of that letter will fully acquaint your
Lordship with my ideas of this Island, and our
means of keeping it. The prospect of our affairs
since that period has not brightened, but, on the
contrary, has assutned a. much more alarming ap-
pearance, as you will judge from the following state 7
rent.

Deity State of the Sick in the Island of Walcheren,, Sept. 19,

Officers, 224.—Serjanti.—Drurrimers; 13 R.---
Rank and tile, $l2B.
Remarks-3,Serjeants, 26 rank and file dead.

Dispatch from Lieut.-General Sir F.y R E.OO OT P. to. Viscount
CAsrLaREACH, dated Middieburgh, 23d Sept.tBo9.
MY LORD—It is rith deep concern that I find
myself called upon so shortly after my letter
,of the
1711i,.el -r7-;7. ain. to address your Lordship upon the
sa ' i:try_. ; subject, the sickness of the troops.
The;.7,*k,i77:: g progress, hourly made by 'this fatal
disea - ' : ch; that if it should continue in the same
proportion tor three weeks, longer .(and Were is_.
every probability that it will), our po3session of this
island must become very precarious. Our chief de-
pendence will then be • upon the navy, and that/
during the winter months will be extremely un-
certain.
The English newspapers will inform the enemy
of our perilous situation, exclusive of the informa-
tion which we cannot wrevent him - from daily re-
,ceiving from this Island, closely surrounded as it is
by his possessions-and filled with his partizans ; un-
der these circumstances, it is scarcely to be supposed
that he will loose so favourable an opportunity of
attacking Walcheren. -
.
For your Lordship's information, I enclose the re-
turns of the sick 'for the last three days, from which
you will perceive the frightful increase which has
taken place between the 17th and 22d instant, the
deaths, I am sorry to add, are becoming daily more
numerous. -
The 23d regiment has suffered so much, that I
have found it necessary to send it home. The 6th
and the 81st are so extremely sickly, that they have
bee-struck off the list of duty. ' The 77th, 84th,
and some other cotes have almost arrived at the same
inefficient state; and the enclosed copy of a letter
from Brigadier-General Montresor wiil give you a
melancholy account of the garrison of Flushing.
At the representation of the principal Medical
Officers, I have determined on sending 2000 sick,
_belonging to regiments in the island 'to England,
they are at present totally incapable of . duty,
and must remain so for months to come: It is there-
! most desirable- that they should return home, where
they will have a chance of recovering; and their
removal will afford us better accommodation for the
.the sick that remain. • - .
I I trust your Lordship will apprOve of this measure,
which, in lea, is one of necessity, not of choice, as
I in some regimens we have scarcely a sufficiency of
I healthy,men to act as ofderfies in'their hospitals. ,4,)_
No -inedical,assistauce (two hospital mates elik
I cepted) has reached me since my "last, in the mean
while the number of oar medical officers is decrees-
} , ing by sickees,. No comforts or wine for the sick
I have arrived,. the consequences of which are, that
i
1 we already begin to be in great distress for port
wine, although I have ordered the Commissary
I General to buy up at an exorbitant pride, all that
I he could procure. I Am further concerned to state,
1 that we shall be soon'in want of bark, an article of
) such indispensable necessity in the prevailing lis-
t order;: if it be the intent ion to retain AValcheren, I
i would strongly recommend that reinforcements
should be sent from England the latter end of Oao-
bor,.or begiuping of November, when the troops
will not be so liable to feel the effeas of the endemic
1
1 'disease of this island. I am, &c. '

