The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-03-28 00:00:00


that tlkey 'wen. Anxious to seise
,iiitionfitstsedertobend ou't the Noble Lord. They
were so anxious to get rid of him, that they suffered
him to plan what they wereconscious must fail, but
which failure w °Uhl relicts them of the Noble Lord,
Ihe,ifulise then would now pause, and retrace the
tpischietous effects of their orris Misjudged lenity
tlowards the Noble Lord,. and the set of men who
leave been so long abusing. it. This conduct of
that House was one of the most powerful causes
of the late calamitous expedition. They had now
the consequences of their weak indulgence in the
incorrigible fatuity of a'set of men, who thought
that because they were tolerated they were ap-
proved. Unfeeling from habit, bold from igeo-
ranee, and confident from impunity, they grew
mere hardy as they became more criminal. Let
the House assert its dignity, by wresting from
them the means of doing mischief. They had
beard of libellers within and without those walls—
let the House be but tree tb itself, and to the'
Country, and such conduct woult be the most
tisftactory answer to all Such charges.
General CRAUFURD thought that in such a
question as the present, where it regarded the po-
licy of an Expeditioa, the presumption must be in
favour of Government, for this reason, that they
must be in possession of -more accurate itsforms--
tion ; (a laugh) accurate iit comparison with the
information of those who opposed them. As to
the allegation that the North of Germany
.would
have been a proper object of diversion, he • could
not agree iu it. Thongh wo were to support Ter
allies, It was net necessary that we should turrets,-
der ourselves to them at discretion, and adopt
their suggestions In opposition to our own delibest
rate judgment. Ho could answer, from his ewe •
experience, that, the suggestions of allies, in this
respect, were not always the. best. If we had lent
a &lir troops to the North of Germany, where a
temporary insurrection might, thereby, have been
raised, what would this be, but exposing the un.
fortunate people In the rage of the tyrant, andleay.
log them', in. lisp long run, to murder and cruelty
of the worst kind. This would, be the most
far;toes Machiavelian policy. Austria:, hitwerec,
having thrown away any chaneresif Russia joloiug
her in the coutest, we could no where march-- in
army where they would not be ultimately-exposed
to the whale force of the French Ruler. Suppose,
even, we had had confidence 'in the persevermice
ofAustria, there was not a spot .hero •we could
land and' have a depbt and place of~ retrest.„ In
these circumetancei, co-operation . Germany
ties out of the question. If an army • eoeld have
been sent to • Cadiz, there we might hive acted.
with effect; but there our assistance was nut
sired at the time., The naval arsenals. in the
Scheldt, he did maintain, were more forlnidable.
against us, -in case of invitaion, in the, hands 'of'
the Ruler. of France, .than
,all his hirroastTr
and. nalsonaded • retostrces. A bason had been
coaatructitig at Antwerp for the ammentriodation of 1
50. sail of the line; and to what bounds, thiimight
be carried it was impossible to conceive, there be-
ing no bo'unds whatever to the resources which this
river poured in from every quarter. In frost, only

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tO nil, it was understood., 'meld be OCCIMIIIPP•
dated; but what wit the Importance even of this
We must have 20 sail watching them at Yaietentlel
and 20 more at Deal, And yet there was a possi.
bility of their getting out by coining to leeward.
It might ems be in the power of so ettriordi. '
scary a mesas the person' to whom we were 'no*
opposed was known to be, to increase the 50 to
100 nil. Ile could not transport his immense
Boulogne lodes to our shores only from want of
man of war-to protect' them. Let the House
look, then, to the use to which this armamatit in
the Scheldemight at one time be employed, when
joined by another from Holland, in effecting a land.
ing on the eastern coast of this country. Our ene.
my knew. too well to' make an attempt at the inn.
sion of England without such a force as must en-
sure success. He was awavelhat be must use im.
mensely formidable 'meant. This be novel' could
do, while the Continent remained a check ove bit
actions. This was no longer the case, and he
would now be at leisure to-turn his mind to the
invasion of England *in reality. The Scheldt wee
one of the most formidable engines for enabling
hint to accomplish 'this object, else indeed, without •
which, he never could attemptit with any prospect
of success. Who then would say, that this watt '!'"
an expedition not called, for ? That it' was not et
or
one of the greatest ntioild iitiportante?'
was, id fact, the Daly 'sit where we 60.14
make a diversion is hawse of the commint
eons, eusd th• epottelanatif, pektt of our Lentil
cur enemy's country, at Wet titereeiiciWWltit
fail to have been moot' etibmvitning to 'him.—
He hoped he bad this prettyselearly proved' the
policy of the' eipeditiod. laugh.l Ile had
done so as far as his shattered brain would allow.
