Star.
London, England, 1809-10-11 00:00:00

ROYAL EXCHANGE.

MESSRS.'HAZARD, BURNE, and Co. have
ILL On Sale at their State Lottery Office Na. 93, Royal Ex-
change, TICKETS and SHARES f r the SI'ATE I.OI"I'ERY,
which is on a New and Improved PLtn, consisting of only 3,000
Atmbers, to be drawn In One Day, the 20th of this Month.

THE SCHEME CONTAINS
... Prizes of

... X 20,000
4 •• • ... ... ... ... 5,000- •
4 ... ... ... ... .. . 0 000
•..1
8 ... ... ... ... ... 1,000
And 12 ... ... ... 500

With Others in Proportion,
AND NOT THREE BLANKS TO A PRIZE.
• • Letters, (post paid) duly an•wored, and Schemes gratis.
.Z 1 kind of Government Securities bought and sold by CUM..
mission.

ESSEX.
TO PE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,
'THE MANOR of GRAVESHALL otherwise
-a- GRASSALLS, with its Rights, Royalties, Members, and
Appurtenances ; and all. that capital Messuage, Msuor House,
and Farm (discharged of Great Tytbes), called Graveshall or
otherwise Grassall's Farm, comprising a very roomy and substan-
tial Dwelling House, with all necessary and convenient Out-
building, in good repair, and upwards of It7o Acres by admea-
surtment (more or less) of very excellent Arable, Meadow,
Pasture and Coppice, or Woodland, situate in Carle llediwgham
and Sible Hedingham, or one of them, in.the said County, and in
the possession of Mrs. Hammonds.
Also the Manor of Bloies, with its Rights, Royalties, Mem-
bers and Appurtenances ; and all that capital Messuare, Manor
House and Farm, (discharged of Great Tithes) calltd Bloies
Eaton, comprising a very spacious and convenient Dwelling House,
with all suita'als: and' requisite Out-buildings, and upwards of eel
Acres by adrnea ;urement (more or less) of very excellent Arable,
Meadow, Pasture and Coppice, or Woodland, situate in Castle
Hedingham and Sible Hedingham aforesaid, or one of them, and
now in the possession of Mrs. Lisciosia Smoothy.
Also the Great Tithes of upwards of 352 Acres of Copyhoid
Lands, holden of the above Manors.
The above Manors abound with Game, Farms and Tithes are
holden from year to year, and the Tenants will thew the Pre-
ntiss in their respective occupations.
Descriptive particulars may be had at Messrs Jenkins, James,
and Abbott's, No. s, New Inn, London; the Bell Inn, Castle
Hedingham ; the Black Boy, Chelinsford; of Thomas Hall, Esq.
Saffron Walden ; and at the Office of Messrs. Baxter, Llsyd and
Lloyd, Solicitors, Ludlow, of whom any further particulars may
be had.

• FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION,
At the London Tavern, Fothole-etreet, Plymouth, on Tuesday
the 17th day of Octobet Inst. at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
THE H.indsome Copperbottomea Ship ...L'AU-
GUSTF., of th r. following dimensions :
Length on Deck - - - 103 Peet 5 Inches.
Breadth above the Wake
Depth in the Hold,
Admeasuree

- SS
• - IS
- 348 17-94 Tom

si
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This Ship is a perfect model, is coppered, and for superior sail-
ing surpasses any ship taken this War; she is quite new in every
respect, haling been only about four months off the stocks, and is
abundantly found in stores of the hest description ; the was cap-
tured after a long chase by his Majesty's ship Seint, David Atkins,
Esq. captain, bound from Bourdeaux to the Isle of Fiance
Also her Cargo, Viz:
70 Tom Red Wine in Hogs- I 2 litlds.F.ssenceofTurpentine
heads I() Brrrels Pitch
3 Hogsheads White Wine 13 Barrels Tar
20 Half ditto ditto 30 Ditto Paint
1 i 2 CAWS Red Wine 30 Coils Cord)ge
61 Cases White Wine 19 Bundles Iron Hoops
2 Hogsheads White Vinegar 4 Ditto Iron Rods
12 Tierces ditto 30 Barrels Nails
396 Caskets superior Olive 011 I 5 Ditto Assorted Hardware
24 Cases Fruit in Brandy 2 Cases ditto
50 Cases Capers, Anchovies, 24 Large Chests containin
&c. fine Olive Oil
_l2 Barrels Salted Pork 5 Bales Sail Cloth
3-Ceolts Hants 7 Trunks Hats
3 Jars large Sausages 9 Bales Paper, Pens, &c
192 Cheeses in six acs 1 Bale Assorted Prepared
2.5 Gruyere Cheeses Skins
160 Ba;s inatle.CoAs 2 Cases Silks, &c
40 Boxes Wax Candles I 6 Bales Rennes Thread
40 Boxes Tallow Candles 3 Casks Sail and Sewing
Hogsheads linseed Oil Thread
Together with sundry other Articles, which will be particularised
in the Catalogues.
Also, for Home Consumption, 68./3ales fine Cotton Wool.
For Catalogues, viewing Samples, and further luformation,
apply three days prior to the sale to
Mr. 301-IN HAWKER, Merchant, Ptymouth.

