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

The , folic-x - ing, according t 6 the latest accounts, ar e the names and rates of the French ships of the in the Scheldt, riz.— A lszois Anvi riais ........ 74 Friedland Andacieux C:.a:lemagne ...... 71 Josephine r"cmmerce de I4ons 71 Pultusk 71 Thesce ::!: r7,1a1 frfgater, and a number of brigs, gun-boats, &c. :1:•i:orin; letters from IValcheren relate to , rior to the surrender of. Flushing, but their are interesting-, and serve to throw consider on the nature of the operations that were -7. a7ainst the place : rnITISH LINE 9, OFF FLUSHING, AUGUST LI. :•!..y.; my last communication nothing has oc nf any material importance, either on our part *%ll tlie enemy. Every effort is now. exerting tt^ the necessary works for the bombard of Flushing. The batteries are almost corn ar.d it is confidently. stated, that to-morrow, A n ii:-ksiry the Piince of Wales's Birth-day, ....,ed :h3 commencement of that awful work of )r la,t two days, the brigade a :1 1' xvhicli are on the .left of our !.-- ir.c..:s!-„m:ly ctnployei in working, and s, at a mortar battery, which is erect of tile N.-)rth East of Flushing. t*.le enemy would have attempted !' ing I: ?S 'l;'i)'- tr • :hat work, and the ncsessary precututions ~.-I:akon do 'at Still an attempt. The 71st Re r.ader C,.! )1:1 PACK, and the battalion of &.: ! c!-.::;rats, under that inr)st active and gallant of !!;': Hon. Coloacl C,-.ci-fS.I::E, were for the last tinier :Inns Nvithin rang of the enemy's ra^o. Their position was so covered by strong in . ~,sores that the enemy did not perceive them until •rni;:g, when they cor--nenced an ineffectual can :. r.:RNt'Am's brig :ids., the enemy have never ventured I) spew themselves wizhout the walls. From two deterters, V . . 10 came over yesterdar, the one an Irish man and t:ie other a native of Nottingham, we learn tea: the r:cnch cannot conceive what we are about ..-1-,L..her . 1 a :he; believe that we have raised half the r.::nt:.:•.r of batter!v, now in such a state of forward- ~~ t!-.at the Irishman states his name , t-, of Red-gap, in the county Kildare;l that he h-..s ven four Tears in the French service.— cantrad:cts t 2.3 statement that there was a consi der:fb:e prap, , rt:on cf the Irish Brigade in Flushing. Th e rurnbt.r of erat brigade there, he says, does not r.:rid bur hundreJ, and few but the officers arc It is commln&cl by a Major FITZZIENRY, and }:- i:e!nnged to Capti jn DooLv's company. The nF the enemy's f,rce in Flushing, he corn-1 p;:tcs to ba within between 9 and 10,000 men, a Brea: p77.7:irca •7f whom, he says, are wounded and sick. r::!inw to each man consisted of one pound and f bread, one glass of wine, and half a poi nd per diem. The day before yesterday they on their salt provisions, all supple: Dy land or sea being now wholly prevented.— ..Irter also states, the anxiety of the inhabi --,!, tr. ca!Dittilitc, an .1 he has no danbt but that it • kai:r: pla c e very soon after cur w%-rt ks begin to open s Intleee, it is the general opinion here, " ••: 'i\!ONET having now very plausible materials for ...c;iption in thz 111 , "*. , rur, will srrrender a town these last days by a force of f:',5,000 a;:cl at diLrent times subjected to the fire of The fire from our silipping has ceased forthe last few das, in consequence of a frorn Lord Cu %THAN!. S2veral Officers . i N a .: y have expressed great chagri n at this (as tart it), t onusa d interdict." It is said that 111 Mir tinder Sir JOHN I-lopr, con th! Guards, 20th, Ist battalion of the 921, t ivattalians of the 4th, Ist or the 28th, Ist C•lh, is: of th 2 :kit, Ist of the 91st, with Lord :!!td the Marquis of fIuNTLEY's divisions, ;1:2,1i...re1y proceed up the Scheldt, towards ru .Surttli P.ercland, Nvlrne they had The foiluwin" disposition of our army !lthing is tolerably . correct is the 2dhri, , ,,ide, under Major General GRA FIA:4 2d hat:alien of Royals, Ist or the sth, and .2d of v Or! 'id brigade, under Brigadier Central Atitm of the c?.nren's, or 2d, the ITth, and 2d battalion • . St,:eath brigiidt, under Majar General Larrit, 2(1 battalion of the 59th, ttd of the 11th, and Ist men. • ''re are the Sill brigade, under Brigadier Generll •• •I. r.';':'.:+t • inf of the 2d battalion of. the 14th, 51st, and • ci the 821. 'the 13th brigade, under Major Gene '+eP r , Cvacisting of the 2:1 battalion of the 43d, 52d, and " " • ;11;ani•:•• of the Drith. t-•.. (,) ti.e:eft ore the 18tii brigade, under Brigadier General , nr:3, censisting of tile Cstly, three squadrons of Light 68th, and Garman Riflemen. Eleventh brigzde,- ', . • 7 General PICTON, consisting or the 36th, the 77th, •: : 1 a•talitti of detachments under the Honourable Colonel C:..:4ANC. 