The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-21 00:00:00

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•
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 19. Arrived the Cutter
Happy Return, SMITH, tram Lisbon, laclon with
salt, last from Falmouth ; the Pappenburgh Galliot,
Prow Elina, from London, in ballast, to load ; the
American Ship Charlestown. Pae4et, C. BARKER,
Master, from London, in ballast; bbund to Malaga,
put in here for Convoy ; and tjle Vigilant, GAY,
from London, laden with tar and deals, for this
Port.

Arrived the Busy Omer, Captain Bitt, from

Madeira, 19 days passage. She Orings intelligence
that the 2d veteran Battalion, that sailed from hence

for Madeira, arrived there after a passage of 14 days,
btu had bgen, ever since their arrival, in a very sickly
State ; several have died, and when the Busy sailed;
.upwards of 200 were in the hospital. The 37th
Regiment was expected there, on whose arrival the
2d Veteran lattalion would return to England.—
The Busy spoke,, a few days since, hiS Majesty's
Sloop Brisk.

Arrived a rreneh Chasse Maree, captured by the
Minerva Frigite ; and a French- Lugger, captured
by the Diana Frigate,

SHEERNESS, AUG. Ig.—Vice Admiral WELLS,
hoisted his flag, having returned from lave.
AUG. 520..--The Transit's complement was com-
Pleted. She is ordered round to the Downs as a
(!isp:ltch vessel between Flushing and the Downs.

Arrived his Majesty's Ship Manly from a cruize.
Saile'd this day his Majesty's ship Gluckstadt with_
about 40 sail under convoy to Heligoland.
The convoy for, the Baltic is expected to sail about..
next Wednesday.
Several sail are passing for the river. -

•.
Died, on Thursday last, at his house at Soho,
Staffordshire, MATTHEW BouLToN, Esq.
aged 8 t , not less 'distinguished by the energies of his
mind employed during his long and a&ive lite in
im-
proving
various inanufa6tures by his science and taste,
,and in founding extensive establishments, whereby
he has advanced the trade and prosperity of his coun-
try, and acquired a very general and justly, merited
celebrity, than by his, generous encouragenietit'6l
the useful arts, his kind and benevolent
and the liberality of his sentiments. Hisinembry"
wilt be long honoured with '.atfetlion by his -friends,
and with gratitude by the many who benefited by
his talents and virtues, and his name will be recorded
iitnong the benefactors of his country..

THE
LONDON dZETTE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20.

Downing-street, August 19, 1809.

'A Dispatch, of which the following is a J.;opy,
was:this dgy received at the-Office of Viscount Cas-
tlereagh, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries
Of State, from Lieutenant-General the Earl of
Chatham, K. G. dated Head-quarters, Middleburg,
August 16, 1809.

Head-Quarters, Middleburg,
August i 6, 1809.