THAVIES INN.—HOLBORN.
FREEHOLD Eligible DWELLING HOU',ES, with Offices,

Gardens, &e. Porter's Lodge, and Piece of Garden Ground.—
[F.xtra•Parochial and Land-Tax redeemed.]
To be SOLD by AUC I'ION, by Mr. ROBINS,
At Garraway's Coffee House, 'Changt-Alky, on Thursday, the
9th of November, at Twelve o'Clrsek, in 17 Lots,
A VALUABLE and improveable FREEHOLD
ESTATE, situate on the South-side of Holivarn, opposite
Hatton Garden, in the City of London : comprising foot-teen sub-
stantial brick-built Dwelling-Houses, three stories high, two good
Rooms on a Floor, with Closets, &c. neatly finished and fitted
up ; spacious Yards and Gardens—the whole let to respectable
tenants, mostly at will.
Also the Porter's Lodge, and a piece of Garden Grouitd, let to
the Parish of St. Andrew's. The whole f n•ming the princiral
part of •Ehavies-lun ; the present Rental a.id es:itnated Value up-
wards of One Thsusand Pounds p-r annum.
A Freehold Estate, situate in Ilartlett's!buildings, adj )iiiing
Thavies-Inn ; comprising two roomy Workshops, with Yard, &c.
and a Stable with Lofts and Room over, in possession of Mr.
—, Cabinet-Maker, Tenant at Will.
The Lots may be viewed by leave of the Tenants, by applyirg
at the Porter's L,Age,Thavies-Inii, where particulars may be hcd
ten days preceding the Sale; at Messrs. Clayton, Scott, and lila-
mire, No. 2, New-square, Lincoln's-inn ; at Garraway's; and of
Mr. Robins, Warwick-street, Goklen-equate.

MIDDLESFX.

CAPITAL FREEHOLD ESTATES, most el;gible situations
for Building; elegant STONE-BUILT MANSION, PARK,
FARMS' and !AND, fine Pieces of Water,
Two otter Compact FAMILY RESIDENCES, acci
nine miles from London.
TO BE SOLI) BY AUCTION, by Mr. ROBINS,
_ _ .

At Garraway's Coffee-house, in Exchange Alley, Cornhill, es
Tues.lay, Dec. 7, 1809, at Twelve o'Clock, in Lots,
THE truly Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATES,
-I- comprising upwards of Stio cres of exceeding rich Mea-
dow, Pasture and Wood Land ; the principal part forming a beau-
tiful Park, mostly surrounded by a brick wall, with avenues of
let), full-grown Timber Frees, an excellent Family Mansion with
oMces of al descriptions ; two productive Kitchen Gardens
waled round, and planted with a variety of fine fruit trees, in
full perfection ; two other compact Family Residences at the east
end of th 4 E•late, with Offices, Gardens, &c. one on lease, the
other tenant at will.

The Estate Is compact within a ring fence, hounded by the
high road ; s•:veral delightful spots for erecting Villas, which will
be alio. ted in quantities for that or any other purposes; a dry,
cheerful and healthy situation, commanding extensive and rich
views of the country—brick earth on most parts of the Estate.
May be viewed by applying to.h.lr. —, Edgware, where par-
ticulars may be had; at the White Hart and Cranes, Edgware;
Abercorh Arms, Stailmore ; Fssex Aims, Watford ; Swan, R ick-
maiswort h ; White Horse, Uxbridge; Castle, Salt Hill; at Gat-
raway's ; of John Richatds, E.,q. Red Lion-square ; anil of Mr.
R. bjtts, Warwick-stmt, Galden.square, where 'Liam fur
viewing may be had, and a Plan of the Estate seen.

COWDALE I-lALL ESTATE, AT NEW I OWN, NEAR
CARLISLE.

