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

FRANKFORT, JULY 28.

The armies arc in presence of each other, but they
are takitlg repose, aud we hope that it will lead to a
solid and durable peace.

PRIVATE LETTER.-HELIGOLAND, AUGUST 9.

" I have to inform you, a Lieutenant of Hussars
belonging to the Duke of Brunswick arrived at this
place on the 7th inst. with the news that the Duke
was forced to throw himself into the arms of Great
Britain, and requested vessels to be sent immediately
to bring off his men from the banks of the Weser,
amounting to about 1500.—At six P. M. the same
evening, about 200 of the men landed at this place, ,
f: om vessels they had found in the Weser—the officers
and men appeared much 'fatigued, and several of the
former wounded. One of their officers informed me
they had mart:ll,A without any regular rest for 15
days, during the %. hole of which the Duke had endured
equal hardships with his men, being the foremost in
danger, and so beloved, that he was sure of being
supported by hi followers. The Hanoverians be-
haved with the ist..atest friendship to the Duke :,nd
his mat. I was much pleased with the conduct of
the mercharts of this Isl.A, ho very handsomely
called on the Cove: nor, and off-cited their store-houses
and part of the 'Ch..n,;e for the reception .of Officers
and men. Some of ;he merchants attended on the
beach, and administered wine :71,1 other comforts to
the poor fellows as they landed. On the 9th the Duke
Brunswick landed here from the Mosquito sloop of
wrar, about 8 P. M under a salute of 19 guns from
e.e garrison, and the same number from the ships of
He was received'on the beach by LieMenant-
c, kite' Ham lton, and all the officers of the garri.
3 r imidst tepeated huzzas from the merchants and
1, assembled to webame his arrival,"
, ,•

SIR JOHN STUART'S ARWf.

The following accounts contain some farther par.
titulars respecting the operations of this army, of
which we have not, for some time, received any ac-
curate information :--

" GIBRALTAR, JULY 20.

" The Queen Charlotte packet, hating on board
Surgeon SANDERS, of the Corsican Rangers, and a
Sicilian Messenger, sailed from Falmouth on the 9th
of July ; arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th, found lying
there the CAMBRIAN and PORCUPINE frigates, MIN-
STREL and CnAssHorrEn sloops of war : the MIN-
STREL has just brought in three Algerines, bound to
Marseilles, valuable prizes, being French property.
" On the 14th inst. spoke the Pincus sloop of war,
bound to Lisbon (near Cape St. Vincent) with ten
sail of transpo: is under convoy. The only regiments
at Gibraltar are the 3d and 4th Veteran Battalions,
2d battalion of the 9th Foot, Colonel MoLLE ; and
2d battalion of 30th Foot. With respect to news, we
I.l•2pend upon the intelligence we receive from Eng-
land as to what happens in Spain, though the corn-
municat:on is open with that country, viz. Spain.
" Three Portuguese men of war (line of battle)
this day are come into the Bay from the Streights, on
their return from a cruize against the Algerines.

" It is not I:nown here whether the French army is
in Spain or not ; but, with tcgard to the Spaniards,
the people here have no dependance on them.
" On Jure the 1 1 th, the Expedition sailed from
Melissa, 39 miles to the west of Messina, in Sicily,
under General STUART, consisting of about '25,000
men, and were seen at the time the last vessel left the
fleet, entering the bay of Salerno, near Naples, sup-
posed to be destined against that city.
" Four companies of the 21st Foot were' landed
about the 7th of June at Reggio, and took possession
shot tly after of Palma, in Calabria. In the night or
early in the morning, a squadron of 500 French Dra-
goons entered the place, and killed or took the whole
of the four companies. Captain O'CoNsoa was
killed, and Captain M‘KAy wounded. The troops
were completely surprized, having too much confi.
Bence in the Calabrians. It is a fact that the corporal
of the guard was taken by surprise, and killed, and
even his bayonet was not fixed.
" There are a few men left from ch of the Regi-
ments in Sicily.

" French privateers are very plenty off Sardinia,
and have taken many prizes.

" The above account was brought here by the
Arabella."