11,.1Y LORD,

I have the honour of acquainting your Lordship,
that on the 13th instant, the, batteries before FlUsh-
ing being completed, .(and the frigates, bombs, and
gun-vessels .having; at the same firm!, taken their
stations) a fire was opened at about_ ball-past one'
P. M. from fifty-two pieces of heavy' ordnance,
Which was vigorously returned• by ;the enemy. An
additional battery of six 24-pounders was completed
the same night, and .the whole continued to pla,y-
upon the town with little or no intermission 611 late
On the followingday.
-On the morning of the 14th instant, about ten
o'clock, the line of battle ships at anchor in' the
Durloo Passage, led by Rear-Admiral Sir Richard
Strachan, got under weigh, .and ranging up along
the sea line of defence, kept. up as trey passed a
tremendous cannonade On the town (or several hoUrs
with the greatest gallantry and effetl. About four
in . the 'afternoon, ,percei% ing that the fire of the
enemy: had entirely ceased,. and ;the town presentir
tug a most awful scene of destruelion, being on fire
in almost every quarler, I &reeled, Lientenanc-Ge-
ntiral Sir Eyre Coote to send in to, summons the
place; General. Monnet retprned for answer, that
be would reply to, the -summons as soon a 3, he had
consulted a Council of War, an hour had been al=
lowed him for the purpose, but .a consideraole time
beyond it having elapsed without. any answer being
received, hostilities were ordered to ye-commence
with the utmost vigour, andabout eleven o'clock at
night, one of the enerny'S batteries,.• advanced 'upon
the Sea Dyke in front of Lieutenant General Fra-
ser's position, was most gallai,tlY cart ied at the t oint
of the bayonet, by.detachtnents frpm ;the 30,11,
71st, and, Light
,Battalions of the King's German
Legion, under Lieutenant-Colonel Pack, loi.,posed
to great superiority of numbers'i they took forty
prisoners, and killed and wounded a great army of
the enemy.,,
I must not omit to mention, .that on the preced-
ing evening 'an intrenchment ,iu front of Majo;-G,•-
neral Graham's position, was also forced in a antler
equally-undaunted by the 14th Regiment, and de-
tachments of the King's German Legion, under
Lieutenant-Colonel NicollS, who drove the enemy
from it, and made a lodgement within mu,ket ,hut
of the walls or the town,,taking one gun and thirty
prisoners:
,About two in the morning, the en'etny,demanded.
a suspension of arms for forty-eight li ors, hien
was refused, and only two hours granted, k hen he
.agreed to surrender accorci,g to t.ie summons sent
.in, on the basis of the garrison becoming prisoners
;of war.

I have now the saiisfaaioh of acquainting your
Lordship, that these Prelit-inhales being acceded to.
as soon as the Aditural burled in the morning, Co-
lonel
Long, A,ijutant-G,.eral, and Captain- C,ck-
btirn, of the Royal Navy, were appointed to nek.•,o-
dare the, further articles of .canitnlation, which I •
have, now the honour to inclose. • They
.were, rait-
fied about three this Morning, When detachments
of the Royals on the right, and of his Majesty's 7.ist
Regiment on tie left, took nOsSession of the gateS
of the town. The garrison Will march to-inort ow,
'and will be embarked as speedily as possible. _
I may, now congratulate your Lcirdship on the fall
a place so indispensably necessary to our tuture
operations, as so large a proportion of our force be-
, ing 4equired to carry, t)u the siege with that thlree
13f vigour and dispatch, which the :ri-ans of ritt..nce
the enemy possessed,• and par, icularly his priwers of
inundation- (which was_ rapidly spreading to an
alarming extent) rendered absolutely- -ileCeSsary. .
Haying hoped, had circumstances permitted, to
have proceeded up the river at an earlier pei toii,
I had cominittid to Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre:
Cuote, the direction of the details of the siege,' and
of the operations before Flushing, and I cannot suf-
-.---ficiently express my sense of the unremitting zeal
".land exertion. with Which tie has concluded the-ardu-
ous serice.cntrusted to
,tutu, in which he was ably
assisted by Lieutenant-colonels Walsh and Otfety;
attached to him, as assistants in. the-Adjutant and
.• Quarter-Master-General's department.

I have every reason to be satisfied, with the judi-
cious manner in which the General Officers have di-
reded the several operations, as well as with,the
spirit and intelligence manifested by the Command-
ing Officers of Corps, and the zeal and ardour of all
ranks of Officers.
It, is with great pleasure, I can report the uni..
form good-conduit of the, troops, who have not
onlron'all occasions shewn the greatest intrepidity
in presence of the enemy,
.but have sustained, with
great pleasure and cheertulness, the laborious. duties
they. have had occasion to perform.
• •The adive and persevering exertions of ,the Corps
of Royal Engineers have been cobduded with much
shill and judgment. by Colonel Fyers, aided. by Lieo.
tenant-Colonel D'Arcy,' and it is impossible for me
to do sufficient justice to the distinguished condud
of the Officers and men of the Royal Artillery; under
,:the4ible direaion and animating example of Briga-