In 1.3 Lots, at the Grapes Inn, Carlisle, in the County of Cam-

•
berland, on Wednesday, the Bth day of November, 1309,
ACOMPACT MESSUAGE and TENEMENT,
called CO WDAI.E HALL, late the property of Monkhouse
Davison, Esq. deceased, situate at Newtown, on the Banks of the
River Eden, :shout one mile from the City of Carlisle, cons sting
of a Mansion or Dwelling-house, and extensive Out=otfices, all
brick built and slated ; a large Yard, Garden and Orchard, and
about 162 A. 2R. 33P. of Arable, Meadow, Pasture and Airood
LAnd lying contiguous to the Buildings, and extending down to the
said River, now in the respective eccupations of Wm- Mitchin-
son, Conn MlCnight, and others, as tenants, whose terns will
expire at Candlemas next.
'lids Estate is most desirably situated and capable of very great
improvement, is all freehold (paying certain small annual quit-
rents to the respective Lords thereof) save a part of the Close,
called Lowry Holme, which is holden under the Bishop of Car-
lisle by payment of a small yearly customary rent, and a fine of
double such rent only, on change of tenant by death or alienation.
Also, the Corn Tithes of certain Lands, at and near Newtown
aforesaid, called Caltcoatbank, including a considerable part of
this Estate, which Tithes are holden under the Dean and Chapter
of Carlisle by lease, for 21 years, renewed on 23d June, 1805, at
the animal reserved rent of 21. ss. -7d.

There is a large quantity of valuable and full grown Oak, Ash,
and other Wood growing upon the Estate, occupying near Six
Acres, which the purchasers must take at a fair valuation.
A Plan and Particulars of the Estate may be seen, and further
information had on application to Messrs. Painther and Son, Sol+•
tors, Lothian-street, Locdott; or at tbe office of Mr. Jacob Stordy,
in Carlisle, who will appoint a proper pt ruin to 'hew the premise.

pended upon the Continent. It was necessary to
Antwerp ! The English, who for this long ;lane,
ptst have not travelled upon the Continent, consul-
ted information collected six years ago, and imag-
ed that Antwerp was still ap open town as it was when
it was only a trading port ; they did not take into
their calculation the works of these latter years, espe-
cially these which the Emperor has caused to be
raised, since his journey to Antwerp. , Upon esta-
blishing a dock yard in that town, he ordered its for-
tifications to be again raised ; it is now surrounded
with a bastioned rampart. The ditch filled with water
which covers this rarapart, has been repaired ;—the
left of the town is covered by an immense inundation
which removes the approaches upwards of 1500 fa-
thoms ; the right is supported by the citadel, which
is a fine piece of fortification ; upon this front, seve-
ral works have been established ; among others, a
fine half moon with its counterscarp. Upon the left
bank of the Scheldt there arc no houses, but the Head
of Flanders has been re-established, and its works are
protected by an inundation of two thousand fathoms
in extent. The English could not, therefore, take
Antwerp without besieging it,' without methodically
opening the trenches, without working on through
the inundations and marshes, in short, without hav-
ing invested the town ; and if they must invest it on
both sides, they would require to have two armies :
Ist, One between the Head of Flanders and the town
of St. Nicholas, opposite to Brussels and to the road
of France ; indeed, we know no General bold enough
to take this position with less than 80,000 infantry
and between eight and ten thousand cavalry, since he
must have to withstand the army which should arrive
from France, and the troops should stretch out from
the Head of Flanders, that is to say, the whole garri-
son of Antwerp, which in a combined attack, would
sally out on that side ; 2d, On the side of the town,
the investment could not reasonably take place with
an army of less than forty thousand men, having
in front a corps of observation, to keep in check the '
army of the Duke of Valmy, assembled at Maestricht,
which would draw near Antwerp, and having another
corps towards Bergen-op-Zoom against the Dutch.
It would, therefore, have been easier for Lord Cha-
tham to take Brussels, to march against Ghent, and
to advance as far as Flanders, leaving Antwerp and
the French army behind him, than to undertake to
invest Antwerp and besiege it.
This much with regard to the land side.
On the side of the river, the following are the ob-
stacles which must have stopped the English
Ist. Fort Frederic and Fort Doel, each mounting
fifteen 36-pounders ; after these, Fort Lillo and the
Fert of Liefienshoek ; each mounting sixty 36-poun-
ders, and ten mortars ; and behind, a line of eighty
gun-boats and pinnaces, mounting two hundred 21-
pounders. Now, every sensible man who knows that
there is only a distance of 600 fathoms between Fort
Lillo and the Fort of Liefkenshnek, which is opposite
to it, perceives th'at this passage cannot be forced.—
With regard to fire-ships, it is well known that Hreships
and infernal machines are ineffectual. The infernal
machine which was let off at St. Malo had no effect;
these sorts of explosions were never able to shake a
rampart. A Stacado had been established, which
secured our gun-boats from fire-ships. In fine, we had
also fire-ships ; sixteen were already in readiness, and
we were going to avail ourselves of the first favoura-
ble occasion to send them against the English. Be-
sides, to make use of fireships, it.would have been
necessary to approach within 500 fathoms of the
town, since from Lillo to Antwerp the Scheldt makes
four elbows, which would have prevented fire ships
from being directed from any greater distance. •
On the sea side in like manner no success could be
hoped for ; but admitting that by the combination of
the effects of the land and sea, Lillo and Liefken-
shock had been carried, which supposes two regular
sieges, the enemy would directly after have met with
three other barriers to be forced ; the Pearl Fort, Fort
St. Philip, and Fort St. Mary. All these forts are
covered by inundations, and each of them arould have
required a separate siege. These different operations
could not have taken place without losing 40 days
more, and supposing that by the 20th of October the
land and sea forces had been able to approach within
2000 fathoms of Antwerp, they still required three
months more to take the town. With regard to the
squadron, it was entirely shut up within the town, up
and down the river, protecting Antwerp,and protect-
ed by it. The taking of Antwerp was, therefore, a
thing impossible for Lord Chatham, an operation
much more difficult to be effected than the occupation
of a quarter of France. _ _

