Star. — London, England, 1809-08-17 00:00:00

SPANISH PAPERS. SEVILLE, JULY 20. The enemy continues to put sue his system of se duct on and corruption, but is ever meeting with proofs of the integrity and loyalty of the Spanish character. The Bishop of rampeluna, who at present resides at I.erida, a few days since received a letter from the Duke de Mahon, pretended Viceroy of Navarre, under the usurper, inviting him to re-occupy the episcopal chair which he occupied before the usurpation, and offering him pardon en the part of the usurper. The Bishop returned the letter to the Duke unanswered. The Central Junta has ordered the publication of this honourable act, that it may serve as an example to all good patriots, and fill with shame those who have basely become the agents of the most vile of tyrannies and iisurpaticns. The Central Jwlta has also published a series of official reports concernbg the siege of Gerona, as well as the incessant skirmishes which take place in the neighbourhood of that heroic city, the object of which has been to occupy Cr: attention of the besieg ing army, and afford some relief to tile city. On the 11th July, a convoy of 1000 muskets, some pipes of brandy, provisions, and S 4 cprintals of pow der, was intercepted, and at die same time 5`.1 priso neis taken. The enemy left 114 dead in the field.— Unhappily, a galley full of ammunition afterwards blew up, by which the greater part of the convey was destroyed, and 15 Spaniards killed, and 18 wounded by the-explosion. [The series terminates with the detail cf the glori ous affair of the Sth July.—See the STAIt of the 10th instant.] At the end of the documents is the following Note— • His Majesty has beard with singular satisfaction the reading of these dispatches, more especially the narrative of three circumstances of bravery and skirl which ma; k the exploits of all who have thus nobly conducted themselves, particularly the het oic n d the astonishinf.;• defence of the castle of Molijuich against five assaults, repelling with so much glory the lover and fury of the enemy. • And Lis Majesty being informed that the Gover nor cf Cermet, exercising the authr.rity he possesses, has already granted rewards to the valiant defenders cf that castle, authorizes the General in Chief to grant suitable rewards to all who toil: part in the ab-e . e recited actions, and io particular to Colonel Franeisco l'efilans, and Lieut.-Color:el Don Juan Lros, who are distinguished by such a series of screices aad in consideration, as well of the exern 'ary constancy of the iavincible defenders of this illustrious city, as of the paternal cares and indefa t;e able zeal of the worthy Junta, and the apostolic : d patriotic valour of :Ise Rev. Bishop andhis Chap %kilo have never abandoned the Church, their st t use, nor their beloved town in its extreme danger, d ri:•g tee:, months cf siege and assault, and four weeks of horrible bombardment, his Majesty has re st lv , cl to publish the whole in a Gazette Extraordi: r. rv, for the immortal honour of such well deserving p. tric,ts, and as a streng and perpetual example to the re t rf the nation, who il7 - 0 labouring in the great w( rk of common liberty, and for the admiration of the pl:stnt age, and of posterity." F.REIGN INTELLIGENCE. ST. PETERSBURG:I, JULY 19. _ . His Majesty the ErojyTor, who went w Burgo, in to be present at, and tr , close t'He Diet as s. nibled thee, k expected back by the ccnnnence v ent of the next week. '1 he Enzlisli stitizclron con.:l,trttl.y zrnins between C.; onstadt Revel, in the Calf of Finland, with out :Ittrrnpting any entei.prize, except the capttn - ing of scrne at'si coasting, vessels. The Government has prohibited Cie sailing of Rus s:;:ti merchlntmen trc.rn Cronstadt, lest they should fill into the hands of the English. Some of the neutral ships arrived here have already bcen pet un-2.0r serriestration, in consequence of irre- Eularities discoVered in their papers. PARIS, JULY :17. If every thing did not give ts hopes of a speedy peace, and if the is to Le renewed, Austria would see all her resources col.fined to the poptilatiun Pohernia, whilst the Emperor Napoleon indepen dently of the inexhaustible resources of his immense territories, would find even in the heart of Austr;a means so much the more c:dculated to complete her ril n, as all the insu:rections will have been com pletely put down during the armistice. FRANKFORT, JULY 28. The armies arc in presence of each other, but they are takitlg repose, aud we hope that it will lead to a solid and durable peace. PRIVATE LETTER.-HELIGOLAND, AUGUST 9. " I have to inform you, a Lieutenant of Hussars belonging to the Duke of Brunswick arrived at this place on the 7th inst. with the news that the Duke was forced to throw himself into the arms of Great Britain, and requested vessels to be sent immediately to bring off his men from the banks of the Weser, amounting to about 1500.—At six P. M. the same evening, about 200 of the men landed at this place, , f: om vessels they had found in the Weser—the officers and men appeared much 'fatigued, and several of the former wounded. One of their officers informed me they had mart:ll , A without any regular rest for 15 days, during the %. hole of which the Duke had endured equal hardships with his men, being the foremost in danger, and so beloved, that he was sure of being supported by hi followers. The Hanoverians be haved with the i s t..atest friendship to the Duke :,nd his mat. I was much pleased with the conduct of the mercharts of this Isl.A, ho very handsomely called on the Cove: nor, and off - cited their store-houses and part of the 'Ch..n , ; e for the reception . of Officers and men. Some of ;he merchants attended on the beach, and administered wine :71,1 other comforts to the poor fellows as they landed. On the 9th the Duke Brunswick landed here from the Mosquito sloop of wrar, about 8 P. M under a salute of 19 guns from e. e garrison, and the same number from the ships of He was received'on the beach by LieMenant c, kite' Ham lton, and all the officers of the garri. 