MURCIA, JULY 9.
(From the Murcia Diary.)
Yesterday's Mails brought us the following letter,
which we give here literally :

U Mahon, June 21

Mr. Encron—l avail myself of the opportunity
of a vessel which is going to sal for the coast of
Spain, to impart to our beloved nation the pleasing
and official information which the Governor of this
island has just received from his Sicilian Majesty, to
the following purpose—
The British and Sicilian troops which landed on
die coast of Italy, united with th.e intrepid natives of
that kingdom, who are anxious to take vengeance for
the evi:s inflicted on them by the Tyrant of Europe,
have obtained the greatest advantages ; as they have
succeeded in setting the whole of that kingdom (Na-
ples) against the opppressor, Murat, who tyrannizes
over it, and enabled many of the towns who groaned
under his yoke to shake it off.
There is nn city in _tale, it is further stated, but
has issued a proclamation to urge the inhabitants to
rise ; and this intelligence being so favourable to the
most just cause which the Spaniards are defending, I
will not kt this opportunity escape, that the nation
may have the joyful news without delay.—l have the
honour to be, Mr. Editor, &c. (Signed)
46 MARTIN COSTA, Captain of the Mole."
EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER, DATER FROM MALTA,
THE 213TH OF JUNE.

" Our troops and the Sicilians, after making them-
selves masters of Ischia and Proceda, have landed at
Baia, whence they are immediately to proceed to
Naples. The natives were flocking to the British
standard."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 17.
PRICE OF STOCKS THis DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
S per Cent. Cons. for money 65—for account sBf.
Reduced 6Sfs—Omnium 4 1 prem.

SURRENDER OF FLUSHING.

This niorning accounts were received at the Secre-
tary of State's Office, and at the Admiralty, an-
nouncing the Suriender of this important place,
after a most tremendous bombardment. These ac-
counts arc not official, but they are considered by
Government, a$ in every respect entitled to the
utmost credit.

It is true that Genoral BURRARD received a private
letter, which merely stated that Flushing had fallen.
This, however, not being considered as official, there
was no firing of the Park and Tower guns, nor even
a Letter to the LORD MAYOR on the above oetasion.
It was on Sunday morning early that the British
batteries opened against Flushing ; and in the course

'of the day a flotilla of gun-boats, and several sail of
the line, under Admiral GARDNIII, opened a heavy
fire upon the place from the sea.
- The bombardment was continued with hardly any
intermission during that and the following day, and
down to Tuesday morning about three o'clock, when
the garrison requested to be permitted to surrender.—
The firing then ceased, and in about four hours after,
viz. at seven o'clock, the place was taken possession
of by our troops.
The town, we are concerned to state, has suffered
most severely. The part next the sea is literally one
heap of ruins. The fire from the 74s is spoken of as
having been tremendous beyond any thing that lan
guage can describe or imagination conceive.
The Garrison attempted on Monday to obtain
terms of surrender. They were rejected—and at
three o'clock next morning the place was surrendered
without conditions. A few hours were permitted to
the Governor to prepare for the surrender and pre-
vent confusion, after which time the 95th Regiment
and a battalion of the King's German Legion took
possession of the principal stations.
Our whole loss in killed and wounded is reported
to be under 1000 men.
For other particulars we refer our Readers to the
subjoined communications :

" HARWICH, Half-past Six P. M. AUGUST 16.

" Our anxious desires to hear of the fall of Flush-
ing are at length gratified. A fishing smack from
Campvere has brought the pleasing intelligence that
the place was taken possession of yesterday (Tuesday)
morning, at seven o'clock, after having been bombar-
ded from one o'clock on Spnday morning to three
o'clock yesterday morning, from the land•side, while
heavy and tremendous fire was kept up by the gun-
boats and men of war from the sc.'.
" On Monday the Governor sent out a flag of
Truce offering to surrender on terms. His terms
were !ejected.

" The enemy had received considerable reinforce-
ments from Cadzand, before our ships succeeded in
cutting off the communication on that side,. so that
their force was very respectable—some accounts say
between 10,000 and 11,000 men. Their works were
also in such good order as induced in the besieged a
belief that they would be able to hold out for a con-
siderable time, if net to defeat entirely our attempts
against the place; but nothing could withstand the
ardour of the besiegers and the energy with which
the fire was kept up after every thing was ready for
the bombardment ; and the bombardment instantly
rzcommenced, and was continred unremittingly till
three o'clock yesterday morning, when another flag
of truce was sent out. The firing instantly ceased,
and by seven o'clock our troops were in possession of
the place. _ _

"The garrison, I understand, surrendered at dis-
cret3n. Our loss was comparatively triliiug—that
of the enemy was great."