The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-03-03 00:00:00

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creasing, and that every prepariaelitttiloonfniiiiandwldolaerAstesendtelotivoantdekerithithehro:
to appose our landing at Sant,'
That was certainly the substabnecte
the Nee.
fence received ; had no very distinct hitelligem.
as to the extent of the preparations making to re„
'list the lauding at Santviiet,
enemy had constructed several batteries
Dyke ; the inundations too were rep
very considerable.
sickness 01
Did not this intelligence, aid the
off
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the army, and your Lordship's own reasuninsh
to the use the enemy must necessarily hare '
matte
of the interval between your first arrival el
cheren and the period to which I allude, to atneL
orate the defences of Antwerp and the other forts,
arid to collect a considerable defensive force froi
all quarters, determine your Lordship's ire.ginent
against the practicability of then attacking Ace
twerp ?—They certainly did.
Did not your Lordship, on the 27th of Augult.
assemble the Lieutenant-Generals of the Army la
ja
a Council of War, atid is not (licit opinion s
before the Hong? —1 assembled the Lieuieni t
Generals on the 27th of August, And I 11-
eaert•
their opinion is before the Reuse.
Did your Lordship understand that the Meet!
thin:led from or concurred in that opinion? I
ceived, certainly, that the Admiral concurred jt
the opinion, that nothing further could be at,
tempted.
What induced your Lordship t' form that cu.
jecture ? I received a letter from the Admiraial
the 27th, the day the Council of War asseelleaL
in which he distinctly stated that opinion.
Will your Lordship have the goodness to pre
duce the Admiral's letter of the 27th of moo
It is a letter stating
,the reasons of Sir Richae
Strachan for desiring his letter to be sent hornets
the Admiralty ; 'it is in that letter he states a
fillet opinion that no further operation could, atek
any prospect of success, be at that time outlet:
taken. VII. Lordship produced a copy of Oahe
ter, which was read.]
COPY OF SIR R STRACHRICS LETTER,
St. Domingo, Botha, Aug. 17, 11$1,'
" Mr. Lou D—ln consideration of your note, 1(1,114;k
cutter; there are two others waiting for orders besides dem
but I remind you, you have not a men provisions hr
arm!), and we have not above four for the navy, which, Ong
we come to •divide with you, will retrace to to a .no;
days; it therefore-becomes indispenbahly net r!sor)
call the attention of Government to this circle:maw, sal
pray pm to let me dispatch the vessel t two bait' 1 vat"
dispatches. We are now at two-thirds alinoanct:: the oil
serious consequences may arise front ans delay, win
you consider the vast member we have to witted, o
least seventy thousand.--44 am sure )(Aar Lardstup we
be of my way of thinking, " that not a moment Mow
be lost in communicating home."—All I shag ,ay
that you do not propose to go on to Ant,.,1
the reason mentioned in your lett.3. ; and really when I raw
bider the reduced state of the provisions, the imreasiagoct-
ness, and the increasing, power of the enemy, little owe
con he expected from any operation, unless it is the amis.'
of our country to keep the army here to the accomplialene.
of tile object, and reinforce it as circumstances may
neres,ary.
I should have been on shore, hot ant ant wed; haw
thing should have prevented me if I could base been aat
useful ; your Lordship may rest mowed that I shall broody
So do every thing you ;impose, :cud that the Nay) berg,
disposal Tor every purpose to forward the public service.
" I have tile honour to be,
" Yohr Lordship's most hnilible and oebdient smart,
"To his Excellency (signed) R. 3. STRACHAN.°
the Rt. Hon. the End of Chatham."
Your Lordship might write a short letter, but peayt
don't prevent mg sending the vessel boom t, I see them: as.
dims consequeurea likely to arise, from tote Govetumeot
ignorttut of the want of pro,visMus."
[Here follow* an examimation similir to Oche,
mer ope, relative to Antwerp, Fort Liilo, &c.]
Upon the receipt of Sir Richard Strachan'a lets
ter of the 27th of August, did your Lordship.
call upon the Commissary-General of the Army,
for a report of the state of the provisions, soddihf
-it cuerespotid with the estimate Sir Richard Sou•
chan had given of their amount ? I certainly
'thought it. my duty to lose no time in looking We
the subject, not being at-all aware of that being-
the case, and I found it entirely erroneous, Li
that there was amontli's provisions for the troops.
Ilas your Lordship reason to know that it en
deliberately decided most advisable fur the public
service that the supply of provisions should be
progressively forwarded to the army, so as not to
encumber their movements.iiith a,grcatcr proper-
(ion of provisions at any one time than the public
service could possibly require ? I understood that
to be the intention ; and, in point of fact, weal.
ways had a sufficient supply of provisions.
firs LORDIIIIP'S NARRATIVE:
• Does your Lordship recoiled having delivered to his Me.
jests any earrative of the proceedings in Zealand us the 15111
of January! 1 'did not deliver any narrative of the proceed.
ings in Zealankto his Majesty;but I transmitted tt to his Ma-
jesty at Windsor on the 15th bf January.
Was that narrative accompanied by any letter ? It Moot
accompanied by any letter; there was a noleoftranuoinini;
a note to Colonel tor I think.
M.'s your Lordship any copy of thatnote ? I have tit
Does your Lordship recollect having applied far that at-
naive to be returned to your Lortlyhip by his Majesty? IL.'"
member having expressed* wish to his Majesty, at the if:
vee, on the 7th of February I think, that he would bate.
the goodness to return the narrative, because I wished
make some alteration, to leave out a passage there was lob
and it was so returned.
aadDrin Ywrattlini Leflualaulteliril?)relletelivveastheaitthnaerrraonttivaee
think it was Oil the 10th I received it back; it was me
sent bock with a mite from Colonel Taylor, saying that
had the King's command to send it back; hotpot's* el':
Did your Lordship tender the narrative it:Aia to the KW
on the Ilth of February? I did.
Was it gi'len by his Majesty, at the same Levee it whirl/
it was tendered by your Lordship to his Majefty, to the.Stre_.
tary of State ? It was not given at the Levee ; tylsg.7.7,
baStheknornthTheelOrk-14
at an audience after the Levee and received his idelfslis,
command to give it to the Secretary of State, which
imm-diately.
Without its passing into big Majesty's Muni ? yr" 1.,
Majesty desired I mould give it to the Secretary of yhISS
lias your Lordship any copy of the narrative as
municatedso his Majesty Oil the 15th of January? I lad'enr;
Can your *Lordship state the substance of the altet:ansi,
really do not think, especially after so long en exaialnaLt:
I have now gone through, that I eau recollect Itetfieice
substance ; it was a passage towards the close oft
Which contained rather matter of opinion or spent
rather discussion, which I thought would be better:4,T
.report;d
and I asked his Majesty's permission to lests7_,,i;
peseta out of the report, yvhich I did. do not think,
SO long an examinatiou, I could take upon mein safer;
stance of that oassage, ur to recollect it ; hot
to m !tier of 'opinion, and was only one ;me et wl
*ought wouldonol accord in auy respect with the rest
of ale
tolerative, which was merely a statement of facts..
wti;rio
Does your Lordship recollect the purport of the est
Mad or 2ottionied the narrative when it was first delivered,
site 1.5t0 of January ?—,lll was a note of transmission,
the n irrative to Colonel Taylor for the King.
' Lordship was directed to witlidraw
it rete

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On Wednesday, at Kennington, in the 27th year of
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