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71IIF STATESMAN.

PROPOSITI T: ♦.l X.

LONDON:
S kTURnA Y, SEPTEMBER 2.
I.,ist) +X au a:lL—Holiday at the Public Office:.

hit A 114 NitsON MENT of the ENTERPRIZE
ig.ii;Jst A NTW ERP is at last elemi-ggicially an-
nounced by one of the hireling organs of Minis-
tai..-the Nabob's Post, and will probably be
upeated this evening in the renal echo of the
wally luminous and immaculate Couricr...-The

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following humble recantation appeared in tioe Na-
's niper of tlois day---Thc Morning I'ost :

iii•rti 'IIES rßom Lolly) IT ‘T;i M. —A BAN-
j)(“ o t.N I' ref the EN TEI11'11121; agutist ANT-

I.'t l'.
r„,ttrara to one exprelatfons and predictions, founded
ova the nifalom 'if the project, and the extrusive meats em-
ploked Ii ettert it- titers/. as aril as the in formation we
..'e to the habit of neetnittaall. reel-wing from imielfigent
..• ;:trs Isttar:ted tit thr lixpedition. it is with Infinite grief
der al. e-taert I;tat adv ices were verterlay received from Lovd
it .t 111 A sr, stating, that fear% the information be had re..
(el\ d 1,1 the monlwrs which the enemy hod beets able to cal-
k,• t'.; depmcc ef .4olaterp. the extensive inuntLitious
t!..c. in t cti-eted. leis l.otdshtp, in coneurmuce with thewpt►
itm:comit-titaterals, bad decided not to &drones
I;evelar.J against (lint city t so that the meditated
attar um ,tint‘enal, and Ilse French fleet, is eillogether alert.
• ‘'. 0,. I:eader, a tll recollect, that about a fin-Might since
t• sr; •IL. I : :ir appreltenriun iv felt in respect to the
dip . fli tardine- isf the prmeedinp, and happy shall we be
h:01 the delay in our operstkw, which we thee fore-
st:; woull roahle the enemy to collect the means of opposing
to elect hal re-istanre to oar future elferts, was rendered hos-
wne.:Ste it, the untoward clrettinsta:srs wider wbkh our
foun I themselves placed.-:-,Never certainly was
, , wertio a.• &teelier judiri.t&oty planned, ;Ind we ear-
•• I'.:u it I ends our heart to cortemplate its tailor'.
an: i' 11: I r. sati•tiad a.; we me fiat the moat ample
• ••v ere pa.% :2 •;1 Is ...aoire 16 complete .otceess. The most
fo, til • arm:view tha! veer smiled from
t!: • ." : as vox /rd. nf..: rivoith 1;:e Srhrldl,
:me 1.1. A Ad i • roil-rte.-1
ep-ratioir: simullantotody
In 1111: Sr STE,OSN of s coerday,
•• : '.-• altar N n, nti,l3t hat- 0,r., 4 nu!..atteotts" teem%
of. .o.se o.s the ; .Ina-was Poll caroled
a. ; ot• 7roaiert p it ef our toree remained roue-
tar doe;:rg t':e eslu r of that tittle so ti4tif of the ene Hy.
• .`turn the 14:t • • 1:•••.t'.19 Lytle n• tiop,/r/i•sta:/:'el drfay were
not ue.i , tr (goert inuner.m. reups from various
+lnt, but a;.. rte to imitict.tte rot:site,' to prevent
r.ll, contempt:natio of -o unexpected [Vide
• N•vary-tot tv, .4.1,-. 14.] ore_o:4l, grieves our Ter. soul ;
wit r:.l our 4riei beilliestated otiterwi-e thno S. our t Oat-
ngvd, able to giseassli..fo, tory erp .s! ion shoot the
mbietat—tltiv ev planatieo, w Isu►f, they vs ;II be able to
;:!!:1111; :ay.'. restful; upon that hope, we shall not at -
rioitt ta prejudge Vie question. For tale present, we
•.111:e growl,' of &modellers from the proipect, that
ititaanToig the abandonment -f the enterpi 'se azainst the
ti-et and arse. al of the enemy. means ?lay 11. ertheless be
a auk: -o too .struct the navigation of the St (pi& zw to make
tlest rater Q 3 '47* 10 the ~ivy. The pn-s‘evrion of Vli.tifilerell
/NW; mahk 11. to edect the treat object, %flitch, if arrom-
pli-4r.1, carp produce a mow insportant effect, ie.:lshtar% 3).
tar Atria.s's ll rt trauldtherebv because starlet , and Itt a great
r; a -tr4. ro-uptfirale for the fairs:re of the enterprise tigatitat
Actin erp."—t 31urning Past, Srpt. )

