The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-03-31 00:00:00

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fervent of Austria, het Mil
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the suggestion. It was ash
I"eminent that a British for
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lery might act in '4icily an
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bie:isterst ohject, howt vet
i • stated in answer) the Fre
create a diversion, and e
the largest Ex pedilion that
of England. to the Island
I been stated by a gallant gt
' I in so doing the attentior
•erted, and a great part‘o
i from the Dinehe : he had
Britiah force last been son
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many the loss would have
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; • be mean to say .that the
wounded woe!! have been
sick list of Walcheren ? So
?.' 1.• having drawn otf part of th
Danube, • the force in that
1 The Hon. Baromet, in col
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tele Expedition, thought it
into estimation•the risk th
whether that risk was 1
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object. tie ohje:ct was t
i ' sod bar of Flustinig ; the;
to the means employed to s
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• 1 1,,5,,0al ha. t.onsulted thet,i
- Officers, and the concern:,
I i litary characters were, that
complish the object, great
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1 was not slink extraordini
• consultations, recourse w a
of Lord Chatham; nor to
it not sinfilar that Ministi
consult t ie First and Seca
great Expedition, the life a
. every thing was to depend
,• then referred to the evidan
. to show, that at tau tiitio.c
tion, out of an'arny of it
15,000' could not ho Inuit
plash the object of taking I
and yet my Lord Casderea
should he observed—for,
the enemy would wit lidra
harbour, and go up to Fl
was known to the Noble I
got out and wt re stAntwei
of the Expetlitio.t, the s
consequelitly, were out of
What was the evidence of
who reluctaotly clone fora
I the Expedition i 7-that gall
i nisters that be did nut lit
had received, and upon all
send so large a force out o
not know any thing of the
to attack. TheJlon. tear
' . • beim in Walcheren, anti Ell
seem! the %tor* of the el
- - _bar.,; not a hlnclicarehed,
. ' soldier; might be insrelied 1
. . :distance of the people of Il
strachan had informed Mir
'Might take Flushing, their
'lng it—he had also ti.ssircd
wereprepared; :hat it was
fur the shi,.l, one its earl
they were nut, for fitly oil
SePt. The 11011. Geodes',
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, barn too reeieemended ill
der that the it.'xpedil in ,ei
healthy season cams on, a;
solute necessity of ii al i, g i
)Wary admonition', wt.at
14 : Why, he sent nut a 8,,,,,t c
the line, the best etitnoped
pilots, that ever t iileill the
given to a Nobh- bite wit
, I ill of, but of whose arprini
the country to the other,
surprise were excioel. T
ignorant of the situation ill
1 tined to proceed againct, i
ledge that Taut--ho did not
. . was an arsenal protected
yard—he knew nothing
Liefkenshoutk—ire short,
that on his arrival lie shout
The Naval Commander is
the Chianti. Would it n
these circumstances great Ti
Ministeri ? Thu lion. 134
'Slake semi observations HI
the force, iii the event of II
1 fereut places in the island,
our force %T odd beau deta
to cope with the enemy, w
:August, at Breda, Bergen.
• pity, amounted to upward.
',umber 0,000 were regal
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...der couseripts. Under I
• ~. thought LorilChatham act
consultation of General C
i sity of evacuating the ,lac
unhealthy, add the sick da
chard SAraclatis had !titter
1 October, stating, that it wt
retain the island any lunge'
.- a. a Right lion. Gentleman, I
ham arrived in England o
and the island was retained
bet, we kept possession et
fact was not so, for Cons
Minister, complained in hi
his Court had received iii
the North 'of 'Germany in
IBinisters could therefore I
temptation, but to eeitin
hopeless of success. 'rbe
originated in the ruble Lc
fortunate preditietioli foi
spirit and the martial chart
which, if persotercd in,
opinion, ruin the country.
sorely never eiperieiccd 3,
the martial spirit of this co
tilential vaults of Walchei
many thoupail lives. I
i . joined the3f),ooo hiave in
pedition to the 28,000 ui
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and ordered them to art in
have had some hopes, and I
Lord could not have dose
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