Star.
London, England, 1809-08-07 00:00:00

" TO THE LORD MAYOR

(COPY.)
• -" DOWNING-STREET, AUGUST 6.
• " My Loan—l have the honour to acquaint your
" Lordship, that dispatches have been received from
" the Earl of CHATnAm, dated the 2d and 3d instant,
•" from Middlcburgh, by which it appears the Island of
Walcheren has been occupied by his Majesty's troops;
" and Flushing invested after some resistance, in which
" a considerable number of prisoners were taken from
" the enemy.

" The Island of South Bevel:end has also been
" taken possession of by the envision under the orders
" of Sir JOHN HOPE. (Signed)

66 CASTLEREAGH."
" Ts the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."

We subjoin some particulars not detailed in the
above Bulletins :

On the the arrival of the armament in the Scheldt,
the wind and weather were such as to render it neces-
sary, instead of sending the troops from the West-
Put, as was originally intended, to proceed to the
Veer Gat, on the North-East side of Walcheren.
—On Sunday morning the troops were put on board
the boats apl•ointed fur their conveyance to the shore,
and moved hi excellent order to the Sands. Our brave

troops speedily overcame every obstacle. Campveer,
Rammakins, and Middleburgh, the capital of the
Island, successively fell into our hands. They all
surrendered by capitulation, after the enemy had matt
as much resistance as they could. About 1000 pri-
sorers were taken; and at the date of the dispatches,
the whole of the island was in the possession of our
troops, except flushing, to which the remainder of
the enemy retreated, and which was left so closely in-
vested, that it could not long hold out.
Whilst these important and successful operations
were going for ward against Walcheren, by the Ports-
mouth division of the Expedition, the Brigade under
the command of General HOPE was employed in the
capture of Schoven and North and South Beveland,
which services it•completely effected—amd, we are
happy to say, that notwithqanding the disadvantages
under which an army acts on landing upon an hostile
coast, the loss on our part up to the evening of;
Thursday last (the date of the dispatches) did not
exceed 300 killed, wounded, and missing.
No Odicer of rank was killed. Brigadier.Ceneral
Baov.-Ne is wounded, but we are happy to find the
wound is very slight.—Nothing could exceed the
of der preset ved, and the bravery evinced by the whole
of the troops engaged in this important enterprize,
attended with as much substantial benefit to the
country, as credit and glory to the British arms
Upon the already brilliant achievements, and the
bright prospect of the ulterior operations, we most
heartily congratulate the public, to whom iq a few
days we have no doubt of being able to make a still
more imortant and glorious communication.
The divisions of the Marquis of HUNTLEY, Lord
Rosstvx, and General Gitostisxon, had not landed,
the whole of these fine brigades being intended for
ulterior and most important operations.
Such is the substance of the dispatches received
yesterday by Government.

The following Letters reached us this morning

MARGATE, AUGUS E 6.

" Arrived his
.Majesty's cutter Trts, Lieutenant
DuNcitr,:, from off Flushing. Lieutenant DUNCAN
has landed, and gime off to Town with dispatches."
" DEAL., AUGUST 6, Four P. M. I
44 Arrived the Tots (1) hired cutter, and a Re-
ve:l;:e cutter, from the fleet off the Scheldt, whose
tiffirtrs landed this morning. at Margate with dis-
isarcla-i, the crews of which report that our troops
were ail s.tftly landed on Sunday last, alid had got
Of the Nand of W.dcheren, except the
town ci flushing., 11:bichour ships began to liornbard
at twilVe yeter.!.ty noon, aatl when these vessclsleft
at scv:‘,) o'clock is the evening, it had net surren-
dered, bat was thofight could not hold cut 10-og.
Tile trarispurL, ships of war, and small (raft, were

left all well. A frigate had got on shore tat the fall-
ing of the tide, but got off again on the tide f!owing."
" DOVER, SUNDAY, AUGUST 6.
" Six P. M.—We have just heard from Deal, that
the Inas cutter arrived this afternoon, in the Downs,
from our Fleet, and brings an account that Flushing
was taken possession of by our troops last night."

" KARWICH, AUGUST 6.

" Since I last wrote you, I find a Dutch vessels r
rived from the coast this afternoon, which she left on
Thursday ; on that day a fishing vessel came out to
her, and informed the Captain that the English were
in possession of Walcheren and Zuyder Zee."

We mentioned on Saturday than an Austrian Mes-
senger had arrived at Yarmouth in the Phcenix bye-
boat. As usual, various unfounded rumours were
industriciusly circulated.—The dispatches to Prince
STAIIREMBERG, it was said, annotthced the renewal
of hostilities, &c. &c. The fact is :—these dispatches
announce that his IMPERIAL MAJESTY is reduced

to the deplorable necessity of accepting whatever
peace NAPOLEON may be disposed to grant him !"
Before this time the.t.E.ltris have probably been settled,
and we may soon expect to hear that the French army,
set loose by the weakuess of our allies, is on its march
to the peninsula !
German papers and private letters to the 29th
ult. reached us this morning. We subjoin a few
extracts—not as closervin,l; of attention, but as speci-
mens of the tittle tattle with which the world is wil-
ling to he amused.