which the path was very narrow, and full of holes, and in spite of the stream, and the holes in the bottom, these chasseurs succeeded in crossing, without losing a single man. What increases the merit of this enterprise is, the necessity under which they were of undertaking it precisely at 3 o'clock of the afternoon, when the ebb was at the lowest at which time a gloomy tempest deprived the soldiers of the sight of the island and fort. The short duration of the ebb did not allow a greater number of men to wade over; and the ed. The enemy's fleet in the East Scheldt was drawn up at Zierikzee before the Keeten, and above by Stavernisse, while 120 ships were moored in the West Scheldt, from Bonselen to Baarland. This being our situation, we were somewhat exposed; but when the enemy perceived that we were up the Sloe, and that our riflemen were arrived at Elleweutsdyk where he stood in great force, he thought himself more exposed than we were; for during the evening and night, he withdrew on the one side to Flushing, and on the other behind Zierikzee, and in the Room-army remained on the shore for a long time, pot. When our riflemen came to Elle- uneasy concerning the detachment, as the weutsdyk, the enemy who occupied that continuance of the storm did not permit village retreated, and our voltigeurs made them to perceive whether the fort defende. a few prisoners. Serjeant Smit alone took itself.-At length, at seven in the everfour Englishmen prisoners, so much were ing, the Dutch flag was seen waving on th they confounded.--Since yesterday morn- fort. An express was then sent to Anting the enemy had not approached South werp. The prince, general in chief of the Beveland; he occupies Walcheren, and is French army, was informed of it at nine a raising six or seven batteries, each of four the evening, and announced it at the pieces, on the Sloe-bank, in order to de- Theatre of the city.-The chasseurs an fend the passage.-Leaving general Bruno carbiniers were received by the inhabitants the care of watching the enemy, I yester- of Bathz, with the most lively demonstr. day proceeded to Batz, taking with me tions of joy, amid the continued shouts ci captain of engineers Van Ingen, a distin- Long live the King! Gen. Heiligers praise guished young officer, whom I cannot the intrepidity and valour of captains too strongly recommend to your Majesty. Schuurmen and Tabor, as well as of the lice-Intelligence which arrived yesterday tenants of engineers Cornabe and Wolf de evening, announces that the enemy is eva- Westerholt. It was impossible for the cuating Ter-Vere. Your Majesty may be little corps to make great haste, surroundassured, that I shall take all possible care ed by dangers; and yet obliged to end to obey faithfully the instructions your their march in consequence of the flow Majesty has been pleased to give me. I of the tide; a moment's delay, or indeci have, during the few hours since I havesion, would have been fatal to them.been here, prepared every thing for car- His Majesty, desirous to recognise the rying on my operations. I am about in-service rendered by these brave men, and stantly to depart from hence. "Marshal DUMONCEAU." the dangers to which they exposed themselves, without any hope of retreating, and without being terrified by the numbers of Amsterdam, Sept. 7.-The following are the foe; who, they knew, were on the the particulars contained in the Official Re-opposite side of the river, has rewarded port concerning the passage of our army from Brabant to South Beveland:-On the 4th inst. general Heiligers, in consequence of intelligence gained by reconnoitring a few days before, placed himself at the head of a company of voltigeurs of the 1st regiment of chasseurs, and a company of carbiniers, and, during the ebb, availing himself of the distance at which the English ships were, waded with his party up to their shoulders in the water, over a passage of more than a league, and of them, through general Heiligers, by expressing to him his satisfaction at their conduct. He has granted promotion to the before mentioned officers; and ordered. that, without distinction of rank, all these who were in the detachment of gener Heiligers, should wear on the left side et the coat an embroidered sabre. The soldiers, and non-commissioned offices, shall, during the campaign, enjoy double pay. LONDON :-Printed by T. C. HANSARD, Peterborough Court, Fleet - Street; Published by R. BAGSHAW, Brydges-Street, Covent Garden :--Sold also by J. BUDD, Pall-Mall. VOL. XVI. No. 15.] LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1809. [Price 1s. "The people of Vienua seem to vie with each other in demonstrations of love and veneration of the Emperor Napoleon, whom they justly regard as their deliverer. They have entered into a volun❤ "tary subscription, for the purpose of erecting a statue of him in bronze; and, they pr pose holding a "Jubilee on the ainnversary of the battle of Wagram." 513] SUMMARY OF POLITICS. MONITEUR. -[514 -It is we should like such a sovereign as George the Third. In short, seeing that the THE JUBILEE.