'Arne! PACK, with the 71st light infantry; has a detached -•:!.d at fort Rammakins. The 2d battalion of the 69d gar ':anipveer, and the 9cl battalion ot the 23d, 2d of the 81st, ',NI, garrison Middleburgh. " I cGmmenced this letter (seven o'clock in rr.r.,rn;ng) the enemy have kept up a kind of dif cinnowtd,-, one time at such of our works as are to thm, next round the lines, and then at the 1 :::21::11g which invest the town on the sea side. Cap- BitowN, of the 77th, a very young and promising Q , :cr, has ken wounded on a working party. _ He La s List a kg and receired a severe contusion in his hand and shoulder. The British officer taken in-the 1 action which Gener a l GRAndoes brigade had with 'the enemy, was Major Rtm of the sth. Within these few moments some Spanish deserters have ar rived within our lines, but being unable to understand them I have no further intelligence to communicatth Lieutenant General Sir EYRE COOTS has removed his quarters to East Zauberg, and General FRAZER is more on the left, at a small village called Ruthen.-- 1 The inhabitants manifest the most perfect apathy at the result of our operations, and seem to cons.ultl nothing but how they may extort both by depreciat ing our coin andraising the price of every commodity." MIDDLEBURCII, ACCUsT 11. " The batteries have not yet opened against Flush ing. The heavy artillery have been taken to the lines from Terveer, with the utmost expedition that could be desired, by the marine brigade. This brigade, which consists of a detachment from each of the men of war, amounts to about 400 men. It is under the command of Lord A. BEAUCLERK, anti kas mani fested an extraordinary degree of activity and zeal, in which they have been encouraged throughout by the example of their Commanders. I have seen Lclrd A. BE.UCLERK and Captain PAufsn, with their hand spikes, co-operating with the seamen in the most la borious part of their work, in raising the heavy can non, brought .from the shipping to the beach,— Through the exertion of this corps, I have seen nine 21-pounders dragged from Terveer to the. lines, which is a distance of seven miles, within a few hours. Our lines extend about seven miles, and comprehend a body of 17,003 mm. There are. not less than 100 pieces of artillery, including mortari, carronades, 24. and 32-pounders, convenient to be mounted when the werks are finished. " The delay his also afforded the garrison an op portunity of receiving reinforcements, which were taken to them, night and day, from Briskens, on the opposite coast, until Tuesday evening, when some of our gun-boats contrived to take a station which put an end to this intercourse. It was expected that the Mar quis of HCNTI.:Y'S division would-have taken posses' sica of Ca,lsand at the outset, which would have pre vented this intncourse entirely. But the attack was deemed too hazardous. There is much di'cussion and controversy upon this business here. The misfortune of net taking C.tdsand, which is said to have been one of the main objects of the original plan, is very sensi bly felt. Through this misfortune the garrison of Flushing have received an accession, ic is calculated,- of .5 or Gf.)o) men, besides provisionsand ammunition, &c. If it were not for this supply, Moxer would most pr l o.ibly have surr.mdered before now, and that . Jel ty miglitt have been avoided, which endangers the sae:ecs of that which was the principal end of the namely, the destruction of the fleet at Li:l,). This, however, is still to be attempted. A la ..*e fl kill, o: i;un-prigs, and gun-boats, with some proceol%! fr.)m Rammakens on Wedaesday last, in order t 3 ga up the Scheldt towards Antwerp, under the comm r. 13 of Sir HOME POPHAM. Fort Lill°, where the French fleet lie, is said to be strongly for tified towards the River, having :200 gun-boats, and a chain boom, t, , defend it. " The Marittis of HUNTLEY arrived in the Rom. pnt, with his division on Tuesday, and on the following day disembarked 41 South ileveland, in order to join Sir Joitz: I lorE, ho will then have a force of 16,000 This rnom2r.t. I learn that the French have open ed the sluices, in order to inundate our lines.' But they cannot, I am told, affect the works that are com pleted, or prevent our men from approaching Flush ing. 