Who could have expected that the futile ex-
pcLlations held out to the public by the Posit Abe
Times, and Courier, Efor they may be all classed
in the front rank of falsehood, delusion, and
ath;:erditn,) Fhotold have subsided into '4 a ground
itico;ssolation," a "trust" that means " may" be
found to obstruct the navigation of the Scheldt--
that the possession of Walcheren " may" enable
as to do this, and that, "if" accompanied with
viecess, " could" produce the " important"
effal of rendering the French Fleet" useless," and
" might," iu a great measure, " compensate"
far the "fuilare " of the Expedition.--Sn. the re.
Solt of the greatest effort ever made by England ter-
minates in consolation.-.ifs, mays,mights, reoulds,
and campentation, fur the failure of the Expedi-
tion—And this, to these hireling delutire Prints,
it seems, ii an unexpected result s; ow, to us,
eotaitlistaading the wisdom witli w hid) this Ex-
pedition was planned, of which, "more anon,"
from the moment that we saw with what eau-
tious, cool deliberation the Expedition proceed-
el, we were convinced that it must fag. We
were convinced that the rumoured attack on
Naples r<unld fail—and we were also convinced
that the expectations of our al:iinate success in
Spain were utterly fallaciuus. lu 1* tie Sx.vrxs.
WAN of the 12th of last month, we expressed
ourselves in the following w ordb

" We hare sent an army to Si army to Sp via--and
"an army to 110(0,4. 411 of which will now return abso-
" lutely re bifida, tinreecestful, asd without ettai.iing in eny
" one instenee the olj-cle for which this alowit iucredible
" expellee i 4 incarred:'
And on the 11th—
" The probable result of the Expedition will he, the re-
" !Palate of Flushing, and nn itastic:essfal attempt to ascend
•• the Scheldt, for the Cit. of Antwerp does not at present
' appear to us in much greater danger than the Town of
" Chatham. Whether, hi the prrie:lt circumstances of the
" Cooutrt, the Island of Walcheren is an adequate re ~,it of
the efforts of such an arms:le:it, we leave to wiser beads
"to determine."

The possibility of a successful attack on Naples
was unworthy of comment. Such an expectation
could be classed only with the projects of the
moon-struck Knight of La Mancha.
On the subject of Spain, our opinion was e:-
pressed previous to the battle of Talavera. The
statement, on authority, that in that battle only
`20,000 British troops were present, of whom
more than 5000 were killed, wounded, and mis-
sing., reduced conjecture to ct rtainty. The Park
!IA Tower guns—the famous. ever-memorable Ge-
neral Orders from t he Ilorse. G uards,and the Peer-
age conferred on Sir A nrutin liVELLEstrr, could
nut divest us of our clear conviction, that the situa-
tion of the British army in Spain was imminently
dangerous.—Tbat it is so, is now notorious.

- With respect to the profoooti minion with which
the Hxpeditloa to the Scheldt was planned—the
following account, it which we hinted( yesterday,
has for some days beets in whispering elreulation :
Letters from Holland were received by* certain
City Negotiant—a monger in Loans, Stocks,
Bills, Gold, and Silver. "If an English armament
should but make its appearance of the coast of
Holland--the Dutch to a man would receive us
with open arms." To the vigorous Lord CASTLE.
REAGII were the ecsittents of these letters commu.
nicated, and by that worthy man to his vigorous co-
adjutors. The "Negotiant" was personally ex.
amined—the Cabinet convinced—the Expedition
announced...such is the 'whispered wisdom of the
project. The Expedition sailed, and with it sailed
another " Negotiant," who doubtless expected to
have been hailed by " whole troops of friends."
For these friends, day after day, have our Com.
manders in vain kept a keen " look out." Nut
one llollantkr has declared in favour of England.
For the expenditure and disgrace of this Expe-
dition we have to show, what ? Walcheren, which,
if cbletisible, must unquestionably be given back
ere peace can ever be expected !—So much
for the zaisdons with which this project was under.
taken. The fleet and stores at Antwerp may
perhaps have cost France one million sterling ;
this is an extreme calculation. Our fruitless
attempt to effect even their debtruction, has cost)
certainly, ten times that amount. The nation
will strike the balance. If the subject were not
absolutely maddening—we might laugh at the
precaution of taking out a Company of Rig.
gcrs to rig the ships which we intended to bring
away. To complete the tale—the Commander-in.
Chief, and his once dear friend of the Venerable,
have Lelscd to hold that intimate communion of
souk, that produced the determination nut to sail
but in the Venerable, which we mentioned yes.
terday. The followrig is the reported cause :
it will be remembered, that we some weeks ago'
ann iunced the presence of certain Scavans in the
Expedition...one of whom attended a Naval Com-
mander, as private Secretary. At the presence
of this Gentleman, the Commander.in-Chief re.
munstrated—this remonstrance was taken in
high dudgeon—something was sag about sending
the private Secretary home. That, however, we
understand, did not take place; but the cordiality
1 that hat!, till that moment, subsisted between the
E %I.t and the AavalkCommander, is at an end....

!On the propriety of the presence of this Spoon
we shall bo silent, but of the prudence of thca
steps we take the liberty of saying that there is but