The force I then stated as necessary for our se-
curity was 20,000 men ; that left in the. island was
abOnt 16,000, of which number 8200 are now sick,
leaving us only 7800 men for all defence. Our
10-s by deaths has, in the mean while, been very
great, the-casualties within the last fortnight amount-
ing to 498.
can assure your Lorriship, without any fear of
exaggeration, as the folloWing statement will bear
me out, that the situation of the troops in this
island is deplorable : and it, grieves me to say, that
none of the mt:dical assistance (one_ Staff Surgeon
ahct three Hospital Mates excepted), or any of the
protnised comforts, have yet arrived. On the con-
trary, our Medical Corps is daily diminished, either
from s!ckness or from, the necessity of sending some
of the Hospital Staff -with sick men to England.
Some corps, from these causes, are nbw left with
one Assistant.. Surgeon.
I am enabled to give your Lordship a mosCcor-
reot account of these melancholy facts, as I have
only this day completed my inspection of the Gene-
• ral:and Regimental Hospitals at the several places
named in the margin.* I therefore write with the
fresh impression on rnyinindbf the miserable situa-
tion of the greater proportion of our sick, not
. through any fault of the Medical Gentlemen, for I
must do them the ju.stice of the most unwearied ex-
el-IMo and exemplarrattention, but owing to the
unavoidable want of accommodation existing in this
country, and in our own resources. Middleburgh,
from the size of its buildings, affords the best ac-
commodation, but even in that town, the sick are'
so crowded, as to lay two in one bed in several
places, and have no circulation of air:. besides,
from the hourly admission of bad cases into the
General Hospitals, the slighter ones, though: far
from being in-a
-tit state, are necessarily sent to the
llegmental Hospitals to - Make room. You must
add to these. disadvantages, • the total want of Coil-
valqscent wards, whereby relapses are often caused.
'At Veer a large Church (under other circumstances
an eligible -situation) contains about 4000 patients;
the other places occupied as hospitals in this town
are- miserably small and excessively crowded. At
Arinuyden the accommodation for the numerous
sick i. wretched. But -.all this falls short of the
truly deplorable situation in which the sick of the
Garrison off-Flushing are placed ; exposed in many
of the hospitals to all the inclemency of this un-
wholesome climate, owing to the damaged state df
the roofs, never repaired, since the siege. This is a
lamentable picture; but it is proper I should add,
that every possible exertion has been, and is Still
Making, to improve our
,situation, especially at
Vlushinv ; but the total inadequacy 9f our means
rt ndersrall our end4avours of comparatively trivia
in per twice.
I have thought the situation of the troops so novel
and distressing, and our . future proSpects so dis-
eoura?ing, as • pointed. out by the' inclosed letter
froin beputy Inspector Burrowes, tlAt I have judg-
ed it expedient to send this letter by my Aide-de-
carnp, Captain Wursiey, who, having attended me
through every hospital, is fully enabled to give such
additional details as your Lordship mays require.
I have, &c.

•
(Signed) EYRE. Coo Te.
SiriCe the foregoing was written, I learn
that lout or tiv.e Medical Officers have arrived from
England ; hutwe have lost Mr. Aveling, Deputy
Inspz:aor of Hospitals, who died last night ; anti
the InspeCtor, Mr. Webb, has just obtained n.ty
feave to return home, on account of severe
E C,'
[Here follow two inclosures relating to the means fit de,
fence, and the unhealthy nature of the climate of Walche-
re.ll
Nliddlehourg, Veer, Annyyden, Joostland,, *lush-
kng, and Ramakins..

Weekly Return of Sick and Wounded, belonging to the Bri-
ti4ti Army, serving under the command of Lient..Ceneral
Sir Eyre Coote, K.B. in General and legirnental I.lospi.
tals in the island of Walcheren, from loth to 16th Sept.
iSO9, both days inclusive.
• In General Hospitals - -
In Regimental atto - -
Embarked this Ter Veer -
S Fort Ramakins

EYRE COOTE.

P. S. .I begdeave to transmits the inclosed copy of
intelligence received this day from South Beve-
land. E. C., .

• Daily Statd of the Sick in the Island of Walcheren.
Sept. 21, IBo9.—Officers, 2 I 77-Serjeants, 380=
Drummers, 136--Rankfind file, 8684.
22d ditto.— Otficcrs, 223—Serjeants, 384—.
Drummers, t3O —Rank and file, 8799. •
23d ditto.—Otficers, 218—Serjeants, 3 23
Druanalers, I go—Rank and file,-9046.
Tao. \VALsH, Lt.-Col. D.A.G.

Flushing, Sept. sz, 13c9.
SIR—In justice to the service and to myself., as
commanding this fortress, it is my duty to represent
to you that the increasing sickness, prevailing in this
garrison renders the safety of the place very doubtful.
I beg to,remark, thi►t in the brigade I co►nmand,
in the last 24 hours there is an increase of 73 sick :
the sick of the brigade now amounts to the grand
total of 1364. The 77th
,regiment IQSI a Captain
last night, and a Subaltern was buried this morn,
ing. I am, &c.
HENRY MONTRESOR, Brig.-Gen.