'Pie sluices were opened last night. " The garrison of Flushing consists of Prussians, Spaniards, Portuguese, and part of the Irish brigade. The Spaniards are those who were prevented from flying with ROMANA to the isle of Zwp . ,:en. " Upon oar arrival in this island, the Flushing garrison did not exceed 3000 men; but ROW it is sta ted at 8 or 9000, and by some persons is calculated even at 13,000 ; but this I thin': an ex:TAN:ration. If they had so many, a greater number than 2000 would hAve been sent out on the last sortie, whic:, was des perate." ANOTHER LETTER-SAME DATr. 18 It is no..v und , :rstood, that the batteries will po sitively open to-morrow ; that the anniversary of the PRINCE'S birth-day will, as the Officers say, be cele brated by the commencement of the bombardment of Flushing, aye, and by its surrender also ; at least, such is the calculation. " The batteries, a flotilla of gun-boats, and six sail of the line, under Admiral GARDNER, are at once to co-operate. It is conceived impossible for Flushing ip withstand such a tremendous combination. From ; the lines, which are about a mile and a half from the : batteries of Flushing, one has a full opportunity of viewing the, operations. The garrison seem exceed ingly bold and confident. They have refused to re ceive 4 flag of truce. " We have taken between 2 and 3000 prisoners, in the whole of the island, since the invasion, and killed a vast oumber in bush-fighting. But the country being thickly wooded, their riflemen, from the advan tage of local knowledge, were able to take off a num ber of our men. The seamen, however, who seem to court danger, cleared the country of these gentry. They rushed through the woods, with their cutlasses, and hardly one of them returned without a rifle-gun or two, which they carried about, and proudly exhi bited to the army as trophies. " Among the wounded in the lines are Colonel PrreAnctr, of the 25th regiment, Captain HAMILTON, of the sth, and Lieutenant HemnT MAXWELL, of the 761 - 'The former but slightly in the hand ; the two laws seriottslg, but it is said sot mortally." .U4114311:1?•43:t1Z1;3. TRIAL OF CAPTAIN DAVISON. The Assizes for the v (.IF;omerset commenced on Ivlonday last, when Captain Jslin Davison, of the Royal WAS indicted before Sir SOULDEN LawitEs:cr, Kn! . .f•lr stealing a pkce of muslin, of the value of SO3. the property of lanes Bunter, merccr, of T.tunton. - Mr. GAZELEP opened the indictment. Mr. JEKYLL then stated the circumstances Of the case to the Jury, and• observed, he bad seldom in the discharge of his professional duty, a more painful task to perform than to detail the evidence which he should have to adduce, in order to substantiate the charge in the indictment, which charged the prisoner with the crime of felony ; the fads were few, short, but co gent, and he feared, irresistible; they would come better from the witnesses than from any statement of his—he would proceed to call them. The first wit ness was Alexander Bailer, who slid, / am an apprentice to Mr. James Bunter, of Taunton. I know Cap tain Davison ; he came to my master's house on the _':sth July, at half past seven in the morning, there was no one in the shop but myself ; he asked if Mr. Bunter was up ? I told him he was not, and on that he went away. Mr. Bunter came into the shop in about five minutes, and ore seeing some one go by with wham he wished to speak, he walked oet towards the Parade, and Captain Davison came in immediately after. I was cleaning the windows on the outside of the shop ; on Captain Davison's again going into the shop I followed him—he asked to look at the muslins he had seen the night before, and walked to the lower end of the shop to the coun ter on the right hand, and I carried to him 10 or 1 9 pieces, as he was sittir.g on the counter—he took the first I hewed him in his hand, and very carelessly laid it by his side, and he did the same to some other pieces. After looking at them some time he went towards the door, but before that, he had thrown his hand kerchief upon four or five of the pieces, which he had folded up. When at the door he asked me how the handkerchief he had on looked, and whether we had any of the same ?—I told him we had none of them. He asked me then for a looking-glass ? rtold him we had none but what were fixed, but if he would walk into the parlour lie might see there, to this he made no reply ; he then sat doWn in a chair rather below where the muslin was, and asked to look at some stockings at about ss. a-pair, for his brother— before this, I had taken away the pieces of muslin that were not covered over—there was at this time a piece under his handkerchief, which I could plainly perceive. I took him out some stockings from the oppoeite side of the shop, but kept my eyes on him, and I observed him draw his handkerchief from the counter into his lap, with both his ha::.