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AMERICA. !ENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18. PRier OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 Per Cent. Cons. for money 68—for account 681. Cranium! prem.—Exchequer Bills, 7s. to /Ss. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stack 2614 263 I Omnium prem. S per Cent. Red. 68444. India Stock 1861 S per Cent. Cons. 671 6$ India Bonds 19s. 130. pr. 4 per Cent. 844 Fxcheq. Bllle, 6s. 12s pre. s per Cent. Navy 984 - State Lottery 'Fickett £2l 11s. I . nag Ann. 18 Is-i6l Cky ditto XS. 12s. Imp. Annuities 71 7-16 Coas. ter act. 64 BOMBARDMENT OF FLUSHING. To the particulars we gave yesterday respecting the Surrender of Flushing,. we are not enabled t 6 add any thing farther this day—the official accounts not having yet arrived. Many rumours'it circulated, ex tremely minute in their details, but the public may rest assured there has been no fresh arrival fromWal- cheren. _ _ . There are various letters in town, brough by the same vessel that brought our accounts, but they only differ in their modes of relating the facts which we have already stated. The subjoined is one of them : " CAMPVERE, AUGUST 15, at Noce. gi I arrived in the East Scheldt on the 14th, and proceeded close to Flushing. At some distance we heard the roar of cannon, and on approaching the fortress, we saw about ten British line-of-battle ships, arranged like a half noon before the place at some distance, and in order of battle, with innumerable other ships of war. I have since learned the bom bardment began the preceding night. " From the fury with which the bombardment was carried on, the ships and Flushing seemed to be involved in smoke. As it was not my object to wit ness nearer the distressing scenes of war, I proceeded through the intricate sands of Zontland, and other passages to the West Sc h eldt, at the mouth. of which !ay 20 ships of the line at anchor, and in every direc tion were seen other vessels, gun-boats, &c. supporting the operations of the gigantic Expedition. The trans ports are at anchor in the West Scheldt, and appear a forest of masts. The total is estimated at 1500 ships. During the whole of our voyage, we saw the ascent of the smoke, and heard the noise of the dis tant, but incessant cannon. About one o'clock, the smoke appeared black, and we judged the town was on fire. It appeared to us, that about six o'clock the firing ceased, and when night came on, we saw the flame of a conflagration. gs :The bombardment had ceased ; but before ten o'clock at night I by accident went upon deck, and saw the rockets flying across the island ; at the same time the bombardment was renewed. The scene was horrible : it was a dreary rainy night with a stiff breeze. This renewed bombardment lasted from half past nine at night to three o'clock this morning ; and it was most tremendous. I heard no explosion, and therefore hope all our ships are safe. Particulars I have not yet learnt, but the fortress yielded this morning to British valour, and surren dered unconditionally. The loss on the part of the enemy must have been immense. This morning a Court Martial will sit on three artillerymen, charged with violating the wives of some citizens here. If convicted, their punishment will be exemplary, but it will be salutary." Wednesdaynnon his MAJKSTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, fro:, Windsor, where be was received by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Ct NIHEgi.AND and CAN minx:E. ------------- Shortly after his MAJESTY held a private Levee. The following had the honour of being pre•.ented to his MAJESTY : The Duke of Bev NSWICK, on Lis arrival in England. Lord rITZMIT SOMLUSET, on Ilk return from Spain ; and, Sir LUCAS News, President of the College of Physicians. His MAJESTY afterwards held a Privy Council, wllich was attended by the Cabinet Ministers present ; when Mr. RYDTA, the .Tudge-Advocate, laid before his MaJEstv the proceedings of several Courts- Martial. The Duke of PORTLAND, though much recovered from his illness, was not well enough to attend the Levee on Wednesday. His Royal Highness the Prince of WAr.rz com pleted his 47th year on Saturday last, on which oc casion the bells of the different churches in Shrews bury were rung in the evening. The day was cele brated at Hawkston Park, the far-fumed delightful seat of Sir JOHN HILL, in a manner which reflects the most distinguished honour upon the worthy Baronet. His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK was pre vented, by indisposition,•from attending the fPc