P.S. Garrison Report.

Serjeants, 87--(rummers, 32—Rank and file,
2279•
Major-General Dyott, &c:

vourable state-of accommodation and supplies is also
such as to call for the utmost exertions to save the
lives of the convalescents, and to make room for
that sucussion of recent and acute cases, which, we
are sorry to say, continue daily to press for admit-.
tance into the various hospitals at the different sta-
tions in this island. With a view to provide the-
adequate means for this important piece of service,
we beg leave to state, that the transports have been
fou.i.d highly- incommodious, dangerous, and inade-
gnatey we take the liberty. to suggest, that the only
safe;speedy, and effetlual means of perform mg this
.ser'vice, would be to send from England six or
seven ships of the line, with no greater complement
of ,men than would "be sufficient to navigate them,
the guns of the lower deck being taken out, with a
sufficiency of hammocks for 500 men, The num-
. bumf men now in this island in a state to be thus
conveyed we compute to be from 5 to 6000, and
they are daily accumulating. Amongst other
-rea-
sons for adopting this mode of conveyance, we beg
w specify, that the number of Medical Officers
here is, not greater than is required at the hospitals,
and that the Surgeons and Ass scant Surgeons ofahe
Navy, not being liable to sea --sickness, which fre-
quently di,ables. entirely the Medical Officers of the
Army from doing their duty,'would be found pe-
, culiarlyrwell qualified for taking care of these men
on their passage. ft is indeed absoltteiy impossible
for the land-service to furntsli a medical attendant
for each vessel according to the present mode of con-
veyance. We have, &c.
(Signed) GILBEJIT BLANE,
Mt. I)4sician-General.
lames M'Gregor, M. D Inspettor of the Army Hospitals.

Copy of a Dispatch EOM Lieut.-General Sir EYRE Coors,
to Viscount CASTLIERSAGH, &led Micidieburgh, 6th
October, iSo9 —(Extract.)

MY LORD--. 4 am to report, for the information
of your Lordship, that the situation of the sick con-
tinues much the same as when I had last the honour
to address your Lordship on that subjea. The
inclosed daily. state will give the best information of
their numbers, which, I regret to say; still increase.
The 23d regiment has been embarked, and • has
sailed for England. It was so completely hors de
combat, that it was conveyed from hence to Flush-
ing in .waggons. - * * , *
Your Lordship will pardon my anxiety to be in-
formed of the intention of his "Majesty's Govern-
ment as to the future fate of Walcheren,, as that
'knowledge will very essentially stied the measures
.which I shall then deem it necessary to pursue. If
it is to be kept, an objet of the very first import-
ance must be the proper accommodation of the
troops during the approaching winter, to all the se-
verity of which, in their preient unsheltered state,
they must unavoidab'y be exposed. * * *
Much distress and consequent sickness arise from,
the want of cooking places and cleaning houses
.at
the several large buildings occupied by the troops as
temporary •barracks : so' long as the warm and dry
weather continued, the soldiers could manage to
cook in the open air ; but that can no longer be the
case when the .rainy and frosty season sets in. An-
other great-privation under which the troops labour,
is the want of their heavy baggage and warm cloth-
ing left in England, agreeably to order, when they.
came on the service. If we are to remain here, no
time should lost in-forwarding those essential ar-
ticles, &c. &T. I have, Ere.
• (Signed) EYRE COOTE.
Viscount Castlereagh, &c.-

Daily State of the Sick in the Island of Waicheren.
Officers, sg--SerjeantS, 334—Drummers, 156--
Rank and File, 8855:
(Signed) T.AVALsH, Lieut.-Col. D. A. G •

Dispatch from Lieut.-Gen. Sir ERE ,C 0 0 T to Viscount

MAILS.
ARA IV FD--.2 Dublin, 2 Waterford. Dt.; E Gottenb urgh
3 Waterford.

THE SU N.

SOLEU Q'UIS DICIAZ PALSUM AUDLAT ?

CA .$T LER E A,C H, &tett Middleburgh, 29th Sept. (Soy.

