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where, for the malignant purpose 

 of imposing upon the unsuspecting 

 integrity of mankind. If his au- 

 dacity should pretend to violate 

 your happy soil with his offensive 

 vermin, you will yourselves be vi- 

 gilant to discover and to destroy it. 

 To this gratifying reflection, 

 which you so justly deserve, I may 

 add another equally desirable. I 

 am not less persuaded that the 

 concord and unity of your senti- 

 ments will be the stable support of 

 my government, than that your 

 subordination to legitimate autho- 

 rity will give new vigour and new 

 energy to the expedients of security 

 circumstances require ; and that all 

 ranks among this generous people, 

 animated with the same spirit, and 

 full of the same enthusiasm, will 

 swear with me to defend, to t!ie 

 last moment of their existence, the 

 sacred rights of our beloved mo- 

 narch, Ferdinand the Vllth. Live 

 then tranquil and happy, and rely 

 always upon my most sincere and 

 cordial endeavours, by all the 

 means in my power, to augment 

 your felicity. 



(Signed) 



Baltasar Hidalgo 



DE CiSNEROS. 



Buenos Ayres, 2nd Aug. 1809. 



The Jblloxving Dispatches have been 

 received from the Earl of Chat- 

 ham. 



Head-quarters, Middleburgh, 

 Aug. 7. 

 My lord, nothing very material 

 has occurred since my last dispatch 

 of the 3rd inst. We have been un- 

 remittingly employed in bringing 

 up the artillery of siege, ammuni- 

 tion, and stores, to the vicinity of 

 Flushing; and the troops have been 

 Vol. LI. 



occupied in the construction of the 

 batteries, and in carrying on the 

 several works before the place, but 

 which have been necessarily inter- 

 rupted by the very heavy rains 

 which have fallen here. The ene- 

 my is active and enterprising, and 

 the garrison has certainly received 

 considerable reinforcement from 

 the opposite coast ; nor has it been 

 in the power of the flotilla hitherto 

 to prevent it. Under these circum- 

 stances it has been found necessary 

 to land lieut.-gen. Grosvenor's divi- 

 sion ; and the two light battalions 

 of the King's German legion have 

 been also for the present brought on 

 shore. Immediately on the tall of 

 Ramakins, I determined, as soon 

 as the necessary arrangements were 

 made, to pass the infantry of lieut.- 

 general the earl of Rosslyn's corps, 

 together with the marquis of Hunt- 

 ley's division, and the light brigades 

 of artillery, into South Beveland, to 

 form a junction with the reserve 

 under lieutenant-gen. Sir J. Hope ; 

 and that the cavalry and ordnance 

 ships, together with the transports 

 for lieut.-gen. Grosvenor's division, 

 the moment their services could be 

 spared from before Flushing, should 

 be brought through the slow pas- 

 sage, and proceed up the west 

 Scheldt ; but of course this latter 

 operation cannot take place until 

 a sufficient naval force shall have 

 been enabled to enter the river, 

 and to proceed in advance ; but 

 the very severe blowing weather we 

 have constantly experienced, added 

 to the great difficulty of the navi- 

 gation, has hitherto baffled all their 

 efforts. By letters from lieut.-gen. 

 Sir J. Hope, I find that the enemy 

 had on the 5th inst. come down 

 with about 28 gun-vessels before 

 Bathz, on which place they kept 

 2 I up 



