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r -- FOREIGN L.11_ 7 , LIGENCE. TURIN, JU IA 6. The news from Naples of the 7th, states, that the cast le ot: has been_ forced to capitnlat.e. The Eliglich.grllLed Gen. Colonna and the garrison mi litary honours. They are to be conducted to Malta. They did not amount to more than let 0 men. ITALY, JULY 18. The Pope has already' arrived a Genoa, on his journey to Avignon. FLORENCE, JULY 15. Yesterday the Pope passed through Elsa, on his way from Florence. He proceeded under an evorr, without any public ceremony. It is understood that he is to go to Avignon., in France. NAPLES, JULY 5.. On the 29th ult. the Ebiglish landed 30110 r) - 11. near. Scilla, to which they laid siege ; but Gem ral Partoneanx did not give them time to finish ir. He fell upon them with the r apidity of lightning. The English, who-relied upon a movement of'tile Cala brials in their favour, were sin-prised to sec them in. the French ranks. Disappointed at this discovery, they raised the siege, and en barked ; . but not time. enough to prevent leaving on the shorz , . their horses,: artillery,. amninnition, and a great number of killed and wounded. Their troops were composed in a great measure of Brigands, picked up in Sicily, or from Naples. VIENNA, JULY J. Yesterday morning and this morning the Prince of Lichtenstein was with the Emperor at Sehonbrunn• The negociation for Peace is near its conclusion. It is expected that an Austrian army will march to wards the Turkish frontiers, and co-operate with the Russians. • Jutx 1 9. It is reported that tl , e Archduke Charles will soon pay a visit to the Emperor Napoleon at • Sclionbrunn. • The report that peace has already been signed, is premature. Prince John olLichtenstein, who dined yesterday with the Emperor Napoleon, at Schonbrunn, and at terwards Went to the Emperor Francis, has this day returned to Bchonbrunn. Marshal Minx negeciates on the part of the French, and the conclusion of a treaty of peace is speedily ex. pected. I❑ spite of the hopes which the Armistice has given us of a speedy peace, we remark that the French are adopting defensive measures, and making considera ble preparations : the works of the redoubts whicl; had been begun are continued, and others are begun between the bridges, which arc near the principal bridge. New batteries arc placed, and similar dispo sitions have been made near Simmering. MUNICH, JULY ss. The Tyrolians continue hostilities on the banks of ere Iser and the Lech, in spite of the Armistice.— \Ve were forced yesterday tb send more troops against them on the side of Miesbach, which they threatened anew. BANKS OF ?HZ WESER, JULY cs. The consequences of the Armistice begin already to be felt. Westphalian troops are to occupy Bre. Tien.. General Reuhell is just arrived there. Of the turn which the negociation takes at Vienna, nothing is suffered to transpire. One of the preli minary conditions of peace, is supposed to be the withdrawing of the Austrian troops from Bayreuth and Saxony. They are reported to have returned ti, Bohemia. How far Russia is permitted to act the me iiator, is not known. The cordiality between the two Imperial Courts of the East and West appears less solid elan was expected, since the whole of Au stria!) Gallicia has been occupied in the name of Bo• wparte ; the oath of fidelity has been sworn to tht French Emperur, and a strong army is forming, which bears the name of the Gallician French army : and, as such, is decorated with the French cockade and French eagitN. Nothing more is heard of the co-ope ration of the Russians. The conduct of the King of Prussia ii said to have been mentioned by Bonaparte in terms of approba tlon. The znxiety of this unfortunate Monarch .to leave no room for any doubt of his absolute neutra lity, is so great, that he has even sequestered the litzle Duchy of °els, in Silesia ; the I.lst estate that was left to the 111-I,eed Prince of Brunswick. . hi 7 2J.