3 r imidst tepeated huzzas from the merchants and 1, assembled to webame his arrival," , ,• SIR JOHN STUART'S ARWf. The following accounts contain some farther par. titulars respecting the operations of this army, of which we have not, for some tim e , received any ac curate information :-- " GIBRALTAR, JULY 20. " The Queen Charlotte packet, hating on board Surgeon SANDERS, of the Corsican Rangers, and a Sicilian Messenger, sailed from Falmouth on the 9th of July ; arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th, found lying there the CAMBRIAN and PORCUPINE frigates, MIN STREL and CnAssHorrEn sloops of war : the MIN STREL has just brought in three Algerines, bound to Marseilles, valuable prizes, being French property. " On the 14th inst. spoke the Pincus sloop of war, bound to Lisbon (near Cape St. Vincent) with ten sail of transpo: is under convoy. The only regiments at Gibraltar are the 3d and 4th Veteran Battalions, 2d battalion of the 9th Foot, Colonel MoLLE ; and 2d battalion of 30th Foot. With respect to news, we I.l•2pend upon the intelligence we receive from Eng land as to what happens in Spain, though the corn municat:on is open with that country, viz. Spain. " Three Portuguese men of war (line of battle) this day are come into the Bay from the Streights, on their return from a cruize against the Algerines. " It is not I:nown here whether the French army is in Spain or not ; but, with tcgard to the Spaniards, the people here have no dependance on them. " On Jure the 1 1 th, the Expedition sailed from Melissa, 39 miles to the west of Messina, in Sicily, under General STUART, consisting of about '25,000 men, and were seen at the time the last vessel left the fleet, entering the bay of Salerno, near Naples, sup posed to be destined against that city. " Four companies of the 21st Foot were' landed about the 7th of June at Reggio, and took possession shot tly after of Palma, in Calabria. In the night or early in the morning, a squadron of 500 French Dra goons entered the place, and killed or took the whole of the four companies. Captain O'CoNsoa was killed, and Captain M‘KAy wounded. The troops were completely surprized, having too much confi. Bence in the Calabrians. It is a fact that the corporal of the guard was taken by surprise, and killed, and even his bayonet was not fixed. " There are a few men left from ch of the Regi ments in Sicily. " French privateers are very plenty off Sardinia, and have taken many prizes. " The above account was brought here by the Arabella." MURCIA, JULY 9. (From the Murcia Diary.) Yesterday's Mails brought us the following letter, which we give here literally : U Mahon, June 21 Mr. Encron—l avail myself of the opportunity of a vessel which is going to sal for the coast of Spain, to impart to our beloved nation the pleasing and official information which the Governor of this island has just received from his Sicilian Majesty, to the following purpose— The British and Sicilian troops which landed on die coast of Italy, united with th.e intrepid natives of that kingdom, who are anxious to take vengeance for the evi:s inflicted on them by the Tyrant of Europe, have obtained the greatest advantages ; as they have succeeded in setting the whole of that kingdom (Na ples) against the opppressor, Murat, who tyrannizes over it, and enabled many of the towns who groaned under his yoke to shake it off. There is nn city in _tale, it is further stated, but has issued a proclamation to urge the inhabitants to rise ; and this intelligence being so favourable to the most just cause which the Spaniards are defending, I will not kt this opportunity escape, that the nation may have the joyful news without delay.—l have the honour to be, Mr. Editor, &c. (Signed) 46 MARTIN COSTA, Captain of the Mole." EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER, DATER FROM MALTA, THE 213TH OF JUNE. " Our troops and the Sicilians, after making them selves masters of Ischia and Proceda, have landed at Baia, whence they are immediately to proceed to Naples. The natives were flocking to the British standard." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17. PRICE OF STOCKS THis DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Cent. Cons. for money 65—for account sBf. Reduced 6Sf s —Omnium 4 1 prem. SURRENDER OF FLUSHING. This niorning accounts were received at the Secre tary of State's Office, and at the Admiralty, an nouncing the Suriender of this important place, after a most tremendous bombardment. These ac counts arc not official, but they are considered by Government, a$ in every respect entitled to the utmost credit. It is true that Genoral BURRARD received a private letter, which merely stated that Flushing had fallen. This, however, not being considered as official, there was no firing of the Park and Tower guns, nor even a Letter to the LORD MAYOR on the above oetasion. It was on Sunday morning early that the British batteries opened against Flushing ; and in the course 'of the day a flotilla of gun-boats, and several sail of the line, under Admiral GARDNIII, opened a heavy fire upon the place from the sea. - The bombardment was continued with hardly any intermission during that and the following day, and down to Tuesday morning about three o'clock, when the garrison requested to be permitted to surrender.