- -This would seem to be French are our enemies, and are likely to the year of Jubilecs; for, the people of continue such, I think we act very impruWarsaw, of Madrid, of Vienna, of Naples, dently in goading them in this way about and of many other places, are, by the their" state of slavery." It appears to public prints, said to be making bonfires me, that our wise way would be to let and illuminations, and singing Te Deums; them remain in ignorance of the great blesse that is to say, singing psalms of praise to ings, which we exclusively enjoy, and God. It is true, indeed, that, in these in- which, hitherto, they have not seemed disstances, God is to be thanked for the birth,posed to envy us. Why should we fret life, and deeds of the Emperor Napoleon, ourselves about their slavery? Let them and" for the manifold blessings enjoyed be slaves, if they choose it, so long as we under his benignant sway;" whereas our remain so free and so happy.people propose to thank God in form, to peculiarly unfortunate, too, that these sing psalms of praise to their Creator, for" wretched slaves" should be, as it were the birth, life, and deeds of our King, and out of mere spite, making jubilees all over "for the blessings enjoyed under his be- the Empire, and praising God for preserv nignant sway;" and, moreover, to being the life, and prolonging the reign, of stow, at the same time, a few execrations the man, who, as our people assert, rules upon that same Napoleon, on whom the them with a red of iron, and robs them other nations of Europe are bestowing so almost of the necessaries of life. In anmany blessings, and whom our people swer to this, our jubilee people tell us, assert to be a despot, a merciless squeezer that these indications of love and gratitude and grinder of his abject subjects, and, are not sincere; that the people, the real indeed, whom some of them accuse of people, of France, Austria, Spain, Italy, being a most profound hypocrite himself, Poland, &c. &c. hate him and his autho while every, aye every, member of his rity, and every limb and branch and shoot family, female as well as male, is so cor- and bud of his debauched and corrupted rupt in heart and so loathsome in carcass, family, than which, as is asserted, there as to be fit for little else than to be thrown is not, in all history, ancient or modern, an to the dung-hill.Buonaparte's people instance of any one family, in any nation, never describe, in this way, our sovereign or in any rank of life, more completely and his family; or, I have missed the de-void of every thing like principle, whether scriptions; but, ought not our jubilee of morality or of honour; and, that, of people to be cautious how they thus describe a sovereign, whom so many cities and nations seem resolved to honour with public rejoicings? Surely those who live under a man's sway must know him best? The people at Paris must know the Emperor Napoleon better than we can know him. They may have a taste different from ours; but, then, observe, our taste is as different from theirs. Our people think it strange, that the French can like such a Sovereign as Napoleon; but, our people should not forget, that it is possible, that the French may think it as strange, that course, so far from rejoicing, and praising God, for his existence, they would, if left to their own will, if unrestrained by the innumerable troops that every where have a bayonet pointed at their breasts, put up public prayers for his extermination, lest, by any accident, his race should be multiplied.Now, though this answer may do very well with men, assembled over the bottle, and particularly with such as are able to bear the verses of the pensioned poet, Fitzgerald, yet, I am afraid, that per sons, who take time to reflect, will not be so easily satisfied with this answer; or, if they R House of Commons; these far-famed Anti-Jacobins ; these tangible-shape. men; these life-and-fortune and holyaltar men; these men, who made war for the support of the dignity of government, for social order, and "our holy religion;" these valorous stand-makers against popular encroachment; these defenders of the House of Brunswick against a Jacobinical Conspiracy.Come, then, let us have their mutual accusations: let us hear what they say one of the other; let us put their characters upon record in their own words. should, I am afraid they will be led to draw therefrom conclusions unfavourable to the motives of our jubilee people; because, if it be a fact well established, and unequivocally acknowledged, that, in several other countries of Europe, the people do make bonfires, dance, illuminate their houses, drink, gorge, and sing anthems, in honour of a man, whom they wish at the devil, we come to this dilemma, either to allow, that there may be a doubt of the sincerity of our jubilee, or that, the people of all those countries (all the Continent, indeed) are a set of despicable wretches, and, of course, not at all likely" to assist," as Pitt used to call "St. James's-square, 19th Sept. 1809. it," in their own deliverance."