The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-07-10


army of the Centre were To retire 80 Cartha
send and .dGcdnt, and not risk n baltic.
We hope they will harrass the French,
Hanks. and cut of their supp,es.-A par
t'zin war il the policy of the Patrio,s.-Bos
ron CcRfiaei.
PARIS, May L.
The Monisear makes the following reisc
tons on the debates in the House of Com.
mons upon the expedition to Antwerp -
We resolved to publish the sequel of the
discussions aud the investigation relative 10
the expedition to the Isle of Walchercn. tho
the question is already stale. and no lougec
possesses any great interest. But this in
veStiSatinn is monument OF the ignorance
OF the English, respecting those affairs which
most Concern them. WHAT n, plan OF Ant
werp to be had in London? What are they
ignoranr of the situation Of these dock Yards,
from which II sail of the line have been
already launched. and eighteen more are
on the point of being launchedI They know
not, that since July 1905, when tie emperor
Voted Antwerp, six millioss have been ex
pended upon the Notifications which were
previously considerable aud that the lett
bank. and the Tete de Flandre, were pro
| lected by forthcationS, SO rs to maintain
! the communications with France and ca
tered by al humiliation to the extent of 1000
voiseS.
Inc English truly Law out their money
TO very little purpose. Lord Chatham knew
nothing OF the Notifications Of Antwerp. bur
from masons who had worked there. Eu-
rope and France will see with astonishment
me extent OF the ignorance Of the English
IHey know nor zvhe,her Cadsand be an Is q.
land Trey are ignorant !haf the ekanrei
Tohich acfaro'cd CQdsand from The Can't
nent has been dry shrSe fve and fzve,,tu
years, and fha, C1d8aud is no longer an
1Sf@ns. They know not that the French
squadron could place itself in safety. either
above orbelow the Notifications of Antwerp.
hey know not that forts Lilo and Left.
heushocCk were protected ON the land side
by foundations. and secure from every a,
tack, and OH the side of the river by 80 pie
ces OF ordnance, which from the right & lief,
Supported the line of gun boats & the booms
in the passage
1t wouii be curious to contrast with this
| ignorance the detailed informatops which
the topographic cabinet of France possesses
with regard to the coasts of England and
what the English were doing there in 1905
Observations on the number of batteries
iheir strength, the numbers of The workmen,
'he quantity OF troops, the posts from which
resistance might be expected, those that
could not be defended. the profile of the works
&c. were daily arriving al the topographic
cabinet of France.
q After this, it will not excite astonish.
ment. that the English knew not, that there
were $4,000 troops at Boulogne, who became
: iisposabie from the instant that the expedi
ton stumbled upon another point and that
the national guards alone was fully suffici
ent, as soon as this point was found not TO
be menaced that the senator general Ram
lpon commanded at ST.. Omer, a chasseur
corps OF picked national guards, regimented
these three years, and consisting of - 600
men that the general of division, Cham
lCarian, commanded at Louvaine, a camp of
eight batsalions OF the line that the regi
nents OF conscrpts, workmen at Antwerp,
formed tar more than 5000 men under arms :;
that the fortresses in Flanders contained
the depots OF 90 res iments, Is of them be-.
ing cavalry, and finally, that the king of Hol
i2no had $4,000 men under arms there beine.
only. beyond his territory, four regiments to
watch Hanover
I1 is surprising to find the English so
little acquainted with France, as to suppose
that an expedition Landed upon her terrific
ry should compel her to weaken the army
she had at Vienna.
The result of the expedition to the
ocneidt has proved, and all Europe, which
! is in constant Com munication with France
knew before hand, chat a debarkation of
40 600 English on our coasts would not ere
a,e any diversion, but only occasion the for
ma'ion OF new armies'
we may form an opinion how anxious the
Enaiish are for peace. and how much they
fecl the want of il By the sudden and extra.
ordinary rise of their funds, upon the first
intelligence of an exchange of prisoners
lhey never rose higher in time of peace.