— The firing then ceased, and in about four hours after, viz. at seven o'clock, the place was taken possession of by our troops. The town, we are concerned to state, has suffered most severely. The part next the sea is literally one heap of ruins. The fire from the 74s is spoken of as having been tremendous beyond any thing that lan guage can describe or imagination conceive. The Garrison attempted on Monday to obtain terms of surrender. They were rejected—and at three o'clock next morning the place was surrendered without conditions. A few hours were permitted to the Governor to prepare for the surrender and pre vent confusion, after which time the 95th Regiment and a battalion of the King's German Legion took possession of the principal stations. Our whole loss in killed and wounded is reported to be under 1000 men. For other particulars we refer our Readers to the subjoined communications : " HARWICH, Half-past Six P. M. AUGUST 16. " Our anxious desires to hear of the fall of Flush ing are at length gratified. A fishing smack from Campvere has brought the pleasing intelligence that the place was taken possession of yesterday (Tuesday) morning, at seven o'clock, after having been bombar ded from one o'clock on Spnday morning to three o'clock yesterday morning, from the land•side, while heavy and tremendous fire was kept up by the gun boats and men of war from the sc.'. " On Monday the Governor sent out a flag of Truce offering to surrender on terms. His terms were !ejected. " The enemy had received considerable reinforce ments from Cadzand, before our ships succeeded in cutting off the communication on that side,. so that their force was very respectable—some accounts say between 10,000 and 11,000 men. Their works were also in such good order as induced in the besieged a belief that they would be able to hold out for a con siderable time, if net to defeat entirely our attempts against the place; but nothing could withstand the ardour of the besiegers and the energy with which the fire was kept up after every thing was ready for the bombardment ; and the bombardment instantly rzcommenced, and was continred unremittingly till three o'clock yesterday morning, when another flag of truce was sent out. The firing instantly ceased, and by seven o'clock our troops were in possession of the place. _ _ "The garrison, I understand, surrendered at dis cret3n. Our loss was comparatively triliiug—that of the enemy was great." ANOTHER LETTER-SAME DATE. " I have the satisfaction to inform you, that a ves sel which left Campvere yesterday afternoon at four o'clock, has brought accounts that Flushing surren dered the same morning at six o'clock, aftet a most tremendous bombardment, in which many of the in habitants, of all ages and sexes, perished. The forti fications and buildings next the sea were levelled with the ground. The bombardment lasted till three o'clock in the morning of yesterday. The news of the surrender was sent immediately to the Comman der at Campvere by a special messenger." et MIDDLEBURGH, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1509. tc Flushing, after having been exposed, during the two last nights to a most tremendous bombardment, offered to surrender at half-past two this morning,— The place has not yet been formally taken possession of by the British troops ; but the delay has arisen, not from any supposition that the garrison could possibly hold out longer, or any consequent difficulty respect ing terms, but for the purpose of adjusting satisfacto rily some details of minor importance, which though not essential to the merits, are necessary to the execu tion of the conditions of surrender. The garrison are to be prisoners of war ) and, indeed, such had been the progress made by the British naval and land forces against the works of the fortress, that the ene:- my could not hope to obtain any terms but those of an unconditional surrender. It is understood that the 95th, and the German regiment of Colonel Hal kett, will take possession of the gates of the town at , six o'clock this evening, when the British flag will be hoisted on the ramparts, and the whole of this island shall then be completely in possession of the. British army. The terrible havoc made by the bom bardment of Sunday in the town of Flushing, induced the Governor to offer yesterday terms of capitulation. ig The offer, however, was not considered admissi ! Me, and consequently the bombardment was resumed with equal vigour, but more effect, last night, and the firing did not ceases ill half past two o'clock this morning, when terms ofnearly unconditional surrender were proposed by the garrison. The nature of the enemy's offer yesterday has not transpired, but the rejection of it, in the most peremptory manner, is said to have arisen from the demand on the part of the French Governor of more favourable terms for the Irishmen in the garrison of Flushing, than the British General could with propriety grant, or the French men had any right to expect. That point is now, 'however, settled, and the fortune of war has on—. firmed to British valour the unqualified reduction cf the place. 