LOND 0 ,

•
M Y LOY..D —The inclosed letter from the Inspec-•
for of Hospitals, on the expediency of issuing port
wine in iteu of bpi Tits to the convalescents,- in the
Proportion of one pint per day to each man, I have
the honour to transmit for your Lordship's consider-
awn. Of the beneficial etfedssof such a measure,
I have not the least doubt, but we have scarcely a'
sufficiency of port wine for the sick, for, the pre
sent ; and the quantity that would be required to
serve it out to upwrds of 5,000 convalescents,
makes it necessary that supplies' of that article
should be sent from
,Englavel; if it shoulctbe thoUght
advisable to adopt the recommendation of Mr. In-
speetor Burrows. I take this opportunity of report-
ing to your Lordship, that only 3001bs. of powder
of bark now remain in store, a quantity not more
than sufficient to answer the
.consumption of four
or five days. I have honour to be, &c.
(Signed) EYRE CooTE.
Viscount Castlereagh, &c. &c.

FR.IDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1810.

Our Cowes correspondent mentions a report, that
an .English Frigate had been sunk in an engagement
with two French Frigastes, and that the Captain and
fifty men had beep killed. . We.. have, however,
strong reason to believe that the report is unfound-
ed, as' tio such account has 'reached the Admiralty.

Yesterday it was reported, upon the authority of
a Gentleman just arrived from Hollard, that the
populace of Amsterdam had risen in a body; attacked
the Guards, forced their way into the Palace, at-JO
finally drove the Guards out of the city. The cause
of this inSurreerion was a report that the Proclama-
tion for 'annexing Holland to France had been re-
ceived. The commotion, however, subsided as soon
as it was ascertained that no such Proclamation had
been received. The Gentleman says 'that it was
very generally believed in Amsterdam, that Louis
had succeeded in .inducing BUONAPAWtE to consent
to the following arrangement, instead of persisting
in his intention of anntxing Holland to France, viz.
that ,Breda, Bergen-op-Zoom, and, other frontier
towns in Dutch Flanders, should be given up to the
French, and that the Dutch should receive a com-
pensation in the Dutchies of Berg and Cleves.

Last night some more Patters relative to the Ex-
pedition to Walcheren were laid before the House
of 'Commons. We have extra led the most inter-
esting of them, but during the progress- of the in-
vestigation, we shall abstain front offering any com-,
ment upon them.

769

- 6,375
334
75

Total 7,553
E. BURROWS,
Depufy-lnspeclor of Himpitals

Middleburgh, Ist October, 1809.

SlR—in the present distressed state of the medi-
cal service in this island, the 'most important mea-
sure for the
.relief of ,the sick consists iii finding
the ready means of transportation to England for as
many as can bear being conveyed with safety. The
insalubrious state of the air is such, that hardly any
have recovered sufficiently to return to effeetive
duty ; and great numbers who had attained to a
state of convalescence have relapsed. The unfa-

Mr. Yoaxs last night gave notice that he should
this day move the standing order for the exclusion

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of strangers, when the Inquiry into the I.Valcheroa
Expedition commenced. Mr. Yor,KE's object ill
making this motion is, not to prevent the public:
from being acquainted with "the facts relative to tl;t3
Expedition, but, to take care that the information
communicated, to the public, upon a question of so
much itnpbrtance shall be correct. If the stranger;
are excluded from 'the gallery, the Newspaper ac-
counts of the proceedings must of course, be tak eo
from the Minutes of the House.

We lament that our limits do not permit as to do
justice to the Spegch delivered last night by Lord
CASTLRREAGH. Since the days of Mr. PITT, a more,
extraordinary effort of genius and ability has not been
witnessed in the House of Commons ; and if any
thing had been wanting to prove the effect produced
on the whole House by his Lordship's SpeeCh,
would have been sufficiently made apparent by the
evident embarrassment and painful difficulty under
which Mr. WHITBREAD was to answer him. 'Muck
as we disapprove of Mr. WHITBREAD'S general po-
litics, we, have always • done justice to -the Ability -
with which he has • supported what we have felt
to be his wretched cause;, but last night We
saw him overpowered and preised down by the bril-
liant eloquence, arid luminou, exposition of 'Lord
CASTLEREAGH. While Mr. WHITBREAD could not
obtain, even from his own friends, the faintest cheer,
it was joyful to us, as Englishmen, 'to listen to the
loudly repeated , acclamations which accompanied.
every part of Lord C2ASTLEREA (He's speech, and whioll,
came the more home to our own hearts, as we maY
• venture to say plat, party opposition alone excepted,
there was not an individual in the whole House'
to whoie mind his Lordship's statements of fa&s did
not carry the most satisfadciry and the most .entire.
conViotion.