FRANCE.-

THE W•AR BETWEEN MIS FRIA AND FRANCE, AND

THE EXPED! lON 1 0 THE SCHELDT.

OBSERVATIONS.

(Note from the ilLaiteur. ca Article; published in the

London Papers upon the above subject.)

We cannot consider the Austrian Monarchy, its Sovereign,
ana its armies, so entirely humiliated as they were after the battle
of Au..terlitz ; there is no talk of an intertisv in a windmill—
Lty.ttln Papers.
NOTE BY THE Mom-rem—lf there has been no
interview, it k because the Emperor Napoleon would
have none. The first interview in which the Emperor
Napoleon gave Peace to his enemy having left no re-
Memhrailce of gratitude in the breast of the latter, it
became evident that a fresh interview would be to no
purpose.
With regard to the difference between the situations
of A stria, after the battles of Austerlitz and Wagraro,
it is this :—Alter the battle of Austerlitz, Russia was
still allied with Austria ; she had upon the Vistula a
second army, which she might march ; Prussia, who
ha I signe.d the Convention of the 2d of November,
might take part in the war ; in short, the army of
Prince Charles was still untouched, and the whole of
it might match. On the other hand, the important
fortress of Raab and the Circles if Hungary had not
been occupied ; Saxony did not yet form part of the
Confede.ratiin ; and, however, the position of Dres-
den must be considered as of some importance : in
tine, the Duchy of Warsaw belonged to Prussia, and
the army of Gallicia, which now menaces Moravia,
did not exist. At present, on the contrary, all the
Austrian armies, all the Austrian fortresses have been
attacked and vanquished There are hardly any
vestiges remaining of the army which the Archduke
John brought from Italy ; and if it can still muster
ten thousand men under arms, most of these men are
only recruits. The grand army of Prince Charles
being beaten at Eggvnulh, at Ratisbon, at Esling,
and at Wagram, has lost his best soldiers, and he
himself, frightened at the spirit of intrigue and divi-
sion which reigns in the Cabinet, has thrown up the
command and retired. The difference is not less
great in the internal situation of the Monarchy : after
the Peace of Presbarg, the French had only passed
through the hereditary states ; upon the present occa-
sion, they have already made a stay in them of up-
wards of four months. At that time Austria had
not made the last efforts ; her population was.still en-
tire ; at-present many provinces have been so much
depopulated by the levies in mass, that no other inhabi•
tams are to he found in the villages than women and
children. At that time all the revolutionary means
which had been taken existed, and might be employed;
at present they have been taken, and have been taken
in vain : the country is exhausted of men as well as
of things.