[Hear, hear!] He •then proceeded to shew that
the expedition was'even expedient. In doing so,
be commented on the opinions of the Olftcer,s who , -
had been consulted previous to the expedition,
and contended that none of them bore out thaatio
tninality of Ministers in undertaking the stXpati,
tion. Intelligence bad also been received *et the
works of Antwerp were in a defective state, a$ '
that the troops were extremely few in somber.-ft
This had since been mot by counter iatelligence„ .
but the reetified statement seemed,to be false. 'sit
appeared that there, were not 30,000 its all, law
eluding seamen, and yet they had been told thatsin
ten days the enemy would have against thin
40,000 melt in arms. If they were entitled to &mat
the men taken from their ships, we wore equal*
entitled to count our seamen, who would mere
than double theirs. Ile contended, therefene that
it was-itteridence that the intelligence received b$
Govdritment was Correct,. and that Government
was justified in undertaking the Ezpeditiod; •ee,
pecting, as had. been positively stated to 00,
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instructions as to,the, diversions of different carpi, -
fis the first place he could easily reconcile with •
.(Ise possibility of carrying a sufficient force to' •
the ulterior destination. The great point to •
be kept in *view by a Commander, where he
had distinct operations' to carry on, was, al. •
ways to take as much to the ulterior deltic*. ..
tion as the fire' service in which he had been en.
gaged, would permit. That Cadsand might have .
been. taken, had they gone up the Veiling Passage,
by the.dkvisina of Marquis ll.untley,*he was aim..
&lent, and the whole'of Flushing might have beets
taken possession of by 7000 mew. 'By destroy.
ing the means of' Cadsand communicating with •'
-Flushing, the division which had taken possessiolt•
of it, might have departed without leaving a mad • •
behind, proceeded up the Scheldt, and been dispo.•
sable for the occupation of Santiliet. If'. the'
Honourable Gentleman ItLvi bees' able to take it
Ipart in military transactions, hel would have un.
dectaken to have conquered Flushing with WOO
Men, and would have answered with his head for
the success.. Leifkenshoeik might be taken hi
the same manner in three days. Thedee they
would proceed against Lillo, and take It' too.- II
things might not be done as he 'had now stiiiiffp.
he Would consent that any military reputtitilitt
be ever had should be blasted for ever. • It- alight
°be asked, what would be done with South 'Wye.
Sand ? To this he answered, that the batteries
might have:, been taken in a few hears, by tba
boats belonging to the ships. Then they ', wchild
proceed to Baths, which might be takesesilthilli'
the same tlittii.Gie. Hope had employed in that ier.
trice. Bating taken Lillo and Llefkenshosik, lad
,opened the Scheldt to the navy, he *Mild theta
'have looked to ii combined operation. It was la
evidence, thatiffie Officers employed in the Espe.
difieki wouldliave mtgaged to have opened a fire ,
ssin. Antwellp, from 30 guns; within :ten days
after taniffivg. He would not be satisfied with
this, WO would have combined with it an open.
0.14 on their glacier. With' the assistance of
grans ,fristies4be. I#lo, he wodld haVe engaged
La this. thsuserri within ,erteen daysto have
wade a. kieselyskii thelrlglacier, which wOuld;- .
le was cotainearkmr..was . almost uniformly the.
u; Os
caset wail liwi4' A immediate. surrender of
it
the. teirte, ' ratini ;
st...encianter the horrors'
-sctised by..iiit eel ,soldiery. As to the
'Mega whichlrie .weilllinie been able -to bring
to
this ietvicef'. SUS .660 men arriied in 'the {
tchetdt, 7000 beiWa. ;to 'noshing; ffooo. at .-
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at- Lille' Ind Ilefkkitibtkilt 'there *onto reetale..
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40;900, ittleb ite itotaktlff+ride in tbi . folliwiei• • ~
tninnet.:4o.lo;:lviAlticAr'silr of seanten, &c. fiat ' . - •
carrying on the krill' 4ff,oooto. doter tie.;
operatiettc. *Whit tbalfieteo be pledged Weil' :'• ' •
that hi:doubt heed eff•ard the Oita. Aa 'l4-6.1 L
*girtison t'af • "thaVerp: i ', "...* . iii.eltatice to 'OeCtirsi,.i 4.'
Ahemsetici. would be by ' '; ..ning'Witilltettreir 4447 ,•'l7'. • .
Tering. Thal •wouldjlisßit. .roceed to Breda and.
Bergen-op-Zoom, whitih to °Y would also 'Mats ..`•
andwhich) by GtiOd, they would &auks able to!taksi ' •••••• 7 • .
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as either wrong or that the wind and "weather, at that season, WVs#
lat latent intrigue almost unifortray favourable; and it appeared .
even his near asso. etitlence that to find wind id weather such
y all agi:ea that be the British had experienced, it was anal*[
in which be held t deed. Thus' were -Minister!. completely just.
11d stay in office tilt tied la undertaking. the operation.-Be should
on, he himself had show, '•howevero the piactiefibility, as well ss
whether that Ex. possibility of accomplisiiim the ensfer_titkiegi„
e (34"-P.) believed- • awei—ttrat—littnittilit itrtett: Wttli greatest
ad out the Fospe. propriety in adopting the grand line of 'psi.
ruble Lord. They licy pursued by them on this occasion. -The