4' It is not yet possible to collect any materials to form a correct estimate of the loss on the part of the French, or of the extent of the injury sustained I , y the town. That must be the busitiess of actual olcfierva don and detailed enquiry. It is most satisfactory, however, to be able to state, that the loss of the Briti:!: army is comparatively small, when the strength of tlyr enemyPs works, the obstinacy of thuir resistance, a► 4 the eager impetuosity of qur troops in the contest, are taken into consideration. The whole of our loss doer not exceed eight or niae hundred in killed, v.-.:und e d, and missing. The loss on the part of the line of battl , ships, which had a most important and a most exposed post assigned to them, is not yet known ; but from the incessant fire, and the consequent havock and conli, sion among the defenders of the batteries opposed t(. them, it is fair to conclude that it could not Lave bee:. inconsiderable. With the town tumbling about them in ruins, and a well-directed and accumulated ti:c against the batteries, it was scarcely possible for the er:emy to return the fire with equal or adequate effect. The ships, therefore, though most exposed, cculd scarcely have suffered very materially under such cir cumstances; and the value of the acquisition, no less than the splendor of the conquest, must be greatly heightened by the inferiority of the sacrifice made fw• its attainment. " Every effort was made dur;ng the course of las. week to complete the batteries, in order that no delay should take place in the attack of the town, as writ as the ships of war destined to co-operate with tl.e army should come in to their station. By indclatt. sable and unremitted exertions on the pact of both services, the whole of the preparations were complete at an earl hour on Sunday. About half-past 2P. M . the bombardment commenced, and continued ss ithout the slightest intermission until five o'clock. " The town was set fire to in several places, and the works _of the enemy materially injured. Such was the tremendous extent and continuity of the ex plosion on both sides, that several Officers, who have been in most of the great battles which hive decided the fate of nations on the Continent, declare that they never witnessed so terrible and destructive a cannonade. Besides the impression made on the town and its defence by this bombardment, an important battery in front of the town was taken from the enemy, an acquisition the more valuable, because it was so situated as to give the enemy the means of greatly annoying the British troops in their approaches. Humbled by all these circum stances, and depressed, too, by the disastroue : result of another sortie, the enemy moderated his tone, and Condescended to proffer those term's of the capitula tion which the Commander in Chief felt himself bound in duty and honour to meet With Instantaneous Lion. A short interval of hostility ensued, but the awful pause served only to augment by contrast the horrors of the renewed bombardment. Soon after dark the tremendous cannonade was resumed, and it would not be an exaggeration to state, that the whole island was shaken by the effect of the explosiore e -e Taking advantage of this night, and the impress;on made upon the enemy by the fire from the Engl'ila batteries, the advanced party of Hauczx's German r:ginneut and of the 52d, pushed on against two hat teries occupied by the French, in advance before the town. A sharp and obstinate conflict ensued between them and the party of the enemy statioaed on the Oat- . terics. But the arrival of reinforcements gave the enemy a temporary super iority, and our troops were repulsed in the first instance with some loss. " Not intimidated, however, by this check, they advanced again to the attack ; and as they did not discharge their fire as they proceeded, they were in termixed with the enemy in their own, batteries, berate any effort was made to impede or repulse them. nit conflict at close quarters, which succeeded, was not of long duration, and terminated in the dispersion cf the French, and the consequent capture a this ad vantageous position, and the formidable batteries erected upon it. The possession of these batteries by the British army, placed the town at its mercy, and this conside ration, combined with the success of our operations in all the other parts of the line, and the dreadful carnage and destruction in the town, reduced the French Commandant to make that proposition, which caused the firing to cease this morning, and will place the important fortress . of Flushing at the disposal of the Sovereign of Great Britain. The dawn of light exhibited flags of truce flying on every bastion of the place, and the result has" been such as before stated. " The operations will now be prosecuted with promptitude and vigour for the accomplishment of the ulterior okiects of the e.epedition. 'We know not whe ther Sir Jolts , : HOPE or Lord ROSSLYN have made any movements in advance. The head quarters of the for mer were yesterday at Schoer, those of the latter 2'. Gaps, while Bata was occupied by the Guards. It • now supposed here that the French have not any ever formidable force at Antwerp, so that when reinforccd .by the army from this island, the army in Bevel tett will be able to proceed to the accomplishment of ,Le remaining objects of the Expedition. lildeed Lori ROSSLYN and Sir JOHN HOPE were expected, yesterday or this day, to pass the narrow chattel the Scheldt, near Bathe, on their route to Antwerp. so that probably the next accounts will contain intti iigence of the highest interest and importance." 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