at Outlands, on Wednesday ; but his Royal brothti s, the Dukes of CANTERIDGE and CUMBERLAND, set off, a short time after they had received the Kixe; at' the PArce, to join her MA - JESTY, and the rest of the Royal Visitors, at Oatlands. The Right Honourable GEORGE Kxox and family have arrived in the Pruid frigate, at Cork, horn Madeira. The Countess of HARRINGTON had a select party, last night, at her house in the Stable-yard, St. James's Palace. The Duke and Duchess Ds: CA4TRIF.S, and Do "alter SEFTON, were present. Mr. GOLDSNIM gave a grand dinner, yesterday, at Morden, in Surrey, to the PoaTuoursz Ali/BASSADOR, and several other persons c f distinction. An rninent mercantile house has received letters frcrn Memel, of the 24th ult. They state, that great - arati" s had been made th ere f or t h e reception 0f the emperor ALExaNnEn, who was daily expec mi, for the purpose of holding an interview with t h e Kips of roussiA. ever the event became known the impression was instantaneous and tumultuary. The Federalists, who had gained tiff complete ascendancy throughout the' States,^were treated with the utmost indignation, and I these who had taken the most conspicuous part as advocates for English connection were even put in personal danger. Mr. MADDICON summoned a pri vate Council, to be held at Washington on Sunday the IGth ultimo, the proceedings of which, however, had not transpired. A conference had taken place be tween Mr. ERSKINE and Mr. &mum ; and on the 19th they went to the country house of the President. No public step, however, had been taken when the HER CULES came away. The French faction, which had sunk into despondency, had revived its spirits; and exulted in the verification of all its prophecies, as to the bad faith of the English Government. The opinion expressed in many of the letters is that the American Government will again have re- course to the Non-intercourse Act ; but some of the letters express still a confident hope that our differences will yet be accommodated. _ _ The New York Gazette of the 17th ult. presents the following paragraph : _ _ We are entitled to state as a positive fact, that an American Gentleman in Amsterdam has written to his friend here by the late arrival from Amsterdam, that he had received a letter from General Attu. STRONG, our Minister at Paris, advising him to remit his money to England or America without delay, as the General had finally made up his mind to leave France immediately, and return to America." We have seen a late letter from the Captain of one of our men of war in the West Indies, which contains the following paragraph—a paragraph deserving par ticular attention : The Court-Martial on Sir HOME r-opn rela tive to his attack on Buenos Ayres, has done more injury to England than it is possible to conceive; for Commanding Officers will not no , - attack a place, though certain that it will fall, without positive orders so to do. As Sir HOME Poettam truly said, the bud of cnterprize is nipped.' Had it not been fat tha: we s!muld ere this, have had Guadaloupe, three line of battle ships, two frigates, two corvettes, besides a number of small prizes. As it is, the enemy have gotten all the above, except one line of battle ,ship, the Haug/oat. To be sure, the two frigates and two corvettes are in petto ; as they are yet in Guadaloupe, and may be taken. Illhen Martinique fell, there WCS a rebellion in Guadaloulze in our favour, upwards of .500 inhabitants had taken up arms; and I understand they sent two messengers to the Commanders of the Land and Sca forces. However, there were no orders to attack Guadaleupe, and they were quelled I" The crews of the Russian squadron taken at Lis. bon last year, were on Tuesday put on board St sail of transports, and sailed from Portsmouth on Wed nesday afternoon, under convoy of the Champion frigate, for Russia. .Admiral SINI4TIN and his btaff went in the Champion. ' Captain WA I.Sti M, of the Worcestershire regiment of militia, quartered at Poitsea, on Monday last per formed on foot the distance of sixty miles in twelve successive hours, with ease ; and afterwards rode his two curricle horses half the distance (thirty) in two successive hours, for a war,: - ..r of one hundred and twenty guineas, also within time. Captain WALFIIAM is a very stout athletic man, being about six feet two inches high, and perhaps a greater exertion has seldom been performed. An affair of gallantry occurred atWor.cester d a ring the Races, which promises to afford some profit to the Gentleme;. of the - long robe. The young wife of a Merchant from the City, it is reported, wit found in amorous dalliance with an Officer of Dragq - ais.