&—l observed the muslin was still under the handkerchief its he drew it towards him. He then asked ler some fashionable waistcoat patterns ; I went across to the other. counter to get him some—my face was towards him, and I observecr-him ta!:e up the handkerchief and squeeze it together, and put it under the left lapel of his coat ; he took the patterns of the waistcoa:s, as he said he wished to shew them first to Yandell, his taylor. At this time his arm was over his coat towards his lapel where he had put his handkerchief, and walked out of the shop. Mr Bunter came into the shop whilst Cwt. Daviren was there, but stared but two or three minutes. I missed the first piece of muslin I had share n him immediately after his 20ing out, it was ma! ked with 0 I G S I R, the S had be.mi altered, it had been an I. When I missed the muslin I rung the hell, and Mr. Bunter came ; ' described to him what had happened and the particular piece v hick was missing, and that Capt. Davison was gone to Yandell's. Mr. Bunter left the shop to go to Yan , deli's, through Hammet street—l then went out and saw Capt. Davison standing at Mr. Bluett's shop door. When I perceived Capt. Davison was not gone to Yandell's, I celled to Mr. Banter aloud, and Da vise') walked by the Mtiket-house towards his own lod: , ,iirgs. At the time I showed Capt. Davison the first piece, I took notice of the mark. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Psee.-1 had seen the piece of muslin lost, the preceding evening.—Cap rain Davison had purchased a yard of ribbon t. dAy before. On my calling to Mr. Bunter, Cep!. Davison retired from Mr. Bluett's shop. Charles Sutton, ccnstahle of Taunton.—l went in company with another erwtalde, to search the house of elr. Owen ; we first went into a bed-chamber, and then into a drawing-room. Captain Davison was not there ; when before the Justice, he desired to sleep in his bel-room, at Mr. Owen's. In the chamber there was a trunk with Captain Davison's name on it, on a brass plate ; we broke it open and found in it a piece of muslin, (produces it). Captain Davison desired of me to have the things found in the trunk, which were not owned, returned to him, particularly GI a pocket book, containing papers ; when he came back from the Justice, he asked for his trunk, I told him I bad taken it to my house—the muslin was out of my hand, but never out of my house. Alexander Bailer identified the piece of Muslin to be the same !osnand that it was Mr. Bunter's property. Mr. Bunter.—The marks on the muslin are my writing ; the muslin is my property, and worth more than 305.. In ten-minutes after the search, the muslin was brought to me, and I knew it. I am certain I had a piece of this quantity, six yards and a querter, • on the With March, when I took stock, and no other piece of that price and quantity, and I hese never sold that piece. Alexander Bailer celled again.—Said he had eever sold that piece. Here the evidence for the prosecution closed. : Colonel Mears, T. Wcodford, Esq. Surgeon, ---e Bryant, Esq. R. Morgan, Esq. Rev. Mr. Town send, Rev. F. H. Clapp, H. C. Standart, Esq. end . the Rev. D. Webber, all of whom are per sons of the first respectability, and who had known the prisoner . nearly two years, severally gave him a most excellent character. The Judge then summed up the evidence, and told the Jury, however they might lament that a Gentle man of the prisoner ' s condition in life, holding the ~ rank of a Captain in the Royal Marines, and who had borne so high and honourable a character till the pre. ;sent time, should on the present occasion have for ' (cited that character, and have forgotwn his situation; ithat it was their duty, if they were satisfied with the evidence they had beard, to find him Guilty, however pa'nftitthe discharge of that ditty might be ; and - that character in cases Where a fair doubt could be entertained, ought to have considerable weight with a Jury ; but on the contrary, where the facts were clear, and established by credible witnesses, how ever good the character of the prisoner might have been up to the time of committing the felony, it *vas no excuse for the , tommisiion of it. And unlesS they could say that the prisonei at the time of draw ing his handkerchief from the counter with both hi hands, as the witness Bailer stated, was ignotint that the muslin WAS contained in it . —he did not knoiv how to state to them A ground of doubt ; the inulin, as they saw, was of considerable bulk, and not likely to be contained in a silk handkerchief without its being perceived by the prisoner, and if they thought so, it was their duty to say that be was guilty. The Jury, after a few seconds consideration, re , turned a terdict of—Guilty: The trial lasted an hour and a half ;. the prisoner is a goateel man, 23 years of age. The trial excited an uncommon degree of interest, and the Court was extremely crowded: The iblowinilirisotters were tried at the tune As sizes . Kobirt Chaftne* alias Bin, eld, was indicted on sus picion of stealing from the coat pocket of James Glover, a pocket book, containing a note of hand for 521. 