—The march of the Westphalian troops to Bremen is countermanded ; but the General is still here. The report that the Austrians have eva cuated Bayreuth and Sartny, is strengthened by the Berlin Gazate of the 2Lith ; which gives it as certain, though not official. Austria is to lose Stiria, Ca rinthia, Carnio;i, the part which she had left of Ty rol, her possessions in Croatia, and the whole of Galli. eia. Ittiv:a is never named. Five persons at Cassel, among whom is Profess(); Eschenburg, a r_an of 76 years, have been con demned to suffer death, for having expressed wishe f t ivourable to the Austrians. The continued depression of the French stocks lead . to the conjecturer that the intelligence from Spain and Portugal is so favcuratle as that iron Germany. The destination c f your Grand Expedition is the main obiect vhica occuoies the attention of the North of Germany, during the present dearth of po litical news. GOTTENEURCH MAILS. YLTADT. JULY 5 --Wc have this moment learnt that a Bri:i.bh squadron 14.1 s made an attack upon Archant., , :l, and succeeded in destroying the mega. zines and store-houses. MA TIST:tAND, JULY 25—We have received accounts by the Telegraph along the coasts, that within these last two days above ISO discharge:, o cannon have been heard from the. Jutland side, and it is feared that some of the late convoy are becalmed on that coast, and have fallen into the hands of the enemy. =TRACT OF A LETTER FROM HIS IibIAJEST'IS SHIP --, DATED JULY 25, AT SkA. 46 You will have heard of our having left Carls crona with nine sail of the line. Our squadron has been tlerably successful. The advanced ships have taken during the last ten days upwards of 1(X) vessels laden with provisions and nav a l an d m ilit ary stores. " • STpcKtiomu,JoLv 31.—N0 kind of intelligence has be, i e,•4 ivocl either from our army or navy. The on miy . has therefore not made any further progress in intended, iti.vaionof this count r y, n or attempted as 7 v e ß tion tGr . that purpose, • 4. LONDON • ' • , • SATURDAY. AUGUST 19.. PLINCIL or WALLS S Blain-Dem—Holiday at all the Publia Offices; • • Two Gottenburgh and one Heligoland Mail have arrived, also Hamburgh. papers to the 3d inst tnt, and from Frankfort and Paris to the 28th and 29th, from front which we have given some extracts. It is sld; on the authority of passengers who arrived in the Auckland packet from Heligoland, that the small body of men we had at Cuxhaven have abandoned it, and that a body of French troops had marched into the place. A heavy firing was heard aiong the Flemish coast on Tuesday last. Reports s,ty, in consequence of peace having been concluded between France and 4ku:aria ; by one of the articles of which the Emperor Faaxcis leaves at the disposal of France, the Duchy of Austria, with Vienna, for the space of six years. Nothing of this kind would surprise us, but we cow. fess we ate more than surprised by accounts received by the British Fair, arrived at Yarmouth from Heligo land. These accounts state as part of the new political arrangements, that the Archduke CI L is to be created King of Borir.:•ara, and the Archduke JOHN King of that part of Poland which was given to Prussia ! !—Should this prove correct, what term ought to be aprlied to the Armistice concluded by the Austrian Commanders ? We are happy to state, that the Duke of Baur s• WICK OELS, with about 2000 of his brave troops, have made good their retreat to the banks of the Weser,.! from whence they were taken off by the Squadron' ) , I under the command of Lord GEOR GE S TE W ART , and they will probably be landed at Walcheren as a:rein..l forcement to our Grand Armament. THE GRAND EXPEDITION. To the accounts we gave yesterday of the opera tions of the British armament in Zealand, we are this day enabled, by later arrivals, to add farther particu lars, down to the date of Thursday, at which time Flushing still continued to hold out. - The details in the subjoined sextracts and letters are so ample as to require no_elucidatiom LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE SORTIE FROM FLUSHING ON MONDAY LAST. KILLED. Assistant-Surgeon Quin, 68th. WOVNDEp. 26th Regiment, Lieutenant Maxwell, dangerously. .68th, Major Thomson, ditto.—Lieutenant Mends, slightly.—En sign A. Thomson, ditto. 71st, Lieutenant Fletcher, ditto. 81st, Lieutenant Montgomery, ditto. 95th Lieutenant Clark, dangerously. Lieutenant Humbly, slightiv.—Emign Addisor, ditto. _ • Staff.—Staff Litut. A. Taylor, ditto. Royal Artillery.—Lieut. Grant, ditto. sth Regiment.—B. Major Bird, mi.rsing—Capt. Hamilton, dim gerously--Livit. Col. Bird, slightly—Ensign Galbraith, ditto— EnsiL7n Watson,ditto. Germari Lrgion.