— , This faux pa: has called forth unrestricted censure from the elderly virgin, rt Worcester ; and anathemas have issued against the parties, from the urecincts of the Cathedral to the pantile houses of the Methodists. Yesterday, at Woodford Church, by the Rev. S. Buten, Chaplain to the Right .Hon. the LORD MAYOR, was married J. WILDMAN GOODWYN, Esq. of Black ' !leash, to Miss ELIZABETH FLowl.n, second daughter of his Lordship. The LADY MAYORE4.S and Miss GOODA'YN attended as bride.maids. After the cere mony the party and their friends returned to his Lordship's villa, where an elegant &jet= was pro vided, and from thence the happy coup!, sec off on their way to the Isle of Wight. The seizure of guineas is particularly acceptable to the Officers of the Revenue, its they have very little trouble afterwards in rfieleareng of their share, and no occasion to employ persons to value their property ! Some of the Evening Papers o; yesterday published what is called an Austrian official account of the Battle of Wagram. Statements to the same effect appeared some time since in the Dutch Papers, under the date of Prague, and other places within the Aus tt line. The account cont ante itething interesting at this moment. THE ARMY. By the Ifitacm.r.s, arrived at Liverpool,- we have t, bis not many months since we had occasion to received Philadelphia Newspapers to the '2oth, end notice a promotion (that of Lor4 BURGURRSII) which letters from New-York to the 22d ult. The paper!• haci taken place in direct opposition to the Standing do not present much news, but the letters represent , Orders relative to military appointments--nor was it the impression made on the commercial part of the long after till the missals was rectified. Americans by the news of the non-ratification of the However painful to us, the duty we owe to our agreement made by the Hon. DAVID ERMINE, as ini- country imposes upon us the necessity of stating mical to the hopes that had been entertained of a another and a recent case, which, if not a direct speedy adjustment of all differences between the two i violation of the letter of the Standing Orders, is countries. The news of the non-ratification reached entirely subversive of the spirit of the Rules and Re- America by three vessels from England, about the gulations, to which, in the House of Commons, on a 10th or 11th ult. The Arab schooner arrived at ; late investigation, Lieutenant-Colonel GORDON spoke Norfolk with the news—an armed brig at New York with such stedfastness and pertinacity. —and a merchantman from Bristol at Boston. Where- I It was there asserted, that, unless by intrehare, no of- _ . ficer could obtain promotion in the regiment wherein he held his commission, over the heads of those im immediately between him and a superior rank. Yet, no later than in the Gazette of Tuesday the 25th ult. we find Captain Roarer BROIINRIOG, of the 4th Gar rison Battalion, exchanged from that corps back to the 52d Regiment, frOm which, in the Gazette of the Ist of the same month, he had been promoted so a Company in this very Garrison Battalion. Thus, Lieutenant BROWNRIGO, in the succession of a few Gazette:, steps into a Company.in the 52d Regiment, over the heads of about SO Lieutenants in that very corps, many of whom are of twice his standing in the A rmy ! We should have thought, after the affair of Lord BURGHERS'', so justly deposed from his irregular promotion, that no similar insult would have been speedily offered to the military body. Rapid advancement, over the heads of others, in the Army, is depressing and dispiriting. In some instances, the laws of purchase render it unavoidable; but when a Subaltern is advanced over 30 of his tel- lows, equally deserving of promotion, it is an insult to the regiment in particular, prejudicial to the service at large,and injurious to the country I We think it hardly possible there can be a mistake in our statement. To enable others to judge we sub join the following extracts : LONDON GAZETTI:, SATURDAY, JULY 1. " 4th Garrison Battalion lieutenant Robert Brovinrigg, front the SCd Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Scobie, ap pointed to the ad Royal Veteran Battalion." THE E‘ LONDON GAZETTE, TUIDIDAY. JULY 25. de 3M Regiment—Captain Robert Brownrigg, from the 4th Garrison Battalion, to be Captain of a Company, viceChetwynd, who exchanges." The Barrtsit FAIR cutter, with the transports CD, and VK, haring on board the Fifeshire Regiment of Militia, sailed yesterday from Yarmouth for Scotland. The RICHMOND gun brig has arrived at Yarmouth from Heligoland, with 160 men, being part of the treops of the Duke of Brunswick Oels. Orders were received at Plymouth on Tuesday to prepare for the reception of 1000 sick and wounded men, daily expected from Sir ARTHUR WELLIGSLEY'S army. Reinforcements are fmmediately to be sent out to the heroic army of Sir ARTlluit WELLESLLY. Two or three brigades of Cavalry will be sent, Some Artillery, A reinforcement from the Royal Waggon train, A brigade of Foot Guards, and Recruits for all the Regiments of the Line in Spain. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY is immediately to be ele vated to the Peerage. Generals SuLanaco Ke, HILL, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, and CAMERON, will be made Baronets. Among .the officers killed at Talevera, none are more regretted than Lieutenant-Colonels GORDON and Raz—the former, who commanded the 83d, was one. of the most promising officers in the service. He was the son of the, present Countess of Dr:4Fitits. Dittjor-General Joni RONALD M.l(ExzrE, who so gloriously fell in the battle of Talavera, was the re presentative of a very ancient family, whose patrimo nial estate (not large) lies in that part of the county of Ross, called the Black Isle. He fell in or about his 47th year. He began. his military career in the Marines, under the imi-tediate eye of his tincle•lGenc ral M , KIENztc, of that most honourable corps, and for some time, previous to 1794., did the duty of Adju tant to the Chatham Division. Upon the death of his Uncle, by which he suc ceeded to some personal fortune, he relinquished the Marines, perhaps from an ambition to get forward in his profession more rapidly than that service admits of. In the spring of 1794 he became Major of the 2d battalion of the 78th Foot, or Ross-shire Buffs, raised by the present Lord SEAVORTIi. In the latter end of that year, or early in 1795, both battalions of the 78th were consolidated; by which measure this gal lant Officer became attached to the Ist battalion, and with the officers and men from the second, joined the first battalion at the Cape, from whence they pro ceeded to India, 1200 strong, where the regiment served with distinction under the present Lieutenant- General (then Colonel) M , KENzto FRASER. With this corps the gallant Major-General served many years in India, and latterly commanded the regiment. He returned to Europe in 1801-2, sincerely regretted by his regiment and all who knew him —and if his service in the East was not marked by any brilliant professional event, it was because the situation of that country, during his stay in it, did nut ran for Any Active exertion. Promoted to the rpnk of Colonel soon after he Mlle harms nn the breaking out of the prescat war in 1805, he was placed on the northern Staff as Brigadier ; thereafter he was made Governor a n d Commandant of Alderney, and saon thereafter placed on the Northern Staff as Major. General, is which situation he was, when, on his own sol;eitati I, no doubt, he was removed to the Command of a Lr'. gade in Portugal in 1808. He was in Parliament four years, first for tl Sutherland District of Boroughs, and latterly fcr 1.1 ;2 Shire of Sutherland in the room of Mr. WILL11:1 DUNDAS• In 1804 he superintended the Levy, and in 180;, the discipline of that gallant but ill-fated second battalion of the 78th, which, when but recruits in fact, beat the chosen - troops of France on the plains (.1 Maida, but were afterwards annihilated with the 'r gallant young leader, Lieutenant-Colonel M‘Li.on,; 7l , thi last Egyptian Expedition. He might be said to be more a soli t!rin a s'):!). i character, both in public and in private life. 1 - ic a zealous, steady, cool soldier—a hold and friendly man. The service loses in him a mos; t cellent Oflicer—his friends, an timable and man. The 78th adored him, and long lanes; His estate, called Suddie, devolves to ;in ter, married to a Captain Porrs, of the 42d teB;t.,!l:, by whom she has a large family. :Lieutenant-Colonel Ross of the GuardF, fr . i in the same action, was one of the younger :rim the late well known Admiral Sir Join.: LOCK' Rims, and brother to the present Lieutcnant-Geur.' SirCHAnx.Es Ross, of BAlnagowan, of Ross shire He Was Aid-de-Camp to General Goanos, 11c 1 . command at Jersey ; a proMising, accomplished man, whine fall will be deeply deplored by and friends. A General Court-Martial was lately held at tali. lin on Captain NEsurr, of the Donegal Militia, for Lz. ing drunk when Captain of the Newgate Guard._ The Court found 11:m guilty, and sentenced him