An army formidable from the number of the soldiers (we
wish we could s.iy formidable from the talents of i:s Chiefs), has
been sent by England and landed in Zealand.—London Paper. '
The expedition against Zealand could not have any
result f:r England. It might occasion some embar-
rassments, some fresh burdens to the people of France;
but these they do not calculate, when any proofs of
zeal or devotedness are to be given to the country ;
it could give the English nothing but shame ; it could
he attended with no other result than to make them.
lose an army, whilst it would procure a new army
to the Emperor.—These prognostics have been \'per-
fectly verified.
We say that the expedition could not be attended
with any result, because it was necessary to begin by
making the siege of Flushing. Flushing, provided
the island of Walcheren be inundated, must be consi-
dered by every sensible officer, as a place impregna-
hb, by a regular siege, or at least as presenting diffi-
culties which the labour of four months would be
unable to vanquish. In this instance, the wisest cal-
culations were baffled. Flushing, when the besiegers'
trenches were still three hundred paces from the body
of the fortress, when there was no breach, when the
body of the fortress was untouched, surrendered by
the sole effect of the terror of a bombardment. IS
this cowardice ? Is it treason ? The sequel of the
inquiry will prove which. •

Thus, then, the sole opposition of Flushing, which
detained the English expedition only twenty days,
ought to havedetAincdit three months.

Of all the chances of succeeding, certainly the one
least expected by the English, nmst have been such
a I.:CCSS obtained by a bonibardment ; they required
we:l:y days for that. Now, twenty days spent in
tx !sland of Walcheren, in the month of August,
rntw have occasioned a number of sick, \Oriel) cannot
be computed at less than one in four soldiers ; and to
calculate: otherwiss, wiaikl betray a total ignorance of
f that climate. When we say that twenty
s spent in the Island of WalcLeren must cosz' the
et the troops which land in it, we may add,
the health of the oilier three quarters must be
irrip::ired, and that all die weakened men
nr,: or. p,:int of falling sick. It is thevefore a most
attempt to laud blare soldier; in that. fatal
e antry, and must consider the English army as
de.,troved, or at least what remains of it, as unable to
do much dory for several months to come.
L'ut io.e, after the siege of Flushintr, we had to
exi-!.ect the sic of tort 11.,ti, which, eon-Lonnie:icing
hr Ber?;en-op-Zoorn, and with fort St.
;`,Fart n, which the French have built oi-posite to it,•
c.;:,;,.1, in like manner, not be taken, but after works
and trenches carried on in a country, the climate of
which is as fatal as that of Walchcren. It is • true
that the English were fortunate ! A Dutch Gene-
ral, called Bruce, the shame of the military name,
and whose head the nation must have to fall upon the
scaffold, evacuated this fort through an unexempli-
fied panic, sx hours before the English arrived. Here
then we again behold the English enjoying a good
fortune upon which they could not rely : but these
itunate events, purchased with the ever increasir,,
di:ninution of their army, whither could they carry
th2rn ? To burn the French squadron ? to effect
this, it was necessary to tale Antwerp. But in tine,
the French squadron being Laken and burred, it re-!
mains to be knf.wn whether zilch an operation wasl
worth what it has cos 7, and xvliedhl. it be veryprn-
dent to go to an cspence ofmany men and of forty
or. fifty millions, in order to occasion ne's enemy
al
loss of betweentifteen ar,d twenty roilliuns.
nut the ships at Antwerp could not be taken. They
did not depend upon the occupation of Flushing,
tpon that ct Walcheren, tior of any island : they de-

However, the followincr was the system of the
French army ; from the I:sth of August three corps
were formed. The Prince of I'onte Corvo was at Ant-
werp with 30,000 men, national guards, regulars,
and Dutch troops. The Duke of Conegliano was at
Ghent with the corps of the Head of Flanders, con-
sisting of 23,000 men ; the Duke of Istria .was at
Lisle with 20,000 men.

We should have let the English, had they seriously
'presented themselves, cross the channel of Bergen-op-
Zoom, stretch out beyond the inundation of Lillo
and march against Antwerp ; the Duke of Conegliano
would have proceeded towards the Head of Flanders,
and whilst the English would haVe been making their
dispositions to invest Antwerp from fort Lillo to the
citadel, the Prince of Punte Corvo and the Duke of
Cornegliano, protected by the inundations and by the
immense works of the town, would have waited for
them, and on the day agreed upon, would have
stretchcd out upon the right ; and then the English
army would have terminated its destinies ; the Duke
of Istria would during that time have proceeded to
the island of Cadsand. On the Ist of September
there were between Flanders and the Scheldt and
Maastricht, twenty thousand men under arms. They
were not all regulars, but they were all commanded
by men who had served ; they were all volunteers,
and consisted, for the most part, of former under-
officers, and former soldiers who bad obtained their
discharges, and who had run toarms on the first signal.
Lord Chatham, therefore, eharged himself with a
senseless operation, and those, therefore, who pro-
jectcd it shelved themselves to be as ignorant of the
climate as of the localities. Lord Chatham saved
the English army by determining to re•embark it;
but every day that he delays to execute this determi-
, nation, heightens the misfortunes of his expedition,'
and if lie is culpable, it is not in having ordered the
retreat, it is in having so long delayed to re,embark ;
for during this delay, the Englisb troops contract
fresh diseases, and become infected with fresh seeds
of destruction.