—LEnsign Du Fay, ditto—Ensign Hsdsmon, dit:i . The number of privates killed amounts to 20, and • the Wounded to 12Q Some of the private letters received yesterday state, that previously to the bombardment of Flushing hav ing commenced, Lord CHATHAM sent a message to the Governor by a flag of truce, but the vessel was fired at, and not permitted to enter the harbour. The Same accounts add, that the resistance of Flushing had not retarded the ulterior operations of the Expedition, as the divisions of the Marquis of HUNTLY and Ge neral GaosvENon had proceeded up the Scheldt to wards Antwerp, accompanied by the squadron com manded by Admiral KEATES, for the purpose of either taking or destroying the enemy's naval force, which was said to be moored in a formidable line under the protection of the batteries of Fort Lillo. But this statement differs from the accounts received. by Go vernment, which state, that " the weather had been so tempestuous that our fleet had not been able to move ; and that the divisiOns of the Marquis of HUNTLEY and Lord Rossmtx had been landed in South Beveland." " CANTERBIikY, AUGUST 11. " The Oa (a Deal boat) came into the Downs at seven yesterday evening, having at three o'clock on Tuesday afiernoon left Campvere. " Flushing had, at the above period, been found so strong as to require to be approached on the land side in a regular manner, and our troops were actively employed in constructing the various batteries, which, when completed, would mount upwards of 100 pieces of heavy ordnance, and it was expected would not he ready to open on the works of the town till the night of this day or to-morrow, preparatory to which flciating batteries had been sent round by the Slough to be in readiness to co-operate in attacking by sea-at the same 'moment ; some days will therefore probably elapse before the intelligence of its fall reaches us. In the mean time the enemy are extremely active, and make daily skirmishes with our troops. They are said to have obtained reinforcements of men from the opposite coast of Cadsand, it not being possible for our shipping on account of the batteries to 'lie sufficiently close in with the town to prevent it; Some boats which approached to reconnoitre have been literally beat to pieces by the enemy's shot. j " In the night of Monday last, the enemy made a 1 sortie by the Middelburgh gate, and advanced in force to the villages of cast and west Souberg, on the road to Middleburgh, for the purpose of ascertaining the position of our batteries—they were met by the sdr, 68th and 95th Rifle Corps, and completely beet back with much loss in killed and wounded, and SOO taken prisoners. In the pursuit Major Bow of the sth fot o , having advanced too hastily, was taken prisoner, and " His Excellency, my Lord Chatham, Commander in Chief, &c. being informed that many diserters belonging to the French troops, some of whom are armed, are in the Island, orders that the aforesaid deserters, armed or unarmed, be seized, and deli vered up to the nearest English detachment; and that no one pre same to receive such deserters into their houses, on pain, upon conviction, of being punished according to Martial Law. "!burg, August 8. PROCLAMATION. " By order of his E;:ceUency my Lord ChathEr , :3 or dered, that all French persons, or individuals in the setvce of the French Government, shall repair in person to the Comman dant of the Garrison of Middelburg within obree days, in Draw. receive further commands . respecting them; in default of then complying with this order, they shall be constidered . as ,prlsoners of war. " Middelburg, Aug. 4, 1809." PRIVATE LETI'LRS. " MIDDLEBURGH, AUGUST - 8. g , Flushing has not yet surrendered, nor has the bombardment begun. The enemy has received rein forcements from the Flemish coast, and makes' fre quent sorties, which have occasioned some . loss on both sides, probably about 1000 men. The opinion prevails, that in consequence of the peace between. Austria and France, the English will drop their plan of further operations against'llolland, and higher up the Scheldt. The besieging army before Flushing consists of about 25,009 men." . "M I DDEL BU RG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. ". Though the whole of the Island of Waicheren,, with the exception of Flushing, has been for above ten days in possession of the British Army, that for trisi . still continues to hold out, and is expected to make a protracted and obstinate resistance. e' • "' The garrison, which on the first appearance of our expedition off this coast was comparatively weak, has since.been considerably reinforced, and at present tonsista, of between .5 and 6000 men. The dnverpor General Monnet is determined to maintain h i mself in the town to the last extremity ; and, it in the end he shouldhe compelled to capitulate, to make the ac quisition of the place cost the British army a vast expense of time and blood. " By some unexplained departure from the origil nal plan upon which the Expedition was to be con ' ducted, a demonstration only was made againstCad sand, the capture of which was of so much. iMp.ort lance to the ulterior progress of the British armament, that one of the divisions of