The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-17 00:00:00

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qleY;tvere with the evidence they bad
heard, to find hitn,gUilty, however painful .the
`diseharge of that duty might be ; .and 'that eha-
i,•aaer, in c4Se6 where a fair' doubt could be ,enier-
tained, oughtto hate considerable Weight with a
Jury ; but on the contrary, where the fads were
clear, and established
.by credible witneises, how.;
ever good the chara(qer Of the pribOuer might have
been up to the time of commit!ing .the felony, it
Was no excuse for the connnission or it. And un-
less they could..say that the prisoner nt the lime.of
drawing his handkerchief from the counter with
both his, hands, as the witness Bailer states, was
ignorant that the muslin was contained in it—he
did not know how' to state to them ,a ground of
doubt ; the muslin, as they salv, was of consider-
able bulk, and not like)), to lie conlaitced in
handl:ercitief, without its being perceived by (le
prisoher,,and if they thoug4tsO, it wasilie:r duty to.,
say that he was 'guilty.

Jury, 'after a tew seconds fonsi.leratioN..re-
.
turned a verdi3

- - - -
The krial'h6ted an• hour and a half; the Prisoner
appear's a. genteel man, about 28 years of age. The
trial excited aft uncommon degree of interest,. and
the Court Waa extremely crowded.

lT ./ILCHER

EaTitiCT OF A LETTER FRoNet AN OFFICER or,RANK,

WITH THE AIU3Y ON Tll2. IbisAN 0 OF WAL-

CUEREN.

" Liinn,LtitittOu, -Aup. French, fleet
is above Liilo, a very strong fortress, and the siege
of Which will .d,ubiless occupy, some lime: •
" A French'Admiral has hoisted his flag on board
alrigate, and has advaneed, in that way down the
Scheldt. He has about 20 fri;ates, and • about 100
gun vessels. This looll.s as it . the enemy had teri-
busty deterrnined to defend the passage of the river
against our fleet 1 but their resistance will be vain.
Our Admiral, I aat informed, intends to. send .up
the, river ten or eleven sail of 'the libe, with frigates,
brigs, cutters, and on-boats in abundance. There
Will Of course soon be, hot work in the Scheldt, but
we are satisfied that our brave tars will soon clear
the passage, while the army advances on the land
side. '

Yesterday. I tools . a close view of the walls of
Fushing. The, place is strongly fortified, but the
witnt of provisions and water will certainly render it
imp'ossihle for the garrison to pratraCt the defence
Much longer. By the able .....-xert ions of the navy,
the communication betwecin Flushing and Cacird4ad
has at last been completely cAlt otT, and, it 14 said that
the garrison is now compelled. to eat hories flesh..
Our- hat ieries are all ready, and will comrience the
boinbardmeni to night.
" The Raven sloop, which behaved so 'gallantly a
week ago off Flushing, is tit Campreer, rait
Captain Hanchet,. who is recovering lasi from his
wound, resides, in the mean litne, in this lowa."

(ANoTHER LETTER.)

Burns Llzies,'OFF Fttlgit;rio, AVG. 1.-,=Every
effort is now exerting to accelerate the necessary
works for the bombardment of Flushing. The bat-
' t6ies are almost complete, and it Confidently
stated; 'that to-morrow the Anniversary ot the Prince
of Walei's Birth-day, is fixed ter toe commeoce-
Mein of that awful work of d;:strudion. 'For the
last two days the brigade of Major-Qeueral Piston,
which ate on the let of 'our lines, has been inces-
santly employed in weiking, and covering parties,
at a mortar. battery, Which is erecting, within half a
mile of the North-east: of Plushing. Ir was sup-
posed that-the enemy would have attempted to sur-
prise that work, and the necessary precatnions were
taken to 'defeat Such an attempt. The 7t St regi-
ment, under Colonel; Pack, and the battalion of de-
tachments, ;under that mo,tsatiive and pliant °di-
cer the Hon. Colonel Cochrane, were for the last
two nights under arms within range of the enemy's
grape. 'Their position was so covered by strong in-
closures, that the enemy did not perceive theiri,until
morning, when they commenced an ineffectual can-
nonade. Since their late defeat, by Major-General'
Graham's brigade, the enemy, have never ventured
to spew them elves without the walk. From two
deSerters, who came over yes:erday, the one an
Irishman and the, other a native of Nottingham/we
learn that the French cannot conceive what we are
about—neither do they believe that we have raised
half the number of batteries, now in such a wee of
forwardness. I understand sh=it the IriAman states
his name to be Kinseloglnof Red-gap, in the county
Kildare; that he has been four years in the French'
service. ,He coutraditis the statement that there
were a considerable proportion of the Irish Brigade
in Flushing. The number of that Brigade there, he
says, does not exceed four hundred, and few but
the Qfficers are Irish. It is' commanded by a' Ma-.
jor FifXbenry,--and he 'belonged to Captain Dooly's
company. The number of the enemy's 'force in
Flushing he Computes to he between g,and 10,000
men, a great proportion of. Whom, he says, are
wounded and sick. The rations 'to each man Con-
sisted* one pound and a halt of bread, one glass of
wine, and half a potind of meat per diem. The
day before yesterday they 'conimenced on their' salt
previsions, all supplies either by land or sea being
new wholly prevented. This de,etter also states
the anxiety-of the inhabitants to capitulate, and he
has no doubt but that it will take plaCe very soon,.
after our works begin tb open tan the town. Indeed,
.it is the general opinion here, that. Monnet having
now very plausible materials for a description in the
Monilvur, will surrender a town invested these last
eight days by a force of 25;000 men, and at dif-
ferent times subjetted to the bre of our gun-boats.
It is said that the division of the army under Sir
John Hope, consisting of the Guards, ',Nth, Ist bat-
talion of the g d, Ist and 2d, battalions of the4th;
Ist of the 28th,, Ist of the fith,' Ist of the bOth, Ist
of the gist, with Lord Rosslyn's and the Marquis of
Huntley's divisions, will immediately proceed up
the Scheldt, towards Antwerp, from South Eeve-
land, where they had disembarked. The following
disposition ot our army around Flushing is tolerably
curie tt

‘, Oh the right in the 2d hrisade, under -Major-
General Graham, conisting of the 2d battalion of
ituyals, Ist of the 5111, an,l 23 of the 65th; next
the 3d brigad, under. Brigadier-General Ackland,
consisting of the Quech'b, Ut ed, the 70th, and 2d
battalion-4 tlit•

,‘ Seventh brigade, tliidq- Major Gen. Li.fith, con.