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' See to sad that the Emperorom ;t
i; hen he possible that he might march with 20,000 men again
artif
. . an English army had beed landed upon .a, corps which, in his apiWan, consisted of only 10- or
p
that recommended that' it should not be at- .19,000; but he should have gained better information
tailtiukond that we should leave the destruction of on his march, andhewceild have learned that this corps
it to the diseases, which, in that dangerous climate, of 12,000 men amotmted to 70,000. He had hi, r',
must do the enemy more injury than the cannon, treat cut off, and was too fortunate to be able to tine);
without its costing any thing to France. himself in order, to be able to cease e into imprarticable
The English, in landing in Flanders, did, there- roads. General Wellesley is inexcusable for not lievi le
fore, a thing contrary to all the rules of war: Ist. known that the corps of the Dukes of Dalmatia, Il.f.
Because They took for the theatre of their operations chingen and Treviso, amounted to 70,000 men : and
a country so unwholesome, that they had to presume for having thought that he could cover his left flee'
that a-month's stay in it would destroy their army; against this formidable army by leavingtwo battalireil
that the country is covered with strong places, such at Puerto Banos. What ignorance !
as Flushing, Bergen..op.zoom' Baba, and Lillo ; i acknowledge that these reasons did ti' appear to me suff, ::rt
and on the side of the island of Cadsand, the new fort for giving up to important a post as Talavera.
Napoleon, &c. &c. ; General Cuesta did right to leave Tally ,- :I—.l •ei
• e.le
2. Because their principal object appeared to be to had delayed he would have been lost. He cfl:f e•re:er
capture the squadron, they ought to have imagined to leave two divisions and 40 pieces of artillery o:1 t:.e‘
that the squadron depended upon Antwerp, and that Tagus : he lost them ; and this post, whic!, 1.,•:1;• .1..
Antwerp was impregnable, for its communications. rear-guard, was a post of honour. General \`....ii,e',e-
with France could not be cut off, except by immense ought to have occupied it. It is acknov..el. ~ d ::n
armies, against which the whole population of France war, that an advanced guard, or a rear-gust„'., cco.,.
would have time to march. • , ding to thenperations, is the post most mu. - ell' •.
i-1 ..)
The result of all which is, that the English have defend. But General Wellesley had taken the 1,- i
been for so many years shut out of the Continent, that and according to the laudable practice of his i.a... -.'
-)
they are no longer acquainted with jt. Every thing had left to his allies the post of danger.
has changed, except their hatred against France. i The enemy stated to be 30,000 strong ; but, at ..-1 , -
~r...
"airing of the corps ef Sault and Ney. i ...3,:::..-...
With regard to the island of Walcheren, it is said,
0
that they mean to keep it. We should have only cause We see that, even at the time when 1- writ. o •
to applaud this resolution for m tny reasons : Ist, The English General did not know the force of the Fro, *
English, although they had twenty thousand men in . I--;e speaks only of the corps of the Dukes el' ii.:lm t
the corps of the Doke of Treviso, 25 bate:lice, se ,eie,
the island of Walcheren, could not prevent it from and Elchingen, and appears to have no he ,v,;:.,:;e ,
and which, since their entrance into Sp.tki, !:..‘',! ::
being attacked and retaken ; 2d, Twenty thousand
b. en inferior to the best troops in Europe. li. 1.'4 I
English, exposed to the influence of the climate,
il Wellesley frequently commits similar error;•
would experience so much loss, that' it would be ne-
he may one day dearly pay for them.
cessary to be continually reinforcing them ; that in
We had reason to expect the advance of Vic:o..'s ell Tr t- 17..
the course of the year, 80,000 men would as neces-
sarily become victims to the climate, and it would
faafvteerrafresaysuingr
15,000 Generalmen
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csho‘ll.: lel lb 0 la!t i 11,
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to th 11,000 killed and wounded in its al% 4anedt : J.::: . Sli; I. tg :. ::("; pl
cost them more to guard this marsh, than to preserve
the East Indies ; but it is probable that time would
'not be left for them to suffer sach losses. The chats- would hair: amounted to 9.5,C00.
nee between the two islands is so narrow, that bombs This is a singular calculation nhic'e Lori We 11,..
can reach from the one to the other. The 20 ships ley makes of the first and fodrth corps and the rt .
of the line and the flotilla which we have in the serve. The first corps is composed of 36 battal;( as,