the army, that under the. Marquis of Huntley, was destined for its reduction;i !But after every arrangement had been apparently` made for the landing of the troops, the whole were I unexpectedly drawn off to the North, and directed to. the East Scheldt, where they were landed upon North: Beveland, in support of the division under the hurtle. diate command of Sir John Hope. 44 There may have been, and no doubt there were solid grounds for -this deviation from the original i course proposed ; but it is matter of deep regret that any circumstance should have rendered it necessary I to leave in i the potsession of tbe enemy the only posi ttion Atom -which -they could . throw succours into Flohins l or materially harass the naval part of the carried with them in tilt it retreat into The 'ran son. txpedasan, •in the event orttaheing engaged in t —The Mar pis of Hturst.T's divisible, also Go- combined attack upon that fortress. "ner k al Gnosvimon's, and Loid loesimes, with the 64 Some ctiiitisfaction is known to exist upon the fleet under Sir R. Kovra, were proceeding through point ; and it is generally understood that the matte, the Slough 'in the Eastern branch of the Scheldt on ' will, at no distant period, be made ' the subject of toil; Monday - to join Sir JOHN Hoes in South Beveland, tarp i..vestigation. tt was not till the beginning of t hi, *hose occupation of the important port of Bath at week that are communication beiween Cadsand and theeastermest pOint of the Island, and not more than Flushing was completely cut off i and ai the present 113 miles distant, by the course of the river, frdm Ant- moment the gaiTisOn of the latter place has nothint were, will materially facilitate the future opera - lions, to rely upon but - its 'Oven efforts, which, though tiler and it is important, that whatever is intended in that 'may retard, cannot prevent its final reduction by the quarter, should be' immediately accomplished, as very superior .orce with which it is invested. nothing but velocity of movement can ensure success. r* ." The division of the British army now lying b. " We ate informed, and haven 6 reason to doubt fare Flushing consists "of nearly 17,000 men, under the accuracy of our information; that the French the immediate command of Sir Eyre Coote." There force in the vicinity of Antwerp is very great, and is but one weak battaliOn stationed here, the 2f.itt that the fortifications of the place, strong by nature, Regiment; atici as there ate , only a few inconside:-. have been rendered doubly so by art. able parties dispersed in the other parts of t h e i s l and, 84 It is reported, we know not on what authority , ne a rly the whole of th e 17,000 men employed in tf:: that ARTHUR O'CowNon has a command in Flush- 'lsland of Walcheren occupy the lines with which p;:- ing, and that several of the prisoners which have been sling is invested, irr a semicircular form, f ror A- th ; taken are Irishmen. • North West to the gouth East of that town. Thm " In reconnoitering the enemy's works at Flushing," trenches are already completed ; but as only tw,, a few days since, Major-General GRAHAM had a batteries of 6'guns each have been yet thrown 11 2 , horse killed under him.". ' the bombardrnent of the fortress must be defers l FROM THE MIDDLEBURG COURAI4T. until the beginning, or _perhaps the middle of Ilan " MIDDF.LBURG, AUGUST ,8. week.: ' . 'Besides, a's the co-operation of the fleet is c.c. sentiatly necessary to the succe s s of •that operition,i, , " On the morning of the 29th ult. appeared before Would tinavoidiblk be deferr e d, if e ven a ll t h e prepa. our coast a fleet of his Britannick Maje:ty. From ratioris on shore were c o mp l ete , until thelleet could time to time the number of ships was seen to i n crease ;. and the following day at noon, the troop s we r e landed, comaiioto . iii station fo r t h at purpose. ". Sir Riehardltrichan, with a great proportion of on the Brea, which immediately took possession of is, pe . great part of the island.; and on the Ist instant.they the gavot force that accompan i ed the Ei diticl '.. entered this town, which was surrendered by capitu- from England, ha s gone i nto the East Scheldt to a lation. , silt the operations of Sir John Hope's division in till.. • quarter. The servi ce before Flushing therefor e , sit. -6‘ On. the 2d inst. the town of Veere, af t er having defended itself, surrendered.by capitulation. . volvds upon the squadron under Lord Gardner, from which six ships have b een or d ere d aga i nst Flushing Of Flushing, we know nothing with certainty, but that to-day the castle of Ramtnekens was aken They were lying off th e E ast S c h e l dt; and though possession of by the British troops. Thi s expedition they got under weigh yesterday morning to come in, 'is commanded by Lieutenant-General Lord Chatham. have been hitherto prevented by the wind which ha:, ~" AUGUST 9.