--The "SIR,-It is unnecessary for me to enter Jubilee discussions, in the London Com- " into any detailed statement of the cir mon Council, have been very interesting, "cumstances which preceded the recent and cannot fail, in due time, to produce a "resignations. It is enough for me, with good effect. The proposition to hold a "a view to the immediate object of this jubilee has given rise to remarks upon "letter, to state, that it appears a propothe occurrences of the last 50 years; it "sition had been agitated, without any has caused some to be informed of what "communication with me, for my removal they never heard of before, and some to "from the War Department; and that be reminded of what they had forgotten. you, towards the close of the last Session, After having, as they thought, carried a "having urged a decision upon this ques measure, intended to set the example of" tion, with the alternative of your se boozing and gormandizing and carousing" ceding from the government, procured all over the country, drowning the senses and recollection of the nation in toasting and cheering and hallooing, the movers of this measure, though not much subject to blushing, have been driven to abandon it, and, instead of going to a tavern, they have agreed to go to church, instead of a drunk, they have agreed to have a thanksgiving. But, this is a trifle compared to what has been gained in another way. These discussions have, it is to be hoped," most clearly pointed out to the Livery of" London the importance of their right to elect the members of their Common-Council; but, of this I shall say more in my next; and, in the meanwhile, I beg leave to recommend to the reader a careful perusal of what passed at the last City meeting, and which, if I have room for it, shall be inserted in another part of this Number. -In PISTOLLING PRIVY COUNSELLORS. my last, I stated the substance of the complaint of Lord Castlereagh against Mr. Canning; but, now we have, through the news-papers, this complaint stated in the Lord's own words. This, and the like of it, are most valuable documents; they are precious memorials of the conduct and character of our "statesmen ;" of these servants of the king; these men, who had on their side a majority of the "a positive promise from the Duke of "Portland (the execution of which you "afterwards considered yourself entitled "to enforce), that such removal should be "carried into effect. Notwithstanding this promise, by which I consider you pro"nounced it unfit that I should remain charged with the conduct of the War, "and by which my situation as a Minis"ter of the crown was made dependent upon your will and pleasure, you continued to sit in the same Cabinet with "me, and to leave me not only in the persuasion that I possessed your confi"dence and support as a colleague, but "you allowed me, in breach of every principle of good faith, both public and "private, though thus virtually supersed"ed, to originate and proceed in the exe"cution of a new enterprise of the most «arduous and important nature, with your "apparent concurrence, and ostensible ap probation.You were fully aware that "if my situation in the Government had "been disclosed to me, I could not have "submitted to remain one moment in of"fice, without the entire abandonment of my private honour, and public duty. "You knew I was deceived, and you continued to deceive me.-I am aware, may be said, which I am ready to 26 it " " 66 66 "which it abounds, than that I will cheerfully give to your Lordship the satisfac"tion which you require. I am, &c. GEORGE CANNING." Lord Viscount Castlereagh, &c. &c. there found, I publish them; but, really, it can scarcely be believed, that a man, through whose hands so much of letterwriting must have passed, should have penned any thing so completely confused. At last, indeed, one gets at the meaning; but, in what way must affairs be understood, if left to such hands?- -The mean "knowledge, that when you pressed for a "decision for my removal, you also pressed for its disclosure, and that it "was resisted by the Duke of Portland, and some members of the Government supposed to be my friends. But I never can admit, that you have a right to make use Before I proceed to remark upon the "of such a plea, in justification of an act nature of the facts, as thus authentically affecting my honour, nor that the senti- stated, I cannot help asking the reader, "ments of others could justify an acquies- whether he believes, that a person, who "cence in such a delusion on your part, would write such a letter as that of Lord "who had yourself felt and stated its un- Castlereagh, would, by any merchant in fairness. Nor can I admit that the head London, be taken into his counting-house, "of any administration, or any supposed at 150 pounds a year.I take these let"friend (whatever may be their motives),ters from the news-papers, and, as articles can authorize or sanction any man in "such a course of long and persevering deception. For were I to admit such a principle, my honour and character "would be from that moment in the dis"cretion of persons wholly unauthorised, "and known to you to be unauthorised, to "act for me in such a case. It was there"fore your act and your conduct which de-ing, however, appears to be this, that Mr. "ceived me; and it is impossible