Mr. CANNING also spoke eloquently on the sans
side-as Lord CASTLEREAGH ; and here we cannot
but express our sorrow and surprise that there ever,
"itt any quarter, should, have existed an idea of wisb'
ing,,on the ground of inability, to remove such X
Minister as Lord CASTLEREAGH.

The Jai:position did not dare to come to a divisioo
against the motion-of Thanks to Lord WELLINGTOS'

•
. Esaix ELEcTiati.—State of the,Poll
:--
john Ascher Houblon, Esq.—First day - • 663
Second day 503
1165
Montagu Burgoyne, Esq.—First day - 19,
Second day -
267.
Majority in favour of Mr. Haublon 89,/
Notwithstanding the great Majority in favour' of
Mr. HOUBLON; which is likely to increase ever!
day, it is said that Mr. CLIFFORD, Counsel for Mr.
BURGOYNE, declares tint the latter shall keep the
Poll open as long as a Freeholder will come for-
ward, during the time allowed by at of Parlia-
ment.

Yesterday some letters were received from Jamaica,
by the Aide frigafe, Captain LORING. The accounts
are not ofa.late date ; • but we understand, that large
orders for our merchants, and a considerable tiuntiti
of bullion, have been received by this opportunity.
We are happy to find that, on the motion of the
CHANCELLAR of the EXCHEQUER, a Committee h 35
been appoint'-d to consider of the best mode of C%'
pediting private business in the House of Commons'
One of the great inconveniences appeared to us V'
arise from the very limited' number of Clerks, ball
for attending the 'Committee business, and for en'
grossing Bills. We believe 'that for a considerable
time past it has been found necessary to setw
out ,the
greatest part of the _engrossing to
,b 0
done by Writing -Stationers, by which, of coarse/
'the experiee of the suitors has been increased'
• A Meeting of English Roman Catholics too"
place yesterday, at the St. Alban's Tavern, Lor,
STOURTON in the Chair. Seven Resolutions we',
unanimously adopted. in substance importing, th3`
the: Roman Catholics of..Loghid are subject ta
penal and disabling statutes; that at this crisi, WO"
itimlty among all classes-of his Majesty's sabje6oll
most essential, for the preservation of the Empire,'
and that nothing: can -proclisce that unanimity bo`
an equal participation of rights, &c. ; that a Petty
lion for the repeal of these statutes be presented t°
Parliament; that Earl GREY be requested to pre'
sent it to the House of Lords, and Mr. Wirioto°
to the House of ,Commons ; that the. English W
man Cathialies, in this Petition, are actuated
more by a sense. of the hardships and disabilitio
under which they labour, than by a desire to secure/
on the most \solid .foundatiun, the peace and I)ar
mony of the British Empire ; that the Thanks o
the Body'be given to the Secretary, EDWARD JO'
HINGHAM, Esq. -for his zeal and ability in manoV
ing the cause ; and to Lord STOtJRTON, for bra
conduct in the Chair.

CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 2.-The supply of Wheat
to-day is considerable, 'and eventing- tine sample"
sales are quoted at somewhat lass price pritl
Darimic 1085.. to 1105.. per quarter; in Barley an
Malt little variation ; White Peas likewise;. Grey
and the two•sorts of Beans at the lase 'reduction ill
price; of Oats the supplies are considerable;
.01",
this trade alio at the late reduction ; Flour at one
last quotation.
PRO AND CON.---The ADVANTAGES Of the present
Lottery may he thus fairly stated—ist, There are 05
many prizes as numbers; 2J, More capitals tholl
were ever known ; 3d, All prulonged,anxiety
oluded, by ti.e "prompt decision of one day's draw
ing ; 4th; No temptation fur renewing the
The DISADVANTAGE is, that there are only 20,000
Tickets, and that therefore numbers be pre-
cluded from making purchases As this evil causl°l
be removed, CARTER, No. 8, Charing-Cross, air
pounces to his Friends, that the drawing approaCl3
and that the'rickets will soon be exhausted.,