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manded a suspension of arms fer forty-eight 
hours, which was refused, and only two hours 
granted, when he agreed 'to surrender ac- 
cording to the summons sent is, on the basis 
of the garrison becoming prisoners of war. 
I have now the satisfaction of acquainting 
your Lordship, that these preliminaries being 
acceded to as soon as the Admirai landed in 
the morning, Colonel Long, Adjutant Ge- 
neral, and Captain Cockburn, of the Royal 
Navy, were appointed to negociste the further 
articles of capitulation. They were ratified 
about three this morning, when detachments 
of the Royals on the fet and of his Ma- 
jesty” s 7ist regiment on theJeft, tock pos- 
session of the gates of the town. ‘The gar- 
sison will march out to-morrow, and will be 
embarked as speedily as possible. 
J may now congratulate your Lordship on 
the fall of a place so indispensably necessary 
to our future operations, asso large a propor- 
tion of our force being required to carry on 
the siege with that degree of vigour and dis- 
patch which the means of defence the enemy 
possessed, and particularly his powers of in- 
undation (which. was rapidly spreading to an 
-alarming extent} rendered absolutely neces- 
sary. 
Having hoped, had circumstances per- 
mitted, to have proceeded up the river at an 
earlier period, I had committed to Lieutenant- 
General Sir Eyre Coote, the direction of the 
details of the siege, and of the operations 
before Flushing, and I cannot sufficiently 
express my sense of the unremitting zeal and 
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exertion with which he has conducted the 
arduous service entrusted to him, in which 
he was ably assisted by Liceutenant-Ccloneis’ 
Walsh and Offery, attached to him as assis-’ 
tants In the Adjutant and Quarter- Master" 
Generals’ department. 
I have every reason ta be satished with’ 
the judicious manner in which the Generat 
Officers have directed rhe several operatio:s, 
as well as with the spirit and inte! licence ma- 
nifested by the commanding officers of curpsy 
and the zeal and ardour of all ranks of officers. | 
Ic is with great pleasure, Ecan report the. 
uniform good conduct of the troops, who 
have not only on ail occasions shown the 
greatest intrepidity in presence of the enemy, 
but have sustained, with great pleasure and 
cheerfulness, the laborious daties they have: 
had to perform. 
The active and persevering exertions of 
the corps of royal engineers have been cOn- 
ducted with much skill and judgment by Co-' 
lonel Fyers, aided by Lieutenant Colonel 
D'Arcy ; and it is impossible for me to’ do’ 
sufficient justice to the distinguished conduct 
of the officers and men of the royal artillery, 
under the able direction and animating ex- 
ample of Brigadier-General M‘Leod. Fe 
The seamen, whose labours had already’ 
been so useful'to the army, sought their re- 
ward in a future opportunity of distinguishing 
themselves, and one of the batteries was ac- 
cordingly entrusted to them, and which they 
served withadmirable vigour and effect. 
(Signed) CHATHAM, 
REPORT OF DISEASES, wile 
Under the care of the late senior Physician of the Iinsbury Dispensary; from the 
201k of July, to the 207h of August, 1809. 
—a 
EBRIS intermittens .--..--..---.- 7 have given the writer of this article ac- 
pO TRE a an A RE OREN AO ne F counts, that have correctly barmonized 
Hypochondriasis verse e rene e---eeees> 3 with his own experience, with regard to 
Dyspepsia --------+2++ee-e-------- 2 the late almost epidemic prevalence of 
cA ree te eer erences rere --- Lo this form. of disease. An intelligent 
Pebysis LL LTIUTIEIILIIE, @ fiend, in very extensive practice, ob. 
Bo cae ere rMn yy: hile int tite (Semmes, | I have mide with more cases of 
Wed tage eae ei eh See ‘during the present. year, than for 
Wi eriay uci oe ee een rece eee, eee altogether.”* The cause to 
Chorea ee Te” which. this. well aapettalen #0 1 aie 
1 atiributed, u would be difficult, or pre-. 
BENE a ce eh Lage an oe a nn 
STOUR i a ah tel aici lene im aan Spat 
Intermittent fevers, under differeng 
modifications, have been remarkably 
more prevalent during the present sum- 
mer, than at any. period: since the Re- 
porter has had opportunities of profes- 
sional observation; not in, or abeut 
the metropolis merely, but likewise in the 
more remote and secluded corners of 
our Island. Medical correspondents from 
the north and the south, and the wesr, 
carious, to conjecture. It may be some~— 
thing, perhaps in the constitution of the 
atmosphere, which cannot be analyzed, 
er specifically ascertained. The still 
continued use of arsenic, in the treat~ 
ment of this shape of fever, has tended 
to confirm, rather than to shake, a con-— 
fidence in its almost invaviable utility, | 
and even in its ascendant merit over the 
* Dr Winterbottom of South. ields. 
eruvian 