for me "to acquiesce in being placed in a situa"tion by you, which no man of honour could knowingly submit to, nor patiently suffer himself to be betrayed into, "without forfeiting that character.I 'have no right, as a public man, to resent "your demanding upon public grounds, "my removal from the particular office "I have held, or even from the Ad"ministration, as a condition of your con"tinuing a Member of the Government. But I have a distinct right to expect that "a proposition, justifiable in itself, shall "not be executed in an unjustifiable manner, and at the expence of my honour "and reputation. And I consider that "you were bound, at least, to avail yourself of the same alternative, namely, your own resignation, to take yourself "out of the predicament of practising such a "deceit towards me, which you did exer"cise in demanding a decision for my re"moval. Under these circumstances, I "must require that satisfaction from you to "which I feel myself entitled to lay "claim. I am, &c. " " CASTLEREAGH." The Right Hon. George Canning. Gloucester-Lodge, Sept. 20, 1809. "MY LORD,-The tone and purport of "your Lordship's letter, which I have this "moment received, of course preclude any "other answer on my part to the misap"prehensions and misrepresentations with Canning was guilty of "a breach of every "principle of good faith, both public and pri"vate;" that he knew Lord Castlereagh to be deceived, and that he "continued to "deceive him;" that he pursued a long course of " persevering deception;" and that, therefore, Lord Castlereagh demands satisfaction of him.Now, it is not we, Jacobins, who say these things of Mr. Canning, who reviled us as conspirators: If the letters be authentic, it is Lord Castlereagh; it is his colleague; it is his brother Pittite; it is his yoke mate; it is the man, at the very close of the last session of parliament, he called his "noble friend." This is the man, under whose hand and seal his character is now given to the world.I, for my part, care not one straw, whether the facts, stated in this letter, be true or false. Not a single straw do I care; but, this nobody can deny, that, unless the facts be true, the accuser is a very impudent liar.To be sure, if the facts be true, a point which, I repeat, I care nothing about; but, if they be true, what a pretty figure does Mr. Canning make? He demands that Lord Castlereagh shall be removed from his office, and makes this a condition of his remain ing in the ministry himself; and yet, he sits in the same cabinet with him long afterwards, and suffers him to plan and execute measures of a magnitude unparalleled in the history of this long and perilous war. All this time, even after he has obtained a positive promise that Lord to the Anti-Jacobins. We have had no thing at all to do with the matter. It is to our revilers that the nation, whom, for my part, I do not pity, has to look. We care not any thing about the old disputes: we will not begin the discussion anew: this is the point; that you have had your will: you have done just what you pleased: are the people satisfied with the result? If they be, much good may it do them; and, if they be not, on you let them throw the blame; to the Anti-jacobins let them look for a reason why they now suffer, and why they expect further sufferings. TALAVERA'S CAMPAIGN. After the publication of the substance of the General Order, said to have been issued at Lisben against the circulating of bad news, it would be foolish in any one to expect any but good news from that quarter. Now, we get no news; and, as the saying is, no news is good news. I have, indeed, before me, a letter from an officer in my Lord Douro's army which contains some par ticulars worth knowing, and which particulars I shall here state, only observing, that I know the writer very well, and that I have not the smallest doubt of the truth of the statement.-The letter is dated on the 18th of August, in the Camp near Truxillo." You must," says the writer, "long 'ere this, have had a more correct "account of the circumstances attending "the battle of Talavera, than it is in my power to give. On the 1st of August, "our wounded were not all taken off the field, and, when we left Talavera, they "were putting the dead bodies in heaps, and "BURNING them. * * * * * * The sick of the army "amounts to nearly eight thousand men, "Our effective strength to between six and "seven thousand. The light brigade, which "left England last, has suffered more than "any of the army. Four of the officers Castlereagh shall be put out of office, he 66 ( * * * "of the 43rd died within the last two "days, and they have now twenty-six sick "in that regiment. The men of the dif "ferent regiments, composing that bri gade, are in a dreadful state. " The "6 greater part of our wounded and sick "were taken by the French, at Placencia, Aropeza, and Talavera; but, the French are reported to be taking the greatest care of them.-Our march from Arope. "za to this place was severe, the troops having only half a pound of bread and "the same quantity of flour a day, to sub"sist on during-seven days, the weather "dreadfully hot, and very little water. |