Scheldt, would soon make us masters of that river.— the fourth of 30, the reserve of 20 battalions, and the
It would not be forgotten, that four years ago, and cavalry of 40 squadrons. Lord Wellesley ha I there.
with our flotilla alone, we were masters of all the fore around him 170 battalions and SO or 99 ova!-
coasts ; can it be doubted, that we should be soon drons, and he expected to Conquer Madrid with 90,00)
masters of a closed sea ? and can it, at the same time, men. We do not speak of the Spaniards, they tea;
be supposed that the English would attempt to keep be reckoned as of consequence fur plundering simile
Flushing without being masters of the Scheldt ? Be- persons, or for defending themselves behind a wall,
sides, a flotilla is too dangerous a war for them. Such but very little account can be made of them in a re.
a war is not carried on with boats alone, it is conduc- gular battle, as the English may have been coLv.:.fsd.
ted with excellent troops, that is to say, with means If Lord Wellesley had had, besides his 20,000 nee,
which do not allow the English any advantage over us. the whole army of Lord Chatham, which wont :o
We well know that men exist who, although con- bury itself in the marshes of the isle of Walcheren, he
pletely ignorant of the art of war, have, notwithstan- could have derived nothing from his expedition bet
ding, the silly habit of taking and endeavouring to disgrace, confusion, and defeat. If the English mean
give counsel to those who are masters in ,it ; those to dispute Spain with France, they must land an ar.
people, yet more skilful than that public speaker who my,,,-if not equal to the French army, at least two.
introduced the subject of war before Hannibal, tell thirds as strong, that is to say, of at least 159,000
you, that the English, by preserving the island of men, for the Spaniards cannot be reckoned for mule
Walcheren, will make it a second Gibraltar, or ano- than one-third in a regular battle.
ther Malta ;in fine, a commanding point which will Nothing can be mot e advantageous to France than
render them masters of Flanders, of Holland, &c.— to have the English engage in land wars, for thy:,
Poor madmen ! they cannot perceive that if the Eng- instead of conquering England by sea, we shall coo-
lish persist in keeplng the island of Walcheren, that quer her on the Continent. Such a contest shows to
circumstance would be as advantageous for us as if admiration what those are who direct the Cabinet of
they were embarrassed in the heart of Spain. London. .
In general, whenever an English army lands on the Themistocles advised the Athenians to abet:lon
Continent, every real Frenchman ought to rejoice. their citadels, and take refuge on board their ships.
Such a contest is completely in our favour : a nation It is to be wished that the British Cabi::et may pees et,
of three millions of men cannot meet man for man a as it has begun, in the plan of deserting its ships a:ltt
nation of forty millions. A new army, all the ele- throwing itself upon the Continent. We have pre.
meats of which are in the navy, cannot teep the field dicted the humiliation of England and peace lipEee A
aeainst the veteran forces which have conquered two- year elapses. Before a year shall have expired, the
thirds of Europe ; in fine; an army which can only English, oinitever efforts they may make, will he
arrive by sea, has neither artillery, cavalry, nor equi- dris en out of the Peninsula, and the Imperial Eaele
pages, at least it has a very great interiority in all shali wave on the fortresses of Lisbon.
these means, 4and Lord Chatham really could not At the end of the next paragraph the Met:ser
mount more than 2000 cavalry ; well ! before fifteen. adds the following co :eluding note : We s:'ail rot
days were elapsed, the French effective cavalry, which continue these notes, i: would be an insult to ca r :ca•
were assembled on the banks of the Scheldt, amour. dens ; the falsehood of the r port of Lot d Weliesle;
ted to 4000 ! must be evident to every one.
Reflecting also that our troops are not led on by a Marlbo- Lord Wellesley, without knowing the force of the
rough, a Wolf, or even a Wellesley.-I.ondon Papas. enemy with whom he had to contend, without ht. L;
NOTE BY THE MONITEUR.—We here see what the furnished with that which constitutes an cm v, a
spirit of party is capable of.—lt is a pity that Sir vanced to Talavera.
Arthur Wellesley had not the command instead of : The idea of entering. .I.elrei
Arthurturned his brain. He took the French array he A
Lord Chatham. The latter saved the English army; . army of sepoys ; he arrived at Talavera with .2.5 r