~dier;-General AP Lead .
• The seamen, whose labours had already been so
useful to the army, sought their reward in a Junkier
opportunity of distinguishing themselves, and one
.of the batteries was accordingly entrusted to them,
and which they served with admirable vigour and
effef .
truest here beg to express my strong sense of the
constant and cordial co-operation of the Navy on all
occasions, 'and my warmest acknoWledgments are
most particularly due to Captain Cockburn of 'the,
'Belleisle, cotnnaanding the Flotilla, and. to Captain
Richardson of the Caesar, commanding the Brigade
of Seamen landed with the Army.
CI I have the hon Our to enclose a Return of the Gar-
rison Finshing,, in addition to which I have learn=
ed that, besides the number killed, which was con-
siderable,- upwards of
previous
wounded mph were
transported to Cadsand, to the complete in-
vestment of the town.

, •
I also subjoin a statement of deserters and pri-
soner,,, exclusive. of the Garrison of Flushing.
• This Dispatch will be delivered to your.Lordsh;p
by my First Aid-de-Camp Major Bradford, whois
fully qualified to give your Lordship every'furtber
_information, :and whom I beg leave earnestly to re-
-commend to his Majesty's proteelion.

I have.the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) CHATHAM.

His Excellency the. General of Division Mcntiet,
.one ofihe Commandants-of the Legion of Hotiour,,
Commandant in chief of the Fortress of Flushing,
having authOzedMonsieur L'Eveque, -Captain of
Engineers,- and Monsieur Montonnet,
:.Captain of the Imperial Artillery, to treat for tetrns
of capitulation 'for -the surrender of the-town of
:•Flushing. to the troops of his Britannic Majesty ;
and their Excellencies .Lieutenant General the Earl
of Chatham, K. G. &c. and Rear Admiral Sir Ili-
-Chard Strachan, K: B. &á. commanding in Chief
the military and natal forces before Flushing, having
authorized Captain Cockburn, of his Majesty's ship
Belleisle, commanding the British flotilla, and Co-
lonel Long, Adjutant-General, to treat conjointly
with the said Commissioners thereon; they, have, af-
ter duly exchanping their respective powers, agreed
to the following Articles, viz.
. Art. I. The garrison of Flushing shall be prison-
ers of war, and shall'march out of the-place with
all. the 'hpriours of war; they' shall deposit their
arms on the. Quay of the Water. Gate ; they shall
return to France on their parole, and shall not for
one year bear arms against his Britannic Majesty;
or the allies whom he may have at the time of capi-
tulation. _ _

~ TL is Article is applicable to the Officers of Ma-
rine aaually at Plashing.
Answer—The Garrison of Flushing will be per-
mitted to maralvout of the town with the honours
of war-required, and they. will.lay. down their.arms
on the Glacis, but intiq be considered as prisoners
of. war, and sent as such to England.
The Officers of Alariae will share the fate of the
rest of the gArriion.. . .
Art. .11.. General and. Staff, Qfficers, Officers of
the Aim-hie and cot the corps coMposing _the garrison
snail 1,,e.p their atms, Itheit.t.oises, and-all the, pro-
per.). v. inch belong, to them. The non-commi4-
si-D, d Ott-kers, soldiers, seamen, and officers' ser-
%ant e;, their havre-sacks.
Ansv. —Grrn,ted.

Ar . 1 I le sick and wounded capable of being
sent oiti ,h,ol tp• for ‘atded to France, the remaining
si k tt to the caw and burnanity of the
Cmootaticiiiig the troops of his 13,itannic
Majesty, a:,d Went- to the "Fren ch Dominions as soon
as coodoion with peewit; there shall be left a
sul. +Cm oumber (.1 Niroieai attendants tor the care
01 t ti,. k : the Meoical attendants shall receive the
allow ances as those "of his Britannic Ma-

jest v.
Answer.—The sick and wounded must. be con-
, siderett i.. -,-rsof war. Such as ate in a state to
be rem. vett embarked Ajar the garrison ;
the re, %. ,• under the care of FrenchThysi-
cians :kiz; • til :11 Sufficietnly recoved to admit
of th u oclrg
The ilaysican, i S•argeolis will receive the al-
to, pristmars.oll.var of their
rattic and descry.lon, together with such further
remuneration itwt,heir attendance on the sick as the
General comniahchng the British 'Army may be
pleasea to grant.
Art. Iv,. The Non-Combatants, such as the
Sub-luspeCtor, the Commissary of War, the Me-
- clic?' ittendlnts, the heads of the different admi-
nistrative. departments, shall not be considered as
prisoners' of war; they shall be at liberty -to dis-
pose Of, their effects, their private and personal pro-
' pert)', and to carry it to France, as well as all docu-
ments rehtive to their accounts, in order io justify
their corkitia to the French Government. This ar-

