The National Register.
London, England, 1809-08-20 00:00:00

t P.M. the bombardment commenced, mid conireued
without the slightest iatermission until five o'clock. The
own was set fire to in seseial places, and the rocks of
the dirty materially injured. Such teas the tremendous
:Aleut and continuity of the explosion on both sides, prat:
several officers, who have been in most of the great battles
wkich have decided the fate of nations on the Continent,
declare that they never wituessed so terrible mid destrnee
live a cannonade. Besides the impression made on the
town and its defence by this bembartiment, an important
battery in front of the town was taken from the enemy, au
acquisition the more valuable, becaese it was so situated as
to give the enemy the means of greatly anno)ing the British
troops in their approaches. Humbled by all these circum-
stances, and depressed too, by the disastrous result of
another sortie, the enemy moderated his tone, and con-
descended to proffer those tfirnis of capitulation which the
Commander in Chief left himself bound hi (Idly and honour
to meet with instantaneoes rejection. A snort interval of
hostility ensued, but the awful pause served only to augment
by contrast the horrors of the 'emceed bombardineut.
Soon after dark the tremendous cannonade was remained,
and it would not be an exaggeration to state, that tile
whole Island was shaken by the efiect of the explosute
Taking advantage of the nigh', and the iinpreFsion made
upon the enemy by the fire front the English hatteres, the
advanced party of Jlaiket's German regiment and of the
82d, pushed on agatest two batteries occupied by the
French, in ndvaree before the toss ii. A sharp and obstinate
conflict ensued between them and the party of time eaeiny
stationed on the batteries. But the arrival of reinforcements
gave the enemy a superiority, aud our troops were repulso.d its
the first instance w ith seine loss. Not intimidated by; his cheek,
they advanced again to the attack ; and as thee did not dis-
charge their fire as they proceeded, they were iutermixed
with the enemy hi their own batteries, before any effort
was made to impede or repulse them. The conflict at
CkbAC quaeters, which succeeded, was t,cit of lone; duration,
ani termin:Ord in the dispersion of the Freieh. and the
consegeent capture of this ailckutagrees leisitiee, and of
the formii'a:ite b3tteries erected liven i!. The Fossession
of these batteries by the British army, i'kred the town at
its mercy, and this consideration,- cooli: eel with the suc-
cess of our operations in all the other parts of the hie, wed
the dreadful carnage and destruction in the toe n, relleced
the Trench Commandant to make that preposition, e
caused the firing to cea'e tit; morimine, and will pace the
important fortress of Flushing- at the disposal of' toe Sove-
reign of Great Britain. The daeu of light exhibited ii igs
of truce flying on every bestion of the place, and the re-
suit has been such as before stated.

The operations will now be prosnuted with promptitude
and vigour for the aceomplis!tineat of the ulterior oili,clf4
of the Expedircn. We know not whelter SirJolut 11(Te or
Lord Ross?pi have made any movement in advance. Tl:e
heat;-ip of the former were yesterday at Schocr„-
those of the tatter at Goes, whilst Bat z was occupied sy.
the Guards. It is now supposed here tharthe French have-
not any very formidable force at An!weT, so (hit whets..
reinforced by the army from this istand, the army in, Bevc..
land will by able to proceed to the accomplishment of tfic
remaining objects of the Expeditina. tusked, Lord Bus-
siyn anti air John Hope were expected, either yesterday o
this day, to pass the uarrow channel or the Scheldt, near
Batz, on their route to Antwerp, so Oa:probably the nemt
accounts will contain intelligence of the utmost interest and*
imp ortance."

Lord Gambier and Sir J.T. Duckworth have struck their.
flaws on board the Caledonia and San Joseph, at Spithesd..
The Children of Christ's Hospital, in addition to their other •
branches of learning, nre taught to drew. 'lke be!,t specituto*
of their drawing will 14e extf,4ifed• is Cao,,er's Hal!, on live
20th of October next, on white any they %%1, by tirawiug the.
State Lottery. distribute among tine yublk• no lers zt ittitl thaft
IWO Hundred Thousand Pottudi.