The Enquirer

"Count de Hunneburg, our war minister, has sent accounts which have been laid before him, containing the following assertions:--The governor, commanding at Flushing, is stated not to have executed the order which we had given him, of opening the dykes & inundating the island of Walcheren, as soon as a superior hostile force should have disembarked on its shores. He is moreover accused of having surrendered the place which we had entrusted to his care, not only before the enemy had crossed the moat, and when no breach had been effected in the ramparts which remained whole, and in consequence had not once been stormed, but even when the trenches of the enemy were at a distance of 150 toises from the town, and he had still 4000 men in arms capable of doing duty--In a word, Flushing is stated to have surrendered through the first effects of a bombardment. Should all this be true, the governor would be guilty; and it would remain only to ascertain, whether his conduct ought to be attributed to treachery or to cowardice.

"We send you this letter, in order that, as soon as you shall have received it, you would collect a council for inquiry, which will be composed of Count Asoville, senator; Count Rampon, do., vice adm. Thevenard, and Count Segnis, first inspector general of artillery. All the pieces which will be found in the offices of your ministry, and those of the navy, interior, police, or any other department, respecting the surrender of Flushing, not only as far as they may relate to its defence, but to any object which may concern our service, shall be conveyed to the council, to be laid before them, with the result of this enquiry.

"This letter having no other end, we pray God that he may have you, Count de Hunneburg, in his holy keeping.

Given in our Imperial camp at

"Schoenbrunn, Sept. 7, 1809.

(Signed)

"NAPOLEON.

"The Minister, Sec'ry of State,

(Signed)

"H. B. MARET."