Star.
London, England, 1809-08-24 00:00:00

THt ARMY.

The PIICENIX dispatch-boat arrived yesterday at
Harwich, with letters from the Island of Walcheren,
but she brings no intelligence of importance.
The following is an Extract of a Letter from
Flushing, dated August 18 :
" Flushing has been ours these two days, bat was net alto-
gether evacuated by the French till to-day. The cannonade was
truly terrific, and numbers of the inhabitants have lost their lives.
The greater part of our ships of vor have proceeded up the
Scheldt, and Sir R. STRACIIAN, with the remainder, follow to-
morrow. There are ten French ships of the line and fifteen fri-
gates, with about fifty gun boats, as we now learn, near -Fort
I.illo ; there is also a line of battle ship and two smaller vessels
building in Flushing."

Another account says..." On Friday evening the town of
Flushing was still burning in various parts, and the streets, in se-
veral quarters, reduced to a mass of rains, presented a shocking
spectacle. The French had been allowed three days to bury their
dead ; but they only stripped them, and threw them naked into
cellars, or among the ruins. Even the streets which had suffered
least from the bombardment, were strewed with hpman limbs,
swords, muskets, and arms of every kind, mixed in horrible con-
fusion ; and the effluvia from the putrid bodies threatened infec-
tion. The barracks presented a frightful scene of slaughter, and
the beach was covered with our cannon balls, which had reboun-
ded from the walls of the fort, and rolled down to the water-
side. When the garrison marched out, in their rage and vexatNt,
many of them threw their arms into life river, and others forest
their swords into the ground, up to the hilt."
A letter from Ter Veer says—" The whole of the island of
Walcheren is a garden: it is finely cultivated. MOWNIT, the
French Governor of Flushing, tried to counteract our operations
by an inundation, but this scheme had little effect, and scarce any
injury has been done by the attempt."

Major-General GRAHAM'S division, which has been
so honour-ably mentioned in\Valcheren, consists of bis
own brigade, containing the Ist, sth, and 35th regi-
ments ; and of Brigadier-General HOUSTON'S brigade,
containing the 14th, 51st. and 82d regiments.

Lieutenant-Colonel H. CHESTER, of the Coldstream
Guards, is appointed Assistant Adjutant-General of
the Kent District.
Another draft has been made from the Guards for
foreign service, from those men who have been en-
listed upwards of 7 years.
It was Brigadier-General ROBERT CRAUFURD who
joined the army at Talavera, on the 29th ult. Bri-
gadier-General CATLLV CRAUPURD was to leave Lis.
bon on the 28th, with five regiments of infantry, as a
ifnrther reinforcement.

The remainder of the Royal Lanarkshire militia
have marched into Edinburgh Castle from Mussel-
burgh barracks. The Inverness militia are ordered
for England. The Ayr and Fifeskire regiments are
on their passage from England to occupy Mussel-
burgh barracks. The 9th regiment, or Scotch bri-
gade, now about 700 strong, at Aberdeen, are said to
be under orders for service.

On the 25th ult. the Banffshire regiment of Local
Militia, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel BARTLET,
completed their annual period of 28 days training
anci exercise at the county town of Banff. This regi-
ment is 1200 strong, and a remarkably fine body of
men. Their uniform good conduct and propriety of
behaviour while embodied ; their strict attention to
duty, and the progress they made in the acquirement
of military discipline, which were conspicuous, ob-
tained justly merited praise from the Lieutenancy of
the County, and excited general approbation.
The schooner John, which arrived at Plymouth on
Monday morning from Oporto, sailed on the 12th
inst. in company with a fleet, consisting of about 33
sail, under convoy of his Majesty's ship TYRIAN ;
parted company off that port on Sunday : she left six
English vessels at Oporto. &he brings intelligence
that the Friends transport arrived there from England
a few days previous to her sailing, with about 5000
sound of arms on board ; and another transport, laden
with shoes, for the use of the Portuguese army : the
whole of which, together with the arms, were landed
the day they arrived, and the next day 5000 Portu-
guese troops marched from Oporto for Vigo, who
were chiefly commanded by British Officers. Some
detachments of Portuguese regiments, amounting to-
gether to about 8000 men, were left to garrison
Ovrto ; the greater part of which were not armed.
Immediately on intelligence being received at Oporto
of the victory by the British troops under the corn-
?nand of Sir ARTHURWELLESLICY, aided by a division
of tk.e Spanish army under CCESTA, over the French
troops under the command of JOSEPH BONAPARTE in
pers.-n, at Talavera de la Rtyna, a general illumina-
tion took place for three nights. About 1100 Portu-
guese troops, who left Oporto to join the British army
a few days before the action took place, tell in with a
division of the Fr,:nch army ; the latter of whom
massacred the whole of them.
CounT MARTIAL.—A General Court Martial has
I been held at Sidney, in New South \Vales, on J.
Williamson, Esq. Acting Commissary of Stores and
Provisions :—lst, For having embezzled fresh and
salt provisions and maize, from the Stores; 2d. For
having directed the then Acting Storekeeper, Mr. J.
Wilshire, to make false entries of the weight of beef ;
and 3d, For having himself made false entries of the
weight of beef—when the Court found him Guilty,
and adjudged him to be cashiered, to forfeit to his
Majesty 00 sterling, and to make good at his own
expense the loss sustained, amounting to 401. 13s.
sterling; which sentence his Majesty has been pleased
contiim, and commanded that the charges and pu-
nishment be read at the head of every rekiment.

We understand that in consequence of the unplea-
sant occurrences which have lately taken place in the'
Fir Somerset Militia, the whole of the remaining 1
Captains (excepting Captain CARROLL) who were
not brought to a Court Martial, with their Lieutenant-
Colonel Sir CHARLES BAMFYLDE, have resigned.—
We cannot help regretting the loss the corps must
sustain in their late Lieutenant-Colonel, who had
been in the regiment more than twenty years, and by
his conduct as an Officer, and his manners as a Gen-
tleman, endeared himself to every individual who
served with and under him. JOHN HouLroN, Esq. of
Farleigh Castle, is appointed Lieutenant-Colonel.