—The following Procl a m a tio ns have shifted round to the E astwar d . :been published here : " Captnin Bolton, of the Fisgar ." By-order of his Excellency Lieut.-General Lord Chatham, d frigate, who lias been here for several weeks previous to the arrival.,l every inhabitant of the town of Mlddelburg is ordered to give in or deliver to the Police, a list of all persons lodging in their houses the Expedition, stationin g C utters as b uoys for it; This list, which4s to be delivered h. without delay, is to include guidance; went out o n Tuesday night to conduct Lore: all F.rigilsh Officers ; all Englishmen without distinction, not befog Gardner's fleet to its station. . :,...c Militaiy, furnished with billets or otherwise ; all foreigners, of, it Thus', though she preparat i ons on b oth sides wkatiever country, not being citizens of this place, or inhabitants continued with unabated activity, mi deci s iv e cpcm . of the, Island of Walcheren. The Police of the s ev era l war d s are Lion can take place'till t h e moment of a' general attacic. to deliver in their lists to the Military Commandant. PROCIAMATIpN. The enemy suffer no o ppo rtun i t y to escape Of.ann7- ing their besiegers,. and keep up a constant but irre. gular fire upon the different•parts dfOni lines, Where any prospeCt may be presented of making an irnpies: sion. So:*igihint are they in thii respect, that if even an individual Officer:were•to make his appear..'' ance within the lines, and in reach of the shot from the garrison they would not fail to fifc:hpoii him. Lest night, a Captain, who was reconnoiter, 'ng the worts of the town, but at some distance Within the lines, had his leg shot away; and a hand bally wounded. The shells from - the town often fill withio the lines, though without dning-murli mischief. This icr,..•, , ,uhr fire is sometimes mama front the linef; thoug;) not generally. * • .• • ' the first landing of the British troops in the neighb:lttrhood of Flushing, the has beer confined within its walls. The brigade of General Graham, composed principally of the Royals, the sth, and 36th Regiments, h ave b een 'most engaged with the-enemy, and has been greatly distinguished in every instance in which it came. in contact with them. ammediately after the landing, the flank com panies of this brigade had _smart but brilliant affair with some of. the enemy's light infantry, advanta. g•eotisly-p:sted along the rand-hills. Though at'firy severely galled by the enemy's fire, they advanced with the - characteristic intrepidity of Bsitish troops, and' drove their *opponents before them to the very walls of . the town, under which* *About 30 English seamen were made prisoners, in consequence of the inconsiderate impetuosity with which they continued the pursuit, till it was no longer possible for them to return to their comrades in safety. It was on tha.. occasion, that, after driving the enemy from the sand hills, the advanced party of this brigade, whilst en gaged in the pursuit, most gallantly carried by assault a battery, within a small' distance of the' town, where they have sake' Opened trenches upon the' glac;s, se cure from the effect, thongh within the reach of shells -from the -town, the inclined sUrface of i the glacis al lowing daeshells to foll . awa? before they explode. 44 The"garrison hai recourse to sorties, in order tts impede the progress of. the besiegers, btif without sUcces. On Monday last they made a grand - effort of thi's description; ' Above `.lloo' men came fOrth from thetown, and formed undei- its' Walls, with a view t attack and 'dislodge' froM its position, the advanced party of General Graham's brigade, con sisting ofabout five hundred men. The enemy ad vances:Nul fine stile, and - Wire most ably disposed and led on by their officers ; but notwithstanding their vast ;ouperictrity of numbers; '} the powerful stimulus of ardent. Spirits, a double perlien of .which had been.distributedito-theor before they .00rnmenced the attacki‘they -w.ere shaniefuliy* repulsed -with , an- ' mense.lOss.to their very walls hr thirbandcui of brave men. Ilire;attack.commeuced-at four, :atrd the tie , - feat of :tlsi, l esitemy seas complete by'ais Volo t aL l: the - . afternoon..', The whole of the..troopr had be*, iptst-inlo motion s on. the ,fira t Wisv444l.lthetrirf trititiVaiddlithrd'ce 0