10s. and divers memorandums in writing, the property of the said James Glover-=Guilty, Sarah Cope was indicted far having feloniously sto len and taken from and out of a drawer in the bed room of John Wills one 51. note, and one 11.'note,the pronerty of the said John Wills.—Guilty.—Death. Gramoway was indicted for having stolen and carried away from and out of a dwelling-house a coat, waistcoat, and breeches, the property of Wil liam Collins. NArAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, AUGUST 18. Arrived the Duke of Kent mast ship, from Queb.!..:, laden with spars, timber, &c. for the Dock-yard at this port. Sailed the GOLDFINCH, Captain SztxxEn, with a King's Messenger and dispatches for Cadiz ;*and the GLEANER ketch, under sealed orders to the westward. Captain BEDFORD is appointed to the SWALLOW sloop of war, in the room of Captain MELNrat, who has retired from the service. Arrived she Daum frigate from Madeira (last from Iceland): Sailed the Conjurer, BRICkIiTT, with sundries; for Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 16. Arrived his . Majesty's ship JASON, from the West Indies.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Cult/mow, with 2,i transports for St. Petersburgh. , bEAL, JULY 36. The GANNET sloop sailed yesterday night with a Messenger who arrived last evening from-London, with dispatches for the fleet off Flushing.—Arrived the DEFENDER gun-brig from off Flushing. She sailed this . moming for Portsmouth.—Arrived last night a very fine French corvette, captured by his Majesty's ship DRUID, and sailed this morning for the river.. ISLANDS OF SCILLY, AUGUST 8. On the 6th inst. the Prussian bark Albertina, from L:aiddh to Liverpool, in ballast, ran on a rock, and damaged her bottom, and is brought on the beach t,, receive the necessary repairs. AUGUST 9.- 7 -Came in for water, &c. the Entrepre nante cutter, from Plymouth, bound to Constanti nople. GUERNSEY, AUGUST 10. The Maria, from Weymouth to Jersey, has bezn captured ()If the Casketts, by a French privateer; the crew of the Maria escaped to Alderney in their - boat —she wab laden k ith Hour principally for the use of the Army Contract Baker.—Sailed the Queen - lotte cutter, with a convoy for the Eastward. The communication by telegraphs between Jersey ctrl Guernsey is now established. HAR\VICH, AtICITST 1 6. &tiled this day the Auckland packet, Captain T. Bnimr, with Mails and passengers, lot Gottenburgll. 'YARMOUTH, AtTGUST 16. ArrirA, the I'EsplLot.r4 with transport No. 15(2, - VK, and one without a Number, having troops on . board, bound (as reported) to Heligoland. bailed the Ata:TE, CONSTANT ) and 111.1014;DA sloops. The Neptune, Srtrrt, and Pandora, ANDERSON, are t..ken round Cipe Horn ; the master of the Pandor.t, supercargo, and 16 mcn, were killed after au engage ment of three hours. The Georgina, Smarr, arrived in the Downs from Cnracoa, was cliaccd off Beachy Head, by two Freach privateers. The Tarleton, CRAKE'., arrived in the Downs from Grenada ; parted from the fleet under convoy of tit. JASON, Castor and Dolphin, S. S. In thick foggy we..>r thcr, on the;2lst of July, in lat. SG. 57. N. * long& 54% 52. W. 74 sail in company. • The Zeemanew, Cornelius, from Liverpool, has been taken, re-taken, and arrived at Dover. The Willvareu, from I3ourdeaur, was taken in tht Channel, in July, by a Portuguese man of war, and carried into Lisbon. Atli 3% L:,—At Itycrpool, the Kinpmill, Hanley, from BAllia —, from Oporto ; Briliiant, Wilaott ; and Fortune:, For,!, ft o:n Lisbon'; General Knox, —, from Baltimore ; Angle:, Bell, frciu Pr;rce Edward's Island. In the Downs, 4t..t. Bowes, Burnham,: from St. Vincent's; Ann, WOodhall, from Grcrada ; and Georgiuo,Swith, froth Curacao. CREW. CnN.—Yesterday the cause, Flyn v. Gifforic, z . came on in the Sheriff's Court, to assess the damages, the defend tut having let judgment go by default.— The Jury gave £2OO. Yesterday morning a man of the name of Scogan, between 50 and 60 years of age, for a wager. at five guineas, jumped off the centre arch of London bridge, and swam to Billingsgate, accomplishing .the task with great ease. STATE LoTTEßT.......Persens who have bespoke pat... titular Numbers at Swirl. and Co.'s Offices, are re spectfully informed, that those Numbers ate.new ready for delivery, and that if they wil,h to secur: them at the trowel Prices, - they must take them be fore the 19th August, as after that day, the Pric!s at Tickets and Shares will be raised, and if the pr demand centitmes, must be much higher before the day of drawing. _ ~