, rangernotit`. is applicable to the Commissaries and
Ci► it Officers of the. Marine, to the artificers and at-
', tendarits of the Port, to theOfficerS of the cnston.
andkliifivs, as well, as to the paymasters of the Army
andNaity.
' Answer;-;--The Officers and others mentioned in'
this article, all attendants on the French Army; and'
Frenchmen of
.every -description, not inha-
bitaMs e T F'iushitig previous to the year 1807, will
be sent to England; and hereafter treatethaecording
to such ariangententas may take place between the
t GOveilitu.tits respecting non-combatants ;
their private and
,personal, property - shall •be
respected, and perrhission Dili be given them fo•
retain ,ate-such p.pe: as spei &early- relate to, and
may be neccssaty 131 the settletthnt of their ac-
counts.
All FrenJitnen 'and others who may be' per-
mitted to itinalit•will be expected to take the °Ali
of allegimee to his Britannic Majesty, When re-
quired,. iind tocoilioriti to all 'laws and regulations
which may hereafter be made by the British Go-

vernMeDt.
Art. V. If no particular stipulation has been made
concerning the sick felt at Middieburgh under the
care of Cie Medical attendants and the Odic,:rs of the
said .Hospital, they shah' be treated according to.
Articles 111.- and IV. of the present Capitulation.
Answer.—Granted conformably to the answers
given to the thiiti .and fourth Articles.
Art. VI. The property of the inhabitants shall be
respected, they sliati, be at liberty to witlidra into
France with, their private property, they shall have
every security in this respeCt, and shall not be mo-
lested in.any manner for their opinions and the part
they have taken during' the siege,. ,
Answer.-,TheprOperty of the inhabitants of every
description will, be respelled, it being understood
that all Oaval and Military stores Will be held in re-
quisition, until proved to be the private property of
individuals, and the British Government shall, in
that:case, heat liberty to make'use•Of the same on
payitig a just remuneration to the proprietors. •-
• Smith inhabitants as .may be desirous of retiring to
Franee, and. shall certify this their intention within
eight days after the ratification. of .this capitulation
shah be permitter to do so at a period. to be deter-
, mitivd by-the: British Commander in Chief, and no
inhabitant shall be molested- on account of any.opie
nion or conduct he May hitherto have held. •
p ,VII. The necessary carriages and ' vessels
shall be furnished by the English Commissioners, at
t he ,expence. of their' Government, for tranSporting
from this, place to the' French Dominions• the sick
and the private eiTeds of the Officers. These effetts

'-•.` ' i
ic••:, • •
•ha not -v(arebed, s4ll 6ecarity-
,ur i g their passage. - , •
ikuswer.—Every_. etpendc of 4eadipOrtitig the
Freilch garrison, sick, &d.. with'their. baggage, to
England, will, of course, be defrayed by, the Britsh
GOveromertt., • . ,

Art. VIII. If any difficulty shall arise in the •
interpretation at any of the above Articles, it sh.-01
be settled by (be undersigned Commissioners, and al '
much as possible in favour of the Garrison.
Answer.:---Grained, _ •
. Given under our hands in Flushing this 15th day
of Anguv 1809. • ..•
_ _

(Signed) GEO. COCKBURN', Captain H. M. S.
Beileisle, Commanding the Brig
fish Flotilla.
ROB. LONG, Col. Adjutant.-Gen.
Signed) F. MONTONNET, Capitaine D'Ar.
tillerie.
P. LEveeuE,Capitaine Command.
. ant du Genie.