the other would probably have lost it, as he has lost : 26,000 men; he was there joined by 30,000 Spaniards;
that which he commanded in Spain—where he had and with these two armies he intended to. penetrate o
the imprudence to entangle himself with 30,000 men, Mad] id. The Duke of Belluno manoeuvred sk' liu ,y
without reflecting that he thus exposed his left wing
1 to draw him on, and formed a junction wilh tl e 1 h
to the different corps of the Dukes of Dalmatia, of ! corps and the reserve, and, with de. Kia,-,.:, at th it
Elchingen, and of Treviso, who had 70,000 men head, marched against the enemy. The D. ke of
under arms. He has, it is true, drawn himself out Dalmatia, with still more considerable forces than
,of this critical situation, by a precipitateflight, and those of the King, marched upon their rear. Led
1 by abandoning his hospitals, his wounded, his horses,
Wellington could not eetricate himself, bat by he.tt-
and a part of his equipages. It was thus that Gene-
ran Moore, in his ridiculous expedition in the month ing separately the two armies. The Ist and 4th c ips
presented him with an opportunity, since tl ey .:1-
of November last, fled from Benevento to Corunna, tacked without writing for the three corps cntnrnaold
abandoning his allies, his horses, his ammunition, and
by the Duke df Dalmatia. The English font;' t eeil.
his equipages. Neither the one nor the other of these The battle of Talavera was doubtful, thoughl. than
a the 1 ~s
Generals has displayed that foresight, -which is a Ilia-
of the English was much more consilie
racteristic so essential in war, and which prompts to
ours, the French artillery was more nunrlon:. It
do only what 'can be supported, and to undertake
only what presents the greatest number of chances of i could
'appears from a series of multiplied faults th French
not take the position on the left; but th Fog-
I success. Sir Arthur Wellesley has not evinced more
fish were beaten back ever time they attempt,:d to
talent than the men who direct the Cabinet of St. :
advance upon the French. When the 70,000 men
1 James's. To wish to support Spain against France, '
and to contend upon the Continent with France, commanded by the Duke of Dalmatia were at Pla-
is , centie, Lord Wellesley believed there were not mole
forming an enterprize which will cost dear to those
who have undertaken it, and who will meet in it only than ten thousand men there, and gave himself up t 0
disasters. Conflagrations; it is true, may be kept up h
the most ridiculous combinations. He perceivc.
however, the folly of his calculations, his extreme Un-
-misfortunes may be brought on peaceable itihabi-
tants—rivers of blood may flow—the people, the pro- prudence, and was sufficiently fortunate to save him-
self in Ports al with his infantry. What would h
tectors of whom they call themselves, may be ruined
—but any other results are impossible. ~,,
been the case g
if manztivrine according to the princi-
The Moniteur of September 28, contains the follow- Ales of war, the French army had oily given battle
ing observations, in the form of notes, on the Lodoa prevent united. Load. Welling
ett hint fr m marching to Ma•
t, at says, the want of the me :ni
of conveyance '
Gazette of Saturday, 2d of September, containing the
.dtid. What would have boen the consequence i! he
dispatches from Lord Wellington, dated Deleytosa."had m
On the paragraph • marched (0 Madrid, and the Duke of atim.ttia
When 1 entered Spain, I had a communication with General had aced himself between'llim and the Tagnc ?He
Cuesta, &c.
The Moniteur remarks— would have come with his army to France.' He Ile
' sacrificed brave men ihriiigh presumption :and igrlc.
We wish LordNellington to command the English ranee, of that which a General ought
aLa to be
armies ; with his character he will suffer some great norant, •
catastrophe. It appears that hehas neither spies nor This expedition resembles that of General ',lgor,: !.1
any accurate information, which is astonishing, in a - the month of November last. But General Mo,2‘
country where England has so many partizans. • was More prudent, and saved himseit op•r :. J
h 1,;•
1 preferrod tole from thinkiti "hat the British troops were though he suffered enormous h.s::es, t''.. 0., fof
Most Ugly to do the business tlYt.4Aoally, &c. army returned to Eeglend. Like General M:, :e,
NOTE—We believe that life dispositions were made, : General Wellesley abandoned 117 s 11 .spitals, his b
.;•
for we see in one of his dis*tches, that he thOught he gage, his artillery, and arsenals in Portugal, wit ! ::
I
had only to do with 10Or If,ooo French ; and it was half pf his army. At this moment he has not IS, .00

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