to Ls cashiered. • `Lieutenant EptcArp KNATING of the 45th Regiment of Foot, has been tried by a General Court-Mar. tial at Camatra, in Portugal, for using most abasiiie and opprobrious language towards his Superior Offe cer, Captain LionniooT, when commanding the pici quet for which he has been sentenced to be eashieiel A letter from an Officer belonging to the Staff qf General CURSTA, dated July-29, to a person (If tion in London, states as follows The French had from 7to 8,000 killed and wounded. They kit the field of battle strewed with muskets. The Englis's have lost '2OO Officers, among whom are three Geix, rids, who were killed. We • have lost 100 and about 1000 men. There is no time to say mere. The French have gone towards Toledo, but gence has been sent to Venegas." The lollowing letter from the North of Spain, con. tains pleasing intelligence respecting the arsry of Ge, neral BALI-Am. - Hos, and gives some countenance u the rumour circulated two days ago, of the French having been defeated in a battle in the neighbouilio4 of Madrid-: " orlon. Anus; tn. Ballasteios is gone to Leon, at the head of I ',CICA men, well armed and equipped. 'T h e Marquis gees towards Santander with a small detachment from his forces.—We know very little here about cur army's interior, but report says that a bloody cri,- , .zernezt has been fought in the neighbourhood et Madrid, wherein 18,000 French were slain and taken prise, ncrs." _ _ The Baroness LANGwEnttt, whose hush:sad gloriouAy in the battle of Talavera, left Bc.'grave. glace, On Sunday last, for Falmouth. From therce she intended to proceed for Spain, leaving two dal. dren behind. An exprcits was sent after her Lady : ship, to acquaint her with tha melancholy tidings c: the fate of her gallant Lord. The port of Corunna being parfeetlropen, it ;sit. tended immediately to re-establish the regular iateT• course with that port by packets. The Marqui LA Rom %NA has made a request to this effect. it is expected that, by this time, a regular communicati , a will have been opened between the corps of It()%i.lN and the armies undo. Sir ARTHUR \VP:UP:SI,I'i Aild General CuEsrA, and between the whole South, and centre of Spain. The following are among the latest arrivals a' Cheltenham : -----.- -------- 7 - Ladl:s Belmcnte, C e nnyngliam, and Hammond, :qr. Cil• ford, Sir Charles and Lady Parr.; the Rev. t he D.an of Wcz. cester,.Rev. Dr. Kelley. Major-General and Mr 4. Drummoti, Colonel Lee, Colonel Wm/ding/on, Majors Jourdan, Hardin:, , and Trevor. Captains Browne, Sneyd , - and Evatr, Captait. anl Mrs, Hunt, Captain Dickson, Rev. Charles Brooke, Rev. Ai: Alogg,, Rev. 1. Masters, Rev. J. Armistead, Rev. Mr. Rea. Baron Hooffsterter and family, Baron Bartram and family, John Liddell, Mr. Malley, Mr. Henry Elves, Mr. J. Lrors. Mr. Weston, Mr. Dunn, Mr. S. Williams, Mr. Stour, Wray, Mr. P. Williams, 'Mr. J. Henderson, Mr. W. Jolir;:ar, Mr. Knox, Mr. Adams, Mr. Wilson, Mr. John Gent, :.ir, Willis, Nir. Rickman, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Fowler, Mr. It% Fowler, Mr. Charles Liddell. Mr. Turner, Mr. Wallis, Mt. R. Locke, Mr. W. Gore, Mr. Hawkins, Mr.' Fussell, Mr. Cunrtg. hame, Mr. A. Onslow, Mr. Benwell, Mr. Jameson, Mr. li . ar• burton, Mr. Pierce, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Astle Mr. M'Ctrty , Mr. Adam!, Mr. Welch, Mr. Charles Cox, Mr:Thomas Slane:, Mr. Eckford, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. Blagrare, S. Shaw, Mt. Woods, Mr. Keating, Mr. Dyett, Mr. John Et:. stare, Mr. Crosthwaite, Mr. Madegen, Mr. and Mrs. Sm iCa, Mr. Shute and family, Mr. and Miss Clark, Mrs. and Min Jenkins, Mrs. W. Finley, Mrs. Duff, Mrs. Ward, Mn!. Mrs. S. George, Mrs. Pearce, Mrs. Spencer Miss Beale, kits Davies, Aliso Plunkett, Misa Cox, two Misses Cerise', ?Sr;. Heath, Miss Jefferys, Miss Reid, Miss Lucy Mono; N: it Stewart, Miss Anne Stewart, Miss Craig, Miss F. Turvy, Bacon, &c. &c. CORN MARKET, MARK-tilez.-.-Thitre are but shcrt supplies of Wheat here today, and sales in this trade are made at a small advance in prise—Rye and Malt likewise—in Peas and Beans of both descriptions Finis variation—of Oats there are tolerable - supplies, but few samples of prime quality, and this article main• tains its prices. ausaaM. cusavice Al 11111141111 Wheat, 711. 90s. 102 s. Beans, Ms. 625. Rae ditto, 104 e. 108 s. Tick ditto, 461. Sit Rye, Ms. 545. • Oats, 26.1105. Barley, ass. 455, Od. Poland ditto, Us. 405.03 Malt, 72 1. Ws.. iroessoe ditto, 4111. White Peas (bAlen) SOL 90s. Rape Sled, SOL to 50. (kr, fUtte,47* no. OW Negro 011.11111111#141004 0 . 7as, Mb ..:.